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Intro: Below are the instructions for 3 steps to get Kitkat 4.4 (140.44.3.ghost_att) running on the AT&T moto x with locked bootloaders:
Install full 139.44.44.ghost_att (leaked) rom
Patch the rom to 140.44.3.ghost_att (ota to leak)
Patch the modem to the 140.44.3.ghost_att version
The updates came in stages, otherwise it would not have been my intention for this to be so long and messy. I soon hope to create a single rom and simplify the instructions. Testers can help with the WIP items below...
WARNING: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU MESS UP YOUR PHONE.
This rom is simply a flashable zip made from the ATT 4.4 leak which will install version 139.44.44. It is intended for the ATT moto x with locked bootloaders, however it should work with an unlocked bootloader if you fastboot flash the included boot.img. The flashable zip does not modify the bootloader or anything besides /system, but the full instructions will wipe out everything.
Prerequisite:
Att moto x with either the .51 (original) or .54 (1st OTA) stock rom
BACKUP ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE. THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL WIPE YOUR USERDATA AND SDCARD.
Instructions for ATT moto x with locked bootloader:
root with PwnMyMoto or RockMyMoto (for .51 or .54 respectively, thanks jcase)
install safestrap (thanks Hashcode and Team Win)
download rom to sdcard (motox-att-kitkat-leak-44.zip, link below)
download supersu flashable to sdcard (link below, thanks Chainfire)
enter safestrap recovery (TWRP) and activate the stock-slot
flash rom (motox-att-kitkat-leak-44.zip) to the stock-slot using TWRP recovery
immediately flash supersu using TWRP recovery
within TWRP reboot to bootloader
flash boot.img (included in ROM) to boot: fastboot flash boot boot.img
flash same boot.img to recovery: fastboot flash recovery boot.img
erase cache: fastboot erase cache
erase userdata: fastboot erase userdata (This wipes everything) This is not necessary. Thanks HeroSon.
powerup normally and enjoy
Update 11/17/2013: I made a patch to safely apply the ota that was received by people running the att 4.4 leak. This will bring the system build up to 140.44.3.ghost_att. The patch script DOES NOT modify anything except /system, and should be safe. The updated kernel (boot.img) is included in the zip. In case something goes wrong, backup your data to be on the safe side. Here are the Instructions:
Complete the installation of the att 4.4 leak (above instructions)
Reinstall safestrap This is not necessary. Thanks HeroSon.
Download the patch to sdcard (motox-140.44.3.ghost_att-ota-safepatch.zip, link below)
Reboot into safestrap recovery (TWRP)
Install the patch (motox-140.44.3.ghost_att-ota-safepatch.zip)
within TWRP reboot to bootloader
flash boot.img (included in the patch) to boot: fastboot flash boot boot.img
flash same boot.img to recovery: fastboot flash recovery boot.img
powerup normally
Update 11/18/2013: I attached a link to the modem patch that will update the 139.44.44 modem to a 140.44.3 modem. I really wanted to create a fastboot flashable NON-HLOS.bin image, but I haven't tested the procedure. Here are the instructions for the modem patch that I have tested:
Download the modem patch to the sdcard (motox-140.44.3.ghost_att-modem-patch.zip, link below)
Fastboot flash NON-HLOS.bin (included within the zip): fastboot flash modem NON-HLOS.bin
erase modemst1: fastboot erase modemst1 (I've done these erases a few times. They are prudent when you flash a modem.)
erase modemst2: fastboot erase modemst2
Reboot into safestrap recovery TWRP
Install the modem patch (motox-140.44.3.ghost_att-modem-patch.zip)
Powerup normally
Notes:
I am running the modem from the .54 ota, and it works with kitkat. I am not sure about the original .51 modem. The 140.44.3 modem is necessary after running patch to 144.44.3. This fixes the settings->security force close.
The safestrap "recovery or continue" screen still appears when you boot. If you erased userdata, reinstall safestrap to get all of the program back.
You should always be able to flash back to stock, as this procedure does not modify your bootloader.
There is a new version of safestrap. These instructions work with either v3.63 and v3.65. (Thanks HeroSon.)
I get a FC in settings->security on the 140.44.3 (patched) version. So far this is the only problem I have noticed. This force close is fixed by the modem patch.
WIP: I would like testers to help with the following:
What happens if you skip step 12 and don't erase useradata (this will keep [more of] safestrap intact)?
How do you remove safestrap manually?
Safestrap has been updated. Does the original 139.44.44 rom now run in a rom slot with 4.2.2 running in the stock-slot? What about the patches? I tried it - doesn't work.
Once 4.4 is installed in the stock-slot, can you backup the stock slot and restore to a rom-slot? (I'm guessing it works this way.) I guessed wrong. This doesn't work. Apparently safestrap needs a bit of tweaking to work with KK.
Is it possible for Safestrap TWRP to flash boot.img to the stock slot? (My experience is that it did not flash boot.img when using a rom-slot)
To clean up this mess, I am considering making a single rom that includes the base 4.4 version with the safepatch included. PM if you want to help by testing this all in one rom once I have it finished. There is a new rom of the official att 4.4.
I have an 100MB ext4 image of /modem. I would like guidance making a fastboot flashable non-HLOS.bin image. (Otherwise I wont be able to combine the leak and the patch.) I see instructions that might work if someone wants to try it and report their findings: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1588461 The official att 4.4 SBF includes NON-HLOS.bin
Part of the stock modem procedure is to flash "fsg.mbn", but I have not done that because I have been able to confirm that you can downgrade after flashing it. Can anyone confirm that this is safe on the moto x? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529569) This works.
139.44.44 rom download : http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291677349
rom patch to 140.44.3 download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291678076
modem patch to 140.44.3 download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23212708291678561
supersu: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 (download "CWM / TWRP / MobileODIN installable ZIP")
Original source files: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/107721-att-moto-x-44-leak/ (thanks designgears)
ooo yeah !! Nice job !!
Sa sens le Rooting icite !!
Wish mine was from AT&T, still have one year of warranty....cant see the time when kitkat comes global.
Is there any reason why I would have to wipe the SD card? It seems unnecessary. I may test this, but I'm a bit leery given that my Moto X is my daily driver...
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How do I do steps 9-12?
Does this include the recent ATT 4.4 OTA as well? Or is it just the system images from the original leak?
Sent from my XT1053
rubiksmoose said:
Is there any reason why I would have to wipe the SD card? It seems unnecessary. I may test this, but I'm a bit leery given that my Moto X is my daily driver...
Sent from my XT1058 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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It might work without the wipe. Honestly, I tried this so many times that I quit once I had something that worked... I attributed most of my failures to a incompatibility between safestrap and the 4.4 boot process, but each of those attempts was done to a rom slot and not the stock slot.
Hopefully someone else can 'give it a whirl' and report their findings.
penpen72 said:
How do I do steps 9-12?
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These steps are done using "FASTBOOT" from a PC while the phone is booted to the bootloader in fastboot mode.
phositadc said:
Does this include the recent ATT 4.4 OTA as well? Or is it just the system images from the original leak?
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The rom was made from the original leak. I have been thinking about the OTA, but I am unclear how to approach this.
I am in AP Fastboot Flashmode on the phone what do I need to do now to do the steps? Sorry but I am coming from Samsung and HTC that have never been this hard.
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Also, my bootloader is locked. I figured I wouldn't have to do the extra steps since you say that it doesn't change those.
penpen72 said:
I am in AP Fastboot Flashmode on the phone what do I need to do now to do the steps? Sorry but I am coming from Samsung and HTC that have never been this hard.
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Also, my bootloader is locked. I figured I wouldn't have to do the extra steps since you say that it doesn't change those.
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I assume you are on windows. First you need to download the FASTBOOT.exe program for our Motorola phones, and make sure the fastboot drivers install on your PC. (Maybe someone can help with this link.) Then you can issue the "fastboot ..." commands 9-12 I listed above from your PC with your phone plugged into the PC.
You certainly need to flash /boot, and you should also flash boot to recovery to allow RW access to /system. It might be possible to skip the "erase userdata" step, but that is unclear to me at this moment.
How is the leaked ROM working for you? Worth it? Any bugs or anything?
rubiksmoose said:
How is the leaked ROM working for you? Worth it? Any bugs or anything?
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Everything is working fine. Take a look here for other people's observations:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517577
There are only two odd things I have noticed. 1) the recent apps screen acts a bit strange when you swipe away apps 2) the transparent status bar becomes less transparent when you go for a drive and the "driving" notification is displayed. It is almost not worth mentioning, and a reboot fixes this issue.
It is hard to answer the "worth it" question. Ultimately, it is a still a smartphone with the same core capabilities, but I enjoy the challenge and the opportunity to learn something.
[edit]I am starting to think that there is additional battery drain vs the .54 ota version. "Wakelock detector" doesn't work, and settings->battery shows "Android System" at the top. This is a 'deal breaker' for me. I'll try and figure out how to apply the 4.4 ota without modifying the bootloader.[/edit]
question. Do you have to reboot the phone into recovery for system write-protect to be turned off the way you do currently, or is it off by default?
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question. Do you have to reboot the phone into recovery for system write-protect to be turned off the way you do currently, or is it off by default?
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When you enter SS recovery (step 4), safestrap will reboot itself if necessary to make sure you are in system rw mode.
Ctrl-Freak said:
When you enter SS recovery (step 4), safestrap will reboot itself if necessary to make sure you are in system rw mode.
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I'm referring to post install. Currently you must be booted into recovery (normal os with write protect off) for changes to system to stick. is this still the norm with the 4.4 leak, or is WP off while booting normally?
n1ckr0th said:
I'm referring to post install. Currently you must be booted into recovery (normal os with write protect off) for changes to system to stick. is this still the norm with the 4.4 leak, or is WP off while booting normally?
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Yes. After you have 4.4 working, you must still boot to recovery to enable RW mode on /system. Step 10 ensures you have the 4.4 boot.img in the recovery partition.
(The stock bootloader is still enforcing RO mode for a normal boot.)
I install this and skip step 12 and don't erase useradata. Everything working and all the data still there.
So can I clarify a few things for myself?
You made this by taking the leak files and packaging them into the zip, and it just works with safestrap now? Can you explain what you did to make the leak imgs Safestrap-bootable?
j2cool2012 said:
You made this by taking the leak files and packaging them into the zip,
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I had to tweak and debug the script, but basically this is the only software part of what I did. To keep things simple, I left out the modem and simply included boot.img within the zip. The rom script does not flash boot.img.
Can you explain what you did to make the leak imgs Safestrap-bootable?
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Nothing.
and it just works with safestrap now?
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I'm glad you asked these question. First of all I failed to get 4.4 running in a rom-slot - you can read about my methods on this forum...
Finally, it came to me. Hashcode's Safestrap intercepts the boot process so nicely on the stock-slot that the SS:TWRP recovery program is [nearly] as effective as TWRP or CWM running from the recovery partition. Nice work Hashcode! So I made a regular rom that you can flash via safestrap TWRP. This rom only formats and flashes /system to keep things simple.
The only other thing I did was describe a set of instructions that worked for me.
Ctrl-Freak said:
I had to tweak and debug the script, but basically this is the only software part of what I did. To keep things simple, I left out the modem and simply included boot.img within the zip. The rom script does not flash boot.img.
Nothing.
I'm glad you asked these question. First of all I failed to get 4.4 running in a rom-slot - you can read about my methods on this forum...
Finally, it came to me. Hashcode's Safestrap intercepts the boot process so nicely on the stock-slot that the SS:TWRP recovery program is [nearly] as effective as TWRP or CWM running from the recovery partition. Nice work Hashcode! So I made a regular rom that you can flash via safestrap TWRP. This rom only formats and flashes /system to keep things simple.
The only other thing I did was describe a set of instructions that worked for me.
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Thanks for taking the time to answer. I'm trying to figure out what has been done to see if I can try to do something similar for the VZW moto X using the T-Mobile leak.
j2cool2012 said:
Thanks for taking the time to answer. I'm trying to figure out what has been done to see if I can try to do something similar for the VZW moto X using the T-Mobile leak.
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the Att bloatware and carrier name in notification bar scared me away
This is a TWRP backup of the stock firmware for V510 GPE GPAD 8.3. They have already been updated. It is completely stock no mods, no root, no busybox. This should ensure that you are able to take future OTAs without issue. Many GPE users have been having problems with the OTAs. The reason is that the OTA does a system verification and any type of modification causes it to fail.
How to flash this:
1. Reboot into bootloader
2. Flash TWRP if you don't already have it. Current version is 2.8.1.0 fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxxxxxxxx.img (where xxxxx is the filename)
3. Reboot System
4. Copy the entire contents of the zip file to your TWRP/BACKUPS/LG0000XXXXXXXX folder. Make sure you copy the folder 2014-11-30--23-35-25 LRX21P.L004 or 2014-06-26--18-41-18 KTU84P.L002. If you don't have a backups folder, create one in TWRP by choosing Backup, then backup something like the boot partition.
5. Reboot to Recovery Vol Dwn+Pwr or adb reboot recovery.
6. Choose Restore and select 2014-11-30--23-35-25 LRX21P.L004 or 2014-06-26--18-41-18 KTU84P.L002
7. Once finished Reboot System.
8. Upon boot you should be greeted with the usual Setup screens.
9. Reboot into bootloader
10. (Optional for Kit Kat) Flash stock recovery: fastboot flash recovery 17-recovery.img
11. Reboot into system
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Flashing the stock recovery is optional however if you want a completely stock experience and ensure future OTAs, you probably want to do so. Also note that you must unroot to take any future OTAs.
To reroot flash latest version of TWRP.
Download Links:
LMY47O.L008 with Stock Recovery
TWRP Backup 5.1 LMY47O.L005 with Stock Recovery
TWRP Backup 5.1 LMY47O Thanks @rocket321 for providing the image.
TWRP BACKUP 5.0 LRX21P.L004
TWRP BACKUP 4.4.4 KTU84P.L002
KK Stock Recovery
You did an excellent job on this thread. Thanks for doing this for our small community.
BTW: regarding recovery for our device, the latest (and in fact only) that I see is TWRP 2.7.0.1 in the Original Android Development section.
Agreed. I wasn't able to flash 4.4.4 any other way. Tried everything, kept getting errors. This finally worked!
cam30era said:
You did an excellent job on this thread. Thanks for doing this for our small community.
BTW: regarding recovery for our device, the latest (and in fact only) that I see is TWRP 2.7.0.1 in the Original Android Development section.
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Figured it will come in handy to have this online for everyone in the future...when I bought the device when it was announced thought there would be more dev on it...but that hasn't been the case. Luckily we at least have twrp.
No partitions selected for restore.
djkinetic said:
This is a TWRP backup of the stock firmware for V510 GPE GPAD 8.3. It has already been updated to 4.4.4. It is completely stock no mods, no root, no busybox. This should ensure that you are able to take future OTAs without issue. Many GPE users have been having problems with the OTA for 4.4.4 The reason is that the OTA does a system verification and any type of modification causes it to fail.
How to flash this:
1. Reboot into bootloader
2. Flash TWRP if you don't already have it. Current version is 2.7.0.1 fastboot flash recovery xxxxxxxxxxxxx.img (where xxxxx is the filename)
3. Reboot System
4. Copy the entire contents of the zip file to your TWRP/BACKUPS/LG0000XXXXXXXX folder. Make sure you copy the folder 2014-06-26--18-41-18 KTU84P.L002. If you don't have a backups folder, create one in TWRP by choosing Backup, then backup something like the boot partition.
5. Reboot to Recovery Vol Dwn+Pwr or adb reboot recovery.
6. Choose Restore and select 2014-06-26--18-41-18 KTU84P.L002
7. Once finished Reboot System.
8. Upon boot you should be greeted with the usual Setup screens.
9. Reboot into bootloader
10. (Optional) Flash stock recovery: fastboot flash recovery 17-recovery.img
11. Reboot into system
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Flashing the stock recovery is optional however if you want a completely stock experience and ensure future OTAs, you probably want to do so. Also note that you must unroot to take any future OTAs.
Download Links:
TWRP BACKUP 4.4.4 KTU84P.L002
Stock Recovery
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When I flash this in twrp it fails to flash and i get an error message: No partitions selected for restore. Have twrp 2.7.0.1 installed. Thank you.
Do I unzip the folder before I move it to the backup folder?
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Do I unzip the folder before I move it to the backup folder?
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Figured out what was going on. finally got it to flash in TWRP. Works great. Thank you for this.
Thanks for this image - was the only way I was able to update.
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I was not able to update using your image and I don't know why. Everything was done correctly as far as I know. I downloaded and unpacked the zip and placed it in the back apps folder of TWRP and rebooted into recovery and tried restore with no success during the system restore it stops halfway through and says failed.
I tried downloading the file twice, installing the file from my computer, changing my SD card, deleting everything and trying, deleting just dalvik cache a,updating the partition separately, and was able to update the boot partition but not system and data. I honestly don't know what the trouble is as I was able to restore my own back up several times.if anybody has any insight into what is happening here please tell me. I would really like to install the update! I don't know why it is not allowing me to.
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I was not able to update using your image and I don't know why. Everything was done correctly as far as I know. I downloaded and unpacked the zip and placed it in the back apps folder of TWRP and rebooted into recovery and tried restore with no success during the system restore it stops halfway through and says failed.
I tried downloading the file twice, installing the file from my computer, changing my SD card, deleting everything and trying, deleting just dalvik cache a,updating the partition separately, and was able to update the boot partition but not system and data. I honestly don't know what the trouble is as I was able to restore my own back up several times.if anybody has any insight into what is happening here please tell me. I would really like to install the update! I don't know why it is not allowing me to.
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First off, I use solid explorer, dual pane. Very easy to navigate for me.
I only copied system. I didn't even wipe. All my data and settings were intact. As close to an OTA I could get. The system backup was 790.95mb
It sounds like you did everything right to me. I included a screen shot of what it looked like after i clicked the backup.zip and moved the unzipped backup to the TWRP backup folder.
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sleekmason said:
I was not able to update using your image and I don't know why. Everything was done correctly as far as I know. I downloaded and unpacked the zip and placed it in the back apps folder of TWRP and rebooted into recovery and tried restore with no success during the system restore it stops halfway through and says failed.
I tried downloading the file twice, installing the file from my computer, changing my SD card, deleting everything and trying, deleting just dalvik cache a,updating the partition separately, and was able to update the boot partition but not system and data. I honestly don't know what the trouble is as I was able to restore my own back up several times.if anybody has any insight into what is happening here please tell me. I would really like to install the update! I don't know why it is not allowing me to.
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im not sure if this would work
did u try restoring from the internal sd instead of external. as far as I know the backup file should have no issues.
djkinetic said:
im not sure if this would work
did u try restoring from the internal sd instead of external. as far as I know the backup file should have no issues.
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That was it!! Thank you!
Do I need to uninstall Xposed Framework, unroot, restore the stock kernel, etc., before restoring this system back up TWRP? I assume the answer is no, though I'll need to reinstall those afterward, but I figured I'd check first!
UPDATE: Never mind. I just went ahead and restored it successfully and am in the process of restoring my apps from TiBu now. Thanks again for providing this for those of us who couldn't upgrade to 4.4.4 any other way!
Hey guys,
first off thank you for posting this tutorial, I was able to perform the backup0 and am currently on 4.4.4.
I did, however, run into a slight hiccup when I was trying to flash the stock recovery. I kept getting messages about partitions and so forth. I entered in the following commands from beginning to end:
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery 17-recovery.img
but as I said I can't get the job done lol.
Any ideas?
ephayzee said:
Hey guys,
first off thank you for posting this tutorial, I was able to perform the backup0 and am currently on 4.4.4.
I did, however, run into a slight hiccup when I was trying to flash the stock recovery. I kept getting messages about partitions and so forth. I entered in the following commands from beginning to end:
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery 17-recovery.img
but as I said I can't get the job done lol.
Any ideas?
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A few things to check:
you need to have usb debugging checked on phone
you need the recovery image in same folder as your fastboot.exe/adb files
you need to cd to that directory/folder
TWRP source
Hi,
Can you please tell me where to find TWRP 2.7.x for the V510. I currently have 2.6.3.0, I believe?
Thanks
techinv said:
Hi,
Can you please tell me where to find TWRP 2.7.x for the V510. I currently have 2.6.3.0, I believe?
Thanks
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It worked fine for me with TWRP 2.6
techinv said:
Hi,
Can you please tell me where to find TWRP 2.7.x for the V510. I currently have 2.6.3.0, I believe?
Thanks
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Here > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2682606
However, download link in OP is currently broken. I PMed the OP about it.
Has anyone gotten the error "E: No partitions selected for restore." when trying to flash the recovery?
Like other curious 6P users, I flashed the "full ota" zip to check out Nougat. Then I tried to restore my nandroid for Dirty Unicorns, and apparently TWRP 3.0.2-1 had a fatal flaw that borked the EFS backup. I tried literally everything I could think of, until I saw the process @be_vigilant did to revive his phone. I'm going to be using his process as the base for the guide, as well as linking you to my nandroid that has now helped two other people revive their device.
What you need:
*MMB29P factory image (although MTC20F also worked for someone).
Direct download link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/angler-mmb29m-factory-616cf265.zip
*My nandroid backup (its stock MMB29P, decrypted and rooted)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24686679545612465
*TWRP recovery image (3.0.2-0 or one of the newer builds that fixed the EFS stuff)
https://dl.twrp.me/angler/
*Android SDK or at least platform-tools (for fastboot, adb, etc)
The Process:
1. Extract the factory image into the location where you have fastboot.exe (mine is C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools)
2. Extract the nandroid backup - doesn't matter where, I'll explain later
3. Make sure you are in bootloader mode, and run flash-all.bat from the factory image
4. Flash TWRP (fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img)
5. Boot into TWRP, and make a new nandroid backup. This step is just to create the TWRP backup folder on your device
6. Now go to wipe, advanced wipe, click on each partition one at a time, choose "Repair or Change File System", then select "Repair File System" - do this for dalvik/art, system, data, internal storage, and cache. It may not work for all of them, but its ok.
***you must mount data again in TWRP after doing this, or you will not be able to see anything***
7. Copy & paste my nandroid onto your device in the correct location (sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/XXXXXX)
8. Restore my nandroid and try to boot.
9. If it still does not boot at this point, then you need to run these adb commands (while in TWRP) that @bogomil4e kindly reported to wipe the EFS partitions
adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst1 bs=16384 -and-
adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst2 bs=16384
Now you should be able to boot up and do anything you want again. Please do not mirror my nandroid or take advantage of it - I am making it available only for people to utilize as a way to unbrick their phone!
Thanks Train, I would been lost. I replied to you gplus posting. Really appreciative for your work on this post. Thanks dude.
Ash
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This needs to be pinned!
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I just used this and was able to get my Nexus 6P back up with your nandroid. I should not be able to use fastboot flash correct to get a full google stock?
pctechdroid said:
I just used this and was able to get my Nexus 6P back up with your nandroid. I should not be able to use fastboot flash correct to get a full google stock?
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Yes you should be able to... Or just unroot so that the OTA will work.
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Train88 said:
Like other curious 6P users, I flashed the "full ota" zip to check out Nougat. Then I tried to restore my nandroid for Dirty Unicorns, and apparently TWRP 3.0.2-1 had a fatal flaw that borked the EFS backup. I tried literally everything I could think of, until I saw the process @be_vigilant did to revive his phone. I'm going to be using his process as the base for the guide, as well as linking you to my nandroid that has now helped two other people revive their device.
What you need:
*MMB29P factory image (although MTC20F also worked for someone).
Direct download link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/angler-mmb29m-factory-616cf265.zip
*My nandroid backup (its stock MMB29P, decrypted and rooted)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24686679545612465
*TWRP recovery image (3.0.2-0 or one of the newer builds that fixed the EFS stuff)
https://dl.twrp.me/angler/
*Android SDK or at least platform-tools (for fastboot, adb, etc)
The Process:
1. Extract the factory image into the location where you have fastboot.exe (mine is C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools)
2. Extract the nandroid backup - doesn't matter where, I'll explain later
3. Make sure you are in bootloader mode, and run flash-all.bat from the factory image
4. Flash TWRP (fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img)
5. Boot into TWRP, and make a new nandroid backup. This step is just to create the TWRP backup folder on your device
6. Now go to wipe, advanced wipe, click on each partition one at a time, choose "Repair or Change File System", then select "Repair File System" - do this for dalvik/art, system, data, internal storage, and cache. It may not work for all of them, but its ok.
***you must mount data again in TWRP after doing this, or you will not be able to see anything***
7. Copy & paste my nandroid onto your device in the correct location (sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/XXXXXX)
8. Restore my nandroid and try to boot.
9. If it still does not boot at this point, then you need to run these adb commands (while in TWRP) that @bogomil4e kindly reported to wipe the EFS partitions
adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst1 bs=16384 -and-
adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst2 bs=16384
Now you should be able to boot up and do anything you want again. Please do not mirror my nandroid or take advantage of it - I am making it available only for people to utilize as a way to unbrick their phone!
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Dude. I don't know what to say. I really thought I lost my nexus 6p. But your tutorial worked like a charm. Thank you so much for sharing your nandroid and writing up an amazing tutorial!!! This seriously needs to get pinned!!????✌?
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BTW, I also was on MTC20F. Your nandroid booted the device. But I had to clean install MTC20F again so that the WiFi and sim started to work. Might come handy for some people... ??
