yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sharkie405:
Yeah, so that didn't work. I tried all of the troubleshooting mentioned in that post, and I couldn't ever get it to boot -- not with Magisk, flashing vbmeta.img, flashing back to stock first, rinse and repeat, etc. All result in either the corrupt message, stuck on Google screen, or immediate reboot back into TWRP. I give up.

If anyone is ever successful at flashing that Havoc GSI, please share your exact steps.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrBrady:
Until A10 ROMs mature a bit more, I went back to Havoc A9 and it's really a breath of fresh air compared to stock A10. I didn't realize how much I miss all the customizations and Substratum theme compatibility. Currently running a combination of Liv dark theme and Alice OS theme. Gives the device a lot of little touches that make it feel very polished, in my opinion. Dare I say it - a (slight) bit like MIUI.

Unfortunately, Alice OS theme - and most other apps this developer team puts out - seems to get abandoned a few months after releasing. It's a real shame since they put out great looking work!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] itslels:
1. Extract image from Havoc 3.0 zip and place on internal storage.

2.Boot to twrp and do a clean wipe. Go to install an image and select the Havoc 3.0 img and select system partition

3. In order to install gapps, you must resize the system partition, which is easily done in twrp too. Go to wipe, advanced, select system and click on change or repair filesystem, then click on resize and confirm.

4. Now you will be able to install gapps up to the full gapps package. Not enough room for stock gapps.

This should work as I did this a handful of times yesterday, messing around with it. My main issue was pixel launcher crashing and not being able to get swipe from corner for assistant to show up.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
Have you tried any other launcher, such as Nova launcher?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] v0ne:
Is squeeze feature present in gsi havoc 3.0 mate? Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] itslels:
No it is not.

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Other launchers work fine. Even lawnchair with quick switch. However, I could not get corner gesture for assistant to work on anything.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
Can't you assign this gesture in Fling to open google assistant ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] freecandymlg:
Does anyone knows if it's possible to integrate A10 new gestures in the latest official Build?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
I don't know what are the A1o new gestures, but here are some screenshots from gestures settings
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrBrady:
Anyone else having issues applying Substratum overlays on this build? Tried both Substratum and Substratum light. Neither ask for root not do they install a Magisk module.

Seems like I need to reboot after building a theme and then again after enabling/disabling.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] caballeronieto:
These screenshots come from the GSI Havoc 3.0? If it's affirmative, could you please tell me what are the differences between havoc 2.9? The recents buttons works? Magisk can pass safety net? And most important. How did you install please?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
Nope, from 2.8

Have not tried yet a GSI version
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] caballeronieto:
Meanwhile the havoc os 3.0 is released for our pixel 2xl....is there any chance to make some builds with pie and the new security updates and get the safety net working too? I'm running the last September unofficial build from eamo5 but the August security patch in order to get the safety net working.....I hope somebody can make it possible.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] KC69:
Where did you see 3.0 for p2xl?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GohanBurner:
Can I donate to get a Android 10 build for the 2 XL? There's really no point in upgrading to the 3 or 4...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrBrady:
You can go the GSI route. I tried it a couple weeks back. Havoc 3 booted and ran fine, but I couldn't get gapps installed. If you look back a few posts, there was a user who got it working.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
I haven't tried that yet

Have you resized the system partition before installing gapps?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrBrady:
Yes, tried that. Read somewhere that you need to boot to the other partition, then flash gapps. I didn't try that.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Edmontonchef:
Do you just flash the system.img to system in TWRP, factory reset then reboot? No monkeying around with vbmeta?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrBrady:
Tried both ways, but was in a bit of a rush bc I needed a usable phone. May try again once I have some downtime
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] franzpimp87:
If we resize System partition, are we still able to flash any other ROM? Does size automatically asigned or how much is it possible to select?

