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TWRP Sources

Hi all,
I am new to the Axon 7 community and hopefully this isn't a silly question. I have not seen anything to really explain this - maybe its out there and I missed it.
I see many threads on getting a custom recovery loaded on the phone. In some of them, the TWRP image linked is from the TWRP site (twrp.me) and other times the NetHunter site (nethunter.com). Why would I use a TWRP image from NetHunter and not from TWRP themselves?
Thanks for setting me straight

user7743 said:
Hi all,
I am new to the Axon 7 community and hopefully this isn't a silly question. I have not seen anything to really explain this - maybe its out there and I missed it.
I see many threads on getting a custom recovery loaded on the phone. In some of them, the TWRP image linked is from the TWRP site (twrp.me) and other times the NetHunter site (nethunter.com). Why would I use a TWRP image from NetHunter and not from TWRP themselves?
Thanks for setting me straight
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Use whichever you like, both work
Just be careful about the version, versions lower than 3.1.0 are dangerous and backing up stuff can wreck your phone

Does that mean it is just a case of someone else built the code then rather than being a modification to the code?

user7743 said:
Does that mean it is just a case of someone else built the code then rather than being a modification to the code?
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Maybe it is a mirror... can't test but you could compare md5

Understood. I mostly wanted to understand if it was forked for one reason or another. It would appear not.

user7743 said:
Understood. I mostly wanted to understand if it was forked for one reason or another. It would appear not.
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well there are more than one TWRP versions out there it seems. For example when you flash the universal bootloader TWRP displays 3.1.0-N while on stock 7.1 it shows 3 1.0-0

I've got a little issue myself, twrp installed via add 3.1.0.0 it works I've flashed roms and worked perfectly even though there's no official build for our A7 but yes everything works as it should. OK I backed up 3 backups the original rom and resurrection remix official and Tesla rom they all worked and flashed perfectly using twrp. But 2 of these backups will not restore it fails saying no partition selected but the original rom will back up no problem. And help guys this is the first time I've run into this. I've tried doing via the axon 7 tool also. Thanks in advance.

fastjohnson said:
I've got a little issue myself, twrp installed via add 3.1.0.0 it works I've flashed roms and worked perfectly even though there's no official build for our A7 but yes everything works as it should. OK I backed up 3 backups the original rom and resurrection remix official and Tesla rom they all worked and flashed perfectly using twrp. But 2 of these backups will not restore it fails saying no partition selected but the original rom will back up no problem. And help guys this is the first time I've run into this. I've tried doing via the axon 7 tool also. Thanks in advance.
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The problem I think is data partition.
Every time I swich rom to oficial I have to format data, wipe dont work. Maybe before restore format data in f2fs or ext4 for oficial rom
Enviado desde mi ZTE A2017G mediante Tapatalk

May sound strange but it was because I flashed the ROM and gapps from my USB c style flash drive so I just decided to do the phone over fresh. It's working 100% all fresh install. Thanks for your help but no matter what I did it wasn't going to install those restores.

Need your Opinion

So i'am getting my Axon 7 in some days.
I don't really wanna stay stock, but also dont want to run any unstable rom.
So i was thinking about flashing RR + A.R.I.S.E..
Can you recommend me any rom, kernel, mod?
And are there any rom compatible restrictions for the different models?
thx

Hmm i recommend you stock because when you switch to custom you will not get full Axon 7 experience (especially audio) you will not get 100% audio in custom like in stock. Stock isn't bad - nearly like clean Android despite may 2 or 3 APS that you can disable in system. Said far I have Axon since December and firstly I want to switch to custom but I will if Axon will not get Oreo and custom will have Oreo. So as far - most stable and usefully in everyday use is stock.

MrMD69 said:
Hmm i recommend you stock because when you switch to custom you will not get full Axon 7 experience (especially audio) you will not get 100% audio in custom like in stock.
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Okay, thx.
So you are full stock or have you any kernel or mod installed?

OverBit said:
Okay, thx.
So you are full stock or have you any kernel or mod installed?
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Hope you got an A2017U - both the G and chinese versions don't have any kernels made for them. I'd also advise staying on stock. There's a Dual boot patcher, seems like a good idea if you want to run another OS besides stock.
But I tell you, no other ROM runs like Stock does right now. and it's been more than a year since they launched the phone, so at least until Android O launches I wouldn't expect that to change

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Hope you got an A2017U - both the G and chinese versions don't have any kernels made for them.
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I am living in Germany, so i think i wont get the 2017U right?

OverBit said:
I am living in Germany, so i think i wont get the 2017U right?
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Nope, you're getting the A2017G
I have one, and besides the lack of kernels, I can't complain really. It works.

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Nope, you're getting the A2017G
I have one, and besides the lack of kernels, I can't complain really. It works.
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I think i can live without a custom kernel.
Then i think i wont even root, because unlocking bootloader looks kinda messy to me.
Still have my Nvidia Tab's to play around with so the Axon 7 can stay completly stock.

OverBit said:
I think i can live without a custom kernel.
Then i think i wont even root, because unlocking bootloader looks kinda messy to me.
Still have my Nvidia Tab's to play around with so the Axon 7 can stay completly stock.
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It's not that messy if you use Controllerboy's guide or maybe axon7toolkit (it should do it all by itself)

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It's not that messy if you use Controllerboy's guide or maybe axon7toolkit (it should do it all by itself)
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And they are completely compatible with the 2017G? (sry just saw it in the thread)
Sry for all that noob questions, but all my device i justed before just hadn't different models.
And rooting should break ota's right?

OverBit said:
And they are completely compatible with the 2017G?
Sry for all that noob questions, but all my device i justed before just hadn't different models.
And rooting should break ota's right?
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They are. Actually the guide is ONLY for the A2017G.
And OTAs are broken out of the box but you just download the official ZIP and put it on the root of the internal storage or the SD and go to Updates, and it does the process just like an OTA. You can also do this to upgrade or downgrade to MM, even if your device is fully stock, locked bootloader and everything

I live in France and bought mine with Amazon from Germany. So it's a G model. Stock works fine and I think you really don't need to root this device. I've only change the launcher by Nova which brings a much better user experience.
Tapatalk--->ZTE Axon 7 Nougat 7.1.1 stock

Stock is much better than LOS, OR or Nuclear. I am trying to get back to Stock.

satish.yarramsetti said:
Stock is much better than LOS, OR or Nuclear. I am trying to get back to Stock.
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Well if you want to get back the best way is to drop an official full update zip from ZTE on the internal storage, use a flashable recovery zip like those tron1 makes, then use TWRP's reboot to recovery button, and flashing that update zip through there.

My way to RR was the bad battery and sot on stock. I got 4 hrs but that's not enough for me.

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They are. Actually the guide is ONLY for the A2017G.
And OTAs are broken out of the box but you just download the official ZIP and put it on the root of the internal storage or the SD and go to Updates, and it does the process just like an OTA. You can also do this to upgrade or downgrade to MM, even if your device is fully stock, locked bootloader and everything
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Then i think i will root.
To unlock bootloader and flash TWRP with the Toolkit.
1. Do i have to dowgrade to mm to use the toolkit or should it work with latest OTA?
2. Can i still flash the Updates with twrp?

OverBit said:
Then i think i will root.
To unlock bootloader and flash TWRP with the Toolkit.
1. Do i have to dowgrade to mm to use the toolkit or should it work with latest OTA?
2. Can i still flash the Updates with twrp?
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1. Just try to use it. I expect it to workk, but never used it myself. Better ask @bkores
2. Usually you can, the best way is to flash tron1's flashable OTAs (if you have TWRP) cause he gets rid of the recovery file though. If you try to flash an official zip with TWRP it might work (i flashed full B04), but TWRP will get replaced with the official recovery. You just flash it again

1) Stay STOCK
2) Avoid completely unlock the phone, root, etc etc
3) Buy a U (American) version
4) Stay STOCK !!!

