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[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] Jb122894:
Moto G Power 2020 users on android 10 UPDATED INSTRUCTIONS

0. backup your phone. seriously.

1. download minimal "adb & fastboot", extract and install.

2. unlock bootloader on Motorolas website. very simple with their online instructions.

3. download Rescue and Smart Assistant from the internet for your PC

4. Click rescue and it will save your exact correct firmware (don't try to find your firmware online or you will get an inactive screen!) - clicking rescue will simply download your software and will not affect the phone.

5. extract the Zip file with your firmware and put ALL those files into your adb folder (it saved to my program files) yes boot.img and fastboot.exe are going to be in the same folder

6. drag and drop boot.img onto your phone.

7. go to your phones internet browser and google magisk manager, and download the most up to date version (very important, do not use an outdated one as suggested on this video - our phone is slightly different.) Allow unknown sources to install - it will prompt you during the download

8. open the app, click install on the top right. select the boot.img you transfered to the phone on step 6

9. it will save a new patched version of the boot.img on your phone. It will be named Magisk_patched-XXXXX-XXXXXXXXX.img

10. move that file from your phones internal storage and transfer it into your adb folder on your PC.

11. delete boot.img from that folder (didnt work with boot.img and masgisk_patched-XXXXX-XXXX files both saved in the folder for me)

12. connect phone to PC

13. inside of your adb folder in your file explorer, type cmd into the search bar and hit enter

14. put your phone into the correct mode by powering phone off. then holding vol down and power until you see the android robot with his stomach open. you can release the buttons now

15. type into cmd fastboot flash boot magisk_patched-XXXXX-XXXXXX.img and hit enter wait for it to say finished

16. hit the power button on your phone and let it boot. If it gets stuck on the blue/yellow M screen (bootloop) simply hold the vol down and power button until you get to the robot screen. plug into PC. open rescue and smart assistant and click rescue. It will fix it.

Sincerely - someone who bootlooped and made touch screen inactive 10 times. Learn from my mistakes.

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[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] chancerlane:
(Pasting from a less active fourm) I have an unlocked (US) moto g power (2021) with the model number XT2117-4 What firmware should I use? None of the ones in https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/sofia/official/RETUS/ match my model number? Should I just use it regardless or is there a place where I can get my model number's firmware
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
i think the best way of getting the proper firmware would be to use the lenovo rescue and smart assistant.

It will download the current ( or newer) firmware for your model if it supports it.

with that you could extract the correct boot.img

I would't advise to simply use a firmware that looks close; even minor changes can make it that you for instance loose your touch functionality ; and without the official firmware, you have to wait / or source for the correct firmware either way
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] chancerlane:
Is there a linux version of the program I'm not running windows unfortunately
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
I think that if you use linux, you should be aware that this probably isn't the first time you wonder if some windows software is available for linus

If you develop the proper google-foo skills, you would have found the answer faster then asking here on the forums
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
@chancerlane

it is not that weird you can't find the proper firmware, your model is not the sofia(r) but the borneo

you should have more luck finding the firmware @ https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/borneo/
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] chancerlane:
I'm fairly new to all this this is actually the first phone I've decided to root I'm sorry if I seem incompetent around all of this I appreciate the effort you've put into helping me, I do have a question though, is there any thing I should do before I flash this to my phone?
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
no problem; happy to help you get root on your phone, but i do expect you to know a bit about compatibility of the operating system you are using :) .

anyway, let';s continue

so it is very important that you have the exact same firmware downloaded as you are currently running

you mentioned you already have your bootloader unlocked, so i guess you should be fine

I never used fastboot on any linux distro, so i don't know exactly how it works on linux, but i would expect that fastboot would be available via the android sdk wich works fine on most liinux versions, and else, ask google how to get it running on your specific distro;

.... assuming you have fastboot working:

so the quick steps are:

copy the boot.img from the downloaded image to your phone, and patch it with magisk manager

copy the patched image back to your pc and use fastboot to boot the new image

"fastboot boot magisk_patched_boot.img" <-- phone should boot with te patched image

you should be able to verify if all works fine... ( you should have root during this boot)

if you don't find any issues , you can patch the boot.img via

"fastboot flash boot magisk_patched_boot.img"

also remember to keep the original boot.img, because you can't update the phone with the patched boot.

so as soon as you see there is an update available, you have to revert back to the original boot, download the new rom ( so wait with the upgrade til you can manually download is) extract the boot again,

then upgrade the phone, copy the extracted boot to your phone again... repatch ... etc.
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
maybe i should explain some basics of the images ;

moto phones have the working name; we already figured out it is the borneo

it has a software update chanel ; for instance reteu = european ; retus is US etc.

