I thought I would share this ROM just in case anyone wants something a little different to the Shipped Stock Sony Firmware
The ROM is based on Sony XA F3111 (Single SIM UK Firmware)
Firmware Version: 33.3.A.1.97
Build Date: Fri Sep 15 04:41:21 CST 2017
It has only been tested on my own UK version Sony XA F3111
BootLoader needs to be Unlocked and of course Usual T&C's apply. Use at your own risk don't blame me if you brick your device or lose your valuable data etc etc.
So what's different about this ROM??
Ok so I have been working on this for quite sometime during the little free time I have.
The ROM is my own preferences only and it may not be to everyone's tastes so you're quite welcome to take it, leave it, add to it, strip it, mod it, etc, etc.
The ROM ditches the not so useful stuff of Sony's but retains what I consider the good stuff like Music Album and the Camera.
Where possible I have replaced the Sony stuff with Google's Stuff which receive regular updates and keep the Rom looking fresh.
The trick to this ROM was finding a good balance without breaking anything in the process which I think I have now achieved.
This is a list of the visible apps installed, there are quite a few none visible Sony & MediaTek apps still installed that relate to settings functions and some background stuff.
Google Apps:
Clock
Calculator
Contacts
Calendar
Chrome
Drive
Files
GMail
Hangouts
Maps
Messages
Phone
Photos
Play Store
Wallpapers
YouTube
Sony Apps:
Album (Please disable this in /settings/app It will constantly search for other apps I removed otherwise. Use the pre-installed Google Photos app instead)
Camera
Music
Radio
Swiftkey (Left this in because I like it)
There is nothing Fancy about this ROM it's based on pure stock with the mods being restricted to the following.
Converted boot.elf to Boot.img
forceencryption Removed.
dm-verity Removed
I converted all the images in the stock Boot Animation so it is now a much more pleasing black rather than the awful white burning out your eyeballs one.
I remember messing with the logo partition once before and that did not end well so I left it alone. Sadly the logo splashscreen is still the awful white version.
TWRP Recovery fixed to support more partitions (Backing Up and Restore)
Flashing InstructionsThe ROM is packaged as a TWRP Backup containing system, oem, boot and recovery (TWRP)
First you will need to install this TWRP HERE which has oem partition support and others too.
1. Install the TWRP Recovery above.
2. Boot to the new TWRP and backup oem, system and boot then move it to a safe place off device or to and external sdcard. Same goes for anything you value like pictures, music, etc, etc
3. Once you have Backed Up everything FORMAT your /data partition using TWRP. Wipe > Format Data (type yes to confirm)
When that's done choose Wipe > Advanced Wipe and select Dalvik / ART Cache and Cache after that from the TWRP menu choose Reboot and select Recovery
4. When back in recovery swipe to allow then do a quick Backup of any small partition like boot or recovery. This will just create the folders on your clean data partition unless your default backup is external sdcard.
5. Now extract/unpack the downloaded ROM from HERE and move the folder SonyXA-Android-One to TWRP/BACKUPS/Sony_XA/
6. Once done go to TWRP Menu and choose Restore and select SonyXA-Android-One
7. Once done go to the Reboot Menu and Choose Power OFF
8. Wait a few Mins and power on normally.
First boot can take a while but if you see the boot animation start everything should be fine so go have a brew while you wait.
Play Services will want to Update so allow that then most apps will need to be updated to the latest version.
Arrange the app icons and widgets on your Home screen and choose a nice wallpaper or live wallpaper and your done.
Hopefully everything will be quick & smooth. :fingers-crossed:
The ROM is not pre rooted so Root in the usual way using Magisk
PS: Ensure you check your app permissions and Default APPS the Phone app is Not the Default one even though it's the only one installed so please choose it Manually along with any others that do not set by themselves.
Thanks
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Thank you so much! I'm looking a long time for a custom ROM for xperia xa. The hardware and the device itself are still good for an average user like me but the bloatware are really annoying. A custom ROM based on stock ROM brings the stability but better performance, I hope. I will definitely try it at the next weekend. :good:.
If some one else tried it, please post your experience with other country versions.
z4Android said:
Thank you so much! I'm looking a long time for a custom ROM for xperia xa. The hardware and the device itself are still good for an average user like me but the bloatware are really annoying. A custom ROM based on stock ROM brings the stability but better performance, I hope. I will definitely try it at the next weekend. :good:.
If some one else tried it, please post your experience with other country versions.
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Thanks. :good:
Be sure to let me know how you get on with it. :fingers-crossed:
I am not sure where you are from or which version of the XA you have but I am sure the ROM could be easily adapted for your own version.
All I would need would be a backup of your /oem & /boot partitions and the build.prop from your /system .
There is a modem config file in /oem which states telefonica uk I am unsure if this has any effect at all as I am sure I have flashed firmware from other European regions with no noticable effects.
I'm from Germany. I not sure but I think it should be no problems installing on my device f3111 single sim like yours (but german version of course ).
I'm not at home now. When I get back I will try your ROM. If it doesn't work I will backup OEM and boot partition as you mentioned. Last time I try to make a backup with twrp I got a error that system cannot be mounted. No idea why, so I hope I don't need make backup (I will just backup my data manually).
z4Android said:
I'm from Germany. I not sure but I think it should be no problems installing on my device f3111 single sim like yours (but german version of course ).
I'm not at home now. When I get back I will try your ROM. If it doesn't work I will backup OEM and boot partition as you mentioned. Last time I try to make a backup with twrp I got a error that system cannot be mounted. No idea why, so I hope I don't need make backup (I will just backup my data manually).
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Hi, Your version should have no issues as it's identical to mine :good:
As for TWRP yes it does have issues with Unmounting /system for some reason
So if you mount /system from the Mount Menu TWRP or auto mount system you will not be able to Unmount mount it due to the "device or resource busy" error
If this happens you will need to ensure auto mounting is unselected and reboot to recovery from the Reboot menu.
I will look into the TWRP issue later to make things easier
Greetings,
quick question: Does the ROM restore procedure keep the TWRP on the boot partition somehow? Will it be possible to boot in TWRP after restoring the modded ROM?
I got the "bluesplash" ROM right now, it's modded quite similar and was restored by TWRP the same way. If only TWRP would sill be accessible...
Bluesummerz said:
Greetings,
quick question: Does the ROM restore procedure keep the TWRP on the boot partition somehow? Will it be possible to boot in TWRP after restoring the modded ROM?
I got the "bluesplash" ROM right now, it's modded quite similar and was restored by TWRP the same way. If only TWRP would sill be accessible...
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TWRP lives in the Recovery partition which can be accessed by holding Volume Down and pressing the Power button until you see the logo then release the Power button but keep holding the volume down.
This ROM is based on Android 7.0 and I think your current bluesplash ROM is based on Android 6.0 if I am not mistaken so there may be some unknown issues so I would recommend upgrading your device to 7.0 before flashing this ROM
bigrammy said:
TWRP lives in the Recovery partition which can be accessed by holding Volume Down and pressing the Power button until you see the logo then release the Power button but keep holding the volume down.
This ROM is based on Android 7.0 and I think your current bluesplash ROM is based on Android 6.0 if I am not mistaken so there may be some unknown issues so I would recommend upgrading your device to 7.0 before flashing this ROM
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Hey, thanks for the quick response!
of course I meant recovery but still maybe you can clear this one up for me in general. Since I'm looking our for a decent custom ROM (and while waiting for the LinageOS port) I was wondering about some stuff...
1. You're right the bluesplash ROM is Android 6. It does have some nice features which I guess have to weight off for against how much I'd like Android 7. Also Security Update status of Bluesplash is January 2017 and won't update beyond that... while the screenshot here tells it's August 2017.
2.
I unlocked the bootloader, flashed the TWRP by fastboot and used the TWRP on my F3111 to successfully restore the bluesplash ROM. Now holding down Volume- while booting to enter TWRP does NOT work any more. You'll still see like one quick 'flicker' on the boot animation which kinda suggests "ok, would have booted to recovery, but not this time".
Here comes the part I never really understood even after using this awesome forum for finding and flashing custom ROMs for several phones. Even though, TWRP is on the recovery and the kernel is on the boot partition (right?) so often you'll read instructions on TWRP threads containing download links for recovery.img AND boot.img. I had - or guess I had to - fastboot-flash both .img files to boot into TWRP.
I never had this when the flashing was done by TWRP "install" .zip mechanisms. Bluesplash as well as this ROM - if I'm not mistaken - comes not in that format but by the Backup/Restore TWRP feature. So for me it seems, that using "install .zip" does flash system partition and maybe boot but keeping recovery for re-entering TWRP, while the "Restore backup" also flashes the boot.img in a way such that TWRP won't boot. Also just re-flashing recovery.img and boot.img after restoring Bluesplash kinda break the normal, non-TWRP boot
--> So how can this be, how is it supposed to be and what is the connection between recovery and boot partitions when it comes to TWRP?
--> does all of this goes for this Android 7 ROM as well? Can anyone verify that on this ROM you'll still be able to boot in TWRP?
3. I know now I got the Sony Xperia XA F3111. When I first got it with stock firmware, I somehow flashed TWRP and when I USB connected the phone while in TWRP to a PC, it showed up as "ukulele". I thought I got "tuba" which was reinforced when some ROM couldn't get flashed, saying "this rom [...] is for ukulele [...] this is tuba".
Bluesummerz said:
Hey, thanks for the quick response!
of course I meant recovery but still maybe you can clear this one up for me in general. Since I'm looking our for a decent custom ROM (and while waiting for the LinageOS port) I was wondering about some stuff...
1. You're right the bluesplash ROM is Android 6. It does have some nice features which I guess have to weight off for against how much I'd like Android 7. Also Security Update status of Bluesplash is January 2017 and won't update beyond that... while the screenshot here tells it's August 2017.
2.
I unlocked the bootloader, flashed the TWRP by fastboot and used the TWRP on my F3111 to successfully restore the bluesplash ROM. Now holding down Volume- while booting to enter TWRP does NOT work any more. You'll still see like one quick 'flicker' on the boot animation which kinda suggests "ok, would have booted to recovery, but not this time".
Here comes the part I never really understood even after using this awesome forum for finding and flashing custom ROMs for several phones. Even though, TWRP is on the recovery and the kernel is on the boot partition (right?) so often you'll read instructions on TWRP threads containing download links for recovery.img AND boot.img. I had - or guess I had to - fastboot-flash both .img files to boot into TWRP.
