yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
You select install then it will give an option to either download the zip or patch boot. You have to have the boot image on your phone's SD card.

Edit: progress on me getting a custom kernel: so many misconfigured .c files. It seems they just copy paste from other sources than give us all of their source. Currently fixing the dead links and bad traces. Either it's bad source or it doesn't play well with Google's toolchain and Ubuntu. Already fixed 5 .c files and going to work on more after treating a friend for getting his CRN tonight.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] official.xian:
Fantastic thank you, I'm stuck trying to get the new Magisk Manager downloaded before it'll let me install so that's where the problem lies. Send congrats from XDA for the CRN!! I assume that's cerified registered nurse?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
Yes
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] official.xian:
Awesome we'll send my congrats!! The not an easy degree and cert to get!!! My dad is sitting for his NCLEX in January.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Ah fastboot flash that's why mine isn't working.

Are allot of the modules working with our phone?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
I don't think any modules are working at the moment just because of the dual partitioning. When I went to download one, it gives me an error. Maybe someone can look into it?

Also, the first time I rooted, I disabled something in TB that I wasn't supposed to and everything started FCing so I had to flash back to stock then reroot and now SafetyNet is failing when the first time I rooted, it passed so something is wonky.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Cool, before i went through the paces wanted the verify if anything worked. Appreciate the heads up
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
I figured since TWRP was still in beta another not much worked, it was more important to have root especially for TB and Substratum so I rooted. Like I said, first time SafetyNet worked. After reset the second time, it didn't. Probably gonna have to restore the factory boot.img, patch it, then reflash it.

Also, the second time Magisk Hide isn't working. Android Pay does though even though SN fails.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Did you get Substratum working? Currently using TB and root explorer but that's about it.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Yeah. It falls back to legacy mode because of lack of OMS support in the stock rom but it still works nonetheless. The only issue I have with it is that every theme I use changes the notifications to a weird magenta color that I absolutely can not stand.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Settings and system UI is theming? That's great news
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Yeah. Plus all apps that are supported in the theme. I just don't theme the QS and Status Bar because it makes some icons invisible but I think that's just cause of either the theme or no OMS support.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Awesome!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Subtweaks and aospblack, I needed the 4 qs tiles big-time!!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] sabrdawg:
Substratum is wonky for me. I'm using the AquaLime theme, and it took for a while, but after a reboot, the colors went all weird. I tried uninstalling Substratum completely and it still stayed that way. I reinstalled it and applied the theme again, but nothing has changed. I also can't read my notifications as it's black text on a black background.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
Same here. Everything requiring root is wonky. ?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] donosaur:
Thanks for this. I was able to get 14.2 installed and it is passing safety net. Do you know if it is possible to get r/w on /oem? it worked with SuperSU but does not seem to work with Magisk.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] themustached:
I don't think so. I've only got it mounted with SuperSU
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Same. I remembered doing something when I had my HTC 10 cause it did the same thing but I can't remember. I tried multiple themes. I think it has something to do with Substratum running in legacy mode.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Yes, yesterday i had to use the flash all.bat script and re root cause i used a sub theme that didn't work out well.

So far Black Aosp, Dark aosp Pixel/O themes have been working well.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] JodyBreeze901:
I bought the Swift Black one and have no complaints so far.....
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] official.xian:
Where does one find aospblack?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=substratum.piereligio.bst
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Why didn't you just use Substratums recovery mode?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Thought we needed a recovery for that. I couldn't access the phone. was stuck at lock screen, swipe to unlock wasn't working and couldn't access settings, so a system ui theme did it to me i think.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
If anyone would like to test please DM me. We are using Slack now instead of Telegram. Just a heads up.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Heads up to anyone using Substratum, Flux is 99¢ in the Play Store (down from $1.50 and sale ends in 15 hours) and it works completely fine in Legacy mode. No magenta notifications or anything. Only problem I have is the Moto icons in Settings aren't themed.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
Should just change the title of this thread to substratum theme thread. Haven't heard anything on TWRP or root here in a while.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Twrp is 95% done
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
Can't wait! Ty for the update!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
We are working on things. A lot of us who are working on it do this as a hobby and can't devote 24/7 to it. I got the kernel to build thanks to help from [MENTION=6842057]nathanchance[/MENTION] on finding an obvious thing Motorola did with their configs.

https://GitHub.com/Uzephi/Nash

It is pure stock right now. Will work on features and edits in the coming week. Still new to the kernel scene so please no ETAs. I am learning on the way.

Source was actually clean besides the defconfig which I edited with the help of the above RD. He doesn't own this device and won't do any work on it so don't ask. Our new defconfig is nash_defconfig.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
I'm sure the thread will be cleaned when twrp is finished and nothing off-topic will be on here. Hang tight for a bit.

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Do you have proof?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
Yeah I'm not complaining it's just wicked of topic here
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Gotta have a little fun once in a while. All work and no play make us dull boys. :P
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
True. I just get notifications and get excited to hear news on TWRP when it ends up a comment on a sub theme I'm let down lol
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Why don't you join our group so you can get notified of all the off-topicness and progress on everything we're working on? :)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
Where@
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
[MENTION=3659125]joemossjr[/MENTION]

Sent you a PM
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] jhofseth:
TWRP will be nice, but FlashFire in Playstore is so good you could get by without ever installing a custom recovery--not that you would prefer without, though.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
PM me.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
So I heard you guys want progress?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Nice work
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Release is imminent
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Oh nice take your time no rush
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
no its done now lol theres a release comming soon!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
WOO HOO!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Chrisy8s:
For the newbies like myself will there be a re-do of the step by step instructions combining all these developments? Please? Thanks for your work
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
Yes! Someone will put a tutorial together.

It's a simple process
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
It's up
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
* * * Thread Cleaned * * *

Let's keep the comments on topic and NOT on inappropriate, juvenile, garbage.

If your comment is not respectful, on topic, and within the rules; simply don't post.

Thanks for your cooperation.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Thank you! Here's some news. I'm starting a stock based ROM tonight if I can
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] filthyfnj24:
Hell yeah.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
Is there anyone in here that can build or port roms or kernels from source?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] WeUseLord-:
Not sure but does anyone think lineage would be available for this device anytime soon?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] vibraniumdroid:
Any progress? I might be able to help.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
It will be uploaded in 17 minutes

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Within I'd say a month
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] WeUseLord-:
That's cool how you holding up with the family issues?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Screenies
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] WeUseLord-:
That looks clean and I like the design of the UI on that rom too
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Bestplayer55:
How can we get the aosp rom??
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TheKnux:
There is no AOSP rom. Yet.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] StonedYoda:
Hey I just got this phone and unlocked the bootloader. Is there another forum for this ROM? Thanks!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] LGtMgG2t:
Looks promising and anxious to have a go at it. This phone is amazing. After trying out a few flagships across the board this past 2 months, I think I may have found a real replacement for my beloved Nexus 6.

If you need any help testing then send me a message. Thanks for the efforts again :)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] tori7495:
Verizon

Does this work with the Verizon Moto Z2 Force ?

Sorry , real new to this , but picking up really fast , I do believe , I've done three other phones ( all MetroPCS )

Just switched to Verizon , due to coverage in my area , and I am really hoping I can continue to learn on my new phone , however , I am seeing a while lot of posts all over Google about how Verizon phones arent rootable , anytime wanna help me ?

Is it possible to root the Verizon Z2 Force ?

A simple yes or no will do ,

I can figure out the rest just wanna know it it's possible / if it's been done ?

Please & thank you.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
Nope. Verizon told Lenovo you can't unlock the bootloader. Until it can be unlocked, you cannot root it.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] tori7495:
But i have seen a very numerous amount of posts about people who have Verizon being able to get around that is this with just specific phones orr ... ???
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
E.G. My Verizon M7 was bootloader locked and HTCDev wouldn't unlock it like other models. It required a program: Rumrunner, firewater, sunshine, etc to unlock the bootloader through a security exploit. There is non for this phone as of yet.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] exavadeathwitch:
Has any progress been made on unlocking the bootloader for at&t moto z2 force? I purchased one which was unlocked to use with MetroPCS
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] HACK3DANDR0ID:
I had a Pixel XL and it has a/b partitions like the Moto Z2. When we flashed ROMS, the ROM went on 1 partition and the gapps went on the other. And we had to flash like this :

1)Boot into TWRP

2)install the ROM you want

3) Flash TWRP ( or it wont be there when you reboot)

4) Reboot Recovery ( changes from one slot to the other)

5) Install Gapps and whatever else you want

6) Reboot

I just got my Moto Z2 today so by no means do i understand how this device works, at this time, but in the 1st post, it was asked if anyone had any ideas to post um....
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] takota6:
At the very least your thinking and encourage others to 2...So keep it up Android Devices
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
https://xdaforums.com/z2-force/how-to/oreo-nougat-how-to-root-z2-t3756669

Progress is progress! Now TWRP works with encryption, is official and this just means ROMs are around the way. (Pantheon for Oreo is in beta stages as well)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] revulv:
Who is that?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] jbats:
Got my Cobalt last week. I've unpacked the boot.img and started making the device tree so we can compile twrp. Slow comings due to work and real life but yeah lol.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] jbats:
Anybody with a sprint device hit me up in PM. I need a few testers.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Just sent you a pm
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] seniorstew:
I have a Tmobile device I can test for you
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Yes definetly awaiting to see how things go. Still using my S8 which has root but not a simple process.

Hopefully this phone will get a good following. Thanks for everyone trying to get the ball rolling.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Saythis:
I'm with you, if this phone gets TWRP and root I'll probably be ditching my S8 most likely :)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] razrlover:
Yes the S8 is amazing awesome without root. The is the first phone i have owned without root since i discovered root, Galaxy S days. Just realized that.. That's wild
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] presto1979:
Got a Sprint z2 force with unlocked bootloader available for testing..pm me
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] revulv:
Any word on if any progress has been made?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
As of right now we have like 6 people trying all kinds of different things and we are coming up with the same problems. What's needed is source. Root is just not wanting to work with us right now.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Tjanks for the update
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] revulv:
Source of what?..
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Source code
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] revulv:
My question was the source of what. I knew you meant source code. If we had the source code for any phone all of them would be rooted and every possible vunerability would be known.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Moto is going to release source at some point. Still hasn't been released for z2 play all they have is twrp. The problem with our device is the a and b partitioning the only device with a and b partitioning Is the pixel and pixel xl. So with that being said we have tried everything we could to get magisk to patch the boot img with the pixel magisk and normal magisk and we successfully patch it and it boots but no root and were still trying to figure that part out. But with the limited knowledge we have it's pretty hard lol
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Good news guys we have a alpha build of twrp booting as of right now basic funtions like touch and menu options work but anything that has to do with the filesystem isn't working we think it should be a simple fix. Stay tuned!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Thats great news
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
More good news! We have gotten ahold of the TMobile att verizon us cellular and Sprint factory images! Which means allot less stress now when testing! On the twrp side we have gotten a lot of test recoverys to boot and we have adb access and adb sideload available but means nothing without filesystem access. Will update when we find more out! Thanks for the support guys!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Shaffer678:
Thanks for all time and effort! Much appreciated
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] revulv:
Awesome! If you have TWRP... You've achieved root?!.. Please share!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
No sadly no root yet. We have 2 guys working on root and 2 guys working on twrp. TWRP boots but only sees the contents on the boot image oddly. We've tried numerous things including modifying the fstab for recovery and still cant get it to recognise. But we have gotten adb to show in recovery and sideload works now. We are hard working on this daily most of us work everyday it seems like so in our spare time we go full throttle. I have purchased a new building computer for when development takes off and have a super high speed internet service. Now it's just getting things out together bare with us!

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If anyone has any experience in building twrp and manual root please pm me

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Here are the boot.imgs from T-Mobile, US Cellular, AT&T, and Sprint

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1tqDJm_qQf4UDYwN3FRbmVuNG8
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] revulv:
How do you test and get TWRP working without root? You need root to flash custom recoveries.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
No you don't. Fastboot works charms.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Thanks you devs should start a bounty thread
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Na i refuse to take any type of payments I've been a member of this community for quite a while lol
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
Good for you thats great
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] ryangil2003:
is there like an eta for an official root
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Drewsdad:
Thanks for your hard work.

Just wanted to say I appreciate all that you guys do. Looking forward to what you guys come up with. Thanks KS for you work and dedication, so the rest of us can enjoy the full capabilities of our phones
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Please guys don't ask for an ETA were working as hard as we can with the new ota we now don't have access to the newest boot img. We are still working on the last one to get root just be patient root WILL come to this device
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
If you need a Sprint tester, just got mine and will assist as much as I can.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] filthyfnj24:
Not the official first rule but...
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] slaytanic:
Actually, yes there is. The official eta is...

When they're done, and ready to release it.

Not a second before, not a second later.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] ryangil2003:
Are there an new progress updates?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] slaytanic:
They're all in this thread
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
I'm getting my computer tommorow we have spoken to Motorola annnnddddddd this is what we got! Progress

https://imgur.com/gallery/6DvfV
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] 47th_Ronin:
You guys are awesome!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] 47th_Ronin:
Bought my moto Z2 about 3 hours ago and was surprised to find that the toggle for allow oem unlock was not greyed out...

So, I clicked on it... Is this normal for anyone else on Verizon with this phone?

Screenshots attached.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
You still have too get a code from the Motorola bootloader unlocking site and Verizon users can't
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] slevdogg:
Trying to get cutesy rewording your first post?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] presto1979:
**thanks for all your hard work guys!!**

stop bugging the devs about eta and let the gentleman finish there work please?! Looking forward to what is in store for this awesome device...sprint here for testing if needed
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Status update: so with the release of magisk 14.0 it allows manual patching of our boot.img to install magisk. Sad new is it doesn't work for ours. Due to having the a,b partitioning like the pixel it doesn't patch correctly. But the dev has publically stated he is going to start working on the pixel right after the release of 14.0. there has already been beta releases on the pixel that allow root and we are just waiting for pixel support. What all this means for you guys is.... Root is coming. Whether it be from us or topjohnwu remains to be seen. All I can say is stay hyped guys it's coming.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] meathammer386:
I seen the release yesterday this is great news thanks for the update
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Rinkle McBally:
Great work guys keep it up ?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] logikism:
Tmobile here to test! Thanks guys!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] sabrdawg:
Hey everyone! I'm new to the Moto Z2 Force game. Looking forward to all the developments with this device! :)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] ryangil2003:
Can't Wait!!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Just a little update
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] themustached:
I'm assuming he's talking about the Pixel
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] 47th_Ronin:
Thanks for the update Joe!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
Yes talking about the pixel but we use the same setup so there's a good chance it will work for us!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] ryangil2003:
is it easy to install magisk on the moto z2 force now?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] joemossjr:
It will be when finished for the pixel. The new magisk allows boot img patching
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] ryangil2003:
So hopefully within to next day or so I may be released? I know your not the dev of magisk but I'mm just kinda asking
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] slevdogg:
Don't "just kinda ask"

When it's ready to be released, it will be released.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] slaytanic:
Wait, we're not supposed to ask for an ETA on xda? Since when?!?

(Sarcasm)

Tester here for sprint variant if needed. (When the time comes)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] themustached:
Updated Magisk scripts are on github now for the pixel.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] presto1979:
Nobody get there hopes up but I've been discussing our phone with the great Chainfire in hopes that he may give us a hand rooting this bad puppy..he's asked me if it supports fastboot boot and if we had the entire factory firmware yet which we do not and I have directed him to our thread here so he can see our progress so keep your fingers crossed and hopefully he can give us a hand!:fingers-crossed: