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[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] 41rw4lk:
Try resetting the apns to default, make sure the preferred network type is CDMA+LTE, and make sure your network is set to automatic or Verizon. You can always search for Verizon's apns and enter them maunally if needed. Sometimes it's a pain to find the exact one needed, but a little trial and error will usually get you there.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TopGun2000:
I have an unlocked Sprint Z2, flashed T-Mobile flash all for Oreo. Did factory mode. Then it booted up fine. Inserted a T-Mobile data only sim and couldn't get any service, apn setting was fine. Not sure why. Flashed stock Sprint rom. Everything works okay again.

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The default Sprint rom seems to work just fine with a VZW sim if your phone is unlocked. It has all the CDMA/LTE bands that Verizon requires. Just FYI.

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FYI, I tried one Verizon postpaid sim in my unlocked -03 Sprint variant with stock rom. It worked just fine only it took a while to get registered on Verizon network for the first time since it has a non-vzw IMEI#.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] uglatto:
Thanks for your help! Super relieved to hear someone else has gotten this to work.

Turns out it was partially a SIM issue. I got a replacement at Verizon and got LTE + mobile data as soon as I popped the new one in. Still reading as always roaming though, even after updating the PRL's. However, after restarting my phone it gave me the same "invalid SIM" issue once again. This is making me think it's a modem problem, something is resetting at boot. Weird though because I just didn't do anything wonky just the Sprint flash-all. Only other thing out of the ordinary was a security update popped up and it keeps giving me "installation unsuccessful", maybe that's indicative of a certain problem tied to this?

Edit: Update, what I did. Installed Sprint flash-all twice, installed debloater, left SIM tray removed, inserted after setup. Now LTE and mobile data works, but not voice, the opposite of before. Tried restarting, back to square one the phone recognizing that there is a SIM, but no network info is being populated.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TopGun2000:
I didn't have any issue as you mentioned. I was using Z2 with a Sprint SIM initially. Then I asked Sprint to unlock it. I found out it worked with whatever SIM I put in since it basically has all the required bands for all major US carriers.

I would strongly suggest you to use a Sprint SIM to set it up immediately after you do a Sprint flash all.

Edit: you probably don't need an activated Sprint SIM for the initial setup. Just a new or used Sprint SIM matching your phone should do the trick.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TopGun2000:
I think I upgraded GPT and Bootloader accidentally when I tried out T-Mobile rom. That's probably causing all the "no baseband" issues when I put on VZW or RET roms on my -03 phone
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] uglatto:
Thanks, I'll give it a shot when I get a chance.

Last night I thought I'd mess around and see if I could get anything different to happen. This time I flashed the Sprint radios to the retail rom (non_hlos, erase modem 1 & 2, left fsg.mbm alone). I got it to read both voice and data simultaneously for the first time, but it was short lived and voice cut out after 20 minutes or so. Back to the drawing board! Tomorrow I'll have time to stop by Verizon. Beginning to think this may be a problem with their provisioning somehow, its just weird because I used the SIM in my Z2 Droid and it worked perfectly.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TopGun2000:
Retail rom may not have correct vzw provisioning software. I've tried the retail rom + sprint modem combination. Only got the voice working as roaming 1x mode and LTE data seems to be fine. No VoLTE.

Keep in mind, when you did flash sprint all, you upgraded the bootloader, so you cannot really put on vzw modem file anymore (lower version). I've tried vzm rom + Sprint modem. Everything is fine except no Volte and voice in roaming mode.

I guess you can wait for vzw to release newer flash all package to have a newer vzw modem file. vzw modem should work better on your phone than sprint modem.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
ERM. The flash all links in second post are same main ver. Only difference is carrier sub-numbers. I.E. all zips I linked to are their respective Oreo Update from Nougat, even the Verizon one. (They have the same bootloader pretty much besides any carrier specific things).
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TopGun2000:
Agreed. I tried to flash different bootloader files from Oreo packages, all succeeded but one from Nougat failed as expected.

Here are my findings so far for -03:

1, tmo baseband can be loaded but after system is up, it always shows "radio off" (probably due to GSM only)

2, vzw baseband can be flashed but after system is up, it shows "baseband unkown"

3, sprint baseband is okay with retail rom, but lacks provisioning software for either sprint or vzw sims

4, sprint baseband is okay with vzw rom, but no volte and voice service is always in roaming mode using vzw sim
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] uglatto:
Very succinct! Thank you.

Sounds like right now there is nothing I can do to get VZW up and running on -03? I'm willing to try anything if you would like me to test something.

