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[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Druboo666:
NFound's post saying his version is better
[MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION]

can you explain us which one is better his or yours.

that Nfound's Post make me and others like me a bit confused
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] ratoune:
Nfound forgets to mention his does not support encryption, along with Selinux enforcing.

Then judge "better" based on your needs I would say
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
I just checked that post and he doesn't claim his version is "better" unless I can't read... It says that Unjustified Dev's solution has the advantage of not touching data (and I'd add it's also much easier to perform, since it just involves installing the LineageOS .zip under a suitable recovery, while NFound's solution involves MiFlash... I'm on Linux so I can't even use that normally), but on the other hand, his version has the advantage that it's compatible with more ROMs.

He does sound a bit biased towards his versions, but... I'd say that pretty natural? He doesn't state it's better, though, he states some differences.

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Oh. So the right way to do this is... reflash the boot stack any time I want to wipe out Magisk? (is that what boot.img is?)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] littlenoodles:
Sounds like an argument against accepting ZTE's eventual Oreo release. But to be sure, are you saying it's game over once you do that? Or if you unlock now, will you be able to remain unlocked, apply ZTE's Oreo, and still eventually upgrade to LOS? Also, will you be able to extract updated blobs from the eventual ZTE Oreo release - or is what you already have all you're going to have (and sufficient?).
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] koftheworld:
There is an uninstall magisk zip in the support thread.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
I'm not sure I understand the structure of the whole bootloader stack, but... would EDL necessarily go away if fastboot (or unlockable fastboot, anyway) goes away?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Dodgexander:
Does that mean we will be stuck with not being able to write to system?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] haoyangw:
I'm not being mean, but I'm just suggesting that you spend some time getting more familiar with flashing non-Treble ROMs for a while, and learning to change between non-Treble ROMs(take nandroid, dirty flash clean flash etc) haha before you get into Treble. The boot.img is the kernel! If you don't know that yet it's actually quite dangerous to flash Treble stuff because if you mess anything up you will need a lot of effort to fix it lol ? you sound pretty new to ROM flashing, and since Treble is already very confusing as it is, you should get used to normal non-Treble ROMs before trying under-testing Treble ROMs. We are all willing to help you, but you should be more careful and not try something too complicated when you're still new. Don't run before you can walk, yknow haha

Short answer to your question: No the bootstack contains the bootloader and other low-level important software, but no kernel. What you need is to reflash a kernel, which you can extract from a ROM zip file, or you can just dirty flash your current ROM. Flashing bootstack won't help you so don't haha
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Aviver:
My personal choice is to use my storage was new vendor partion and not touching my system.

I got 128gb version, i dont have yet storage problems xD

We should have a choice here and not install everything with one rom zip
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] haoyangw:
Yes. But you shouldn't be modifying system anyway, firstly once you start using GSIs you really shouldn't touch your system at all, because GSIs wipe the system partition everytime you flash an update, and no one's gonna mod a GSI so no point doing anything to /system. Secondly with Magisk you really don't need to modify /system, Magisk is much safer than modifying /system directly, and it survives any OTA update(other than if you clean flash). Lastly if theres really anything you need to do to /system you can still modify /system as much as you like in TWRP, which is good enough actually. You really shouldn't be messing with your /system partition when you device is still booted in Android not recovery
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] OrdenKrieger:
The bootstack is not the boot.img. You can find a clean boot.img in the zip of every LineageOS build. Flash that over TWRP or via fastboot e.g. "fastboot flash boot boot.img".
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Raffikie:
I need instructions how to install the vendor image and the zip file.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
I'm not being mean either, but since I'm not new to ROM flashing because I've been a LineageOS / CyanogenMod user since 2013 when I got my i9300 S3 (and unofficial hacked-together CyanogenMod since 2011 or so when I had a Motorola Milestone; also have it installed it on family's Moto G falcon and a OnePlus One that are in daily use), maybe it's more that the information about this stuff, especially on XDA, is sometimes more misinformation due to the way instead of having wikis with proper explanations, people are supposed to sift through endless threads and figure out which parts are accurate and which parts are posted by "rookies like me" who don't actually know what they're saying very well.

I always assumed, and you don't seem to have contradicted me, that a ZIP update file of a ROM image would itself contain the kernel, and so I saw no reason why it would fail to remove the old stuff from Magisk if that's where it was located. Hence my confusion as to what aboot.img would be.

