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[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] ibphantom:
Less than four weeks. What happened to weekly updates? I know 14.1 gets nightly's cause it's officially supported. Everything seems to work fine, but my battery is horrendous on the 2018-08-10 build.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
Uhm... you just answered your own question: nothing happened to weekly updates, because there were never weekly updates. 14.1 isn't just "officially supported": it's officially built automatically by the lineageos.org servers (and note that it's built even if no change whatsoever took place since the previous nightly).

The updates for these unofficial builds were never weekly, and never at fixed periods at all. If you want something stable and with weekly updates, you should be on 14.1.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] piet8stevens:
Feel free to produce a weekly update if you are in such a rush.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
Yeah, you should definitely get an S9.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Jcth1:
My battery is dead according to accubattery it's around 70% health and my phone would randomly shut down anywhere between 5 and 30% myself especially when I was using it either surfing Google feed or WhatsApp call to the wife.

I suggest you look to replace your battery as I was advised that. My battery shutdowns however became less frequent on 15.1 but I just trebled to 16 and am awaiting more stable builds on the proper Oreo files when they get released and am using my Sony xa1 ultra.

Some point after Xmas I shall replace my own battery.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
I never experienced that issue. You sure it isn't your device? And as far as I know we are dropping official 15.1 next week it'll be a while before Pie is finished being brought up by lineage anyway so it's going to be unofficial for a while.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] attilalovesfun:
Thanks mate, that's exciting news :)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dageeknerd:
Thanx for your work ordenkrieger! This rom is working like a charm. The only problem i have is that adb isn't working... People with the same problem? Trying to test an app. Other phones with lineageOS are working instantly. Mtp and other modes are working.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Are you enabling it from developer options? I know it's a silly question and I also assume you are using windows? Check device manager. I also would make sure ADB is up to date on the PC.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dageeknerd:
Yes i did, also using the latest platform tools from google.. Think i will reinstall the rom then.. also tried a lot of adb drivers..

Edit: got it working by reinstalling the rom

Offtopic: any tips on rom development like you and ordenkrieger are doing? Where should I start?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
I started by building ROMs that already existed but not for my device. Once you learn the Android environment it'll be easier to understand porting and development more. There's really no definite guide though just takes time and research. Asking a million questions and getting the answer is not always the best way. Ask [MENTION=4126377]tdm[/MENTION] [emoji14] he doesn't always respond yet I get that answer and I appreciate it more that I had to go learn
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] BigMatza:
When you drop the official 15.1 next week, will upgrading to the first/subsequent "official" 15.1 build be a "business as usual" (aka dirty flash) update for someone on the most current "unofficial" 15.1 build?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
most likely, yes
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Official builds are signed with official keys and there is an obsolete key check from the cyngn days that will probably trigger. To avoid this, don't decrypt your data when flashing official the first time.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] BigMatza:
This is exactly the kind of "I don't know what I don't know" info I was hoping for. MUCH appreciated!

So I'm currently on stock, and I'm about to install the UNofficial 15.1. My data is currently encrypted. Since I'm doing a full wipe, I presume this won't be an issue. But once LOS is up and running, should I expect to run into issues with TB while trying to restore (encrypted?) backup data?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
I don't use TB so I can't really say. But if your data is important, make sure to copy your TB data and all your media over to your PC before you wipe. TWRP should decrypt and keep /data/media intact but sometimes ... things happen.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] trevor68:
Looking forward to official, hopefully I can get it to boot otherwise I'll be stuck on AEX.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FSGMHoward:
So after I flashed the 0810 version which gives me the vendor partition, my phone is treble-enabled and I can straightly flash other GSI right?

Btw if I would like to flash my own-built LineageOS 15.1 GSI (using Phh's script) on top of the 0810 version of this thread, do I need to wipe my data also?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] clementinox:
Does this ROM have the top and bottom speakers working?

I installed it but only the bottom speaker works.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] TheWaterBug:
It's working for me. Try wiping data, system, cache, and vendor. You'll need nfound's TWRP, treble version.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] ssirK:
Updated build : https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=1322778262904002675

Lineage source sync & VR related changes ? https://review.lineageos.org/#/c/LineageOS/android_kernel_zte_msm8996/+/227936/
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Flashed the new version and everything, with one exception, seems to work fine.

