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[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] CanadianGixxerman:
Does anyone know about this ?

The last version of the firmware that got OTA'ed to my phone is POTTER_RETAIL_7.0_NPNS25.137-93-8.

The only twrp backup of the firmware I have is while it was on POTTER_RETAIL_7.0_NPNS25.137-93-4.

When I tried to flash the phone with v 93-4 using fastboot, I got denied because of the version being older than that of the bootloader. But the problem is that I was able to erase prior to attempting writing ...

I need to re-install a stock rom in the phone, but POTTER_RETAIL_7.0_NPNS25.137-93-8 cannbot be found anywhere yet.

I though about twrp-flashing the phone with my 93-4 backup, but I am hesitant, I fear bricking the phone.

Is there any alternative to patience while waiting for POTTER_RETAIL_7.0_NPNS25.137-93-8_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip eventually appearing somewhere ?

Or, in other words, knowing that the last OTA to my phone installed v 93-8, is there any way to flash POTTER_RETAIL_7.0_NPNS25.137-35-5_cid50_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip for instance ?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] bazinga137:
An older version (your twrp backup) will work with a newer bootloader, however you can't do any OTAs. An OTA will try to apply the same changes to the bootloader that were already made, resulting in a hard brick - though the OTA would fail anyway since you don't have an intact /oem partition. You will have a functional phone, and you can get back on track after 93-8 images or Oreo are released.

I know because I'm in a similar situation. I wanted to update from 93-4 to 93-8, and I had an intact /system image backup, but /oem was mounted before so I had to flash it via fastboot. Little did I know it was from the wrong channel (retus instead of reteu), resulting in the OTA updating everything except for oem and messing stuff up, so I just flashed a 93-4 twrp backup. Everything works, patiently waiting for Oreo.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] craigl14:
Just curious. Did you have a full system image backup through twrp or just the system partition? I have a twrp backup of 93-8 stock boot, logo, oem, recovery, and system PARTITIONS which I thought would allow me to restore and take ota. However, since doing that I've read that system needs to be the full IMAGE backup through twrp. Confused so I haven't restored to take the 93-10 update which I got notification of yesterday.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] CanadianGixxerman:
Honestly, I am not sure. I did a twrp back up with the default selected partitions. But it turned out that this backup is not reliable. The phone does boot up on it, but suffers from applications crashes all over. Last I discovered is that the phone itself was not working for a phone, meaning making receiving calls is not possible.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] bazinga137:
It needs to be an image backup for OTAs. Unlike a regular backup, image backups are block-by block pristine copies, and restoring them preserves dm-verity and all /system checks. On the other hand the /oem partition cannot be backed up as an image (I asked GtrCraft, the official maintainer of twrp for some moto devices), and since OTAs also check if /oem has been tampered with, the update fails.

Updates will only pass if /oem has never been mounted, and you have a system image backup.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] craigl14:
Dumb question...How do I know if the oem partition is tampered with or has never been mounted? I am rooted with elementalx kernel and supersu. TWRP partition stock backup made immediately after taking 93-8 update and before flashing twrp, rooting, etc. I know I am hosed without the system IMAGE as far as ota's go, but I'm just trying to learn.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] dunderball:
I'm in the same boat. Pretty much stuck on 93-8 forever until a new full image is released somewhere. I might just move onto a custom Oreo rom.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] CanadianGixxerman:
Well, I did that. I have tried a few cutom roms : Pixel Exprerience, Resurection Remix, AOSP extended, AOSiP and Dirty Unicorns. The latter and AOSiP are those I find the most reliable. Avoid PE and RR, too buggy, AOSP-E has issues with SIM/SDcard here.

But I will want to go back to stock moto rom when I can (ie : full 93-8 load fastboot flashable is released).

If moto had been quicker to release Oreo AND fix the wifi bug, I would not have given up on retus.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] craigl14:
I guess I have an even more fundamental dumb question than my twrp restore issue and maybe it belongs in another thread. Aside from advanced excel formulas, I have no programming experience of any kind, let alone android. However, it seems to me that if I have a full firmware package for 93-4 (which I do) and a "blur" ota update file that takes it to 93-8 (which I do), I should be able to create a full 93-8 firmware package file myself from those two files without waiting on the file hosting sites. Maybe this is way too advanced a process but it seems to me this is 1+2=3 variety.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] CanadianGixxerman:
Your device now being at 93-8 is what's in the way. It seems like you can restore your twrp 93-4 on it, but you won't be able to relock the BL, hence OTA will not work.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] craigl14:
Sorry for the confusion. My restore issue is with the fact that I did not make a full system image twrp backup of stock 93-8. If I had, I would be able to restore and take ota's (assuming the oem issue doesn't interfere which I don't know about).

My last question is more fundamental and broader. There are quite a few people waiting on firmware updates. It just seems to me that if I have a full firmware package and an update package for that firmware, I should be able to create a newly updated full firmware package independent of what happens to be on my phone at any one time. Again, maybe really stupid and way beyond my capabilities.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] killerfurzeYT:
I'm on a slightly same boat as OP, but I don't have my backup since I thought it was on my SD and wiped my phone, with the backup only there. I was on 93-8 when I wiped. Would getting a 93-4 backup work?

This question might of been answered but I did not see it when I read through this thread.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] NZedPred:
I took a full backup of my system image through twrp, and I was on 93-8. I'll upload it when I have time and you can give it a try.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] bazinga137:
Why would you need to relock the BL to take an OTA?

Sadly you can't apply an OTA to the firmware images, if that's what you're thinking. They need to be signed by moto to be flashable through fastboot. And if you'd want to provide someone with a twrp backup of a firmware higher than theirs, their bootloader would need to be updated too, via an OTA.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] craigl14:
Thanks. That's exactly my question. So the answer is that Motorola controls the process. Makes sense. Any thoughts on my oem mounting question?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] bazinga137:
I really can't think of a way of checking the mount count of Android partitions, and I haven't found anything online.

I discovered the mount counter thingy when sweeping through logs of a failed OTA. I'm really not sure where the OTA script reads it from.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] GuestK0062:
I made a full backup of 93-8, but still i can't lock bootloader. We need complete firmware, until then, Lineage OS is the answer.

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No idea, i saw this first time now on Motorola. On any other manufacturers i could lock bootloader, and even get OTA updates just by flashing stock recovery and having unlocked bootloader was not a problem.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
If your device was formally updated to NPNS25.137-93-8 (March 2018 security patch), then you could try to flash the NPNS25.137-93-4 (Jan 2018 security patch) update again as you previously tried (link to the Jan 2018 stock firmware for EU/US and Asia devices: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/potter/official/RETAIL/ ). You may wish to ignore the security downgrade errors (you cannot downgrade bootloaders anyway, presumably to prevent you opening security vulnerabilities) when you flash, which should just be for GPT and bootloader. You may also see 'image signed with bad key' for recovery and boot as well, but verify those partitions, and the other partitions report [OKAY] after flashing. That way, you should have a NPNS25.137-93-4 system, with a NPNS25.137-93-8 bootloader, and when you boot you should have a device reporting with fully stock NPNS25.137-93-4. The next OTA you should receive is the NPNS25.137-93-8 OTA and then the NPNS25.137-93-10 April 2018 security patch OTA, which should bring you up to the latest stock firmware.

By reflashing the NPNS25.137-93-4 firmware, this should also restore your OEM partition to being untampered (read only status?), as should your system partition (which should be read only, I recall that swiping to allow modifications in TWRP sets your system partition to read-write, which causes the OTA to fail).

Normally, I would advise against downgrading and using OTA updates, as this is a prime way of hard bricking. However, in this case you are downgrading your device firmware to the firmware directly preceding the newest firmware you had (i.e. downgrading to NPNS25.137-93-4 from NPNS25.137-93-8), with the next OTA being NPNS25.137-93-8, which brings you back up to the build you had, this may be safe. To your device, you are flashing the same bootloader from the NPNS25.137-93-8 OTA as currently on your device, which should not hard brick.

If you previously had stock NPNS25.137-93-10, then I cannot recommend this procedure as you'll be downgrading two firmware versions (and you'll have to wait for newer stock firmware to be leaked), else if you try flashing NPNS25.137-93-4 onto the April 2018 firmware and try using OTA updates, you may hard brick and have a pricey paperweight. I also do not know if this will work by cross-flashing from the NPN25.137-92 series of updates either.

Of course, as the NPNS25.137-93-4 firmware is older than your bootloader, you will not be able to re-lock your bootloader (you'll need a newer firmware, probably the April 2018 or newer security patch stock firmware), but being back on full stock, you should be eligible for OTAs provided you only downgraded from NPNS25.137-93-8 (and that March 2018 security patch was the latest stock firmware on your device).

If you are truly concerned about hard bricking, then I would follow other member's suggestions in this thread and stay with TWRP flashables of the stock ROM, as they do not usually affect the bootloader.

Any questions or comments before you perform this procedure, please ask.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] craigl14:
Thanks. Weird. Sorry for hijacking this thread. But if my process were to take OTA after which it reboots, then IMMEDIATELY reboot into bootloader, fastboot BOOT into twrp (not flash it) and take a backup of boot, logo, oem, recovery and system (FULL IMAGE), how would that change oem?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] dunderball:
What's buggy about PE? I was just about to try it...
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] :
I might try this. I was on 93-4, then OTA updated to 93-8 then unlocked bootloader and made full TWRP backup.. So you think i should be able to Flash OTA updates, and even Oreo when it arrives.? My bootloader will still be unlocked. Maybe i should wait for 93-8 firmware to come up..
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
OTA updates do not appear to care about a locked or unlocked bootloader - as long as your firmware build is one expected on your software channel (e.g. NPNS25.137-93-4 or 93-8 or 93-10 on reteu, retus), you should receive OTA updates (but heed the warnings I mentioned about - we've seen enough hard bricked devices as it is...). You'd just have that unlocked bootloader warning and the 5 second delay to contend with.

Having the NPNS25.137-93-8 or newer firmware would be the easiest and straightforward option, I concur. You'd have to wait for someone to capture the firmware from the Motorola RSD server and upload it to Android Filehost or Sourceforge or https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/potter/official/RETAIL/ or https://firmware.center/firmware/Motorola/Moto G5 Plus/Stock/ however
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] :
Wait, i restored my backup before to stock 93-8 reteu, flashed stock recovery, got update to 93-10 but update fails on reboot, starts updating then shows error. I thought it's due to unlocked bootloader, i will try it again..
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Hmm, do you have a stock logo.bin image (so you'd see the unlocked bootloader warning)? I'm not sure if TWRP would restore a stock logo.bin if you flashed a custom logo.bin to hide the warning.

Was the stock recovery from NPNS25.137-93-8 too? Did you see what error you obtained or did it just report 'error'?
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] :
I have stock logo image, i backed up everything. I will try to restore it again now.. need to find stock recovery from 93-8.

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And it's the same, i get error while trying to install OTA, maybe i have wrong stock recovery.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] NZedPred:
For anyone who wants to try - here's the output from my TWRP system image, NPNS-94-8.

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=746163614322267010
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] bazinga137:
To flash the stock recovery all you need to do is flash the system image and reboot. It autoflashes the correct one on boot when /system is unmodified.

Stock recovery also has a recovery log, try going through the logs and searching for the first error and what it says.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] :
Ok, i will try to restore again, but only system image. I didn't know stock recovery gets backed up, as in time of backing up i have TWRP as a recovery..
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] :
I did this, and it worked. Flashed complete 93-4. Updated OTA to 93-8 and then to 93-10. But my IMEI is lost now.

Is now my only option to restore my EFS with TWRP? If i flash TWRP i will again lose future OTAs..
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] echo92:
Hrm, this process shouldn't normally cause you to lose your IMEI. However, it seems that flashing back to full stock from previously being on custom ROMs (especially the custom Oreo ROMs) appears to cause loss of IMEI (and I see from your post history you had been on RR Oreo?). I'm not sure as to the reason for this.

You could try booting to TWRP (rather than flashing it), so you'd still have your stock recovery, and then restore your EFS partition. However, I do not know if subsequent OTA updates may erase your modemst1/modemst2, especially if there's a modem partition update, which may cause you to lose IMEI again.

I hope that whenever the official Oreo update arrives, then it may resolve these IMEI issues (perhaps there's a difference between the modem setups between Nougat and Oreo?). If not, then that's a problem.

If you do get your IMEI back, here's a post where you may be able to update using the stock firmware, which should leave your IMEI untouched https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76468866&postcount=195 However, if you experience any instability with your device or radio signal, you may have to erase modemst1/st2 or userdata, so bear that in mind.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] :
Flashed TWRP and restored EFS, then completed everything again > flash 93-4 update to 93-8 then to 93-10. Even tho i was two updates above it worked without a problem. Now i have IMEIs and OTAs. Thanks for the help. :good:

I just skipped these three while flashing 93-4 so my IMEI stays intact

fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin

fastboot erase modemst1

fastboot erase modemst2
[Android Apps and Games] GameLike:
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[Android Apps and Games] dharakv:
Love it, thanks
[Android Apps and Games] CoCoRosha:
This is awesome! Me and my friends have created a football result game were we predict the scores, in IHC we used messenger, but this works much better. Please, create other apps for other sports too! ;)
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] TheRandomlyAnonimous:
Who here has had an issue with their theme? I mean it's not changing the theme. I have the theme app and it says it loaded the theme but everything is still in stock.

This is the only thing that's annoying me. Anyone have a solution? I've cleared data for theme app and logged out/in my Mi account but still the theme doesn't change to what I want it to be. ?

Someone help cause I'm losing chill over this. ?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] jfkone:
HI. Do you have installed exposed? If it so, then you must change it to exposed for miui.

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You can download it from here: http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=425052&view=findpost&p=43431318
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] TheRandomlyAnonimous:
You sir, just changed my life! I changed over to xposed v89 cause it worked with miui. Didn't think it was the cause. Holy balls.

Thanks!
[Off-topic] mchapman007:
Now being a member of the XDA forum for several Months and reading thousands of threads, I have seen a wide variety of signatures and avatars.

I look at mine as my alter identity as a Pocket PC Geek (as my wife would call it). My signature just has the basic ppc status and the apps I use. My current avatar would reflect that as well. I’ve come across some signatures that are a half page long and say nothing and some with a few words that tell it all and a whole lot of interesting avatars.

So how much do they reflect who you are? Tell us your story…
[Off-topic] petervbeck:
my avatar - HAL - is the king of all computers of course...

and signature...aeeehm....yes, i'm addicted to Guinness also... :rolleyes:
[Off-topic] gavink:
Something to keep in mind about signatures, is that they can be searched on. So, if someone puts Tom Tom in their sig, a search for "Tom Tom" will turn up every post that person made, and not just posts related to TT.

In other words, it can dilute the power of the forum search tool.

Try searching for "U.S.A. - AT&T Wireless" (without the quotes) and you'll see what I mean. That's in mchapman007's sig.
[Off-topic] mchapman007:
Interesting.....
[Honor 8 Pro  Questions & Answers] androgenius:
Hey,

I am owning an Honor 8 Pro C675 with current version DUK-L09 8.0.0.322 (C675 -

India

) which is the latest available version. The device is new and less than a month old.

But my battery backup is absolutely wrecked.