you should find your software update channel in the software info on your phone

same as the build number;

i looked at one of them:

XT2117-4_

BORNEO_

RETUS_

10_QZB30.Q4-43-129

_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip"

in this case for the boot.img to work; 10_QZB30.Q4-43-129 must be the same as your current phone

you can always try it before you patch by downloading the firmware, extract the boot.img, and using the command "fastboot boot boot.img" ; if your phone boots up at the first attempt then it is working with that specific boot.img

maybe that helps a bit in understanding how the moto boot images work
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] chancerlane:
Thank you for this wonderful explanation, really helped me understand what I was doing thank you, I tried testing the magisk patched boot.img file and got to the moto splash screen before the test boot quit itself and sent me back to the fastboot. Is that what should happen when you run the image for testing or should it open to the lockscreen?
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] chancerlane:
Nevermind it seems I managed to get root thank you for your help I truly appreciate it
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
No problem, glad i could be of assistance,

but to be clear, with the proper patched boot image it should have booted the phone normaly without crashing , at least that is what normally happens with mine , after succesfull boot i know it works and then go for the real flash
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] powershift:
pjottrr, thank you very much for taking the time to post these steps! I was able to root my phone using XT2041-4_SOFIA_RETUS_11_RPMS31.Q1-54-13-9_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC. It was painless.
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] braindrainoh:
I am on QPMS30.80-51-3, but I cannot locate that file. There is XT2041-4_SOFIA_RETUS_10_QPMS30.80-109-5 available. Someone was saying I could use any A10 boot.img to root with magisk, is this true? I am just checking before I do anything. If I use rescue tool it wants to upgrade to A11
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
it works fine / the same way with android 11 ,

most important is that the boot image you have in use is the one you root; i've seen multiple weird things with people using the wrong boot.img loosing touch functionality or not being able to boot at all; and either needed an otg adapter to recover or simply reset the stock image with lmsa .

so i would advise against using a random boot.img

Simply upgrade to the current A11 version , and then download that same image with lmsa ( or download from lolinet) and use that A11 boot.img
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] braindrainoh:
thank you I appreciate the response!
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] braindrainoh:
For step 4 I did this

My patched image is 4.6mb so then I tried

A little lost, I deleted my boot image and only have the patched in PC(stockrom) folder.
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
preflash validation fail happens due to a locked bootloader

i guess the phone boots? or is it bricked now?

If it is bricked you can download the original boot.img from the original rom, either from recovery in lmsa or find the proper one in lolinet

edit: lolinet boot images https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/sofia/official/RETUS/

then unlock the bootloader ( and be prepared to loose all your data; because it will factory reset) and then flash the patched image
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] braindrainoh:
Ah, well my bootloader is unlocked?? It didn't brick my phone it still works. Is it wrong of me to copy/paste my adb.exe, adbwinapi.dll, adbwinusbapi.dll,fastboot.exe into the stockROM folder? I see the patched image but "fastboot boot patched.img" didn't start my phone just put me back into bootloader and magisk says N/A for installation. Was that adb pull command correct to transfer to PC?? I really appreciate your help always something lol -_-
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] pjottrr:
hmm, i don't know, never used adb pull, always just used windows to transfer the files ; never experienced any problem with it

Maybe your magisk manager is too old for making a decent patched image? i have version 24.3

after you patched the image , magisk puts it somewhere in downloads, and is called magisk_patched_randomletters.img

i have fastboot on my c-drive in c:\android and i have the original and patched boot image living there

so i'll start a command line and that would look like this:

c:\android>fastboot boot magisk_patched-24300_r06yr.img

next line now ( i dot have my phone connected:)

< waiting for any device >

if your phone is connected, it should say something like sending boot and after it is done, it would straight boot into it

if you use:

c:\android>fastboot flash boot magisk_patched-24300_r06yr.img

it should say "sending boot_a or sending boot_b

done

after that it is flashed and you should be able to boot into it ( fastboot reboot)

so I'm curious to know why it doesn't work.

if my above post doesn't help, could you make some screenshots of the process?

and final: are you 100% sure your bootloader is unlocked? if so , at the start of the boot you should see a big warning sign and orange text saying that having your bootloader unlocked is not safe bla bla bla .....
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] powershift:
My patched image is 67MB. Since the boot test failed and your .img file is super small I wouldn't try to flash that image. I took notes from what I learned from pjottrrs instructions. Here they are:

#
# To root moto g power XT2041-4:
#
Install Android platform-tools
download build from https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/sofia/official/RETUS/
enable dev options
enable debugging
Unlock boot loader
adb push boot.img file to the phone
Install Magisk apk file on phone from https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk adb push [source] [dest]
Open the boot.img file in Magisk to patch it and make a new img file
adb pull the patched boot.img to the PC
reboot to fastboot with volume down and power button on or execute: adb reboot bootloader
test the image by booting it without flashing it: fastboot boot magisk_patched.img
if test is good then execute: fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
fastboot reboot
[Moto G Power Guides, News, & Discussion] braindrainoh:
@powershift and @pjottrr thank you guys so much. So I was operating out of a stockROM folder where I pasted adb, fastboot tools, another guide mentioned doing this so maybe why it didn't work the first try IDK... I followed both your instructions and success! Either way me doing adb pull is not working, it spat out a 0mb disc image?? No percentage (last time it said 4% with a ~4mb patch image). Then it would say device offline if typing adb devices.

I ended up being able to share the file the 65mb patched.img to G drive and put that in the Android platform-tools folder.

Thank you both immensely. This is now my 2nd device rooted after my g7 I am so happy. I bricked my first moto g power so I am beyond grateful for you guys!!
[Xiaomi Mi CC9 / Mi 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Sugarman2:
Hello!

I'm a new owner of the Mi 9 lite. I'm loving the phone but I can't get it to connect to 4G+ (LTE-A).

My previous phone connects instantly to 4G+ and I get speeds of about 40-50 mbit/s. But my precious Mi 9 lite only connects to normal 4G with 12-18mbit.

Location is Sweden and phone bought in Sweden. Global version.

I've checked phone status and the physical LTE band configuration is just {}.

Any ideas? Do you guys have 4G+ on your Mi 9 Lite?
[Xiaomi Mi CC9 / Mi 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Reentry310:
I've got 4G+ on my Mi 9 Lite. I live in Australia and I'm on Telstra which is our nation's primary telecom. Do you know if your provider supports 4G+. I know that some MVNOs in my country do not support the standard.
[Xiaomi Mi CC9 / Mi 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Sugarman2:
Yes, as you see in my post I got 4G+ at home if I put the SIM in my old phone.

Today I visited Finland and I got 4G+ there, so I suspect it's some settings on my home provider that I need to fix.
[Xiaomi Mi CC9 / Mi 9 Lite Questions & Answers] Sugarman2:
So, after my trip to Finland (where I got 4G+) I now have 4G+ also at home. So it has fixed itself somehow. I don't care why, I'm just happy it has jumped up to 4G+ also at home :)

Problem solved.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] r0tt3n:
I just confirmed that this worked for the Matepad Pro - following this how-to originally intended for installing the Play Store on the Mate 30 Pro: https://xdaforums.com/mate-30-pro/how-to/install-gms-google-play-store-t3992095/page100
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] sawly:
how do i get the LZplay?

I try to download it from the https://lmphotography641.wordpress.com/2019/10/27/installing-google-play-store-for-mate-30-pro/

but it is not able to download.

Is LZplay different for every different mobile phone?
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Monnq:
LZPlay works but only on LTE model, it doesn't on WiFi counterpart
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] scorvio:
Tried it on my WiFi version, doesn't work, keep getting Google protect errors...
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] acheche003:
Does anyone tried it on the MatePad wifi version? What method worked? Thank you
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ebola66:
Yes I performed the procedure a couple of days ago on a Chinese MatePad Pro WiFi following this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOU_YxrHhc and using the zip file he links to.

It worked perfect after a couple of reboots and some patience.

A similar text version of the procedure: https://www.huaweiblog.de/news/huawei-google-installieren-anleitung-neu/
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] chuaws:
Have anyone try it on wifi version? which one is the best to install?
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] lawrence_craig:
I don't have an OTG adapter as per the guide. Can you still use the Backup Method (using HiSuite) to install LZPlay with this method (https://www.huaweiblog.de/news/huawe...anleitung-neu/)?

Edit: I can confirm this method works. I now have GMS on my MatePark Wifi (UK) using the HiSuite and the method linked. All I did was swap installing LZPlay by OTG by using HiSuite.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] adalhosani63:
Good afternoon all,

How we can update google play services. I try to do it by downloading the apk file but the machine hangs and exist the installation.

Any idea ?
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] RonnieJorgensen:
GMS installed on UK Matepad Pro WiFi

As also mentioned in the article. I used https://www.huaweiblog.de/news/huawei-google-installieren-anleitung-neu/ to get GMS installed.

I did factory reset as the first attempt without reset did not work for the LzPlay part.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] xQuantum:
I have the MatepadPro wifi version (global not the Chinese version)

I tried a lot of different methods, non of them works, I still get error notifications, I solved this by disabling the Google play services, but now I get "Device is not Play Protect certified".

I'll try your method if it still works.

update: not working.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] TaoMaster30:
I have the same issue, with my official MatepadPro wifi no method works, I always factory reset and have tried four methods and none result in working GMS.

I think we will need to wait for a working solution for non chinese Matepad pro's......
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dr.can:
yes works for matepad pro wifi only (MRX-W09) with small problems

I managed to install, but with lots of repeated resets in a few hours.

As mentioned in the video, you can't add another G account after activating the play store. So you need to add all your accounts from the beginning.

- I found that G News, G Duo and interestingly MS Authenticator does not work.

- Backing up your device to your G account is also disabled.

My other applications works well. If I find other exceptions will share.

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:eek:

Mine is international version and worked. Try again and do all steps mentioned in the video (sorry forum doesn't let me give the link for the video)

Trick: Check "Device Id" app frequently after losing device id, stop reinstalling (i think the 7th apk) when it shows the id back and continue to next step. I didn't stop once that step and had to repeat everything from start.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Wextercz:
I have installed Google on my Matepad with this tutorial: https://youtu.be/mxvTZ-D6THI

Everything works fine! I have GSM version.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] fily1212:
What is your version? I'm thinking to buy it in Italy.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Wextercz:
I am from Czech Republic. I have it from official Huawei store. 6 GB RAM, 128 GB, LTE
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] allyfoo:
I used the same method but the LZPlay app stated it doesn't support my device. I am using Matepad LTE (global) version. Can anyone help?
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] bratac91:
As the Release of the MatePad Pro is scheduled for 25.05.2020 in Austria (according to MediaMarkt and Saturn Webpages) I am wondering if this method still works. I am currently thinking about getting it either in Austria or Italy (as you get the Type Cover and the Pen for Free).

My second question is the use of the notifications some Apps use. Are the working or do I need another How-To for that and loose the Google Play Store and opt for another Store like Aurora?
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] alucard_xs:
It seems we can't install Google services on International version of Matepad pro (wifi only) ...
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] fi3ry_icy:
same problem here for me... :(
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] lastms:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QcvzbHrQepc

Do give this link a try. I have not tried myself as waiting for OTG device.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] randnet:
UK WiFi model. This works fine but I don't have enough posts to be able to post to outside links so add this after YouTube url:

/watch?v=lYOU_YxrHhc&t=
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] vichet007:
Hi. What is your Matepad model number? Mine is BAH3-L09 and I tried several files from different YouTube but LZPlay says it did not support it.

---------- Post added at 03:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:09 PM ----------

Did you manage to get it worked now? You probably have the same model as mine (BAH3-L09) and I was not able to find any LZPlay app that works.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Wextercz:
mine is MRX-AL09
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger2004:
I've also tried multiple different tutorials but still not working im on MRX-W09 build number 10.1.0.131.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] abujapet:
i got my cousy matepad pro working today.

maybe you can refer to what i wrote in another section, i hope it helps u all

https://xdaforums.com/huawei-matepa...ay-matepad-t4125459/post83050581#post83050581
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Stransky:
Hi I

I have a Matepad Pro UK version EMUI 10.1.0.151(C432E35R1P135) and I am trying to install the Play store. I have tried 3 different methods so far and 2 of them give the play protect error the other one installs OK but when I try 1to log in it will not budge from the sign in screen. Has anyone with this EMUI version been able to install the Play store?

TIA
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] randnet:
I have the same version and followed this tutorial and am having no problems. Also in UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYOU_YxrHhc&t=

This might be helpful if you get LZ Play app errors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TnuamFAp8g&t=
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Stransky:
Tried that still no joy. Keep getting as far as Play Store sign in page and it freezes there.

The other hacks I have tried allow sign in but give the Play Store security error with constant beeping.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] randnet:
You might have to wait overnight for it to work. Took a long time to work for me, like 4 hours.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] cspiby:
Does this method work for the matepad 10.4 too? I can't see a specific forum to ask my question in.
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] zorro4:
Hi, I have used this method and it works perfectly: /watch?v=7NdvO4FpBsE

My model is MRX AL09 6/128 WIFI + 4G 10.1.0.151
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Achillias:
Just bought the Huawei Matepad Pro with a free keyboard for €469 euro's from the official Dutch Europe store. So we can only install GMS currently with the Chinese Matepad Pro but not with the global version right now?
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Senestor:
I just bought a Pro in Germany and successfully installed GMS by following the instructions of this video: /watch?v=9fTIZFehwlw
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Achillias:
When did you installed it?
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Senestor:
Like 20 Minutes ago
[Huawei MatePad Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Achillias:
I've been watching it but if the software got updated from Huawei before shipping it won't work.