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[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Ah good to hear, glad it's included in the kit. So I can simply use the one from the kit to flash recovery after flashing your rom? Because in the instructions it mentions we have to manually flash recovery after the rom.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
That depends. I dont know what version of twrp is installed via the toolkit. Perhaps it checkes for the latest when it updates but not sure. But if a certain version is installed which is not the latest, put the latest twrp.img onto your int or extSD and flash via your twrp you've installed.

Second, if your phone would be an CN version and not a G, you'll have to install the Universal BL and your specific modem as described in the rom thread. You can find them in the link of the rom thread. So, after installing the Universal BL (which has an older version of twrp !) , you'd have to install the latest via twrp too. So just flash the twrp image and you're good to go.

Btw, i made a flashable zip before of that Universal BL which replaces the old twrp with the 3.1.1.0 version, which will do fine too.

Here's the link : https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=673791459329066038 (it also works on the SLIM4 as it just replaces twrp)

So after installing this version, you dont need to flash another twrp (as it brings you to the 3.1.1.0 as said)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
Uuhh. I think you'll get the G version. Anything else than China and US gets G. With that said, I recommend you two things:

- (If you get a G) Use Controllerboy's guide instead of the toolkit. Lately a lot of stuff is going wrong with the toolkit

-Whatever happens, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RELOCK THE BOOTLOADER.

-Once you have TWRP, just follow the instructions on each ROM. Never flash stuff from other models.

-Take the TWRP img either from raystef66's download center or from twrp.me
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Will do. You are right, the toolkit automatically checks for the latest update and it finds version 3.1.1.0.

I did see on the forum users attempting to relock the bootloader and it worsened things, I will not attempt this.

Should be able to let you know tomorrow or the day after what version I get and hopefully when I successfully gain recovery and root access!

I just hope I don't get the dead microSD bug that many people have mentioned. Top of the range 64Gb/128Gb MicroSD cards can be costly so I would not like to have them corrupted!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
[MENTION=5334294]raystef66[/MENTION], Do you have any other download links for your rom aside from androidfilehost? I tried several different servers but all keep randomly freezing otherwise saying 5 hours, 6 hours, 11 hours and 15 hours. Extremely slow download.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] joaste:
If you want to try a more Android vanilla ROM, then I suggest AICP. Be sure to use the unofficial builds by genesixxbf3. They are very stable and have good features.

https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/development/rom-aicp-12-1-t3611013
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Yeah, sometime AFH can be cruel. Just depends. I tried the Washington DC just a moment and no problems there. I just advice, take one and let it take it's time. Some way or another the download speed gets stable enough ;) And then again, you still have a bit of time don't you :D or has it dropped of yet with the postman :cyclops: Do I Hear a heartbeat there ? :good:
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Haha, no, not yet received! Where I am living at the moment, the weekend is Friday and Saturday, Sunday to Thursday work, strange but that's the way it is.

The seller estimates the item to arrive on Sunday or Monday, hopefully Sunday. :D

In the end the Netherland's sever finally managed to get me the 2.1Gb download complete. I did try others but were slower. Good thing in your rom you included the 3 different models for the Axon 7. I'm yet to see which one I receive!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Confirmed G version received.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
The AcTiOn can begin :good:

Use this guide like said above and you'll be ok.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Not working, been trying for hours. :(

Not connecting despite all drivers installed, including Qualcom driver. Followed all instructions as stated. Stuck from number 20. When entering this command I get ''failed to connect''

When typing in adb devices it finds my device.

1) Backup all the data of your phone's internal memory that you don't want to lose. Copy it to your PC

2) Download the axon7tool from here: http://www.filedropper.com/axon7tool-15-win64

3) Download minimal adb and fastboot from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=457095661767103465

4) Unzip the minimal adb and fastboot file, place the folder with the files in it somewhere you can easily find it

5) Place the axon7tool exe in the same folder as adb.exe and rename it to "axon7tool.exe" (it's easier to work with that way)

6) Download the TWRP .img and .bin files from here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4...nlaZU1NRldoRjA

7) Place the TWRP .img file in the same folder as "adb.exe" and "axon7tool.exe", rename it to "recovery.img"

8) Make a copy of the "recovery.img" file and name it "recovery.bin". Leave it in the same folder

9) Go to settings in your phone and go to "About Phone". Tap "Build Number" 7 times to make the Developer Options available

10) Go to "Developers options" and tick "Allow OEM unlock" and "Android Debugging"

11) Connect your Axon 7 to your PC

12) Open a command window by holding shift and right-clicking in a blank space in the folder where the "adb.exe", " axon7tool.exe", "recovery.img" and "recovery.bin" files are located. Click "Open command window here"

13) Type "adb devices" and hit enter. You should see one device with some code listed

14) Type "adb reboot edl" and hit enter. Your device will reboot to EDL mode. It appears to be off, but it is in fact in EDL mode.

