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[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] achillesphazd:
Hi-Fi DAC with provided ROM/bootloader combo

Sorry if this was already answered, but does Hi-Fi audio of any kind work on the latest nightly from the OP paired with the universal O bootloader linked by the OP? Thanks!
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
Then again, this is now an official LineageOS release, and LineageOS do have their own bug tracker, so if we want to nitpick, I'm not sure here is technically the appropriate place to report bugs either.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] TeutonJon78:
So, I just to wanted to check some info before I flash, because it's gotten a little confusing with all the variants and there are TONS of conflicting guides.

Coming from stock, do we need to (and when) run the "reboot disemmcwp" command? I assume yes and that it needs to be run once after bootloader unlock. Does it only matter if we want to modify system anywhere outside of TWRP?

Do we still need to do the dm-verity command? It seems this is: adb reboot "dm-verity enforcing". When is the correct timing for this, since it seems to be left off all the guides/installation lists as well. I've also seen it as a separate flash (https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/) and a fastboot command (fastboot oem enable_dm_verity but might not be part of our device, so I'm not sure of the relative benefits of those.

Bootstack

LOS Dev's Official -- https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904016310 -- uses DFU mode instead of EDL for button combo, need to use a deep flash cable or have working system to issue adb reboot edl to get to EDL

NFound -- https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=278675 -- support EDL buttons, unsupported/dev gone

Oki -- https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904007731 -- only available as an EDL package or part of Oki's giant EDL package, not LOS dev "official" versions, support software EDL access

TWRP

TWRP Official -- https://dl.twrp.me/ailsa_ii/ -- Treble/vendor and encryption support?

LOS Dev's Official -- https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=274875 -- not sure what this one adds to the TWRP Official one

NFound -- https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=5862345805528058637 -- supports Treble, unsupported/dev gone

Oki -- https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-3-0l-labs-mod-zte-t3841978 -- seems to be the most fully featured, has option to support Oreo beta data encryption, again not the LOS dev "official" one, easy solutions to #1 and #2 above

Am I missing anything in the relative differences between the bootstacks and TWRPs?

[MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION] -- Is it possible to switch the universal bootstack to have the EDL software button support instead of the DFU mode (which seems rather useless), or is this limited because of the bootstack provided in the Oreo betas? It seems like this would save people a lot of trouble. Plus it would be nice to have a base bootstack working in case someone doesn't want all of Oki's enhancements.

[MENTION=319057]Oki[/MENTION] -- any change of making your bootstack into a TWRP flashable image?

(On a side note, man, I miss the ease of flashing stuff on my Nexus 4 where all of this was just simple and straightforward.)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] joaocandeias:
I think my battery went crazy after flashing LOS 15.1... When I unplugged the phone fully charged it went directly from 100% to 97 in like 1 minute or so. And it doesn't last nothing.... What could this be
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] pnin:
That last part about Oki's isn't entirely correct -- see my previous post about this at https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77736075&postcount=1257 (and following)...
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bedroidapp:
Is that bootstack universal in a sense I can now flash LOS 16.1 system image only?

I still have an issue where any pin/screen pattern/fingerprint are heavily slow using oki's kit. I am not encrypted, cleaned flash and follow all the instructions...
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Surge_:
Same here, it can't be battery health degradation either, because everything was bueno a few weeks ago. It wouldn't happen that quickly I hope.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] TeutonJon78:
I'm not seeing the the part you think isn't entirely correct (I've read that part part before and just reread it). There isn't any TWRP flashable version and it provides button access to EDL. Both of those seem correct from everything I've read.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
http://files.nwwn.com/~unjust try the latest build here please. I've watched a 20minute YT video and only lost 3-5 percent. Sorry about some of the fixes not being merged I think it's best we crunch some more issues and try to get out a semi final build and then help out with Pie.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] joaocandeias:
Damn, I should have read this earlier... Just flashed stock ROM here. :rolleyes: I don't think I will stay stock for much time though but maybe other people can give you feedback sooner than me...
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] sauerkraut17:
I have never performed either of these, but I went straight from stock to LOS. My understanding is those two items more pertain to if you're using a stock rom with a custom recovery.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] EBeatFLA:
The dm-verity command is usually needed if you are flashing either of the bootstacks linked in the OP for the first time. Its only if you want to get rid of the Linux penguin which requires you to hit the power button to continue booting. You only need to do it once and it persists no matter how many times you flash those bootstacks. There is a terminal command you can use in TWRP, read the first few posts of this thread for details on it.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] mwmh:
Something to report:

