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Alternate ROM and system updates

Hi,
I'm really considering buying a P2 to replace my good old 1st gen moto g. At 300 € here in France, it seems like a really good value.
The only things that could hold me back now are system updates and alternate ROM support. I've read on Reddit that as the phone is only available in some parts of Asia and Europe, the developers community could not be that big. So two small questions :
I've read that the nougat update has just been made available. Is there a Lenovo commitment for Android O, too ? Are there regular security updates since the phone is out ?
Speaking of alternate ROM, if I understand correctly there's currently a LineageOS 14.1 basis that works well beside fingerprint reader and notification LED ? Do you know if there is a chance that the P2 could become an officially supported device for lineageOS ?
Thanks for your answer and all your contributions.

They barely released Nougat 7.0 and you're asking for Oreo? Even flagships like S8 will eventually get Android 8 in Q1 2018 given that Google will release the new OS version in Q3 2017. No regular security updates, till Nougat the phone was on MM with Oct 2016 security patch. Hell you can buy other phone till you're waiting for O. IMO Lenovo won't update P2 to Oreo, as at that time the new P3 should be already out and they'll focus on it and forget about the P2. No word for adding official support for Lineage OS, but that doesn't matter as the unofficial builds are working just fine.

Lenovo giving android O ?? only in dreams
but we have Good developers, and if you are looking official - then AICP is there, Lineage we dont have any info on it as our bro said in above post
if you have managed to use MotoG this many years you would like P2 very much and use longer, Only satisfactory thing in this P2 is BATTERY , other than that SAMSUNGS are better ;(
hate to praise samsungs in this forum but they are better if you have good money ..
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911-Future_Maker said:
They barely released Nougat 7.0 and you're asking for Oreo? Even flagships like S8 will eventually get Android 8 in Q1 2018 given that Google will release the new OS version in Q3 2017. No regular security updates, till Nougat the phone was on MM with Oct 2016 security patch. Hell you can buy other phone till you're waiting for O. IMO Lenovo won't update P2 to Oreo, as at that time the new P3 should be already out and they'll focus on it and forget about the P2. No word for adding official support for Lineage OS, but that doesn't matter as the unofficial builds are working just fine.
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bro , did you manage to ROOT your official 7.0 ?? :highfive:
i want to root my stock, but failing .. it gets stuck and goes to BLUE LED ERROR , do you have any suggestions !

Yes I rooted the stock 7.0 just fine with SuperSu 2.79 systemless.

911-Future_Maker said:
Yes I rooted the stock 7.0 just fine with SuperSu 2.79 systemless.
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What's the point of rooting this phone other than using lucky patcher o just can't see it.
What are your essential root apps.

Ayman ae said:
What's the point of rooting this phone other than using lucky patcher o just can't see it.
What are your essential root apps.
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First and most important possibility of Ad blocking - which saves your: time bandwidth and money.
There are some other apps which work only with root but this is beyond this discussion.

Ayman ae said:
What's the point of rooting this phone other than using lucky patcher o just can't see it.
What are your essential root apps.
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I need root for many things. On MM for Xposed, Titanium Backup, Kernel Auditor, DualBoot Patcher, Adblock and more. On Nougat the same arguments without Xposed.

911-Future_Maker said:
I need root for many things. On MM for Xposed, Titanium Backup, Kernel Auditor, DualBoot Patcher, Adblock and more. On Nougat the same arguments without Xposed.
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I hope xposed will come to nougat soon, then i will swich to nougat

Moto z play back to stock with retail rom is possible?

Hello,
I'm considering going back to the stock ROM in my moto z play XT1635-02 retla1st but I would like to know if I would have a problem installing the RETAIL version when receiving OTA's or some other problem.
I currently have the bootloader unlocked and a compilation that is not the official one but I want to remove the root and receive the updates without any inconvenience.
best regards

_heberlopez95 said:
Hello,
I'm considering going back to the stock ROM in my moto z play XT1635-02 retla1st but I would like to know if I would have a problem installing the RETAIL version when receiving OTA's or some other problem.
I currently have the bootloader unlocked and a compilation that is not the official one but I want to remove the root and receive the updates without any inconvenience.
best regards
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I do not know if you can downgrade from a 7.1 ROM to a 6.x Stock via RSD and have your phone usable. With some phones if you downgrade to MM you brick it.
If it survives, you would then need to find a way to lock the bootloader.

