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[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Some1CP:
Does someone know how to change the active partition with root? I need desperately to stay in the September patch but if ai reboot it will go to the October patch. The phone is already buggy like the notification panel not showing up so I need to do a reboot soon.

Edit: tried using

setprop ro.boot.slot_suffix _b

but it doesn't seem to work.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Not sure you can while actively using one of the partions. Are you trying to switch to slot a or b?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Some1CP:
I used

getprop ro.boot.slot_suffix

and got

_a

as the output, so I tried using

setprop ro.boot.slot_suffix _b

but it doesn't seem to work:

setprop: failed to set property 'ro.boot.slot_suffix' to '_b'
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Hexlay:
Just switch off automatic system updates in developer options and you are good to go, it automatically downloaded on my device as well, but i did several reboots, nothing happened
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] logan2611:
This is what I did. As long as you don't click Restart Now in the updater, it will not apply the updates on reboot.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Some1CP:
For real though? It showed a message saying it was installed and that I just had to reboot to apply it.

Edit: Thank you so much, you were right, it's still at the September patch.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
I'm on October 5 2018 security patch and do I need flash September 5 2019 to use poc exploit or am I alright,sean
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Jaredsk74:
You may want to move up to Sep 5. The bug that we are exploiting was previously patched and they don't know which version did the unpatching (according to an article on The Verge).
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
thank you so much
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Hexlay:
But sadly he can't... with locked bootloader there is no way to roll back as i know
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
I'm on October 5 2018 not October 5 2019

so I can update meaning flash September 5 2019 zip,right?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] madoxx77:
Will this work on other affected devices like Huawei P20 etc. ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
Flashing Recovery

Is there a chance we could skip the BL unlock, but instead flash TWRP to the recovery partition? From there we could overwrite the OS with a ROM that didn't check for OEM unlock flags.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
lmao thats bcuz u cant set ro.boot properties with setprop.. those are read only properties passed by the bootloader and injected into cmdline when the device boots..

ur better off using magisks resetprop but iuno if u can accomplish wat u want by changing the property

not to mention if u switch slots wouldnt u b switching to the slot with the patched update?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
y dont u try it and report back
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
hes trying to upgrade not downgrade.... i mean im pretty sure he said hes on oct 2018 trying to get to sept 2019
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
upgraded Sept 2019 from October 5 2018 successfully now wait mod,
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i would NOT recommend this.. secure boot is still enabled which means it should still check for integrity when device boots..

u dont want to end up bricked on a locked device
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] jacsmith0620:
so what happens if we already updated to October security update? :confused:
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
nothing, u cant root or downgrade.. i guess wait until something else comes along lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
ass out!No root for you!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrkhigh:
Temp root question....

I just want to enable hotspot....

Will it persist through a reboot?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] logan2611:
At the moment it will not.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrkhigh:
To clarify, I use temp root to change build.prop the build.prop change will not persist after reboot?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] logan2611:
DO NOT

change the build.prop. Since the bootloader is still locked, this will brick your phone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
Be patient people!This will be resolved!Just matter of time.Sean
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CyberpodS2:
So that means the October patch makes a permanent change that can't be reverted? Oh yeah right... Wake up people. Lol Do not do the update if you have any thoughts of eventually rooting this thing!!

If I may ask, what exactly can someone do with this the temp root state at this point as a regular user??
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
they can use root apps
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
LMAO!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] logan2611:
It also makes finding a way to unlock the BL easier since now we aren't restricted to using the binary, which is inconvenient to say the least.

Both Magisk and Busybox also provide tools that have helped me speed up development a bit.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Firerouge:
Is there a way to use the systemless root to symlink a temp build.prop outside of /system with the net.tethering.noprovisioning=true policy?

It wouldn't persist across reboots still

Presuming the Temporary Magisk Root is running a full version of magisk someone should be able to program a magisk module no different than the systemless adblocking hosts file, for the build.prop too.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
I hope so . . . but is anyone currently working on BL unlock?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfu11:
I have a Verizon refurb that I recently got.

