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[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
Well, before anything, [MENTION=2388665]TheSSJ[/MENTION] thank you for the effort to keep this, it's a great work.

So, I tried to install the May 21 build, but I'm stuck on an bootloop. I tried a clean install (wiping and not wiping caches).

Then I tried the May 20 build, and it work. Once it working I tried to update to May 21 build, and just received a bootloop again :(.

Actually, the fingerprint sensor just don't work, it worked when I installed the May 20 build, but when I tried to update for the May 21 build, that I come back to May 20 build, stop working.

Ah, and when it was working, every time that I reboot I was obligated to setup the fingerprints again, like the data of fingerprints rebooted with the phone.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
Indeed, I noticed the fingerprints going away after reboot as well, found the issue already and will be fixed in the next build

Edit: new build is up:

- fixed fingerprints resetting after reboot (the drawback is that even after you disable fingerprint unlock it will still remember the registered fingerprints - it's not a bug :p )

- reduced minimum brightness to smallest possible value (the default setting is way too bright)

- Doze working now :)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
Well, well, well....

I'm stuck in a bootloop again :( (update mode)

Edit: I tried a clean install, just don't worked, and I tried every way: with gapps, without gapps, updating, wiping and not wiping things... :( In the moment, I came back to the May 20 build, that yes, it's working.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
I don't understand though, I am currently running my newest build and it works :/

I need logs though to fix: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2774386

It is best if you get adb to work with the may 20 build and then just upgrade to the newest version and pull the logs
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
In what moment do you want me to capture the log?

'Cause I was looking and I just know take the logcat if the phone has booted.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
I need the logcat during bootloop to see the error

In the link I posted you have to follow section

"From PC[i.e, ADB] LOGCAT METHOD :Difficulty --> Medium"

All prerequisites you have to do with May 20th build, then just update to the latest version without seeing data and pull the logs using adb while the device is bootlooping, should be all in the link I posted above
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
I can't do the logcat (after the update), during the bootloop the device is listed as "unauthorized" in adb, and don't let me capture nothing.

But, while in the May 20 build, I tried to capture during the boot, and I only was able to capture after inserting the password to decrypt the device.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
I see now! As you enter a password to decrypt your device data partition adb can't read the file with the trusted device as it can't access it... Unfortunately you have to make sure to either remove encryption or just use the standard setting where you don't have to enter any pw, then your adb should be able to spit out logs
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
I was doing this in the meantime.

When I removed the password, the flash just succeeded. (it's working :) )

But I was able to capture the logcat, I hope it will help you to understand what's the thing with the encryption.

logcat -> https://anonfiles.com/z8CbVfs6na/file_txt
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Lmajor:
Rom appears to work, but tried everything at camera will not work, gcam,snap,etc ?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] k500zm:
I like the way you have reduced the minimum brightness to the smallest possible - great idea

I have to use an app to do this at the moment called brightness tweak
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
Still troubleshooting, but for now you can install opencamera, open it and wait for a picture to appear

After that snap will work as well :good:
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] RedTardis:
Thank you, Runs smooth,

I use a app called Free Flashlight that works the flashlight.

Can't wait for new updates.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
Well, you don't need the app anymore :)

I fixed the cam, flashlight (you can toggle it using the quick settings) but leave the hotspot for now :)

You can turn it on (and it works) but when you turn it off the OS crashes :D

Should be fixed as well soon :good:
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Masterjuggler:
After several years of my mom's mini continuously getting more unstable, I stuck TWRP on it and flashed your latest 5/29 build, it's worlds better than stock nougat.

I didn't see it mentioned anywhere in the thread but encryption seems to be an issue right now. Not sure if you plan on getting that working, it isn't really a dealbreaker for me anyway. After flashing the ROM, going through setup, and encrypting, it wouldn't boot anymore. TWRP was able to decrypt properly so I backed up system and data, formatted internal storage to remove encryption, and restored. After restoring it booted perfectly fine.

Also, I'm not sure if it's going to be in the next build or was supposed to be in the 5/29, but the flashlight quick settings tile and camera are still broken. I've got her using open camera right now, but other apps that require camera are pretty buggy.

Thanks for continuing to share your builds, it really breathes new life into these phones!
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
I related this some days ago.

For the flashlight, yes, I confirm, but for me sometimes it works, sometimes not, it seems like has life your own.

