Upgrade from AEX 4.6 to RR 6.0 (kinda lost) ? - Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers

Hello everyone,
It has been a while since I toyed with my Zuk Z2 and I totally missed the Oreo train.
I would like to update my custom ROM with the newest Resurrection Remix OS but some things are still quite unclear.
I saw a lot of talk around updating the baseband version to enable offline charging. And some users also recommend to flash a stock ZUI Oreo ROM before flashing any custom Oreo.
My question is : can I update only my baseband using (fastboot or TWRP) and then directly flash RR 6.0 using the standard full wipe ?
Does that make sense or do I have to take the extra step with the stock ROM ? If so : which version should I install ? 1.9 and then let the OTA do their job ? Will it lock my bootloader again ?
Finally, what step should I take to make this upgrade as easy as possible ?
I am sorry if those questions have been asked lots of time before but I can't figure a clear answer about all of this,
Cheers,

Sinero said:
Hello everyone,
It has been a while since I toyed with my Zuk Z2 and I totally missed the Oreo train.
I would like to update my custom ROM with the newest Resurrection Remix OS but some things are still quite unclear.
I saw a lot of talk around updating the baseband version to enable offline charging. And some users also recommend to flash a stock ZUI Oreo ROM before flashing any custom Oreo.
My question is : can I update only my baseband using (fastboot or TWRP) and then directly flash RR 6.0 using the standard full wipe ?
Does that make sense or do I have to take the extra step with the stock ROM ? If so : which version should I install ? 1.9 and then let the OTA do their job ? Will it lock my bootloader again ?
Finally, what step should I take to make this upgrade as easy as possible ?
I am sorry if those questions have been asked lots of time before but I can't figure a clear answer about all of this,
Cheers,
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Since you are currently on AEX 4.6, I believe that the offline charging is not working. Even I am on 4.6 and I have tried few Oreo ROMs. I think if you are on 1.76 or 1.70 baseband, you are good to go, flash RR.
Question is do you really want offline charging to work? Personally I'm not going to go through all this hassle for just making the offline charging work. I have been using AEX 4.6 without offline charging for a long time and I don't care if my future ROM has it or not.
Yeah, you can flash baseband using fastboot or TWRP

sixth.pr1m3 said:
Since you are currently on AEX 4.6, I believe that the offline charging is not working. Even I am on 4.6 and I have tried few Oreo ROMs. I think if you are on 1.76 or 1.70 baseband, you are good to go, flash RR.
Question is do you really want offline charging to work? Personally I'm not going to go through all this hassle for just making the offline charging work. I have been using AEX 4.6 without offline charging for a long time and I don't care if my future ROM has it or not.
Yeah, you can flash baseband using fastboot or TWRP
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Thank you for clearing my doubts.
I flashed RR, went smoothly, everything seems to work as planned except for the camera : I do not have the HDR option, and I think a lot of options are missing. Do you have any ideas about that?
As you said offline charging is still not working, and I do not really care neither.
EDIT: Alright, I installed "Arnova's Pixel2Mod v6" and I now have a working camera. Do not mind my question. I also noticed that you posted the link (on another thread) where I found the Camera mod, so thanks again for your help!

Sinero said:
Thank you for clearing my doubts.
I flashed RR, went smoothly, everything seems to work as planned except for the camera : I do not have the HDR option, and I think a lot of options are missing. Do you have any ideas about that?
As you said offline charging is still not working, and I do not really care neither.
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Using GCam? HDR option should be working, try the recommended one's from here: https://www.celsoazevedo.com/files/android/google-camera/
Slow motion is not working. If you have dark video issue, use OnePlus 5T Cam.

Thanks again for that link, seems like I edited my last post while you answered !
Here is a little feedback after ten days of usage :
My camera started acting up : usually when going through the camera's gallery the application will crash. I will try another Gcam.
I also noticed that my calls are not working. I can dial someone but when they pick up the call we cannot hear each-other. Does anyone have experienced this kind of situation ?
Everything else is working smoothly, better than under AEX 4.6, sadly with those two main problems I may have to try something else.

Sinero said:
Hello everyone,
It has been a while since I toyed with my Zuk Z2 and I totally missed the Oreo train.
I would like to update my custom ROM with the newest Resurrection Remix OS but some things are still quite unclear.
I saw a lot of talk around updating the baseband version to enable offline charging. And some users also recommend to flash a stock ZUI Oreo ROM before flashing any custom Oreo.
My question is : can I update only my baseband using (fastboot or TWRP) and then directly flash RR 6.0 using the standard full wipe ?
Does that make sense or do I have to take the extra step with the stock ROM ? If so : which version should I install ? 1.9 and then let the OTA do their job ? Will it lock my bootloader again ?
Finally, what step should I take to make this upgrade as easy as possible ?
I am sorry if those questions have been asked lots of time before but I can't figure a clear answer about all of this,
Cheers,
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For offline charging flash at beast kernal

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Most stable fully functional ROM?

I've out of the XDA/Android world for a while. But I remember that 80+% of the roms had nasty bugs, esp. w the camera, calling, etc. pretty basic usability stuff.
After trying basicly every rom out there, i went back to the Indian Zui. I,m on 2.5.104 Nougat while upgrading twice from 1.9 and relocking the bootloader.
While stock zui doesn't quite get close to Antutu scores on custom roms (i get roughly 130k) all other aspects are miles better. U-touch, camera, fingerprint, everything works beautifully. I get about 6 hours of SOT every time. And it's super stable with Google services working great, opposed to the chinese roms.
Zui grows on you after a while and i will not go back to any other rom. I also own a Z1 and it's also running Zui 2.3 better or the same as CM that it came with. Everything just works and if nothing else, i want a working u-touch, which never works like it should on custom roms. Camera is a disaster on most custom roms. Since Z2 doesn't really have a superb camera, it's really bad on custom roms. So there you go - my personal opinion.
tommyboy7 said:
After trying basicly every rom out there, i went back to the Indian Zui. I,m on 2.5.104 Nougat while upgrading twice from 1.9 and relocking the bootloader.
While stock zui doesn't quite get close to Antutu scores on custom roms (i get roughly 130k) all other aspects are miles better. U-touch, camera, fingerprint, everything works beautifully. I get about 6 hours of SOT every time. And it's super stable with Google services working great, opposed to the chinese roms.
Zui grows on you after a while and i will not go back to any other rom. I also own a Z1 and it's also running Zui 2.3 better or the same as CM that it came with. Everything just works and if nothing else, i want a working u-touch, which never works like it should on custom roms. Camera is a disaster on most custom roms. Since Z2 doesn't really have a superb camera, it's really bad on custom roms. So there you go - my personal opinion.
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Do u have screen freeze issues....or do u know how to fix it
tommyboy7 said:
After trying basicly every rom out there, i went back to the Indian Zui. I,m on 2.5.104 Nougat while upgrading twice from 1.9 and relocking the bootloader.
While stock zui doesn't quite get close to Antutu scores on custom roms (i get roughly 130k) all other aspects are miles better. U-touch, camera, fingerprint, everything works beautifully. I get about 6 hours of SOT every time. And it's super stable with Google services working great, opposed to the chinese roms.
Zui grows on you after a while and i will not go back to any other rom. I also own a Z1 and it's also running Zui 2.3 better or the same as CM that it came with. Everything just works and if nothing else, i want a working u-touch, which never works like it should on custom roms. Camera is a disaster on most custom roms. Since Z2 doesn't really have a superb camera, it's really bad on custom roms. So there you go - my personal opinion.
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Did you flash through twrp (deodexed) or stock ROM?
tommyboy7 said:
After trying basicly every rom out there, i went back to the Indian Zui. I,m on 2.5.104 Nougat while upgrading twice from 1.9 and relocking the bootloader.
While stock zui doesn't quite get close to Antutu scores on custom roms (i get roughly 130k) all other aspects are miles better. U-touch, camera, fingerprint, everything works beautifully. I get about 6 hours of SOT every time. And it's super stable with Google services working great, opposed to the chinese roms.
Zui grows on you after a while and i will not go back to any other rom. I also own a Z1 and it's also running Zui 2.3 better or the same as CM that it came with. Everything just works and if nothing else, i want a working u-touch, which never works like it should on custom roms. Camera is a disaster on most custom roms. Since Z2 doesn't really have a superb camera, it's really bad on custom roms. So there you go - my personal opinion.
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I agree with you.
I respect Dev's efforts and time to build and test roms which work for majority of the consumer's.
But personally i am also back to stock indian zui.
Maybe because I need a firmware I can trust to perform everytime.
I get around 7-8 (sometime 9) hours sot. I don't use volte as I am on Airtel carrier. Using non root greenify for manual hibernation.
Personally I don't feel any lag or stutter on stock ROM too.
I don't demand any cool features in a rom.
All i need is 1. good camera ( photos without noise)
2.Manageable in call volume ( which is currently the issue in viperos) *again no offence to the Dev or his work , viperos is a good rom
3. Sure shot quick gps lock ( i depend on Google maps alot)
4. Better battery and Ram management.
For now I am sticking with stock.
I would also go for stock for the same reasons (at least on my girls phone) but I am experiencing heat issues. Custom kernels don't seems to be working for the stock rom, are they?
I am currently on AEX with DarkMoon kernel and it seems to be working well. Haven't tried camera yet though.
You guys don't have heat issues on the stock??
Many users have been complaining that after ugrading OTA to stock Indian Nougat the performance decreases significantly and phone lags. The result is Antutu of about 110k or in some cases even down to 90k.
I had a similar experience with barely 110k which is on paar with SD 660. The second time I went back to stock I did a factory reset right after upgrading to Nougat. Now it's back to 130k and there is no lagging.
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siva-kumar said:
Did you flash through twrp (deodexed) or stock ROM?
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Qfil original Chinese stock 1.9 which relocks the bootloader and puts the phone to "virgin" state. And after that also Qfil Indian 2.0. After that it OTA's twice to Indian Nougat 2.5.104ST.
Deodexed bootlooped my phone to the extent I had to use deep flash cable. I saw a Zuk logo for a second then it rebooted over and over again.
I would be careful with that
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asrone96 said:
Do u have screen freeze issues....or do u know how to fix it
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Nothing of such on my unit. It never freezed on any rom. I have a Chinese unit though.
If that happens it could be hardware issue. Is it happening on different roms?
tommyboy7 said:
Qfil original Chinese stock 1.9 which relocks the bootloader and puts the phone to "virgin" state. And after that also Qfil Indian 2.0. After that it OTA's twice to Indian Nougat 2.5.104ST.
Deodexed bootlooped my phone to the extent I had to use deep flash cable. I saw a Zuk logo for a second then it rebooted over and over again.
I would be careful with that
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I got that when trying the Chinese deodexed. Fixed it by unlocking the boot loader again. That's all needed to fix the boot loop.
Now on Indian deodexed. I will test for a few days. Battery seems to drain faster than AEX. Let's see.
What's the biggest downside you experienced of using a custom rom on your Z2?
dibt359 said:
What's the biggest downside you experienced of using a custom rom on your Z2?
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Camera definitely plus no working u-touch on most roms.
Bluetooth, fingerprint and hotspot can also be problematic. Battery is better on some roms, performance is also waay better.
I mean on most of the custom roms, eveything just flies. No delay or lag, just like using nitro in nfs)
In that aspect, it's a different phone alltogether.
But i cannot live with the camera quality.
Otherwise DU, RR AICP, Discovery, Mokee.....awesome roms.
Help me please.
Hi! Currently I am using latest AEX. Battery life is good. But camera and utouch quality is very poor. Regretting to leave stock Indian rom. Can you please guide me step by step and give me the download link to restore back to my stock Indian rom with a fresh virgin start. I don't have any issues to delete all my internal storage data. All I need the stock rom with factory state. Where I can update it over OTA. No unlocked bootloader no custom recovery, nothing.
Thanks in advance mate.
onlyrerk said:
Hi! Currently I am using latest AEX. Battery life is good. But camera and utouch quality is very poor. Regretting to leave stock Indian rom. Can you please guide me step by step and give me the download link to restore back to my stock Indian rom with a fresh virgin start. I don't have any issues to delete all my internal storage data. All I need the stock rom with factory state. Where I can update it over OTA. No unlocked bootloader no custom recovery, nothing.
Thanks in advance mate.
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Hi mate. There u go
Link 1
Link 2
Link 3
The procedure is as follows
1) Use windows x64, install adb drivers, zuk drivers 1.0X QC drivers and Qfil
2) Enable usb debugging in developer options on your current rom
3) put the phone to edl with "adb reboot edl" or with hardware buttons
4) download the chinese 1.9 rom and unpack it
5) run qfil which should detect your phone as Qualcomn Qloader 9008
6) Select Flat build, search for firehose and raw from the folder of 1.9 rom
7) Select download and it should flash
8) if successfull go through the initial chinese setup and enable usb debugging
9) repeat the above steps flashing indian stock rom in the link
10) if successfull the phone will boot up in stock indian rom, do 2 OTA's and you have indian Nougat 2.5.104ST, bootloader locked. Then do a factory reset and you're done
I did this a couple of times on 3 z2's. The issues are limited to drivers not being installed, usb port issues and usb cable issues. In most cases the problem is a phone not being recognized or putting the phone to edl mode.
If you do the steps correctly, it will work.

Best Custom Oreo 8.1.0 Flashings

Based on Motorola releasing Official oreo somewhen in 5634 a.c. .... I can tell 4sho i dont care anymore. . got these custom settings by myself and system is running in almost perfection....
Lineage 15.1 latest build June.
No other Kernel....just Vaches Lineage.
Gapps Oreo Nano latest build.
Arnova8G2 Camera...whatever works the best for you...my case v6.
Titanium Backup...for that of saving Apps with settings only not rom settings.
Magisk v1604 with Safetynet working perfectly.
TWRP 3210.
My pals....this is working just amazing no issues battery performance outstanding....overall performance etc....and let me tell ya I got back device from brain dead....black screen full hard brick not being able to install any stock rom anymore but....the same....i dont care anymore it is working amazing!!!
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I have tried to flash new AlIcee Kernel but i got bricked device with both treble and non treble
Are there any custom roms for the Moto G 5 plus that have the okay google command working with the screen off?
Archangel said:
Are there any custom roms for the Moto G 5 plus that have the okay google command working with the screen off?
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Im using this with no issues at all
So you can say Okay Google with the screen off and it responds? I thought that this didnt work on any custom roms? I have tried them all except for Lineage and none of them have ever worked for me?
LLegion said:
Im using this with no issues at all
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Archangel said:
Are there any custom roms for the Moto G 5 plus that have the okay google command working with the screen off?
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Archangel said:
So you can say Okay Google with the screen off and it responds? I thought that this didnt work on any custom roms? I have tried them all except for Lineage and none of them have ever worked for me?
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That is correct no issue so far altought barely never use that feature
Does anyone know the correct installation combination for lineage rom + allizee kernel???
LLegion said:
Based on Motorola releasing Official oreo somewhen in 5634 a.c. .... I can tell 4sho i dont care anymore. . got these custom settings by myself and system is running in almost perfection....
Lineage 15.1 latest build June.
No other Kernel....just Vaches Lineage.
Gapps Oreo Nano latest build.
Arnova8G2 Camera...whatever works the best for you...my case v6.
Titanium Backup...for that of saving Apps with settings only not rom settings.
Magisk v1604 with Safetynet working perfectly.
TWRP 3210.
My pals....this is working just amazing no issues battery performance outstanding....overall performance etc....and let me tell ya I got back device from brain dead....black screen full hard brick not being able to install any stock rom anymore but....the same....i dont care anymore it is working amazing!!!
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How is the audio clarity and quality when compared to the stock ROM? I have stopped flashing any custom ROMs - be it Oreo or Pie just because of this issue. Also, could you please share the full camera version that you are currently using - is that without the Portrait mode? Also, how much screen-on time are you getting?
Hello there... this post got my interest too. I have jumped back and forth between stock and custom. It is sad "for me" that it seems most devs have given up on supporting / maintaining Oreo 8.1. Everyone is trying to iron out the bugs in a Pie custom... however, I simply want the stability to be there... especially with the camera features and battery life. I am not a gamer either, btw. With all of that said, I have a question or two please.
1. Why did you quote using an older version of Magisk? Is there a compatibility thing that I should be aware of?
2. With the Gcam mod you referenced, does stability work smoothly while recording video? I have found that in many custom builds the stability mode can be jerky and no too smooth.
TIA

Best Custom Oreo Combo Experience

Well here I am just giving muy very own personal opinión on the Best Custom Experience I have with Oreo 810 cuz roms and apps.....list is as follows:
TWRP 3210 Advanced Wipe and Select everything except of course External Sd Card...erease everything including internal Storage..we want dead that also....then select FORMAT DATA...to make sure everything is gone....
install Lineage 15.1 July Build.
OpenGapps 810 64 bits nano.
Restart and Initiate Oreo basic setup.
Install Magisk Manager APK restart to Recovery.
Install Magisk 16 Stable restart into Oreo make sure Magisk Manager does recognize Magisk 16.
Click on Vaerify Safety Net click on dowload script and validaty...it will give fail...restart to recovery.
Flash universal-safetynet-fix-v2-beta-5-magisk-v14.zip this is the one FUNCTIONING 100% TESTED BY MYSELF....restart into Oreo now.
Now if you do have corruptable App like titanium Backup install those apps and run any Backup.
Finally flash Alizee Kernel v14 for Non Treble.
For camera I have Arnova Mod test any u want works for me v6 latest Stable.
Below you can attachements as proof. Thanks!
My Oreo working Flash Perfect no Issues.
nice guide! Just wondering if the vendor image message still pops up? This usually happens after flashing the safetynet fix. I know it doesn't do anything and everything still works fine. But, for some reason it always bothered me with lineage os because, it never happend on other roms.
Yes bro it happens keep giving that vendor image error message but as you said already its fine not giving any issues at all.
LLegion said:
Yes bro it happens keep giving that vendor image error message but as you said already its fine not giving any issues at all.
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Weird that it doesn't happen on other roms. Lineage seems to be the only rom having issues with magisk and safety net. Atleast it works fine even with that message. But it still bothers me for some reason. But i'm gonna save this guide because, I might need it someday
For me the best combinatiom for both performance and battery life
InsaneNexuS said:
Weird that it doesn't happen on other roms. Lineage seems to be the only rom having issues with magisk and safety net. Atleast it works fine even with that message. But it still bothers me for some reason. But i'm gonna save this guide because, I might need it someday
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dont flash safety net fix majority of rom comes with safetynet
dhinesh_cool said:
dont flash safety net fix majority of rom comes with safetynet
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I tried the last lineage and it doesn't come with safetynet, so thats why every one flashes the fix
LLegion said:
Well here I am just giving muy very own personal opinión on the Best Custom Experience I have with Oreo 810 cuz roms and apps.....list is as follows:
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My Oreo working Flash Perfect no Issues.
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Can I get link for everything mentioned, cause I have trouble finding everything except lineage n Gapps
hi guys
do you think once official oreo will be released we will have more improvements on 8.1 roms? to which degree?
i waited to update until now, seeing a lot of concerns about camera and various random bugs, (been flashing lot of nasty roms quite happily, but now i feel just a tad more prudent )
sineste said:
hi guys
do you think once official oreo will be released we will have more improvements on 8.1 roms? to which degree?
i waited to update until now, seeing a lot of concerns about camera and various random bugs, (been flashing lot of nasty roms quite happily, but now i feel just a tad more prudent )
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As Motorola will most probably release the kernel sources/source code for our device short after the Oreo OTA it will help the developers a lot to fix all this device related bugs. So yes, it makes sense to wait for it.
Sent from my Moto G5 Plus using XDA Labs
sineste said:
hi guys
do you think once official oreo will be released we will have more improvements on 8.1 roms? to which degree?
i waited to update until now, seeing a lot of concerns about camera and various random bugs, (been flashing lot of nasty roms quite happily, but now i feel just a tad more prudent )
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U r posting irrelevant stuff
sineste said:
hi guys
do you think once official oreo will be released we will have more improvements on 8.1 roms? to which degree?
i waited to update until now, seeing a lot of concerns about camera and various random bugs, (been flashing lot of nasty roms quite happily, but now i feel just a tad more prudent )
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i believe yes, it will improve. I'm personally waiting for some dev to port the P GSI specifically for our device, like other devs did with the MI A1.

Android stock ambient display on Oreo?

Hello guys,
I am on stock Oreo, is it possible please to get somehow the stock ambient display instead of Moto display? I have read that on some phones disabling moto app will bring back ambient display, but it didnt work out for me.
Thank you for your answers
Jakub
kubick4 said:
Hello guys,
I am on stock Oreo, is it possible please to get somehow the stock ambient display instead of Moto display? I have read that on some phones disabling moto app will bring back ambient display, but it didnt work out for me.
Thank you for your answers
Jakub
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I don't think that there's a way to have stock ambient display with StockROM by Motorola. However, most of the CustomROMs have this ability.
Btw, a little bit off-topic.. but aren't you from Slovakia too?
Andrej_SK said:
Btw, a little bit off-topic.. but aren't you from Slovakia too? [/SIZE]
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Yes, I am, I have seen you here on the forum
Take care brother!
Edit: Maybe you can help me...is here any custom rom which has good call sound and working camera?
kubick4 said:
Yes, I am, I have seen you here on the forum
Take care brother!
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Still can't believe that I'm not the only one human from "a little big country" on xda. Take care too!
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Edit: Maybe you can help me...is here any custom rom which has good call sound and working camera?
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Each CustomROM that I tried had some bugs. Unfortunately, all of them had slightly disorted sound during a call in comparison with StockROM. However, these ones (mentioned below) are the best in my opinion:
7.0 - debloated stock https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/development/rom-debloated-optimized-t3722396
7.1.2 - LineageOS 14.1 https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/development/7-1-x-lineageos-14-1-moto-g5-t3611973
I would recommend you to use this build of LOS 14.1, if you are interested https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GO7i7h1QQcD8oY3uUBr4a2u1gJzlRkzk/view. I faced a huge problem - apps like Snapchat, Instagram or Messenger started to freeze and force close randomly, but only with august 2018 build (the latest one). Reboot didn't help at all, reinstall of LOS or crashing apps fixed problem just temporarily. Flashing build from june 2018 (link mentioned in this paragraph) seems to be a permanent fix.
If you are running stock Oreo, you have to downgrade to Nougat first. Otherwise, your fingerprint scanner will not work with any Nougat based CustomROM (idk about Oreo ones ). How to downgrade a Moto device without getting hardbrick? It's simple - make sure, yours device's bootlaoder is properly unlocked. Then, flash everything except gpt and bootloader to avoid hardbrick while downgrading. Running "fastboot erase modemst1" and "fastboot erase modemst2" commands wipes IMEI, so exclude them also.
8.1.0 - AOSPExtended 5.4 https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/development/rom-aospextended-5-0-t3710925 with Alize v10 kernel https://drive.google.com/file/d/1W9s2Wd52buDLglqOX2cEsgHTD0qWFHbv/view.
I have already tried this combination and there was no problem while taking photos and recording videos using Footej Camera.
If you decide to try this ROM with gapps installed alongside, follow this tutorial before the first boot https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5/how-to/how-to-repair-bootloop-oreo-roms-t3791189. Otherwise, your phone will be stuck in bootloop.
Thank you for your comprehensive guide to custom roms
It's shame there isnt any custom rom with everything working fine. I think I will go back to Lineage 14.1 and then buy a new phone. Motos arent the same since Lenovo took them.

New Oneplus Owner... Where to Start?

Hey everyone, just got my 7T. I've heard great things about Oxygen, and it seems like everything is optimized. I'm just not sure where to go from here. I'm coming from a LeEco LE Pro 3, and the ROM path has been the only option (android 6 was the last official version for that phone, and we have 10 via ROM now). Is there any reason to try a different ROM on this phone? What about different kernels? Is there any good reason to leave stock? I'll definitely root my phone, but I'm not sure about the kernel/ROM changes.
I appreciate your input!
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Hey everyone, just got my 7T. I've heard great things about Oxygen, and it seems like everything is optimized. I'm just not sure where to go from here. I'm coming from a LeEco LE Pro 3, and the ROM path has been the only option (android 6 was the last official version for that phone, and we have 10 via ROM now). Is there any reason to try a different ROM on this phone? What about different kernels? Is there any good reason to leave stock? I'll definitely root my phone, but I'm not sure about the kernel/ROM changes.
I appreciate your input!
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I like Oxygen very much and flashed arters kernel only for better battery life. I tried the custom ROMs too, but battery wasn't that good. If you are happy with Oxy stay on it. If you need some more feature, take a custom rom. It depends always on what you want and what you like.
I've always been an AOSP guy, but OOS on 7T is good. all you customization you need get be added through gravitybox, renovate ICE. Other than always on display, I don't see what aosp can offer on top of OOS. Last I tried, AOSP had some auto brightness and fingerprint issue. with OOS you still have face unlock which AOSP don't. you can also add horizon lights with renovate ICE.
You'll know if you will like OOS or not.
If you plan on going the ROM route, try Omni or Tresk. I'm currently running Tresk and it's excellent! Better battery than OOS, AOD, better theming, and overall cleaner "Google" interface.
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I'm currently running Tresk and it's excellent! Better battery than OOS.
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Maybe with Stock OOS, but you will definitely get better battery results with OOS + arters kernel. Even idle drain is less with it. This time Oxygen is very hard to beat.
Thanks for all the replies. I'm going to stick to stock for now and try the custom kernel for better battery life.
Kollachi said:
Maybe with Stock OOS, but you will definitely get better battery results with OOS + arters kernel. Even idle drain is less with it. This time Oxygen is very hard to beat.
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I have not tried this combination. Too many deal breakers for me with OOS so I jumped quickly.
I advice you to flash OxygenOS Open beta 3. It's a bit more stable for my 7T.
OxygenOS already feels like a custom rom, so I don't really feel the need to flash 3rd party roms.
xocomaox said:
You'll know if you will like OOS or not.
If you plan on going the ROM route, try Omni or Tresk. I'm currently running Tresk and it's excellent! Better battery than OOS, AOD, better theming, and overall cleaner "Google" interface.
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Is there any installation how-to for Tresk? I didn`t find anywhere on their site, beside download link and wonder why there's no topic for Tresk in OP7T section?
Everything works fine ?
Thanks.
anak1n said:
Is there any installation how-to for Tresk? I didn`t find anywhere on their site, beside download link and wonder why there's no topic for Tresk in OP7T section?
Everything works fine ?
Thanks.
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The instructions are in the Telegram group.
anak1n said:
Is there any installation how-to for Tresk? I didn`t find anywhere on their site, beside download link and wonder why there's no topic for Tresk in OP7T section?
Everything works fine ?
Thanks.
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Join their Telegram group.
Flashing steps for OnePlus 7T:
(For the first time installation)
Things you will need:
Payload Dumper
https://t.me/treskmod/190469
Bat file that wipes and flashes to both sides on initial install
https://t.me/treskmod/195379
Current Stable HD65AA Firmware on both sides, it has been reported that BA (EU) firmware has issues with FP.
- local upgrade or flash OOS firmware to side A
- reboot to OOS
- local upgrade or flash OOS firmware to side B
- reboot to bootloader
- dump latest treskmod payload.bin using payload dumper
- place the bat file in your output directory, or wherever you decide to keep images
- run the bat (this will wipe, a wipe is necessary on initial installation coming from OOS, after that, just OTA)
the bat file can be modified to suit any particular need.
- reboot to treskmod and enjoy
- root
- either wait for me to to post a patched boot.img, which you can then "fastboot boot nameofimage.img" in fastboot mode, then patch your own, or just make your own patched boot with magisk manager. (make sure preserve avb and preserve encryption are both checked)
- when taking an OTA, once its finished, don't reboot, and have magisk patch the inactive slot, then reboot.
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xocomaox said:
You'll know if you will like OOS or not.
If you plan on going the ROM route, try Omni or Tresk. I'm currently running Tresk and it's excellent! Better battery than OOS, AOD, better theming, and overall cleaner "Google" interface.
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See how come I don't see that name around xda? Tresk? Where can I find this rom? I've been craving to try a rom but the one here idk they be having to many things broken.
Edit: ok just seen this sorry telegram it is thanks.
anak1n said:
Is there any installation how-to for Tresk? I didn`t find anywhere on their site, beside download link and wonder why there's no topic for Tresk in OP7T section?
Everything works fine ?
Thanks.
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Warp charging doesn't work on Treskmod (only Dash charging)
ej8989 said:
Warp charging doesn't work on Treskmod (only Dash charging)
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Are you sure? I've been warp charging just fine on Tresk. But I am using Weeb kernel.
I have the US variant of the 7T. Can I flash the beta for India or Global? It doesn't look like the US beta has been updated.
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I have the US variant of the 7T. Can I flash the beta for India or Global? It doesn't look like the US beta has been updated.
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Global ist ok. Don't know about India.
I used to switch between different ROMS and Kernels but latest oxygen + adaway is pretty close to perfection.
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Global ist ok. Don't know about India.
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Installed global and it works just fine. Thanks!

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