Required : Opinions for Pixel Experience Rom - Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Questions & Answers

Hello Guys, I just bought a Lenovo Z2 Plus and wanted to install a custom rom on it. I did my thorough research through XDA and Youtube about various OREO based custom roms available for this phone. I like the Pixel Experience Rom but I am a newbie in flashing custom roms. I read in few threads about network connectivity issues in the Pixel Experience Rom and Resurrection Remix rom as well. In few of the youtube videos, I saw that the battery backup and Antutu score of Pixel Experience rom is marginally lower when compared to Resurrection Remix.
Can you guys give me your opinion on which rom should I install on my stock device. Kindly please provide the respective rom's Antutu Benchmark scores and Screen On Time especially for the Pixel Experience Rom. Please guide me about the bootloader unlocking and TRWP installation process as well. The last time I did all these was 2 years ago so kindly help me.
Thanks.

I have tried the PE (Pixel Exp) ROM and here my observations on that.
The Good
Extremely fluid. Performance is mind blowing. I have tried 3 Custom ROM so far (AEX, RR, PE) and PE felt the best performing in terms day to day device usage. Feels like PE is meant for Z2 Plus and vise versa. Everything works out of the box, GApps are preloaded, ROM is simple but very effective. All sensors, every piece of hardware included in the phone works perfectly. I never felt it was a custom rom, felt like meant for Z2 Plus.
The Bad
Not just just pixel, this is present in all Custom ROM for me and my device. I am from India, and using Reliance Jio VoLTE.
Now the problem is network reception isn't as good as stock ZUI.
The 2.4GHz WiFi got limited to 72 mbps only. Stock ZUI has no problem, tried changing few ROMs and finally settled with AEX which I see can connect to 2.4GHz WiFi and 150 mbps. I have tried baseband 1.76 (ZUI 2.5.104 ST India) and baseband 1.70 (Latest) for ZUI 3.5.3xx China. Nothing seems to help. Out of 4 ROM, Stock ZUI (2.5/3.5), PE, RR, AEX, only ZUI and AEX are able to give me a 150 mbps wifi link speed.
Now regarding the VoLTE reception. VoLTE works fine but network is fluctuating like hell. For me, the same is present in all three custom rom I have tried. AEX, RR, PE. Tried baseband 1.70/1.76 but couldn't solve it. There are no call drops but network isn't stable at all. Tested with Reliance Jio NetVelocity app for detailed information and it seems with none of the Custom ROM, Phone is able to sustain a stable 2300 MHz link. Falls back to 1800 MHz and 850 MHz randomly. Network speed wasn't bad, infact I would say satisfactory.
Only ZUI seems to have a stable Jio reception for me.
The Ugly
Battery issue. SOT is similar with 3 roms I have tried. PE/RR/AEX but something under PE is causing serious battery drain while idle. Overnight the phone is losing 2.5% to 3% battery per hour. I have tested to different custom kernel. AR-Beast and Heliox v2.0 with PE. Liked AR-Beast better as Heliox would underclock the CPU/GPU. Now with AR-Beast the idle battery drain came down to just around 1% per hour but still higher than default Resurrection Remix (RR ROM) or AEX ROM.
Presently using AEX ROM without any extra modification. Performance isnt as fuild as Pixel ROM but less problematic than others. Infact only ROM allowing me a 150mbps WiFi link speed.
Please guide me about the bootloader unlocking and TRWP installation process as well. The last time I did all these was 2 years ago so kindly help me.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/how-to/z2-z2-plus-bootloader-unlock-twrp-t3615283
Follow this guide to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP. Then installation processor of ROM will depend on which ROM you select. Note, there are two different ROM type now. 1. Full Treble 2. Non Treble. Installation process are different for them.
Pixel is a non treble ROM. Like 2 years ago, you would feel similar setup process.
If you chose Pixel, after you have unlocked and got TWRP installed,
1. download PE ROM
2. boot into TWRP
3. Wipe system, data, cache, dalvik
4. Flash ROM
5. Wipe Cache
6. Reboot
If all went ok, frist boot will take a few minutes and you will be asked to setup your Google Account under Pixel Exp ROM.
Remember, I am not an expert so wait for others to comment and guide you !! Just sharing from my personal experience !!
Good luck.

NaXal said:
I have tried the PE (Pixel Exp) ROM and here my observations on that.
Battery issue. SOT is similar with 3 roms I have tried. PE/RR/AEX but something under PE is causing serious battery drain while idle. Overnight the phone is losing 2.5% to 3% battery per hour. I have tested to different custom kernel. AR-Beast and Heliox v2.0 with PE. Liked AR-Beast better as Heliox would underclock the CPU/GPU. Now with AR-Beast the idle battery drain came down to just around 1% per hour but still higher than default Resurrection Remix (RR ROM) or AEX ROM.
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Thanks man, can you provide the link for AR Beast kernel. When should I flash it, I mean along with rom or after flashing rom?

4tanmoy said:
Thanks man, can you provide the link for AR Beast kernel. When should I flash it, I mean along with rom or after flashing rom?
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...rbeast-kernel-r2-3-18-81-jan-14-2018-t3735016
You need the NON-TREBLE new trees for PE ROM
Now as I said I am no expert so I dont know if one should flash kernel at one go. I can only tell you what I did.
First I did the PE. Setup the phone and used it for 20 odd minutes while setting up all the things. Then I went on to flash the AR-Beast. Some one suggested me not not turn on the phone immediately after kernel flash. Rather power off from TWRP wait for 10 mins before switch on. I don't know if it is required or not, but I have followed that advice.
Thanks.

@4tanmoy
One small mistake from my end. PE ROM comes with GApps included. So when you flash PE ROM, you don't need to Flash GApps again.

NaXal said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...rbeast-kernel-r2-3-18-81-jan-14-2018-t3735016
You need the NON-TREBLE new trees for PE ROM
Now as I said I am no expert so I dont know if one should flash kernel at one go. I can only tell you what I did.
First I did the PE. Setup the phone and used it for 20 odd minutes while setting up all the things. Then I went on to flash the AR-Beast. Some one suggested me not not turn on the phone immediately after kernel flash. Rather power off from TWRP wait for 10 mins before switch on. I don't know if it is required or not, but I have followed that advice.
Thanks.
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thanks

4tanmoy said:
thanks
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Did you flash it ?
Share your experiences with Pixel. What is working, what's not, how is it doing ?

NaXal said:
Did you flash it ?
Share your experiences with Pixel. What is working, what's not, how is it doing ?
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Yes, I did some more research. Flashed PE with UberCool.
After Setup, I flashed AR Kernal and SuperSu.
Installed Google Camera Mod for HDR+ and Potrait Modes.
Flashed Dialer Fix to resolve the dialer problem as it showed that phone is not supported when launching dialer. now fixed.
The PE ui is butter smooth, phone doesnot heats anymore. Charged last night till 100 % and browsed youtube, downloaded my preferred apps from play store, browsed quora for 30 mins, took some pictures. In the morning I played subway surfers, clash royal, some web browsing, downloaded all remaining apps for my phone. The battery is now 59% while I typing this from the phone.
Overall, I am astonished by the PE smoothness and completely satisfied by the battery life.

Excellent !!
Could you please check two things, how is the battery drainage overnight? While phone is idle.
Secondly, what is the WiFi Link speed?
Basically, two of my main problems lol

NaXal said:
Excellent !!
Could you please check two things, how is the battery drainage overnight? While phone is idle.
Secondly, what is the WiFi Link speed?
Basically, two of my main problems lol
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the wifi link speed is 72 mbps and about battery drainage overnight, i'll post tomorrow morning

regarding battery drain, I slept at 02:40 at night at 21 %. Woke up at 08:15 at 17 %. I guess 1% per hour. I am getting a Stand By time of 20+ hours and Screen On Time of more than 5 hours 30 minutes approximately.

4tanmoy said:
regarding battery drain, I slept at 02:40 at night at 21 %. Woke up at 08:15 at 17 %. I guess 1% per hour. I am getting a Stand By time of 20+ hours and Screen On Time of more than 5 hours 30 minutes approximately.
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Thanks for the reply.
Your data is very similar to what I have experienced with Pixel ROM.
This drainage is one of the issue for which I had to move out of Pixel ROM

Excellent review, I too installed PE and is enjoying every bit of Pixel, but the main problem I am facing is ,my phone's all sensors are dead or not working has tried Zuk Official too The nougat Indian and The Oreo Chinese version, but without any luck proximity gyroscope pedometer and other sensors are not working,
Would like ask someone from the forum to please help me to fix the isaue, as far as Custom rom in Zuk 2 I will stick to Pixel as it is the best till now what ever I have used . I have TWRP installed has flashed sensor.zip available in the Zuk Forum but nothing seems to work.
Waiting for a reply from the forum members it they take out sometime to help a man is distress.

Kamal_halder said:
has tried Zuk Official too The nougat Indian and The Oreo Chinese version, but without any luck proximity gyroscope pedometer and other sensors are not working,
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Its a clear sign that something wrong with the hardware.
Do you have warranty left ?
If you do, QFIL 1.9 then flash 2.5 Indian ROM. Everything will be bone stock with locked bootloader and stock recovery. Go and claim warranty !!

NaXal said:
Its a clear sign that something wrong with the hardware.
Do you have warranty left ?
If you do, QFIL 1.9 then flash 2.5 Indian ROM. Everything will be bone stock with locked bootloader and stock recovery. Go and claim warranty !!
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Thanks for the reply but I think it has nothing to go with hardware issue, has read several posts mentioning same problem and they got it resolved one or the other way I am waiting for the same and as fast as warranty is concerned I don't think it has . Purchased long ago .

Kamal_halder said:
Thanks for the reply but I think it has nothing to go with hardware issue, has read several posts mentioning same problem and they got it resolved one or the other way I am waiting for the same and as fast as warranty is concerned I don't think it has . Purchased long ago .
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If the issue is present with stock ROM also with bone stock phone, then it feels that the issue is with the Hardware.
Anyway, hope you find a solution and if you do, pls post that so that for reference if later down the some one needs he can fix his issue.

Kamal_halder said:
Thanks for the reply but I think it has nothing to go with hardware issue, has read several posts mentioning same problem and they got it resolved one or the other way I am waiting for the same and as fast as warranty is concerned I don't think it has . Purchased long ago .
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Flash sensor.zip(you will find it in the main thread) then wipe dalvik/cache and reboot. If the problem persist disable ur every battery saving related mod. Lemme know If still dosent work.

Lankapatiraawan said:
Flash sensor.zip(you will find it in the main thread) then wipe dalvik/cache and reboot. If the problem persist disable ur every battery saving related mod. Lemme know If still dosent work.
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Yes did that but nothing changed no sensor worked proximity nor gyroscope nothing did worked. I recently goty display changed seems that the chap has forgotten to clip the sensors stip. I assume that .

Kamal_halder said:
Yes did that but nothing changed no sensor worked proximity nor gyroscope nothing did worked. I recently goty display changed seems that the chap has forgotten to clip the sensors stip. I assume that .
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How much for the display change?
I got a friend with cracked 3GB variant needing a display change. Just taking an idea about approximately how much you spent for this change

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[ROM][E6553][6.0.1] Unofficial CM13 [20160710]

This CyanogenMod Rom is made by Thomas231 all credits should go to him.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY CAUSE YOUR DEVICE
Your Bootloader must be unlocked and TWRP recovery installed.
Installation:
-Place rom.zip and GApps on your internal SDcard
-Reboot into TWRP and make a Backup of your System (boot,system,data)
-In TWRP delete your data and cache/dalvik
-Flash rom.zip and GApps
-restart your device (first start take a few minutes)
-done
Bugs:
The Sony AOSP Camera Driver Bug for all kitakami Devices.
Downloads: cm-13.0-20160710-UNOFFICIAL-ivy.zip
TWRP
reserved
good job, nice ,nice work hahahaha lol
Anyone running this right now? I'm wondering if we can use Android Pay if not rooted on CM13
I will try it today and post some screenshots
Will try it right now and will provide screens
Sent from my E6553 using XDA-Developers mobile app
lukeaddison said:
Anyone running this right now? I'm wondering if we can use Android Pay if not rooted on CM13
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I'm running it right now, but unfortunately can neither confirm nor deny if Android Pay is working since I live in a country where Android Pay is not (yet?) available.
So im running the rom right now and its all fine except that the battery seems to drain faster than its charging with a 1.5 amp charger.
Misanful said:
So im running the rom right now and its all fine except that the battery seems to drain faster than its charging with a 1.5 amp charger.
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That's weird indeed, I'm running mine on a 2A charger right now and everything is like with the stock Sony ROM. I had a few apps on my phone which drained the battery pretty heavily before I used Greenify in BOOST mode (btw, systemless Xposed works so far with this ROM).
is it work with dual sim? or just only for single sim?
feizhel_vandrago said:
is it work with dual sim? or just only for single sim?
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It definitely works with the Single SIM version, I can neither confirm nor deny if the ROM works with the dual SIM version since I don't have the dual SIM version. From what I can tell the drivers I used don't seem to be compatible with the dual SIM version. If you want to give it a shot, though, feel free to do so and I would kindly ask you to report back with your results.
Waiting for the version for E6533(Dual Sim)
Thx
So i've been testing the rom (rooted) now for 3 days on my E6553 (single sim) and i would say that it's a good rom but right now i wouldnt use it as a daily driver, i (at least) get random freezes and generally a realy slow and jaggy experience when compared to Sony stock firmware .224/.253. And the fact that the Back camera doesnt work in this rom makes it impossible for me to use since i take a lot of pictures and use snapchat. I experienced many problems with charging like the device draining faster than its charging and at sometimes just would not charge at all, tested with 4 different chargers and with another rom. There is also a problem with i think the kernel because when i was watching netflix or youtube after 3-5 minutes the video would start lagging really bad because the cpu was basically sleeping with only one core at about 400 mhz until i tapped the screen so input boost was activated and the device could render the video properly. (the device was not in any kind of power saving mode) If someone continue to develop this rom ide be glad to test the builds for bugs and etc! :cyclops: i would give the rom 6/10 doughnuts, For now im switching back to Stock .253
Misanful said:
So i've been testing the rom (rooted) now for 3 days on my E6553 (single sim) and i would say that it's a good rom but right now i wouldnt use it as a daily driver, i (at least) get random freezes and generally a realy slow and jaggy experience when compared to Sony stock firmware .224/.253. And the fact that the Back camera doesnt work in this rom makes it impossible for me to use since i take a lot of pictures and use snapchat. I experienced many problems with charging like the device draining faster than its charging and at sometimes just would not charge at all, tested with 4 different chargers and with another rom. There is also a problem with i think the kernel because when i was watching netflix or youtube after 3-5 minutes the video would start lagging really bad because the cpu was basically sleeping with only one core at about 400 mhz until i tapped the screen so input boost was activated and the device could render the video properly. (the device was not in any kind of power saving mode) If someone continue to develop this rom ide be glad to test the builds for bugs and etc! :cyclops: i would give the rom 6/10 doughnuts, For now im switching back to Stock .253
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I also noticed the rather slow experience, especially when installing apps and using the device (especially while switching apps). As for YouTube, I just tried to replicate your issue with the slowdown, but was unable to do so. The back camera not working is afaik an issue all custom ROMs built with the Sony drivers suffer right now (which I also used when compiling this ROM).
Speaking of compiling the ROM, I tried for the last like 4 or 5 days to get another compilation run. I don't know if I will be able to get it to working again (and I did it exactly the same way as I did on my two successful builds). It doesn't seem to matter if I do it on a fresh install of Ubuntu 15.10 or on one I already used for a build, but if I'm lucky enough to be able to select cm_ivy as the device to build for, mka clobber and mka bacon both fail after like a second with the error message that the mk file for the sepolicy cannot be found (which is true, the file is not present, but the same was the case with the other two successful builds).
So all in all, I know the camera isn't working properly (which was an issue I also had with the 32.2.A.0.224 stock ROM), but (at least for me) the audio is working without any problems with this ROM (which was an issue I had with the 32.2.A.0.224 stock ROM, where I was unable to listen to music via the 3.5mm jack), and I cannot seem to get the building process to run for whatever reason.
I think this rom, should be better taken into account ...
The Cyan and 'has always been one of permanti rom.
If there was a way to install it without problems on my E6533 dual sim, I would install immediately ...
i use dual sim(E6533)and i need this rom i read this has less heating.i installed a cm rom from this site for dsds but it was weird that wifi did not work and for that i am begging you to make this rom for dual sim plllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllz
pou_gh2 said:
i use dual sim(E6533)and i need this rom i read this has less heating.i installed a cm rom from this site for dsds but it was weird that wifi did not work and for that i am begging you to make this rom for dual sim plllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllz
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This already exist... http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z4/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-e6533-t3451524
saturday_night said:
This already exist... https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224382359
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this is aosp not cm!
plz plz plz plz plz tell me why for me d..... wifi does not work in this plz plz plz i need it nobody knows,in every cm all says rom is good all things work good but for me wifi is not working
What is ivy ??? In my E6553 When i try to install i see ( error 7 this package is for ivy device...)

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
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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.

Battery neither charging nor discharging issue on every custom rom

I bought zuk z2 4 days back and I installed latest official Indian nougat ROM on it then I unlocked the bootloader and installed few custom ROMs like jaguar nougat , jaguar Oreo , aosp extended , pixel experience etc on each and very rom I face a problem that is after installing any custom ROM the phone was neither charging nor discharging and sign of charging was flashing it was not constant so I tried many things like
1- changing back to stock marshmallow then charging started working again so I unlocked bootloader on marshmallow version and installed custom ROM it doesn't worked again so installed stock nougat qpst through qfil
2 again installed fee custom roms and deleted battterystats.bin it wasn't working again on different ROMs .
3. Tried different charger and wires again it wasn't charging and discharging
4 charging seems to not working even when I switch off it just stuck at that percentage
It seems to working only when you boot into recovery mode
Help me what should I do to solve this problem
Try flashing stock ROM by using qfil tool
dknsb said:
Try flashing stock ROM by using qfil tool
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I already tried that not working ??
rk2shashank said:
I already tried that not working ??
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Did you delete battery stats.bin
GopalKaul said:
Did you delete battery stats.bin
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Yeah I already tried that deleting batteystats.bin
rk2shashank said:
Yeah I already tried that deleting batteystats.bin
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Did you try nougat custom roms? And Jaguar?
GopalKaul said:
Did you try nougat custom roms? And Jaguar?
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i have tried all the roms all the versions i can find on internet i was just flashing roms for 2-3 days nothing worked its (charging and discharging) just worked till jaguar nougat version 16 plus after that it wasnt working on jaguar too that is from r 17 . and all oreo roms has battery stuck on 65%
same problem
rk2shashank said:
i have tried all the roms all the versions i can find on internet i was just flashing roms for 2-3 days nothing worked its (charging and discharging) just worked till jaguar nougat version 16 plus after that it wasnt working on jaguar too that is from r 17 . and all oreo roms has battery stuck on 65%
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same problem bro. only viper 3.1 version is showing correct battery percentage. all other roms shows me 65% even if it is at 0%.
i contacted aex developers . they suggested battery caliberation app. even that sucks. aex 5.2 rom is awesome . but it has battery problem and few features like pip mode, camera protrait etc are not working at all. if you get the solution. please share it me.
until then, use viper 3.1, no matter how many i got stuck at other roms. viper 3.1 saved me all the time. but i want oreo so waiting for the solution from someone
jayanth619 said:
same problem bro. only viper 3.1 version is showing correct battery percentage. all other roms shows me 65% even if it is at 0%.
i contacted aex developers . they suggested battery caliberation app. even that sucks. aex 5.2 rom is awesome . but it has battery problem and few features like pip mode, camera protrait etc are not working at all. if you get the solution. please share it me.
until then, use viper 3.1, no matter how many i got stuck at other roms. viper 3.1 saved me all the time. but i want oreo so waiting for the solution from someone
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Yesterday I flashed f1xy kernal charging and discharging seems to be working on every Oreo ROM on f1xy kernal it's not the problem of battery caliberation it's something else it's in kernal maybe someone can find out
Thanks a lot. but pip is still not working.
rk2shashank said:
Yesterday I flashed f1xy kernal charging and discharging seems to be working on every Oreo ROM on f1xy kernal it's not the problem of battery caliberation it's something else it's in kernal maybe someone can find out
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thank you very much bro. battery is working now. but pip (picture in picture) mode is not working. if you have a solution , please send it
jayanth619 said:
thank you very much bro. battery is working now. but pip (picture in picture) mode is not working. if you have a solution , please send it
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i havn't use pip yet but i think its for youtube red subscribers or if you watching youtube on chrome then only it works its rom problem nothing related to kernal
you are right
rk2shashank said:
i havn't use pip yet but i think its for youtube red subscribers or if you watching youtube on chrome then only it works its rom problem nothing related to kernal
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pip is working in whatsapp and chrome.. thanks for the help..
Bro try latest TWRP or install battery driver's
need small help
rk2shashank said:
i havn't use pip yet but i think its for youtube red subscribers or if you watching youtube on chrome then only it works its rom problem nothing related to kernal
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everything is working awesome with no bugs but only problem is BATTERY is DRAINING at light speed
i am not getting even 4 hrs of screen in time. previously i used to get 8-9 hrs. any suggestions? i didnt install any supersu. but i am using greenify
jayanth619 said:
everything is working awesome with no bugs but only problem is BATTERY is DRAINING at light speed
i am not getting even 4 hrs of screen in time. previously i used to get 8-9 hrs. any suggestions? i didnt install any supersu. but i am using greenify
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That's the same with me but not as bad as you are getting I am getting 5 hours of sot I am using aosip with the kernal
I had the same issue when i moved from Viper 3.1 to Oreo 8.1 custom roms (AEX, Pixel Experience and RR 6.0). After flashing the F1xy kernel , on each of them i am getting a SOT of barely 2-3 hours, as compated to 5-6 hours i was getting on Viper 3.1. Also, the battery drains pretty quick.
Like other, i too posted this query on AEX's Google+ page, and was suggested to use Batter Calibration app or resetting the batter stat file. None of them have worked.
Kernel has helped to resolve the charging and calibration issue, but batter backup has worsen.
Let us know if anyone is able to identify the problem and have a solution for it. This doesn't seem to be problem with all devices, just a few. I wonder what it might be.
Color reproduction issue
rk2shashank said:
That's the same with me but not as bad as you are getting I am getting 5 hours of sot I am using aosip with the kernal
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I have colour reproduction issue in screen.. colors are too warm. Even the videos I play have some sort of red color addition .. do have same issue?
amargowda3250 said:
Bro try latest TWRP or install battery driver's
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Battery drivers ?
jayanth619 said:
I have colour reproduction issue in screen.. colors are too warm. Even the videos I play have some sort of red color addition .. do have same issue?
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calliberate using kernal auditor app
amargowda3250 said:
Bro try latest TWRP or install battery driver's
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what is battery driver ??

Suggest Best Battery Backup Rom

Please suggest high battery backup ROM with best security.
Please.
Android version doesn't matter ( MM, NOUGAT, OREO, PIE )
just need best battery backup with best security
I'm thinking of Jaguar Oreo latest build
More suggestion please as soon as possible
Thank you.
hf958 said:
Please suggest high battery backup ROM with best security.
Please.
Android version doesn't matter ( MM, NOUGAT, OREO, PIE )
just need best battery backup with best security
I'm thinking of Jaguar Oreo latest build
More suggestion please as soon as possible
Thank you.
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I have limited experience with ROMs. So please wait for people who has tested more ROMs for better feedback.
I always prefer using Custom ROMs as stock as possible. I don't ROOT or add any extra custom modification, like battery management or such extra stuff.
I have seen MiUi feels bit sluggish but gives excellent battery back-up, especially if you don't game. Productivity wise, it felt 40/50% better than most other ROMs & I guess additional battery management apps & mods (underclocking CPU/GPU, reducing system animation levels, etc) may even double that.
Thanks
NaXal said:
I have limited experience with ROMs. So please wait for people who has tested more ROMs for better feedback.
I always prefer using Custom ROMs as stock as possible. I don't ROOT or add any extra custom modification, like battery management or such extra stuff.
I have seen MiUi feels bit sluggish but gives excellent battery back-up, especially if you don't game. Productivity wise, it felt 40/50% better than most other ROMs & I guess additional battery management apps & mods (underclocking CPU/GPU, reducing system animation levels, etc) may even double that.
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Thanks bro
But the think is miui will fail native rootchecker test I guess
And it doesn't fell as secure as Jaguar or is it.
I don't game and don't care about performance just need battery best battery backup
Roms I want should be selinux enforcing
And without busybox
Plain battery oriented ROM and android version doesn't matter
Which miui u suggest link plz
hf958 said:
Please suggest high battery backup ROM with best security.
Please.
Android version doesn't matter ( MM, NOUGAT, OREO, PIE )
just need best battery backup with best security
I'm thinking of Jaguar Oreo latest build
More suggestion please as soon as possible
Thank you.
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Arrow Oreo last version or crdroid last version with prototype 3.18 kernel.. definitely give upto 2 days when combined with akt battery saver profile and balanced on spectrum..
Deep CAF pie also good.. can easily give upto 2 day back up of not much usage.
I recently moved away from jag Oreo latest as off screen drain was 1% - 1.2% per hour even after a week of letting it "settle"..
I don't keep WiFi/location/ WiFi scanning on at all... Just regular stuff that have on my phone..
sanjay.2704 said:
Arrow Oreo last version or crdroid last version with prototype 3.18 kernel.. definitely give upto 2 days when combined with akt battery saver profile and balanced on spectrum..
Deep CAF pie also good.. can easily give upto 2 day back up of not much usage.
I recently moved away from jag Oreo latest as off screen drain was 1% - 1.2% per hour even after a week of letting it "settle"..
I don't keep WiFi/location/ WiFi scanning on at all... Just regular stuff that have on my phone..
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Crdroid and arrow are giving error 7 due to vendor error on latest official twrp.
hf958 said:
Crdroid and arrow are giving error 7 due to vendor error on latest official twrp.
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Both are old treble roms .. you need to do f2v and use old treble twrp if you have flashed recent pie ROMs..
Attached both for you here just in case.. extract.. flash f2v then twrp.. reboot to recovery.. flash f2v again and reboot to recovery.. good to go
hf958 said:
Please suggest high battery backup ROM with best security.
Please.
Android version doesn't matter ( MM, NOUGAT, OREO, PIE )
just need best battery backup with best security
I'm thinking of Jaguar Oreo latest build
More suggestion please as soon as possible
Thank you.
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Aosip 8.1 20180809 built
It gives awesome battery pack up and stand by time ,
I leave my phone full night it loose only 1 percentage with moxie kernel
I always play lot of game like pubg , call of duty
In this rom I feel less heat while gaming compared to other roms ,
When I play games I choose gaming mode in spectrum app it gives awesome performance , while using other stuffs I just put battery mode
You should try this rom
Battery drain 75 to 44 percentage
hari1jack said:
Aosip 8.1 20180809 built
It gives awesome battery pack up and stand by time ,
I leave my phone full night it loose only 1 percentage with moxie kernel
I always play lot of game like pubg , call of duty
In this rom I feel less heat while gaming compared to other roms ,
When I play games I choose gaming mode in spectrum app it gives awesome performance , while using other stuffs I just put battery mode
You should try this rom
Battery drain 75 to 44 percentage
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Link please or upload on afh please..
sanjay.2704 said:
Link please or upload on afh please..
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Aosip link http://get.aosip.dev/z2_plus/AOSiP-8.1-Official-z2_plus-20180809.zip
you should also try bootleggers 2.1 , i remember it giving me 6 consistent hours of screen on time a while ago with my daily usage.
From all the roms I have tried aex5.2 Feb build gave me highest battery backup. I was getting 8 hrs of sot on normal usage with Jio 4g and Airtel 2g.
Samirmathakiya said:
From all the roms I have tried aex5.2 Feb build gave me highest battery backup. I was getting 8 hrs of sot on normal usage with Jio 4g and Airtel 2g.
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Link plz
Samirmathakiya said:
From all the roms I have tried aex5.2 Feb build gave me highest battery backup. I was getting 8 hrs of sot on normal usage with Jio 4g and Airtel 2g.
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Which build there are many for feb
hari1jack said:
Aosip 8.1 20180809 built
It gives awesome battery pack up and stand by time ,
I leave my phone full night it loose only 1 percentage with moxie kernel
I always play lot of game like pubg , call of duty
In this rom I feel less heat while gaming compared to other roms ,
When I play games I choose gaming mode in spectrum app it gives awesome performance , while using other stuffs I just put battery mode
You should try this rom
Battery drain 75 to 44 percentage
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I’m having an issue here giving me a error on flashing
Updater process ended with error 7
E2001: Failed to update to vendor image
“Already flashed f2v and twrp still got the error
JanLezterGrate said:
I’m having an issue here giving me a error on flashing
Updater process ended with error 7
E2001: Failed to update to vendor image
“Already flashed f2v and twrp still got the error
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Flash again and reboot to recovery each time.
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Flash again and reboot to recovery each time.
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Still no luck Error still showing I tried the 3.2.2 v2 by kubersharma and 3.2.1-dmd but every time I flashed it shows unable to mount /vendor and fails
JanLezterGrate said:
Still no luck Error still showing I tried the 3.2.2 v2 by kubersharma and 3.2.1-dmd but every time I flashed it shows unable to mount /vendor and fails
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Refer to my post on page 1 .. I have attached the zip which has vendor twrp and f2v with steps.. Try that.. Assuming u have flashed /vendor Oreo ROMs before.
sanjay.2704 said:
Refer to my post on page 1 .. I have attached the zip which has vendor twrp and f2v with steps.. Try that.. Assuming u have flashed /vendor Oreo ROMs before.
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I followed your steps on first page but it shows Failed to unmount /vendor (Invalid Argument
sanjay.2704 said:
Link plz
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Bad luck, it is removed from aex servers
Samirmathakiya said:
Bad luck, it is removed from aex servers
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The zips are available on afh.. Can you tell which build
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JanLezterGrate said:
I followed your steps on first page but it shows Failed to unmount /vendor (Invalid Argument
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Not sure now.. Are you able to see vendor or factory partition in twrp?? If not then qfil is the only way forward I think. Your picture is too blurred .. Can't see anything..

Question Realme UI 4 Beta

Anyone tried it?
I got the update via OTA and installed it on Monday. Runs super well and smoothly. I'm not signed up for the beta program.
i also received update yesterday via OTA..and i'm also not signed in beta program... work smootlhy for now. Funny...until this update i must update always only over VPN provider
Some bugs I've found in this beta:
DT2W sometimes doesn't work
Random screen flickering
Phone gets hotter
mh ihave non of this bugs
What version of realme GT ME do you have?
3363 Have now tested it for a few days and found no bugs. since the update my battery life has also improved. Before the update I had to load every 2 days. Now after 2 days I am at 60% if I do not use the device often.
In realme ui 4.0 we can not update the system apps ???
When you enter in the app information dont exist anymore the three dots in top right corner to uninstall the update.......and after this update with apk versions...???
josito_theDH said:
Some bugs I've found in this beta:
DT2W sometimes doesn't work
Random screen flickering
Phone gets hotter
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Did you make phone reset after update?
Milanche78 said:
Did you make phone reset after update?
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Yes
But this are confirmed bugs on realme forum
can i go back to stock rom using this?i'm in custom rom but im in RUI4 before custom rom. I just wanna go back if my network will be fixed because the network in custom roms is unstable
Use qfil to flash stock frimware with edl mode, but look carefully at this guide and do exactly
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Yes
But this are confirmed bugs on realme forum
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My friend , you say that those are confirmed bugs on realme forum , most likely the indian region phone model on an indian forum . I don't confirm any of those bugs , had a dirty install (without cache wipe/reset) with no issues and also made a clean install for testing purpose . No heating , no batery drains , no screen flickering and no 5g connectivity issues at all . Phone in discussion is rmx3363 (EU model) on Rui4 with more than an month of usage on the beta software. You should take the phone to a service or at least test-it with another sim installed (for me vodafone 5g is great) i've got the same feedback for both 6/128 and 8/256 mainboards
Skilly1989 said:
My friend , you say that those are confirmed bugs on realme forum , most likely the indian region phone model on an indian forum . I don't confirm any of those bugs , had a dirty install (without cache wipe/reset) with no issues and also made a clean install for testing purpose . No heating , no batery drains , no screen flickering and no 5g connectivity issues at all . Phone in discussion is rmx3363 (EU model) on Rui4 with more than an month of usage on the beta software. You should take the phone to a service or at least test-it with another sim installed (for me vodafone 5g is great) i've got the same feedback for both 6/128 and 8/256 mainboards
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I dont have this issues also on 3360,
Can you tell me what the normal battery backup for this phone ?
I usually get 6+ of screen on time over a 24h normal usage no video watching
sym_m said:
I dont have this issues also on 3360,
Can you tell me what the normal battery backup for this phone ?
I usually get 6+ of screen on time over a 24h normal usage no video watching
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12-48h usage with 8-4h SOT

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