Edit: It definitely seems like an issue with Carrier Provisioning Services. I had Voice and Data working again on a fresh install of Retail with the Sprint firmware. I got a notification that Carrier Provisioning Services stopped working and then I was data only & voice out of service. Still baffled why I can't restart without both SIM and wifi losing functionality, I need to reflash the radios whenever I want to reboot.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TopGun2000:
Have you tried VZW rom with Sprint modem FW? It could give me LTE data but only 1xRTT voice (no volte).

Stock Sprint rom worked fine for me after using Sprint SIM to initialize it. Then with Verizon SIM, it had LTE data but only 1xRTT voice (no volte).

I assume VZW volte requires its special FW and provisioning software.

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BTW, use these commands to flash the modem file if you haven't.

fastboot flash modem_a NON-HLOS.bin

fastboot flash modem_b NON-HLOS.bin

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] uglatto:
Just tried VZW ROM with Sprint modem firmware, I get 3G, but no LTE and always roaming. Seems to be stuck that way. Tried network reset, updating PRL's, switching modes, rebooting, reflashing modems, airplane cycle, resetting APN's to default, etc.

I just tried a fresh install of the Sprint ROM and I think initializing with a Sprint SIM somehow made it worse. I got no dialog saying that "Carrier Provisioning Service" stopped, so I suppose that's good. But it's back to saying invalid SIM when I put mine in and it hangs when I try search for available networks or "choose automatically". Carrier Hub is permanently in notification bar as "processing requests". When I rebooted with reflashing the modem I got it to recognize verizon, and it says both voice and data are in service, but the mobile network is disconnected and I have no way to enable it. Also provisioning services stopped again.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] TopGun2000:
Roaming on VZW rom is okay, I think its probably caused by mismatched modem fw and system sw. I think it's superficial. But you should have LTE data if in good coverage area.

Dial *#*#4636#*#* to find out the phone information.

Your saying "invalid SIM" on completely stock Sprint rom makes me wonder if something went wrong with your sim unlock.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] umnoff:
Hi!

I have Sprint's z2 force with unlocked bootloader. Prior to Oreo update Google pay worked fine. After update to Oreo it became broken. Will this method return Google Pay back to work?

Thanks!
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
On nougat, what were you running that wasn't stock. Was it Magisk? Custom kernel? Either of those would bypass safetynet to have Google Pay work
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] teradark:
so do i need to flash the T-Mobile version, is there a UnBranded version that i can install over the tmobile one?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] umnoff:
Actually, I don't know what kind of unlock does it have as I bought it not in a store (Z2 force are not for sale in Russia)... What I can say is that there is no root on it. The only sign of some kind of modification of device is a message about non-original OS running on it.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] ioveandrroid:
hello,i flash T-mobile to my AT&T Z2F,and now i lose my network，I tred to flash back but the network still donot work，ang in About Phone Baseband it shows unkonw，how can i fix it？ already tred FlashALL，did not work
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] teradark:
flash this and still cant update
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
You need to find the blank flash file for your carrier. I had the same thing happen to me and luckily, it's fixable. So don't give up.

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You cannot have any modifications to your software. It will not run if twrp is installed still. You may even have to lock the boooader and then unlock after the update.

Flash back to stock using flashall file for your carrier/device.

Lock bootloader (may not be necessary, but I would if it keeps failing)

Setup android

Download update from settings hit update

When (if) it's done, unlock bootloader.

Then either restore or start from scratch again with usual steps
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] teradark:
Yeah I done that but now I have a new problem. I flash the wrong T-Mobile update and now I can’t access the oem unlock option in the developer menu. So now my bootloader is locked and I have no sim or WiFi.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] 41rw4lk:
I would advise never to relock the bootloader, nothing but trouble comes from it and you've already voided your warranty. Try flashing the latest flashall for your carrier, then do a factory reset.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] teradark:
I cant flash anything cause i dont have permission to do so since my bootloader is locked. I guess this phone is done for.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] 41rw4lk:
What TMO did you flash? What have you tried to flash since locking the bootloader? Everything I've read (keep in mind this is for motos in general, not universal, and not specifically for Z2) says you can flash an official firmware with a locked bootloader. Now if you went all crazy flashing this and that with no regard and locked your bootloader it might not be possible. However it says that you can only flash an official firmware for your carrier and country with a locked bootloader, and it must be the same bootloader revision or higher. Maybe you just can't with this phone. I'd be curious to know if anyone has flashed an official firmware with a locked bootloader.

I know Samsung will let you with Odin. Maybe you can give RSD-Lite a shot.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] teradark:
I have to flash each part individually cause I use Linux. It fails at flashing bootloader and on. I flashed a previous version of tmo I got from a different post forgetting it wasn’t from this post when I locked the bootloader.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Technical:
Hi, this guide requires booting on bootloader. What if after trying to flash a ROM you got a hard bricked device that (apparently) can't get into flashboot mode? I mean, you can't turn on the device, does not charge (although have ~50% battery), power + volume down key does not work, black screen... :confused:
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
If windows recognizes the device as "9008 Qualcomm" then you need to blank flash. If it doesn't recognize it, then you're pretty much hard bricked and need a board swap from Motorola.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Technical:
Thanks.

Can it be simulated? I mean, does it require a special driver (like Asus use iSoc USB Driver + xfstk-downloader)? Can I use RSDLite to flash? I've thought RSDLite just connect when in fastboot mode...

I'm rooting/flashing Androids since maguro (Google) and I got out from a lot of hard bricks in Samsung and Asus. But seems Moto Z2 has such an especial partitioning and TWRP rules that I'm pretty much scared to get into a no way back. More than ever I need a step by step to do it again... In fact, I've followed a step by step guide :crying:
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
https://download.invisiblek.org/nash/unbrick.zip

Best thing I can advise. If you're stuck in 9008 mode. Try installing the windows Motorola Drivers and follow the instructions invisiblek put in that zip
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] teradark:
So while my bootloader is locked, I can’t install any firmware.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] 41rw4lk:
What is the actual state of your phone besides bootloader locked? What firmware do you have installed, and what version? Do you have usb debugging enabled? Is your phone a branded phone?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Aletcham:
After installing retail rom, IMEI and Wifi does not work

Hello friends good afternoon I'm new to the forum. I wrote myself shortly. But needing help for something you are experiencing when trying to install a retail rom. I can install via adb commands and without any error. But I am without IMEI and the wifi also does not work. The only rom that is working is the OCX27.109-48 sprint for my Moto Z2 Force bike bought in Brazil. The other retail roms present an error in the IMEI and wifi also without function. Hint suggestion for a solution? There you have it I would like to put a ROM Retail.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
If you don't have the imei and baseband, you need to find a blank flash for your model and you will (hopefully) have your imei and stuff back. Same thing happened to me, I don't know how or why but that fixed it
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Aletcham:
After installing retail rom, IMEI and Wifi does not work

Josh McGrath thank you very much for responding. I'll see if I can find a rom that can do that, you said it yourself. I know the one that was in use initially was retail and in its penultimate March patch. It was receiving updates until the last of May of 2018. Being that this always gave error to install. That's when I tried to install the retail rom already with this patch included. From this facility my imei and wifi have not fined more. I have already tested several roms downloaded at firmware.center and at the moment the only one that came back to working imei and wifi was mentioned in the previous message. I will continue to try a clean model for the XT1789-05. Well I've tried some tutorials here from the XDA site and would not like to use the Sprint that at the moment is the one that is making my device work.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
If you can't find it, l will upload it to a file share site tomorrow if i can. I brought my phone back you can too :)
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Aletcham:
Thank you very much and your precious help. A big hug.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Technical:
[MENTION=9201078]Aletcham[/MENTION]

"I will continue to try a clean model for the XT1789-05."

Maybe this helps: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/nash_retcn/official/RETCN/
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Aletcham:
Many thanks friends! I'll download and install. I hope to bring good news. Anyway, I thank everyone for their help.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
MFT updated to newer versions. Below are the links and second post updated

AT&T Oreo Flash All

Sprint Oreo Flash All

T-Mobile Flash All

USC (check version) Flash All
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] fast69mopar:
So far, for me at least, when I run the flashall, the command prompt flies through each command. It takes a total of 10-15 seconds to complete and then my device reboots back to the bootloader screen. In the OP you said it could take up to 10-15 minutes to complete depending on the computer/USB/RAM.

Little bit of background...

Picked up 4 new Z2 Force's last week. 2 for development/tinkering/learning and 2 for daily drivers.

Device #1

After unlocking the bootloader I booted TWRP and flashed the TWRP installer zip. Booted to recovery and formatted data and then flashed the Magisk 16.4 root zip. From this point I was never able to boot into the OS. I had a continuous TWRP boot loop or I could power down and boot into the bootloader. I decided to return to stock and start fresh with the flashall utilities. Downloaded the utilities zip and extracted. Downloaded the TMO Oreo flashall and extracted the zip into the utilities folder. Put my device into the bootloader and hit the flashall. As I stated earlier, the CMD flies through and showed a bunch of "could not read" errors and after 15 seconds it was complete and my device would reboot the bootloader. Attempt to boot into the OS and I was back into TWRP again. Can you help explain what I missed please?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
Hmm. Open a command window in the folder where the flash all files are and do a "fastboot boot boot.img" and see if you boot to system.

