yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Hmmmm...Swift dark, Flux, Amazed Navbars, and Sprite are working pretty good for me :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
None of my stuff got wiped with a factory reset in twrp. All my music and pics, and everything else was still intact :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GridironTrenches:
swift black worked for me but i tested it after a fresh install before adding apps. some themes have custom rom specific options
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xflowy:
except apps and stuff, ofc, right? this gets wiped due to being on the system partition.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xflowy:
just read, that we dont wipe system partition any more. is that right? with a normal factory reset, system does not get touched?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Not on the P2XL it doesn't. It just wipes data and dalvik. Kinda think this is the reason why we've been having trouble with roms and such. But I could be wrong :rolleyes:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] xflowy:
so should i wipe system manually after factory resetting through twrp?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CyberpodS2:
Not unless the OP adds it to the flashing instructions...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
NO!

You know :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] P.NOiZE:
I may have bricked my device. My process of flashing DU was as follows:

1) Flashed February image.

2) Boot into fastboot.

3) Boot into TWRP img then flash TWRP zip (v3.2.1-0) using ADB sideload

4) ADB sideload DU zip

5) Boot into ROM, did not setup PIN

6) Boot back into TWRP

7) Flash Magisk

8) Reboot back into ROM

At this point everything was going along smoothly; no issues. I then remembered that I forgot to install ElementalX 1.04. I downloaded the app from the Play Store then installed through the app. Rebooted but the phone never powered back on. Tried holding power button down multiple times for different periods of time (up to 120 seconds a couple of times). It won't go into fastboot. When plugging in the charger the charging animation never appeared. It's been sitting on the charger for over an hour now. I did notice that when the phone rebooted it was quite hot to the touch.

*sigh*
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Why on earth did you side load it when the instructions were posted several times?? Might want to look for Deuces scrip to see if you can recover it. If you can get into fastboot again that is ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jbarcus81:
What kernel is working with it? I tried ElementalX and the app said there was a kernel for it.. installed, couldn't boot after.. Just booted to bootloader after kernel flash..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Stock is very good, as is Flash.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Don't you have to flash magisk after flashing a kernel?

Maybe DU is different, haven't flashed a custom rom for some time now
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
From the horse's mouth:

Flashing instructions:

Go to TWRP

Factory reset

Flash rom and TWRP zip

Reboot and enjoy

If you get a vendor mismatch error message flash the correct vendor image.

If you're going to flash magisk make sure you flash it after you've booted the OS once.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
Not the case for the xl 2, spaceman mentioned that RC was going to continue due to sprint data and VZW wifi calling not working. Wouldn't release an official version till those were fixed. RC was released today but disappeared not long ago. Would like to share my download but I believe that is frowned upon.

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MOD EDIT: By request of DU team no download links allowed on XDA
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nickporwal:
Is the camera quality same like stock ROM?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] BadBromance:
Got battery % on AOD now. Freaking awesome DU.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Cruzan2:
For those who were able to download the latest would you mind sending me a PM with a link to download it since official copies have been removed.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] doctorew:
Why have official copies been removed!!?? I didn't get to download it! :Cry:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mgear356:
Hmm wifi still doesn't auto turn on at high quality networks..
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Can anyone please confirm does the navbar fades away like it does on stock.?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bp328i:
I'm on the RC 222 build and my wi-fi turn on automatically last night when I got home.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kbtoiz:
I appreciate that Edwin acknowledge that the Verizon WiFi calling is not working and he decided not to release a build that's not working for everyone.

Wonder what it is because WiFi calling doesn't work for me on any ROM (DU, N2 and Carbon)

Hopefully he figures it out soon cuz I'm hating on all of you lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Namolas:
That boot animation though... had me grinning from ear to ear. Very nicely done!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] grilledbacon32:
Looks like the download link is working again!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bkdodger:
Finally joined the party ...nice to be back ...

It's the little things...

Pixel 2 XL
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Reuben_skelz92:
Still getting media. Modem and mobile broadcasts FC. shame love the ROM but they get annoying. Hoping with each build it will be better lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bp328i:
I just updated to the most recent version, and it still works fine here.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrimage:
Which weather widget is that?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] seniorstew:
Seriously it looks awesome!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] seniorstew:
I keep getting Error Kinstalldeviceopenerror when trying to flash in TWRP
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Which version of twrp?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bp328i:
Beautiful Widgets, not sure if it matters but I have the paid version.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mgear356:
Hmm thanks for replying...

Weird that mine isn't working. Think got to go do with my router
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] seniorstew:
I was using the older version. Updated and it works fine
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chronichemp:
Does now playing work? I haven't seen it working.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mgear356:
I switched off the wifi notification under Google play services.. No wonder it stopped working. Now all fine
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] KennyG123:
Thread cleaned

Please do not post links to DU G+ or any download links on XDA

DU has requested to leave XDA and we wish to respect their decision

The G+ group can easily be found with a Google search

We do allow and encourage development discussions though :)

Thanks for your understanding
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] infamous84:
is anyone using the google phone app instead of what came in the rom? any issues
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] GridironTrenches:
is there a secret for Heads up notification to work. the scroll ticker notification is visually observed but heads up notifications don't seem to work
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nexus_man12:
I've seen some screenshots with the clock placement in the center and was wondering if anyone knew of a tweak to achieve that?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] BladeRunner:
Look for Tulsadivers Various Mods for the 8.1 March update in the Themes,Apps and Mods section. I only ever used it on stock and don't know how well his mods would play with DU.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Tulsadiver is a great dude, and will churn out a mod for DU if he hasn't already. You'll just have to provide a few files for him, and he'll get it done for sure. ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] josenlared:
I've been trying to apply several Substratum themes that worked on previous release without success. I'm the only one with this issue? Have DU removed support for Substratum? Not complaining by any means, I'm really enjoying the Rom as it is.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Iloveeporkchop:
Same here, my Pitch black substratum doesn't work anymore ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
It's been hit or miss with substratum since the google March update....thanks Google? Have you done the following....build and update your theme overlays, you likely won't see them in the manager menu just yet. Reboot, then go back to substratum manager menu and enable them. It should work fine then :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 12Fully:
For substratum is seems you have to apply the themes, restart your phone, and then enable them. Mine are working fine with that process.

What kernel have you guys found to have the best battery life with DU?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Iloveeporkchop:
Yippee, it works as you suggested, thanks ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
No worries mate, welcome. Love your username BTW....very original! ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] twiz0r:
Would be the best if the pork chop he loves comes from Doug (TV show)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Iloveeporkchop:
LOL , didn't know that pork chop could be a thing in XDA ???

Since this is a DU thread, might as well share my DU setup to keep it's focus around it.

Don't want any pork chop hijacking the DU thread LOL ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
[MENTION=3730810]Badger50[/MENTION]

I must have missed it, but I didn't really see the diff between feb RC and Mar RC? Link to a change log?

Well, the boot ani is pretty cool! Not complaining as I'd run it if there were no changes, just curious if I'm not looking in the right places :p
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] BadBromance:
My AOD now has battery %. Not sure if it was there before Mar RC?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nexus_man12:
Thanks man, unfortunately I tried it and ended up with a bootloop. Will check it out again and provide him some files to see why the bootloop occurred

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Thanks for chiming in, will definitely take some time and reach out to him
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chinhe:
[MENTION=3730810]Badger50[/MENTION] bro i managed to critical_unlock my pXL2 thanks to the other guy too that gave the files. Now my problem is everytime i flash magisk via TWRP i go to bootloop.. Any suggestions? Btw im on RC2 over stock March with the latest TWRP
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
PM sent so as not to derail the thread :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] carljoshle:
Hi guys, i can't install apps from playstore? Anyone have this issue? How can I fix it? I use twrp 3.2.1.2 to flash this and currently on march update.I love this rom and stable for daily use.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Have you tried clearing playstore app cache/data, reboot and try again?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] carljoshle:
Yes, I already Cleared the cache and data many times but it doesn't have effect. Should I go back to stock and reflash the rom again? Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Must be a Gapps issue then. I'm not currently running this rom, but did you do a clean install with the recommend Gapps provided by the Dev?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
So in the event I messed up or as an example of what not to do, here was my process updating TWRP and DU.

fastbooted into twrp 3.2.1-2 img

flashed twrp 3.2.1-2 zip

flashed 0310 DU RC in twrp

rebooted to OS

rebooted to recovery (went to stock recovery, no twrp)

fastbooted twrp 3.2.1-2 img

flashed twrp 3.2.1-2 in twrp

booted to recovery

flashed latest Flash kernel

flashed latest magisk

rebooted

got vendor image not matching warning

pulled vendor.img out of march factory image (unzip twice) (put it in sdcard)

flashed vendor via twrp

rebooted

all good!

