yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] phaino00:
It appears a fix for the recovery boot loop with twrp 3.2.1.0 installer zip was identified. I tried it and it works like a charm.

Thanks goes to [MENTION=4185741]m0h1t[/MENTION]
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] jmitch3ll4:
Been keeping up with this thread since the get go. I am still 7.1.1 rooted/TWRPd/Xposed what would my smoothest tranistion to 8.1 rooted and TWRP? Thanks in advance.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Hi! Try this https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=74881165&postcount=21.

Always have Titanium Backup backups of your user app data, though, unless you don't care, and backup anything on your internal storage first, just in case.

After those steps, it's just normal fastboot boot twrp.img (the latest v3.2.1-0) and flash Magisk v14.5 (SuperSU isn't updated to work with 8.1 on the Pixel).
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] jmitch3ll4:
So if I flash 8.1 from command window, I'm basically wiping my phone right? There's not an easy way to get to 8.1 from where I am now like the old days. My Nexus there zip files of factory images that worked with twrp
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] roirraW "edor" ehT:
The above method I linked to doesn't use a computer at all to flash 8.1, and doesn't wipe your user data unless you tell FlashFire to wipe your user data. I always tell it and TWRP to wipe Cache, for what it's worth, when the option is available. You only use a computer with the above method once you need to fastboot boot twrp.img. It's too bad FlashFire doesn't work once you're already on 8.1, at least using Magisk. I wonder if "official" SuperSU will ever get updated - been around 8 or 9 months. I was using FlashFire to flash entire factory images for every month's updates. It was fast, too.

If you do flash from a PC and you want to keep user data, then you want to remove the -w in the .bat file and save it before you run the batch file.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] dontcrossme:
I tried flash to 8.1 stock -> fastboot boot Twrp 3210 img -> install twrp 3210 zip -> reboot to twrp -> install elementalx 3.0.0 zip /with -> magisk 14.5 and 14.6 (JUST RELEASED) zips and I still get" Internal problem " at boot .

Is it ElementalX Kernal or Magisk?

:crying:

:crying::mad:
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] TonikJDK:
It's Magisk. It is modifying the dtbo.img and causing that message. The modification causes no harm and the message causes no harm. Ignore it and move on is my advice.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] pWEN:
I've flashed back to stock 8.1 and installed ElementalX 3.00 and Magisk 14.6. Still get the "internal problem" error. Everything seems okay, though, despite one snaffu.
[Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Thanks! I'll probably test the latest version of Magisk/Magisk Manager with 8.1 in order to try using FlashFire once the January update releases (FlashFire not working current under 8.1 and Magisk 14.5 but haven't tested 14.2, although that was reported by one person to work with FlashFire). Unless, somehow, SuperSU gets updated for 8.1 first.
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
Flashing basebands via twrp may cause soft brick and locking of bootloader and flashing whole rom in qpst is a long process. Flashing baseband via fastboot is fast and safe.

Requirements:

1. ADB and Fastboot installed

2. ZUK USB driver

3. NON-HLOS.bin

Steps:

1. Install adb and fastboot and zuk usb driver.

2. Download modem (NON-HLOS.bin)

3. Copy it to the folder where fastboot is installed

4. Open command prompt in the same folder

5. Put this commands

fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2

fastboot reboot

NOTE: If you are using VoLte make backup of efs partition before flashing rom in twrp. Restore after flashing baseband

Links:

9-00009-M8996FAAAANAZM-1.53476.1.zip

9-00026-M8996FAAAANAZM-1.63821.1.zip

M8996FAAAANAZM-1.70664.3.76387.1.zip

M8996FAAAANAZM-1.76387.1.92759.1.zip
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
reserved
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
Thanks to all people who have sent their modem so that I can share with you
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] mja123:
No need to flash via fastboot, baseband can be flashed via twrp recovery without bricking the device. I already wrote a guide regarding this:

https://xdaforums.com/lenovo-zuk-z2/how-to/guide-flash-firmware-twrp-relocking-t3576196
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] mklucc:
doesn't work. No audio call in & out!
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
Flash again
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] mklucc:
i tried many times
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
whats the issue if somebody flashes in fastboot?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
Which baseband?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] mklucc:
M8996FAAAANAZM-1.70664.3.76387.1.zip

M8996FAAAANAZM-1.76387.1.92759.1.zip

and then i came back to my original

9-00026-M8996FAAAANAZM-1.63821.1.zip
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
i have myself tested flashing all the basebands and works well. Which network operator you are using?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] mklucc:
Vodafone
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
Make backup of efs partition in twrp. Flash 1.70 baseband and restore the efs and see if voice is working or not
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] mklucc:
Do this delete my rom?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
No :)
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] subhrabhadra:
There is baseband v2.0

What's the procedure for that? And how to escape bootloader rebooting?

Is v2.0 any better?
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
I haven't seen any 2.0 baseband
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] mklucc:
baseband 1.76 doesn't work. Now try 1.70

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even baseband 1.70 does not work
[Lenovo ZUK Z2 (Plus) Guides, News, & Discussion] miju12:
Okay. So which ROM you are in? And what was the last stock ROM you have flashed?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] thedr34m13:
I'm trying to build aosp oreo for this phone, but im getting errors during compilation, and i think that some steps in the guide are outdated or something. Could someone who's built aosp help me out with all the steps?
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Cocalarix:
Following the news of the Android Go release, I wondered if it would be possible for someone to port it to this old device:

https://www.xda-developers.com/android-go-news/

I think it would be awesome. Would it be possible or are we still missing something important?
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] TheOneWhoSpeaks:
The s2 plus community has died. I can do a port when it comes around, but without support i can't do anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
OT:

In that case, will porting a s duos 2 rom for s2+ work?:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
What about miui8? Will it worth a try?

Android oreo (8.0) of s dous 2 is highly unstable (just booted that's all) . Any way, it will be good, if someone could upstream kernel of s2+ (unfortunately no active expert developers fr s2+ , who could easily fix the rejects during upstreaming (or upgradeing))
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
Just checked s dous 2 forum & I can say that u r 100% correct. They got really good developers & good support

They even fixed screenshot & recent thumbnail issues of nougat rom (which is also a common bug for s2+)

Hats off :cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
I think andoid go sources are out

https://xdaforums.com/2015-moto-g/development/rom-pixel-experience-edition-t3717869

Moto G has AOSP based android go (8.1) nw.

But we lack dev's & support. So andoid go may end up in our dreams :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
Yes true.

We can't force anyone to work on a rom. Its all up to them.

So lets hope for better

Also Upgradeing kernal to 3.4.xx or 3.10.xx from 3.0.101 is necessary for android go or miui 8.

If anyone of u guys have a knowledge or experinece about kernal porting (or kernal upgrade) , pls try to port a kernal (can take committs from s duos 2) to our device
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
If u have enough knowledge about these stuff's (port &upgrade),why don't you try upgradeing or port
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
I already tried miui8 porting. But end up in bootloop.

When I took logcat, I saw a error of something like "bradcom tv error" .
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
I already tried that. Not working.

I think a expert porter / developer is required

I quit working on it due to so many rejects
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] Ribin Manuel:
In-case of s3, many changes are needed (I am not a good developer ).

Since community is dead, there is no use in porting any rom to these device. Even if I try that, I will not get any support from s2+ community to fix the bugs. (I know that ever since I tried to fix screenshot bug of nougat rom. Only I got support from ghsr & satcom886)
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] si.mo.ne:
i really liked the MIUI 7 but it's a old android version.

MIUI 8 is a great alternative
[Samsung Galaxy S II Plus] David_s2vep:
Hope

I hope the s2 community does't die completely, do you know where i can download the 3.4.xx kernel for the S2?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Cowbell_Guy:
For those of us that have not installed a custom recovery, will be below method work of restoring stock boot image for installing updates to the o t a? I see that a few people have already gotten the December OTA.

https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/tips.md#ota-installation-tips
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] pa.pn2:
is the dec update already 8.1 or just the security update?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Badger50:
8.1

Factory images are up as well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Jexx11:
I've been asking this question since the November OTA and have yet to get a confirmation either way whether it works or fails.

I'd love to try myself but I'm currently traveling for work and I can't risk bootlooping my phone or being without WiFi tethering.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Dielahn:
What worked for me was,

Download Nov factory image

Unzip

Edit flash-all. Bat and remove the - w at the end

Reboot into bootloader

Run flash-all

Reboot

Download Dec ota zip

Reboot recovery

Update from adb

Choose Dec ota zip

Reboot

From there i installed twrp and magisk everything working fine on 8.1
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Cowbell_Guy:
Has anyone tried this yet?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Cowbell_Guy:
I just went to try this method, and it's getting hung up?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Jdban:
Its not working for me. I flashed stock Dec 2017 build, and then I install Magisk Manager and told it to "install," patched the boot file from the Dec 2017 factory build, copied it to computer, then fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img. On boot, magisk manager says "Magisk not installed," safetynet is failing, and root checker says I have no root.

Anyone having any luck? What are ya'll doing differently?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] CyberpodS2:
did you enable the beta channel within magisk? That will get you the newest version?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Jdban:
Thanks! That did it!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Cowbell_Guy:
I didn't do that initially but will try now
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Cowbell_Guy:
Really? Nice. Mind positing your exact steps? (
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Jdban:
What I did:

Install Dec 2017 factory build (without the -w flag so it doesn't wipe)

Install latest Magisk Manager

Enable beta channel in Magisk Manager

Copy the boot.img file from the factory build onto the phone

In Magisk, click install -> Patch boot image file

Copy patched boot file from phone to computer

reboot to bootloader

flash patched boot.mg via

fastboot flash boot patched_boot.img
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Cowbell_Guy:
Ah, okay. Thanks for sharing I take it though you didn't use the Top John Woo method, Lincoln the original post oh, that supposedly doesn't require the use of a computer.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] spotmark:
For those of you using official builds. Check for update.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] xxsashixx:
Haha sorry I should know this by now

I should flash stock recovery first right
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Azdian:
Is it possible to sideload the update while keeping root and xposed?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] billteeth:
Anyone got that OTA link? I'm sideloading updates because Sprint.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] xmeatizmurderx:
Same here. Hopefully soon, haven't heard of anyone actually getting the update yet so it might not be live yet.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] blackice000:
Just popped up on my Verizon connected PH-1

Rick

BlackIce
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] basongwe:
The install freezes on step 2/2, i'm not rooted, and i tried to restart, no installed. What should I do ?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] wrapper:
You sure it froze? The update does take kinda long on the second step
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DaveHTC200:
Agreed
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] basongwe:
About 1 hour ?

Think it froze, and i rebooted

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still on 2/2

Finally worked, thanks
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] superior8888:
A little bit of patience usually do the trick.

Skickat från min PH-1 via Tapatalk
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] 1901madison:
Anyone notice haptic vibration is a little bit lighter after the update?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Tardeaux:
https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../b1f428ce77a3324759d0157f964b507ebc5e72fb.zip
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] billteeth:
Thank you! Sideload worked great for me.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] avd:
This is 7.1.x?

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you just flash this over F using fastboot?

n.m. something like this? Guess I can't use TWRP for this. ===> https://9to5google.com/2017/10/24/how-to-manually-sideload-install-ota-update-file-android-basics/
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] billteeth:
Yea, TWRP works. But I've been just sideloading ota's instead of unlocking and rooting for the last few years. It has also been super fast and easy with the essential.

Drivers:

https://www.essential.com/developer/current-builds

Google and install "Minimal ADB and Fastboot."

Download and put the ota zip file in the fastboot folder (I always rename it to the build number, too)

Rest:

https://www.howtogeek.com/255311/how-to-manually-upgrade-your-nexus-device-with-adb-sideload/
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] avd:
thanks

I'm on sprint and rooted to "F".

someone please confirm: to go to "B", first I need to uninstall majisk, the flash the stock recovery, then sideload the OTA, then flash the new TWRP then reinstall magisk?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ver2go:
How do I find the non Sprint/Telus OTA file to side load?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] twflys:
Worked fine for me. Phone is running great now with no hiccups. The past week I started getting freezes that required a reboot.. but all is well now.

Snappy and fast again.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] basongwe:
my mic seems to stopped working since this update :/
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] avd:
Phone works and stock camera works here.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] gflexstump:
Being on Sprint do I need to do the previous updates or right to NMJ51B? I am on NM181

Thanks
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] nrage23:
Pretty sure you have to do them in order.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] avd:
Or you can just flag the back to stock image.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] billteeth:
You have to do them in order.

Current Builds:

Build NMI54B - 7.1.1 (Initial Build)

Build NMI64C - 7.1.1 (September 13, 2017)

Build NMI81C - 7.1.1 (October 4, 2017)

Build NMJ20D - 7.1.1 (October 30, 2017)

Build NMJ32F - 7.1.1 (November 7, 2017)

Build NMJ51B - 7.1.1 (December 5, 2017)

Search this forum for "build" to find the ota link's

https://xdaforums.com/essential-phone/how-to
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] DiamondDave98:
Sprint updating

If you're on Sprint like me, and are using an unlocked phone (like me) here's what you can do.

Go to Walmart, purchase a SIM starter kit. It will have to include a nano SIM card and CANNOT BE SPRINT (very important). I got one of those pre-paid sim starter kits and paid about $9.00.

When you're made aware of an update being released by Essential, turn off your device, remove your Sprint SIM and replace it with the non-Sprint SIM. Turn the device on and navigate to the settings, manually check for an update and you'll see that the newly released update is available. Install it, allow the device to restart and once the update is finalized, turn the device off and reinstall your Sprint SIM. Done.

If during this process you are prompted to begin activating service because of the different SIM, simply ignore the prompt and continue the download of the update.

BTW, this is an Essential approved method according to their East Coast Tech Support.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with sideloading the update, I just wanted to offer another method that doesn't require ADB interface or having to type code even though it is a simple and seamless process.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
I'm with Sprint and I sideloaded the update without problems. Besides the Dec security update I can feel that my phone is running snappier than before (may be placebo!).
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] ver2go:
Side loading is failing for me. Not sure if I'm doing anything wrong.

rooted and unlocked.

boot into recovery

advance

side load

on computer 'adb sideload <file posted here>.zip'

TWRP shows failed at the top. The console shows it trying to apply
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] bricky23:
I agree. The phone has never felt smoother. Even better than Oreo beta.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Caltinpla:
I've never tried Oreo beta so I don't know but this new update made me a happy camper.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Airwolf79:
Try the stock recovery. Pull the boot.img out of the stock dump zip and flash it in fastboot. Once in the stock recovery, hold power & vol up to get to hidden menu. Then adb sideload.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] avd:
If you are going to go through all that trouble, just flag the lastest back to stock image. If your bootloader is not unlocked, the unlocking process will wipe your data.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] avd:
The battery life is insane.

Although all day yesterday carrier services was eating up my battery. Probably it was having a schitzophrenic breakdown... Hey there's an update... No we're on Sprint... Hey there's an update... No we're on Sprint... ...
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Airwolf79:
Why? The process I described took me all of 5 minutes, and I didn't have to wipe anything.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] blackice000:
Airwolf,

the stock imange boot file trick sounds like a plan, however...how do we get TWRP back after wards. The only versions i have are cooked into the ROM image.

Rick
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Airwolf79:
BMG1001 has updated his root thread with the latest TWRP build. Just follow the link in his thread and flash it the same way as the previous build, fastboot flash boot twrp.img. Root is working with the latest build as well. https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3701976

Edit:. Obviously, you would have to rename the NMJ51B TWRP img to use that command, or just type the full name of that TWRP img into your command.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] blackice000:
OK a bit frustrated. I have the OTA zip ( b1f428ce77a3324759d0157f964b507ebc5e72fb.zip)

Flashed stock boot.img

ADB Reboot bootloader

Select recovery

Get "sick android guy"

Power Button, Volume Up to get menu

Select update from ADB

Adb sideload ota.zip

Says:

Finding Update Package...

Opening update package...

E:\unknown volume for path [/sideload package./zip

Verifying update package...

Update package verification took 5.7 s (result 0).

Installing Update...

Step 1/2Error applying update 20 (Error code::kDownloadState InitializationError)E:Error in sideload/package.zip

(Status 1)

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/uncrypt_status]

Installation Aborted

HELP!

Rick
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Airwolf79:
Ok. U flashed the boot.img in fastboot, correct? And you put the OTA zip in ur platform tools folder right?
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] blackice000:
Absolutely. Should just work

Am on NMJ32F trying to get to NMJ51B

No root, stock NM32F boot.img from dump.

Weird....

ADB/Fastboot works flawlessly.

Ideas?

Rick
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Airwolf79:
Ok, you need to flash the boot.img to the other partition, so in bootloader: fastboot set_active other. It should tell you which partition you're switching to (a or b). Then flash the boot.img to the partition you switched to. If the active partition is A, then:

fastboot flash boot_a boot. Once you successfully sideload the OTA, and you want to flash TWRP, just make sure you are switched back to the other partition before you flash. This whole partition thing can be very confusing.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] blackice000:
OK..let me get this straight, At the moment my active partition is _b. That's the one that contains my active boot. Am i flashing the unadulterated stock image to B or to A??

Sorry. I am a bit dense today!

Rick
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Airwolf79:
No problem. I should be A for you then. Boot into fastboot, switch partitions, if you switched to A, flash the boot.img to A, reboot to stock recovery, then sideload OTA. If successful, it should reboot on it's own. My stock rom was on the B partition, so I switched to A, flashed the boot.img, and then sideloaded the OTA. It stayed on the A partition even after it rebooted with the updated firmware, so to flash TWRP, I switched back to the B partition to flash TWRP and Magisk. I still don't completely understand how the partitions work.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] blackice000:
So strange.. I just installed the stock boot.img to BOTH partitions. Booted into recovery, did the switch trick update from adb...same error.

I am lost. It's frustrating because i do this kind of thing all the time!

I am now back on NMJ32F (bothA/B) with twrp and magisk for root. on _b.

Nothing seems to work. Maybe i have a bum ota.zip?

Rick
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] Airwolf79:
Shoot man, that's weird. Yeah, try another zip. I used the one from this thread.

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Oh yeah, sidenote. I unrooted and uninstalled xposed before I did this, but I didn't wipe anything. Try unrooting within magisk manager.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] blackice000:
Me too. No dice.. just tried a few things. Weirdness is still present. Maybe someone will come up with a full image for NMJ51B and i can just flash that in TWRP. As long as I don't lose all my data/settings/etc I'm good.

Rick