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Hi,
Some really bad news for anyone that's been unfortunate enough to purchase an A7 EU version.
I have contacted ZTEUK on FB messenger directly to ask about the Nougat update and this is their exact response.
"Hi Mike, Please keep an eye out on our social channels for any information regarding updates. We do not currently have plans to update to Nougat though this may change. Thanks, the ZTE UK team."
Taking into account the amount of EU phones out there this is beyond dreadful in terms of treatment, the question is, where do we go from here? I didn't want to bother rooting the phone, but is there any option left now it's possibly not getting the update at all?
No daydream, no patch fixes, no volume fix, the list goes on!!
How do we pressure ZTE into dealing with this, failing that what other options do we have?
Mike
Haha I doubt it, these customer reps have no idea.
There has been an extensive Nougat test going on as well as confirmations on twitter etc.
G Version will get Nougat.
iNaruX said:
Haha I doubt it, these customer reps have no idea.
There has been an extensive Nougat test going on as well as confirmations on twitter etc.
G Version will get Nougat.
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I hope so, that brings some comfort, really the reps should not give throw away replies like that.
Thanks :good:
Don't worry, it just furthers the idea that global organization of ZTE is totally lacking, especially for their EU customers (far behind their american ones). Nougat was announced first by ZTE Germany back in November (originally planned for end of january) and is currently undergoing beta testing as far as I know. The thing is, ZTE Germany is apparently taking care of the dev for the G version but they officially supports only german customers, even if they kinda tried to create an "european" community. Other european branches (it's the case for ZTE france at least) of ZTE seem to be only PR posting advertisement on facebook/twitter. IMO, your rep just copy pasted the basic stonewalling response to this question and has either no information whatsoever or wanted to answer politely without getting carried away.
(If anyone has more info, feel free to correct me)
G Variant will sure get the Nougat Update soon, ZTE UK should know this too dont know why you got this answer from them. But if you G Variant user, follow ZTE Mobile Deutschland on Facebook
Coming from US nougat. There's still bugs, battery drain, etc. Issues that are in the release. I'd rather be back in MM honestly. A stable and complete release would've been better instead of releasing early due to demand. Just look up the issue with whatsapp. Millions of users and they didn't notice such a glaring bug.
I can say without a doubt in my mind that the Axon 2017G will also get Nougat. They are usually a little behind the US team with releases so I imagine it will probably be sometime in March
I wouldn't be surprised if you could just flash the bootstack and modem from LineageOS thread and flash A2017U system on top. I'm totally satisfied with LineageOS, so I'm not even thinking on doing that now or in the future.
The G Variant needs more time than us because they want to fix all founded bugs and increase the quality. like musicdjm said, it will release end feb. or beginning of march. zte could Release it in the end of January but there were too many bug, because of that they started a beta test phase and postponed the Release date
mario972 said:
I wouldn't be surprised if you could just flash the bootstack and modem from LineageOS thread and flash A2017U system on top. I'm totally satisfied with LineageOS, so I'm not even thinking on doing that now or in the future.
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musicdjm said:
You can NOT, the team installed system checks to make sure of this as they have different bootloader and modem
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Yes you can. Few of us already using the B15 N ROM on the G model. All you need is an unlocked BL and TWRP, flash the universal N bootloader, N modem for G and the B15 stocksystem all by DrakenFX.
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thefiqs said:
Yes you can. Few of us already using the B15 N ROM on the G model. All you need is an unlocked BL and TWRP, flash the universal N bootloader, N modem for G and the B15 stocksystem all by DrakenFX.
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Have you done this yourself and it worked;
Yes and yes
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Can you please point me the thread where these files and the guide to do it are?
Chinese android 7?
I also interested in Chinese 7.0, no news or any rumours about it.
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Yes and yes
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Thats not correct , the phone never boot after this procedre!
The Phone stuck on Bootloader Warning Screen.
Ive testet much more 1 time .
Really is no Boot!
tester2017 said:
Thats not correct , the phone never boot after this procedre!
The Phone stuck on Bootloader Warning Screen.
Ive testet much more 1 time .
Really is no Boot!