Altomugriento said:
1) Stay STOCK
2) Avoid completely unlock the phone, root, etc etc
3) Buy a U (American) version
4) Stay STOCK !!!
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por?

Unofficial Lineage, Magisk

Will putting Magisk on My ZTE A2017G with unofficial Lineage 14.1 get passed Safety net and allow me to use apps like Android Pay?
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk

The latest stable version of Magisk (14.0) works fine for me on LineageOS 14.1 and also passes SafetyNet, so the answer is YES. (But I don't know for certain about Android Pay because I don't use it!)

P650SE said:
The latest stable version of Magisk (14.0) works fine for me on LineageOS 14.1 and also passes SafetyNet, so the answer is YES. (But I don't know for certain about Android Pay because I don't use it!)
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Great thanks for the info I'm just looking at the guide to install it and I don't understand how to do the bit with stock boot image?

Supersilver-Haze said:
Great thanks for the info I'm just looking at the guide to install it and I don't understand how to do the bit with stock boot image?
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I am not sure what you mean to be honest, where did you see about this? I know when you install LineageOS you have to flash the B15 Universal Bootloader first in TWRP, and you should also flash the Android N modem; both of which are supplied in the Official LineageOS discussion thread. You can then proceed with flashing the ROM and OpenGApps, followed by Magisk 14.0 and anything else you'd like to install before rebooting.

P650SE said:
I am not sure what you mean to be honest, where did you see about this? I know when you install LineageOS you have to flash the B15 Universal Bootloader first in TWRP, and you should also flash the Android N modem; both of which are supplied in the Official LineageOS discussion thread. You can then proceed with flashing the ROM and OpenGapps, followed by Magisk.
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Yea I've actually done all that and got it working with a bit of stress involved it's just this part in the guide for Magisk "However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and also be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot/download mode or ODIN" if you know how to do that bit would be great haha but if not thanks for your help P650E

Supersilver-Haze said:
Yea I've actually done all that and got it working with a bit of stress involved it's just this part in the guide for Magisk "However, you MUST have a stock boot image dump beforehand, and also be able to flash the patched boot image, either through fastboot/download mode or ODIN" if you know how to do that bit would be great haha but if not thanks for your help P650E
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No worries. I don't think you need to worry about anything like that. The usual procedure is just to download Magisk from the link in the official thread on XDA, copy it to the internal storage on the Axon 7 and then flash it in TWRP. It isn't necessary to do anything else, like the stuff you copied above.

P650SE said:
No worries. I don't think you need to worry about anything like that. The usual procedure is just to download Magisk from the link in the official thread on XDA, copy it to the internal storage on the Axon 7 and then flash it in TWRP. It isn't necessary to do anything else, like the stuff you copied above.
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Oh well that's embarrassing :laugh: just got the zip and flashed like you said everything working perfectly including Android Pay I can't thank you enough :highfive: hope you enjoy the rest of your day and thanks again

Supersilver-Haze said:
Oh well that's embarrassing :laugh: just got the zip and flashed like you said everything working perfectly including Android Pay I can't thank you enough :highfive: hope you enjoy the rest of your day and thanks again
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Haha, that's quite alright. Feel free to let me know should you have any further problems with the Axon 7. I'm a new owner but have a lot of experience with previous Android devices such as the LG G4 and OnePlus One.

P650SE said:
Haha, that's quite alright. Feel free to let me know should you have any further problems.
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Ah I know this is a bit fast to be asking about another problem but I just literally found out that I can't make or receive calls on Lineage I can send and receive texts and use data but no calls
Edit: disregard the I figured it out I had it permanently on LTE so I wasn't able to make or receive calls on LTE it seems
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk

Supersilver-Haze said:
Ah I know this is a bit fast to be asking about another problem but I just literally found out that I can't make or receive calls on Lineage I can send and receive texts and use data but no calls
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk
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Hmm, i'm not sure about that one because I didn't use the phone for making calls when I was running LineageOS on my Axon 7. If you installed the Android N modem before flashing the ROM it should work fine in theory. Maybe you can find someone else in the LineageOS thread who's having the same issue.

Does viper4android through magisk work for you. I keep getting error and then magisk force closes

FuzzyDunlop9 said:
Does viper4android through magisk work for you. I keep getting error and then magisk force closes
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I also had problems getting Viper4Android to work on this device. For me it would install fine, but the audio effects made no difference in apps like Spotify and YouTube, despite having the deep-buffer fix enabled. Try using this version by ahrion instead, it works for me! (Just make sure you remove anything relating to previous installations of V4A beforehand!)

Hello again, I put the question on the forum but doesn't seem like anyone is answering, do you know the process of going from unofficial lineage to official and should I?
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk

Supersilver-Haze said:
Hello again, I put the question on the forum but doesn't seem like anyone is answering, do you know the process of going from unofficial lineage to official and should I?
Sent from my ZTE A2017U using Tapatalk
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I don't know how much difference it would make, but installing the Official build of LineageOS is probably slightly better. The method of switching from Unofficial to Official is basically the same as what I posted previously in your other discussion thread:
1. Make sure your apps and files from Unofficial LOS are backed-up.
2. Download the Official LOS ROM and copy it to either the internal or expandable SD card storage on the Axon 7.
3. Download the latest GApps arm64 ZIP for Android 7.1 from OpenGapps and copy it to either the internal or expandable SD card storage on the Axon 7.
4. Reboot the phone into TWRP custom recovery.
5. Enter the 'Wipe' menu and wipe the partitions /data, /system, /dalvik and /cache. (It might not be 100% necessary to wipe /data since you're just switching to an official build of the same ROM, but it is still advisable. You could try installing the ROM without wiping /data, but you may encounter some issues!)
6. Switch the the 'Install' menu and flash Official LOS, followed by the OpenGApps ZIP.
7. Reboot the device.

I need some help to install custom roms on my A2017G

Good afternoon! I would like to have some help on how to install custom roms on my phone. I know the essentials since i've already installed custom roms on various devices but each one has it's own procedure and i am a bit confused with the Axon 7. XDA has many threads and i don't know which ones to follow to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. As said before i have an A2017G and it's currently running Nougat V1.2.0B10. Any help would be appreciated.
A rom recommendation would also be good. Im looking for a (preferably oreo) stable, clean, with good battery life and sound quality (is the AKM DAC used on the custom roms??) rom.
Lastly i would like to know what is Bootstack and Modem is. I see these things all over the Axon 7 XDA forum but i don't know what they are ;-;
Sorry for bad english
Thanks in advance
João Candeias

joaocandeias said:
Good afternoon! I would like to have some help on how to install custom roms on my phone. I know the essentials since i've already installed custom roms on various devices but each one has it's own procedure and i am a bit confused with the Axon 7. XDA has many threads and i don't know which ones to follow to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. As said before i have an A2017G and it's currently running Nougat V1.2.0B10. Any help would be appreciated.
A rom recommendation would also be good. Im looking for a (preferably oreo) stable, clean, with good battery life and sound quality (is the AKM DAC used on the custom roms??) rom.
Lastly i would like to know what is Bootstack and Modem is. I see these things all over the Axon 7 XDA forum but i don't know what they are ;-;
Sorry for bad english
Thanks in advance
João Candeias
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-Use EDL Tool to unlock and install TWRP (3.2.1-0), or if it fails use Controllerboy's guide
-For Oreo you have AEX from NFound, or RR-O from Kranoner (on the Hellsgate kernel thread). Don't know about the others.
AEX has awesome sound, don't know about RR but it probably also has good sound.
-Bootloader and modem are the things you have to flash BEFORE flashing the ROM. The bootloader is the thing that basically initializes the system, and the modem file is the modem firmware. You need the Universal B15 bootloader for N custom ROMs or sometimes you can use the B09 bootloaders from Raystef66 (But don't, it's not needed really).
Bootloaders are usually universal, i.e. they work for the G, U and chinese. Modem files are specific for each model.
There are also Bootstacks which are sometimes bootloaders bundled with the specific modem for your phone. But sometimes they are just bootloaders named as bootstacks for some reason. Just read the ROM thread, it should say "flash modem, flash bootstack".
And for Oreo you have NFound's Bootstack which is basically an AROMA zip that contains the 3 modems, so you can select which one you want. The downside is that the zip is about 250 or 300 mb in size.
The latest Oreo bootstack I know is B32+B10 bootloader by nfound. That one supposedly has fixes from the Chinese Oreo build, which mostly fix audio (But audio was already awesome on AEX-O, I'm pretty sure the DAC was already working fine).

joaocandeias said:
Good afternoon! I would like to have some help on how to install custom roms on my phone. I know the essentials since i've already installed custom roms on various devices but each one has it's own procedure and i am a bit confused with the Axon 7. XDA has many threads and i don't know which ones to follow to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. As said before i have an A2017G and it's currently running Nougat V1.2.0B10. Any help would be appreciated.
A rom recommendation would also be good. Im looking for a (preferably oreo) stable, clean, with good battery life and sound quality (is the AKM DAC used on the custom roms??) rom.
Lastly i would like to know what is Bootstack and Modem is. I see these things all over the Axon 7 XDA forum but i don't know what they are ;-;
Sorry for bad english
Thanks in advance
João Candeias
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Follow this guide.

You can't get wrong if you follow the guide posted by Oki. I did it myself and I feel quite happy with the result.

Thanks everyone!! Very appreciated

Oki said:
Follow this guide.
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Do i really need to downgrade to Marshmallow before installing TWRP and unlocking the bootloader? If so, how can i do that?

joaocandeias said:
Do i really need to downgrade to Marshmallow before installing TWRP and unlocking the bootloader? If so, how can i do that?
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not using that guide and using EDL Tool directly?
No offense @Oki , in fact I used that guide to unlock, but there are new methods available, and not like axon7toolkit that were pretty hardcoded and depended on you having fastboot. EDL Tool is the best way right now.
Beside that, I think you don't need to downgrade. Check WesTD's guide "Unlock bootloader easily", it's roughly the same procedure but i think he doesn't mention downgrading there

So, i used EDL Tool to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP and everything went fine. I actually managed to get oreo running on my phone, but i had problems with both AEX and RR. First i tried AEX and it was working good, pretty stable actually but i only had sound on headphones. Since every phone is unusable without sound i tried another solution: Flash RR.... But that created a bigger problem, it wouldn't even boot lol. It gave me a bootloop.
After that i flashed LOS14.1 for a quick fix, because i didn't had much time to search and fix the AEX bug. This is quite strange because afaik no one had these problems, so i suppose i did something wrong.....

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not using that guide and using EDL Tool directly?
No offense @Oki , in fact I used that guide to unlock, but there are new methods available, and not like axon7toolkit that were pretty hardcoded and depended on you having fastboot. EDL Tool is the best way right now.
Beside that, I think you don't need to downgrade. Check WesTD's guide "Unlock bootloader easily", it's roughly the same procedure but i think he doesn't mention downgrading there
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Do you have a link to that guide? It would save a lot of time to many people.

Oki said:
Do you have a link to that guide? It would save a lot of time to many people.
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you can literally google it... "unlock bootloader easily", "dfu unbrick", "edl tool"...

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you can literally google it... "unlock bootloader easily", "dfu unbrick", "edl tool"...
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You know what to search for, newbies don't. This is why it is always better to provide a link. I was just trying to make life easier for people without our experience.

Oki said:
You know what to search for, newbies don't. This is why it is always better to provide a link. I was just trying to make life easier for people without our experience.
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I know what to search for but I also said the name of the guide there. I guess I'll post the links anyways, but it's as easy as googling the guide's name...
https://www.google.com.ar/url?sa=t&...BBAB&usg=AOvVaw10p1GREikMBe89R4S0cikD&ampcf=1

I think i figured out why RR didn't boot on my phone. Apparently it's encrypted, (encryption isn't working on oreo roms right??) but just don't know how and why... I didn't encrypted it manually. I never done it in my life actually and i can't decrypt it now any help?

joaocandeias said:
I think i figured out why RR didn't boot on my phone. Apparently it's encrypted, (encryption isn't working on oreo roms right??) but just don't know how and why... I didn't encrypted it manually. I never done it in my life actually and i can't decrypt it now any help?
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Yes, format data

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Yes, format data
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Still recommended to flash root also when flashing ROM?
ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, AospExtended v4.6 ROM, microG (NoGapps), Multiboot, Tapatalk 4.9.5

marcdw said:
Still recommended to flash root also when flashing ROM?
ZTE Axon 7 A2017U, AospExtended v4.6 ROM, microG (NoGapps), Multiboot, Tapatalk 4.9.5
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Ofc

Neve
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Yes, format data
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I already tried that and it didn't work..... How did the phone encrypted itself?
Edit: Nevermind, I don't need any more help on this subject

We need a tutorial to install Roms GSI on the Moto G6 Plus

could someone help us the inexperienced, to be able to flash the roms gsi, step by step with some tutorial? for the Moto G6 Plus

There's a tutorial on XDA that works for all devices. It's not really necessary; it's like writing the same post again.

JoeGatto said:
There's a tutorial on XDA that works for all devices. It's not really necessary; it's like writing the same post again.
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According to the dev Khode_Erfan who brought us lineage os 15.1 Rom with out owning the device has said do not wipe system.
What I suggest is from stock, in twrp flash Los15. 1 using the instructions in that thread(may as well skip root and gapps and boot Los15. 1 one full time. This gets you 8.1 vendor and best compatible base for a gsi.
From here we need some clarification but this is what I like to do.
Reboot to bootloader.
Boot twrp.img
flash gsi.img
flash mindthegapps8(oreo gsi) or 9(pie gsi) if not included in gsi. If possible I like a vanilla gsi and flash gapps myself to avoid a device registration on Googles dev site and 100 notifications my device isn't certified.
Flash magisk
reboot to bootloader.
Run fastboot - w.
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Xplorer4x4 said:
According to the dev Khode_Erfan who brought us lineage os 15.1 Rom with out owning the device has said do not wipe system.
What I suggest is from stock, in twrp flash Los15. 1 using the instructions in that thread(may as well skip root and gapps and boot Los15. 1 one full time. This gets you 8.1 vendor and best compatible base for a gsi.
From here we need some clarification but this is what I like to do.
Reboot to bootloader.
Boot twrp.img
flash gsi.img
flash mindthegapps8(oreo gsi) or 9(pie gsi) if not included in gsi. If possible I like a vanilla gsi and flash gapps myself to avoid a device registration on Googles dev site and 100 notifications my device isn't certified.
Flash magisk
reboot to bootloader.
Run fastboot - w.
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Thank you very much, after several attempts and headaches, I succeeded.

jd_marti78 said:
Thank you very much, after several attempts and headaches, I succeeded.
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So what GSI did you install? How is it performing?

corlatemanuel said:
So what GSI did you install? How is it performing?
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I tried the GSI Pixel experience 9.0. I found it very fluid, good battery life, had bugs in the notifications, and did not show the download progress in the play store, otherwise I thought it was very good, but I returned to Stock while polishing it a bit more

Ask and you shall receive:
[Moto G6 Plus]Modding Guide Index- Restore Stock,Root/Magisk,Custom Roms,GSI
Currently lacking GSI instructions but those should be up by tomorrow!