In the same Android versión it's possible install a retail ROM?

_heberlopez95 said:
In the same Android versión it's possible install a retail ROM?
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I believe if your phone (bootloaders) is 7.x you can RSD 7.x and if phone is 6.x you can RSD 6.x .

KrisM22 said:
I believe if your phone (bootloaders) is 7.x you can RSD 7.x and if phone is 6.x you can RSD 6.x .
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I understand but my question is, I have a ROM retla1st 7.1.1 and my bootloader unlocked I want to close the bootloader and flash the stock ROM but I can not find the version of retla1st with 7.1.1 only encounter 6.0.1 and I can not go back to MM because I understand that the phone is damaged for which I want to install the stock 7.1.1 retail ROM will there be any problems?

I understand but my question is, I have a ROM retla1st 7.1.1 and my bootloader unlocked I want to close the bootloader and flash the stock ROM but I can not find the version of retla1st with 7.1.1 only encounter 6.0.1 and I can not go back to MM because I understand that the phone is damaged for which I want to install the stock 7.1.1 retail ROM will there be any problems?

_heberlopez95 said:
I understand but my question is, I have a ROM retla1st 7.1.1 and my bootloader unlocked I want to close the bootloader and flash the stock ROM but I can not find the version of retla1st with 7.1.1 only encounter 6.0.1 and I can not go back to MM because I understand that the phone is damaged for which I want to install the stock 7.1.1 retail ROM will there be any problems?
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yeah - I don't know - You could try the links at this post and see if it answers your needs...: Let me know!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75364150&postcount=7

KrisM22 said:
yeah - I don't know - You could try the links at this post and see if it answers your needs...: Let me know!
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=75364150&postcount=7
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I used this guide today, it worked without any problems. I went from rooted 7.1.1 stock september security patch to 7.1.1 stock november security patch with locked bootloader. OTA december security patch worked as well. I even unlocked the bootloader again and am now rooted with magisk safety net passing

tschannik26 said:
I used this guide today, it worked without any problems. I went from rooted 7.1.1 stock september security patch to 7.1.1 stock november security patch with locked bootloader. OTA december security patch worked as well. I even unlocked the bootloader again and am now rooted with magisk safety net passing
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Thanks! I also appreciate knowing what you were on and what it gave you! No problems with carrier or modems? Great!!! @SupahCookie may have a super fix-all! Hope you gave tons of thanks there

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Thanks! I also appreciate knowing what you were on and what it gave you! No problems with carrier or modems? Great!!! @SupahCookie may have a super fix-all! Hope you gave tons of thanks there
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No problems whatsoever. I'm on t-mobile germany, channel was reteu before and after

tschannik26 said:
No problems whatsoever. I'm on t-mobile germany, channel was reteu before and after
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Great!!!!!

thanks a lot for your help guys ..!

KrisM22 said:
Thanks! I also appreciate knowing what you were on and what it gave you! No problems with carrier or modems? Great!!! @SupahCookie may have a super fix-all! Hope you gave tons of thanks there
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Super fix, sounds amazing :3

SupahCookie said:
Super fix, sounds amazing :3
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incroyable!!!

BND-L24, can it be rooted?

Anyway to root this US model?

Oh, absolutely. I rooted mine in December.
Don't. There is no benefit to it and it only causes problems. Wait until there is full firmware available and you've already upgraded to official Oreo.

johncro13 said:
Oh, absolutely. I rooted mine in December.
Don't. There is no benefit to it and it only causes problems. Wait until there is full firmware available and you've already upgraded to official Oreo.
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Thank you for the advice.

CitrusMei said:
Thank you for the advice.
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Which means wait until june 2019 since oreo is not out yet and the firmware for nougat is not released yet as well.

EnIXmA said:
Which means wait until june 2019 since oreo is not out yet and the firmware for nougat is not released yet as well.
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EMUI 8.0 (with Android 8.0) is already in beta. So, I think the stable release will come out in a few months. You won't have to wait till June 2019 ?.

Samyak210 said:
EMUI 8.0 (with Android 8.0) is already in beta. So, I think the stable release will come out in a few months. You won't have to wait till June 2019 ?.
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Yeah.. Oreo out by August, then add one more year for them to release the firmware.

johncro13 said:
Oh, absolutely. I rooted mine in December.
Don't. There is no benefit to it and it only causes problems. Wait until there is full firmware available and you've already upgraded to official Oreo.
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Do you mean rooting then installing a different rom causes problems or just rooting by itself?

eskimowarrior7 said:
Do you mean rooting then installing a different rom causes problems or just rooting by itself?
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In order to root you first need to unlock the bootloader and FRP. Once this has been done, it cannot be undone. Any attempt will likely result in bootloops or brick.
At this time, it will prevent you from being able to apply any OTA updates and voids whatever warranty you might have had.
With root, however, you can do a couple of neat things like remove the bloatware. Most of that can be removed without root, but there are a couple things. Add-free youtube? There's an apk out there that doesn't require root for that. Apply a different kernel that allows you to tweak performance or battery consumption? Doesn't exist and the phone's pretty good at performance and battery life as it is anyway. Oh, and snapchat won't work on root.
One really great thing you can do with root is flash the AOSP or OpenKirin rom. They're beta, so your experience might be better or it might be worse than stock.
Was there something else you wanted to do with root that you can't do without it?
I've never owned an Android device without root, but I'm regretting rooting this one. I'm looking to try out OpenKirin, but since my phone actually works for the time being, I'm hesitant.
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If you're insistent, here's how you root:
https://www.xda-developers.com/how-to-root-honor-7x/

So is there anyway to update L24 US model to Oreo beta? How can I get the beta ROM? I want to update to RR Oreo but all the I go seems to be for Indian L21 version. Can Huawei Firmware finder give me the update? I have Emui 5 and need Emui 8 with project treble FW to go to RR

cyrusalmighty said:
So is there anyway to update L24 US model to Oreo beta? How can I get the beta ROM? I want to update to RR Oreo but all the I go seems to be for Indian L21 version. Can Huawei Firmware finder give me the update? I have Emui 5 and need Emui 8 with project treble FW to go to RR
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As I understand it, you need to use the guide to upgrade to L21 and then flash RR Oreo from there. From what I've see elsewhere in the forums, one person has done it successfully and one person has bricked.

I've rooted many phones over the years but this one hasn't been fun. Unlocked bootloader, rooted and installed TWRP basically the day it was available. I didn't read one of the postings correctly one day and soft bricked my L24 trying to RELOCK and flash stock recovery. Long Story short I gave up and called customer support this past Sunday and started a warranty ticket. They sent me a packing slip via email. My package was handed to UPS driver at 12:45 Monday afternoon and my phone is already in route back to me for delivery tomorrow. I think I'm going to pass on unlocking and rooting until there's stock firmware released. Good luck if you choose to root.....

hi guys
I want to delete The Booatloader and Root from my Honor 7X
is there a way ?
thank you

johncro13 said:
I've never owned an Android device without root, but I'm regretting rooting this one. I'm looking to try out OpenKirin, but since my phone actually works for the time being, I'm hesitant.
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Neither me, since I owned an Android, I rooted. But the the question now is? Is it worth to lose the warranty and OTA updates now that Huawei has been banned in US? I owned the Honor 7x since a year, it works just perfect, but there are some apps that i would like to use that require root, like Tinkore keymapper and a DIY gamepad. Again, is it worth it?

looking for factory images for nokia6.1

It would be great help to the community if someone could share factory images for this device of android 8 and 9. It can be use to reflash from scratch, or downgrade the device to android8 like me..

In most cases, what you need is boot, system or vendor images.
Here are dumps for Oreo: Gdrive
PIe: Gdrive

TheImpulson said:
In most cases, what you need is boot, system or vendor images.
Here are dumps for Oreo: Gdrive
PIe: Gdrive
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I need thos images which i could use to flash my device. Actually i want to downgrade to orio, as i am not happy with pie. Can u help?

still waiting for response

I am in the same boat, I want to downgrade to Oreo 8.0 so I can unlock the bootloader. I found this website where the firmwares are available, thanks to the owners but I am not able to downgrade because it either gets stuck on 'abl_b' partition or fails. I have tried to use OST tool 6.0.4 with slightly edited firmware as I found on internet.
https://fih-firmware.hikaricalyx.com/index_en.html

You need Ntool for downgrade ur phone.
Also here are stock images: https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...de-how-to-make-backups-restore-stock-t3889815

Same here. I updated to pie but unhappy with it due to poor battery life and stability. I want to downgrade too.
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I came across a downgrade method for 7 plus where you just need to change slot from a to b. Then you flash downgrade package in stock recovery by applying update (in reality downgrade) from sdcard. Ii doesnt need bootloader unlocked. search google "How to downgrade Nokia 7 Plus from stable Pie to stable Oreo" (not allowed to post link because the site sells bootloader unlock).
if we had an oreo downgrade package for 6.1 we could try this method.

Windoors said:
Same here. I updated to pie but unhappy with it due to poor battery life and stability. I want to downgrade too.
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I came across a downgrade method for 7 plus where you just need to change slot from a to b. Then you flash downgrade package in stock recovery by applying update (in reality downgrade) from sdcard. Ii doesnt need bootloader unlocked. search google "How to downgrade Nokia 7 Plus from stable Pie to stable Oreo" (not allowed to post link because the site sells bootloader unlock).
if we had an oreo downgrade package for 6.1 we could try this method.
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If you are critical unlocked, you can downgrade via OST LA. If not, you need NTool for downgrade.

I also tried to adb sideload through recovery the Oreo update but it also didnt work because it said the timestamp is older than current one. May be if we can change the time stamp it would just flash the update.

ahmar16 said:
I also tried to adb sideload through recovery the Oreo update but it also didnt work because it said the timestamp is older than current one. May be if we can change the time stamp it would just flash the update.
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Where did you find the oreo update file?

Windoors said:
Where did you find the oreo update file?
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There you go https://fih-firmware.hikaricalyx.com/index_en.html

¥sBielefeld said:
There you go https://fih-firmware.hikaricalyx.com/index_en.html
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but isn't that the whole firmware rather than the update file? Or are they same? Sorry i am new and don't know much regarding Nokia firmwares.

Windoors said:
Where did you find the oreo update file?
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I am not sure if it's actually from Oreo because could be Pie, but the file name is "PL2-3260-0-00WW-B01-update" and it's size is 1.42Gb. I found it while I was looking for stock firmware for my Nokia 6.1. I dont remember from where though.

Windoors said:
but isn't that the whole firmware rather than the update file? Or are they same? Sorry i am new and don't know much regarding Nokia firmwares.
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PL2-222E-0-00WW-B02 PL2 Global 8.1.0 July 2018
This is the full firmware
Sorry, i read ur message wrong... my bad.

Still on 7.1 samfail wanting to update to oreo or pie?

I'm not sure where to post this but I'm still on samfail 7.1 rooted. Question is can I update to oreo or pie and gain root? I seen something about V5 and V6 bootloader can be rooted but not sure if that was for our snapdragon version and if I can just do maybe an update through odin? I'm missing xposed ugh...
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I'm not sure where to post this but I'm still on samfail 7.1 rooted. Question is can I update to oreo or pie and gain root? I seen something about V5 and V6 bootloader can be rooted but not sure if that was for our snapdragon version and if I can just do maybe an update through odin? I'm missing xposed ugh...
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It is my understanding that you can root the v5 and v6 booatloaders. However, the process of rooting is limited to Android 7.1. So, in essence of your wanted root and you were in v5 or v6 you would have to install Android 7.1 through the pseudo TWRP available to those of us on the Snapdragon version and not really gain anything new. There is no root for Android 8/9 at this time. Because we cannot unlock the bootloader, we are limited to root on Android 7.1 at this time regardless of your bootloader.
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I wouldnt fret too much, as PIE is pretty good, after much thinking about what apps really require root on a daily basis the upgrade was worth it as i get better battery life and not need any processor/kernel mods.
stability is awesome no more daily crashes
PIE theme / launcher is pretty nice, and you can always mod the launcher out or just install a different one and mod that one as if it were rooted.
just a thought if you were panicking like i was about leaving root for stock life, its not as bad as it seems on PIE i still have the feeling im going to need root but havnt had the need for it.