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make sure to use su 2.79 (not sr3).
itsxiao said:
Coming from US nougat. There's still bugs, battery drain, etc. Issues that are in the release. I'd rather be back in MM honestly. A stable and complete release would've been better instead of releasing early due to demand. Just look up the issue with whatsapp. Millions of users and they didn't notice such a glaring bug.
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I have the US ZTE Axon 7 (A2017U) and updated to Nougat. What is the WhatsApp bug again? I haven't noticed anything but you can tell me and I will cry in a corner once I know. :crying:
@op When everything else fails, go to change.org and create a petition. The ASUS Zenfone 2 users did that and they are apparently getting the Nougat update in July.
/xuggs
The Axon7 G Variant will directly get 7.1.1
Hi guys, as reported on the vodafone italian forum this week has been released a new update for G6, now is available trough LGBridge (didn't check trough OTA).
Don't which patch are, or if there are any difference because "Bridge is a Britch" (Sorry), and it'll take a while to download the entire KDZ of 3.04GB.
I'll keep you updated about possible changes, cheers
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Just flashed the KDZ, January patch! Incredible!
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Hi guys, as reported on the vodafone italian forum this week has been released a new update for G6, now is available trough LGBridge (didn't check trough OTA).
Don't which patch are, or if there are any difference because "Bridge is a Britch" (Sorry), and it'll take a while to download the entire KDZ of 3.04GB.
I'll keep you updated about possible changes, cheers
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Just flashed the KDZ, January patch! Incredible!
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Do you have a KDZ for us? Or a source to download the new Firmware? Thanks
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Do you have a KDZ for us? Or a source to download the new Firmware? Thanks
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Here: http://pkg02.lime.gdms.lge.com/dn/d...2ONAXIC8D5F3D5/H87011i_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0108.kdz
unfortunately, the patches of January 1 do not include protection for spectre and meltdown as they include those of January 5, 2018
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unfortunately, the patches of January 1 do not include protection for spectre and meltdown as they include those of January 5, 2018
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That's not so important for two major reasons:
- 821 is not vulnerable to Meltdown
- Spectre is a vulnerability that cannot be soft-patched, patches are only to block some applications of Spectre.
Anyway they're still better than December patch xD
in any case g6 no brand ita no update of the patches at the moment, nor through ota or lg bridge,in any case if I have the chance to sell the g6 and I'll take another.
New update V11i here. H870 buy in Orange. Only avalible in lg bridge. No OTA yet.
No branded phone
Same here, Italian G6 no brand just updated to 11i via Bridge...
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Carrier free H870-POC successfully updated via LG Bridge.
Can anyone confirm these KDZ details?
H87011i_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0108.kdz
size: 3,04 GB
CRC32:
Code:
4D144B99
MD5:
Code:
496A4A2168084E965CCD484006AA9A0C
SHA-1:
Code:
B96CAE6C178EC25DB6C5F10D6F130C57B2A32F6C
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I've compared hashes with the file from the link a few posts back and they match
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GDrive - H87011i_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0108.kdz
Good morning I connected my G6 or LG Bridge tells me that it is impossible to verify the version of the soft, you know the reason, thanks
Updated through LG Bridge too...
What is with all that fuzz about a security patch?! It seems that all of you work at Nasa or Cia and you have big data that interest anyone....
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What is with all that fuzz about a security patch?! It seems that all of you work at Nasa or Cia and you have big data that interest anyone....
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We've been without updates for several months and received November patch at the end of December, this is why it's surprising to see January patch.
Killua96 said:
We've been without updates for several months and received November patch at the end of December, this is why it's surprising to see January patch.
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Yeah... But you see that is only ninja smoke... This is did to forget for a while about android 8.0 update... And also my humble opinion is that this security update don't matter. And keep in mind if someone with the right know how wants to find an exploit to access your phones it will be done...
I am sorry for speaking my mind, I usually read without saying anything, but this time I did not understand what was the hole fuzz... A new thread and some of the guys asking the developer about updates with the new patch
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Yeah... But you see that is only ninja smoke... This is did to forget for a while about android 8.0 update... And also my humble opinion is that this security update don't matter. And keep in mind if someone with the right know how wants to find an exploit to access your phones it will be done...
