yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus 5 General] bagajohny:
C'mon man, when will you update the link?

I don't know why but I'm so much excited for this ROM.
[Nexus 5 General] maeb1996:
He is the same user, so this look like another scam...
[Nexus 5 General] mhgh1374:
is it stable!?

hi

how can i donload this rom!

i can't wait for it anymore ?
[Nexus 5 General] romarxda:
Its sunday, where's the ROM?
[Nexus 5 General] Ross Korolov:
All the time just bla bla bla make it noisy but shouldn't get results!

PS:it's addressed to maintainer who's made that thread and promised new **** but **** isn't happening ?
[Nexus 5 General] vampercy:
I think the same, There is no ROM let's stop wasting our time in this tread
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
Sorry guys, but I need ONE MORE DAY!!!

[YOUTUBE]lL_-eSKHTuw[/YOUTUBE]

I need some volunteers who will share my Torrent with this ROM (Thanks!)

You need to have at least 20mbps (upload).
[Nexus 5 General] mobile_sensei:
I sent you a private message offering to help you...
[Nexus 5 General] Marcus Rocha:
how can I help you?
[Nexus 5 General] BIade:
Nice thank you very much.

Installed as secondary in multiROM. No issues so far... Thanks

Blade
[Nexus 5 General] burgerboy23:
How did you install it?
[Nexus 5 General] Roxasmaker:
This ROM is already released. OP is just adding apps. You could make this yourself
[Nexus 5 General] tuelho_post:
How to install? Where os the ROM link?
[Nexus 5 General] riThviK995871:
hey! can u send me the viper4andriod zip link. :)
[Nexus 5 General] mobile_sensei:
Hi junior member - I don't need any help, thanks. I was offering to help the OP.
[Nexus 5 General] Redchi:
I have eror 7 with multirom -_- any help
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
Guys, be patient...please!

We need to understand that no one here is paid to build ROMS. FirstEver guy at least has this enthusiasm and courtesy to do things for us at such an early stage. Just a day's delay and some people have started abusing him as if they have paid him to do that. Focus on what he is doing for us. He even posted a video yesterday just to make you guys believe that whatever he is doing isn't fake. He just got a little left behind of his committed date (which is fine). Remember, he is doing all this out of his own interest for all of us. So be patient, be supportive and wait for our much awaited A well packaged Oreo ROM.
[Nexus 5 General] TheUltimateOne:
This ls based on 14.1 or 15 LineageOS

Is this based on 14.1 or 15 LineageOS?
[Nexus 5 General] M Asad Khilji:
Please tell how you did it with multirom as secondary rom?
[Nexus 5 General] AlexCoca69:
I will be a volunteer
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
:eek: Oh!
[Nexus 5 General] abhilash2908:
True!

Yeah! This definitely looks like a scam! I was wrong:confused:

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Why isn't he blocked by XDA?
[Nexus 5 General] mhgh1374:
hi

when you take us the link of this rom!?
[Nexus 5 General] burgerboy23:
It is based on Lineage OS 15
[Nexus 5 General] Ghôst_Houssem:
where is the link i'ts 20 november :confused:
[Nexus 5 General] sajib ahmed:
where is the download link?
[Nexus 5 General] prime_20:
News???
[Nexus 5 General] Rahul_Singla:
I was really looking forward to try this rom. Hope the OP stands on his commitment.:crying:
[Nexus 5 General] MoistPicklez:
I doubt this is fake since [MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION] is using Tathlam's build, and apparently he gave this 'firstever' person permission to use his ROM.

Either way, I'd rather use the original developers build, as oposed to using this build, since 'firstever' didn't even compile this himself, he just used someone else's work and is cashing out the glory from all you XDA folks itching for a new 8.0 build.

If I were y'all, wait for builds from actual teams / Devs instead of jumping on this downhill bandwagon.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
If you can't wait - build your own and do not call me a lier!!!

It will be released soon on my website: https://www.firstever.eu/android-oreo-project-google-nexus-5-is-back

OP - Can we please lock/clean this thread until release - thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] Aaditya.k96:
How about the battery life ?? Btw thanks for ur good work ..other who can't wait are just bunch of idiots..And left who has patience and virtue like me will wait take ur time mate. :good: :)
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
I'm gonna try this ROM now that's available!