The exception being that every time I reboot, or turn wifi on and off I have a new Mac address .

That means Mac address filtering, in my router, now prevents the phone from ever being connected.

I already added the phone with 2 different mac addresses in the router, but it keeps getting new ones.

Never seen such behavior before.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dude215p:
404, link doesn't work for me, can anyone update it?

Or should I just wait for the official build?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
There's already a new one and the other one has been removed.

Downloading it now.

Here's the link:

https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=280287
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Anyone knows the bugs on this release?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Well, as mentioned before (and this happens on the very latest build as well) I keep having problems with wifi.

The Mac address keeps changing over and over, so that I can't use the mac filtering in my router.

Didn't notice anything else really.

Oh yeah, the warning about vendor mismatch (or something like that), after boot up is gone, which is nice.

Security patch is the latest, from September, as well, so all good there.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Surge_:
That's probably a security feature, not a bug: MAC Randomization.

Would be nice to have an option to disable this however, I agree. Probably an LOS issue tho, nothing device-specific.

[MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] Can you give us any info about that latest build on your AFH (20180911)?

I saw that you just promoted the Axon 7 to LOS 15.1, so I assume Official is *very* close to release :victory:
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Thanks for the info, but either I'm too stupid to see the security advantage of this, or this is just a very silly feature.

I mean mac filtering is a security measure that is there for a reason and this practically renders it useless.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Surge_:
It IS a pretty useless feature in private networks, in your case even detrimental.

Only good to protect less tech-savy folk when they're using some shady public Wi-Fi ;)

EDIT: Found an interesting article on the matter, it's been added in Android P.

Maybe the LOS team snuck it into the Oreo dev options, try looking for it there.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Yeah, thought that too and been through the settings a couple of times, but can't find anything.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Good to know man, thanks.

Are the dreadful call echo and speakerphone toggle on and off on call bugs on this build?

Have you got to test that?

Thanks again for your time. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] voetbalremco:
It isn't so much a security feature, more likely a measure against tracking.

In theory you could be targeted with ads based on your location within a shopping center, while your MAC adress is being tracked, even when only your wifi is off and not connected to any public wifi.

If you randomize the MAC adress, with any communication over wifi, even if not connected to any public AP, you can't be tracked.

Ofcourse this isn't usefull at all in your own private wifi network.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Dodgexander:
Anyone else such as [MENTION=5564873]WesTD[/MENTION] having issues with modified Google cameras installed next to gapps? even if gapps is installed without gcam?

Does the volume problem relate to only calls and plugged in headphones or also media? What about Bluetooth volume?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] DarkQuark:
BT volume is normal. I have had no issues with it.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FunkyRasta:
Wow found something extra weird. If you try to change ringtone your speakers will stop working. Youtube, calls everything. Persist across reboots... how to fix it :/ Same with headphones, but replugging them makes them work again.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Kleva94:
Daydream works as long as it is on 1.13 version. Same goes for the vr-ervices. You have to get both from apkmirror and don't update.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] CobraKolibry:
I can confirm that, after a fresh install, I looked around in Settings, audio department, tried to change things but no sound. Ever since, my phone went silent, no audio. Running bone stock, apart from gapps installed, and a few LOS apps replaced with Google counterparts, from the gapps

After rebooting, it wouldn't connect back to my wifi either, I'm using 5Ghz

Update: Forgetting the network and readding fixed it, works after a reboot too

Also, am I right that software nav bar is missing? I will look forward to it's addition some day
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] TheGreatB:
All apps? Have you tested one of these: Horizons, VR Karts sprint, Fantastic Beasts, Polyrunner VR, EXO, Bandit Six, Avakin Life, Moatboat, The Reaction Rooms, Oz Chicken Slayer, Within? Would be great, since until now the only band aid fix was to install stock rom as dual-boot to get these working and dual boot is no longer easily possible with Android 8.1.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] haerwu:
Worth mentioning: decrypt phone first...

format data in 3... 2.. 1.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] okmikel:
Installed it on my A2016G (clean install), everything fine on first sight. Encryption is working, I tried it. A few people asked for someone to test.

At the moment I go back to 14.1 because of the missing exfat support for my SD card. And I am missing the option to turn on the software nav bar.

Is WiFi-Calling working with german O2? I didn't get it running but I also didn't try hard.

