yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
Check the date in Settings > About phone.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
version is 20230117
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
In that case you should have another update for 20220118
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
I have It. But After installation and reboot It Is not installed
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
All I can suggest, if the updater does not seem to be working and you definitely want the update, is to downlod the zip file and install it manually through you recovery.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
i'll try this solution
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
If you have any gapps I would also suggest reinstalling that after the rom and before you reboot. It can cause a boot loop if you don't.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
Hello,

lineage-20.0-20230118-nightly-lake-signed.zip can not be installed even by sideload !!!

To Magisk: turn on Zygisk, configure deny list. Mark the banking apps. Force deny list. With me funtionierts.

Other problem since last update: App updates are available, but does not connect and can not be turned off. All GCams tested for Moto G7+ hang and are unusable!
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
I'm totally up to date on my phone but I use twrp not lake recovery. Maybe that's the difference. I always do a 'dirty' install and tick the box for 'reflash twrp after rom install'. Because I've had bootloops in the past with gapps, I always reinstall gapps (flamegapps) before rebooting into the new install.

I did my own build for the most recent install but as I use exactly the same manifests as the official build I don't see how my own build can make a difference.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Aln7179:
Does any body else experience problem with Bluetooth connectivity after upgrading to LOS 20? I did a dirty upgrade from LOS 19 and now BT can be paired but won't connect to other devices. Factory reset doesn't help and BT application cache can't be cleared as this option is greyed out.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
for the first issue i think we must wait the next update and try to install it, banking apps works without problems
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
just use lineage recovery and MTG, it works just fine.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
The default/stock Motorola Camera is too buggy to be usable; instantly crashed after taking a picture, after that it worked but is slow/laggy and the pictures have lower quality then it did on Lineage 19.1.

The front camera is completely broken for me, is stutters and freezes every second and outright fails to take pictures (which is not important to me but I think that is the reason why an app that requires facial recognition fails to verify my identity.

I installed the OpenCamera from the PlayStore, enabled Camera2 API and it works fine, including the front cam.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
the today update have no problems
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
System reset, everything deleted. Lineage-20.0-20230124-nightly-lake-signed.zip complete new installation including MTG, Magisk and for me important apps installed. Now the default camera hangs and the newer GCams also. Open Camera hangs too ! Have now installed Hypercam-Raizen-Legend-A11 and works. Had the predecessor already on LOS 19, also gave no props.

Is an offshoot of GoogleCamera_6.1, but for me important that it works. Otherwise everything runs great. Thanks to the developers !!!
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
As far as I can see, I don't think MTG is as configurable as flamegapps. I use flamegapps basic and exclude most of the google bloat. I really only want playstore.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] fankool:
I also confirm the same problem with previous nightly release, never installer. But everything is ok with latest nightly release.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] guillermohs9:
Can anyone confirm latest build is good enough for a daily driver? Camera, bluetooth, wifi and battery life primarily? Thx
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
all works fine.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
camera works better than early builds, not perfect but usable
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
I have to admit I haven't detected any issues with the camera since los 17.1 to the latest los 20. I don't use it much and when I do it's point and click but I usually test each time since seeing the reports in this thread.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
It gets worse from update to update. No camera works ! Standard camera from the beginning not. But now it's like they're starting up and they're either freezing right away,

or trigger them but do not take a picture. After system reboot it works for two - three shots, then they freeze again. I would like to go back to LOT 19.1. How do I do this ??

Can someone give me a tip? Have no access to Fastboot flash since LOT 20.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
On my device at least, following the instructions to the letter, with the latest update, the Camera is a bit less bugged but it still crashes, resets and freezes. Specially the front one. It stills prevents an app that requires facial verification, such as MercadoPago (the PayPay of South America) to completely and utterly fail the facial verification process.

I formatted/wiped, installed Lineage 19.1 and the facial verification process on MercadoPago worked flawlessly the first try.

If I can provide a log to help the debug process, let me know.

In the attached pictures you can see, the frist one it crashed and the second it completely froze when re-launching it.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
The only way to go back is to reboot to recovery, format/wipe and install 19.1 from scratch.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
This error I get when i try to take a picture with Secure Camera from the PlayStore.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
I've tried that before. But the LOS bootloader blocks everything. There is only one error message, but it cannot be installed. Not possible via ADB sideload and not from memory either.