With full charge I am getting a maximum 5 hours of SoT with medium to low brightness and just regular chatting and web surfing. There's no anomaly in terms of apps or anything, everything looks fine but battery drains fast.

My battery usage chart looks like a very steep slope. :crying:

Anyone else facing this issue or is it just me?

If yes, any solution or tweaks that did it for you? Like resetting or something.
[Honor 8 Pro  Questions & Answers] dsmith16:
Well 5 hr sot for normal browsing and chatting is abysmally low!! I get around 7 hr sot with ease...and around 5 hr sot if i game... I guess you should reset once and see... although i know resetting can be irritating!!
[Honor 8 Pro  Questions & Answers] androgenius:
Thanks for your answer.

Is your unit C675 (India)? The Indian EMUI 8 rom is poorly optimised in terms of battery management, as I am hearing from multiple users.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] CMKdaGreatest:
Can anyone build Cosmic OS Oreo for Athene? I use it on my Titan and its awesome
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] ____Mdd:
Here is latest 18-5 build by TheHari08 : https://sourceforge.net/projects/atheneroms/files/CosmicOS/

Further reference, This oreo ROM table is up to date, follow it, https://xdaforums.com/moto-g4-plus/how-to/oreo-roms-table-t3717226
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] CMKdaGreatest:
Thanks brother, I didn't know of it.

Can you give me the XDA thread link??
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] strongst:
There's no xda thread link, see the linked table.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Android geek taken:
Someone please make a ROM for lenovo tab 10 tbx-103f. Many thousand people use it and their stuck with android 6.0 . one developer made a custom ROM with android version 7.0 after that they stopped. So I request any devs to make it. I'll give all device information about it. My tab has a twrp unlocked bootloader and rooted.
[Moto G4 Plus Questions & Answers] Sigadi:
Tambien necesita una para Lenovo Ideatab a2107af
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] himon:
i am using RR v6. i need an app or module to hide apps in app drawer(not removing or uninstalling).......
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 Questions & Answers] Sarath256:
Install nova launcher

Goto settings

App and widget drawer

Hide apps
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] isko01:
Huawei is preparing a "very scary" technology that can change all of its devices

https://infoglitz.com/polandeng/hua...echnology-that-can-change-all-of-its-devices/

What is that? What they will make? Software or hardware? Will P20 Pro be able to use "scary technology "?

Or it will be new P20 Pro with Kirin 980?
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] potblack2win:
It sounds like AI battery optimization to me.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] shadowgolf:
Sounds like a bad translation to me.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] isko01:
06.06.2018 --- Kirin OS for new devices! Based on Linux.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] rukia06:
Apparenty with a focus oon speed
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] fishersfish:
Huawei've said they will stick on Android always before.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Jamestdd:
Unless Us lawmakers ban Huawei from using Android. I think they are preparing for the worst.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] isko01:
They are ban just from US market not Android.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Jamestdd:
Like the recent case with zte, US can pressure Google not to grant the Android license to Huawei, that the worst case scenario.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] isko01:
You are right in that way
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] fishersfish:
Some leaks say that Huawei will remove/modify Android's Dalvik to speed system up, and rename the new system to Kirin OS. And of cause, someone has already said that.

No worry about US gov's decision, chineses gov won't agree.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] spindowski:
The "scary technology " has been revealed by Huawei today and dubbed "GPU turbo ". Interesting thing is that we probably get this on our p20's as well :)

http://m.scmp.com/tech/china-tech/article/2149514/huawei-makes-play-mobile-gamers-turbocharged-technology-beats-all

http://www.gizmochina.com/2018/06/06/honor-announces-gpu-turbo-a-turbocharger-for-your-smartphone-graphics/
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] isko01:
Scary technology get just GPU 60% more in 8.2 update.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] spindowski:
Yes but that's with an upgraded GPU. This is software related and can be achieved with existing compatible hardware.
[Huawei P20 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Superroach:
I'd be interested to see how they got the 30% less battery usage claim.