yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rsa 329:
I bet it would.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Gundabolu SC:
What exactly did you flash? Just the system image? This is definitely exciting....
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] BakedTator:
i cant get the system image to boot on a clean or dirty flash, and the android p system image flashes and boots but wifi and pixel launcher force close (clean flash as well) and where im on sprint, the activation fails so i have no mobile service...and clues?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
I feel like we could be on the verge of something awesome
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rsa 329:
Yes, just the system.img

Fastboot flash system system.img
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rsa 329:
Did you wipe after flashing?

This is about all the help I can offer. Maybe someone with more experience can help you.

The project treble idea imo is fantastic! I have been running this for about 18 hours now and haven't had any issue.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] gtshiftin6:
How awesome would it be to turn this phone into a pixel software wise talk about development and easy modifications
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] BakedTator:
So.e5hing would need done about Sprint activation...for whatever reason, spring dont want to activate using pixel software...trying to find some kind of work around
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
So has anyone not on sprint tried Android P?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] BakedTator:
Pixel launcher just continuously force closes...only bug I have seen...and no activation for me
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] rsa 329:
I found a potential bug.

No audio when trying to make a phone call. The call gets placed, just can't hear anything.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
I really hope someone gets this working. Would be awesome having a pure pixel rom!
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] mweinbach:
It does. I already tried it.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] crixley:
He tried it as well and posted the bugs already
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aer0zer0:
Sounds like a lib issue due to mismatched sensor stuff
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] whymoo:
Does ARcore work? I think Essential said that full treble support will come with stable p so when that happens everything should work.

Edit: I wonder if eSIM will work
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] aago1254:
i just loaded the beta 3 from the pixel 2 xl i was already on the android 2 beta from essential. taimen-ppp3.180510.008-factory-4ec49e55.zip i was a little amazed by this. testing this out ill report back if you wanna
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Paddybecks87:
Yes, some feedback would be highly appreciated! I'm actually planning on doing that, too, since my PH-1 is my secondary phone and I don't necessarily need it to function 100%.

Edit: Pixel Launcher continuously force closes for me too. Any suggestions for a workaround?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] :
Hmm, you might try to flash other variant of pixel Launcher via recovery, might work. The one compatible with many devices, I mean.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] NLBeev:
Maybe an experiment.

You wiped the original system probably.

Instead of flashing the system.img flash only the system files that are different.

Good chance that the original cam-files keeps working.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Jahdiel2011:
Is there any visual / functional difference you see when flashing that image?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] stinger4321:
updates? what about the July update?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] hariprs:
You flashed the system on both A and B partition ? or only in the active partition?

I am going to try system from MI8
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JohnnyDepth:
I'd be willing to bet the camera issue has something to do with the pixel visual core and using an older version of gcam that didn't support it fixed the issue.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JBlaze05:
just ordered one of these. does this use kernel from essential stock rom or googles kernel. is the pixel 2 xl system.img any smoother than essential's stock? this is really exciting stuff so im looking forward to the potential this phone has still
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] :
U have to flash your own essential kernel , this works withex, stock, and neutrino. This pixel 2 system image is pretty useless atm. No mobile data. U have to fix the camera yourself. It has possibilities... But just for experimentation
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Cuffuffles:
I thought it was just sprint that had no mobile data?

And camera fix is just downloading open camera from the play store according to a few posts back
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] :
I have t mobile.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JBlaze05:
So i know there is no real way of knowing this until the time actually comes, but seeing how the essential phone is booting the pixel 2 xl img with only the reported issues so far, this would mean in theory using the pixel 2 xl images the essential phone will go all the way to android R. its a super tunnel vision thought but what do you guys think?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] herb9876:
the touch lag is so bad i had to switch back.. im trying the marlin system.img now to see if it helps. if you ever had the essential phone when it first came out and remember that awful touch delay stutter scoll stuff (which to their credit promptly rectified) i get it again when flashing a and b pixel 2 xl system.img...... but its worse... could just be me or my phone who knows take it for what you will ill report back about marlins system.img

---------- Post added at 02:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 AM ----------