Recovery also cannot be installed, and TWRP cannot be booted. It's getting more and more complicated.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] petexd:
I never use the selfie camera so I checked it and yes, it didn't work. Or at least it was jerky and slow and froze every so often.

It makes no difference to me but I can see where it would be frustrating for some people
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
I just tried it and I can reboot into the bootloader with no issues, from there you can boot into TWRP and format/wipe.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
Neither do I, but is the only login method for this banking/paying app.

The back camera is also not working correctly; try taking more then 3 pictures, check if are all saved and not blank/black, try switching modes, try switching to the front and then back into the main camera...
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
What are you talking about?

We don't touch boot loader, you can install just fine - what is your error?

And yeah, just use Lineage Recovery - its not complicated
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
No matter which camera I use. Everyone starts and freezes immediately, or doesn't take pictures. Only after at least three attempts a few shots go. The front and the back are the same. Also in 16:9 or 4:3. This is not satisfactory, as I use the camera very often. The other problem see below: command as admin, command user and terminal

adb devices

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot devices

fastboot boot twrp-3.5.0-lake-v2.img

Sending 'boot.img' FAILED (Status read failed (Too many links))

fastboot: error: Command failed

PS C:\ADB and Fastboot> fastboot boot lineage-20.0-20230131-recovery-lake.img

Sending 'boot.img' (26541 KB) FAILED (remote: 'unknown command')

fastboot: error: Command failed
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
Have to excuse me !! I installed the package adb-setup-1.4.4.exe here from the forum.

Try started and I have access again.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
Those commands fail while in bootloader/fastboot mode? If so, that is the USB 3.0 bug that some G7's have.

Try a physical USB 2.0 port on your PC or a USB HUB/pass-trough on any other device, such as a keyboard) and it will work.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
It still worked. Downgrade to LOT 19.1. All functions of the cameras are fine. Maybe the error is fixed in LOT 20 times, then I try again !!
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] fankool:
Right. But I don't remember this issue when I installed los 20, I'm sure it happened using the previous and this nightly release, and it's not always. Often the camera works, and when it happens taking picture if I switch to video it works again.

I can't use camera app (I'm using a memoryu card to save pict and the app needs to accesso to root directory of memory card, and it's not possible), I always use open camera with API 2
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
in my case after last update camera works fine. Maybe if it work or not depends by other issues?
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] fankool:
I think you're right, today open camera worked flawlessly.

Anyway, have you tried to use lineage camera app using external memory card?
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
External Memory has never worked for me, also with LOS 19 🫣
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] KelleyCook:
Well today something bad happened.

I had installed the 20230131 version on Friday. This afternoon I was out skiing and my phone in my vibrated (but no bing in my helmet's bluetooth headset), ignored it of course, but it kept doing it every 40 seconds or so over the next five minutes. Thinking something bad was happening at work I pulled it out my phone and in was in a boot loop.

Tried a power cycle which didn't work and let it go for the day. At home. I tried reinstalling LOS + gapps and it bootlooped. tried it again over USB2 same thing, after a few tries. I factory resetted it and same thing, did the reinstall OS trick, no dice, installed the stock images manually, this kept crashed to fastboot, finally I ran the lenovo restore program and it worked (wheee a June 2019 image!).

So now the phone is in Stock mode for literally the first time since I acquired it years ago (I wiped it before turning it on). I'll put LOS 20 back on it tomorrow and give a report.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] KBeng:
The default cam (com.motorola.camera2) was working fine all along from 17.1 to 19.1, but now with LOS 20 I experience the same freezes as you all after some time / several photos taken / switch to front cam.

I installed the apk from 19.1 to rule out a bug in the app itsellf. But same behaviour here.

On the other hand Open Camera works fine as long as I use the Camera2-API. Switching to the "Original Camera-API" and I got the same problens here as well.

The debug edition from Aperture is working fine which I guess uses the Camera2-API by default.

So I would say it's a general problem with the Original Camera-API. Any chance to "restore"/cherrypick the version from 19.1 here?
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
Yeah, has nothing to do with API's - MotoCamera has an issue.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] KelleyCook:
Well its a clean slate with LineageOS 20 and all seems well again. Perhaps I had a munged firmware hiding in the weed and the restore to stock + copy_partitions fixed it. Its only been a day, but also I haven't ran into the screen not turning on bug yet, so that is a bonus.