I never had this when the flashing was done by TWRP "install" .zip mechanisms. Bluesplash as well as this ROM - if I'm not mistaken - comes not in that format but by the Backup/Restore TWRP feature. So for me it seems, that using "install .zip" does flash system partition and maybe boot but keeping recovery for re-entering TWRP, while the "Restore backup" also flashes the boot.img in a way such that TWRP won't boot. Also just re-flashing recovery.img and boot.img after restoring Bluesplash kinda break the normal, non-TWRP boot
--> So how can this be, how is it supposed to be and what is the connection between recovery and boot partitions when it comes to TWRP?
--> does all of this goes for this Android 7 ROM as well? Can anyone verify that on this ROM you'll still be able to boot in TWRP?
3. I know now I got the Sony Xperia XA F3111. When I first got it with stock firmware, I somehow flashed TWRP and when I USB connected the phone while in TWRP to a PC, it showed up as "ukulele". I thought I got "tuba" which was reinforced when some ROM couldn't get flashed, saying "this rom [...] is for ukulele [...] this is tuba".
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You are confusing things beyond what they need to be
This is why I said you should first upgrade to 7.0 You can use FlashTool for this if need be. After that is done simply rename the recovery.emmc.win & boot.emmc.win from the download to recovery.img & boot.img then fastboot them to recovery & boot respectively.
You Should now be able to boot to TWRP and use restore once your /data partition is FORMATED per the instructions above.
TWRP is a stand alone recovery.img complete with the kernel and on Android 7.0 you can boot to recovery without any issue providing the bootloader is unlocked.
You would need to be at this stage for flashing Lineage 14.1 anyway so may as well do it now just in case we make any break through on that which is still very much a WIP.
bigrammy said:
You are confusing things beyond what they need to be
This is why I said you should first upgrade to 7.0 You can use FlashTool for this if need be. After that is done simply rename the recovery.emmc.win & boot.emmc.win from the download to recovery.img & boot.img then fastboot them to recovery & boot respectively.
You Should now be able to boot to TWRP and use restore once your /data partition is FORMATED per the instructions above.
TWRP is a stand alone recovery.img complete with the kernel and on Android 7.0 you can boot to recovery without any issue providing the bootloader is unlocked.
You would need to be at this stage for flashing Lineage 14.1 anyway so may as well do it now just in case we make any break through on that which is still very much a WIP.
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And that is exactly why I like these forums, if you provide enough insight to a question, you'll get the full-spectrum answer, splendid!
And yes, confusing things is in my nature, also I might find it troublesome to know when I get like off topic here, so please stop me the moment, it would be better to switch to pm.
So the image format in those firmware bundles, typically having the emmc.win file extension are actually the same binary format as the fastboot .img ones? Now that's good to know.
Upgrading with FlashTool: I'll use the stock Android 7 Firmware for this right?
After that I fastboot recovery first, then boot using the renamed files from this threads ROM, got it. And then booting into TWRP, doing the system format, making it 'ready' for the restore.
And if everything goes as planned, you would guarantee, that after this thread's ROM is restored, booting into TWRP does work?
PS
indeed, Linage for F3111 would be glorious, meanwhile, what does WIP stand for (no native speaker here from Germany)
Bluesummerz said:
So the image format in those firmware bundles, typically having the emmc.win file extension are actually the same binary format as the fastboot .img ones? Now that's good to know.
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Correct they are essentially a dd backup of the entire partition in question.
[Edit] To expand TWRP does not convert anything so if those partitions had the stock recovery & boot .elf format on them when the backup was performed they will still be .elf's which are not fastboot compatible. Those in my ROM have already been converted to .img format which is compatible with fastboot.
If you ever got stuck for some reason then you could simply use FlashTool to restore the Stock Recovery (fotakernel), Boot, OEM & System
Bluesummerz said:
Upgrading with FlashTool: I'll use the stock Android 7 Firmware for this right?
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Correct.
My Phone is restored using the F3111_33.3.A.1.97_1302-4476_R2B.ftf (FlashTool Firmware) and the ROM is based on this version.
Try to use a 33.3.A.1.97 if possible as I know that works.
Bluesummerz said:
After that I fastboot recovery first, then boot using the renamed files from this threads ROM, got it. And then booting into TWRP, doing the system format, making it 'ready' for the restore.
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Fastboot the recovery and the boot then You Simply need to follow the Flashing Instructions from step 2 in the first post from this point.
It is /data that gets wiped manually BTW (By The Way). TWRP will take care of the /system during it's restore tasks.
Bluesummerz said:
And if everything goes as planned, you would guarantee, that after this thread's ROM is restored, booting into TWRP does work?
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Yes providing you did everything correctly I see no reason why it would not work for you unless your device is a extra special Sony XA
Bluesummerz said:
indeed, Linage for F3111 would be glorious, meanwhile, what does WIP stand for (no native speaker here from Germany)
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It stands for a Work In Progress.
The term work-in-progress (WIP) describes partially finished goods awaiting completion.
Does it has VOLTE support
Great work bro
I am from India using f3116 Dual Sim version
I really wanted VOLTE
does anyone tried it?????
altmash mirza said:
Great work bro
I am from India using f3116 Dual Sim version
I really wanted VOLTE
does anyone tried it?????
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Not sure about VOLTE
If anyone did try this ROM nobody reported back
I guess this device is dead now as there seems to be very little activity which is a shame
drm fix working in case we use sony backups?
Hi, i just want to give a feedback. I could restore your backup successfully. Every things work fine, no issuses till now. Thank you very much. :good:
Do you plan to make a rom based on oreo or maybe pie it would be great.
z4Android said:
Hi, i just want to give a feedback. I could restore your backup successfully. Every things work fine, no issuses till now. Thank you very much. :good:
Do you plan to make a rom based on oreo or maybe pie it would be great.
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Thanks for the feed back. :good:
Sorry no Oreo or Pie unless we fix the Ril issue on none Stock custom ROM's like the Lineage 14.1
bootlogo
bigrammy said:
I thought I would share this ROM just in case anyone wants something a little different to the Shipped Stock Sony Firmware
The ROM is based on Sony XA F3111 (Single SIM UK Firmware)
Firmware Version: 33.3.A.1.97
Build Date: Fri Sep 15 04:41:21 CST 2017
It has only been tested on my own UK version Sony XA F3111
There is nothing Fancy about this ROM it's based on pure stock with the mods being restricted to the following.
Converted boot.elf to Boot.img
forceencryption Removed.
dm-verity Removed
I converted all the images in the stock Boot Animation so it is now a much more pleasing black rather than the awful white burning out your eyeballs one.
I remember messing with the logo partition once before and that did not end well so I left it alone. Sadly the logo splashscreen is still the awful white version.
TWRP Recovery fixed to support more partitions (Backing Up and Restore)
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hello sir @bigrammy,
i want to ask about bootlogo.
i have follow this guide :
1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/info-how-to-device-partition-info-adb-t3766930 : for get detail of android partition
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953726 : For Changing Bootlogo App
3. https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/themes/change-oem-splash-screen-t3516818 : for flash and dump logo partition
i have done with editing bootlogo, but i cant flash logo.img to logo partition.
twrp : black screen - no boot
fastboot : not allowed
can you guide me to doing this?
Hello, I got this phone from my grandfather and I would like to give it to my little sister, the system being really bloat I want to put a custom rom on the phone to have more space and battery life, so I found yours which loook very nice, can you just tell me if that this rom is 100% compatible with a European Xperia XA F3111 ? Also, is the rom easy to use ? for an 11 years old girl ?
Thanks a lot, great job !!
Codetrr said:
hello sir @bigrammy,
i want to ask about bootlogo.
i have follow this guide :
1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/info-how-to-device-partition-info-adb-t3766930 : for get detail of android partition
2. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1953726 : For Changing Bootlogo App
3. https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3t/themes/change-oem-splash-screen-t3516818 : for flash and dump logo partition
i have done with editing bootlogo, but i cant flash logo.img to logo partition.
twrp : black screen - no boot
fastboot : not allowed
can you guide me to doing this?
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If your TWRP is not working you should fix this FIRST before doing anything else.
Warning: The logo partition is very important and as I said before it's part of the secure boot chain so if the logo does match the signature and or hash the ROM will boot loop or soft brick it did for me when I tried to change it so be very careful and make sure you can recover the phone with FlashTool.
To find partitions on Mediatek devices use this cmd.
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name
This will give you a list of all partitions by-name and the actual dev block.
The logo partition is
Code:
/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name/logo
So to flash the logo.img with dd you would copy the logo.img to your internal sdcard and use the following cmd.
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/logo.img of=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/11230000.msdc0/by-name/logo
Sorry I cannot test your logo's because my wife use's this phone now as her everyday phone so she would not let me mess around with it now.
Akinimaginable said:
Hello, I got this phone from my grandfather and I would like to give it to my little sister, the system being really bloat I want to put a custom rom on the phone to have more space and battery life, so I found yours which loook very nice, can you just tell me if that this rom is 100% compatible with a European Xperia XA F3111 ? Also, is the rom easy to use ? for an 11 years old girl ?
Thanks a lot, great job !!
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The ROM is just stock ROM with most bloat ware removed and Google alternatives installed. I would recommend not to use the Sony "Album" app as it requires some other Sony apps which I removed and it continually looks for these apps. So just disable it in /settings/apps and use the pre-installed Google photos instead.
Also ensure you manually set the Phone app as the default dialer even though it's the only one or you will not be able to make or answer calls.
11 year girl! I would not worry they probably know more than we do at that age :laugh:
Yes it should be 100% compatible with a European Xperia XA F3111 ?
How to do this ?
I just rooted and flashed my old LG, and probably the by the "good" method. So if you have a link for the way to root and flash this phone, you'll make me very happy. I know that I have to go in adb flash TWRP as recovery, go in recovery by resetting the phone. Once this is done I have to wipe the phone, put the rom (and opengaps ?). And finally flash the rom. But previously I saw a lot of commands and warning so I'm a bit confused ?
Thanks for your attention ??
Related
Installing the new Sony Bootloader and Recovery
THIS IS FOR ALREADY UNLOCKED DEVICES!
DO NOT TRY THIS ON A GPE!Since a lot of people seem to have problems keeping their recovery when flashing Lollipop-ROMs i decided to put up this little guide...
You can also Skip this whole guide, by just flashing the newest stock-FW at least once!
First off, as already said, this is for already unlocked devices. You can use this Guide until "Install Custom ROM", except the rooting part, for rooting use this, if you haven't already!
Don't do it if you don't atleast somewhat know what you are doing.
I am not responsible for bricked devices, or whatever you might end up with.
So, lets get started.
1. Download Sonys FlashTool "EMMA" and install it: http://developer.sonymobile.com/downloads/tool/flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
In the .zip file from the FlashTool you'll find a File "customization.ini"
Copy this file to the installation directory of EMMA, usually "C:\Program Files (x86)\Sony Mobile\Emma"
If you don't copy that file, Emma will ask you for a login, don't create an account there, you will NEVER get any activation-email!
2. Open EMMA and boot your Phone into FlashMode (Power off your device -> Press and hold volume DOWN -> while pressing volume DOWN insert USB-Cable)
3. Emma should now recognize your device, but you have to select it manually tough. Select your EXACT model number. Again, I am not responsible for any bricked devices or whatever you end up with!
Now select the "(Open Devices) TA update" and click "Apply Service"
It should take a few seconds and should then display SUCCESS.
You can now close Emma
4. If you haven't already download FastBoot and Drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118#post48915118
(Run as Administrator!)
5. Download the newest version of twrp and put it somewhere:
New Inoffcial twrp-3.0.0 build by me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z-ultra/development/togari-twrp-recovery-3-0-0-t3314440
Old official versions: https://twrp.me/devices/sonyxperiazultra.html
6. Finally boot up you Phone in FastBoot-mode (Power off -> press and hold volume UP -> while pressing wolume UP insert USB-Cable
Your LED should now light up blue
Shift+Rightklick in the Folder where you have put TWRP recovery, and select "Open Commandprompt here"
Now write "fastboot flash recovery FILENAME_OF_TWRP_FILE"
You can now unplug your USB-Cable and boot into recovery and continue from there.
Your recovery will be permanent, meaning you won't loose it or replace with any other recovery that might come with your ROM.
I hope this was somewhat helpfull
Any one can flash this to C6806?
jacklau2000 said:
Any one can flash this to C6806?
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You can try, just select your modelnumber in emma
If the "Open Devices (TA Update)" show up, you're fine. If not just don't do anything.
But do not try this on a GPE!
alia5 said:
You can try, just select your modelnumber in emma
If the "Open Devices (TA Update)" show up, you're fine. If not just don't do anything.
But do not try this on a GPE!
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tried, but no luck. thanks.
It's really weird, I used emma, and installed their latest ta update. Now I can get into fastboot mode, all commands execute successfully, but the recovery never takes. The vol down + Power doesn't work, nor does 'adb reboot recovery'. Am I missing a step somewhere? This isn't my first android device, but from where I sit, it seems like something is up with my xzu.
If I try and install the 14.4* update through emma, it goes through the whole process, completes "successfully", then boots into 14.5. Something is clearly not working here.
The TA update only unlocks the ability to boot to recovery, it doesn't install one. And no, flashing official TWRP to recovery partition doesn't work, it must be compiled again to work on normal recovery partition and not in FOTAKernel, where it must be flashed to work.
Regards
teddy74eva said:
The TA update only unlocks the ability to boot to recovery, it doesn't install one. And no, flashing official TWRP to recovery partition doesn't work, it must be compiled again to work on normal recovery partition and not in FOTAKernel, where it must be flashed to work.
Regards
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I´m on CM 11 M12 (looking forward to 12) + the new sony bootloader without any custom Kernel stuff.
Sadly, you are right. It´s not done with downloading twrp-2.8.5.0-togari.img and fastboot flash recovery yourfile.img.
The last offical TWRP release for Xperia Z Ultra is from february 2015, any chance they release an updated version for the new Sony bootloader?
Hermann1222 said:
I´m on CM 11 M12 (looking forward to 12) + the new sony bootloader without any custom Kernel stuff.
Sadly, you are right. It´s not done with downloading twrp-2.8.5.0-togari.img and fastboot flash recovery yourfile.img.
The last offical TWRP release for Xperia Z Ultra is from february 2015, any chance they release an updated version for the new Sony bootloader?
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I will try to compile one because, you know, summer holidays and no school however I don't know if I will make it.
Regards
Is there any (wish for TWRP) recovery for togari, which use the new bootoader?
FYI:
My device is a brazilian c6843.
Emma recognizes the device automatically and indicates with an exclamation point that there is no services available to the unit.
In the case someone doesn't know, it's basically the c6833 with DTV 1seg. It's totally compatible with c6833 firmware, losing TV, of course.
You sir are the real hero! Thank you!
I have a xzu running cm12.1, and I have 2 quick questions for those with more knowledge than me
Is it possible to flash the new bootloder using the open source FlashTool?
If I have to use emma, is it possible to just apply the open device ta update *without* installing stock firmware first?
pbgapski said:
If I have to use emma, is it possible to just apply the open device ta update *without* installing stock firmware first?
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You can totally do that, BUT, the newest stock firmware also has some firmware updates regarding nfc, also having the newest stock rom flashed at least once will be kind of a requirement to get everything properly working on marshmallow roms.
So I would say flash the newest stock rom at least once!
missing clues on new recovery partition
alia5 said:
You can totally do that, BUT, the newest stock firmware also has some firmware updates regarding nfc, also having the newest stock rom flashed at least once will be kind of a requirement to get everything properly working on marshmallow roms.
So I would say flash the newest stock rom at least once!
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I followed your advice, but it seems I am missing a few clues.
My sirius was on cm12.1. I backedup and flashed D6543_23.4.A.1.232_1281-5466_R6C.ftf with flashtool on linux. I tried to use emma (several times) afterwards to check for any TA updates, but all I got was "no services matched this device" or something like that. Google tells me I am not the only one with this issue with emma
Then I used fastboot to install twrp 3 from twrp.me to recovery partition, but I could not access twrp.
I fastbooted recovery again with twrp 2.8.7, and this time I could enter twrp and reflashed CM.
Now I can access twrp using the button combinations while booting, but rebooting to recovery from CM leads to a bootloop. Has anyone experienced this as well?
So it seems I am still missing a few clues to using the recovery partition. Is any build of twrp supposed to work on both FOTAkernel and recovery partitions?
Is there a TWRP 3 build that works from 'coldboot to recovery' and 'cm reboot to recovery' with the new bootloader? Any pointers?
pbgapski said:
Now I can access twrp using the button combinations while booting, but rebooting to recovery from CM leads to a bootloop. Has anyone experienced this as well?
So it seems I am still missing a few clues to using the recovery partition. Is any build of twrp supposed to work on both FOTAkernel and recovery partitions?
Is there a TWRP 3 build that works from 'coldboot to recovery' and 'cm reboot to recovery' with the new bootloader? Any pointers?
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Well, booting to recovery on separate partition from os, requires the rom to have a patch... the "new" mm-roms (when they finally hit aka. are ready to be shared in public) will have that, so no worry, just wait.
why it said my phone have no available service, i am on c6833
alia5 said:
Well, booting to recovery on separate partition from os, requires the rom to have a patch... the "new" mm-roms (when they finally hit aka. are ready to be shared in public) will have that, so no worry, just wait.
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I have the same problem but not bootloop just stuck at starting apps screen,BTW did you have a TWRP scripts for flashing TWRP 3.0 into FOTAkernel
hi .. after this update can i relock my phone and restore drm functions?! or phone go to unlocked forever?!
pls help i need answer
erfanzz said:
pls help i need answer
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Search the forums on how to backup TA partitions. I have mine but never tried to restore them
Hello,
I've unlocked my bootloader and subsequently had installed TWRP (months ago).
Not long after, I decided to go back to stock for a while, and went back to CM a month ago.
However, I realized back then that I was loading into stock recovery even after taking the steps to install TWRP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/root-kiw-l24-usa-kiwi-t3305190)
During these steps, there were no errors (fastboot/adb logs show all things were done successfully).
However, some funky quirk (that I don't remember) got me loaded with TWRP once, which gave me the window to install CM (I remember it involving having to be connected to the PC).
Now I'm trying to install a new CM build, but I can't get it loading TWRP.
I've downloaded the TWRP Manager App, which tells me that I have TWRP 3.0.0.0, but when I reboot to recovery, I am given the stock EMUI recovery.
Does anyone know what is happening in this case? Has anyone experienced a similar issue?
Thank you!
undesputed said:
Hello,
I've unlocked my bootloader and subsequently had installed TWRP (months ago).
Not long after, I decided to go back to stock for a while, and went back to CM a month ago.
However, I realized back then that I was loading into stock recovery even after taking the steps to install TWRP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/development/root-kiw-l24-usa-kiwi-t3305190)
During these steps, there were no errors (fastboot/adb logs show all things were done successfully).
However, some funky quirk (that I don't remember) got me loaded with TWRP once, which gave me the window to install CM (I remember it involving having to be connected to the PC).
Now I'm trying to install a new CM build, but I can't get it loading TWRP.
I've downloaded the TWRP Manager App, which tells me that I have TWRP 3.0.0.0, but when I reboot to recovery, I am given the stock EMUI recovery.
Does anyone know what is happening in this case? Has anyone experienced a similar issue?
Thank you!
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Reinstallt it try this TWRP http://www.mediafire.com/download/15g5i63gke9ddgp/kiwi_twrp_3-21_recovery.img its version 3.0.2.0 (Most recent)
The most recent is 5-14 (also based on v3.0.2.0 ).
TWRP 5.14
3-21 was built on March 21, and 5-14 on May 14.
mooms said:
The most recent is 5-14 (also based on v3.0.2.0 ).
TWRP 5.14
3-21 was built on March 21, and 5-14 on May 14.
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Just for the record I'm using a even newer one than the 5-14 posted above
@yuweng posted a version of 3.0.2.0 that will make images of many partitions on the phone that even 5-14 ignores
you can download it here >> https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24588212152305793
please note it was discovered early on that you cannot share the oeminfo partition on the phone, it's locked to your device and can / will brick a phone it's not from. just be careful what you restore with such a powerful version of TWRP.
@undesputed
I have seen this before where flashing TWRP does not seem to stick.
boot to the bootloader and see if frp is unlocked ... if not you need to
boot to your OS and remove your google account from the device
reboot to the bootloader and attempt the flash again. if it still fails to stick you can always just use
fastboot boot twrp.img and it will work just fine... just not installed
Arobase40 said:
Do you mean 3.0.2.0 is newer and supports more partitions than 5-14 ???
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Their both 3.0.2.0 the one I just posted has more features
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clsA said:
Just for the record I'm using a even newer one than the 5-14 posted above
@yuweng posted a version of 3.0.2.0 that will make images of many partitions on the phone that even 5-14 ignores
you can download it here >> https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24588212152305793
please note it was discovered early on that you cannot share the oeminfo partition on the phone, it's locked to your device and can / will brick a phone it's not from. just be careful what you restore with such a powerful version of TWRP.
@undesputed
I have seen this before where flashing TWRP does not seem to stick.
boot to the bootloader and see if frp is unlocked ... if not you need to
boot to your OS and remove your google account from the device
reboot to the bootloader and attempt the flash again. if it still fails to stick you can always just use
fastboot boot twrp.img and it will work just fine... just not installed
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@clsA
frp is labeled as "UNLOCK" as oppsed to bootloader labeled as "UNLOCKED".
