EU Rom on Chinese phone/ get rid of all the chinese stuff - Honor 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I made a mistake, i bought the 64 gb version of this phone for my girlfriend, without realizing that the 64gb is the Chinese version. she likes the phone but wants to be rid of all the Chinese stuff, so basically i am wondering if there is a way to keep the launcher that comes stock (she likes it) whilst removing all the Chinese info? Language and area already changed to En. I thought flashing an EU rom would fix it but i see it looks to be impossible.
Thanks

lbus9168 said:
I made a mistake, i bought the 64 gb version of this phone for my girlfriend, without realizing that the 64gb is the Chinese version. she likes the phone but wants to be rid of all the Chinese stuff, so basically i am wondering if there is a way to keep the launcher that comes stock (she likes it) whilst removing all the Chinese info? Language and area already changed to En. I thought flashing an EU rom would fix it but i see it looks to be impossible.
Thanks
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You must unlock bootloader and root the phone. Then you can get rid of any application you want to. After nandroid backup of course.
You can uninstall a lot of Chinese apps without rooting the phone, even those appeared as preinstalled. Just check under all applications.

Flashing EU ROM - Doubtful without hacking.
A file contained within the UPDATE.APP has a list of device/firmwares. I'm guessing, but this is probably referenced against what the phone is and already has installed. Which is why using a firmware from a different device fails.
Extracting the system.img and flashing should be possible, but as seen in the other thread, going putting CN on EU is causing boot-loops.
We really need people to look into the finer points of how things hang together and why this is happening. Limited resources on this forum it seems
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piskr said:
You must unlock bootloader and root the phone. Then you can get rid of any application you want to. After nandroid backup of course.
You can uninstall a lot of Chinese apps without rooting the phone, even those appeared as preinstalled. Just check under all applications.
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Or you can do this

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Leeco Le 2 requesting help for x562 international version.

Hi sorry if this is posted in the wrong section, but I have a problem with my phone relating to the fact that I installed SU and rooted my phone to remove the shutter sounds on my camera, when I did that I noticed my phone suddenly became unable to access some of the apps I used for example, animal crossing and my banking apps.
I've checked the stores manually for the apps to try an reinstall but they're no longer there, and when I find them suddenly my phone is not compatible anymore(marked by a green "!" icon, then later a red "!"), I've looked around and all over the place for the stock rom that was installed unto this phone but they were all the generic stock version which apparently doesn't work with my phone leading me to believe it's a custom ROM that was factory installed.
"https://www(dot)banggood(dot)com/LeEco-Le-2-X526-5_5-Inch-Quick-Charge-3GB-64GB-MSM8976-Snapdragon-652-1_8GHz-Octa-Core-4G-Smartphone-p-1341019.html?rmmds=myorder&ID=41195&cur_warehouse=CN"
Replace (dot) with an actual . sorry I can't post links because i'm new.
I had this phone delivered to the UK so I assume it's custom EU.
This is the phone I got, it was perfectly compatible with everything before I did the SU thing, I didn't create a backup either because I'm a newbie at these kinds of things, so I hoped that when I unrooted it'll be enough, but it wasn't it stayed incompatible and that I fail the safety checks constantly no matter what I did, so if possible can someone upload an english version of the factory installed custom rom for x562, mine had no update function or did it have any of the leeco services, only themes, cloud and myleeco.
If anyone is kind enough to upload their stock rom of this exact version I would be very happy.
Edit: apparently it's a global version that's been stripped down of the leeco stuff from the factory? don't know if this bit of information makes a difference.
uknown777 said:
Hi sorry if this is posted in the wrong section, but I have a problem with my phone relating to the fact that I installed SU and rooted my phone to remove the shutter sounds on my camera, when I did that I noticed my phone suddenly became unable to access some of the apps I used for example, animal crossing and my banking apps.
I've checked the stores manually for the apps to try an reinstall but they're no longer there, and when I find them suddenly my phone is not compatible anymore(marked by a green "!" icon, then later a red "!"), I've looked around and all over the place for the stock rom that was installed unto this phone but they were all the generic stock version which apparently doesn't work with my phone leading me to believe it's a custom ROM that was factory installed.
"https://www(dot)banggood(dot)com/LeEco-Le-2-X526-5_5-Inch-Quick-Charge-3GB-64GB-MSM8976-Snapdragon-652-1_8GHz-Octa-Core-4G-Smartphone-p-1341019.html?rmmds=myorder&ID=41195&cur_warehouse=CN"
Replace (dot) with an actual . sorry I can't post links because i'm new.
I had this phone delivered to the UK so I assume it's custom EU.
This is the phone I got, it was perfectly compatible with everything before I did the SU thing, I didn't create a backup either because I'm a newbie at these kinds of things, so I hoped that when I unrooted it'll be enough, but it wasn't it stayed incompatible and that I fail the safety checks constantly no matter what I did, so if possible can someone upload an english version of the factory installed custom rom for x562, mine had no update function or did it have any of the leeco services, only themes, cloud and myleeco.
If anyone is kind enough to upload their stock rom of this exact version I would be very happy.
Edit: apparently it's a global version that's been stripped down of the leeco stuff from the factory? don't know if this bit of information makes a difference.
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It does matter what section you post in and that you follow the rules. questions go in q/a please read the rules here
ps
I moved your thread for you

Asus ZenFone V V520KL Bootloader Unlock, TWRP Recovery & Custom ROM/Root Help!

After many searches for the best help on my new Asus ZenFone V V520KL, I have no way to unlock the bootloader. Asus doesn't provide any support for this 2017 model, nor does Verizon, the company the phone was made for.
It comes stock with Nougat 7.0 OS, 32 GB ROM & 4 GB RAM. It's got a decent size screen and runs not too too bad.
I'm wondering if one of the tech people here would be so kind as to help me with not only unlocking the bootloader so I can then install a custom recovery image, preferrably TWRP, since I have used this type of program before on my other ZenFone 3 Zoom.
I already have ADB tools on my Windows 7 notebook (32-bit). I used it to install the last root on my other aforementioned phone so it will work.
What I'm wondering about is the bootloader unlock tool, custom recovery image (TWRP), and a way to root the bastard. Hopefully we can relock the bootloader after the job's done because it's annoying on my other phone to always have to bypass the "Can't check for corruption." screen before the phone actually boots. Again this is for the Asus ZenFone V V520KL model. There is really no information anywhere right now I know of that gets this job done.
Having a custom Pie 9.0 ROM upgrade would be the best if possible once we root the device.
My name is Andrew, S.D. from Canada.
Thanks and blessings.