I am sorry for speaking my mind, I usually read without saying anything, but this time I did not understand what was the hole fuzz... A new thread and some of the guys asking the developer about updates with the new patch
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It's not ninja smoke, it's what LG should have done since ever like other OEMs, realising updates frequently. No one forgot the late 8.0 update, i am (and probably all) angry with LG for late Major updates without any right excuse (like introducing treble, for example).
Also security patch are important when there are RELEASED vulnerability that allows anyone with the right abilities to steal your data, your money or whatever else, like the Krack vulnerability, which is KNOWN since november and patched in december and we received the update now.
I see much negativity coming from you, you're right, if an hacker wants your data will probably get those anyway, but the probability is low like many other scenarios.
To sum up:
- I'm happy to have received a new update
- I'm happy that my device is more secure
- I'm UNhappy that LG won't update the G6 soon to Oreo.
That's all for me =)
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It's not ninja smoke, it's what LG should have done since ever like other OEMs, realising updates frequently. No one forgot the late 8.0 update, i am (and probably all) angry with LG for late Major updates without any right excuse (like introducing treble, for example).
Also security patch are important when there are RELEASED vulnerability that allows anyone with the right abilities to steal your data, your money or whatever else, like the Krack vulnerability, which is KNOWN since november and patched in december and we received the update now.
I see much negativity coming from you, you're right, if an hacker wants your data will probably get those anyway, but the probability is low like many other scenarios.
To sum up:
- I'm happy to have received a new update
- I'm happy that my device is more secure
- I'm UNhappy that LG won't update the G6 soon to Oreo.
That's all for me =)
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My opinion is that most of us, here we've got our phones rooted and we also have a bunch of apps that can be manipulateed to gain access in our phones and in my opinion, for me is not so much of LG work but for the work of developers here that patch the systems and kernels and apps that we use daily. My current negativity through all the talk here, about this patch is regarding the pressure on developers to upgrade their work. And I know that none ask for the exact date of upgrade, but some people pointed out the release of the patch and wanted a new upgrade... So this seems to me a bit rude... I don't want to fight with anyone... But I needed to express my thoughts. Have a good one guys and enjoy a great device
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My opinion is that most of us, here we've got our phones rooted and we also have a bunch of apps that can be manipulateed to gain access in our phones and in my opinion, for me is not so much of LG work but for the work of developers here that patch the systems and kernels and apps that we use daily. My current negativity through all the talk here, about this patch is regarding the pressure on developers to upgrade their work. And I know that none ask for the exact date of upgrade, but some people pointed out the release of the patch and wanted a new upgrade... So this seems to me a bit rude... I don't want to fight with anyone... But I needed to express my thoughts. Have a good one guys and enjoy a great device
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Devs here on XDA do this because they like doing it, that's why it's not correct to press them for updates. But OEMs devs are different, they're paid for what they're doing like my boss pay me for the work i do, and he expect me to do my best. Here it's LG fault (concerning the both lack of updates between July and December and Oreo) because other OEMs have already updated their flagship devices, and some also their medium range devices.
I never press devs of apps, mods, kernel or ROMs because they make me a favor. I press OEMs' devs because they're paid for what they're doing, and because all other OEM's devs are doing a better job.
Hope i've been more clear, there is no reason to fight, we're discussing our own ideas, i'm not angry with you only because you expressed your thoughts
Why is this maj only available via computer? Will she be available later in Ota?
I do not have a computer
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Someone have the kdz unbrand? I'm with a brand Tim g6 till on july patch, it's time to manually update.
What's up!
Yup you heard right it's starting back up and if you're a beta tester previously for the Axon 7 Oreo builds you should be getting contacted soon.
Peace!
Kudos to ZTE for continuing this after that long stretch of downtime. Looks like they're doing right by us; I really appreciate this.
Right now it seems to be only for the US tho. Saw a post on reddit where someone got an email for US beta testing.
Sadly ztemobile.de is still redirecting to the chinese site. I really hope the site comes back. Or that at least the G model gets back on track too to receive oreo.
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Right now it seems to be only for the US tho. Saw a post on reddit where someone got an email for US beta testing.
Sadly ztemobile.de is still redirecting to the chinese site. I really hope the site comes back. Or that at least the G model gets back on track too to receive oreo.
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Where did you see that on Reddit? My sources are different.
