not flashed in 2 years and need advice

[plewis1981]

Hello,

I haven't flashed my phone for about 2 years.

I am running Firehound 8.1.0 64bit with TWRP 3.1.2-0 (I think)

Do I need to flash anything other than the latest TWRP to enable me to flash android 9.0 & 10.0 ROMs? As when I upgraded to 8.0 I seem to remember their being a bit of work involved.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

 

[TheFixItMan]

All you need is a 64bit unofficial twrp

Format data to remove encryption with twrp & wipe system & cache

As long as your stock base firmware is oero nothing else is required (if you are still on nougat firmware your fingerprint reader will not work unless you flash oero stock firmware or fingerprint fix)

The process is exactly the same for any custom rom

 

[plewis1981]

All you need is a 64bit unofficial twrp

Format data to remove encryption with twrp & wipe system & cache

As long as your stock base firmware is oero nothing else is required (if you are still on nougat firmware your fingerprint reader will not work unless you flash oero stock firmware or fingerprint fix)

The process is exactly the same for any custom rom

Is there a way to tell whether I am running Nougat or Orio based firmware? The build I am on is from March 2018. I think I remember reading about this back then but I'm unsure as to whether I flashed stock Orio or not.

I will have a look through my ROMs thread to see if stock Orio was a pre requisite.

So if I am on stock Orio, all I should need to do is update TWRP and I'll be good to go?

Edit,

I just looked through the ROM thread and the dev said a camera issue would not be fixed until stock Orio released. I have a new laptop now so looks like ill have to get ADB and fastboot back up and running then fastboot stock Orio before flashing a new ROM.

Thanks for you help

 

[nift4]

Is there a way to tell whether I am running Nougat or Orio based firmware? The build I am on is from March 2018. I think I remember reading about this back then but I'm unsure as to whether I flashed stock Orio or not.

I will have a look through my ROMs thread to see if stock Orio was a pre requisite.

So if I am on stock Orio, all I should need to do is update TWRP and I'll be good to go?

Edit,

I just looked through the ROM thread and the dev said a camera issue would not be fixed until stock Orio released. I have a new laptop now so looks like ill have to get ADB and fastboot back up and running then fastboot stock Orio before flashing a new ROM.

Thanks for you help

After flashing Oreo I recommended JarlPenguin's TWRP