yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] twistedddx:
1)Download via xperifirm AU 52.1.A.3.49

2)Flash above with newsflasher

3)fastboot --set-active=a

4)Complete boot to home screen

5)fastboot --set-active=b

6)Complete boot to home screen

7)Enable dev options, Enable usb debug, Allow PC

8)adb reboot bootloader

9)fastboot flash oem_a SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_11_4.14_v3a_tama.img

10)fastboot flash oem_b SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_11_4.14_v3a_tama.img

11)The below using files from https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=306950 (STOCK not SODP) << SODP causes boot to stock home screen

12)Extract 2020-06-14_21-07-34_twrp_akari.tar.gz\2020-06-14_21-07-34_twrp_akari.tar\twrp-akari.img and vbmeta.img

13)fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

14)fastboot boot twrp-akari.img

15)TWRP starts, select Wipe -> Format Data

16)Install aosp-11.0-20201114_aosp_h8216.zip from SD card (flashing inactive slot A)

17)Install recovery ramdisk twrp-akari.img (STOCK not SODP) << SODP causes no touchscreen in TWRP

18)Reboot to Recovery.

19)Install Install aosp-11.0-20201114_aosp_h8216.zip from SD card (flashing inactive slot B)

20)Reboot to bootloader

21)The below using files from https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=306953 (SODP not STOCK) << STOCK causes failed boot

22)fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta_aosp.img

23)fastboot boot twrp-akari.img

24)Install recovery ramdisk twrp-akari.img (SODP not STOCK)

25)Install open_gapps-arm64-11.0-nano-20201116-TEST.zip

26)Reboot system returned me to TWRP

27)Install aosp-11.0-20201114_aosp_h8216.zip from SD card (flashing inactive slot A)

28)Reboot to recovery

29)Android recovery says Cannot load Android system

30)The below using files from https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=306953 (SODP not STOCK)

31)fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

32)fastboot boot twrp-akari.img

33)Install open_gapps-arm64-11.0-nano-20201116-TEST.zip

34)Reboot system

35)Android recovery says Cannot load Android system

I think I must be running out of things that do not work.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
My way was

Only once since stock won't receive any further updates:

Flashing the newest stock via newflasher

Switching slot

Flashing the newest stock via newflasher (now on the other slot)

Booting and making the setup until I reach the desktop (it will restart to flash my baseband)

Now fastboot boot the stock TWRP

In the stock TWRP flashing the AOSP OTA

Rebooting to fastboot

Flashing the OEM on both slots

"fastboot -w" to wipe the phone

Reboot into AOSP
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
Is it necessary? Why in the first post nothing about this?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
The stock firmware contains more than just the partitions which getting overwritten by the custom rom installation.

I wrote "ROM Firmware Required: Latest Stock Firmware" in the requirements

I thought if people can flash custom roms and recoveries they also can properly update the firmware on A/B devices.

:p
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
But question was is it necessary? If I flash all files on active slot?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Ah

On A/B devices each update switches the slot to allow background updates without forcing you to restart until it is complete.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] twistedddx:
I thought newflasher was updated, on your request, to flash A/B in one go?

https://github.com/newflasher/newflasher/issues/29

Does your AOSP include gapps? I thought AOSP did include gapps.

Your instructions include step 5 about opengapps, does that mean your AOSP does not include gapps?

Your instructions also say to reboot recovery to check slot, but your new instructions do not include that step.

I found that step a problem as it was not clear what TWRP I should use and how.

Eg I had just flashed AOSP to slot A but installing SODP recovery to ramdisk did not work.

Was I suppose to hot boot the stock or SODP recovery and not install to ramdisk?

---------- Post added at 09:36 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:58 AM ----------

Following this I am back to the android screen for 10 minutes that never appears to go any further.

How long should I expect the first boot to take?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
That's too long

Are there any logs you can get?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] twistedddx:
What should I use to get logs?

adb logcat gives nothing during boot.