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Where did you see that on Reddit? My sources are different.
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There you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/Axon7/comments/90sj9h/zte_is_back_oreo_program_is_coming_back/
I do hope they will be able to complete the European version too. I guess most things they add should work between versions right away?
Something just pop on my A2017 device.
Downloading now.
Don't know Chinese so can't tell what new.
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Something just pop on my A2017 device.
Downloading now.
Don't know Chinese so can't tell what new.
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That's just Android 8 with Mifavor5.2 for Chinese users. Nothing new here since you have the Chinese version phone.
Yes. It's official. I'm not a beta tester.
yoavtabakman said:
Yes. It's official. I'm not a beta tester.
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Meant to upload this screen shot
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That's just Android 8 with Mifavor5.2 for Chinese users. Nothing new here since you have the Chinese version phone.
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what do you mean nothing new?They released a update for the firmware,so ther must be something new? i hope for universal twrp soon:victory:
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what do you mean nothing new?They released a update for the firmware,so ther must be something new? i hope for universal twrp soon:victory:
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it's not new, that update is from March...
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Right now it seems to be only for the US tho. Saw a post on reddit where someone got an email for US beta testing.
Sadly ztemobile.de is still redirecting to the chinese site. I really hope the site comes back. Or that at least the G model gets back on track too to receive oreo.
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I also check for the German page to come back online. If we do get Oreo for the G it will most likely come from there. I'm hoping that page is down because there will be some changes to it
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it's not new, that update is from March...
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We are just never happy ?
bornlivedie said:
it's not new, that update is from March...
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It's newer than the B12/B01 beta ROMs we have now though. B12/B01 are from last year I think... LOL so March is actly pretty great
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It's newer than the B12/B01 beta ROMs we have now though. B12/B01 are from last year I think... LOL so March is actly pretty great
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Are you kidding? ?
I'm guessing (maybe hoping) that that screenshot is unrelated. Surely they can't be releasing only a V8 update and not v8.1.
Seems like ZTE could so with some cross region collaboration with releasing updates. It's a bad practice not to make updates world wide.
I know there may be small differences, especially with modems but still..
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I'm guessing (maybe hoping) that that screenshot is unrelated. Surely they can't be releasing only a V8 update and not v8.1.
Seems like ZTE could so with some cross region collaboration with releasing updates. It's a bad practice not to make updates world wide.
I know there may be small differences, especially with modems but still..
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I'm sure that patch was left somewhere in the update servers and since they're back online now, people received it.
I'ts not new per se because it's from March, so clearly they didn't release new stuff yet (also don't know if they started to work on the update or not). However, I have my doubts about 8.1... hopefully it's 8.1 and not 8.0., but we will see.
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I'm sure that patch was left somewhere in the update servers and since they're back online now, people received it.
I'ts not new per se because it's from March, so clearly they didn't release new stuff yet (also don't know if they started to work on the update or not). However, I have my doubts about 8.1... hopefully it's 8.1 and not 8.0., but we will see.
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You probably right.
I received an email from ZTE a few days ago that read new Oreo build ready for testing. Has a survey for you to fill out. I contacted the person and was told , build is wrapping up inner testing and will be pushed to beta testers soon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The build is the last before final release.
Hi,
How to enroll for beta testing?
Well, Google has officially gave Android 9 a name. Pie. And starting to roll out to Pixel 2 and Essential phones. When do you think LG will roll it out to us V30 owner?
Next year in may-july. If we're lucky
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I'd bet that the V30 will get Pie via AOSP before LG drops an official build.
No sooner than April 2019
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I'd bet that the V30 will get Pie via AOSP before LG drops an official build.
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That's kinda obvious here, considering SGCMarcus said he'll look into Pie once it's out.
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The 2017 V30 getting 2018 Pie is the same situation as the 2016 V20 getting 2017 Oreo.
Tell me when V20 gets Oreo and that's the same time next year V30 gets Pie. No, they don't have it yet. Rumored in September.
"Android Enterprise Recommended" haha - would be funny,
if it weren't sad ... again
Looks like Google included too many ambiguities/uncertainties for the conditions:
Security update support
90-day security updates
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https://www.android.com/enterprise/recommended/requirements/
no details on that,
if LG keeps on pushing "security updates" within every 90 days but stays on previous patch levels - is that matching the demands/specifications ?
