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Nothing Phone (2)

Prerequisites​

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The firmware for this device is included with the ROM.

Instructions when coming from NOS​

  1. Open CMD and cd into the directory with the files. (DO NOT USE POWERSHELL!)
  2. Reboot your device into recovery with adb reboot recovery and factory reset it.
  3. Reboot into fastboot with fastboot reboot fastboot.
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You can also boot into fastboot using the button combination

  1. Verify your device is detected by running fastboot devices on CMD and flash the downloaded images using the following commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash vendor_boot vendor_boot.img
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If your device isn't detected when in fastboot download the Google OEM Drivers and follow the instructions here.

  1. Boot back into recovery mode by using fastboot reboot recovery, then click "Install Update" -> "ADB Sideload".
  2. Sideload nameless using adb sideload Nameless-AOSP_xxx.zip.
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  1. Once you see a back arrow at the top left corner of your recovery the sideload is completed. Progress on your pc will stop at around 47%. This is normal behaviour.
  2. If you get the error Error Applying update: 7 (ErrorCode: kInstallDeviceOpenError) while flashing the ROM, flash the super-empty.img from fastboot mode using fastboot wipe-super super_empty.img before sideloading the ROM again.
  1. After the flash is completed, click the back arrow and then click "Reboot to system".

Instructions when coming from a custom ROM​

  1. Boot into recovery using adb reboot recovery if you're on system and fastboot reboot recovery if you're on fastboot or bootloader.
  2. Sideload nameless using adb sideload Nameless-AOSP_xxx.zip.
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Once you see a back arrow at the top left corner of your recovery the sideload is completed. Progress on your pc will stop at around 47%. This is normal behaviour.

  1. Click back arrow, then click "Factory reset" -> "Format data/factory reset" -> "Format data"
  2. After the format is completed, click the back arrow and then click "Reboot to system".