Great work !
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] trevor68:
Cool, I submitted it yesterday, good to know those buttons work. :good:
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] atxhardrocker23:
Sweet been running 15.1 for over a month now..its been uploaded awhile ago...I should just have to do a regular dirty flash to get to newest version right? Yes been running lineage 15.1 haven't had a single issue yet..custom kernel.. also have had Dolby working since day one..I can tell a difference turning it on and off..been waiting for a new update for a min...thanks guys...gonna dirty flash tonight after a full backup.. I am encrypted too
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] lllGurulll:
Stupid question here but when you say o bootloader are you referring to the bootstack file where the modem files are located.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Cablespider:
In this case, the bootloader and modem are sperate files required for install. It's all in the OP.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] OrdenKrieger:
I prefer Euro. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] OrdenKrieger:
That sounds like super odd behaviour. Would need to reproduce that myself first.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] OrdenKrieger:
That is something I need to check first. Did your "brightness bug" get fixed?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] WesTD:
i've flashed rom again and fixed lol :D
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] lllGurulll:
I'm not seeing an option in settings for the flip cover. Is it safe to say that isn't in this build or is it located somewhere I'm not looking?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] dhammika71:
Some Screenshots

Some Screenshots
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Narada2XK:
Yup, same here.

Actually, now that I think about it, I don't even think I heard any sound at all after installing.

I re-installed it again and we have no sound at all.

My first instance coming from stock B32 with TWRP Exclusive-7:

(installed in a queue)

Wipe: data/system/cache

Bootstack

Modem

ROM

gapps-nano

magisk 16.4

reboot

Second instance was from this ROM and Exclusive-6 (of course):

(Installed in a queue)

Wipe: data/system/cache/dalvik

ROM

gapps-pico

magisk 16.4

reboot

No sound at all.

I did try wired earphones and I was able to have a conversation.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] lllGurulll:
Note to self, don't change the Ringtone for a few weeks
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Was your mac addr set correctly on previous lineage oreo builds? My understanding is that it had not been working.

The problem is that ZTE changed where the mac addr is stored with oreo and they aren't responding to requests when we ask. u-dev and I are trying to figure it out.

The old location could be used for folks who haven't wiped /persist, since the old code is still in the kernel. However since we aren't planning to use that, the selinux rules to let it work aren't in place.

Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll let you know when we figure it out.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
The last two builds, from the 10th and 11th, are definitely the first time I noticed such behavior and yes I used a couple of Lineage oreo builds before that and it worked without a problem in this regard. So in short, I didn't have any mac address related problems at all before the last two builds (Not that I noticed anyway).

Thanks a lot for your, u-devs and ordenkrieger's work on this and no worries and no need to apologize at all. You guys are doing a great job and we all are very appreciative of that.

---------- Post added at 15:45 ---------- Previous post was at 15:28 ----------

Hard to say.

I just made a call and it seemed fine, but then again I never really had that much troubles with calls and call echo.

Would have to test more to be sure, but just give a go... I mean you can always restore you current backup if there's no improvement.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Druboo666:
Can you make a logcat of the Mac address randomization.it will help the devs to figure it out more quickly.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Thanks for the suggestion but that's not necessary. We know the problem and have it reproduced on our devices.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] jimhark:
MAC filtering is not a great security feature, it's at most a bump in the road. Users on your network are broadcasting their MAC addresses and it's not hard to pick them up. All an attacker has to do is watch the traffic and spoof a valid MAC address it finds.

I'm still a baby here (but not in real life), so I can't post links yet. Instead of URL's I'm using site and title.

For a full write-up see:

howtogeek.com's article , "Why You Shouldn’t Use MAC Address Filtering On Your Wi-Fi Router"

Wikepedia page, "MAC spoofing".

Jim
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Druboo666:
great to know:)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] :
good work
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Actually what would be helpful is a kernel log (dmesg) of stock oreo booting. If anyone can provide that and spare me the trouble of flashing back to stock, I'd be grateful.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Tell me how and I'll do it in a an hour or so.

Running B01 oreo currently.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
If you have root (eg. supersu, magisk) then you can get a root shell and run "dmesg".

If you don't have root, boot up the device and then reboot into recovery and capture /sys/fs/pstore/console-ramoops
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Arbelzapf:
Lol I've been wondering why my "Home Assistant" instance wasn't tracking my phone for presence detection any more and was even more puzzled when I saw that it now has a different mac address.

