yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr.Zombie:
Confirmed. It's Nova Launcher issue lol. Maybe there's future fix dev working on. :fingers-crossed:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] adamokari:
What factory image would you use then, just the latest Oreo build from July?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zorga:
Yes July build. I just did factory reset for my phone using it and it's working great
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] adamokari:
Sorry for so many questions, but I've read people say that you can't revert to a previous security patch on the pixels. Something to do with google not letting you somehow. Is that not true then?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zorga:
No problem happy to help.

You can if you factory reset the whole phone. Wipe it completely as a new phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] adamokari:
Ah ok. Well thanks for all the help. It is greatly appreciated!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cmattern:
Flashing directly from fastboot will get this done. You need to unlock to do that but if you're talking custom ROM you're already over that hurdle.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chopt51:
Anyone brave enough to flash a random build on AFH?

du_taimen-ota-eng.blueyes.zip

Could it be Pie?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jbarcus81:
Hell yeah I'm brave! Flashed, boot animation was very basic animated 'android' logo.. No Gapps included and no sign of it being DU other than the build # du_taimen-userdebug 9 PPR2.180905.006.A1 eng.blueye.20180909.190705 test-keys..

Going to try and flash a Gapps package.. See what I get. From what I can tell though, it's a very, very basic build of Android. Strike the Gapps package.. Either I flashed the wrong package or something.. it corrupted the device.. I wouldn't do what I did..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chopt51:
Cool thanks for taking one for the team. Those guys usually turn out some quality ROMs, weird that there is no customization yet. But it's like a 3 week old build. Gotta wait till it's ready, hopefully before Q
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jbarcus81:
Yeah, and if you see my last edit I don't recommend flashing it. I either used the wrong OpenGapps package or something.. Device corruption. Bummer.

And you're welcome!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chopt51:
Yikes, hopefully you can restore a backup.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jbarcus81:
Oh yeah.. no big deal to me which is why I took the plunge :highfive: :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] amandeepparmar:
lol...like bait
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] stalls:
Is the latest 12.5.2 for Oreo that was released on 10-5? Where can I happen to find a changelog? Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GridironTrenches:
I was wondering too. all of the sudden 15.1 was very unstable
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zorga:
There is nothing changed except the new security updates.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
Please remember that posting DU links will get this thread closed.

DU links, official or unofficial, are not allowed on Xda. Period.

If you guys want to keep this DU central maintenance/help thread open, please DO NOT post, or repost, DU links.

Thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] schleima:
Just to be clear, why do the installation instructions not direct you to install Open GApps or similar? Are Gapps incompatible with DU? Are the apps included in the rom? I'm a bit confused by this.

Also, no cache/dalvik wipes between steps?

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I've just attempted to flash the latest DU 12.5.2, twice. Both times I followed the instructions perfectly, and both times I ended up with a corrupted data structure with the /sdcard folder filled with 12 file folders with jumbled, nonsensical filenames.

Although fastboot can see my device, adb cannot, nor can Windows. I'm only familiar with some very basic fastboot commands (e.g. devices/boot/flash) so I'm unsure how to move images to my phone with text commands, so I just did a factory reset on the phone and started again.

To be clear, prior to the installation I had a fully rooted phone with the latest TWRP installed along with the latest version of Magisk 16.4 (updated to 17.0, I believe, within the Magisk app prior to flashing DU). I saw the instruction about running the DU OS first before installing Magisk, which I attempted to do-- but I can't get to it. A system reset boots to the bootloader only.

What could be happening here?

One more item-- the installation log was a great deal more abbreviated than it usually is, with the DU logo drawn in big ASCII character up front (no digest file). Could it be the downloaded zip file is corrupted?

Update: Attempting now to flash earlier version, 12.5.1. I'm going to write down my steps as I'm doing it:

1. Everything seems find on the log-- no digest file found, step 1/2 then 2/2 Updating partition details... done.

2. Not wiping cache/dalvik as instructions do not indicate to do this.

3. Installing TWRP from zip file (unchecked: Zip signature verification and Reboot after installation is complete)... running boot image patcher on slot A and B. Boot image patching complete. Done installing TWRP! Updating partition details...done.

Rebooting now into system, and will attempt to enjoy, as per instructed.

Cannot enjoy-- dumped into bootloader.

Going back into TWRP to confirm-- "Keep read only" selected. (Should I swipe instead to allow modifications? Initial rooting instructions indicated to "keep read only" when issuing the fastboot boot TWRP command. However, even after installing the TWRP zip file, I did not see this option reappear.)

Clicked install-- instead of real folders, once again I am seeing a list of folders with following nonsensical names:

-- aho9Nm0oSywvduJknmhjOoUC

-- jkqvTo5EjIL3hbvo21ZgAC

etc.

Just to be clear, the file structures are fully intact after flashing DU and after flashing TWRP. Rebooting the system is what created the jumbled file structure.

Going back to flash factory now. Does anyone have any ideas what's going on here?

UPDATE #2: I went ahead and flashed Nitrogen OS, which has a similar installation procedure. Everything went just fine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] woodman:
THREAD cleaned regarding what has been explained quoted below by Az Biker. Also, not needed replies have been removed.

Thanks for your understanding.

Wood Man

Senior Moderator
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] localceleb:
I miss this rom.... [emoji26]
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 93fuelslut:
What did DU do to piss off XDA so badly? XDA gets pretty hostile on the subject
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
Don't worry about it - it's history.

DU is still alive & kicking and unofficial DU 13.0 pie is already looking great.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
This is great to hear! Is there an release for Taimen yet? Couldn't seem to find it at least. Will have to keep an eye out..!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
PM me when you do please
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
There are no official DU 13.0 releases yet.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] localceleb:
I'm just relieved to hear it's not dead. They've been pretty quiet on all of their outlets lately which bummed me out a little. Been following them since my Droid Incredible days lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CFSlayer:
You can run DU 13 on Taimen if you decide to compile and build it yourself. That's what I have been doing and it is the best so far. Already up to date with November security patch. Just be patient as there are a couple of things that need to be done before official release is out.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mon@diac:
Built for testing and good working but dirty [emoji882] features are not implemented yet.. only battery and power button options..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] darkoj2007:
Really strange how slowly DU is developing, they tease us in August with screenshot of build running on Pixel 2 XL and I don`t expect official release until christmass... It has great features, great devs, DU is always stable but sadly no release for now
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
DU won't release officially until everything is right - there's no point rushing out a half-baked DU.

If you check their gerrit, you'll see that things are moving quite quickly now...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bkdodger:
Hanging with stock Pie rooted waiting for my fix[emoji16]

Pixel 2 XL using Tapa
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
+1
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Judging by the G+ post 42 minutes ago, I'd say it's coming really soon ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
Where may i find the features for p2xl, or is it approximately the same as for other devices?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DonQuixote77:
Talking to the guys in the DU Telegram chat, it looks like the Taimen repos are being kept updated for now, but Spaceman (the Taimen maintainer) will be dropping official support. Hopefully someone else steps up and becomes official maintainer. So in the meantime anyone can compile their own builds, but there won't be any releases by the team until someone new is found. Very disappointing.

EDIT: Turns out device isn't dropped, still being maintained.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
G+ or Twitter, haven't seen a full list yet but they do have clips of what's coming, DU is not like any other rom, they do things differently and add a personal touch.

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Not again!?

I'm not dishing out more money for a new phone, lol.

I've never built my own, I haven't even looked into how difficult it is because I need my phone daily.

This sucks, but happy Thanksgiving peeps
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
I tried a Google search but where is a good place to look for how to make these builds? Looks like we may be on our own.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CFSlayer:
You can check out the guide on how to build the ROM on your own by hitting up their github and going to the android manifest repo. That's how I have been building my personal builds (unofficial and obviously not for the public) for Taimen.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
How complex is it? Much in depth knowledge required or can one simply follow some guidance etc?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
It's not difficult - This guide by [MENTION=6842057]nathanchance[/MENTION] should get you going ;)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Great!

And forgive the potential silly question, but I presume by this method of manual build (something I've never venture into or attempted...) it's possible to build the latest and greatest rom, with up to date security patch/update from Google along with all DU features, that will be as stable at possible for Taimen?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
If you build now, you'll have DU 13 with the November security patch level.

I built for dumpling (OnePlus 5T) and the rom is very stable.

Go the automatic way by cloning https://github.com/akhilnarang/scripts and then use the p9x branch for Taimen.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Very helpful of you, many thanks! Maybe I'll give this a bash once DU 14 is out :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DonQuixote77:
Don't forget that the team has no problems with public unofficial builds as long as the device isn't officially supported. Just be careful about where the builds are being shared ;) (wink wink)

Whether you want to share them publicly and deal with everything it entails..... well... that's another story! lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DonQuixote77:
Hey guys. Just went back to Telegram to see for how long the repos would be kept updated, and it turns out the maintainer is only "dropping" the device as his daily-driver, not official support. It really wasn't clear from my previous conversation, so my apologies for sharing inaccurate information. Looks like we're still good to go with official support! :good::fingers-crossed::highfive:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Oh boom!

As much fun as it would be to build my own, happy to hear I may not have to :p
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DonQuixote77:
my thought exactly!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CFSlayer:
Haha I know, and well Taimen is an officially supported device so I can't share my builds even if I wanted to (Safely uploaded on my gdrive wink). But soon the official DU 13 will drop.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
You had me scared for a while there!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] DonQuixote77:
Damn, me too! I just picked up my Taimen a few days ago, and then getting those news wasn't pleasant! Glad I went back to clarify
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
I guess a link for gdrive is not possible then :rolleyes:

(Insert here)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djcrystals:
I tried compiling DU for the first time and I ran out of room on my slightly antiquated SSD. I was using the Ubuntu subsystem on Win 10. It used up over 50g on my 120g SSD. Needless to say, it came to a screeching halt. Does this amount of required space seem right? How much do I need? It's the perfect excuse to do some massive upgrading....
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
50GB is nowhere near enough - 300GB+ is needed to sync, build and use ccache.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djcrystals:
I just didn't expect that. I clearly didn't do enough research prior to. Either way, it def motivated me to set myself up to do it successfully. I'm already looking into using Christmas to upgrade my system. It's been way too long without doing so regardless.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
I stuck a cheap 480GB Sandisk SSD from Amazon in my oldish Windows PC, installed Linux Mint on it and dual booted.

At least 16GB of RAM helps too.

Another option is to use the $300 free credit with the Google Cloud Compute Engine.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djcrystals:
I was reading that tutorial using the cloud. It's a great idea. I've been meaning to set up a dual boot on my machine. I had it prior to updating to Win 10. The subsystem worker pretty good though. I'll probably just snag a bigger SSD though. I bought the one I have now when they first dropped. Time to upgrade.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
Google Cloud Compute Engine is very fast if you setup an n1-standard-16 (16 vCPUs, 60 GB memory) instance with a 500GB SSD persistent disk running Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

After your initial sync, you can sync & build in about 30 minutes.

It takes over 2 hours to sync & build on my oldish PC (i5-6600, 16GB ram), even with Mint installed on an SSD.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djcrystals:
I looked more into it last night. That's def what I'm going to do. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spannaa:
GCCE: Your $300 free credit gets eaten up pretty quickly if you keep your instance & SSD after building - even if the instance is stopped.

If you take a snapshot after building and stopping your instance, you can delete the instance and your credit doesn't reduce anywhere near as quickly.

Next time you want to build, create a new instance with the same spec as before but use the snapshot as the OS instead of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djcrystals:
That's great! I'm just going to wait out my workweek and dive in. I was just on the site checking it out.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 93fuelslut:
Has anyone installed a dark version of the Google boot logo? That white is blinding
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
Yes, but it doesn't change the white logo at the beginning
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] djcrystals:
Yesssss
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Look what I found ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Xda app is acting strange with pics this morning, sorry for the double post.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Must be that Northern California sensamia! :silly:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
Is it out yet for taimen?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kevtrysmoddin:
yes it is
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
It's up!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prey521:
YES!! Finally!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
Yeesss, finally
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KingMike67:
After seeing that boot animation again.......I think I filled the cup
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
Could somebody take some screenshots of the features :rolleyes:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Dirty tweaks for now as stated on Twitter
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Very exciting. I have been waiting a long time for DU pie to arrive. Will try it over the weekend. Can someone comment if they have allowed for Double Tap To Wake on our taimen?

gs
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Ddbl tap to sleep is there, nothing for wake as far as I have seen.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Yeah i suspect it wont be there. They seem to be adamantly against this feature even for devices that have it as a stock feature. On my OnePlus3T I used DU12 as my main daily driver ROM as it was the most solid and consistent one, but that was one feature that i really missed. I remember I got chewed out on their G+ group by one of the main devs when i asked for a simple explanation behind the logic of not including this on any of their builds; I wasn't using a complaining or *****ing voice/tone at all I just wanted to know why -- my inquiry was met with great hostility so I have stopped posting on any of their G+/Twitter feeds, as I have no time for that. Ultimately i suspect it is for battery saving reasons that they omit this. The interesting thing on the OP3T was that you could not even enable the DT2W feature at the Kernel level by flash a kernel that supported it like Elemental etc. They had it locked out somehow. I will still use this rom but that particular wake feature will be greatly missed.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
I have it toggled in EX manager and it works, so for now it's not blocked and functions perfectly.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Oh excellent thanks for the heads up. So, you are running this RC on your p2xl with the latest elemental eh? All good so far? All carrier things seem to work, like VoLTE etc?

gs
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
No issues here, I don't use Volte but everything that worked on stock, is still working. Latest EX, latest blackened mod scripts, substratum themes, magisk.

The only thing that doesn't work is edge squeeze, even with module's installed but I think most if not all custom roms have the same issue, AFAIK.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zorga:
I get stuck to the white google logo after flashing the rom ? Any ideas ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Steps you took?

Factory reset in twrp

Flash rom

Flash twrp

Reboot

Setup

Go back to twrp and flash magisk if desired.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Edmontonchef:
It's pretty good. I'm sure there'll be more features with the next RC builds
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] stalls:
Can u be on Oreo and flash the latest? I'm on the last build of dirty unicorns. Or do we have already have to be in the latest pie?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jbarcus81:
I'm about to flash but YES, you have to be on the latest November release.. Or you can flash the files available from the DU download page for radio, bootloader, etc.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prey521:
Can this be dirty flashed over the December factory image or do I have to factory reset?

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
If you are on anything other than the recent DU (and you are) you must factory reset, otherwise prepare to be stuck without a working OS.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gilnfld:
Hey just as a quick follow up, wanted to mention that double tap to wake IS infact baked into this RC.

Did you take any extra steps beyond the usual to get substratum to work? I got it loaded with Black Swift but even after building and rebooting I can't get any of the overlays to show under Manager in substratum... any suggestions?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bkdodger:
Hmmm ..I'm running Pitch Black...just picked apps rebooted and they showed..then enabled and rebooted again for safe measure ...double check if Pie 9 is on the top when you select ..

Pixel 2 XL using Tapa
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bkdodger:
Pulse is back [emoji16]

Pixel 2 XL using Tapa
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jbarcus81:
Loving the RC ... I get stuck here though trying to get my voice setup...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Try clearing the google app cache and data and start over. It's been an issue even on stock the last few days with some users including myself :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jbarcus81:
Genius!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Bwahahahahaha...Not even remotely close!! But appreciate the compliment bruh :good::cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
Speak about self-destruction :cyclops:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Somebody's gotta do it! ???
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
Nah man, just embrace the love the other guy's giving you.

One can be smart for some people, even if that one doesn't believe it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Much obliged bruh! I'm just an ol smart arse, and enjoy self depricating humor :laugh:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
What do you run btw? ROM/kernel speaking
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Stock rom + root + Ex kernel + BlackenedMod script + substratum Swift Dark theme. However, I'm kinda getting the itch again for DU :laugh::good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] WillowTree:
That's nice, i always liked stock (cleanness and no hassle).

DU is pretty smooth, haven't encountered a single problem yet (not that i should).

I myself am running DU 13, kiri-kernel + script. But thinking of changing to Havoc instead (because of features).
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Nothing wrong with that bruh. That's the beauty of The Droid! Lots of choices :good::cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bkdodger:
Come on over ...it's running smoothly didn't skip a beat ..

Pixel 2 XL using Tapa
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Sorry about the late response.

Just as Bkdodger explained, select pie at the top, match all the versions of your apps when selecting build, reboot, manager.. Apply, reboot. That's all I did.