[Moto G5 Plus Guides, News, & Discussion] barbaroja:
Not exactly for G5 but for G5S plus. Hope you can help me bring the phone back to life. I keep getting baseband not found or unknown under android settings. I did your guide exactly as you stated:

:/ # ls -l /persist

total 208

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 alarm

drwxr-xr-x 2 mot_pwric mot_pwric 4096 2018-08-25 00:34 batt_health

drwxrwx--- 2 bluetooth bluetooth 4096 2017-07-13 23:56 bluetooth

drwx------ 2 root system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 bms

drwxr-xr-x 2 mot_tcmd bluetooth 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 bt

drwxr-xr-x 4 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 camera

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 chargeonly

drwx------ 6 system system 4096 2017-09-27 06:07 data

drwxrwx--- 2 system graphics 4096 1969-12-31 19:39 display

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 drm

drwxr-xr-x 5 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 2017-07-13 23:57 factory

drwxrwx--- 3 2903 2904 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 hlos_rfs

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 1969-12-31 19:00 lost+found

drwxrwx--- 2 radio radio 4096 2017-07-13 23:56 mdm

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 misc

drwxrws--- 2 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 paks

drwxr-xr-x 11 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 public

drwx--x--x 6 2903 2903 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 rfs

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 sds

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:39 secnvm

drwxrws--- 2 mot_tpapi mot_tpapi 4096 2017-09-27 06:07 security

drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 sensors

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 2018-01-27 18:46 time

drwxrwx--- 2 media media 4096 1969-12-31 19:39 vpp

drwxr-xr-x 2 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 wifi

drwxrwxr-x 2 mot_drm mot_drm 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 wmdrm

sanders:/ # find /persist -type f

/persist/sensors/sensors_settings

/persist/sensors/sns.reg

/persist/data/prov/oPmVLC+HtODJyv4BdltrZjsIgOcB+Ai64FqL5wLFyE

/persist/data/prov/prov

/persist/data/prov/prov.bak

/persist/data/prov/oPmVLC+HtODJyv4BdltrZjsIgOcB+Ai64FqL5wLFyE.bak

/persist/data/prov/JGTes1YfMbSpOArnTTynBsg+Cr89AAKNYwXuOXY6Ci

/persist/data/prov/JGTes1YfMbSpOArnTTynBsg+Cr89AAKNYwXuOXY6Ci.bak

/persist/data/widevine/rzGUMonf1CX8nJjhLirluvG-Qq9tu0Vp2LioB3184F

/persist/data/widevine/widevine

/persist/data/widevine/widevine.bak

/persist/data/widevine/rzGUMonf1CX8nJjhLirluvG-Qq9tu0Vp2LioB3184F.bak

/persist/data/widevine/2XB2htsuZ4ySEwQcsHs-J0xDBLgh7q463Q2WAB+wQ9

/persist/data/widevine/2XB2htsuZ4ySEwQcsHs-J0xDBLgh7q463Q2WAB+wQ9.bak

/persist/camera/ledcal/rear

/persist/batt_health/age

/persist/mdm/oma_dm_update

/persist/factory/audio/temp

/persist/factory/audio/cnt

/persist/factory/audio/acc

/persist/factory/audio/f0

/persist/factory/audio/ref_diff

/persist/factory/fti

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/data/activation_date

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/data/mobile_data_rx

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/data/mobile_data_tx

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/data/wifi_data_rx

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/data/wifi_data_tx

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/data/factoryreset_time

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/life_calls

/persist/public/hiddenmenu/life_timer

/persist/public/omadm/data

/persist/security/18.bin

/persist/bluetooth/.bt_nv.bin

/persist/time/ats_1

/persist/time/ats_15

/persist/time/ats_2

/persist/time/ats_12

/persist/time/ats_13

/persist/time/ats_8

/persist/time/ats_16

/persist/rfs/shared/server_info.txt

/persist/rfs/msm/mpss/datablock/id_00

/persist/rfs/msm/mpss/server_check.txt

/persist/rfs/msm/mpss/dhob.bin

/persist/rfs/msm/mpss/shob.bin

/persist/rfs/msm/mpss/dhob.bin.bak

/persist/.twrps

/persist/chargeonly/cooldown

sanders:/ # chown -R rfs:rfs /persist/rfs

sanders:/ # chown -R rfs:rfs_shared /persist/hlos_rfs

sanders:/ # ls -l /persist

total 208

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 alarm

drwxr-xr-x 2 mot_pwric mot_pwric 4096 2018-08-25 00:34 batt_health

drwxrwx--- 2 bluetooth bluetooth 4096 2017-07-13 23:56 bluetooth

drwx------ 2 root system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 bms

drwxr-xr-x 2 mot_tcmd bluetooth 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 bt

drwxr-xr-x 4 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 camera

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 chargeonly

drwx------ 6 system system 4096 2017-09-27 06:07 data

drwxrwx--- 2 system graphics 4096 1969-12-31 19:39 display

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 drm

drwxr-xr-x 5 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 2017-07-13 23:57 factory

drwxrwx--- 3 rfs rfs_shared 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 hlos_rfs

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 1969-12-31 19:00 lost+found

drwxrwx--- 2 radio radio 4096 2017-07-13 23:56 mdm

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 misc

drwxrws--- 2 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 paks

drwxr-xr-x 11 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 public

drwx--x--x 6 rfs rfs 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 rfs

drwx------ 2 root root 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 sds

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 1969-12-31 19:39 secnvm

drwxrws--- 2 mot_tpapi mot_tpapi 4096 2017-09-27 06:07 security

drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 1970-05-04 00:13 sensors

drwxrwx--- 2 system system 4096 2018-01-27 18:46 time

drwxrwx--- 2 media media 4096 1969-12-31 19:39 vpp

drwxr-xr-x 2 mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 wifi

drwxrwxr-x 2 mot_drm mot_drm 4096 1969-12-31 19:01 wmdrm

sanders:/ #