Hey folks. I got a new Moto G7 Plus (XT1965-T) and wanted to install TWRP and custom ROM, as done on my G5 Plus. Long story short... I accidentally flashed a recovery image for my G5 Plus, and hard-bricked the phone. I managed to unbrick, thanks to luiz_neto's "[ULTIMATE GUIDE] How To Unbrick your Moto G7 Plus" post (BIG shout out). However, when in drop to Recovery Mode, TWRP v3.2.1-0 as was installed on the G5+, is displayed. The screen then locks up requiring a hard reset. I can boot to the Factory ROM and the phone functions normally, however am unable to figure out how to reinstall the OEM recovery. All procedures to revert back to full OEM seem to reference flashing a factory "Image". I can only find .zip files on the stock ROM. Any clues out there as to how I can fix this problem would be greatly appreciated?
My recommendation: Re-flash Stock ROM to get rid off of all modifications you applied so far.
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and incompleteMy recommendation: Re-flash Stock ROM to get rid off of all modifications you applied so far.
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My thoughts too, but stock ROMS are in xml.zip fromat, and I have no idea how to install. Some guidance indicates that extracted files are manually flashed in sequence. This seems odd and instructions are incomplete. Where can the stock ROM, what will be the format, and where can I find accurate and complete instructions?
I previously had a Motorola G7 Power device and I know that's not the same device you have here but I do recall our factory images were on a server and you had to really be careful which one you installed. There were six or seven different Moto G7 power device models and that many stock rom/ images. I can help you look and try and see if there is anything out there.
What is the exact model of your device or just post a screenshot of your "about phone" in settings if you'd like.... Please tell me your build number in phone settings when you get a minute I'm trying to figure out exactly what model device you have. Sometimes Motorola can be kinda tricky.
I'm not saying these links are to firmware that is made for your device. I need to know exactly what model you have to determine that but you may want to check out these:
Sidenote: I had a Moto that had the same exact XTxxxx number as another model is why I want to be for sure about this .
[Flash ROM.bat][Android 9] Flash Stock ROM of your MOTO G7 PLUS!!!
FOR MOTO G7 PLUS ONLY!!! Hello, everyone. I created a .bat file "executable " For those who want to flash the stock rom on your Moto G7 Plus. Just put it in the stock Rom folder along with the fastboot files and run the file. For those who...
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If there is anything out there I, like others here have already commented would suggest flashing the factory image /stock rom, whatever you want to call it that's made for your device and also at some point formatting data. fastboot -w
flash713 said:
I previously had a Motorola G7 Power device and I know that's not the same device you have here but I do recall our factory images were on a server and you had to really be careful which one you installed. There were six or seven different Moto G7 power device models and that many stock rom/ images. I can help you look and try and see if there is anything out there.
What is the exact model of your device or just post a screenshot of your "about phone" in settings if you'd like.... Please tell me your build number in phone settings when you get a minute I'm trying to figure out exactly what model device you have. Sometimes Motorola can be kinda tricky.
I'm not saying these links are to firmware that is made for your device. I need to know exactly what model you have to determine that but you may want to check out these:
Sidenote: I had a Moto that had the same exact XTxxxx number as another model is why I want to be for sure about this .
[Flash ROM.bat][Android 9] Flash Stock ROM of your MOTO G7 PLUS!!!
FOR MOTO G7 PLUS ONLY!!! Hello, everyone. I created a .bat file "executable " For those who want to flash the stock rom on your Moto G7 Plus. Just put it in the stock Rom folder along with the fastboot files and run the file. For those who...
forum.xda-developers.com
If there is anything out there I, like others here have already commented would suggest flashing the factory image /stock rom, whatever you want to call it that's made for your device and also at some point formatting data. fastboot -w
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Device is a Moto G7 Plus model: XT1965-T. It is/was Android 10. I thought I had a good stock rom and flash procedure, but following a latenight attempt, I was obviously wrong. I am now stuck in a boot-loop. I can still get to fastboot and it is recognized adb tools., but that is it. Step one, get the build number before 'zucking' with it. Blew that! Would understand if you walked. Anyway, if your still here, I think the ROM is correct, Motorola_Moto_G7_Plus_XT1965-T_RETUS_LAKE_QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3_10.zip from motostockrom.com. If so, I obviously have no idea how to flash using adb tools and fastboot. Also, I see ROMs ending in .xml.zip, vice .zip. Just packaging? Where to from here? Frame it and find a wall? I'll hold off a couple of days before zucking with it some more. I have a septic tank lid to fix. Way more fun and greater chance of success!
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Device is a Moto G7 Plus model: XT1965-T. It is/was Android 10. I thought I had a good stock rom and flash procedure, but following a latenight attempt, I was obviously wrong. I am now stuck in a boot-loop. I can still get to fastboot and it is recognized adb tools., but that is it. Step one, get the build number before 'zucking' with it. Blew that! Would understand if you walked. Anyway, if your still here, I think the ROM is correct, Motorola_Moto_G7_Plus_XT1965-T_RETUS_LAKE_QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3_10.zip from motostockrom.com. If so, I obviously have no idea how to flash using adb tools and fastboot. Also, I see ROMs ending in .xml.zip, vice .zip. Just packaging? Where to from here? Frame it and find a wall? I'll hold off a couple of days before zucking with it some more. I have a septic tank lid to fix. Way more fun and greater chance of success!
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RETUS is retail US model device. On my G7 Power there were multiple firmwares that could be used. Idk if this is it but check out "RETAIL" from here: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/motorola/lake/official/RETAIL/
I didn't see a RETUS firmware. G7 Plus is codename "LAKE" correct ?
Yes. Aaccording to multiple references, LAKE is the codename for the XT1965-T. My OEM box clearly states XT1965-T. It is an unbranded unlocked, full price phone, new out of the box. When I search for "stock ROM", I only find _LAKE_ along with the words "_RETAIL_" or "_RETUS_" in the zip name. Not certain of that though.
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Yes. Aaccording to multiple references, LAKE is the codename for the XT1965-T. My OEM box clearly states XT1965-T. It is an unbranded unlocked, full price phone, new out of the box. When I search for "stock ROM", I only find _LAKE_ along with the words "_RETAIL_" or "_RETUS_" in the zip name. Not certain of that though.
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I think RETUS means Retail US. Again, just wagging.
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I think RETUS means Retail US. Again, just wagging.
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Maybe check the RETAIL firmware on Lake device section and see if you can find anything that resembles the firmware that you are currently on. Look at dates of the firmware packages. Download a few and unpack them and look inside. That's what I would do. When I look up your model it shows two models .. The T-Mobile Moto G7 Plus and the Unlocked G7 Plus. I'd scope out the contence of the RETAIL firmware and see what all is inside once unpacked.. You should be able to tell by that if the retail is indeed RETUS which is yes retail US.
Where the RIVER firmware is at the link I pasted here in the thread , if you scroll down there is a telegram group link: https://t.me/lolinet
Maybe someone there knows more about all this. Worth a shot.
One last thing, inside the firmware, once it's unpacked I believe there is a script for flashing it. Open it to see order of partitions flashed.. If you do NOT already have a backup of your IMEI you should most definitely back them up as soon as you are able to. Then if you end up with no signal and your IMEI disappears you can fastboot the backed up files and your good. If not and you lose them, you're SOL and you have a paperweight. i remember on my G7 Power I messed mine up and luckily had a backup of them or I would have been screwed.
Once you get up and running again to copy your efs you can use termux terminal or another terminal emulator app and type: su then grant root once it pops up on your phone screen. Them type these two lines, one at a time and it will backup your efs to your sdcard and you can transfer them to your PC, a cloud or USB drive where they're safe.
dd if=/dev/block/sdf3 of=/sdcard/modemst2.bin bs=2048 (then push enter)
dd if=/dev/block/sdf2 of=/sdcard/modemst1.bin bs=2048 (enter)
Edit added: This guy knows about Motorola. His thread(s) may be helpful https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-using-fastboot-exe-with-motorola-devices.4042039/
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I think RETUS means Retail US. Again, just wagging.
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Maybe check the RETAIL firmware on Lake device section and see if you can find anything that resembles the firmware that you are currently on. Look at dates of the firmware packages. Download a few and unpack them and look inside. That's what I would do. When I look up your model it shows two models .. The T-Mobile Moto G7 Plus and the Unlocked G7 Plus. I'd scope out the contence of the RETAIL firmware and see what all is inside once unpacked.. You should be able to tell by that if the retail is indeed RETUS which is yes retail US.
Where the RIVER firmware is at the link I pasted here in the thread , if you scroll down there is a telegram group link: https://t.me/lolinet
Maybe someone there knows more about all this. Worth a shot.
One last thing, inside the firmware, once it's unpacked I believe there is a script for flashing it. Open it to see order of partitions flashed.. If you do NOT already have a backup of your IMEI you should most definitely back them up as soon as you are able to. Then if you end up with no signal and your IMEI disappears you can fastboot the backed up files and your good. If not and you lose them, you're SOL and you have a paperweight. i remember on my G7 Power I messed mine up and luckily had a backup of them or I would have been screwed.
Once you get up and running again to copy your efs you can use termux terminal or another terminal emulator app and type: su then grant root once it pops up on your phone screen. Them type these two lines, one at a time and it will backup your efs to your sdcard and you can transfer them to your PC, a cloud or USB drive where they're safe.
dd if=/dev/block/sdf3 of=/sdcard/modemst2.bin bs=2048 (then push enter)
dd if=/dev/block/sdf2 of=/sdcard/modemst1.bin bs=2048 (enter)
Edit added: This guy knows about Motorola. His thread(s) may be helpful https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-using-fastboot-exe-with-motorola-devices.4042039/
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A BIG THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP.
Did what you suggested. Extracted and located a "Flashfile.bat"... runs a long list of fastboot cmds, as I'm sure you are familiar. Similar to but more involved than the mannual I ran last night(did not work, broke to boot-loop. Also located a file called LAKE_QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.info.txt Contents are as follows:
BUILD REQUEST INFO:
SW Version: lake-user 10 QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3 284d4d release-keysM636_21.71.02.66R
Modem Version: M636_21.71.02.66R
FSG Version: FSG-660-10.108
MBM Version: MBM-3.0-lake_retail-efaf0cccb-210129
Build Fingerprint: motorola/lake/lake:10/QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3/284d4d:user/release-keys
VERSION INFO FOUND UNDER 'ABOUT PHONE' SCREEN:
System Version: 30.201.3.lake.retail.en.US
Model Number: moto g(7) plus
Android Version: 10
Build Id: QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3
SW Display Build ID: QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3
Build Date: Fri Jan 29 08:46:03 CST 2021
OTHER MISC VERSION INFO:
Subsidy Lock Config: slcf_rev_d_default_v1.0.nvm
Regulatory Info (eLabel): regulatory_info_default.png
eLabel SHA1: da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709
Blur Version: Blur_Version.30.201.3.lake.retail.en.US
Version when read from CPV: lake-user 10 QPWS30.61-21-18-7-3 284d4d release-keys
AB Update Enabled: True
Full Treble Enabled: True
Seems obvious that RETUS stand for Retail US, and all appears to be all correct for my device.
As for a the IMEI it is printed on the box. I have no softcopy.
Very familiar with dd. Excellent idea. Will do, as well as get a full TWRP backup, when get it running.
The unzipped ROM file creates directories: Driver, Firmware, and RSD Flash Tool, as well as credits.txt and How to Flash.txt. How to Flash.txt simply says to install drivers, I have already done; connect device which I know how to do (fastboot devices confirmation), and run the previously mentioned flashfile.bat from the Firmware directory.
Questions:
What It does not say is that this zip was designed for Windows, not Linux (as I ran last night). I also assume that it should be run as administrator. The Windows machine already has Adb Tools and Fastboot installed. I haven't really touched a Windows machine in ten years (TG), but from what I recall, unlike Linux/UNIX, the current working directory is automatically added to the search path. Is this stil the case for Win10 and will the current working directory be searched first, or is there a possibility that there might be a cmd/file version mismatch between the two installs? I have no idea what the directory of RSD Flash Tools is for. ? Any additional thought before I take the pill? A BIG THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP.
On Moto G7 power device the devs changed the firmware install commands and lefts out a few that they said weren't needed. Check out G7 power guides section of xda. There are fastboot guides there. Having a physical backup of your efs is important. It's not the same as just knowing your imei. The only way your imei can be restored is if you backup the efs partitions and if/when you have issues, (many do!) you can fastboot flash them back to your device.
I can't stand Windows. I'm a Linux guru and wish I would have discovered it sooner. I have a Asus Chromebook that I use now and i immediately installed crouton and Ubuntu same day it arrived from Amazon. ChromeOS is actually not bad but fact that its a MAJOR Target for malware and viruses is an issue for me. I'm quite sure the files are for windows. Things still usually are that way much of the time in my experience.. I hope you get it resolved and fixed. I came across more links earlier. I'll go grab them and add them to my post here after I post this. I actually found a G7 Plus fastboot firmware flash guide too. Idk if it's correct or not but lemme go get the links.
This may or may not be helpful. Careful what all you fastboot flash. These Moto devices, the G7, G7+, Power...They can be confusing as far as correct firmware. I also remember on G7 Power our stock firmware, not all of the stock rom partitions would flash.. Some would work for some people and not for others.. See this is a danger zone for the possibility of messing up your efs and losing IMEI.. If anything is flashed that doesn't belong it can screw that up and then you'd lose data and not be able to restore them to fix device.. That's why I mentioned it earlier..
The Complete Noob Guide to Rooting MetroPCS XT1955-5 Qualcomm Variant
This tutorial is for people like me than ran into problems rooting the Moto G7 Power XT-1955-5 (MetroPCS Qualcomm Variant) running on stock Pie. I got two of these literally today brand new in the box after swapping out that mess Samsung Galaxy...
forum.xda-developers.com
The guide on that thread with the fastboot directions is how we flashed our firmware on G7 Power.
May want to read here: https://lineageosroms.com/lake/
The G7 Plus is codename LAKE. I keep thinking RIVER but RIVER is codename for the regular Moto G7 device.
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Didn't you mention something about attempting to install recovery TWRP before you bricked? You can try flashing stock boot.img to both slots and reboot system and see if device boots up. Just open terminal and get a stock firmware boot.img from extracted firmware for LAKE device and in terminal and while phones in bootloader mode: sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
That will get boot.img on both slot A&B and should fix anything you did with TWRP and boot partition,, if there is anything in your boot partition that's causing phone not to boot. Just make sure boot.img is from LAKE firmware.
When you connect to your PC and open terminal and do: adb reboot bootloader
And then : sudo fastboot getvar all
does anything appear to be not okay? Definitely check that out. I would if I were you. Good luck man. I had found a thread that had firmware fastboot directions. It was dated 19 months ago but "if" it was correct im quite sure it would still apply now . Good luck man.
Well tried to flash stock ROM and got error messages/failure. See attached screenshot.
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My recommendation: Re-flash Stock ROM to get rid off of all modifications you applied so far.
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flash713 said:
On Moto G7 power device the devs changed the firmware install commands and lefts out a few that they said weren't needed. Check out G7 power guides section of xda. There are fastboot guides there. Having a physical backup of your efs is important. It's not the same as just knowing your imei. The only way your imei can be restored is if you backup the efs partitions and if/when you have issues, (many do!) you can fastboot flash them back to your device.
I can't stand Windows. I'm a Linux guru and wish I would have discovered it sooner. I have a Asus Chromebook that I use now and i immediately installed crouton and Ubuntu same day it arrived from Amazon. ChromeOS is actually not bad but fact that its a MAJOR Target for malware and viruses is an issue for me. I'm quite sure the files are for windows. Things still usually are that way much of the time in my experience.. I hope you get it resolved and fixed. I came across more links earlier. I'll go grab them and add them to my post here after I post this. I actually found a G7 Plus fastboot firmware flash guide too. Idk if it's correct or not but lemme go get the links.
This may or may not be helpful. Careful what all you fastboot flash. These Moto devices, the G7, G7+, Power...They can be confusing as far as correct firmware. I also remember on G7 Power our stock firmware, not all of the stock rom partitions would flash.. Some would work for some people and not for others.. See this is a danger zone for the possibility of messing up your efs and losing IMEI.. If anything is flashed that doesn't belong it can screw that up and then you'd lose data and not be able to restore them to fix device.. That's why I mentioned it earlier..
The Complete Noob Guide to Rooting MetroPCS XT1955-5 Qualcomm Variant
This tutorial is for people like me than ran into problems rooting the Moto G7 Power XT-1955-5 (MetroPCS Qualcomm Variant) running on stock Pie. I got two of these literally today brand new in the box after swapping out that mess Samsung Galaxy...
forum.xda-developers.com
The guide on that thread with the fastboot directions is how we flashed our firmware on G7 Power.
May want to read here: https://lineageosroms.com/lake/
The G7 Plus is codename LAKE. I keep thinking RIVER but RIVER is codename for the regular Moto G7 device.
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Didn't you mention something about attempting to install recovery TWRP before you bricked? You can try flashing stock boot.img to both slots and reboot system and see if device boots up. Just open terminal and get a stock firmware boot.img from extracted firmware for LAKE device and in terminal and while phones in bootloader mode: sudo fastboot flash boot boot.img --slot all
That will get boot.img on both slot A&B and should fix anything you did with TWRP and boot partition,, if there is anything in your boot partition that's causing phone not to boot. Just make sure boot.img is from LAKE firmware.
When you connect to your PC and open terminal and do: adb reboot bootloader
And then : sudo fastboot getvar all
does anything appear to be not okay? Definitely check that out. I would if I were you. Good luck man. I had found a thread that had firmware fastboot directions. It was dated 19 months ago but "if" it was correct im quite sure it would still apply now . Good luck man.
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Got it 100% fixed. Principle problems in recovery from this zuck-up were scoping the problem, locating the proper Stock ROM, figuring out fastboot, and lastly, identifying a defective adb fastboot install on the Windows 10 system I was using. Switched to my primary Linux system and life got a whole lot better.
MANY MANY THANKS to you ( flash713) for suffering through my stupidity without insult, and helped me ID the correct ROM and provide good links that helped me figure out what to do with it once I had it. Seriously, I could not have done without your help. For the Moto G7 Plus XT1965-T, the stock ROM is LAKE_RETAIL_10_QPWS30.61-21-18-7_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip. The image below was from my first attempt with the correct ROM. I discovered that ADB Tools and Fastboot install on my Windows10 system was corrupt. GO LINUX!!!
I use Lubuntu (a lightweight Ubuntu) on Chromebook. My regular laptop died so I use my CB all the time now. Linux most definitely #1 always imo!! Really glad you got it going!!
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I know a couple people asked for a guide and I didn't see anything concise had been posted (Mods feel free to remove if it's a duplicate.). Things are still a bit fresh, but this should be a short list of steps to perform the upgrade of your Nexus 7 (2012) WiFi to Lollipop.
