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[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] CCaseXX:
When trying to get the unlock code from Motorola it is saying I cannot unlock my phone. Why would this be? I have rooted the Droid turbo by Motorola before and didn't have this issue following the Jcase guide he posted. Has anyone else had this issue?
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] B__B:
Might be cause you have Verizon sim inserted try get the code off phone with sim out
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] CCaseXX:
Thanks ?
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] B__B:
Did you get unlock code
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] clau_la2:
Any recommendations before rooting my moto g7 ?.

In addition to a full backup with TWRP of course, but a blank flash is also necessary? (And how to do it) someone should create a thread on that theme
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] No_sense_at_all:
software update was unsuccessfull

After root I get constantly notifications that software update was unsuccessfull. How to get rid of this? I know that phone is rooted and update is not available anymore.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] khaled122:
Question

what about ppy29.105-116 us retail

xt1952-4

not on the list
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] bsy:
ppos.114-134-7 RETAIL/MOTO G7/OS 9/ so I rooted just fine, it bricked 2 days after, I rescued it using Lenovo moto smart assistant, it worked! now its back to its old state! but wait one second I cant reroot anytime I try to use magisk I get to the "lets go" screen (I made sure debugging is on I made sure bootloader is unlocked and all my pc drivers and adb are update) I even downloaded custom twrp, and when I press "lets go" it closes the app no warning or issue message...it just closes out completely. so tried a 2nd time same result, so I restarted the phone and reinstalled magisk through the phone Itself and through, pc nothing worked!!! I cant find ANYTHING about this online and am stuck on what to do.. someone anyone please help!!!!
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] mekato:
You mean:

fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Fede79:
Yeap

Enviado desde mi moto g(7) mediante Tapatalk
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] aezi:
Issue with root

Hi, I have followed the steps for rooting my g7 play as described in this article:

After doing so, when I started my phone it keeps showing Motorola logo for a while and after that shows a black screen for a second and then keeps showing Motorola logo again and continues to do this. Do you have any solution for this without losing my data?

video of an issue: youtu.be/k9prka35R6E
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] reapur:
can someone please verify if this will work on the Total Wireless Moto G7 Optimo xt1952dl?

rom for this: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/channel/official/TRAC/

Hoping someone can help me with going forward with this. So I found the ROMs for this phone. (above) I Just bought it today, it updated to the latest version. I grabbed that version and copied boot.img to the sd card. I installed magisk and followed the steps to patch as outlined in here:

https://xdaforums.com/moto-g7/how-to/moto-g7-twrp-root-t3914112

I'm not sure if I need to rename the image I got back from magisk to boot.img or leave it with the new name.

Anyway I attempted to rename it to boot.img and placed it in /usr/lib/android-sdk/platform-tools.

I executed:

$> fastboot flash boot boot.img

and I get this message:

target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes

sending 'boot_b' (17681 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.700s]

writing 'boot_b'...

(bootloader) Image boot failed validation

(bootloader) Preflash validation failed

FAILED (remote failure)

finished. total time: 0.700s

I'm going to leave it alone for now, it's getting late and I might make a mistake :)

Thanks
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] harrythotter:
followed the directions and now I'm stuck in a bootloop lol
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] DJBhardwaj:
Did you unlock the phone's bootloader first?
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] reapur:
Thank you. I did discover after a lot of trial and error that this G7, G7 optimo from Total Wireless is not bootlocker unlockable. God knows why other than they want to be dicks about it.

So my problem is I have no idea where to begin looking for a phone than can be bootlocker unlocked. I really just want a cheap phone that I can root on verizon. seems to be a very difficult thing to find. The biggest problem is searching for this, you search for unlocked, you get like carriers' sim unlocks and all that.

So I'm looking...

Cheers
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] CodeWritten:
I used this method on my G7, when i patched the new image, it patched it to boot_a and also said there was a mismatched partition size

Then when i rebooted, my phone boot looped 3 times

Also, windows PowerShell said this when patching '(bootloader) is_logical:boot_a: Not Found

and it says on my phone that my phone was incapable of booting
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Richy_T:
Never mind. Looks like I needed to look for the plus instructions instead.

Currently on ppws29.98-111-5, RETLA channel. Don't see a matching (or close) rom file. Should I just wait?
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] FckThatPayMe:
my software channel says metro now what
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] WoKoschekk:
Which answer are you expecting now??
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zaxx32:
There is no normal TWRP + Masisk 'root' as we know it...YET. The last few pages of this post sort of explains it....

https://xdaforums.com/moto-g7/development/twrp-moto-g7-river-t3921365/page19

Dynamic A/B slots making backups and OTA patches a prob due to new encryption / decryption method of Android 10. Thanx alot Google!

There seems to be patchworked, semi solutions...still waiting for a comprehensive user-friendly working decryption for Twrp/Magisk 'root'...AFAI Understand anyway...but I'm a newb-ish user tryin' to get my head around it too. Oh...there's also encrypt/decrypt issues at play too! Wish I understood more. Stay tuned is about all I can say!
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] npender86:
so root

Is root achievable for this device running stock unrooted Android 10? of course my boot loader is unlocked. I patched the boot img through magisk manager. I'm just wondering if it will all work out once I send it through adb.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] WoKoschekk:
Just try it. If your device does not boot, reflash the stock boot.img to revert the changes.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] maybeme2:
I'm no expert but I received similar advice sometime ago when I was going through bootloops on my Moto G7. The 'reflash the stock boot.img' advice totally messed up my phone and lost my recovery. I had to restart everything from scratch.

I believe that is because the G7 has 2 slots (A/B partitions) and

1. you have to flash to the correct slot

2. The partition contents are different than the same named partitions in single slot devices.

For instance, the boot partition on the G7 also contains the recovery because A/B devices do not have a separate recovery partition like single slot devices.

As I said, I'm no expert but check with others and know what you are doing before you just "reflash the stock boot.img".

Someone more knowledgeable should comment. I am only reporting my own experience.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] WoKoschekk:
Ok, more knowledable? As you said, you patched the boot.img with Magisk. What does Magisk do when patching a boot.img? Magisk creates a backup of your boot.img and stores it in /data. Feel free to take this one in case you messed up sth.

If you patched your boot.img with more than Magisk, e.g. TWRP, then it would be helpful to know that! All I know is you patched your boot.img.

YOU should have the knowledge NOT to flash a stock boot.img to replace a patched one and boot your device!!

BTW: You don't spend much valueable time for reflashing TWRP and Magisk to your stock boot.img. "restart everything from scratch" takes 2 min.

"1. you have to flash the correct slot"

Fastboot and TWRP take the active one in case you do not define a slot. Need the other one? Define the slot in your command.

"2. The partition contents are different than the same named partitions in single slot devices."

No, they don't.

vendor_a.img = vendor.img

system_a.img = system.img

xbl_a.img = xbl.img

logo_a.bin = logo.bin
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] maybeme2:
See https://www.xda-developers.com/how-...ess-updates-affect-custom-development-on-xda/

"On A-only Android devices, you generally have two versions of the kernel: One is packed inside of the recovery partition while the other is in the boot partition. On A/B devices supporting seamless updates, the recovery is now inside of the boot image along with the kernel. The recovery’s main function was to install updates, but since that’s handled by the system itself (update_engine) while Android is booted up the dedicated recovery partition is no longer needed."
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] WoKoschekk:
I know...
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zaxx32:
Is there any chance that one of our more senior/knowledgeable members post up a basis step by step...

We can assume:

-an unlocked bootloader

-ofc no twrp involved

-and assume we know where to get an exact match to the rom already in place

Just a general step guide...with these assumptions. I've given up (for now) on a working And.10 working twrp bu or rest or anything. Like the thread topic says...just want a basik magisk root! Pleeze instruct me!

Thanks in advance...
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] WoKoschekk:
How to:

install Magisk on Moto G (7)

XT1962 river​

»»» Requirements:

- bootloader is unlocked

- ADB/Fastboot tools installed on your desktop

- stock ROM is installed without any mods

sources for Stock ROMs:

mirrors.loinet.com

Telegram lolinet

Telegram Moto updates

»»» You need:

- latest Magisk

- TWRP

1. Boot into fastboot mode and type

fastboot boot <twrp.img filename>

2. TWRP should boot now.

I guess the data partition problem hasn't been fixed yet. So the following are steps to fully unencrypt your device. After that you should be able to do a full backup of /data without a permanent installation of TWRP.

THIS IS OPTIONAL!! You can skip these steps and go ahead from step 3

.

THE NEXT STEPS WILL DELETE ALL YOUR DATA!! IT IS RECOMMENDED TO BACKUP YOUR DATA FIRST!

a) Format data to remove encryption. Wipe > Format Data > type 'yes' and swipe to confirm.

b) Flash Disable_Dm-Verity_ForceEncrypt.zip

c) Disable HAB verification by flashing hab_disabler.zip

(***after formating /data your internal storage is wiped, too. To install the flashable .zips copy them to ext storage, a USB-Stick or sideload them by using ADB)

This is a simple tool I made to disable HAB (High Assurance Boot), a second verification of /system integrity. I'm using this method since months on my Moto G6 Plus to fully unencrypt it. It deletes two files on /vendor and replaces another one. As an additional step it also deletes the verity_key file.

You can easily revert all the optional actions by flashing a clean boot, system and vendor.img from your stock ROM files and/or from your TWRP backup.

3. Install Magisk by flashing the Magisk .zip

4. Reboot to system.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zaxx32:
So things really get THAT simple once the requirement of a functioning TWRP install is removed?!

Been twiddling my fingers, so to speak, all ready to unlock the moment the issue with a full functioning TWRP on Android 10 is resolved. Well, if n when that happens...I'll reassess things.

For now I'll keep it to a simple Magisk root and use a backup soft like Titanium I guess.

Thanks to WoKoschekk for making me realize I was way overthinking things!
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] maybeme2:
Let the rest of us know how things work out.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] WoKoschekk:
I've noticed that I did a little mistake when creating my guide.

I'm afraid you won't be able to install Magisk as long as you only boot TWRP without being fully unencrypted. This way should give an error like "can't mount /data" or sth like this. I only focused the fact that /data could be red in TWRP.

If I'm right and installation fails with mentioned error, then you should patch the boot.img in Magisk Manager:

- install the Manager .apk

- grep the boot.img from your firmware .zip and copy it into your internal storage

- open Magisk Manager > choose "install" in Magisk section > "install" again > Select and Patch a File > select the boot.img from your internal storage you copied before

After Magisk patched the Image you find it in your download folder as "magisk_patched.img". Copy it into your ADB folder on your PC and flash it via fastboot

fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img

Reboot into system and your device should have root access.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zaxx32:
Okay...I think you've got a good work-around. Just one more question....when moto updates Android 10, how complicated will it be update to the new rom? The OTA isn't going balk at the work-around and somehow cause a crash, bootloop or anything will it? Asking cuz I don't know much about how this A/B slot (static update) works. I assume it will 'see' that it's been rooted abort the OTA update so to speak?

My most recent OTA update was the June security patch, so I assume they're doing 3-month updates...meaning our next one is 2 weeks away, if I'm correct. Moto needs to rededicate themselves re: updates like Nokia did....and not just for their flagship customers either!! It's not like they have to deal with a heavily skinned OS...updates really shouldn't be very demanding yet they have a sh!t reputation re: updates...smh
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] Rootmaster906:
I'd rather have a custom recovery
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] marielacuencahilario@gmai:
Déjame descargar mis emojis
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] marielacuencahilario@gmai:
Gracias
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] maybeme2:
Here's what ended up working for me in case someone else needs clear instructions. I ended up with both a rooted moto G7 and a working TWRP recovery.

This is a composite of simple and clear instructions from several sources modified to work for me.