Root
Did you find a way to root it?
No, I still need help with the original post. I can root the ZenFone 3 Zoom ZE553KL but they already tell us how to do that in another forum.
the Bootloader for v520kl is already unlock by ENG Firmware
Just serch it in forums
You're talking to a noob. Give me the location of ENG firmware.
Hi friend, in the other post de link for downloading de ENG Firmware is broken
[email protected] said:
Hi friend, in the other post de link for downloading de ENG Firmware is broken
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This is the link
http://www.mediafire.com/file/lc17b75qbvy018z/Asus_Zenfone_V_V520KL_All_WW_ENG_T3.3.15.zip
I tried to flash it did not work for me..
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Doctor Andrew said:
You're talking to a noob. Give me the location of ENG firmware.
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Here is the link:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78833735&postcount=52
Hi friend,
It's de the same rom for this page
https:
www
hardreset.info/devices/asus/asus-v520kl/faq/firmware/ because, the size of this rom is 813MB
and the size of the rom of the link that you provide is 775.53 MB and the files is the same name.
or this rom has been updated.
someone know what version of android have this rom
Okay so we now have a link to just the ROM it looks like. Do we have a way to unlock the bootloader yet and install TWRP first? What about the TWRP image file, do we have one of those as well?
Doctor Andrew said:
Okay so we now have a link to just the ROM it looks like. Do we have a way to unlock the bootloader yet and install TWRP first? What about the TWRP image file, do we have one of those as well?
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To flash the ENG rom, you do not need to unlock the bootloader. Just the Asus flash tool.
Once you flash it, you can reboot to fastboot mode(adb reboot bootloader) and use fastboot oem unlock to unlock bootloader. Be warned though the ENG firmware is very basic. No web browser, no google play, you can't pull down the notification bar etc. (Great battery life though with about 7-10 days since I am not using it at all).
As of right now, there is no TWRP for it that i know of. In fact, I can't even boot into recovery atm. I also am unable to get boot.img file form the .raw file so the various methods to root it seem to be out of reach for the moment.
I've absolutely no interest in the ENG firmware. Still looking for a solution to the original post that people can understand and use easily.
Doctor Andrew said:
I've absolutely no interest in the ENG firmware. Still looking for a solution to the original post that people can understand and use easily.
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Well, ENG is the only way i could figure it out but I finally manged to get root on the phone with magisk. Still have some work to do to get play store and everything else running properly, but for now, hardest part is done.
oh my god - rooooot
faericia said:
Well, ENG is the only way i could figure it out but I finally manged to get root on the phone with magisk. Still have some work to do to get play store and everything else running properly, but for now, hardest part is done.
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Good time of day, Faericia, this is just great news. You can share the experience of getting root with magisk?
Regarding Google Play and all that, where you need Google, using a bunch of microG and Aurora store.
MicroG is the core of Google services, which allows you to pass authorization through Google, synchronize and do it all without any garbage code, according to my observations, the expense is not much spent.
Aurora shop, as an analogue of Google Play, the application, the ability to save apk.
Due to the lack of binding to your Google account.
I think this connection may be relevant and rooted.
The initial partition should appear as root, it intends to resolve all the problems that I have in my phone. for asus applications, after I have done my best, several attempts have already been made.
It was possible to look in read mode using root explorer.
Perhaps you can somehow remove the protection of verizon on the bootloader.
PS the most hardcore variation of raw firmware, a hex editor, search in that between code, boot, recovery, system, etc. Very large empty spaces. previously there were 100 miles earlier.
I think this is part of verizon jokes.
This article should be cut and placed in img.
Thanks so much in advance.
hello when you finish you could share through a tutorial what you did I have my asus v with verizon rom and only data but if I can make it functional with the rom eng then better
Okay, Here are the steps. Before anything else though, I should warn you that I have not been able to get safetynet to pass. So if you have apps that require safetynet to pass, this may not be the way to go.
First you will need the ENG firmware:
https://mega.nz/#!l7wBlQ4B!uB63yH5Rir24GaSfDMWKowqdz-N_sc6SJ-q1WuuGiqM/
Also Asus Flash tools v 1.0.0.72:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/11rcjOgdpJhpK97GzbhYK6cYEIWOtzKE9/view
I am assuming you know adb and such. If not, search the forums and get the adb tools.
Using adb, Reboot to bootloader. ( adb reboot bootloader )
Load the .raw file in the asus flash tool, select v520KL and flash.
Once flash is done, unlock bootloader by going into bootloader (adb reboot bootloader) then type (fastboot oem unlock.)
Here is the patched_boot.img I used if you want to just try to flash that and see if it will work. This is for the eng firmware.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fUxGc27lrodR3ro9MIspde73G8Xg9VlW/view?usp=sharing
Go into bootloader and flash. (fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img)
Install magisk manager and test it out.
If you wish to patch the img yourself, the steps are below (still working on it):
So now we have the phone unlocked, and the software is very basic. We also need the boot.img file to patch since we do not have TWRP. Since I couldn't get it from the raw file (the extracted file is invalid with a size of 0 bytes) I decided to extract it from the phone. But to extract from the phone we need root. So for this next step, temporary root will have to do.
You can get temp root by using KingoRoot. Use the PC version and you will get root. This is just so we can extract the files from the phone itself.
I need to find the steps for the next steps again, but the basics is, extract boot.img from the phone. Patch it using magisk manager and then flash the patched_boot.img in bootloader mode. I had google play working(chinese version) but once i removed kingoroot it kept crashing. I currently have magisk and it gives me the root permissions but safetynet fails. I will retry this tomorrow and see if I can fix the safetynet issue and update this post with the steps.
Also I seem to have borken recovery mode on my phone. That may be because I tried flashing bunch of other stuff before I managed to root it so I do not know if it will be the same situation to you or not. I believe after I flashed ENG firmware, i had access to recovery mode at one point, but I may have just messed it up. Either way, Expect updates in the near future.
asus recovery
A huge over many thanks.
I also tried to get a temporary root, via the kingoroot pc version, it did not work, I suspect it because I installed eng, but did not oem unloock, when I did unlock, I somehow managed to get the boot out of the firmware, the user from 4pda was patched, but said that this boot is from 8 android, I thought that I had schizophrenia because later on trying to get boot I also got 0mb, this was due to the unexpected end of the archive.
In general, by flashing this boot, I also found a recovery mode and even a recovery mode, but going into recovery a message from Verizon was displayed, standard, when you roll the eng firmware for 5 seconds, hold something, etc. Well, you understand. And the whole laugh is that it was in a circle.