I was on lineage-15.1-201810102-UNOFFICIAL-axon7.zip

Lost mobile data after flashing lineage-15.1-20181011-UNOFFICIAL-axon7.zip Get mobile data back after flashing back 20181002

Phone call works and APN looks good in either instances.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Apologies some blind testing I will have another build out and pull that one very soon.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] mwmh:
No worry! Take your time.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
It's uploaded http://files.nwwn.com/~unjust

View attachment 4617022View attachment 4617023
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] mwmh:
20181012 looks good and mobile data is back. Will test more and report if anything breaks. Appreciate your quality work as always!
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] atakan33:
after updating to 1012. almost all apps crashing btw
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Might be incompatible data. I haven't had any crashes here
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] williamthardy:
Crashes here too-but did install over official lineage-15.1-20181008. Wiped everything and went back to lineage-15.1-20181008. Does your unofficial 15.1 transition to the official?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
I'm not sure, I actually never run the official builds I always stay unofficial for testing for official. We don't have long I'm about to merge all the changes up to this current build and it'll be in the next weeks build.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] sauerkraut17:
Interesting since I used the bootstack from the OP and don't have to hit the power button to continue booting (I also don't ever see Tux, just the bootloader unlocked warning for 5s).
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] vishnoo:
ok, whats gemini version?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] littlenoodles:
When transitioning from unofficial to official the first time, most of my apps crashed - except the Google ones. Had to uninstall/reinstall each app to get them to work - but didn't have to wipe data and do a clean install. I guess this means the same thing happens going in the other direction too.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] TeutonJon78:
Well, we have official Oreo now for the A2017U. At least we can get better bootstacks now (and sources). https://community.zteusa.com/discus...-axon-7-a2017u-now-on-android-oreo-b20#latest

Seems to remove Daydream support and can't be done via OTA either.

Edit: interestingly enough, the new update doesn't touch fastboot (although, how could they strip it anymore). So would this mean that they didn't put that unlocking block in then? Can we just use this bootstack instead of the universal ones, or we still need something from that?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
GPS is not working with this build, same as before.

:(
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Try b20 one I just released based off official oreo
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
Will do

Thanks a lot for the fast response and of course, your work.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] colox188:
[MENTION=8456254]EBeatFLA[/MENTION] i tried the command over usb and twrp but the linux screen keeps appearing
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] EBeatFLA:
And it boots into your rom if you hit power? If it won't boot into rom at all, then you have a different issue.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
Wifi is not working

Data is not working

every single app started force closing

so i decided to wipe everything and flash again, no luck (no wifi no data)

:(
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Just tried the new b20 build as well and data is working fine here and I didn't have any apps crashing as I came from [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] unofficial build, but I do not have wifi as well. It just doesn't find any networks.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
You sure you grabbed the -b20 one I'm running it now and all those things work

Edit: ok wifi I can confirm, but I'm still not getting it to crash apps. Give me a chance

to factory reset again. Which gapps package are you using?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
One would only get theses app crashes if you'd go from an official to an unofficial or vice versa(afaik).

I do not have any as I installed it over an unofficial build.

And again data is fine here. The only problem seems to be wifi as far as I can tell.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] shogomad:
Can confirm, los 15.1 official after flashing los unofficial B20 build lot of apps crashes and wifi isn't working.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] mb0:
I'm interesting knowing why some of you using the unofficially version when the official version is ready?

Isn't the official supposed to be "99%" perfect version to flash?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] sirizak:
UnjustifiedDev was just giving some early access to some updates via his personal builds. If you're on official just wait a few days and the updates will be pushed to official builds.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Hmm, just went back to my backup, but wifi doesn't work on that one now either.

Also, on the latest unofficial (b20) the phone shuts down every 10-20 minutes with just the red led light on.

If I press the power button it boots fine, but after I leave it on for a while it turns back off with only the red led on.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
Removing a partly-hardware feature that was advertised as "the first phone having it"...? Good going. I would start yelling "class action lawsuit", if 1) anybody cared about Daydream anymore, 2) ZTE weren't in enough legal trouble not to care about further lawsuits.

What do you mean "as can't be done OTA though", though? Or rather, if I just understand that this update cannot be done OTA, why does that impact Daydream support?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] littlenoodles:
I had problems with GPS and coarse (network-based) location services when I was on the B12 ZTE beta release. Never tried B20. But I had the same coarse location service failure with the last B35 nougat ZTE release (simply did not report a location to some - but not all? - apps). My first LOS rom was the unofficial release from 0711 - and GPS and coarse location worked fine. Now on the latest official (1008) release, and coarse location is fine - not sure about GPS.

Anyway, I'm only mentioning this as a heads up to warn you not to 'import' any ZTE location bugs into LOS. I guess if you're only taking their drivers, and the earlier versions of those drivers have been in your LOS implementations all along, then that's not likely to happen. But ZTE's Axon 7 location services have been dodgy for a long time.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
I think the wifi driver crashed I reverted my wifi config and wifi connected instantly. I'll have to see if that shutdown occurs again before I make another build. It seemed to happen silently after wifi failed to show networks.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bedroidapp:
[MENTION=319057]Oki[/MENTION] input a SD card in the phone and it seems to unlock normally now.... Something is weird in your bootstack or is it an isolated problem on my phone?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
it was mindthegapps
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] pnin:
I didn't mention the part about TWRP, but the one about the bootstack. As for the rest, I can't say, because I've yet to test any of this.

EDIT: If you follow the first link in my post, there's no way to miss a TWRP ready downloadable zip with his bootstack.

---------- Post added at 06:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:54 PM ----------

FYI, I'm still on LOS 14.1 ([THREAD="3654264"]Darkrom[/THREAD]) and never had any issues with location.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] TeutonJon78:
It was a typo. Should be "and can't be done". They aren't releasing the update over OTA seemingly ever. The only way to currently update is via sd card upgrade with full data wipe.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
[MENTION=3234886][armitage][/MENTION] [MENTION=4819540]bornlivedie[/MENTION] I'm going to pull that build and upload a build -b20-v2. I would check the link in about an hour or so.

Direct link http://files.nwwn.com/~unjust/lineage-15.1-20181013-UNOFFICIAL-axon7-B20v2.zip
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] adriangb:
Thank you. Will this update the whole bootstack?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Unfortunately it won't there's really no need to update it at this point.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Been testing it for a couple of hours now and everything seems to work well. Thanks so much for the update and the fix. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Awesome, I have merged all changes to Lineage besides updating to B20 due to the lack of B20 Kernel source

Here's a link to all changes merged (These have been tested for over a week by myself and you all)

https://review.lineageos.org/#/q/owner:android.c357%40gmail.com+status:merged

Went ahead and added a link to unofficial builds as well on the main page. There was some discussion about me maintaining them. If you want to stick to unofficial builds, I can do them every week just like official builds.

This is the current list of known issues and if you have something to add just post it here by either quoting or tagging me

# Current issues

VR

Vibration

GPS lock issue

Speaker-and-headphones path is broken (We have a patch we are testing)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] ITenson:
I don't know if this is helpful but I was one of the picky people on vibration where I had a tasker task to change my vibration intensities between screen on and screen off. What I have realized about the Pixel implementation that we are using is that the vibration strength is ties to the Ringer Volume! The lower your volume, the weaker the vibration and the higher, the stronger. For now, I have created a new tasker task to change my volume to low when I am connected to my home Wifi. I don't know if this help anyone but for people who feel their vibration is too strong, it maybe because your volume is set to the higher end.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Chagle:
So much differences

Hey guys I'm kinda new to all of this custom rom flashing.

I don't understand what I have to download.... o bootloader etc.. and the link gives only files that are named boot stack etc.

So I'm not sure if I need those or not ? And if I need them how do I install them ? Via twrp? Before or after flashing the rom ?

YouTube tutorials don't talk about these Bootloaders and Modems that need to be installed.

Can sb. pls explain me step by step how I can install the LOS on my zte axon 7 with stock rom?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] pnin:
Your best bet: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77731728&postcount=1238 -- and do read everything. Twice. :angel:
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
[MENTION=4819540]bornlivedie[/MENTION] Any comments on GPS I have ran you a personal build -GPS as well with updated GPS blobs

http://files.nwwn.com/~unjust/
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] adriangb:
Issue: I happen to have the original ZTE "smart cover". It triggers some sort of smart cover mode via the HAL sensor but it is an off center clock with weirdly colored background and doesn't turn off after the cover is closed.

Would be good to integrate into settings and just have it trigger ambient display.

It's hard to explain the issue so I can take a video/picture if that helps.

Thanks
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
I also have the original cover and it works just fine. When I open the case it wakes the device and when I close it, it shows the clock which is normal behavior.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] adriangb:
Yeah, now I remember I think I sent one to you a couple years ago? In any case, could be a settings issue, I PMed you a video
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
That's the default behavior. It's called FlipFlap it handles clock, alarm, and calls that's about it.

When the lid is closed it shows nothing not even ambient display.

When the lid is closed and you press the power button it displays the clock

When the device screen is on and you close the lid it displays the clock

When the lid is closed and your phone rings, you get the option to answer through the window.

When the lid is closed and alarm rings, you get the option to dismiss the alarm through the window.

Sadly it's a very simple app and doesn't have many options yet. Hopefully someone gets encouraged to give it more options
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] adriangb:
Good to know it's a feature and not a bug!

Seems like it could be a nice app if it had some settings. The default behavior, to me at least, is more annoying than useful.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] atmos929:
I tested these GAPs with LOS15.1 20181008:

8.1 stock 20181014 = Android Auto doesn't work

8.1 mini 20181014 = Android Auto doesn't work

8.1 mini 20180812 = Android Auto works!

I decided to test August out of a hunch considering the comments in the forum go as early as mid september.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Masterjuggler:
I may have missed it through the search function, but I haven't seen the camera flash delay or the slow motion issues reported as fixed. I'm referring to the mistimed flash when taking a photo using any camera, and the slow motion video from any gcam version stuttering too much to be useful.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
[MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION]

First of all thank you for the offer to keep building unofficial builds. I really like testing new features and implementations and also my life is so busy right now that I can't be bothered to clean flash to go to the official builds, so that I don't get the app FCs. :D

But anyway, after a little further testing, there's two things that I noticed. First thing is (and I don't know, this might be related to the GPS issue?) that when I use maps it can't find my location at all. I press the locate me icon and just absolutely nothing happens. I cleared the app's cache, data, I updated it...nothing.

Second thing is... I have the phone in airplane mode over night, but when I take it off airplane mode in the morning it doesn't get the signal back right away. Sometimes it wants the sim pin (which is fine I guess, but I can remember a time when the signal just cam back, after taking it of airplane mode) and sometimes just nothing happens (signal doesn't come back and it doesn't ask for the pin) so that I have to toggle airplane mode a second time in order to get the signal back.

Edit: Oh and btw. I just noticed that [MENTION=3044858]DrakenFX[/MENTION] (maybe he can say something about that as well if he likes) posted a B20 bootstack.

A couple of questions...

Is there any benefit to using that with the latest LOS versions and should the power button version of EDL work with this one and lastly, can I just flash it, with twrp, over the current one I'm using ( ZTE_A7LOSv1_UniversalBootStack ) on my A2017G?

Thanks in advance for the help. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
i guess im late

i dont see that build anymore
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Chagle:
Is this also working with the LOs 16 build for this device ?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] anon1135:
Thx worked
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] littlenoodles:
I wonder if this is related. Twice in recent days, my phone has been off in the morning when left powered up on the charger overnight. And after booting up in the morning, I find the phone is not fully charged. Today it was at 95% - so it shut down at some point during the overnight charging cycle. Anyway, not only has something caused my phone to shut down, it has neither rebooted nor entered the 'offmode charging' state you describe. I'm on the latest official build from 1008.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] anon1135:
I think that happened to me until I stopped using doze apps
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Chagle:
Help !!

So i tried to install LOs 15.1 today.

I first unlocked the Bootloader

Then i installed TWRP (3.1.1-0)

Then i went ahead and installed A2017x_LineageOS15.1_UniversalBootstack_v1_by_.....

Then i installed A2017G_OreoModem

So far so good.

No i try to install the lineage-51.1-20181009-nightly-axon7-signed.zip

And it shows me : Updater process ended with ERROR: 7

Error installing zip file '/external_sd/lineage-51.1-20181009-nightly-axon7-signed.zip'

What have i done wrong ? I can't get into TWRP unless i reflash it with the Axon7Toolkit.

Please help ! :(
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] piet8stevens:
With that bootstack, you need a more recent twrp. Either nfound's -treble one or check out the [MENTION=319057]Oki[/MENTION] thread which has a twrp and really good instructions.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Chagle:
The problem is i can't install img. files. When i try to install them in TWRP i have to reboot the device - then i cant get into the TWRP anymore.

The Phone doesn't show up in Miflash.

---Edit It shows up in fastboot named as "d70152b0" in Miflash---

Any Zip file from TWRP i could flash via Axon7Toolkit ?