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im_Zak said:
Dude. I don't know what to say. I really thought I lost my nexus 6p. But your tutorial worked like a charm. Thank you so much for sharing your nandroid and writing up an amazing tutorial!!! This seriously needs to get pinned!!????✌?
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BTW, I also was on MTC20F. Your nandroid booted the device. But I had to clean install MTC20F again so that the WiFi and sim started to work. Might come handy for some people... ??
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I'm glad I could help! Thanks for the extra info! ?
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I have a similar issue, any advice on this... Updated to PureNexus Nougat fine, but even before that I had realized that my phone was not being detected through USB, no fastboot, recovery, nothing. So I flashed through TWRP to the current PureNexus Nougat build. All went good, except I now realized that the version of TWRP I have must be one with bugs on Nougat. Booting into recovery it just sits at the TWRP loading screen forever.
I can't get ADB through USB, can't get into Recovery, and Fastboot wont connect on USB. I can boot into the ROM just fine (not rooted) and can do ADB w/ wifi when booted up in Android.
Any ideas on how to fix my recovery and/or flash anything at all at this point? I am almost feeling like there must be something wrong with the actual usb-c port, but charging works fine, just no data connection at all (tried any different cables, Windows, Mac, different usb ports).
Is debugging on in your developer options.
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Lacrosse200760 said:
I have a similar issue, any advice on this... Updated to PureNexus Nougat fine, but even before that I had realized that my phone was not being detected through USB, no fastboot, recovery, nothing. So I flashed through TWRP to the current PureNexus Nougat build. All went good, except I now realized that the version of TWRP I have must be one with bugs on Nougat. Booting into recovery it just sits at the TWRP loading screen forever.
I can't get ADB through USB, can't get into Recovery, and Fastboot wont connect on USB. I can boot into the ROM just fine (not rooted) and can do ADB w/ wifi when booted up in Android.
Any ideas on how to fix my recovery and/or flash anything at all at this point? I am almost feeling like there must be something wrong with the actual usb-c port, but charging works fine, just no data connection at all (tried any different cables, Windows, Mac, different usb ports).
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What Zak said - you are not even in the same boat as the people that need this guide. You can get it to boot. I could not do anything besides go to fastboot(download mode) when I made this
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Lacrosse200760 said:
I have a similar issue, any advice on this... Updated to PureNexus Nougat fine, but even before that I had realized that my phone was not being detected through USB, no fastboot, recovery, nothing. So I flashed through TWRP to the current PureNexus Nougat build. All went good, except I now realized that the version of TWRP I have must be one with bugs on Nougat. Booting into recovery it just sits at the TWRP loading screen forever.
I can't get ADB through USB, can't get into Recovery, and Fastboot wont connect on USB. I can boot into the ROM just fine (not rooted) and can do ADB w/ wifi when booted up in Android.
Any ideas on how to fix my recovery and/or flash anything at all at this point? I am almost feeling like there must be something wrong with the actual usb-c port, but charging works fine, just no data connection at all (tried any different cables, Windows, Mac, different usb ports).
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You can flash recovery from phone terminal, Google the commands. You need root though, install super su from playstore. Otherwise you'll need to fix that adb issue.
djdarkknight96 said:
You can flash recovery from phone terminal, Google the commands. You need root though, install super su from playstore. Otherwise you'll need to fix that adb issue.
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Installing SuperSU from playstore wont actually give me Root though. I like the idea though, maybe there is something that can be done around this.
Lacrosse200760 said:
Installing SuperSU from playstore wont actually give me Root though. I like the idea though, maybe there is something that can be done around this.
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Flash recovery through adb or android terminal, download the superSU zip, flash the zip in recovery. If you're having trouble getting recovery to stick, you need to flash the superSU zip immediately after you flash recovery. If you boot before doing that, android will try overwrite the custom recovery on boot
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Train88 said:
Flash recovery through adb or android terminal, download the superSU zip, flash the zip in recovery. If you're having trouble getting recovery to stick, you need to flash the superSU zip immediately after you flash recovery. If you boot before doing that, android will try overwrite the custom recovery on boot
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Doesn't flashing recovery through adb require root? (only have adb wifi access when phone is booted into ROM)
Lacrosse200760 said:
Doesn't flashing recovery through adb require root? (only have adb wifi access when phone is booted into ROM)
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No you don't need root to flash in adb. Just an unlocked bootloader
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Lacrosse200760 said:
Doesn't flashing recovery through adb require root? (only have adb wifi access when phone is booted into ROM)
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Train88 said:
No you don't need root to flash in adb. Just an unlocked bootloader
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I have been very lucky to not have to remember but Train is correct. You should be able to push recovery via adb Wi-Fi. I forget root isn't needed to replace it, like Train said. "Kinda talking to myself as a reminder lol"
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Like other curious 6P users, I flashed the "full ota" zip to check out Nougat. Then I tried to restore my nandroid for Dirty Unicorns, and apparently TWRP 3.0.2-1 had a fatal flaw that borked the EFS backup. I tried literally everything I could think of, until I saw the process @be_vigilant did to revive his phone. I'm going to be using his process as the base for the guide, as well as linking you to my nandroid that has now helped two other people revive their device.
What you need:
*MMB29P factory image (although MTC20F also worked for someone).
Direct download link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/angler-mmb29m-factory-616cf265.zip
*My nandroid backup (its stock MMB29P, decrypted and rooted)
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24686679545612465
*TWRP recovery image (3.0.2-0 or one of the newer builds that fixed the EFS stuff)
https://dl.twrp.me/angler/
*Android SDK or at least platform-tools (for fastboot, adb, etc)
The Process:
1. Extract the factory image into the location where you have fastboot.exe (mine is C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools)
2. Extract the nandroid backup - doesn't matter where, I'll explain later
3. Make sure you are in bootloader mode, and run flash-all.bat from the factory image
4. Flash TWRP (fastboot flash recovery twrprecovery.img)
5. Boot into TWRP, and make a new nandroid backup. This step is just to create the TWRP backup folder on your device
6. Now go to wipe, advanced wipe, click on each partition one at a time, choose "Repair or Change File System", then select "Repair File System" - do this for dalvik/art, system, data, internal storage, and cache. It may not work for all of them, but its ok.
***you must mount data again in TWRP after doing this, or you will not be able to see anything***
7. Copy & paste my nandroid onto your device in the correct location (sdcard/TWRP/BACKUPS/XXXXXX)
8. Restore my nandroid and try to boot.
9. If it still does not boot at this point, then you need to run these adb commands (while in TWRP) that @bogomil4e kindly reported to wipe the EFS partitions
adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst1 bs=16384 -and-
adb shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst2 bs=16384
Now you should be able to boot up and do anything you want again. Please do not mirror my nandroid or take advantage of it - I am making it available only for people to utilize as a way to unbrick their phone!
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Followed Your guide
at first, I couldn't repair the data partition. Then I formatted the whole device again and was able to repair data partition. But when I go to restore your backup, boot flashes fine but when it says flashing data, TWRP hangs and it reboots into the google splash logo screen.
TJ_bab said:
Followed Your guide
at first, I couldn't repair the data partition. Then I formatted the whole device again and was able to repair data partition. But when I go to restore your backup, boot flashes fine but when it says flashing data, TWRP hangs and it reboots into the google splash logo screen.
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It could be due to the storage option my 6P has (128 GB)... Try restoring everything but data. But essentially, it's the efs backup that you need if your issue was created by a bad backup from TWRP 3.0.2-1.
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TLDR: It's here and it may eat your data, and you will lose SuperSU root if currently installed. READ the install instructions carefully!
Pixel XL
Pixel
DO NOT RESTORE DATA FROM alpha builds of TWRP using RC1. You will probably lose all data including internal storage. If you need to restore a data backup from an alpha build, reinstall the alpha and restore using the alpha and make a new backup using RC1.
Note: Do not use if you have multiple users (including a guest user)
File Based Encryption (FBE) can be a bit tricky. If a restore doesn't work correctly, it can trigger an automatic wipe of your data. Sometimes TWRP will fail to prompt you to enter your password or otherwise fail to set up decrypt properly. If this happens, reboot TWRP. It seems to be some kind of timing issue and I haven't had time to track it down yet.
Pixel devices have 2 "slots" for ROMs / firmware. TWRP will detect whichever slot is currently active and use that slot for backup AND restore. There are buttons on the reboot page and under backup -> options to change slots. Changing the active slot will cause TWRP to switch which slot that TWRP is backing up or restoring. You can make a backup of slot A, switch to B, then restore the backup which will restore the backup of A to slot B. Changing the slot in TWRP also tells the bootloader to boot that slot.
The zip install method installs TWRP to both slots.
Installation:
If you already have TWRP installed: Download the latest zip and install the zip using TWRP.
If you do not already have TWRP installed: Download both the img and the zip. Copy the zip to your device. You will need to have fastboot binaries and the correct drivers installed. Power off your device completely. Hold volume down and turn on the device. Your device should now be in the bootloader. Connect the device to your PC. Open a command window and run the following command from the proper location:
fastboot boot path/to/twrp.img
This will temporarily boot TWRP on your device. If you are using a lockscreen pin/pattern/password and do not get prompted to enter your passord, reboot to the bootloader and try again. Go to install and browse to the zip and install the zip. If you are currently rooted with SuperSU, you will need to reflash the stock boot image before installing TWRP. After installing the stock boot image, follow the instructions for installing TWRP. Once TWRP is installed, grab the very latest SuperSU released on 2015-11-15 or later and install SuperSU.
If you accidently flash TWRP to your device using fastboot instead of temporarily booting the image, you will need to download the latest factory image for your device and reflash the boot image.
NOTE about 3.2.1-0: This version will decrypt Android 8.1, however the new image is built in Android 8.1 and may not be compatible with SuperSU and/or Magisk until they update their stuff. I have not tested. Good luck.
3.2.1-1 has working decrypt with the February security patch!
3.2.1-2 fixes some zip install errors
3.2.3-1 supports decrypting Android 9.0 Pie even with a pin / pattern / password set
How to install SuperSU SR5 on TWRP RC1: In TWRP tap on Advanced -> File Manager and scroll to and select the fstab.marlin or fstab.sailfish file and then delete it.
You're the man! Props for all the hard work you've put into this.
TY!!!!
Awesome. I might have to wait a bit to install but glad to see the Pixel getting twrp.
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Wow, and so it begins. Thanks!
Thank you!!
Nice!!! Awesome job @Dees_Troy
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I just installed the IMG w/out issue.
I can't find the zip in TWRP file manager to flash though.
Everything looks encrypted.
EDIT: It went through on the 4th try of flashing the IMG, now I can see my /sdcard and install the zip.
But somehow this killed my OS.
Just flashed the flash-all.bat after removing -w so it doesn't wipe.
Now I'll try TWRP install again.
EDIT 2: Okay, after restoring to stock, the TWRP install went fine.
Maybe it didn't like my elementalx kernel or the existing root. The OP did mention something about root conflicts, I guess it may prevent TWRP installs too? But now I have OS *and* TWRP.
And I'm getting "Unspecified Error" when trying to copy my EFS backup from /sdcard/twrp/backup to my local computer. I am able to copy other non-TWRP files though.
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Does a full backup on Pixel include System Image and Vendor Image? I don't recall seeing these on other devices.
Or do I just back up boot, system and data like usual?
***Hey ya'll, don't forget to back up EFS at least once and copy it to your computers!
Yea! Worked perfect!!!
Would the flashable SuperSU v2.78 SR3 zip work?
Looked it up and because of conflicting init binaries between TWRP and the current root method, it just wouldn't work.
While we're still on or near the first page of the thread, I'd like to clarify the whole EFS backup thing.
It's completely unnecessary. You don't need to do it. But the option is there (so no one asks where it went!)
Both the modemst1 and modemst2 partitions are merely a caching area for your modem firmware. They do not contain sensitive data like IMEI, or anything important. You can wipe them and they will be regenerated from scratch! Have no fear, your IMEI cannot be destroyed through means of bad flashes!
The issue with these partitions however is that should they ever become corrupt, the modem firmware will panic and fail to load - this is why you see your IMEI missing in such a case. The modem firmware simply refused to load due to encountering corrupt data. By clearing your modemst partitions (writing zeros to them), your modem firmware would happily load and regenerate the partitions, bringing back full call support & a visible IMEI.
Okay, I have TWRP + OS working fine after restoring to stock (getting rid of kernel + root).
Now to just wait for custom ROM's to drop. Thanks guys.
The ability to restore EFS was pretty important on some older phones.
Yep just want to let ya guys know might want return to stock before doing this. Besides that all good. Good job TWRP team! :good:
CZ Eddie said:
Okay, I have TWRP + OS working fine after restoring to stock (getting rid of kernel + root).
Now to just wait for custom ROM's to drop. Thanks guys.
The ability to restore EFS was pretty important on some older phones.