Say, can you actually point me to a place where the functions of the various partitions, files, bootloaders, and how it all interacts is explained in an organic fashion... or am I supposed to read every post on XDA since the beginning of time to understand "how it all works"? Because, since I've been doing this sort of thing from 2011 (maybe not obsessively so not while knowing every detail, granted), and I'm still making huge mistakes like this, then either I'm very stupid, or learning from reading XDA threads just doesn't work and I don't know where I am supposed to be learning instead.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] koftheworld:
You are correct regarding the rom zip containing the kernel, but if you pay attention to the flashing process, magisk can restore itself depending on the circumstances. I believe it happens to me on a dirty flash but I really never pay attention and reflash magisk regardless.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
Yeah, I do understand that one way or another, Magisk was managing to keep some roots and that I clearly had to be mistaken in thinking that a good /system wiping followed by flashing a new ROM .zip would get rid of it.

I just don't think I'm as much of a "newbie" as that post makes me out to be: either this stuff is simply pretty complicated even for people who have dealt with it for a few years (also considering that it keeps changing in various ways, from all parties: Google's requirements, OEMs, AOSP itself, tricks custom ROMs use, how root is to be obtained if at all, etc.), or maybe by it's not documented the way that would make it most effective for someone like me to understand it even after years, or I'm just stupid and should be kept away from computers — or a combination of these three things.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Soon VZW users thanks [MENTION=2640499]koftheworld[/MENTION]View attachment 4569637
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] koftheworld:
Don't worry about it. I've been on here since the og moto and I've been talked down to by newbies because of phrasing or misinterpretation. I don't let it bother me.

Anyone else notice the battery life on the 8/10 build is a lot better than typical?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Wolfblade1215:
Can I flash the 8/10 build with NFounds vendor partition? If not, how do I change my vendor partition?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] TheBigG:
Dual Sim does work
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] alwynjoshy:
Which rom is good Resurrection Remix or Lineage OS?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] ortolan:
No one can answer that kind of question. It depends on how you define "good". Try the roms and find out by yourself.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] _phk_:
Anybody tested encryption?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] amaury48:
Can we use Magisk for root? If so is there a particular version that's recommend?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] OrdenKrieger:
You can use Magisk, but that's not supported from my side. You can also get the official SU addon from LineageOS. https://download.lineageos.org/extras
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] rzarectha:
Honest question (please don't scream at me): Why is this not official? Are there certain requirements for it to become official that are not met yet? I honestly don't know how the official/unofficial thing works so please don't misunderstand me;I'm not trying to demand anything.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] DarkQuark:
I used the magisk from Nfounds TWRP 312-7 with success in the event anyone was considering that.

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Here are just my thoughts so far (using a U model on AT&T):

- ROM is snappy and quick

- battery usage seems to be at least pretty good (but I have not measured anything)

- everything works as it should so far

- I don't have the modem issues or BT issues I have had with other ROMs

(RR was the only other ROM that was like this others always gave me issues with cell connectivity or BT)

- as I and others have found their is currently no Dolby support

Just my experience in case it assists anyone in deciding.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] alwynjoshy:
I would have tried but to work this rom i have to change the bootloader right so if anybody who had used both, then he may can answer it simplely then no need to go behind that
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Cablespider:
From the OP....
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] mhodges85:
Does Daydream work in this version? It is still not working properly in 14.1.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] thexfiles123:
Wondering the same thing
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] LuccoJ:
No, for me, formatting data did get the phone into a usable state again (at least with LineageOS 15.1; I haven't tried restoring my LineageOS 14.1 backup yet, since big files are... big to copy). I've seen hints in random places on the web that if formatting doesn't do the trick, you may try telling TWRP to change the data partition's file system into some other type, and then back to the original one (presumably ext4), but this is uncharted waters for me, and I'm also not sure why it would help at all compared to a simple ext4 format.

Honestly I wish a custom TWRP hadn't been included in the bootloader zip... I wasn't really expecting my official, latest version of TWRP straight from twrp.me to be overwritten with a customized thing just because I needed to flash an Oreo-compatible bootloader.

Maybe it wasn't what caused my failure to restore my backup correctly, but it sure helped confused matters. My existing TWRP worked fine, and ironically, it's still working fine now, because it is among the few things that *were* restored properly from the backup!

Unfortunately, I don't think I will be able to restore internal storage (nor was I seriously anticipating to risk losing it, considering it wasn't encrypted), so I'm just a bit sad given all the things that were in it.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] kingracer:
[MENTION=5027381]OrdenKrieger[/MENTION] , can i use twrp 3.2.1-6 to install it over b01 leaked stock? And will i have a need to format data in this particular case? Thanks you for your effort and for the answer in advance
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] FunkyRasta:
If you coming from any stock oreo ROMs - BACKUP ALL DATA. 99 percent you will have to format everything.