So marlin was even worse and "Walleye" which is pixel 2 is much much smoother to me
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] herb9876:
Whatever you do stickto just the sysytem.img . I got all flash giddy and Qualcomm firehose required bricked my ph1. I looked all over for a firehose file but couldn't find one. It was my fault I sometimes think I'm smart and start flashing things I have no business flashing. So ya system.img from walleye I believe was the smoothest and stop there trust me. this qualcomm brick business completely blacks your phone out and unless someone much more aquainted with this stuff wants to correct me I believe unless you have the firehose file for your particular device Chuck it.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] :
Please let me know what the heck is a firehouse file? I purposely try to brick it to learn how to back from it. So far, I have flashed everything resembling anything close to our essential phone. ie, op6, pixel, pixel 2, u name it. Plus every single treble file I can find. So far I have managed to get a ton to work and even more to not work. Bricking it 100+ times in the process.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] meilbox:
but... what's the point... as EP is barebone android...

Wysłane z mojego PH-1 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] Voenix:
Just a quick question,

Does this mean we can get OTA Updates too if the Pixel(x) Image is installed directly?
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JBlaze05:
not entirely sure. my interest in this is that in theory essential may very well surprise up with 3 years of OS updates seeing how we could boot Android R since it will be available for the Pixel 2. Of course there are always custom roms but having an official rom is always nice
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] :
With some additional hackery, maybe.
[Essential Phone Questions & Answers] JBlaze05:
exactly. the only thing as far as i can tell based on what has been reported is wifi and mobile data not working. granted im no developer so i do not know that this would fix the issue but a custom kernel built for this could theoretically solve the wifi/data issue. my point of reference is how the Neutrino kernel that is currently being worked on to work on stock has the issue of no wifi when used on stock Pie rom, but everything else works. idk its just a thought
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] KroKop:
Hello guys.

At the beginning I would like to apologize if I mistook the departments of this forum. After last official Sony android update my phone started to have a strange problem with camera. I have noticed it first when I was using messenger. When I was trying to take a photo in messenger my screen became black. Also I noticed that my phone is getting hot in camera area. Then i reboot my phone but it still wasn't working. Currently my camera is working in Camera app, but it doesnt work in any other app. Also front cam isn't working anywhere.

Activities that I did on my own:

1. At first I was thinking that it's last update problem, so I tried fixing it by Xperia Companion, but fixing software there didin't help.

2. After that I unlocked my bootloader and I flashed TWRP recovery and then custom ROM but it didnt help also.

Do You guys have any ideas what's going on with my phone ? I will appreciate every help.

Regards,

Daniel.

edit: sorry for my broken english :P
[Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers] PDAinminator:
Hello

im unlock bootloader of my f5121 and camera black ,exist rom with fix it ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grayhat917:
I've done some extensive searching and can't seem to find the right app that would allow the same "Find My Android" capability in a non-Wear smartwatch (like a Thor 4). Does anyone know of an app that would allow me to track my cellular/gps enabled Thor 4 in the event it's stolen?

Thanks in advance for any guidance.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] ric84:
Works very well :)
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Baijoosharma:
:good:
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] dennisven:
This was very useful! Thanks!
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Deadman26:
Sir, I tried this method and I'm stuck with an error saying user 0 invalid.. Please help
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] 37_:
Hi pls help, I didn’t remove LG hifi recorder but now I can't launch it anymore, it's still in app drawler but when I launch it, it closes immediately
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] afoyem:
Man, delete now package:com.lge.provider.systemui i fully scared, but restored succesfully.
[LG G6 Guides, News, & Discussion] Freedcx:
Can i use this method to downgrade Google Play Services?

Can i use this method to downgrade Google Play Services? If i uninstall google Play Service using this method can i install a older version of the play service?
[Fire TV General] guyrich:
MOD EDIT: REMOVED - the app posted violates copyrights
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JazonX:
Guys,

How do I stop apps from running in the background?

Check my attached screenshot of battery stats, where snaptube and beam was running in the background, although I never opened them for the day.