For the camera, when the phone boots, don't work (sometimes, for me as soon as I flashed the ROM, it worked fine, but when I rebooted, it stoped), but try to open some app that utilizes the camera (e.g. Instagram, WhatsApp, etc...) after some time it will work fine.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
Yes, also something I have to troubleshoot, not sure where to begin with this one as logs can't be viewed via adb as the allowed client list is located on the data partition which fails to decrypt it seems........have to check what I changed from 20th to 25th may to see what could have broken decryption

Yes, I noticed that too late as I didn't reboot the phone when I saw flashlight and cam working...I think I know what the issue is though, have to test my hypothesis to have this confirmed.

I think the camera service is starting way earlier than the qcom camera provider, which causes the camera service to fail in binding to any camera present on the device. It seems open camera is having this function implemented directly in the app, this is why it is suddenly connecting the camera service and provider, which makes then also all other cam applications work like snap.

Plan A is to get the camera service to start later to make sure the qcom service is already up

Plan B is to get the relevant code from Open Camera and writing either a bash script or an executable to "connect the dots" as zte does not share the relevant source code (compiling from scratch is always the best option)

Indeed, that's the only workaround right now: reboot and check if the torchlight symbol is toggable (and not greyed out), then you know all camera apps are working fine without the open camera workaround
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
Just a observation: I use AIDA64 (the app) to look at properties of the phone, and at the time when camera isn't working yet, I see there that only frontal camera is listed. After started functioning, the rear camera appears.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
Is there any feedback on the amount (and disturbance) of the mentioned screen distortion issues? With having currently my own unofficial builds for 14.1 I have no need to update asap, but I feel that [MENTION=2388665]TheSSJ[/MENTION] 's work is coming to the point of being the better choice. :)

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
the only 2 occurrences I found so far:

1. Right after booting and showing the lock screen the text on the upper left usually scrolls (no signal, etc etc). While it scrolls you see that the text ist laying over itself which makes a trail of white

2. In whatapp when you scroll your contact list to open a new chat, the bottom area is glitching a little as well

That's what I observed
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
Thanks for your feedback! :)

Sounds great. I will build one last build for 14.1 that I can test on my own device, then I will switch in a week. Lets see if I can build from your sources as well! (Don't worry, I will not hijack your work.)

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
it's published for a reason mate, anyone can build lineage 16 or other android custom ROMs with the files and configs I provided, feel free to hijack :) but of course don't forget to give credits
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
small update: still fighting camera and hotspot, it's a pain :/

next build should be up tonight, with circular battery and more gps settings (high accuracy, device only, network location)

only the patch level didn't change oddly enough
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] koktey14:
I understand you brother it is a real pain. I will try to help you after 2 weeks at least maybe i can build aokp but i will be just giving it a try cuz i didnt build any roms before. Have a good day and an open mind.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Masterjuggler:
I'm not sure how easy this would be for you to troubleshoot, but we're also having an issue with calling over a bluetooth device. Bluetooth connects and works with android auto, but trying to call (or receiving a call) routes all audio through the phone instead of the car's speaker/mic. I tried with a regular bluetooth earpiece and got the same behavior.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
thanks for the feedback, it's added to my list (should be doable to fix :good: )

by the way, I fixed the SIM registration delay as I found out lineageos was adding an obsolete ril daemon, although I registered them already in my scripts

will be fixed in the next round
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R3bornD4rth:
I am stoked to see, that LOS 16 gets pushed on the device. I am currently on installing and setting up the device for testing. If all works well, then I will switch between my daily (Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 on HardesROM) and the ZTE for usability testing. If anything comes up I will try to let you know.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
current build is up:

- camera seems to be fixed, pls confirm

- SIM registration seems to work as well (pls confirm as well :D)

and some other surprises

next build will focus on Hotspot, graphics and Bluetooth calling, thanks for all the feedback so far
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] BAPK:
Thank. Really looking forward to the fixes needed for android auto
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
Well, the camera seems to be ok, SIM registration is apparently more faster. In the last build I was unable to capture video (at least with the frontal camera), now I can. :)

Ah, the auto-brightness don't work, and (I don't know if that's up to you) the Pixel "Launcher" just don't "launch" (these issues persist since the May 29 build).

About the Pixel Launcher, I made it a logcat. Looking at the logcat and searching a bit, I found a solution (here), it was a permission that was not being granted, but in the solution page there a link to a post here on XDA, and there someone says that is something in the ROM, idk, if you can give a look.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R3bornD4rth:
Quick update on my end:

Installed the ROM and booted for the first time. Everything worked fine on initial setup. Until I started to format the SD as device-storage. This froze the device to a point where not even soft-reset was possible. Well eventually it rebooted on its own, maybe due to my many inputs of making it reboot. It luckily didn't kill the SD-card nor the device itself. Today I will try the newest build with a full wipe since I couldn't get it to boot after that. Currently in the process.

Will report back if something else comes up. If anything I hope it was just a spontaneous occurrence. I even guess to have loaded the system up with to much work, since it was full in work of installing my apps while the formatting took place.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
interesting, didn't really come to test that, let's hope it's not broken as well^^

currently building a new version to see if this fixes Bluetooth not being played over car

thanks for all the feedback! for me autobrightness works though
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R3bornD4rth:
Well. Now all works fine. This time I took the extra care and let everything finish before tasking the phone with formatting the card. It probably was overloaded.

All apps installed and now setup for daily use is the next step.

For me nothing happens with the autobrightness as well. I activate it but it stays the same, no matter what light source is hitting the sensors or how bright it is.#

On the matter of security: SELinux is off right now for me. Is this intended? Or is it still the same shenanigans as with the other L OS build not getting it to run?

But overall I like what I see. Many things work, contrary to the 8.1 builds. I like it. So many thanks for your work and contribution!
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Masterjuggler:
I can at least answer this one lol. It was mentioned a few pages back that selinux is on his to do list, but will be one of the last things after everything else is stable.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R3bornD4rth:
Jeah, thanks I can work with that. It's probably best to go that rout.

Netflix is not working (not supported) - I hate these anti-customrom guys.

Other than that Fingerprint Authentication on some apps (i. e. my banking app) is not working, even though I haven't rooted (but I can work with that - it's more of a convince thing anyways)

I am impressed how smooth it runs. No hick ups till now.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bitcoincash:
Thank you so much for making this. I can wait till it's out of beta so that SElinux can be working.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Vogue313:
Thank you so much for your work on keeping this device alive! Is battery optimization anywhere on your radar? I've gone from Lineage 14.1, to AOKP, and to your ROM, and even under heavy scrutiny on what's running and restrictive power modes, I can't seem to get the battery to last more than a day, except for stock. I'm new to ROMs, so maybe I'm just doing something wrong. Thanks again!
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
Well, I see that there are apps or other things requiring strict selinux, but for me it's really not a high priority, although once everything works I will create rules and set it to strict - fingers crossed I don't have to waste so much time as I did with Oreo

hm, difficult to troubleshoot that - checking the power consumption of apps/system I actually only see Chrome or my terminal emulator drawing power, but after this bug fixing is over I wanted to implement some new governors (yankactive for example) and lower the lowest CPU frequency so that we should gain a few % more battery life. I see some strange log entries from ExifInterface or similar spamming the logcat buffer, it all depends on my free time and if I will be successful finding out what is making iptables-restore panic the kernel + system (pain in the a$$)

EDIT: new build is up: patch date 5th June, reduced the size a little and using higher version HALs (DRM and Health). Auto brightness working again and Bluetooth fixed

Still no luck with Hotspot though, always panic-ing during iptables-restore. PLEASE WIPE CACHE AND DALVIK AFTER FLASHING IT
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] koktey14:
Is it ok if i update my existing system?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
If you already in LOS 16, yes.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Masterjuggler:
I can confirm that Bluetooth audio is working in the new build, thanks for continuing to put these out!

Something interesting I see is that snap camera is installed, but doesn't show up in the launcher drawer. I've got the default set to open cam for now. I've no idea if this is something dumb on my end.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
cool, I am glad it really works now :)

had that too, once, only reinstalling everything made it appear :/

it never occurred again since then

great news: hotspot works now!!! I will update the thread tomorrow and change from beta to stable

EDIT: fixed also the graphical glitches now (scrolling text actually scrolls), will be up today or tomorrow
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] bigfoot29deu:
[MENTION=2388665]TheSSJ[/MENTION]: Is there a "best way" to integrate microG into your Build? Doing that by hand was/is a hassle. I ended up using NanoDroid (for another smartphone), which in consequence doesn't allow my phone to update an needed service due to certificate issues (even when everything seems fine in microG's "status" window.

And also: How did you integrate your patches (git repository) into the official Lineage-Code? (Maybe I am missing that part of the documentation... :/ )

And sorry for asking such stupid questions... -.-'

Regards, Bigfoot29
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
This would imply I would use microG :) if I remember correctly it's just installation of some APK's, isn't it? What speaks against installing them like this? Otherwise you could craft a flashable zip file if they have to land on the system partition

I didn't, that's why this is called "unofficial". I would need to fix the Selinux part to even apply for it, so that people check my device tree to import it into LineageOS if compliant. But my commits are not separated properly by bugfix/feature addition and also don't give proper credits (which makes me a lazy KANGer I guess), so I don't think this will ever get official. As long as I own this phone I will apply the monthly patches and load onto my GDrive. Also I didn't finish tweaking the kernel so expect some surprises ;)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mentao:
Very understandable that you want to focus on fixing stuff instead of crafting the perfect git branch (sounds a little like art for art's sake). It'd still be a shame if this never got official, since you put so much effort into it. Is there anything someone else (like me) could do to get towards compliance? Looking through the commits and trying to sort it out (recreating another branch while giving full credit to you; or even opening Pandora's box and trying to edit the git history)?

In particular, it would be nice to get automatic microG builds again, which might happen if it's official.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] swejo01:
Anyone else having issues with videos playing? I can't get any videos from Facebook or Facebook messenger to play. They just load forever, WiFi on or off. Also Snapchat never loads into the app. Everything else looks solid
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
Indeed.

For me videos for WhatsApp and Instagram don't run normally, but at times they work.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
I'd like to relive this question.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] koktey14:
I have this issue too
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
regarding hal3 I have to disappoint you for now, this requires the camera sources for msm8952 chipset to be publicly available. LOS16 for our phones uses the camera binaries which were shipped with our phones by ZTE. if you are lucky you can try to contact zte and request the source code ;p what is sad though is the fact that the kernel driver definitely supports HAL3, but it was never implemented on operating system side (I guess to make sure Axon 7 mini is really just mini)

acknowledged, as a workaround you can open your recent apps and close the one which is not playing, reopen it and it works (confirmed for WhatsApp as I am using this workaround while searching for the reason)

EDIT: whoever knows how to edit build.prop, please assist me by testing the following properties:

mm.enable.smoothstreaming=true
mmp.enable.3g2=true
mm.enable.qcom_parser=1048575
vidc.enc.dcvs.extra-buff-count=2
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] koktey14:
It didnt work for me
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
I forgot to mention that rebooting is necessary. Whatsapp is playing my media now without hiccup anymore (my phone is running at least 24hrs without reboot, so I guess this fixed it)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] koktey14:
I have rebooted but my phone is not at last firmware i didnt update it maybe it can be because of this.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
I guess it would suffer from this behaviour also in a stock ROM. Would you please collect a logcat during you trying to play a video, then I can check. For now it could be either memory (unlikely) or graphical surface misconfiguration (hard to debug because I have no clue)
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] NORTHLIM:
I've installed the June 17 build (I believe that this was applied to him), and don't work for me.

And now, I noticed that YouTube videos don't appear the image, the sound it's okay, but the image it's just a black box.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R3bornD4rth:
Well damn. I cant get it to register with my carrier. It just states unable to connect and it doesn't get any service.

It doesn't work with manual select nor auto select. Even though with other phones there is no problem. So it has to be the device.

Sadly I can't get anything on logcat ( probably me being to stupid to use it - first time use and my device is yet unrootet - any tips how to go about it?)

More info then that is sadly not provided. SIM also accepts my PIN.

Anyhow: Things that work with the current build now: Auto-brightness, UI feels more reliable and responsive over all and other small things.

But no mobile network is a killer for daily use...

Any tips? A full wipe with complete new setup maybe?

*EDIT 1*: Will do full wipe and redo everything. Once it's up with the latest build I report back if it registers.
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
I see, although I can't confirm(works fine for me) I will remove the smoothstreaming property in the next build 20190618

interesting, especially as I have Vodafone.de as well and it works a charm :/

let's hope wiping everything will do the trick, might be a baseband mismatch maybe?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] R3bornD4rth:
Hm. It doesn't even recognize the cards number nor carrier under settings. And yup, after full wipe and flash, it does not register.

Any tips on how we could maybe fix this?
[ZTE Axon 7 Mini ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] TheSSJ:
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could you please tell me your baseband version: Einstellungen->über das Telefon and then click on Android version to see more data, it should be like the one I posted on the attached picture