TWRP

TWRP Is now a

2 step procedure

.

—Download

both

the img and the zip.

from https://dl.twrp.me/river/

—Copy the zip to your phone's extra sdcard.

—Power off your device completely. Hold volume down and turn on the device. Phone is now in the bootloader menu.

—Connect the phone to PC.

—Open a command window (in the PC's adb folder) and ran the following command from the proper location:

fastboot boot 'path/to/twrp.

img

'

(it's the IMG on the pc. Drag the file to the cmd to insert path))

This will

temporarily

boot TWRP on your device.

In the

temporary twrp,

the files are still encrypted.

So put the twrp zip into the sdcard (not main storage).

The sdcard will not be encrypted.

—in TWRP go to install and browse to the zip and install the zip.

(You may need to change "source" to get to secondary sdcard)

The zip will install TWRP on boot partition of

both slots

and reboot into TWRP.

So far this is all standard. Now comes the important part.

ROOT

Do not follow the Majisk instructions to patch the boot.img and flash that to root your device!! If you do that, Majisk will root the phone but remove TWRP. If you then reinstall TWRP, the phone will be unrooted again!

Catch 22.

(That's because the recovery is now part of the boot.img and therefore gets over written).

Instead, do this:

1. In TWRP,

Install in TWRP the Magisk.zip (from sdcard)

For a long time I was stumped because I could not find Magisk.zip to download. For other newbies in a similar quandary "Magisk.zip" is obtained by simply renaming Magisk.apk to zip.

And now you have a rooted Moto G7 with a TWRP recovery.

I hope this helps some other non expert like me.
[Moto G7 Guides, News, & Discussion] NathanThern:
Verified.

Of course, you need to unlock your bootloader first. May be obvious, but the post does say this procedure is for "non-experts".

One other nit-pick: You have to actually run Magisk before you are rooted. I rebooted and immediately ran Root Checker and it failed. Then I ran Magisk - the TWRP installed one will download actual Magisk (at least it did for me w/ v23.0). After that, Root Checker successfully verified that I had root.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] ThePscho:
Hi friends!

I'm new in Mi 8 Lite community. I wonder a thing. If i unlock my bootlader, can i lock it again ?

Thanks for your answers.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] hamidezat20:
Absolutely you can

https://youtu.be/O6qU57iGhBg
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] ThePscho:
Will this work on Mi 8 Lite ?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] hamidezat20:
Yes this method works on all xiaomi devices
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] alxsduarte:
Hello!

Some people claim that locking up the bootloader on newer Xiaomi devices could brick the phone.

Does this information proceed?

Has anyone tested?

---------- Post added at 08:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:31 PM ----------

This video shows how to install stock ROM. But no to lock bootloader.

I dont understand the language. So, I dont see when he lock bootloader.

Sorry! Bad english... ::laugh:
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] SubwayChamp:
This video don´t show how to lock bootloader so the essential part is missed, maybe the guy is talking about but most of users won´t understand what he says and is not reflected on the options that he is using.

If you want to lock bootloader using MiFlashTool then at time to flash a stock rom you have to check on "Clean All and Lock" option down at the right in the tool.

Locking bootloader can´t never brick device by itself, the problem is that some users tried to do it using a custom rom, a custom recovery, rooted or with a cross-firmware that was not released originally in the device and happened that after device was locked again then refuses to boot to android system so bootloader detects that some partition/s was/were altered.

If you only unlocked bootloader and you are using all stock and non rooted you can relock it without need of use mi flash but using only the typical fastboot command

fastboot oem lock

then check if it was correct with

fastboot oem device-info

BUT never try to lock it of this way if some non-stock file was flashed and currently using on your device be custom rom, custom recovery, root, logo, custom kernel, etc.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] alxsduarte:
Thank you, bro!

All my doubts are clear now!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] smokerman:
you cant lock bootloader if you firmware was originally chinese and you have changed to global..

if your firmware was global and you unlocked , yes you can lock it again using flashtool and oficial GLOBAL fastboot rom,developer or stable..:good:
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] Shillopellos9:
Hello, I've been trying to unlock my Mi8 Lite for a while (bootloader) but it is always stuck at 50% on MiUnlock, I've tried multiple drivers and disabling driver signature in Windows 10. It never gets beyond that point and always shows a '-1' error. Did anyone encounter this or better yet solved it? I've searched many times on Google and Youtube but with no success.

I had requested an unlock from Xiaomi and disabled all my other devices from my account.

Any help would be appreciated as this has become unnecessarily complicated, Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] SubwayChamp:
Check again if it´s correctly binded your MiAccount on Developer Options and try with other MiUnlock version.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] tolga9009:
Yes, I had the same issue and got it solved by using Mi Unlock on another PC. My main PC is using AMD Ryzen 2700 CPU, my laptop Intel Core i7-4712HQ. Wasted like 2 hours on my PC, while it worked first try on my laptop. Please note, the software told me to now wait 360 hours - it didn't unlock right away (this looks like expected behavior).
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] Shillopellos9:
Soo i saw your reply and straight away tried unlocking with stock drivers on freshly bought laptop (today) with a Celeron, it worked straight away, Thanks! (i have a Ryzen 1600 desktop)
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] Stefke93:
Witch version of Mi unlock software you suggest for unlocking bootloader?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] Amine213:
I have China phone redmi note 8..and i want to flash global ROM but all Google say that if u lock the bootloader again...the phone will brick...so help me
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] djtrix21:
Also, i have a question! My phone is on EU version, but i prefer the global version. Can i lock the bootloader back after i flash the version in fastboot mode?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] Shahzaib Raj:
Flash Mi 8 Lite image with mi flash tool and make sure you select clean all and lock in right bottom..
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] alicization:
You can flash fastboot ROM and set to clean all and lock, then the bootloader will be locked by a script from fastboot ROM
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Lite Questions & Answers] gabtit7:
Once i unlocked the bootloader, after i set a new password and fp it just kept saying that i need to enter my password every 0 hours. Tbh it did warn me when i accepted the oem unlocking that security features like fp, face recognision and find device will be disabled. So here is the question, is there any way at all to lock the bootloader without factory resetting?

P.S. : I have flashed twrp and miui 12, because i destroyed the miui 11 [:
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mab71:
Isn't there anyone a bit worried about the high SAR value(radiation) of the s10?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Looking at the attached link, there are worse phones.

I haven't had any issues with my S8+, which is similar and both are within allowable limits.

https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model-sar/f0d64f1d
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Tel864:
This is directly from the FCC,

"ALL cell phones must meet the FCC’s RF exposure standard, which is set at a level well below that at which laboratory testing indicates, and medical and biological experts generally agree, adverse health effects could OCCUR."
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mab71:
It must not be 1.6 and above... S10 is 1.5 something... Very near to 1.6... It's now like the oneplus and xiaomi phones. Very worrying trend... Samsung phones used to have the lowest values
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Outbreak444:
Worrying? Did you read the post by [MENTION=4351553]Tel864[/MENTION]? Level well below that causes health effects. We're fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] dynospectrum:
Are you vegan?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Duncan1982:
Hold your breath there is carbon monoxide in the air, brace yourself for 5G, oh and the zombie apocalypse is coming :p

Seriously yes we are living in a toxic world, adapt we must.....:p
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] Tel864:
Keep in mind that those values are from tests conducted on mice and according to some experts, you would have to keep the phone to your ear 10 hours a day for months to even have a chance of getting harmful radiation.

One warning though, I would keep you mouse off the phone as much a possible because we know how they love to talk. :)
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mab71:
Any link to verify this?
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] _Dennis_:
Non ionizing radiation, yeah not concerned. The only way cellular radiation hurts you is the warning it can cause, and the power levels needed are orders of magnitude larger to appreciably raise your tissues temperature.
[Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers] mab71:
I think u guys don't know about the exynos versions... All of them have near the limit values..