If it's just about removing my google account, will this be resolved the next time I do a factory reset?
Nevertheless, thank you so much for the command fastboot boot twrp.img, I realized that that was what I had used the last time.
I'm currently able to boot into TWRP this way. Awesome!
@clsA
Thanks for the link & infos.
Can you tell which features are added in this new TWRP ? name of the partitions ?
Thanks.
mooms said:
@clsA
Thanks for the link & infos.
Can you tell which features are added in this new TWRP ? name of the partitions ?
Thanks.
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it would be much easier to just install it and test it for yourself
I did find a bug it would not backup to my OTG stick
clsA said:
it would be much easier to just install it and test it for yourself
I did find a bug it would not backup to my OTG stick
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I don't use all the features, so i will maybe miss the changes.
Never used OTG to made a backup (I use ext_SD), I don't know if it works with other builds of TWRP.
mooms said:
I don't use all the features, so i will maybe miss the changes.
Never used OTG to made a backup (I use ext_SD), I don't know if it works with other builds of TWRP.
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USB-OTG works flawlessly on the 5-14 version I was not able to use it with the newer one @yuweng posted in his guide
the screen shots show all the partitions it's able to work with
Arobase40 said:
I thought 3.0.2.0 was just an interim version between twrp_2-27 and twrp_5-14... ^^
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your confusing TWRP versions with TWRP release dates
2-27 and 5-14 are release dates where as 3.0.2.0 is the version of TWRP not the date
the first version of TWRP for this device was actually 2.8.7.0 and was released on 2-16-2016
Same issue
Hey so I have the same exact issue umm did you ever resolve this problem becuSe I can't seem to crack it and it's a bit frustrating cuz by no means am I a pro but coming from using the OnePlus one the OnePlus 2 the OnePlus x and the Nexus 6 rooting them and restoring them after many failed attempts resulting in bricking my phone and even eventually unbrick them I do know a thing or two and I am stumped please help you are the only other person in this world other then my self that seems to be having this issue if you don't mind would you be so kind and email gmail me cuz I don't use or check this forum often thanks millerfamily805
clsA said:
Just for the record I'm using a even newer one than the 5-14 posted above
@yuweng posted a version of 3.0.2.0 that will make images of many partitions on the phone that even 5-14 ignores
you can download it here >> https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24588212152305793
please note it was discovered early on that you cannot share the oeminfo partition on the phone, it's locked to your device and can / will brick a phone it's not from. just be careful what you restore with such a powerful version of TWRP.
@undesputed
I have seen this before where flashing TWRP does not seem to stick.
boot to the bootloader and see if frp is unlocked ... if not you need to
boot to your OS and remove your google account from the device
reboot to the bootloader and attempt the flash again. if it still fails to stick you can always just use
fastboot boot twrp.img and it will work just fine... just not installed
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Can it be used with other honor devices?
Got my answer... Thanks...
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It depend on the device
Hey guys,
I've had a total of 4 android smartphones during the last years, and I did root all of them and even install diferent ROM's, but on this phone (Honor 7) was kinda diferent.
The root process is way more complex than all the other androids I did root (simply flash a .zip file...) so I've been post-poning this task over and over..
Finally yesterday I gained courage to try out rooting my phone, and while attempting to root my Honor 7, after flashing SuperSU from TWRP, my phone no longer booted.
Stressed as I was, I just told to myself "f*ck it" and formatted the system and I didn't care much if there was a fix without needing to format the system. (but then I realised that I could not find any .img ROM files to flash from TWRP recovery, so basically I did my actions wrong once again)
I followed the tutorial from guidebeats.com which talks about rooting EMUI 4.0 Android 6.0 (I cant post links)
Basically this is the story:
While unlocking the bootloader, even though, the tutorial said the phone would reboot itself after typing "flashboot oem unlock 1234934829" I did a hard reboot (or reset?) holding (VOL+) + Power button and I have the feeling that the bootloader unlock was not 100% done, even if it said it was unlocked. (Phone was working perfectly fine there)
Then I flashed SuperSU, and I could no longer boot. After powering up my phone, after the first splashscreen, the screen would only turn black.
What (I think) I need to now is remove the TWRP recovery, and use the stock one and attempt to install an "update" using (Vol+) + (Vol-) + Power. (please correct me if I'm wrong)
But now there's some issues I got that I'd like some help with:
1- How can I get back to the stock recovery? (NOTE: I currently got no OS installed on my Honor 7, since I formated it)
2- Will I need to lock and unlock my bootloader again (if I want to 'fix' the bootloader unlock?)
3- Where can I get official Honor 7 stock ROM? (would be awesome if there was already the Android 6 stock rom for a clean install)
4- What are the steps on this tool (Honor 7 Multi-Tool) to root my phone?
I need my Honor 7 asap
Sorry for the long post, It's my first time doing a more advanced root and I have all these questions.
Thank you very much for any kind help!
joaomPT said:
Hey guys,
I've had a total of 4 android smartphones during the last years, and I did root all of them and even install diferent ROM's, but on this phone (Honor 7) was kinda diferent.
The root process is way more complex than all the other androids I did root (simply flash a .zip file...) so I've been post-poning this task over and over..
Finally yesterday I gained courage to try out rooting my phone, and while attempting to root my Honor 7, after flashing SuperSU from TWRP, my phone no longer booted.
Stressed as I was, I just told to myself "f*ck it" and formatted the system and I didn't care much if there was a fix without needing to format the system. (but then I realised that I could not find any .img ROM files to flash from TWRP recovery, so basically I did my actions wrong once again)
I followed the tutorial from guidebeats.com which talks about rooting EMUI 4.0 Android 6.0 (I cant post links)
Basically this is the story:
While unlocking the bootloader, even though, the tutorial said the phone would reboot itself after typing "flashboot oem unlock 1234934829" I did a hard reboot (or reset?) holding (VOL+) + Power button and I have the feeling that the bootloader unlock was not 100% done, even if it said it was unlocked. (Phone was working perfectly fine there)
Then I flashed SuperSU, and I could no longer boot. After powering up my phone, after the first splashscreen, the screen would only turn black.
What (I think) I need to now is remove the TWRP recovery, and use the stock one and attempt to install an "update" using (Vol+) + (Vol-) + Power. (please correct me if I'm wrong)
But now there's some issues I got that I'd like some help with:
1- How can I get back to the stock recovery? (NOTE: I currently got no OS installed on my Honor 7, since I formated it)
2- Will I need to lock and unlock my bootloader again (if I want to 'fix' the bootloader unlock?)
3- Where can I get official Honor 7 stock ROM? (would be awesome if there was already the Android 6 stock rom for a clean install)
4- What are the steps on this tool (Honor 7 Multi-Tool) to root my phone?
I need my Honor 7 asap
Sorry for the long post, It's my first time doing a more advanced root and I have all these questions.
Thank you very much for any kind help!
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As you are already familiar with adb and other stuff so will write a short post for you.
To download latest firmware, head to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/hon...tock-firmware-packages-honor-7-t3448747/page1
Google, download and install Huawei update extractor and open UPDATE.APP in it (obtained after extracting firmware).
You can see all the images. Just extract recovery and boot to platform-tools folder.
Meantime, do the unlocking command again, with
Fastboot OEM unlock xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Followed by fastboot reboot
And press and hold the vol down button again until you reboot in bootloader.
Flash the recovery and boot you extracted using
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
(I got a habit of extracting and flashing system and Cust using
Fastboot flash system system.img
Fastboot flash Cust Cust.img
But they are not necessary)
Now you are set to try a 3 button update (sometimes it gets stuck so if it's stuck for 15 minutes, try 3 button again).
Please do report back if it comes to life.
To root, just flash twrp and then use SuperSU 2.62 (no other version) and update it later using play store.
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Hey!
Thank you alot for your reply.
From the link you sent about the firmwares, there are alot of Builds for the L01 (EU) model. Can I simply use the latest from the list or I gotta install 1 by 1 (from older to newer)?
Also, the bootloader unlock thing, is it ok if I wait to do it until I install the stock ROM again? Because I think I don't have the code anymore (Also don't know about IMEI)
Other thing, yesterday before bricking my phone, I tried to re-unlock the bootloader as you said above, but it didnt let me because "it was already unlocked".
I really have no idea if it's 100% unlocked or not.
important thing!
With those ROM's, I still have the right to receive official OTA updates from the HiCare app right?
Thank you again
joaomPT said:
Hey!
Thank you alot for your reply.
From the link you sent about the firmwares, there are alot of Builds for the L01 (EU) model. Can I simply use the latest from the list or I gotta install 1 by 1 (from older to newer)?
Also, the bootloader unlock thing, is it ok if I wait to do it until I install the stock ROM again? Because I think I don't have the code anymore (Also don't know about IMEI)
Other thing, yesterday before bricking my phone, I tried to re-unlock the bootloader as you said above, but it didnt let me because "it was already unlocked".
I really have no idea if it's 100% unlocked or not.
important thing!
With those ROM's, I still have the right to receive official OTA updates from the HiCare app right?
Thank you again
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Just use B380 as it's the latest full firmware available there.
Unlocking bootloader again was just a precautionary measure (proceed without it and if it is not 100% unlocked and if something goes wrong, we can troubleshoot later, which imo, won't happen)
And yep, if you keep the firmware as it is, but if you flash twrp and root, you will still see the update available in Hicare but will have to install stock recovery again before upgrading. (Nothing else is needed as SuperSU 2.62 gives a systemless root so you only need to flash back stock recovery for an update)
I am not against honor-tool bit it's best to do things manually as it makes you learn stuff and is easy to troubleshoot if something is amiss.
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muradulislam said:
Just use B380 as it's the latest full firmware available there.
Unlocking bootloader again was just a precautionary measure (proceed without it and if it is not 100% unlocked and if something goes wrong, we can troubleshoot later, which imo, won't happen)
And yep, if you keep the firmware as it is, but if you flash twrp and root, you will still see the update available in Hicare but will have to install stock recovery again before upgrading. (Nothing else is needed as SuperSU 2.62 gives a systemless root so you only need to flash back stock recovery for an update)
I am not against honor-tool bit it's best to do things manually as it makes you learn stuff and is easy to troubleshoot if something is amiss.
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Alright, btw, about the thing you said
"Now you are set to try a 3 button update (sometimes it gets stuck so if it's stuck for 15 minutes, try 3 button again)."
I gotta do that myself with an "update.app" file or what?
Sorry, I missed that part
Cheers!
joaomPT said:
Alright, btw, about the thing you said
"Now you are set to try a 3 button update (sometimes it gets stuck so if it's stuck for 15 minutes, try 3 button again)."
