yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
Try the one on the first post using the Linux write method

I'd also like to know if the XT1672 image would boot other varients if you could get a larger sd card
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] takoa:
How download from cloud.motorola.com ?
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3sh11:
Link is off, the new

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZMNkn7wsVlbYN-qv1WDR76Vjbnf65ODa/view

pass: MotorolaFirmwaresLB
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
I will be moving this thread to the General section as it's now a guide
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
fastboot oem lock

fastboot oem lock (yes type it again)

fastboot flash oem oem.img

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.2

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.3

fastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.4

fastboot flash boot boot.img

fastboot oem lock

Then once restarted refresh all the firmware again with the commands from the first post

I have seen though that some boot.img are not officially signed so it may not lock
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3sh11:
Great, and about IMEI is shows 000 ?
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
If doing the following after first boot doesn't work

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2

You can try flashing lineageos 15.1 as people who had flashed that then tried to return to stock lost imei

So see if it comes back after flashing that
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] takoa:
.img for xt1676 2gb please ?
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
Have you tried all the images using the Linux write method as requested - these are the only images we have so far

Please don't ask for images on this thread use

https://xdaforums.com/g5/help/rooted-stock-rom-pull-mmcblk0-via-adb-t3805441

I want this thread to be purely about the method on the first post
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shooting Star Max:
New report!

The XT1272 image WORKED with my XT1270!! Just make sure to use a Linux distro to apply the image onto your SD card. I used a 64 GB one. I cannot stress more the part about using Linux. I had tried Rufus and the other Windows image writer to no avail. Use Linux!!

EDIT: IMEI is still dead, but at least this turns on!

EDIT2: I recovered the IMEI by following this. I even put the device back to stock ROM and it kept the LTE signal. And I've got an EFS backup as well!
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3sh11:
Finally my XT1672 came back and IMEI is intact
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shooting Star Max:
My IMEI was dead before I killed my device back in February (I was messing with the stock ROM and a 64-bit TWRP). But now I got it perfectly recovered with the latest stock ROM. Now I can finally sell it!
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] edubh13:
After 2 months my XT-1672 is back without any problem. Thank you
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] NABECKER16:
believe that with the img of the xt1672 work in the xt1671
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] VHNZERO:
My IMEI is fine, did all the steps strictly and my IMEI was always there, the only thing I failed was to lock the bootloader, it's asking for a signed boot.img but I wanted that just for safetynet and Oreo from Motorola that was confirmed for this device, but for Oreo I will update via fastboot and I've installed magisk for the safetynet approval.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
You would have to find a firmware that has an officially signed boot.img

Glad it's all working for everyone
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shooting Star Max:
Follow this.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] takoa:
error on mint live ...

dd: invalid status flag: ‘progress’
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hanshu43:
Well at least for a number of xt1672 owners. I have not seen any success for xt1676.

I have 2 xt1676's, for my son and my daughter. My daughter's was bricked last monday.

Previously, i created the blankflash/mmcblk0.img of my son's xt1676, with ROM version of 1-nov-2017 (which is not the newest). The image is in the OP but i have not seen any reports using it successfully.

Until now i'm unable to recover my daughters phone with my own blankflash image.

I don't know which ROM version it had before bricking.

I wrote the SDcard with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and that seems OK (i can see all 54 partitions on the SDcard in the 'Disk' app).

But, booting the bricked phone with the SDcard fails.

While pressing the power-button, the notification led flashes 8, 9 or 10 times, then pauses, then flashes 1 time, pauses and again flashes 8 or 9 times, repeatingly.

I can keep the power-button pressed down for 20minutes but nothing happens other than the notification led flashing with pauses. Last wednesday, it was repeatingly flashing 20times before pausing a couple of seconds.

----> Can anybody comment on this behaviour? Is this "normal"?

So, i think that my daughter's phone might have had a newer ROM version, as my son and the blankflash will not start.

Btw, both phone's have unlocked bootloader, TWRP and are rooted.

What i will do is:

- flash my sons (working) xt1676 with ROM NPPS25.137-93-2-3 (May 2018 security update, thxs [MENTION=8335584]h3sh11[/MENTION] )

- create a new blankflash-mmcblk0 image

- try to recover my daughter's phone with it.

So [MENTION=6674556]takea[/MENTION], there is still hope we can unbrick our xt1676 devices.

1 more question for members who succesfully unbricked their devices:

Before using the Linux SDcard write procedure, what was the state of the SDcard?

Was it formatted? On windows with FAT32 or exFAT? or NTFS. with MBR, UEFI, clustersize (16k or 32k)

Of course in the Linux procedure the existing partitions are delete with "-".

And a new one is added (FAT32, labelled 'mmcblk0')--> Why actually do we need a new partition, when we will overwrite the whole SDcard from block 0 (as you use /dev/sdX and not /dev/sdX1)?

I hope answers to these questions, help me to recover my daughters phone and other XT1676 devices.

Cheers, Husky
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
Use Linux mint to write sdcard - the guide says not to use lts version of Ubuntu

Removing all partitions & formatting ensures that partition is Linux compatible & not done by Windows

You can try any of the images on the first post & see if they work but you must use the Linux write method as described on first post as it will not boot your phone otherwise
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] AhmedtSadek:
anybody can confirm that the XT1676 image is working? I downloaded and followed the steps but cant boot to bootloader and pc detects 9008
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] takoa:
we confirm, I just tried and it does not work

Now I'm going to try another, 16gb xt1677
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
Please try the XT1672 image - it's the only one I know that has been extracted correctly
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] takoa:
as soon as I have a 32gb card I do it. ;)
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] AhmedtSadek:
will it work with xt1676 model?
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
There's only one way to find out - try it!

Until someone tries the XT1672 on all varients please don't ask will it work - the answer will always be I don't know you will have to try it

Once someone confirms it works on that varient I will add that detail to the first post like I have with the other two varients that also work with the XT1672 image
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] hanshu43:
I tried both the XT1677 (16Gb) and XT1672(32Gb) blankflash images from OP on my XT1676 (16Gb). Of course, i tried the xt1676 image earlier.

None are booting! Too bad.

Just, 8/9 times flashing the notification led with 10 second pauses. [MENTION=1813028]takoa[/MENTION], on your device, does the notification led flashes too a number of times with 10 seconds interval, while you keep power-button pressed down?

It seems the phone is not picking up the SDcard as alternative boot.

Btw, my daughter did not brick the phone with updating OTA.

She put the phone in her backpack and 10minutes later, it was dead. So, maybe a real hardware error.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
You don't need to hold power button down - just turn the phone on normally

Obviously I presume you used Linux mint to write the image as described

And if you didn't do anything to brick the phone & it just stopped working chances are it's a hardware fault & this isn't going to work for you (presumably it didn't firmware update when you wasn't looking)

This is for hard bricked phones due to wrong firmware flash - incomplete firmware flash or other type of bootloader error
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3sh11:
Like OP said i'ts not hard error, all other Moto phones has same problem (G3, G4, ...) and cause ir worng flash / bootloader, other thing if your phone is 16gb the 32gb image not work, you need flash 16gb version, make sure your card is not in trouble and format this in FAT32 with "hp disk storage format tool"

You used Linux in process to Image > SD ? I tried Rufus on Win 7 / 10 but not work, just work 100% in Linux distro (Mint or other)
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] aikon_0567:
Hello hard bricked Moto G5 owner.

Have a good news.

My XT1676 3GB/16GB is alive again.

Guess after several attempts:

The card reader in the Moto G5 only reads FAT/FAT32 in hard-bricked mode.

The LED only flashes when the battery is empty or charged.

Overview:

Image of Post 1

XT1676, model M2675 (3Gb mem + 16Gb storage), NPP25.137-93 (1nov2017), reteu

Did not work.

When writing to FAT/FAT32 formatted SD card abort after about 2GB.

Other formats of the SD card, the image is written but the Moto G5 does not start.

XT1672 32gb version (also works with XT1670 Xt1671 and XT1676 3GB/16GB)

Worked.

Since the description is not 100%tig I will try to describe my way.

Moto G5 charge until LED stops flashing.

Worked with Windows 10 64bit - 1709

Download Linux Mint 19 64bit Mate.

Burn image to DVD.

Download XT1672 32gb version (also works with XT1670 Xt1671 and XT1676 3GB / 16GB) from post 1.

File unzipped with 7-Zip 64bit.

File on USB stick (slow) better external hard drive (faster) copy.

ATTENTION - format must not be FAT/FAT32 - file size restriction.

Connect SD card 32GB and USB stick or external hard disk to the PC.

Start Linux Mint Live.

What I did differently from post 1:

2) open "disks" app

3) in "Disks" app select sdcard and you want to see the sdcard partitions

4) press "-" to delete the partition (delete all partitions if there is more than one)

5) press "+" to create a new one and name it mmcblk0, set FAT (FAT32) file format and press "CREATE"

6) press "Play" button to mount the sdcard, look to see what path the sdcard has (/ dev / sd ??) and then close the "Disks" app

7) go to Desktop, open "Computer" and navigate to the location when the img file is extracted (mmcblk0.img)

(USB stick or external hard drive)

8) open the window where img file is with root (right click on window and select "open as root")

Does not exist in the Linux Live version.

8) open the window where img file is open right on window and select "open in terminal"

10) type in terminal the comand written below and dont forget to eliminate that "1" from the sdcard path,

that "1" can make the difference betwen phone boot or not !!!!!

Terminal comands

- if your sdcard is seen like "/ dev / sdb1"

in terminal aply that comand:

sudo dd bs=4M if=mmcblk0.img of=/dev/sdb status=progress oflag=sync

-if your sdcard is seen like "/ dev / mmcblk0p1"

in terminal aply that comand:

sudo dd bs=4M if=mmcblk0.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 status=progress oflag=sync

and flashing process should start

when it finishes, test the sdcard in phone and it should boot!

If you get an error on the sdcard in terminal you have to change the sdcard and try again!

The bootloader comes immediately if it works.

Then continue post 1

After flash stock firmware via fastboot in the bootloader "Power off" and remove SD card.

Power on and hope it worked.

IMEI was available.

Thanks to TheFixItMan for its tireless efforts to bring our Moto G5 back to life even though it does not have any more.

I hope you get along with the translator English.

Now I wish you all good luck.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
I'm going to remove the other images as it seems the XT1672 image will work on all varients if done correctly

I've also added the sudo commands to run the command as root as the live Linux doesn't have open as root in its menu options
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3sh11:
probably the other images were not created correctly
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] takoa:
it works in xt1676 2gb ram 16 rom.

Finally, thank you, thank you and thank you, a thousand times.

I had to buy a 64GB card.

I used the image XT1672 32gb version.

I have not lost imei, mac's, nothing.

It started as if nothing. xD

Now what I will do, will be to create the specific image of this model, which will be less heavy than that of 32gb.

thank you very much to everyone, especially [MENTION=4728903]TheFixItMan[/MENTION]

what is the latest firmware?

in the copy command (sudo dd bs = 4M if = mmcblk0.img of = / dev / mmcblk0

status = progress

oflag = sync

), if there is a status error, you have to delete status = progress. At least to me with the live version of linux mint, it did not work for me.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
I'll add that info to the first post
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] h3sh11:
This May patch

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZMNkn7wsVlbYN-qv1WDR76Vjbnf65ODa

pass: MotorolaFirmwaresLB
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
I have added a mega link to download the image from and I have cleaned up the first post in regards to poor English from the original guide etc so this should be the final first post edits
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sergitec:
Good afternoon, I need the rom (firmware) for an eSmart 7 tablet on the board says M86_MB v2.0 processor A33 wifi ESP8089. Anyone have or can you arrange? I find several on the net but do not have the resolution of the tablet and stay with the touch to the contrary. Thank you

astar_m86-eng 4.4.2 kvt49l 20141025 test-keys

Boa tarde, preciso da rom (firmware) para um tablet eSmart 7 na board diz efercro M86_MB v2.0 processador A33 wifi ESP8089. Alguem tem ou consegue arranjar? Encontro varios na net mas nao tem a resoluçao do tablet e ficam com o touch ao contrario. Obrigado
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Napalm_PT:
HI

Did you find the firmware? I need it too... already tried 30 firmwares found in the web, nothing works 100%
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcossanches:
I was using stock 6.0.1 .223 firmware with unlocked bootloader and TWRP 3.2.1-0, I was going to try the BORETS ROM, so I did a TWRP backup of everything [data, system, config, etc], I didn't like the rom, so I went to TWRP and restored, but I get Error: unable to wipe config, I restored everything but the config partition, and now the SIM 1 does not work, how can I flash it back?
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omerx2:
The same happened to me and I get "failed to mount config" I have been looking for it I couldn't find the files of that partition so the device stuck on loading the ASUS logo..please let me know as soon as you solve it
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcossanches:
I solved it by flashing the .raw of the same version without wiping the data on the Asus Flash Tools, good luck.
[ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SABOTEUR998:
Config partition

Can anyone help me about this problem? I still got stuck at logo after flash .raw file w/o wipe data.

---------- Post added at 02:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:29 PM ----------

Can u help me about this problem? I still got stuck at logo after flash .raw file w/o wipe data.
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kukasz:
I can't run Google Play Store. It was perfectly fine till, I have discovered today that it doesn't work. I am on build Y3XSCN06A1000MPX1803211

I am not sure if Google Play Store updated itself - hence, it is no longer working due to incorrect libraries, etc. Or maybe something else made it stop. I have restarted my phone number of times, I haven't changed settings recently. So, I am really puzzled what's wrong. Anyone has the same problem?

I wonder, if I have to reinstall everything? Or is there a work around? And how I could avoid this in future...?
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4Cha05:
Same Problem and cannot install APKs normaly

My Google Play Store stopped working too! I can only install new .APK's by download them direktly on my mobil and go into the China Appstore => click on the box (top right corner) => click on the Android icon (between trash bin and the broom) => and click on the tool icon (under the checkbox).

I cannot install APK in the normal way und i already reset my Yota once and the same problem happend again.

I hope somebody got a solution to this problem.
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] jan.nowak:
In my case Market stopped working when my phone is consuming large amount of RAM. My issue is non starting download process of apps, just placing them in queue.

You could try two things. For both solutions (workaround) forts queue your download, and then:

1. When you still on Store screen, hit menu/recently used apps button and touch "X" kill button (it will kill most of running apps, what should respawn Store automatically and start download).

2. Reboot your phone. Store starts somewhere on beginning of system boot, so it should start apps download process right away.
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kukasz:
[MENTION=7916262]jan.nowak[/MENTION] - thank you for your suggestion. However, this doesn't work for me. I can't keep "alive" Google Play Store. When I press its icon it tries to start it but it is closed immediately afterwards. So, I can't even see first page in Play Store.

So, I've killed all apps (after pressing hard key - left one) and pressing something looking similar to -X-. It released about 500MB in my case. I have checked, if I can start Play Store - it failed.

Then I rebooted my mobile and tied again with Play Store - it failed again. I hope it is just inconsistency of my main apps (I mean those 4 you've kindly previously provided). Because I need to install few more apps, I might have to make factory reset and try to install it from scratch. However, I would like to avoid this, if possible.
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] 4Cha05:
Less Problem with Aptoide instead of Google Play Store

I got the problem with the Yota 3 Phone twice already and i decide that i dont use Google Play Store anymore instead i use "Aptoide" (I know that i might get a virus). And with Aptoide all Apps run smother and doesnt crash anymore. The downside is you need a 3rd Party youtubeplayer because the normal youtube doesnt work without Google Play and i already got 1 App that i cannot login to because Google Firebase is missing. But overall i think that it es better that Google play. I might try google play after the next update, but my conclusion is that the Google playstore problem is in the moment not fixable.
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] siber123:
did anyone found a solution for this?

I am doing factory reset for a third time right now... Google Play Store just stops working all of a sudden and immediately closes after opening. Nothing helps, other then factory reset
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] U-977:
Yes there is a safe and working solution.

IMPORTANT NOTE: select the newest versions!

After allowing install from unknown sources, you need to dl + install:

Google Play Services (make a link of the following) apkmirror . com/apk/google-inc/google-play-services/google-play-services-11-9-75-release/google-play-services-11-9-75-448-182402865-android-apk-download/

Google Service Framework: apkmirror . com/apk/google-inc/google-services-framework/google-services-framework-7-1-1-release/google-services-framework-7-1-1-android-apk-download/

Google Account Manager: apkmirror . com/apk/google-inc/google-account-manager/google-account-manager-7-1-1-3515457-release/google-account-manager-7-1-1-3515457-android-apk-download/

Google Play Store: apkmirror . com/apk/google-inc/google-play-store/google-play-store-8-7-10-release/google-play-store-8-7-10-all-0-pr-181799446-android-apk-download/

usually all you need but it will stuck, so additional

Android System WebView: apkmirror . com/apk/google-inc/android-system-webview/android-system-webview-64-0-3282-99-release/android-system-webview-64-0-3282-99-2-android-apk-download/

(Source: geeks-r-us . de/2018/02/05/google-play-store-auf-dem-neuen-yotaphone-3-mit-chinesischem-rom-installieren-checking-info-problem/ )

greets from Germany

_______________________

How many Germans do you need to change a bulb?

One. We don't have humour and we're efficient. ;o)
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kukasz:
I hope someone who had the same problem in the past, could say if it is working for them.

At the moment, I can't update my system... I will need to wait couple of weeks/months before I can do that. I wonder if you get other issues instead?
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] siber123:
This solution did not work for me. Once Google Play store stops working- phone is refusing to install any APK. Also some apps installed via Google Play store stopped working (ie Spotify)

doin 4th factory reset now...
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Soinobi:
Up

Did anyone manage to find a solution? Have tried everything in this thread including multiple factory resets...
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] POPO_O:
Hope the solution is on time

Hello guys. Recently i bought this phone and suffered with the same problem. After go back to factory resetting 6times I figure out the problem. DONT UPDATE 咪咕阅读IN PLAY STORE. I guess this app should be embedded within the system level with bad configuration. It automatically pop up in update list in play store even you don't install it in your phone. Once you update this app, every thing crashed. So stop auto updating first. And never update this app .
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Daero Valoti:
Thanks you for the tips about using AppStore to install .apk.

You can download APKUpdater to get the updates your phone is elligible to !!!
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Lukhach123:
I want to ask you: After you do not update 咪 咕 阅读, will the chplay stop being active again? Would not it crash again? thanks
[YotaPhone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] radioranger:
I may be wrong, but the Yotaphone 3 is a Chinese-version phone. It cannot run Google Play natively. All the hacked versions are volatile (from what I have read). I made the error of buying the Y3 from a store on Ali Express -- after they said it was the English/Google International version. When in fact, it wasn't. I recommend the Hisense line of dual-screen phones; or the Yota 2. For now, the newer Yotaphones are best used if you are Chinese and from China.
[Nokia 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sltushar:
Mod Edit: XDA no longer allows threads dedicated to moving discussion off site. XDA is here for discussion, development and support. Thread closed.
[Nokia 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sltushar:
The group is growing and now 36 people in the family till now and happy to be there.... Join the official group, it's getting interesting now

People engage there and resolve there problem fastly
[Nokia 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sathis_khanna:
nice & helpful group..
[Nokia 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sltushar:
Thank you all for your interest, the group is grown to 51...
[Nokia 6 Guides, News, & Discussion] sltushar:
Rules updated