Hi there. I have the UK varient which is not the same as the us version. I'm looking for info regarding root and custom roms. All info I can find points toward the us (James) varient.
Any info or links greatly appreciated
ok so update, found this thread but not sure if the information is correct, thoughts or experiences please
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e5/how-to/moto-e5-xt1920-15-pettyl-unlock-t3859586
mac_d4di said:
ok so update, found this thread but not sure if the information is correct, thoughts or experiences please
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e5/how-to/moto-e5-xt1920-15-pettyl-unlock-t3859586
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That's my thread and yes the information is correct.
If you are not sure yourself that the information I have posted is correct, then I suggest you stop thinking about rooting your E5 or flashing custom ROMs.
You have to remember no one has tested the rooting/flashing procedures on PETTYL.
Everything that's listed here on XDA is designed for James/Nora/Hanna devices so no one has tested anything on our devices as it's newer and not many have it.
All the GSIs (custom ROMs) are only listed as working on the James/Nora/Hanna devices, there is currently no support offered for PETTYL, although technically they should work.
The devs of those other devices and the resources for them claim everything should work on our E5 as its treble compatible, but unfortunately that's not quite correct.
If you are really not sure about anything, or don't know if information is correct, you will have problems.
Im not being mean.....I really don't want anyone else to have the problems I have had and really wouldn't advise anyone to go through the process as it's fraught with issues, bad explanations and lacking important information.
Some files are incorrect for our device and some listed procedures for the other devices do not work on our E5.
BTW-my device is an E5 play XT1920-15 PETTYL SIM unlocked purchased from Argos.
Here's a list of the issue I found, it might be different for someone else as two people are saying they successfully rooted their PETTYL, and I couldn't.......
1. I had no issues unlocking the bootloader.
2. There are two versions of TWRP posted on XDA for PETTYL, but neither worked for me.
I used the James version.
3. I could not root my device.
Magisk installed but I could not get v17.3 or v17.2 to flash.
V17.1 did flash but magisk manager showed device not rooted and magisk not installed.
4. Flashing any GSI (Oreo or Pie) causes problems to the system sounds, ringtones, notification tones and music which is totally distorted and very poor quality.
The camera has very poor quality as well.
5. Lineage OS 15.1 is the GO version, you also should flash lineage before flashing other GSIs as you can't flash most GSis over stock.
6. You can use the full Google apps on a couple of android 9 gsis which makes your device a normal android, not an android Go device, but I would recommend not to bother with Android 9.0 GSis for this device as they are very buggy and very slow, and they use three times more battery than android 8.1 Go.
Also, live wallpaper and notification access still don't work on android 9.
Just remember as well the US E5 is much more powerful than our E5, and I assume thats why android 9 runs so crap on our E5.
7. You have a very complicated process to get your Google account working on any GSI, if you do it wrong, you will not be able to use your Google account at all and will get spammed with never ending notification from Google of using an "uncertified device"
8. If you run into problems and decided to return to stock, you cannot download the "retail_GB" stock firmware (SIM unlocked) for PETTYL unless you pay for it....the EE and Tesco SIM locked firmware is free to download, but neither work on the SIM unlocked version if you use non EE or non Tesco SIM cards.
9. Someone has posted a twrp back up of rooted stick for PETTYL.
It did not boot on my device and just kept boot looping.
That could have been a twrp issue and nothing to do with the shared back up - I couldn't get back into a gsi or stock to test it.
My post is warning to other PETTYL users- with my own experience.
What you choose to do is up to you but I really would not bother tampering with it, leave it be.
Stock android Go 8.1 is way better than anything else that's currently available for PETTYL right now, every gsi I tried had an issue of some description that affected performance so badly they were practically unusable.
Even though I'm back on stock now I still have sound issues, and many graphic glitches that makes my screen flash and glitch out randomly.
I'm sorry it's such a long reply, I wanted to give you as much information as possible so you have some idea of what's involved for our device., And let's just hope the situation for our device will get better soon.
Thanks for your detailed reply, I only asked if this was correct as I was aware of the differences between models etc.
I wouldnt say im new to rooting cfw etc, I have been flashing phones since 2002 lol.
But I dont want to brick this device as its currently my only phone, so I will wait and see if the situation improves in the future.
Its not a bad phone as it is you get quite a lot of phone for £65 nowadays.
Oh and im using simlocked tesco model so free to download, I find it stupid that you have to pay for stock firmware its beyond belief
mac_d4di said:
Thanks for your detailed reply, I only asked if this was correct as I was aware of the differences between models etc.
I wouldnt say im new to rooting cfw etc, I have been flashing phones since 2002 lol.
But I dont want to brick this device as its currently my only phone, so I will wait and see if the situation improves in the future.
Its not a bad phone as it is you get quite a lot of phone for £65 nowadays.
Oh and im using simlocked tesco model so free to download, I find it stupid that you have to pay for stock firmware its beyond belief
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Just like you, I've been rooting and flashing phones since like forever, and this device is the first I've ever had issues with.
It's entirety possible that as I'm a "noob" to flashing system images and fastboot flashing as apposed to flashing "ROMs" I may have messed up the procedures or made mistakes.
But not to be outdone, I have just before typing this reply tried again to root my E5 and flash a GSI, and again the process failed for me.
I could not boot into lineage OS 15.1 due to a "decryption error" and also couldn't get twrp to flash anything.
I've read now my issues are down to the DM Verity kernel which seems to be causing a lot of confusion amongst users and It now seems the process to remove forced encryption is what's causing all my issues.
I don't understand the process if I'm honest (it's an age thing lol) and worse, there is a lot of conflicting information, as a few people are saying the DM Verity process isn't necessary!!!
So unfortunately I've given up completely for now and stand by my original advice.
It's best to leave this particular device well alone until we have a proper procedure and tutorial in place for our own devices rather than trying to follow procedures for the US version.
I'm jealous though you only paid £65, as I paid £79.99, but I still think this Moto E is better than the Nokia 3 it replaced.
If any one can send me any issues they have with pettyl xt1920-15 rooting/twrp/etc I will try to test everything I can and see what works don't expect anything till January cause got college till the 23 and no time now
plscotland said:
If any one can send me any issues they have with pettyl xt1920-15 rooting/twrp/etc I will try to test everything I can and see what works don't expect anything till January cause got college till the 23 and no time now
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That's very generous of you.
Like you, I don't get much time (due to work) but I have two weeks off from 21/12 and can supply as much information as you want.
I would like root if it's possible.
If some can check this twrp in fast boot by booting it and tell me dose it work on thier phone i be thankfull https://github.com/TwrpBuilderTests...s/tag/TWRP-3.2.3-TwrpBuilder-2018-10-28_04-33
plscotland said:
If some can check this twrp in fast boot by booting it and tell me dose it work on thier phone i be thankfull https://github.com/TwrpBuilderTests...s/tag/TWRP-3.2.3-TwrpBuilder-2018-10-28_04-33
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I have a "working" 3.2.3 version for PETTYL but I'm not sure it's the version you linked
The one I have "works" in that it boots to TWRP fine from fastboot but obviously it doesn't flash.
I can't flash GSIs through that version, where they do flash no problems through fastboot......
Finally, I can flash magisk through that as even though magisk flashes successfully, magisk manager shows magisk is not installed and asks to flash it again.
@plscotland
TWRP - won't flash to recovery partition.
Cannot mount vendor to flash Fstab
Magisk flashes but magisk manager shows not installed.
I tried the twrp I sent you and the James version.
Lineage - I can successfully flash and boot lineage over stock (Phhusson version) but I have issues with "device not certified by Google" and get spammed by constant notification from Google
Cannot use for daily driver due to no nav bar orfind any settings to enable nav bar.
Descendants 1.0.5 - I have successfully flashed and booted this "rom" and used it but the sound from system ringtones and notification tones is awful and distorted
Lots of graphical glitches and system UI has stopped errors
Pixel experience - cannot flash - error whilst flashing that system IMG is bigger than target.
If I wipe data, it just bootloops and won't go past splash screen.
Resurrection remix - cannot boot
Bootleggers 3.0 - cannot boot
Hope some of this information helps you.
XT1920 - 15 retail GB firmware (SIM unlocked) stock android 8.1 go currently
bubba1601 said:
@plscotland
TWRP - won't flash to recovery partition.
Cannot mount vendor to flash Fstab
Magisk flashes but magisk manager shows not installed.
I tried the twrp I sent you and the James version.
Lineage - I can successfully flash and boot lineage over stock (Phhusson version) but I have issues with "device not certified by Google" and get spammed by constant notification from Google
Cannot use for daily driver due to no nav bar orfind any settings to enable nav bar.
Descendants 1.0.5 - I have successfully flashed and booted this "rom" and used it but the sound from system ringtones and notification tones is awful and distorted
Lots of graphical glitches and system UI has stopped errors
Pixel experience - cannot flash - error whilst flashing that system IMG is bigger than target.
If I wipe data, it just bootloops and won't go past splash screen.
Resurrection remix - cannot boot
Bootleggers 3.0 - cannot boot
Hope some of this information helps you.
XT1920 - 15 retail GB firmware (SIM unlocked) stock android 8.1 go currently
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Thanks I check and send u how to boot resurrection remix later cause there are extra steps for it to work and fstab also has to be done in another way once IM off work I do a guide for it /Info helped a lot
plscotland said:
Thanks I check and send u how to boot resurrection remix later cause there are extra steps for it to work and fstab also has to be done in another way once IM off work I do a guide for it /Info helped a lot
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Great, thanks
Qestion do u just want working magisek root on pettyl ?
There 2 ways
One download magisek manager
Get a twrp buckup of your boot image
Go to magisek manager choose patch boot image and choose your twrp buckup boot image (turn off compression of buckup when taking it ) after it finishes go find the patched boot image it should be in downloads or magisek folder can't remember then go to twrp and flash the patched boot image
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Second way is to add the fstab or whater its called skip the adb mount part and only do the adb push part (look in tread for exact) https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e5/development/recovery-twrp-moto-e-5-play-james-t3796323 then flash the magisek 18.0 tell me did it work after. here the twrp that should work for every ones pettyl [ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VsZRGkBujHay02a1M14eJM87H_RHFE9J/view?usp=drivesdk ] !Im not responsible if u brick your phone
!!try to boot twrp before u flash do fastboot boot (twrp image just drag the file to cmd to avoid path erors )
plscotland said:
Qestion do u just want working magisek root on pettyl ?
There 2 ways
One download magisek manager
Get a twrp buckup of your boot image
Go to magisek manager choose patch boot image and choose your twrp buckup boot image (turn off compression of buckup when taking it ) after it finishes go find the patched boot image it should be in downloads or magisek folder can't remember then go to twrp and flash the patched boot image
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Second way is to add the fstab or whater its called skip the adb mount part and only do the adb push part (look in tread for exact) https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e5/development/recovery-twrp-moto-e-5-play-james-t3796323 then flash the magisek 18.0 tell me did it work after. here the twrp that should work for every ones pettyl [ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VsZRGkBujHay02a1M14eJM87H_RHFE9J/view?usp=drivesdk ] !Im not responsible if u brick your phone
!!try to boot twrp before u flash do fastboot boot (twrp image just drag the file to cmd to avoid path erors )
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Yeah, Ive been skipping the mount vendor and pushing Fstab via ADB whilst in twrp.
I'll give this twrp a whirl later this evening when my kids laptop is available
I've bricked my E5 and cannot get past "decryption unsuccessful."
Stock/los15/any other gsi I tried.
Reflashed stick but getting errors flashing gpt.partition.
Everything else then shows errors after each command.
Twrp- i followed your 1st step with a magisk altered boot image.
Tried second step and that failed.
I had to combine both steps into one and twrp then booted and flashed successfully to the recovery partition.
Adb pushed fstab before flashing twrp to recovery but once rebooted to stock I got "decryption unsuccessful" error and got into a bootloop.
Reflashed stock then los15.1 but same again.
Reflashed stock but gpt partition and system sparsechunk.2, 3 and 4 give errors.
Cannot flash stock or gsi currently or reboot to recovery, just keeps going back to fastboot.
bubba1601 said:
I've bricked my E5 and cannot get past "decryption unsuccessful."
Stock/los15/any other gsi I tried.
Reflashed stick but getting errors flashing gpt.partition.
Everything else then shows errors after each command.
Twrp- i followed your 1st step with a magisk altered boot image.
Tried second step and that failed.
I had to combine both steps into one and twrp then booted and flashed successfully to the recovery partition.
Adb pushed fstab before flashing twrp to recovery but once rebooted to stock I got "decryption unsuccessful" error and got into a bootloop.
Reflashed stock then los15.1 but same again.
Reflashed stock but gpt partition and system sparsechunk.2, 3 and 4 give errors.
Cannot flash stock or gsi currently or reboot to recovery, just keeps going back to fastboot.
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in fastboot enter (use cmd powershell gives erorrs) fastboot -w
And then try rebooting it can take a while and tell me did it fix the problem
Recuperación TWRP 3.3.1-0-Pettyl
Hola buen día soy de Guadalajara México
A mí sí me funcionó está recuperación para rotear con magisk e instalar un mood de píxel.
La instalación de TWRP3.3.1-0-PETTYL Lo hice gracias a la aplicación Root essentials en el apartado flasher flasheando la imagen de la recuperación y ya dentro de la recuperación hice una copia de seguridad e instale magisk
Mi dispositivo es el Moto e5 play go pettyl XT1920-18
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(First Sorry for my bad english I'm a Brazilian boy with 17 years old only lmfao)Guys, I have only this little piece of s**** as my phone
#1 and this is not useable, it stop The apps constantely and freezes The system on simple apps (like play music and YouTube)... So I want to leave this cellphone in The trash can and walk away, but I cant make this because i have only this "bombphone"... Anywere can make an downgrade to Android 6.1 or 7.1 to this phone? Seriously I cant live with this phone in this situation. thanks and good night from Brazil
João klebão (supahjohn64) said:
(First Sorry for my bad english I'm a Brazilian boy with 17 years old only lmfao)Guys, I have only this little piece of s**** as my phone
#1 and this is not useable, it stop The apps constantely and freezes The system on simple apps (like play music and YouTube)... So I want to leave this cellphone in The trash can and walk away, but I cant make this because i have only this "bombphone"... Anywere can make an downgrade to Android 6.1 or 7.1 to this phone? Seriously I cant live with this phone in this situation. thanks and good night from Brazil
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Unfortunately you can't downgrade android versions to 6 or 7, there's no system image / ROM on a lower android version for that device - but what you can do it's flash another GSi (ROM) to give you some usage back.
I also had the the XT1920 pettyl and android go is just awful, so I flashed several different roms to try.
The ones I got to work are
PHHussons lineage 15 (android Oreo)
ASOP 9 (android pie)
Pixel experience (pie)
Out of those lineage was the most stable.
You must remember pettyl only has 1gb ram, and does struggle with android 9 pie - but it does work without too many issues.
You got to learn a whole new process of unlocking the bootloader, flashing a custom recovery, disabling forced encryption and flashing a new ROM.
There are plenty of posts about roms for the E5 play in the threads here, I suggest you take a long read and don't try anything until you feel confident enough to begin because the process to flash roms on pettyl isn't very easy and is quite complex and complicated for a new inexperienced user.
It's quite easy to try that and completely mess up your device so it's unusable.
So, you MUST proceed with extreme caution, don't rush into anything without reading everything ten times, having a coffee and then reading it again another ten times.
Many users have tried to rush this process and then come here crying their phones don't work anymore - this happens because they've tried to rush the process, missed out steps and not read instructions properly........
Not being mean, but it happens all the time.
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If you don't feel confident enough to flash a ROM (and no one will blame you if you don't) unfortunately all you can do is change the way you use your device.
I never noticed any music or you tube video freezing on my pettyl but how I used my device and how you use yours are probably very different.
You can't put lots of apps on android go devices, it doesn't like lots of apps.
You can disable most of the system / Google apps like playstore, Google play music and YouTube and install open source alternatives.
(For instance one plus music, you tube vanced and aurora store to name just three - just Google "disable system apps" or "replace Google apps")
I also tried a couple of launchers, and Librechair go edition or the android Go customised pixel launcher does make quite a significant difference to performance, depending on how much system stuff you disable and how many replacement apps you install.
Edit
I don't have my pettyl any longer so unfortunately that's the only help and advice I can offer you at this time.
Sorry.
bubba1601 said:
Unfortunately you can't downgrade android versions to 6 or 7, there's no system image / ROM on a lower android version for that device - but what you can do it's flash another GSi (ROM) to give you some usage back.
I also had the the XT1920 pettyl and android go is just awful, so I flashed several different roms to try.
The ones I got to work are
PHHussons lineage 15 (android Oreo)
ASOP 9 (android pie)
Pixel experience (pie)
Out of those lineage was the most stable.
You must remember pettyl only has 1gb ram, and does struggle with android 9 pie - but it does work without too many issues.
You got to learn a whole new process of unlocking the bootloader, flashing a custom recovery, disabling forced encryption and flashing a new ROM.
There are plenty of posts about roms for the E5 play in the threads here, I suggest you take a long read and don't try anything until you feel confident enough to begin because the process to flash roms on pettyl isn't very easy and is quite complex and complicated for a new inexperienced user.
It's quite easy to try that and completely mess up your device so it's unusable.
So, you MUST proceed with extreme caution, don't rush into anything without reading everything ten times, having a coffee and then reading it again another ten times.
Many users have tried to rush this process and then come here crying their phones don't work anymore - this happens because they've tried to rush the process, missed out steps and not read instructions properly........
Not being mean, but it happens all the time.
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If you don't feel confident enough to flash a ROM (and no one will blame you if you don't) unfortunately all you can do is change the way you use your device.
I never noticed any music or you tube video freezing on my pettyl but how I used my device and how you use yours are probably very different.
You can't put lots of apps on android go devices, it doesn't like lots of apps.
You can disable most of the system / Google apps like playstore, Google play music and YouTube and install open source alternatives.
(For instance one plus music, you tube vanced and aurora store to name just three - just Google "disable system apps" or "replace Google apps")
I also tried a couple of launchers, and Librechair go edition or the android Go customised pixel launcher does make quite a significant difference to performance, depending on how much system stuff you disable and how many replacement apps you install.
Edit
I don't have my pettyl any longer so unfortunately that's the only help and advice I can offer you at this time.
Sorry.
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thanks for the tips friend, i flashed some gases from android 9.0 and noticed that 90% of the performance improved which allowed me to played a little free fire lmfao so that unfortunately out of nowhere i faced some crashes and received the message from the user interface you are not responding, right now I am downloading the rom ressurrection remix oreo to see if it will work ... do you happen to know how to build a modified kernel? I have plans to make one for my cell phone but I don't know where to start. obrigado pelas dicas!!!! boa noite do brasil:good:
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bubba1601 said:
Unfortunately you can't downgrade android versions to 6 or 7, there's no system image / ROM on a lower android version for that device - but what you can do it's flash another GSi (ROM) to give you some usage back.
I also had the the XT1920 pettyl and android go is just awful, so I flashed several different roms to try.
The ones I got to work are
PHHussons lineage 15 (android Oreo)
ASOP 9 (android pie)
Pixel experience (pie)
Out of those lineage was the most stable.
You must remember pettyl only has 1gb ram, and does struggle with android 9 pie - but it does work without too many issues.
You got to learn a whole new process of unlocking the bootloader, flashing a custom recovery, disabling forced encryption and flashing a new ROM.
There are plenty of posts about roms for the E5 play in the threads here, I suggest you take a long read and don't try anything until you feel confident enough to begin because the process to flash roms on pettyl isn't very easy and is quite complex and complicated for a new inexperienced user.
It's quite easy to try that and completely mess up your device so it's unusable.
So, you MUST proceed with extreme caution, don't rush into anything without reading everything ten times, having a coffee and then reading it again another ten times.
Many users have tried to rush this process and then come here crying their phones don't work anymore - this happens because they've tried to rush the process, missed out steps and not read instructions properly........
Not being mean, but it happens all the time.
Edit
If you don't feel confident enough to flash a ROM (and no one will blame you if you don't) unfortunately all you can do is change the way you use your device.
I never noticed any music or you tube video freezing on my pettyl but how I used my device and how you use yours are probably very different.
You can't put lots of apps on android go devices, it doesn't like lots of apps.
You can disable most of the system / Google apps like playstore, Google play music and YouTube and install open source alternatives.
(For instance one plus music, you tube vanced and aurora store to name just three - just Google "disable system apps" or "replace Google apps")
I also tried a couple of launchers, and Librechair go edition or the android Go customised pixel launcher does make quite a significant difference to performance, depending on how much system stuff you disable and how many replacement apps you install.
Edit
I don't have my pettyl any longer so unfortunately that's the only help and advice I can offer you at this time.
Sorry.
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thanks for the tips friend,
I already work in some way with custom roms since 2013 when I had my lg l1 2 lmfao... i flashed some gases from android 9.0 and noticed that 90% of the performance improved which allowed me to played a little free fire lmfao so that unfortunately out of nowhere i faced some crashes and received the message from the user interface you are not responding, right now I am downloading the rom ressurrection remix oreo to see if it will work ... do you happen to know how to build a modified kernel? I have plans to make one for my cell phone but I don't know where to start. obrigado pelas dicas!!!! boa noite do brasil
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Hello fellas,
After a long time I've decided to be back on Nexus, can't enjoy without nexus phones, ZF2 developement is stagnant as ASUS is not releasing src, a great HW stuck by OEM limtations.
So I've got my N6 today, I've learnt a few things before like not downgrading bootloader, had a post saying which versions are safe and ones that are not iirc <71.08 shouldn't be flashed onto 71.08 existing BL right or was it 71.10 ?? (idk why will anyone want to downgrade unless they want OTAs based on Fi, root is superior to all. Heard a few CM roms had BL packed into ROMs and the updte to 5.1.x + lower BL caused hardbrick, a.k.a bootloop + noTWRP with Fastboot lockedout ).
So here's my to-do list sorry to post this long but seems like this is start for me....Please correct me If I understood anthing wrong....as It's been a long time since I used a nexus (Maguro was my first nexus and things rapidly changed these days..)
1 - mFastboot for flashing
2 - OEM unlock check prior to unlock the phone (shipped with 5.1 LMY47D so I may need to do this before proceeding)
A few questions -
3 - Does NRT has mFastboot ? I have it in my computer tho.
4 - Can any one give me crash course for SuperSU + MultiROM with 5.1.1 (Need Xposed:silly, 6.x & Nexus 6 information....
a- Like If I OEM unlock my n6 now and use 5.1.1 CM based it has pre-root right ? So I shouldn't bother with SuperSU BETA 2.6x right, next is the systemless root is because of M's warning messages ? why all this hassle of
**root** as of lately with L and M, Is it because of SELinux policies + M's changes with System related messages ?
b - MultiROM working guide on 5.1.1 plus M latest release anyone, will try the official thread tho, any info on whre to start would be awesome !!
5- I should be good if I unlock the nexus and use an EX / Lean / Despair / Blu-Spark / or any kernels - these do have modified system so how about the M's warning msgs? are the custom ROMs on M are modded to avoid any nagging messages like that?
6- Please link me any useful posts/threads that are updated to reflect latest changes like SU or any old information that is essential !! thanks !!
Ashtrix said:
Hello fellas,
After a long time I've decided to be back on Nexus, can't enjoy without nexus phones, ZF2 developement is stagnant as ASUS is not releasing src, a great HW stuck by OEM limtations.
So I've got my N6 today, I've learnt a few things before like not downgrading bootloader, had a post saying which versions are safe and ones that are not(idk why will anyone want to downgrade unless they want OTAs based on Fi, root is superior to all). So here's my to-do list sorry to post this here but seems like this is start for me.Please correct me If I understood anthing wrong....as It's been a long time since I used a nexus (Maguro was my first nexus and things rapidly changed these days..)
1 - mFastboot for flashing
2 - OEM unlock check prior to unlock the phone (shipped with 5.1 LMY47D so I may need to do this before proceeding)
A few questions -
3 - Does NRT has mFastboot ? I have it in my computer tho.
4 - Can any one give me crash course for SuperSU + MultiROM with 5.1.1 (Need Xposed:silly, 6.x & a few Nexus 6 information, any useful links would do the job.
a- Like If I OEM unlock my n6 now and use 5.1.1 CM based it has pre-root right ? So I shouldn't bother with SuperSU BETA 2.6x right, next is the systemless root is because of M's warning messages ? why all this hassle of
**root** as of lately with L and M, Is it because of SELinux policies + M's changes with System related messages ?
b - Does MultiROM work on 5.1.1 plus M latest release ?
5- I should be good if I unlock the nexus and use an EX / Lean / Despair / Blu-Spark / or any kernels - these do have modified system so how about the M's warning msgs? are the custom ROMs on M are modded to avoid any nagging messages like that?
6- Please link me any useful links that are updated to reflect latest changes like SU or any old information that is essential !! thanks !!
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1.) I don't think you need mFastboot. I think you just want standard fastboot with Nexus phones
2.) I'm not sure what this means, but just follow the beginner guide in the General section to unlock the device
2a.) Follow the advice in answer 2 for fastboot information as well
3.) NRT installs standard fastboot and adb into C:\Program Files(x86)\WugFresh Development\NRT\Data\ folder
4.) Can't do it, I don't use multi-rom.
5.) There are special instructions for installing custom kernels. Follow the directions mentioned within the threads
6.) This information will be available in the custom ROM or kernel threads you choose to use
AlkaliV2 said:
1.) I don't think you need mFastboot. I think you just want standard fastboot with Nexus phones
2.) I'm not sure what this means, but just follow the beginner guide in the General section to unlock the device
2a.) Follow the advice in answer 2 for fastboot information as well
3.) NRT installs standard fastboot and adb into C:\Program Files(x86)\WugFresh Development\NRT\Data\ folder
4.) Can't do it, I don't use multi-rom.
5.) There are special instructions for installing custom kernels. Follow the directions mentioned within the threads
6.) This information will be available in the custom ROM or kernel threads you choose to use
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Thanks,
Last time I had a nexus 6 just for a couple of days which I returned for various reasons, I had the firmware error upon flashing the imgs from 5.0.x to 5.1.1, after googling a bit I used that mFastboot, but wanna confirm it..
Ashtrix said:
Thanks,
Last time I had a nexus 6 just for a couple of days which I returned for various reasons, I had the firmware error upon flashing the imgs from 5.0.x to 5.1.1, after googling a bit I used that mFastboot, but wanna confirm it..
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I'm pretty sure mFastboot is made directly for a Verizon variant, but since the Nexus 6 is unlocked and your Verizon SIM card dictates the network you are on, I would say stick with normal Fastboot for your flashing endeavors. Good luck and read twice, flash once :good:
Edit: Quick side note, love the avatar. Good choice.
Thankyou :highfive:
Just did an OEM unlock and wierdly after that, the bugdroid loading doesn't end at all. Did an factory img flash of 5.1.1 Shamu-LMY48Y and booted in less than a min Lol.
And yes the fastboot is working, wow things are definitely wierd with Shamu (volume normalization, mFastboot previous xperience, bootloader bricks...seems like Qcom fixed that after CM brickbug and no one can help the manual bricking) but I'm ok with all these , just love this device, massive, powerful and sexy looking piece
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Well everything's going fine but this bugdroid loading doesn't seem to be fixed at all, after bootup 23Gb was there so I did a format and again stuck, this time around I tried using TWRP to flash (CM12.1)after doing fastboot commands - fastboot format userdata, cache. Now it says unable to flash on so&so data partition, So formatted from the OS and now MTP says generical heirarchial. I don't remember any device with that format...
EDIT 2 : Device won't boot with that bugdroid formatting the Data partition. Needs to be fastboot flashed else stuck there forever again same 23Gb bootissue if I do that & Using fastboot format userdata command it formats into the 64GB - 54Gb available space but with TWRP It fails to flash - the same error, can't flash on data parition. So repeat fastboot and it's a damn cycle. Will try to flash MM if it won't then. I may have to return again...OMG
EDIT 3 : http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...ys-formatting-data-yellow-text-any-ideas.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/help-stuck-formatting-data-t2737793
EDIT : Tried MM and after 10 mins formatted succesfully now gotta try a ROM or any, hope its fine !!
Again the GH FS is back with MTP and doesn't flash at all with TWRP. If I go for a re-lock and it it fails to boot with formatting properly...then bam nothing but a bricked Nexus !!
TWRP did the format but the device is messed up, sliptscreen issue..
I'm going to return this, enough of the hassle had me messed up totally :crying:
Seems like 6P seems better than having all these issues. Or wait for the 2016 device...
EDIT : Sorry for the GH format seems like it's normal, but the flashing issue is too wierd..
I dont know what the **** a bugdroid is.... But just use fastboot to flash things. Post up console messages and we can help.
If you flash userdata.img, its for the 32 gig model... But you can use TWRP to expand the partition to give your space back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/phone-gb-storage-to-factory-reset-t3225492
Just read, its really really easy.
scryan said:
I dont know what the **** a bugdroid is.... But just use fastboot to flash things. Post up console messages and we can help.
If you flash userdata.img, its for the 32 gig model... But you can use TWRP to expand the partition to give your space back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/phone-gb-storage-to-factory-reset-t3225492
Just read, its really really easy.
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I know this issue, just a factory reset fixed this thing on my old N6 that I had for 2 days, but this takes too much of time to format....Just had TWRP do the job and flashed the Temasek but ALAS !! Splitscreen issue.
Just found out that I have a Mi Mix waiting for me when I get home. I've made a checklist of what I want to do to it to get it setup for my use. I wanted to know if anyone had anything to add or has done any of what I'm planning on.
Unlock Bootloader
This should be relatively simple. I already have my unlock permission and will be using the directions from here: http://en.miui.com/thread-202290-1-1.html
As far as I can tell by reading that thread, I do not need to install the developer ROM first. Is this correct?
I will also follow the top reply to this thread which mentions linking your device to your Mi account before unlocking to prevent errors: https://m.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/5co8t1/mi_unlock_approval/
Install TWRP
My plan is to follow these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-mix/development/recovery-official-twrp-xiaomi-mi-mix-t3498960
This is where I start having questions. I've been out of the rooting and ROMing game for a couple of years. Does anyone recommend rooting with anything other than SuperSU? I'm reading that it was bought by a Chinese company and shouldn't be trusted. I've also read that using Magisk you can have root that is easily turned off. I'll admit I'm pretty lost at the moment when it comes to what Magisk does and how to use it. But if it is the recommended way of doing things I will do the research to learn it.
Flash The EU ROM
I think my plan is to flash this EU ROM which debloats everything and seems to come with gapps and a lot of other nice optimizations: https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/6-11-10.36056/
My first question is has anyone tried this?
My second question is will I need to reinstall TWRP and re-root? I think I will have to re-TWRP because on the TWRP page there is one version for stock and one for the EU version. I will be on stock first and I can't flash EU until after I flash TWRP. So I think the procedure will have to be:
Flash stock TWRP
Flash EU ROM
Flash EU TWRP
Re-Root?
Turn Off All Battery Optimizations
Don't have a guide for this yet but I'm guessing it's not hard to find. Feel free to reply with one if you have one.
Personalize
Launchers/Themes/Icon Packs/etc. Don't need suggestions here since I already know what I have in mind.
Anything else?
The only other thing I can think of that I might want to install is Xposed. I've never used it and don't know how to install it but I'll learn if I can be convinced that it's something I want.
What else am I missing?
I think right now the biggest thing I'm curious about is if anyone has used the EU ROM and what the procedure is if you use that ROM since there are 2 different versions of TWRP for the Mi Mix. But any other suggestions on what to do with the initial setup or how to make my experience better are welcome. I'd also love to hear about any "gotchas" that aren't mentioned in the guides from people who have actually done it.
Well I took the plunge without waiting for feedback and for anyone who is interested, I'll answer my own questions. Read the posts that I linked in the OP to understand what I'm doing below. I will not cover how to get unlock permission as this has been covered elsewhere.
Unlock Bootloader
As far as I can tell by reading that thread, I do not need to install the developer ROM first. Is this correct?
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This is not correct. You must install the Dev ROM and connect to WiFi and follow the steps to enable Developer options and login to your Mi account in developer options.
Install TWRP
Before installing TWRP you must update back to the stable ROM. The non-EU version of TWRP will not work with the Dev ROM as of this posting. You can update to the stable ROM using the same steps as updating to the developer ROM. In the TWRP install guide I linked above, I stopped right after step 6 and continued below.
Flash the EU ROM
Instead of flashing SuperSU after installing TWRP, I copied over the EU ROM linked above and flashed that. Then I followed the instructions starting from step 3 of this post to flash SuperSU, Magisk, and suhide: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemongod...k_v7_systemless_xposed_v866_released/d8d7ziw/
The only change I made is that in between steps 4 and 5, I flashed the EU version of TWRP before continuing because otherwise the touchscreen would not work in TWRP. I used the most recent versions for the SuperSU, Magisk, and suhide and I did not flash Xposed yet but I believe I can do that in the future if I want to.
That's where I'm at now. The rest of my checklist was mostly personal preference so I won't go into that. Hope this helps.
@chimera533
THX for taking the plunge & sharing your results with us.
I'm sure I'll be doing the same once mine arrives, hope you don't mind if I look this way if I have any questions regarding TWRP/Root/etc.....
Thank you for posting this, this is the exact list of what I will be doing when my Mi Mix comes in the mail (C'mon Ibuygou).
I couldn't seem to find a EU rom for Mi mix though it is listed in the thread as a supported drive. Will you please drop me the link to download? Thank you.
jim380 said:
I couldn't seem to find a EU rom for Mi mix though it is listed in the thread as a supported drive. Will you please drop me the link to download? Thank you.
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I think I got mine from here: https://megadysk.pl/f/6.11.10
Just scroll down to the Mi Mix one.
There are 3 repositories to the 6.11.10 weekly ROMs at the top of the page here: https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/6-11-10.36056/
As far as I know there are no stable EU builds for the Mi Mix probably because it's so new.
Also I believe the weekly updates show up here: https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/miui-weekly-rom-releases.103/
The Mi Mix was skipped for 6.11.17 as evidenced by the note at the top of the 6.11.17 thread.
That's about all I know. I highly recommend reading all or most of every link I posted here. I'll confess that if I had, I would've known things like having to flash back to stable before TWRP-ing as well as some other things.
It would be nice if you did an edit of your original post, rather than a 'by the way' post below it. It would be much easier to follow the instructions.
I've installed TWRP on multiple phones. The dm-verity stuff is new to me (A xiaomi/MIUI thing I guess),
so the sequence appears to be:
install Official MIUI China developer ROM
<unlock>
install Official stable rom
install Official (Non-EU) TWRP (requires stable)
copy/install EU ROM after step 6 (aka before exiting TWRP)
< Do you reboot now and go back into fastload now? or stay inside TWRP? >
Install EU TWRP
install supersu (again, before you exit TWRP?)
Install Magisk, suhide?
Apologies but I'm away from home at the moment. I'll update the OP with more detail when I have a bit more time. But I'll give you some quick answers below.
install Official MIUI China developer ROM
Remember to log in to your Mi account in the developer options
<unlock>
install Official stable rom
install Official (Non-EU) TWRP (requires stable)
copy/install EU ROM after step 6 (aka before exiting TWRP)
While still in TWRP, install SuperSU in systemless mode.
Boot to system once
Boot back to fastboot and install EU TWRP
Boot to TWRP and install Magisk, suhide
Boot to system and install magisk manager
Got the Mi Mix 128GB overpriced in Thailand, but without any waiting time.
Love your early thread, very helpful.
I also want to get twrp, suhide, magisk and xposed, but I like to stay on the Chinese Dev or official ROM, not xiaomi.eu, because I like the paid themes which are only available on official ROMs.
I've got a MIUI developer account for 4 years, so I can unlock the device directly, being on stable ROM.
Now the steps are a bit unclear for me. Do I understand them correctly?
1. Unlock bootloader
Download and install the developer rom: http://en.miui.com/download-317.html
Create/Login with your MI Account on the device.
Apply for unlocking the bootloader here: http://en.miui.com/unlock/
Install stable ROM if desired
2. Install official TWRP (NON-EU)
Boot into fastboot mode by turning off your device then pressing volume up and power button
Install Minimal ADB and Fastboot on your PC: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Download the correct TWRP image file: https://dl.twrp.me/lithium/twrp-3.0.2-0-lithium.img.html
Copy the twrp file to where minimal adb and fastboot has been installed and rename the twrp file to twrp.img
Open fastboot on your computer and type:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
Code:
fastboot reboot
3. Install SuperSU in systemless mode
Download newest SuperSU: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu / http://download.chainfire.eu/1013/SuperSU/SR4-SuperSU-v2.78-SR4-20161115184928.zip
In ADB shell or TWRP shell, type
Code:
echo SYSTEMLESS=true > /data/.supersu
if you don't already have this file to configure SuperSU to install in systemless mode.
Flash SuperSU.
4. Boot to system
5. Boot into TWRP, install Magisk, suhide, Xposed
suhide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/suhide-t3450396
systemless xposed 86.2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3897543&d=1475913773
magisk: http://tiny.cc/latestmagisk
6. Boot to system and install Magistk Manager
magisk manager: http://tiny.cc/latestmanager
7. Install XPosed
chimera533 said:
I think I got mine from here: https://megadysk.pl/f/6.11.10
Just scroll down to the Mi Mix one.
There are 3 repositories to the 6.11.10 weekly ROMs at the top of the page here: https://xiaomi.eu/community/threads/6-11-10.36056/
As far as I know there are no stable EU builds for the Mi Mix probably because it's so new.
Also I believe the weekly updates show up here: https://xiaomi.eu/community/forums/miui-weekly-rom-releases.103/
The Mi Mix was skipped for 6.11.17 as evidenced by the note at the top of the 6.11.17 thread.
That's about all I know. I highly recommend reading all or most of every link I posted here. I'll confess that if I had, I would've known things like having to flash back to stable before TWRP-ing as well as some other things.
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Thank you so much for your help. I installed the ROM and have had it running for 2 days now. Coming from a HTC 10 (custom ROMed and everything), I;m really not digging MIUI on this phone. Lags so much it's literally driving me crazy. My 2 yrs old LG G2, which also has amazing screen-to-body ratio btw, runs circle around this phone. Really disappointed about this phone due to the software performance issues.
jim380 said:
Thank you so much for your help. I installed the ROM and have had it running for 2 days now. Coming from a HTC 10 (custom ROMed and everything), I;m really not digging MIUI on this phone. Lags so much it's literally driving me crazy. My 2 yrs old LG G2, which also has amazing screen-to-body ratio btw, runs circle around this phone. Really disappointed about this phone due to the software performance issues.
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I don't experience any lags on the original ROM.
From my experience those micro-lags and performance issuese showed up on various devices in my Android past whenever something was wrong with the ROM. A clean flash mostly helped solve the problem.
I'm currently on the original Chinese stable with SuperSu and TWRP. It's blazing fast. What's the reason to flash the xiaomi.eu rom?
underlines said:
I don't experience any lags on the original ROM.
From my experience those micro-lags and performance issuese showed up on various devices in my Android past whenever something was wrong with the ROM. A clean flash mostly helped solve the problem.
I'm currently on the original Chinese stable with SuperSu and TWRP. It's blazing fast. What's the reason to flash the xiaomi.eu rom?
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I had a nightmare trying to get to the EU Rom yesterday, I was mostly successful, however after a reboot i'd lose Touch in both TWRP and System. Thanks to this post from Chimera533 I was finally able to do it!
Anyway the main reason for the EU ROM is to get rid of all the Bloat and Chinese throughout the ROM that you cannot get rid of. It also has Google Services baked in properly so everything works correctly.
I also had a few other little niggles while on the Chinese ROM :-
Purchases from Google Play Movies wouldn't work
No Smart Lock while connected to Android Wear
No way to replace BAIDU and set Google as the search
So far i'm loving the EU Rom, i've not seen any lag at all while using it and pretty much everything seems to work exactly as it should - it has enhanced the MIX experience so much for me - love this thing!
Guys, how do I disable all battery saving optimizations / memory management optimzations? My background apps keep shutting automatically off after a while.
I'm on the default ROM without root (still waiting for developer approval)...
yakuzlin said:
Guys, how do I disable all battery saving optimizations / memory management optimzations? My background apps keep shutting automatically off after a while.
I'm on the default ROM without root (still waiting for developer approval)...
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Go to the battery section & have a look around, you should find several settings for battery management.
You're gonna need root & an app such as Titanium Backup Pro, or, SD Maid Pro to disable a lot of the MIUI & Cheetah Mobile applications.
Fine tuning on a per app basis isn't enough (do not optimize battery savings for the apps you want to work properly, notifications, messaging, etc) .....
I highly recommend flashing the EU ROM, it seems to have better memory management than the Global ROM, but, you'll still need to disable a lot of the MIUI apps & all of the Cheetah Mobile s***ware to get memory management more to what you're used to experiencing.
One other item, go to Developer Options & disable MIUI Optimization, it should be the last item or close to it....
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bubba1601 said:
Hi
I have this new device but it's not any of the versions listed here (Nora/Rhyanna)
It's the UK version XT1920-15 sim unlocked, I'm just wandering if the steps to unlock/root are the same on this device as the other versions?
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https://www.getdroidtips.com/unlock-bootloader-moto-e5-play/
I used this guide to unlock it. I also have this phone, but mine is from latin america, and it should work for yours. :good:
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bubba1601 said:
Your device is not the same.
The American / latin American version has android 8.0, 2 GB ram and a 5.2 inch screen.
The UK version has android 8.1, 1gb of ram and a 5.3 inch screen.
All such tutorials that work for the US version DON'T work on the UK version and TWRP installation fails completely.
Please be mindful when advising users things "should" work, as it doesn't work and your device is completely different to mine, so should not be attempted from that link.
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No my phone has 1Gb of Ram and 16gigs of storage space along with 8.1 and TWRP installed. I used that guide to unlock the bootloader the TWRP in that guide doesn't work for our phones. I managed to find the TWRP version of the phone.
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bubba1601 said:
The guide says it's for android 8.0 though?
I still can't unlock the bootloader!
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fastboot oem get_unlock_data
"Now command will return a string which you need to copy the string to a notepad with a single line by deleting all spaceNotepad
(Note: Only copy the highlighted sections above. Do not copy the INFO or (bootloader) prefix)"
"To Get Bootloader Key for Moto E5 Play - Open the website Motorola’s unlock the bootloader site by Signing up or Log in in via Google Plus account"
Link:https://accounts.motorola.com/ssoau...ct/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-b
Make an account, also check if your device can even be unlocked on the website.
"Once you click the "Can my Device be unlocked?" you will receive a mail with unlock key.
Now copy the unlock key and type the following command and enter.
fastboot oem unlock UNLOCK_KEY
Here UNLOCK_Key is the place where you have to paste the unlock key which you copied from the email.
That's it! Your device will unlock. hah! Have fun!"
That's how you unlock the boot loader
Link for TWRP for PETTYL:https://mega.nz/#!anwAACZT!MJ95FCiIDH-kkLaZLpFvnKT5j_3Fe2goU-aZmSVeCKo
I couldn't find on XDA so I uploaded it to mega.
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Here a twrp buckup Twrp image and rooted boot for XT1920-15 if you manage to boot into twrp or try booting boot image https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1P0yVep9l3yTN2Hzy7QiRXj3kuL_N7Dxz?usp=sharing
did the op get it sorted
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bubba1601 said:
I'm running stock again.
No root, no twrp and as far as I'm concerned, project treble ROMs/images are complete waste of time, especially for this device where half the posted steps don't work, supplied resources don't work or twrp images and twrp back ups supposedly for this device don't work
Worse still, I had to pay to redownload my firmware.
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No idea why it dosent work for you I maneged to flash twrp and root it with magisek also tried linege and ResurexionRemix it works fine only xposed dosent work
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Here a twrp buckup Twrp image and rooted boot for XT1920-15 if you manage to boot into twrp or try booting boot image https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/mobile/folders/1P0yVep9l3yTN2Hzy7QiRXj3kuL_N7Dxz?usp=sharing
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Can I flash this Recovery to XT1920-16 pettyl?
The file Moto_E5_XT1920-15-recovery.img is TWRP or STOCK recovery?
Also i'm loocking for Stock recovery for XT1920-16
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I just build custom recovery for pettyl -- ORANGE FOX , download at orangefox.tech
thanks. enjoy!
~whodat aka flash
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There's already three different TWRPs for PETTYL.....two work one doesn't.
I made a TWRP for pettyl and it works 100% , The reason the others do not work is because they have EXT4 filesystem set to data partitions in the fstabs they were made with. Data partition is set to f2fs and thus it cannot be read. I also made a decrypt.zip for pettyl aswell, and I do not even own this device... I have only dove into android dev less than 2 months ago
Many people are already confused about twrp so do we really need another one to confuse everyone even more?
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*triple facepalm* are you serious ?!?!
Maybe this site and android modifications is not for you bubba.
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bubba1601 said:
The comment you quoted says it's a TWRP file and I've not seen the stock recovery available for PETTYL .
Just bear in mind that I'm assuming the xt1920-15 that I have and txt1920-16 you have are identical, but I obviously cannot confirm that or do I know if they work the same I'm just assuming they do.
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lol to get stock recovery file all you have to do is fastboot boot TWRP or OrangeFox and make a backup of recovery. Its that simple, but what would anyone want with stock recovery anyway?
If you really want it you can get the full stock firmware here, extract it and you will have stock recovery.img along with stock boot.img and everything else....
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/pettyl/official/
Again, ENJOY!
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bubba1601 said:
If you had explained what's better or different about your recovery rather than making a mocking reply I would not have asked if another custom recovery was necessary......
There's currently two working TWRPs for PETTYL and another posted on here that doesn't work at all.
Every PETTYL user that's posted here has had issues with both TWRP versions or have been unable to follow the instructions on how to install either version.
Don't tell me this site and android modding isn't for me, because when the time is right I'll decide to stop, you will not make that decision or suggest I stop because you didn't like my question - which you didn't answer.
So I'll ask you calmly and politely again.
Is it really necessary to have so many different TWRPs and custom recovery for PETTYL?
What does your orange fox offer different to TWRP?
You haven't even posted a proper link......no explanation, no proceedures, no instructions. Nothing.
Explain yourself so people understand, don't mock.
Edit.
My question was not a criticism of what you have done.
I've stopped any further modifications to my own PETTYL because it's obvious a 1gb ram android go device cannot handle 9.0 pie and in the 10 years I've been modding various devices the E5 play is the most complicated piece of S*** I've I've used.
But even worse, if the user base cannot ask a simple question of people without someone like you being rude and sarcastic in reply and telling a fellow user to go away - then I've made the right decision not to work with my E5 or this thread any longer.
The user and support base for the E5 play PETTYL has suddenly hit an all time low, and doesn't need rudeness or your sarcasm to justify its existence..
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He explained y other recoveries had prob and y his wouldn't next it has added features such as built in magisk and etc. test it to see other extra features instead of being a lil upset and taking it out on ppl being nice and fixing ur recovery probs
bubba1601 said:
If you had explained what's better or different about your recovery rather than making a mocking reply I would not have asked if another custom recovery was necessary......
There's currently two working TWRPs for PETTYL and another posted on here that doesn't work at all.
Every PETTYL user that's posted here has had issues with both TWRP versions or have been unable to follow the instructions on how to install either version.
Don't tell me this site and android modding isn't for me, because when the time is right I'll decide to stop, you will not make that decision or suggest I stop because you didn't like my question - which you didn't answer.
So I'll ask you calmly and politely again.
Is it really necessary to have so many different TWRPs and custom recovery for PETTYL?
What does your orange fox offer different to TWRP?
You haven't even posted a proper link......no explanation, no proceedures, no instructions. Nothing.
Explain yourself so people understand, don't mock.
Edit.
My question was not a criticism of what you have done.
I've stopped any further modifications to my own PETTYL because it's obvious a 1gb ram android go device cannot handle 9.0 pie and in the 10 years I've been modding various devices the E5 play is the most complicated piece of S*** I've I've used.
But even worse, if the user base cannot ask a simple question of people without someone like you being rude and sarcastic in reply and telling a fellow user to go away - then I've made the right decision not to work with my E5 or this thread any longer.
The user and support base for the E5 play PETTYL has suddenly hit an all time low, and doesn't need rudeness or your sarcasm to justify its existence..
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Don't be a d*$k lashing out at a dev who does this work FOR free using up HIS free time to make it possible for you to make this complaint. We developers have to research to gain this knowledge. Be courteous and try to search the web to find the answers you seek and to fill in the blanks. Possibly guide others users in the right direction based on the knowledge you discover.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you. Listen to some nine inch nails, you might learn a thing or two about how to properly human.
He doesn't even own that device yet goes out of his way to provide support for it just for ungrateful individuals such as yourself to lash out at him for not explaining things clearly enough. If you lack the knowledge to fill in the blanks that he may have missed, that just shows that you're at risk of bricking your device from lack of knowledge on the subject. It won't hurt you to do a bit of research for yourself.
Sincerely,
The guy helping to guide that developer you lashed out at to supporting 64bit for YOUR DEVICE.
So I have a Moto E5 Plus (hannah) XT1924-8
and I'm in a jam.
I'm new to moto phones I just moved over to this phone 4 days ago from my HTC M9 yeah I have been a HTC guy for a long time.
My stock rom is fubar, when it boots up I get that encrypt storage thing & reset phone etc.... (no password box) but reset phone is not fixing it.
The boot loader is unlocked
& my twrp is on twrp-3.2.3-0-hannah.img got it from twrp.me
So my problem is that I want to re-flash my stock rom but "Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant" witch did worked 4 times this week but now does not want to work anymore.
It comes back at me with "this device is not supported" & that is not true.
So Now I can't get back to stock & I have not been able to get any custom rom to work me as well.
So my ?s to all of you:
Is there some kind of fix for the "Lenovo Moto Smart Assistant"?
and if not then where do I get a copy of the stock rom & some info on how I should go about installing it
and yes I have the newest adb all installed & I think I have the right driver installed "Motorola_Mobile_Drivers_64bit_v6.4.0.msi" Motorola ADB Interface 7/7/2013 v2.0.2.0
Any help will be much appreciated
Also is the phone default encryption getting in the way of me installing Lineage 15.1 or Bootleggers ??
When ever I try to installing a custom rom I get the dreaded 'To Start Android, Enter Password'
also in twrp /data does not mount when ever I booted into twrp, I had to change the format from ext4 to exfat & then change it back to ext4, from that point on it mounts no problem.
My HTC m9 phone did not have encryption on so I'm not use to working around it.
Well I'm going to return this thing & stay with my HTC m9 with only a 10% working battery.
It seems that no one is going to help me.??
there might be reasons why people wouldn't respond
1. this board isn't active like you'd expect it to be
2. there's already threads out there to save yourself from this
anyway, on twrp, you'd need to FORMAT data to have it de-encrypted... and you'd need to flash a certain boot image that prevents it from auto-encrypting, which is in one of the threads. you'd also never would want to use the smart assistant, because as you can see, it won't work. i don't know if there's a stock rom for your variant, so i can't really link you to yours, but getting it from the moto assistant isn't ideal, it's better to get it from here on the forums or something.
so, in order to install a custom rom, flash the boot.img that doesn't have encrypt, and then flash the gsi system image, and then flash magisk in twrp.
There should already be a thread with the xt1924-8 stock firmware in here somewhere just gotta search. If not I'd suggest trying to re-flash the stock recovery and boot images if you have those and then just try to do a recovery from within.
well I already returned it.
I did read many many many guides on here & on other websites before asking for help.
most of them did not say anything about the book.img to turn off the auto-encrypting.
again I never had to work around auto-encrypt before.
Also @wihzard
I did look for a stock rom for (hannah) XT1924-8 but did not find it.
anyways I returned it & now I'm looking for a unused M9 to replace my old one,
I will end up putting LineageOS 16.0 on it.
Thanks for replying
my moto e5 plus is bricked im pretty sure ...any help anyone?
E-TARD_The_LifeCaster said:
well I already returned it.
I did read many many many guides on here & on other websites before asking for help.
most of them did not say anything about the book.img to turn off the auto-encrypting.
again I never had to work around auto-encrypt before.
Also @wihzard
I did look for a stock rom for (hannah) XT1924-8 but did not find it.
anyways I returned it & now I'm looking for a unused M9 to replace my old one,
I will end up putting LineageOS 16.0 on it.
Thanks for replying
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I need help as well haven't had much time to get on here and try to get help. I have the XT1924-7 varriant. I had discovered a hidden network that was placed on there by an ex to track me. So I factory reset I had AEX pie installed on it. Come to find out factory reset didn't even get ride of had to follow some extra steps to erase partitions that weren't wiped during the reset with TWRP. So my problem is once booted and going through setup process these pop up start popping up(screen shots below)the first is the modem keeps stopping. I get that about 25 times of hitting ok then I get one last one stating internal error need to factory reset. IVE DONE THAT COMPLETELY DELETED IT ALL RESTORED ALL. I've flashed NON-HLOS alone withe the erase modem 1&2. And still I've done diffent methods of trying to restore and get nowhere. Any help would be appreciated
Hello everyone, try to install several custom roms, there is no tutorial that explains how the rom and twrp are installed. There are many tutorials and they all contradict, some say do this, others say do the other, but all fail.
Twrp boot, flash rom, install custom rom on SLOT A, install TWRP on slot B.
PROVEN ROMS:
PixelExperience:
Very low call volume, impossible to fix.
LineageOS:
Does not start play store, does not allow login to accounts, does not allow to install gapps.
- CURRENT ROM--
Evolution X:
Does not start play store, does not allow login to accounts.
I have been installing customs roms for years and this device is costing me my life. HELP
The most users get in trouble with A/B devices because they don't know exactly the differences between A-only and A/B partitions.
You don't know how to install TWRP? Why? On twrp.me you can find a detailed instruction for every single model.
A custom ROM is always a .zip file and you can flash a .zip file via TWRP. If you flash a ROM while slot _a is set as active you will install the ROM on slot _b. That's all. That is the meaning of semless updates.
Every new ROM must contain a own boot.img. A new boot.img will delete TWRP and Magisk. TWRP is a recovery and A/B devices don't have own partition for recovery. The recovery is merged in the boot partition.
Also Magisk uses the boot.img to patch the ramdisk. Flashing a new boot.img means you override the patched ramdisk with a new own. As a result you need a new Magisk installation.
my recommendation is starting from scratch with a clean stock 10 install then trying again...
lineage wiki probably has the best install instructions https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/lake/install but also check its forum thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/g7-plus/development/rom-lineageos-17-1-t4076569 for other recommendations . if you want evolution X read the instructions in its thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/g7-plus/development/rom-evolution-x-4-1-69-moto-g7-plus-t4081731 as well but there pretty much the same.... you've probably went threw those threads already based upon you saying you have tried 3 diff roms already, but try again from a clean install of stock 10 (IF you want to run a 10 rom). i know it's not really a "clean/easy/simple" solution/tutorial, but with this device there is some trial and error for getting a half assed working install. however MAKE SURE you are on a stock 10 rom when installing a 10 rom, pixel experience is a 9 rom and that could be part of your problem. moving from android 10 stock, to a 9 rom, then back to a 10 rom will lead to issues. or a 9 rom, to a 10 rom, without moving to stock 10 in between will lead to problems.
as this isnt nearly a widely adopted device, custom rom development and support isnt even close to other devices, so expect bugs. i've always ran cfw's on all my devices ever since the htc g1/dream days, this is my first device i've stuck with stock due to the lack of rom development, lack of widespread use and people actually wanting to use cfw and users to bug report, and stock being more stable... but your mileage may vary. also no disrespect meant towards the hard working dev's who do work on this device, keep it up.
Thank you very much, I feel lucky that you have responded so quickly, sometimes my messages I post in this forum are never answered. Right now I am with revolution X:
--- It has TWRP perfectly installed, it has the boot.img patched with Magisk without any error and rooted perfectly, but google play for more than clean and reinstall it never opens, it does not allow me to login to the accounts, the APPs they close alone, etc.
I will try to put the stock and again but I have very little hope. thanks, again¡¡
prodigy90 said:
Thank you very much, I feel lucky that you have responded so quickly, sometimes my messages I post in this forum are never answered. Right now I am with revolution X:
--- It has TWRP perfectly installed, it has the boot.img patched with Magisk without any error and rooted perfectly, but google play for more than clean and reinstall it never opens, it does not allow me to login to the accounts, the APPs they close alone, etc.
I will try to put the stock and again but I have very little hope. thanks, again¡¡
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yeah it seems to be pretty finicky getting a good install and gapps seem to have issues. reading all the posts in the lineage17 thread just make me cringe. as much as i'd love to use lineage as my daily driver (or evo X) my days of willing to put up with a buggy rom and daily dirty flashing have come and gone. this was my first, and will be my last, moto device for the the simple fact it just doesnt have the user base and its development is stunted, compared to more widely used devices.
i hope you get something working, the lineage17 thread definetly has some good advice on what people have done to get a working install, should be able to apply flash order etc to a evoX install (minus having to install gapps for evoX)
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I managed to perfectly install the Stock Rom with the following tool:
Lenovo MOTO Smart Assistant, a real wonder, simply select the model and in fastboot, immediately install the factory rom.
download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/lmsa_v4.5.0.14_setup.exe
prodigy90 said:
I managed to perfectly install the Stock Rom with the following tool:
Lenovo MOTO Smart Assistant, a real wonder, simply select the model and in fastboot, immediately install the factory rom.
download.lenovo.com/consumer/mobiles/lmsa_v4.5.0.14_setup.exe
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yup, the LMSA is a great tool for sure. glad you got back to a clean stock install.