yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Leroy_Sparks:
I've run both lineage 17 & Havoc 3 on my g power. One thing that poster didn't address was that the OP has been building periodic updates for lineage 17, such as security patches, whereas I believe the developer of Havoc has moved on to v4 and hasn't updated 3 since last November.

Operationally I see few differences but I'm not a "power user". The only feature not built into lineage that I missed was the configurable battery bar at the top, but it was easily remedied by installing the power line app.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] IceWing_mk1:
*hangs head in shame*

Ok, I'm stumped and I need help.

Last time I rooted a phone, it was our old HTC Thunderbolts... Things have changed significantly since then, or so it would appear.

Trying to fix my wife's phone after a Verizon OTA update seems to have jumped her phone from Android 10 to 11, and in the process nerfed the hotspot (which we need, as we're rural with no landline broadband available)

I'm working on a Moto G Power (sofia XT2041-4), bought late last year off the shelf from Best Buy.

Home PC is a Windows 10 box. I do not have a linux environment available to me.

So, here's where I'm at in the last 48 hours.

I have gone in and gotten the unlock key from motorola, and successfully undone the OEM Lock. (I know this is the case because it tells me I'm an idiot and I should lock it, every time it boots up now). This also managed to wipe the phone, which, oops, read to the end of the paragraph BEFORE unlocking and deleting pictures of the grandkids which came in since the last backup.

Somehow last night, I managed to get it to be a brick, but used LMSA to unbrick it, but that version is still the OTA updated Android 11, so same problem with the hotspot.

I have installed the Android SDK, newest motorola drivers, and also the standalone 'Minimal ADB and Fastboot' on my PC

I've managed to get TWRP installed in the recovery portion of the phone.

Following this video, I managed to bring TWRP up, wiped the device, then copied the Lineage OS image to the microSD card, as well as Open GApps.

When I try to install the LinageOS (17.1), it looks like it's installing, goes through steps 1 and 2, then a slew of error messages in the log.

I've got the 4 image files I pulled out of one of the LineageOS zip files (Boot, Product, System, VBMeta) in the 'Minimal ADB and Fastboot' directory.

I can run 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' from the 'Minimal ADB and Fastboot' directory and it succeeds.

When I try to run Product, System or VBMeta in the same way (cmdline = fastboot flash product product.img), all of them fail the Preflash Validation and it comes back with 'FAILED (remote failure)'

Things I'm not sure about

First, I'm pretty sure I'm not in FastbootD. I don't see a big red FASTBOOTD at the top, and according to this thread, means I'm not in it.

I think FASTBOOTD should be something I'm interacting with on the Moto G Power, but for the life of me, I can't figure out how to get to it.

I feel like I've got to be CLOSE to getting this thing working, but damned if I can seem to cross the finish line.

Help?

Edit: I'm redownloading the image into LMSA since apparently getting one of four images onto a phone stops it from booting successfully and my trying to use LMSA to get the linageOS onto the phone messed up the zip file.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Spigaw:
I managed to get to fastbootd by restoring my G8 with LMSA. After that, go back to bootloader mode, use the command

fastboot reboot fastboot

and then you'll get into fastbootd with its big shiny brighty reddy letters.

HOWEVER, I still can't understand the following and it'd be nice if someone was able to explain it to me (seriously, what's the matter with all this A/B slots stuff):

Why, when flashing TWRP, fastbootd isn't available anymore and fastboot reboot fastboot returns a recovery boot?

Why does my phone go back to the bootloader when flashing all the ROM files from fastbootd? Is it because I did not flash TWRP? If so, how can I boot fastbood if the command fastboot reboot fastboot returns a recovery boot?

