Wileyfox Swift with ARMv7 arch - Wileyfox Swift

Hello all,
I recently tried to flash the latest LineageOS (lineage-14.1-20170717-nightly-crackling-signed), but without any luck (stuck in bootloader/recovery mode). I had no backup so I tried a bunch of old CM ROMs until I found a working one (an unofficial CM14 release found on cyanogenmods.org, can't post links yet).
Now I wonder why this particular ROM is the only one I can install.
So far the only difference I found is that it only targets armeabi-v7a and armeabi ABIs, and not arm64-v8a as the LOS ROM does.
So I checked with Droid Hardware Info and it tells me I have indeed an ARMv7 architecture.
But everything I read about the Swift tells me it's a 64 bits architecture.
Could someone tell me what I am missing here? Is it all normal or did I buy a fake Chinese copy of a Swift?
Thanks

Welcome. I doubt anyone would fake a swift. Most likely you didn't flashed a compatible fastboot image and baseband. Unlock your bootloader and fastboot flash https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767123627 then flash twrp 3.1.1.0. https://forum.xda-developers.com/wi...ent/recovery-unofficial-twrp-3-0-1-0-t3350351

Hello Dmitriy.WZR, thanks for the reply.
Indeed I don't really believe I have a bad phone It has to be something I did.
But so far I only flashed a recovery image (twrp-3.1.1-0-crackling), after unlocking the bootloader, as explained in the LineageOS wiki Install LineageOS on crackling. Then I installed LineageOS, GAPPS and the LineageOS addonsu. Then bootloop.
Not sure I know what is a "fastboot image and baseband".

thomas.gillet said:
Hello Dmitriy.WZR, thanks for the reply.
Indeed I don't really believe I have a bad phone It has to be something I did.
But so far I only flashed a recovery image (twrp-3.1.1-0-crackling), after unlocking the bootloader, as explained in the LineageOS wiki Install LineageOS on crackling. Then I installed LineageOS, GAPPS and the LineageOS addonsu. Then bootloop.
Not sure I know what is a "fastboot image and baseband".
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Same happened to me a few months ago. The solution that worked for me was:
1. Remove the battery and reinsert it.
2.Go to recovery mode.
3.Wipe everything including internal storage.
4.Download a fresh copy of Lineage os and gapps and flash. Try avoiding su.
5.Reboot

Hello nsa02,
I did that several times and it didn't help. Did it again to be sure, but nothing new. Thanks anyway.
I hope I'll have better luck with @Dmitriy.WZR answer, I'll try to figure out what is this radio-20161215-crackling file and what I can do with it.

Ok, got it!
Seems I had an old bootloader (an ugly one with a terminal-like style and a big green START on the top), very different from the Cyanogen one.
Used radio-20161215-crackling file to flash my firmware (or bootloader, no sure what is what yet), as explain in the [RECOVERY][crackling] TWRP 3.1.1-0 [OFFICIAL] thread by @beroid.
Then latest LineageOS and GAPPS installed without problem (didn't try the su addon), and Droid Hardware Info tells me I have an arm64-v8a indeed!
Many thanks to @Dmitriy.WZR

thomas.gillet said:
Seems I had an old bootloader (an ugly one with a terminal-like style and a big green START on the top), very different from the Cyanogen one.
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That's actually the newest one (the one, that come with Android 7-based firmwares). Sadly enough this one is incompatible with custom ROMs, so you need a cyanogen-besed bootloader, yes.
Glad you make it, wishing you a rock-stable working device

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Anyone try or currently using DU 12.2 OFFICIAL build

