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Best custom rom for the LG G4?

Hello, I'm getting today the LG G4(H815) and Im wondering what is the best rom to install?
I've heard the battery life is not very good becuase of the LG interface, so a custom rom should fix it, and from what I've seen there's not much different between Android 5.1 and 6, so I don't really mind, what custom rom do you use, and why?
Thanks.

I'm running die latest nightly of CM 13 and in my opinion it's very good!
Everything I need for daily use just works fine.

There is no "BEST" for every body. There is only what people have found is best for them based on how they use their phone, their signal, setup, preferences, etc. They found what was best for them by reviewing all the top listed ROMs in the development section. The top list means they are the most active. Read the first few posts on each and find out what features they have and if those are the ones you are looking for. Then read the last 10 pages or so to see if anyone has any problems and how they fixed them. Then choose the one you want to try...back up your current setup, wipe all data and flash the new ROM. Give it a try and see if that is the one that is BEST for you. If not, restore your setup or try again.
Happy Flashing!

KennyG123 said:
There is no "BEST" for every body. There is only what people have found is best for them based on how they use their phone, their signal, setup, preferences, etc. They found what was best for them by reviewing all the top listed ROMs in the development section. The top list means they are the most active. Read the first few posts on each and find out what features they have and if those are the ones you are looking for. Then read the last 10 pages or so to see if anyone has any problems and how they fixed them. Then choose the one you want to try...back up your current setup, wipe all data and flash the new ROM. Give it a try and see if that is the one that is BEST for you. If not, restore your setup or try again.
Happy Flashing!
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First thanks for the detailed comment, second, can you please remind me the order from stock new phone to flashing custom rom?(I mean, first you root the phone, then open bootloader, install TWRP, etc etc) Thanks.

I'm running CandySiX. It's very good.

msacco4 said:
First thanks for the detailed comment, second, can you please remind me the order from stock new phone to flashing custom rom?(I mean, first you root the phone, then open bootloader, install TWRP, etc etc) Thanks.
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Assuming you have the unlockable/rootable device this thread should help you with all of that.

KennyG123 said:
Assuming you have the unlockable/rootable device this thread should help you with all of that.
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I'm having trouble finding my "Device ID", the method mentioned there is not working, I tried downloading a few apps but its not the correct device id, not sure what to do and how to find it, any help? ;s

msacco4 said:
I'm having trouble finding my "Device ID", the method mentioned there is not working, I tried downloading a few apps but its not the correct device id, not sure what to do and how to find it, any help? ;s
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Go into your app drawer. Go to Settings then to the very bottom for device info, then something that sounds like Hardware info. You will find your IMEI number in there.

KennyG123 said:
Go into your app drawer. Go to Settings then to the very bottom for device info, then something that sounds like Hardware info. You will find your IMEI number in there.
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Its not IMEI number, its device id, its 64 notes long..

msacco4 said:
Its not IMEI number, its device id, its 64 notes long..
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Oh..THAT Device ID. Here is a better explanation on how to get it if you have fastboot and ADB drivers installed and working:
http://www.androidexplained.com/lg-g4-unlock-h815-bootloader/

KennyG123 said:
Oh..THAT Device ID. Here is a better explanation on how to get it if you have fastboot and ADB drivers installed and working:
http://www.androidexplained.com/lg-g4-unlock-h815-bootloader/
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I already tried that as well, but its not working for me, the cmd says "Device not found", but the device is connected(and the computer is recognizing the phone as well), I also tried to getting into fastboot through flashtool, but its not working as well, I tried many options, usb debugging on/off, mtp/the other one, but its not working(but the computer is recognizing the phone and I can enter the phone storage).

msacco4 said:
I already tried that as well, but its not working for me, the cmd says "Device not found", but the device is connected(and the computer is recognizing the phone as well), I also tried to getting into fastboot through flashtool, but its not working as well, I tried many options, usb debugging on/off, mtp/the other one, but its not working(but the computer is recognizing the phone and I can enter the phone storage).
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If it says Device not found, you do not have ADB drivers properly installed. Try to download and install fresh drivers for your phone..or plug it into another port and watch the driver installation to make sure all drivers are installed. If you get a red X for ADB driver then you need to remove drivers, download updated ones and install.

On the same topic, how is the camera on other roms?
I'm assuming on all STOCK variants we have the same camera app as LG provides.
But what happens with CM13 for instance? (do we have manual controls, is the quality degraded...?)
Thanks

KennyG123 said:
If it says Device not found, you do not have ADB drivers properly installed. Try to download and install fresh drivers for your phone..or plug it into another port and watch the driver installation to make sure all drivers are installed. If you get a red X for ADB driver then you need to remove drivers, download updated ones and install.
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I did all those, and still, for some reason it isn't working :\ not really sure what to do, is there no other way to find the Device ID?

msacco4 said:
I did all those, and still, for some reason it isn't working :\ not really sure what to do, is there no other way to find the Device ID?
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Either way, your device will need to be recognized by ADB to unlock the bootloader. Make sure if you are using a desktop to use the USB ports in the back directly on the motherboard and not the ones in the front. Do you have any errors in device manager? Whichever error you have you need to fix that driver. With my 6P I had problems with the Google USB driver. Took me 2 hours to realize which was the problem and find one that would install somewhere on the net.

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Either way, your device will need to be recognized by ADB to unlock the bootloader. Make sure if you are using a desktop to use the USB ports in the back directly on the motherboard and not the ones in the front. Do you have any errors in device manager? Whichever error you have you need to fix that driver. With my 6P I had problems with the Google USB driver. Took me 2 hours to realize which was the problem and find one that would install somewhere on the net.
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I actually do have a little problem, sometimes, with different time periods, but every now and then, my keyboard stops working for like 2 seconds, my computer is trying to find usb keyboard driver, it fails to update it, but the keyboard still works, don't know if it have any connection, but I'll try to do it on another computer(don't know why I didn't thought of it until now ;o)
Edit - not working on other computer as well, really don't know what to do ;\

Custom ROM's are generally good overall. CandySIX and Resurrection are both extremely good ROM's. However, where they lack seriously is the quality of sound generally from the speakers and headphones. That being said, its best to settle for a Stock based ROM. IMHO Imperium ROM is unparalleled in that department, best battery backup and of course awesome sound. It even integrates with Viper Audio very well. Its my everyday ROM at the moment. If anyone thinks differently, please do let me know. I would love to get some opinions on this.

Root + twrp + bootloader unlock + twrp flashable stock rom - marhsmallow

If you are on Lollipop, this guide is NOT for you!
Almost none of this is my work, I just collect it and put it together in one place and I'm writing a small how-to get things done.
PLEASE ONLY PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!
ONLY FOR ZX551ML
Bootloader unlock:
Currently the only way I was able to get ROOT on the phone was by installing it from TWRP which required an unlocked bootloader, so the first step is to get the bootloader unlocked, to do this please follow this steps:
1) Enable USB debugging - If you do not know what is that and how to do it, you should probably STOP right here.
2) Download and extract: Unlock 6_ZX551ML.ZIP
3) From the extracted folder run unlock.bat (This will restart your phone into fastboot mode, downgrade the bootloader and unlock it)
4) When step 3 is completed, you need to run restore.bat
If everything went on correctly your boot screen should be inverted (white background, black Asus text). This was the most risky part. I only have my phone and it worked, but if something goes wrong here you might end up bricking your phone, so please take extreme care, always read the messages on the screen!!!!!
Custom Recovery:
1) Now to get a custom recovery, please download TWRP-3.0.2-M1-Z00A.img.
2) Put your phone into bootloader mode, if your phone is currently in use, just use the following commands:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Alternatively you can power off the phone, remove the USB cable. Power it back on while holding the volume up button.
3) once your phone if in bootloader mode please use the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP-3.0.2-M1-Z00A.img
4) Use the vol up & down to select "RECOVERY"
5) Use the power button (short press) to reboot to TWRP
ROOTING
1) Download BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328-patch-by-shakalaca-for-zenfone2-6.0_(1).zip
2) In recovery select Advanced -> Sideload
3) From your computer use the following commands:
Code:
adb sideload "BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328-patch-by-shakalaca-for-zenfone2-6.0_(1).zip"
4) Once it's completed installing, restart the phone to system
FLASHABLE STOCK ROM
If you have TWRP installed and you want to flash the latest stock ROM, you will need to, make sure you un-root your phone from the supersu app, reboot to recovery and sideload the zip. You can also copy the zip to your phone and install it from twrp. When installing the stock rom, your bootloader will be locked again, so you will need to unlock it (if you wish), also you will need to root again, because the root is lost. However the modified stock rom will NOT remove the custom recovery giving you freedom to flash whatever you like in the future...
XPOSED
Xposed on our device won't work if we have SuperSu installed. If you want to use Xposed modules you will need to use PHH's SuperUser instead. All files required for Xposed/Magisk/Phh's SuperUser are available in the Xposed folder.
Available modified stock rom versions:
UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.141-user-TWRP.zip - Updated: 2016-Oct-07
UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.197-user-TWRP.zip - Updated: 2016-Dec-16
Files can be downloaded from: here
Again, please proceed on your own risk.
Special tanks and credits to all the guys who made this possible, namely:
@sorg @social-design-concepts @shakalaca - For bootloader unlock
@jrior001 for the TWRP
@shakalaca - For the modified SuperSU package.

Magisk / systemless should also work?
any way to get back the noninverted Bootscreen?

Tr4sHCr4fT said:
Magisk / systemless should also work?
any way to get back the noninverted Bootscreen?
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Yes I'm using Magisk, but even with it I wasn't able to use Google Pay. To get back to non inverted, you will need to flash the locked bootloader.