I gotta do that myself with an "update.app" file or what?
Sorry, I missed that part
Cheers!
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You have to make a dload folder in SD card and copy UPDATE.APP to that folder.
Then just turn off the phone, press and hold power + vol up + vol down until phone boots.
Let go of power but keep others two pressed for 5, 6 sec more. Your phone will boot into recovery and start installing UPDATE.APP
It likes to get stuck at 5% (most reports) but sometimes, somewhere else. If its stuck for 15 minutes on a particular percentage, just press and hold the above three buttons again using the same process.
Multiple tries make it work...
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muradulislam said:
You have to make a dload folder in SD card and copy UPDATE.APP to that folder.
Then just turn off the phone, press and hold power + vol up + vol down until phone boots.
Let go of power but keep others two pressed for 5, 6 sec more. Your phone will boot into recovery and start installing UPDATE.APP
It likes to get stuck at 5% (most reports) but sometimes, somewhere else. If its stuck for 15 minutes on a particular percentage, just press and hold the above three buttons again using the same process.
Multiple tries make it work...
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Hey man!
Good news, my phone is alive and root is done.
The problem was on the SuperSU that I flashed, it was version 2.71, instead of the one you said » version 2.62 «
I cant thank you enough!! Can I pay you a coffee?
Thank you!
joaomPT said:
Hey man!
Good news, my phone is alive and root is done.
The problem was on the SuperSU that I flashed, it was version 2.71, instead of the one you said �?�» version 2.62 �?�«
I cant thank you enough!! Can I pay you a coffee?
Thank you!
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That's great... Enjoy your phone and as for coffee, well, let's say, you owe me one and we will leave it at that
Better yet, you can search DigiGoon and pay him for the coffee, he taught me what I told you.
You can find him somewhere in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/help/honor-5x-kiw-ul00-boot-loop-t3449554/page1
Decision is yours
muradulislam said:
That's great... Enjoy your phone and as for coffee, well, let's say, you owe me one and we will leave it at that
Better yet, you can search DigiGoon and pay him for the coffee, he taught me what I told you.
Whichever you like...
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Alright man, cheers
joaomPT said:
Alright man, cheers
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Hello
How did you format your phone?
I'm still struggling with going back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 since there is no rollback file available. (PLK-AL10, B396) Maybe formatting and installing the old rom could be a solution, like in your case?
tgergo said:
Hello
How did you format your phone?
I'm still struggling with going back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 since there is no rollback file available. (PLK-AL10, B396) Maybe formatting and installing the old rom could be a solution, like in your case?
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Hello.
Do you have unlocked bootloader and TWRP recovery? You can format your phone from TWRP recovery.
I think the only option for you is to get the old ROM img and flash it (starting from 0)
You can dirty-flash (Flash a different ROM with same android version as yours, e.g: flashing custom android 5 ROM over your stock android 5 ROM without factory resetting your phone) but I dont think you can do that from Android 6 to 5.
joaomPT said:
Hello.
Do you have unlocked bootloader and TWRP recovery? You can format your phone from TWRP recovery.
I think the only option for you is to get the old ROM img and flash it (starting from 0)
You can dirty-flash (Flash a different ROM with same android version as yours, e.g: flashing custom android 5 ROM over your stock android 5 ROM without factory resetting your phone) but I dont think you can do that from Android 6 to 5.
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Yes I have unlocked bootloader and currently not twrp but I can flash it at any time.
The last two paragraphs you wrote are different solutions or the last one is a more detailed explanation of the previous?
I have android 6 so the later method won't work as you said.
But formatting it and flashing a stock android 5 rom - is it that simple? Nobody here suggested this before, however I have been asking for months.
All the phones are empty when they leave the assembly line.
How did you flash the new rom to your formatted phone? Extracted update.app and flashed each file with fastboot? Any issues you faced?
tgergo said:
Yes I have unlocked bootloader and currently not twrp but I can flash it at any time.
The last two paragraphs you wrote are different solutions or the last one is a more detailed explanation of the previous?
I have android 6 so the later method won't work as you said.
But formatting it and flashing a stock android 5 rom - is it that simple? Nobody here suggested this before, however I have been asking for months.
All the phones are empty when they leave the assembly line.
How did you flash the new rom to your formatted phone? Extracted update.app and flashed each file with fastboot? Any issues you faced?
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From my last 2 paragraphs, the first was a solution, the second was an impossible alternative that I thought it would work.
My issue was that I had a custom recovery but I had no ROM installed, so I had to install the stock recovery and boot (extracting from update.app) and flashing it via fastboot, to afterwards force the update with 3-button method.
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What you'll need to do is:
- Flash TWRP
- Wype system, data, cache.. (so that you completely delete your current ROM)
- Extract recovery.img and boot.img from an update.app of an Android 5 ROM you'd like to have (Official ROM for your device model)
- Flash them via fastboot (You'll go back to stock recovery again)
- Shutdown your device
- Create a folder named "dload" on your sdcard and put UPDATE.APP file in it.
- Reboot
- Do the 3-Button update ([Vol+] + [Vol-] + Power)
- If it works, it will auto install
(- If it gets stuck on 5% for over 5/10min, force reboot pressing [Vol+] + Power) and try again the installation
- After installing it will boot normally (first boot takes a while)
NOTE: I'd recommend creading the dload folder before wiping the ROM, because usb didnt work for me afterwards. (It would still work if I was on recovery tho)
>> Remember to make a full system backup before wiping aswell, dont be stupid like me xD (thats why I had to full wipe my system after soft-brick)
Im answering based on what I did and was explained here to me
joaomPT said:
From my last 2 paragraphs, the first was a solution, the second was an impossible alternative that I thought it would work.
My issue was that I had a custom recovery but I had no ROM installed, so I had to install the stock recovery and boot (extracting from update.app) and flashing it via fastboot, to afterwards force the update with 3-button method.
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What you'll need to do is:
- Flash TWRP
- Wype system, data, cache.. (so that you completely delete your current ROM)
- Extract recovery.img and boot.img from an update.app of an Android 5 ROM you'd like to have (Official ROM for your device model)
- Flash them via fastboot (You'll go back to stock recovery again)
- Shutdown your device
- Create a folder named "dload" on your sdcard and put UPDATE.APP file in it.
- Reboot
- Do the 3-Button update ([Vol+] + [Vol-] + Power)
- If it works, it will auto install
(- If it gets stuck on 5% for over 5/10min, force reboot pressing [Vol+] + Power) and try again the installation
- After installing it will boot normally (first boot takes a while)
NOTE: I'd recommend creading the dload folder before wiping the ROM, because usb didnt work for me afterwards. (It would still work if I was on recovery tho)
>> Remember to make a full system backup before wiping aswell, dont be stupid like me xD (thats why I had to full wipe my system after soft-brick)
Im answering based on what I did and was explained here to me
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I'll try... But seems too simple to be true...
joaomPT said:
From my last 2 paragraphs, the first was a solution, the second was an impossible alternative that I thought it would work.
My issue was that I had a custom recovery but I had no ROM installed, so I had to install the stock recovery and boot (extracting from update.app) and flashing it via fastboot, to afterwards force the update with 3-button method.
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What you'll need to do is:
- Flash TWRP
- Wype system, data, cache.. (so that you completely delete your current ROM)
- Extract recovery.img and boot.img from an update.app of an Android 5 ROM you'd like to have (Official ROM for your device model)
- Flash them via fastboot (You'll go back to stock recovery again)
- Shutdown your device
- Create a folder named "dload" on your sdcard and put UPDATE.APP file in it.
- Reboot
- Do the 3-Button update ([Vol+] + [Vol-] + Power)
- If it works, it will auto install
(- If it gets stuck on 5% for over 5/10min, force reboot pressing [Vol+] + Power) and try again the installation
- After installing it will boot normally (first boot takes a while)
NOTE: I'd recommend creading the dload folder before wiping the ROM, because usb didnt work for me afterwards. (It would still work if I was on recovery tho)
>> Remember to make a full system backup before wiping aswell, dont be stupid like me xD (thats why I had to full wipe my system after soft-brick)
Im answering based on what I did and was explained here to me
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Hi again,
I'm doing this OS installation now. It starts fine but stucks at 90%, (I'm trying to install the latest stock ROM which can be downloaded from Huawei site, B220 or221). Did you have the same issue? I waited more than half an hour at 90% but did not go on.
tgergo said:
Hello
How did you format your phone?
I'm still struggling with going back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 since there is no rollback file available. (PLK-AL10, B396) Maybe formatting and installing the old rom could be a solution, like in your case?
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Maybe formatting, Flash stock Android 5 recovery using Honor multitool , and then Flash a Android 5 firmware
Not sure it Will Work without rollback..
Finally, after 2 months of struggling I managed to get back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 without a rollback file.
Here is what I did:
0. Download a full ROM you want to install
1. Backup of the current system with Hisuite (everything. Apps, media, contacts, call log, etc.)
2. Flash TWRP recovery with fastboot (start phone in fastboot mode)
3. Wipe (and format!) everything you can with TWRP
4. Extract boot.img and recovery.img from update.app of the new ROM with Huawei Update Extractor
5. Flash boot.img and recovery.img with fastboot.
6. Copy update app to dload folder on SD card, insert into the phone.
7. Restart phone with [VOL+] + [VOL-] + [Power] buttons to force update.
8. The system will be installed from SD card. I had no issues with the installation. First I did not format the phone (just wiped) and it did not work.
9. Restore data from backup.
The only strange thing is that the native app icons look different than my previous lollipop system. Don't know why. They are less colorful. I installed C00B220 for PLK-AL10.
tgergo said:
Finally, after 2 months of struggling I managed to get back to Android 5 and EMUI 3.1 without a rollback file.
Here is what I did:
0. Download a full ROM you want to install
1. Backup of the current system with Hisuite (everything. Apps, media, contacts, call log, etc.)
2. Flash TWRP recovery with fastboot (start phone in fastboot mode)
3. Wipe (and format!) everything you can with TWRP
4. Extract boot.img and recovery.img from update.app of the new ROM with Huawei Update Extractor
5. Flash boot.img and recovery.img with fastboot.
6. Copy update app to dload folder on SD card, insert into the phone.
7. Restart phone with [VOL+] + [VOL-] + [Power] buttons to force update.
8. The system will be installed from SD card. I had no issues with the installation. First I did not format the phone (just wiped) and it did not work.
9. Restore data from backup.
The only strange thing is that the native app icons look different than my previous lollipop system. Don't know why. They are less colorful. I installed C00B220 for PLK-AL10.
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Is this really work? i cant rollback to any version.
Yuaru said:
Is this really work? i cant rollback to any version.
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Yes it does. (It did for me.) Technically this is not a rollback but installing a brand new system on an empty phone. That's why it is important to do a backup upfront.
tgergo said:
Yes it does. (It did for me.) Technically this is not a rollback but installing a brand new system on an empty phone. That's why it is important to do a backup upfront.
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Thanks for the answer. Im gonna try this method. I can't reflash any region rom.
Unofficial TWRP for Moto G5S Plus (Sanders)
Additional Features over Official TWRP:
Supports flashing of both 32bit and 64bit ROMs and Kernels.
OREO Images/ROMs support.
Decryption and Encryption support.
No SuperSU by default.
No TWRP app.
No HTC Dumlock cruft.
Updated pigz compressor (slightly faster and more tolerant of corruption).
NTFS support(Both Read and Write).
Covers more partitions for nandroid backup (OEM, FSG and FSC).
Experimental support for SD cards that are partitioned for partial adopted storage and partial removable storage.
Faster I/O performance.
Fixed Gapps/aroma freeze issues.
IMPORTANT!!! : READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE PROCEEDING TO FLASHING PROCESS..!!
At first boot twrp will ask for "Swipe to allow modifications for /system" and if you choose to allow it system partition will get modified. So if you choose to reboot back to OS without performing anything in twrp, the OS won't boot (as verity check is enabled in stock OS/kernel) . To avoid this you have to flash either Magisk or flash any of the verity disabler zips available on xda.
Force encryption is enabled by default in stock OS and twrp will successfully decrypt /data at first boot if all goes well
If in case decryption doesn't go fine, twrp will popup a dialog box asking for password and that means decryption went wrong and you would need to wipe data once via twrp wipe options and reboot back to twrp for functioning of /data
Flashing Instructions:
Using Existing TWRP:
Reboot to recovery > Click on Install > Install Image > recovery > select recovery image and flash > reboot to recovery
Other Methods(Fastboot) :
Make sure you have unlocked bootloader
Reboot to bootloader
Enter following command in terminal: fastboot flash recovery twrp-****.img (if you want permanent flash) or fastboot boot twrp-****.img (if you want temporary boot)
Incase your device is encrypted (while coming from stock rom), Follow these steps to decrypt:
Reboot to recovery > cancel the password prompt > mount all partitions > Format Data/Userdata (on f2fs) > Reboot Recovery > Mount all partitions again > Flash Magisk > Reboot
Now you are free to use Stock ROM (Decrypted) or Flash any custom rom you want.
Download Links: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=216298
TWRP Themes: Check 3rd post
Known Issues: None || Report if you find any.
XDA:DevDB Information
[RECOVERY][UNOFFICIAL][Sanders] TWRP-3.2.1-r20 (64bit Supported!), Tool/Utility for the Moto G5S Plus
Contributors
CheckYourScreen
Source Code: https://github.com/CheckYourScreen/twrp_device_motorola_sanders
Version Information
Status: Stable
Current Stable Version: r20
Stable Release Date: 2018-04-04
Created 2017-10-26
Last Updated 2018-04-04
|| Changelog ||
r20:
Fixed Encryption support on custom roms.
Updated kernel
Updated build fingerprint for latest bootloader support.
Reverted pigz changes.
Switched back to original twrp themes. (TWRP Themes can be found in 3rd post )
Various bug fixes and improvements.
r16:
Fixed compatibility with New Bootloader (C2.07-December patch)
Merged october patches in kernel.
Various twrp upstream patches and fixes.
Fixed remote wipe process (Earlier remote wipe issued from play account wasnt processed due to twrp)
r15:
Added 64bit Support (You can flash both 32bit/64bit roms or kernels with it).
Fixed Encryption Support! (No need to format data to decrypt and mount).
Updated to 3.2.1 upstream changes with full oreo support.
Remove android reboot during password check on multiple wrong inputs.
r9:
Fixed F2FS mount issues(You can flash magisk modules or SuperSu now).
Enabled NTFS Write Support (You can make backups on sdcard/pendrives formatted on NTFS).
Fixed size of various partitions.
Switched to LZMA compression to decrease size.
r7: Initial Public Release
|| Themes ||
Here are some of the twrp themes:
Preview images: https://photos.app.goo.gl/DLrfDseGzfxE8Uq93
Download link: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=233551
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Only one that has actually be working for me ever since I got the phone. Thank you for your efforts.
this seems to suffer from the same thing the stock rom/kernel suffers from, the weird f2fs bug that makes certain mounts fail. geneticengineer has shared a kernel that fixes this in stock rom , maybe you could get in touch with him about how he updated f2fs
Thank you for your work, this seems to work well on my device. If you would like to swap the kernel, I posted a newer firmware NPS26.116-45 here:https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74325160&postcount=33
revengineer said:
Thank you for your work, this seems to work well on my device. If you would like to swap the kernel, I posted a newer firmware NPS26.116-45 here:https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74325160&postcount=33
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But its for xt1806 only i think. Not real help. The most user here are outside usa.
Schrotty35 said:
But its for xt1806 only i think. Not real help. The most user here are outside usa.
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Well my guess is that the kernel in the present twrp is from the -26 firmware posted in the other thread. That firmware was US Retail also. The OP in the other thread states in can be used on other models. But I am not going to tell you that because I do not know. I have not found any other firmware for the sanders model.
Ae3NerdGod said:
this seems to suffer from the same thing the stock rom/kernel suffers from, the weird f2fs bug that makes certain mounts fail. geneticengineer has shared a kernel that fixes this in stock rom , maybe you could get in touch with him about how he updated f2fs
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Afaik it doesnt affect TWRP, you just need to be on a custom kernel if you are running stock rom.
Twrp has nothing to do with it.
If you face any problem flashing anything then post a screenshot or log.
revengineer said:
Thank you for your work, this seems to work well on my device. If you would like to swap the kernel, I posted a newer firmware NPS26.116-45 here:https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74325160&postcount=33
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Schrotty35 said:
But its for xt1806 only i think. Not real help. The most user here are outside usa.
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Stock kernel is same in both the firmwares.
-45 is just for US variant, i dont recommend you to even flash that firmware on other variants.
CheckYourScreen said:
Afaik it doesnt affect TWRP, you just need to be on a custom kernel if you are running stock rom.
Twrp has nothing to do with it.
If you face any problem flashing anything then post a screenshot or log.
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but i have a custom stock kernel, and things that fail in TWRP work in flashfire or magiskmanager
its mostly magisk modules im having problems with, ill reproduce an error when i get the chance
Ae3NerdGod said:
but i have a custom stock kernel, and things that fail in TWRP work in flashfire or magiskmanager
its mostly magisk modules im having problems with, ill reproduce an error when i get the chance
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Flash the magisk module via twrp > take screenshot when flashing completes > go to advance section of twrp and take recovery log > reboot system > send that screenshot and recovery log here.
CheckYourScreen said:
Flash the magisk module via twrp > take screenshot when flashing completes > go to advance section of twrp and take recovery log > reboot system > send that screenshot and recovery log here.
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will do, it happens with every magisk package i try. they used to fail in stock too till i used geneticengineers kernel from telegram now they work
didnt know you could screenshot in recovery, i assume its the same buttons
Ae3NerdGod said:
will do, it happens with every magisk package i try. they used to fail in stock too till i used geneticengineers kernel from telegram now they work
didnt know you could screenshot in recovery, i assume its the same buttons
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Yes, same buttons to take a screenshot in TWRP
TWRP backup is frozen at 13% completed. The progress bar is still showing its animation.
I unlocked the bootloader, and then rebooted. Android came up with the language selection screen. I powered off, connected the phone to the PC, and booted into TWRP (not flashed yet):
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-sanders-r7.img
I did not let TWRP format /data.
Then I started a backup, selecting all partitions, so that I could always go back after flashing TWRP and Magisk.
Does anyone know why backup is stuck at 13%? Last log line says "Backing up System..."
I tapped "Cancel" after two hours. That stopped the progress bar animation, but not the backup itself.
BTW: I used TWRP from this thread, the one in another thread freezes at the TWRP boot logo.
Edit: after two hours I killed the backup by powering down (the only way it seemed). On retry it froze at 21%.
Edit 2: Retried, this time backing up everything except system. No problem. I then tried to backup system. Frozen at 1%. What is the problem here?
Edit 3: Finally, a complete backup of system! Only one to go: system_image. But unfortunately that froze at 0%. Every subsequent try freezes at 1666MB (40%). The card has over 30GB free. I tried backup to USB-OTG, but that also froze.
gewe said:
TWRP backup is frozen at 13% completed. The progress bar is still showing its animation.
I unlocked the bootloader, and then rebooted. Android came up with the language selection screen. I powered off, connected the phone to the PC, and booted into TWRP (not flashed yet):
Code:
fastboot boot twrp-3.1.1-sanders-r7.img
I did not let TWRP format /data.
Then I started a backup, selecting all partitions, so that I could always go back after flashing TWRP and Magisk.
Does anyone know why backup is stuck at 13%? Last log line says "Backing up System..."
I tapped "Cancel" after two hours. That stopped the progress bar animation, but not the backup itself.
BTW: I used TWRP from this thread, the one in another thread freezes at the TWRP boot logo.
Edit: after two hours I killed the backup by powering down (the only way it seemed). On retry it froze at 21%.
Edit 2: Retried, this time backing up everything except system. No problem. I then tried to backup system. Frozen at 1%. What is the problem here?
Edit 3: Finally, a complete backup of system! Only one to go: system_image. But unfortunately that froze at 0%. Every subsequent try freezes at 1666MB (40%). The card has over 30GB free. I tried backup to USB-OTG, but that also froze.
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Might be due to data partition being encrypted, you cant write anything in it without decrypting it first.
Format data and reboot recovery, then make the backup. You can flash magisk after taking the backup.
Btw r9 new release on its way with some really important changes
CheckYourScreen said:
Might be due to data partition being encrypted, you cant write anything in it without decrypting it first.
Format data and reboot recovery, then make the backup. You can flash magisk after taking the backup.
Btw r9 new release on its way with some really important changes
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I was not trying to write the backup to the data partition, but to external SD card (tried OTG-USB as well without success).
I have flashed TWRP, formatted the data partition, and flashed Magisk. I have not tried to create a new backup yet. First I want to find out why Magisk does not pass the Safetynet check.
Can't wait to see what r9 brings. Thanks for your efforts. :good:
gewe said:
I was not trying to write the backup to the data partition, but to external SD card (tried OTG-USB as well without success).
I have flashed TWRP, formatted the data partition, and flashed Magisk. I have not tried to create a new backup yet. First I want to find out why Magisk does not pass the Safetynet check.
