yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact Questions & Answers] NumerableToast:
Sadly this has been my experience with Sony phones. I've owned many phones over the years including probably 5 different Sony devices. Each and every one suffered from nigh on identical problems including random restarts, freezing, apps not responding and crashing. I haven't used one for a few years and it would seem I was right not to as they don't seem to have improved much judging by alot of what I've seen and heard.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
These packages contain the stock firmware as supplied by ZTE. You may want to use them to...

Return to stock after installing a custom ROM.

Upgrade from an older firmware to a newer one while on a custom ROM.

Recover from modifying stock /system in TWRP.

... etc ...

If you wish to return to stock, use the following procedure:

Boot into TWRP.

Wipe data and cache.

Flash boot stack.

Flash system and boot.

Flash recovery.

Reboot.

US model, version 1.2.0 b14 (Android 7.1.1)

Boot stack:

B2017G-US-v1.2.0-b14-bootstack.zip

md5=c8c3dc76737fc0ac0c719ee5a3dbd5d7

System and boot:

B2017G-US-v1.2.0-b14-stocksystem.zip

md5=58d5e5d80c18ec598c84a797761b8f2f

Recovery:

B2017G-US-v1.2.0-b14-stockrecovery.zip

md5=c78e1ed2cc1e40c978d9f5eaa1c35803

EU model, version 1.2.0 b12 (Android 7.1.1)

Boot stack:

B2017G-EU-v1.2.0-b12-bootstack.zip

md5=2f8e63896843e81be55c537d14dd1702

System and boot:

B2017G-EU-v1.2.0-b12-stocksystem.zip

md5=58a6d0104918fc0cfcfc048626eeb0b0

Recovery:

B2017G-EU-v1.2.0-b12-stockrecovery.zip

md5=35575108a8b89099ab489e1904a41690
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] modorate:
after install system b14 dump on my zte axon 7 mini b2017g stuck on zte logo (bootloader unlocked)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Hmmm... okay, sorry. I'll post a new zip to try shortly.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Please try this....

http://code.nwwn.com/files/android/axon7mini/B2017G-US-v1.2.0-b14-stocksystem-nopatch.zip
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] modorate:
Sir, I will highly be appreciated if you guide me in this way...... actually i am new. i only can follow step by step instruction. Please write back....

Now i am downloading all package (Bootstack, Recovery, System Boot) of B12 and i will follow the above mentioned instructions, i dont know what will happen.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Okay, you mentioned downloading both b14 and b12 and I don't see any location information in your profile. So first I need to know your regional variant. I am aware of the following:

US (United States)

ES (Spain)

AT (Austria)

DE (German)

The current OP has firmware listed for US and EU.

The EU firmware is actually ES. I made it before I knew that there were separate builds for ES/AT/DE. I will be updating that soon, likely today. However, based on everything that I know, the ES firmware should work on the AT and DE models also.

The US firmware was made from a backup of my device, as there is no full OTA available for 1.2.0 b14. It is possible that the tool I used to make the "stocksystem" zip has an error, or I made a mistake. This is why I posted the "stocksystem-nopatch" version for you to try -- it is a direct copy of my device made without using the tool.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] modorate:
Sir.... I am using zte axon 7 mini b2017g US variant...

Actually i bought this phone for superior quality of headphone sound but i am very diapointed to know that EU model cant boost sound enough as compare to US and china variant.

As you know G model having volume limitation by EU law.

Iam trying all the method to root my phone to amendment in mixper.path.xlm. i have come to know there we can change the value to boost headphone sound.

Any shortcut or patcher is available???

If i cant this then i sold out....
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Alright, so you have a US model that you are using in EU? And I assume you are able to boot TWRP. So try the systemimage-nopatch zip and see if that works.

I do not run stock, so I cannot help you root the device. But many others here do run stock and have rooted their device. You will find instructions for installing SuperSU in other parts of this forum.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] harrydat:
Boot message

So, I attempted to flash the zips to return to stock after encountering the echo in the previous AOKP Rom. Upon reboot, the device was stuck on the ZTE Logo. I then re-flashed TWRP and AOKP Rom, and now I am seeing the following after the ZTE Logo:

< More options

press VOLUME keys

Your device is corrupt. It can't be trusted and may not work properly.

Visit this link on another device:

g.co/ABHg.co/placeholder

If no key pressed:

Your device will power off in 30 seconds

After the 30 seconds, the device reboots and works fine. I'd be grateful if you can advise me on how to get rid of this message. My device is US B14.

I am thinking that the handset recognized it was being tampered with and throw the message. I have not attempted to lock the bootloader. Please advise. Thanks.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
I probably made a mistake. Try the nopatch zip linked above.

I'll look at the images later, I'm busy tonight.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] bautog:
Excuse me sir but I do not have clear how can I back to stock ROM.

Can I only flash boot and system without problem. I mean that I don't want flash the recovery because my version is EU and I don't have keys combination to enter EDL. (Sorry for my English and thanks for your huge work)

Enviado desde mi ZTE B2017G mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Yes just boot and system should work.

You can use tuliptool to flash stock recovery if you wish.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] bautog:
Perfect, thanks again.

Enviado desde mi ZTE B2017G mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] birrez:
I'm on lineage tulip

Are the link in 1st post right to return on stock??

Or I must to use the other link?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
I'm not sure, nobody has reported back yet. Give it a try and let us know.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] blessed01101:
I don't suppose you have a .img of the bootloader and such to flash in fastboot, tdm? after installing that zip from the man, nothing but fastboot seems to work.

also, I tried using the nopatch firmware through fastboot flash update, but i get the error:

#fastboot update nopatch.zip

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
error: update package 'nopatch.zip' has no android-info.txt

also this:

#fastboot getvar all
(bootloader) version:0.5
(bootloader) battery-soc-ok:yes
(bootloader) battery-voltage:3679000
(bootloader) variant:TULIP eMMC
(bootloader) secure:yes
(bootloader) version-baseband:
(bootloader) version-bootloader:
(bootloader) display-panel:
(bootloader) off-mode-charge:0
(bootloader) charger-screen-enabled:0
(bootloader) max-download-size: 0x20000000
(bootloader) partition-type:cache:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:cache: 0x12c00000
(bootloader) partition-type:userdata:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:userdata: 0x5ebb79e00
(bootloader) partition-type:system:ext4
(bootloader) partition-size:system: 0x100000000
(bootloader) serialno:f5a9c626
(bootloader) kernel:lk
(bootloader) product:TULIP
all:
finished. total time: 0.047s

:laugh:

also also, I cannot access edl any longer... can literally feel a faint heartbeat-like "pulse" vibration when the fastboot screen isnt being displayed

edit: retrying after I use "#fastboot flash boot <recoveryimgname>" and the .img file from your post that I somehow overlooked; https://xdaforums.com/axon-7-mini/development/stock-boot-images-verity-removed-t3685697
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] blessed01101:
Firstly, I respect and appreciate everything you've contributed to the community.

That said, the above attempt did not work. The stock zips from zte did not work. Interesting because it does read that there have been no tampers. I did make a backup, but its a .ab backup. (Perhaps I can dig into that and use fastboot to write the neccasary info into the bootloader...?)

Also tried every other ROM posted to this sub-forum. Tried various .img flashes through fastboot that seem to transfer without error but do nothing when attemptig to initiate them. fastboot .zip updates all give the above error regarding android-info.txt (assuming this is because the vendor and such are no longer present?).

I tried about 100 different combinations of the physical buttons as well as paying attention to how they (occasionally) affect the 'beep'/subtle vibration of the device that disappears

tl;dr: stuck in fastboot, no adb & edl seems to have stopped or the method of getting there has changed.

Willing to try pretty much whatever you advise if you have any ideas, feel free to message me if theres any possibility of working this out. I could probably manage to return it one way or the other but I'd much rather work through it. Its been about 18 hours of trying everything I can think of and Google-fu'ing to no avail.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Link500:
My mini stuck At Bootloop

Hello my Mini is bricked Stuck at Bootloop. Have from Custom rom+ TWRP to back to Stock Rom and my Phone is bricked...
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] blessed01101:
Can you get into edl?

Does your device restart with a good solid vibration if you hold power button down for ~15 seconds?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] ferlagod:
I have been the same, and I can not enter EDL mode because it is the European model and the PC does not recognize me the phone when connecting
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Just Google "how to md5 file in windows". Here's one of the results from my search...

https://www.nextofwindows.com/5-way...fy-md5-sha-checksum-of-any-file-in-windows-10
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Klimon5:
Screenshots of hash checks

I attached screenshots of the hashchecks.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Okay my bad, I uploaded the wrong tulip.qfp file. I updated the file, please download again and retry.

Here is the correct md5sum:

0cf6590b11ccc7009ff4f615e2184004 tulip.qfp
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Klimon5:
Followup

You updated the original link? I'll retry it. What about the USB driver detection issue with windows?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
Yes I updated the file in the original link. Please download it again and verify against the md5 that I posted.

The USB driver for EDL mode must be WinUSB, _not_ the Qualcomm driver. You need to use zadig to set that if it's not.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Klimon5:
When I connect the device into EDL mode, I originally had my device manager selected to show hiden devices. I unselected that option and my device is detected as "Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] :
He talks about this

Enviado desde mi K88 mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] :
The driver provider should be libwdi

Edit.And you must uninstall other drivers to avoid conflict, so that zadig can install the new one

Enviado desde mi K88 mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Klimon5:
I used zadig to update the win usb drivers for the the QHUSB device as instructed but it continues to give this error in the device manager. I also installed the winusb over the descriptor failed usb device and it ran qflash for a second but it said error. nothing specific or anything. Just an error.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Then some driver is making conflict with the zadig driver, you must remove software driver that is coming into conflict and restart the pc

Edit.You must install zadig driver again

Enviado desde mi K88 mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Klimon5:
Uninstalled the the suspected unknown usb device driver and the QHUSB driver. Restarted plugged it in. Ran zadig, no dice.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] :
[MENTION=4126377]tdm[/MENTION] the tool works for 64 bits and 32 bits?

Enviado desde mi K88 mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Klimon5:
still getting the unknown usb device error regardless of zadig.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I miss this should not happen,You have connected it in different USB ports of your pc?

Enviado desde mi K88 mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Klimon5:
tried different ports and two different computers. Nothing works.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] :
seriously, that is strange, for now I have no more options.

The only option is to create or buy a DIY deep flash cable to be able to use the device in edl mode

Enviado desde mi K88 mediante Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
See this guide:

http://files.nwwn.com/android/axon7mini/recovery_install.html

Section "via EDL cable".

There is a link to a method that works without a deep flash cable.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
No 64 bits only.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Hammersamatom:
Stock nopatch not available? Been wanting to reflash to stock.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] k500zm:
This might help you

So what I did:

- Write stock recovery from the update.zip package using tuliptool

- Continue with update from System Update menu.

and bam it works. Thanks [MENTION=4126377]tdm[/MENTION] for the confirmation too. I did notice something different when I booted it up (other than a slower than usual boot). A new privacy policy it says (unfortunately saving a screenshot didn't work at the time), as well as an additional message at the bottom of the System Update menu.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

when i checked the contents of the update.zip file, i found a recovery.img file. Is it possible (or safe enough) to flash this recovery file via tuliptool so that I can get stock recovery back, then proceed to do the OTA update?

update.zip file, i found a recovery.img flash in this

recovery file via tuliptool so that I can get stock recovery back

, then proceed to do the OTA update
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] bius88:
Who is from France, Please share the firmware B16.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr Hassan:
recovery link expired
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] SGH-i200:
Maybe it is possible to flash an older french stock ROM and upgrade OTA to B16?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Markonade:
The link for the stock recovery (for US model) seems to be broken / file no longer there.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
That was intentional. I had suspected stock recovery was causing issues at one point.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] nek4d:
So, for the European G model, the last official I can see here is B015.

B2017GV1.2.0B15.

Someone wrote about B016, but there is no link.

If you have kept a link, please share.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] SGH-i200:
B16 has the same 'Security Patch Level' as B15. Its not worth the hassle. Downgrading to an old B13 firmware worked for one user, but not for me and others.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] efarma:
rom 6.0.1 for zte axon 7 mini (b2017g usa)

I have a lot of problems with nougat 7.1 and I need to go back to 6.01 marshmallow.

Does anyone have the Rom?

From already thank you very much.

aldomoscarda@gmail.com
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] SGH-i200:
I flashed my Mini back to stock with the following steps:

Boot into TWRP.

Wipe system, data and cache

Flash official B15 update.zip (https://www.ztedevices.com/en/support/detail?id=03743F4E761C475F838D444384791D36)

Flash noverity boot image (tulip-eu-7.1.1-b15-boot-noverity.img found here: http://files.nwwn.com/android/axon7mini/ )

Flash twrp recovery

Flash Magisk 16.7 zip

Reboot
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] fallen00sniper:
US model, version 1.2.0 b14 (Android 7.1.1) stock recovery file is missing from downloads.

glad to see you still supporting this device [MENTION=4126377]tdm[/MENTION] :D
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] newbuilder:
Hi all, I am new here but I have a question already: is it possible to build an updated version of the stock rom for this ZTE device and is it worth the job? (I mean with the last security patches released by Google, not an upgrade of OS).

Another question: is it possible that I have an EU stock firmware named b2017gv1.2.0b15?

Thanks!
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Machi007:
Hello, it is an interesting question, I would also like to have updated stock rom with latest google security patches. But I don't know if is it possible to build.

B2017GV1.2.0B15 is a common EU version. Latest official version available is B16:

https://www.ztedevices.com/it/support/detail?id=DF4428936BAD4154ABAE5CBDE5FD1571

But it has the security update from 1st July 2018. :rolleyes:
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tenfiftysix:
Hi.

I have bricked my Axon 7 mini B2017G Canada version Bell by doing update. Does ANYONE have a copy of EDL firmware for this version of the phone for me?

I have a dead phone and have tried all sorts of EDL firmware with Axon tool and Miflash but all give errors.

Please help if you can, even if you pm message me with a backup of yours so that I can at least get my phone revived and the reset.

Thanks to all in advance
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] newbuilder:
[MENTION=8459729]Machi007[/MENTION]

Thank you for your reply, I did the update and now I can keep going to use my device with the latest official update.

Just one question, why it is always so difficult to find the SD card update from the official ZTE site? They always change site address, country, type of firmware, etc. I cannot understand, really.

[MENTION=4641830]tenfiftysix[/MENTION]

Hi, what is your exact problem? In my case, after I did the update, at the first boot with the new update the phone asked me a privacy approval from ZTE (IMEI/device data collection) and after I did a shutdown of the phone it seemed to be dead. No response after pressing power on button, no signals even with the charger attached. After some test, I entered in factory test mode (press power on+volume down button for about 30 secs) and then I pressed the power on button and the phone finally has booted. Strange behavior, but it seems ok now.

ZTE produced a nice phone but software side I find nothing positive to remember in my opinion, exept for the "Weshare" app.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] juanantofb:
Hi, sorry for my english, only speak spanish.

Can anybody do a step by step tuto for returm to stop firmware, LOS16 kill my battery.

Thanks.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] masak1:
Hello, the links are down? I want to have too access and use this phone as an NFC reader... And there was a magisk module that allows to do so without having to turn it on. I don't want to install custom ROMs, just have root access.

EDIT: I also can't access any of the links mentioned previously. Seems like ZTE removed the files...
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Link500:
My Phone is working can only Enter Stock Recovery,ADB Sideload and Charging my Battery.

EDL mode not Working on my Phone over Button Comb. Have a Europe Model from Germany.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] nfraccar:
Hi

I am buying this phone which is a steal for the price and looks gorgeous.

Can anyone tell me if after the nougat update the battery performance is improved?

Thanks
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] MrWhite0429:
Have you tried using adb to enter edl?

Adb reboot edl
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] blessed01101:
Now I have a tiny blinking or solid "_" on the bottom of the screen, it seems to correlate with the blip noise. the timing of both change with different hard button combinations which has been super interesting to attempt deciphering. nothing seems to want to boot any how.

when using fastboot I can erase partitions and load .img's but they dont want to boot (or im doing it wrong.) adb and tuliptool dont recognize and device isnt reconized. fastboot does not want to load update.zip's. what i can find in the meta file of the bootloader unlocker tdb got from the man are intringuing when compared against the ones from factory updates.

Im sure there is *something* that can be done but I do lack an understanding of the fundementals of secure boot and such...it would seem though that the man unlocker does change the phones expectations. pretty sure Ive bricked the thing as I did not s=off prior...Oops! anyone have any ideas before i accidently drop this thing?

-bless
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
I have seen tiny pixels lit up in the bottom right of the screen, but I don't think I've ever seen them blinking.

If you are able to "fastboot flash", I would recommend flashing aboot back to the stock version. This should allow you to enter EDL mode and use tuliptool to flash TWRP. From there you should be able to recover your system. If you don't have a stock aboot, I can post it for you.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] Link500:
My Eu-Mini go in Fastboot mode see this on the Bottom right on the Screen the White Pixels. Can i fix my Phone. Only Problem my Pc find not my Phone? Have a other option have a Notebook here? And Install Driver on this maschine.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] blessed01101:
I would very much appreciate the post!

-v

Its pretty intriguing, coincides with the faint beeping that feels like a slight vibration - you can enable and disable it with some combination of long key press (30 seconds seems to be the time needed to hard restart, if you put your ear to the speaker you can hear the beep change then off) and inserting power cable. I believe it may be all 3 buttons for three seconds then insert cable. It seems to have 2 different responses while plugged in and not. Pretty cool.

Also, I was able to get one of the .zips to update (although to the same end, doesnt actually boot) by adding "android-info.txt" to the zip with the lines from /META-INF/com/android/metadata but changing them to what the device required, which VERY interestingly is ' ' in otherwords that boot unlocker from he man seems to change devices secure boots requirements to nothing...? So the error "no android-info.txt" was solved by creating it and adding it to the zip. It then read "no boot.img / no recovery.img" so i added them from the stock versions and it actually loaded to completion. although it didnt work, its certainly progress and undoubtedly means all it not lost.

--bless
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] tdm:
[MENTION=3872926]Link500[/MENTION] [MENTION=8746772]blessed01101[/MENTION] here is the bootstack: http://code.nwwn.com/files/android/axon7mini/B2017G-US-v1.2.0-b14-bootstack.zip

Unzip and you will find the stock aboot as emmc_appsboot.mbn.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] ferlagod:
I tried to enter EDL mode from ADB but the problem is that the PC does not recognize the device when I connect
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] birrez:
Someone came back to stock ROM??

If yes is it possible to have s guide step by step ??

(EU model)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini Guides, News, & Discussion] marvelljones:
I would like this answered as well. At least if anyone has successfully gone back to full stock ROM. And I mean ROM, recovery, and bootloader locked again. So you can't tell it was ever unlocked and a custom ROM was installed.

Oh, and just an FYI my Axon 7 Mini is my "backup" phone, I'm running LineageOS on it. I just think if we can provide a clear path back to stock more people might be willing to test.