Finding out Titanium didn't actually back up my various authentication keys was a bummer to discover, but that is life.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] curiousrom:
If you check the Titanium Backup - root needed on Play Store the app has not been updated since November 24, 2019 & there are several horror stories in the reviews.

See also the recent posts in the XDA thread [Guide] Noobs guide to use Titanium Backup for backup and restore of apps.

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[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] KelleyCook:
Well seems to be time to say goodbye to an old friend. Looks like Neo-Backup shall be taking over the duties.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] zohar_ml:
I wish to use google wallet with my phone, but not sure if it have the needed NFC hardware.

In "Device info HW" app it writes NFC=nq-nci

In settings I see the NFC switch, but I cannot set it to the On state.

So do I have NFC in my device or not?
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
go to stock - does it have NFC in settings?
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] zohar_ml:
Stock = original rom?

It been a long time since this phone had that... and it's a long process to do that and return to the current state:confused:
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
A good tip !

Have tested it and it works very well !
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
Yes, and just use LSMA tool. It's easy
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Tiki Thorsen:
On settings, Connected devices, Connection preferences if your model has NFC it should show there.

You can easily test it by getting an app (I recomend the F-Droid Store) and a credit/debit card.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] fankool:
Hi guys, it's sad for to talk again about camera, but it's becoming more and more unusable time after time, release after release. Now I can't take picture almost always, a fix seems to be switching to video and then back to camera, but I'm taking few pictures so I can't confirm it
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
stock camera not working, open camera is better (but has many problems, for example front camera for selfie not working)
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] fankool:
Strange, I use only open camera and front camera has always worked well, for video or pictures. I've just tried now, to be sure, and it took a photo (and this time also has saved)
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Chris22880:
ALL cameras here have an issue? The problem started with my phone/camera as well with LOS20, the other cams like opencam or others have the same problem here. It seems to be any change in the Api from 19 to 20 or its implementation in LOS20. Could you plz have a second look on it? Now the camera is really useless and I used it nearly daily :( Thank you!
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
huh?

OpenCamera works fine for me - you're saying it doesn't for you?

MotCamera has issues.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] retry0001-coffee:
I'm gonna be updating to LOS20 soon with a dirty flash of both LOS and NikGapps. I'll chime in on this camera issue afterwards. Probably over the weekend.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Chris22880:
I deinstalled it days ago because it was the same like moto camera. Just tried and installed opencam again after your question, astonished that it works in the moment after switing to cam2-api (no function) and back again to default. I will try the next days and report if it breaks again. Thanks so long
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
Open Camera works fine if you switch from camera 0 to camera 2 clicking on the camera icon. I don't know why 🤔
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Chris22880:
update: switching the cameras works sometimes, mostly not! I got it working once switching from ID0 to ID2 and back and it worked few times then it stucks again.

Might the firmware need an update? Which one to use then? I have quite old flashfiles from 2018 on my PC, I think thats the one I have on my smartphone. How do I check in LOS20 which firmware I actually have? Under "about phone" is just the lineage Info instead of firmware info. The latest download I found is from 2021 and is for Android 10, Build-ID QPWS30.61-21-18-7. Can I use that to flash or will I break my LOS20?

Thanks for tipps
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Chris22880:
update: switching the cameras works sometimes, mostly not! I got it working once switching from ID0 to ID2 and back and it worked few times then it stucks again.

Might the firmware need an update? The latest download I found is from 2021 and is for Android 10, Build-ID QPWS30.61-21-18-7. Can I use that to flash or will I break my LOS20?

Thanks for tipps
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] jeisonp:
Does anyone have problems with taking pictures from Telegram, Whatsapp? This and other kind of apps that try to use camera inside them are very unreliable to use. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] jeisonp:
This doesn't lower the photos quality? In preview it's seems does.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] jeisonp:
Do you a link to download the last 19.1 official build?
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Verstehnix:
Sorry, no official link available. Apparently deleted !
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
Firmware has nothing to do with any of the issues that people are seeing here
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] oeddans:
I think Is something related with camera API
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
It's something camera HAL related.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Chris22880:
you said its a problem with the moto cameras. I see that it works in LOS19, so where is the difference to LOS20? A new way in LOS20 to talk to the interface of the camera? Must be a command to the camera-interface which is not understood. The camera itself is fine cause it works if I downgrade (just tried with another lake). And its not possible as well that lots of cameras break after upgrade, so the software remains. And if the firmware is only updated on a few smartphones and not on all (what is probably the best explanation) the fault should be that the old firmware did not connect all interfaces to all new commands from LOS20. You probably have the latest firmware on your phone so the camera works with open camera.

Is there a fault in my theory? If its not the firmware it must be the implementation of the new camerasoftware of LOS20, which then is surely not as well a fault of the camera.

I can only proove if I upgrade the old lake again (now with the latest firmware) to LOS20 again, cause I am not a software engineer, just a normal IT-fellow since 25 years. I would proove earliest in May 23, cause I need the now working camera (with LOS19) in the time between, no matter how old the system is.

I hope you find a fault in between.

Thank you, Chris
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
Abstractly guessing like this really doesn't help, sorry.

There's nothing related to the camera in the firmware you're talking about, you're talking about the bootloaders, modem, and trusted execution environment stuff, none of that is going to have one single effect on camera, not at least at this layer.

This is likely at the camera HAL layer, probably some obscure piece to change, some time out, some symbol, etc but at the moment none of the typical things that we would look for to notify us that these are in fact issues are showing up, so we're pretty much stabbing blindly.

Getting old for proprietary binaries to work isn't a fun process, and I'll get it working when we're able to figure out what the issue is, if anyone wants to go debug individual components from 19.1 and try them on 20 to see if they can isolate where exactly the issue is, that would be helpful, other than that, I'll get to it at some point.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] Chris22880:
thanks for reply. So I live with two phones for the time I need. Tell me if I can try out some things to help on my then spare phone in may
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] retry0001-coffee:
I noticed that the stock moto camera in LOS20 works poorly. The screen freezes a lot and it doesn't take pics. I wouldn't say it crashes though. I installed OpenCamera and that seems to work fine. I set the API level to 2 for more features, but I haven't tried any of them yet.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
Dear lord - see past 2 pages of the thread - it is being worked on, but we don't know why yet.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] retry0001-coffee:
Alright, I was just adding in thinking it was still unsure if it was a case peculiar to one user or acknowledged as a general problem. Not trying to pile on but merely include additional evidence to make a determination. I said I'd do this back in my Feb 22, 2023 post. Like I said, OpenCamera seems to work perfectly fine for me, and I'm not bothered.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] guckuck:
Hi, I think about updating the "old" Moto G7 of my wife. Is it possible to pay with Google Pay (Google Wallet, NFC) with LOS 20?

Best regards

Kay
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
It "works" but safety net doesn't pass just like on 19, so you'd need to use some tool to make it pass.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] proza:
safety net failed? Is it pre-rooted?
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] proza:
At the official build page, there is no recovery image any more but with boot.img and dtbo.img. What are these two images for?

Any new installation instrunctions? The installation instruction at the page does not updated and still asks to "Download Lineage Recovery"
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
Just read the instructions more closely, it describes the images to download
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] lizardpckrd:
Okay, I see. Recovery is now named boot.img. It's strange a little. All devices that I use have separetly boot and recovery and it's not a big problem. Why LOS developers does this changes - I think they doesn't know ))

But in the instruction no one word about dtbo.img. What should we do with it? Flash it or what?

If you make any changes, please notify us in advance. It is very annoying to look for information on different sites and not understand why some changes have occurred.
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] npjohnson:
Dude, I just told you what to do, the wiki tells you what to do, other images are for debugging, or other things you don't need to worry about.

As for boot and recovery split, we didn't choose to do that, AOSP did, we had to adapt to it, we can't just go back to the old way, it's not that easy.

You seem to act as if I know these things are going to happen ahead of time, I had literally no notice of this.

Plus, if you use my unofficial builds, it's been like this for quite some time
[Moto G7 Plus ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Other De] lizardpckrd:
Then how do you explain the moment that I download recovery from previous builds, and now on the download page only boot.img and dtbo.img for those builds? See the build dates on the screenshots

February 28, 21, 14 - where are recovery images? They was there, I remember it. And I've download them.

AOSP chages huh?