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Are you rerooting after getting TWRP to work? Have you tried a backup and restore yet?
kirschdog1 said:
Are you rerooting after getting TWRP to work? Have you tried a backup and restore yet?
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FYI on OP - A SuperSU update will be required to allow TWRP and SuperSU to co-exist.
kirschdog1 said:
Are you rerooting after getting TWRP to work? Have you tried a backup and restore yet?
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yes
no
I stubbornly flashed v2 root and got boot hang so I put the phone up for the night.
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CZ Eddie said:
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no
I stubbornly flashed v2 root and got boot hang so I put the phone up for the night.
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Do we still flash root the same way after we install TWRP? Or is there an su zip to flash?
Hooray! Cheers!
XT1526 MOTO E LTE
STOCK 6.0.1 BASEBAND RADIO
VERSION: M8916_2020632.44.03.21.54.01R
PORTED FROM XT1548 MOTO G (3rd Gen)
SPECIFICATIONS:
This is a Stock Android 6.0.1 Baseband Radio (/modem & /fsg) for the Moto E LTE, xt1526 model only. It has been ported from the xt1548 Moto G (3rd Gen), modded for full compatibility with the xt1526, and optimized for roaming on the Verizon network. This Baseband was pulled from Stock Android 6.0.1, Build No. MCIS24.107-82-18, System Version 24.221.18.en.US.
This Baseband installer is for the Sprint, Boost Mobile & Virgin Mobile variants of the xt1526. It HAS NOT been tested on the US Cellular xt1526 variant. If using the Boost Mobile xt1526 variant, XDA Member @anthonykb has reported that the device must first be updated to a 6.0 Stock bootloader.img and partition index (gpt.bin) before this Baseband will function. Anybody with the Boost Mobile xt1526 can head over to @Buzbee2's thread on ported stock 6.0 for the xt1526. You will simply need to flash the 6.0_Stock_Partition_Updater zip available in Buzbee's thread. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...stock-xt1521-gsm-xt1526-cdma-t3342789/page19. For members who use @Buzbee2's thread and/or files, be sure and hit the thanks button on his thread.
This Baseband should work on all CM/LOS, AOSP, Stock, & Stock Based ROMS, on any Android Version from 5.0.2 Lollipop to 7.1.2 Nougat. You should notice a marked improvement in connectivity, signal strength, download/upload speeds, and domestic roaming. This Baseband has been optimized to force handover of data connectivity to the Verizon network in situations where (1) your signal on the Sprint towers has fallen below a 110dB signal; and (2) when your xt1526 cellular radio is unable to locate a viable Sprint signal. NOTE: The optimized roaming mod has only been tested on stock and stock based ROMs. This feature may or may not work on custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod or LineageOS.
NOTE: This Baseband performs best on Stock Android 5.0.2 or 5.1 factory firmware.
DISCLAIMER:
Flashing the partitions of your device or altering its stock factory configuration poses an inherent risk of bricking or rendering your device inoperable. By proceeding any further, you absolve me of any liability in the event your device is damaged in any way from installing this radio firmware.
Follow the instructions closely and things should go smoothly.
REQUIREMENTS:
For purposes of this guide, you must have an unlocked bootloader and TWRP custom recovery installed on your xt1526. If you do not have both of these requirements, search the XDA threads for tutorials on how to do so. While it is certainly possible -- and feasible -- to flash this installer using an on-device flashing application, like Flashfire, this thread is geared towards installation via TWRP custom recovery. (Preferably @squid2's 3.1.1-r1 rebased build) Be sure and hit the thanks button on @squid2's TWRP thread if you use his recoveries.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Download the Baseband Updater zip from the below link and save it either to internal storage or your external micro SD card;
2. Boot your xt1526 into TWRP recovery;
3. Select INSTALL, navigate to the storage location of the zip you downloaded in Step 1, select the file, and swipe to commence with installation.
4. When installation is complete, reboot system. Done. Your xt1526 Baseband Radio is now updated to M8916_2020632.44.03.21.54.01R.
DOWNLOAD LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Sfod4HWfk2cWFVeUdsU3JYQTg/view?usp=sharing
I just tested this on Boost xt1526 with ViperOS and it didn't work. I'll try flashing and doing a clean rom install and see if it makes a difference.
amarc78 said:
I just tested this on Boost xt1526 with ViperOS and it didn't work. I'll try flashing and doing a clean rom install and see if it makes a difference.
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Yes do a clean install always. I need to incorporate that into the instructions. Also, if you do a "dirty" install, you can always clear nv data by by entering fastboot and using: fastboot erase modemst1 and fastboot erase modemst2. This baseband seems to perform best on stock based ROMs.
MotoJunkie01 said:
Yes do a clean install always. I need to incorporate that into the instructions. Also, if you do a "dirty" install, you can always clear nv data by by entering fastboot and using: fastboot erase modemst1 and fastboot erase modemst2. This baseband seems to perform best on stock based ROMs.
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I did do erase modemst1/2, but it didn't make a difference. I was going to mention you can add erase modemst1 erase modemst2 to the update script without the fastboot part and it will work. I'll try a clean flash and report back.
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amarc78 said:
I did do erase modemst1/2, but it didn't make a difference. I was going to mention you can add erase modemst1 erase modemst2 to the update script without the fastboot part and it will work. I'll try a clean flash and report back.
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I did have the format command in updater-script but removed it, because many people do not want nv data erased upon installation of the baseband. I may have to revise the thread to clarify Virgin Mobile only. It doesn't seem to be working on Boost. Thank you for your testing. I really appreciate it.
By the way did you try:
fastboot oem confg fsg-id boost
fastboot oem config carrier boost
I just revised the thread to specify Virgin & Sprint only for now, until further testing can be done on Boost. In theory it should work on Boost, since the Virgin & Boost xt1526 variants both used the same stock firmware builds.
--- Flash files that are contained in Surnia_Moto_E_2015_6.0_Stock_Partition_Updater.zip from 2nd post at linked thread by Buzbee2 >
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e-2015/cdma-development/stock-xt1521-gsm-xt1526-cdma-t3342789
--- Flash using following fastboot commands as follows with the images from the zip extracted to the C:\ drive ---
fastboot flash partition C:\gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader C:\bootloader.img
--- Then the radio firmware will operate fine on the Moto E 2015 Boost Mobile XT1526 phone after flashing the radio in TWRP---
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--- Flash files that are contained in Surnia_Moto_E_2015_6.0_Stock_Partition_Updater.zip from 2nd post at linked thread by Buzbee2 >
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e-2015/cdma-development/stock-xt1521-gsm-xt1526-cdma-t3342789
--- Flash using following fastboot commands as follows with the images from the zip extracted to the C:\ drive ---
fastboot flash partition C:\gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader C:\bootloader.img
--- Then the radio firmware will operate fine on the Moto E 2015 Boost Mobile XT1526 phone after flashing the radio in TWRP---
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Interesting, so the Boost variant must first have the bootloader and partition index updated to stock6.0? Good find. Glad you got it working on your Boost Mobile variant. @anthonykb, what I'll probably do, or you can do it either one, is go ahead and incorporate gpt.bin and bootloader.img from stock 6.0 into my updater-script for Boost users. For Virgin & Sprint users, I'll leave everything like it is.
anthonykb said:
--- Flash files that are contained in Surnia_Moto_E_2015_6.0_Stock_Partition_Updater.zip from 2nd post at linked thread by Buzbee2 >
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-e-2015/cdma-development/stock-xt1521-gsm-xt1526-cdma-t3342789
--- Flash using following fastboot commands as follows with the images from the zip extracted to the C:\ drive ---
fastboot flash partition C:\gpt.bin
fastboot flash bootloader C:\bootloader.img
--- Then the radio firmware will operate fine on the Moto E 2015 Boost Mobile XT1526 phone after flashing the radio in TWRP---
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I was already updated to the 6.0 bootloader and even with a clean install it still didn't work for me. Won't read sim card at all.
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amarc78 said:
I was already updated to the 6.0 bootloader and even with a clean install it still didn't work for me. Won't read sim card at all.
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Hmmmm. Did you fastboot configure your carrier and fsg partitions?
fastboot oem config fsg-id boost
fastboot oem config carrier boost
MotoJunkie01 said:
Hmmmm. Did you fastboot configure your carrier and fsg partitions?
fastboot oem config fsg-id boost
fastboot oem config carrier boost
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I'll try again, but yes.
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Try this, and I think we can get things working. Install a pure stock 5.1 firmware build. I'll get you an Aroma installer that will configure your configs for Boost Mobile. I want to try pure stock because we need to do a PRL & Data Profile update. Use any 5.1 build except s.12. And, of course, disregard flashing gpt.bin or bootloader.img from the firmware package of 5.1.Let me know if you install 5.1 stock. I'll get some of the files together we will need. Also, should you need any firmware builds for your xt1526 let me known. I have all firmware packages that were ever made for the device. I've got fastboot flashable packages and TWRP flashable zip versions.
MotoJunkie01 said:
Try this, and I think we can get things working. Install a pure stock 5.1 firmware build. I'll get you an Aroma installer that will configure your configs for Boost Mobile. I want to try pure stock because we need to do a PRL & Data Profile update. Use any 5.1 build except s.12. And, of course, disregard flashing gpt.bin or bootloader.img from the firmware package of 5.1.Let me know if you install 5.1 stock. I'll get some of the files together we will need. Also, should you need any firmware builds for your xt1526 let me known. I have all firmware packages that were ever made for the device. I've got fastboot flashable packages and TWRP flashable zip versions.
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Here is the Aroma installer. Simply flash this using TWRP recovery. Select "Boost" when the installer prompts you to choose a carrier.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1Sfod4HWfk2ZFQybXFiZHZDYkE/view?usp=drivesdk
You could try the Aroma installer now, before going through the 5.1 firmware package flashing. There's a pretty good chance that the Aroma installer alone will configure the baseband to work with Boost on your device.
On the Boost Mobile xt1526 variant, here is what I just done and it worked perfect on mine. I "dirty flashed" the baseband installer, basically installing the radio firmware and leaving nv data intact, then rebooted system. On the stock dialer, I opened the SCRTN Menu (Network & Carrier Config Reset) by dialing ##72786# and choosing "YES" when prompted. Upon reboot, I again booted into TWRP and installed the MVNO_Slayer Aroma zip and selected "Boost" from the carrier menu. Then I rebooted system. RIL is fully functional, as is 4G/LTE data connectivity. Updating my partition index and bootloader to stock 6.0 was not necessary. (My bootloader.img and gpt.bin are the original stock 5.0.2 versions that shipped on the Moto E LTE xt1526 during initial release of the device).
@anthonykb, I'm going to compile a separate zip installer for the Boost variant. It can be done one of two ways, both of which we have confirmed to work: (1) I can either include stock 6.0 bootloader.img & gpt.bin in the zip/updater-script, or (2) I can reincorporate a format command for modemst1 & modemst2, and include the apns-config.xml/eri.xml for Boost from the mvno_slayer Aroma installer. What are your thoughts?
Just wondering, are the IMG files essentially the same as fsg.mbn and NON-HLOS.bin? Regards
tzheng0311 said:
Just wondering, are the IMG files essentially the same as fsg.mbn and NON-HLOS.bin? Regards
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img, mbn, bin, etc, are all image type formats which can be flashed from fastboot. For the purposes for which I am using them, yes they are exactly the same. To clarify, NON-HLOS.bin and modem.img are the same, and fsg.mbn is the same as fsg.img.
@tzheng0311 have you given this a try on your DDR devices yet? Works great on forced roaming on DDR, on stock ROMs anyway. I've not had a chance to test the data handover on custom ROM roaming yet.
I'm going to try it later on today, thanks for the heads up. I'll let you know, I have like 3 on stock ROM and the rest on CM13
Edit: Woop, turns out i'm on S.12 and this baseband really doesn't like it lol, gonna update first
MotoJunkie01 said:
On the Boost Mobile xt1526 variant, here is what I just done and it worked perfect on mine. I "dirty flashed" the baseband installer, basically installing the radio firmware and leaving nv data intact, then rebooted system. On the stock dialer, I opened the SCRTN Menu (Network & Carrier Config Reset) by dialing ##72786# and choosing "YES" when prompted. Upon reboot, I again booted into TWRP and installed the MVNO_Slayer Aroma zip and selected "Boost" from the carrier menu. Then I rebooted system. RIL is fully functional, as is 4G/LTE data connectivity. Updating my partition index and bootloader to stock 6.0 was not necessary. (My bootloader.img and gpt.bin are the original stock 5.0.2 versions that shipped on the Moto E LTE xt1526 during initial release of the device).
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Did you get this to work running stock or a custom rom? I tried again running HalogenOS and still didn't work. I'll restore stock and try it, then if it works I'll try flashing some custom rom. When I can have my phone down for a bit.
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