15) Go to Device Manager on your pc and verify your Axon 7 is listed as "QUSB_BULK"

16) In command, type "axon7tool -r gpt boot recovery" and hit enter

17) After it is executed, your phone will reboot. Wait until it has fully booted.

18) In command, type "adb reboot edl"

19) Verify you now have 3 backup files in your ADB folder for gpt, recovery and boot. These are backup files in case something goes wrong

20) In command, type "axon7tool -w recovery" - STUCK HERE - FAILED
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
You're on nougat ? Look into about phone for that.

Afaik, you'll have to be on MM. So downgrade/rollback if on Nougat (look into DownloadCenter for B10 or B11) and do the procedure all over again.

Imo it's due to that.

edit: sure you have the recovery.img and bin in your adb folder ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
No, I am on stock MM. :D
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Should work then.

Can you download recovery again. Check all characters if they're all written ok.

Sure the toolkit cannot bring enlightment too ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I am on MM 6.01, stock. I definitely have recovery.img and recovery.bin in the adb folder.

Even when trying the toolkit nothing is working. Getting EDL device is not connected!

In device manager I clearly have Qualcomm device driver installed because when typing in adb devices it detects my Axon 7...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
See here. Perhaps that might help.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Tried that, get force close:

Will try a few more times...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
F**king finally, bootloader unlocked so far, will not hope to do the rest without issues.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
:good: btw, disabling your anti-virus is advised
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Good news, so far I have recovery installed and working. :) Now I will attempt to unlock bootloader, root and can finally flash your rom.

Is it possible to unlock bootloader by flashing? This part looks tricky, tried to unlock bootloader via axon7tool and Miflash but not working. I will have to refer to the guide you sent which required several commands via CMD to unlock bootloader.

Been hours downloading the files due to slow d/l speed and the large 2gb file size.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Good man! Upgrade your TWRP too now ;)before you backup things. Just saying as you might brick your phone when taking a backup.

Follow the guide on B) to unlock. Easy :cyclops: And root :good:
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Permission denied on option 8, op said to do the above whilst in recovery. Will keep you informed what happens
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
When permission denied go into recovery and all will go fine ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Bootloader finally unlocked.

My phone and also TWRP is asking for a password. Controllerboy said there was a fix that we must make in recovery but I did not understand it.

He said this:;

In the unlikely case that you're greeted by a screen that asks you for a password because your system is somehow encrypted, reboot to TWRP and format your data partition to ext4 instead of f2fs (wipe -> advanced)

What does he mean we do in TWRP??

Once this has been complete, can I flash your rom or must I root or do something else?

Sorry for my noob questions but I am coming from Sony, Sony so much easier to unlock bootloader and flash roms!!!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
OK. First download the latest twrp img. Put it onto extSD. Boot into recovery(twrp) and choose wipe/advanced wipe/ , check data and tap "repair or change file system" , check ext4 (you will loose all data, but in your case irrelative ;) )

Reboot back into recovery, flash latest twrp. (so choose install/img and you'll see the twrp.img on your extSD) and reboot

Then flash my rom. You can choose for root option in there.

No worries, you're good to go :good:

Btw, do take a backup of your stock system (system, data, boot) when on latest version twrp (!) as running as it is BEFORE you flash something you like
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I flashed your rom, however, it seems I am stuck on the booting logo. Not bootloop but the splash screen saying ZTE Powered By Android.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
It lasts there for a couple of minutes. Give it some time.

Btw, do root with supersu or magisk too.

If not working you might have to flash B11 (MM) first but normally flashing my rom should work. Check that out.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Worked now, my fault, lol, forgot to flash the BootStack! :mad::mad:

Just booting for the first time. I'll leave more feedback shortly, leaving work shortly so will update once I get home.

On setup screen. :D:D
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I have tested many functions, so far perfect, no issues, crashes or bugs, excellent rom, very impressed. Google services/Play Store working fine, Wi-Fi, camera, phone, SMS, etc.

I'm really impressed with the speakers, wow, best I've heard on any smartphone, even puts my laptop to shame, haha.

Screen is amazing. Colours and brightness are excellent, better than I thought.

Only one issue which affects us all, the in call sound is very low, even at max volume. Do you happen to know what values we can increase in the mixer paths to increase volume for phone calls?