Guess this all makes sense now. I love the potential for increased privacy on public networks, but boy will it be annoying for my home automation efforts. I hope you will be able to disable it based on SSID at some point. Until then, I would prefer to have it disabled entirely if that's at all possible.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
got it. I'll post when I get home.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Here you go man.

Let me know If I can upload anything else for you.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Thanks but it looks like your device had been up for a while. I need the initial wlan probe messages. Can you reboot and send again?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Sorry, you should be good now. :)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Yes that's great thanks. Curiously, it seems that the wlan module is loading your MAC addr from /persist/wifimac.dat. From what u-dev has been saying, it should not be doing this. Can you verify that you do have a /persist/wifimac.dat file? What happens if it's not accessible during boot? Say, rename it to wifimac.dat.hide ... does it get re-generated? Does your MAC remain valid or is it random?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Alright, gonna check tomorrow though, just hit the bed and I'm tired af from work right now.

Gonna keep you updated don't worry!

Goodbye for now.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] littlenoodles:
On my phone, the signal strength indicator on the notification bar changes every 5 seconds or so (varies from the lowest to highest indication). This happens even when I'm sitting still in a place where I know the signal is excellent. I loaded a signal strength app that shows me with a pretty consistent -76 db signal. What could this mean. Is LOS trying to show me all the possible towers in my location or something? If it were really hunting for a signal, I'd expect terrible battery life, but mine's been pretty good.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
The signal strength code is all closed source blobs. You should have the same behavior on stock as any custom ROM.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
Just noticed something else. I can't charge the phone when it's turned of, because it turns right back on whenever I attach the charging cable. Same thing when the cable is attached and I shut it down. It won't shut down, but just reboots.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] littlenoodles:
Well, okay. But is this happening to others - or is it just me? T-Mobile, if that matters. I don't remember this happening on stock, but don't quote me...
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] parmar.saab:
TMO user here too, and signal strength is THE WORST out of all smartphones I've used till date. I'm on 14.1 though.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
Aww, I was hoping with the VR-related commits, I would finally get working "reduce blur" (i.e. low persistence) mode in VR... but apparently not. So 20180911 isn't supposed to provide that, and others don't have it yet either, just to confirm?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
After looking at some more evidence provided by Draken, I'm pretty convinced that (1) both stock nougat and stock oreo use wifimac.dat, and (2) wifimac.dat is written at the factory, not generated on first boot.

I've got a fix up for review to read that properly. Hopefully should get it verified and committed tomorrow.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
So, I'm up.

I do have the wifiamac.dat and the wifimac2.dat files in /persist.

I renamed both of these to .hide in the end and restarted but they did not get regenerated on reboot, the files are there with the .hide extension.

Wifi connected just fine on my home, browsing the web with chrome right now.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Without access to the wifimac.dat files, what is your mac address? It should be something not owned by ZTE.

Nougat stock used 00:d0:d0:xx:xx:xx, where the x is a random hex digit. Oreo stock seems to not do that, it may be fixed or something.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Do I need access to a router to see that?

I'm not currently at home.

What other way is there to check?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] [armitage]:
You should see the current Mac in Settings/System/About phone/Status-->Wi-Fi MAC address.

ip address | grep link/ether

in a terminal app should also work
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] shutdown_-h_now:
in a terminal or connectbot you can do this

axon7:/ $ ip link show dev wlan0
331: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq
tate UP mode DORMANT group default qlen 3000
link/ether 74:4a:a4:c5:57:79 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
axon7:/ $

Verstuurd vanaf mijn ZTE A2017U met Tapatalk
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Is this okay?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] tdm:
Yes that's good thanks. I would have preferred settings->about->status, but it is obvious the last two are your STA and P2P addresses.

It is apparent that stock oreo has no mechanism to load a valid MAC address when wifimac.dat is not present, as 2c:0e:3d is not a ZTE owned OUI. See here:

https://aruljohn.com/mac/2C0E3D

This confirms the data that Draken provided yesterday.

EDIT: Interestingly, his MAC also started with 2c:0e:3d, but the last three octets were different. I wonder how those are calculated, or if they are random? That's not really important as wifimac.dat should always exist -- I'm just curious.