Which GApps did you use? Since at opengapps there aren't Android 10 GApps available.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Edmontonchef:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/opengapps/files/arm64/beta/20191114/

Found these
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] MrBrady:
Which did you flash? Nano?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] fryedmonk911:
need help with flashing

I cant find the old blog but was told you need to reboot after twrp is installed to change blocks or some thing like that I cant figure it out on july stock android build 9.0 was on this then just tried pixel dust rom cant get this back in phone

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I can't find the old installation guide I was on this ROM until a couple days ago

I wanted to try pixel dust 10.0 did not like it I reinstalled the factory image

9.0 July from what I remember I can't figure it out is that

after you install twrp you need to reboot to change blocks a/b

also when installing tour do you swipe to allow modifications

or no please give me detailed instruction
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] fludi:
Is someone able to get Google Voice Match working?

nvm, you need to do the following:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79672906&postcount=3232
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
I wrote a pretty detailed step by step which applies to all taimen devices (8/8.1/9/10) in another ROM forum. You can find it in the PD forums as well. It works for me flawlessly every time for either 9 or 10. I realize this is from December 15th of last year, but others can use it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] flint777:
Hey bro, can you please provide a link to your installation guide? It would be very appreciated. thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] flint777:
I've some kind follow your procedure and I managed to have Havoc booting. Thank you kindly. Very appreciated
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
My pleasure, the more I can do to help others get onto custom Android ROMs the better off the world will be! OpenSource Android is what its about!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
You can OTA flash the update on top of the April FULL firmware then factory reset and install Havoc and have working decryption. This is how I build my DD and it works, I can nandroid, install files, and Magisk doesnt force encryption if you follow this method. You MUST format data (select yes) and you MUST dirty OTA (ROM specific firmware) but without booting into the OTA version, do the April FULL, wipe (-w), format data in TWRP, then dirty OTA in TWRP but without booting then factory reset, install TWRP, install ROM, install TWRP again, reboot to recovery and install Magisk. This will work to keep you unencrypted and TWRP will work with all operations. For Havoc (this ROM), I use the April FULL with this OTA dirty flashed in recovery PQ3A.190801.002 and it works. Havoc requires PQ3A.190801.002 as the base firmware which can be OTA dirty flashed on top of the April firmware PQ2A.190405.003:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
What's the advantage of using this app for SMS/MMS backup comparing to the built-in google backup?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
MMS mainly (pics), it backs up my TXTs PLUS all MMS / pictures/media, ETC. to XML. This gives me the freedom to recover a single message, entire chain of messages, single conversation, multiple conversations, or the entire TXT/MMS from all time (everything in the backup). Many users do not realize that Google's TXT backup, only does TXTs but not MMS, they just assume this is restored by Google, but MMS is not (at least not on ALL Android devices). I know Google One is starting to include MMS but its not reliable from what I found and its not available for everyone. Using Carbonite is available across all devices, allows me to schedule overnight backups, and save them directly to my Google Drive as well as locally.

I have been using this method for years (since before it was bought out by Carbonite), and I never lose a single text, single picture, nada and I flash different ROM OS's all the time (I have TXT/MMS from 2016 stored in XML that I can recover, view, edit, ETC.), I lose NOTHING with this process. Google backup only handles TXTs but not picture (MMS) or multimedia.

All that (what I just said), PLUS you can view the XML on your PC, edit it, remove messages, and so on, but really, I swear by it because it just works, flawlessly, across all ROMs, and I never lose a single message (TXT or MMS).

Because it uses XML, it allows you to restore on top of existing conversations, so if by accident I delete 1 or 100 messages from my wife, I can restore the entire conversation without duplicates and it "fills in the gaps". Unlike TiB XML restore, this doesnt OVERWRITE the entire DB of messages that were backed up, instead it restores the missing gaps or messages on top of the missing messages. TiB will overwrite and restore ONLY whats in the backup but remove everything else, Carbonite fills in those missing gaps.

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/7179901?hl=en

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[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
Thank you for the detailed reply

I don't use MMS so i haven't really noticed that they are not backed up

Do you know if RCS texts are backed up by Google?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
RCS should be included as part of the Google backup but I would confirm as I know there are some caveats on the restore side (firmware versions need to be the same or newer, you cannot downgrade - I.E. 10 to 9) BUT keep in mind, I have not personally tested this myself so you should confirm.

Also are you sure you never use MM and only use RCS? RCS will only work with RCS recipients otherwise its transformed into MMS if it is multimedia then sent over as TXT or MMS to the recipient. I would be curious to know your answer. I use MMS daily along with RCS (as I am the only Android user, my wife and kids all use iCrap), so my messages to them are TXT/MMS, whereas my Google friends who use RCS (Google Messenger) will use RCSto transfer.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
For rich text messages, i mostly use WhatsApp, Viber, Telegram which are more versatile than MMS (and much cheaper in my country)

But now with the advent of RCS, i sometimes send pictures in Google messages

As regards carbonite, does it save apps data/settings/preferences?