When I boot to recovery to get the dmsg it appears to be the log of booting recovery.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Did you got any content in the pstore after a failing boot?

And you could give me the content of the TA partition after a failing boot if the pstore is empty.

Just "cat /path/to/TA > ta.log" while you are on the sdcard in ADB shell.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
No news about apollo? On bug tracker quiet too...

Is there anyone else (except me and mielletseed) who tried this rom on XZ2C (H8324) but have no problems with latest blobs?

I'm ready to test things...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cao pham:
Cannot install on h8296?

If yes, please guide me.

i have tried h8216 for h8296 machine and with no success
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Just follow the instructions, I use a H8296 as dualsim xz2.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cao pham:
thanks!

i will try again with twrp hoping it will be ok
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Today I'll upload the December update :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
12.12.2020
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
It's hard to fix without an ADB log or PSTORE

If someone could provide one, it would be very helpful.

Edit: Ahh, reminds me that I could prepare a special debug boot.img to test.

I will put it in the Github Bugtracker entry.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
Would be great.

What about adb/pstore: adb not active, pstore empty.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Xperia XZ2 Compact Dual (H8324) & XZ2 Dual (H8266) don't boot with A11 binaries but they do with A10 binaries · Issue #661 · sonyxperiadev/bug_tracker

Platform: Android or TAMA or whatever is meant with platform Device: Xperia XZ2 Compact Dual (H8324) Kernel version: 4.14 Android version: 11 Software binaries version: SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Andro...

github.com

Dear users with this XZ2C OEM A11 boot problem, we need a PSTORE.

The way to get one is described in the linked bug tracker issue ticket.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Updated the bug report, a new pstore is needed

Xperia XZ2 Compact Dual (H8324) & XZ2 Dual (H8266) don't boot with A11 binaries but they do with A10 binaries · Issue #661 · sonyxperiadev/bug_tracker

Platform: Android or TAMA or whatever is meant with platform Device: Xperia XZ2 Compact Dual (H8324) Kernel version: 4.14 Android version: 11 Software binaries version: SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Andro...

github.com
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] cao pham:
tried with twrp and it stopped at android
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Then you accidentally use the stock twrp :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] trahvshum:
Hello, sorry for my english. I am from russia. thanks a lot for your build. I ask you to draw your attention to the work of the video driver. there are artifacts when playing video in full screen mode, when the device boots up, the screen displays white stripes, there is no charging indicator if the device is turned off.

Sony xz3

RP1A.201105.002

Software binaries for AOSP Android 11.0 – Kernel 4.14 – Tama (latest)

November 23, 2020
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] N.Y.Gazz:
the white stripes when starting the device are very rare. but it happens to me too. Re-start must then be forced. for video playback this has already been reported.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
Extracted without errors.

But when I try to flash system or vendor:

C:\adb>fastboot flash system_a system.img
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Sending sparse 'system_a' 1/2 (771991 KB) OKAY [ 17.223s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.001s]
Sending sparse 'system_a' 2/2 (542642 KB) OKAY [ 19.229s]
Writing 'system_a' OKAY [ 0.001s]
Finished. Total time: 41.820s

And after that I can do nothing. When phone disconnected from pc - there's still blue led on.

Have you tried this flashing way?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Yes, long time ago.

Have you tried to reboot the phone with the key combo on the first page?

Maybe you triggered a software bug. Maybe a python package wasn't up to date.

Or maybe there is a bug report in the python extractor.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mielletseed:
I get this message too and already reported it here.

Luckily for me all works fine (using the A10 blobs).
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
That's not the solution :DD

PS C:\Temp\payload_dumper> python payload_dumper.py payload.bin
boot
dtbo
system
vendor
vbmeta
PS C:\Temp\payload_dumper> python -V
Python 3.9.1
PS C:\Temp\payload_dumper> python -m pip install protobuf
Requirement already satisfied: protobuf in c:\users\jevgen\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\site-packages (3.14.0)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.9 in c:\users\jevgen\appdata\local\packages\pythonsoftwarefoundation.python.3.9_qbz5n2kfra8p0\localcache\local-packages\python39\site-packages (from protobuf) (1.15.0)
PS C:\Temp\payload_dumper>

I know, just want to say that after flashing image with that error - phone stucks in bootloader. Reboot helps.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Hmm, maybe it's because of the new python 3.9?

Last time I tested it with 3.8

Maybe the author need to update it

Or maybe in the internet is a better solution?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ukacem:
What to do after the ae th step ?

im found stuck on SonyLogo

with error message Device curupted

Thanks firt
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Which step?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] ukacem:
The last One, normal installation ??

Is it to repeat all the steps without Partitions indicator?

Thanks for ur reply
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Yes, just the normal installation. But flashing aain the OTA.zip sshouldn't be needed.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mielletseed:
Just tried to install the December's version (20201212) over the November's version on my XZ2CDS. I leaved the A10 blobs untouched.

Now the WiFi isn't working any longer, I can't activate it.

Also I have a question about how to install the ROM within TWRP. I copied the ZIP to the SD-CARD and then tried to install it like all other ZIPs (dual SIM patcher, GAPPS, Magisk) but TWRP stopped with an error (no explanation, only error). So how do I flash that ROM in TWRP?

Kind regards
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Fixed with the next version :)

Google and qcom made some poo poo

su
chmod 0660 /sys/kernel/boot_wlan/boot_wlan

with root rights will fix it until next reboot as temporally solution

The code got already merged in the AOSP code for maybe android 12 and cherry picked into SODP :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mielletseed:
thank you for your super fast response, that worked 🙂

merry Xmas, if you celebrate this!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Thank you and you too :D
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
But 3 months of offers to update firmware, even when at least 3 users said about booting problems on H8324... No words.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
How do i install gapps?

In twrp sd card isnt working and adb sideload gives me an error:

Failed to find META-INF/com/android/metadata

Failed to parse metadata on zipfile

There is no metadata in the zip...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] math_green20:
I just need to make sure,

Installation with a recovery:

fastboot flash oem_a oem_*.img

fastboot flash oem_b oem_*.img

Flash the ROM in a recovery <---system.img?

Reboot into recovery just to make sure you're on the new slot

OpenGapps

Dual Sim Patcher

(In case a modification prevents your device from booting) fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
I tryed installation with recovery, also payload dumper, python 3.9 and 3.8, fastboot -w, both slots, newest platform tools etc but im always stuck at the gapps point with the same error

Tryed to boot it without gapps, but then it stucks at the pulsating android logo (waited about 30 min)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
What model?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
H8266

When u look inside \META-INF\com\android of the rom zip, there is a metadata file and i can flash the rom via adb sideload without problems
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
WIth the opengapps test builds for 11 ?

Or with the not working 10 builds from opengapps.org ?

If the payload dumper makes problems with the extractions you could try to only extract the

boot.img

dtbo.img

files, flash them, boot into the recovery and from there flash the ota.zip

If maybe encryption prevents you, you could "fastboot -w" before booting the recovery and push the ota.zip on the internal storage.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
I tried the test builds for 11 and 10, same error

Payload dumper gives me the "Invalid sparse file format at header magic" error (with python 3.8 and 3.9) with system.img and vendor.img but they get flashed (reboot)

I try that, tell u if it works

thx
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
The first one diddnt work, same error with opengapps 11

Dont know what u exactly mean with the second one:

"push the ota.zip on the internal storage" How?

In twrp i can "adb push" a file (adb root) to / or /sdcard for example, but i cant access it cause in twrp menu "apply update from sd card" is only "../"
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Are you sure you're in TWRP and not in the AOSP recovery?

In the AOSP recovery the "sdcard" should be the internal storage for historic reasons, as far as I know.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
At first in twrp (flashing the ROM), then in the AOSP(when i try to install opengapps)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
12.01.2021
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
The OEM11 bootproblems on XZ2C are currently under investigations.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] mielletseed:
thank you!
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] pmatj:
Hi,

I'm just a little bit clueless right now: I just cannot get the ROM booted on my XZ2 Dual Sim (H8266)

I was coming from a clean stock with locked bootloader and after unlocking the bootloader here are the steps I did:

Install Recovery (first time)

Downlaoded XZ2 (SingleSim) for Android 10

Entered bootloader using add:

# adb reboot bootloader

Flashed Recovery:

# fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img

# fastboot boot twrp-akari.img

Waited for Reboot into TWRP

Installed TWRP:

# adb push twrp-akari.img /sideload

> Advanced --> Install Recovery into ramdisk -> selected IMG-File from /sideload-Folder

> Reboot

Install Rom

Enter bootloader using ADB and flash OEM/SW_binaries:

# fastboot flash oem_a SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_11_4.14_v3a_tama.img

# fastboot flash oem_b SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_11_4.14_v3a_tama.img

# fastboot reboot

Once more I entered the recovery:

# adb reboot recovery

I now sidelaoded the ROM:

> Advanced -> Sideload -> Swipe to Sideload

# adb sideload aosp-11.0-20210112_aosp_h8216.zip

TWRP informed me that has installed the ROM to Slot A and I have to reboot...

..so I rebooted into Recovery once more and sideloaded the Dual-SIM-Patch

> Advanced -> Sideload -> Swipe..

# adb sideload sony-dualsim-patcher-v4.zip

After that, I tried to reboot, but....

I'm now completley stucked: I see the Android-Animation, but nothing happens.

At this point, also the TWRP was not present anymore (only the old/default Yellow and blue Text-base-Recovery), so I just reinstalled TWRP using the exact same steps as above, but now using the SODP instead of the Stock-based version.

I tried different steps again and again and ended one time even with a red Exclamation mark and the hint that the ROM is corrupted (after installing NanoDroid)... However I was able to switch to the other slot from within bootloader (fastboot --set-active=a) and was able to to the recover again, but I do not have any running system anymore.

So:

Any Ideas how I can enable the device to boot properly?

Where can I get Gapps for Android 11? The given link only has versions for Android 10.

(Update: I think I have to use the TEST-archives from their SourceForge-Site, right?)

But do I really need them?

I'd like to go with MicroG, so is it possible to boot without Gapps at all?

It should be possible to install it using Magisk afterwards...

Does "fastboot boot XXX.img" just boots this image instead of installing it?

What does the SW_binaries contain?

Can some please give me a hint for which key words I have to look for?

Can I go back to the original ones when flashing the original FW (with XperiFirm/Newflasher)?

OK, and now: good night
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] zhka:
So issue affects not just xz2c.

Is it reasonable to post new versions until issue will be resolved?

Or post some info about this to avoid users from flashing, like above?

Just thoughts...
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
After flashing the ROM, the "stock" twrp doesnt work anymore, u have to use SODP twrp.

For me, the SODP twrp only works, when i go into the ASOP Recovery (no touch) and then i select "boot bootloader" in the recovery menu. After that, i can fastboot boot sodp.twrp (first fastboot -w).

But when i try via hardware button, it doesnt work.

1. No

2. Dont know if u need them to boot it

3. "Fastboot boot" just boots the .img.

4. Dont know what u mean? If u want to go back to android 10? Yes u can

But i got the same problem, stuck at android logo

I tryed different gapps 11 and 10, without gapps, etc but nothing works
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
You're right, I'll add it under known bugs.

Xperia XZ2 Compact Dual (H8324) & XZ2 Dual (H8266) don't boot with A11 binaries but they do with A10 binaries · Issue #661 · sonyxperiadev/bug_tracker

Platform: Android or TAMA or whatever is meant with platform Device: Xperia XZ2 Compact Dual (H8324) Kernel version: 4.14 Android version: 11 Software binaries version: SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Andro...

github.com

So @pmatj @Hobbala please use the OEM.img for Android 10 as a workaround for now. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] pmatj:
Is it sufficient to to just flash the OEM or do I have to redo the whole process?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Just flashing the OEM should be fine. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] Hobbala:
Confirm working !!!

flashed Xperia_Android_10.0.7.1_r1_v12a_tama.img over SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_11_4.14_v3a_tama.img

Rom boots without gapps

THX
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] pmatj:
Hi,

it works also on my site:

I did the following additional steps:

Update OEM:

# fastboot flash oem_a SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_10.0.7.1_r1_v12a_tama.img

# fastboot flash oem_b SW_binaries_for_Xperia_Android_10.0.7.1_r1_v12a_tama.img

# fastboot -w

# fastboot reboot-recovery

Patched Dual-Sim to both slots (as it seemed to got lost):

> Advanced > ADB Sideload

# adb sideload sony-dualsim-patcher-v4.zip

> Reboot > Switch Slot

> Reboot > Recovery

# adb sideload sony-dualsim-patcher-v4.zip

> Reboot > Switch Slot

> Reboot > Recovery

Installed Magisk (loaded directly from their GitHub-Page):

> Advanced > ADB Sideload

# adb sideload Magisk-v21.2zip

> Reboot

Then I've configured Magsisk accordingly (Magisk Hide, Rename, deactivate Update checking, etc)

Installed Microg:

Downloading from their Repo, configuring the ".nanodroid-setup" and repacking it in the ZIPs

Transferring them to the Phone

Using Magsik to install the ZIPs (I only installed NanoDroid-MicroG-*.zip and NanoDroid-fdroid-*.zip)

After that I used the description in in this Thread to enable Signature Spoofing

Reboot and configure MicroG and you're done

At least that was the plan... everyhting is working right now, except that I cannot download anything with Aurora... I assume there's a missing permission, but currently I just have no clue, why....

So apart from the issue (but not realted to this ROM), there's only one question left: how can I remove the Search-Bar from the HomeScreen?

Thanks so far and best regards
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Usually if you use MicroG only Signature Spoofing is needed. :)

Longpress on the homescreen and deactivating it in the settings. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] pmatj:
Wait, wait, wait, wait wait: this ROM directly supports SigSpoof? I do not need to patch services.jar before?

And concerning Aurora: I just changed Download Settings (Internal Memory), Installation Method to Root and Changed the Token-Server... It works now, too.
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
You still need to do that :P
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] pmatj:
Well, it's not that hard to do it on a PC, sadly NanoDroid-Patcher does (currently) not work.... Anyway.

There's one issue left: Shelter/WorkProfiles... I cannot access the created home-Folders (e.g. /storage/emulated/10)...

I just tested it on a normal Lineage (but different phone ^^) and it worked flawlessly, so I assume it is a ROM-based issue...

Anyone got Shelter working here?
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Or use the Nanodroid Patcher as Magisk Module for trivial Signature Spoof patching :)

https://xdaforums.com/t/module-syst...6-microg-pseudo-debloat-f-droid-apps.3584928/
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] pmatj:
As I wrote: the NanoDroid-Pather version (20210116) failed to work right now, but I guess they are working on it 🙃 There's still a solution where you can patch it on a PC.

Anyway, still two problems are left:

Search-Bar: there is one that is somehow "fixed", I cant remove it. When adding a new Widget, I can easily remove it, but the one preset from start cant be deleted (see attached video... sorry, but attaching MP4 is not allowed).

Profiles/Shelter: Neither additional profiles nor the Working-Profile has some "internal storage" accessible. Just try it, but adding any of them and accessing the storage (e.g. with Total Commander). You have just no access to /storage/emulated/[UserID]

However, some folders within /mnt/users/[UserID] get created and seem to have the correct permissions.

Best regards
[Sony Xperia XZ2 ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other] MartinX3:
Woopsi

1. As I wrote: Longpress on the homescreen and deactivating it in the settings. 🙃

2. Hmm, I would add it to the bug tracker if it isn't there already. I never use multiple profiles. :)