yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
make format data and then flase always making backup

the ROM is great work great

regards
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dawid0089:
It works . I flash los 15.1 first and boot ( booted properly) and then clean flash rr and it work... Its weird. Great rom with many customization . but hardware button led didnt work and I can't set color of notification led.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Romario_Agro:
Something is missing in vendor partition, i suppose
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] geghair:
[MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] hey bro can U build pixel experience for us? The developer i think abandoned the rom ☹
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
"Hello everyone,

I would like to inform that there will be a rebase in our ROM, and important things will be improved. This process can take 2-3 weeks.

I hope you guys will understand, thanks."

Source: PixelExperience's Telegram Channel
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
I had some random restart when opening some application to the azaar but ineses general is very good

regards
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Lol... I was about to reply that the "PixelExperience" did not seem to be maintained as the last changes are about 20 days old :)

But since there is a rebase, I will not say it's not maintained... just on hold :)

By the way, I used your sources to build some ROM's like XenonHD or Dirty Unicorns.

XenonHD is done and boots and seems to work.

DU builds... but doesn't boot :(

Thanks for your help :)

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
where can we download xenon?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Thanks, what branches do we use for RR?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
The trees in my private repos that are working fine (at least with AEX and CypherOS/AOSCP) are the oreo-mr1-release and O-AOSP-Test/8.1.x(@ AospExtended-Devices Org) branches. I'm planning to upload trees non-treble and treblerized in a org at github for all Xiaomi msm8996 (except Gemini (Mi 5)), since the common-tree is the same for all of they.

I'm inspired by Moto Z Sources org. I'm thinking to start tomorrow uploading the trees, now that I've fixed all the problems with AospExtended.

If you'll need any help to use the sources I don't have any reasons to say no to help you.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Thanks for being so helpful.

I'm still a little confused, though. What device repositories do I need to use to build Resurrection Remix, and what branches?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
The names of my private repos:

-platform_device_xiaomi_msm8996-common

-platform_device_xiaomi_natrium

Kernel and vendor can be from LOS repos

About common-tree: The O-AOSP-Test it's the one that's working properly, but, it has some treble patches. oreo-mr1-release it's the tree for AOSCP/CypherOS. O-AOSP it's the tree without the treble patches included in O-AOSP-Test, but for some reason derped the boot.img with AospExtended.

About device specific tree: no problems with O-AOSP branch. O-AOSP-Test have some treble patches too. oreo-mr1-release, again, specific for AOSCP/CypherOS

But I recommend for you go look at https://github.com/ResurrectionRemix-Devices and check about the bring ups with devices that have a common-tree too. I'm gonna push the trees tomorrow at the org.

Link of org: https://github.com/Xiaomi-msm8996
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
[MENTION=7501045]theOriginalSuperl2[/MENTION]

https://github.com/Xiaomi-msm8996/device_xiaomi_msm8996-common/tree/lineage-15.1-non-treble

https://github.com/Xiaomi-msm8996/device_xiaomi_natrium/tree/lineage-15.1-non-treble

Trees non-treble for Natrium. You are free to use they to build RR or any other ROM you want.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xK4m3l:
[MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] maybe you use project treble to porting ROMs
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Thanks, but I get this error when trying to build RR:

build/core/binary.mk:1569: [COLOR="Red"]error: [/COLOR]device/xiaomi/msm8996-common/camera/QCamera2/Android.mk: camera.msm8996: C_INCLUDES must be under the source or output directories: /libstagefrighthw /mm-core/inc /libqservice.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
Try use lineage-15.1 branch then. Looks like RR it's working properly with treble patches included in trees.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Marcos Sanches:
Sorry for the question.