It was actually a new phone manufactured July of this year. I was able to unlock the bootloader using the factory reset activate sim and remove before setting up method.. from the thread on here. I have it rooted and on my Verizon page it doesn't recognize what kind of phone it is. It still functions properly.

My question is is there something I can look for to help you guys figure out what's allowing the bootloader unlock on the Verizon model?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
wolfu11 I too bought reconditioned pixel 2 last Monday on day Maggie release poc code from google from eBay with 2018 October security patch and tried over dozen times to use that sim trick,I think you got lucky or something else was in play koodos on your success.I sideloaded Sept 2019 and await root method to come to play,just matter of time,sean
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfu11:
I hope it gets figured out for you guys.

It's too late for you to try now but I followed what the guy on that thread suggested and did it with the July 2019 build and it worked. Not sure if it's phone dependent or build dependent but I did have success. It came with the May build and I tried several times and it didn't work prior to having success with July build.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] petiolarissean:
would this be any help
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SeanAndre03:
Finally but the bad thing is my phone was updated to October patch can anyone clarify the situation with that thanks.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] -VeeThree:
October patch is a no-go on this working as it patches the exploit used.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Rumold:
Many of us are trying to understand some of the processes involved. It would be a nice addition to have an unlocked one to compare things.

Anyone, feel free to join the telegram group (mentioned here https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=80487013&postcount=38).
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] cammykool:
What group is it on telegram. I don't see anything in that post.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Rumold:
if anyone has one and wants to test then pm me for a link.. i did a lot of testing back then so maybe we can get it going sooner rather than later

PM [MENTION=3812611]elliwigy[/MENTION] not me...
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ItzTropic:
Go ahead send me the link bro ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 1404zone:
I have a pixel 2 xl and I'm very interested in unlocking the bootloader. I want to test and im interested in this link you spoke up. I have the temp root running. Also, for some reason I cannot pm you directly.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
check ur messages
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SeanAndre03:
I have an idea since most of you have temp root why not pull those unlocked bootloader partitions / related partitions then push it to your device.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 1404zone:
Well, do you have one to share?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] SeanAndre03:
My phone was updated to October so I can't do the temp root obviously but I have an idea.

Why not pull those partitions on someone's devices that is bootloader unlocked then push it on your devices

or find a way to go to edl mode then flash the partitions simultaneously.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] wolfu11:
I might have them what exactly do you need?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] 1404zone:
Interested in vbmeta, frp, and misc partitions.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
I have those in .tar and .img
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] matheusfdelgado:
I BEG YOU guys, do it, please!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Here
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
And
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] logan2611:
We have already tried changing misc and FRP, no luck.

EDIT: vbmeta partitions are identical to those on my locked device.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Been finding alot of oemlock trigger stuff in root directory including an apk. Could this help us? I can't decompile .so files but what I can read is it calls upon a particular server and checks info. Not sure if any of this helps.

Here's a link to all that I can related to oem lock

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=10E3rrj3jFzt0DpXUtPEdfA5v-7ITZN6E
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Whoareyou:
Could you pm me your ftm partition? And perhaps your userdata after a reset and triggering oem unlock?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Unfortunately I forgot to state that I am on locked bootloader from Verizon

---------- Post added at 08:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:35 PM ----------

Unfortunately I forgot to state im on a locked bootloader from Verizon. My apologies everyone.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
are these vbmetas magisk patched or just unlocked bl? if so its probably the same as on locked.. magisk i believe patches it by zeroing it out but since vbmeta is also signed it probably will not boot if dd'd onto a locked bl device since patching it breaks the sig

edit: i see hes on locked verizon lol that doesnt help
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Ya sorry
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Any movement on this? I have temp root and a spare Verizon pixel to test/pull stuff from.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
Is this project still active? If so, please PM me the telegram link. It seems my PMs aren't sending.

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Me to please
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] IcyAgitator:
I have a VZW P2XL > Bootloader Unlocked > Android 10 Sept 5th 2019 Security patch > Build QP1A.190711.020

Buyer code: VR1

Buyer name: GOOGLE_VRZ_128G

Currently running full stock/non root. Would this be of interest?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
100%! Would you mind explaining how you managed to unlock?

There's another thread under discussions looking for a user with an unlocked bootloader.

Thank you.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] IcyAgitator:
Ok, so I'm not exactly sure what happened. I had just downloaded the Android 10 update. The phone said it needed to reboot to finish the install. The device turned off like it was going to reboot and install the update as normal. But it never rebooted. It remained in a power off state. I decided to power-on the device. After doing so the device immediately went to the recovery. It sat there in recovery like 30 minutes or so doing nothing. I could not enter a menu setting, nothing. I Hard rebooted the device and the same thing happened. I searched google and found nothing related to this. So I decided to push/flash the last Android 9 update [ 10.0.0 QP1A.190711.020, Sep 2019 ] to the device manually.

I removed the sim card and tray from the device.

I was able to power up the device into the bootloader. From There I I used fastboot to erase; modemst1 , modemst2 , fastboot erase cache, and userdata. Not going to lie. I do not remember if all these commands worked or not.

I then followed the guide here; Pixel 2 XL Images & Directions to flash the image. With the sim-card still removed. I proceeded. After the flashing was complete I powered the device up. Again, not simcard. I was met with the lovely white boot screen with the G. The setup menu followed. I skipped everything. I enabled the developer menu. The OEM lock was greyed out. It read "Connect to the internet or contact your carrier. I connected to the internet via wifi. after about 30 seconds the OEM Lock menu was no longer greyed out. I enabled the toggle. A warning popped up. I agreed.

I immediately rebooted to bootloader. I used this; "fastboot flashing unlock_critical" a warning appeared about unlocking....blah blah blah. The device performed a factory reset. The device then rebooted as normal and there was a disclaimer about the device bootloader being unlocked. After a few seconds it booted into the OS normally. I again skipped all the hoopwa and went directly to enabling the Developer Menu and verifying the Bootloader status. It showed it was still unlocked.

I have not reinstalled the VZW simcard yet. The device it literally stock factory state witht he exception of the bootloader now being unlocked.

So.....that is how this all came to pass. I hope this helps.

**Note** I did not use the " fastboot flashing unlock" because I read it has caused a bootloop to many of devices.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Damn I want to leave work and try this at home lol. Thank you sir.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
Thank you both! [MENTION=5064117]enigma2446[/MENTION] please let us know if this works for you.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Won't be home for another 7 hours but I will unless someone else trys first
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] IcyAgitator:
I had a failed attempt at updating Android 9 > Android 10. (I assume the 10 update includes the October Security Update?) Whatever happened during that process prevented the device from updating and causing it to boot into the recovery automatically. I had to manually get it to boot into bootloader. The device had been locked prior to this. I had tried in the past to unlock it with zero success. Whatever caused this to change happened during the reboot/update process. And if that isn't the case......then IDK what happened, lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Disregard.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
The app double posted.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] IcyAgitator:
Should I try to update the VZW P2XL to Android 10 again, or just keep it on Android 9?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
I suspect you'll be fine to update. If you do, check out the other thread asking for images!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] IcyAgitator:
can you post links?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Am I able to fastboot flash factory images with a locked bootloader?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Negative :(
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
OK so if for some reason an Ota update didn't go as planned and your device is soft bricked, you can't run a flashall.bat from Google firmware page to get everything back up and running?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Not if the bootloader is locked. You can however, side load the OTA via stock recovery if you need to.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrkhigh:
I thought you could flash the image you're on or later?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
Even the google instructions state that to fastboot the factory image you need to unlock the bootloader. I reckon you could try it, but it likely won't work. It's been this way for me going back to my Nexus 6p days.

https://developers.google.com/android/images
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
fastboot flashing is not allowed on locked bl.. with that being said if the other guys post is true somehow in failing to update to Q he was able to flash in fastboot on a locked bl lol.. if anyone trieds it tho and is successfiul however keep in mind ull b updated to q with no temp root..

maybe someone can use an older ota.zip n try to corrupt it or something.. iuno how he did it lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
Any progress in the telegram?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
I can't seem to find the right one. I've been in all and nothing related to BL unlock. Patiently waiting to test and or help. Been looking around the system and find oemdmtrigger might have to do with the call out to vzw to keep the oem unlock slide greyed but my knowledge is limited.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
i wouldnt call it progress but i unintentionally helped someone update to october patch lol.. they sacrificed root to test..

they were rooted and apparently october update pending...

i uploaded a avbctl binary to test.. they used it to disable verity and verification on slot b..

it disabled them alright..

unfortunately tho since bl was locked it booted to a red corrupt state then rebooted into slot a which was on october update lol..

it will come in handy probably when the time comes but until the bl unlock is figured out its no help since it modifies some partitions which fail to boot on locked bl
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
Very nice! Could you pm me the link?

Thanks!
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ItzTropic:
Same here bro ?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Me 3 please
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
if yall want alink send me a pm.. i dont always check this thread.. i also dont know if its safe to post tgram links in comments lol
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] d33dvb:
Can someone in the chat let us know of any changes?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
Nothing yet, I'm afraid . . . however one guy reports he has something that will be released soon. ?*♂️
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrkhigh:
I'm hanging out on update 10/1/19 and security 9/5/19 on regular p2
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ItzTropic:
I was wondering if this device can be downgraded via download mode, for past experience owning lg devices it can be done with a kdz and this devices uses the same download mode as an LG device maybe modifying LG up tool or uppercut this device can be downgraded to execute the necessary scripts, able to read ota/firmware and modifying the necessary partitions to downgrade from
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] trabadura:
Can you send me a link for telegram group?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] enigma2446:
Check your PM
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] trabadura:
Is it possible to update the Magisk version?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] shwise:
Only if someone updates the code found in this thread. Don't do it in-app. It's easy to brick these.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrkhigh:
Is there any progress made or work being done or is this a dead thread?

Just curious if there is any point in staying on the old update.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
Its almost become a dead device with most moving to 3 and 4 variants already
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrkhigh:
The jump isn't worth it this year to me I'm betting at least one more year, possibly two (I own one for work, one for personal use)...

It's not dead, just lower end users are now migrating to it. (My kids for example)

But since you were in the telegram I'll take that as a might as well update.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Aimless Rambler:
Holding off on update as well. Unlike some folks I can't justify buying a new expensive phone every time a new model comes out. Not that I can't afford it, I just don't get why. If I feel the need to tinker I'll whip out one of my old Nexus devices until I'm over it.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] d33dvb:
I dont plan on upgrading either, just got a replacement from warranty so I feel like its new again anyway, does everything I want in a phone, I suspect 1 more year at least and then I think I am moving to the pixel 3a or if they have a 4a. Im done with carriers locking me down like verizon and want to buy it outright unlocked next time.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Pakabidu:
New Pixel 2 Verizon owner with December update here, closely following the thread and full of hope :angel:

Good luck to the ones looking for solution.
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] none24:
Hello, Could i get a link to the telegram group? im recieving a P2XL soon and i'd like to help out anyway that i can.

Thanks
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Sass86oh:
Hi can I have a link to telegram channel? I have the Google varient and it's rooted so I can help out with anything that's needed
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Taswim:
i want to join the telegram group. help me plse
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Spacefish:
So did someone compare the misc partition from an google store bought (bootloader unlockable) Pixel 2 XL to a Verizon Bought (non unlockable) misc partition? Maybe we find the flag that controls the bootloader behaviour?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] elliwigy:
nonono

the devices and software are identical.. misc can be different but it doesnt matter. theres no magic flag in misc that will unlock the bl