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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ProFragger:
Got it, thanks for the information. I could've sworn when LOS became available for download, they warned folks of no way back to MM or B29... I suppose the OTA zip works fine to downgrade so just trying LOS is not a one way trip, after all?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] cincibluer6:
Can anyone confirm if you can still unlock the bootloader after Nougat? I have not yet and just want to confirm.

Edit- search through here says most likely not. I'd unlock before the upgrade folks.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aaronDroid80:
Nothing like downloading nearly 2GB at no better than 200kbps.

Sent from my ZTE A2017U
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
takenover and myself discuss this on page 1. it's also posted several times in the los thread.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gautam703:
Can anyone verify if T-Mobile Wifi Calling works on this device ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] huntnyc:
No TMobile wifi calling on update.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyer_andy:
Yes Verizon still works but many people are reporting a need to temporarily insert a GSM SIM after first reboot to get the radio to reset itself. I had that issue myself too...but service came back strong after putting my T-Mo SIM in slot 1, rebooting a few times for good measure, turning the phone off and then re-inserting the Verizon SIM card.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
^^Thanks. Decisions decisions....

I've had the phone now for well over a month, but haven't put it into daily use waiting for N to drop. While waiting, did some research on xposed. It appears it's nowhere near running on N. I'm hopeful lineage or some other rom will come along with gravitybox like settings built in. For now, it looks like B29 for the immediate future.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kobe4rings:
Ive downloaded the update from the androidhost site but even after loading on the sd card it doesnt recognize it. smh. any recommendations ? was at 35% via ota but it look like 4 hours. cancelled that ish.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ProFragger:
Thanks for the response, bud! I will take a look at the thread, when I get a few moments. But in concise words, it seems you guys found a way, huh!? :)

Thanks for your hard work!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] hunhool:
Heyy guys, glad to hear that Nougat is officially (at least for US devices).

Anyone had a chance to check if the loudspeaker issue has been resolved?

Thx
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bubsnews:
Just wanted to report that my stock Axon 7 (6/128GB model) updated to 7.0 without issue. Of course, the 1.86GB update took over 6 hours to download, but other than that, no issues. It did require a hard restart (power button press) as after the update and shutting down, it didn't turn itself back on, but this was noted in the download/update instructions.

Luck all...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] `SBR`:
is anyone able to root the Noughot version?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] CampfireVibés:
so hows the camera after the update ? pics in day and low-light please :)

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and also whats it get on antutu
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
Rooting should be as simple as flashing supersu (2.79?) via twrp.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
So far we can't even get it to boot with twrp.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
I wonder if the latest twrp is now required since it's on android 7?

Does twrp flash correctly in fastboot mode (bootloader)?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bubsnews:
Guys, quick question. I can't turn off text messages turn on my screen. I use Textra and with 6.1.1 (or whatever was before 7.0) I got notifications but they didn't turn on my screen. Now, no matter what settings I select, text messages turn on my screen.

I remember when my HTC A9 updated to 7.0, that scenario happened too but I was able to stop it. Can't figure out how to get this Axon 7 to stop turning on the screen when texts come in, can anybody help?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Fastboot does not work as usual.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
IIRC it does flash with the fastboot that passes the unlock command. Stock B29 replaces this partition with the dummy one.

Also, I recall someone mentioning that oem unlocked had to be enabled for twrp/bootloader flashing to work. I honestly can't recall for sure. I'm working with 3 different phones and some details might get mixed up (moto x pure, axon 7, and xt1526 uscc version). Each has its own nuances.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
What command are you talking about?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
The fastboot oem unlock command. Remember you had to flash a different fastboot to get it to accept this command.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] `SBR`:
no it's not working, it stuck in the boot. not even ZTE logo comes up.

i have to redo the entire process from B29 to Noughot again.. still no root.

No it won't.. either you have tenfar or tennar method.. or you should be in different Fastboot (i think)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
I'm on https://webchat.freenode.net/ in channel axon7 for the next 10 min then off to bed.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
Hey guys, I have restored my phone back to complete stock and when trying to apply the update via stock recovery it gives me the error code 8 unexpected contents in system partition. Would that be attributed to the unlock bootloader file provided by DrakenFX that i had to flash to unlock the bl and if so what should i do to fix it? head over and download another nandroid backup that shouldn't have the tainted system partition?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Did you flash b29 using stock recovery?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] G3nov3c:
Hey Andy, i don't have another sim to use any suggestions?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] freeza:
I've rooted nougat just fine.... Supersu 2.79 systemless only though
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Which twrp?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] freeza:
3.0.4.0
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
How did you flash twrp? I used tenfar tool and would not boot after.

twrp worked just fine though.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] freeza:
I used fastboot to flash twrp since i am unlocked
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] flyer_andy:
Try repeatedly changing the preferred network type in the Phone Information app (*#*#4636#*#* in the dialer --> Phone Information --> Preferred network type dropdown). Keep trying for several minutes if necessary. Also, I once had a data issue with the Axon 7 on Verizon and simply toggling extremely quickly the airplane mode and wifi for about 20 seconds or so seemed to sort of "reset" the radio so that may help too.

But yeah good luck! Hopefully you won't have any issues at all but I can confirm that the connectivity issues experienced by many Verizon users during the update are fixable.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Fastboot gave unknown command error.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] freeza:
I modified the b29 update package to not flash its fastboot image but instead to keep b20, so when i updated to nougat,i was able to keep my fastboot commands working.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Figured it was something like that. So to do that you have to start on b20 and work your way up.

Something must be incompatible with tenfar's tool and N.

Thanks and sorry for all the quotes.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aLexzkter:
The camera was disabled with this update.

Prove it otherwise! We want to see those raw vs jpeg samples too!

Thanks
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] geearf:
Same problem here, and I don't know where the update is to flash it.

edit: Well We have to go back to stock for it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bornlivedie:
Does anyone have issues with music playback with this update? When you lock the screen the music starts to stutter a lot. Maybe some new power management?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ba1atu:
Google play music works fine. Had it running this morning. Locked screen and all.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bornlivedie:
Giving me issues here.... Changed power plan to performance but it's the same. Stutters every couple of minutes.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shellsuper:
Has anyone with unlocked bootloader been able to install this update ?

I downloaded the zip uploaded by -Duir-, but whenever i try to apply the update via the stock recovery it reaches to 25% then gives an error "E: Error in /sideload/package.zip (status 8) Installation aborted"

I just unlocked my B29 device yesterday, i did not flash or change a thing, except for flashing the stock recovery to try updating to nougat.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Try flashing full b29 from stock recovery.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lian00:
Hi,

could somebody with the update upload the zte camera? it should be under /system/priv-app/Zte_Camera, the whole Folder with libs would be nice, want to test if it is working with LOS.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
Download mirror

mirrored at https://build.nethunter.com/misc/axon7/ (B29_TO_B15-NEW.zip)

if you have a modified device, you will need to flash B29_FULL.zip first to remove modifications (available at the mirror as well)

this will, as far as i can tell, FAKE lock your device and make you unable to boot or flash custom roms, official twrp, etc. ZTE hacks are lame.

should provide ~66 MB/s to canadians unless it gets oversaturated.

i'm low on storage space to host it on my 10 Gbit server :(

I have requested the B15-NEW kernel source from ZTE opensource and will begin doing my thing with it soon.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Best way to flash twrp after updating?

Not having much luck here.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] nigelnkj:
Think so
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
same way you always do; go into fastboot, fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.0.4-1-ailsa_ii.img, scroll with voldown/volup to recovery, power to select
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Invalid command

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Invalid command
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] azpatterson3:
After some trial and error, I was finally able to update to nougat. I came from los 14.1. First downloaded drakenfx downgrade package to b29. Tried to update from that but failed. Then tried several times to download b29 from ZTE. Download failed at 100% everytime. Ended up using the b29 factory ota packagr listed on xda. After a whole night of downloading, I finally have nougat. Phone is unlocked but lost fastboot. Oh well, this will work for now until we see some Dev. magic.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bafangul:
Thank you for all your work and help. May I ask a noob question? I have bootloader unlocked, TWRP 3.0.4-1, root and am on B29 (B29 installed during update process that was used to bootloader unlock and TWRP install method provided on the '[Recovery] Official TWRP for the ZTE Axon 7' thread). Can I use your B29_TO_B15_NEW.zip to update via TWRP? Or can I update OTA? Or would I need to have stock recovery by reflashing B29? Asking because last statement on the official TWRP page states: Allows ZTE full OTA flashing (only for A2017U firmware). But I see on the forums that people are having problems updating with TWRP installed. Again thanks for all you do.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] LuneTech:
So after downloading the update, it failed because it says that the update doesn't match the device???? I have an unlocked bootloader if that makes a difference
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
I will make a zip called B15_TO_B29-NEW-TWRP.zip that will be signed for TWRP flashing only, and will not touch /cache or recovery partition, nor will it care about what your device is.

It will check to make sure every partition is safe to flash, including system, so you must be on a flawless B29 besides recovery.

You should flash no-verity-opt-encrypt immediately after flashing it.

TWRP doesn't support Nougat OTA installer zips...need to find a way around this. please wait.

I'll see about making a B15 full OTA zip for TWRP too...
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] RainofOranges:
For everyone having problems applying the update because it fails at 25% or so:

Tapping reboot in TWRP after flashing a ROM modifies /system (it installs an OTA survival script that doesn't work for our phone) and that is why OTA updates fail. After flashing the full B29 zip from ZTE, unmount /system before you reboot or press and hold down the power button until the phone reboots. This leaves /system completely unmodified and able to install OTA updates, including Nougat.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
Can you mirror this tool (tenfar) along with the correct/signed twrp?? It seems pretty tough to find. Old links are dead. Kinda strange most of us are unlocked but have a gimped fastboot so we can not flash twrp after upgrading to B15 .
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tele_jas:
So, TWRP 3.0.4 doesn't work...Once installed, it won't boot into Nougat.....Then it's a 2 or 3 hour process to revert and upgrade again (and get all your apps back).

Has anyone tried 3.0.4-1 ?

Can you reboot your phone with no issues?

[EDIT] I'm guessing this TWRP works? (was posted while I was posting)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
There are conflicting reports. But I am guessing some have gotten twrp working on B15 one way or another. Seems to be 2 solutions that I have seen.

1: Do not let any upgrade zips flash a gimped fastboot. Edit the script. But wouldn't the zip need resigned to be able to flash with stock recovery?

2: Flash TWRP with tenfar tool.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
the zip doesn't have fastboot in it (fbop partition), but it seems they might have changed some verification to make fbop invalid on emmc_appsboot (aboot)?

i don't know what they are doing but i can't seem to find a way to flash it without losing twrp, definitely seems like they are force locking the device (or rather they are modifying aboot to enforce signature even when the device is unlocked?), i guess i will stick to B29 until ZTE decides to open up unlocking again

can someone figure out a way to flash that signed twrp build and get a full dd of unmodified system partition on nougat B15 for me?

i think i'll just go the route of NOT updating bootloaders....

at least with that EDL binary that was recently posted perhaps those who took the nougat update already can revert back

grrr, ill wait till tomorrow to look at this stuff and figure out what they really did, everything is speculation so far, maybe someone else will have answers when i am awake again

it is confusing they would do all this after helping unjustified dev out with lineageos, but i guess there are different departments with different concerns and ideas

okay, so I think what they probably did is this:

for B29 and older, they had fbop partition for fastboot bootloader which was started by aboot (emmc_appsboot)

this is different than most devices, and actually kind of cool

most devices have fastboot built into aboot, and this is probably why you guys can't do anything in fastboot anymore - you're not using fbop now. you're now stuck with fastboot built into aboot.

their new aboot probably has a new unlock method that they might allow, through a form that voids warranty, sometime in the future, possibly never

so perhaps the solution is to simply find a way to flash the zip without flashing aboot/emmc_appsboot. this is doable through TWRP, but TWRP cannot flash the Nougat system patches so we would need someone to get a dd of unmodified Nougat B15 system somehow.

has anyone been able to confirm that you can downgrade to B29 by flashing B29 or B20 full OTA on B15 nougat recovery?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] srussell1979:
How can I root the axon 7, with Android 7 and do I need to unlock the bootloader or will the unlock bootloader in the developer options work?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] xraytedjim:
My thoughts on the update so far:

1) Camera is MUCH improved. Focuses much faster and more accurately in low light (which was awful before). Much better low light pix.

2) Notifications are different. I don't like them (yet). Seem harder to read.

3) Tapping the fingerprint sensor to load up camera doesn't work

4) A fee misc bugs here and there but overall speedy and much faster

5) Can't tell battery life yet as its been less than 24 hrs.

6) Signal ? seems stronger

7) Everything else seems the same.

The attached pic was taken just before sunrise. It focused fast and snapped the pic very fast. Previously it would have taken me 5 different times to get a shot like this. Unfiltered. Camera seems much improved.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jim262:
My upgrade fails - error message: system mismatch. I get this message when the OS starts up. I have re installed B29 and factory reset device. Is it failing because bootloader is unlocked?

Update: I ran the full update again from my SD card and this time it allowed me to upgrade.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] shellsuper:
Thanks, it worked :good:

I just flashed the B29 file from zte website on my B15 nougat device, and it completed with no errors.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] _phk_:
anyone tested daydream on both LOS and official Nougat?

How is your experience?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
Yes.

LOS = Power button problems. Some apps do not open in daydream mode. Reduce Blur does not work, have to use Reduce flicker.

Official = Power button mostly solved. It can be held down while in 3D and not be a issue. The problem comes if you get a notification or permission popup, leave 3D mode, and the power button is still pressed, will cause a reboot. Blur is much better, but there is no such option to toggle between blur and flicker like in LOS. Those apps that did no launch in daydream mode on LOS, seem to work fine on Official.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeutonJon78:
For the sd card version to work (from recovery) you need to rename it to update.zip from the actual file name. The file name being provided is just the ZTE updater file name. Try renaming it and see if it works.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] kobe4rings:
lol good point. didnt try that this time. thanks. i left the update downloading over night. took like 11 hours to download it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] TeutonJon78:
I spent 10+ hours downloading yesterday at like 25 kbps. I said screw it and just turned off my computer. Today it the whole things downloaded in 20 minutes.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MiMtnBiker:
I have installed TWRP and rooted with B15. I used the tools from here, to flash TWRP. Flashed twrp-3.0.4-1-ailsa_ii.img, flashed SuperSU 2.79.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] ryantek:
Yup, same here, It finally installed, but STILL not on screen navigation buttons. ZTE engineers should be reading these forums and learn from them.:mad:
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Magnumxxxl:
I have a bug with the update. Everything is almost the same thing. I keep getting a waiting on network in the playstore when downloading or updating anything. On data and WiFi. I clear data didn't work and cache. What did semi work was deleting the store and out back to factory. I was able to download one app but the playstore updated itself now I'm back square 1.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] `SBR`:
No go for me tried 2 times, after flashing SuperSU it's stuck in the B29 bootloader screen.

Now if i try to restore LOS backup, the encryption password failure occurs.. so i have to clear internal storage and start again.. :(
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KyJelly69:
OMG verizon sucks! I can't get connected ti verizon. I tried the workaround a couple of pages back using an ATT sim card (gsm?) to try and reset the radio but it doesn't even recognize the card.

I powered the phone down. replaced the sim and booted it up. not recognized. tried putting the verizon sim back and it's not recognizing that one either.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] wingzfan:
You do have the verizon in sim 1 right? Ive got mine it right now and its working great. The roaming icon is even gone.

[IMG="verizon"]https://i.imgsafe.org/b667a2d38c.jpg[/IMG]
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] KyJelly69:
yes, in sim 1.

it finally started recognizing the sim again but still wont connect.

EDIT:What the heck, after one more reboot it now recognizes that it is for verizon but no data. I think I need to provision it in my old phone again then insert it again.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MiMtnBiker:
What I did was install the B29 update.zip from ZTE through TWRP (was on LOS), then reinstalled it with the stock recovery (because B15 wouldn't install), and took the B15 OTA update. From there, I followed the instructions to backup the original boot and recovery images, flash TWRP recovery image, boot into TWRP, flash newest TWRP version and SuperSU.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] tele_jas:
You flashed TWRP, then immediately flashed it again in TWRP? Were they different versions, or the same version? Just trying to figure out why you flashed it twice?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Yoctobot:
Should I uninstall Hiya before this update?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] MiMtnBiker:
Yes, the version I initially linked to is 3.0.2-2 (the same one used in tenfar's post). I then flashed twrp-3.0.4-1-ailsa_ii. The main reason I did that is because I wasn't sure if I could directly flash 3.0.4-1 with that tool. I am sure it wouldn't have made any difference and just introduced an unnecessary step, but it still worked out.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gecko702:
i think we should wait for draken to fix up a flashable ZAD mix for twrp instead of flashing everything stock and loosing fastboot commands to flash twrp
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
[MENTION=309990]freeza[/MENTION] mentioned modifying updater script in b29 update.zip so it would not affect the b20 fastboot, then updating to b15.

I flashed b20, then flashed to fastboot modification .zip and had full fastboot control. Problem is I have not been successful

in modifying the updater script. Its easy enough to delete the line that installs gimped fastboot but then making a flashable update.zip seems to be difficult. was thinking about trying it in linux but have not yet.

now that someone has successfully flashed signed twrp, updating twrp and rooting using tenfar tool I may try that once more to verify.

From N you can flash b29 or b20 update .zip from zte. You can also restore N backup from stock b20 or b29. Haven't tried any other combination.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
I am currently in the middle of creating a full B15-Nougat OTA TWRP flashable zip that also flashes the unlockable bootloader and should be usable from the signed TWRP on any version.

Unfortunately as I had to make it from my own device, it will take around 22 hours to upload (I have 0.4 megabit internet because I'm rural Canadian and that's literally the best you can get)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
I hadn't flashed b29. I used my stock backup I took once I unlocked the bootloader. Should I fetch the B29 update while still on B29 and it won't cause any problems?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
That sure would be nice to have.

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No problems. Just flash in stock recovery. It will wipe data though, but from what I have seen thats a good idea anyway before going to N.