Can't wait to see what r9 brings. Thanks for your efforts. :good:
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Magisk won't pass safety net with stock boot.img (kernel). Here is a modified kernel.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=73930507
After flashing new kernel Magisk passes no problem.
Sent by way of magic
lilcdroid said:
Magisk won't pass safety net with stock boot.img (kernel). Here is a modified kernel.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=73930507
After flashing new kernel Magisk passes no problem.
Sent by way of magic
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When I flash this my WiFi stops working completely. I'm running aosp extended rom. I'm not sure if I can achieve battery life as good as I can on the stock ROM as I can on this one so im not sure what I should do about that..
Brycearuuni said:
When I flash this my WiFi stops working completely. I'm running aosp extended rom. I'm not sure if I can achieve battery life as good as I can on the stock ROM as I can on this one so im not sure what I should do about that..
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Sorry I wasn't aware you weren't still on stock. That kernel will only work on stock. I would verify with the maintainer of AOSP extended ROM that the kernel is patched to work with Magisk.
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About this project
This project provides repackaged Stock Oreo roms that can be flashed by TWRP. Modifications from stock are listed below.
As we are now moving into the Oreo world, I've decided that now is a good time to make a few changes to how things were done previously with Nougat. Please pay attention to the next few sections.
Modifications from stock
Note - It seems that I can't get DM-verity nor forced encryption disabled. The location of the fstab.qcom file is no longer in the Boot image. I found a similar file in the system image, but changing that appears to have had no effect. In order to disable these, use Magisk. UPDATE - Resolved since soak test 2, and soak test 1 with Aroma installer
DM-verity is disabled
Forced encryption of the data partition is disabled. It is still possible to encrypt the partition if you wish (optional with Aroma installer)
The partition table and boot loader are not included, which makes it safer to up/down-grade.
Do not attempt to apply standard OTAs over these builds. They'll probably fail, worst case they will brick your phone
Differences from previous Nougat builds
These roms are suitable for all channels. Previously there was separate firmware for different regions (e.g. retin had a separate build from retus), but as a general rule you are safe with any region's firmware.
I have now started using the Aroma installer for Oreo builds. Some of the below is now customisable at install time. Aroma installer zips will have "-aroma" in their filename.
The modified boot logo will no longer be included in the rom download. A separate zip will be provided to just flash the modified logo.
EFS will be erased on install! If your persist is intact, EFS will recreate itself. With the amount of exposure that the lost IMEI issue has had, all should be very familiar with the importance of backing up persist and EFS. And those that have had a compromised persist, will know that they should be hanging on to their EFS backups for dear life. Full details of the issue and solution (for those with intact persist) is here: Fix Persist, resolve IMEI=0, Volte, 4G, Explanation, Requirements From my perspective, the EFS is erased installing OTAs for a reason. I don't know what it is myself, but the folks at Motorola build it into their OTAs and they know far better than I do.
As a mitigation to the risk of people forgetting/losing their EFS and / or Persist backups, I will have a very crude backup system integrated into the zips. However, it will take some skill / knowledge to restore from these backups, and they should not be relied upon over the long term. Refer to the second post for more details.
Important information if downgrading to Nougat and Custom Oreo roms
The Oreo roms will change the ownership of specific files and folders in the /persist folder. As a result of this, stock Nougat will have issues such as lost IMEI, no Volte, no 4G, etc. In order to overcome these issues, either follow the instructions in the link above, or flash the following zip in TWRP.
potter-stock-persist-fix.zip
Additionally, the latest Nougat builds with the Aroma installer will apply the persist fix when installed.
Another potential issue is that, as a result of various partitions being updated, the new Oreo blobs may not be compatible with existing Nougat roms (stock or custom), or even current Custom Oreo roms. This may result in issues such as the fingerprint reader not working, etc.
UPDATE: Some custom roms are now using the Oreo blobs. However, if you require the older Nougat blobs, you can downgrade through one of the following methods:
1) install one of the latest Stock Nougat TWRP flashables. This will ensure that all affected partitions are compatible with Stock Nougat and Custom Oreo roms. You can get these from this thread here:
[Nougat][Stock][Rom] TWRP Flashable Stock Builds
2) install one of the firmware-only zips from the below folders. Note that if this results in other odd behaviour, you may need to install and boot into a full stock Nougat firmware as above. The main benefit of these zips is that they are much smaller, ~50MB rather than ~1.4GB.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=273039
potter-firmware-92-14.zip is for retin, retla, retbr
potter-firmware-93-14.zip is for retus, retapac, reteu
Out of respect for the purpose of this thread, please keep questions about whether or not to use Nougat or Oreo firmware for particular custom ROMs in the thread for the custom ROM you are trying to use. I do not support other custom ROMs - the maintainers of those custom ROMs should provide guidance.
Usage
Steps to flash
Ensure you have the latest TWRP
Download an appropriate zip from one of the links below
Copy to the phone or SD card
BACKUP YOUR DATA, INCLUDING EFS AND PERSIST
Flash the zip via TWRP
Optionally flash Magisk etc - NOTE - in order to disable dm-verity and forced encryption you must flash magisk before rebooting Resolved since Soak Test 2 and Soak Test 1 Aroma installer, Magisk is optional
Reboot
Profit?
How you can help with new builds
If your phone gets an OTA notification for a build that has not been released, please pull it and share it in this thread:
When the notification is received, allow your phone to download the OTA
Power off and boot into recovery
Go to Advanced -> File Manager
Navigate to /cache
There will be a file Blur_Version_x.y.z.potter.blah.zip - Note - Oreo OTAs may not be named this way, they may be named according to the version of the rom that is currently installed
Copy it to internal storage or the sdcard
Copy to PC (optional)
Upload to Mega, Google Drive, wherever
Share the link
You can also remove the file from the /cache folder to prevent any auto-updates from happening.
Latest versions
The 85-13 series is released to most channels except retus, and the last update was to 85-17-2.
The 85-17 series is released to the retus channel.
However, all releases can be used with all channels.
Official Oreo OPSS28.85-17-6-2 (Oreo 8.1, 1 February 2019 security patches) - Aroma Installer
Android File Host - potter-twrp-flashable-OPSS28.85-17-6-2-aroma.zip
Official Oreo OPSS28.85-17-6 (Oreo 8.1, 1 February 2019 security patches) - Aroma Installer
Android File Host - potter-twrp-flashable-OPSS28.85-17-6-aroma.zip
All versions that I have created will be placed in this folder (or the Archive sub-folder) at Android File Host:
Android File Host - Potter TWRP Flashable Stock Oreo
Modified Boot Logo
Optional, only needs to be flashed once. Replaces the warning screen with the standard logo. Can't hide the N/A. If you want to hide the N/A, go to the themes forum.
potter-logo.zip
Kernel Sources
Kernel sources are provided by Motorola:
https://github.com/MotorolaMobilityLLC/kernel-msm/
XDA:DevDB Information
Potter Oreo TWRP Flashable, ROM for the Moto G5 Plus
Contributors
NZedPred
ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo
ROM Kernel: Linux 3.x
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2018-08-17
Last Updated 2019-12-28
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the 'very crude backup system integrated into the zips'?
This is a script that is run at the start of the install. It's purpose is very simple - it creates "dd backups" (i.e. bit-perfect images) of the modemst1/2 and persist partitions. They are stored in your sdcard as "backup_yyyymmddHHMMSS_modemst1.img", etc., where yyyymmddHHMMSS represents the date and time the script was run.
For this to work, your data partition must be mounted. I haven't included any checks for this (I'm not really a shell script person - it would take me hours to get this sort of thing right) - this is what puts the "crude" in "very crude backup system". UPDATE - the aroma installers now check that data is mounted, and abort the install if not. Most of the time the data partition will be mounted in TWRP, so this will work 99% of the time. Caution should still be applied, and you should still copy these or any other backups to cloud storage to be safe.
OK, so if I needed to use these backups, how do I restore them?
To restore these, you will have to reboot into TWRP and open up a shell or use adb. The commands to restore each partition are as follows (replacing yyyymmddHHMMSS with the appropriate values of course):
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/backup_yyyymmddHHMMSS_modemst1.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1
dd if=/sdcard/backup_yyyymmddHHMMSS_modemst2.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2
dd if=/sdcard/backup_yyyymmddHHMMSS_persist.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/persist
Note that these commands are very powerful, and applied incorrectly can result in you bricking your phone if you overwrite the wrong partition.
So are dm-verity and forced encryption now not able to be disabled?
OK some history... Nougat had fstab (file system table) in the boot image. So in those days, I would open up the image, and edit the fstab.qcom file, do the appropriate changes, repack the boot image, and all is fine.
Now, under Oreo, the fstab file is not in the boot image, it's under /system/vendor/etc/fstab.qcom or similar. Editing that file appears to have no effect. For now, Magisk is the easiest way of disabling both, but you must make sure to install it immediately after installing the rom and before rebooting.
Update - this is now resolved in the second Oreo soak test download. dm-verity is still disabled in the boot image, but a completely different way. Once this is done, disabling forced encryption works as expected.
Which partitions are modified?
The short of it is this - boot, system and 'firmware'-related partitions. None of the bootloader partitions are updated. The full list of partitions that are written is:
modem
fsg
dsp
boot
system
oem
Note that this list applies to the Nougat and Oreo flashable zips.
TWRP is no longer installed after flashing this
I believe this is related to dm-verity (see above). You will have to first reinstall TWRP via fastboot. When TWRP is back, install magisk immediately after installing the rom, and before rebooting.
I'm having problems with an Oreo custom rom after installing this rom, what can I do?
Refer to the OP, the section about downgrading to Nougat - the same approach applies. Oreo Custom roms will have been based upon the available Nougat blobs that were available. As the blobs have been updated in the Oreo release, the issue is that they are not compatible. So install a full TWRP Nougat zip and then install your Oreo Custom rom.
Dirty or clean flash?
I did a dirty flash, as I came from the latest Nougat stock rom. Keep in mind that this is nothing more than the OTA applied to the previous Nougat build and packaged into a TWRP zip. So, as long as you have come from (the latest) Stock Nougat, you should be able to dirty flash, as that would be the use-case for the OTA. If you were on another rom, clean flash required.
Once you are on one of these builds, you can dirty flash subsequent builds. Again, this would be just like flashing one OTA after the other. Also note that these builds are complete in their own right, you don't need to incrementally flash - you can flash the latest to get the full install.
My device was encrypted, and I really need to decrypt it. How can I do this?
Sorry, but the only way is to format the data partition. That means you will need to backup your data, and your internal storage as well (/sdcard). After backing up, use TWRP to format the partition. From the TWRP main menu, select Wipe > Format Data. Then follow the on-screen instructions.
Is it 32 bit or 64 bit
32 bit. We've known this would be the case for a long time.
How can I create flashable zips myself?
I created the guide below, and it has been updated for Oreo. A word of warning, it is not for the faint of heart. You will need to have a good understanding of the Linux command line, and be able to understand the techniques that are being taught, rather than expecting that the process is a 'step-by-step'. Adaptability is key here.
[GUIDE] Creating TWRP Flashbale Stock roms
What are the new Aroma zips?
The aroma zips use the Aroma installer. Some of you may have seen the Aroma installer for Open Gapps. The key here is that I, as the packager, can build in selection options into the installer. It's all available as a nice GUI for the users to pick and choose from the options I've provided. Here are the options that are available:
Do backups - does the backups as mentioned earlier in the FAQs.
Erase EFS - erases modemst1 and modemst2, as described in the first post. Also DDR is erased, but I'm not sure what purpose that has but it may as well go together with these.
Install Firmware - installs the following partitions - modem, fsg, dsp; each of these has something to do with hardware / connectivity.
Install System - Installs the following partitions - boot, system, oem.
Apply patches - as long as Install System is selected, will install the patched boot image with dm-verity disabled, and will edit the fstab (filesystem table) to disable forced encryption.
On soak test 2 or later, I have my IMEI but no signal. What can I do?
In all cases where this has happened, the user's phone has relied upon an EFS backup for IMEI, due to flashing another persist. In these cases, it appears that the only way to get a signal is to use the firmware (i.e. modem, fsg, dsp - refer previous FAQ) from soak test 1. We're probably seeing here that the EFS does in fact need to be recreated to be valid. Unfortunately for these users, by not having their own persist, they are stuck with an old EFS and the newer firmwares appear to not work.
To do this
if you are already on Soak Test 2 or later, download the Soak Test 1 firmware download at either of these links:
Android File Host - oreo-soak1-firmware.zip
Dropbox - oreo-soak1-firmware.zip
If you are on Soak Test 1, install Soak Test 2 or later / official aroma installer and de-select firmware
My fingerprint is not working on my custom ROM
Refer to the thread for your custom ROM, and ask questions there. In short, Nougat and Oreo firmware are not compatible with each other. Many custom ROMs are now using Oreo firmware, whereas previously (before October 2018) pretty much all custom ROMs were using Nougat firmware. It's messy now, but please ask the questions in the right place (which is NOT this thread).
My touchscreen isn't working after flashing, even within TWRP
This seems to happen somewhat rarely, although I don't know what the cause is. As it affects TWRP as well, and TWRP uses the 'modem' partition for getting its firmware blobs, I guess it's possible that this particular partition is getting a conflicting modification whilst flashing, which is causing problems (but this is purely speculation on my part).
To solve, fastboot flashing the stock ROM appears to work. It may also be possible whilst in TWRP to manually flash the partitions via ADB, but that takes a bit of work and knowledge. Until someone can truly work out what's happening and the minimum required to fix it, stick with fastboot.
Update - refer to post #3 for the latest information about this issue.
Touch screen unresponsive even in TWRP
The below post has the latest information on the Touch Screen Unresponsive issue
Likely Cause
From the testing that I've done to reproduce the issue, as far as I can tell the issue is that Stock Oreo is not able to be safely applied over the top of old builds of Stock Nougat. Furthermore, it doesn't seem to matter if you were on Custom ROMs after you were last on Stock Nougat, just what Stock Nougat build you were on last.
Avoiding the Issue
Again the key here is what build of Stock you were on last (and I guess booted into). So, if you were never on Stock Oreo, and you aren't sure what version of Stock Nougat you were on last, then the safest path to getting these builds working is to first flash the latest Nougat Stock ROM.
Get the latest from this thread: [Nougat][Stock][Rom] TWRP Flashable Stock Builds
Once you have flashed the latest Nougat, boot once to make sure everything is working. After that, you should be able to safely upgrade to Oreo.
Fixing the Issue
If you have been affected by the issue, most people have been able to get back the touch screen functionality by flashing a fastboot version of the ROM. However, as long as you have a PC handy you will be able to flash using TWRP as well via adb, using the steps detailed below. A third option is to connect a USB Mouse via an USB OTG adapter.
Note that for either method via TWRP, you cannot use the versions of the ROM with the Aroma installer, as the mouse is not supported within, and there is no way of providing input by adb.
Downloads
The 92-14 or 93-14 versions should be suitable. They are in these links (these do not erase EFS, so for the paranoid, you will retain your IMEI):
twrp-flashable-potter-NPNS25.137-92-14-no-erase-modemst.zip
twrp-flashable-potter-NPNS25.137-93-14-no-erase-modemst.zip
TWRP Commands
Once in TWRP, connect your USB cable. To copy the downloaded file into your internal storage (adapt the filename for the version you downloaded):
Code:
adb push twrp-flashable-potter-NPNS25.137-92-14-no-erase-modemst.zip /sdcard/
If you want to backup, you can do this via the command line as well. I haven't tested this myself, but the commands are available here: https://www.pocketables.com/2014/10/using-twrps-new-adb-interface.html
The example provided uses the following to back up system, data and boot, and compress:
Code:
adb shell twrp backup SDBOM
You will need to do a clean flash, so these commands will wipe data / factory reset and then install
Code:
adb shell
twrp wipe data
twrp install /sdcard/twrp-flashable-potter-NPNS25.137-92-14-no-erase-modemst.zip
reboot
After the reboot, you should have your touch screen functionality back. Then reboot to recovery, and install Oreo as normal. If for any reason the Oreo flash doesn't work, try the steps again, but rather than installing the latest Oreo, install an earlier one.
Awesome bro...
You Rock...
you even included auto backup of efs and persist ... wow thats very thoughtfull and nice of you...
hatsoff..
:good::good:
Thanks dude, downloading
Edit: working like a charm, again thanks.
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Thanks for uploading. Two questions though...
1. which one would be suitable for retin? (India)
2. Are there any bugs?
working for retin also thnx
Question: I'd like to flash this, but I'm planning to roll back in the future to take the OTA back up to O. If I restore nougat system, boot, persist, recovery, oem will that still be possible? I see some other stuff in the zip like adspo.bin, fsg.mbn, and modem. Not sure if those it lead to OTA failures or a brick.
also, nice job on the persist/efs script!
Worked on retin also thanks. Great work!!!!
I'm pretty sure forced encryption of the data partition is still enabled.
pfonck said:
I think forced encryption of the data partition is still enabled (formatting the data partition in TWRP does not help).
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If that's the case magisk is probably needed to turn it off. Sorry, but I've only tested it with magisk installed. Moto have changed the fstab location, I thought I got it but maybe it's cosmetic and doesn't do anything. Will update OP when I get a chance.
NZedPred said:
If that's the case magisk is probably needed to turn it off. Sorry, but I've only tested it with magisk installed. Moto have changed the fstab location, I thought I got it but maybe it's cosmetic and doesn't do anything. Will update OP when I get a chance.
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Yes, when you do;
rom installation > format data > flash magisk
everything is okay
verified.
Did Moto make Oreo 64bit?
redbeard1083 said:
Question: I'd like to flash this, but I'm planning to roll back in the future to take the OTA back up to O. If I restore nougat system, boot, persist, recovery, oem will that still be possible? I see some other stuff in the zip like adspo.bin, fsg.mbn, and modem. Not sure if those it lead to OTA failures or a brick.
also, nice job on the persist/efs script!
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Good question, and this is something that I needed to consider before doing this, in case everyone installed this and we'd have no path to get to official Oreo.
Refer to the section in the OP "Important information if downgrading to Nougat". Basically you need to follow all of that to be able to get notification of the OTAs. Once the official public Oreo OTA is available, I will then put together a zip based upon the pre-requisite nougat rom with the official Oreo OTA.
I also believe that one or both of the 1 July 2018 and/or 1 August 2018 patches were announced, but neither were for Oreo. I do intend to keep Nougat up to date as well in its thread.
NZedPred said:
Good question, and this is something that I needed to consider before doing this, in case everyone installed this and we'd have no path to get to official Oreo.
Refer to the section in the OP "Important information if downgrading to Nougat". Basically you need to follow all of that to be able to get notification of the OTAs. Once the official public Oreo OTA is available, I will then put together a zip based upon the pre-requisite nougat rom with the official Oreo OTA.
I also believe that one or both of the 1 July 2018 and/or 1 August 2018 patches were announced, but neither were for Oreo. I do intend to keep Nougat up to date as well in its thread.
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How did a recovery come in? with volume - and power enters and I say without command
JC Pzy said:
How did a recovery come in? with volume - and power enters and I say without command
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I've only just added something to the FAQ (post 2) that covers this. Sorry, it was unexpected and didn't come up when I was testing as I always had magisk installed. Follow these steps:
TWRP is no longer installed after flashing this
I believe this is related to dm-verity (see above). You will have to first reinstall TWRP via fastboot. When TWRP is back, install magisk immediately after installing the rom, and before rebooting.
NZedPred said:
I've only just added something to the FAQ (post 2) that covers this. Sorry, it was unexpected and didn't come up when I was testing as I always had magisk installed. Follow these steps:
TWRP is no longer installed after flashing this
I believe this is related to dm-verity (see above). You will have to first reinstall TWRP via fastboot. When TWRP is back, install magisk immediately after installing the rom, and before rebooting.
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I do not have a PC to reinstall the recovery
NZedPred said:
Good question, and this is something that I needed to consider before doing this, in case everyone installed this and we'd have no path to get to official Oreo.
Refer to the section in the OP "Important information if downgrading to Nougat". Basically you need to follow all of that to be able to get notification of the OTAs. Once the official public Oreo OTA is available, I will then put together a zip based upon the pre-requisite nougat rom with the official Oreo OTA.
I also believe that one or both of the 1 July 2018 and/or 1 August 2018 patches were announced, but neither were for Oreo. I do intend to keep Nougat up to date as well in its thread.
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Maybe I'll try tweaking the zip to see if we can run it without the stuff we can't easily backup/restore with twrp. I'll take a stab at it shortly and let you know what happens if we flash just system, boot, and OEM.
redbeard1083 said:
Maybe I'll try tweaking the zip to see if we can run it without the stuff we can't easily backup/restore with twrp. I'll take a stab at it shortly and let you know what happens if we flash just system, boot, and OEM.
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You can give it a go, but I've already done some very brief testing. Using the Nougat modem partition on the Oreo system results in things like 3G only, fingerprint not working.
JC Pzy said:
I do not have a PC to reinstall the recovery
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I'm guessing you don't have root either? If you did, you could try installing it from a shell from within the rom:
Code:
su
dd if=/path/to/twrp.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery