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FED-Patcher for the Robin (ForceEncrypt Disable Patcher)

This tool was created for the nexus 9 by @gladiac to get rid of the ForceEncrypt flag in a generic way (meaning it should work no matter what rom you are on). It does that by patching the currently installed boot.img.
This is a better implementation then having to manually patch every boot.img especially once custom aosp roms come along because cyanogenmod will have force encrypt enabled just like the nexus's. It also makes it easy to patch ota boot.img's by yourself.
Background
The Android CDD (Compatibility Definition Document) suggests that all devices SHOULD enable full disk-encryption (FDE) by default. Even though I support every step towards more security I have to criticize this approach. FDE comes at a price. Encryption takes time because some component has to de- and encrypt the stuff on the disk at some point and in the case of the nexus 9 (aka flounder) it's the CPU's task. Even though the nexus 9's CPU has 2 pretty fast cores you can still easily feel the difference between FDE in the on- or off-state. The I/O is faster and boot-times take only half as long. (I did not do any measurements)
There is an old discussion about this topic in cyanogenmod's gerrit. Although it's a fun read it is pretty clear that this exchange of views is not going anywhere near a useful outcome.
Because performance is important to me and my tablet does not need the extra security I created the FED-Patcher (ForceEncrypt Disable Patcher)
How does it work?
FED-Patcher is a simple flashable ZIP that is supposed to be run in a recovery that has busybox integrated (like TWRP). This is what it does:
Checks if your device is compatible
Dumps the currently installed boot.img.
Unpacks the dump of your currently installed boot.img. The unpacking process is done via a self-compiled, statically linked version of unmkbootimg.
It patches the filesystem tables which include the force-encrypt flags. This process will change "forceencrypt" to "encryptable".
Then it patches the filesystem tables to not use dm-verity. This is done by removing the "verify" mount-parameter.
Creates a new boot.img. The unpacking process is done via a self-compiled, statically linked version of mkbootimg.
Flashes the modified boot.img
What do I need to make this work?
A supported device (Your Robin)
An unlocked bootloader
An already installed ROM with forceencrypt flag. (like stock or cyanogenmod)
A recovery that includes busybox (TWRP)
How do I use it?
Make a through, conservative backup of your data if there is any on your device.
Go into your recovery (TWRP)
Flash fed_patcher_robin.zip
If your device is already encrypted (You booted your ROM at least once) you need to do a full wipe to get rid of the encryption. This full wipe will clear all your data on your data-partition (where your apps as well as their settings are stored) as well as on your internal storage so please, do a backup before. If you don't do a backup and want to restore your data... well... Call obama
How do I know if it worked?
Go into your "Settings"-App. In "Security", if it offers you to encrypt your device it is unencrypted. If it says something like "Device is encrypted" it indeed is encrypted.
IMPORTANT: If you update your ROM you have to run FED-Patcher again because ROM-updates also update the boot-partition which effectively removes my patch. So, if you are on the first ota for example and you used the patch and do an update to a newer nightly you have to run FED-Patcher again. If you don't do so Android will encrypt your device at the first boot.
Is it dangerous?
Well, I implemented tons of checks that prevent pretty much anything bad from happening. But, of course, we're dealing with the boot-partition here. Even though I tested FED-Patcher quite a lot there is still room for crap hitting the fan.
Download:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995312942
Credits
* @gladiac he did all of the work for this i just edited a few things for it to work on the robin Link to his original thread

Mine just in case

Hi @deadman96385,
I could have added "ether" support to the generic version of FED-Patcher which is available at [http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/fix-fed-patcher-v8-forceencrypt-disable-t3234422]. However, I don't mind you having your own version here in the Robin-forum . I was planning to put FED-Patcher up on github to give it a more "open" touch and enable others to do modifications to it anyway. Anyhow, do you mind if I merge your changes in the generic version?
cheers glad

gladiac said:
Hi @deadman96385,
I could have added "ether" support to the generic version of FED-Patcher which is available at [http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/fix-fed-patcher-v8-forceencrypt-disable-t3234422]. However, I don't mind you having your own version here in the Robin-forum . I was planning to put FED-Patcher up on github to give it a more "open" touch and enable others to do modifications to it anyway. Anyhow, do you mind if I merge your changes in the generic version?
cheers glad
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Sure go for it

Works great, thanks!
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So I have twrp and I have to wipe internal storage as its prompting for a password.
Do I wipe internal storage, boot into the phone. Download this. Flash, wipe phone again?
For some reason adb in twrp isn't working for me to push files

Is this working with 7.0? Thank you.

hololodilolo said:
Is this working with 7.0? Thank you.
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No it is not. The only way to disable forced encryption on official Nougat for the Robin currently is with SuperSu and Magisk.

Saythis said:
No it is not. The only way to disable forced encryption on official Nougat for the Robin currently is with SuperSu and Magisk.
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Not true. I've used this FED Patcher with stock 7.0 and 7.1.1 and it works fine. I've never had to use Magisk.

Phone won't boot past Robin logo once i flash this
I can't figure out why this isn't working for me since no one else seems to be reporting my problem..
I'm running Nougat 7.1.1 (Build N108).. When i flash this mod, it seems to flash correctly, but the phone never goes past the nextbit logo.. And yes, of course i've tried wiping, both before and after.. I've tried after a fresh install without booting at least once. I've tried after a fresh install after its booted at least once, then wiped, then flashed, but no go.. I've tried everything i could think of, but it just won't boot..
I bought a new phone, booted once and it asked to download updates (which let me know it didn't come with N108)..
So i rebooted into fastboot, unlocked it, and flashed the factory N108 build.. Everything worked fine and my phone booted into Nougat
So i rebooted into recovery (which was factory), wiped the phone, rebooted into fastboot and flashed twrp 3.1.1, and allowed it to replace the recovery img on the system partition so it wouldn't be replaced upon future reboots. i rebooted the phone and it worked fine..
So yes, everything, fastboot, twrp, and a functioning up to date Nougat works fine, but flashing this before or after a wipe, or even a "wipe>flash>wipe>reboot" just hangs at the robin logo forever (well, at least an hour.. i tried letting it sit thinking i wasnt waiting long enough)..
Am i mistaken in thinking that ONLY data, and the "sd-card" are encrypted? Should i wipe everything except the boot partition after i flash this, and then reflash every partition except boot?
Also, possibly related, is when i preform a factory reset WITH the newest twrp, it also hangs at the robin logo.. But a wipe with the factory recovery image works fine.. So, with all the flashing ive been doing between trying to get this to work, and then recovering the phone from a semi-bricked state, ive modified the "flash-all.bat" so that when i recover my phone, im only reflashing boot/system/recovery.. and different combinations of those images as ive been trying to pinpoint the problem.. but obviously, im out of ideas..
help?
EDIT: I also just installed linux and setup adb/fastboot, so i could start pulling apart boot images and manually modifying the changes, reflashing just the image, etc (since all my dev knowledge is on a linux system), but im having some issues with working wifi drivers on this machine.. so i havent tried to dissect the boot image manually yet.. just to eliminate potential issues, simply because im desperate).. I just want to get this mf unencrypted :'(

NEVERMIND!!
I'm really not sure why it didn't work, at all, following the description and 100 other variations of it.. Maybe there's a glitch in twrp 3.1.1-0? But this is what worked for me when all else failed.. And a description of my setup.. JIC anyone else has this problem one day..
Unlocked Bootloader
-Flashed the factory stock image N108 to bring everything "back to 0"
-Booted 1 time, jic boot.img was setting up any mount points or modifying itself after 1st boot..
( I did that because if you install twrp 3.1.1-0 right after flashing the factory 7.1.1 (N108) images, and boot into recovery without booting at least 1 time into the rom, it errors when trying to do a factory reset because it claims it cant find any of the mount points.. it also prevented me from pushing fed-patcher to the phone
-After its fully booted, i reset into recovery (factory recovery still) and wiped it
-I then rebooted into fastboot from recovery and flashed twrp 3.1.1-0
-i kept system read only for now since the next step would undo any changes, and then flashed fed-patcher
-i rebooted from recovery back to fastboot and reflashed the system image with the wipe flag "fastboot -i 0x2c3f -w system system.img"
-reboot.. success!! (keep in mind that you havent reinstalled twrp yet)
Basically, all i did different here when compared to the original instructions, and the other several hundred things i tried, was the "fastboot -i 0x2c3f -w system system.img" command after patching the boot image.. Which wiped system, and also wiped "everything else" with fastboot instead of twrp..
So again, i'm not sure if i was messing up by not wiping the system partition, or if it was a bug in twrp 3.1.1-0.. but im gonna play around some more..

soulife said:
NEVERMIND!!
..
So again, i'm not sure if i was messing up by not wiping the system partition, or if it was a bug in twrp 3.1.1-0.. but im gonna play around some more..
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First - For TWRP to work correctly you need a pin setup for unlock. That way fastboot boot twrp.img will boot fine and allow you to decrypt with the pin you just set. If you want to force it anyway. You can format data (wipe everything) followed by push TWRP and magisk and flash the force-encrypt disabled boot image.
Second. After decryption you can push anything fed-patcher included.
Third - there was however another option. You could very well have flashed the dm-noverity and force encrypt disabled ROM also in this same section
Lastly I'd exercise caution on this device with the -w command. Some of the partitions are not clearly visible and many a user has had to replace their robin.

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First - For TWRP to work correctly you need a...
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Thanks man, i'll keep that in mind for if i ever decide to turn encryption on again and want recovery to play nice with the rom..
The problem i was having pretty much had everything to do with the fact that this is the first device i've owned with encryption enabled, and so i didn't have a clear (enough) understanding for how it worked.. and i still don't completely. But this particular problem was because i thought that the encryption was file based, which as you already know, it is not. It's closer to a filesystem based encryption, which is why i needed to reformat for it to work instead of just factory resetting or basic wiping..
I suppose i could have let it boot completely and setup a pin, and then formatted and removed encryption, but it seemed redundant.. I mentioned how reflashing the system image with the wipe flag fixed my problem, which i now know is because it reformatted the data partition as well, which i could do from within twrp (i think).. If not, the -w fastboot flag should be fine. I appreciate your word of caution though, but when you use the batch script provided by Nextbit to flash your device, it uses the -w flag after it flashes everything else. So it should be fine to use if twrp cant reformat an encrypted userdata (which i have no idea why it wouldnt work, but i feel like i tried that already)..
ill know more, and update my post for other new users once i start using other roms.. Which might be sooner than later since substratum wont change my notification shade on stock, and its too damn bright. Which is bugging the crap outta me. I'm using a systemless substratum legacy magisk module atm, maybe thats my problem, or maybe i need oms support, i donno yet.. Nougat is new to me, im learning its new features as i go..

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][LineageOS][19.1][dragon] -> 2023-01-11 (DISCONTINUED)

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LineageOS 19.1​
Android 12
lineage-19.1-20230111-UNOFFICIAL-dragon.zip -> DISCONTINUED
Known issues:
- Camera is not working yet.
- SELinux is permissive.
- Our "old" Nivida codecs do have problems to play videos in Chrome-based browsers.
(Rename or remove /vendor/lib/libnvomx.so and reboot system to switch to
software video codecs.)
- Chrome browser starts slowly.
- As it looks like Widevine L1 has been revoked by end of August 2020.
- Maybe more issues ..
Installation:
1. Boot into TWRP
2. Wipe SYSTEM and DATA partitions !
3. Install ROM.zip
4. install gapps (arm64)
5. install Magisk.zip (25.2)
6. Wipe CACHE and DAVLIK
7. Reboot into system
Enjoy 12
Android 11
lineage-18.1-20220216-UNOFFICIAL-dragon.zip -> DISCONTINUED
Known issues:
- SELinux is permissive.
- Our "old" Nivida codecs do have problems to play videos in Chrome-based browsers.
(Rename or remove /vendor/lib/libnvomx.so and reboot system to switch to
software video codecs.)
- Chrome browser starts slowly.
- Camera/Video may stops working after some time in use.
- As it looks like Widevine L1 has been revoked by end of August 2020.
Fresh Installation / Upgrade from any other ROM:
1. Boot into TWRP
2. Wipe SYSTEM and DATA partitions ! (If you are encrypted, pls format DATA partition !)
3. Install ROM.zip
4. install gapps (arm64)
5. install Magisk.zip (21.x)
6. Wipe CACHE and DAVLIK
7. Reboot into system
Upgrade from previous lineage-18.x builds:
1. Boot into TWRP
2. Install ROM.zip
3. Re-Install Magisk 21.x
4. Wipe CACHE and DAVLIK
5. Reboot into system
Enjoy 11
Android 10
lineage-17.1-20201211-UNOFFICIAL-dragon.zip -> DISCONTINUED
Known issues:
- SELinux is permissive.
- Our "old" Nivida codecs do have problems to play videos in Chrome-based browsers.
(Rename or remove /vendor/lib/libnvomx.so and reboot system to switch to
software video codecs.)
- Camera/Video may stops working after some time in use.
- As it looks like Widevine L1 has been revoked by end of August 2020.
system-as-root (SAR)
For gapps installation issues and more information ..
Pls read first .. https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80693701&postcount=1350
Fresh Installation / Upgrade from any other ROM:
1. Boot into TWRP
2. Wipe SYSTEM and DATA partitions ! (If you are encrypted, pls format DATA partition !)
3. Install ROM.zip
4. install gapps (arm64)
5. install Magisk.zip (20.x+)
6. Wipe CACHE and DAVLIK
7. Reboot into system
Upgrade from previous lineage-17.1 builds:
1. Boot into TWRP
2. Install ROM.zip
3. Wipe CACHE and DAVLIK
4. Reboot into system
- The ROM does contain it's own vendor.img ! (If you go back to Oreo, pls reinstall stock vendor.img)
Enjoy TEN
Android Pie
lineage-16.0-20191017-UNOFFICIAL-dragon.zip -> DISCONTINUED
Known issues:
- Encryption seems not to work - and has not been tested. -> Pls do not encrypt your data partition yet !
- Keymaster -> If you set Pattern, PIN or Password the Screen unlock may not work correctly.
Workaround for Pattern: On fresh boot you will need to wait a bit longer before you enter credentials.
The waiting time is required on fresh boot only, the following unlocks are working normally.
In case of problems pls use Update.ZIP_TWRP_flashable_pattern_pin_remover_V2.zip to remove pattern/pin or password.
Installation:
1. Boot into TWRP (latest available version)
2. Wipe system, cache, dalvik and data partitions ! ( If you have encrypted /data partition - pls "format" /data via TWRP first ! )
3. Install lineage-16.0-201Yxxyy-UNOFFICIAL-dragon.zip
4. Install Opengapps
5. install Magisk.zip (tested with 18.x)
6. Reboot into system ..
- The ROM does contain it's own vendor.img ! (If you go back to Oreo, pls reinstall stock vendor.img)
And big thanks to @NYCHitman1 (Dirty Unicorn) !
Without his work the Android Pie project would not have been possible !
I have uploaded the last official Lineage Oreo build to androidfilehost.com ..
lineage-15.1-20200221-nightly-dragon-signed.zip - -> DISCONTINUED
SOURCES:
https://github.com/followmsi/manifests/tree/dragon-lineage-18.1
DOWNLOADS:
https://drive.google.com/drive/fold...oaU1iazg?resourcekey=0-4krcBcSF3tnMFvgcP4kMvw
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=289293
Enjoy LineageOS on your Pixel C .. [/B]

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Here you are ..

TWRP loop for me. Installs with no errors but won't boot into the os
I did a dirty (coming from AOSP 7.1.2) and then clean install. Haven't factory refreshed yet.
Tried wiping again and flashing back to aosp and having the same issue.
Any thoughts?
edit: now trying to pull some data off my tablet to do a full wipe, i dont NEED to do this, but would like to...but twrp wont recognize MTP on my system (win 10) ... problems problems today

minieod said:
TWRP loop for me. Installs with no errors but won't boot into the os
I did a dirty (coming from AOSP 7.1.2) and then clean install. Haven't factory refreshed yet.
Tried wiping again and flashing back to aosp and having the same issue.
Any thoughts?
edit: now trying to pull some data off my tablet to do a full wipe, i dont NEED to do this, but would like to...but twrp wont recognize MTP on my system (win 10) ... problems problems today
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Did you format system ?
Pls do as first step.
If you boot loop install boot.img via fastboot.
No problems here.. it's quite fast !
Also dirty installation .. kept all my settings.
EDIT:
Mtp should work .. correct driver in Windows ?
We are using abd and mtp at the same time.
A Windows driver is on the share as well ..

Made a LineageOMS version as well ..
lineageOMS-14.1-20170418-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip
Based on LineageOMS sources ...
https://github.com/LineageOMS
Enjoy

followmsi said:
Made a LineageOMS version as well ..
lineageOMS-14.1-20170418-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip
Based on LineageOMS sources ...
https://github.com/LineageOMS
Enjoy [/QUOT
Is the nav bar laid out like stock
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followmsi said:
Did you format system ?
Pls do as first step.
If you boot loop install boot.img via fastboot.
No problems here.. it's quite fast !
Also dirty installation .. kept all my settings.
EDIT:
Mtp should work .. correct driver in Windows ?
We are using abd and mtp at the same time.
A Windows driver is on the share as well ..
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Hey follow
Yep did all of that. Formatted system, flashed boot.img, and no issues with mtp prior to the boot loops.
I went ahead and did a complete userdata reset and am sampling the O DP1 now ..I'm sure it'll work fine when (if) I come back to 7.x

Officialness
Thanks for building this. Hoping to try it out this weekend.
I'm hoping you intend to submit this build officially to LineageOS, so we continue to get updated builds. As you probably remember Cyanogen didn't accept the Pixel C. Hopefully with LineageOS things are better.

gaufres said:
Thanks for building this. Hoping to try it out this weekend.
I'm hoping you intend to submit this build officially to LineageOS, so we continue to get updated builds. As you probably remember Cyanogen didn't accept the Pixel C. Hopefully with LineageOS things are better.
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You are not the first asking me this question ..
Here some more information ..
https://wiki.lineageos.org/submitting_device.html
Who is the maintainer ? .. me
- Changing vendor stuff .. monthly
- Applying kernel patches .. monthly
- Applying possible device tree patches and changes .. monthly
- Etc.
Here is the manifest for LOS ..
https://github.com/followmsi/manifests/tree/dragon-lineageos-cm-14.1
Also for the people who like to build their own verison
- As you may see we are removing 2 LOS repos today, due to build errors.
- This needs to be fixed on code level first - commited on LOS github.
- The stock google vendor.img needs to be integrated into the LOS Installer
Still not clear how this is done for "official" lineageos .. also from legal point of view.
Actually I need to get information here ... How is this done for other ROMs having a dedicated vendor.img ?
- The missing integrated kernel building was impemented a few minutes before
https://github.com/followmsi/androi...mmit/316a7e0e87b191bcf11b8de55778ddec83fac2f8
https://github.com/followmsi/android_kernel_tegra/commit/3e3e24c41db74693efc2fc74efaf6286b1c06013
You see there a few issues left ..
The ROM works perfectly but its not ready to be official yet.
Don't want to force and push a go live now .. No need to rush !
Hope you have a better understanding now ..
Cheers

Reuben_skelz92 said:
followmsi said:
Made a LineageOMS version as well ..
lineageOMS-14.1-20170418-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip
Based on LineageOMS sources ...
https://github.com/LineageOMS
Enjoy [/QUOT
Is the nav bar laid out like stock
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No !
The OMS version is the same like lineageOS but including OMS - to be ready to install substratum .. etc.
Made a version for Nexus 10 as well .. it seems to work fine.
Just have installed the ROM .. works fine - but did no special customizations or anything else.
Hope this helps ..
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Debugging bootloop
followmsi said:
Did you format system ?
Pls do as first step.
If you boot loop install boot.img via fastboot.
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Unfortunately this is also bootlooping for me. I've tried the steps above.
How can I help debug this? I was not able to use logcat. Does logcat work for you?

gaufres said:
Unfortunately this is also bootlooping for me. I've tried the steps above.
How can I help debug this? I was not able to use logcat. Does logcat work for you?
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You did flash boot.img via fastboot ?
The ROM installation had no errors ?
What version of bootloader are you using .. .50 for 7.1.2 ?
Do you see the LOS logo (boot animation) when you boot-loop ?
Are you able to make a md5 hash ..Or similar to compare ?
File corrupt ?
Pls post a hash value to compare .. maybe onedrive is the problem.
Was not the first time a file was corrupted.
I am testing several ROMs and kernels in the last days .. no problems at all.
EDIT:
Which version of TWRP ?
EDIT2:
For your understanding.. logcat will start a short time after Android is booting.(boot animation)
But if you not pass the boot.img we have another issue. (Google logo)

Re: Debugging bootloop
followmsi said:
You did flash boot.img via fastboot ?
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Yes. No errors.
followmsi said:
The ROM installation had no errors ?
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None.
followmsi said:
What version of bootloader are you using .. .50 for 7.1.2 ?
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I think so. Version 7900.50.0 from n2g47d.
followmsi said:
Do you see the LOS logo (boot animation) when you boot-loop ?
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It doesn't get that far.
I see the unlocked bootloader warning. After thirty seconds it beeps, as expected. Then white "Google" text is then displayed for two or three seconds.
But after that it reboots into TWRP (blank screen, then unlocked bootloader warning, then beep, then white "Google" text, then TWRP).
followmsi said:
Are you able to make a md5 hash ..Or similar to compare ?
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The update zip I'm installing from TWRP is lineage-14.1-20170417-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip, which I downloaded from OneDrive. It has SHA256 hash
Code:
d124b4048f096317f593fa5dbf313ceaebbddd4352f0422276a86fd5f6707902
The boot.img I'm flashing with fastboot comes from the above zip. So it might be redundant for me to say the boot.img has SHA256 hash
Code:
cde8c7376d2d8d9d35ea5558473a669f91a27b0489f21b7a3cdb79af4a4ba931
followmsi said:
Pls post a hash value to compare .. maybe onedrive is the problem.
Was not the first time a file was corrupted.
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I'm kinda hoping that is the problem, because otherwise this will be a pain to debug!
followmsi said:
I am testing several ROMs and kernels in the last days .. no problems at all.
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Good. Weird.
followmsi said:
Which version of TWRP ?
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Your build of 3.1.0-0.
followmsi said:
For your understanding.. logcat will start a short time after Android is booting.(boot animation)
But if you not pass the boot.img we have another issue. (Google logo)
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Thanks for the explanation. So it might be boot.img given the boot sequence I described above?

I always get the TWRP bootloop if I boot before installing SuperSU. That happened with DU and with this.
I also had some issues with the setup wizard crashing. It was skipping the step of connecting wifi, and then it would crash when I tried to enter a Google account (which wouldn't have worked anyway without wifi.) I tried different gapps, same result. Finally I managed to swipe open settings and connect to wifi and now I'm set.
Now that I've got it running (OMS variant) it's great.

gaufres said:
Yes. No errors.
None.
I think so. Version 7900.50.0 from n2g47d.
It doesn't get that far.
I see the unlocked bootloader warning. After thirty seconds it beeps, as expected. Then white "Google" text is then displayed for two or three seconds.
But after that it reboots into TWRP (blank screen, then unlocked bootloader warning, then beep, then white "Google" text, then TWRP).
The update zip I'm installing from TWRP is lineage-14.1-20170417-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip, which I downloaded from OneDrive. It has SHA256 hash
Code:
d124b4048f096317f593fa5dbf313ceaebbddd4352f0422276a86fd5f6707902
The boot.img I'm flashing with fastboot comes from the above zip. So it might be redundant for me to say the boot.img has SHA256 hash
Code:
cde8c7376d2d8d9d35ea5558473a669f91a27b0489f21b7a3cdb79af4a4ba931
I'm kinda hoping that is the problem, because otherwise this will be a pain to debug!
Good. Weird.
Your build of 3.1.0-0.
Thanks for the explanation. So it might be boot.img given the boot sequence I described above?
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[File]/storage/emulated/0/download/lineage-14.1-20170417-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip
[MD5]C79F1066186FF36C55643E264B3647E2
[SHA1]4DDD0A811FE22359D745335AA563023E95E808D3
[SHA256]D124B4048F096317F593FA5DBF313CEAEBBDDD4352F0422276A86FD5F6707902
At least the sha256 matches
Good bootloader
Good TWRP version ..
Do you install supersu at last step of your installation procedure ?
After you did install the ROM in TWRP, pls install supersu.zip (2.79 -sr3) as last step.
It will boot twice for the first time .. but then it should boot normally.

badwiring said:
I always get the TWRP bootloop if I boot before installing SuperSU. That happened with DU and with this.
I also had some issues with the setup wizard crashing. It was skipping the step of connecting wifi, and then it would crash when I tried to enter a Google account (which wouldn't have worked anyway without wifi.) I tried different gapps, same result. Finally I managed to swipe open settings and connect to wifi and now I'm set.
Now that I've got it running (OMS variant) it's great.
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The SetupWizard is related to gapps .. the beans version seems to run perfectly.
Opengapps seems still to have issues on certain devices.
Will check supersu topic ..
Thanks for the feedback !

badwiring said:
I always get the TWRP bootloop if I boot before installing SuperSU.
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followmsi said:
Do you install supersu at last step of your installation procedure ?
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Thanks both. That's it.
No su: bootloops.
Lineage extras su: bootloops
SuperSU: boots OK
Magisk: boots OK

gaufres said:
Thanks both. That's it.
No su: bootloops.
Lineage extras su: bootloops
SuperSU: boots OK
Magisk: boots OK
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Cool !
Found the issues as well ..
It's related to DM-verity .. even some config is missing.
Or the overwrite of build_fingerprint is related.
Need to investigate ..
Both supersu and magisk are removing the DM-verity checks in ramdisk.(boot.img)
As I always install supersu, I never realized.
Just compiling a new version .. changed the sources.
https://github.com/followmsi/androi...mmit/aae5804e75f4133ec82253cf6b2afbe39e46a56a
Removing DM-verity from fstab .. should solve this issue, also without supersu.
At later stage we can enable again, if it's working fine.
Thanks for your help testing ..
Cheers

New release ..
lineage-14.1-20170421-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip
Changes:
- Integrated kernel compiling - using DU branch
- disabled DM-verity -> should fix proper booting even without supersu/magisk.
- General LineageOS changes -> fresh repo sync from today .. https://download.lineageos.org/
Installation:
1. Boot into TWRP
3. Install lineage-14.1-20170421-UNOFFICIAL-dragon-followmsi.zip
4. install SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip (optional)
6. Reboot into system ..
- The ROM installer will keep your existing gapps installation.
- If you had SuperSu installed before you need to install it again - as we overwrite the boot.img completely.
A new OMS version will come later ..
Enjoy ..

[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][gts4lvwifi][9] LineageOS 16.0

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LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 9 (Pie), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.
LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.
All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.
Instructions :
Download the latest build and gapps
Reboot to recovery
Flash the latest build and gapps
Reboot
Downloads :
Builds :
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=298356
http://downloads.codefi.re/jdcteam/luk/lineage-16_0/gts4lvwifi
https://sourceforge.net/projects/luk-lineageos/files/gts4lvwifi/lineage-16.0
Root addon : https://download.lineageos.org/extras
Google Apps : https://wiki.lineageos.org/gapps.html
Reporting Bugs
DO NOT Report bugs if you're running a custom kernel or you installed Xposed
Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)
If it is a random reboot, grab /proc/last_kmsg. (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)
If the problem disappears after running "setenforce 0" from a root shell, grab /data/misc/audit/audit.log
Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved. Please also do not report known issues. Any bug not reported in the bug report format below may be ignored.
Code:
What is your--
LineageOS version:
LineageOS Download url:
Gapps version:
Did you--
wipe:
restore with titanium backup:
reboot after having the issue:
Are you using--
a task killer:
a non-stock kernel:
other modifications:
Provide any additional information (observations/frequency of problem/last version it worked on/etc) as needed:
XDA:DevDB Information
[ROM][UNOFFICIAL][gts4lvwifi][9] LineageOS 16.0, ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e
Contributors
LuK1337
Source Code: https://github.com/LineageOS
ROM OS Version: Windows 8 Mobile
Version Information
Status: Testing
Created 2019-08-24
Last Updated 2019-08-24

-- bit more friendly stock -> lineage instructions --
1. Unlock the bootloader
- Connect to WiFi network
- Enable OEM Unlock in developer options
- Turn off the tablet
- Boot to download mode manually by plugging in USB and holding all the buttons for few seconds
- Follow instructions on the screen
2. Connect to WiFi network and make sure OEM Unlock in developer options is still checked
3. Flash custom VBMeta image ( https://dl.twrp.me/gts4lvwifi/vbmeta.tar.html ) in Odin ( use AP slot )
4. After flashing VBMeta, boot to stock. It'll likely ask you to wipe data, if so do that
5. Connect to WiFi network and make sure OEM Unlock in developer options is still checked
6. Now you can flash TWRP ( https://dl.twrp.me/gts4lvwifi ) in Odin ( use AP slot once again ), for convenience you can hold volume up while flashing it so that you boot to recovery right after it's flashed
7. Install Lineage × whatever else you need ( gapps, addon-su, ... )
8. Format data
9. Reboot ( make sure to not install TWRP app when TWRP asks you to )
---
Also Odin download for those who can't find it on their own https://build.nethunter.com/samsung-tools/Odin_3.13.1.zip
( sha1sum 1057496afa34bfdf7e77caf0b99207dca77fcb2d )

Damn @LuK1337 you're all over this thing. About to install (well, at least try to) TWRP using terminal, then I'll do this.
Perfect timing, too. I just did the whole 'prepare for imminent disaster' thing so I could do some extreme debloating/deleting of stuff I don't want on my tablet.
I'll report my experience here.

Wow! Great work!

TiTiB said:
Damn @LuK1337 you're all over this thing. About to install (well, at least try to) TWRP using terminal, then I'll do this.
Perfect timing, too. I just did the whole 'prepare for imminent disaster' thing so I could do some extreme debloating/deleting of stuff I don't want on my tablet.
I'll report my experience here.
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Install twrp with odin..
1st recovery
2nd vbmeta
Vbmeta's install failed a few times for me, just reboot back to bootloader if you get stuck on getting connection, then try vbmeta again.
That also depends on what firmware your on, June firmware was a easy on installing recovery and using key combo go to recovery, just worked.
Latest update, Juli needs vbmeta to be flashed, otherwise you (might} get an error about non compatible vbmeta installed atm you use the key combos to boot to recovery from bootloader.

RagingHarry said:
Install twrp with odin..
1st recovery
2nd vbmeta
Vbmeta's install failed a few times for me, just reboot back to bootloader if you get stuck on getting connection, then try vbmeta again.
That also depends on what firmware your on, June firmware was a easy on installing recovery and using key combo go to recovery, just worked.
Latest update, Juli needs vbmeta to be flashed, otherwise you (might} get an error about non compatible vbmeta installed atm you use the key combos to boot to recovery from bootloader.
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1. flash vbmeta from twrp website
2. boot stock; it'll ask you to wipe data, do that.
4. make sure to connect to wifi on stock and that oem unlocking is selected
5. flash recovery, keep holding vol up while flashing
7. sideload lineage × gapps
8. wipe data
10. reboot
11. profit?

For the needed files incase of twrp https://twrp.me/samsung/samsunggalaxytabs5ewifi.html

Ok, so I'm on latest Samsung fw, root and twrp. Just wipe, flash rom, and gapps? Thanks.

suzook said:
Ok, so I'm on latest Samsung fw, root and twrp. Just wipe, flash rom, and gapps? Thanks.
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There is more info here atm then the moment I 1st flashed a few days ago.
You can do it, read, let it sync to your brain, and just do..
Follow @LuK1337 steps, saves you some unnecessary steps I did getting there..

RagingHarry said:
There is more info here atm then the moment I 1st flashed a few days ago.
You can do it, read, let it sync to your brain, and just do..
Follow @LuK1337 steps, saves you some unnecessary steps I did getting there..
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Can I flash magisk? Or the provided su for lineage?

I wiped, flashed rom, flashed gaps. it never boots. I see the lineage boot image, but it never completely boots. Any ideas?

Not sure how I got so messed up, but here I am. Not able to power off. PC knows something is hooked up, but 'adb devices' not showing anything. Device Manager shows yellow triangle for Android Phone>Android ADB Interface.
Looking for info on the internets, but no luck yet. Anyways, I'll check back here in a couple hours.
EDIT: More info.
Had TWRP installed.
Currently no key combos working, just goes to Samsung splash screen, then back to screenshot.

Welp. Guess I'm buying this thing tomorrow.

TiTiB said:
Not sure how I got so messed up, but here I am. Not able to power off. PC knows something is hooked up, but 'adb devices' not showing anything. Device Manager shows yellow triangle for Android Phone>Android ADB Interface.
Looking for info on the internets, but no luck yet. Anyways, I'll check back here in a couple hours.
EDIT: More info.
Had TWRP installed.
Currently no key combos working, just goes to Samsung splash screen, then back to screenshot.
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Did you flash vbmeta from TWRP website? Also you shouldn't be using adb driver in this mode.
suzook said:
I wiped, flashed rom, flashed gaps. it never boots. I see the lineage boot image, but it never completely boots. Any ideas?
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Wipe/format data? Oh also you can try to wipe system and install lineage × gapps again but this time make sure to NOT install twrp app.

hi
first i flash vbmeta (odin)
2-falsh recovery (odin)
3-flash lineage without gapps
after restart i get boot loop any solution?

jawadabomehsen said:
hi
first i flash vbmeta (odin)
2-falsh recovery (odin)
3-flash lineage without gapps
after restart i get boot loop any solution?
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Did you install twrp app? If so, wipe system, install lineage again and don't install twrp app this time.
Did you wipe data?

no i didnt install twrp app
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yes i wipe data

LuK1337 said:
Did you flash vbmeta from TWRP website? Also you shouldn't be using adb driver in this mode.
Wipe/format data? Oh also you can try to wipe system and install lineage × gapps again but this time make sure to NOT install twrp app.
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I will try wiping system this time. and yea, I dont install twrp app. I will update later. Thanks.
Nope. Same thing. I get the lineage animation for a few minutes, then it just reboots. I let this happen a few times. Arm 64 gapps, correct??

jawadabomehsen said:
no i didnt install twrp app
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yes i wipe data
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Add me on hangouts or discord?
( see my signature )

So far, its running awesome! Thanks!

Installing Custom ROM on Cubot KingKong Mini

UPDATE 2021
The original post was for the first King Kong Mini, for instructions for the King Kong Mini 2 go to page 9 in this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-on-cubot-kingkong-mini.4050815/post-84445303
======================
The Cubot King Kong Mini was released in Q4 2019. It is one of the smallest Android phones on the market with a 4" screen. Like many cheap Mediatek devices, one cannot be sure of how "safe" or "secure" these devices are, so the security/privacy conscious may want to consider installing a custom ROM. Here are the instructions for installing Android AOSP on the Cubot King Kong Mini. Note: I am not responsible for any bricked devices.
Download the Stock Rom from here and SP Flash Tool just in case you need to reinstall Stock. Download a system image, note you need to use an A/B arm32 image with 64 bindings. For example AOSP 9 is here.
This process probably can be done with SP Flash Tool but I wasn't able to manage it due to the disable-verification flag required.
Unzip the stock ROM and reboot the device to bootloader, connect via USB and unlock via:
Code:
sudo fastboot flashing unlock
Note this will erase all data. Then on your computer navigate to the folder with the unzipped ROM (for me was NA_mt6761p_d936p_9101cmp_chuanqi_cc_256gbitp24d3_p_lte_3m-fdd-cs_mul_20191121-210020_songlixin_PC) and type
Code:
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
If you do not do this it seems to work without it but then it will bootloop when you try to switch it on. From here on it's standard.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Unzip the .xz image file you wish to use and type:
Code:
fastboot flash system SYSTEM.img
where SYSTEM is the name of whatever image downloaded.
Root
For root install magisk manager and you have to patch the recovery to get root (not just boot as flashing boot alone doesn't give you root). So in magisk get it to patch you boot and recovery images and then put those on your computer, go to bootloader and use:
Code:
fastboot flash boot magisk_patched_boot.img
fastboot flash recovery magisk_patched_recovery.img
You can read more about magisk from recovery here.
To get root then you need to reboot to recovery, hold power button + volume up and select Recovery. This will appear to boot as normal but you will have root when you do it this way and not when you boot normally. Unfortunately I do not have reception when I do this but do have root, other users have this problem but I have not found a solution.
Note that I thought I bricked my phone a few times before getting this as nothing would happen after a failed boot and I couldn't switch it on, however what happens is you can't do anything until the battery has almost completely discharged, then when you hit the power button you'll get the no battery sign and when you plug in you can get to Recovery again. This is quite annoying if you've charged it quite high as you'll have to wait a long time to discharge and be tapping on the power button a lot!!
What doesn't work
Battery usage doesn't work, this can probably be fixed following this guide. If I get time I will attempt this.
Other things to note, there is no TWRP yet so I don't have decent recovery options, this also makes it harder to use certain ROMS as you can't flash things like gapps if you install a ROM without it.
The battery life is definitely worse using AOSP GSI than stock, maybe that vendor overlay would help with that though.
I hope that helps others.

TWRP+Encryption Disabling+Magisk Root
Actually there is TWRP for this model ported from alcatel by NickyNS. You can pick up it from here.
You can flash it with fastboot along with the patched lk which is to disable the "Orange state" message. After flashing it you should enter TWRP right with the next step (without booting to OS). On this stage you might want to disable encryption in order to have full-fledged backup-recovery option in TWRP next time you use it. To do so you will have to format data partition. After that step you will loose all you applications and user data for them, so you should backup it previously. After you format the data, flash Magisk first, then flash encryption disabling script from this post. Now you can boot to OS.
Note, that attached TWRP is only valid for firmware CUBOT_KINGKONG_MINI_9101C_V06_20191121. Cubot has released a new one and you can try to use the TWRP with it, but there is no guarantee it will work correctly.

well well, finally and serranoltexx successor?
i ordered one yesterday and am looking forward to get an suiteable replacement for my S4 MiNi [serranoltexx]

moctir said:
Other things to note, there is no TWRP yet so I don't have decent recovery options, this also makes it harder to use certain ROMS as you can't flash things like gapps if you install a ROM without it.
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I saw 2 places talking about TWRP in King Kong Mini but I don't know if is safe:
- https://unofficialtwrp.com/unofficial-twrp-3-3-1-root-cubot-king-kong-mini/
- https://www.getdroidtips.com/twrp-recovery-cubot-kingkong-mini/

robrazil said:
I saw 2 places talking about TWRP in King Kong Mini but I don't know if is safe:
- https://unofficialtwrp.com/unofficial-twrp-3-3-1-root-cubot-king-kong-mini/
- https://www.getdroidtips.com/twrp-recovery-cubot-kingkong-mini/
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Based on the second poster here and someone else who sent me a pm, I believe the TWRP is safe, I haven't tested it myself yet but I plan to at some point and will post here when I do. When I'm using it as my primary device and everything is working okay it's hard to justify messing with it more at the moment!

Tom Mix said:
i ordered one yesterday and am looking forward to get an suiteable replacement for my S4 MiNi [serranoltexx]
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I did it to replacement my old Samsung J1 ace, very similar of S4 Mini, and I'm not regretful for that.
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moctir said:
Based on the second poster here and someone else who sent me a pm, I believe the TWRP is safe, I haven't tested it myself yet but I plan to at some point and will post here when I do. When I'm using it as my primary device and everything is working okay it's hard to justify messing with it more at the moment!
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I understood but the point is if the TWRP source is confiable. I asked the official TWRP Team about the unofficials TWRP on websites in my last post, and they answer: "Hello, we do not run that site, so I cannot confirm the validity of their images."
So, I wonder how safe the unofficial TWRP images are.

moctir said:
Note that I thought I bricked my phone a few times before getting this as nothing would happen after a failed boot and I couldn't switch it on, however what happens is you can't do anything until the battery has almost completely discharged, then when you hit the power button you'll get the no battery sign and when you plug in you can get to Recovery again. This is quite annoying if you've charged it quite high as you'll have to wait a long time to discharge and be tapping on the power button a lot!!
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This is a very important information. When I did a update firmware the usb cable disconnected and the mobile died. Black screen. The side buttons died too. Only blue led turn on when the usb cable is connected on PC. The windows 10 only recognized the mobile as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)". I thought that had lose the mobile. A few days later when I connect the mobile in the PC, the battery image was showed on screen with 18% of charge and I saw in that moment that I could flash the firmware again.
I flashed official firmware and the mobile worked again but now it died again... because I did a wrong recovery boot. I will wait discharge the battery again. :crying:

robrazil said:
This is a very important information. When I did a update firmware the usb cable disconnected and the mobile died. Black screen. The side buttons died too. Only blue led turn on when the usb cable is connected on PC. The windows 10 only recognized the mobile as "unknown usb device (device descriptor request failed)". I thought that had lose the mobile. A few days later when I connect the mobile in the PC, the battery image was showed on screen with 18% of charge and I saw in that moment that I could flash the firmware again.
I flashed official firmware and the mobile worked again but now it died again... because I did a wrong recovery boot. I will wait discharge the battery again. :crying:
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Yes, indeed there were three times I thought I had totally bricked and each time I was so annoyed with myself! The key is to not charge it much until you are happy with the ROM you put on.
The amount of drivers I tried to use for different OS' when I got that "unknown USB device" on Windows and Linux didn't detect it was all a waste of time!

Well... the battery image appeared again and I uploaded firmware again. I installed the Magisk in the boot recovery, because this only way to install the Magisk on devices that are using system-as-root, but the Magisk disable my 2 SIM cards. When I boot without Magisk, all back to normal.
I serched for any solution for that but I didn't find.
So, my conclusion is that the Magisk not works to Cubot King Kong Mini. How can I stay with a phone with no SIM card?
I give up.

For me I can only get root when I patched Magisk to Recovery and then boot to Recovery and it doesn't see my SIM card but I have root, so I reboot every time I need root which is a bit annoying...

It is very complicated everytime when need "root", to have power off and on the mobile in recovery boot mode. Besides that, run out of SIM card working is not an option.
I will try to get support of this issue with Magisk Team.
Thank you for share your experience.

Ce3apyc said:
Actually there is TWRP for this model ported from alcatel by NickyNS. You can pick up it from here.
You can flash it with fastboot along with the patched lk which is to disable the "Orange state" message. After flashing it you should enter TWRP right with the next step (without booting to OS). On this stage you might want to disable encryption in order to have full-fledged backup-recovery option in TWRP next time you use it. To do so you will have to format data partition. After that step you will loose all you applications and user data for them, so you should backup it previously. After you format the data, flash Magisk first, then flash encryption disabling script from this post. Now you can boot to OS.
Note, that attached TWRP is only valid for firmware CUBOT_KINGKONG_MINI_9101C_V06_20191121. Cubot has released a new one and you can try to use the TWRP with it, but there is no guarantee it will work correctly.
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Hello,
Does anybody can confirm, that this is working with the new firmware?

I tried the TWRP a few days ago and was able to boot to it but I couldn't mount it to see my files, it asked for a password and I tried "default_password" and creating a password for the phone but that also didn't work. A possibility is to change the file format to ext2 and then to ext4 but I didn't want to try it when I couldn't back it up.

moctir said:
I tried the TWRP a few days ago and was able to boot to it but I couldn't mount it to see my files, it asked for a password and I tried "default_password" and creating a password for the phone but that also didn't work. A possibility is to change the file format to ext2 and then to ext4 but I didn't want to try it when I couldn't back it up.
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You will not be able to mount and/or use the backup feature of the TWRP until you disable an encryption by formating the data partition and running the script (just press "Cancel" in the TWRP to be able to do that when it asks for the password). Read my original post very carefully. There is a complete sequence of steps in it. Have you tried the TWRP with the last firmware? How did the rest of the system work?

Ce3apyc said:
You will not be able to mount and/or use the backup feature of the TWRP until you disable an encryption by formating the data partition and running the script (just press "Cancel" in the TWRP to be able to do that when it asks for the password). Read my original post very carefully. There is a complete sequence of steps in it. Have you tried the TWRP with the last firmware? How did the rest of the system work?
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I'm using treble AOSP Android 9 so not the latest firmware. I thought disabling the verification when installing that would be enough but maybe I do need to do those other steps. I can see the /system directory through TWRP so that's probably because that's the one I flashed, but I can't see the internal storage otherwise.

moctir said:
I tried the TWRP a few days ago and was able to boot to it but I couldn't mount it to see my files, it asked for a password and I tried "default_password" and creating a password for the phone but that also didn't work. A possibility is to change the file format to ext2 and then to ext4 but I didn't want to try it when I couldn't back it up.
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You need to put the "Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_02.04.2019.zip" file into SD card or internal memory to install by TWRP. This file disable the asking of password. Worked for me.
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robrazil said:
You need to put the "Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt_02.04.2019.zip" file into SD card or internal memory to install by TWRP. This file disable the asking of password. Worked for me.
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Thanks, I'll check it out!

Anyone else having problems with sensors on this phone? Rotating and compass do not work for me. That's what you get for buying a cheap Chinese phone, I guess.
EDIT: Downgrading firmware back to CUBOT_KINGKONG_MINI_9101C_V06_20191121 seems to fix some problems, rotation works, but compass is still buggy.

Never tried compass but haven't had any problems with rotation.

Tried to install root on a friends kkm but I can't get it working in the os. Is there any chance to get it working there? I am only able to get root access in twrp. Maybe an gsi with root is that possible?

[ROM][SOFIA*/RAV*][10][UNOFFICIAL] OmniROM

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"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Supported devices :
sofia
sofiap
sofiap_ao
sofiar
rav
rav_t
Download (GApps included)
Kernel source
Device tree source
MAJOR BUGS:
you tell me
FLASHING
Boot to fastbootd mode (adb reboot fastboot or fastboot reboot fastboot)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash product product.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot -w (mandatory if coming from stock, warning tho : it will erase all your data)
UPDATE
Boot to fastbootd mode (adb reboot fastboot or fastboot reboot fastboot)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash product product.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot reboot
Telegram support group : https://t.me/Motorola_G_Stylus
20200821 Changelog :
- Add support for g8/g fast
- Add LED support
- Add selinux enforced for all
- Safetynet should pass for all devices (can't check my self, let me know)
- Fix crash when turning off wifi hotspot
XDA:DevDB Information
OmniROM, ROM for the Moto G Stylus
Contributors
vache
Source Code: https://github.com/omnirom/
ROM OS Version: 2.3.x Gingerbread
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked bootloader
Based On: AOSP
Version Information
Status: Beta
Beta Release Date: 2020-08-28
Created 2020-08-28
Last Updated 2020-08-28

2.3.x Gingerbread?

Just installed on my device, works great first try, only thing I've found to not work is Moto Audio with any sort of headphones, works with internal speaker tho. great work thanks!

googl-fi sofiap cannot flash to system
I am unable to flash to the system. It will not let me delete the super or system file. not sure what to do tried everything that is listed on the flash gsi. anyone with some help

lightningdude said:
2.3.x Gingerbread?
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Typo, dude. F

rooted?
is this rom rooted?
vache said:
Supported devices :
sofia
sofiap
sofiap_ao
sofiar
rav
rav_t
Download (GApps included)
Kernel source
Device tree source
MAJOR BUGS:
you tell me
FLASHING
Boot to fastbootd mode (adb reboot fastboot or fastboot reboot fastboot)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash product product.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot -w (mandatory if coming from stock, warning tho : it will erase all your data)
UPDATE
Boot to fastbootd mode (adb reboot fastboot or fastboot reboot fastboot)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash product product.img
fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot reboot
Telegram support group : https://t.me/Motorola_G_Stylus
20200821 Changelog :
- Add support for g8/g fast
- Add LED support
- Add selinux enforced for all
- Safetynet should pass for all devices (can't check my self, let me know)
- Fix crash when turning off wifi hotspot
XDA:DevDB Information
OmniROM, ROM for the Moto G Stylus
Contributors
vache
Source Code: https://github.com/omnirom/
ROM OS Version: 2.3.x Gingerbread
ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x
ROM Firmware Required: Unlocked bootloader
Based On: AOSP
Version Information
Status: Beta
Beta Release Date: 2020-08-28
Created 2020-08-28
Last Updated 2020-08-28
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stolirocks said:
is this rom rooted?
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Nope.

Although not "rooted" you can root after installation just like you would with stock.

Thank you for the ROM. First time using OmniRom and loving it so far. I have not run into any issues so far. Even on t-mobile, my WiFi calling, visual voicemail and text messages all are working without any issues.
Will you be releasing a version with just MicroG instead of gApps? I ended up just uninstalling all the gApps anyways, but just curious.
Keep up the great work!

GApps Dilemma
I am really looking forward to not having Gapps on this device, I haven't installed yet due to this, and wonder. Is this OpenGApps implentation removable using the same instructions as if it were installed manually after the CFW was flashed? Also, if it is not too much extra work, could you post a non GApps build?
Thanks for the hard work!

griz.droidx said:
Although not "rooted" you can root after installation just like you would with stock.
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I tried rooting with the latest & second latest SuperSU flashable zip, but it didn't work. Do you know what build I could use?

.Solotato said:
I tried rooting with the latest & second latest SuperSU flashable zip, but it didn't work. Do you know what build I could use?
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Greetings Solotato and Moto/Android community ,
I know this post is long excessively but hopefully it'll get the point across. Please don't think I'm talking down to you or anyone else. This whole process had me baffled at first as well and I've used others work to root and rom fur years. I've used Linux on the desktop by dual and even triple booting (Nix,Xpor2K, and 98 for old hardware slash gaming support) I even wrote a config for a guy's app called js2mouse to use 2 pointers at the same time in X(wanted to use my old logitech wingman cordless as a remote. But I'm no expert and still consider myself a little above novice. This isn't meant to offend anyone. Shew (the us is just too politically correct)
You can use twrp i think with magisk. BUT...im pretty sure i flashed twrp once in the recovery bootloader before but nothing else would take and twrp didn't function correctly.
I agree with many others now that it's easier to put a copy of the boot image on your device after installation. It's simple really
Just boot your device,
Enable developer options first thing then adb, then you can connect with a usb cable and approve adb access in your phone.
Copy the boot image to your phone and use the latest official magisk to patch the boot image. In magisk pick install then pick image, you pick your boot image which is then patched and renamed magisk_patched or similar.
It'll be in your downloads folder. Move it back to your pc, the patched one of course, and then just
fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
A TIP if you're new to the command line/powershell(win) or terminal(nix/bsd/mac (which is based on bsd)You can even use the up arrow if you dunt want to retype the commands then just replace boot.img with magisk_patched.img just start typing magis then hit tab and it'll complete it for you..
All this looks complicated but trust me after you do it a few times you'll be doing it in a minute or two.
Good luck take your time and read everything you can find. Don't forget to ask the command line for --help! You can find help in a jiffy that way.
Example
fastboot --help i think is the syntax i can't see it on my phone but there's a space between the two dashes and the command your asking for help. And for more details help is included in Linux with man pages. Those are handy in a pinch.
Even though I've done this since the droidx days on many phones, it still took me a lot of research and reading to get this new a/b partitioning and fastboot stuff down to where i can do it quickly.
Read and search these threads you'll be more likely to get answerers from xda members if they can tell you've been reading up on it.
Good luck!
Practice practice practice. That's the advice my uncle gave me on shooting a bow (instinctive or without sights) and he was right. This applies to everything in life.
Anyway I've preached enough. I know it's a long post but hopefully you and others who are relatively new to these moto's will get some help here.
Don't forget to thank the developers and others who made all this coolness possible for us who benefit from
If i helped any at all or you enjoyed my way too many useless details style, please hit thanks. I appreciate that. Sorry for the delay in posting I'm still setting up my most recent rom and I've doing a lot of stuff outside my home before winter.
Sent from my Moto G Stylus using XDA Labs

Sorry guys that was waaaaay too long.
Sent from my Moto G Stylus using XDA Labs

Could anyone point me in the right direction for recompiling this rom's kernel with a different config? I'm looking to poke around & try to get USB OTG/ACA mode to work (i.e. have the phone charge as well as use a usb device, like a mouse/keyboard/storage), which is apparently possible by setting CONFIG_USB_MSM_OTG and CONFIG_USB_MSM_ACA.
I've never compiled a kernel for another arch before, and I assume I need a toolchain that targets arm64 to begin with - I've also never really built anything for android before, and all the guides I've found thus far seem to either be for a specific device or building an entire system image, which seems to be too much - I'm given to understand I can replace the kernel image in boot.img by itself with a tool like mkbootimg.
Any help with where to start would be appreciated, thanks!

My Screen isn't working anymore... using an OTG to move around....
It's the touch screen

Another user asked this previously without any response ... Could you post a degoogled Omni ROM without gapps? Or give any advice how to remove it ? You were the one to put it all together so surely for you it must be easy removing it? As for me, I've been stuck.

Hi I am really struggeling here ... Everytime I try to flash system it ends with
writing 'system_b' 2/3...
FAILED (remote: Operation not permitted)
my bootloader is unlocked and I am in fastbootd.
I so far tried:
- other USB cables
- other ROM´s
- factory wiping
- flashing stock image again (which does work in both fastboot and fastbootd)
- reflashing recovery with stock one
- relocking and unlocking
- booting in to fastbootd via command and buttons
- diffrent minimal adb and fastboot versions
anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?

ianspy1 said:
Hi I am really struggeling here ... Everytime I try to flash system it ends with
writing 'system_b' 2/3...
FAILED (remote: Operation not permitted)
my bootloader is unlocked and I am in fastbootd.
I so far tried:
- other USB cables
- other ROM´s
- factory wiping
- flashing stock image again (which does work in both fastboot and fastbootd)
- reflashing recovery with stock one
- relocking and unlocking
- booting in to fastbootd via command and buttons
- diffrent minimal adb and fastboot versions
anyone have any ideas what I am doing wrong?
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I am in no way a professional like other members here who probably can give you better advice but I was more successful when I downloaded platform tools version 26.0.0. I wasn't successful on my device but after using a older version I was able to get a different set of errors. But I also at the end was unable to flash. Maybe this will help you ?

gatorz_4z said:
I am in no way a professional like other members here who probably can give you better advice but I was more successful when I downloaded platform tools version 26.0.0. I wasn't successful on my device but after using a older version I was able to get a different set of errors. But I also at the end was unable to flash. Maybe this will help you ? My hope is that with that version you will be successful? Another person told me to redownload the ROM and try with a fresh one.
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Gotta love how unsupported this ROM is... Or just busy dev...