Should I have flashed twrp zip right after flashing du update? Is that why twrp didn't stick the first time? Just curious.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 12Fully:
Yes you have to flash twrp after flashing a ROM and it will stick! I did the same thing lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] patt2k:
I've been using the second RC and this rom is super fast never lags. I am now updating to newest one however the download site is super slow... it took me about 30 minutes instead of 25-30 seconds lol.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] grilledbacon32:
You can only use one at a time. If you are using ticker, heads up will no longer work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] carljoshle:
There was an error while I'm flashing in TWRP but I don't remember what's the error. I forgot to have a screenshot on it. I thought it wouldn't work but it booted and I thought everything is fine. Maybe I should try to Install it again and see what's the problem.Thanks a lot for the help Badger50:good::good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
You could dirty flash it to see if improves. In twrp, select advance wipe and only select ART/cache, then flash the rom, then twrp.zip and let it boot up. Then go back to twrp and flash kernel and magisk.

I have a question though, are you not supposed to be flashing Gapps, or are they still included???
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
I'm running DU RC (Mar) and didn't flash any GApps. No issues here :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] carljoshle:
Yes I didn't flash any gapps either. Maybe I just didn't flash the ROM in the right way. :(

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I got beeping sounds also when I reboot my phone.Is it normal? Sorry for asking many questions.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Namolas:
Gapps are already included in the ROM for the time being. Yes its normal, charging sounds. Thats a good sound actually, means its not bootlooping. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vwgti18:
Loving this ROM more every day! Love the now playing on the AOD and now the battery % and charge rate is awesome!!

Is there anyway we can add more? Does anyone know of a substratum overlay or something? Would love to have my next calendar and a small weather icon below the clock.

If we can get this then the AOD will be better then samsungs!

Edit: Also I noticed that spotify is not is not fullscreen there is a black bar above the nav bar. Any way to fix this? Will post a screen when I can.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sharpz811:
Is anyone getting random reboots and when trying to power on screen sometimes it would stay black unless I wait a minute or do hard reboot? Already did another clean install but now thinking I should just flash the march update and start over fresh?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
Not seeing that here.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bkdodger:
Smooth sailing here since first install.. over March update..

Pixel 2 XL
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] arh2o:
How did you get "Now Playing Nearby Songs" working on the Always On Display? I was never able to get Nearby Songs working on AOD no matter what settings I enabled or tweaked. Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vwgti18:
I actually made the switch to the YouTube red family plan as soon as I found out it includes Google music with the subscription. So I guess it doesn't matter no more lol

Thanks though.

I started to notice it after I turning some of the nav bar mods I think.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vwgti18:
It doesn't show the now playing near by songs. But it shows the track that is actually playing on your phone. Which personally I like way better. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chronichemp:
I have had worse battery life than stock since i switched, is that normal? My phone usage is the same.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
How many charge cycles have you been through? ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] clothednblack:
There is one of "them" in every Rom thread lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] micmars:
There's also one of those, two of these, and a gross of others.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL

#WhiteUIsMustDie, #EndDarkAppOppression
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CyberpodS2:
It's almost like the more I have the screen on, the faster my better goes down. I'm at the point now where I can't have it (the screen) on more than 6 hours before having to plug the darn thing in!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Dang! I hate it when that happens! ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sharpz811:
Is anyone using these two mods on this ROM?

https://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-pixel-launcher-mods-icon-packs-t3732483/page10

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2-xl/themes/mod-pixel-2-xl-launcher-mods-8-1-0-dp1-t3701939

I've been breaking my head trying to figure out why my screen goes blank and unresponsive at random times. I cleaned flashed march security update again and set up stock ROM with flash kernel and magisk as well as the two mods I mentioned above and it was running good so I made a backup then cleaned flashed DU RC latest and set it up same way I did with stock. I just don't know for sure if its the mods that don't play nice with this ROM but I really love them so if anyone who's running the latest release of this ROM can share their setup with me so I can try and pin point why my screen randomly won't turn on for at least 10/15 seconds. So far happened only once this morning when my alarm was going off and my poor girlfriend had to hear my alarm going ham for almost 20 seconds because I couldn't get the screen on lol. I'm not running any modules and I have only touched the color mods in kernel auditor. I'm thinking setting double tap NAV bar to power off screen could've been the issue so I disabled that and the screen off issue hasn't happened yet. No one is experiencing this problem so I know its on my end I just need a little help figuring this out because I really love this ROM! Used it from my xperia play days lol. Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Az Biker:
Complaining about 6 hrs sot? :rolleyes:

I'm submitting immediate ban reco for your account. Slacker!

I just can't figure out why manufacturers don't make batteries out of the same stuff that LED flashlight batteries are made of. Mine LED flashlight batteries last nearly year before I have to change them out!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
You know why they don't bruh.....that would disable the Flux Capacitor inside our devices....thus making flashing impossible! ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Incredible_Culp:
Screen not turning on

You guys aren't the only ones. I, too, 'had' (so far so good.. been a couple days) the screen not turn on either when i flashed this ROM a few days ago..

My first experience with the screen not turning on was when the alarm went off in the morning.. I flashed this ROM and set everything up before bed, the alarm woke me up and i couldn't for the life of me turn the screen on.. I was getting pissed lol.. after pressing the power button countless times (didn't want to reboot it, i wanted to snooze it lol) it finally turned back on -- throughout the rest of the day when i would randomly check my phone, the screen wouldn't turn on.. Towards the end of the day I was getting fed up..

At this point, i wasn't rooted, hardly any apps set up.. it was primarily stock DU.

The next day, I actually had time to sit down and really customize the phone how i normally do.. Below is what i changed/removed and since then i haven't had a problem... (before i go into detail, im starting to think it has to do with the pixel launcher.. idk)

I'm very minimal so i remove everything i don't use (i don't 'disable' them, i completely remove them from the system/phone itself)

This is in no particular order...

- clean flashed.. wiped everything (except internal obviously)

- installed flash kernel

- system removed pixel launcher (i use nova)

- system removed hangouts

- system removed DU clock (i like the google clock - more snoozing options lol and fades the alarm from a lower sound to a higher sound)

- system removed DU messages (i like google messages)

- system removed DU gallery (i use google photos)

- system removed keyboard and everything else coupled with that keyboard (i use swiftkey)

- set animations to .5

- i also use the 'fade' screen off animation

if you like to me to go into more detail on how i set up my phone (functions/what features i use) i can do that as well.. But im certain it has something to do with the apps i removed -- woke up with the alarm fine, and my screen has turned on every time since..

EDIT: And for the record, why i assume its the pixel launcher is because it was installed while i was using nova at the time and the phone still didn't turn on.. After removing the apps i did above, the problem went away... FWIW :silly: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sharpz811:
Thank you so much for replying and I'm glad I'm not the only one I too replaced messaging and phone apps and I thought that was my issue. I had screen off animation set to crt then after I cleaned flashed again I just left it default. I also disabled double tap to sleep and that still hasn't worked either. I was just receiving a call a while ago AND I COULDN'T EVEN ANSWER THE DAMN PHONE! I swear I can't deal with this is the only bug I've found in this ROM and I don't think it has anything to do with our setups as both ours are pretty much identical. I think it's a bug in the ROM and no one else is mentioning it because they die hard DU fans or some sh!t? but nonetheless I honestly think that I'm gonna have to go back to stock because I can't stand this. I paid good money for this phone and it's too good to have certain features missing and bugs that shouldn't be there. But I was willing to give up the stock features for this amazing ROM as it has way more useful features anyway. Oh well I guess I'll go back to stock for now until that gets ironed out my gf has iPhone so it just makes Android look trash when she sees me struggling to turn my screen on. Lol but I'll try removing those apps as well and I guess I'll try Nova launcher instead of custom pixel launcher but after that one more screen glitch then I'm afraid it's back to stock!

A quick question. What app you use to remove/replace system apps? I always do it manually because Titanium backup always freezes when trying to remove system apps.

Edit: I also can't see the pixel launcher being the root cause of the problem I mean it's the stock launcher that comes with the ROM that I'm sure was fully tested as the dev supporting our device worked really hard on this ROM so it has to be something else but what do I know I'm just a recovering flashoholic!?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Incredible_Culp:
No worries bud, i understand!

Yeah, try to remove some system apps, and see if thatll fix your problem..

to remove apps i used Solid Explorer with root permissions (obviously).. navigate to the root > system> apps (and/or) priv-apps.. selec the apps within the folder and hit delete.. after you delete what you want, give the phone a reboot and they'll be gone --- FORRRREVEEERRR :D joking. But theyll be removed :highfive: