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[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] Kadyo:
Hi guys just want to ask why custom rom development in Zuk z2 pro is less if you compared it with z2 plus. I'm planning to buy zuk z2 pro because of amoled screen and 6gb ram.

Currently I have s7 edge that I used in banking apps and work but I want this phone just to satisfy my rooting desire.

Are there any available site outside xda where they develop z2 pro rom?

If not what any advise on what device will satisfy my rooting cravings with almost same hardware and less than 300 dollars?

Thank you in advance.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] Terminator.J:
I don't know exactly why there's not as much development. It's already kind of a niche to have a brand that Lenovo is getting rid of after a few years. As far as where actual development is taking place, my impression over the last year has been that there's Siyang/SY and "LR.Team" over on the official (Chinese language) Lenovo forums; he does the kernel development on Mokee and uses that to make ports of popular-in-east-Asia ROMs like Flyme, MIUI, H2OS and sometimes a build or two of AICP or Resurrection Remix, but they're just pet projects for him to play with and he doesn't actually support or keep updating them, and they tend to always have something broken or crashing. Mokee seems to be in perpetual development in much the same way.

zukfans.eu as a community is an interesting mix of the "wild east" of development from China (at least that's where you'll tend to find leaked development builds and basebands being mirrored in English first), occasional resources coming out of Russia, and links to XDA threads that follow the development of things you're already aware of here.

Really, it would appear that the primary actual development on the Z2 Pro is being done by [MENTION=2823824]davidevinavil[/MENTION] and [MENTION=8479760]cosmedd[/MENTION] with some assistance from others, so AEX and LineageOS. I'm not sure who the guy is that released CosmicOS, other than that he also seemed to release some other ports of other ROMs for the Z2 Pro over the last couple weeks but may not actually be doing original development so much as has got a good compiling environment and some understanding of how to get things to build for the Z2 Pro -- which is still pretty impressive!

I have a Z2 Pro (Z2121), and I got my wife a Z2 Plus (Z2131). I will say that now that we have AEX and LineageOS, it's a lot easier to recommend the Pro... the screen is pretty, sure, but since we're living on the edge with unlocked bootloaders and custom recoveries & ROMS, the things that really make it better are the on-board UFS storage and USB3 connection. Doing nandroid backups in TWRP and transferring internal memory to/from the computer is SO FAST compared to the Plus, which is just eMMC storage and USB2 connection speed.

Anyway, the Z2 Pro isn't being manufactured any more, so quick, grab a Snapdragon 820 with 6GB DDR3-LP memory and 128GB UFS storage and an AMOLED screen for $300 that runs Oreo 8.1 and can run rooted and still pass SafetyNet with a little help from Magisk while you still can. Also, definitely get a good case for it... I've already had to replace the rear glass on mine once, and don't look forward to trying it again.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] Kadyo:
Well explained [MENTION=230536]Terminator[/MENTION].Thank you.
[Lenovo Zuk Z2 Pro Questions & Answers] Terminator.J:
Also, have you SEEN the actual forums over there on the Z2 Plus side? Check out the last few days of the AEX 8.1 thread... It's a colossal dumpster fire of people asking the same questions over & over and making demands about "fixing" things... Makes the Pro forums look like a paradise of polite folks who know how to use the search feature and attach a logcat (and that's saying something).
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] bknightx3:
How to remove FRP in ZTE Axon 7?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] lafester:
Settings/google
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
well we can't tell you
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] aLexzkter:
And even if you wanted to, you wouldn't, because you don't know how :D
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
Maybe i do :p

I'm kidding, I don't know. Never had the chance on an axon7. But that's not the point; even if anyone here knew we wouldn't be able to tell him.

Just one thing: MiFlash works wonders when there was an exploit on an older version which has been patched since then. Just like Odin on samsung phones.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] troy5890:
Wait 48 hours to see if it goes away
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] djkuz:
Very easy to do this, every one who flash phone over edl know how ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Knuxyl:
well could you share?

