I am currently on A2017U B29 Marshmallow 6.0.1 full Stock. I did not upgrade so far to Nougat, in fear of ZTE locking the bootloader, etc.
In future, I want to fully unlock the bootloader, install TWRP, and load Lineage OS.
If I upgrade my phone to the latest Stock Nougat, will I still be able to do the move to lineage - did ZTE mess up the bootloader any way in Nougat?
From what I read here, it is safe to do so and that I can always unlock the bootloader no matter what - but I need a quick confirmation.
Thanks.
deepasadish said:
I am currently on A2017U B29 Marshmallow 6.0.1 full Stock. I did not upgrade so far to Nougat, in fear of ZTE locking the bootloader, etc.
In future, I want to fully unlock the bootloader, install TWRP, and load Lineage OS.
If I upgrade my phone to the latest Stock Nougat, will I still be able to do the move to lineage - did ZTE mess up the bootloader any way in Nougat?
From what I read here, it is safe to do so and that I can always unlock the bootloader no matter what - but I need a quick confirmation.
Thanks.
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You can always downgrade... you just have to get the Marshmallow update zip and install it with mifavor. totally legal and stuff
Hi everyone
I bought ZTE Axon 7 (A2017G) from Italy Amazon
it is running MM 6.0.1 (Mifavor 4.0 version B11)
there is no OTA updating
so I want to manual update to Nougat last version for my region
then getting TWRP, Magisk, Xposed
but there's alot of guides here with a lot of roms with deference regions confuse me!
so what guide should I use, and what rom should I use
is there need to unlock bootloader , is that will losing me any feature like dolby ?
am2006 said:
Hi everyone
I bought ZTE Axon 7 (A2017G) from Italy Amazon
it is running MM 6.0.1 (Mifavor 4.0 version B11)
there is no OTA updating
so I want to manual update to Nougat last version for my region
then getting TWRP, Magisk, Xposed
but there's alot of guides here with a lot of roms with deference regions confuse me!
so what guide should I use, and what rom should I use
is there need to unlock bootloader , is that will losing me any feature like dolby ?
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The guide from Controllerboy works perfect ( advice read it more than once ) , the axontoolkit works too.
If you decide to go with custom rom you will loose ZTE Dolby,
but viper works good, but there are debloated stock roms which you can use with Dolby and root.
Unlocking the bootloader is always helpful, if you decide to use custom recovery and root, because if you mess up anything you're mostly lost with a locked bootloader.
Unlocking the bootloader will completely wipe your phone, better you copy your important stuff to PC.
If you just want to update your phone copy the latest official
firmware to the external SD card and use the update function.
coremania said:
The guide from Controllerboy works perfect ( advice read it more than once ) , the axontoolkit works too.
If you decide to go with custom rom you will loose ZTE Dolby,
but viper works good, but there are debloated stock roms which you can use with Dolby and root.
Unlocking the bootloader is always helpful, if you decide to use custom recovery and root, because if you mess up anything you're mostly lost with a locked bootloader.
Unlocking the bootloader will completely wipe your phone, better you copy your important stuff to PC.
If you just want to update your phone copy the latest official
firmware to the external SD card and use the update function.
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thanx, I red it, but it's said i must be on MM B10 at most, and I am on MM B11, also there is no guide for downgrade, also there is no guide for upgrade , in present, I just want to try stock rom on last Nougat version with twrp, magisk & xposed, so Am I need to unlock bootloader on MM 1st?, or I can upgrade to N then doing all of it?
am2006 said:
thanx, I red it, but it's said i must be on MM B10 at most, and I am on MM B11, also there is no guide for downgrade, also there is no guide for upgrade , in present, I just want to try stock rom on last Nougat version with twrp, magisk & xposed, so Am I need to unlock bootloader on MM 1st?, or I can upgrade to N then doing all of it?
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This is a bit outdated, you can follow the guide on mm or n, doesn't matter. No need to down or upgrade before.
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After you did the unlock, the twrp update and flashed the Los thread bootloader + modem you can use this rom, guess this is what you want:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/rom-slim-version-t3669355
coremania said:
This is a bit outdated, you can follow the guide on mm or n, doesn't matter. No need to down or upgrade before.
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OK, but which last Nougat version for my region?, which rom can I use
am2006 said:
OK, but which last Nougat version for my region?, which rom can I use
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@am2006 it seem strange that you don't receive OTA update. It is seem that the seller had done something with the phone (properly install A2017G on A2017 chinese model). Before doing anything, you must know you model, cause A2017G brick is pretty hard to fix
tamahouse02 said:
@am2006 it seem strange that you don't receive OTA update. It is seem that the seller had done something with the phone (properly install A2017G on A2017 chinese model). Before doing anything, you must know you model, cause A2017G brick is pretty hard to fix
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No I think the last update in Italy is MM, but I'm not sure, the device is new and I check the model and SN on the mobile and its cartoon, it is matching
am2006 said:
No I think the last update in Italy is MM, but I'm not sure, the device is new and I check the model and SN on the mobile and its cartoon, it is matching
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I recommend using stock Nougat. Stock ROM has pretty good camera, Dolby, DAC which you will missing when using custom ROM. (Stock MM is bit crappy, ZTE has fix a lot after several update).
Beside, RR is very good custom ROM.
Official Xposed does not support Nougat yet, there is an unofficial one but not work with stock Nougat, I haven't try on RR
tamahouse said:
I recommend using stock Nougat. Stock ROM has pretty good camera, Dolby, DAC which you will missing when using custom ROM. (Stock MM is bit crappy, ZTE has fix a lot after several update).
Beside, RR is very good custom ROM.
Official Xposed does not support Nougat yet, there is an unofficial one but not work with stock Nougat, I haven't try on RR
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thanx, what about LineageOS, is it support Dolby, magisk?
am2006 said:
thanx, what about LineageOS, is it support Dolby, magisk?
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There are multiple iterations of Dolby made as a Magisk module. Magisk works perfectly on both LineageOS and Stock rom.
Hi, I have a Moto X Pure Edition (XT1575) running stock 6.0 Marshmallow w/ December 2016 update.
Android 7.0 Nougat has rolled out for XT1575. But I didn't receive it.
As my phone have bootloader unlocked, rooted, custom recovery (TWRP) installed and XPOSED installed too.
Is there any ways to flash the official Android 7.0 Nougat OTA using TWRP? Or any other methods?
Thanks
justmoto92 said:
Hi, I have a Moto X Pure Edition (XT1575) running stock 6.0 Marshmallow w/ December 2016 update.
Android 7.0 Nougat has rolled out for XT1575. But I didn't receive it.
As my phone have bootloader unlocked, rooted, custom recovery (TWRP) installed and XPOSED installed too.
Is there any ways to flash the official Android 7.0 Nougat OTA using TWRP? Or any other methods?
Thanks
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This has been discussed. Please search and read. You will get answers for all of your questions.
I've been trying to figure out the exact same thing. everything I've read says that you need to remove root, downgrade, take OTA's, then re-root. Seems extremely complicated and counter-intuitive. If you find a solution please let me know.
It is in the second post on Moto X Pure homepage... But, in case you missed it https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/general/guide-xt1575-update-to-nph25-200-22-t3680477 Follow this exactly and you'll have Nougat.
I wish somebody with more knowledge than i would create a stock 7.0 rom for the people that don't want total stock. I would love to but I totally admit I am no Dev. Lol as I think it would be a popular rom and from what I've seen quite a few people would love to download and install a package like that.
My bootloader is locked I know how to unlock it and I understand that all my data will be gone I am okay with it I need the fastboot rom file for the android pie with December security patch and also will I get continuous updates via OTA after switching to a beta rom while in stable I don't have twrp and am not going to flash twrp too is there a way to flash it normally using miflash like Techrapt has done in his video unfortunately he did not provide link to rom or steps
Can anybody please provide the rom and steps and also confirm I will continue getting the OTA updates regularly like stock rom
Thank You
Bypass and install with Fastboot method
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a1/how-to/discussion-bypass-wipe-oem-unlock-t3804406
PD: Don't Downgrade to 8.1 or destroy your bootloader (bricked), ONLY update to oficial Pie 9.0.0
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Hi guys I rooted my phone long back.
Now my query is I am on nougat NPN25.137-35 indian version and rooted below is attached file. I want to upgrade on Oreo. So I need to make fresh upgrade of Oreo or any procedure to update so I don't lose any of my data and application.
After update I need to make it root again.
Please provide me procedure and link.
Thanks.
askool said:
Hi guys I rooted my phone long back.
Now my query is I am on nougat NPN25.137-35 indian version and rooted below is attached file. I want to upgrade on Oreo. So I need to make fresh upgrade of Oreo or any procedure to update so I don't lose any of my data and application.
After update I need to make it root again.
Please provide me procedure and link.
Thanks.
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Use lenovo moto smart assistant and update your device. If you want your data then take a backup of it in twrp or app only.
After that flash latest TWRP 3.2.3.1 and root it by flashing magisk18.zip like you did with nougat.