Is this RR better than the one previously released ?? It looks like the other one is abandoned.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
I'm still having issues... Could you please upload your local manifest file? Thanks.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<project path="device/xiaomi/msm8996-common" name="LineageOS/android_device_xiaomi_msm8996-common" remote="github" revision="lineage-15.1" />
<project path="device/xiaomi/natrium" name="LineageOS/android_device_xiaomi_natrium" remote="github" revision="lineage-15.1" />
<project path="device/xiaomi/capricorn" name="LineageOS/android_device_xiaomi_capricorn" remote="github" revision="lineage-15.1" />
<project path="kernel/xiaomi/msm8996" name="LineageOS/android_kernel_xiaomi_msm8996" remote="github" revision="lineage-15.1" />
<project path="vendor/xiaomi" name="TheMuppets/proprietary_vendor_xiaomi" remote="github" revision="lineage-15.1" />
</manifest>

This is the manifest that I use for all ROM (I need to update Xiaomi-msm8996 repos) to build for capricorn and Natrium.

Make the proper changes for RR and build.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
Okay I discovered why the errors. It OSS Camera related (common-tree). Undo the revert at build, and revert these commits

https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...mmit/4e3882f8fc90677de1598a519205f5d944f2548e

https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...mmit/d6dbf9ceef94f22eafc0776a595d25c2ff8171ae

https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...mmit/e8f38e29160649d2c5101e346c9dcc5354c1b744

https://github.com/LineageOS/androi...mmit/205f4af117fed3b9f185f6c97528ea0eb3f7770f

Try build RR then.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
According to him he uses the old tree that I used to build AEX.

https://github.com/Hlcpereira/device_xiaomi_msm8996-common/tree/O-AOSP

You can give a try use it, but I recommend you later check for update some stuff.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Thanks, but I still get dependency errors with those trees.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
You have "configured" the device specific tree correctly?

Like this?:

https://github.com/NexusPenguin/pla...mmit/c4365bacdd4cf9c5bae78ee09754dceddd36960a
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
No... I didn't know I had to! After applying a similar commit from his LOS device tree fork, the build works! Thanks so much for your help.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
We are eager to try it

regards
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
I wasn't planning on uploading it. If you want, I can try, but my upload speed is probably too slow.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
delighted to be able to test your work as long as you can upload it...thanks!!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
[Deleted]
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi guys,

Given the problems I encounter to be able to build most ROMs ;

Given the emergence of Treble for our device that will probably make all this useless ;

Given my personal schedules that do not aloow me to spend too much time on this...

I must say that I will abandon this project that never came true :(

I am awfully sorry if I created high hopes and then deceived them...

As far as I am concerned, I think I am going to stick to HlcPereira's AospEXtended... or switch back to Stock + Root + Xposed.

Sorry for all the fuss...

Regards.

NexusPenguin
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
Suerte Penguin
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Please can you at least tell us how to build RR? What device trees and patches do we need?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
github.com/NexusPenguin/platform_device_xiaomi_msm8996-common/commits/rr

github.com/NexusPenguin/platform_device_xiaomi_natrium/commits/rr
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Thanks, but when using those trees, the phone bootloops. [MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION]?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
Try use the LOS trees but with changes that [MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] made
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Those trees cause the phone to soft reboot a few seconds after it finishes booting.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

The device tree with the mods I made and that are linked in the OP used to work.

But on the latest tries, they didn't anymore, with that nasty "buildprop.error".

Probably a change made by RR team in their latest versions.

This is one of the main reasons I abandoned : it seems we're on a turning point where everyone goes in disorder.

I think, though I ain't sure, this is due to Treble.

As I said : I don't have to spend with this anymore.

Treble is probably a superb progress... but that is for skilled devs. Not for small builders like me :(

Sorry... but I can't help for the next 15 days.

Maybe after that i'll try it again... but only with one ROM.

Want an advice : enjoy MIUI or AEX as long as they exist. And hope that Hlcpereira will stay in the business. He's doing a wonderful job :)

Regards
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Hmm.... replacing /system/build.prop with one from a lineage os rom causes the rom to work...
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
I've made a working build, using these device trees (with a few modifications, I'll set up github forks soon)!

https://github.com/Xiaomi-msm8996/device_xiaomi_msm8996-common/tree/oreo-mr1-release_non-treble

https://github.com/Xiaomi-msm8996/device_xiaomi_natrium/tree/oreo-mr1-release_non-treble

EDIT: Here are my forks, and local manifest file.

Device tree: msm8996-common

Device tree: natrium

Local mainfest: RR-OREO (with the UBERTC toolchain)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
[MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION], with both yours an my builds of RR, my phone won't to connect to 4G (LTE) here in Australia. It was fine when using RR with Project Treble. [MENTION=7838323]Hlcpereira[/MENTION], you know more about device trees than I do, do you know why LTE isn't working? I think the problem would be as simple as finding whatever's letting it work in the LOS device trees and changing it. in the Xiaomi-msm8996 trees.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Well, it wroked with 4G here in Europe.

So I guess it's somewhere in the APN ?

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
I could say what [MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] already said. Actually I don't have any ideas... :/
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] theOriginalSuperl2:
Odd... After flashing the vendor partition from official LOS, 4G is fine.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
Then using the LOS trees should be fine, just making the necessary changes for RR.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi guys,

The project may relive now :)

So far I have :

- DOT-os

- Invictrix

- Liquid Remix

- Candy ROM

All builds made and booting device.

I am adding Carbon ROM that is building as I type...

I'll add GZR also.

That leaves one spot open : AICP ? Cardinal ? Havoc ?

Hope I can have those online soon :)

See you.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
shoot penguin!!!
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Carbon ROM also built... and boots :)

So now GZR and Havoc. Let's see :)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] geghair:
Damn dude keep up!!!!

You're the hero of this device since every developer has abondoned his rom except Luk
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
What ? HLC Pereira also abandoned it ?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
Stolen device

---------- Post added at 10:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:36 PM ----------

any link penguin...
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] QuiseShampe:
But for what you want to restart project? Treble without bugs is coming soon, gsi-builds with different roms are open to use...
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
treble without errors?

How will you be joking, no? ... please let them work this is amazing that impertinence
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Well, i f treble comes out and really works, there will be no point in keeping this alive.

Not sure it will be a good thing for the custom ROM projects; but time will tell.

Anyways, if there's no one maintaining Resurrection Remix and AEX, I can try those as well :)

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] opts:
Hope you can maintaining AEX.:)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

I'll try but AEX always was a little tricky to build... But maybe it now has changed :)

Since it occurs we'll have more than 7 ROMs, maybe I'll open a new thread ?

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi guys,

OK, things are starting with Candy ROM. You'll find the link in post #2

Enjoy :)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] tanertuna2687:
how is this rom?Is there a download link?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Please read the post just above yours :)

You'll find a link to post #2 of this thread where I posted a Google Drive link to the ROM...

It boots, has SIM cards, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and camera working. I think it's good and nicely organized and it seems to have really decent battery life ! But you will need to check for yourself as I can't test thouroughfully each ROM I plan to build :)

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
great work waiting for liquid

thanks Penguin
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi Guys,

Next ROM is Android Ice Cold Project (AICP). Loaded with features and really good reputation.

As usual this has only been basically tested : boot, SIM card, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, camera...

If things aren't working, please report gently and I'll see if I can fix stuff.

Links and all are in post #3...

Enjoy
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] opts:
how about AEX:)
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

AEX is officially supported.

So not sure I can offer builds of that ROM without infringing AEX policies...

Will try to get in touch with them.

I will try out Carbon to see it that one is OK. It boots so far, but I have been forced to remove some stuff to get it to build so I want to make sure that nothing is missing :(

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dawid0089:
AEX now isn't supported. 5.7 is last version for natrium so please take care about that.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Well, I've tried to build it from the offical sources. But some of them are obviously deprecated or have been moved :(

So it may take a little longer to be able to get something that works as I remember it was somewhat tricky to build last time I tried...

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xK4m3l:
[MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] is there a chance that you would continue to support aex
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

It seems official support for this device has been abandoned.

At least it is not possible to build with official sources.

I will try to build with my own dev tree, but not sure how it will go.

Still, build will still be labelled 5.7, so not sure what it will bring compared to latest official build.

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

AOSP Extended added. See first post to get download link...

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
candela
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
candela ???
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
you can not adjust the brightness or have the option of automatic, it does not work the double tap on the lock screen for its ignition, if it goes fine and smooth otherwise

I even believe that applications are not installed unless they are the last 25-7-18

candela=fire

regards
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Ah yes... candela = candle :)

I had not noticed the brightness control wasn't working.