I've got DU 12.2 OFFICIAL installed on my phone now and am having some problems, Any gapps i try to install fails, i can receive calls but cant make any using data or wifi, my memory card works fine in the phone but doesn't show up on the computer, when i hook my phone up to the computer i cant get into download/fastboot mode, shows no devices on the devices command. i have to boot into fastboot by powering off the phone and doing the volume down + power then everything works fine. Any ideas what I may have done wrong or what the problem might be?? I was on stock Oreo 8.0 rooted w/twerp installed, done a full wipe a couple times before i flashed just to be safe..
Gapps are preinstalled. Do not flash any. I haven't had any calling issues with Sprint. Memory card shows up with adb disabled for windows and enabled for Linux. Adb reboot-bootloader works for me on both windows 7 and Linux. APM works as well from developer options (Advanced Power Menu).
Just my experiences running DU for the past two months
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Gapps are preinstalled. Do not flash any. I haven't had any calling issues with Sprint. Memory card shows up with adb disabled for windows and enabled for Linux. Adb reboot-bootloader works for me on both windows 7 and Linux. APM works as well from developer options (Advanced Power Menu).
Just my experiences running DU for the past two months
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Hi, what steps did you take to flash the rom?? I tried to reflash again with the same results. I wiped everything except OEM and micro SD card. did you flash the official or one of the weeklies?? this is the version ive been trying to flash: du_nash-v12.2-20180511-0850-OFFICIAL
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I've got DU 12.2 OFFICIAL installed on my phone now and am having some problems, Any gapps i try to install fails, i can receive calls but cant make any using data or wifi, my memory card works fine in the phone but doesn't show up on the computer, when i hook my phone up to the computer i cant get into download/fastboot mode, shows no devices on the devices command. i have to boot into fastboot by powering off the phone and doing the volume down + power then everything works fine. Any ideas what I may have done wrong or what the problem might be?? I was on stock Oreo 8.0 rooted w/twerp installed, done a full wipe a couple times before i flashed just to be safe..
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I can give you my experience with DU. I ran the RC version which had recently had the issue with sdcard fixed. Like Uzephi said, no need for gapps, they're already baked in. As for adb/fastboot, you just need to reinstall the drivers, and manually add the moto adb driver when your device is in charge only mode. Then you should be able to run those commands just like always. I can elaborate more on that if you need. As far as flashing, I followed the flashing instructions for the AOSiP rom and flashed the 27.1 prep zip as well. Though the prep zip might be unnecessary if you have oreo on both slots. Uzephi would know better than I as far as that goes. I know the RCs and weeklies are signed differently, so no dirty flashing between the two. It might be better to flash the prep zip to have a clean slate on both slots.
Anyway, that was my experience. Hope that answers some of your questions.
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Hi, what steps did you take to flash the rom?? I tried to reflash again with the same results. I wiped everything except OEM and micro SD card. did you flash the official or one of the weeklies?? this is the version ive been trying to flash: du_nash-v12.2-20180511-0850-OFFICIAL
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I use RC since I live on the wild side (I have tried to hard brick this phone so many times, only thing I won't try is locking BL since that's a stupid way to hard brick.) Airwalk says it perfectly. If you have Oreo on both slots, no need for the prep zip. I flash twrp.zip after booting into twrp, reboot recovery, flash rom, flash twrp again, reboot recovery, flash my kernel, flash magisk, reboot bootloader, fastboot -w, then boot to system.
Obviously I take more steps than needed. That's to flash my kernel, root and twrp after the flash before booting which isn't advised (wild child over here), you should fully boot first, then do the flashing of root, kernel, twrp, etc.
41rw4lk said:
I can give you my experience with DU. I ran the RC version which had recently had the issue with sdcard fixed. Like Uzephi said, no need for gapps, they're already baked in. As for adb/fastboot, you just need to reinstall the drivers, and manually add the moto adb driver when your device is in charge only mode. Then you should be able to run those commands just like always. I can elaborate more on that if you need. As far as flashing, I followed the flashing instructions for the AOSiP rom and flashed the 27.1 prep zip as well. Though the prep zip might be unnecessary if you have oreo on both slots. Uzephi would know better than I as far as that goes. I know the RCs and weeklies are signed differently, so no dirty flashing between the two. It might be better to flash the prep zip to have a clean slate on both slots.
Anyway, that was my experience. Hope that answers some of your questions.
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You beat me to it! I think we have a race going on here, lol. You are correct 100% though
41rw4lk said:
I can give you my experience with DU. I ran the RC version which had recently had the issue with sdcard fixed. Like Uzephi said, no need for gapps, they're already baked in. As for adb/fastboot, you just need to reinstall the drivers, and manually add the moto adb driver when your device is in charge only mode. Then you should be able to run those commands just like always. I can elaborate more on that if you need. As far as flashing, I followed the flashing instructions for the AOSiP rom and flashed the 27.1 prep zip as well. Though the prep zip might be unnecessary if you have oreo on both slots. Uzephi would know better than I as far as that goes. I know the RCs and weeklies are signed differently, so no dirty flashing between the two. It might be better to flash the prep zip to have a clean slate on both slots.
Anyway, that was my experience. Hope that answers some of your questions.
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Good deal brother thanks for the info.... I will give it a try for sure.....
blake .l said:
Good deal brother thanks for the info.... I will give it a try for sure.....
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Let us know how it goes
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Let us know how it goes
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Well guys I followed the the flashing instructions for the install guide from the AOSiP ROM to the "T" going from stock 27.1 Oreo 4 different times today to no avail, I came up with the same outcome as before. No calling, mem card not showing up on computer, having to manually boot into fastboot and so on. I downloaded Los 15.1 and followed the same procedure as with DU and it works like a charm. I just hope now it keeps getting updates Thanks again for your help and suggestions guys
blake .l said:
Well guys I followed the the flashing instructions for the install guide from the AOSiP ROM to the "T" going from stock 27.1 Oreo 4 different times today to no avail, I came up with the same outcome as before. No calling, mem card not showing up on computer, having to manually boot into fastboot and so on. I downloaded Los 15.1 and followed the same procedure as with DU and it works like a charm. I just hope now it keeps getting updates Thanks again for your help and suggestions guys
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Try the RC from 0509. I have been running it since the 9th with no issues.
I've tried to follow the instructions here (https://plus.google.com/communities...5/stream/2a745c1e-aae6-4b50-93dd-14417258d7ce).
I did a huge mistake of thinking that flashing for slot a and slot b was the same of step (2/2) I saw in the screen.
I was coming from Stock Nougat (7.1.1) and, most probably, I finished having oreo in one slot and nougat in the other.
I reflashed TWRP as per instructions.
When I tried to reboot, phone got dead (no charge, no turning on, and no bootloader...). This scared me totally. I unbrick some Asus, Google and Samsung before. But this time it was too premature and having no bootloader is unbelievable.
Will the AOSiP guide will work now for me? I'm with Oreo (don't know how to check if on both slots...), but if a new phone.
Does anybody know why we can't have a DU thread here in xda?
Technical said:
I've tried to follow the instructions here (https://plus.google.com/communities...5/stream/2a745c1e-aae6-4b50-93dd-14417258d7ce).
I did a huge mistake of thinking that flashing for slot a and slot b was the same of step (2/2) I saw in the screen.
I was coming from Stock Nougat (7.1.1) and, most probably, I finished having oreo in one slot and nougat in the other.
I reflashed TWRP as per instructions.
When I tried to reboot, phone got dead (no charge, no turning on, and no bootloader...). This scared me totally. I unbrick some Asus, Google and Samsung before. But this time it was too premature and having no bootloader is unbelievable.
Will the AOSiP guide will work now for me? I'm with Oreo (don't know how to check if on both slots...), but if a new phone.
Does anybody know why we can't have a DU thread here in xda?
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See this thread for my experience with a similar issuehttps://forum.xda-developers.com/z2-force/help/gotta-super-slim-brick-t3798403
mookiexl said:
See this thread for my experience with a similar issuehttps://forum.xda-developers.com/z2-force/help/gotta-super-slim-brick-t3798403
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Posted there, thanks. But I'm not sure if it is all the same, for all Z2 models. I can't find a DU step by step tutorial. There are some details that expert people are not writing and I'm new to Motorola, slot a/b, etc. I'm not a newbie, just that this phone has a lot of peculiarities...
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Posted there, thanks. But I'm not sure if it is all the same, for all Z2 models. I can't find a DU step by step tutorial. There are some details that expert people are not writing and I'm new to Motorola, slot a/b, etc. I'm not a newbie, just that this phone has a lot of peculiarities...
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My AOSiP instructions is how I installed to the T. I did no other steps. I did that on every install from stock to an AOSP based ROM. I have not yet bricked to 9008 mode to try blank flashing yet to verify instructions on how to do that.
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My AOSiP instructions is how I installed to the T. I did no other steps. I did that on every install from stock to an AOSP based ROM. I have not yet bricked to 9008 mode to try blank flashing yet to verify instructions on how to do that.
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Thanks. I've moved to https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76754449&postcount=24 to ask you about .zip preparation file for XT1789-05 model.
Uzephi said:
Try the RC from 0509. I have been running it since the 9th with no issues.
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Well I tried the RC from 05/09/18 and the newest version of RC, followed the same flashing guide to the "T"and got the same results, phone can receive calls but cant make any, cant boot to fastboot through computer etc. went back to Los and all works fine. I dont know what the problem is wit DU and my phone..
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Well I tried the RC from 05/09/18 and the newest version of RC, followed the same flashing guide to the "T"and got the same results, phone can receive calls but cant make any, cant boot to fastboot through computer etc. went back to Los and all works fine. I dont know what the problem is wit DU and my phone..
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They tell you need to flash to both slots. Here on xda, devs say we need to flash ROM just to one slot. Of course, I'm not sure this is the problem. Just trying to imagine myself at DU.
By the way, are there any settings (customization) present in DU that AOSIP does not have?
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They tell you need to flash to both slots. Here on xda, devs say we need to flash ROM just to one slot. Of course, I'm not sure this is the problem. Just trying to imagine myself at DU.
By the way, are there any settings (customization) present in DU that AOSIP does not have?
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A few things, yes. Mainly the dirty tweaks in settings
Didn't really care for the DU. Although it does have working 4g on sprint(much props there). I just didn't personally like the "feel" of it. I'm rockin the unofficial LOS 15.1 right now and its pretty lovely. I'm limited to ROMs b/c of sprint but so far LOS kicks ass.

Would this procedure work? (install magisk and twrp on 10.0.3.0)

First, let me say I have been using rooted phones with twrp for several years and never had the slightest problem with them, so I generally know what I am doing, but the Mi A2 Lite is just a disaster area for me, not with Magisk, that works fine, but twrp seems impossible for me to install on 10.0.3.0 without soft bricking ( I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0 and 10.0.1.0 so I am not unfamiliar with the method, but on 10.0.3.0 - no way). I have done so many factory resets now I have my own parking space at the factory! (That is humour btw).
So I wondered if a different approach to the problem might work. I am not a coder or phone guru, so what I propose might be nonsense, if it is I am sure somebody will tell me.
We are all used to the concept of the 'patched_boot.img' created by Magisk and if you don't want to produce your own version the forum usually has a link to it. Magisk though is not the problem, twrp is, so what I am proposing is that somebody provides a link to a 'double_patched_boot.img' ie a flashable boot image that contains both twrp and magisk and that can directly replace the stock boot via fastboot.
Apparently there are some folks that have managed to install both twrp and magisk on 10.0.3.0, so if one of them could extract the 'double_patched_boot.img' from their phone it might help out a lot. How do you achieve that? Well there is probably more than one way, but the way that I would choose (if I could manage to install them both in the first place) is to boot into twrp, connect to pc, take a miflash backup of the phone and then unzip it with the following command (this is a linux command I am sure someone can provide a windows equivalent):
Code:
tar -xzf ********.tgz
where ********.tgz is the name of your miflash backup.
Then extract the boot.img from the resulting folder, rename it to something like 'double_patched_boot_10.0.3.0.img' and provide a link to it on the forum. Then some brave soul could try it out (probably not me as I am sick of doing factory resets and don't have any backups because I don't have any recovery to make them from).
OTOH this might just not be practical, I don't know enough to be sure.
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
12:121390 said:
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
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Interesting. I have certainly thought of jumping ship to a custom rom, but I would like to wait a little before I do so, ideally until someone fires up a Lineage rom for the A2 Lite. But if things continue as badly as they have done so far with stock roms then I might well join you on RR.
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Interesting. I have certainly thought of jumping ship to a custom rom, but I would like to wait a little before I do so, ideally until someone fires up a Lineage rom for the A2 Lite. But if things continue as badly as they have done so far with stock roms then I might well join you on RR.
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also because of the new ARB thing, custom is much safer, i think i bricked my last device rolling back from ota 9.0 software to ota 8.1. that's a non-issue with custom. just something to be wary of. the current RR pie gsi is near flawless for he so far. hope that helps a little
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also because of the new ARB thing, custom is much safer, i think i bricked my last device rolling back from ota 9.0 software to ota 8.1. that's a non-issue with custom. just something to be wary of. the current RR pie gsi is near flawless for he so far. hope that helps a little
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Anti roll back is disabled and not an issue if bootloader is unlocked
Nice thread. Tried it as well but no chance 10.0.3.00 + twrp + magisk. And you are right the problem is twrp.
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12:121390 said:
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
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Does RR Pie have any issues on Mi A2 Lite? Whichever GSI I'd tried, I had lags :/
12:121390 said:
i was having similar issues. replaced my mi a2 lite and followed the guide for the aosp 109 gsi here in the forum replacing the fstab and one other file i forgot they name but it's instructed. i have twrp zero the fixed one, magisk, and I'm running the RR PIE ROM with zero issues and I've been back and forth in and out of recovery no problem. I'm pretty sure it will work for you too.
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brother i also want to install RR PIE Rom can you please give me the guide link?
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Anti roll back is disabled and not an issue if bootloader is unlocked
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correct it is not. what happened was.. lol. i thought i was crafty and did some file swapping and made miflash setups that would flash so the stock files as usual , but with gsi's like RR and/or bootleggers for the system image. and it works, up until i flashed from RR to bootleggers with those setups described previously . there is where my genius was flawed. lol. lesson learned
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Does RR Pie have any issues on Mi A2 Lite? Whichever GSI I'd tried, I had lags :/
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for me, i have not come across anything caused by the GSI. any issues I've faced are purely self inflicted.
I don´t get your problems... Just boot twrp, and install it as described in original thread.
After that flash back aboot from 9.6.11.0 and the message "your system got destroyed" will disappear!
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I don´t get your problems... Just boot twrp, and install it as described in original thread.
After that flash back aboot from 9.6.11.0 and the message "your system got destroyed" will disappear!
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You might not get my problem, but likewise I don't get your solution. Firstly aboot has never been touched during the attempted twrp install so why flash it at all, it has not been changed, and secondly you suggest I flash it with something that is how many versions old 4?, 5?, I'm not sure, when just about every post you ever read stresses that you should not mix old and new partitions at the same time.
I hope you forgive my scepticism, but can you actually suggest the slightest reason why this might work?
Or is it all just voodoo johnny (sorry, couldn't resist that).
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You might not get my problem, but likewise I don't get your solution. Firstly aboot has never been touched during the attempted twrp install so why flash it at all, it has not been changed, and secondly you suggest I flash it with something that is how many versions old 4?, 5?, I'm not sure, when just about every post you ever read stresses that you should not mix old and new partitions at the same time.
I hope you forgive my scepticism, but can you actually suggest the slightest reason why this might work?
Or is it all just voodoo johnny (sorry, couldn't resist that).
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Aboot is the bootloader. Since Pie the aboot was modified to check wheather there are modification on your boot.img. So everytime you modify something (like installing twrp), you get the message "your system got destroyed".
9.6.11.0 is the last version of Oreo. Here the bootloader didn´t check boot.img.
That´s why you need to flash 9.6.11.0 - maybe the older verstions will work too. Didn´t check. But I guess only 9.6.11.0 will work becouse it was the latest oreo version and it had to have a bootloader which can boot up pie (to have ota working).
Here you can find the aboot.img I use... and which works without any problem on pie - right now I´m running 10.0.3.0...
Just flash it via fastboot.
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Aboot is the bootloader. Since Pie the aboot was modified to check wheather there are modification on your boot.img. So everytime you modify something (like installing twrp), you get the message "your system got destroyed".
9.6.11.0 is the last version of Oreo. Here the bootloader didn´t check boot.img.
That´s why you need to flash 9.6.11.0 - maybe the older verstions will work too. Didn´t check. But I guess only 9.6.11.0 will work becouse it was the latest oreo version and it had to have a bootloader which can boot up pie (to have ota working).
Here you can find the aboot.img I use... and which works without any problem on pie - right now I´m running 10.0.3.0...
Just flash it via fastboot.
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OK that makes sense now - thank you for the explanation. I will probably give that a try sometime, but not right now as I have a stable working phone for the first time in ages and I don't want to jeopardise that.
Just one question though. When I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0, it was fine at doing backups, but on the two occasions I tried to restore with them they failed, by which I don't mean that the restore didn't repair the phone, but that it was impossible to even carry out the restore, it started but did not complete - just ended with 'Restore Failed' message.
Have you tried any restores with twrp installed in the manner you suggest and if so did they work? No point in installing it otherwise.
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OK that makes sense now - thank you for the explanation. I will probably give that a try sometime, but not right now as I have a stable working phone for the first time in ages and I don't want to jeopardise that.
Just one question though. When I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0, it was fine at doing backups, but on the two occasions I tried to restore with them they failed, by which I don't mean that the restore didn't repair the phone, but that it was impossible to even carry out the restore, it started but did not complete - just ended with 'Restore Failed' message.
Have you tried any restores with twrp installed in the manner you suggest and if so did they work? No point in installing it otherwise.
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There seems to be some bugs restoring system and vendor... Some users talked about... I usually only save and restore the data and boot partition and I never had any problems with that. For all other partitions you can use miflash or fastboot...
Yeah all my twrp full backups don't work after a fresh stock installment either, that's very annoying.
The twrp version for daisy is bugged. Backups are not working, the wifi with GSI Roms on pie stock is not working anymore as soon as twrp is installed as well.
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Thanks for the replies above. @voodoojohnny
In my case it was the data partition that caused the restore to fail, vendor and system and boot all seemed to go through normally. @cd492
Based on what you say along with my own experiences and those of voovoojohnny, it looks like twrp is more trouble than it is worth at the moment. I think I will make do without it for now and hope for a better version in the future.
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First, let me say I have been using rooted phones with twrp for several years and never had the slightest problem with them, so I generally know what I am doing, but the Mi A2 Lite is just a disaster area for me, not with Magisk, that works fine, but twrp seems impossible for me to install on 10.0.3.0 without soft bricking ( I had twrp installed on 10.0.2.0 and 10.0.1.0 so I am not unfamiliar with the method, but on 10.0.3.0 - no way). I have done so many factory resets now I have my own parking space at the factory! (That is humour btw).
So I wondered if a different approach to the problem might work. I am not a coder or phone guru, so what I propose might be nonsense, if it is I am sure somebody will tell me.
We are all used to the concept of the 'patched_boot.img' created by Magisk and if you don't want to produce your own version the forum usually has a link to it. Magisk though is not the problem, twrp is, so what I am proposing is that somebody provides a link to a 'double_patched_boot.img' ie a flashable boot image that contains both twrp and magisk and that can directly replace the stock boot via fastboot.
Apparently there are some folks that have managed to install both twrp and magisk on 10.0.3.0, so if one of them could extract the 'double_patched_boot.img' from their phone it might help out a lot. How do you achieve that? Well there is probably more than one way, but the way that I would choose (if I could manage to install them both in the first place) is to boot into twrp, connect to pc, take a miflash backup of the phone and then unzip it with the following command (this is a linux command I am sure someone can provide a windows equivalent):
where ********.tgz is the name of your miflash backup.
Then extract the boot.img from the resulting folder, rename it to something like 'double_patched_boot_10.0.3.0.img' and provide a link to it on the forum. Then some brave soul could try it out (probably not me as I am sick of doing factory resets and don't have any backups because I don't have any recovery to make them from).
OTOH this might just not be practical, I don't know enough to be sure.
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THIS HAS NOT BEEN TESTED ON GSI'S YET
I'm currently in the process of RR with TWRP but having extreme Encryption errors
Grab these two files (Big Thanks to Zerovoid, Seryioo, and mac12m99)
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Image File (Put this on your SDCard and Computer)-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi...unofficial-twrp-daisy-mount-sd-fixed-t3889390
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Installer Zip (Put this on your SDCard)-
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603893418
But I got TWRP on 10.0.3.0 with magisk, and Justic Kernel.
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE I'M DEFINITELY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST DATA
Start with the phone being on with USB Debugging enabled correctly
Type adb reboot bootloader
So flash the 10.0.3.0 ROM through MiFlash using the flash_all.bat, this process has to be done so backup your data before erasing.
After it is done flashing it restarts, go ahead and hold power and volume down right back to the Bootloader
Type: fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-daisy_zero.img
It would boot into TWRP, if you see something about decryption hit cancel this may mean you haven't followed directions so far
Tap install and find your SD Card, find the fixed-twrp-installer-daisy.zip where ever you put it on your SD Card and install it, this process takes a few minutes when finished DO NOT HIT REBOOT SYSTEM!
Hit the home button back to TWRP home screen and tap reboot >>> bootloader
Download this to your computer - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603884024
Type: fastboot flash aboot aboot_9.6.4.img
Then type: fastboot reboot
Afterwards your phone shall boot up to Android if it does hold power and volume up and release power and keep hold volume up when the screen turns back on to go-to recovery, if TWRP boots up you have successfully completed the task.
Now flash Magisk zip (optional)
Hopefully this helped kind of my first tutorial, this was my process.
InfinityXDA said:
THIS HAS NOT BEEN TESTED ON GSI'S YET
I'm currently in the process of RR with TWRP but having extreme Encryption errors
Grab these two files (Big Thanks to Zerovoid, Seryioo, and mac12m99)
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Image File (Put this on your SDCard and Computer)-
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi...unofficial-twrp-daisy-mount-sd-fixed-t3889390
Fixed SDCard Support TWRP Installer Zip (Put this on your SDCard)-
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603893418
But I got TWRP on 10.0.3.0 with magisk, and Justic Kernel.
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE I'M DEFINITELY NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST DATA
Start with the phone being on with USB Debugging enabled correctly
Type adb reboot bootloader
So flash the 10.0.3.0 ROM through MiFlash using the flash_all.bat, this process has to be done so backup your data before erasing.
After it is done flashing it restarts, go ahead and hold power and volume down right back to the Bootloader
Type: fastboot boot twrp-3.2.3-0-daisy_zero.img
It would boot into TWRP, if you see something about decryption hit cancel this may mean you haven't followed directions so far
Tap install and find your SD Card, find the fixed-twrp-installer-daisy.zip where ever you put it on your SD Card and install it, this process takes a few minutes when finished DO NOT HIT REBOOT SYSTEM!
Hit the home button back to TWRP home screen and tap reboot >>> bootloader
Download this to your computer - https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=11410963190603884024
Type: fastboot flash aboot aboot_9.6.4.img
Then type: fastboot reboot
Afterwards your phone shall boot up to Android if it does hold power and volume up and release power and keep hold volume up when the screen turns back on to go-to recovery, if TWRP boots up you have successfully completed the task.
Now flash Magisk zip (optional)
Hopefully this helped kind of my first tutorial, this was my process.
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Thank you very much for posting this process in such detail, unfortunately I think you must have missed my last post where I said:
it looks like twrp is more trouble than it is worth at the moment. I think I will make do without it for now and hope for a better version in the future.
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I meant it, at least for now, but maybe your post will help somebody else.
viking777 said:
Thank you very much for posting this process in such detail, unfortunately I think you must have missed my last post where I said:
I meant it, at least for now, but maybe your post will help somebody else.
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Yes I didn't see that post but understand I didn't give you links to the official TWRP, I gave you the unofficial fixed TWRP which actually features SD Card Support and trust me it works completely fine I haven't had a problem yet. This took me hours upon hours to figure out what I was doing wrong.
The only specific reason you are not successfully getting TWRP is because you didn't flash the aboot.img after installing the zip.
I hope this helps you in the future!
thanks InfinityXDA for the tutorial, you should create a post just for it~

Treble support on the Google Pixel XL

I was thinking about purchasing a Google Pixel XL due to the reasonable specs and good rom support. But I was just wondering if the device was treble supported before I decided to buy anything as it would help me out quite a bit. Also I am quite the enthusiast when it comes to custom roms and stuff.
If anyone has an answer i will be very grateful.
Thanks.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy A20e (SM-A202F/DS)
Got this
Check attached photo. I have been playing with one of these for a bit. I loaded up TWRP followed with the latest Resurrection Remix and the phone is so fun to use.
mindlery said:
Check attached photo. I have been playing with one of these for a bit. I loaded up TWRP followed with the latest Resurrection Remix and the phone is so fun to use.
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How did you flash it? I've been trying to flash phh and lineage but it won't boot at all. Tried in both TWRP and fastboot.
Sorry i was not clear about my message. I'm not using any GSI images. I am using https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/development/unofficial-resurrectionremix-8-5-8-t4149771
I used to flash a lot of GSI's on another model and often i would need patches, custom kernel and some needed a clean flash of one first to get what i wanted after. I really like this ROM, but i have no problems going to stock if i screw up, which i will. So i'll go see if i can get a gsi on top of Rrmix. I'll be back.
I tried a couple gsi's and twrp gives a partition size error. (Too small).. What methods other than factory resetting and trying to install have you tried?
Pretty sure the version of TWRP used is specific. I tried RR with 3.4 and it was a mess. Now i'm using 3.2.3.1 and things are not perfect, but close enough for me.
mindlery said:
I tried a couple gsi's and twrp gives a partition size error. (Too small).. What methods other than factory resetting and trying to install have you tried?
Pretty sure the version of TWRP used is specific. I tried RR with 3.4 and it was a mess. Now i'm using 3.2.3.1 and things are not perfect, but close enough for me.
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TWRP 3.4.0.0 is only good because it brings decryption support - there's also a fork of 3.3.0.0 by NZedPred on the regular Pixel forum (but the port is built for the XL too) which brings the best of both worlds, 3.4.0.0 decryption and 3.2.3.1 stability.
The small system partition is a known problem with our Pixels, there are repartitioning scripts ... but here be dragons.

Nexus 7 2013 won't get past Google logo after trying to update OS

I was trying to update the OS on my Nexus 7 2013. I was able to connect it to my PC and unlock it and erase user data using adb commands. But after that it will not go past the Google logo in Recovery or regular Start mode. When I run "adb devices" it does not show up, though my computer does see it since I can run the lock/unlock adb commands and they work. I have uninstalled/reinstalled different adb drivers for the devices. I've tried using 2 different PCs. I can not get adb to fully recognize the device. I tried the Skipsoft Android Toolkit, and it too reports "no device detected".
Have I completed bricked the device? Or is there some way out of this that I haven't though of/found on the internet yet?
I hope someone here can help me!
Thanks!
Assuming you're on stock, try flashing a factory image from Google themselves. This reflashes everything, like stock OS, recovery, bootloader, etc. I'd choose the latest version found here: https://developers.google.com/android/images#razor As long as you understand that this wipes data, then give this a shot and let us know the results!
I found the "Nexus Root Toolkit" windows app. It was able to communicate with the Nexus 7 and restore the factory ROM and I could get it to boot! Now, I've tried about a dozen times to install LIneage, but it keeps getting an error the point of trying to install the ROM, and I haven't figured out what the error means or how to correct it. I've tried multiple TWRP versions and Lineage OS versions. It's driving me nuts!
adamwsh said:
I found the "Nexus Root Toolkit" windows app. It was able to communicate with the Nexus 7 and restore the factory ROM and I could get it to boot! Now, I've tried about a dozen times to install LIneage, but it keeps getting an error the point of trying to install the ROM, and I haven't figured out what the error means or how to correct it. I've tried multiple TWRP versions and Lineage OS versions. It's driving me nuts!
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Are you trying to install the official version of 17.1? If so, you'll need to look at the install guide on the LineageOS website here: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/flox/install
As far as I can tell, you cannot use TWRP, or at least the official TWRP, with this image. You'll need to use the LOS 17.1 Recovery found on the downloads page. If you haven't already, you're going to need to repartition the device with the instructions found on the install guide that I linked.
If this isn't the ROM in question check out the thread for that ROM and see if anyone else has any issues with installation.
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Are you trying to install the official version of 17.1? If so, you'll need to look at the install guide on the LineageOS website here: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/flox/install
As far as I can tell, you cannot use TWRP, or at least the official TWRP, with this image. You'll need to use the LOS 17.1 Recovery found on the downloads page. If you haven't already, you're going to need to repartition the device with the instructions found on the install guide that I linked.
If this isn't the ROM in question check out the thread for that ROM and see if anyone else has any issues with installation.
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Thank you! I did manage to get 18.1 to flash and load, after using a repartiion tool I found. However, I can't get GAspps to load, saying there isn't enough room on the partition. Now, I'm trying to use NRT to get back to stock (like I was able to do earlier) but now it is getting stuck at the Android 6 startup animation (4 round icons). I'm wondering if it is because I ran the partition update and somehow have to put that back to get the stock ROM to work.
The only suggestion that I would have is to flash the smallest GApps package possible, and before flashing LOS 18.1, wiping pretty much everything, then flashing LOS and GApps. Since OpenGApps doesn't make an Android 11 package yet, I don't know much about the other package providers, but that's all that I can think of. Hope this helps!
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The only suggestion that I would have is to flash the smallest GApps package possible, and before flashing LOS 18.1, wiping pretty much everything, then flashing LOS and GApps. Since OpenGApps doesn't make an Android 11 package yet, I don't know much about the other package providers, but that's all that I can think of. Hope this helps!
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I wound up flashing Stock Android 5.0 and it worked. Now I'm updating to 6 via the software upgrade in the OS itself. I feel like this thing is just too old and not large enough memory to handle a custom OS.

OmniROM stuck at boot animation load screen

Moto G Stylus Metro PCS brand:
I'm brand new to this subject so please forgive any ignorance. I'm decent with linux but new to android stuff.
Tried flashing the latest weekly build of OmniROM - now seems to be stuck at boot screen and won't go past. I am coming from latest OTA update from Motorola.
Phone was not rooted prior to starting this.
I also accidentally wiped slot A with my factory image on it (oops).
TWRP did not ask for any decryption key so I ran:
fastboot erase userdata
and this seemed to fix errors that I was getting while flashing with respect to denying access.
What I've done:
-Unlocked bootloader
-Installed TWRP 3.5.0-10 from the g-stylus forum.
-wiped and formatted via TWRP
-flashed 5/23 weekly build of OmniROM
Now no matter what I do or what slot I flash to it will not get past the Omni boot load animated screen. I've run this for almost 2 hours and nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
nutsnax said:
Moto G Stylus Metro PCS brand:
I'm brand new to this subject so please forgive any ignorance. I'm decent with linux but new to android stuff.
Tried flashing the latest weekly build of OmniROM - now seems to be stuck at boot screen and won't go past. I am coming from latest OTA update from Motorola.
Phone was not rooted prior to starting this.
I also accidentally wiped slot A with my factory image on it (oops).
TWRP did not ask for any decryption key so I ran:
fastboot erase userdata
and this seemed to fix errors that I was getting while flashing with respect to denying access.
What I've done:
-Unlocked bootloader
-Installed TWRP 3.5.0-10 from the g-stylus forum.
-wiped and formatted via TWRP
-flashed 5/23 weekly build of OmniROM
Now no matter what I do or what slot I flash to it will not get past the Omni boot load animated screen. I've run this for almost 2 hours and nothing happens.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Weekly builds may be unstable. I'm actually curious on how you got a hold of such build for the this device. Most, if not all ROMs are unofficial for the stylus and updates for each rom varies by contributed developers.....
However, you say you're decent with Linux. I'm sure there's some developers here that would help you with various tools to learn on how to make your own version of any type of OS.
As for OmniRom, I'd probably ask @vache for some help, for he has his own unofficial version.
Also, I recommend that you have the latest platform tools and the moto software tool if you don't have these yet...
nevermind I got it working. I was flashing p2pstate.bin directly (somehow this works?) when instead I was supposed to extract the image files and flash the respective files.
Seems to boot up now. Thanks!
nutsnax said:
nevermind I got it working. I was flashing p2pstate.bin directly (somehow this works?) when instead I was supposed to extract the image files and flash the respective files.
Seems to boot up now. Thanks!
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That's good you got it to work. One developer once told me, when all else fails, think outside of the box. You'll eventually get it to work somehow
I have your solution cuz I went through the same thing.. you have to start out with stock Android 10 so you have to be bootloader unlocked and rooted that way you can downgrade your software and it's only the super images that you have to downgrade.. so just flash your supers and you'll be fine but they have to be stock Android 10 it doesn't matter what firmware version because you're keeping the same modem file

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