Edit: Also, try flashing magisk 16.0. I never try beta releases if the earlier stable works. I have never had an issue with 16.0 on any ROMs for this phone.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Technical:
I passed for this yesterday. Exactly the same. I solved just changing to an USB 2.0 port (not Hub, not 3.0).

And used the adb/fastboot files provided by [MENTION=4604067]Uzephi[/MENTION] flashall.

Everything worked after that. Right now, phone is running as a champion.

It took time me to realize that because the flashall for my phone model is completely different than the US ones.

Do not give up, we can help you. I'll take some time to put all my notes in order and write down a guide.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] fast69mopar:
As soon as I get home later tonight I will see if I can fastboot boot into the OS. I'm using device #2 right now and I'm going to flash Magisk 16.0 and see if it hits the infinite loop again. I have another backup device with me so if it doesn't work I still have a fully functional backup.

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I know I was using a USB 3.0 port when things went wrong. I will switch to a 2.0 port and do some testing. I appreciate the info from you and [MENTION=4604067]Uzephi[/MENTION]
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Man this sounds way too familiar. I don't know why or where I kept going wrong but try these things. Again, I don't know if it has anything to do with it or not, but it worked first try (for once!) For me.

Start from a clean flash-all

Boot up unrooted/unmodified and take the latest OTA update (if it fails, don't worry about it and move on) it happened to me don't know why

Adb boot the twrp Img

Flash the twrp installer.zip

Reboot to recovery from bootloader hardware button select or adb reboot recovery

SELECT MOUNT AND CHECK "SYSTEM"

Install magisk 16 (16.0 worked for me this time)

Reboot TWRP via reboot and change slots to the one that hasn't had Magisk installed yet, then reboot recovery

SELECT MOUNT AND CHECK "SYSTEM"

Install Magisk again on slot (A or B, whichever you didn't use before)

Reboot back into the first slot you flashed Magisk to

It should start this time. I don't know why it mattered, but rebooting between every step fixed the twrp bootloop for me. And of course I had to mount system or the Magisk install would fail.

I don't understand this phone and I'm not new to rooting at all, but the above worked for me.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] fast69mopar:
this worked for me too

I was finally able to get TWRP installed and boot normally without bootlooping back into TWRP. Getting TWRP installed wasnt an issue. I had it installed but couldnt get out of recovery. I went ahead and booted into the bootloader like Uzephi recommended and fastboot boot boot.img and i was able to boot into the system like he thought. I immediately fastboot boot twrp.img and flashed the TWRP installer zip and followed the steps as you had listed and everything worked. I am able to boot to recovery and get out of recovery without looping and I have functioning root access like I did on device #1.

Now, do we have to format data in recovery to remove encryption or can I flash joemoss "remove encryption" zip?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] renanjones:
(bootloader) flash permission denied

I am trying to pass a ROM action on my z2 to force, but the only feedback I have is this "FAILED (remote failure)" ... the script tries to flash but always the same command as response FAULT (remote failure) ... on my fastboot now appears "flashing_locked" ... the phone turns on but no network type works ... and when the cell phone starts the following message is displayed "your device has a different operating system load"

Sorry for my English
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
You need to unlock again. Boot to system, go to settings and toggle unlock bootloader, then boot back into bootloader and unlock again. You'll be golden.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
No need to remove encryption. That was only a dirty workaround until we had official twrp that could decrypt. Always tty to keep encryption. No encryption is no bueno.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] renanjones:
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the problem is that the option to unlock the OEM in the developer options is disabled .. I can not move the option key to give OK to the unlock.

the following message appears below the option: CONNECT TO THE INTERNET OR CONTACT YOUR OPERATOR.

and since there is no data network or wifi running, I can not access the option.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Did you lose your basband? Go check to see if wifi will even turn on and if you have no imei in settings.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] renanjones:
I checked

I checked, I'm without IMEI and the baseband version is unknown. so the wifi and the mobile data network do not work, consequently I can not activate the OEM unlock in the developer options and thus install a rom. if at least I could install the modem file for the wifi to work ... but it always gives error when I try via fastboot

there is the possibility of downloading a security update play in the memory of the mobile and force the update so that maybe the network will come back?
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] fast69mopar:
Thanks for the info.
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
To recover from this, the only way I know of is to download a blankflash- flash-all file. You can find it if you search for "imei lost" or similar in this forum. If you can't find it, let me know
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] renanjones:
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I found (I think) I just do not know the commands, I do not know how to install ... I downloaded a blankflash file here but the .bat file does not start as expected ... it does not recognize my device .. and I already installed all the drivers
[Moto Z2 Force  Guides, News, & Discussion] Josh McGrath:
Is your bootloader unlocked?

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And I forgot to add you need to be in bootloader mode to use the flashall