Is there an option in settings to do it like Samsung does, or Do I have to depend on an App ?

Thanks in Advance!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] Triscuit:
That's some pretty bad battery drain for apps that you haven't even used. You could try greenify.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] cd993:
Best options I'd say:

- Disable Background Activity (app info - battery) - though this may mess with any notifications you may want to receive

- Disable Background data (app info - Data Usage - Background Data) - again, perhaps no notifications

- Battery optimisation - ensure android is optimising battery usage

- Disable notifications from within the app, which should reduce battery usage though of course at the expense of not receiving notifications (could just manually check?)

Another option is to use App ops (comes with NitrogenOS custom rom) or install it from the Playstore. This will allow you to further tweak app permissions, specifically "auto-start", "keep awake" and "run in background".

Lastly for some apps it may be a better option to eithern find an alternative, where available, or not to bother with the app and just use the web interface instead. For example, I don't bother with Facebook and used Folio for a while. Now I just settle for the web interface (with messenger lite installed for messages) and have a shortcut to the site on my home screen (which you can even change the icon to a Facebook one).

Though also I see you using Snaptube (video downloader?) and so downloading will be a battery drainer too, so if this is the case use WiFi where possible.

Many options, decide which fits best for you :)
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] EeZeEpEe:
Great reply right here. Was just about to say the first few options as they're built-in. Good thing I scrolled down. LOL
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] JazonX:
THANK YOU! for taking time to compose this fantastic response.

Initially I was lost because I coudn't find the option to kill background activity in the app settings. However since you've mentioned it here, I checked again.

Apparently that option is not shown for some apps. But a few, Like Snaptube does have that option. For the one's that doesn't have it - I used Greenify.

Battery Optimization, Yes Enabled.

Notifications were also a good tip, Killed all except the messenger and Email apps.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] cd993:
You're welcome :)
[Amazfit] lfom:
Manual Installation

Requirements

- Pace watch (A1602 or A1612);

- Unlocked booloader (unlockamazfit.com - read carefully the warning, doing this will void watch's warranty!);

- adb, fastboot and drivers installed correctly;

- 40% battery or more, read English and pay attention!

******************************************

DISCLAIMER: You are using the provided guide by your own risk, although I have tested the commands I am not responsible for any damage or data lost if you decide to use it.

******************************************

This is an installation guide, if you have never used adb or fastboot, then please don't try to do this. Commands should be typed in terminal/prompt/whatever you use to do adb commands.

In the end of this guide, you should have a watch with stock WOS2, so OTAs should work. Do not modify any system files if you want to apply future OTA updates, not even get root access, it may break stock updates.

Unpack the compressed 7zip file from the link at some place you have at least 1GB of free space and adb/fastboot access, then change to this directory to begin. Commands below are for Windows, macOS and Linux users should change the backslash ('\') to normal slash ('/'), hit ENTER/RETURN after each line (duh!).

If you are trying to fix a bricked devices, make sure it's in fastboot mode and that the computer detects the device, then start from step #3.

1. Connect the watch to computer using USB cable, then:

adb devices

2. If you see your device listed, type:

adb shell reboot bootloader

3. Check if device is recognized correctly (on Windows, open Device Manager and check if you see a device in fastboot mode or similar), then type:

fastboot getvar all

4. If you see "unlocked: yes", you can continue. Reboot into temporary root/Recovery:

fastboot boot Amazfit-mod-recovery.img

5. Watch should show a triangle with an exclamation mark, it's in Recovey mode and it's normal, do not panic! Then make sure you have root now:

adb root

6. Then push files to watch:

adb push rom\boot.img /data/media/0/
adb push rom\md5s.txt /data/media/0/
adb push rom\system.img /data/media/0/
adb push rom\flash_rom.sh /data/media/0/

If it fails, try:

adb push rom\boot.img /sdcard/
adb push rom\md5s.txt /sdcard/
adb push rom\system.img /sdcard/
adb push rom\flash_rom.sh /sdcard/

7. Take a deep breath and then (after the first command, you should see a "#" only, indicating root prompt):

adb shell
cd /data/media/0
sh flash_rom.sh

or use "cd /sdcard" if you have copied the files to this directory instead.

8. Wait until it says "Finished", then type:

reboot

9. To set English language after booting (stock CN WOS2 has some bugs, i.e. About in settings crash, some watchfaces show Chinese names when screen is locked, etc):

adb wait-for-device
adb shell setprop persist.sys.language en
adb shell setprop persist.sys.country US
adb reboot
[Amazfit] LithiumAce:
Thanks for your rom, have seen it on fb to great work!

Verstuurd vanaf mijn ONEPLUS A5000 met Tapatalk
[Amazfit] xaametz:
Thank you for your great work!

Is it possible to install custom GPS.conf files? Will it break OTA updates?
[Amazfit] lfom:
You're welcome. I am glad you like it.

Yes, you can install a custom gps.conf the same way you do with any other ROM (root, remount, push, fix permissions, reboot), but my personal experience is that GPS is much better on 2.6.1.0, no need to change anything. I cannot guarantee it will not break OTA, may or may not work as it's not a file that is used in stock firmware, but any modification to /system can cause problems. Anyway, with AmazeROM you can always flash stock later if you need it for future updates. ;)
[Amazfit] xaametz:
Thank you. I'll try it without custom config.

Enviado desde mi STF-L09 mediante Tapatalk
[Amazfit] superbert1969:
Hi,

Minor problem with the script that installs the customised apk's: You seem to have forgotten to replace "adb" with "$adbcmd" and "fastboot" with "$fbcmd".

Thanks for all the effort you have put into the scripts!

R.

Eeg.
[Amazfit] lfom:
True, thanks for reporting. There is a problem in the Windows installer as well, it doesn't work if you run it without command line arguments, it will be fixed in the next release. ;)
[Amazfit] superbert1969:
I just made some quick an dirty adaptations in order to get the custom script running. Unfortunately, I'm now stuck with an unwilling fastboot (maybe it's because I'm still on "El Capitan" --> I'm considering upgrading, but first have to make a recent backup).

Though-luck for now, I'm stuck with a watch that has some Chinese notifications (at least for the time being).
[Amazfit] lfom:
I have updated the installers, please check them. I am sorry for the trouble.
[Amazfit] superbert1969:
Hi,

You don't have to excuse yourself at all...

I just tried the new version, and it works perfectly fine now (even on my Mac).

I really appreciate the effort you're putting into AmazeROM :)
[Amazfit] Diginix:
[MENTION=6504118]lfom[/MENTION]: HELP!

Unfortunately this installer crashs my Pace.

In the past I have used PACEfied and PACEficator custom ROM and the installers works always perfect.

But this one fails in some steps but continues and ends with an "ok" and now I see only the "A" logo before the boot animation.

Attached the whole CMD output.

I hope the Pace is not bricked. ADB devices shows the Pace, but no other commands (e.g. "fastboot reboot bootloader") are working.
[Amazfit] thomsontam:
Got the same problem, it crashed my PACE too, was running PACEficator Project before, now it keep having luncher has stopped error.

Installer stopped on fastboot and unable to boot to recovery anymore

fastboot boot Amazfit-mod-recovery.img

downloading 'boot.img'...

FAILED (remote: ED: The command is not allowed.)

finished. total time: 0.012s

Edit: after search the forums, I unpair and re-pair my PACE and the watch is working now. however, I am not sure should I still install this ROM on my watch anymore.
[Amazfit] lfom:
[MENTION=7760633]Diginix[/MENTION] [MENTION=600875]thomsontam[/MENTION] Did you check you have an unlocked bootloader? If yes, you should be able to put watch in fastboot mode and flash the ROM again. It seems that the installer detected root and went ahead with the installation, but the watch crashed and it did not finish. If it's locked and you have a valid serial number, you should be able to unlock it using the same code as before. If not, please contact me via Telegram: http://t.me/lfomartins
[Amazfit] Diginix:
[MENTION=6504118]lfom[/MENTION]

I had an unlocked bootloader until PACEficator 2.6.0.12. I didn't checked it after update to PACEficator 2.6.1.0

Root was definitely existing and working.