As with other guides, I make no expressed or implied warranties - you break it, it's on you.
This is how I was able to get Lollipop working on my own Nexus 7 (2012). I was coming from a rooted factory image of 4.4.4.4 which was the previous most-recent factory image released by Google for this device. I like my device as bone stock as possible and wanted to upgrade and keep it that way.
I assume the following:
You know how to use both adb and fastboot and have already configured your system to use these utilities.
You have already performed an oem unlock on your device.
That out of the way, on to the guide...
It goes without saying, but I'll call it out anyway... Take a backup of your current device setup. Most likely this is within your custom recovery or TiBu. If your not familiar with how to do so, consult the help pages for those apps.
Download & unpack the requisite files
LRX21P factory image from Google.
CF-Auto-Root from Chainfire.
OPTIONAL Only if you're upgrading from a version of Android prior to the JWR66Y Android 4.3 factory image, download the KRT16S factory image from Google.
Start by rebooting your device to the bootloader.
Code:
$ adb reboot bootloader
OPTIONAL If you have ignored my assumption and haven't already done so, now would be the time to oem unlock the bootloader
Code:
$ fastboot oem unlock
Run the following commands to prep your device to install Android L. NOTE:This will erase your device
Code:
$ fastboot erase cache
$ fastboot erase recovery
$ fastboot erase system
$ fastboot erase userdata
OPTIONAL If you are upgrading from a version of Android prior to the 4.23 bootloader release which was originally released along with the Android 4.3 JWR66Y factory image, then you will need to upgrade the bootloader also. The bootloader included in the Android L factory image is not correct and will fail to install. Your best bet is to download the KRT16S factory image from Google and use the bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file from that factory image. Be sure whatever version of the bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file you use has the correct md5sum.
Code:
$ md5sum nakasi-krt16s/bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
df53028033c9eccf4fe5ba7bc198ce24 nakasi-krt16s/bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
$ fastboot erase boot
$ fastboot flash bootloader nakasi-krt16s/bootloader-grouper-4.23.img
Now, install the actual Android L system
Code:
$ fastboot -w update image-nakasi-lrx21p.zip
Your device will automatically reboot at this point and when it does, you will be running Android L (5.0) 100% stock and WITHOUT ROOT. This boot usually takes a very long time (~5-10 minutes) as it's performing the initial setup of the OS. When the device is back up fully, you will have to go through the setup steps as if it were a new device. Once that's done, proceed to the next step.
Now that Android L is freshly-installed, not only have you lost root, but you've also lost the Developer Options menu and the USB Debugging option contained therein. So, before we proceed, we need to enable Developer options & USB Debugging in the settings menu so that adb & fastboot will work recognize the device. Again, if you have any experience with running adb & fastboot, you will know how to do this. The process is exactly the same as with previous versions, so there should not be any surprises here.
Go to the Settings menu and scroll down to and tap on "About Tablet"
On the next screen tap on the "Build Number" field seven (7) times and you'll be presented with a message of "You're now a Developer!"
Hit the back "triangle" and go into the Developer Options menu and turn on USB Debugging.
Just be sure to accept the key on your device when you connect it to your computer.
Now, we can use adb to reboot the device so we can apply the CF-Auto-Root patches and SuperSU from the bootloader
Code:
$ adb reboot bootloader
Once in the bootloader you will need to apply the cf-auto-root. Use the following command.
Code:
$ fastboot boot image/CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img
NOTE: Windows users have reported that the file is in the same directory so just double-check the path to the file.
This will boot the device onto a custom kernel, install the kernel fix to allow root and also install the latest beta version of SuperSU (2.20) for Android L.
You will now end up with a device running Android L with root. I did not mention at any point about installing a custom recovery. These steps will remove a custom recovery, so if you want to install that, you will need to consult the instructions for your custom recovery of choice. I usually use the CM instructions for installing CWM as they're easy to find. This is not strictly necessary for root. Similarly, my main purpose for rooting was to use Titanium Backup. The current production version of TiBu doesn't support Android L, but the TiBu team has released a test version for L via their twitter feed. Here's a direct link or you can go to their twitter feed for more info...
Questions? Comments? Did I miss something? Let me know.
EDIT: Seems that the performance has really gone down over the past few days. Not really sure what the cause of the performance degradation is but it's quite severe. I noticed last night after having left it plugged in all night that the device wouldn't even turn on or took an inordinately long amount of time (many minutes) to wake from sleep. As it stands I attempted to play a game that's slightly intensive and after a short period of time the device got really hot and started really having performance issues to the point where it rebooted on it's own. Further, I noticed a number of things aren't working that probably should... Bluetooth & "Battery Saver" mode are the first two that come to mind.
Anyone else experiencing similar issues?
worked for me, with 2 changes:
- I had to enable developer mode on my first boot into L before I could execute the command "adb reboot bootloader"
- on my Windows machine, I had unzipped the root zip file, so I executed the command this way: "fastboot boot CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img", leaving out the "image/"
Thanks for your guide!
SuperSU is there. It does not complain about the binary. But TitaniumBackup can't find SU...
EDIT: Found the solution for TB in another thread.
petenatas said:
SuperSU is there. It does not complain about the binary. But TitaniumBackup can't find SU...
EDIT: Found the solution for TB in another thread.
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Would you mind pointing me to it?
If you're like me and haven't updated your bootloader to 4.23 you will need to do so... sadly that which is included with the most recent files is corrupt (yes the files from google.) download the krt16s version and overwrite your bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file. Then from the command line like before type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img" then "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and follow the directions above!
Enjoy!
jasoraso said:
worked for me, with 2 changes:
- I had to enable developer mode on my first boot into L before I could execute the command "adb reboot bootloader"
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- on my Windows machine, I had unzipped the root zip file, so I executed the command this way: "fastboot boot CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img", leaving out the "image/"
Thanks for your guide!
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Not sure about on Windows, but on Linux when I unzipped the root zip file, there was a directory layout as such...
Code:
cf-auto-root/
cf-auto-root/image/
cf-auto-root/image/CF-Auto-Root-grouper-nakasi-nexus7.img
cf-auto-root/root-linux.sh
cf-auto-root/root-mac.sh
cf-auto-root/root-windows.bat
cf-auto-root/tools/
cf-auto-root/tools/AdbWinApi.dll
cf-auto-root/tools/AdbWinUsbApi.dll
cf-auto-root/tools/fastboot-linux
cf-auto-root/tools/fastboot-mac
cf-auto-root/tools/fastboot-windows.exe
In any case, you were able to find it. Should be pretty obvious which file I'm referring to...
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Would you mind pointing me to it?
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Added a link in the paragraph at the end.
Yes!
I needed my root. (The stock kernel underclocks like crazy, making the tablet nearly unusable.)
Thanks for the guide brother. You are awesome
I am now on a Rooted Android L tablet, thanks to the CF-Root 'boot.img' by Chainfire.
I have a question though. I wanted to ask ... this specific boot.img by chainfire seems to have automatically upgraded my SuperSU app to v2.20, so i didn't flash the 2.19 BETA. How did this happen? Any idea? (Did that CF-Root get updated after you made this guide?) i am curious to know
A very very very very usefull guide!!!!
All working fine!!!!
Thanks!!!!!!!
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If you're like me and haven't updated your bootloader to 4.23 you will need to do so... sadly that which is included with the most recent files is corrupt (yes the files from google.) download the krt16s version and overwrite your bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file. Then from the command line like before type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img" then "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and follow the directions above!
Enjoy!
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OMG corrupted bootloader AGAIN.
GOOGLE what's wrong with you???
Thanks for the guide! Works fantastically on my aging N7.
Short rundown video by me on YouTube here:
Does it wipe internal storage?
abobobilly said:
Thanks for the guide brother. You are awesome
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:good:
I am now on a Rooted Android L tablet, thanks to the CF-Root 'boot.img' by Chainfire.
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:good::good:
I have a question though. I wanted to ask ... this specific boot.img by chainfire seems to have automatically upgraded my SuperSU app to v2.20, so i didn't flash the 2.19 BETA. How did this happen? Any idea? (Did that CF-Root get updated after you made this guide?) i am curious to know
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I made a mistake on the version number that I listed in my instructions. When I did my N7, I had originally just tried flashing SuperSU via the standard zip file method. The most recent version of SuperSU available in the SuperSU XDA thread is/was 2.19, so I just assumed that it was the same version being used in the CF-Auto-Root. But as you correctly point out, the process installs 2.20 not 2.19. I updated the version number in the guide. Thanks.
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Yes, unfortunately it does.
I wouldn't recommend trying to upgrade without wiping user data. There may be internal changes to the file system and layout that could make a Kit Kat install (4.4.X) incompatible with this. Best to save off your data and start from scratch.
pyrostic said:
If you're like me and haven't updated your bootloader to 4.23 you will need to do so... sadly that which is included with the most recent files is corrupt (yes the files from google.) download the krt16s version and overwrite your bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file. Then from the command line like before type "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-4.23.img" then "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and follow the directions above!
Enjoy!
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Added a link to the KRT16S factory image which contains a proper bootloader-grouper-4.23.img file that you could use.
jetsaredim said:
Yes, unfortunately it does.
I wouldn't recommend trying to upgrade without wiping user data. There may be internal changes to the file system and layout that could make a Kit Kat install (4.4.X) incompatible with this. Best to save off your data and start from scratch.
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Hi. Good job on the guide. Very detailed. That's good.
Thanks for the tip with booting CFautoroot img. I was wandering why superSU 2.16 was not working and was looking for modified karnel all morning.
BTW. I know it's not recommended, even my Tapatalk signature says it
but I didn't wipe user data while upgrading. See my post here with details.
The Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: CLEAN FLASH.
Can I just ask about the bootloader?
I'm seeing alot of users reporting there's an issue within the bootloader that is included on the LRX21P image for Grouper, I performed a clean flash yesterday and flashed the leaked image for grouper, I haven't had any single issue flashing all of the images, even bootloader that came from the lollipop image doesn't seem to cause an issue.
Btw, everyone's suggesting to flash the bootloader from JB & KK on this lollipop build, is there any impact on the performance of why's that recommended to flash the old bootloader?
And I didn't really expect this but lollipop made it worst to run on this device! Even if it's a 2012 device, why's that it can't handle lollipop smoothly? I can't even drop the status bar down at a rate of 60fps as promised by Google, can't even swipe the screen smoothly and it's freezing as hell! It feels like something's wrong with this build.
We can't always tell the reason that this is a very old device so that it performs really bad, how come that my 2011 device with a CM11 installed that is still functioning well and smoothly performing operations on just top of its single core 1Ghz and 512 megabytes of RAM? Rather than this quad core tegra device that is WAY MORE faster supposedly?
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We can't always tell the reason that this is a very old device so that it performs really bad, how come that my 2011 device with a CM11 installed that is still functioning well and smoothly performing operations on just top of its single core 1Ghz and 512 megabytes of RAM? Rather than this quad core tegra device that is WAY MORE faster supposedly?
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Because Asus used chip silicon chips as requested by Google to bring the cost down. They degrade with time and slow down. My wife's 32GB Grouper is unusable in my standards (using Nexus 5 for list year and OnePlus One now), it lags as hell no matter what, F2FS or ext4, stock or custom ROM, it lags. I so much regret I didn't convince her to change it to N7 2013 last year, as she didn't feel the need to spend money...
I was so looking forward to N9, but not for the price they ask. 16GB is useless, so 32GB is the only option, but 489 EUR (=610 USD) they ask in Europe is way over what I'd spend on YouTube player (that's what she most uses it for) with, wait, wrong screen aspect to watch videos!
/rant
The Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: CLEAN FLASH.
Natakranta said:
Because Asus used chip silicon chips as requested by Google to bring the cost down. They degrade with time and slow down. My wife's 32GB Grouper is unusable in my standards (using Nexus 5 for list year and OnePlus One now), it lags as hell no matter what, F2FS or ext4, stock or custom ROM, it lags. I so much regret I didn't convince her to change it to N7 2013 last year, as she didn't feel the need to spend money...
I was so looking forward to N9, but not for the price they ask. 16GB is useless, so 32GB is the only option, but 489 EUR (=610 USD) they ask in Europe is way over what I'd spend on YouTube player (that's what she most uses it for) with, wait, wrong screen aspect to watch videos!
/rant
The Answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything is: CLEAN FLASH.
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Yup, I all agree of what have you said. I tried ext4, f2fs etc etc, none of them improves the N7's performance or at least the stock one has the best performance and stability for me.
Heard alot of users blaiming about the tegra chip for this, they said that tegra chips are getting worst every year and if all of these are true, I have doubts about Nexus 9's performance since even the one of the famous 'Android Police' senior editors have found that there are unusual freezes and glitches from the device itself, idk if that happened on the latest build for N9.
The 2011 device I'm currently comparing to is an Xperia Mini, snapdragon chip with 1Ghz single core, 512MB of RAM, I'll look away from tegra based devices...
Btw, do you have an N7 2013? I'm planning to buy one this December to replace my 2011 device. Can I trust this 2013 model with snapdragon processor? I always trust these snapdragon based devices.
I'm having issues flashing factory images for 5.1.0 LMY47D & LMY47E (tried both) from my ubuntu box. Every time I try these images, I see this:
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archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
and then end up with:
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sending 'system' (1736396 KB)...
(bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer
FAILED (remote failure)
Boot loader on "Device is UNLOCKED Status Code: 3" and I've updated fastboot to the best of my knowledge, using Android Studio SDK Manager, as well as ran apt-get update. Bootloader version is moto-apq8084-71.08. I did an md5sum on the .tgz files and confirmed I'm not getting a bad download on either. After extracting I removed the -w from
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fastboot -w update image-shamu-LMY47D.zip
in the flash-all.sh file, really would rather not wipe, but if someone tells me there's a valid reason I need to, I'll do it. I do not have encryption turned off.
This leaves my phone in an unusable state due to the partial flash, so I'm about to FDR it, but was hoping someone could help first.
Have you tried flashing each image manually?
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Have you tried flashing each image manually?
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That was a good idea, just tried it. no dice:
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****@Ubuntu-Media:~/Downloads/shamu-lmy47e$ fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (1736380 KB)...
(bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer
FAILED (remote failure)
I just read something about how I might need to use mFastboot made by motorola... trying that now
You have to unzip. Fastboot flashes IMG.
When you download the factory image you unzip, should leave you with 2 image files and another .zip. You have to unzip that as well. It contains the rest of the img you need to manually flash.
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You have to unzip. Fastboot flashes IMG.
When you download the factory image you unzip, should leave you with 2 image files and another .zip. You have to unzip that as well. It contains the rest of the img you need to manually flash.
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yeah, sorry realized that seconds after I posted... edited my original post, sorry for thread confusion.
So after a few other mistakes I'd rather not own up to, I figured out that yes, mFastBoot was the solution to my issue. I'm not sure why I can't find any other folks posting about needing it for 5.1 builds on the the N6, but I did. I never needed it before 5.1, but I'm assuming the system.img file has grown larger than the standard SDK fastboot supports. I'm wondering if this is only an issue when flashing from linux. Theoretically, it should not be though; this issue is based on the memory available on the device (tmo N6, btw).
For those that don't know, "mFastboot" aka Motorola Fastboot is a tweaked version of fastboot provided by Motorola. It will actually split up the image and flash it in pieces.
Here are Instruction for installing and using mFastBoot to flash a Moto G on linux, but the process is the same, except for the images obviously. You'll have to either modify the flash-all.sh file or do each of the images manually.
Hope this helps someone else... it would be really weird if I'm the only one that runs into this.
GoldPaintedLemons said:
So after a few other mistakes I'd rather not own up to, I figured out that yes, mFastBoot was the solution to my issue. I'm not sure why I can't find any other folks posting about needing it for 5.1 builds on the the N6, but I did. I never needed it before 5.1, but I'm assuming the system.img file has grown larger than the standard SDK fastboot supports. I'm wondering if this is only an issue when flashing from linux. Theoretically, it should not be though; this issue is based on the memory available on the device (tmo N6, btw).
For those that don't know, "mFastboot" aka Motorola Fastboot is a tweaked version of fastboot provided by Motorola. It will actually split up the image and flash it in pieces.
Here are Instruction for installing and using mFastBoot to flash a Moto G on linux, but the process is the same, except for the images obviously. You'll have to either modify the flash-all.sh file or do each of the images manually.
Hope this helps someone else... it would be really weird if I'm the only one that runs into this.
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just fyi, fastboot works fine with all the factory images google puts online but you have to use the latest version. it's available as part of the Android sdk and is included with Android studio.
PhilDX said:
just fyi, fastboot works fine with all the factory images google puts online but you have to use the latest version. it's available as part of the Android sdk and is included with Android studio.
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Thanks, but if you read my original post you'll see I did that and more. Not saying you're wrong, but unless someone can tell me specifically a step in that process I apparently missed, I think there might be exceptions to that rule.
GoldPaintedLemons said:
Thanks, but if you read my original post you'll see I did that and more. Not saying you're wrong, but unless someone can tell me specifically a step in that process I apparently missed, I think there might be exceptions to that rule.
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guilty as charged
I see now that you're on Linux, I use a Windows box so that's probably the difference. glad to see you found a solution.
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Thanks, but if you read my original post you'll see I did that and more. Not saying you're wrong, but unless someone can tell me specifically a step in that process I apparently missed, I think there might be exceptions to that rule.
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On Windows with virtually the exact same issue. I went back to 5.0.1 but the bootloader is stuck on the newer version and can not be modified. I do not use ADB manually anymore. I use toolkits these days and then try manually. Now I'm stuck on 5.0.1 and can not update the OS at all. I get some message when attempting to ADB-Sideload the 5.1m T-Mo OTA saying that "a file located at dev/block/msm.... Has been changed to R/W. Reflash and reboot to regain OTA privilege."
Only issue is I am on a LRX22C Factory Image with Stock recovery. Any help or questions will be welcomed.
PhilDX said:
guilty as charged
I see now that you're on Linux, I use a Windows box so that's probably the difference. glad to see you found a solution.
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Google images flash perfectly fine in Linux with fastboot.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA Free mobile app
Freshly_Snipes said:
On Windows with virtually the exact same issue. I went back to 5.0.1 but the bootloader is stuck on the newer version and can not be modified. I do not use ADB manually anymore. I use toolkits these days and then try manually. Now I'm stuck on 5.0.1 and can not update the OS at all. I get some message when attempting to ADB-Sideload the 5.1m T-Mo OTA saying that "a file located at dev/block/msm.... Has been changed to R/W. Reflash and reboot to regain OTA privilege."
Only issue is I am on a LRX22C Factory Image with Stock recovery. Any help or questions will be welcomed.
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I'm not a T-Mobile guy but based on the posts I've come across, the radio in the M update is 95R. since you can't take the OTA now with the boot loader issue, one option may be to flash the D or E factory image to get back onto 5.1. either way I think you want the 95R radio included with D, not the 98R included with E. I have to believe the M update will be released as a factory image at some point or something newer will be released.
GoldPaintedLemons said:
So after a few other mistakes I'd rather not own up to, I figured out that yes, mFastBoot was the solution to my issue. I'm not sure why I can't find any other folks posting about needing it for 5.1 builds on the the N6, but I did. I never needed it before 5.1, but I'm assuming the system.img file has grown larger than the standard SDK fastboot supports. I'm wondering if this is only an issue when flashing from linux. Theoretically, it should not be though; this issue is based on the memory available on the device (tmo N6, btw).
For those that don't know, "mFastboot" aka Motorola Fastboot is a tweaked version of fastboot provided by Motorola. It will actually split up the image and flash it in pieces.
Here are Instruction for installing and using mFastBoot to flash a Moto G on linux, but the process is the same, except for the images obviously. You'll have to either modify the flash-all.sh file or do each of the images manually.
Hope this helps someone else... it would be really weird if I'm the only one that runs into this.
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You're not alone. I spent over 11hrs trying to get one or the other to flash too using a Mac with OS v10.10.2 and had the exact same issues. Found an mfastboot and was able to flash the images separately (flash-all.sh still failed).
Glad we're both all set... Now to delete the Android SDK and Java files!
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On Windows with virtually the exact same issue. I went back to 5.0.1 but the bootloader is stuck on the newer version and can not be modified. I do not use ADB manually anymore. I use toolkits these days and then try manually. Now I'm stuck on 5.0.1 and can not update the OS at all. I get some message when attempting to ADB-Sideload the 5.1m T-Mo OTA saying that "a file located at dev/block/msm.... Has been changed to R/W. Reflash and reboot to regain OTA privilege."
Only issue is I am on a LRX22C Factory Image with Stock recovery. Any help or questions will be welcomed.
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Have you tried using mFastboot (just google it the windows exe is easily found)? You'll need to use that and flash each .img separately.
THANK YOU
I've been working with this off and on for some time, and your post was immensely helpful.
Latest fastboot drivers, latest ADB (truly the latest, not just apt-get-whatever). Same issue - system.img would not flash. Not with a script, not standalone, not in the zip file, nothing. What I see (almost constantly) is a buffer issue where the actual size of system.img is throwing a significant error with fastboot drivers. mFastboot (as you provided) on the other hand, utilizes a component called "sparse-flash", which appears to break large files into smaller (256mb) chunks that for whatever reason my N6 preferred. No issues with flashing after that, but again it must be done individually (system, boot, radio, etc.) - never as a zip with "-w update".
I find it curious that so few people have this issue (others can use the "normal" fastboot with large system files and no issue occurs). Those who do run into this problem seem to know their way around a terminal, so it makes me wonder what the underlying difference between us is.
For the record, I was on a machine running Mint 17.2, which is essentially Ubuntu 14.04.
Just really wanted to say thank you and hopefully promote the thread a bit to help others. Especially as many of us are flashing to bone stock momentarily to properly activate Project Fi.
@caain,
A couple of points/questions:
1) You mention having the latest fastboot "drivers". I'm not sure what you are referring to, but I've never heard of such a thing on Linux.
2) Where did you get ADB and fastboot from? Did you download the latest Android SDK?
2a) The point here, is that Google updated fastboot in November of last year to enable flashing the very large system.img from Lollipop. You can only get this necessary version of (if your are running Linux) fastboot via the Android SDK.... And without it, you can not successfully flash a Lollipop system.img.
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@caain,
A couple of points/questions:
1) You mention having the latest fastboot "drivers". I'm not sure what you are referring to, but I've never heard of such a thing on Linux.
2) Where did you get ADB and fastboot from? Did you download the latest Android SDK?
2a) The point here, is that Google updated fastboot in November of last year to enable flashing the very large system.img from Lollipop. You can only get this necessary version of fastboot via the Android SDK.... And without it, you can not successfully flash a Lollipop system.img.
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You can flash the system image manually with fastboot. Can't fastboot flash the flash-all.bat without SDK 23+ platform tools. System image will fail. The 15 second adb/fastboot is not updated to achieve this. Not sure about Linux but if have latest SDK updated it will do the flash-all.bat.
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I flashed M just to check it out, but prior to doing that I grabbed the SDK that had very recently updated to include the 6.0 M files, so I updated the 6.0 SDK prior to trying M, and when I went back I had zero issues with the flash.bat The only issue I had which was more of a pain than a problem is that flashing the factory image it unrooted the phone so I had to completely set up the phone all over again.
No more M for me until it's released because in the preview 3 not every component is functional, why they would do that I have no idea, so after learning that M wasn't complete I abandoned it. Hope this helps if you want to go back
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@caain,
A couple of points/questions:
1) You mention having the latest fastboot "drivers". I'm not sure what you are referring to, but I've never heard of such a thing on Linux.
2) Where did you get ADB and fastboot from? Did you download the latest Android SDK?
2a) The point here, is that Google updated fastboot in November of last year to enable flashing the very large system.img from Lollipop. You can only get this necessary version of (if your are running Linux) fastboot via the Android SDK.... And without it, you can not successfully flash a Lollipop system.img.
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I suppose I use the word "drivers" a bit too flippantly, as you are correct and there is most certainly not a fastboot "driver" for linux. Perhaps the issue I was running into is that I was merely installing ABD and fastboot standalone, without including the entire Android SDK. In which case I ought to feel quite foolish!
Thank you for the clarification regarding the patch from November. I've no need for fastboot in the immediate future, but will certainly make sure install the SDK as a whole rather than pulling tools from other repositories in the future.
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I've no need for fastboot in the immediate future, but will certainly make sure install the SDK as a whole rather than pulling tools from other repositories in the future.
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That's a very good idea. I would suggest doing this soon, so it's set up and ready to go when you need it.
Hello,
This is a short (hopefully) guide on how to downgrade your Moto X 2013 from Android 5.1 to 4.4.4 (and lower).
The procedure is fairly simple and takes about 10-15 minutes, once you get the files you need.It does however needs some technical understanding of how to use fastboot, command prompt and eventually unlocking your bootloader.Fairly strong reading skills recommended.
WIth that said, make sure you read thorough and even few times before you take any actions.
This method has now been proven to be working by multiple people, on many different versions of Moto X 2013, including GPE
Disclaimer
Although this procedure has been tested by me and some friends numerous times, it still has some risk involved.You MUST be aware of the potential risks of modifying your phone software and performing actions that may lead to complete defunct of your device.
As you may expect I will not take any responsibility or be accountable for any damage or loss you may incur by following this guide.
Performing a system downgrade WILL void your warranty and it is NOT supported by Motorola/Lenovo or their service network.
I also recommend you read This post by KidJoe about the potential risks that downgrade might involve.
This guide has came up being needed as many people were afraid to downgrade after reading the post of KidJoe and I don't blame them, it is possible something to go wrong and you end up with non-working device.
HOWEVER, this has been tested on more than 10 separate Moto X 2013 and more than 12 times on my own device, which makes me to believe that it's generally safe.
Prerequisites
You need your bootloader unlocked.Motorola and their bootloader does NOT support downgrading and it will spit errors in fastboot.
WHEN YOU UNLOCK YOUR BOOTLOADER ALL YOUR PERSONAL DATA ON YOUR DEVICE WILL BE LOST.MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR FILES AND THEN PROCEED.
You can find how to unlock your bootloader HERE or just use the search here in the forums, plenty of info on that matter.
If you cannot or don't want to unlock your bootloader, then you CANNOT downgrade.
Files Needed
For this tutorial we`ll do downgrade from 5.1 to 4.4.4.This is the safest downgrade and it will be successful if you follow all the steps w/o any skipping.
The Android image used is for XT1052, but if you got different model, you can find the image for your own model and use that instead.
1.First you need a signed image of Android 4.4.4 for Moto X 2013.You can find one Filefactory or RetailEU here <=> RetailGB here <=> RetailDE here
If you want to download the image faster, use the Yandex-hosted images, FileFactory is slow.
2.Motorola Device Drivers: You can find them Here
3.Motorola Fastboot and generic adb/fastboot tools package: You can find it attached to this post or click Here
Flashing your device
0.Charge your device's battery to at least 35%.
1.Extract the archive with the signed images somewhere (in this case I`ll use C:\temp , but you can use any drive or directory if you so desire).
2.Extract the android-tools archive in the same directory.You should have boot.img, recovery.img, system.img and mfastboot in same directory.
3.Reboot your device in bootloader (Power your device off -> Hold Volume Down and Press Power button -> then release).
!!THIS WILL DELETE YOUR USER FILES EVEN IF YOU HAVE YOUR BOOTLOADER ALREADY UNLOCKED!!!
4.Open a command prompt and navigate to C:\temp and execute the following commands:
Code:
mfastboot erase cache
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot flash boot boot.img
mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img
mfastboot flash system system.img
mfastboot erase userdata
mfastboot reboot
DO NOT skip erasing the userdata, doing so , you'll most likely end up with soft brick.Just don't do it.
Result
Congratz, now you have successfully downgraded your device to Android 4.4.4
The device will take some time the first boot to create dalvik cache and some other stuff, but it should not take more than 5 minutes.
When your device boots, it will ask you at some point to downgrade the motorola services bla bla, agree to that, your device will reboot and it will tell you that the downgrade was successful.I did this more than 10 times, seems to be totally safe.
Any feedback will be appreciated, you may ask questions, but don't expect me to answer to every single one.
If I missed something, I'll add up/fix as soon as I can.
FAQ
What if I want to downgrade to Android 4.4.2 / 4.3 / 4.2.2 ?
This is possible, the procedure is the same as listed above.You just have to know that if you do such downgrade, you should never update via OTA update, at any cost.This will corrupt the bootloader of your device and you won't be able to restore it.If you downgrade to anything below 4.4.4 and you want at some point to upgrade, you should do it ONLY by official signed image and NOT OTA.
You've been warned.
I can't find the exact same firmware that my device runs, eg. AsiaRetail.Is it possible to use firmware image from a different region/operator?
While it's recommended to use your exact firmware image, it is not necessary. You can use an image from other region, but you should follow some simple rule. Try to stick to the same phone model, eg XT1052 firmware.
I updated via OTA but I've recently rooted and installed a custom rom. Is it necessary to go back to stock 5.1 to downgrade?
No need, as long as your custom rom/kernel didn't mess with the fs of the partitions.
Why is this flashing procedure cut down, omg there are other commands that I've read in other guides and they say that I must flash modem, fsg, delete some magical modem states, why you didn't include these?!?
While it is true that other guides suggest you flash modem, fsg and some other things, these are mainly driven from the Motorola's own procedure xml file, flashing these is not necessary at all, this is used to repair eventual errors in these parts, but usually there is no problem there at all.
Another thing is that these parts are cross-compatible and leaving them as they are is perfectly fine.
How do I go back to 5.1 stock?
1.Do NOT update by OTA, just to be on the safe side.
2. Use the same procedure as described, but with image of 5.1 instead.
How do I disable the OTA notifications?
1. If you're rooted, then just delete or revoke permissions of /system/priv-app/3c_ota.apk
2. If you're not rooted, then don't install the Motorola Update Services from the Play Store. If you already updated them, then just uninstall the update and that's all.
I'm getting "Not enough space" errors, when I try to flash the system.img.I'm using mfastboot, but still the same problem?!?
Use this and it will work:
mfastboot flash system system.img -P
What if I have a custom recovery? Sorry I'm new to this stuff. Which mode do you enter before entering the commands in cmd prompt?
legend.in.boxers said:
What if I have a custom recovery? Sorry I'm new to this stuff. Which mode do you enter before entering the commands in cmd prompt?
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Having custom recovery doesn't affect anything. This process will flash the stock recovery.
You don't need to enter any mode in the list, just leave the phone in the bootloader menu.
Hello.
I just might use this method to downlograde from 5.1 to 4.4.4...
I have the always mobile radio active bug while being connected to wifi, so my stand by time with wifi is just awful.
Thanks.
SanD-82 said:
Hello.
I just might use this method to downlograde from 5.1 to 4.4.4...
I have the always mobile radio active bug while being connected to wifi, so my stand by time with wifi is just awful.
Thanks.
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I had the same issue, wifi would never go sleep. RAM management is horrific and the YouTube app was causing some troubles with the sound module, at some point the sound was totally not working.
liveroy said:
I had the same issue, wifi would never go sleep. RAM management is horrific and the YouTube app was causing some troubles with the sound module, at some point the sound was totally not working.
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I also have a problem with the optimising apps bug every time I reboot. Going to downgrade today. Hopefully everything will go well
liveroy said:
I had the same issue, wifi would never go sleep. RAM management is horrific and the YouTube app was causing some troubles with the sound module, at some point the sound was totally not working.
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Actually, that's not what's happening to me... Wifi is active only when connected to a network...
Now, what you are saying is that your wifi is always on?
Did you check in the advanced wifi properties the status of the 'always on' setting?... Because if you configured the location settings to use WiFi, then WiFi will be always on, even when you manually turn it off...
So, make sure you do not have that turned on...
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SanD-82 said:
Actually, that's not what's happening to me... Wifi is active only when connected to a network...
Now, what you are saying is that your wifi is always on?
Did you check in the advanced wifi properties the status of the 'always on' setting?... Because if you configured the location settings to use WiFi, then WiFi will be always on, even when you manually turn it off...
So, make sure you do not have that turned on...
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That's not the case either, it was set to never keep it on during sleep and scaning always available was not allowed.The wifi just wont go off durring sleep and that's it.Tried all possible settings to no avail.Actually wifi was the 2nd highest battery consumer in the stats after the screen.This problem does not exist in 4.4.4.
I see...
It's actually hard to see how in 2015, Android keeps having these deal breaker issues...
I somehow feel that the best version of my xt1058 was when it was at 4.2.2... After the subsequent updates, bugs started to appear, and on 5.1 i got the first big issue...
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Works!
Successfully downgraded. Thank you so much!
What would i have to be aware of in the future if i do this?
Of course, no OTA install for 5.1...
Before making any 'stock upgrade' or something **** that, i would have to flash the 5.1 full firm right?
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SanD-82 said:
What would i have to be aware of in the future if i do this?
Of course, no OTA install for 5.1...
Before making any 'stock upgrade' or something **** that, i would have to flash the 5.1 full firm right?
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Basically if you are on 4.4.4, shouldn't be any problem to update back to 5.1 even via OTA.But since the images for 5.1 are available, I wouldn't suggest OTA update anyway.
For future updates, when Android M is out for example, just update to 5.1 using fastboot, then update through the OTA.
Other than that, there are no other potential problems that might arise, at least nothing that I can think of.
IS Android 4.4.2 or 4.2.2 files avalable for indian moto x (xt1052 asian retail)
liveroy said:
Basically if you are on 4.4.4, shouldn't be any problem to update back to 5.1 even via OTA.But since the images for 5.1 are available, I wouldn't suggest OTA update anyway.
For future updates, when Android M is out for example, just update to 5.1 using fastboot, then update through the OTA.
Other than that, there are no other potential problems that might arise, at least nothing that I can think of.
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WHere can i find those files??
visheshjotshi said:
WHere can i find those files??
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Check the first post, the File Factory link, you can find tons of images there, the moto x 2013 is codenamed Ghost, if there is no model listed.
Good Luck.
Cant find files
File factory doesnt have files for asian retail other than android 4.4.4 file can i find it any where else?????
How many people frm india have sucessfully downgraded thier phones??
visheshjotshi said:
File factory doesnt have files for asian retail other than android 4.4.4 file can i find it any where else?????
How many people frm india have sucessfully downgraded thier phones??
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Try searching 4pda.
Also, you don't need exactly your original firmware to begin with, it's recommended, but not necessary.
Thank you for this information. I dont have the wifi bug. But i have the mobile data bug. (Even turning it off it still continues to sap battery)
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I was looking for a post like this becouse my WiFi doesn't work on XT1058 5.1... i thought was a Lollipop related issue so wanted to downgrade to 4.4.4 and see if the problem really was related to android version, but it isn't. I downgraded successfully from 5.1 to 4.4.4 with your tutorial, but the WiFi problem persist. Now i know i'm really screwed up becouse i tried i believe everything possible... airplane mode, factory reset, cache wipe, full wipe, custom rom, custom kernel, android 5.1, android 4.4.4, different AP's and routers, delete supplicant conf... So i don't know what to do. Te specific problem is that WiFi can see available networks, but randomly some of them disappear and others show up, and when i try to connect por ex to my home network, it says "connecting" and then "saved", with all networks happens the same. Does anyone has a clue? BTW, thanks for your post!
Download the archive from this link https://app.box.com/s/idnxxhunecvtxf1mbqve0bpooyogvxng
unzip it on your device and copy the files to /persist.You need root to do that. Set the permissions to rw-r-r--- and rw-rw---- for the .bt_nv.bin
Reboot and see if something changes.
Don't you hate it when you flash something and it puts you in an unrecoverable state?
Does it aggravate you to no end when you flash something and then all you can do is go into bootloader and nothing else?
Well, have no fear Motorola Z2 Force users! Your issues will be resolved!
Reasons for using this method:
If you haphazardly flashed a ROM, and now can't boot.
If you tried flashing an audio mod and have issues getting things to work.
If you accidentally (or purposefully) deleted a file and now can't OTA.
Anything else that you can do to soft brick your device.
This zip will fix that and put you back to stock.
You then can update.
If you rooted and cannot update but want the update, this will make your phone clean to accept updates again.
Now, to the meat of this thread. In post two, there is flash all zips for each patch version and instructions on what to do. This does need an unlocked bootloader.
Credits:
Motorola Firmware Team for the zips
Great, So you've read why you might have borked your phone!
Now, let's get it fixed! Below is the link to the only flashall bat file I currently have. This is a simple process to do. There are some requirements though.
Requirements:
Correct drivers (ADB and fastboot is included in the utilities zip if you don't have minimal adb and fastboot installed, or don't have the SDK.)
Over 4GB of RAM.
How to fix your phone:
Download the Utilities zip
Extract the zip to it's own folder
Download the flash all for your device from the options below.
Extract the flash all zip into the same folder as the Utilities.
Run the Flashall.bat file
Watch windows command prompt put your phone back to stock!
This process can take up to 10-15 minutes depending on USB connection and your PC
Disclaimer: I did not personally test the zips below besides the Sprint and T-Mobile ones. These are the official Firmware links from the Motorola Firmware Team. My only contribution is this thread and the utilities zip.
Disclaimer 2: it is never suggested to flash a zip not intended for your device/major patch version. If you're on Oreo, DO NOT FLASH NOUGAT. (I flashed T-Mobile to my Sprint phone for testing purposes and so I can tell you what it does. I lost all sim functionality and had to do some wonky stuff to get my phone back to working shape... Word of advise: don't do it.)
Disclaimer 3: if you have minimal adb and fastboot or the Android SDK, please be sure you update to the latest fastboot. The exe files included in the zip are for those who don't have a development environment set up.
Downloads:
Flash All Utilities
AT&T Oreo Flash All
Sprint Oreo Flash All
T-Mobile Flash All (Not official download link, but official files, See here)
USC (check version) Flash All
Verizon Flash All
NOTE: yes, it's in the Z2 play folder. Motorola Firmware Team did not make another folder for our device. Check the file name. It has "Nash" specifying the Z2 force. If you ask why it's in the Play folder, I will not respond.
If you have any other official links, I will add to second post and give proper credits to who found the zip. Only perm links like the AFH ones I posted.
Uzephi said:
First: The Sprint variant is different than the AT&T and T-Mobile phone as it is GSM/CDMA. This means it's baseband, oem, and boot.img are different. Boot is slightly different, but oem and baseband is completely different.
If you haphazardly flashed a T-Mobile ROM, you might find out that after wiping oem, you cannot get mobile data to work.
This zip will fix that and put you back to stock on the "August" security patch (September update). You then can update to the "September" security update that came out in October.
If you rooted and cannot update but want the update, this will make your phone clean to accept updates again.
Now, to the meat of this thread. In post two, there is flash all zips for each patch version and instructions on what to do. This does need an unlocked bootloader.
Credits: Motorola Firmware Team for the zips
Me for modifying the zip to fix oem.img issue on B partitions and turning the xml into a simple flash all.bat
Note: I am mobile and I will clean up the OP and second post when I get time @ home
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I was going to add yours in but kinda got busy
Thanks for this! I flashed a modified boot.img for root to get my phone unlocked, and flashed the stock kernel back, but I couldn't update to the September patch. After flashing this, updates are working fine. A bit of a lifesaver!
full circle...
i went from stock, to rooted to soft bricked and hopefully after these download ill be back at stock... thanks for all your hard work ...payday ill buy ya beer!
esuormai said:
i went from stock, to rooted to soft bricked and hopefully after these download ill be back at stock... thanks for all your hard work ...payday ill buy ya beer!
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I don't take donations, just pay it forward! Thanks for the offer though.
NOTE: make sure your computer has more than 1 GB ram when you flash this you will get a buffer error because this requires a lot of memory I MADE THIS MISTAKE
WeUseLord- said:
NOTE: make sure your computer has more than 1 GB ram when you flash this you will get a buffer error because this requires a lot of memory I MADE THIS MISTAKE
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Added in requirements, thank you for verifying that.
Uzephi said:
Added in requirements, thank you for verifying that.
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Okay thanks OP
when i did this (i did this so that i could go back to stock with a locked bootloader which as of writing i just realized would work fine if i just did fastboot oem lock without anything else, goddamnit) it told me that a different operating system had been installed, even though it's (presumably) the same os. what's going on?
cooleoboom5 said:
when i did this (i did this so that i could go back to stock with a locked bootloader which as of writing i just realized would work fine if i just did fastboot oem lock without anything else, goddamnit) it told me that a different operating system had been installed, even though it's (presumably) the same os. what's going on?
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That is a "permanent" flag that triggers when you flash something unsigned and not from Motorola. I.E. custom boot image for root. Reason it's in quotes is because we don't know how to return it back or if we even can.
moto z2 force
WeUseLord- said:
Okay thanks OP
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where do you download the bat file from
irule1977 said:
where do you download the bat file from
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It's in the zip
So Sprint Z2 can't get GSM unlocked by flashing ROMs from other carriers? Any idea how it can be unlocked?
How to get back to software status official in bootloader menu? I did managed to do it with T-Mobile version but cant get that from this one.
Uzephi said:
Don't you hate it when you flash something and it puts you in an unrecoverable state?
Does it aggravate you to no end when you flash something and then all you can do is go into bootloader and nothing else?
Well, have no fear Sprint Motorola Z2 force users! Your issues will be resolved!
First: Our phone differences
The Sprint variant is different than the AT&T and T-Mobile phone as it is GSM/CDMA.
This means it's baseband, oem, and boot.img are different. Boot is slightly different, but oem and baseband is completely different.
Reasons for using this method:
If you haphazardly flashed a T-Mobile ROM, you might find out that after wiping oem, you cannot get mobile data to work.
If you tried flashing an audio mod and have issues getting things to work.
If you accidentally (or purposefully) deleted a file and now can't OTA.
Anything else that you can do to soft brick your device.
This zip will fix that and put you back to stock on the "August" security patch (September update).
You then can update to the "September" security update that came out in October.
If you rooted and cannot update but want the update, this will make your phone clean to accept updates again.
Now, to the meat of this thread. In post two, there is flash all zips for each patch version and instructions on what to do. This does need an unlocked bootloader.
Credits:Motorola Firmware Team for the zips
Versions currently available:
NCXS26.122-59-8-6
NCX26.122-59-8
NCX26.122-51
Versions on OTA but no firmware files available:
NCXS26.122-59-8-9
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Would you be able to make T-Mobile Stock? I've got flash all zips 7.1.1 but when flashing them I can't get any ota's. Every ota just failing on installation even via sideload. I've had multiple carriers ROMs installed on my device earlier looking the way to sim unlock it. Now my device unlock app failing to request unlock.
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Would you be able to make T-Mobile Stock? I've got flash all zips 7.1.1 but when flashing them I can't get any ota's. Every ota just failing on installation even via sideload. I've had multiple carriers ROMs installed on my device earlier looking the way to sim unlock it. Now my device unlock app failing to request unlock.
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I would only release something I can test. I don't have TMobile service, so I won't be releasing TMobile only firmware. There is a thread by joemossjr for TMobile flashall.
A quick question sorry for newbie question in advance, I return to Motorola after a long years a lot changed
I got a Moto Z2 from a friend (he no have knowledge of rooting and modifying) which he got from his cousin in UK so when I got it seem it have a Tmobile sprint hybrid rom installed and google warning screen on the start, it is my guess it is Sprint's phone but I am not confirm.
XT-1789-03 is etched on the bottom near the and by search on google it is showing sprint so please if anyone can confirm -03 is sprint or not? imei is also showing the clean on the sprint site but it NOT definitely saying this phone is sprint.
Please someone tell me if I can flash this and get back to normal and get the OTA updates.
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A quick question sorry for newbie question in advance, I return to Motorola after a long years a lot changed
I got a Moto Z2 from a friend (he no have knowledge of rooting and modifying) which he got from his cousin in UK so when I got it seem it have a Tmobile sprint hybrid rom installed and google warning screen on the start, it is my guess it is Sprint's phone but I am not confirm.
XT-1789-03 is etched on the bottom near the and by search on google it is showing sprint so please if anyone can confirm -03 is sprint or not? imei is also showing the clean on the sprint site but it NOT definitely saying this phone is sprint.
Please someone tell me if I can flash this and get back to normal and get the OTA updates.
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My Sprint model has the -03 identifier. You should be safe if the bootloader is unlocked. Needs that to flash this
This might be completely unnecessary (mods feel free to remove if it is), but I see a LOT of misinformation regarding GSI ROMs and the G8. So. Here's a guide/FAQ for those wondering if/what is possible:
***I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE, LOSE YOUR DATA, OR OTHERWISE DAMAGE YOUR DEVICE. IF YOU CHOOSE TO FOLLOW THIS GUIDE, THE FATE OF YOUR DEVICE IS IN YOUR HANDS, NOT MINE, NOT YOUR MOTHER'S, NOT ANYONE OTHER THAN YOUR OWN***
Prerequisites (yes, these are all NECESSARY. If you don't know how to unlock your bootloader or use fastboot, there are other guides here. Go find one.)
Unlocked bootloader (and the V50 engineering abl files as well as stock, plenty of guides here with download links)
QFIL/QPST
Basic Fastboot, ADB knowledge
BACKUP. I mean ALL YOUR DATA kinda backup. This WILL wipe your phone, do NOT come crying to me if you lose the last picture of your favorite sock. Not my fault.
GSI for Treble device (ab)
GApps (optional, but recommended)
Instructions to Flash via Fastboot
WIPE YOUR PHONE
Yeah, completely factory reset that sucker. Doesn't matter if it's through recovery, settings, or adb, just bite the bullet and restore factory settings. You can technicially flash without doing this first, but you'll still have to wipe it before any flashed ROM will run. Sorry.
Boot to EDL (NOT download, your screen should be black, dev manager should show QD Loader 9008 COMx)
Use QFIL to flash engineering abl file to both a and b slots - yes, all this work just for fastboot.
Reboot to fastboot!
I just unplug my phone, use power + vol- to shut phone off and then reconnect while holding vol-, but you do you.
In case you don't remember, your touch screen WILL NOT WORK during this time, even if you fully boot to system! Completely fine and normal, means you're on the right track!
Fastboot Devices should yield "LG850UM", also good!
Open cmd prompt from platform_tools, copy path to desired GSI while you're in there
Run these commands line-by-line:
fastboot format system
fastboot flash system *Path_To_GSI.img*
This is where I usually repeat the 2 commands and attempt reboot while I still have fastboot, whether or not it changes anything I have no idea, but it's never given me problems so why fix it if it ain't broke?
fastboot flash abl_a abl_STOCK.bin
fastboot flash abl_b abl_STOCK.bin
fastboot reboot
Ta-Da! Your shiny new ROM should be up and running. Use TWRP or any kernel manager (I like SmartPak) to flash TWRP, GApps, blah blah blah.
FAQ/Troubleshooting
Touchscreen still not working? Go back to EDL and load the stock abl bin files through QFIL, then reboot as normal.
You will likely be asked to input a password upon successful reboot, just enter your PIN/password, whatever you used to unlock your phone pre-flash
The cool things like QuadDAC and LG-specific tweaks will probably not work. Weigh your options before flashing.
Magisk comes pre-installed with most GSI's, just follow the prompts and you'll be just fine.
Don't want GApps? Just sideload desired apk's via ADB, or use the browser to search for them.
Can't I just use TWRP and make this whole process a lot simpler? Yep. But some of us don't have working TWRP or prefer using fastboot commands. This is for those people, don't hate.
Which ROMs work?? Not sure, haven't tried them all. Currently running HavocOS found in Treble GSI forum on here.
Help! I broke my phone! No, you probably didn't. It's advisable that you know how to emergency restore via LGUP prior to starting this process though. Please be specific as to what part of this "broke" your phone and why exactly your phone is "broken" if you're going to ask for help- "bricked device" has never helped anyone.
Rebooting is your best friend in this process, especially during the first boot. If anything starts to hang up or act funny, just give the phone a minute to catch its breath and, worst case, turn it off and back on again
As previously stated, this is probably pointless, but given all I see on the G8 forum is "no custom ROM" or "why bother trying to *insert idea here*", I figured it might help some folks out. I'm sure I left a few things out, feel free to correct or provide input as necessary.
Works on LM-G820QM5?, I have bootloader unlocked
Elihu_GmG said:
Works on LM-G820QM5?, I have bootloader unlocked
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Yep, it's basically the unlocking/root process only you're formatting/flashing the "system" partition instead of "boot_a/b"
Great info, thnx for the write up. But what about the totc.cfg file? My understanding is no G8 is going to boot if there's a mis-match between that file and the hardware indication of what variant the phone is?
Sorry if my understanding is misguided, new to the G8 (and all it's idiosyncrasies).
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Great info, thnx for the write up. But what about the totc.cfg file? My understanding is no G8 is going to boot if there's a mis-match between that file and the hardware indication of what variant the phone is?
Sorry if my understanding is misguided, new to the G8 (and all it's idiosyncrasies).
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In this case there is no tot file, no recovery, laf, or the like. GSI's are generic system images that are capable of being flashed to most Treble-Enabled Androids from Oreo on up. You do lose some of the device specific things (hence, generic), but they're a great alternative if you're like us and stuck with next to no custom anything built for your device. There's a whole forum for them on here, I highly suggest checking it out- it's a pretty awesome option to have.
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In this case there is no tot file, no recovery, laf, or the like. GSI's are generic system images that are capable of being flashed to most Treble-Enabled Androids from Oreo on up. You do lose some of the device specific things (hence, generic), but they're a great alternative if you're like us and stuck with next to no custom anything built for your device. There's a whole forum for them on here, I highly suggest checking it out- it's a pretty awesome option to have.
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Great, thnx, sorry for being a jerk but, this does work on a G8? Tested and proven? I ask because it's my understanding that without a match between the hardware encoded variant of the device and what's in the totc file, it won't boot.
you say there is no totc? then how does the hardware encoding get verified? See, that's why there are no custom roms. LG did this to keep people from crossflashing and it killed rom development.
Hey, if I'm wrong, feel free to point that out. But as far as I've discovered so far, a GSI doesn't get a free pass to bypass this mess LG has created with this mis-match hw / totc file.
cheers
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Great, thnx, sorry for being a jerk but, this does work on a G8? Tested and proven? I ask because it's my understanding that without a match between the hardware encoded variant of the device and what's in the totc file, it won't boot.
you say there is no totc? then how does the hardware encoding get verified? See, that's why there are no custom roms. LG did this to keep people from crossflashing and it killed rom development.
Hey, if I'm wrong, feel free to point that out. But as far as I've discovered so far, a GSI doesn't get a free pass to bypass this mess LG has created with this mis-match hw / totc file.
cheers
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Sorry for being short, but a simple Google search would back up everything I've written. I wouldn't have written this up if it didn't work, or if it was just a theory... I wouldn't have said that my Verizon G8 is running Havoc if it didn't work. I was able to flash with zero problems. With the Treble Project, Google has mandated that Android devices boxed with 11+ (possibly 10?) be capable of not only recognizing, but running GSIs as to assist developers in testing apps and builds in varying versions of Android as quickly, easily, and simply as possible. This means that not only can one download and flash Android releases downloaded directly from Google, but devs can use the source code to create versions of their ROMs that will apply to a wide array of models that would never have seen development otherwise. Because these are "generic" images and are based upon system architecture type alone- not a particular make/model- there are sometimes things overlooked. For instance, in our case, the audio processing and LG's camera software are not present. These are decently made up for by the presence of flashable mods, though, and the phone remains fully functional, Google Play Certified (if desired), and as reliable as the ROM you choose to flash.
Basically, Google>LG. LG wants to use the Android platform, they must abide by Google's rules. They need not go into great detail, nor allow their devices to be changed to something fundamentally non-LG, nor divulge any potentially propitiatory subject matter (once again, "generic"), but they must allow the device to be open to a certain level of customization as designated by Google.
Is it ideal? Not if you're lucky enough to have ROMs tailored for your specific phone. But for those left behind- like the G8- it's a fantastic workaround that does, in fact, work. As I'm sure you're still skeptical, I will add screenshots tomorrow to prove the validity of this seemingly ludicrous claim. In the meantime, please do some research on the topic- or better yet, give it a shot- there's gotta be a guide around here somewhere.
It works
Of [email protected]*$king course it works. I’ve flashed it to my sprint v50 (v450pm). Had the same QuadDac problem though. Couldn’t get a sound out of it. I mean no sound of any kind. Also couldn’t get it to activate on Google Fi. Will be watching to see if someone solves the Sound problem. We could just skip on past A11.
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Of [email protected]*$king course it works. I’ve flashed it to my sprint v50 (v450pm). Had the same QuadDac problem though. Couldn’t get a sound out of it. I mean no sound of any kind. Also couldn’t get it to activate on Google Fi. Will be watching to see if someone solves the Sound problem. We could just skip on past A11.
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Where did you get V50 engineering abl files as well as stock?, I just want to make sure to get the correct files
Guide LG G8/G8x/v50 Bootloader Unlock and Magisk Root using Firehose
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any problems from using this guide. Works for G8, G8s, G8x, and v50 Confirmed working on G8 and v50 Requirements: Android 10 QFIL...
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There's no such thing, afak, of a v50 Eng abl. Read the header on the thread! If you don't have one of those phone models, don't! All of this seems to be predicated on the g8x eng abl which is the DL on that thread. READ that thread closely. I did, BL unlock and then flash A12 GSI.
hooutoo said:
Guide LG G8/G8x/v50 Bootloader Unlock and Magisk Root using Firehose
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any problems from using this guide. Works for G8, G8s, G8x, and v50 Confirmed working on G8 and v50 Requirements: Android 10 QFIL...
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There's no such thing, afak, of a v50 Eng abl. Read the header on the thread! If you don't have one of those phone models, don't! All of this seems to be predicated on the g8x eng abl which is the DL on that thread. READ that thread closely. I did, BL unlock and then flash A12 GSI.
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Ok,ok
Hello, I followed your instructions as written but when I reboot my phone I am stuck at a boot logo cycle, but my comment doesnt have to do with that, I want to ask if maybe you know what could've gone wrong.
I also own a g8 from verizon, I do have bootloader unlock, and tried to install Havoc OS, I wanted to mention this in case it is useful
Dude, I have no knowledge of G8, per se. My main goal was to get away from Sprint software on my v450pm. These phones are a little touchy. I do know that if you have a proven RESTORE method then you can mess around.. If you're Qfil_ing your phone you MUST have a backup of EVERY damn partition. I trashed my ftm partition and it was bad. Use telegram group for very good info. I have yet to be able to logon to Google Fi, an mnvo of Tmob. I've crossflashed to Eu A11, no go. I'm about to try some other roms, but again a backup will be needed.
Remember, you gotta have a way out or you're gonna pay $14 bucks to a Russian.
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Dude, I have no knowledge of G8, per se. My main goal was to get away from Sprint software on my v450pm. These phones are a little touchy. I do know that if you have a proven RESTORE method then you can mess around.. If you're Qfil_ing your phone you MUST have a backup of EVERY damn partition. I trashed my ftm partition and it was bad. Use telegram group for very good info. I have yet to be able to logon to Google Fi, an mnvo of Tmob. I've crossflashed to Eu A11, no go. I'm about to try some other roms, but again a backup will be needed.
Remember, you gotta have a way out or you're gonna pay $14 bucks to a Russian.
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Yeah, I know, like I said in my previous comment my phone got stuck in a boot loop, I fix it just by loading system_a partition in qfil, so I am gonna give it another shot and see if it works, already backed up every partition just in case anything goes wrong
If you're goona play around, this is secondary bs. My real phone is a FLIP3 and I'm not allowed to play unlesss to make/awnswer call.
Does somebody tried tp flash GSI with LineAge (A11) or Arrow(A12) vendor to g8?
I`m interesting about dt2w .. I flashed GSI`s to my G820UM on the past (A10 stock vendor) and it have no dt2w.. ((
i ended zeroing my imei from sprint G8 but thats okay i dont care for it much but what i do care is getting some LOS 17.1 on the sprint G8
where do we have any links to these so called GSI images?
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where do we have any links to these so called GSI images?
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Treble-Enabled Device Development A/AB ROMS
Treble-Enabled Device Development A/AB ROMS
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From what I remember when I tested multiple Android 11 GSIs such as Pixel Experience, I couldn't get vibration to work on my G8.