Emil Borconi said:
Yes I'm using Magisk, but even with it I wasn't able to use Google Pay. To get back to non inverted, you will need to flash the locked bootloader.
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While essentially true the user can always use a different boot animation by flashing one via twrp. There might even be one somewhere of the unmodified asus screen.
Can anyone confirm the flashable Rom mentioned in Post #1 is MM 6.0.1? I ask because my phone upgraded itself right after I booted it up and I wondered if it was on a newer version than the downloadable one. Pretty sure the update was only security updates given it was only around 80mb.
The actuall boot screen is only a couple of seconds long while the boot animation shown
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Well as usual the linux users drew the short straw. The shell script is for mac users. I decided to see about running the lines manually but never even reached the "danger zone". As soon as I did an "adb reboot bootloader" I followed up with "sudo fastboot devices" (some linux distro's need sudo..some don't)....and nothing shows up although I can clearly see the device is hooked up and in fastboot mode as well as the fact the adb reboot bootloader worked. I swap out one of my other devices and check things...they show up fine in fastboot....ok...so what's missing from this picture?
*update* solved by updating the ubuntu adb and fastboot binaries from here: https://github.com/simmac/minimal_adb_fastboot/tree/master/linux
*update2* bootloader unlocked, supersu flashed and verified. Much appreciated.

I ran the bootloader unlock and it appeared to work. Now it keeps booting back into the bootloader. I can't seem to get it to boot normal. Suggestions?
Nevermind, I didn't realize that I needed to run restore.bat while still in the bootloader. It is booting now! I was able to follow your guide and it is now rooted.
Regarding the marshmallow zip you include. I have a couple questions.
- For the modified stock version that will keep the recovery do I just need to flash it from recovery?
- Do I need to unroot before flashing this modified stock marshmallow?
Thanks!

slgooding said:
I ran the bootloader unlock and it appeared to work. Now it keeps booting back into the bootloader. I can't seem to get it to boot normal. Suggestions?
Nevermind, I didn't realize that I needed to run restore.bat while still in the bootloader. It is booting now! I was able to follow your guide and it is now rooted.
Regarding the marshmallow zip you include. I have a couple questions.
- For the modified stock version that will keep the recovery do I just need to flash it from recovery?
- Do I need to unroot before flashing this modified stock marshmallow?
Thanks!
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Happy to read you got it booting, by the time I got to answer you seemed to git it figured out.
Regarding the zip, yes flash from recovery and you don't need to unroot before, but you will need to root after flashing.
However I do suggest you make a backup before flashing jsut in case....

Emil Borconi said:
Happy to read you got it booting, by the time I got to answer you seemed to git it figured out.
Regarding the zip, yes flash from recovery and you don't need to unroot before, but you will need to root after flashing.
However I do suggest you make a backup before flashing jsut in case....
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I'm assuming the file is just for folks who are on lollipop who want to upgrade? Didn't see any need to flash it since already on 6.0.1 and have it rooted...unless I'm missing something again.

I read this after I went to 6.0.1 from Asus's manual download and update process. I can't get ADB to connect in the OS (developer mode never displays, even though it tells me I'm a developer after doing kernel ver. button process). I tried to get adb devices -l in fastboot and recovery, and it wont discover it. I've tried multiple windows drivers (including the one that worked when I flashed the firmware the first time) to no avail. Any ideas?

Irishman2020 said:
I read this after I went to 6.0.1 from Asus's manual download and update process. I can't get ADB to connect in the OS (developer mode never displays, even though it tells me I'm a developer after doing kernel ver. button process). I tried to get adb devices -l in fastboot and recovery, and it wont discover it. I've tried multiple windows drivers (including the one that worked when I flashed the firmware the first time) to no avail. Any ideas?
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If windows doesn't see the phone when in recovery there is something wrong, this can be:
1) Wrong driver
2) Damaged USB cable
3) Damaged USB port.
When you are in recovery you should see the phone with adbm if you are in fastboot you should see the phone with:
Code:
fastboot devices
If nothing works you have the nuclear option.
Manually download the original firmware from Asus website: https://www.asus.com/support/Download/39/1/0/26/BXbNqJplzZiLmk6G/32/
copy the zip to an Sd card.
1) Now Turn Off your phone and boot into recovery mode by pressing Power+Volume UP.
2) Now in recovery mode choose to apply update from sdcard.
3) Now select the zip file.
4) Now wait until the process complete and then Reboot the phone.
5) Done!

famewolf said:
I'm assuming the file is just for folks who are on lollipop who want to upgrade? Didn't see any need to flash it since already on 6.0.1 and have it rooted...unless I'm missing something again.
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More or less true, but somehow I was on a 6.0.1 version which is now gone from the firmware list of Zenfone, meaning I have updated from 6.0.1 to 6.0.1
Again now I see there is a new firmware released yesterday if I have the time I will patch that system image as well so it can be upgraded with TWRP.

famewolf said:
I'm assuming the file is just for folks who are on lollipop who want to upgrade? Didn't see any need to flash it since already on 6.0.1 and have it rooted...unless I'm missing something again.
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Just for you I've just uploaded the 4.21.40.197 release as well... so now there is a point of the TWRP rom's

Emil Borconi said:
Just for you I've just uploaded the 4.21.40.197 release as well... so now there is a point of the TWRP rom's
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Typical....now you've given me work I need to do on the phone. ;P
Appreciate your work!
Out of curiosity have you tried xposed?

famewolf said:
Typical....now you've given me work I need to do on the phone. ;P
Appreciate your work!
Out of curiosity have you tried xposed?
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Yes and it works. I tried a few modules, but generally speaking I'm not a big xposed user myself. Nify doesn't work to well because of all the asus software on it and I wasn't able to get google assistant either. Android audo mod worked perfectly, so yeah generally speaking xposed work's

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Yes and it works. I tried a few modules, but generally speaking I'm not a big xposed user myself. Nify doesn't work to well because of all the asus software on it and I wasn't able to get google assistant either. Android audo mod worked perfectly, so yeah generally speaking xposed work's
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Thanks...that answers all my questions except for figuring out what's safe to disable. I put a post in q&a but no replies..the zoom appears to have a very small group on xda. I'll figure it out eventually.

famewolf said:
Thanks...that answers all my questions except for figuring out what's safe to disable. I put a post in q&a but no replies..the zoom appears to have a very small group on xda. I'll figure it out eventually.
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Actually most if them can be. Here is a print screen of the ones I have disabled on my phone hover I have a zenpad z380c which I use as my car dashboard and on that one o have disabled almost of all of the apps, except zenhome, audio manager and the file manager.
Yes I was surprised to find out that there is almost no zoom community.

Emil Borconi said:
Actually most if them can be. Here is a print screen of the ones I have disabled on my phone hover I have a zenpad z380c which I use as my car dashboard and on that one o have disabled almost of all of the apps, except zenhome, audio manager and the file manager.
Yes I was surprised to find out that there is almost no zoom community.
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I'm actually enjoying mobile managers auto startup managing...it's done a good job of keeping 10000 things from running at startup that don't need to although "Startup Manager" would do a similar job for free. I'm liking the zenui launcher and calling screen so don't want to break anything related to that...the phone's been performing exceptionally well for days on end with no required reboots. Been very impressed. Previously been fighting with a T-mobile V10 and an Alcatel Idol 3...the v10 had spontaneous reboots...the idol had a stock rom with a bunch of lag in it....tiny to nothing development on both of those.
What about Zentalk, ZenChoice, PhotoCollage, MyAsus Service center, Clean Master, Audiowizard and Bug Reporter?

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I'm actually enjoying mobile managers auto startup managing...it's done a good job of keeping 10000 things from running at startup that don't need to although "Startup Manager" would do a similar job for free. I'm liking the zenui launcher and calling screen so don't want to break anything related to that...the phone's been performing exceptionally well for days on end with no required reboots. Been very impressed. Previously been fighting with a T-mobile V10 and an Alcatel Idol 3...the v10 had spontaneous reboots...the idol had a stock rom with a bunch of lag in it....tiny to nothing development on both of those.
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I use tasker for that, but yes I agree as a whole is not bad, this is my 4rd Asus product (Zenfone 4, Zenfone 2, Zoom and Zenpad) and overall I'm quite impressed with how they perform, just the support from Asus isn't really the top of the cream... they released MM when other were releasing N... so yeah a bit of sour taste, otherwise happy. And the camera, I think it's brilliant, not the best on the market, but the optical zoom is cool, as well as the camera app which allows you to do some nice manual shooting.

Emil Borconi said:
I use tasker for that, but yes I agree as a whole is not bad, this is my 4rd Asus product (Zenfone 4, Zenfone 2, Zoom and Zenpad) and overall I'm quite impressed with how they perform, just the support from Asus isn't really the top of the cream... they released MM when other were releasing N... so yeah a bit of sour taste, otherwise happy. And the camera, I think it's brilliant, not the best on the market, but the optical zoom is cool, as well as the camera app which allows you to do some nice manual shooting.
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I listed a few apps in my previous post I wondered if you had looked at..it was a last minute addition so you may have missed it. I own tasker...I'm unaware of using it to stop tasks from running at bootup although I have used it to MAKE some apps run after "Boot Completed".

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I listed a few apps in my previous post I wondered if you had looked at..it was a last minute addition so you may have missed it. I own tasker...I'm unaware of using it to stop tasks from running at bootup although I have used it to MAKE some apps run after "Boot Completed".
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Generally tasker can be used for almost anything.... but I'm doing most of the thing with root+shell scripts, but yes nothing wrong with the app provided by Asus. I think everybody uses the setup/software he/she is most comfortable using... and there is no right or wrong.... that's until you are NOT and iCrap user, because that is the ultimate WRONG! )

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Generally tasker can be used for almost anything.... but I'm doing most of the thing with root+shell scripts, but yes nothing wrong with the app provided by Asus. I think everybody uses the setup/software he/she is most comfortable using... and there is no right or wrong.... that's until you are NOT and iCrap user, because that is the ultimate WRONG! )
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Well from the lack of posts it appears you and I ARE the zenfone zoom community. Any idea where the system updates get stored after downloading? I thought in /cache based on regular zenfone posts but was unable to see it. I've got one available but it has to be modified for twrp compatibility as well as unrooting temporarily.

Z00A is not recognized by PC, not even charge only mode.

Whenever I try to connect it to my pc, it only charges but the option for mtp/ptp is not showing up. It's also not recognized by adb even though I enabled USB debugging. I tried reconnecting, reinstalling drivers but to no avail. Is this already a hardware failure or can I still do something about it?

notinthemood said:
Whenever I try to connect it to my pc, it only charges but the option for mtp/ptp is not showing up. It's also not recognized by adb even though I enabled USB debugging. I tried reconnecting, reinstalling drivers but to no avail. Is this already a hardware failure or can I still do something about it?
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Does your phone still charge slowly from PC ? Does the charge light light up ?
Could be data cable became faulty and now only charges if it does.
Could be USB board.
Could be drivers.
Could be a windows update blocking your drivers.
Many things that only you can possibly try to possibly resolve but
1) first try a new data cable and another pc

timbernot said:
Does your phone still charge slowly from PC ? Does the charge light light up ?
Could be data cable became faulty and now only charges if it does.
Could be USB board.
Could be drivers.
Could be a windows update blocking your drivers.
Many things that only you can possibly try to possibly resolve but
1) first try a new data cable and another pc
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The phone still charges, but really slow. Even though I only have the screen on, the battery level actually goes lower. The charging LED does light up.
I tried several cables already but to no avail. I will try connecting on my laptop and see how it goes.

notinthemood said:
The phone still charges, but really slow. Even though I only have the screen on, the battery level actually goes lower. The charging LED does light up.
I tried several cables already but to no avail. I will try connecting on my laptop and see how it goes.
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How did it go ?

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How did it go ?
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Well, it still did not read my phone. Installed the drivers first before connecting, tried other ports, other cables, but still not working. Also, when I try to charge it when open, it doesn't have the LED light on. But if it's turned off, it shows the LED.

@notinthemood
Now would be the ideal time to give details of IFWI version in Bootloader , build , date in settings etc .
Hopefully it is firmware problem now
And not USB board , or USB port attached to it , ugh !

I had this after MM came out and I tried everything to the point where I thought my usb port was broken.
I ended up completely wiping my phone (Internal memory too), then re-flashed MM firmware via ADB and it was fine.
Suspect I had a downloaded a dodgy/corrupt mod and it wiped part of the OS code for USB or just killed USB?

mckc001 said:
I had this after MM came out and I tried everything to the point where I thought my usb port was broken.
I ended up completely wiping my phone (Internal memory too), then re-flashed MM firmware via ADB and it was fine.
Suspect I had a downloaded a dodgy/corrupt mod and it wiped part of the OS code for USB or just killed USB?
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Best and easiest method for future reference to rule out software , if in full stock M and providing a factory reset didnt suffice , is a simple official downgrade via ext sd , flashing the official downgrade version - NO PC required If problems then persist ,then it would be definately be hardware after.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/help/success-downgrade-mm-to-lp-via-sd-card-t3520642
If @notinthemood could follow if in stock M , this would be ideal to rule out software :good:

Here are some of the details of my software in the settings. Tell me if you need more. http://imgur.com/a/Ynl2J

notinthemood said:
Here are some of the details of my software in the settings. Tell me if you need more. http://imgur.com/a/Ynl2J
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WOW you are in LP over a year old .
Download LP .198 last of the LP firmware to interna memory l> UL-WW LP 2.20.40.198 from asus and reboot :good:
When set up -- factory reset in settings immediately -- see if probs persist:good:
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@notinthemood >
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.198-user.zip

Have you tried to go in devoloper settings and "Select USB configuration"?

timbernot said:
WOW you are in LP over a year old .
Download LP .198 last of the LP firmware to interna memory l> UL-WW LP 2.20.40.198 from asus and reboot :good:
When set up -- factory reset in settings immediately -- see if probs persist:good:
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@notinthemood >
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ZenFone/ZE551ML/UL-Z00A-WW-2.20.40.198-user.zip
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Oh wait. Does that work on custom ROMs? It isn't really stock but rather a cleaned up rom.

notinthemood said:
Oh wait. Does that work on custom ROMs? It isn't really stock but rather a cleaned up rom.
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Hence why i asked earlier your IFWI version , it would`ve determined your bootloader status being unlocked , since you never answered i assumed you wasnt unlocked !
When people try to help , its best you answer the questions to your best ability .
So , next questions are... do you have TWRP recovery ? is your IFWI version in bootloader 0094.0173 ?
If the answer is yes then --> try this.....AT your OWN risk ...as always !
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70780400&postcount=26
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Original post reads ;-
Whenever I try to connect it to my pc, it only charges but the option for mtp/ptp is not showing up. It's also not recognized by adb even though I enabled USB debugging. I tried reconnecting, reinstalling drivers but to no avail. Is this already a hardware failure or can I still do something about it?
What it should say is;-
I have these problems with a year old custom rom !
And the answer is quick and simple, >Flash back stock rom back up , Update and see if probs persist !

timbernot said:
Hence why i asked earlier your IFWI version , it would`ve determined your bootloader status being unlocked , since you never answered i assumed you wasnt unlocked !
When people try to help , its best you answer the questions to your best ability .
So , next questions are... do you have TWRP recovery ? is your IFWI version in bootloader 0094.0173 ?
If the answer is yes then --> try this.....AT your OWN risk ...as always !
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70780400&postcount=26
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Original post reads ;-
Whenever I try to connect it to my pc, it only charges but the option for mtp/ptp is not showing up. It's also not recognized by adb even though I enabled USB debugging. I tried reconnecting, reinstalling drivers but to no avail. Is this already a hardware failure or can I still do something about it?
What it should say is;-
I have these problems with a year old custom rom !
And the answer is quick and simple, >Flash back stock rom back up , Update and see if probs persist !
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Oh my, sorry about that. I don't know how to check the IFWI version so I assumed that it's on the about page in the settings. And yes I do have TWRP.

All OK now ? Fixed ? Reboot to bootloader for IFWI version, you are on a year old custom ROM so IFWI should be what I stated earlier anyhow.
Just had a check at your recent posts
You are a maintainer for another device it seems , strange you have not sorted this out already

timbernot said:
All OK now ? Fixed ? Reboot to bootloader for IFWI version, you are on a year old custom ROM so IFWI should be what I stated earlier anyhow.
Just had a check at your recent posts
You are a maintainer for another device it seems , strange you have not sorted this out already
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IFWI version is 0094.0177. Would it still be fine to flash that stock rom?
I actually misplaced this phone for almost a year. Just found it again and it's a mess but I still want to use it since it is a powerful device.

@notinthemood
Restore your back up first . A maintainer of another device surely knows the basics ?????
I'm pretty sure .0177 is locked bootloader, maybe my mind is playing tricks on me and .0173 is and 0177 is unlocked ,
If you have root , does it function OK ?
Maybe , with the device being over a year old , use Asus bootloader unlock app to be on the safe side.
Even so , sounds all very strange to me
Goodluck

timbernot said:
@notinthemood
Restore your back up first . A maintainer of another device surely knows the basics ?????
I'm pretty sure .0177 is locked bootloader, maybe my mind is playing tricks on me and .0173 is and 0177 is unlocked ,
If you have root , does it function OK ?
Maybe , with the device being over a year old , use Asus bootloader unlock app to be on the safe side.
Even so , sounds all very strange to me
Goodluck
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Root functionality is fine. Reinstalled Greenify and it asked for root access and I was able to grant it. Also, I used Asus official bootloader unlocker before. The white background when booting confirms that it is unlocked, right?
Also, I already have restored its backup. I thought that would fix the problem but it didn't.

notinthemood said:
Root functionality is fine. Reinstalled Greenify and it asked for root access and I was able to grant it. Also, I used Asus official bootloader unlocker before. The white background when booting confirms that it is unlocked, right?
Also, I already have restored its backup. I thought that would fix the problem but it didn't.
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OK follow that link I posted , the reply I put there applies to you here also

timbernot said:
OK follow that link I posted , the reply I put there applies to you here also
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Alright. Will update you later once I finish the process.

Android 10 now available

Hi all,
As you have probably seen Android 10 is beginning to roll out with firmware 53.1..A.2.2. Currently 2 available versions one is for Ireland with 3 branding and the second is for South Africa. I have flashed the 3IE one today. Seems very good. Everything working and snappy to navigate. Downside is a 3 splashscreen at boot.
I can also report latest magisk works for root and with magiskhide Google Pay is working.
If you want to install then this guide will show you how. https://www.xperiablog.net/2018/01/28/newflasher-guide-to-install-new-firmware-for-xperia-xz-premium-xz1-and-more/

How did you root in Android Q, i cant do it in android Q

lucaszhaoting said:
How did you root in Android Q, i cant do it in android Q
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Just used latest Magisk and magisk manager.

Is someone already using Android 10?
Have you found some weird issues with it?

xXqepXx said:
Is someone already using Android 10?
Have you found some weird issues with it?
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Yes!! Battery drains well quick! Apart from that no issues!!

This is the generic instructions I used to get root to work on my Sony Xperia 10 (Model I3123) - Build 53.1.A.2.2.
Download TWRP (twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img) on PC.
Download Magisk Manager 7.5.1 on phone. Run. Download the latest Magisk 20.4 (20400) through app.
Put phone into fastboot mode - Power off. Hold Volume Up while plugging USB into PC. Phone LED will be Blue.
via ADB command prompt on PC, run "fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img"
Phone should automatically reboot into TWRP Recovery. Select Read Only. Click Install. Install the Magisk app.
Once rebooted, you should have root.
Thanks for your post OP. I didn't know it was going to be so easy to get root on Android 10.

bluelemonzz said:
This is the generic instructions I used to get root to work on my Sony Xperia 10 (Model I3123) - Build 53.1.A.2.2.
Download TWRP (twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img) on PC.
Download Magisk Manager 7.5.1 on phone. Run. Download the latest Magisk 20.4 (20400) through app.
Put phone into fastboot mode - Power off. Hold Volume Up while plugging USB into PC. Phone LED will be Blue.
via ADB command prompt on PC, run "fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img"
Phone should automatically reboot into TWRP Recovery. Select Read Only. Click Install. Install the Magisk app.
Once rebooted, you should have root.
Thanks for your post OP. I didn't know it was going to be so easy to get root on Android 10.
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Just did this in about 5 minutes, no problem! Thank you for the info!

bluelemonzz said:
This is the generic instructions I used to get root to work on my Sony Xperia 10 (Model I3123) - Build 53.1.A.2.2.
Download TWRP (twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img) on PC.
Download Magisk Manager 7.5.1 on phone. Run. Download the latest Magisk 20.4 (20400) through app.
Put phone into fastboot mode - Power off. Hold Volume Up while plugging USB into PC. Phone LED will be Blue.
via ADB command prompt on PC, run "fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img"
Phone should automatically reboot into TWRP Recovery. Select Read Only. Click Install. Install the Magisk app.
Once rebooted, you should have root.
Thanks for your post OP. I didn't know it was going to be so easy to get root on Android 10.
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Worked a treat but the phone is not recognising my sd card! Any ideas? I think it may have something to do with twrp

Chronic2k13 said:
Worked a treat but the phone is not recognising my sd card! Any ideas? I think it may have something to do with twrp
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I recall in the past, I lost a few SD cards during rooting or upgrading a rom. I don't know why it happened. Could you check another sd card? Or maybe try this SD card on another phone to pin point where the issue is. Was the SD card working prior to rooting? FYI My SD card works fine. Everything is working as it is on Android 9.0.

bluelemonzz said:
I recall in the past, I lost a few SD cards during rooting or upgrading a rom. I don't know why it happened. Could you check another sd card? Or maybe try this SD card on another phone to pin point where the issue is. Was the SD card working prior to rooting? FYI My SD card works fine. Everything is working as it is on Android 9.0.
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I unrooted, flashed back stock rom and it works fine. I believe sd card encryption is broken on twrp

Did the update ends? I brought Xperia 10 secound hand just now and my device cannot find anything moore than Pie Everyone here get it?

MrCzAjNiK said:
Did the update ends? I brought Xperia 10 secound hand just now and my device cannot find anything moore than Pie Everyone here get it?
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You can download it through Xperifirm and then flash it using Newflasher!!

Yep but i need to unlock bl before it.? Did custom software is smother or there is no adventages of inistalling it? I mean los or treble one aosp sw.

MrCzAjNiK said:
Yep but i need to unlock bl before it.? Did custom software is smother or there is no adventages of inistalling it? I mean los or treble one aosp sw.
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You don't need to have your bootloader unlocked!!

Thanks ill try to install it today after work.
Just need to get a new high class USB-c for flashing.

"https://xperiafirmware.com/sony-xperia-10/"
that's all very easy......

MrCzAjNiK said:
Did the update ends? I brought Xperia 10 secound hand just now and my device cannot find anything moore than Pie Everyone here get it?
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Hi, what variant do you have. If you have i4193 its HK and TW variant and they are late when it comes to update. But they already have android 10 update just couple of days ago buid number is 53.1.a.3.8
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Any new features or shared experience for new update android 10 buid 53.1.a.3.34?

New build release 53.1.A.3.57. Probably security patch. Anyone here installed the latest build?

nitrams said:
New build release 53.1.A.3.57. Probably security patch. Anyone here installed the latest build?
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I installed it yesterday. Security patch August 1, all good.

bluelemonzz said:
This is the generic instructions I used to get root to work on my Sony Xperia 10 (Model I3123) - Build 53.1.A.2.2.
Download TWRP (twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img) on PC.
Download Magisk Manager 7.5.1 on phone. Run. Download the latest Magisk 20.4 (20400) through app.
Put phone into fastboot mode - Power off. Hold Volume Up while plugging USB into PC. Phone LED will be Blue.
via ADB command prompt on PC, run "fastboot boot twrp-3.3.1-3-kirin.img"
Phone should automatically reboot into TWRP Recovery. Select Read Only. Click Install. Install the Magisk app.
Once rebooted, you should have root.
Thanks for your post OP. I didn't know it was going to be so easy to get root on Android 10.
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Hi there, thank you for this easy short guide. My xperia 10 runs ok with android 10 53.1.a.2.2 and twrp 3.4.0.0 and i can confirm sd card works too, but i have encryption problems. I ve set password in android but nothing is asked in recovery mode. Do you have same problem? any solution?

How To Guide adb doesn't discover phone but fastboot does - trying to install Lineage OS

I'm trying to install Lineage OS on my phone and I have followed all the steps (plus many more they just assume you'll know) from this site, up to configuration because adb no longer discovers my phone.
.\adb devices
.\adb fastboot bootload
literally anything to do with adb doesn't work but it did an hour ago. Now I'm worse off because my phone will only upload to bootload and not to the actual homescreen so there's no going in and double checking if my USB debugging is on (it was before the reset) and I can't access my phone at all, nor can I get things configured. I've updated the drivers via web, deleted and retried the drivers, and restarted the computer. I don't know what I'm supposed to have on my computer that would better upload the drivers. I don't have a clue what any of this is supposed to mean, I was forced to do all of this **** because of the recent Adroid 12 update that I couldn't get rid of without just getting a different OS. Please please please make it dumb for me and tell me how I can get my phone back and download this OS.

Try fastboot commands in bootloader

yesca213 said:
Try fastboot commands in bootloader
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Yes fastboot commands work but I need to copy this in the command prompt
.\adb sideload copy-partitions-20210323_1922.zip
The tutorial says it isn't an optional step. When I try doing this with fastboot, it tells me:
fastboot: usage: unknown command sideload

Try "fastboot reboot" or "fastboot reboot bootloader"

yesca213 said:
Try "fastboot reboot" or "fastboot reboot bootloader"
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Thanks! I tried it with no change. adb can still not discover my phone and it doesn't start back up, only brings me to FastBoot mode screen.

If it's Windows your using it may be a driver issue.

yesca213 said:
If it's Windows your using it may be a driver issue.
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Yes I'm on Windows 10. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Android and Portable devices drivers with no luck. Do you know what I might be able to do to fix it from that end?

johnmtrowbridge said:
Yes I'm on Windows 10. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the Android and Portable devices drivers with no luck. Do you know what I might be able to do to fix it from that end?
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hi, bro.
once you connected phone on fastboot mode, check device manager if any device is not recognized - try to manually install it from HERE.
if you still have any problems - contact me on telegram terry_222

heyhowyoudoin said:
hi, bro.
once you connected phone on fastboot mode, check device manager if any device is not recognized - try to manually install it from HERE.
if you still have any problems - contact me on telegram terry_222
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So I checked in device manager and didn't see any exclaimation points anywhere which is what I assume you meant. Nothing out of the ordinary and Android looks fine. I'd like to message you on telegram and I guess I will in a few hours but it's blocked on my work wifi and I don't have a VPN and my hotspot it obviously bricked at the moment

johnmtrowbridge said:
So I checked in device manager and didn't see any exclaimation points anywhere which is what I assume you meant. Nothing out of the ordinary and Android looks fine. I'd like to message you on telegram and I guess I will in a few hours but it's blocked on my work wifi and I don't have a VPN and my hotspot it obviously bricked at the moment
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just i'm sure what i can fix all that thing fast and want to help you
i have signal too

heyhowyoudoin said:
just i'm sure what i can fix all that thing fast and want to help you
i have signal too
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Yeah I'm gonna just have to try in a few hours because the only way Signal works on my desktop is if I verify it on my phone lol. Again, the phone is completely stuck on FastBoot mode and anytime I restart it it takes me right back, which I think is probably because of the recovery mode I just installed.

bro, I just read what you wrote, if you had version 12 of android, then you already ruined everything and there is nothing left but to reinstall the firmware using MSM tool

heyhowyoudoin said:
bro, I just read what you wrote, if you had version 12 of android, then you already ruined everything and there is nothing left but to reinstall the firmware using MSM tool
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I had the most recent update from last week. I didn't catch the name specifically, I assumed it was Android 12. I already did a factory reset on my phone last week trying to get rid of the update or at least revert back to the previous one but that didn't help and it was because my phone version is the wrong one for the revert package they had or something like that. So with that info, you're saying I have to reinstall everything all over again and try again? There's no way to get Lineage on this phone at all?

i
if you were on version 12, then you need to flash to version 11 using the MSM TOOL program, then upgrade to the latest 11.2.10.10, and only then open the bootloader, flash the recovery and then flash the firmware

heyhowyoudoin said:
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if you were on version 12, then you need to flash to version 11 using the MSM TOOL program, then upgrade to the latest 11.2.10.10, and only then open the bootloader, flash the recovery and then flash the firmware
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There wasn't a recovery version of 11 at the time that I could find, not for the 9 Pro. So what do I do now, do you know how I at least get my phone off of FastBoot mode to try this **** all over again?

johnmtrowbridge said:
I had the most recent update from last week. I didn't catch the name specifically, I assumed it was Android 12. I already did a factory reset on my phone last week trying to get rid of the update or at least revert back to the previous one but that didn't help and it was because my phone version is the wrong one for the revert package they had or something like that. So with that info, you're saying I have to reinstall everything all over again and try again? There's no way to get Lineage on this phone at all?
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if you flashed the boot file through a fastboot being on the 12th version of android, you will never be able to do anything but very tricky manipulations that a small number of people own, so you have one path that I indicated above. and by the way, I do not advise you lineageos 11 version, better derpfest 12 version, 11 version is obsolete and you will understand it yourself

can you tell me which version your phone have? IN/CN/GLOBAL/INDIA

Index of /list/Unbrick_Tools/OnePlus_9_Pro
or download version for your phone from link above

heyhowyoudoin said:
if you flashed the boot file through a fastboot being on the 12th version of android, you will never be able to do anything but very tricky manipulations that a small number of people own, so you have one path that I indicated above. and by the way, I do not advise you lineageos 11 version, better derpfest 12 version, 11 version is obsolete and you will understand it yourself
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Ok dude what I hear you saying is that 1.) Android 12 can't have Lineage OS installed because the version doesn't jive well with the OS, 2.) the instructions will only help on version 11 that I have to get first and 3.) I don't want Lineage anyways because derpfest 12 is better. Is that what you're saying?
heyhowyoudoin said:
can you tell me which version your phone have? IN/CN/GLOBAL/INDIA
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NA I'm in America

johnmtrowbridge said:
Ok dude what I hear you saying is that 1.) Android 12 can't have Lineage OS installed because the version doesn't jive well with the OS, 2.) the instructions will only help on version 11 that I have to get first and 3.) I don't want Lineage anyways because derpfest 12 is better. Is that what you're saying?
NA I'm in America
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yes, that's what I mean. is your phone linked to t mobile?
at the moment it is not possible to install any custom OS from version 12 of android, not only lineageos