yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
I just installed keyboard through ADB from APK mirror and just started installing everything from play store. had to reinstall google app and gmail a couple times, but it seems like it's become stable now.

Question for anyone that may know: my settings doesn't look dark like in the screenshots (but under system about it sais RomAur, so I know I am on the rom. I thought it was mentioned that settings would become dark?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] tmoore3496:
Change wallpaper to a dark one!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradhoschar:
Magisk manager keeps FC'ing even after flashing Magisk-v14.5(1456)

Back to square one with Deuce's script. Is there a CONCRETE way of flashing this? Not sure if the OP's directions is getting lost in translation, or is it just me?

Edit: Just re-flashed Deuce's, rebooted to TWRP, made sure I was on slot_a, flashed Magisk-v14.5(1456), and using version 5.6.1 of Magisk Manager, and STILL FC'ing.

Halp.

Edit x2: Re-flashed RomAur, and when the prompt came up after opening Magisk Manager to update, I chose 'no' and it's fine. UGH.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] raymondm2007:
Everytime I flash this rom it keeps on freezing on

Found/data/magisk.img need help
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
Couple more questions for anyone that might know:

1. Everything was going really well. I went to TWRP and did a backup. Since rebooting, the touchscreen stops responding completely sometimes after the phone goes to sleep. OK google works, buttons work, camera gestures work in that state. Has this happened to anyone?

2. when i activate hold back to kill foreground app from rom control, it also kills my live wallpaper. i've not seen that on other roms in the past. i installed a magisk module for edge control, where you can also set an action, set the kill action to the edge squeez and it worked as expected, killed app, not live wallpaper. Unfortunately that module made changes to systemui, so buttons were wrong size, 3minit battery didn't work etc. I uninstalled it. But I'd like to have the kill action built into the rom work like that - just kill the top app. Am i missing something of how this is supposed to work?

1. how to get viper4 android working? i saw a link in this thread to another thread, but I think that one does it from scratch. I selected viper4android in the rom flashing aroma screen, so i already have the app installed, but it's not functional.

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Thank you, but i'm seeing stock behavior. transparencies become black instead of white, but the settings menu is still bright white.....

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So after i opened magisk for the first time, in addition to 5.6.1 manager, it also said something about needing to update magisk itself. I rebooted to recovery, flashed magisk 16, rebooted and everything worked.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] justin654:
Using magisk app 5.6.0 or newer seems to do that. Older versions work. I just went back to twrp after I booted the rom and flashed newest magisk and then updated the app and it works fine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradhoschar:
Was running fine from last night to tonight on 1.5, but getting random reboots. Booted into TWRP, but my pattern doesn't work, so I have to fastboot boot TWRP.img, and since everything's jumbled up on slot_a, I have to ADB sideload and dirty flash RomAur 1.5 again.

Just wondering if anyone else is getting random reboots before I start taking a logcat.

I am HOPING it's not hardware related, as this is the 3rd P2XL already, and I don't have 1,000 to order another one....

Thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bp328i:
I got a weird reboot tonight when using voice to text. Then it would start and again reboot, it did this like 5 times in a row. I finally powered it down by long pressing the power button and when it restarted it was fine and has been fine ever since.

As for your TWRP issue that is currently normal behavior. You have to remove any lock screen security before booting into TWRP.

Edit: I just realized you're on 1.5 and I'm still on 1.4.

Edit 2: I just flashed 1.5, if I get any reboots I'll update here.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradhoschar:
Yea, I later realized it was due to the February build breaking TWRP. Wonder how many times I'll forget to disable screen lock before booting into recovery?!?

And it's weird, right? When it reboots, it goes to the home screen for like 3 seconds, then restarts ...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bp328i:
Yep, that's exactly what mine did.

It would reboot I would unlock it and then within seconds it would reboot again. Mine did it like 5 or 6 times in a row until I finally powered it down by long pressing the power button.

I flash the 1.5 update last night and haven't had any problems yet.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Funnyface19:
I have the latest installed. I followed the directions and when i boot up i get an error popup and say something about issue with android device, contact manufacturer. Anyone else seen that? I'm able to dismiss and everything seems fine. Also, install latest magisk zip file from twrp and then update in app. Also, the rom app was giving me errors when i tried to using the reboot menu.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Chronos300:
My apologies if this is a dumb question but does this ROM let you hide the icons in the status bar?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bp328i:
I posted a picture of what you're seeing on boot up like 4 pages back.

I was told it's a common problem with custom ROMs at this time.

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Yes, pull down your notification and long press on the settings icon (like 5 to 10 seconds) and that turns on System UI Tuner which you can find in Settings - System.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Gootah:
Yo, I have a problem. When I press the recent button it does what it's supposed to in exquisite form. Thanks Dev. The issue I have is that it shows 2 apps a the bottom that kind of block my nav keys, when I long press those apps something comes up in Russian, don't know what it says. Anyone else?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] BladeRunner:
Collusion!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradhoschar:
Mine doesn't come up in Russian, but it certainly is annoying when trying to clear all apps, or even see anything on the screen besides the Chrome and Play store icons....
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ohlin5:
Hey guys!

I would really like to try this ROM as I'm missing Now Playing and active edge features on the custom ROM side, but I've got a few questions!

1). Does this ROM have long-press power button (while screen is off) to enable flashlight?

2). Does it have long-press volume buttons (while screen is off) to skip music tracks?

and 3). Has the super annoying settings crash when trying to set up a PIN and/or fingerprint been resolved? I know there was a stock settings zip linked a while back, but every time I tried this ROM in the past I got those stupid FC's and when the zip didn't resolve whatever was causing my issue I gave up.

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
I've read the OP and searched the thread, but I can't figure out if there are any specific instructions for updating the rom (i'm on 1.4, wanna go to 1.5). With how much trouble I had installing the rom in the first place, I'd love to have some guidance on this before I try.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradhoschar:
Just dirty flash from 1.4 to 1.5 in TWRP
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
thanks for the quick reply.

I was wondering about whether I will have to reinstall magisk again? Initially the rom came with a version that didn't work for me, but v16 works great.

Also, do I need to setup viper4android manually again? The viper installed by the rom did not work at all, and I had to follow a link in this thread to get instructions on setting it up.

I will obviously make a backup, but I'd rather not have to use it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bp328i:
ROM Control - SystemUI prefs - Recent apps - Quick launch - Displaying the panel, turn it off.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bradhoschar:
Daaaaaang!

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ohlin5:
Anyone?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
3 yes, 1 and 2 not so much or maybe i've not figured it out

Anyone else have issue where back to kill kills the live wallpaper? Even the google living universe live papers, except the first one, because it kills it and then reloads the first one.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] bp328i:
1) No

2) No

3) Yes
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] gokou46:
Question does anyone know where to find the media_mixer file even though it has a volumes boost already as a mod it doesnt sound any louder thanks in advance.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ohlin5:
Thanks guys! Am too used to those features to give them up so I appreciate the confirmation!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] gigatex:
Is it just me or is this rom really laggy for anyone else? It's especially noticeable when quick switching apps and resizing multiwindow.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] quinejh:
Ok, two questions for anyone who may be able to answer. I've just gone back to this yesterday but I've seen it posted several times but I can't recall where it was. Did I read there was an Xposed module working to pass safety net? And I've read several posts recently where others are advising to install TWRP after flashing the ROM. Has TWRP been updated to decrypt in Feb update?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
twrp still won't decrypt, but if you disable security you can use it.

as to xposed passing safetynet....i've been trying to figure that out myself. i am leaning towards it not yet being possible.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] CyberpodS2:
There has been one or two claims that folks got a pass from safety net with Xposed but I've seen no real proof so I chalked them up as trolls. Don't get me wrong, I would love to be proven wrong about this theory...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Bojesse:
Hi guys

When I flash the stock rom OPM1.171019.018 FEB. via TWRP, it comes an error message. "Flash not possible."

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for help
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
You mean the stock factory image?? You can't flash that with twrp. You need to fastboot that puppy.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] amandeepparmar:
March update is now live!:highfive:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Jayme Helgerud:
Anyone get viper working with this build?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
Yes, I searched this thread and followed what is said in post 205. Basically viper magisk module, choose new version and choose materialized during installation, use an app to disable se Linux just to activate the driver, and also use developer mode in viper for se Linux.

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[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Bojesse:
Yes, the stock factory image. Can you tell me how should I proceed, or do you have a guide? There was something wrong

Would help me a lot.

Thank you
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
This is how I do the monthly security updates from Google. It is dependant on the facts that....you have fully unlocked your bootloader, have the latest version of adb/fastboot, your device drivers are up to date, and that your using a good USB-A to USB-C cable, not the one that came with the device, and you have the latest official version of TWRP. And here ya go :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Bojesse:
Okay, I will try:good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] danw_oz:
Anyone else notice this phone is soooo laggy after this update?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] seniorstew:
I Flashed over 1.5 and had to update to magisk 1.6 because the app kept force closing. Other then the system corrupt screen forcing me to press power to continue, everything works great! Also running Elementx
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] auras76:
Reboot again.

On this build its patched selinux on kernel,vendor and twrp to allow zygote write on data-dalvik cache.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
flashed over 1.5, and getting that RED corrupt screen (ugh!), and...it's bootlooping, goes to the boot screen (not the animation, just the one with the little lock) then reboots

edit: i restored the backup I made before updating, and it worked, but the RED corrupt screen did not go away.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] seniorstew:
Make sure you flash the new March Update using the script so it flashes to both slots then boot Twrp, install Twrp, install ROM, install Magisk, reboot, wait 10 min for it to boot, launch magisk once then reboot and profit
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] danw_oz:
Thanks so much for the quick update of this for us, and also reply.

Yeah tried that, as per the OP instructions. Even did a full hard power off, same deal, super slow unlocking, opening most apps, everything worked ok no force closes or anything, unplugged the phone from charging and it took the phone about 30 seconds to respond to anything.

Flashed Deuces script back over the phone nothing else, and it is now working as I would expect.

Might try a full factory reset and see if it's any better
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
will that remove all of the setup i've done on this phone already? what i liked about going 1.4 -->1.5 , was dirty flash, redo a little setup, but my /data partition was ok, and all apps and app data there carried with me.

I edited my post above, i got my 1.5 backup working, but i'm still seeing the red corrupt system message. anyway to remove the red corrupt thing? I don't think i will be updating right now to 1.6, maybe this weekend.....but I can't be re-setting up my phone every month.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] seniorstew:
I get the same thing but it you press the power button during the message it boots fine
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
yea, i understood that from your first post. it's annoying because i can't just setup a reboot and do something for a minute or two and having it booted up. in any case,

my other question was does the script erase everything in /data, so I will have to redo the whole thing?

Also....everything was working and I was back on the 1.5. I got the bright idea to switch slots and see if I could restore my TWRP backup to the other slot, then experiment on one of the slots. I switched slots in tWRP, chose reboot to recovery and tWRP wouldn't load. Stuck on twrp splash screen. I thought, no problem, I'll boot a TWRP version off of my computer. It did the same thing booting off the computer. Can't get into TWRP, been trying to google search how to change slots back without TWRP. Thought I'd try booting on the slot. Now it is on the boot animation (G with the gray bar going underneath).

EDIT:

How do I get back to slot A without having TWRP working? nevermind this question - here's how to do it if anyone else needs to know: fastboot --set-active=a

got the phone to boot ok on A. also, i think doing this (switching slots and trying to boot on other slots, switching slots back) got rid of the corrupt bootloader message! yay!

i do need to kow if there's a way to run the screen and maintain the /data partition....
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] auras76:
Check data-dalvik cache-arm64 with root explorer if not empty.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] auras76:
Just flash posted Mar stock without wipe data, boot on stock and flash romaur.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
I will try this later today. Will let you know. Thank you, auras76, I love this rom.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
i flashed the Mar stock using Deuces script without wiping data.

Booted up. Everything was ok, no root of course but all my apps were there.

Flashed recovery.

made a backup of mar stock

flashed 1.6 of the rom

did nothing else and just hit reboot

Result: got the red your bootloader is corrupt and it wouldn't boot. (would bootloop after splash screen - the G with the little lock)

So, I went ahead and restored the MarchStock backup I had just made. It booted up OK, *except* that Red bootloader corrupt message is there.

What am I doing wrong?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dredq:
May want to try to flash Flash Kernel? Just a thought.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
I think I got it to work.

The trick was that after I did the deuces script without wiping and booting it up, I had to go back into TWRP and flash the system.img (stock one) on both slots.

Then I flashed the ROM and rebooted. When I rebooted, it didn't see magisk installed.

I installed the magisk app from APK mirror, then rebooted to recovery.

flashed Elemental Kernel, flashed magisk v16.

Everything looks ok so far. No red message. Thanks for all the help and suggestions.

I wish I could understand what was causing it to fail before. One of the times it failed, I did notice it said in the Aroma installer that Magisk didn't install correctly. For some reason flashing the system.img on both slots prior to flashing rom fixed it.

I flashed Elemental Ex, but only after I got it working on the included kernel.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TheUndertaker21:
only de-odexed rom for pixel xl2

thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] danw_oz:
did a full magisk uninstall, Dirty flashed everything as per the OP, cleared all the cache and everything is working fine. Thanks [MENTION=2112104]auras76[/MENTION]

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When I get weird issues as you mention above, I always perform a magisk uninstall from the magisk thread, then proceed with the OP instructions
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TheUndertaker21:
followed the steps can't

still can't get it to work

kept rebooting to twrp or bootloader

idk what's wrong
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
well i said earlier i thought i got it to work...nope. i somehow switched to slot B and it was just loading the stock march update rom. romaur was flashed on A per instructions and it just won't boot. i've tried flashing the uninstall magisk many times, tried to flash a kernel and magisk, tried flashing the stock system.img before flashing the Rom. I would like to understand what state the slot needs to be in to take the 1.6 update, because stock without wiping data isn't taking it.

update: ok I got it boot on the RomAur1.6

1. deuces script with the image from the op here, no data wipe

2. flashed twrp

3. booted stock march update

4* uninstalled magisk app

5. installed rom

6. flashed magisk from OP (14.5)

7. booted and waited

it's up now. laggy as heck, and magisk crashing left and right. i've already tried rebooting. but i can work with this. i'll read up on it in this thread.

update2:

good news is that after a few reboots its not laggy anymore. but i have a new problem, i can't update to magisk 16 and magisk app 5.6.1. That's what i was running on the 1.5 version without issues. I'd be ok with this except a lot of my modules in magisk won't run now. They need 15.3 or higher. (like viper for example). Any advice on upgrading from 14.5 to 16? On RomAur 1.5, it wasn't even an issue. but on 1.6, it won't boot with anything other than 14.5.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] grinchyyy:
Just curious, OP states do not upgrade Magisk. I understand that if Magisk is upgraded some functionality of this rom won't work properly. Is Viper the only thing that will break if Magisk is upgraded or is there other things that depend on v. 14.5?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TheUndertaker21:
can someone post steps for magisk 16

and to get it boot up at all

the steps for me didn't work.

it kept rebooting to bootloader or twrp
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
Lower version magisk (14.5) = several modules don't install; viper4android, initdlinker, active edge for pixel 2 is all i can think of right now

Magisk 15.3+ = everything works

On RomAur 1.5, I could flash Magisk 16 in TWRP. In 1.6, I figured out that I can flash Magisk 16 from inside the magisk app (version 5.4.1 app that comes with 14.5). After reboot, I had Magisk 16 and the app got updated to the latest, 5.6.1 I believe.

Are you starting on a working and setup version of 1.5? (If not, go ahead and search this thread a couple pages back someone gave me good instructions that involved flashing system img on A and B, that was what worked for me, I quoted him in my post and told them that it worked).

If you're updating from 1.5, this is what eventually worked for me:

1. deuces script with the image from the op here, no data wipe

2. flashed twrp

3. booted stock march update on slot A and slot B

4* uninstalled magisk app

5. installed rom

6. flashed magisk from OP (14.5)

7. booted and waited, booted successfully, don't update the magisk yet, not even the app;, make a backup

8. several reboots later it stopped lagging

9. don't know if this step is needed: I went to TWRP, switched to slot B via the reboot menu in TWRP, rebooted to recovery (TWRP), then flashed v16 of magisk to slot B (if i didn't do the reboot, it would say 'flashing slot a' in the magisk script, even though it would show B on the reboot menu), booted up 1 time on B successfully.

10. opened magisk app 5.4.1, went to "modules" tab (not downloads), found the magisk v16 zip I had on sdcard(internal storage), selected it, Magisk ran the script. Rebooted and waited. booted successfully.

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the one thing I haven't figured out yet: how do I get rid of the android internal problem message on bootup? On 1.5, I was able to flash magisk 16 from TWRP and it got rid of the message for me. On 1.6, I had to flash v16 from inside magisk and it did not get rid of the message. Not a big deal, just a minor annoyance that i'd like to take care of if possible.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TheUndertaker21:
i don't understand why this rom can't use the updated 16

and the extra steps too.

i guess since it's deox
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] CyberpodS2:
This I think... Lol

Magisk was changed after 14.5 to address all the complaining about the message that was popping up. Some of us were more than happy to ignore the message as it had no impact on how it ran. Now that functions require the patching that resulted in the message, well you get the idea...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mistermojorizin:
it can use 16....just set it up with 14 then go to modules and select the 16 zip to direct install it from android.