Thanks for any answer from you guys, because I'm beginning to feel stuck :)

Cheers!
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] sifrax:
Good news I've managed to compile LOS18.1. But I haven"t tried it, it's my primary phone and I can't break it. Any volunteer?

https://mega.nz/file/8gonBIgD#6Kon0qwOZS8WdrUAgQqAPJjO7qy1tDiKcua_EMjHYOA

sha256sum lineage-18.1-20210603-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar.zip
72697012fb777affd32fe2b32adba11668863bc81c30ba3fc7a6b81a07c8ba8e lineage-18.1-20210603-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar.zip

And the source code is in manifest (github):

cat /home/los18/manifests/sofiar.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest>
<project name="frantiseksimorda/android_device_motorola_sofiar-1" path="device/motorola/sofiar" remote="github" />
<project name="frantiseksimorda/android_kernel_motorola_trinket" path="kernel/motorola/trinket" remote="github" />
<project name="frantiseksimorda/android_vendor_motorola_sofiar-1" path="vendor/motorola/sofiar" remote="github" />
</manifest>
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Juniecakes97:
i ran the payload file through payload dumper after boot and its just a boot img
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] sifrax:
It extracted 5 files for me:
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] sifrax:
OK so here are images of test build LOS18.1 for Sofiar.

https://mega.nz/file/o1gUzJDB#XSRj-XTCo2Yp0yPe3PrR-sgj8WMWO64WyPT23iJeTFE

sha256sum lineage-18.1-20210603-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar-images.7z

ed368c876ae3e8aeef1c7f581691a47bb62c256463cf9ca1a910413265c76f59 lineage-18.1-20210603-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar-images.7z
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Juniecakes97:
Still not working I think you are packing the images wrong. The ota cert is way to big for example idk
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
I got stuck here:

C:\Users\Meeee\Downloads\platform-tools_r31.0.2-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash system system.img

Invalid sparse file format at header magic

Resizing 'system_a' FAILED (remote: '')

fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\Users\Meeee\Downloads\platform-tools_r31.0.2-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash product lineageSo\product.img

Resizing 'product_a' FAILED (remote: '')

fastboot: error: Command failed

C:\Users\Meeee\Downloads\platform-tools_r31.0.2-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash vbmeta lineageSo\vbmeta.img

Sending 'vbmeta_a' (4 KB) OKAY [ 0.001s]

Writing 'vbmeta_a' (bootloader) WARNING: vbmeta_a anti rollback downgrade, 0 vs 14

OKAY [ 0.009s]

Finished. Total time: 0.015s
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
You aren't in fastboot d
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
Either fastboot d is TWRP and I don't know the password, or the version I downloaded is broken. That, or I don't know what fastboot d is. Or I missed a step. Lineage was so much easier on the G7 Plus...
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] sifrax:
As I noted It's a test build I have never tested it and it might not work. LOS17.1 I build worked when I build it on first try, 18.1 looks not.

I'd like to have more confirmation and later maybe next build will work or if someone can give me a hand I'd love to have LOS18.1 on my Sofiar device.

Please google fastbootd or search this thread. Every other person fails to enter fastbootd
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
I attempted to install the 3/29 dated LOS17.1 on my Sofiar G8 Power, made it all the way through the instructions successfully, but my phone just boots into fastboot now... No error messages, all shows a status of OKAY on all flashes, but it won't actually boot. Tried:

-booting to fastbootd thru TWRP

-booting to fastbootd without TWRP

-system before product

-product before system

(flashing back to stock between each attempt)

Please take the text below with a grain of salt, it is from past me before the above 17.1 adventure, but it shows a difference in install success of the two builds:

Okay I found fastbootd, apparently I had replaced it with TWRP. Phone flashed back to stock, fastbootd restored. I followed the steps of post #53 in this thread, but got stuck in fastbootd at the same place as before:

C:\Users\Meeee\Downloads\platform-tools_r31.0.2-windows\platform-tools>fastboot flash system lineageSo\system.img

Invalid sparse file format at header magic

Resizing 'system_a' FAILED (remote: 'Not enough space to resize partition')

fastboot: error: Command failed

New error message though... the new system.img may be too big? It is about 1.8GB vs the old one's 1.0GB... can it be split?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
Try putting your rom images in the platform tools folder, not in a subfolder @JasonWD

Edit: ignore that, i didnt read your post above correctly. Are you formatting data?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
@sifrax You may have to also delete the first line in lineage/device/lineage/sepolicy/common/dynamic/hwservice_contexts (the moto health one) for 18.1 to boot.

I know using my trees, I have to delete it for any rom it's included in, Im still figuring out what to change in the device trees so this isn't needed.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
I might be formatting data but I don't know, what is the process for doing so, and at what point should it be done?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
Either before or after flashing the images, you should type fastboot -w into the CMD window
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
Oh, yes, I did that with every attempt, after flashing vbmeta.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
Try rebooting to fastboot, not fastboot d, to format data
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
...platform-tools_r31.0.2-windows\platform-tools>fastboot -w

Erasing 'userdata' OKAY [ 0.031s]

Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.

File system type raw not supported.

Erasing 'metadata' OKAY [ 0.013s]

Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.

File system type raw not supported.

Finished. Total time: 0.050s

C:\Users\Jason\Downloads\platform-tools_r31.0.2-windows\platform-tools>fastboot reboot

Rebooting OKAY [ 0.001s]

Finished. Total time: 0.002s

After this it continues to only be able to reach fastboot and fastbootd.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
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[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
Are you on android 10 stock firmware, or 11 before flashing ?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
I thought I was flashing 10 based on the site I got it from, but based on the below build info, it seems I've been flashing 11. Should I find an Android 10 stock rom instead?

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[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
Yep, definitely.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
Okay, so Android 11 was the problem preventing ANY Lineage from booting on my phone, was not expecting that, but the LOS17.1 now boots. Should I try installing 18.1 with 17.1 functional, or reinstall the Android 10 stock rom first?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Beetle84:
Try over the top of 17.1, cant hurt, if it fails, try installing stock first
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
@sifrax I cannot get 18.1 to work, but with 17.1 installed, I got closer than before:

Spoiler content hidden.

(Result is only able to boot into fastboot or fastbootd)

Spoiler content hidden.

(Cannot even finish the install steps)
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PrettyDumbITGuy:
Hey all,

I've been running Lineage 17.1 on the Moto G Power for a little while now and everything is great. Between FDroid and Aurora Store I have been able to get ahold of basically any app that I need without getting involved with Google services. However, I do have one problem. The built in Email app isn't allowing me to log in to my email accounts. I always get the error that "my username and/or password is incorrect" despite inputting the correct credentials for each of my accounts. I primarily use Outlook for these email accounts, so maybe that is the issue here? (native app gives me manual options for POP3, IMAP, and EXCHANGE). Is there a way around this or is there a different email client that I can use from FDroid?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Banana_sam:
@PrettyDumbITGuy: try fairemail. Its on f-droid
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] shylonite:
Probably an amateurish question but if this is an unofficial build, will my phone still receive security updates OTA or would the one who created this rom need to put that security update into an updated file of lineage and I would have to flash that updated Lineage file to my phone in order to receive the security update? Thanks anyone!
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PrettyDumbITGuy:
From what I understand you will have to manually flash updated versions of Lineage to your phone since this is an unofficial build. Its an unfortunate bit of inconvenience :/
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PrettyDumbITGuy:
Quick question for you guys:

I need to get Robinhood installed on my phone to monitor my stock portfolio, but Robinhood is not available on the Aurora store. Does anyone know of another way that I can get this application without having to use the Google play store? Unfortunately Robinhood does not have a web based interface that I can use in a browser otherwise I would do that instead.

Thank you!
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] tcaudill01:
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Discover the latest Finance apps for Android: Binance, Easypaisa, Gcash... Download them for free and without viruses

robinhood.en.uptodown.com
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] shylonite:
Bummer. I hope there's an official build for this soon. Thanks for your reply!
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Vexusia:
So aurora store uses anonymous accounts that are almost always is reigon based from the uk/europe area which wont show certain banking apps or some apps like this since region locked.

You can use a throwaway account from your region that you can make or just go to aurora store settings - networking - and turn on "insecure anonymous session" it will generate a local gsf id from your region so it will pull apps like robinhood etc. This works withoutt needing your own account signin but for obvious reasons isnt 'anonymous' since you are giving your location to set your loca; region. you can turn off the setting after installing it and continue to recieve updates as I am doing the same on another googleless device.

Also it probably goes without saying that downloading a external apk from a 3rd party website for applications that would handle sensitive information linked to portfolios and bank accounts probably isnt a good idea in general security practice.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] SkyEua:
Android auto Doesn't work, it worked on stock rom, otherwise lineageOS and much better than the original.

TWRP 3.4.0 asking for a password that doesn't exist. already performed the steps Wipe->Format Data->Yes

twrp-3.5.0-0-rav-sofia. It works as normal and does not ask for a password and accesses the data correctly, and when I enter a password, it can unlock, since what you downloaded here asks for a password even before put it.

sorry for english, i used google translator
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] alpheus:
Can you confirm that above mentioned TWRP is working and what'st the steps to flash it? Also, did you or someone else tried to successfully flash this ROM onto Moto g power XT2041-4 sofia upgraded to Android 11?

Thanks.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] alpheus:
Would you mind to guide how to flash TWRP and what version? Also, what means TWRP sideload and how to proceed with sideload?

Does your instruction applies to:

Or

lineage-17.1-20210329-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar-images.zip

sha256sum:

?

What is the bet way (beside TWRP) to backup official Android 11 ROM before proceeding with flashing custom ROM? Some people reported touchscreen not working after flashing twrp-3.4.0-0-sofia-test9.img. Please advise.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] alpheus:
Has anyone successfully flashed it on XT2041-4 Sofia upgraded to Android 11?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] sifrax:
Hi, most of your questions are answered in this or similar thread for Sofiar. Please use search and try, then ask.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PrettyDumbITGuy:
You're absolutely right about downloading Robinhood from the APK listed above. I was very hesitant about that lol I'll move forward with installing it directly from Aurora like you had suggested, though. I had no clue that Aurora defaulted to Europe.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PrettyDumbITGuy:
I have a quick question for anyone in this thread. My bootloader was successfully unlocked. I flashed Lineage 17.1 just fine, and the phone operates flawlessly. However, do I need to "re-lock" my boot loader? When I reboot my phone I get a prompt informing me that the bootloader is still unlocked and thus software integrity cannot be guaranteed. However, when I re-locked the bootloader I ended up having to unlock it again and re-flash LIneage to the phone as it was inoperable. Am I missing something?
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Vexusia:
Longstory short you should not(and probably never) relock bootloader after flashing custom rom. The only exception is graphene os (i think)but that's a pixel exclusive rom. It wont get rid of the message when you boot the phone and worst case scenario you might brick the device. Theres more fine details and exceptions but unless you're ready for pain and mental anguish in rigging it to work with custom otas while locked bootloader, it is not worth it.

More info:

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/n7yo7u
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] PrettyDumbITGuy:
Thank you very much for the clarification. Glad to know I'm not leaving my phone in an (for lack of a better word) improper state. Was a bit worried at first, but am now relieved.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] JasonWD:
I was only able to flash my Sofiar after I downgraded it to a stock Moto Android 10 rom.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] alpheus:
I'm not familiar with Motorola phones, didn't root/flash any of Moto in the past, so any insight what's the best way to downgrade stock ROM from 11 to 10? Obviosly LMSA not suitable for downgrade? Thanks.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] creedzeppelin:
Download the current Android 11 firmware from LMSA and and the 10 firmware you want to switch to. Rename the Android 10 files to whatever Android 11 is and swap it back in your LMSA downloads folder. Seems to be the way to go about that. Saw someone else say it worked for them, too. Here's a post about how to do it. Check out flash option #2.
[Moto G Power ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] addicti.mod:
Also, when I try using TWRP's zip installer I get "Error installing zip file 'external_sd/lineage-17.1-20210427-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar.zip'". If I try using ADB Sideload instead then I get errors like this:

user@user-System-Product-Name:~/platform-tools_r31.0.3-linux/platform-tools$ ./adb sideload lineage-17.1-20210427-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar.zip
Total xfer: 0.00x
user@user-System-Product-Name:~/platform-tools_r31.0.3-linux/platform-tools$ ./adb sideload lineage-17.1-20210427-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar.zip
adb: sideload connection failed: closed
adb: trying pre-KitKat sideload method...
adb: pre-KitKat sideload connection failed: closed
user@user-System-Product-Name:~/platform-tools_r31.0.3-linux/platform-tools$ ./adb sideload lineage-17.1-20210427-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar.zip
serving: 'lineage-17.1-20210427-UNOFFICIAL-sofiar.zip' (~0%) adb: failed to read command: Success

Edit: I was able to get the fastbootd version of this rom working after first downgrading to stock Android 10, but I'm now using ph4n70m-404's rom of LineageOS since it is a newer version (18.1).
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] james_lpool:
My old s10+ did and wondered if the new s21 also did?

Would people recommend removing it is it does and putting your own on or id the one they use any good does anyone know?

James
[Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra] zackleeuk:
Yes in the uk
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] jc10001:
Hi, has anyone had any success acquiring a replacement mainboard for this model? I've a model with a damaged board just outside warranty am looking to swap one in. Or are there any newer compatible models? Can't seem to find them anywhere. Thanks.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] Robbo.5000:
There are a few on AliExpress.

Here's one of them.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mMdAElz
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] jc10001:
Thanks Robbo.5000 - that's a good price - 142 EUR after discount for 8/256 - do you know if there's any significant difference between the K20 Pro and the 9T Pro? I've seen the 8/256 9T Pro at

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001323155792.html

but at 163 EUR - I wasn't sure if there were hardware differences or it was just geo target market.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] Robbo.5000:
There wasn't any hardware difference between the Chinese K20 Pro and the Mi 9T Pro. The only hardware difference that I'm aware of is the Indian K20 Pro does not have an NFC chip/coil. I would imagine that the Indian model would still have the same mainboard though.

Take a photo of your mainboard in the phone and send it to the seller your interested in and ask them to confirm what they are selling is the same as you are replacing.
[Redmi K20 Pro / Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro Questions & Answe] jc10001:
Thanks for the details, and the suggestion.
[Web App Development] energylevel:
Hello - For distributing an IOS AND Android app privately to selected clients as I understand it, you need a Google Play Console account and an Apple Developer Program account?

Costs I see are one off $25 set up charge for Google Play Console & $99 per year for the Apple Developer Program....

Are there any other additional charges for distribution?
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] higginsa1:
hi there, i have the problem, that i can't update my HTC. The tool boot the handy but when he is on 3% he break and say corrupt image please check your Update tool. I have this precedure on two different computer, i have donwnload the diamond 6.1 ZIP a lot of. What is my problem, please help...:confused:
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] thormdac:
run uspl first, and take out your sd card.

greetz
[P3300, MDA Compact III ROM Development] higginsa1:
thanks a lot...:D
[OnePlus 7T Pro (Regular & McLaren) Q & A] ricky886:
Here is my version OnePlus7TProOxygen_14.O.25_OTA_0250_all_2103162328_5411c8.zip

Thanks for help:)
[General Marketing & SEO] energylevel:
Hello - For distributing IOS AND Android app privately to selected clients as I understand it you need a Google Play Console account and an Apple Developer Program account?

Cost to set up Google Play Console account : $25 (one off set up fee)

Cost of Apple Developer Program : $99 per year

Are there any other charges for set up or distribution?

Thanks .....
[Nexus 6  General] jakeordie:
DELETE
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Accessories] digitaljeff:
Has anyone pre ordered a nexdock and actually received one?

I pre ordered in Oct for delivery in Jan, which was pushed to march and now April.

www.nexdock.com