I suspect that asus had any plans for this device or for this amount of components. In other words, it was some kind of blank that was abandoned, maybe asus thought that this exclusive for verizon will make a trap, and then they say on the basis of v520kl we will make a non-exclusive open device, but alas, a huge member between two rolls.
Therefore, fortunately or unfortunately, recovery was not broken by you, most likely it was not working initially, but this is only a guess.
Daniel.Sim said:
A huge over many thanks.
I also tried to get a temporary root, via the kingoroot pc version, it did not work, I suspect it because I installed eng, but did not oem unloock, when I did unlock, I somehow managed to get the boot out of the firmware, the user from 4pda was patched, but said that this boot is from 8 android, I thought that I had schizophrenia because later on trying to get boot I also got 0mb, this was due to the unexpected end of the archive.
In general, by flashing this boot, I also found a recovery mode and even a recovery mode, but going into recovery a message from Verizon was displayed, standard, when you roll the eng firmware for 5 seconds, hold something, etc. Well, you understand. And the whole laugh is that it was in a circle.
I suspect that asus had any plans for this device or for this amount of components. In other words, it was some kind of blank that was abandoned, maybe asus thought that this exclusive for verizon will make a trap, and then they say on the basis of v520kl we will make a non-exclusive open device, but alas, a huge member between two rolls.
Therefore, fortunately or unfortunately, recovery was not broken by you, most likely it was not working initially, but this is only a guess.
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I know recovery mode was working with VZW firmware. I know this because I tried installing using adb sideload several times. I might be mistaken on getting there once i flashed eng firmware but again, it has been a month or two since I tried it and all I know is, it won't go into the recovery screen now. Oh well, not my main phone so irrelevant.
I have installed patched boot img with fastboot. Now have root. But there a lot of apps not working. No Google apps at all. And no way to install them.
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Have installed patched boot img by faericia. Now I got root. But eng version doesn't have Google apps, so no play store, no Google pay, no accounts, no Gmail. And I don't know how to install it.
game #1 said:
I have installed patched boot img with fastboot. Now have root. But there a lot of apps not working. No Google apps at all. And no way to install them.
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Have installed patched boot img by faericia. Now I got root. But eng version doesn't have Google apps, so no play store, no Google pay, no accounts, no Gmail. And I don't know how to install it.
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The only time I had Google apps was when I had kingoroot root still int he system. I then downloaded the Chinese google apps installer and used that to get it. Once i removed kingoroot google framwork kept crashing making it unusable.. If you don't need to pass safetynet, that might be the way. Othewise, I am still trying to work on it.
faericia said:
The only time I had Google apps was when I had kingoroot root still int he system. I then downloaded the Chinese google apps installer and used that to get it. Once i removed kingoroot google framwork kept crashing making it unusable.. If you don't need to pass safetynet, that might be the way. Othewise, I am still trying to work on it.
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I found out how to stop frameworks from crashing. Just make it a system app. I use link2sd for this.
Now all gapps work nice.

Samsung S9+ rooted, daily irregular automatic reboot

Hey guys,
I have bought a Samsung S9+ via Amazon.
Because I am rooting my Samsungs since forever, I intended to do so again immediately. Used Magisk and so on.
Somehow this phone got stuck at the logo (bootloop?) and I couldnt use it anymore. Felt like the whole system was broken cuz nothing was possible.
So I downloaded a legit new firmware (I think it was the right one for my model) and used Odin to upload it on my phone. Then I rooted the phone again without any issues.
Perfect root right now.
However, independent from any used apps the phone reboots everyday by itself, lockscreen or while using. (I assume its not an app issue then..?)
I'd highly appreciate any help.
PS. I forgot where I got the firmware from, but it was definitely a legit website.
Here are some phone stats.
Modelnumber:SM-G965F/DS
ONE UI-Version 1.0
Android Version 9
Kernel Version 4.9.59-15540155
Please let me know if you need more information.
THank you ahead
Nihay
Nihay said:
Hey guys,
I have bought a Samsung S9+ via Amazon.
Because I am rooting my Samsungs since forever, I intended to do so again immediately. Used Magisk and so on.
Somehow this phone got stuck at the logo (bootloop?) and I couldnt use it anymore. Felt like the whole system was broken cuz nothing was possible.
So I downloaded a legit new firmware (I think it was the right one for my model) and used Odin to upload it on my phone. Then I rooted the phone again without any issues.
Perfect root right now.
However, independent from any used apps the phone reboots everyday by itself, lockscreen or while using. (I assume its not an app issue then..?)
I'd highly appreciate any help.
PS. I forgot where I got the firmware from, but it was definitely a legit website.
Here are some phone stats.
Modelnumber:SM-G965F/DS
ONE UI-Version 1.0
Android Version 9
Kernel Version 4.9.59-15540155
Please let me know if you need more information.
THank you ahead
Nihay
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I have heard that there is a "protective system" against root on the new galaxy phones, did you try flashing this too?
https://download.highonandroid.com/...65_PIE_Root_for_OEM_issue_devices_V5.zip.html
Hope this will help!
Thanks for the reply.
I think I have done that too.
Followed a certain guide on xda actually, which included 3 or 4 files for rooting.
Is it afterwards via magisk possible?
Whats the suggestion anyone can give me, except maybe as last option reflashing everything.
Also, where would I be able to find a proper firmware if that is the issue.
Thanks a lot!
Nihay said:
Thanks for the reply.
I think I have done that too.
Followed a certain guide on xda actually, which included 3 or 4 files for rooting.
Is it afterwards via magisk possible?
Whats the suggestion anyone can give me, except maybe as last option reflashing everything.
Also, where would I be able to find a proper firmware if that is the issue.
Thanks a lot!
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Try cleaning cache partition, if it doesn't work, try booting into safe mode, and see if the problem persists, if not, it must be a app, disable apps one by one and see which one is causing the problem
Magisk can only flash modules specially designed for it.
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DankMemz said:
Try cleaning cache partition, if it doesn't work, try booting into safe mode, and see if the problem persists, if not, it must be a app, disable apps one by one and see which one is causing the problem
Magisk can only flash modules specially designed for it.
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If it persists then try disabling apps, sorry, my bad
DankMemz said:
Try cleaning cache partition, if it doesn't work, try booting into safe mode, and see if the problem persists, if not, it must be a app, disable apps one by one and see which one is causing the problem
Magisk can only flash modules specially designed for it.
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If it persists then try disabling apps, sorry, my bad
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I have actually factory reset my phone completely and while adjusting the first settings (right after the wipe, with no apps yet) it did it again..Reboot.
However, I didnt mention, the reboot might happen, but after the phone is back to its previous state, apps are still opened. Technically its not a real reboot then.
Happens once a day, no fixed time.
Is it a matter of a wrong root? Followed this one
youtube.com/watch?v=-Fx8sD8yqpw
exactly the same way.
Still looking for help :/

[GUIDE] All in one beginner's guide to the K20 Pro

Considering this guide was written before the Mi 9T Pro was released, it's time to rewrite it and make it more relevant.
THE BASICS
GETTING PREPARED
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If you want to tinker with your phone then you'll need some ground work.
If you don't yet have a Mi account, go to https://account.xiaomi.com/pass/register and create a new account. It is important, when unlocking the bootloader, to have your correct phone number registered on your account, so either choose to create the account using a phone number or add the phone number in the security settings of your Mi account afterwards. Make sure the number is verified by the OTP that will be sent.
Make sure you have adb and fastboot tools installed on your PC. These are part of the Android development tools. You can either install the official Android SDK Platform Tools which can be found here https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Or you can install only adb and fastboot from this xda members project, called minimal adb and fastboot. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790&p=42407269
If you want to know more about these tools then read the minimal adb and fastboot post, you'll find a couple of links that explain both tools in detail.
Install the Mi Unlock Tool. You can find this in the guide I've linked to in the bootloader unlock section below.
Install the Mi Flash Tool. This can be found in the guide I've linked to in the MIUI fastboot flashing section.
Install the drivers for the phone. This is done automatically the first time you connect the phone to PC, so go ahead and connect your phone to your PC and wait until it says the phone is ready for use. At this point the computer should identify the phone correctly as a Redmi K20 Pro.
UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER
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I'll point to 2 guides, both on the new, official Mi Community Forums.
https://c.mi.com/thread-2262302-1-0.html
This first guide is somewhat incomplete, but it does give some good extra information about the bootloader unlocking and has direct links for the Unlock Tool and previous versions. Sometimes using an older version of the tool will resolve unlocking issues.
https://c.mi.com/thread-1857937-1-0.html
This second guide is more complete, but not so well written. Again there is some useful extra info included.
CUSTOM RECOVERIES
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If you want to flash a custom ROM or root the phone, then you'll need to install a custom recovery. Your only realistic option here is TWRP, however TWRP comes in many flavours. (Before anyone corrects me and says what about Orange Fox? This is, underneath it all, still a heavily modified version of TWRP) For a brief overview of what TWRP is, I'll point you to the official TWRP page which answers that very question https://twrp.me/faq/whatistwrp.html
I should point out that MIUI will check on every boot whether the recovery partition has been modified. If it thinks it has, then the boot process will automatically restore the system recovery. In order to keep TWRP you will need to either flash a custom ROM, or make MIUI stop restoring system recovery on boot up. The most common way to keep TWRP with MIUI is to install Magisk.
If you are planning on using custom ROMs, then I would recommend the official TWRP, or the current 'dev' version from the official maintainer both are found here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...icial-twrp-xiaomi-redmi-t3944363/post79823568
If you plan on sticking with MIUI, then there are a number of TWRP options that have additional functionality specific to Xiaomi devices - e.g. MIUI debloat scripts.
Many of these tend to be from Chinese, Russian and Indian developers, where Xiaomi phones are most popular. A selection of them can be found here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...irmware-10-3-8-0-9-6-13-t3939647/post79726515
Personally I don't use MIUI so haven't used these much, however OrangeFox seems to have some unique extra functions, like being able to survive OTA updates. So I would guess OrangeFox should be the one to recommend for those that choose to stick with MIUI.
ROOT
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Magisk has become the main choice for rooting, so use it. If you have problems with root and you're using something other than Magisk, you're going to struggle to get any help.
Magisk also does so much more than root. Check out the very good official documentation here for all you need to know.
It includes flashing instructions, which is the same whether you stick with MIUI or have a custom ROM. https://forum.xda-developers.com/ap...v7-universal-systemless-t3473445/post68966662
INSTALLING THINGS
From here I will assume you have some basic knowledge. I will not list every single step/command. The instructions won't be high level but at mid level giving enough details for those with basic knowledge. Many links in the previous post should give most of the knowledge needed, so there's no need for me to repeat things too much.
Where fastboot commands are given, I will assume you know how to use them i.e. you will open a terminal/command prompt/power shell window and also navigate to the appropriate directory if required.
I will assume you have checked the phone is connected with the
Code:
fastboot devices
command
INSTALLING TWRP
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- Put the phone into fastboot mode (power and vol-) and connect to a PC
- On the PC
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img
here you will need to replace TWRP.img with the actual file name of the TWRP image file, including the full path details if necessary.
At this point you have successfully installed TWRP, but if you boot into MIUI it will be lost. From here you need to boot immediately into TWRP in order to perform further steps to persist the TWRP installation.
- Whilst still connected to the PC
Code:
fastboot reboot
- Now as soon as you send the above command press and hold volume up on the phone
- Keep holding volume up until TWRP boots.
Now you are ready to do the next step. Depending on what you are doing this is likely to be flashing a custom ROM, installing Magisk or installing Orange Fox.
Reserved 2 - coming soon ish
Reserved 3 - hopefully not too long to wait
Thanks a lot for your time! New to this, because usually i buy Global phones, first time i buy a 100% Chinese one...
Interested in what ROM's you would recommend!
Indian K20 Pro has NFC Chip?
I thought they removed the NFC hardware from the device
Kalp3sh S1NGH said:
Indian K20 Pro has NFC Chip?
I thought they removed the NFC hardware from the device
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Initially that was what many people thought. But after people have flashed the Chinese ROM on an Indian phone, they have found that they've got a working NFC chip.
Sealed Chinese ROM works well after switching the language to English.
1) Update to the latest MIUI
2) Make sure Google Services is enabled
3) Install Google Play from APKMIRROR
4) Install Calendar Sync (make sure set it to autostart)
4) Install Contact Sync (make sure set it to autostart)
5) Install Google Pay, Google, Gmail, Drive, Google Keep, Photos etc
5) Install an English keyboard (I don't think you will like Sogou keyboard)
6) Delete all other bloatwares.
You can almost remove almost all bloatwares without ADB or root, except those of Xiaomi's.
Kalp3sh S1NGH said:
Indian K20 Pro has NFC Chip?
I thought they removed the NFC hardware from the device
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Initially that was what many people thought. But after people have flashed the Chinese ROM on an Indian phone, they have found that they've got a working NFC chip.
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There seems to be conflicting evidence here. Indian users have reported that they got a working NFC after flashing an official China ROM, but there's a new teardown of an Indian phone which appears to show that the NFC chip is missing.
It may be that some Chinese built phones were shipped over to India to cope with the initial demand, but that's a pure guess.
Robbo.5000 said:
There seems to be conflicting evidence here. Indian users have reported that they got a working NFC after flashing an official China ROM, but there's a new teardown of an Indian phone which appears to show that the NFC chip is missing.
It may be that some Chinese built phones were shipped over to India to cope with the initial demand, but that's a pure guess.
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I just installed MIUI MS because I was facing some deep sleep issues on the stock ROM.
And there is a setting for NFC but if I enable it, it just turns back off. So maybe my particular device doesn't have the NFC chip.
Hello, in your provided link(second link in bootloading ) it is stated that you don't need TWRP to change ROM. So if I buy a Chinese version of K20 pro and I don't want a custom ROM, just MIUI 10 stable ROM ( I've seen a stable version released in Xiaomi.eu if I understand correctly) from a trusted source, do I need to follow your guide or can I just flash rom or even do it via updater app? This would make it much more easy. Thanks in advance
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Hello, in your provided link(second link in bootloading ) it is stated that you don't need TWRP to change ROM. So if I buy a Chinese version of K20 pro and I don't want a custom ROM, just MIUI 10 stable ROM ( I've seen a stable version released in Xiaomi.eu if I understand correctly) from a trusted source, do I need to follow your guide or can I just flash rom or even do it via updater app? This would make it much more easy. Thanks in advance
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Xiaomi.eu is a custom rom you need twrp to flash it.
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Hello, in your provided link(second link in bootloading ) it is stated that you don't need TWRP to change ROM. So if I buy a Chinese version of K20 pro and I don't want a custom ROM, just MIUI 10 stable ROM ( I've seen a stable version released in Xiaomi.eu if I understand correctly) from a trusted source, do I need to follow your guide or can I just flash rom or even do it via updater app? This would make it much more easy. Thanks in advance
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If you are on an official MIUI stable ROM and checking for an update says you have the latest version, but you know there is a newer version, then you can manually update by following that guide, using the section for updating via the updater app.
If you want to install anything that's not official MIUI, then you need to install that with TWRP.
One last dumb question:if I buy the factory sealed version of the phone with Chinese Rom, will I be able to change it to Global official Rom when it comes out? Or will I just get OTA updates and that's it, no possibility of changing official roms?
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One last dumb question:if I buy the factory sealed version of the phone with Chinese Rom, will I be able to change it to Global official Rom when it comes out? Or will I just get OTA updates and that's it, no possibility of changing official roms?
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Yes you can change ROMs. You can flash an official Indian ROM using the Mi Flash Tool. See this post about flashing the Indian ROM https://forum.xda-developers.com/k2...king-flashing-india-rom-t3955129/post80025306
Nobody will know for sure that you can flash an official global ROM until its released, but best guess is that you would be able to.
Well I'm reading this from a galaxy note 4... a sh*t ton has changed, or at least it is very different with non-global phones.
If I understand correctly, the best, most safest way is to buy chinese factory sealed version so you can unlock the bootloader in case you lock it.
Which colour do you guys prefer, I like blue but I watched Frankie Tech video(s) and the red colour looks sick. Oh if you buy blue version will camera light also be blue lol. Gonna check out the other colour in another video.
Btw great guide, will try to stick with this note 4 for one more year as it just works fine!
Can anyone in UK confirm their experience with the signal/bands/carrier.
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Well I'm reading this from a galaxy note 4... a sh*t ton has changed, or at least it is very different with non-global phones.
If I understand correctly, the best, most safest way is to buy chinese factory sealed version so you can unlock the bootloader in case you lock it.
Which colour do you guys prefer, I like blue but I watched Frankie Tech video(s) and the red colour looks sick. Oh if you buy blue version will camera light also be blue lol. Gonna check out the other colour in another video.
Btw great guide, will try to stick with this note 4 for one more year as it just works fine!
Can anyone in UK confirm their experience with the signal/bands/carrier.
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It's more a case of Xiaomi doing things different. They have an awkward bootloader unlock process. It needs to be done through their unlock tool, where you need to log in to a Mi account to use it, and that Mi account must already be bound to the phone you want to unlock, and you must have already registered, on the phone, to unlock the phone, using the same Mi account.
I've got the blue phone and yes the lights around the pop-up are blue.
I've not used it in the UK, but it should be fine on EE, Three and Vodafone.
O2 may be hit and miss depending where you are. Originally O2 only used band 20, which is missing from the phone, but a while back they added extra bands, this was in major cities and large towns. I'm not sure if O2 have rolled out these extra bands across more of the country since then.
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It's more a case of Xiaomi doing things different. They have an awkward bootloader unlock process. It needs to be done through their unlock tool, where you need to log in to a Mi account to use it, and that Mi account must already be bound to the phone you want to unlock, and you must have already registered, on the phone, to unlock the phone, using the same Mi account.
I've got the blue phone and yes the lights around the pop-up are blue.
I've not used it in the UK, but it should be fine on EE, Three and Vodafone.
O2 may be hit and miss depending where you are. Originally O2 only used band 20, which is missing from the phone, but a while back they added extra bands, this was in major cities and large towns. I'm not sure if O2 have rolled out these extra bands across more of the country since then.
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Thanks for the reply. I have done a bootloader unlock before with the Sony xperia z3 using the official website, but there was no need to have an account linked to it kind of like apple icloud nightmare. Thanks for the info luckily I don't use O2 only Vodafone and three so far (8gb for £9 with three! Secret/hidden deal, no cashback bull). I would probably also go with blue.
That being said... the only benefit of stock China rom is OTA updates compared to "global" rom? I know there are custom roms but want to try out stock first, least bugs and only fair to give it a chance. Just want to build up my knowledge on this before I decide to say goodbye to my note 4. Also the actual global rom is on its way as far as we know?
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Thanks for the reply. I have done a bootloader unlock before with the Sony xperia z3 using the official website, but there was no need to have an account linked to it kind of like apple icloud nightmare. Thanks for the info luckily I don't use O2 only Vodafone and three so far (8gb for £9 with three! Secret/hidden deal, no cashback bull). I would probably also go with blue.
That being said... the only benefit of stock China rom is OTA updates compared to "global" rom? I know there are custom roms but want to try out stock first, least bugs and only fair to give it a chance. Just want to build up my knowledge on this before I decide to say goodbye to my note 4. Also the actual global rom is on its way as far as we know?
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At the moment there is an official Indian ROM, which is more or less the same as a global ROM, the jury is still out as to whether OTA works OK when flashed on a Chinese phone. It 'should' be OK, but there hasn't been an update to the Indian ROM yet, so nobody has been able to find out for definite.
MIUI isn't without it's bugs. The week I used it there were a couple of issues, and there's a thread just for collating bugs on the Indian ROM.
The global version of the phone, the Mi 9T Pro, should be released in the next couple of months. It's been seen on a Dutch online shopping site in the last week. It was only showing the 2 6GB models, but I've been expecting that, as the Mi 9 never came with 8GB RAM globally. It's €480 for 6/128 GB, so a huge mark up on the Chinese price. Once that's released then official global ROMs will become available

Question Moto G Pure - XT2163-4 vs XT2163-2 - LTE bands

New here. Didn't see a forum for the Moto G Pure XT2163. Mods - I am sorry. Please move wherever's best.
Discovered that the version Verizon is selling (notably the slickdeals thread on the one from Visible) is different. It's -2 vs. -4.
Looks like VZW disabled most of the bands that T-Mobile/Sprint use - 25, 41, 71, for example.
Looking to see if it's possible to enable those bands. One report on SD thread says they bricked their device trying RETUS version but IDK if the bootloader needs to be unlocked first, or if it would even help. Probably more work to unlock these bands if it's even possible.
Downloads look available here https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/ellis/official/
Haven't messed with flashing a phone in years. May be able to try later but hoping anyone else here can look into this.
I'm going to guess as is the case with most other Android devices branded by Verizon that the bootloader will be restricted from being unlocked. There is really no way around this as it's an OEM based policy. If you want to play with custom ROMs or root based modding, I would highly recommend ditching the Verizon or any other carrier branded variant with the exception of T-Mobile/Metro and Google Fi (there are others) that actually allow OEM unlock. Not only that, but if you're looking for certain connectivity bands, you don't want to settle for a carrier device variant designed to use a particular set of bands which don't include the ones you need. No sense getting a Verizon variant to run on T-Mobile/Sprint bands when you can, you know, get the T-Mobile variant in the first place. Get the global unlocked variant model if you can and start from there. Far easier than the headaches you'll get trying to transform VZW to TMUS.
Cross-flashing is not going to unlock bands, you need to change modem configuration. Throw your SoC(Mediatek) followed by "unlock bands" into Google and see if you have any luck.
I also didn't see a forum for the Moto G Pure and was wondering if anyone knows of a custom bootloader like TWRP or CWM for it? I think I have enough understanding of how to sideload the app, I just need something to send the phone. I tried using a random TWRP mod on it but it fails, invalid signature. I haven't tried doing the phone rooting thing in years now, but I have this Moto G Pure phone without any service on it that I'm willing to experiment on. It can be used as a test bed or data extraction device to put code from it on the internet if someone needs it to help custom rom makers for example by testing stuff on it. Perhaps that's why no one has a custom recovery for it yet.
I don't know exactly how to extract the phones current ROM data so all I've done so far is unlock the bootloader. The phone's carrier based on the unactivated sim card shows it's a T-Mobile branded device, but the T-Mobile and other carrier software is inactive other than the few Moto apps. An article on XDA say's the phone's suck, but that's just not true at least not to me. It's a fine phone like it is, but if I can format it's SSD and only install what I want it to have on it that would be great. It's just a spare sim locked phone that I can't use my active sim card in. So with that it's now a project phone. I would like to mainly just unbloat it and free up all that used space occupied by the recovery partition. I don't necessarily need a whole new ROM, just want to root it. That's the only way to erase those factory files that I know of.
For me unlocking the bootloader wasn't to hard to do. You have to make sure the drivers from Motorola are installed and have a current version of ADB available on a computer. I still had a version of ADB tools that was almost a decade old now so I had to update that for the fastboot oem_unlock_unlockcode (automated code from Motorola support) command to work. To find out if it can be unlocked or not go here:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone%2Fbootloader%2Funlock-your-device-b
At the Moto site they will guide you on how to generate the code they want you to send them. You have to sign in to their site to use that function though. After I finally figured out what to type in the CMD window it generated that code and I edited it down to one long line of numbers and give it to the page. In seconds I had an email with the unlock code inside.
Unlocking it seems to help with uninstalling some of the built in stuff, before I could only disable most of the apps that come with it. The apps are still probably on there I just have to factory reset it and they'll come back. Now however the removed apps don't show as using any internal storage, all the apps info numbers go to 0 bytes, but still even doing that it's still over 10GB of unmovable data. When it should really be more like 2-3 GB for the entire system. I hate how Google just inserts itself in your life even when you don't want it at all.
I anyone passing by reading this post needs more details please let me know and I'll try to get the information or even data files from the phone. Would a copy of it's stock firmware be of any help? If so let me know how I would go about saving a copy of it. I'll keep looking for answers but it seems this phone is not high on the priority list or is new or something. So there is only scam guides trying to tell you "How to unlock your phone" or "Install TWRP on Motorola devices" and other clearly click bait sites. I can't even find the stock rom for it on Motorola's site, just outdated versions from 2016, with different build numbers, that can't be right.
All I know is unlocking the bootloader was the first step on all the guides and I've done that. Got a warranty voided notice and everything. There currently isn't a custom recovery mod for this model as far I can tell. If I can ever find that then I can try Linage or just debloat Android 11 which is probably the safer and easier option provided I can find that Custom Covery'.
When it boots up now, it has to tell me it's unlocked and all the dangers it poses. Dangerous if you cared about what was on it I suppose. There is nothing on it I can't just copy back over to it, other than the stock operating system.
Oh yeah, it's model number and other side of the box information is:
Model Name: Moto G PURE
SKU: MO-XT21634-AJB (MOXT21634AJB)
Software Version RRH31.Q3-46-20
Production date was 12/15/2021
I'm not sure what other information to include.
BrittonCBurton said:
I also didn't see a forum for the Moto G Pure and was wondering if anyone knows of a custom bootloader like TWRP or CWM for it? I think I have enough understanding of how to sideload the app, I just need something to send the phone. I tried using a random TWRP mod on it but it fails, invalid signature. I haven't tried doing the phone rooting thing in years now, but I have this Moto G Pure phone without any service on it that I'm willing to experiment on. It can be used as a test bed or data extraction device to put code from it on the internet if someone needs it to help custom rom makers for example by testing stuff on it. Perhaps that's why no one has a custom recovery for it yet.
I don't know exactly how to extract the phones current ROM data so all I've done so far is unlock the bootloader. The phone's carrier based on the unactivated sim card shows it's a T-Mobile branded device, but the T-Mobile and other carrier software is inactive other than the few Moto apps. An article on XDA say's the phone's suck, but that's just not true at least not to me. It's a fine phone like it is, but if I can format it's SSD and only install what I want it to have on it that would be great. It's just a spare sim locked phone that I can't use my active sim card in. So with that it's now a project phone. I would like to mainly just unbloat it and free up all that used space occupied by the recovery partition. I don't necessarily need a whole new ROM, just want to root it. That's the only way to erase those factory files that I know of.
For me unlocking the bootloader wasn't to hard to do. You have to make sure the drivers from Motorola are installed and have a current version of ADB available on a computer. I still had a version of ADB tools that was almost a decade old now so I had to update that for the fastboot oem_unlock_unlockcode (automated code from Motorola support) command to work. To find out if it can be unlocked or not go here:
https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone%2Fbootloader%2Funlock-your-device-b
At the Moto site they will guide you on how to generate the code they want you to send them. You have to sign in to their site to use that function though. After I finally figured out what to type in the CMD window it generated that code and I edited it down to one long line of numbers and give it to the page. In seconds I had an email with the unlock code inside.
Unlocking it seems to help with uninstalling some of the built in stuff, before I could only disable most of the apps that come with it. The apps are still probably on there I just have to factory reset it and they'll come back. Now however the removed apps don't show as using any internal storage, all the apps info numbers go to 0 bytes, but still even doing that it's still over 10GB of unmovable data. When it should really be more like 2-3 GB for the entire system. I hate how Google just inserts itself in your life even when you don't want it at all.
I anyone passing by reading this post needs more details please let me know and I'll try to get the information or even data files from the phone. Would a copy of it's stock firmware be of any help? If so let me know how I would go about saving a copy of it. I'll keep looking for answers but it seems this phone is not high on the priority list or is new or something. So there is only scam guides trying to tell you "How to unlock your phone" or "Install TWRP on Motorola devices" and other clearly click bait sites. I can't even find the stock rom for it on Motorola's site, just outdated versions from 2016, with different build numbers, that can't be right.
All I know is unlocking the bootloader was the first step on all the guides and I've done that. Got a warranty voided notice and everything. There currently isn't a custom recovery mod for this model as far I can tell. If I can ever find that then I can try Linage or just debloat Android 11 which is probably the safer and easier option provided I can find that Custom Covery'.
When it boots up now, it has to tell me it's unlocked and all the dangers it poses. Dangerous if you cared about what was on it I suppose. There is nothing on it I can't just copy back over to it, other than the stock operating system.
Oh yeah, it's model number and other side of the box information is:
Model Name: Moto G PURE
SKU: MO-XT21634-AJB (MOXT21634AJB)
Software Version RRH31.Q3-46-20
Production date was 12/15/2021
I'm not sure what other information to include.
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hey i just came up on one of these today, nice phone considering... Any luck with trying to find a custom recovery? I have been looking as well but development seems pretty sparse right now. I am in the same boat as you, unlocked bootloader, locked everything else lol. I cant even find a way to root it without TWRP! I am curious if one of the other moto G series phones would have the same TWRP? Also check this out. It sounds legit but IDK...https://www.getdroidtips.com/root-motorola-g-pure-xt2163/
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hey i just came up on one of these today, nice phone considering... Any luck with trying to find a custom recovery? I have been looking as well but development seems pretty sparse right now. I am in the same boat as you, unlocked bootloader, locked everything else lol. I cant even find a way to root it without TWRP! I am curious if one of the other moto G series phones would have the same TWRP? Also check this out. It sounds legit but IDK...https://www.getdroidtips.com/root-motorola-g-pure-xt2163/
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Well I was able to use Magisk to "root" it with the patched boot file trick, but still that's not the same thing as I did before with a Samsung phone and the CWM recovery deal. That gave the user all the control they wanted. Even though the phone claims I have root access, I'm not sure what to do with Magisk's root trick. I still don't see a way to backup or install a different operating system or just a blank Android 11 OS. My knowledge there is limited and there isn't a custom recovery for this model as far as I can tell.
So I still can't wipe the drive or remove the OEM partition that contains the installers for the bundled stuff. I'd still need some form of interface that has more features than the stock Fastboot and Bootloader modes offer I guess, or I just don't know how to use the software tools correctly. It's still locked even with root as far as I can tell but if there is something more I'm missing or an additional app to install for example, like SU. Is that still a thing? If I'm on the right track let me know.
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Well I was able to use Magisk to "root" it with the patched boot file trick, but still that's not the same thing as I did before with a Samsung phone and the CWM recovery deal. That gave the user all the control they wanted. Even though the phone claims I have root access, I'm not sure what to do with Magisk's root trick. I still don't see a way to backup or install a different operating system or just a blank Android 11 OS. My knowledge there is limited and there isn't a custom recovery for this model as far as I can tell.
So I still can't wipe the drive or remove the OEM partition that contains the installers for the bundled stuff. I'd still need some form of interface that has more features than the stock Fastboot and Bootloader modes offer I guess, or I just don't know how to use the software tools correctly. It's still locked even with root as far as I can tell but if there is something more I'm missing or an additional app to install for example, like SU. Is that still a thing? If I'm on the right track let me know.
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Thanks for the reply!!! I am speaking from a place of semi-ignorance here but I would thing that you could install SuperSU from inside the system, right? As long as the root binary is there...idk though and from what I hear, chainfire is not responsible for SuperSU anymore so it has become somewhat sketchy. I saw a post (about this phone, I think) that mentioned having to install terminal emulator and running root command from there to achieve legit root after flashing the patched boot.img. I will see if I can find the post again and update you. Is there anyway you could post the boot.img? Or give me a link for it?
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Thanks for the reply!!! I am speaking from a place of semi-ignorance here but I would thing that you could install SuperSU from inside the system, right? As long as the root binary is there...idk though and from what I hear, chainfire is not responsible for SuperSU anymore so it has become somewhat sketchy. I saw a post (about this phone, I think) that mentioned having to install terminal emulator and running root command from there to achieve legit root after flashing the patched boot.img. I will see if I can find the post again and update you. Is there anyway you could post the boot.img? Or give me a link for it?
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Well I can try and learn how to extract the phones information to my computer. I don't know how to do that exactly. The way I was able to get a hold of the phones stock firmware data was by using Lenovo's Smart Rescue and Recovery software.
You have to enable usb debugging mode, attach the phone to the computer with the software running and make sure that you didn't disable/delete Device Help. That app is what makes the Lenovo software work, otherwise the Recovery software fails to see the phone. If it sees the phone correctly then you can see the preselected target firmware it wants you to download under the Rescue tab along the top.
So I did that and grabbed the files it created without actually applying them to the device. The whole thing is a little over 2GB and difficult to host but I put the stock boot.img file here for anyone who needs it. If anyone wants all the files I can try to upload the whole thing one file at at time. That's the way it was sent to me, an uncompressed folder. If I zip it all up and try to upload it most sites will say file size exceeded. Anyway here's the link...
boot
MediaFire is a simple to use free service that lets you put all your photos, documents, music, and video in a single place so you can access them anywhere and share them everywhere.
www.mediafire.com
Thanks I was able to patch it with Magisk and achieve root. It looks like Magisk is an SU manager anyway. I have never used it before so this is a first for me. The root and bootloader unlock seem a little pointless without any recovery or ROM though....I guess it's time to learn how to compile one lol
I just picked up the Moto G Pure (XT2163-4) Android 11 aka Red Velvet Cake *sounds yummy lol*....I've been searching around and not seen any info about any rooting method for this device....besides the "Root All Motorola Phones" crap...and I don't feel like risking making a paper weight with it. Even on here it doesn't show up in the...add device list....was going to add to my profile...but can't.
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Thanks I was able to patch it with Magisk and achieve root. It looks like Magisk is an SU manager anyway. I have never used it before so this is a first for me. The root and bootloader unlock seem a little pointless without any recovery or ROM though....I guess it's time to learn how to compile one lol
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Yeah now we're on the same page then. I thought the same thing, not much use to have an unlocked boot loader and root access without software to make use of it. I gave the phone to my nieces to play with for now, but it's with in arms reach if I need it for instructions yet to be defined. I should receive updates to this post if anyone else responds.
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I just picked up the Moto G Pure (XT2163-4) Android 11 aka Red Velvet Cake *sounds yummy lol*....I've been searching around and not seen any info about any rooting method for this device....besides the "Root All Motorola Phones" crap...and I don't feel like risking making a paper weight with it. Even on here it doesn't show up in the...add device list....was going to add to my profile...but can't.
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Yeah appears it was produced in late 2021 or sold at that time so it's new and no one has made any custom firmware's or recoveries for it as far as I know. I don't know how to do that, requires computer programming skills. I don't have any of those.
Gamekeeper408 said:
I just picked up the Moto G Pure (XT2163-4) Android 11 aka Red Velvet Cake *sounds yummy lol*....I've been searching around and not seen any info about any rooting method for this device....besides the "Root All Motorola Phones" crap...and I don't feel like risking making a paper weight with it. Even on here it doesn't show up in the...add device list....was going to add to my profile...but can't.
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I feel your pain! Had mine a few days and of course came to XDA immediately to find the DL on this joint but no luck... Ya I definitely don't recommend one click root method for this. If you want, I can post/link the patched boot.img i made with magisk. Mine boots with it and have confirmed root.
BrittonCBurton said:
Yeah now we're on the same page then. I thought the same thing, not much use to have an unlocked boot loader and root access without software to make use of it. I gave the phone to my nieces to play with for now, but it's with in arms reach if I need it for instructions yet to be defined. I should receive updates to this post if anyone else responds.
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Excellent, it's nice to be caught up with everyone else haha!! I am going to do some digging and posting and whatnot to try to find some info on porting a recovery for this model. I feel like it can't be too different from at least one or two of the other G series phones. I will see updates as well so please post if you come up with anything!!
BTW does anyone know the process of creating a device page for this joint?! I think this phone is definitely worth some development...
Agent_Orange1488 said:
Excellent, it's nice to be caught up with everyone else haha!! I am going to do some digging and posting and whatnot to try to find some info on porting a recovery for this model. I feel like it can't be too different from at least one or two of the other G series phones. I will see updates as well so please post if you come up with anything!!
BTW does anyone know the process of creating a device page for this joint?! I think this phone is definitely worth some development...
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Good luck finding anything that will load onto the phone. Seems like it would be possible to install LineageOS on it if nothing else. You'd think by now installing a phone's operating system would be similar to how operating systems are installed on other computers. All I get is invalid signature, way to much security (for them) on phone OS'es. With phones and PDA's apparently you can't just find the OS you want to use and install it. Where's the generic and bloat free Andriod 11 stock OS/firmware at? No such thing? It's either "Gaggles" way or nothing apparently. (It's ok if you don't know either, maybe someone else has more information about that.)
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Good luck finding anything that will load onto the phone. Seems like it would be possible to install LineageOS on it if nothing else. You'd think by now installing a phone's operating system would be similar to how operating systems are installed on other computers. All I get is invalid signature, way to much security (for them) on phone OS'es. With phones and PDA's apparently you can't just find the OS you want to use and install it. Where's the generic and bloat free Andriod 11 stock OS/firmware at? No such thing? It's either "Gaggles" way or nothing apparently. (It's ok if you don't know either, maybe someone else has more information about that.)
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Ya I'm definitely not going to try anything on the actual device, (ESPECIALLY if I am trying to put it together myself) but I am pretty sure you can test that stuff on a virtual system. Some kind of android emulator or whatever. As for a stock/debloated/de-odexed ROM, I haven't seen one but that couldn't be all that difficult to put together, right? I mean as long as the patched boot.img is included anyway. I feel like a recovery would be a higher priority though...? BTW, I have never used Lineage before, how is it?
Agent_Orange1488 said:
I feel your pain! Had mine a few days and of course came to XDA immediately to find the DL on this joint but no luck... Ya I definitely don't recommend one click root method for this. If you want, I can post/link the patched boot.img i made with magisk. Mine boots with it and have confirmed root.
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That would be great if you could share that patched boot.img......it is for the XT2163-4 MOTO G PURE correct?
Gamekeeper408 said:
That would be great if you could share that patched boot.img......it is for the XT2163-4 MOTO G PURE correct?
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Agent_Orange1488 said:
I feel your pain! Had mine a few days and of course came to XDA immediately to find the DL on this joint but no luck... Ya I definitely don't recommend one click root method for this. If you want, I can post/link the patched boot.img i made with magisk. Mine boots with it and have confirmed root.
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I would also like the patched boot.img if it is for the XT2163-4. Thanks
Hey boys I actually got rid of the moto g pure...for now at least lol! GREAT phone and I would be willing to get it back once there is some dev work done on it...will definitely be watching the threads on it. Good luck boys!!!
Hi
I read the above posts, and it seems like even if I am able to root it using Magisk, I won't be able to flash it with custom rom?
Thank you Agent_Orange1488 for the posts.

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