I don't see it in play store, has it been removed?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
Possibly, there is an quicker way to do this using the "--slot all" switch and the "--skip-reboot" switch

You could replace the original flash-all bat from

fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-taimen-tmz20r.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot flash radio radio-taimen-g8998-00008-1902121845.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot -w update image-taimen-pq3a.190801.002.zip​

to

fastboot --slot all flash bootloader bootloader-taimen-tmz20r.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot --slot all flash radio radio-taimen-g8998-00008-1902121845.img

fastboot reboot-bootloader

fastboot -w --slot all --skip-reboot update image-taimen-pq3a.190801.002.zip​

(I have not tested it, but the process you describe seems quite lengthy)

Also, if someone is going from stock to havoc (or the other way around), he could possibly remove the "-w" switch and perform a dirty flash as data partitions seem compatible.

Theoretically, one could have a dual boot setup, and could switch from havoc to stock without flashing anything, just by activating the other slot ...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
I am referring to the data and settings of each individual app

Google account has the list of the apps associated the google account, and they will be downloaded after a clean install

But since most app developers do not follow the backup API described here

https://developer.android.com/guide/topics/data/backup

to save the settings, in case of a dirty flash you need either to backup all apps data/settings (e.g. with Titanium Backup) or set everything app from scratch, which can be very time consuming, especially if you have many apps

Does carbonite save these apps' data/settings ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] flint777:
Yoo I have the wierdest thing happening with ma pixel 2 xl and I don't find anything on the web about it. So her I go...

Sometimes there's a voice coming out of my speakerphone and there's no apps running at all. I finally figured what it was. It's Will Smith and the Rewind time meme...it's starts like this ;. Yaaa its Rewind time ...if I got the Rewind etc etc ...even when my phone is on vibration mode it starts randomly. Like 2 3 times a day. Sooooo annoying .. anyone got this ? Is it kind of a virus ? Please help
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] flint777:
I discovered it actually starts when press back on home screen !! Anyone has an idea ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] flint777:
Fix. It was a lawnchair. When I pressed back on home screen it triggered this.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
nope (and thats referred to as app data) and you threw me off when you mentioned the XML, I was only referring to Carbonite writing to XML for TXT/MMS (not apps, only messages), you can use TiB for that but I wouldnt. I just reset the apps (I have 200+) with using the password manager built-in to Android (autofill service) so its not really all that bad. Carnonite is ONLY for SMS/MMS. TiB is more robust for apps and app data but you will probably have issues restore app data. I rely more on the apps devs to restore service (like Google Play account / FB account) to restore progress, the rest I just redo the configs. A new ROM from beginning to end, takes me about 5 hours to completely wipe, backup, install and configure OS, then restore everything. You gotta have some patience and determination to be a flashaholic like me and some others, but if you do have the patience and take your time, you wont lose much (maybe a few games progress but I try not to use games that do not have a restore functionality).
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Nikos2k:
It takes a lot of patience to do all this ritual every time ...
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
Indeed it does, but I WILL say, I lose NOTHING and I swap ROMs all the time. The only hiccup I ever hit, is WhatsApp because you cant activate the same cell number X amount of time in X amount of hours, ETC. Other than that, I dont lose a single txt, picture, nada.

I wrote a few step by step guides in the Pixel 2 XL forums (Carbon/Pixel/AOiSP) and I note in almost all of them, patience is the crucial piece to this working! In technology, IT in particular, shortcuts lead to disasters and problems down the road. I am very strict in my daily field so it trickles into my flashing so it works for me, but not everyone will be able to do this every time. It does get annoying if/when I screw up part of the process and have to start all over again, but in the end, I find its worth it. Mainly because I am VERY much OCD/ADHD so I must be tinkering, and it MUST be in a very strict order (or my OCD makes me feel like I held in a sneeze and bothers me) so testing every possible ROM for my Pixel goes along naturally with owning the device. Meaning, its an Android device, so you better damn well believe I am going to try them all, until I find the best working version with no bugs! My OCD comes into play when it comes to data, I am a FREAK about my backups. I freak because as long as I have a good backup, I can (and do) test, code, change, develop, whatever I want to do, because I can roll back to the point in time before I started.

Again, this all takes patience but its worth it. I have had numerous droids, from Note2 to HTC 10 reaching back to 2012, and I STILL have those texts and MMS from over 8 years ago, across hundreds of different OS's (ROMs) across multiple devices, all because I am careful and backup my data! Its worth it to me to have the freedom to test anything I want to test, knowing I can recover if needed. This is why I am able to help so many droid users here on XDA, I replicate the disaster, then figure out how to avoid it or how to fix it, help the user, then roll back. Then I am right where I was before I started so my device is fine, and I helped fix someone else's device.

Its all about getting users onto AOSP and giving them the freedom of what is installed, not a carrier, not Google, ME!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Neverfalter2015:
I'm struggling with how I tell what month of sec patch I need to be on in order to install most recent havoc os. Anyone have any pointers?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Edmontonchef:
If you're talking about the one recently posted on AFH , it's the February patch. Otherwise the last official one was August last year.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Neverfalter2015:
I see. Thank you, I appreciate it. I meant the latest official. I like the pie versions of it for sure.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] joeo10:
I wouldn't recommended it now since it's just too old. I would try CarbonROM if you still want a Pie build since they have recently updated.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Neverfalter2015:
Okay I'll give carbon a shot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] GROOVYJOSHCLARK:
The easiest way is to open the METADATA file (from the ROM zip) in notepad and see what firmware level is used by that ROM (unless the developer of the ROM specifies differently this will tell you the firmware required), example is circled in the pic below.

Havoc-OS-v2.8-20190807-taimen-Official.zip\META-INF\com\android\metadata:

View attachment 4967495

NOTE, don't be confused by the picture (it is for reference ONLY). download and use the latest to confirm. I do not use anything past 9 OS so this picture was taken from the last 9 release (NOT 10).

CarbonROM is the ONLY ROM I run these days and it's my DD as it's still monthly updated! Plus it's really solid and just works!
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] palimatix:
Anyone has links for Havoc Q beta?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Edmontonchef:
There's a build on AFH but you'll have to roll back to February
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] pablo9023:
Please link
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Edmontonchef:
New build just got posted, maybe it's got a march fingerprint

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261744785
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Blackjubel:
https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261744785

März update :highfive:

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Lol You were a little faster
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Prattham:
Can you post the changelog or feature list
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Neverfalter2015:
This ROM is killer! Totally bug free as far as I can tell.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Neverfalter2015:
CTS is suddenly passing with this ROM??
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] joeo10:
Next maintainer maybe?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] palimatix:
Do you have a telegram channel or something to follow ? Else pls update in this or your thread.

Edit:

I love the barebones fact, but I also love the Google Camera app. Can you suggest i need to flash some gapps to get that or install apk mod?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Blackjubel:
Sure I could do the Rom without pixelgapps building.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] palimatix:
No, it's my bad. Your build is fantastic. , perfect.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sharkie405:
Agreed! It feels wonderful to be back on Havoc! And I'm also finding it to be bug free, except for Active Edge not working.

[MENTION=6647671]Blackjubel[/MENTION] Awesome work and thank you soooooooooo much for sharing!

I can't find a thread for this ROM. I went through your statistics and only see a crdroid ROM thread.

Do you have one?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blaaaazedup:
Just to confirm, this is android 10 with the March update?

If so, do you plan on continuing to maintain this?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sharkie405:
Can confirm, yes.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blaaaazedup:
Thank you sir. Jumping down the rabbit hole now :D
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] morrowa2:
ROM is flawless! Goodbye Pixeldust.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] sharkie405:
Nice feature
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] jlokos:
Does android auto work for you?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] morrowa2:
Not a feature I use, so couldn't say
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] dimpoblimpo:
Does Swype texting work on the keyboard that comes with this ROM? Mine keeps crashing. Should I install the google keyboard?
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] palimatix:
Yes swiping on the AOSP crashes in this ROM. Need to use alternates
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] ntoetsoekarno:
Thanks for the rom, it's fluid and smooth like baby butt. Love the charging animation.

Great job [MENTION=6647671]Blackjubel[/MENTION], keep it up :good:
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] blaaaazedup:
Amazing. Not a single issue. Please keep building it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Oth] Blackjubel:
New Build up :highfive:

https://androidfilehost.com/?fid=4349826312261748457