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Guys, has anyone already tried the ROM? How is it? I read the installation method is different from the usual. Because of the size of the file?
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
There is not enough free space on the system partition, so I can't install all Google Apps as system apps!

You will be able to uninstall some like Gboard, Google Camera and other.

PLEASE DO NOT UNINSTALL GBOARD - unless you have other keyboard app installed !!!

I will prepare a guide in English, but now you can use Google Translate link.
[Nexus 5 General] DaKing1512:
This is a very non conventional way of flashing a rom and quiet honestly its the first time I see a dev following it, the rom is awesome i must admit (i havent flashed it yet, but from the screenshots I can tell its awesome)

so to everyone wondering how to flash it, its basically a TWRP backup made on the dev's Nexus 5 and you would be able to restore it on your phone (thats what i tried to get from it, but the TWRP backup part im sure of it)

but i have few concerns, is it ok to restore a twrp Backup made on a different Nexus 5 to flash it on yours, especially the EFS partition which holds your personal IMEI number, possibly other critical partitions as well
[Nexus 5 General] kkp1997:
Screenshots :svetius: patiently waiting for Flashable zip file ..
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
I'm on AOSP (the base ROM) all is working good except OK Google while screen is off, looking forward to release of this ROM, thanks FirstEver :)
[Nexus 5 General] Hiyaslalabs:
Too many google apps preninstalled? Can this be uninstalled upon flashing all
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
TRUE - this is a very non conventional way of flashing! (it's my idea and it always works) :D

EFS partition is NOT INCLUDED to this backup, so you can't break anything :)

Not really, only stock AOSP apps have been replaced by Google apps (AOSP Phone -> Google Phone etc)

Most of them can be uninstalled - but DO NOT uninstall the Gboard app (keyboard app),

because AOSP Keyboard app has also been deleted (at the end there will be no keyboard app on the phone).

SUMMARY:

+ Really easy flash by swiping only one button in TWRP!

+ Quick Installation (it usually takes 3-5 minutes)

+ It works instantly after reboot

+ If the phone is not damaged it will always work

+ It looks like Google Pixel 2 from the box (in 99%)

+ It has extra functions that can be uninstalled (Magisk etc)

- It has a 4 times larger installation file than standard flashable ROM

- Other applications from your Google account will need to be installed manually
[Nexus 5 General] Hiyaslalabs:
Of course I love Gboard. Problem is my device can't go to recovery. Anyway when will be the next update Marci?
[Nexus 5 General] GopalKaul:
No ETA:p
[Nexus 5 General] DaKing1512:
I just flashed it... Oh man, it's glorious ?, I really love it, and I love the fact that we can uninstall anything we don't want, clean, smooth and snappy.

Two questions

1- Is the LED working? Because when I try to put my phone to charge the LED doesn't light up, haven't recieved any notification yet.

2- is it possible to make HDR+ Work on the included camera? I remember the last time I used my Nexus 5 (before switching to OnePlus 3T) the last working camera version with HDR+ was 4.2, so is it possible to enable HDR+ on 5.1 ?

All in all its an amazing ROM, kinda wanna play around with my Nexus 5 again lol (it's funny cuz now my Nexus 5 has 8.1.0 and my OnePlus is still on 8.0.0 ?)
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I'm glad that you like it! :D

1. Yesterday I saw that it worked, maybe it's a problem with the new AOSP ROM. I will check it.

2. I don't know. This is the latest Google Camera app for this phone, but you can ask: HERE

Personally, I bought and use Snap Camera HDR.

In my opinion, this is the best camera app for Nexus 5 (you can even record in 4K) :)
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
[MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION] is this ROM patched against Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities?
[Nexus 5 General] kkp1997:
" NEVER RETURN ESF PARTY TO YOUR PHONE - YOU WILL LACK THE IMEI NUMBER AND POSSIBILITY OF REGISTRATION TO CELL NETWORK !!! "

What is This ..???
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
Please read the description!!!

Uploading, uploading, uploading... :)

[IMG="LOL"]https://i.imgur.com/lMVtvKz.jpg[/IMG]
[Nexus 5 General] kingofdirt:
I've downloaded a .rar which contains a folder. What do I have to do to turn it into a working flashable .zip?
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I will prepare a guide in English, but now you can use THIS Google Translate link.

Please read all steps carefully and completely!
[Nexus 5 General] TheToto318:
Good rom ! but laggy at starting !
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
Give it time, after a few minutes it works perfectly :)
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Torrent is too slow for me, waiting for cloud link :)
[Nexus 5 General] kingofdirt:
This ROM uses the Product Sans font system wide. This is imho not the case with the original Pixel 2. Hope for an option to change it to default.
[Nexus 5 General] mike9976:
Did yaw use uTorrent to download it
[Nexus 5 General] valter09:
What is this?

Also I found several bugs:

- battery heat

- battery drain

- WiFi AP not working

- no HDR
[Nexus 5 General] candra yudha tama:
This rom root use magis...can I used superSU ???
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
This happens when I operate on several ROM's at once :/

Please clean the Message app data, or manually remove all messages.

I will clean it and re-upload again.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
You can uninstall Magisk and install other but Android Pay will stop working.
[Nexus 5 General] candra yudha tama:
Ok...let me try
[Nexus 5 General] GopalKaul:
Wrong. Last HDR+working version is 3.2
[Nexus 5 General] TheToto318:
No snap pushbullet instagram.... notification ! :(
[Nexus 5 General] GopalKaul:
Anyone give battery life review?
[Nexus 5 General] TheToto318:
Big battery drain !
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I will test it and put a 24h battery usage graph here.

Does Pixel use a light or dark keyboard background?

Now it is dark, but I can switch it to white with blue accent.

Of course you can do it yourself in a few seconds in the Gboard app settings.

[IMG="Pixel Gboard"]https://9to5google.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/gboard_android1.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600[/IMG]
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Was this message for me :) yeah I use uTorrent, it's extremely slow, 50-200kbps while its 2-4mbps for cloud (androidfilehost or gdrive) on same connection.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
PLEASE STOP SHARING THIS ROM (TORRENT) - I WILL UPLOAD NEW VERSION IN 1H - THANKS!

These are just cosmetic changes - you can do it yourself (do not have to reinstall ROM).

Resetting the Google Messages App Data

Change the theme in the Gboard App
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Can you please upload it to androidfilehost or any other cloud? Or ask / allow someone else from thread to do so. Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
OK - I will upload it to my website (you can try to kill it) and some other cloud :)

Maybe one more tweak - I can boost Nexus 5 speaker volume - is it loud enough??
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Sorry but this part is quite hard to understand also for me...

However, is this ROM protected from Meltdown and Spectre? Thanks
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
Is it from Google Translator? :P

NEVER USE YOUR OWN EFS PARTITION FOR RESTORING OTHER PHONE BECAUSE IT WILL DAMAGE IMEI ON THIS PHONE!
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Ok, got it:good:
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I have restored the speaker volume to the standard value (88) - it was somehow set to (82).

DO NOT FORGET THAT THIS IS TRUE STEREO ;)

OK, it's time to upload a new ROM - I'll be back in an hour!
[Nexus 5 General] deathbyte:
Hi [MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION].

How can I revert to mono sound? It's much louder. :D
[Nexus 5 General] kingd421:
How do I restore my back up if I decide to go back to it? Is it as simple as going to restore and choosing my back up or do I have to place it back in the back up folder and delete the ROM? Just want to make sure I understand everything correctly before I go ahead and try it out.
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
I think (not 100% sure) you should do all the necessary wipes and then perform the 'standard' restore of your previous backup.

I repeat, I'm not 100% sure since I still have to flash this ROM
[Nexus 5 General] kingd421:
That's what I was thinking. But if I'm understanding the installation correctly its a back up that you're restoring which is why its gotta be place in that folder on the phone, right? Just wasn't sure if it would affect restoring my back up if need be.
[Nexus 5 General] DaKing1512:
does anyone have the "charging slowly" issue, im using the original cable and charging block but my phone is taking ages to charge
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
TWRP can read multiple backups in the same folder. I don't think one backup could affect in some ways the others...
[Nexus 5 General] kingd421:
OK that makes sense. Thank you for the clarification on that one. I'll give a shot later on today and see how it goes. Luckily I've been looking into buying another phone and I've got a couple back up phones just in case I do mess up.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
Backups are stored on Data Partition (in TWRP folder), every Backup has its own folder.

Storage\TWRP\Backups\{Phone ID}\Here <- Backup_01_folder, Backup_2_folder etc

TWRP skips the Data Partition when creating a backup (user files including old backups are not included in new backup).
[Nexus 5 General] DaKing1512:
Never mind I just remembered that's a Kernel issue, since there are no custom kernels for hammerhead Oreo as of now, I guess I'm stuck with this issue..... It sucks. :crying:
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
This is a thing that OP is going to resolve, don't worry! ;)
[Nexus 5 General] dm1980:
I find the installation method very doubtful. There is no similarity to the other developers of nexus 5.
[Nexus 5 General] DaKing1512:
its a clean TWRP backup that you can restore on your phone instead of flashing a rom zip and all other stuff you want to flash after it, so OP basically installed the Unlegacy 8.1 AOSP on his phone, added the changes that would make the rom a Pixel 2 look alike (product sans font, pixel blue accent, camera, animated wallpapers, etc), cleaned it up, and backed it up and posted his backup so others can restore it on their phones

its not exactly what actual devs do (as he didn't code and compile anything, rather he just used an already established rom) but at least he put the effort to provide something new for Nexus 5 users, im not sure why other users are ****ting on him, but hey.... who im i to judge?

like even if you flashed it and it didn't work as you expected, erase your phone and move on to another "trust worthy" rom, its not like your phone will suddenly explode or will cause WW3, itll just get soft bricked and can be solved by flashing stock and trying again, a little bit of reading and research helps if you're doubtful, nobody should spoon-feed you anything.
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Guys, I have a damned problem: I followed the procedure, I flashed the ROM using the restoring option in TWRP. Everything is fine except for one detail: I CANNOT DECRYPT SYSTEM BECAUSE THE DAMNED KEYBOARD DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE INTERFACE. I cannot insert the pin to decrypt my phone on this ROM. I encrypted the data in the previous ROM, apparently the encryption is permanent. [MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION] any suggestion? Is that a bug, right? What should I do?
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I think I know how to solve your problem.

Are you using ROM dated 09-01-2018 or 10-01-2018?
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
10-01-2018
[Nexus 5 General] FBI Surveillance Van #23R:
1)Make the default icon shape the circle and not the triangle

2)Use the actual Pixel navigation bar and not the AOSP one(the one that actually has color inside the buttons)
[Nexus 5 General] biontx:
[MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION] ...

FTF: Keep up your good work!

A few questions:

1. the standard value (88) - it was somehow set to (82): what is the name of the file (xml???) and location where those values resides?

2 in which file does the true stereo property resides?

3 in which file does the BT sound fix for calls resides ( if it is fixed)?

4 sound recording (in video, speaking, ...) (apk independent): what is the sound quality? is it distorted?
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
I'm quite NERVOUS for this ridiculous situation...:crying:
[Nexus 5 General] kingd421:
Is anyone else having trouble unzipping the .rar file?
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I understand that you have encrypted data partition, Android asks for a password and the keyboard does not appear.

I think you could format everything (including data partition), but you will lose everything. Am I right?

It is possible that Android needs a keyboard app installed as a system app (Gboard in my ROM is a user app).

Try to do a factory reset in TWRP, and install Unlegacy Android Project 8.1 - it has a built-in AOSP Keyboard (system app).

I have another idea, use an OTG cable and connect standard USB keyboard to your phone, then try to type your password.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
Try to use WinRAR 5.50 or download the file again.
[Nexus 5 General] kingd421:
I've downloaded the file three times lol. I used 7-zip, I'll give WinRAR a try later when I get home.
[Nexus 5 General] EnderVAD:
Google Duo is failing to connect for some reason via both Wi-Fi and cellular network. Can anyone else test it?
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I don't use it but I installed Duo App and received verification code from Google (I live in UK).

The app is working fine and I think this is not a ROM issue. Try to add zero before the number.

[IMG="Duo Verification"]https://i.imgur.com/Es02yTh.png?1[/IMG]
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
The challenge for me is to launch Google Daydream on Nexus 5 - this is the only Pixel application that is missing.

[IMG="Google Daydream"]https://zdnet1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2016/11/09/b47f2550-d912-49a8-9380-14923112231f/thumbnail/770x433/0ebc182c8b6f843548fd10586ccffbad/google-daydream-view-1.jpg[/IMG]

The base Daydream app works after some modifications, but I can't run dedicated applications (the phone restarts itself) :(
[Nexus 5 General] kkp1997:
How to restore backup ..??? I did this way .. wiped everything except internal storage and restored backup ( everting. Just works fine ) .. is it ok to do this way ..???
[Nexus 5 General] EnderVAD:
Never mind, reinstalled the app and it worked perfectly. I guess, something was up with permissions.