[MENTION=5027381]OrdenKrieger[/MENTION] - thank you for your effort. Callbug fixed, HDR+ what a good time for us. I think I owe a beer ;) BTW: What currency on PayPal should I choose.

EDIT: My internal SD was NOT wiped while coming from B12 leaked beta.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] nfsmw_gr:
Hey, anyone has a tested if the stock oreo b12 or b01 camera works on this rom?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] WesTD:
Headset volume is too loud even it is on lowest.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] raystef66:
If you're on 3.2.16 no problem - this one uses the same, although an older version. Flash this 3.2.16 which has all the english options in it : https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=890129502657585390

Not quite so. Best to do so but if on 3.2.16, you won't have any problem (3.2.17 neither imo). On 3.2.10 you will have some trouble though because this one is running 321.6 as said.

Btw, incall volume can not be regulated. In my case way too loud.

Also revert buttons if needed : https://xdaforums.com/axon-7/how-to/extras-add-ons-lineageos-15-1-t3800443

Vol+ and down are reverted (imo) when rebooting and choosing some options f.e. to boot into twrp...

Rest, very smooth...but reverting back to betaB01...
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Cablespider:
Front page news, gentlemen. :good:

https://www.xda-developers.com/unofficial-lineageos-15-1-zte-axon-7/
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] madhits45:
OrdenKrieger Thanks for the release..

I've got a few questions.

1. Does VOLTE work?

2. Does the camera have that shaky unable to focus bug? This is present in RR 14.1 & others.

3. Can anyone else confirm any other bugs like the volume control in calls issue stated above? My current rom has volume in calls bug so Its going to be a wash for me in that one.

4. On a bug vs bug count with those who have tried both lineage 15.1 and RR 15.1 from nfound. What do you think has fewer bugs? Love to see someone compare the 2 & give us there take.

Someone asked above what is the official and unofficial thing meant, and I always figured it meant that there were still bugs. I found an answer someone else gave and it pretty much says that.

A quote: "Well, it's a mess to completely explain this but I don't have anything else to do.

When we are talking about unoffucial builds, they are more likely to get bugs and stuff like that because "developer" is still working in it for fixing bugs of the device tree and all that things.

Once the ROM is official, basically the only difference is that you can have OTA updates by the official updater of the ROM or download the software from the official website (download.lineageos.org) and you may have less bugs because the ROM has to meet certain requirements to be an official one.

LineageOS isn't the one who works for the devices, it depends on the developers that buy that device to work on it. Lineage only provides the main source and support for certain devices with high end specs."
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Not sure, I don't even know how he creates his is it from data or system? Doesn't he have a way to undo the vendor?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] piet8stevens:
He creates his from data.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
I don't know what to say about that. Does it wipe everything on data when doing so?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Oki:
[MENTION=5027381]OrdenKrieger[/MENTION], is the TWRP 3.2.3 linked in the OP different in any way from the official TWRP 3.2.3? The MD5 is different.

Thanks
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Unjustified Dev:
Volte and Wfc might need Qualcomm implementation as far as I know none of the GSI support using Qualcomm IMS
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] fevieiraleite:
First of all, thank you for this amazing ROM. This has brought a new life to my Axon 7 which was starting to get a little sluggish.

There's only one issue I'm having with this, and it's quite a big one: Anytime someone calls me, the person can hear me, but I can't hear them at all! If I call the person back instead, I'm able to both speak and hear.

Has anyone else experienced this issue? Any tips on how to fix it?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] 2000impreza:
Magisk - If magisk is causing boot issues, you guys are probably flashing a old version that does not support the vendor partition. You have to use 16.6 or 16.7 beta on treble roms.

Assuming you are using nfound's twrp 3.2.1-8 recovery, wipe the system, data, vendor, and cache partition first. Next flash the LOS treble 0810 zip and the script should detect the existing partitions and copy files into each partition as needed. This works for now.

If Orden or Unjustified changes the install script in future builds to check the vendor size, it will might be a bit more difficult.

Edit: did not mean to mislead anyone. pointed out by bYOndo the script reformats the vendor to 487mb. This is good to know.

Nfound uses djkuz's vendor implementation. From what I can tell it is permanent and does not wipe with the data partition.