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"Android Enterprise Recommended" haha - would be funny,
Looks like Google included too many ambiguities/uncertainties for the conditions:
https://www.android.com/enterprise/recommended/requirements/
no details on that,
if LG keeps on pushing "security updates" within every 90 days but stays on previous patch levels - is that matching the demands/specifications ?
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No, we're promised one letter OS upgrade for being in the Recommended program. But it doesn't say WHEN.
Other than that, I see lots of details:
https://www.android.com/enterprise/recommended/
Stay current with updates
Android Enterprise Recommended helps ensure devices are up to date with regular security patches delivered within 90 days. Android Enterprise Recommended devices are also guaranteed to get at least one additional major OS update.
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Timely updates
Security patches from device manufacturers delivered within 90 days, guaranteed for three years.
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I am gonna be cynical here and say figure the friggin odds.
I sold my Essential Phone to move to my V30+. I can't believe Essential got 9 on day 1!
I know I'm not really missing anything, but I likely need to be a Pixel person just for piece of mind on updates.
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That's kinda obvious here, considering SGCMarcus said he'll look into Pie once it's out.
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Syncing AOSP atm, but will have todo blind tests because my V30 is in repair :/
In the meanwhile, someone could try the full, source built GSIs that are flying around in Telegram xD
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The 2017 V30 getting 2018 Pie is the same situation as the 2016 V20 getting 2017 Oreo.
Tell me when V20 gets Oreo and that's the same time next year V30 gets Pie. No, they don't have it yet. Rumored in September.
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We got an even earlier release this year actually, that oreo last year.
And LG now got their "Software Center" (hahahaha, good joke, i know). I'm guessing something like beginning/end of december for the P update for the V40/G7 and sometimes around April or so for the V30.
Even though LG should have had access to the source code for months already (like every big manufacturer out there).
Yesterday I asked the LG Austria support on facebook when we can expect the update (also asked for the G7 because of a friend). In the past they were really nice (I asked when the Oreo update for the H930 would release, and they didnt know, but a bit over a month later i suddenly got a message from them, that the update is available).
Could you provide a link to that telegram?
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HD1999 said:
Could you provide a link to that telegram?
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Sure, saw a link somewhere in here: https://t.me/PsemiGSI
but I think also in phhussons general GSI group: https://t.me/phhtreble
cz9h3d said:
I sold my Essential Phone to move to my V30+. I can't believe Essential got 9 on day 1!
I know I'm not really missing anything, but I likely need to be a Pixel person just for piece of mind on updates.
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If I could get any decent reception with essential phone I couldn't have sold it months ago. Would get 0 bars in random places I would go.
I don't expect pie for v30 anytime soon.
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Sure, saw a link somewhere in here: https://t.me/PsemiGSI
but I think also in phhussons general GSI group: https://t.me/phhtreble
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The GSi boots after flashing the sGSI zip and a bootfix, but we still don't have Wifi
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The GSi boots after flashing the sGSI zip and a bootfix, but we still don't have Wifi
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hmm... atleast it boots
did you flash all 3 sGSI zips? or which ones (im kinda out of date whats up to date there)
What about RIL? does it force reboot to recovery when you have a sim inserted?
But im compiling AOSP now anyway, for the V30. ~70% done at the moment im writing this. Hope it continues without errors lol
Gonna hand that out to my testers later on when its done, as i cant test myself currently (V30 is in repair, display broken after i fell with my bike, but atleast the glass and all wasnt damaged xD)
No, i took the GSI from the Telegram group, one dude posted a small guide, telling us to flash the P AOSP system image, then JUST the sGSI3 zip and a small zip he made himself apparently.
#Edit: lets not forget our beloved vibrator, which you already made a zip for
RIL works but you need to add APN manually, Wifi isn't working and im not too sure about the camera, it seems to not work or the Camera app doesn't want to work.
(Ahem - I'd be open for testin)
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No, i took the GSI from the Telegram group, one dude posted a small guide, telling us to flash the P AOSP system image, then JUST the sGSI3 zip and a small zip he made himself apparently.
#Edit: lets not forget our beloved vibrator, which you already made a zip for
RIL works but you need to add APN manually, Wifi isn't working and im not too sure about the camera, it seems to not work or the Camera app doesn't want to work.
(Ahem - I'd be open for testin)
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Ohhhh, nice
the third zip patches the boot.img and swaps out the ramdisk to the new P init stuff which is needed.
Yeah, for vibrator.... LGs implementation (which i currently use as normal AOSP doesnt work) reads a property from build prop, and if android version is >8 it wont work lol
but changing that (again) is for now low priority
First i wanna see if the build even boots (after i fixed all compilation errors)
Just hit me up on telegram if youre interested to test ^^
Yeah I saw that.
I got used to the dull vibrator so, not too much of abother for me now.
And I just joined the group
HD1999 said:
Yeah I saw that.
I got used to the dull vibrator so, not too much of abother for me now.
And I just joined the group
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Its not about being dull, its about not working at all then xD
It just "spams" the log then with basically "unsupported android version, only compatible up to [8]" or so lol
The dullness has been fixed ^^
I wrote an email to the chief technical officer of ZTE and asked if development for the Axon 7 is still ongoing. Here is a screenshot of the answer.
Can you link exactly who you wrote to? I would like to confirm this.
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Can you link exactly who you wrote to? I would like to confirm this.
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Pm for now to avoid possible email spamming.
As for all the others who read this, here is a little more explanation:
He is the technical chief officer of zte and stands in direct contact with the dev team. He is also the reason we got the zip for disabling system write protection in the first place. Without him i wouldn't have gotten the update.zip (with disabled system write protection) and @raystef66 couldn't have made a flashable zip for us.
Great contact! Thanks.
Anyway to get the PIE IMS so we can get wifi calling working on Oreo or Pie?
amphi66 said:
Great contact! Thanks.
Anyway to get the PIE IMS so we can get wifi calling working on Oreo or Pie?
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Volte works on Oreo china
amphi66 said:
Great contact! Thanks.
Anyway to get the PIE IMS so we can get wifi calling working on Oreo or Pie?
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VoLTE should work on any of the big Oreo ROMs. WFC is hit or miss (even on stock ROM). I'm assuming Oreo is gonna be the last android version we can install and still have these things work (unless some dev out there finds a way to get past this roadblock in the future). Either way, I kinda doubt ZTE would provide any further updates for us beyond Oreo. I'm assuming that the response given in the OP meant that they would fix everything that's still broken and missing on 8.0; not begin development for Pie (especially since the Axon 10 is just around the corner, pulling resources into a 3-year-old phone just isn't a sound decision from a business standpoint).
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pulling resources into a 3-year-old phone just isn't a sound decision from a business standpoint).
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It is if ZTE expect some form of customer loyalty on future purchase decisions. Would you buy the Axon 10/11/12 etc. based on your Axon 7 experience? Yes they had disruptions from trade sanctions etc. but that's not the consumers fault and imo ZTE should be doing everything they can to restore faith in their brand.
They're basically starting again.
They need an affordable flagship like the Axon 7 was. If they don't, it will be hard to gather enough sales to start a customer pool and try for return purchase later on.
Current customers are wary, sceptical and untrusting after that whole fiasco and rightly so.
amphi66 said:
Great contact! Thanks.
Anyway to get the PIE IMS so we can get wifi calling working on Oreo or Pie?
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VoLTE nd Wifi calling wok fine for me on ZTE's Oreo B20.
RobboW said:
They're basically starting again.
They need an affordable flagship like the Axon 7 was. If they don't, it will be hard to gather enough sales to start a customer pool and try for return purchase later on.
Current customers are wary, sceptical and untrusting after that whole fiasco and rightly so.
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They just need to copy and paste the Axon 7 with newer specs.
Maybe bumping it to 6" in order to have more internal space would do the trick.
I still can't understand how did they think that the Axon 9 Pro was a good idea. They litterally took all that was great about the A7 and...deleted it.
Now...a bit of an on topic question. Instead of releasing 8.0, could they not enter the Android One program with it...especially since they were aiming for stock experience?
Maybe it's been asked before, but what are the implications of entering the AO program,because IIRC, I may have read some time ago something about a partition not existing on the device and ZTE not gambling with a large release, but I can't remember specifically?
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They just need to copy and paste the Axon 7 with newer specs.
Maybe bumping it to 6" in order to have more internal space would do the trick.
I still can't understand how did they think that the Axon 9 Pro was a good idea. They litterally took all that was great about the A7 and...deleted it.
Now...a bit of an on topic question. Instead of releasing 8.0, could they not enter the Android One program with it...especially since they were aiming for stock experience?
Maybe it's been asked before, but what are the implications of entering the AO program,because IIRC, I may have read some time ago something about a partition not existing on the device and ZTE not gambling with a large release, but I can't remember specifically?
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The vendor partition stuff is something else entirely. Some people believed that ZTE would bring Treble support to the Axon while that made very little sense (Treble is a requirement for phones that SHIP with Oreo and above, but it's optional for Oreo, and its main advantage is it makes it easier for OEMs to update major Android versions). It was developed by djkuz and NFound eventually anyways, but only because of the generic ROM benefits
I don't think you can simply slap Android One certification on the middle of a product's life, but even if they could, it would make absolutely zero sense for them... Why be commited to security updates and newer Android versions on a phone that has surely stopped giving any revenue since long ago? Plus I'm not even sure if people prefer stock Android to stuff like One UI where you have a bunch of options
Do not expect to much from ZTE for the Axon 7. Until now they did not release a stable OS and it will not change for the next update.
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Do not expect to much from ZTE for the Axon 7. Until now they did not release a stable OS and it will not change for the next update.
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Marshmallow and Nougat were perfectly stable, if not the chinese versions. i'd say that counts.
The important thing is them fixing Daydream because it doesn't only entail adding daydream back, to run it properly you need to have thermals and the kernel properly tuned. Daydream should put the phone at ~1.3 GHz but I believe they'll have to mess around to make it work as intended anyways
plus all this is useful for LOS
Marshmallow and Nougat had a very bad design and UI because of mifavor. Oreo is nice but extremly unstable.
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Do not expect to much from ZTE for the Axon 7. Until now they did not release a stable OS and it will not change for the next update.
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What next update?
I thought this device was EOL as far as zte was concerned. There hasn't been an official update since august of last year and that had a security update of july '18. That's 6+ months ago. I think we're on our own now....
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What next update?
I thought this device was EOL as far as zte was concerned. There hasn't been an official update since august of last year and that had a security update of july '18. That's 6+ months ago. I think we're on our own now....
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how can you ignore the OP this much??
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seriously, read the OP first
Also, the chinese version still gets updates, the last one was abt 2 weeks ago?
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how can you ignore the OP this much??
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seriously, read the OP first
Also, the chinese version still gets updates, the last one was abt 2 weeks ago?
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Not ignoring OP at all... Simply going by zte's past actions. I've seen these sort of promises with other devices (moto x pure comes to mind) in the past. I'll believe it when I see it.
Got a link to this update from 2 weeks ago? What was the actual update?
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Not ignoring OP at all... Simply going by zte's past actions. I've seen these sort of promises with other devices (moto x pure comes to mind) in the past. I'll believe it when I see it.
Got a link to this update from 2 weeks ago? What was the actual update?
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All I'm saying is, @GodOfPsychos contacted this ZTE guy, he said that an update was going to be released, and then XDA'S EDITOR IN CHIEF contacted that guy and got the same response (with which an article was made). They can bail at any time, but it's not like they are promising Pie anyways
I'm guessing you can't see the attached screenie in the OP? I can see it just fine from XDA Labs
We won't get official Android Pie for Axon 7.
The most I read into that is update to include cut out features like Daydream, probably a security update too. Just a finish of what Oreo 8.0 was supposed to be. I don't think we will even see official Oreo 8.1
If they had just kept with the whole "best sounding phone" idea I'd probably already have bought another ZTE. It was the thing that distinguished them in the crowded market of samey-same phones. At this point I'm clinging to my Axon 7 with my tight little hands, and any update to its stability will be appreciated. [Full disclosure, I'm running the GSI Liquid Remix unofficial build of Pie, but if they do update the official Oreo and get it rock solid, I could see downgrading just to be on an official ROM.]