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Most likely it's irrelevant but on unofficial LOS 15.0 ROM some Cardboard-VR apps and games caused the same behavior. I didn't test them all yet on your ROM but at least VRidge doesn't make phone reboot anymore.
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Tanks but can't you add a keyboard in the ROM for decryption?

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I performed a hard reset (wiped everything except system). The encryption is still there.
[Nexus 5 General] h.kelidari:
[MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION] The phone call sound is very quiet! I can not hear the sound of the other side! also headphone sound is not loud!
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Thank you, downloading it now :)
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Downloaded FE-Android-8.1-N5-10-01-2018.rar from firstever.eu but seems like it's corrupt or something, can not extract it.
[Nexus 5 General] Ziddent:
Hello, some people find that with this version of Android, the camera does not record properly, it distorts?

I've tried all the camera apps I know, and they're all the same.

Here's an example:

[YOUTUBE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgi5n88PrZk[/YOUTUBE]

Can you give me a hand with this [MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION]?

Sorry about my English, but I'm not good at languages.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I downloaded the file and there is no problem with unpacking.

Please download the latest WinRAR!
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
No, Snap Camera HDR is the best (PAID) camera app for Nexus 5!

You can download trial version from Play Store. Check my 4K video from Dubai: HERE
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
You can use Volume Boost For Nexus 5 app to change the speaker/headphone volume in your Nexus 5 - it is easy to use!
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Can you please set Gboard as a system app? I don't want to do OTG connection every time I turn on my smartphone...:eek:
[Nexus 5 General] OzzyThorne:
this is not a rom at all.just a simple backup using twrp.
[Nexus 5 General] GopalKaul:
What did you think the title UBR says? Read the OP;) it's already mentioned several times
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Ok, now I'm desperate. I tried to restore previous ROM. Nothing, my phone is stuck in the boot logo. I certainly would have to cleanly flash my old ROM, losing all my previous data. It would be much more simple if you, [MENTION=5356263]FirstEver[/MENTION], update your ROM inserting GBoard as a system app. I don't think it's that difficult. If there's not enough space just substitute keyboard with another Google app but please, a keyboard installed at system level is NECESSARY.

This is a very very bad situation
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
Hi, there is not enough space on the system partition - somehow Android 8.1 is bigger than 8.0.

If you install a clean Unlegacy Android Project, you will realize that there is not enough space for GApps Micro, you have to choose GApps Pico! Google Gbard is a large application (above 50MB) and I have to remove other system apps first.

But do not worry, I will prepare a special version just for you!
[Nexus 5 General] kingd421:
Try WinRaR. I was able to use WinRAR from the play store and extract it on my phone if that helps. Then just move the folder to your twrp back up folder.

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I'll admit its a slick back up. I like what you did. I'd be using unlegacy as my daily driver if it had some of the features I've become accustomed to. Over all it was pleasant to use. Little bit of a battery drain it seemed in my opinion but that could be just me. Bluetooth crashes randomly too but I've noticed that in almost every Oreo ROM I've used. Still though good job with this the wait was worth it.
[Nexus 5 General] mnsiw:
Yeah, finally I used WinRAR, thanks, its really nice experience, thanks for sharing :)
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Thanks a ton:good:

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I came back to stock (6.0.1). The encryption is gone. Later I will flash again this ROM (hoping everything will go well)
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
It's good to know that you've solved the problem, but I still need to fix it.
[Nexus 5 General] ThinnerMetalX:
Yes, it would be great if you managed to insert a system keyboard... Why don't you move 2 or 3 apps from /system to /data in order to create more space for the Gboard? ;):)
[Nexus 5 General] schematicdnb:
Installed last night and all seems to be running smooth. At first I felt like the battery was draining very quickly but I think now it might just have been because I was getting all my apps installed and setting things up. Battery drain today with typical usage seems to be roughly the same as it was on N.

I've got to say I actually quite like this different method of installation, it's very simple, quick and easy.
[Nexus 5 General] FirstEver:
I agree with everything you wrote - thanks for comment! :)