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[Q] Upgrading to 4.4.4 from 4.4.2. Help.

Hello, I have made some searches but I couldn't find a easy answer.
My phone version es XT1058. I want to have a International version Android system. Not from my carrier.
I have made this on my Moto G, and on several phones. But reading some say I can brick my device.
Any clear instructions? Please. All I want is 4.4.4 ALL STOCK.
Right now my device is ALL STOCK. Locked BT, I tried going to the Moto Website and I was getting a Error loading the page. Weird.

If you are not rooted, and never have been, then your carrier just hasn't pushed out the update yet. There's nothing you can do but wait if that's the case.
And what exactly are you trying to flash? If there's no ota for your device yet....there likely are no sbf files yet either.
Also, flashing an international firmware could cause you all sorts of issues, unless you've read that others on your same device have done it successfully. And what are you calling international firmware?
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Btw, I'm pretty sure you can't flash other carriers firmware with a locked bootloader.

[Q] Is it possible to roll back to 5.0 from 5.1? XT1096

I'm hating 5.1.. Might be a one off case on my phone but it is simply way too buggy and the battery life is awful compared to what I had going on my rooted 5.0
Like the thread title says, does anyone know if it's doable to get back to 5.0 so I can get back a rooted/stable phone?

Try a cache clearing first, that usually helps with those kind of issues.

bik2101 said:
I'm hating 5.1.. Might be a one off case on my phone but it is simply way too buggy and the battery life is awful compared to what I had going on my rooted 5.0
Like the thread title says, does anyone know if it's doable to get back to 5.0 so I can get back a rooted/stable phone?
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If your bootloader is unlocked just flash the system.img and boot.img files from 5.0 or 444 through mfastboot. DO NOT FLASH ANYTHING ELSE

chrisrozon said:
Try a cache clearing first, that usually helps with those kind of issues.
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Yeah.. Unfortunately have done a few of those and factory reset as well.
Sent from my XT1096 using Tapatalk

I am also wondering if it is possible to flash back. Are you saying you have flashed system.img and boot.img and were able to? Wouldnt flashing boot.img give you the old bootloader and possibly brick?

bik2101 said:
I'm hating 5.1.. Might be a one off case on my phone but it is simply way too buggy and the battery life is awful compared to what I had going on my rooted 5.0
Like the thread title says, does anyone know if it's doable to get back to 5.0 so I can get back a rooted/stable phone?
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Did you take the OTA to get to 5.1?
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d33dvb said:
I am also wondering if it is possible to flash back. Are you saying you have flashed system.img and boot.img and were able to? Wouldnt flashing boot.img give you the old bootloader and possibly brick?
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boot.img is not the bootloader. It is the kernel and the ramdisk.
motoboot.img is the bootloader.

JulesJam said:
Did you take the OTA to get to 5.1?
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boot.img is not the bootloader. It is the kernel and the ramdisk.
motoboot.img is the bootloader.
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Thank you for the clarification. I took the OTA, like a doof. Do you think its possible to flash back by flashing system and boot for 5.0 with fastboot and the rooted 5.0 with mofo? Will 5.0 boot on the new 5.1 bootloader and partition table?
Woke up this morning to a plugged in phone @92% and scorching hot. Thanks 5.1

d33dvb said:
Thank you for the clarification. I took the OTA, like a doof. Do you think its possible to flash back by flashing system and boot for 5.0 with fastboot and the rooted 5.0 with mofo? Will 5.0 boot on the new 5.1 bootloader and partition table?
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You definitely cannot flash using mofo if you upgraded your bootloader to 5.1. Your copy of Mofo was specific not only for your device, but for 4.4.4 and 5.0 or 5.0.2 bootloader depending on your device. I put all of that in the noob guide.
d33dvb said:
Woke up this morning to a plugged in phone @92% and scorching hot. Thanks 5.1
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Back up your data and do a factory reset.
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d33dvb said:
Will 5.0 boot on the new 5.1 bootloader and partition table?
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Idk b/c I didn't upgrade my bootloader to 5.1. What version of the 5.1 bootloader are you on, 60.16?

JulesJam said:
Did you take the OTA to get to 5.1?
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boot.img is not the bootloader. It is the kernel and the ramdisk.
motoboot.img is the bootloader.
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I was on mofo 5.0.2 (?) then flashed the stock 5.0 then the 5.1 update that's floating around here somewhere. are you saying that it might be possible to get back to mofo 5.0? since i didn't take OTA?! that would be amazing.

bik2101 said:
I was on mofo 5.0.2 (?) then flashed the stock 5.0 then the 5.1 update that's floating around here somewhere. are you saying that it might be possible to get back to mofo 5.0? since i didn't take OTA?! that would be amazing.
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What verison of the bootloader are you running - 60.11, 60.14 or 60.16?

I am on 60.16, and so bummed. I am guessing it is safe to try with normal fastboot to just try flashing system.img from stock 5.0 worst that could happen is I get a failed message or have to reflash 5.1 stock. I wonder if fastboot will allow me to flash system.img of an older version. I'm willing to take one for the team if someone can confirm the safest route to try, obviously not flashing gpt motoboot or anything else I read.
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I hate being the idiot example. I knew better than to flash 5.1 ota. I had just gotten zAnti and cSploit working with iptables and arp poisoning too. If anyone is curious, find all the com.zAnti and com.cSploit folders and make them all 777.

JulesJam said:
What verison of the bootloader are you running - 60.11, 60.14 or 60.16?
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60.16 ..... is that workable? or am I stuck

bik2101 said:
60.16 ..... is that workable? or am I stuck
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MoFo won't work on the 60.16 or 60.14 bootloaders. With 60.14, which was the 5.1 soak test bootloader, people have reported being able to downgrade back to 60.11 bootloader, but not with the 60.16.
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d33dvb said:
I am on 60.16, and so bummed. I am guessing it is safe to try with normal fastboot to just try flashing system.img from stock 5.0 worst that could happen is I get a failed message or have to reflash 5.1 stock. I wonder if fastboot will allow me to flash system.img of an older version.
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IME you can flash stock, signed earlier system.img using mfastboot no problem. But you may need to flash the 5.0 boot.img and radios, too. If you have the system in sparsechunks you can use regular fastboot.
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d33dvb said:
I hate being the idiot example. I knew better than to flash 5.1 ota. I had just gotten zAnti and cSploit working with iptables and arp poisoning too. If anyone is curious, find all the com.zAnti and com.cSploit folders and make them all 777.
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I had started a thread about plans for the update back in May to discuss these issues.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/xt0196-rooted-mofo-plans-5-1-update-t3107088

Is it a safe strategy to root by rolling back everything except the partition table (gpt.bin) and bootloader(motoboot.bin) from a stock 5.0 image via fastboot like normal, and then use kingroot to root 5.0, install sunshine and bob is your uncle? I have been unsuccessful at rooting 5.1 even after trying the UAF vulnerabilities recently. Will 5.0 boot on the 60.16 bootloader?

Chance to Android One

Hello
I have a question. Is it possible migrate to Android One? I read there is Moto X4 Fi version using Android One, so I don't if it is possible to change the rom on "normal" version
Is it a good idea? Yes, why? No way? XD
Thank you

It's possible without unlocking bootloader, I did that on my Moto X4 XT1900-6.

abrfilho said:
It's possible without unlocking bootloader, I did that on my Moto X4 XT1900-6.
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Nice! How did you do? And you got Oreo then?

Giammarcoperiphery said:
Nice! How did you do? And you got Oreo then?
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I used this image: PAYTON_FI_OPW27.57-25-2_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Download this file and extract both image and adb to the same folder.
Install Motorola Device Manager.
Now, boot your phone into fastboot, just turn it off and press volume down + power, connect the USB cable and execute the script.
The image are already on Oreo, the script contains instructions to erase userdata, even so, do a hard reset after flashing the phone.
Worked fine here, but do at your own risk.

abrfilho said:
I used this image: PAYTON_FI_OPW27.57-25-2_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Download this file and extract both image and adb to the same folder.
Install Motorola Device Manager.
Now, boot your phone into fastboot, just turn it off and press volume down + power, connect the USB cable and execute the script.
The image are already on Oreo, the script contains instructions to erase userdata, even so, do a hard reset after flashing the phone.
Worked fine here, but do at your own risk.
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Thank you! I'll keep this in mind.. Unless it has some interesting ROMs I think I'll keep it stock.. I hope Oreo will come soon here for the europe variant

Doing this I unlock the BL? I'll receive OTA?
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abrfilho said:
I used this image: PAYTON_FI_OPW27.57-25-2_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Download this file and extract both image and adb to the same folder.
Install Motorola Device Manager.
Now, boot your phone into fastboot, just turn it off and press volume down + power, connect the USB cable and execute the script.
The image are already on Oreo, the script contains instructions to erase userdata, even so, do a hard reset after flashing the phone.
Worked fine here, but do at your own risk.
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Doing this I unlock the Bootloader? And I will receive OTA updates?
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abrfilho said:
I used this image: PAYTON_FI_OPW27.57-25-2_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Download this file and extract both image and adb to the same folder.
Install Motorola Device Manager.
Now, boot your phone into fastboot, just turn it off and press volume down + power, connect the USB cable and execute the script.
The image are already on Oreo, the script contains instructions to erase userdata, even so, do a hard reset after flashing the phone.
Worked fine here, but do at your own risk.
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Doing this I unlock the Bootloader? And I will receive OTA updates?
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abrfilho said:
I used this image: PAYTON_FI_OPW27.57-25-2_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip
Download this file and extract both image and adb to the same folder.
Install Motorola Device Manager.
Now, boot your phone into fastboot, just turn it off and press volume down + power, connect the USB cable and execute the script.
The image are already on Oreo, the script contains instructions to erase userdata, even so, do a hard reset after flashing the phone.
Worked fine here, but do at your own risk.
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Doing this I unlock the Bootloader? And I will receive OTA updates?

Giammarcoperiphery said:
Doing this I unlock the BL? I'll receive OTA?
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Doing this I unlock the Bootloader? And I will receive OTA updates?
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Doing this I unlock the Bootloader? And I will receive OTA updates?
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Doing this I unlock the Bootloader? And I will receive OTA updates?
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No, the bootloader remain locked, probably you'll recebe updates, I'm waiting january patch to see.

Thanks for your contribution.
I just flashed this on my European XT1900-7 and it is working ok.
Although, unfortunately IMS-Services such as VoLTE and VoWiFi (WiFi-Calling) are disabled in this Project-Fi ROM
They are unchecked when opening test menu by typing *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer.
Anybody has a clue on how to get this working?

abrfilho said:
No, the bootloader remain locked, probably you'll recebe updates, I'm waiting january patch to see.
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What about the patch? i'm thinking to install in my XT-1900-4. But i need to know if the mobile phone will receive updates with OTA.

merafly said:
What about the patch? i'm thinking to install in my XT-1900-4. But i need to know if the mobile phone will receive updates with OTA.
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Hi, I didn't received any ota updates, I think it's because of the software channel, mine is retbr.

What are the advantages of Android One?
How is the battery life?
The only thing I could find is the AntuTu score, more than 85k points.
That's a huge improvement...

abrfilho said:
Hi, I didn't received any ota updates, I think it's because of the software channel, mine is retbr.
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I Have the same problem with my Moto X4 (XT 1900-4), i did flash Android One and all OK, but the software channel is "opencl" . Any idea to change this?

merafly said:
I Have the same problem with my Moto X4 (XT 1900-4), i did flash Android One and all OK, but the software channel is "opencl" . Any idea to change this?
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What is difference between software channel, mine is retin !!!

Anyone got ANDROID ONE working on Indian varient XT 1900-2 ?
Sent from my [device_name] using XDA-Developers Legacy app

Phelin said:
Anyone got ANDROID ONE working on Indian varient XT 1900-2 ?
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I got..but it have calling issue...u can't either call anyone or received..But using #jio4Gvoice u can solve this prob..as well as It doesn't have wireless sound system option

Android Oreo update method

To update to Oreo can i use this method ? https://www.getdroidtips.com/huawei-p10-b360-oreo-firmware-update/
Or is it better to wait for OTA or FF approval ? Thanks

You can use HWOTA for updating. Here's a tutorial for older firmwares, but you can also use the firmware files for Oreo. Download from here.

Jannomag said:
You can use HWOTA for updating. Here's a tutorial for older firmwares, but you can also use the firmware files for Oreo. Download from here.
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Do i need unlocked bootloader for HWOTA update ?

Well, I tried it on a VTR-L29C432B180 (downloading the 3 files for Oreo, renaming them, using the update.bat with unlocked bootloader and all the steps) and ended up in eRecovery. Then I could restart the phone and it booted up, but it was the same version (B180).
Any ideas?

If you are updating from Oreo beta to Oreo, you can follow the guide that I wrote earlier: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10/how-to/guide-upgrading-versions-emui-8-p10-to-t3748844

tangoalfa said:
Well, I tried it on a VTR-L29C432B180 (downloading the 3 files for Oreo, renaming them, using the update.bat with unlocked bootloader and all the steps) and ended up in eRecovery. Then I could restart the phone and it booted up, but it was the same version (B180).
Any ideas?
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Did you let eRecovery do its job? HWOTA pushes the three update files to the phone, installs eRecovery and then provide commands, which tell eRecovery to install these three update files. So, if you did everything right, then eRecovery will install the update, don't cancel it.
If you need further help, contact me via PM.
When we found a solution we'll post it here for the public but for working on a problem it's better to chat directly.
@madoxx77 If your bootloader is locked, HWOTA will ask you to unlock it with the unlock code. Without unlocked bootloader it's not possible.

owichiu said:
If you are updating from Oreo beta to Oreo, you can follow the guide that I wrote earlier: https://forum.xda-developers.com/p10/how-to/guide-upgrading-versions-emui-8-p10-to-t3748844
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What about if we are coming from Nougat/Emui 5.1?
Any suggestions?
Cheers.
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Jannomag said:
Did you let eRecovery do its job? HWOTA pushes the three update files to the phone, installs eRecovery and then provide commands, which tell eRecovery to install these three update files. So, if you did everything right, then eRecovery will install the update, don't cancel it.
If you need further help, contact me via PM.
When we found a solution we'll post it here for the public but for working on a problem it's better to chat directly.
@madoxx77 If your bootloader is locked, HWOTA will ask you to unlock it with the unlock code. Without unlocked bootloader it's not possible.
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I don't know why my other reply appeared first to me after the post I'm quoting. Now I see this reply to my first post...
Nevertheless. I did it with the script. When it finished and asked me to hit Enter so the device would reboot, it entered erecovery and only got that screen where it wants to reinstall the original firmware and gives you the option to download it via Wifi. It failed to download it. And then, after a couple of tries, it booted up in Nougat (the same version I was running).
What step do you think went wrong? I used Same Brand Update or whatever it is called.
Cheers.

tangoalfa said:
What about if we are coming from Nougat/Emui 5.1?
Any suggestions?
Cheers.
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I don't know why my other reply appeared first to me after the post I'm quoting. Now I see this reply to my first post...
Nevertheless. I did it with the script. When it finished and asked me to hit Enter so the device would reboot, it entered erecovery and only got that screen where it wants to reinstall the original firmware and gives you the option to download it via Wifi. It failed to download it. And then, after a couple of tries, it booted up in Nougat (the same version I was running).
What step do you think went wrong? I used Same Brand Update or whatever it is called.
Cheers.
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It seems that the recovery img files you flash with HWOTA are wrong. Please be sure to use these files.
The original recovery has an online check and doesn't allow scripts.

Galaxy S9 SM-G960U (Snapdragon) Engineering ROM

Hi, I just wanted to share what I just came across. I'm sure this will help getting root. I found a hybrid stock/samsung testing rom. Check it out, I'm sure it'll help us get root. https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1xQbXIDex1aDaAHoBmoecXPZkjtuQFAyC&export=download

UPDATE: There is an option to OEM UNLOCK. It seems to have full adb control.

MetalPhoenix45 said:
Hi, I just wanted to share what I just came across. I'm sure this will help getting root. I found a hybrid stock/samsung testing rom. Check it out, I'm sure it'll help us get root. https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1xQbXIDex1aDaAHoBmoecXPZkjtuQFAyC&export=download
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I'll take a look at it.. question is, where'd you get it and do they have a g965u version?
To add, looks like a regular combo firm, they have OEM unlock option in settings and adb debuggable and permissive

Im not sure if they have a 965u version. I found it while trying to find an engineer kernel.

Any idea what the security patch is? I'm on May with the version 2 bootloader so I dunno if I can flash this but if it's the newer bootloader I could do some tests.

So I reset my s9 and I get this when trying to flash the combination ROM.
Any suggestions or is this due to the bootloader being V2

Forgot to attach the image.

ChongoDroid said:
Forgot to attach the image.
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I didn't get that error but I was on the April patch. That particular ROM was in the January patch I believe. I did use the modified ODIN by Raymonf.

My bad I meant the February patch (T-Mobile isn't sending any updates)

From initial look at it, it appears to be a standard combination firmware

Yeah I'm on the may update so I don't think I can flash it. Best of luck hopefully someone can find something useful with it. Anybody get it to respond to fastboot commands?

What does this mean? Can I potentially flash this, unlock my bootloader, flash TWRP?

Malvarose said:
What does this mean? Can I potentially flash this, unlock my bootloader, flash TWRP?
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no

Well there isn't a twrp for the snapdragon variant. However, to be fair we don't actually know what we can do with this.

ChongoDroid said:
Well there isn't a twrp for the snapdragon variant. However, to be fair we don't actually know what we can do with this.
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There is an unofficial twrp for Chinese snapdragon models. But I did try flashing it and with no success.

MetalPhoenix45 said:
There is an unofficial twrp for Chinese snapdragon models. But I did try flashing it and with no success.
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Did you unlock your bootloader? What did it spit out after issuing fastboot commands
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Try
fastboot flashing unlock
or
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
lemme know what it says.

I'm pretty sure fastboot commands don't work on Samsung phones. I tried fastboot devices and nothing showed up

Ah gotcha. Yeah I'm not too experienced with Samsung but from what I've read cf autoroot is the way to go or unlock with heimdall.
I guess ive got some reading up to do.

There's a guy trying to root but he needs the ENG ROM, so I sent him the link, hope he can do something
There's a link for all combination ROM either for s9 as well as s9+
https://www.t-flash.net/samsung-combination-firmware/

Is possible to flash the ZTO G9600 (brazilian rom) to the 960u device I've bought in USA?
Thank you.