I flashed mine over EDL to go back to stock and then this happened. I put my google account back in but it says it needs the owner of the phone's google account. There's some kind of software screw up because I've had this phone for 2 years now. I'm trying to get it back to stock to give to someone because they're using an iphone which they realized is crap but now this phone is f*kin locked for no reason.

And btw it's been over 48 hours now, still locked
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
well, he gave a pretty good hint there

There's a certain software made by a certain person right above you, with the ability to fix that fukkup. It's in the "ROMs, development" section and it's called EDL Tool.

Anyhow why can't you unlock it if it was your phone?? You just need to put your Google account in there
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Knuxyl:
I did but it's saying that account wasn't the owner or it just isn't working correctly. I don't know wth is going on. I think I've had to deal with this before in the past. None of my other phones have done this, only he Axon.

And I have the EDL tool, I'm guessing it's somewhere in it? I looked through it and didn't see anything specific about frp
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
i'm sure it's there, look at the last option in the menu
[Touch Cruise General] Stu308:
Hi , got my new orbit 2 (polaris) the other day and im not that impressed by it as yet.

I came from using my trusty vario(wizard) and it doesnt seem (as yet) much quicker than that.

I know it has built in gps, radio etc. But i cant put me finger on it why it hasnt impressed me much. i played a bit of video on it and it was a bit jumpy, also scroll is a bit iffy.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what it can do and do better than my old phone?

Or what to use to make it a pleasure to use.

Thanks.
[Touch Cruise General] gnick666:
Please read the already posted threads relating to your questions...

These questions have been asked and answered several times before, so please use the search tool.
[Touch Cruise General] Ajacied410:
Believe me..it could be one of most impressif pocketphone's out there..but the only problem with this device is that HTC didn't do there homework that good and put this device to soon on the market.

But when the new firmware (with drivers) come's online it will be one of the finest pocketphone's out there at the moment.

The only think for us is to pray that HTC will make the firmware with the drivers, otherwise it will go into be books as a slow and bad preforming device 4-ever and HTC will loose a lot of trusty customers!

But like the other also said..it's being sad in a lot off topics now..so lets use the other threads for the complenning ;)
[Touch Cruise General] dortyboy:
i agree. i bought mine a week ago. the touch cruise and i am not that impress coming from a tmobile mda aka wizard. i still use my wizard. love it but cruise slow. internet is slow. features are wack. the only good thing is the radio but i dnt listen to radio and tomtom navigation. i live in nyc i use the subway so not that usefull to me. htc better come good or its apple for me.
[Touch Cruise General] pistonripper:
This is exactly what I'm thinking...HTC really messed this wicked phone up....Gonna wait for the Xperia or Samsung i900.
[Touch Cruise General] briggs81:
You aren't getting drivers for it. You are getting a software patch that helps fix a few things like scrolling and some basic touch screen functionality, nothing to do with video.

unfortunately, if you want to watch movies you have to convert them yourself and spend the time doing it, then you can have some fun with high quality movies or shows.

i will think twice before I buy my next handset. I don't expect the most amazing device in the world, but I don't like to be mislead in advertising.
[Touch Cruise General] JNGold:
Funny, I find my Cruise does everything I ask of it. I find it an improvement in almost every way over the KJAM (OC'ed to 247mhz), and the Treo 750.
[Touch Cruise General] Stu308:
Can someone give me some links to help please? Thanks.
[Touch Cruise General] pistonripper:
How is your cruise setup?

I've just installed Coreplayer .....runs pathetic....picture hardly moves when running a 480MB avi.

Camera...you can forget that....never seen such rubbish...I'm sure the image quality is good...nobody should have to wait that long to take a picture.

I have a UK O2 Orbit 2....got rid of the O2 taskbar icon (after reading it was a memory hogger).

Installed :

HTC Home Screen...

HTC Theme (black) tsk file 102KB vs 200+KB for the 02 Theme.

Skype

Core Player 1.1.1

Opera 9.33

OTO

Calculator skin

WMP Skin

Advanced Configuration

PocketCM Keyboard (one of the best touch apps....never knew I could touch type that fast)

I for one am willing help in what it takes to have this phone running to at least 2/3 of its potential. Compared to my friend's Hermes...thats faster....got suckered into touch and WM6 Pro....

Where as touch v1 is a decent attempt (O2 just messed it up) I'm sure V2 only get better...Microsoft really need to integrate touch into the OS..(whats with the small up arrow next to keyboard selection on the taskbar...with so much empty space around it?....saving on real estate ?).

To me this OS looks/feels the same as the one I had on my SPV C500 years ago...(have you seen the WM6 original calculator !) 3rd party can only do so much.

Well I think HTC better watch out....to sell an expensive phone half finished...well what you say...advertising SOLD IT. But theres a few phones coming out soon and if they utilize the hardware and have half decent software then HTC will have to up the ante...should be interesting.

At the moment we will have to wait for what improvements HTC brings to this COOL LOOKING phone.

Sorry...I'm just a bit disapointed.
[Touch Cruise General] stesa:
we have 2 differents polaris , mine is the all time better pocketpc (I owned all the precedent)
[Touch Cruise General] Stu308:
Aww, no one being much help to me here. Come on guys give us a clue.

Don't know whether to swap it for a Kaiser/stellar instead????
[Touch Cruise General] JNGold:
Mine is setup like everyone else. I have done all the performance hacks I know of (WM Cache, GlypheCache set to 64K, etc). I have over 25 applications installed.

Coreplayer just released 1.2 which performs much better on the TC. Also, I have encoded many of my vids for PPC viewing since I have owned nothing but WM devices for many years now.

Disable the shutter sound, it helps.

Welcome to the world of Windows Mobile. However, the inclusion of Touch Flo is probably the most unique WM experience offered by a WM device.

Install the HTC Calculator. :)

Aside from the video driver issues (which BTW hasn't bothered me that much), what software do expect HTC to ship with the device? HTC has done a good job integrating TouchFlo and HTC today into WM. It sounds to me like your complaints software-wise are more directed to MS rather than HTC.
[Touch Cruise General] JNGold:
Since both devices are the same performance and feature-wise your only decision is whether you require a physical keyboard on the Tytn II.
[Touch Cruise General] athanaso77:
I would suggest you installing Core Player 1.2.0
[Touch Cruise General] pistonripper:
Thanks all...going to install Coreplayer 1.2.0....I did the tweaks, glyph and sound on the shutter..no effect really...maybe I've got a dud....warms up too in my hand....

Also if anyone is running the HTC home screen...which one is it ?...there so many to choose from...

Is there one specifically for the Polaris ?...I've seached and found many versions and variations.
[Touch Cruise General] Stu308:
but why does it seem as slow as my wizard? I thought the processor was supposed to be much faster? And the scrolling is finnicky to say the least.
[Touch Cruise General] dortyboy:
i just downloaded coreplayer 1.3.0. whats so special about core player?
[Touch Cruise General] Rudegar:
it's the player which supports most formats
[Touch Cruise General] Aleemz:
I have the Orbit 2, and when I first tried using Internet Explorer I was very disappointed with the extremely slow and jerky scroll, if you could call it 'scroll'. Now that I have managed to install SPB Pocket Plus with the 'Smart Scroll' feature enabled, I'm now happy with that aspect. I haven’t tried video on it yet, but my thoughts now are that I do like the device, especially because of its form factor and looks. Before the Orbit 2 I had the SPV M3100 (Hermes), prior to this I had the SPV C500, and prior to that I had the original windows Smartphone, the Orange SPV.

For me, the Orbit is a step in the right direction, but I will be a little disappointed if video is unusable.
[Touch Cruise General] mmichalak007:
Overall I am happy with my Cruise (I have gotten a sim-free version). Apparently a number of people complain about speed, and I have noticed that this is also related to owners of Cruise who are on the O2 network. My guess is O2 loaded their version with useless software which reduces performance.

Regarding the video issue, I user Coreplayer 1.2 (coreplayer is a must), I encode my videos in QVGA resolution and they seem fine to me. True, you won't be able to take an existing DVD quality rip and expect Cruise to show it well, even in Coreplayer.

Performance-wise, Cruise could probably do a little better given its specs, but overall, I still think it is a very good and practival device.

Hopefully video issue will be addressed, I am not 100% confident it will be fully resolved though. Though the device works fine for me, it is quite upsetting to know that its hardware is not fully utilised...

As my closing statement have a look at the text below, from

gizmodo. com/gadgets/what.s-wrong-with-windows-mobile/whats-wrong-with-windows-mobile-and-how-wm7-and-wm8-are-going-to-fix-it-333536.php

=-=-=-=--=-=

Microsoft is working to fix the whole WM platform. Here's how:

Even when using a super sluggish WinMo phone, it's less an example of a manufacturer not meeting the minimum requirements for RAM, ROM and CPU power, and more a problem of software which has not been optimized to run on it. This is often the service provider's fault. For example, two phones with the same 400MHz processor can be totally different depending on how much optimization the provider decides to do. When you're using a slow phone, blame the provider.

On the same token, the Windows Mobile OS team actually does set a minimum hardware requirement for the "core" features of the OS to make sure the user experience is a good one, but the minimum-requirement bar may be set too low. When companies add apps on top of the core, things start to wobble. Product manager Derek Snyder told me that Microsoft will raise the bar for minimum requirements to a level where phones can be loaded with more software without slowing down the most basic of tasks (e.g. sliding open the AT&T Tilt from portrait to landscape mode).

=-=-=-=-=-=-=
[Touch Cruise General] kutonglupa:
You working in microsoft?:rolleyes:
[Touch Cruise General] mmichalak007:
No, I don't :D

I simply found that link... I never used such a device before and I found Windows to be a little bit of disappointment on it. It's not the device, the device is cool, packing lots of features. It is also quite good as a PDA.

However, this device among other things IS a phone and should be easy to handle as a phone. And on this field, I think Microsoft can do better. For example, the calls history... You cannot really see all the incoming/outgoing/missed calls grouped together, you just get a single list of those.

So basically, I did a little bit of research and found out that even Microsoft say they can do things better for the next versions.

On top of that, you have all the service providers overloading windows with junk and then it makes the whole thing even slower and worse. I am happy I got my device "clean" and sim free :D

Have a look at that link, it's a quite interesting read... :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] RaymanFX:
LineageOS is a free, community built, aftermarket firmware distribution of Android 8.1 (Oreo), which is designed to increase performance and reliability over stock Android for your device.

LineageOS is based on the Android Open Source Project with extra contributions from many people within the Android community. It can be used without any need to have any Google application installed. Linked below is a package that has come from another Android project that restore the Google parts. LineageOS does still include various hardware-specific code, which is also slowly being open-sourced anyway.

All the source code for LineageOS is available in the LineageOS Github repo. And if you would like to contribute to LineageOS, please visit out Gerrit Code Review. You can also view the Changelog for a full list of changes & features.

Bugs/Issues :

Mobile data seems to be broken

Project Fi eSim cards do not work

VoLTE/IMS not working

...?

Instructions :

Download the latest build

Reboot to recovery

Flash the latest build

Reboot

Downloads :

Builds : See below

Reporting Bugs

DO NOT Report bugs if you're running a custom kernel or you installed Xposed

Grab a logcat right after the problem has occurred. (Please include at least a few pages of the log, not just the last few lines, unless you know what you're doing.)

If it is a random reboot, grab /proc/last_kmsg. (Do not bother getting a logcat unless you can get it just before the reboot. A logcat after a reboot is useless)

If the problem disappears after running "setenforce 0" from a root shell, grab /data/misc/audit/audit.log

Remember to provide as much info as possible. The more info you provide, the more likely that the bug will be solved. Please also do not report known issues. Any bug not reported in the bug report format below may be ignored.

What is your--
LineageOS version:
LineageOS Download url:

Did you--
wipe:
restore with titanium backup:
reboot after having the issue:

Are you using--
a task killer:
a non-stock kernel:
other modifications:

Provide any additional information (observations/frequency of problem/last version it worked on/etc) as needed:

I'm your Lineage maintainer for taimen aka Pixel 2 XL, but will share my builds here until we provide official builds.

WARNING: These are my personal testing builds. They include unmerged, work-in-progress stuff such as SuperUser, Privacy Guard, Google Play services etc. DO NOT FLASH 3RD PARTY GAPPS PACKAGES!

If you see a warning about vendor partition mismatch, you can ignore that in most cases, but before reporting issues you should be on the right version (without the warning).

### RELEASES ###

2018/01/11 - Android File Host

2018/01/13 - Android File Host

2018/01/19 - Android File Host

XDA:DevDB Information

LineageOS, ROM for the Google Pixel 2 XL

Contributors

RaymanFX

Source Code: http://github.com/LineageOS

ROM OS Version: 8.x Oreo

ROM Kernel: Linux 4.x

Version Information

Status: Testing

Created 2018-01-11

Last Updated 2018-02-19
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] mrcrptguy:
Nice!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GridironTrenches:
so are any gapps packages safe to flash
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kauemelhado:
Any secrets or step-by-step on how to flash? The reason I ask this is due to the difference of Pixel 2 XL (partition A/B) in comparision to other devices.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
According to the OP: "DO NOT FLASH ANY 3RD PARTY GAPPS PACKAGES" :rolleyes:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GridironTrenches:
yeah but i was wondering if lineage has their own form of Gapps
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
I would surmise from the instructions in the OP, and given the size of the download(573.42mb) that there will only be the minimum required to allow one to have Google play services, and play story. The rest you can download on your own. Again, this is my personal assumption.

---------- Post added at 01:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:57 PM ----------

Hey RaymanFX. First, thank you for sharing your personal build!! 2nd, I would assume this is NOT substratum compatible, correct? :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GridironTrenches:
this is awesome because one of my favorite things with past phones was waking up to a new cyanogen nightly to flash. i installed pure nexus with the 6p before lineage built a 6p rom but now it seems like lineage is first for the pixel 2 xl. yay
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MSF Jarvis:
Unless he went out of his way to break OMS, yes substratum is supported. Consider LineageOS 15.1 to be the same as your stock ROM with respect to substratum compatibility, atleast for now.

Edit: Obviously don't report force closes from bad overlays as ROM bugs, duh.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] azpatterson3:
Any guinea pigs? I might give it a go after awhile.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TheNightman:
Neato, thanks for sharing!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
Much obliged my friend. Gonna fire it up here in a while since we're having an ice storm in Kansas City, and have no place to go! Thank You weather Gods :good::laugh:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ChoznJuan:
Would you be willing to post your initial experience? I plan to flash it when I get home this evening, but that is 10 hours from now, and I would love to live vicariously through someone. [emoji3]
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
Be happy to my friend. I was always the Guinea pig in PT school back in the day, so I'm used to it :good::good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] shindiggity:
Yeah curious on what features are included. Changelog looks like it's stock.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TheNightman:
**EDIT**

It's booting after a second flash. Not sure what happened, but after I reinstalled TWRP and installed the zip a second time, the ROM is booting. I'll update this post after I'm done with setup

Ignore this ============================================

Don't flash! Not booting! Wiped my TWRP!

Steps I took:

Boot to twrp

Format system, data and cache

Install zip

Reboot

What happened:

Stuck at google logo

Recovery is now stock

Guess I'm pulling my titanium backup and flashing system images

=====================================================
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Badger50:
And there ya go. You beat me to it. Thanks bruh :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] shindiggity:
What do you mean wiped your twrp?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] TheNightman:
My recovery is back to stock
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] raynan:
I'm more curious to see if the Active Edge feature works. I'll probably play with it this weekend; 12-hour Saturday shifts are pretty boring.

Awesome to see some good development paving the way; between Xposed and LOS, we're now on the right track! Thanks for sharing!

---------- Post added at 09:48 ---------- Previous post was at 09:45 ----------

Having come from the OG PiXL, wiping system was a problem in the beginning and you always flashed TWRP after any zip, especially ROMs.

But good info to know!