I have my serial nr. and the unlock code.

But what commands should I try now?

This doesn't work:

My backlight is always on and shows the Amazfit "A". I hope the battery is charging.
[Amazfit] lfom:
[MENTION=7760633]Diginix[/MENTION] You have broken file system. You should be able to put the watch in fastboot manually. It is very hard to achieve but it works. Then check if bootloader is unlocked and try to flash it again. If you have problems, contact me on Telegram.
[Amazfit] Diginix:
I have no Telegram and need ready for use commands please.

Your checkdrivers_win.cmd doesn't provide any hope.

btw: adb+fastboot was proper installed and works in the past perfect with the installer of other custom roms.

Edit: I will try this steps.

Edit2: My Pace can't be turn off as in the youtube video is shown. It always shows the "A" and backlight is on.

As it seems fastboot isn't reachable. But I will try some different delays at pressing the button and plugin it on PC.
[Amazfit] lfom:
[MENTION=7760633]Diginix[/MENTION] checkdrivers_win.cmd is useless now with a bricked device. You can turn the watch off by pressing and holding the button. Keep the watch connected to the computer and then press button again to turn it on, then count up to 4 (more or less) after the screen goes on again and release the button. If you see the battery icon you have released the button too early, if you see the A logo then you released too late. You have to release at the exact time to show the screen with Fastboot and ForceErase, then press button briefly once to enter fastboot. Keep the watch connected to the computer all the time, it's easier this way.
[Amazfit] Diginix:
Now I'm in fastboot!

But "fastboot devices" doesn't prompt any device.

What to do with your ROM files?
[Amazfit] JRevenge:
Hi!

I installed and I'm using adb and fastboot on Mac, it works perfectly adb, but with fastboot it does not detect the clock. But if I try on my OnePlus 6, I detect both adb and fastboot the Mac. How can I do? Thank you
[Amazfit] lfom:
[MENTION=7760633]Diginix[/MENTION] Are you on Windows? Device manager shows the device correctly? Please check your Inbox here on XDA.

[MENTION=6362997]JRevenge[/MENTION] I don't know if I understood it correctly: you are on Mac and want to install the ROM? The installer has adb and fastboot binaries that should work on Mac as well, just make sure you have unlocked bootloader. Or use the manual installation.
[Amazfit] didicola:
do we need to update via the app or can update via the watch menu?
[Amazfit] lfom:
This is a custom ROM, not an update. You need unlocked bootloader (voids watch's warranty) to flash it. ;)
[Amazfit] Diginix:
Many many thanks to [MENTION=6504118]lfom[/MENTION] for helping me to unbrick my Pace and finishing the installation of AmazeROM! Really great support!

And now all hardware sensors are working again.
[Amazfit] karierodrigues:
strava

Bom dia.

Após instalar as atividades são sincronizadas com strava normalmente?
[Amazfit] lfom:
It wont't affect Strava sync or anything else, you can still use the same Amazfit app you are using now, and even don't need to factory reset the watch if your Pace watch already run any version of WOS2 (firmware 2.x.y), although it may be required if you get bootloop after installing it (if you are running stock WOS2 then probably it won't happen). If watch is running any 1.x.y firmware, then factory reset before installing is required, check OP or included Read_Me.txt.
[Amazfit] meuhmeuh51:
Hello,

I am a little lost.

what's the difference with the paceficator rom, apart from the firmware version?

thank you
[Amazfit] lawrnz:
When I click on "amazeflash_win.cmd", my watch just goes into FastBoot mode and doesn't do anything. What am I doing wrong here?

EDIT:

I just saw this:

- Installer will NOT run anymore if root is detected (this can happen if watch has other custom ROMs) and only install via fastboot/recovery (safer).

Will try again and report back.
[Amazfit] chuckiebronco:
Just a quick question, are the watchfaces' weekdays in english?

OTA-updated my WOS2 Beta earlier to 2.6.2.0 and the weekdays change to chinese symbols when the pace is entering eco mode...