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[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
This will probably be a bit of a noob question but the full ota for B29 off the mega link on XDA right?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
I got mine from zte directly. go to axon 7 page and scroll down to support link.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyrus D.:
Much appreciated. If you have the time please do leave very specific instructions so newbs like myself don't mess anything up (which I assume is somehow possible).

I'm guessing most of us with TWRP installed are BL unlocked with root. Personally I followed this guide: https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/guide-root-xposed-safetynet-stock-rom-t3530906

So can I keep Xposed + Safety Net working in Nougat?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
No xposed for N.

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This is still not working for me, it won't even go past the unlocked bl warning. Are there any steps you left out?

edit. nevermind I am an idiot and used su2.79 beta 3. 2.79 stable worked!

I don't think signed twrp had anything to do with it, just the su version.

So currently you can flash twrp and root with tenfar tool, nice.

Note to self, don't do this stuff at 4am.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] move_over:
Pretty decent score, totally stock on N
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
I downloaded the update from the zte usa site and tried to flash it in the stock recovery and the recovery gives me an error telling me the footer is wrong and the signature verification is wrong. Am i supposed to be on a different firmware for the B29 update to flash over? and i did rename it to update.zip and put it on the root of my external sd card
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
Assuming a bootloader unlocked device, with the b20 fbop image & twrp installed. Fully stock B29 system otherwise.

Looking at the update script, I wonder if the following can work.

a) Remove everything upto the line "# ---- start making changes here ----"

b) leave everything else intact

I'd think this would flash successfully in twrp as all the checks have been removed.

Another option is to flash the N bootstack draken provided earlier, then modify the script in the ota file with just these lines remaining. These commands update system and kernel only.

# ---- start making changes here ----

ui_print("Patching system image after verification.");

show_progress(0.550000, 0);

block_image_update("/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system", package_extract_file("system.transfer.list"), "system.new.dat", "system.patch.dat") ||

abort("Failed to update system image.");

ui_print("Patching boot image...");

apply_patch("EMMC:/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/boot:46581034:c126ac662e7849f20782e309de390dc1e1c3ef5c:15349034:b7e07bd19e1840fa74ca9dd889c38cb47467493f",

"-", b7e07bd19e1840fa74ca9dd889c38cb47467493f, 15349034,

c126ac662e7849f20782e309de390dc1e1c3ef5c, package_extract_file("patch/boot.img.p"));

set_progress(1.000000);
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
[MENTION=421262]lafester[/MENTION]

i have a Modded B29 in my update thread Click Here for Modded B29 , Keeps Fastboot commands , fastboot and doesn't wipe data....

just make sure to check " MOUNT SYSTEM AS READ-ONLY " in Mount setting in TWRP. if not the OTA will fail.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
[MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION], you think the steps in post #154 will work?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] scionix:
Apologies for the dumb question, but I haven't rooted an Android phone since like KitKat.

I just bought the phone and had it update to Nougat, is there no way to unlock the bootloader and root from that point? That would, uh, suck ass.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DrakenFX:
you need to be in B29 to apply such changes, so is the same as downloading my Modded 29 and follow my intruction from that thread, safe and no risk of brick...

This OTA isn't a Full N images, lot of the partitions are Patches and not full so there is a risk of brick and you don't want to go there....

TWRP N.B15 zip will available soon if anyone want's to wait, but been honest LineageOS is 500% better than N_MiFavor.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
The B29-B15 image will not flash in TWRP since the system patch format is unsupported.

Here's a nice warning though - if you guys end up with B29 fbop (aka the fastboot that does NOTHING, doesn't even support fastboot reboot) and you flash TWRP, and ever wipe your device...

you're screwed, and have to send the device back to ZTE to get taken apart and triggered into EDL

looks like that's what I'm doing, pretty pissed off about it

what happens is the wipe fails, TWRP continues to wipe the key, you boot OS, it asks for password, there is none, you can't do anything.

reset device brings you back to TWRP, but TWRP will freeze forever because qseecomd is unable to read the crypto key.

as far as I can tell there's no way to get it into EDL, and fastboot can't do anything. device = toast.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
@DrakenFX I realize the B15 is just a patch. Thought flashing your N bootstack + having it patch system/kernel ought to be safe.

[MENTION=5672995]jcadduono[/MENTION]

"The B29-B15 image will not flash in TWRP since the system patch format is unsupported."

Did not know this. Does modifying anything in the update.zip break any zip signatures present?

If someone did flash the full b29 firmware (with the useless fbop), it can still be downgraded to the b20 fbop so long as the N ota update has not been applied?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
I guess I knew it was there since I flashed it way back when I unlocked but figured it wasn't ota compatible.

I'm on 7.0 rooted now, all set up but after reading the comments about bricking I may go back to b29 and flash your modded system, then update again. I agree los is 100% smoother/faster but I like messing with stock for awhile when updates come out.

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What happened exactly? I'm on this setup now and have wiped/flashed data from 6.0.1 etc and no problems.

Did you wipe system and reboot?

Sucks this happened, you have been a huge help to the community.

Edit - I see you have explained further. I have removed all encryption passwords since I had this happen flashing aokp. When it happened to me I was able to get into twrp 3.04 but internal data was not accessable. Rebooting into twrp several times got it going for some reason. This situation sounds slightly different though.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
TWRP will randomly grab handles on raw partitions that breaks wiping properly and we haven't been able to find the cause of it, so any case in which your data partition is unable to boot or is incorrectly formatted will essentially brick your device.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] gpz1100:
^^A rooted phone is already insecure. I never saw the need to put passwords on mine. For stock, I just use 1234 just to get the finger print reader registered. When I used to ride motorcycles, having easy access to a fellow rider's phone was important in case of crash.

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@jcadduono What is the safe way then to wipe data?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
Could anyone write a tutorial for restoring to the stock B29 to update to B15? There doesn't seem to be any clear instructions and I am too poor to have to send it back in to ZTE to get fixed. I have everything stock except that the bootloader is unlocked. I restored it all back to stock last night with my backup and I couldn't install the nougat update from stock recovery. And I think I was supposed to flash the B29 full OTA from stock but it couldn't do it either. Please help, I really want to get back to building the custom ROM from source.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
What happened when you tried to install full b29? Did you take the update.zip out of the file and put it on external sd?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
Here is what I did today after downloading the full ota

1) flashed stock recovery

2)backed up all my data on the internal to computer

3)renamed the B29 update from ZTE USA help to update.zip

4)moved the file to my external SD card

5)booted into stock recovery and tried to flash from SD card option

6)failed to succeed
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cyrus D.:
Thanks for the info. Is anyone working on it? Because no Xposed means no upgrade for me, without Xposed I can't properly block all ads, particularly YouTube's.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Harmtan2:
Dude, you are my hero. Thank you for your work on that. I was in the preview program for 7.0. I'm thinking I'd rather just switch over to lineage instead at this point. Unjustifiedev, draken, & guys like you are doing a better job over here.

PS. I feel your pain in the Internet. I have dsl that maxed out at 1mbps, 90% of the time I only had .5 lol. I finally got them to so a banded dsl connection and now have almost a full 2mbps! Wooo
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
wew made it into EDL mode to flash a build of TWRP that doesn't freeze, freeeeeeeeedommmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!

just had to hold all 3 (volup+voldown+pwr) for like 15 seconds. weird because it wasn't working before :|

praise the magical axon7tool EDL recovery flasher, oh what i would give for the source code to it

update: it seems some combination of buttons i rapidly pressed has wiped force recovery flag, which then allowed me to get to EDL. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
That is amazing dude. Glad to hear that it worked.

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Rovo89 is working on it. However he can't dedicate all his time to the project like he used to so it will be done when he is able to get it done.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Very nice!

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So you didn't pull the update.zip out of the file. There is your problem.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] p_shad0w:
So basically we need to go back to stock b29 to flash the b15 zip?

The OTA is not a full firmware? It won't flash from TWRP if we are on LOS 14.1?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
I didn't realize I was supposed to do that thanks for telling me that. I shall try that and be back after
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] srussell1979:
Weird Question

I have not rooted a phone or done any custom recoveries since android 4.0 maybe(EVO LTE) was the device I had back then. I have forgotten so much about it, but I am sure its like riding a bike. I am curious is there a way to root the Axon 7 with the nougat update, and add a custom recovery? As well as still get OTA's from ZTE when they come out?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
There is depending on the device region
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Oki:
The SDcard must be formatted as FAT32, otherwise the stock recovery won't see it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] misterz100:
With Nougat now stock and the dumb battery manager app thing is gone, is there anything LOS gives over stock?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] jcadduono:
after flashing B29 full I was no longer allowed to install zips from sdcard, fat32 or not, it says exactly this:

"Sorry,you can't sd card upgrade"

I was able to get around it by using the latest adb/fastboot from Google at https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html

Using install zip from sideload + adb sideload with that adb I was able to go all the way to 100%.

Don't know if that was his issue though.

BTW so happy to see they removed that useless 2nd settings page!
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] twilighttony:
I am sorry for bothering you again, but i flashed the file to get back to stock and i went into fastboot mode and i can't use any of the commands what do i do? i really don't want to brick, please help.

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Hey please, how did you get your fastboot to come back from no longer working? I just did the part of restoring the B29 update and now my fastboot is broken, i saw you fixed it after almost breaking your device, how did you get it back and would i need to get axon7tool.exe to flash twrp to fix it?
[ZTE Axon 7 Guides, News, & Discussion] lafester:
Flash draken's modified b29 if you want fastboot.
[Android Apps and Games] ghqst995:
hi there

i used libgdx+box2d with java in this game

its working with Physical routing

Draw a line and drop the ball By calculating the angle

'com.fallingball.game' search with googleplay
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rebel377:
hi guys first of all i know there are a lot of threads like this but i dont have a proper net and need answer as soon as possible

so here is my story:

i had cm14.1 with latest twrp everything was fine with aicp but suddenly it rebooted and didnt boot again.

i went to recovey and tried wiping but it wasnt successful and i think it said no such directory ...

however... after that i did something stupid

i fixed contexts in twrp ,it stayed so long so i force rebooted in mmiddle of that and... i ducked up my phone..

i tried to fix recovery with srk tool it flashed 2.6 twrp but every time i go to recovery mode it stucks at first page and then reboots..

i tried to flash kdz with flashtools with no success
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Im_vicky:
HI

Moto X Xt1575 Bricked and stuck in qualcomm drivers

how to solve ?
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sagar_1401:
be more specific to get help real quick...
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] acejavelin:
You are in Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader mode? Your toast... There is no recovery from that, Moto does not give out the necessary files to recovery from that and none have ever leaked out.

Sorry bro...
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sagar_1401:
dammmm... jtag files might help but its only available with Motorola... u gotta hurry up to service center
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Motoven:
Maybe some already know me for so much help that he asks for MXPE but really that there is no longer to do, my phone just barely start with custom rom's with the officers always throw me prevail flash error bootloader and it does not start, at Start with customs has no signal with my operator and also the IMEI is changed. I do not know whether to give it for lost or to continue trying to have someone understand and able to give me the help that I really need. I would be most grateful if you could help me.

P.D: and try to flash fastboot the last official rom of the page and still nothing. Continues with the same prevalid flash error bootloader.

My regards.
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raghumachanie:
I flashed RR's Nougot 7.1.1 Custom ROM on my Moto X Style XT1572, everything working fine but Tethering is not visible in Wireless and Networks
[X Style (Pure) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CLETjB:
My Pure took the OTA, then after logging into google and installing all my apps, the unit was draining the battery so I plugged in the Charger and continued on, then 30 minutes later my XT1575 shut down, not it doesn't want to fire up. What can I do??
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] jrdamien:
My sd card bit it and now I have no original backup to flash.

Can someone please, please supply a stock rom or point me in the direction of it??

Thanks!
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] d3adbroke:
Would this work: https://xdaforums.com/r1-hd/how-to/guide-convert-to-prime-rollback-ota-t3432499
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] jrdamien:
I haven't been able to get it to work yet, but I'll update.
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] Pheckphul:
Here you go.

You posted this question elsewhere and I answered, and I guess I'll answer here as well.

Thanks to Coltondrg:

Use the following link if you want the R1 HD Prime version's original ROM. The file you want is prime-stock-oob.tar.gz. Make sure you get the .md5 file and verify the ROM file:

https://na.mirrors.coltondrg.com/coltondrg/r1hd/stockoob/

If you want one of the over-the-air updates follow this link:

https://na.mirrors.coltondrg.com/coltondrg/r1hd/stockota/prime/
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] jrdamien:
I used this and it worked on the first reboot. But thereafter it went into a bootloop.

The phone was funky either way so I sent it back to Amazon. It may have been a hardware issue. Dropped calls. It wrecked an sd card. Bluetooth wouldn't work. Maybe just a bad unit.
[BLU R1 HD Questions & Answers] Pheckphul:
Sorry you're having problems. Hopefully the replacement will work out better for you.
[Moto X General] gowtham3834:
After i struck in to the problem i created a simple way to all my friends who are using moto x and thinking about back to stock rom 100% here you go

Downloads:

I assume you already have adb drivers if you're even here.....otherwise get them from the latest sdk here

Moto Drivers (Motorola Device Manager):

Stock Firmware: click here

Moto Fastboot exe: mfastboot

My Setup: Windows 8 machine <--obvious driver issues as usual

download all the files required

step 1: install adb files

Step 2: Install Motorola Drivers

Step 3: Extract Downloaded Stock Rom in the local folder

Step 4: Now extract mfastboot Moto X ghost manual to automation command file.rar

step 5: Now copy the extracted stock rom then paste it in mfastboot folder, now all the mfastboot and stock rom are all in same folder

Step 6: Hope you know how to get in to bootloader , go to boot loader connect your mobile to pc through data cable

Step 7: Now we reached the last step now you simply double click flash_modem file over now the files will automatically loaded in your phone and once finished reboot it you be in 100% stock rom

have fun guys

XDA:DevDB Information

Moto X - Return to 100% stock using one click flash file, Tool/Utility for the Moto X

Contributors

gowtham3834

Version Information

Status: Stable

Created 2017-02-07

Last Updated 2017-02-07
[Moto X General] KadirDvl:
after updating into kitkat from throw your method or when i update my mobile it comes in bootloader mode or says load kernel (boot) failed or boot up failed any idea how to recovery it
[Moto X General] s5610:
You should be very cautious when flash anything into Motorola phone, because it's based on Qualcomm system-on-chip, that has many security checks.

Looks like wrong model was flashed. Execute command fastboot getvar all - that is needed to know the exact model of your Moto X.
[Moto X General] Prodeje79:
Will this allow/prepare a phone to take OTA?

The prior owner of this AT&T Gen 1 Moto X (XT1058) had used some roms, but he advised he had returned it to stock. It never prompts for an OTA.

It is running 4.4.4

baseband MSM8960PRO_BP_2323.038.123.00R

System Version 212.44.26.ghost_att.ATT.en.US

Build KXA21.12-L1.26
[Moto X General] Thoyito:
Is there any way to go back?

I mean, i did this method like 1 year ago... but now I don't remember what I did...

My phone doesn't have recovery and I can't format it
[Moto X General] s5610:
Execute command fastboot getvar all to know the exact model of your Moto X, and ROM installed.
[Verizon HTC One (M9)] Lil Shah:
I accidentally flashed a rom for a different phone and managed to brick my m9. The phone now doesn't turn on, go to bootloader, or any other place no matter the button combination i use. Nothing lights up when i connect it to charge or USB. After a couple days of trolling the web, i came to the conclusion that the phone is stuck in 'Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode'. One of the solutions i found required a 'mmcblk0.img' backup created from another device. The problem is that i dont have another m9, and no one i know has one either. So if anyone would be kind enough to post one, I'd appreciate it.

I found this method to get the mmcblk0.img from a working phone, but can't really test it myself to check whether it works:

1. Root the phone,

2. Install BusyBox

HTC devices doesn't accept regular "busybox",

so, we have to install it via "BusyBox on Rails",

3. Put an SD Card in the phone (at least 16GB), then enable "USB Debugging",

4. Connect phone to PC and run this commands from PC one by one,

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard2/mmcblk0.img

5. Now reading process started and you have to wait for it to finish,

6. After process finish, you will have the "mmcblk0.img" file in your SD Card
[LeEco Le 2 Guides, News, & Discussion] san.medius:
HELP!

I bought the X527 phone mainly for the full 4G coverage in my country and i don't get 4G. Just H/H+.

When i search in the networks it shows me Vodafone 4G but when i choose it - it says 'registered' but then it says right away network unavailable.

I DO have 4G with this Sim card. My old Le 1s even used it...where the proper band was available.

I have installed the 5.9.018s Version and everything else works fine but what could be the reason for this 4G issue?

Does anyone have a clue?

Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] emad.ibrahim:
My Friend bought Kaiser From HTC Egypt and they sodl it with arabic ROM and disable the GPS ?! as it is not legal in egypt to use GPS up to now , is ther is any idea how to enabel the GPS with the original ROM without flashing a new ROM , I think it is need the dreiver or any GPS CAB to enable it, I tried Quick GPS , GPS Test , GPS utitiles but it can not detect the internal GPS

ROM details :

CE OS 5.2.1620 ( Build 18125.0.4.2)

ROM Version 1.81.452.0 WWE

ROM Date 10/30/07

Radio Version : 1.27.15.32

Protocol Version 22.51.88.13H
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ach2:
I read another thread about this recently and I think the answer was that the GPS should be enabled - but would need a ROM Flash.

But, I think that if GPS is illegal in Egypt then there may be an agreement between HTC and the government to have this permanently disabled to allow the import licence.

Hopefully, someone who has re-enabled GPS will come along and help out - I'd be interested in the answer.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] emad.ibrahim:
thanks for your comments, I think it is a matter of driver and I still need it without Flashing a new ROM:confused:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] lesevich:
Salaam,

unfortunately, I cannot offer you a solution, but either way, you SHOULD flash your device, the ROMs here are just so much better than any of the off. ROMs. And who knows, it just might fix your GPS prob, too.

Just my two cents. ;)

H.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] ach2:
There was a big thread on the Hermes forum about enabling the internal GPS. This link (post no. 192) has a couple of WM5 & WM6 drivers attached and you may find more sources elsewhere in the thread.

Maybe worth a try if you don't want to re-flash the ROM, but I think the cooked roms will have all the drivers you need - and if they don't you can always go back to the original set-up later.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] emad.ibrahim:
thanks to all of you ; I will try the links provided by ach 2 ( thanks ) and I will report it back:)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] emad.ibrahim:
:confused: I tried the Hermes Driver but it does not work , any idea ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bravo261:
again, flash one of the custom roms here. the trinity was originally sold with a gps receiver built in but it wasn't enabled at first, but subsequent rom updates brought it to life...but it was a rom update, not a driver. a driver would work for unrecognized hardware, not disabled hardware
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] stozmon:
Just out of curiosity, why are you SO averse to flashing a new ROM?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] emad.ibrahim:
I just want to keep the original ROM for the warranty issues; and the original ROM is perfect for me