Which build did you flash? Also any sound or kernel modifications? I had this issue on some of the earlier LOS builds. I used 0723 (non treble) build for weeks without any call issues. I flashed the treble (0810) build last night and tested receiving calls without any sound issues.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bYOndo:
Yes, but LOS 8-10 release seems to reformat it: I came from Nfound 800MB partition, now after installing latest LOS15 (from a clean wiped system through TWRP 3.2.1-8treble, then universal bootloader and G modem, although I forgot to wipe /vendor), this partition now is 487MB, used 243MB (if I remember right).

Just for risk-free, do I have to reinstall vendor.img or is it unnecessary? Everything seems working well, pretty nice and stable. Cannot make dolby-atmos to work (I followed latest guide on this thread) but V4A is enough for now.

Ah and as others wrote, Magisk 16.7beta seems mandatory with treble, don't use 16.0!

Thanks [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION], great work!
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] 2000impreza:
Thx for the correction. I just checked and you are correct the vendor partition is reformatted to 487 mb. I didn't notice that. Good to know.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Raffikie:
How do you install the vendor.img?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bYOndo:
I didn't installed it, LOS 8-10 rom contains a script that creates it by itself, so it's not necessary to do manually.

As [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] wrote somewhere in this thread that "vendor.img" is only for personal backup purposes (for now, but who knows?)
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Surge_:
[MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] would it be possible to publish a non-Treble build, just syncing the latest LOS repo? There have been some fixes and features added since the latest release here that would be nice to have. I don't want to be a nuisance tho, so if that's a non-trivial request please don't bother :)

I'm very happy that you guys are working on Treble and will be patiently waiting until the stable version is out. Great job so far!
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] christoophat:
I was having some install & other issues w/ the various AXE/RR builds, decided to try LOS O, flashed the 0625 build yesterday as I was reading thru the thread, then later dirty flashed 0720. Is that the most recent non-Treble build at this point? Thanks to Orden & UDev for your time & efforts in keeping these great phones running well.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Surge_:
I'm running a build numbered 0723, but I can't find the file in Unjustified's Android File Host right now, sorry.

I hope we can get an up to date non-treble build in the meantime, but if that's not the priority we can only wait for the Treble builds to be finalized and published I guess.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] christoophat:
I also saw mention of an 0803 build too somewhere. It is getting harder to keep track of what is current these days, as newer releases are posted in the middle of threads, but not listed in the ROM's main d/l pages.

I too would like to wait on Treble till all the phones features are intact & working :good: But it seems like it won't be long before that is the only game in town...
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
Right now, treble and non treble are almost identical. I'm running android P with no major issues. Every single major feature is working and performance is the same as non treble roms.

I guess the 8.1 roms are identical, seems like they don't have any issues.

It's time to make the jump. There's no excuse for sticking to non treble roms.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] christoophat:
You are probably right. Since this is my work phone, I just need to make sure that I go to work Monday with a working phone :silly:

Wondering which method to use to Treblize - NFounds EDL file or oki's EDL package?
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Surge_:
Well, I have an excuse: I need my phone to be available 24/7 this month and I can't take a day and a half to get everything up and running again.

If it weren't for that I'd switch, I've only heard good things so far. As of right now I'll have to stay on this build and let others do the testing sadly ;D
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] koftheworld:
You don't need to edl anything. Just flash the latest twrp, latest Los, and then gapps.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Surge_:
Would that be TWRP 3.2.3 or does that still have the same issues as 3.2.2? Last time I tried 3.2.2 I couldn't wipe cache and got the error: "unable to mount '/data' (invalid argument)".

Nfounds 3.2.1-8 is the only one that I got working so far ...
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
Those two are the same. Oki just made a bundle with all the files in one single file.

The real question lies wether you prefer NFound's or Unjustified Dev's treble.

You need a treble compatible recovery to see and mount the vendor partition and there's only one: 3.2.1-8-TREBLE by NFound.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] christoophat:
Will choosing between NFound's Treble 800 MB vendor part size or UDev's LOS Treble (512MB) cause any issues down the road, or limit ROM options? Not looking forward to another VHS vs Beta battle.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Pastinakel:
TWRP-3.2.3 (link in first post of this thread) also can handle Treble upgrade
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] bornlivedie:
Look at NFound's treble thread. It's been discussed multiple times, even in this same thread.
[ZTE Axon 7 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other Deve] Oki:
I am still detecting annoyances such as the problem when using audio patches such as V4A or ATMOS. WiFi calling and VoLTE are also common issues. Flashing a GSI is not as straightforward as it will be. Not yet.