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[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Thadeus Griff:
Mine updated to OPS28.85-17-6-2 for reteu (Germany) with february security update today
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfcity:
This one is also available as TWRP flashable firmware. You should get the signed fastboot version by downloading through Lenovo Motorola Smart Assistant.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] nelsonjrgomes:
Hi,

I have received the OTA update yesterday, OPS28.85-17-6-2, with February security updates (XT1685). However, I have unlocked bootloader and Magisk - can I simply flash the OTA package in TWRP recovery?

Thanks in advance.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfcity:
No.

You have to be full stock and unrooted without any changes to recovery, boot,system and vendor.

Best way is to fastboot flash your actual firmware, take the OTA and after that flash TWRP again and root.

If you find the 17-6-2 firmware you can flash it directly.

No need to lock the bootloader.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
Hmm, unless Motorola are moving the G5 to a 64 bit platform from the 32 bit ARM v7 Nougat, the presence of the ARM architecture v8 and AArch64 suggests it's a 64 bit custom ROM (as mentioned as a possibility in the comments).

Link to the geekbench result https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/8352893
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] wowdog:
Isn't oreo only 64 bit?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
To the best of my knowledge, no, there does not appear to be a requirement for Oreo to be 64 bit (even if your device CPU may be 64 bit capable).

E.g. the Moto Z Play with a Snapdragon 625 too, with the Oreo update is on a 32 bit OS https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/8352752
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] abhijit1998:
Found geekbench of g5 plus indian varient.

https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/8341727

Although I have confusion.. Is it real rom from motorola or custom rom????... And it's showing 64bit android...
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Happy910:
Maybe they are planning to roll it out after the moto's g6 series launch in India.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Smeagal192:
It's not real, these fake posts have been linked too many times, Motorola will not be releasing 8.1 for any updates to their phones.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] dhinesh_cool:
i think it is fake because switching to 32 bit to 64 will erase all data
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfcity:
There won't be a 64 bit variant.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
wait, you mean all moto devices will skip 8.1 and go straight to 9?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfcity:
They will go to 8.0.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
so the X4 8.1 is just part of android one but not part of motorola plans right? i wanted 8.1 :( but guess at least we get oreo
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
Currently, without a soak test to base ideas on, it's difficult to say which version of Oreo will be received. Looking at the Z series updates, it does look like 8.0 would be the deployed version.

That being said, for the G4/Plus, we got Nougat 7.0 for the Nougat update. Our sister device, the G4 Play, got updated to 7.1.1 after a long delay (I think due to writing of a device driver that proved to take much longer than expected). Still Nougat, just different flavours of Nougat.

So whilst the current trend from other updated Moto devices appears to be 8.0, we just don't know. However, I strongly doubt that Motorola would divert engineering resources to build a special 64 bit OS for the G5/G5 Plus, when the Z Play (with a SD 625) is also running a stock 32 bit Oreo build. I think the Moto G6 Plus may be the first G series device to be running a 64 bit stock ROM natively https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76453306&postcount=7 (which makes sense given you can order it with 6 GB of RAM).
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] braindeductions:
both, the Moto g5 and g5 plus are getting Oreo 8.1, test complete, It'll be released around june finally.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
Interesting - can I ask what your evidence for this release date is, please?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] braindeductions:
http://www.bgr.in/news/moto-g5-running-android-8-1-oreo-spotted-online/
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
That's another link to the Geekbench test result discussed earlier in this thread - I find the presence of AArch64 and Arm v8 to suggest that's a 64 bit custom ROM rather than the stock ROM. Still, hopefully a soak test, whenever that arrives, should clear things up.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
yeah, i don't care about 64 bits, i just hope we get 8.1 to at least end the device support properly
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Xtremist13:
i don't think the company will survive till 9.0 ... LOL
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] bikergeek1553:
Just got May security OTA update

No Oreo.

Forget it, we're not getting Oreo. Not May, not July, not ever. We've been left for dead.

Motorola's strategy seems to be to kick the can down the road until our phones can be considered "obsolete" and "no longer supported".

My next phone won't be another Motorola, I can tell you that much.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
isn't it weird that we are at 24th may and G5+ and G5S+ haven't received any news about a may patch?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] bazinga137:
Exactly what I was thinking. This year's security updates have been released on a monthly basis (with the exception of february), they might be focusing on Oreo now.

I really don't mind waiting tho, as long as it's out in the end.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] acejavelin:
May patch?!?! I am in the US and just got the April 1 patch this morning... We don't see updates for 2 months usually...

