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Installation Guide For Project Elixir

Installation Guide For Project Elixir on Oneplus 5 (cheeseburger)

Warning

  • Your warranty is void. Or valid, probably?
  • Project Elixir is not responsible for any damage you made to your device. You have been warned!
  • We are not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone by installing custom ROMs.
  • We are not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone by installing any kernels.
  • You do it at your own risk and take the responsibility upon yourself
  • You are not to blame Project Elixir or its respected developers for any of your loss.

Basic Notes for all users:

  • The provided instructions are for Project Elixir based on Android 14.
  • These will only work if you follow every section and step precisely
  • Do not continue after something fails! Contact in support group for help
  • The device must have an unlocked bootloader & has Platform Tools installed in pc.
  • If you are moving from any other Android version to Android 14, it is necessary to do CLEAN FLASH (Format Data)
  • Take a backup for safe side (If you are coming from older Android version or doing a clean flash)
  • For any queries or help related to Elixir, join our support group : Tap Here

Step 1: Download Required Files

  1. Download the latest Android platform tools (ADB & Fastboot) for Windows from the link below:

  2. Download the Recovery from the link below:

    • Recovery Link [ For Android 14 ]: Recovery (OrangeFox)

  3. Download the Project Elixir ROM for Oneplus 5 aka Cheeseburger from a reliable source.

Step 2A: Install ADB using scoop:

  1. Open powershell on your computer and run the following commands to install scoop on your computer:
Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri https://get.scoop.sh | Invoke-Expression
  1. After successful installation, you can continue these command to install adb & fastboot on your computer:
scoop install adb
  1. now run this command to check adb installation:
adb devices

Boom! adb is installed in your computer. 🎉 (easy)

Step 2B: Install ADB and Boot into Fastboot Mode

  1. Make sure you have ADB (Android Debug Bridge) installed on your computer.
  2. Extract the downloaded platform-tools zip file on your computer.
  3. Connect your device to your computer using a USB cable.
  4. Open a command prompt (Windows) or terminal (macOS and Linux) on your computer.
  5. Navigate to the location where you extracted the platform-tools.
  6. Enter the following command to check if your device is connected and detected by ADB:
adb devices

Important

If your device is listed, proceed to the next step. If not, make sure your device is connected properly and that USB debugging is enabled in the developer options.

  1. Now, reboot your device into Fastboot Mode using the following command:
adb reboot bootloader

Step 3: Flash Recovery using Fastboot

  1. Once your device is in Fastboot Mode, use the following command to check if Fastboot still detects your device:
fastboot devices

Note

  • If your device is listed, you are ready to flash the Orangefox Recovery. (TWRP is fine as well)
  1. Download the Orangefox Recovery ZIP (.img file will be in zip) from the link provided in Step 1.
  2. Open the directory where the orangefox's .img file is located and, open the powershell window in the same directory (If you followed step 2A)
  3. Place the downloaded OrangeFox Recovery image (.img file) in the same location as the platform-tools folder on your computer. (If you followed step 2B)
  4. Now, flash the OrangeFox Recovery using the following command:
fastboot flash recovery .\recovery.img

Important

Replace recovery.img with the actual name of the OrangeFox Recovery image you downloaded if needed. 5. After flashing the recovery, use the following command to reboot your Recovery:

fastboot reboot recovery
  1. Your device will reboot with Recovery installed.

Step 4: Wipe Data

  1. In OrangeFox Recovery, use the touch screen or physical buttons to navigate.
  2. Select "Wipe" from the main menu.
  3. Wipe Data and Davlik & cache and then proceed to format data by typing yes. And reboot to recovery again.

Step 5: Flash Project Elixir ROM

- Clean Flash

- Download the latest build
- Take a backup for safe side (If you need to do a clean flash)
- Boot to Orangefox Recovery
- Select the build file then flash.
- (optional) Flash firmware if you face any driver issues.
- (optional) Flash Magisk if you want.
- Reboot System

- Dirty Flash

- Boot to OrangeFox Recovery
- Select the build file then flash.
- (optional) Flash Magisk if you want.
- Reboot System

Important

May Required Files:


Note

Notes specific to device build

  • Gapps is already included in zip no need to flash additionally
  • If you are coming from PORTs then you need to Format Data and flash latest firmware [depending on the device]
  • If you are coming from Android 12 or 13 to Android 14 then clean flash is compulsory and format data.
  • If you are encrypted do format Data before flashing build to avoid bugs.

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