Any idea where to look to add it ?

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dawid0089:
And headphones didn't working too

---------- Post added at 06:00 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:56 PM ----------

And missed option to set night backlight. For me is active but I cant disable or enable them
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
[MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] Device sources are available on AospExtended-Devices org on github. You're free to use them, so does my kernel if you want. Everyone actually is free to use them and kernel sources.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Ryutensei:
Ask

What rom recommended for gaming user...?? i like Aex On first post from Hlcpreira... my ask no batery drain and no more sound mute?? big thanks #NexusPenguin and #Hlcpreira
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Thanks for your message.

Took your sources... without DragonTC as toolchain as that produced errors beyond my knowledge.

Seems most problems are solved : brightness is OK and headset is OK.

Will rebuild everything with your device tree now :)

Thanks a lot for your help.

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Ryutensei:
i have succesfuly instal this rom (Aex) but led notification not working.. any solution?

will try this rom hope no batery drain and drop fps.. Big thanks
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Ryutensei:
my brightnes always 52% and i cant change this.... any solution?m :laugh:
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
put some sunglasses for now ... it has some failure but also to be a first construction goes really well

Regards
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
To build without DragonTC you just need to revert this commit. But if you want use it you can clone from here
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

Yes, I deleted some lines in the BoardConfig file. Built fine...

I'll see if I can build with DragonTC even though I have experienced nothing but problems using it :(

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] NexusPenguin:
Hi,

I confirm : build errors in a row when using DragonTC. Will get in touch with the guy who made it :)

Regards.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
Send the build log here. I think I know what's happening.
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] xK4m3l:
[MENTION=5448938]NexusPenguin[/MENTION] try port Bootleggers rom plis
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] kuto232:
treble is working
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
This one I'm about to do just to check stuff for 3.0 rebase, as Xiaomi msm8996 source are more stable than nash ones
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] HHoon:
I Clean Flashed AospExtended-v5.7-natrium-20180725-0633-UNOFFICIAL . Everything worked fine! but VOLTE did not work. T^T

So I Clean flashed AospExtended 20180720 DISCONTINUED official version. and VOLTE worked well ! I hope VOLTE works well in version 20180725! Sorry my English :D
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dawid0089:
AEX 5.8 has relased. Can we get it for our mi5s plus devices?
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Hlcpereira:
If skysilk and repo thing colaborate here, yes. For now I'm trying to build PE Pie

/runs
[Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dawid0089:
We wait for testing:) I try Android Pie but I'm back to 8.1 because has more customization.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Megin:
Hello. I recently tried to use Magisk Manager to root my phone using a step by step walk through. It worked, everything was great, I finally was able to get my mobile data to turn off automatically when I connected to Wi-Fi. Goal achieved. Hooray. But then a new update came out for the Pixel 2 XL, I believe what is called OTA? See how new I am, it's pathetic. Anyway, I can't get the OTA installed because I have Magisk. I found a good walk through to how to fix it github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/blob/master/docs/tips.md#ota-installation-tips BUT when I go to uninstall Magisk and restore images, it says "stock backup does not exist". Guys. I'm in over my head and I don't know what to do to fix it. Can any one explain in simple language, maybe with pictures, so my idiot self can understand, how do I get a stock back up, and get Magisk to recognize it, so that I can proceed to install the OTA? Thank you so much for any advice,and your patience for dealing with me.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] Diesel_Jeremiah:
Search the forum, there are a lot of walk through threads.

You won't remove anything, IE Magik.

Download the Factory Image, OTA will not work.

You'll remove "-w" from one file to not wipe data.

Flash update.

Reroot with Magisk.

If you have problems finding the links or threads, I can link them.
[Google Pixel 2 Questions & Answers] psychomaniac82:
What diesel said, it isn't really that hard ?.

Nathanchanche made a really good guide for us. Take your time to read it really well and you should be able to solve your problem.

https://xdaforums.com/pixel-2/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-walleye-t3702417