Thank you so much, you've been very helpful and if it wasn't for you raysteff66 I would still have trouble unlocking bootloader and flashing recovery/rom!!

Your support and instructions were excellent and easy to follow, much appreciated!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
You're welcome :good:

Impressive phone isn't it ! Speakers, screen, looks...all nice.

As for the in call volume i haven't had any problems so i haven't looked into it yet. Perhaps this might help ? Try the Nougat one and see if anything changes. Do backup mixer_path before changing it. Set permissions to 644. You'll never know if it helps.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I would love to give this a try, just one question, how do I disable system write protection? Root and disabling system write protection is needed in order for this mod to work.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
run this command in adb shell or terminal if you have this issue : adb reboot disemmcwp
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I tried this with several terminals/shells, strangely all giving me the same error. ''not found'' .
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Should be :

if you use adb:

adb shell reboot disemmcwp

if you use terminal emulator:

su

reboot disemmcwp

if you use TWRP terminal:

reboot disemmcwp
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I did the above command but no confirmation, is this normal? Any way I can check if the system write protection has been disabled?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
Yes, by editing the system and rebooting. You won't get any confirmation
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Thank you @ Choose an username for the confirmation. Seems to have worked fine!

@ raysteff 66, I followed the previous link for the updated sound made for Nougat. I can confirm there is definitely a difference, even louder sound!!

Have not had a chance to hear the difference properly as I'm at work, however, immediately after replacing the mixer_paths and changing permissions to RW-R-R I rebooted the phone for the changes to take effect As you mentioned I backed up the original mixer paths just in case.

Thankfully no boot loop or any other audio issues. Perhaps you should give it a try? The sound has increased from already very loud to even louder. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Good the hear you got that audio improved by those mixer_paths. For me audio is superb. Afaik, the upgrade to MM->N improved the audio in general but then again for me in MM this was already very good. But i'll take that in mind if for some day i'd need them too on another rom with sound issues ;)

Enjoy your phone !
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Does anyone have any tips for battery drain? Over a 15 hour period Android System has used 17% battery and Android Service 16% which is very high.

Perhaps I'll Hibernate them both using Greenify unless you have another suggestion?

I am now at 43% battery and only 2 hour 34 minutes SOT!

Screen brightness always set to just 30% I should have around 60% battery remaining not below 50.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Did you check batterysaving in settings. Per app you can set your settings.

Btw, is your Jojoc tweak for battery saving enabled and running ?

I have a +-6-7h SOT on this Slim4 depending on use
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Yes, I checked battery saving in settings, almost 40% for Android/Google Services.

I did select Jojoc battery saving tweak when I installed your rom. How can I check if it is properly running?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Did you install Magisk or SuperSU ?

Download KernelAdiutor and check values.

I'll upload them how they should look like in a minute ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Cheers. I installed Magisk.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
In KernelAdiutor check for kernel settings. Go to CPU Governor Tunables and also CPU I/O and check whether values of below pics are the same.

If not, Jojoc is not running> Check Magisk modules if the init.d linker is present.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
^ It seems Jojoc was not running, however, I referred to your screenshots and manually changed the values to match yours, should that do the trick?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I also checked Magisk modules, says no modules found. Strange as when I flashed your rom I ticked the box to install Jojics battery saver. :confused:
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Did you flash the init.d enabler like mentioned in the thread ? Just boot into TWRP, flash and reboot.

Anyway, that should do the magic to run the tweak ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
No, I did not boot into TWRP and flash the module. :rolleyes:

I just flashed it NOW.

It appears to be working now as I checked in Magisk. I can see Int.d Linker active...

Once charging my device later on I'll monitor battery life once again! :good:

Hopefully it does not make the device run any slower.

PS. I forgot to mention, as always, a brand new phone must be charged several times in order to get maximum battery life. I've only charged the phone once or twice...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Do check values again in KA ;)

It won't get any slower. I took up this tweak into the rom as for me it gave a huge difference. For others it didn't quite change anything. For others it has benefit on battery.

I suggest to read the post about it for some info and perhaps give some feedback on [MENTION=3382081]nfsmw_gr[/MENTION] topic :good:
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Thanks, I'll go through his forum once I've got more time, still in the office at work. :crying::eek:
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
@ raystef66, just some more questions as I've had more time to play with my new device!

1 - Possible to increase gaming performance via kernel auditor or any other application? Playing basic games such as Angry Birds 2 is causing the phone to run rather hot, around 40 and it throttles causing lag. How to stop throttling? Any way to reduce CPU temperature?

2 - Kind of related to question one. Even basic web browsing is not smooth, feels sluggish and laggy. My old Sony from last year had the crappy Mediatek Helio SOK and performance was better even on stock rom!

3 - Battery performance is still very poor. Around 2 1/2 hours SOT with only 12 hours awake and remaining battery is 30%

Screen brightness set to just 30% or less.

Gaming loses around 1% battery per minute.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I found the cause of high battery drain and overheating! MBN Test is ALWAYS running 24/7 killing battery and causing overheating. I froze the f**ker with Titanium Backup, useless bloatware...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] gifgof:
I can't see Init.d Linker module in my magisk manager, what version did you use on your device?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
v1.0. Try to reflash the module in recovery as I did. Hope this helps.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Unsure if it's rom related but Android System and Android Service is responsible for consuming 40% of my battery in a 17 hour period!!! Any fix for Google services battery drain???
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Just to give you an example of my drains. Normal i think. Not sure why it is comsuming as much as on your device.

Perhaps go into twrp and do a wipe/cache and dalvik.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I'll give it a go.

Would you happen to know what values to change and where in kernel auditor to get improved performance when gaming? I'm getting high temperatures and throttling resulting in lag.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
Better ask it to our jojoc-tweaker [MENTION=3382081]nfsmw_gr[/MENTION]. He'll jump in for sure ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Will do! I'll ask him in his forum.

I know for a fact that in kernel auditor it can be tweaked and the right settings can improve phone performance, CPU/GPU/Battery, etc...
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] nfsmw_gr:
To save you the trouble, I've been fiddling with the thermal settings many months ago but I wasn't able to make anything work.

Seems like the switches are non-operational for some reason on the Axon 7, or there is something else I could not figure out myself.

You are more than welcome to try though, and please post back or make a new thread if you achieve something worth mentioning. ;)

Finally, I think a thermals related thread was active a month or two ago by another fellow Axon 7 user, please use the search function to find it as I don't recall the title of the thread, it should serve you well in what you seek on doing.

Good luck!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Thanks nfsmw_gr, there are definately quite a few settings to tinker with. Two years back I had the Xiaomi Mi Mix and I remember a guide which someone made. Some settings in Kernel Auditor were changed such as GPU clock speeds, big/small core for cpu, etc.

Amazingly, these settings actually made the phone slightly faster/snapper both cpu and gpu wise with literally no impact on battery life!!

I'll try searching for a similar guide for our Axon 7. I've only had my Axon 7 for several days. I'm very impressed with the super colourful bright screen and amazing speakers. I just need more time with the device and still attempting to improve battery life.

At the moment, disabling some bloatware has improved and hopefully your battery hack will hopefully help. Only two $hitty things draining my battery are Android System and service. I'm yet to find a way to reduce them to a minimum, just need more time.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] nfsmw_gr:
You are right, these settings do make a huge difference, to be honest.

If they are working correctly that is, haha.

The Axon 7 is an incredible device IMO, one of the best if not the best bang for your buck devices out there.

Regarding what you're trying to achieve, not to self-promote or anything, but give this a go.

I'm using it daily and settled on the values a long time ago, helps with my daily usage.

https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/tweak-jojoc-tuning-battery-focused-t3704831

You can also use a battery monitoring app for more details like BetterBatteryStats or Amplify.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I am unable to open the 2 pdf's on the front page, corrupt or some other issue? When attempting to open either one it says ''could not open pdf, damaged or not supported''

Could you please check Jojic??
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
He didn't knew you were already on the Jojoc tweak. It's within the rom you're using.

The file on his site, just click save as , save and rename to .sh.

But as said you're using V2 already ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] Choose an username...:
And why would you want to open them? Have you even thought about reading the instructions?
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
I just thought there might of been some sort of guide in which we could edit and change other values in Kernel Auditor for further tweaking for battery life and performance.

And yes, I did not read it properly!
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] kanej2006:
Yes, Jojoc tweak is working as normal on my device. As you said earlier, checking modules in Magisk shows me the ''Init.d Linker file'' which is the tweak which is working as normal.

I need more time to test, however, standy battery drain is outstanding. Overnight only losing 1-2% and not even using the ultra power saving option, only Greenify for hibernating other apps.
[ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers] raystef66:
All ok now ! Do take your time to read all threads, it's in there, no rush :D

I'm glad you're having almost the same drain as i have : 1-2% overnight. Very good :good: Let's see what your SOT is doing after some testing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Papsior:
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] benjamen50:
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Papsior:
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