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A new Start !!

Hello fellas,
After a long time I've decided to be back on Nexus, can't enjoy without nexus phones, ZF2 developement is stagnant as ASUS is not releasing src, a great HW stuck by OEM limtations.
So I've got my N6 today, I've learnt a few things before like not downgrading bootloader, had a post saying which versions are safe and ones that are not iirc <71.08 shouldn't be flashed onto 71.08 existing BL right or was it 71.10 ?? (idk why will anyone want to downgrade unless they want OTAs based on Fi, root is superior to all. Heard a few CM roms had BL packed into ROMs and the updte to 5.1.x + lower BL caused hardbrick, a.k.a bootloop + noTWRP with Fastboot lockedout ).
So here's my to-do list sorry to post this long but seems like this is start for me....Please correct me If I understood anthing wrong....as It's been a long time since I used a nexus (Maguro was my first nexus and things rapidly changed these days..)
1 - mFastboot for flashing
2 - OEM unlock check prior to unlock the phone (shipped with 5.1 LMY47D so I may need to do this before proceeding)
A few questions -
3 - Does NRT has mFastboot ? I have it in my computer tho.
4 - Can any one give me crash course for SuperSU + MultiROM with 5.1.1 (Need Xposed:silly, 6.x & Nexus 6 information....
a- Like If I OEM unlock my n6 now and use 5.1.1 CM based it has pre-root right ? So I shouldn't bother with SuperSU BETA 2.6x right, next is the systemless root is because of M's warning messages ? why all this hassle of
**root** as of lately with L and M, Is it because of SELinux policies + M's changes with System related messages ?
b - MultiROM working guide on 5.1.1 plus M latest release anyone, will try the official thread tho, any info on whre to start would be awesome !!
5- I should be good if I unlock the nexus and use an EX / Lean / Despair / Blu-Spark / or any kernels - these do have modified system so how about the M's warning msgs? are the custom ROMs on M are modded to avoid any nagging messages like that?
6- Please link me any useful posts/threads that are updated to reflect latest changes like SU or any old information that is essential !! thanks !!

Ashtrix said:
Hello fellas,
After a long time I've decided to be back on Nexus, can't enjoy without nexus phones, ZF2 developement is stagnant as ASUS is not releasing src, a great HW stuck by OEM limtations.
So I've got my N6 today, I've learnt a few things before like not downgrading bootloader, had a post saying which versions are safe and ones that are not(idk why will anyone want to downgrade unless they want OTAs based on Fi, root is superior to all). So here's my to-do list sorry to post this here but seems like this is start for me.Please correct me If I understood anthing wrong....as It's been a long time since I used a nexus (Maguro was my first nexus and things rapidly changed these days..)
1 - mFastboot for flashing
2 - OEM unlock check prior to unlock the phone (shipped with 5.1 LMY47D so I may need to do this before proceeding)
A few questions -
3 - Does NRT has mFastboot ? I have it in my computer tho.
4 - Can any one give me crash course for SuperSU + MultiROM with 5.1.1 (Need Xposed:silly, 6.x & a few Nexus 6 information, any useful links would do the job.
a- Like If I OEM unlock my n6 now and use 5.1.1 CM based it has pre-root right ? So I shouldn't bother with SuperSU BETA 2.6x right, next is the systemless root is because of M's warning messages ? why all this hassle of
**root** as of lately with L and M, Is it because of SELinux policies + M's changes with System related messages ?
b - Does MultiROM work on 5.1.1 plus M latest release ?
5- I should be good if I unlock the nexus and use an EX / Lean / Despair / Blu-Spark / or any kernels - these do have modified system so how about the M's warning msgs? are the custom ROMs on M are modded to avoid any nagging messages like that?
6- Please link me any useful links that are updated to reflect latest changes like SU or any old information that is essential !! thanks !!
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1.) I don't think you need mFastboot. I think you just want standard fastboot with Nexus phones
2.) I'm not sure what this means, but just follow the beginner guide in the General section to unlock the device
2a.) Follow the advice in answer 2 for fastboot information as well
3.) NRT installs standard fastboot and adb into C:\Program Files(x86)\WugFresh Development\NRT\Data\ folder
4.) Can't do it, I don't use multi-rom.
5.) There are special instructions for installing custom kernels. Follow the directions mentioned within the threads
6.) This information will be available in the custom ROM or kernel threads you choose to use

AlkaliV2 said:
1.) I don't think you need mFastboot. I think you just want standard fastboot with Nexus phones
2.) I'm not sure what this means, but just follow the beginner guide in the General section to unlock the device
2a.) Follow the advice in answer 2 for fastboot information as well
3.) NRT installs standard fastboot and adb into C:\Program Files(x86)\WugFresh Development\NRT\Data\ folder
4.) Can't do it, I don't use multi-rom.
5.) There are special instructions for installing custom kernels. Follow the directions mentioned within the threads
6.) This information will be available in the custom ROM or kernel threads you choose to use
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Thanks,
Last time I had a nexus 6 just for a couple of days which I returned for various reasons, I had the firmware error upon flashing the imgs from 5.0.x to 5.1.1, after googling a bit I used that mFastboot, but wanna confirm it..