Anyway, just gonna throw my 2 cents worth in here... Anyone heard of a beta or soak test going on? No? Me either... And this is what bothers me the most, from the time a soak test starts to beginning public roll-out is 45-60 days assuming zero issues, and at 20-30 days for every issue that has to go back to devs. Honestly, at this point if we see it before fall I will be surprised.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
I've not heard of any soak tests going on either - usually, if there's a soak test, the XDA forums light up as users jump onto The New Thing (accompanied by various posts for help in downgrading or whether they can fix a hard brick after taking an OTA when downgraded...). Though Motorola might be building the firmware behind the scenes, I concur it may well be mid-late summer or later before we see Oreo at this rate.

Still, if the Oreo update comes out and it's stable, running well, it may well be worth waiting for. I don't know if the existing TWRP/root methods will work still on stock Oreo, but one way to find out...
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] romgnascher:
Well, I saw this today.

My hopes ... they are getting up.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
Yup, that's the same screenshot that's been posted previously in this thread. As before, the presence of AArch64 for the Geekbench tester suggests that it was running on a 64 bit system, as does the 'architecture 8' in the identifier. Contrast that to the 32 bit Android 8.0 stock ROM result from a Moto Z Play (a similar device to the G5 Plus) https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/8375621 which is running Geekbench on ARM v7 (32 bit) and an architecture 7 identifier (32 bit, albeit running on a 64 bit CPU.) That suggests the 64 bit system is a custom ROM, rather than a stock ROM.

Also, if it was running on a stock G5, why is it reporting the model number (XT1670) rather than the model name? Seems that most of the Geekbench results normally report the model name.

As an aside, I wish these news sites would check what details they're reporting/posting on rather than just posting for clicks...
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] romgnascher:
Haven't dug into the other threads...

I'm not really a hardware geek, so I definitely am not fully informed on all of those details. A little digging suggests that the hardware of the G5 line supports 64-bit, but is running the 32-bit version of Android.

Perhaps they are testing 64-bit compile of Oreo? To explain the other "mis-matches", is it possible those are set by the software, and in a pre-release build they're using model numbers instead of names? Could the 'architecture 8' also be something that gets triggered by a software flag?

Anyway, just floating some thoughts. I have purposely not been following this too closely, as I'm taking the attitude that "it'll come when it comes". I check in about once a month or so to put my ear to the ground and see what the latest chatter has to say.

If I was super anxious, I'd go ahead and install one of the custom ROMs. However, this is the first phone I've owned that I've left bone-stock. It's just so good "out of the box" the "itch to flash" hasn't needed to be scratched for me on this phone.

edit: If you could point me to one of the better threads about that screenshot, I'd be happy to take a look!
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
Yup, as you mentioned the Snapdragon 625 and Snapdragon 430 are 64 bit capable chips.

In theory, they could be testing 64 bit software, though if that's the case, surely they'd have also moved the Moto Z Play and Z2 Play, for example, (which now has stock Oreo, but 32 bit) over to 64 bit too? Why would they dedicate engineering resources to the G5/G5 Plus without considering the Z series, absent any other special treatment for these devices? Perhaps it could be argued the G5/Plus are being used as testing grounds. It's possible they are software identifiers, the Geekbench likely reports what system it ran on - AArch64 is ARM 64 bit, with ARMv7 being 32 bit or AArch32.

Another thing to consider is that, as other members have suggested, a migration to 64 bit may require a full device wipe - akin to the Windows 32-bit to 64 bit migration. If so, that would be a pretty tough sell for many other users of G5/Plus devices outside of XDA or other enthusiast communities - granted, you'd get an updated device, but you'd have to wipe your device... A device wipe for a feature non-enthusiasts may not notice, not to mention these devices don't have more than 4 GB of RAM, so one potential gain of moving to 64 bit is not realised. Seems just easier to stay with the 32 bit architecture the device originally came with, not to mention re-writing and compiling drivers properly for 64 bit could take a long time (however, you could use that as an argument for why Oreo's not been released yet).

It's good to stay up to date with the latest news, just hopefully this has put some context on why the news, unfortunately, may be too good to be true, and a few reasons it may be a custom ROM, albeit 64 bit, that's being tested. It would be amazing if Motorola came out with a 64 bit, 8.1 update, regardless :)

EDIT - page 7 in this thread up to the latest page may be useful https://xdaforums.com/g5-plus/help/official-oreo-coming-soon-t3779098/page7

https://xdaforums.com/g5-plus/how-to/oreo-spotted-moto-g5-g5-plus-left-t3794010/
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] crisdo98:
It's now been released. Hopefully g5 isn't too far behind..
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Rocketfin:
The Moto g5s+ just got an update to 8.1 announced so hopefully the g5+ will be soon after that. I'm really excited that they made the decision to skip 8.0, hopefully that means they're listening to customer feedback, although it could just be due to too many problems with 8.0 (not complaining either way).

