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[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] der_stephan:
is it ready for daily use?

Edit 2018-04-30:

Please note, that I wrote an extensive how-to later on. To answer my question: Yes, it is ready for daily use.

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Original message 2018-04-09:

Hi,

I dropped my old phone and now it's broken beyond repair. Up until now, I used LineageOS on a Wileyfox Swift (crackling) which worked without major issues. So I have some experience with ADB and Fastboot.

Now I was thinking of buying a new ZTE Axon 7 Mini but I am a bit lost with all the discussions here. Is this phone ready to be used daily after installing LineageOS 14.1?

From what I read around here, I will have to

buy the new phone (German shop)

boot stock rom

boot to edl (whatever that may be) using

adb reboot edl

download tulip tool and the unofficial TWRP image

use tulip tool to flash unofficial TWRP image using

tuliptool write recovery tulip-twrp-7.1-r1.img

boot to TWRP and flash the official LineageOS image

right? Is that it? Do I need anything else? Are there any known issues or something I need to be prepared for?

Thanks in advance. I really much appreciate all the work you guys are doing, especially TDM for providing the stuff for tulip.

Regards

Stephan

P.S: Is it possible to describe the way to go in the official documentation as it is obviously not correct there?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] d3cay:
Looks good to me. Just keep in mind that if you want to have GApps and root that you want to flash those together with the rom.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] der_stephan:
Thank you for the information. So I can sum up that it is ready for daily use - except for special yet unknown occasions?

I would suggest that I order this phone and if it's working then I will spread the word. If it is unusable due to touch ghosts then I will help investigating it.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ghyu:
I'm also on a EU gearbest model and LOS. I don't get ghost touch, but I do have ridiculous reports of battery use (Currently sitting at 82%) 18% used by bluetooth, and if you tap through it says that bluetooth has used 8722mAh. Which means it thinks my phone has a 48456mAh battery. Which I am fairly sure it does not. Aside from the strange reports of battery usage, the actual battery life is not great. It just about lasts the day so long as I don't use it much at all. Most days I'm hitting 10-15% left around 7pm.

I've got friends with the UK version, and they don't seem to have this problem.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] der_stephan:
No, I didn't. Not yet, that is.

Could you provide me with a link to a shop?

I just checked download.lineageos.org and there is no LineageOS for that phone.

My whole point of getting a custom rom is that I do not want to have any google apps or any bloatware in my pocket. As far as I know, no stock rom out there provides me with that. That's why I am using LineageOS. And I am looking for a affordable new phone to get just that. Unfortunately, there is nowhere to search for phone availability on the LineageOS web pages nor ist there a way to compare phone's features. I have to go through all of the device pages and try and find them on amazon. And even then it is not sure, if LineageOS is working without major issues.

The Axon 7 Mini looked like a worth candidate. But if the battery is empty in less than 24h with moderate usage then I am standing where I started.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Lineage April Fools Jokes / "Parts: add genuine validator" has been reverted

The april fools in Lineage 14.1 have been removed on Apr 7. The latest build "lineage-14.1-20180409-nightly-tulip-signed.zip" should be safe to use again! :fingers-crossed:
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] k500zm:
Gearbest Sold out a while ago I'm afraid
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Why don't you keep the stock ROM, root it and delete all the google apps?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Diomorgan:
It's almost impossible to find a nice phone with no bloatware specially from cina (baidu is oftner here) out of the box.

Maybe because they think you need it (mmm), maybe because they are paid to be preinstalled.

In my life I found some chinaphone that allow you to uninstall the bloat and some game preinstalled like normal apps.

Only a review can let you know I think! Good luck in your search and try to google if some chinese store still has the low price (in USA someone say that was sold for a period at $99 even at bestbuy, but I think you are german, and european price (specially the amazon ones) are not che on this phone.

Good luck in your search :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NewbieGamingYT:
Does this build work for T-Mobile WiFi Calling??
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
WiFi Calling

Why don't you try and tell us? ;)

(Side note: Please don't full quote or quote something that has nothing to do with you own question.)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] marvelljones:
Not in my experience. VoLTE doesn't work for me either. Even when I force enable it using various methods. If anyone gets it to work let all of us know how. Common problem for Lineage, sometimes fixable, sometimes not. It could be a hardware limitation as well.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] auxillium:
Hey guys, it's my first time getting a device that officially supports LOS. I just want to know what benefits do I get when using LOS, and do I retain features like the Hi-Fi dac. Also, does this have better battery life as well? Thanks.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
[MENTION=9078181]der_stephan[/MENTION]: I can confirm, that the german phone is working as expected. Caveat (but usual to this phone) is the bad connectivity quality compared to my OnePlus 3 I had before. (Get used to have roughly 1/5 less connection quality in comparison to an highend phone.) However, this is not an LOS issue.

The only two big issues I have with the phone (okay, it is three actually):

Battery lives only a day even with moderate usage and constant "power saving" work mode (extreme power saving mode kicking in at 25%).

All power consumption is listed for "bluetooth". No exception. I can brew a cup of tea with the camera flashlight -> listed for "bluetooth" service. Same goes for browsing xda with the browser of choice. All glory (or hate?) goes to the bluetooth service.

In games, there are some moments, where the game seem to recover from freezing. I saw that in 3Dmark and an tower defense game I play. The game stalls for an instant and is then 5 seconds in the future (3DMark said for a few moments, that the game was running with 150 FPS which is impossible since the screen speed is locked at 60 fps, my td game also seems to skip some moments in the game since some enemy troops can even pass barriers on the ground before everything s back to normal.) That happens round about every 2 or 3 minutes.

Other than that, german devices seem to work fine. Camera, fingerprint, Bluetooth, WLAN (2.4 and 5GHz), WLAN-Hotspot as well. Did not try NFC. Only the LED flashlight is getting very hot within a couple of seconds. So it might be better to have a reduced flashlight setting or not use the camera LED for constant flashlight as it might burn the electronics rather quick. (I have an heartbeat-check-app on my phone that activates the LED. I was barely able to keep my finger long enough on the camera lens with the high temperature flash light...)

And if 15.1 is really coming for the 7 mini as well... well... great work so far.

Regards, Bigfoot29

Edit: Something that probably has been already mentioned: The audio-quality of the speakers also seem to suffer from the change. They are still okay, but of course not any more dolby software enhanced. The quality is still okay (and not as terrible as it may sound), but not as outstanding as when you first try the Dolby Athmos demo coming with the phone. If that was the reason for your phone, then keep that in mind before flashing. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NewbieGamingYT:
Why tell me what to do?

I was quoting tdm's post so that he would see it, since he is the dev for this ROM and he knows the true answer! So, it really does have something to do with my general question!
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] der_stephan:
Hey Bigfoot,

thank you for the information. I will give LOS in this phone a try.

regards

Stephan
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
Why not? We are an experimental community. tdm is setting up the basic os and tries to fix bugs WE find. He is not responsible for delivering a fully working OS with a test plan that he can't even fulfill since he only has one device?

And if you are referring to full quotes: That has been discouraged right since forums exist. Forums are not mailing lists.

Thank you.

[MENTION=9078181]der_stephan[/MENTION]: Best of luck to you.

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
You can use a minimal quote for this or make use of the mention user feature, [MENTION=8792668]NewbieGamingYT[/MENTION].
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Diomorgan:
[little bit OT] There's a thread under Axon 7 mini xda page when someone suggested to donate just a few $ for developing (at the time g&earbest one was still&99 in stock), but actually I don't remember if was [MENTION=4126377]tdm[/MENTION] to say to not do it or we were just scrooge ;)

Actually it looks we are not that much and ONE BIG problem are the different version of this phone and the souldout of the $99 one from g&arbest,

When I reported my problems (that now I solved) I got a rude answer (looks like it was then cut out the thread) anyhow if it could help (but I don't really think we are aneaught to reach $199 for a ne axon 7 mini to use as guinea pig) I would gladly donate a beer if [MENTION=4126377]tdm[/MENTION] publish a paypal adress.

He actually deserve it, no ways, tulip tool it's a great tool and tons of pages outside XDA copy/pasted his post and linked his file.

:o
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
[MENTION=4168480]Diomorgan[/MENTION]: Actually he did that already. You can look for his account and even whenever he posts, you will see a "Donate to me" button in green under his avatar next to his comments. ;)

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] k500zm:
I donated ages ago ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Diomorgan:
will do asap
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Would be great if the OP would mention the bugs that [MENTION=9053583]bigfoot29deu[/MENTION] has listed:

I saw a Dolby Atmos modul in Magisk. You should try to use that to bring Dolby Atmos to Lineage: https://github.com/Magisk-Modules-Repo/Dolby-Atmos-ZTE-Axon-7
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
At least the "all power consumed by bluetooth" is definitely a bug. (Am I really the only one having that?)

The issue with high temperature LED did only happen with the pulse measuring app. Looks like it is activating both LEDs. For regular flashlight usage, only one LED activates. Then the lamp stays cool. So I guess, this is how it is supposed to be. :)

Another bug I had at least with the german phone:

The "list all currently available network providers" (except for automatic mode) is showing the error message, that this doesn't work. Automatic mode still chooses the correct network. But refreshing the list of network providers just gives you the message "error while scanning network". This was working with original ZTE android.

That for you prolly need Magisk for. :) But yea, an option for these who have it running. And yes, it is not what I would call a "bug" in LOS. Just expected behaviour. (Still thanks for your suggestion! :) )

Regards, Bigfoot29

Edit: Another issue found: The chroma flash option (to increase image quality when using flash light) doesn't seem to work as it should. What it does: It activates a brighter flashlight. (Short range images (e.g. 30cm) are simply plain white with some shadows, long range photos didn't change except for a wider range of the flashlight.) What it doesn't: Improve the image quality (by merging several images - with and without flashlight active - to an higher quality image). But tbh: I never tried that with the original OS.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] AlUrNiMa:
Anybody got the "Notification LED" working with 3rd party apps like "Lightflow" ? Sorry couldn't find much on this.

Missing Security Patches and Lack of Customization is a bit annoying.

I'm considering Root+LOS for my new "German" 7 Mini...i guess its "Trial and Error" cause right now battery life and reception is very good for me.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Can someone point me to the list of different Mini versions? [MENTION=4126377]tdm[/MENTION] has only listed the 'US model' and 'EU model' (as sold by Gearbest and Amazon.de) in the boot images thread: https://xdaforums.com/axon-7-mini/development/stock-boot-images-verity-removed-t3685697
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Dolby Atmos in LineageOS 14.1

You don't need Magisk to install this modul: https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/soundmod-axon-7-dolby-atmos-t3412342

But why don't use Magisk? https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Right now you are running stock and you are missing the latest Security Patches and the Lack of Customization, but you are happy with the battery life, correct?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] AlUrNiMa:
Yes, correct. Using Stock B13 Firmware i get easily more than 7hrs On Screen Time from that 2hrs browsing and youtube and 5hrs random local video playback 30% brightness.

Standby drain is very nice too, wifi and data always on. Reception is not bad at all. Only camera could be better (focusing issues software wise maybe)

I got it from a german retailer so i guess its the EU Version. Sooner or later gonna try LOS + Root anyway. Updatewise that Phone seems already dead by ZTE.

Only the very unspecific or missing information about EU or US Version differences kept me back from flashing right out the box.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] adamkx7xdesire:
Hi, I'm new to this device and I probably did something wrong. I've installed latest lineage os and stock open gapps for arm64 (fresh install after unlock with wipe system/data/cache/etc)

Everything seems to be ok except this few complains:

1 GoogleCamera FC, but other camera apps seems to work just fine,

2 device performance after reboot or occasionally is very laggy, I guess it has to do with CPU governors (haven't tested), and system battery optimizations doesn't seem to have any influence on that issue

3 AudioFX does not work at all

Does anyone have/had similar issues?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] :
Google Camera has never really worked for this phone on any ROM.

Lag after booting is a common occurrence on many phones and usually rids itself within the next couple of minutes.

AudioFX is working with no issue for me. Keep in mind that it won't work in some apps.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Bluetooth "computed power use" bug

I can confirm the Bluetooth "computed power use" bug. All the other "computed power use" values seam to be OK.

Bluetooth 27%

CPU total 7s

CPU foreground 0s

Keep awake 0s

Computed power use 559 mAh

Screen 8%

Time on 2h 0m 30s

Computed power use 160 mAh

I flashed the latest Lineage and did not flash or install anything else yet, not even rooted the device.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Bluetooth "computed power use" bug

[MENTION=9053583]bigfoot29deu[/MENTION] - Maybe it is not a bug, but instead the high "power use" is real? If I restart the device and didn't use Bluetooth at all, there is no Bluetooth entry in the Battery view at all!
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
[MENTION=1995555]SGH-i200[/MENTION]: No, the ONLY power consumption source is bluetooth. If I browse, use a messenger, listen to music (using headphones): All is being added to the bluetooth service.

Magisk: Until now I had no use for that. Same goes for SuperSU. I need my phone for listening to music and some basic messaging - everything quite far out of Googles reach. And LOS was/is delivering quite enough for me to not need to ask for more (except usual bug fixes). (And I am aware, that even for them, I have no privilege of asking since the Devs do that in their free time.

[MENTION=6641231]AlUrNiMa[/MENTION]: I wouldn't be too sure. I had to exchange my phone 4 times to finally get a german one (from another retailer). The battery usage will be very roughly equal on the long run. Probably worse (with 14.x), maybe the same/better with 15.x (as I could verify on my OP3). But you will always have less spying on you with LOS.

[MENTION=535343]all[/MENTION]: Seems like there was no valid build for last week... Not that I am complaining. Just wondering. I guess, the build just didn't compile. Or is there active work that needs to be done by the maintainer?

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
If you don't use GApps than the 'LineageOS for microG' build is for you!

https://download.lineage.microg.org/tulip/

You should check the Magisk modules (like AdBlock) out, before you judge! I don't want to live without them! ;)

---------- Post added at 09:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:20 AM ----------

No, the LineageOS project has simply re-scheduled the build for our tilup (and other 14.1 only devices) to sunday:

https://www.lineageoslog.com/build/scheduler
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] k500zm:
[MENTION=1995555]SGH-i200[/MENTION] - I wish AOKP did a microg build !
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
Good news for you: You can patch every custom ROM to work with microG! :good:

https://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/module-nanomod-5-0-20170405-microg-t3584928

After patching your ROM, simply install shadow53's microG zip:
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] kurtn:
Yes. That's my favourite method. And you have to flash that zips only once. They survive dirty and ota updates. But read the output of the patcher carefully. It tells you when the ROM is odexed. In that case I use xposed fakegapps instead.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
In Battery view I see other consuments as well.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
The settings menu 'Network operators' view shows 'No network found.' under section 'Available Networks'. But this maybe is a LineageOS 14.1 bug, since the LOS14.1 build for titan shows the same behavior! :(
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
See screenshot. So maybe keep Bluetooth disabled altogether if you want real battery stats! ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
The first screenshot shows how it is supposed to look. (System, LOS, whatever)

The 2nd screenshot shows the ZTE version. No other app whatsoever. Even after using Firefox. Not to mention, that the usage details for "bluetooth" show after a few minutes already rediculous 3000+mAh used energy. :)

This MAY be due to privilege restrictions for apps I did set. But I don't have a phone to test that right now. And I remember being basically as strict with my OP3 as with my 7Mini regarding settings.

I can also not confirm, that the carrier search issue is a generic one. It is working on my Motorola G (first Gen) and was working as well on my OP3 (at least when I remember correctly) before the upgrade to LOS 15.

So this COULD be an issue with phones having LTE or dual sim. But it is not affecting ALL phones/LOS in general for sure.

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
By "ZTE version" you mean "Stock 7.1 ROM"? The screenshot looks like LOS14.1.

The 'Available Networks' are listed on Moto G2 (titan, dual SIM, no LTE) and Moto G2 LTE (thea, single SIM, LTE) on LOS14.1. Maybe it is the combination dual SIM+LTE thats not supported by LOS14.1? :p
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] SGH-i200:
App Names Missing in App List/Drawer

A reminder for anyone who has forgotten how to open the Trebuchet launcher settings (like me):

https://android.stackexchange.com/q...-icons-no-longer-show-text-trebuchet-launcher
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
[MENTION=1995555]SGH-i200[/MENTION]: I have only LOS-devices. I only buy smartphones/tablets, that are supported (with a single exception). They get a function test with their original Android and then are being migrated to LOS. The first screenshot shows my MotoG (1st Gen) with LOS 14.1, the 2nd one my ZTE 7 Mini with LOS 14.1.

The carrier topic seems to be a mix of DualSIM and LTE then. But as I said... I am pretty sure, that my OP3 (with DualSIM, LTE and LOS 14.1) was showing carrier information.

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] emc02:
Would it be possible to use project treble with the (maybe) coming update to los 15?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
Since the LOS 15 announcement mentions, that the changes in structure were quite hard and that they advertise, that future updates will be a lot easier: Yes, I guess so. However, this might not affect all phones. (I have a tablet, that has an 808 processor and thus never gets Android 8 officially. The unofficial ROM supporting Android 8 might not have the changes since the kernel can not be upgraded. And Android 8 can run in both modes (afaik).

So yes, chances are high. But not guaranteed.

Regards, Bigfoot29