Ashtrix said:
Thanks,
Last time I had a nexus 6 just for a couple of days which I returned for various reasons, I had the firmware error upon flashing the imgs from 5.0.x to 5.1.1, after googling a bit I used that mFastboot, but wanna confirm it..
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I'm pretty sure mFastboot is made directly for a Verizon variant, but since the Nexus 6 is unlocked and your Verizon SIM card dictates the network you are on, I would say stick with normal Fastboot for your flashing endeavors. Good luck and read twice, flash once :good:
Edit: Quick side note, love the avatar. Good choice.

Thankyou :highfive:
Just did an OEM unlock and wierdly after that, the bugdroid loading doesn't end at all. Did an factory img flash of 5.1.1 Shamu-LMY48Y and booted in less than a min Lol.
And yes the fastboot is working, wow things are definitely wierd with Shamu (volume normalization, mFastboot previous xperience, bootloader bricks...seems like Qcom fixed that after CM brickbug and no one can help the manual bricking) but I'm ok with all these , just love this device, massive, powerful and sexy looking piece
EDIT :
Well everything's going fine but this bugdroid loading doesn't seem to be fixed at all, after bootup 23Gb was there so I did a format and again stuck, this time around I tried using TWRP to flash (CM12.1)after doing fastboot commands - fastboot format userdata, cache. Now it says unable to flash on so&so data partition, So formatted from the OS and now MTP says generical heirarchial. I don't remember any device with that format...
EDIT 2 : Device won't boot with that bugdroid formatting the Data partition. Needs to be fastboot flashed else stuck there forever again same 23Gb bootissue if I do that & Using fastboot format userdata command it formats into the 64GB - 54Gb available space but with TWRP It fails to flash - the same error, can't flash on data parition. So repeat fastboot and it's a damn cycle. Will try to flash MM if it won't then. I may have to return again...OMG
EDIT 3 : http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...ys-formatting-data-yellow-text-any-ideas.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/help-stuck-formatting-data-t2737793

EDIT : Tried MM and after 10 mins formatted succesfully now gotta try a ROM or any, hope its fine !!

Again the GH FS is back with MTP and doesn't flash at all with TWRP. If I go for a re-lock and it it fails to boot with formatting properly...then bam nothing but a bricked Nexus !!
TWRP did the format but the device is messed up, sliptscreen issue..
I'm going to return this, enough of the hassle had me messed up totally :crying:
Seems like 6P seems better than having all these issues. Or wait for the 2016 device...
EDIT : Sorry for the GH format seems like it's normal, but the flashing issue is too wierd..

I dont know what the **** a bugdroid is.... But just use fastboot to flash things. Post up console messages and we can help.
If you flash userdata.img, its for the 32 gig model... But you can use TWRP to expand the partition to give your space back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/phone-gb-storage-to-factory-reset-t3225492
Just read, its really really easy.

scryan said:
I dont know what the **** a bugdroid is.... But just use fastboot to flash things. Post up console messages and we can help.
If you flash userdata.img, its for the 32 gig model... But you can use TWRP to expand the partition to give your space back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/phone-gb-storage-to-factory-reset-t3225492
Just read, its really really easy.
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I know this issue, just a factory reset fixed this thing on my old N6 that I had for 2 days, but this takes too much of time to format....Just had TWRP do the job and flashed the Temasek but ALAS !! Splitscreen issue.

[ROM][EXPERIMENTAL][BOOTLOOPS][XT907][KKBL][LineageOS][Nougat]LineageOS 14.1

THIS ROM BOOTLOOPS. NO NEED TO CONFIRM OR POST SUCH ANYMORE​
Basically this ROM is an experiment at building LineageOS 14.1 (Nougat) specifically for an xt907 KKBL
How I built it:
Set up a virtual Box (on Win7 64b) to build Lineage OS 14.1 (followed their instructions)
Source: https://github.com/LineageOS/
I used an existing xt907 KKBL device tree (https://github.com/LineageOS/android_device_motorola_xt907) it looks old, but I built a JBBL device tree based from this project, and that booted. I also built TWRP using this device tree, and I have been told that it works
Basically, I have done no "magic" here. If this ROM works, I may also be able to build crDroid & ResurrectionRemix Nougat as well. Actually, my JBBL from this device tree worked better for crDoid and RR than LOS
This is an experimental build of LineageOS 14.1, Android version 7.1.2, an experimental build for a non-official device (ie xt907 KKBL).
I personally do not have an xt907 with KKBL, but an xt905 with JBBL, so I can't easily test this KKBL ROM. PLEASE tell me if it works or not.
The good
It's LineageOS
It's Nougat!
It's for KKBL
It's built from a device tree that I hacked into JBBL, and that booted
A TWRP for KKBL was built using the same device tree, and I am told that that works
It Builds
The bad
I have no idea if it boots as I don't have a KKBL installed​
Since I do not own an xt907 KKBL, I cannot test this zip personaly, and hope someone with an xt907 KKBL will try the zip and let me (and others) know if it works?
What I hope is that if this boots and runs, I will try building crDroid Nougat (and maybe ResurrectionRemix) for the xt907 KKBL. If they also work, I personally will up[grade to the KKBL (my JBBL version of crDroid has numerous FC's)
Credits: All credits go to LOS contributors and CM maintainers before them.
Almost forgot, Flash this ZIP at your own risk, the responsibility is all yours, it is provided as-is, with no garantees or whatever and I will not be held resonsible for any damage to your device or its data etc etc etc
Installation:
1) Download the ZIP
2) Boot into TWRP recovery (I wou;d recomend updating to TWRP 3.x (see myh othere thread I have been told trhat it works)
3) Make a nandroid (you should definitely be going back) And remember, a nandroid is NOT 100%! if you don't understand this, maybe trying this is not for you.
4) Wipe system/data/cache/dalvik
5) Flash update package (ie install the zip)
6) Flash GApps (probably Open GApps pico...) if it doesnt work, try a wipe and not flashing GApps (it helps with crDroid for JBBL)
6) Reboot to system
If it falls over, please get some logcats and post them on hastebin/pastebin etc etc NOT HERE, only the links. Hopefully we can fix it and have some highly customisable nougat ROM's for your device. And the steps to make it work may also be helpful for the next Android iteration.
Download Link: https://clicknupload.org/uvu9uknep9ku
And please post how you go with this ROM, either way, I would like to know if it works or not to decide if to build crDroid and/or RR. If it does work and crDroid does not, I may get around to building a non experimental build, with Overclocking enabled.

Cant download from that link

Shmaks said:
Cant download from that link
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what exactly is the problem? have you tried a different browser? I can directly through chrome and also using TOR browser.

DiamondJohn said:
what exactly is the problem? have you tried a different browser? I can directly through chrome and also using TOR browser.
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Tried two browsers - chrome and firefox. Click free download - create download link - click here for download - have Error The requested URL could not be retrieved
Fix: downloading with TOR works))

Shmaks said:
Tried two browsers - chrome and firefox. Click free download - create download link - click here for download - have Error The requested URL could not be retrieved
Fix: downloading with TOR works))
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It may of been a timing thing. I posted the link right after the upload finished.

Just flash it (with and without gapps) - neverended boot animation, bootloop

Shmaks said:
Just flash it (with and without gapps) - neverended boot animation, bootloop
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how much time did you give it? I have found 8-10 minutes is the norm for the first boot, and I allow 15 before I concede its not going anywhere.
Never mind, I am also just preparing to build crDroid (Nougat) (source is a big and slow download). I found that with the KKBL code altered to JBBL, crDroid booted while LineageOS 14.1 did not. And maybe LOS13 will boot. The fact that LOS14.1 at least showed the animation is a big positive.
Out of interest, did you flash it using TWRP 3.1.1?

DiamondJohn said:
Out of interest, did you flash it using TWRP 3.1.1?
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Yes, TWRP 2.8.6 didnt flash it

Shmaks said:
Just flash it (with and without gapps) - never ended boot animation, bootloop
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DiamondJohn said:
how much time did you give it? I have found 8-10 minutes is the norm for the first boot, and I allow 15 before I concede its not going anywhere.?
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One difference I have noted between MM and Nougat is that MM will play the boot animation for much shorter a time and go into the "Optimizing app 1 of XX", while Nougat will continue to play the boot animation all through the optimisation (ie a LOOOOONnng time), until it actually loads and displays the launcher. Just a thought, maybe a little hope...

Endless boot screen for me, both with and without GApps. Waited 20 minutes both times. Installed via KKBL TWRP 3.1.1.

I think its safe to say, it will boot loop for everyone.
However, if you wish to possibly see this go further, if someone was to get a log of /proc/kmsg and logcat (and post on hastebin or such, not here), there may be something simple to change. Not that I am going to spend hour and hours on it, but you never know, it may be simple. To know how to get these logs from a non booting computer, you can get the kmsg while TWRP and the logcat maybe using adb over USB. There are plenty of guides on XDA.

DiamondJohn said:
I think its safe to say, it will boot loop for everyone.
However, if you wish to possibly see this go further, if someone was to get a log of /proc/kmsg and logcat (and post on hastebin or such, not here), there may be something simple to change. Not that I am going to spend hour and hours on it, but you never know, it may be simple. To know how to get these logs from a non booting computer, you can get the kmsg while TWRP and the logcat maybe using adb over USB. There are plenty of guides on XDA.
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Is this still an issue?

DiamondJohn said:
I think its safe to say, it will boot loop for everyone.
However, if you wish to possibly see this go further, if someone was to get a log of /proc/kmsg and logcat (and post on hastebin or such, not here), there may be something simple to change. Not that I am going to spend hour and hours on it, but you never know, it may be simple. To know how to get these logs from a non booting computer, you can get the kmsg while TWRP and the logcat maybe using adb over USB. There are plenty of guides on XDA.
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Willing to test and post logs. Just not sure how to retrieve the logs.

Not happening
See https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73567002&postcount=19
Although I would be interested in seeing the last_kmsg log on a KKBL, if anyone has some free time.

As with others, I entered endless bootloop as well. Thank you for making the build to try.

mr3p said:
As with others, I entered endless bootloop as well. Thank you for making the build to try.
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I am guessing you dont have a log of the last_kmsg :fingers-crossed:?

DiamondJohn said:
I am guessing you dont have a log of the last_kmsg :fingers-crossed:?
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I apologize for not remembering to save the log. It wouldn't be the end of the world to revert back to KKBL and reload this build to get a log but I'll to find some time to play which is always the challenge.

This wouldn't be a problem so much if Lineage didn't delete perfectly good builds/ROMs for this device when they took over. Why would they do that for this device and not others? That seems a bit too coincidental.

DragonFire1024 said:
This wouldn't be a problem so much if Lineage didn't delete perfectly good builds/ROMs for this device when they took over. Why would they do that for this device and not others? That seems a bit too coincidental.
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Just curious but if someone wants to run LineageOS, whats the downside of just switching over the to JBBL when builds exist?

mr3p said:
Just curious but if someone wants to run LineageOS, whats the downside of just switching over the to JBBL when builds exist?
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I can't find working links to downgrade to JBBL

[STOCK][DUMPS][FIRMWARE] Essential stock firmware and rom dumps

I am not responsible if you break your phone in any way, these are here for your aid. I will help as much as i can, but it is on YOU, the user to read the OP and understand exactly what it is you are doing at ALL times.
READ THIS: http://mata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ LEARN FROM IT, DONT EVEN CONTINUE UNLESS YOU HAVE READ THIS
These can be used to return to 100% stock as long as you can get into fastboot mode on the device, and have unlocked the bootloader and critical partitions. All images contained in the zips are directly from the essential Fastboot zips and OTA's, and dumps for the rest
Prerequisites:
1. Working fastboot environment in bootloader: (test using the command fastboot devices should return your s/n) Windows drivers are at the bottom of the OP.
Essentials windows drivers contain working ADB/Fastboot and places an environment variable to link to these binaries, i would HIGHLY recommend ditching any and all adb/fastboots you may have (minimal, HTC, etc) and use what is supplied by essential, they just work (Not gonna help you either if your hellbent on using your adb/fastboot).
The zips contain all the firmware (19 Images), TWRP11.img (the latest version), and a stockboot.img (so you can conveniently place on your phone and flash in twrp) when rooting with magisk, and boot.fix.red.img (In case you kill verity).
2. Bootloader unlocked: run the command fastboot flashing unlock in bootloader (THIS WIPES USER DATA, BACKUP BEFOREHAND), conversely fastboot flashing lock will relock the bootloader. I dont recommend this, as there are lots of bricks from messing up a flash and locking yourself out afterward.
3. Critical partition unlocked: run the command fastboot flashing unlock_critical in bootloader (THIS WIPES USER DATA, BACKUP BEFOREHAND), conversely fastboot flashing lock_critical will relock the critical partition flashability. I dont recommend this, as there are lots of bricks from messing up a flash and locking yourself out afterward.
4. Common Sense: Use IT!!!!!
Downloads
Android 10 BTS Folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/10
Q Beta BTS Folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/Q-Beta/
Pie BTS & Novendor Folder: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/Pie
P Beta BTS: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/P-Beta/
Oreo BTS & NOVENDOR: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mata-bts/files/Oreo/
The Files below are OLD as dirt BTS
OPM1.180104.010 mega.nz (oreo 8.1 beta1)
OPM1.170911.254 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta3)
OPM1.170911.213 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta2)
OPM1.170911.130 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta)
NMK32F AFH (latest nougat 7.1)
NMJ88C mega.nz (nougat 7.1)
NMJ51B AFH (nougat 7.1)
NMJ32F AFH (nougat 7.1)
NMJ20D mega.nz (nougat 7.1)
NMI81C AFH (nougat 7.1)
Drive Folder of Patched Essential Boot images Credit Goes to @dazeone
Some OLD AS DIRT Novendor zips aswell... if anyone still cares
OPM1.180104.010 mega.nz (oreo 8.1 beta1)
OPM1.170911.254 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta3)
OPM1.170911.213 mega.nz (oreo 8.0 beta2)
Windows Drivers
drivers
Unzip this and check out the flash-all.[bat,sh] scripts for win/lin (they're identical but provided for easier flashability).
They're set up to flash to both slots. Most people will want to do this on a back to stock mission, but they can be adjusted if your goal is something else.
If coming from some other rom, you're also going to want to wipe your data, or you're not going to boot. This can be accomplished by the command in the bootloader: fastboot -w keep in mind there are multiple scripts to wipe for you in the zips.
These can also be used to make custom roms/rooted boot images/etc too, so have fun with it!
Thanks:
@invisiblek - aer0zer0 stole his thread, he put most of it together
@aer0zer0 - i stole the thread from aer0, his 2yr old son makes more use of the PH-1 than he does.
@bmg1001 - Root thread, found here root
@dazeone - Provides independent patched boot images and has an awesome YouTube Channel of Guides! DazeOne Youtube Channel
Enjoy

Heck ya

Yesssss

Ill be giving this a shot in a few days hoping to return my phone back to complete stock.

Hot diggity... been fun reading/watching you all work on this through Discord, think I'll go ahead and unlock it while I still have my S8 in case I trash things

Anyone planning on trying to make some custom roms for this phone? I am waiting to see if there will be any decent dev community for this phone before I actually buy it.

vekenti said:
Anyone planning on trying to make some custom roms for this phone? I am waiting to see if there will be any decent dev community for this phone before I actually buy it.
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Lineage okay for you lol?
You've got one of the top devs on Lineage working on this so I think you're good.

Thank you! I'll be rooting now that we have a safety net!

I am trying this out now got a lot of errors saying:
FAILED (remote: Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions
However the main partitions like modem and system seem to work fine.

invisiblek said:
So as we're still waiting for Essential to release official factory images, I thought it'd be helpful to link the dumps that we've produced. These can be used to return to 100% stock as long as you can get into fastboot mode on the device.
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Thanks for this. My fingerprint sensor was not working for some reason after rooting and I thought i would go completely stock. This thread helped me to go completely stock and get the fingerprint back to working.
Thought I haven't locked the bootloader yet. Will try it later.
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sarcoptic said:
I am trying this out now got a lot of errors saying:
FAILED (remote: Flashing is not allowed for Critical Partitions
However the main partitions like modem and system seem to work fine.
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For flashing to critical partition you need to unlock them. The command is similar to unlock boot-loader.
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock_critical
And to lock it again
Code:
fastboot flashing lock_critical

The unlock_critical command worked fine....have you tried updating to the latest build from essential? I tried a couple times and I keep getting a installation problem.

sarcoptic said:
The unlock_critical command worked fine....have you tried updating to the latest build from essential? I tried a couple times and I keep getting a installation problem.
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New zip on the way. I know why that is. The system image was modified (I had forgot I mounted it once which broke its signature).
I'll update once its ready. Sorry about that.
EDIT: OP updated with new link. Again, sorry about that. Slight oversight. With the new zip the OTA will take fine.

invisiblek said:
New zip on the way. I know why that is. The system image was modified (I had forgot I mounted it once which broke its signature).
I'll update once its ready. Sorry about that.
EDIT: OP updated with new link. Again, sorry about that. Slight oversight. With the new zip the OTA will take fine.
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Freaking rockstar thanks!

invisiblek said:
New zip on the way. I know why that is. The system image was modified (I had forgot I mounted it once which broke its signature).
I'll update once its ready. Sorry about that.
EDIT: OP updated with new link. Again, sorry about that. Slight oversight. With the new zip the OTA will take fine.
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Thanks mate.

Thanks for the dump! Just yesterday I was trying to figure out how to do the adb backup command but I gave up cause I couldn't get a good reliable connection to my phone (driver issues, then to failed to connect to device, then to using the adb shell and a mouse on recovery, fun times.)

Great

please can someone guide on how to root it

chambar said:
please can someone guide on how to root it
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I'm not sure how you missed this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/es.../guide-rooting-essential-ph-1-magisk-t3701976

charlie.s said:
I'm not sure how you missed this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/es.../guide-rooting-essential-ph-1-magisk-t3701976
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Much appreciated, indeed dunno how i missed it.

free XDA points for @invisiblek .......Thanks for putting it all together, hopefully you can get a teiko sports watch when you turn all the points in, LOL
Seriously, thanks for putting it all together

[ROM] Stock November Hybrid Rom (T-Mobile)(SPRINT)

AS OF RIGHT NOW THIS IS ONLY FOR T-MOBILE AND NOW SPRINT!
This is a stock rom for the retail brazil MotoZ(2) force ported over to our phone.
This is stock with only encryption and dm verity removed for support with twrp. (No more boot image including.)
Flashing instructions.
NOTE: CLEAN FLASH! This is a rom from another phone. I cant help you if you write me and say system fc's or any other fc's and you didnt clean flash.
1. Download rom and place it on sd card or internal.
2. Download oem.img and flash it (fastboot flash oem oem.img)
3. Reboot to recovery
2. Wipe system data cache.
3 Flash rom.
4. Reflash whatever root you had. (Magisk)
5. Profit.
As far as I know this does have all the latest fixings (KRACK,Bluebourne, ECT)
Includes VOLTE
Includes WIFI Calling
Usually all roms are pretty stable. IF there is any bugs post below and ill get to working on it.
Sprint install guide
Guide for Sprint users:
Go into Bootloader
Flash This oem.img (courtesy @joemossjr) "fastboot flash oem oem.img
Go into recovery
wipe system and data.
Flash rom
Tested this on my Sprint phone and everything works just fine and with Pantheon, you will pass Safetynet if you flash the image in bootloader.
note: for Sprint users, we NEED to flash the oem.img to not have dialer issues, so I will stress, flash that oem image and if you don't want the bloat, you can delete everything but oem.prop from /oem folder through root or recovery's file manager after you mount OEM.
FLASH ALL
Flash all has been made this includes T-Mobiles Modem with stock everything else. you wont be able to take otas on it due to modified Modem. But updates for thes roms come a lot faster then ours so when one comes out ill update it. Please flash the latest twrp. This is going to encrypt you so your gonna have to format data in twrp and flash this Unencrypt Zip
This will format data. Treat it as a flash all to get back to stock also if you dont want tmobile bloat. This rom in it self with twrp will pass safetynet without magisk as long as you dont modify oem partition. Other then that happy flashing. Download for flash all is below
Downloads: November
oem.img
November Flash all
CREDITS
Motorola Firmware Team
@SuperR. for providing a bad ass platform for Rom making.
@Uzephi for testing the Sprint side of things lol

First! ?

Pantheon works on this rom.
Edit: kernel upstream has KRACK and blueborne fixes in it ?
Edit: tried same install instructions. Works for Sprint phones and activates them
Edit 3: well had to do some dialer stuff, but everything else worked. Will give guide in the morning to get the rom 100%

Sprint install guide
Guide for Sprint users:
Go into Bootloader
Flash This oem.img (courtesy @joemossjr) "fastboot flash oem oem.img
Go into recovery
mount oem. (you can delete everything using file manager in /oem besides oem.prop)
wipe system and data.
Flash rom
Tested this on my Sprint phone and everything works just fine and with Pantheon, you will pass Safetynet if you flash the image in bootloader.
Edit: for Sprint users, we NEED to flash the oem.img to not have dialer issues, so I will stress, flash that oem image and if you don't want the bloat, you can delete everything but oem.prop from /oem folder through root or recovery's file manager after you mount OEM.
Edit 2: Wifi Calling will not work, that file is in sprint's OEM partition and it FC's when adding it or using sprint's oem.img, so if you want this rom, I advise WiFi calling will not work until further notice.

updated thread
ADDED Stock oem image
ADDED Sprint support per @Uzephi

joemossjr said:
updated thread
ADDED Stock oem image
ADDED Sprint support per @Uzephi
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WiFi calling currently doesn't work for Sprint. Technical details: Sprint uses a different WiFi calling setup where a special Google dialer is in /oem to work. If you use this dialer or the included wifi dialer.jar file, it will just continuously FC and you can't do anything. To get Sprint models working we have to use the stock dialer which doesn't work with Sprint's WiFi calling. We will put a poll up to see interest in WiFi calling since this will take a bit of hackery to get working. I want to gauge interest before I take on this task.

My new T mobile Moto Z2 Force still has stock August image on it. I am waiting for my screen protector and case to arrive before I transfer my account to this phone. I am also waiting to unlock the bootloader and root the device. Now, should I flash your new Nov image since I want KRACK and blueborne fixes OR should I first flash the August image first, then upgrade to Nov image.

kendallgreen said:
My new T mobile Moto Z2 Force still has stock August image on it. I am waiting for my screen protector and case to arrive before I transfer my account to this phone. I am also waiting to unlock the bootloader and root the device. Now, should I flash your new Nov image since I want KRACK and blueborne fixes OR should I first flash the August image first, then upgrade to Nov image.
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Either or honestly lol you can go to August for the updated firmware

So going from a brand new device on NCX26.7, how do we go about getting our phones ready to flash this? Unlock bootloader, root, then flash this and reroot? Then follow the instructions for TWRP in your other post?

swidger said:
So going from a brand new device on NCX26.7, how do we go about getting our phones ready to flash this? Unlock bootloader, root, then flash this and reroot? Then follow the instructions for TWRP in your other post?
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Unlock bootloader, install TWRP, follow instructions in OP.

Moto Z2 Force Edition - T-Mobile
Unlocked Bootloader
TWRP 3.2.0-0
I keep trying to flash this ROM, and have succeed in the flashing process. However, whenever I boot up, I get "TMOConfig has stopped" and then I can close it. I notice, that cellular data is not active. I continue through setup as normal until the Moto Permissions screen. When I try to go through this screen, whether I accept or decline, "com.motorola.tmo.setupext has stopped" comes up. The only option is to open app again and it takes me to the prior screen for Google setup and gets stuck in this loop until I restart the phone.
I've followed the instructions exactly MULTIPLE times just to verify I got it right. I'm clean flashing as well, so no it's not cuz of that. I've even redownload the files three times just to ensure it wasn't the result of possible file issues. Anyone else having this issue? I'd greatly appreciate a second pair of eyes on this!

champ784 said:
Moto Z2 Force Edition - T-Mobile
Unlocked Bootloader
TWRP 3.2.0-0
I keep trying to flash this ROM, and have succeed in the flashing process. However, whenever I boot up, I get "TMOConfig has stopped" and then I can close it. I notice, that cellular data is not active. I continue through setup as normal until the Moto Permissions screen. When I try to go through this screen, whether I accept or decline, "com.motorola.tmo.setupext has stopped" comes up. The only option is to open app again and it takes me to the prior screen for Google setup and gets stuck in this loop until I restart the phone.
I've followed the instructions exactly MULTIPLE times just to verify I got it right. I'm clean flashing as well, so no it's not cuz of that. I've even redownload the files three times just to ensure it wasn't the result of possible file issues. Anyone else having this issue? I'd greatly appreciate a second pair of eyes on this!
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you still have OEM stuff - you need to wipe oem partition and then flash.

byt3b0mb said:
you still have OEM stuff - you need to wipe oem partition and then flash.
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Does formatting help wipe that? I've done wipes and formatting just to be safe

Gotta flash the oem.img then reflash

joemossjr said:
Gotta flash the oem.img then reflash
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Just tried redoing everything again. I get cellular now, and it boots. But now the phone will randomly freeze after a few minutes and restart
Sorry for being such a noob... This is my first dual partition device I've worked with... I've gotten spoiled with OnePlus and Nexus devices lol

champ784 said:
Just tried redoing everything again. I get cellular now, and it boots. But now the phone will randomly freeze after a few minutes and restart
Sorry for being such a noob... This is my first dual partition device I've worked with... I've gotten spoiled with OnePlus and Nexus devices lol
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Sorry I meant which slot/ota are you on

joemossjr said:
Sorry I meant which slot/ota are you on
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To check this, go to TWRP and in the reboot menu it will tell you which slot you're on like the below screenshot of me on slot B

For sprint users, there is a poll to end on dec 8th asking if WiFi calling is a must for your rom. please answer it. I have tried a few methods but all fail. any further would require editing the framework.jar file in oem and some trickery that needs some serious coding done to work correctly. So I will take on the task if enough vote for it. (I do this in my free time for free and if not enough interest is given, I'd rather not waste the time as another update might break it, and it also takes me away from my EAS project which has a lot of interest.)

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Sorry I meant which slot/ota are you on
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Mine shows Slot A. Am I correct in assuming that should be Slot B?

champ784 said:
Mine shows Slot A. Am I correct in assuming that should be Slot B?
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Slot A has less bugs than Slot B. I would stay slot A if you can. I would suggest wiping oem in TWRP, mount oem, wipe oem, then reboot to bootloader and flash the oem img in OP.

[ROM][8.1.0][OFFICIAL] AOSiP {T-mobile/Sprint}

Aosip for Motorola Z2 Force
What is this?
AOSiP is a quality custom ROM based purely on GOOGLE AOSP source since 6.0 release. Twisted with the latest features and blended with stability. We strive for perfection and it shows.
Obligatory Warning: This guide and ROM assumes you know the fundamentals of fastboot, flashing TWRP, and running a flash all. Your warranty is voided because of the unlocked bootloader. This is a Third Party ROM. Things may not work as expected compared to stock (for better or for worse).
Warning 2: If you can't do fastboot commands, do a flash all, root your device or flash TWRP/ROM, please do not ask for help here. If you cannot flash all back to stock, please stay stock for everyone's sake.
Warning 3: if you don't flash the firmware so you are on Oreo on both slots, when you boot after flashing, you'll be on Nougat firmware and have a brick. Try a flash all as that's your only hope on recovering your phone.
How to install
1. Download the latest ROM from here.
2. Prepare your phone for AOSP style ROMs. (download one of the firmwares depending on your model)
Flash the firmware with the .bat file. (See links below or on Post #2)
3. Boot to TWRP
4. Flash TWRP to boot image (with the zip from their website.) Reboot to Newly flashed recovery.
5. Erase oem, data, and system
6. Flash rom like you would any aosp rom, in twrp.
7. Reboot to bootloader
8. run the command "fastboot -w" (this will erase EVERYTHING from your phone, even internal SD, but is needed to have these ROMs work)
9. reboot.
Whats working?
Wifi
RIL
Mobile data
GPS
Camera
Flashlight
Camcorder
Bluetooth
Volte (T-Mobile)
Change quick charge
Fingerprint reader
NFC
Lights
Sound / vibration
Some motomods (soundboost mod doesnt work)
Team Illusion:
Josh Fox (xlxfoxxlx)
Akhil Narang
Sri Harsha (@srisurya95)
Shreesha Murthy
Brett Montague
Known issues
1. WiFi Calling hit and miss
2. Cannot flash Gapps (included temporarily)
3. some Audio recording apps will not have audio recording work (phone functions fine)
4. if you don't fastboot -w, you will not boot.
5. if you don't flash the firmware your bootloader might relock itself and be stuck on Nougat.
6. SElinux is passive (meaning CTS check will always fail until further notice.)
Downloads:
official link(aosiprom.com)
​Thanks to everyone at @aosip @mosimchah @moto999999 and @codeworkx for their amazing work
Android OS version: 8.1.0
Security patch level: April 2018
Build author: @Infect_Ed
Source code: https://github.com/AOSiP-Devices/device_motorola_nash - AOSiP source.
https://github.com/InvictrixRom-devices/kernel_motorola_nash - kernel
https://github.com/TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_motorola - vendor blobs
Contributors
@Infect_Ed @invisiblek @npjohnson @erfanoabdi @joemossjr @jbats @nathanchance
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.4.x
Phone Firmware Required: 8.0
T-Mobile
Sprint
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: 1.0
Stable Release Date: 2018-03-28
Created 2018-03-28
Last Updated 2018-04-10
Note: I did not build this. If you want to give thanks for this ROM build, thank @Infect_Ed for building AOSiP, I am just maintaining the support thread for XDA.

Firmware files needed!
T-Mobile:27.1
Sprint: Found em!

Sources Post:
https://github.com/AOSiP-Devices/device_motorola_nash - AOSiP source.
https://github.com/InvictrixRom-devices/kernel_motorola_nash - kernel
https://github.com/TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_motorola - vendor blobs

Bug reports:
If you don't flash the firmware and your other slot is nougat, after flashing the ROM, you'll brick. (Custom ROM with a locked nougat slot.) Your only hope is attempting an official flash all and try again after flashing the firmware zip in the posts above.
Fair warning and off-topic: I am okay with some off topic questions. If you have a question, please use the search function. If I have addressed the question before, I will not answer and advise to find it in the thread. I will report the post for a mod to delete along with my response to keep the thread tidy. It seems some users think this ROM has international support. It doesn't and won't unless someone with another variant or an unlocked T-Mobile/Sprint model tests, confirms and debugs for that international carrier. Please keep in mind of what I said below regarding this. I posted this on page 20 or so and copying here for better visibility.
Your SIM is locked. You are trying to run a phone off it's intended network. Please don't post those problems here. It isn't ROM related. Like the thread states. It works for T-Mobile and Sprint only on their respective models on their locked networks. Any other tom foolery isn't supported and must be kept out of the thread. After this it will be considered off topic.
Edit: if you have Sprint or T-Mobile service and run into issues with using your (albeit, expensive) international roaming plan, I will assist with that if it works on stock but not AOSP. If you don't have a sprint or T-Mobile sim, I cannot help. Almost all devs on this device won't be able to help. "Almost" all of us are on US carriers.
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Images posted here

@Uzephi is your device on sprint? Data works but LTE does not? Does the Moto Mods support Hot Swapping? This is great progress and can't wait to see more on this phone.

xDABZx said:
@Uzephi is your device on sprint? Data works but LTE does not? Does the Moto Mods support Hot Swapping? This is great progress and can't wait to see more on this phone.
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Motomods work with kernel in ROM (hot swapping should as well iirc, I don't use the mods that often where my projector is outdated) LTE doesn't work on Sprint, but 3G and 1xTT works fine.

@Uzephi if we were to flash your kernel, we would lose motomods support?

cervantesjc said:
@Uzephi if we were to flash your kernel, we would lose motomods support?
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For now, yes. Still trying to get it work. Clang is being a PITA on my build box, having to go to Linaro which can't build the Motorola Greybus driver correctly.

Thanks sir, I appreciate what you've done for the community, finally can go back to my moto from a GS8+

I'm sorry if this is a dumb question but...
Ive never had to install different firmware before on a ROM. If I install this, will it change the process of installing a different ROM in the future?
Thank you.
Sprint varient if it matters by the way.
Edit: I'm sorry for this but is there a way to do this without the .bat file? currently working on OSX

wcain89 said:
I'm sorry if this is a dumb question but...
Ive never had to install different firmware before on a ROM. If I install this, will it change the process of installing a different ROM in the future?
Thank you.
Sprint varient if it matters by the way.
Edit: I'm sorry for this but is there a way to do this without the .bat file? currently working on OSX
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Open the bat file in a text editor and run each of those commands one by one.
This I'd a dual boot device. Your other slot has the older Nougat bootloader. That firmware flashed the current Oreo firmware to both slots. If you don't do that, and you flash one of these ROMs, you'll reboot to your nougat slot, locked and pretty much screwed without a flash all and luck of being able to flash OEM images in oem mode.
Edit: you won't need to flash this any consecutive times until there is another big firmware update like nougat to Oreo was.

Uzephi said:
Open the bat file in a text editor and run each of those commands one by one.
This I'd a dual boot device. Your other slot has the older Nougat bootloader. That firmware flashed the current Oreo firmware to both slots. If you don't do that, and you flash one of these ROMs, you'll reboot to your nougat slot, locked and pretty much screwed without a flash all and luck of being able to flash OEM images in oem mode.
Edit: you won't need to flash this any consecutive times until there is another big firmware update like nougat to Oreo was.
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Thank you for the quick reply. I've installed the firmware, but now when I boot to TWRP and try to install the ROM, it instantly fails with ERROR:1. Tried redownloading with a different browser but got the same result. I feel like I'm missing something obvious.

wcain89 said:
Thank you for the quick reply. I've installed the firmware, but now when I boot to TWRP and try to install the ROM, it instantly fails with ERROR:1. Tried redownloading with a different browser but got the same result. I feel like I'm missing something obvious.
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Flash twrp zip to your phone, reboot to your phone's newly flashed twrp recovery and flash the rom. If I remember right,you need to wipe oem and system before flashing the ROM as well. I'll add that shortly.

Up and running! Thank you!! Still looking around but I do see a built in updater. Will this function 100%? By that I mean, when the Sprint LTE issue is resolved and whatever else is coming will be handled by the updater?
Thanks again very excited to play around.

wcain89 said:
Up and running! Thank you!! Still looking around but I do see a built in updater. Will this function 100%? By that I mean, when the Sprint LTE issue is resolved and whatever else is coming will be handled by the updater?
Thanks again very excited to play around.
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Yes, since it's official, it checks the link in OP for any new updates.

For anyone using the ROM, are you seeing notification dots, I tried to get them to work, but they're not working for me.

cervantesjc said:
For anyone using the ROM, are you seeing notification dots, I tried to get them to work, but they're not working for me.
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Working fine for me thru Evie Launcher. Soundboost mod is broken though. My SoundBoost is recognized and the notification says the mod is attached, but the volume steps are reduced to on/off and no sound comes out.
Edited to reflect that only the sound boost mod isn't working AFAIK.

wcain89 said:
Working fine for me thru Evie Launcher. Mods are broken though. My SoundBoost is recognized and the notification says the mod is attached, but the volume steps are reduced to on/off and no sound comes out.
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Oh, @npjohnson and @invisiblek don't have the sound mod, so they can't get it to work. All of us in the development discord are trying to mail one out, they can't guarantee when it would get fixed.
Edit: added disclaimer to OP. We can only guarantee what we have works. Like when I do my kernel, the only mod I have is the free projector, so that's the only mod I can guarantee works when I do get it working.

I have an extra soundboost I could mail to someone.