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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
I don't know much about treble, which I think is more of a Samsung thing...I think. The A/B slot thing is a little confusing, but I'll try to explain.

Your current active slot is likely A. When your on stock, not rooted, with stock recovery, and take an OTA, your active slot will then be "B" Then, it would alternate each month when there's an update.

When you flash a custom rom, it will do the same thing, switch you from A to B. Which is why you want to have the factory system files on both slots since both of them share system data. It's somewhat like having a dual boot partition, but not exactly. Here's a couple fastboot commands that you'll find useful down the road.

fastboot getvar all. That will show you your active slots and other info.

fastboot --set-active=a(or b) This will set your active slot to which you can then flash whatever you'd like to that slot.

I'll stop there for now. As you move forward, and need help, searching is easy, and you'll likely find what your looking for, since it's probably already been asked :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Ok that's very useful, thanks for taking the time to explain!

I'm still waiting on it to reach full charge but I've got all my files ready (stock March release, xposed, flash kernel etc.) and then I'm good to go!

Thanks again, will let you know how I get on and how I find stock + xposed....wonder how long I'll keep it like that haha
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
The one thing I didn't do was unlock critical, not sure of it's importance as I'm still able to do what I need to, I used the all in one tool, not sure if it's automatically done with that. Fastboot I have issues with :silly:

Like last night updating to march security, I used powershel, platform tools, basically all conditions met, ran the command flash-all, nope got some error then to type another way if I trust, which I did, still nothing, list devices and all other commands worked, so wasn't a problem with ADB.

So I just ran the batch file and job was completed :good:

I'm still very much at the learning stage with the Pixel but all will come good or twrp will get updated:p
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
If your like the rest of us flashaholics...about 18.5 seconds ????
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
More like 18.5 picosecs lmao???
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Dat for true Hoss! ????
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Hey guys just wanted to update that I'm all setup and my gosh I'm loving it!

Did have some difficulties at first as the process is a little different from what I'm used to (the whole A+B slots...). Updated to latest March image and then tried flashing AquariOS over it, which worked but then I decided just to keep it stock. Anyways a long time later after lessons learned (twrp not sticking etc.) I'm finally settled on stock with root, xposed and flash kernel. Got it all setup and now can just enjoy the phone!

Just curious though, if I did wish to change to NitrogenOS, coming from the latest March factory image, what exact steps should I take? Something like: flash factory image (full wipe), boot twrp, flash twrp zip, wipe system/data/caches and flash the rom (not gapps as they're included?) let it boot, reboot to twrp and then flash magisk and flash kernel?

Ps cat pic attached :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
I knew you would be impressed with the Pixel :good: I'm lucky at this moment I get to enjoy my 5T, iPhone X, Pixel XL 2 & S9+ on the way :good: I will sell two to get the Pixel 3 and X plus lol yup crazy addict here :p

Anyway if you want to move rom just make sure you have installed the Twrp installer zip, disable security (pin) before booting into twrp (this makes it permanent) so you won't have to reflash twrp and have pin issues when you boot into recovery.

You would then wipe cache and data, flash ROM & Magisk and boot first before flashing kernel.

I believe this is correct, but I'm sure someone will chime in if I'm wrong , I'm still like you learning about this A/B slots and the likes :good:

Here is another cat pic :p
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Ah sweet cat!

Nice one yeah I'm very happy with it. Managed to get everything all the way I want (gravity box is full of tweaks and got everything I need), Swift black substratum theme works (though took a few applies /reboots to get them to stick), got the notification light working with light manager and yeah all is well!

Ahhh now I too am a bit of an addict.... After making the decision to switch from the 5T I preordered the S9+, but after more research about project treble I learnt that *possibly* all the fancy features of the camera might not be available on AOSP, so I ended up cancelling and figured I can for a used pixel 2 xl and save a few hundred pounds.

VERY happy :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
The Pixel XL 2 very much impressed me, wasn't keen on design in video reviews but once you have it, it's simplicity and uniqueness grab you, I have the Panda 128gb :good: Stock Android is sublime & I get the pixel now where I didn't before :good:

The S9+ Camera well it won't be much better than that we have on the pixel other than low light shots will be brighter due to the 1.5 aperture. Ok there are other camera capabilities with the S9 such as slow Mo & various video capture rates. The S9 Display is best in class right now, but I'm happy with the pixel, you will have dual speakers, but nothing beats front facing.

So then why am I buying the S9+? Addiction and testing and then selling to buy the pixel 3 hmmm it's logical to me :p

You'll really like the pixel more & more each day if your like me :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CyberpodS2:
After reading this thread, I just wanted to throw in my two cents... The only reason I'm still on stock is the squeeze function is my go to method that replaces the back_to_kill for now.

As for battery life on custom roms, if it was a rule that stock is better they would not exist very long. I've run AICP, Pure Nexus, Dark ROM, Carbon, Omni, no-name and a few other over the last few years. Hell even Pacman... When set up correctly most all of these had as good or better battery life besides Pacman and Omni which I could never get squared away. I went from the 6 to the 6P and now this. The few before that were all Samsung until the S5 got locked up tight after the first update. Those of us who kept our heads stayed unlocked. Lol Thank good for towelroot, safestrap and mobile odin.

Anyway this is the first phone I've owned where the annoyance factor sometimes out weighs the return for messing around. Also it's the first phone where the custom roms are not a clear improvement over stock solutions. But of course the game is only in the first quarter. My hopes are still high though!! I see RomAur has long press back to kill so going to give that a shot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Your pretty close to correct my friend. Fwiw, I'll just tell you what I did with my DU rom.

1. Made sure I was on slot A with stock rom, which I was. Made a backup with screen lock set to swipe.

2. Switched over to slot B using twrp.

3. Dirty fastbooted the proper factory image with the (-w) removed from the flash-all.bat file. And let it boot up, then went back to twrp.

4. Did the twrp factory reset with the swipe bar, then flashed the rom and twrp installer zip.

5. Let it boot up, did a minimal setup with screen lock still set to swipe.

6. Went back to twrp, flashed custom kernel and magisk 16.0 and called it good.

Others may agree or disagree with my method, but it's what worked for me ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Haha true addicts words, but we wouldn't have it any other way! Yeah I was intrigued by the S9's camera and speakers, but I'm highly happy with my choice with the Pixel as these speakers are an absolute delight, I don't even mind the extra bezel that houses them, I fully appreciate having them!

Aye I'm definitely keeping my eyes peeled for what new roms may become available, currently very happy with stock+xposed (gravitybox) and is as feature filled as needed!

Much appreciated, will bear this is mind if (when) I decide to flash again :)

Though quick question: anyone know why twrp is unresponsive when I boot to it? I don't think flash kernel is installed so booted to twrp to reflash. Upon first attempt, it was asking for my pattern security but it was unresponsive and I couldn't enter it. So I booted back to system, removed security and booted back, but whilst it entered to the twrp menu I again couldn't input or select anything?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
That's a twrp thing with stock kernel. Try fastbooting into twrp. And keep the screen lock set to none or swipe, and see if you get touch response back. Then flash your custom kernel and magisk :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
That worked a treat! Flash kernel installed perfectly :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
Yes having an extra bit of bezel is something I really don't mind for front facing speakers :good: I suspect that the Pixel 3 will slim the bezels, however hoping that the FFS remain :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Great! Your learning curve is on the fast track my friend! Well done ???
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Ahaha thank you!

Definitely a little bit fiddly compared to previous phones, but I'm sure these creases will be ironed out in the future :)

Now that it's all setup I'm just copying back over all my photos etc from my pc backup, then the sync them with Google photos me thinks :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
Then get out & about to take a few snaps with this Amazing Camera :good: not had much of a chance myself as the weather has been rubbish, but looking better today so off I go :p
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Haha indeed, though I'm actually off work with a horrible dental abcess (pain has been so bad) and been referred for "surgical extraction" (sounds worse than it is but still enough to give me grief!) But it's bittersweet as given me time to rest at home whilst antibiotics do their magic and allowed me to play with my new phone :)

Got a rave next wekee which is gonna be colourful and plenty of camera shots await me, plus then Amsterdam on 27th March so many a good shots will be taken :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
I know there is another thread for pics but thought I'd share a few here :good:

Sinclair & Girnigoe Castle (North of Scotland)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Wow dude! Those see spectacular! Well done! ????
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
Yeah what can I say the pixel XL does all the great work :p it really is a fantastic camera bro :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
As in...I really..really like it!! ???
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Duncan1982:
Looks great bro & I'm happy to see you like so much it's become your wallpaper :p
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Excellent shots!!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Just wanted to update:

Currently on AquariOS with flash kernel. I must say, I'm liking not having xposed and being able to use Android Pay again. Though I felt I got a little better battery life on stock + xposed as compared to this current setup.

Gonna stick this out for now as I am still more than happy and impressed with overall performance, though perhaps when April release comes I'll go back to stock modded or maybe more rom choice will be available by then :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
I'm liking Aquarius as well. Give it a couple of charge cycles before you judge the battery. It's working great on my end :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
How do Badger!

Great to hear, yeah this rom fulfils all my requirements and I'm pretty dam sure that indeed after a coupe cycles I'll see an improvement. Still, the I have zero complaints. LOVING this phone!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Doing good my brother. I see you've learned quickly over the last 2 weeks, well done my friend:good: This was my recent cycle on Aquarius...realize though that my usage pattern is not like most...but still! ????
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Niiiiiiiiiice! How would you say your usage is? For me, I'd say light-moderate: whatsapp, Web browsing, music listening (headphones and Bluetooth speaker occasionally), xda labs (of course! :p), camera, that kinda thing...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
I'm a pretty light user actually. Mostly XDA..XDA..1.5 hours of phone calls, 20-30 texts, some chrome, XDA, some YouTube, some iheart radio, XDA, and some sports apps. Oh, and XDA of course ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Excellent, best way to be!

Part of me is tempted to flash Android P dev preview...

If I could have all my tweaks via xposed +gravitybox I would, but unsure if its compatible at this point...

Ps have you tried Resurrection Remix? If so, what did you think?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
I've got no desire to try PDP1. I like themes, mods, and roms too much. I'll wait until it's official in the fall. Haven't tried RR since last year on my 6p, but it was pretty dang good for sure! Give it a shot bro....your the Flash Master now! ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Haha there's no stopping me now!

But just gonna stick with my setup for now. I too used to love RR on my 6P (until it died on me lol)

Glad to be back on a Google device :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Another 6p convert! Now that was an easy beast to flash! Mine still works...it's my backup toy :laugh:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
What ROMs have the same camera quality as stock and also support VoLTE?

My Wi-Fi seems to be playing up on stock so I'd like to try a custom ROM to see if that helps but I don't want to give up VoLTE or camera quality.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Ahh lucky! 6P was one hell of a device, though with these front facing speakers and amazing camera, the Pixel 2 XL takes the crown in my eyes haha

I think it's safe to say AquariOS can tick those boxes for you...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
*As long as your not on Verizon, yes it checks the boxes
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
thanks!

I'm in the UK so nah, no Verizon lol.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
Should be good to go then ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cbasse:
This may answer a question I've been having... Sorry, not really related to this thread, but if I am using Xposed, is that why Android (Google) Pay won't work for me? I'm rooted on stock Rom with Flash kernel. Pay was working, then stopped - my hunch is Xposed caused it to stop working, but I haven't been able to confirm this yet. Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
That's exactly it I'm afraid, as with xposed installed you see that Magisk/root fails to pass safetynet, which means some apps (Google Pay inclusive) won't work... Its a dam shame isn't it!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] chazall1:
I like and look at the dev team and how active is the development.

There are some great roms and developers out their.

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Indeed, plus I think in time it will continue to grow!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Hey man, check out the AQ telegram chat. It's pretty funny in there at times :good::cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
I'm there already, will ping you a message...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kaped31:
Is there an AquariOS XDA page? I couldn't find one for the Pixel 2 XL
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
No XDA page. You have to go to their G+ site and register, or join their telegram chat :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
What's your current setup ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Aquarius, V4A, DolbyD, FlashK 2.23, Domination theme and a couple M modules. Runs like a champ! Like most things on the P2XL ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Doesn't all the roms have same features now exuding DU which is still a bit limited as of now
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Yeah, pretty much. The 3 things I like best about this one are, custom headers, app ops, and it's own wallpaper picker for all aquarius wallpapers :laugh:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Have you tried it with stock Kernel? Hows that?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Stock kernel is fine. Just doesn't have all the tweaks enabled like Flash, Ex or Snoke.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Prattham:
Cheers ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
No worries :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ilgonzo:
i'm on aquariOS, great rom, stable and solid! but i have a question for users.. my charging speed (with elementalx or flash kernel) is slowly (3.9 Volt), anyone some problem with this rom? thanks a lot
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
If your talking about the charging display on the lock screen, then yes. However mine is still fast charging. It just seems to alternate rapidly between slow/charging/rapidly charging on the display. Using Flash kernel as well :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ilgonzo:
I'm talking about that in the lockscreen .. so you think it could only be a bug, however, is the fast charging active? (also to me it seems that loads quickly too).. thanks for answer man
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Yeah, I think is just a display bug. I plugged mine in yesterday at 12% and it was fully charged in 2hrs 3minutes :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ilgonzo:
thanks man!!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] liver20:
Always in stock rom, what kernel recommend Guys?

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Most will likely recommend Flash kernel, however, I recommend that you try them all and see what works best for you :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] liver20:
Is better than stock?

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Oh absolutely. I mean their all based off of the stock linux code that google implements, however, Flash updates his kernel frequently with the latest upstream changes from the linux code, as do a couple others. The biggest benefit is that all of the custom kernels allow you to tweak some of the settings, like, KCAL, gestures, i/o schedulers, wake locks, and frequency controls (which I don't recommend) so, the choice is yours :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Namolas:
No. Everybody keeps recommending Flash Kernel because it's worse than stock. :p

On a more serious note, I am loving Flash Kernel. That's my recommendation as well.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] azpatterson3:
Running stock (March update) with flash kernel. I like stock fine. Flash let's me use twrp without touch issues. Can use substratum and other mods to customize how I like.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] liver20:
Running.. Works awesome... Stock not rooted with flash kernel...

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
I notice AquariOS runs a bit warmer than when I was on stock. On stock browsing using Chrome the phone would be dead cold but on AquariOS I can feel my finger near the fingerprint scanner getting slightly warm. Battery also seems to be a tiny bit worse. Same apps as when I was on stock and similar usage.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
Nice and clean flash? I've noticed with many roms that if it's not a fully clean flash there can be battery and heat issues. I'm one of the testers for AquariOS (taimen) and only time I had those issues was either a dirty flash or coming from another rom and not going fully stock before switching.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CyberpodS2:
2.24 and Magisk 16.2 both running fine. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
Yep clean and I came from stock ROM
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Haz3:
Odd....
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
I flashed Flash kernel and already I've gone back to my average of 6 hours SOT. Stock kernel must've been iffy for whatever reason
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Phazonclash:
Stock/Stock

Why? Because after many years using custom ROMs, custom kernels, modified system files, etc. I decided I wanted a stock, unrooted phone that will run how it was intended to, with OTA updated and everything else. So far so good, I don't miss anything
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pyr0x64:
I did the same with my last phone (s7edge) and it was the most boring 2 years I've spent with an android phone so far :p

With my Pixel 2 XL I'm running a stock rom with Magisk, Flash kernel and some tweaks :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] liver20:
What tweaks?

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pyr0x64:
Not much, just some magisk modules to enable VoLTE & VoWiFi, viper4android & youtube vanced and I tried PK's Tuning Script

I haven't had much time to play tbh and will likely flash a custom rom at some point
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] liver20:
Volte is enabled by Default stock rom.. Right?

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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pyr0x64:
Not for me.

The option was not there to enable before the magisk module
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ecsnead69:
Can custom kernels be flashed to stock ROM?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Of course :good:

Provided your bootloader is unlocked that is :cool:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ecsnead69:
Does anyone run a different DPI? On my 6p I ran 481, that was the lowest it could be before apps acted like a tablet. What are you guys using for DPI?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
How's it going guys - touching base to see at roms we're all running at present?

I've been on AquariOS and it's been solid. After getting itchy I decided to try out Nitrogen which seems great and pretty much fundamentally identical for my needs, though unfortunately long press back to kill is not working. So whilst I use a workaround (recents and then swipe to close an app) I'm debating trying out Resurrection Remix...

I'm going away to Amsterdam on Tues and want a solid rom with no issues, so I may just end up trying RR today and if all else fails may just go back to AquariOS, just so I have one of my most commonly used features (long press to kill) back again. Though I'm also tempted to hi back to stock with Xposed/gravitybox, though losing Android Pay from having broken safetynet, is also losing a nice geature I use....

Would love to hear of other people's set ups...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
You already know what I'm running! AQ is solid day in day out for me my friend ??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] iaTa:
P DP1 and Flash Kernel running superb here.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cd993:
Is it possible to run xposed on P yet? I presume not.... But would love to have it rooted, themed and xposed if possible....