yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
I have the link. People are hard to pay attention to how things run. And I just know I'm going to get " why can't I boot into the room with this"
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] byt3b0mb:
Agreed. Would you direct message me?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
https://www.google.com/url?q=https:...sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNFBjewXfxxa-oQDH-YAiENpoJZtpQ

everyone take a look and let me know what you think
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Added oreo twrp and encryption remover please pay attention to the ** in there thank you flash all coming soon
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Flash all has been added and you have been warned
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Ttw626:
---Scratch---
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] texasaggie1:
Nice work sir!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] XirXes:
If you fail out at step 6 with the error " E:Packager is for source build 1 but expected 8" sideload this OTA first.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OhWZPTWcuo7zRu9bjiezjKEZxreOk6v7

Hope this helps someone get this working.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] sabrdawg:
As some of you have heard, I lost data yesterday. I made the mistake of accidentally flashing the flash-all back to Nougat instead of sideloading the Oreo OTA...I know, I goofed big time. I'm attempting to reflash the flash-all and then both the Nougat and Oreo OTAs, consecutively, to see if that resolves the issue. Props to Logikism for all of your help! :)

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I've been trying this after flashing the flash-all, but I keep getting an error:

failed to open driver control: no such file or directory

Weird :/ I just hope I can get my data working, or it's off to T-Mobile for me once they open.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] imna357:
Thanks a lot MATE=) works flawlessly on my end and freaking OREO with milk is smooth as fur=)
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Blazerx39:
So does this flash all work on devices without bootloader unlocked, and ones that have never been rooted? I currently have stock firmware with latest ota before Oreo and was just wondering if I could flash it and it would act as an ota basically
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
It will not bootloader unlock is needed
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joesee:
Man.. my head is spinning after reading all 7 pages of posts on here!! I am 100% stock 7.1 Nougat. I want what everyone else wants.. Oreo rooted! What's the steps?

I have not unlocked the bootloader yet. If I take the OTA when it comes out, will I be able to unlock bootloader then root?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Yes. But you can/ should be able to just download and install if you haven't done anything
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kenbrownstone:
Were do I download the ota and what steps do I take ..I'm 7.1 not unlocked ,just straight stock..Want to root but waiting to see if more devs come. Plus I really got this phone for mods . Really want to keep the mods working. Any help would be great .Been waiting days. I usally get picked for soak but not this time.My brother got ota 2 days ago and he lives a mile away ..
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
You asked where they ota is and how to flash in a "How-To install oreo thread" oh the humanity lol
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kenbrownstone:
I asked because in the Op it says " steps if your on a rom"..As I stated I'm not .. Either I missed it or it was there before but your Locked and uncocked statement I never saw before. Not the 4b part..I'm new to this device and don't wanna fck it up ..
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Your good bro I was just messing around unlock your bootloader tho is safer
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] CertifiedBlyndGuy:
Sweet. Once adequate source is released then I'll mess around with getting CAF or Lineage to boot. Great work here [MENTION=3659125]joemossjr[/MENTION]
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Check your pm
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] htcSlide:
Can someone try to pull the Moto camera apk for me? Need it from Oreo
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joesee:
I got the Oreo OTA to work from here. Thank you very much. I do have a question on this part:

HOW TO ROOT

1. DOWNLOAD THIS. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zz3...w?usp=drivesdk

2. FASTBOOT BOOT OR FLASH IT RUNNING "FASTBOOT BOOT /PATH/TO/BOOT.IMG" OR FASTBOOT FLASH /PATH/TO/BOOT.IMG

3. REBOOT AND PROFIT.

if I do command "Fastboot boot magiskoreo.img' the phone just reboots. No Magisk is installed.

if I do command "Fastboot flash magiskoreo.img' the phone comes back and says "error: unknown partition".

ALSO -

When flashing the remove encryption.zip file.. do I temp boot TWRP first, FORMAT data, then flash this in TWRP, or do I flash this zip via adb sideload?

I'm sorry, I wish the instructions were more clear to me.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
The flash you talking about is supposed to be fastboot flash boot and fastboot boot. For both you need to download magisk manager from online
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joesee:
Appreciate the quick response, thank you! I downloaded the Magisk Manager and then used Install and patched the boot file with the .img provided here. Worked great!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Np!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joesee:
One last question.. Trying to install v4a on this.. it's always a pain with Oreo. 50/50 chance the Magisk module actually works and in my case it didn't.. so I was thinking encryption on the Data partition was causing strange issues. So with the zip file created for that, if I format data in twrp with the bootable version, I get the invalid argument yada yada errors that I've gotten before because it couldn't format the encrypted partition. so I formatted it anyway - but don't know how to flash the encryption remover file because TWRP doesn't see anything on the data (sdcard) folder ?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kenbrownstone:
It's not as simple as fast got oem unlock right? Saw a thing on here to go to Moto .com and get unlock code ...or do I use unlock app by TMobile?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Can someone on here check there bootloader for the modified it official tag I need someone with the official tag
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
You have to enable oem lock them you can go to Motorola's instructions of unlocking bootloader
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kenbrownstone:
Does it matter what nougat build I'm on? Read a article talking about you and your thread but it stated I needed to return to a older nougat build..
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] techware7:
Does anyone know if I can flash the latest stable magisk version 15.2 after oreo OTA on a tmobile z2 force unlocked bootloader with the boot twrp or do I have to use the provided magiskoreo.img in this thread, then update magisk via magisk manager to 15.2? Do magisk modules work? Or does the kernel need some type of f2fs patch like the moto z play for systemless root? Thanks!

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=70492947&postcount=8793

https://xdaforums.com/moto-z-play/development/kernel-stock-kernel-f2fs-patched-t3546732
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
There's only 3 if your in the latest you can try and it should work. If it doesn't unlock bootloader flash the flash all and try in that build. If your in the older August build there is an ota you can take to get the latest https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OhWZPTWcuo7zRu9bjiezjKEZxreOk6v7/view you would just flash the same way you flash oreo
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Ok guys I have made a support group for us includes TMobile Sprint and other stuff please join for faster support https://discord.gg/sTg5pvF
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
I recommend anyone who wants faster support please join
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Sahil 98:
Will it work for moto z2 play unlocked version?:confused:
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
no
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] MrBr1ckfy:
Hi [MENTION=3659125]joemossjr[/MENTION], congrats for your work!

Is there any possibility for you to get the Oreo OTA of Moto Z (first gen)?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
I don't have the device sadly
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blackwing182:
Discord is dope!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Maheshwara:
[MENTION=3659125]joemossjr[/MENTION]

And what about free Z2 Force (without any carrier branding)?

By the help of the efforts you have made - will there be a way to get Oreo before official version for free devices will come?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] blackwing182:
If there is no official oreo for that model then is not posible. I think oreo specific contents is needed to atleast flash a rom from twrp.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joemossjr:
Yeah you need atleast the bootloader files lol
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Chrisy8s:
Thank you joe and uzephi... without you two we would all be screwed.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] RichieDaze:
My Nexus 5X died and just got this device today. Was impatient, so I forced this update to Oreo.

adb shell getprop ro.bootloader

MBM-3.0-nash_tmo-641a15b-171208

Thanks for the link.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bluphi1914:
Potential brick

I tried to a root my moto z2 force but I was able to get two on, but I tried to add sidelong and it didn't work, I tried to operate in two and wiped factory reset, but now I can't boot back to anything. It gives me the splash image and then back to the recovery error
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Amd4life:
If you did indeed "factory reset", which is NOT in details contained in the OP, then you will have to "flash all" back to original stock, and start over, in fastboot.

I would ONLY recommend this, if and ONLY if you were already on Oreo (through the ota). again ONLY if you took the OTA!!!!

Better yet, please detail if you are on 7.1.1 or 8.0?

You should only be "booting" TWRP, NOT flashing it.

and to decrypt data, you need to "format data (in TWRP), THEN flash the decrypt zip. Reboot back to fastboot. Then "flash" the magisk boot.img to root.

Again this is assuming you running Oreo
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bluphi1914:
I was on 8.0 and i took the OTA last week when it was released. I unlocked bootloader last night before doing anything else. I booted twrp, i didn't flash it.

I'm trying to use flash all in fastboot, and it doesnt seem to work.

you said start over, using the oreo flash all?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Amd4life:
The flash all (OREO FLASH ALL), what as drivers are you using (Google?). I have a few of these devices, and have used the Oreo flash all, quite a few times, now.

What I did though was move the "Oreo flash all" extracted folder into my minimal adb folder ( my adb setup is based off minimal adb). I then opened up the minimal adb prompt, and ran the flash all bat from the minimal adb prompt.

Some don't have to do this, but that works for me.

Can you better explain your issues, your original post is a tad confusing
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bluphi1914:
originally, i unlocked bootloader, and that went well. Then I went to command prompt and entered fastboot boot BootableTWRP.img. That also went well. but i then tried to format data and wipe in TWRP. it said i couldn't mount data, but it apparently cleaned the internal SD. and then I couldnt restart past fastboot after that.

oreoflashall should use bat, and not zip in the minimal adb prompt?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Amd4life:
You can't see data in TWRP, because you did NOT decrypt the device. these are the steps ( well for they worked for me, others may be different),

boot TWRP

format data. (DO NOT FACTORY RESET)

assuming the decrypt.zip is on your sdcard, then flash it.

Device should boot up decrypted in about phone.

Reboot back to fastboot, then fastboot flash boot magisoreo.img

Reboot., You should now be rooted and decrypted.

and yes the flashall.bat, is entered in the adb prompt. So you have to extract all the files of course.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bluphi1914:
i'm running the flashall.bat now and when its done, i'll move the decrypt file to the sd card and then go back to fastboot to boot TWRP

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I've finished the flashall.bat and i'm back to the same screen after it tried to reboot.

getting SSM: abbl csv roll back 1,128

No bootable A/B slot

Failed to boot Linux, falling back to fastboot

Fastboot Reason: Fall-through from normal boot mode
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bluphi1914:
when running the flashall.bat, i get this error right before it flashes the system

invalid sparse file format at header magi...and then it continues to run. not sure if that impacts anything
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kendallgreen:
I finally got minimal adb to work with Windows 10. I put my bootloader unlocked T mobile Moto Z2 force NCX26.7 into recovery mode, chose the menu item Install from ADB and ran adb sideload (dragged the oreoota file here) It took several minutes to sideload the file. However I got the following error messages Step 1/2 Error applying update 20 (Error Code :: kDownload StateInitializationError) E: Error in /sideload/package.zip. However the Moto Z2 rebooted to my previous state NCX26.7. Any suggestions?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Amd4life:
Try putting the ota file on your internal SD card. Rename the ota file to update.zip. reboot into STOCk recovery (use the proper button combo), then choose update. That should work.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] malimal:
I tried this and a permission error I think for "data/media/0" or something like that.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] Amd4life:
Man you are having the worst luck. At this point I would just wait for TMobile to push the ota to your device and then work on root at that point. Oreo does not really offer that "much" of a difference anyway, imo. Also factor in that Xposed is not yet available for Oreo, battery life is a tad worse, without Pantheon kernel. For all your troubles I would just enjoy 7.1.1 for a few days
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] gigawatt:
Hi, I am totally blind, and I installed the rom successfully using the recovery and the ota, I then flashed the flash all, and love the oreo rom. I have a couple of qquestions though. I used the magisk given and when I reboot I can't get titanium backup to work. If some one could please tell me how to get it working after installing the magisk.img. Also, beeing blind I have to use the twrp from adb shell command line, and unfortunately I can't format data from the command line unless someone can guide me so can someone please upload a decrypted userdata.img. Thanks:

Isaac
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] malimal:
Different person lol, was trying this before adb push.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joesee:
From what I remember, you also need to have BusyBox installed for Titanium Backup to run correctly. I too am looking for a guide on formatting data. On the last two phones I had, you had to format the data, you'd get a bunch of errors about mounting the partition in TWRP, then you back out and go back in, etc. Hoping someone can shed more light on this!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kendallgreen:
The OTA finally arrived for my Moto Z2. Unfortunately, the software update was unsuccessful. No explanation was given and no changes made. I guess I will follow Joes procedure including flashing the NASH_TMO zip. the only change I have made from stock is to unlock the bootloader.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kendallgreen:
trying to run flashall.bat for Joe's method to get Oreo. I have unlocked the bootloader and enabled developer options and adb. I have tried running flashall.bat on the stock phone, after adb reboot-bootloader, adb reboot recovery and other options
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kendallgreen:
T Mobile SNAFU

After trying t mobile and motorola tech support, discord and xda, I finally told t mobile that I wanted a new z2 force. The next day, I managed to roll back my ROM to 7.2 using Joe's flashall.bat. then it upgraded and upgraded again to Oreo 8.0 automatically. I told t mobile that I didn't need the replacement but they had sent it out. they told me to refuse it which I did. Several weeks later, I got a notice that I owed them for a replacement fee and restocking fee. I got them to waive those fees which were not disclosed to me at the time. Two months later, I got a notice that they were going to charge me $753 for the replacement unless I sent it back! I explained that I had refused the phone and the "help desk" agreed that it had been returned and said they would request a "Handset Order Research Request" to find the IMEI in the T mobile warehouse. Nothing happened and I called the help desk again and they said the same thing, they would request a "Handset Order Research Request". Finally, I got an email today that the "Handset Order Research Department had located the IMEI of the refused/returned Moto Z2 Force. The $753 is still on the bill but I think it will be removed soon, or I will call back again.

NEVER GIVE UP,
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bobyang:
(sorry, I cannot delete this one. I don't have permission to delete it.)
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bobyang:
cannot connect to Tmobile anymore

I followed the steps and ran the flashall.bat, then sideload update.zip, but it failed. Then I reboot the phone and I can not connect to t-mobile anymore. I have tried the same sim card in a different phone and it works. Any helps appropriated! thanks a lot!

Right now, I see there is a smaller version 7.1.1 OTA update, but it fails too.

6 photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/C3Pux2bTvciDg4uE2
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] DsturbD:
this seems to be an important part of this, maybe should be added to the OP. the flashall puts you on 26.2 and the oreo update needs you to be on 26.7

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exactly what i just posted above, you need to sideload the other ota first, then the oreo one
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bobyang:
Thanks, I sideloaded this but I got a different error message, kDownloadStateInitializationError.

Any helps appreciated. thanks!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bobyang:
Yes, I rebooted after restoring the stock rom in the recovery, and then sideload the first ota in the recovery mode again and got that message.

I redownload the 80mb ota and rename it to Zip then make sure I can open it currently. And I am still getting the same error.

Thanks,

Any helps appreciated. thanks!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] DsturbD:
dont rename any of the OTA files. if you use the flashall from the OP, then you have to do the 80mb OTA first, then do the larger one from the OP

flashall - this puts you on the 26.2 build

sideload 80mb OTA - this puts you on the 26.7 build

sideload larger OTA - this puts you on Oreo
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] kendallgreen:
Miracle! I downgraded my MotoZ2 to 26.5 using Joe's flashall.bat from Windows 10 using powershell ".\flashall.bat" It worked. Then I let it upgrade to 26.7 and then to OXC27. then I fastboot boot magiskoreo.img. then I installed MagiskManager 5.5.3.apk uing adb install. I opened MagiskManager and installed it and let it download the files for safety net. So far it is working. However, I cannot apply the upgrade to OXC27.1 Since I don't have any problems with calling, and there is no new security patch, I will wait until I am sure that I can fastboot to a new ROM
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] JAWheat411:
So...I have ordered this phone from Tmobile and should be here in a few days ( giving my mom my Note 5). If I let it update to latest oreo, I should only need flash magisk boot image and TWRP? I have been flashing roms and stuff forever. Just been a while since I had a Moto.
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] bobyang:
I sideload 80mb and keep the file name the same (instead of update.zip in the previous post) "SnvJhU7MkvC0dzmLwpLgZ3b98SYvcz3La8G7Q%2FzZfF%2Fx2+050WFYMNrGLsDB14+SIjX2+ffVYrcksDn8LfDD7fuDEjZZbOLQ2IYRZH0OBs%2FO82Axl7OzAbj34PDYELnHS1kkVNG0KnSBsiEjcfvEiIrnjUc2QrJV2wPrRZe%2FgCU3HwPj1R6rO9KdDqZhjCL7ShKu1ka2cPs"

I still get the same failure message.

thanks
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] joesee:
Wanted to take a sec and say thank you. I'm now rooted with Magisk with 8.0 on a $375 dollar flagship (almost) phone. The camera still sucks. (NOT the ROM's fault haha) and I'm also still having the notorious wifi issue when trying to connect to any 2.4ghz network. There are several blogs out there about this issue. No issues connecting to 5ghz networks. Strange?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] techware7:
uhmm don't really know about the wifi issues but I don't have any issues connecting on 2.4ghz or 5ghz. Haven't tried other locations but at my house with the asus ac3200 this thing is banging!!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] imna357:
Dang, can't figure it out... Booted to TWRP but can't boot after that, installed the bootable TWRP, but when rebooting it goes back to TWRP... What have I done wrong:silly:

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I keep flashing back using flashall.bat Oreo, then it lockeds my bootlader again, but it easy to unlocked, the thing is can't figure how to get out of TWRP. I can boot normally, but wanted to flash something like the font but can't boot back to the OS:confused:

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My phone is immortal, just used the flash.all bat Oreo, three times already it is still alive, then it relocks the BOOTLOADER all the time. Booted fine, everything works on T-Mobile, then was wandering at first I can't fish the MAGISK, I found out my bootlader got locked (NO BRICK CITY HERE:good:), unlocked it again, successfully flash MAGISK and rooted... And then again flash TWRP, again can't boot back to the OS
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] sabrdawg:
You can't flash TWRP...you have to fastboot boot the bootable TRWP :) Hope this helps!
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] imna357:
That's what I did, just like pixel phone before, fastboot boot magiskoreo.zip, then boot to TWRP right?
[Moto Z2 Force  ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other ] DsturbD:
Either one. You "fastboot flash boot magiskoreo.img" to get root, reboot and install the magisk manager app on xda

Then if you need to go into twrp you "fastboot boot twrp.img" whatever the filename is. That boots you to twrp so you can format data and flash the decryption zip