SOURCE:

https://support.motorola.com/us/en/Solution/MS129979
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Bruno_Puzoni:
Ok, so both we and G5S+ got June 1st Security Patch. Next month Oreo? Hope so!

Source: https://support.motorola.com/us/en/Solution/MS130095
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
oreo for G5+ is coming with April 2019 patch
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] gothicVI:
I'm still on April's security patch with a retail device in Germany...
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] LuXtEsler:
My Moto G5 Plus also is still on Android 7 with April Security Patch.

I don´t believe there will be any Update soon.

I think, the G5 Plus was my first and also my last Motorola Device.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfcity:
Motorola isn't the only company having problems with updating to Oreo. Just take a look at Samsung, most S7/S8 are still on Nougat, they had to stop the update twice, the A3 is bootlooping after Oreo update. Huawei is even worse.

If you want more than regularly security patches and a bit waiting for a stable update you have to take some more money and buy a Pixel or a One Plus.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Moto1987:
Or Asus Zenfone. My Zenfone 3 was updated to Oreo in february i think and i become every month an security Update. Not so fast as Google pixels but there are Updates.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
well, happy to say that the G5S and G5S plus are getting 8.1 soak test now... hope we see one soon
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] psychopac:
Isn't it just for the Plus variant?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
nope, G5S got a soak test too.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] psychopac:
When did that happen? I need some source, man.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] skarthikpt:
Here you go

Proof
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] echo92:
More screenshots here: https://xdaforums.com/moto-g5s/help/android-oreo-soak-test-brazil-t3803812

Seems the G5S is receiving the OPP28.60 Oreo soak test (previous G5/G5S update names started with NPP, the N for Nougat).

The G5S Plus looks to be receiving OPS28.49-2 soak (previous Nougat G5S Plus updates began with NPS). Both appear to Oreo 8.1. The OPS28.49-2 G5S Plus update looks to be 32 bit: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76813739&postcount=121
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] psychopac:
Thanks

---------- Post added at 01:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 PM ----------

Thanks
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Bruno_Puzoni:
Now it's our time boyzzzzz, finally!!

https://support.motorola.com/us/en/Solution/MS130856

Android 8.1 is very close

Edit: I just saw someone made a thread about it, although I thought we would keep using this post to discuss about it. Anyway, here is the link to the other post, https://xdaforums.com/g5-plus/how-to/official-moto-g5-8-1-oreo-release-notes-t3804632/post76827538
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfcity:
There a way to much threads about that subject so I welcome it that this news are posted in one of the existing ones. Also the link in the other thread leads to the Moto G5 release notes and not to the ones for the Moto G5+.

Anyway, it's nice to hear that Oreo 8.1 finally is reaching our device. Let's hope that it will be as fluid, battery friendly and stable as 7.0.

It's the best stock ROM I've ever been on and the first time I haven't changed to a custom ROM after a couple of months.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
Agreed, i was about to go for the custom route, but i was kinda scared to lose the stability of the stock ROM, so i'm glad we're finally going to get it soon.

Also i updated the thread with more useful information.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] jonsmithe:
Early January I experimented with custom ROMs, specifically Pixel Experience. While I liked having Oreo, The LTE and VoLTE was not stable due to my carrier being on T-Mobile. And I never got the camera to work. Then I reverted back to stock ROM, and lost all Cellular/IMEI. Had to follow the guide on the forums. Wireless still not as good as stock originally was.

Point is, do y'all think Oreo will fix the wireless if I'm using the modem bits from Pixel Experience? I've read that the G5S Plus is a 32-bit Oreo Rom, so I'm beginning to wonder if it won't be flashing new modem blobs.

Thanks,

Jonathan (old XDA reader, new poster here so sorry if it's not the best post)
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
i saw a comment that said that it depends if motorola modified the modem in oreo or keeps the same.. we will have to wait for the release to confirm that.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
Any news about soak tests?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] psychopac:
None concerning the soak test
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
it seems we are going to receive 8.1 a month after the G5S plus.. they are already 2 weeks ahead of us in the soak test
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] psychopac:
But the beta builds aren't out yet, I'm guessing another week till the first beta build is released for testers as the registration has already started for G5 Plus
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Izaza:
I received today June SP reteu
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Leox20:
what country are you because I saw that June came to you and pass me photo thanks
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Izaza:
Germany
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] gothicVI:
Reteu Germany as well: no update here even when searching manually.

I'm still on 1st of April's security patch level. Did you ever get a Mai one?

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[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] massima:
Same with reteu in Italy no update, checked few minutes ago.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Jimisballjohn:
Reteu Greece nothing to be seen yet.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] lilbud2:
So can the official Oreo build help improve the custom Oreo roms?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Wolfcity:
That is very likely to be suspected.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] acejavelin:
Yes... if for no other reason than they will release the kernel source code, that will help immensely.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
We (not me) should receive the soak test this week, the G5S took about 15-16 days between the release notes and the soak.. we already passed that line now
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Jimisballjohn:
Hahaha, fun fact: My mother's Moto G5S received today the June Patch of 7.1.1.. The channel is reteu, as is on my Moto G5 plus.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] bikergeek1553:
Still on 7.0, channel retus, on TMobile in US. :(
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] acejavelin:
Because that is "current" as of now, and for probably the next month at least.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] gothicVI:
I'm wondering how someone from Germany running reteu got the June security patch and I - from Germany running reteu - are still on the April security patch...

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[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Jimisballjohn:
It's fake news probably. Not the first time something like this occurs here.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Scarecrow.:
Maybe the rollout is phased...happens sometimes here in India too..it'll probably arrive soon..we got the June security patch yesterday.. Hang in there!:good:
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] krumthesaint:
WTF! ... I'm on january patch(retgb channel)
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] gothicVI:
Could be. However it's strange that they would phase it within a given distribution area...

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[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Izaza:
Not fake News, i got the June sp like 3 or 4 Days ago. I Just cant Upload the Screenshot.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] gothicVI:
No need to - I don't doubt it. I'm just fed up with Motorola's update policy...

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[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Smeagal192:
Should be on 93-10 April, I'm on Giffgaff (02 network) if that helps.

Ray
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] indlvarn:
I wrote in wrong topic - this post can be delated by mods.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Jimisballjohn:
Hey, I've just received the June SP Update on nougat 7.0. Reteu channel.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
It's dissapointing that the G5S is in soak test 3 weeks ago and we haven't even received it yet.. We won't receive official oreo in july and i doubt august..
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] gothicVI:
Same here. Finally...

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[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] ugander1989:
If someone got soak test ota for moto g5 plus (potter) please capture it for others to update manually. Thanks
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] LLegion:
I dont care from moto anymore...i will wait until oreo finally comes out and will give this monile to my mom and will move to HTC again with HTC12+
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
We are now 1 month behind the G5S and we haven't got the soak test yet ... i really hope the soak is already out there and people haven't shared it yet..
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] psychopac:
Very unlikely, someone must've at least posted a screenshot somewhere.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] M1810:
It is unfair that the G5S (non plus) received oreo before us, i think it should be the plus models first the the normal...
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] psychopac:
Couldn't agree more with you but that's the way things are. Can't change it even if we want to
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] dxstrikesback:
I second that!

I got tired of waiting for oreo update and installed AOSP Extended 5.7 on Moto G5 Plus.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Jimisballjohn:
Excuse me? When did the G5S receive the Oreo Update? As far as my mother's G5S is concerned, it stands still on 7.1.1 with June SP.
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Rocketfin:
A soak test, not the actual update
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] david.gs.gm:
I changed my g5 plus by g6 plus 1926-8 brazil ... it comes with android 8.0.0 ... I did not find anything too much ... so the current android of g5 plus is good size ... g6 plus has just better hardware but in question of Android is same thing ? ... that is ... so much delay and unnecessary expectations ?

G6 plus come with Dolby Audio and no Dolby Atmos ?
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] Harsh.gundecha:
That's what moto wants to do with us,

They would try their best to delay updates so that we end up buying new model.

FYKI just saying, no offence ✌
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] david.gs.gm:
I only bought one g6 plus because my wife's g4 plus broke ... so I left my g5 plus with it ... if it was not that, I would not even change it
[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] pastorbob62:
If your phone works and does everything you want it to do, then what is the big deal? I don't understand this obsession with having the latest O.S. as soon as it hits the market. I am on the latest stock, rooted and with a custom kernel and my device runs circles around my friends and relatives with their $900 iPhones and Galaxies. Even browsing the Internet when we look up something I usually find it faster than they do. My camera quality is acceptable for the pix I take. and battery life/performance is better than any phone I have ever owned.

Yes, it would be nice to have Oreo and some of the features it offers. But I am not going to run out replace my phone unnecessarily just so I can say I have it. Neither am I going to bash Lenova because they don't provide to me. The mentality that I see all over these forums concerning this issue just makes me shake my head in bewilderment. :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused: