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A bit of history, I was running KK Cloudy 1.2 for a while with xposed and I'd get a 1 or 2 auto reboots from apps/system crashing. I figured this was probably because KK was old and runnign xposed modules.
Recently I clean flash upgraded to 'D850 20f Stock ROM Debloated' Lollipop ROM by cmulk.
I'm still getting one or two auto reboots a day from system crashing. Is this normal?
Even on other ROMs as a more general question how often does your guys system auto reboot from a crash? How often do you reboot manually?
Just so everyone knows how clean of flash I did...
I went through the process of restoring the factory image using LG Flash Tool and TOT file. Then I immediately stump rooted, flashified TWRP, updated TWRP to latest twrp-2.8.5.1_d850-bumped.zip, wipe in TWRP, installed D850_20F_2.0.1.c1.13-00050_Modem.zip and then Debloated_Stock_20f.zip. Then let PS reinstall apps and configured everything manually. Didn't even do a TB restore.
So is this normal behavior for android? Or just the LG G3? Or just me? Thanks!!!
Too early for me to tell. Installed yesterday morning, clean install. So far in the 24 hours, no rebooting. Only thing thus far is my LED is not signaling as designed.
The clean ROM install is 5K faster with Antutu than KK, and 17K faster than a dirty install of the same 5.01 ROM This was repeated x3 to make sure it was the clean install which made the difference for me... yup.
JeffDC said:
Too early for me to tell. Installed yesterday morning, clean instal. So far in the 24 hours, no rebooting. Only thing thus far is my LED is not signaling as designed.
The clean ROM install is 5K faster with Antutu than KK, and 17K faster than a dirty install of the same 5.01 ROM This was repeated x3 to make sure it was the clean install which made the difference for me... yup.
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Thanks for the reply. Let me know how it goes. I heard about the led issue some folks are trying to get some logs to debug it.
I went through the process again and this time I installed a lot less apps. I'm going to see if that helps.
I didn't have any random reboots until I installed Trickster.. which was stupid of me since there's no BusyBox on the 20f release by AutoPrime
As soon as I uninstalled it after 1 reboot it hasn't happened again.
So if you've got Trickster or any other Kernel Tweak apps installed.. try uninstalling
Two days, no reboots.
I've been running autoprime's stock 20f with Xposed for a week and a half with not a single random reboot. I'm actually amazed by the performance and stability. Wiped system, cache, and data, flashed ROM, and reinstalled all apps with TB (without app data). Froze all AT&T and some LG apps with TB, and removed CarrierIQ.
Activated Xposed Modules:
AcDisplay
All Notifications Expanded
Amplify
G3 TweaksBox (1.4 beta 2)
GravityBox [LP]
Intelli3G
NotifyClean
Pandora Patcher
Play Store Changelog
Screen Filter
YouTube AdAway
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I wiped system and cache also.
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I've been running autoprime's stock 20f with Xposed for a week and a half with not a single random reboot. I'm actually amazed by the performance and stability. Wiped data, flashed ROM, and reinstalled all apps with TB (without app data). Froze all AT&T and some LG apps with TB, and removed CarrierIQ.
Activated Xposed Modules:
AcDisplay
All Notifications Expanded
Amplify
G3 TweaksBox (1.4 beta 2)
GravityBox [LP]
Intelli3G
NotifyClean
Pandora Patcher
Play Store Changelog
Screen Filter
YouTube AdAway
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Similar to you, but also wiped system. Titanium installed apps and data. Only two days old at this point. Is stable so far. Very unlike my past trials with LP ROMs. Glad I waited.
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Similar to you, but also wiped system. Titanium installed apps and data. Only two days old at this point. Is stable so far. Very unlike my past trials with LP ROMs. Glad I waited.
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Forgot to include that I wiped system and cache also. So glad I waited as well. It is mind blowing how stable it is, especially with an alpha version of Xposed and so many alpha/beta modules. Just installed the beta versions of Greenify and AppSettings also, so we'll see if that introduces any instability.
After restoring apps with their data, were there any apps that you had to clear data for due to issues? Or have they all been solid?
I had all sorts of random reboots with this phone. It started while I was still running stock kitkat . Things got much better after I reformatted my ext SD card to what ever these devices prefer. I think it's fat 32?
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Thanks for the all replies guys.
So far I'm still averaging about a reboot or two a day since I uninstalled a bunch of apps. I don't have any apps that run regularly besides some gapps and soundcloud. I also uninstalled greenify to see if that helped. I don't have any kernel mods and not running xposed either. Probably the most non-stock thing I'm running is the XCam app. But the phone hasn't crashed while using that app.
It's interesting to hear that some of you haven't had any reboots. Makes me wonder if I have faulty hardware. I guess the only way to find out is to go back to complete stock, take the lollipop OTA update and see if it still crashes. I assume if it did I could get another warranty replacement. I also might as mention this G3 is actually a warranty replacement due to my original phone having a LCD defect.
Also I did wipe system and cache before installing lollipop modem and zip update but thanks for the ideas. Maybe I should try autoprime's stock 20f load but I can't see how that'd be any better/different than cmulks debloated 20f?
Any of you guys know a way to use logcat to capture logs just before the crash? I see there is an app to write logcat out to external SD but the crashes are intermittent so it seems I'd probably fill up my SD card before getting a good trace.
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I had all sorts of random reboots with this phone. It started while I was still running stock kitkat . Things got much better after I reformatted my ext SD card to what ever these devices prefer. I think it's fat 32?
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Thanks slojam I will give this a try tonight.
running cloudy 2.2 without any crashes. Thanks cloudyfa
illusivenick said:
Thanks for the all replies guys.
So far I'm still averaging about a reboot or two a day since I uninstalled a bunch of apps. I don't have any apps that run regularly besides some gapps and soundcloud. I also uninstalled greenify to see if that helped. I don't have any kernel mods and not running xposed either. Probably the most non-stock thing I'm running is the XCam app. But the phone hasn't crashed while using that app.
It's interesting to hear that some of you haven't had any reboots. Makes me wonder if I have faulty hardware. I guess the only way to find out is to go back to complete stock, take the lollipop OTA update and see if it still crashes. I assume if it did I could get another warranty replacement. I also might as mention this G3 is actually a warranty replacement due to my original phone having a LCD defect.
Also I did wipe system and cache before installing lollipop modem and zip update but thanks for the ideas. Maybe I should try autoprime's stock 20f load but I can't see how that'd be any better/different than cmulks debloated 20f?
Any of you guys know a way to use logcat to capture logs just before the crash? I see there is an app to write logcat out to external SD but the crashes are intermittent so it seems I'd probably fill up my SD card before getting a good trace.
Thanks slojam I will give this a try tonight.
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This is from skeevydude @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/development/rom-20f-stock-rom-debloated-t3059610/page13
I'm sure someone will come along who can provide more detail. It does not take long for a log to fill. I did my first few today and an 800K file was about 28 pages long. That is a lot to look through unless you know what to search for.
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skeevydude
Anyways, as far as the logs go, the easiest way is by using adb logcat on a PC. Look for guides on how to set all that up....then again, your rooted on LP so that should be done already
The first command to run is "adb logcat *:W >> C:\bootwarn.txt". Enable ADB, power off your phone, plug your phone in to your computer, and let it boot up to the home screen and let it sit there for a minute or two. End the command by using "control+c".
Next, run the command "adb logcat *:W >> C:\notificationwarn.txt" while intentionally doing things that should make your notification light blink -- email yourself, have someone text you a few times, call you, etc. End the command the same way. We need to catch the warnings and errors that are being thrown, so hopefully doing that will help find it.
To help you out on the commands "*:W" tells logcat to only display warnings and up and ">>" tells it to append to a file located where you tell it to be....">" all alone will overwrite a file if it's there.
Anyways, on both those commands, do them twice only changing out the ":W" for ":E" so it'll filter out errors and up.
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What worked for me in the first part of his instructions, was to have the command ready/typed into the command prompt on the PC but don't hit the return yet. Then, with the phone off, plug into the computer, wait for the computer to register the phone/acknowledge it, just turn on the phone, and once it starts up press the return key on the PC keyboard to launch the commend. The log will catch things as the phone starts to boot. I tried with the specific directions, but for some reason the PC could not find the device, other than how I detailed here. Just for that first command where the phone is off.
Good luck
Hello all. I'll try to explain my issue with as much detail and hopefully somebody can help me.
Anyways I picked this phone up on sale on amazon and I have already unlocked the bootloader and am successfully rooted. Now I want to use Xposed. I have been trying to get it to work for 2 days now and I am fed up.
I downloaded the correct Xposed installer(SDK 24 v88.2) and it will somewhat work but then after a reboot It says it's installed but not active and it tells me to check the logs of which are blank. I am rooted the supersu way and have twrp installed.
I've read about some script I can put in the init.d folder or something like that but I cannot seem to get it to work.
I am on emui 5.0 with android 7.0.
Can someone please for the life of me help me get this to work?
I'm simply trying to use a module for my Snapchat called snaptools.
I know it's a lot to ask but can someone please help with a tutorial or a fix/instructions?
Unluckily I'm facing the same issue on my phone without having found a solution yet, both by official or systemless Xposed versions, the result is always the same as yours; Xposed framework looks installed but deactivated after some reboots, and it stays like that until i completely remove it and reinstall it again. Then, after other 2 reboots or something like that, it gets deactivated again and again. I already tried to look for a fix on official systemless Xposed thread as you can see here from an old post of mine https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74439953&postcount=5740 but even trying other Xposed Installer versions (official, topjohnwu's, dvdandroid's one...) or without using Greenify4Magisk module, the issue persists. I thought I was the only one facing this lol. I'm rooted with Magisk, so the issue must be something else than the SU manager used. Can i ask you if you have Greenify installed on your device? I have to tighten the circle of possible causes of this, because it's getting me mad.
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Unluckily I'm facing the same issue on my phone without having found a solution yet, both by official or systemless Xposed versions, the result is always the same as yours; Xposed framework looks installed but deactivated after some reboots, and it stays like that until i completely remove it and reinstall it again. Then, after other 2 reboots or something like that, it gets deactivated again and again. I already tried to look for a fix on official systemless Xposed thread as you can see here from an old post of mine https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74439953&postcount=5740 but even trying other Xposed Installer versions (official, topjohnwu's, dvdandroid's one...) or without using Greenify4Magisk module, the issue persists. I thought I was the only one facing this lol. I'm rooted with Magisk, so the issue must be something else than the SU manager used. Can i ask you if you have Greenify installed on your device? I have to tighten the circle of possible causes of this, because it's getting me mad.
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I do not have greenify installed unfortunately. I literally got this phone 2 days ago and I've never had this issue before.
I just uninstalled the SuperSU version and Installed the magisk version for root and then installed Xposed through the magisk manager and installed the modified Xposed installer apk that can see the systemless install. Xposed has survived a couple reboots and my modules are working but I fear that it will stop working as you stated before randomly. Have you tried it my way?
Flash magisk v14 through TWRP and then install Xposed SDK 24 systemless through the magisk manager. And then installed the modified APK for Xposed installer. It's at least made it further than the normal Xposed install.
Edit: Since I've posted this I have survived 2 more restarts. I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette Everytime I restart it but so far so good.
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Flash magisk v14 through TWRP and then install Xposed SDK 24 systemless through the magisk manager. And then installed the modified APK for Xposed installer. It's at least made it further than the normal Xposed install.
Edit: Since I've posted this I have survived 2 more restarts. I feel like I'm playing Russian roulette Everytime I restart it but so far so good.
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Ok so greenify isn't a cause of this issue... yes i tried it already, read my post above... Both by official by rovo89, and systemless by topjohnwu (with related installer obviously) the issue persists. It works, like the other one, but after some reboots (i reboot my phone once a day, at least) i find it deactivated. Yeah you said well, it's a Russian roulette ahahah i tried every version of Xposed practically...
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Ok so greenify isn't a cause of this issue... yes i tried it already, read my post above... Both by official by rovo89, and systemless by topjohnwu (with related installer obviously) the issue persists. It works, like the other one, but after some reboots (i reboot my phone once a day, at least) i find it deactivated. Yeah you said well, it's a Russian roulette ahahah i tried every version of Xposed practically...
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Hmm I'm still active but I haven't restarted since I posted. I'm wondering why there isn't a more detailed thread regarding this as it seems a lot of people use this phone.
Maybe you can try fresh with magisk and the modified Xposed installer for straight systemless. I've had a hell of a lot more luck this way than I have through the regular install. It's survived 5 reboots so far. Have you tried just a soft reboot inside the Xposed installer? I mean I know it's not a full restart but it may maintain Xposed and keep it active.
Maybe because only a limited set of people are facing this. And maybe only some devices suffer this. I tried both, fresh installations of normal Xposed / systemless Xposed, both didn't survived after 2 or 3 normal reboots. Yes I always rebooted by Xposed Installer when it was installed, even because i can preserve on/off button the longest i can this way, but sometimes a soft reboot isn't sufficient to apply some modifications, so i rarely used them. I daily rebooted with normal reboots. I'll try when new versions will be available at this point, i tried actual builds for 2 weeks encountering always this error so I'm not motivated on trying them again
Hey @patrick8996 did you tried latest systemless Xposed, V89? It surely works much better than previous one, V88.2, it has already survived 5 reboots while activating various modules compatibility is definitely increased with this update, I hope the issue won't represent in future
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Hey @patrick8996 did you tried latest systemless Xposed, V89? It surely works much better than previous one, V88.2, it has already survived 5 reboots while activating various modules compatibility is definitely increased with this update, I hope the issue won't represent in future
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I just installed it last night and so far so good.
My lasts posts regarding v88.2 were proved incorrect because once I rebooted one more time it went back to not working. But this new update to v89 seems to be working. Hopefully all goes well.
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I just installed it last night and so far so good.
My lasts posts regarding v88.2 were proved incorrect because once I rebooted one more time it went back to not working. But this new update to v89 seems to be working. Hopefully all goes well.
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Yeah this build survives always reboots, even after recovery boots... I'd declare this issue solved :victory:
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Yeah this build survives always reboots, even after recovery boots... I'd declare this issue solved :victory:
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I've had a weird issue that my module's randomly stopped working. I had to disable them all in the Xposed app and restart and then enable them and restart again. Not sure if you've had this issue. But it's not that big of an issue because as long as Xposed stays active after a reboot it's a simple fix.
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I've had a weird issue that my module's randomly stopped working. I had to disable them all in the Xposed app and restart and then enable them and restart again. Not sure if you've had this issue. But it's not that big of an issue because as long as Xposed stays active after a reboot it's a simple fix.
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Never faced this. The framework keeps staying active actually
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Never faced this. The framework keeps staying active actually
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My Xposed stays active it's just my modules randomly stop working inside Xposed. So I have to disable all my modules reboot and then reenable them and reboot again.
I had issues last night with updating magisk. When I updated to v15 it took all my sound away on my device. I had to uninstall it and reflash v14 and everything went back to normal.
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My Xposed stays active it's just my modules randomly stop working inside Xposed. So I have to disable all my modules reboot and then reenable them and reboot again.
I had issues last night with updating magisk. When I updated to v15 it took all my sound away on my device. I had to uninstall it and reflash v14 and everything went back to normal.
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V15.1 should fix everything. V15.0 was messing up thousands of phones
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V15.1 should fix everything. V15.0 was messing up thousands of phones
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Ya I installed 15.1 and no longer have any issues. I'm happy all has been working for this long
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I have rarely had any bootloop on my previous devices, so I'm not sure if this even counts as bootloop:
An hour ago I found my Pixel 2 (stock 8.1, Magisk 14.5 unmodified, TWRP 3.1.1) restarted itself (with the internal error message it's hard to miss). So I hit OK and enter the pattern to unlock. Upon unlock it reboots and arrives at lock screen again. Another unlock would trigger another reboot, over and over.
Luckily, I had Magisk uninstaller stored on SD card so I went in recovery to flash that, which seems to have restored the backed up boot image, and the phone is properly functional again. Then I flashed Magisk and it's all fine now.
I'm not attributing this issue to Magisk but just wonder if anyone else has seen this issue before. With lock screen being properly loaded, I'm not sure if this even counts as a bootloop.
Another factor to consider is, about two hours before all this happened, I installed AdAway to modify the host file. Don't know if that could be the reason, but now I've modified the host file again, will see if this issue comes back.
I just started having the same problem about the same time. I did a complete shutdown from the lock screen and when it fully booted, it was fine overnight, but it started acting up again this morning, so I did a complete shutdown again. It hung on the shutdown screen, so I had to do the hard reboot. Doing fine again, for now. I also have Magisk and AdAway, but I'd had both of those active for a few days before this started up.
I has something similar but different happen. After updating to 8.1 with magisk, I updated my hosts with adaway. I then had it hang on shutdown (this was the first time this had happened). Hard reset and rebooted and everything seemed to be fine. I then put it on the charger overnight, only to wake up the next morning and find it in the recovery menu saying there was an error booting the system and recommending a factory reset. I ignored that and rebooted, and haven't had any other issues since, but that one was weird.
It's something to do with magisk 14.5 456 beta. I've had the same boot loops, reverted to stock boot.img and problems went away
I haven't has this issue since I posted. To be clear, the problem I had could not be solved by a hard reset - it actually reboots itself every time I try to get past the lock screen for the first time after the previous (self) reboot. It's exactly a bootloop except that the phone makes it into the OS instead of failing to boot.
It can be Magisk or Adaway, no worries. I just pray it's not a hardware issue.
Sounds like my same experience.
Stock 8.1 rooted with Magisk 14.5.
Stock recovery too.
Internal error message on boot.
I've had multiple reboots in a row, one after the other.
Stuck at shut down screen when selecting power off.
Hold down power button for hard reboot gets me back in business until this eventually happens again exactly as above.
No AdAway for me. I'm thinking it's the patched boot.img
Is there now an alternative method for rooting with Magisk other than patching the boot image and then manually flashing it?
I'm still using Magisk 14.3 on 8.1, "Flash" kernel, no issues.
I've not had this issue since I posted about it. I uninstalled one live wallpaper app, which I'm not sure did the trick or not.
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Sounds like my same experience.
Stock 8.1 rooted with Magisk 14.5.
Stock recovery too.
Internal error message on boot.
I've had multiple reboots in a row, one after the other.
Stuck at shut down screen when selecting power off.
Hold down power button for hard reboot gets me back in business until this eventually happens again exactly as above.
No AdAway for me. I'm thinking it's the patched boot.img
Is there now an alternative method for rooting with Magisk other than patching the boot image and then manually flashing it?
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Just saw this. I didn't use patched image method, I used TWRP beta 1 to install the Magisk.
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Just saw this. I didn't use patched image method, I used TWRP beta 1 to install the Magisk.
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I'll have to try that. Thanks!
Do you also get the internal error message after a reboot?
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I'll have to try that. Thanks!
Do you also get the internal error message after a reboot?
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Yes that's a known issue of Magisk and does not affect functionality according to the developer of Magisk.
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Yes that's a known issue of Magisk and does not affect functionality according to the developer of Magisk.
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Thanks for confirming. I wasn't sure if that was present flashing via TWRP, but makes sense that it would.
Same exact "Internal error" warning and occasional boot loop after upgrading the Pixel 2 (not XL) to 8.1 from Magisk 14.5.1456 using TWRP 3.2.1.0. Also an AdAway user. Glad to hear I didn't mess it up and it's just a quirk of the method and the alpha/beta stages. Hopefully this resolves soon as I hate guessing whether my device will go belly up at random. Seems like Flash kernel with Magisk 14.3 may be ideal - any other confirmations that this is a stable method?
I'm having this same issue as well! Using Magisk 14.5 1456, with the latest TWRP non-beta, and the Unified Hosts Adblock module. Randomly my phone goes into a soft reboot loop like your describing. If I hard reboot using power + volume up it seems to fix it for a time, then it happens again at a, seemingly, random time. It's crazily frustrating. The only other things I have that involve root are a terminal app, Drives roid, and CoSy to sync Facebook contacts. I also had Substratum using the root method, but I uninstalled that today wondering if that was the cause.
Hmm not sure if we have the same issue. In my experience, I could not solve the issue and at last only uninstalling Magisk (so the boot image reverted back to stock + TWRP) solved the issue.
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Hmm not sure if we have the same issue. In my experience, I could not solve the issue and at last only uninstalling Magisk (so the boot image reverted back to stock + TWRP) solved the issue.
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Were you able to recover from the bootloop at all without uninstalling? For me I was able to force restart it, it would be fine for a few hours then it would bootloop again.
Additionally, I uninstalled Magisk and flashed the stock boot image as well and so far it hasn't come back. I still have TWRP.
Not at all, hard reset still sees the same reboots over and over, so I had to try something. And the only thing I found was the Magisk uninstaller on the SD card lol. I then uninstalled the Magisk and reinstalled it, and the issue has not come back so far.
I'm having that boot loop. I'll try uninstalling magisk
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I have 2ea Pixel 2 phones. Work one has the camera removed.
One keeps rebooting while the other does not. I had both of them set up the same.
I've read this is due to the kernel panicking if radio doesn't have signal. How true do you all think this is?
I'm almost ready to full wipe and start from scratch. I cannot RMA it since the camera is removed.
So far I've removed in order: Andromeda, Substratum, TulsaDiver Mods, and AdAway. Since removing AdAway I've not had any reboots, though the night is still young.
Any other things other than removing Magisk?
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I have 2ea Pixel 2 phones. Work one has the camera removed.
One keeps rebooting while the other does not. I had both of them set up the same.
I've read this is due to the kernel panicking if radio doesn't have signal. How true do you all think this is?
I'm almost ready to full wipe and start from scratch. I cannot RMA it since the camera is removed.
So far I've removed in order: Andromeda, Substratum, TulsaDiver Mods, and AdAway. Since removing AdAway I've not had any reboots, though the night is still young.
Any other things other than removing Magisk?
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Interesting about removing AdAway. I had a hosts adblocker as well, I wonder if that has something to do with it.
After upgrade to Android 10, GPS is having issues. It takes long time to fix a location. Tried all kind of solutions suggested on forums. Tried many apps for clearing, updating AGPS data. Nothing worked permanently.
Did anyone else faced similar issues on A2020U pro?
Also, sometimes notifications from app stopped showing. After I turn off Wifi and when data switches to LTE, I see all older notifications pop up.
I believe it's issue with Android 10. Is there possibility of rollback to its stock Android 9. I saw another thread where OP mentioned that it can be rolled back using the system update, but for that I need to have stock image on sdcard.
For rollback from stock 10 to stock 9, do I need to root/unlock bootloader/or install TWRP?
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After upgrade to Android 10, GPS is having issues. It takes long time to fix a location. Tried all kind of solutions suggested on forums. Tried many apps for clearing, updating AGPS data. Nothing worked permanently.
Did anyone else faced similar issues on A2020U pro?
Also, sometimes notifications from app stopped showing. After I turn off Wifi and when data switches to LTE, I see all older notifications pop up.
I believe it's issue with Android 10. Is there possibility of rollback to its stock Android 9. I saw another thread where OP mentioned that it can be rolled back using the system update, but for that I need to have stock image on sdcard.
For rollback from stock 10 to stock 9, do I need to root/unlock bootloader/or install TWRP?
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I had a minor issue with my wifi after updating to A10, was fighting with my router. Googled it and basically A10 in general has issues... some people said they were resolved by clearing the dalvik cache. I never got around to trying it and over time the issue seems to have gone away.
Anyhow, the best way to downgrade currently is the EDL tool and firmware package I put together (for exactly this reason). You don't need to root/unlock.
Here's the tools: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ded-edl-tools-new-fixes-general-tips.4174667/
And here's the Android 9 firmware: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-stock-stock-firmware-packages-for-expanded-edl-tools.4194045/
Make sure you do a full backup of your phone, then install the firmware (to make it easy, just install it to both A and B partitions). More detailed instructions are on the tools thread, ask if you have any questions.
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I had a minor issue with my wifi after updating to A10, was fighting with my router. Googled it and basically A10 in general has issues... some people said they were resolved by clearing the dalvik cache. I never got around to trying it and over time the issue seems to have gone away.
Anyhow, the best way to downgrade currently is the EDL tool and firmware package I put together (for exactly this reason). You don't need to root/unlock.
Here's the tools: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...ded-edl-tools-new-fixes-general-tips.4174667/
And here's the Android 9 firmware: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rom-stock-stock-firmware-packages-for-expanded-edl-tools.4194045/
Make sure you do a full backup of your phone, then install the firmware (to make it easy, just install it to both A and B partitions). More detailed instructions are on the tools thread, ask if you have any questions.
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I tried clearing the dalvik cache after resetting all apps settings. That also didn't work.
Thanks for the links. I will give it a try to downgrade to previous release and will post how it goes.
Thanks @bobthenormal for the image and EDL tool. I finally tried to flash with EDL and A9 image. I could see the GPS working perfectly fine. Also tested various OTA updates, GPS problem actually starts with 1.13 A9 last security update and not with A10 (2.09). Then I reflashed again to the A9 image and have GPS working.
Now, I am having issues with sensors.
Fingerprint sensor is working but other sensors like Acclerometer, Magnetic, Gyro, Light etc are not working.
If I do the Sensor Test in EMODE with code *983*0# I could see All sensors shows "CTS Fail". Is there any mod or any patch that I can use to get sensors working?
ccraze said:
Thanks @bobthenormal for the image and EDL tool. I finally tried to flash with EDL and A9 image. I could see the GPS working perfectly fine. Also tested various OTA updates, GPS problem actually starts with 1.13 A9 last security update and not with A10 (2.09). Then I reflashed again to the A9 image and have GPS working.
Now, I am having issues with sensors.
Fingerprint sensor is working but other sensors like Acclerometer, Magnetic, Gyro, Light etc are not working.
If I do the Sensor Test in EMODE with code *983*0# I could see All sensors shows "CTS Fail". Is there any mod or any patch that I can use to get sensors working?
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I think you're past what I know... I can only guess. Do you have a backup of your phone before installing any ROMs/firmware changes?
The other thing I would try is flashing the stock bootloader (you'll get that annoying warning on boot is the only downside). A pretty desperate leap of an idea, but I did have a problem that was only resolved by doing this. Sorry I can't be of more help!
Thanks for getting back. I am able to recover. After updating to v1.11 and v1.13 via OTA, sensors started working. But after sometime GPS again started giving issue. So I had to reflash again. Strange thing noticed that when I flash first to Partition B and then A, I see the issue of sensors not working. If I flash B later then it is working. I had to disable auto update otherwise it was updating automatically via OTA to A10. Because of that I re-flashed almost 3-4 times.
To disable auto update I had to stop all networks otherwise it downloads OTA and does not show settings menu. Sometimes it went into boot loop, but setting the correct bootable partition using your tool helped. Finally I am on A9 v1.10 and managed to disable auto update and everything is working fine. GPS is locking in 3-5 secs and no issues with notifications getting stuck when on Wifi. I have kept a backup_all after things are setup, in case required in future.
Your tool is amazing, thank you for sharing and providing detailed steps.
@ccraze I just ran into the same issue with the sensors myself. The last time I re-flashed, I only flashed partition B, because - from earlier experiences = I learned that partition B is the one that matters. So I skipped writing to partition A.
Just to be clear, what you did was this:
1. Run Load Programmer.ps1 - phone should now be connected
2. Ran Write Firmware v1.1.0 to A.ps1 <-- THIS
3. Ran Write Firmware v1.1.0 to B.ps1
4. Ran Set Bootable Partition0 Slot B.ps1
Is that right?
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@ccraze I just ran into the same issue with the sensors myself. The last time I re-flashed, I only flashed partition B, because - from earlier experiences = I learned that partition B is the one that matters. So I skipped writing to partition A.
Just to be clear, what you did was this:
1. Run Load Programmer.ps1 - phone should now be connected
2. Ran Write Firmware v1.1.0 to A.ps1 <-- THIS
3. Ran Write Firmware v1.1.0 to B.ps1
4. Ran Set Bootable Partition0 Slot B.ps1
Is that right?
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@karlovac The sequence you mentioned is correct. But later I noticed that there is no set sequence which can cause this issue and no specific sequence which can fix it. After my previous post, I tried installing OTA and sensors worked. Then I reflashed it and it worked again. Later by mistake I took the OTA again and saw GPS issues. So reflashed, and then ran into sensor issue again. Again reflashing worked and AFAIK it was not in the sequence mentioned above in your post.
I would say just a matter of luck, I couldn't find exact sequence which can cause this issue. Just try flashing again, most probably you will not see sensor issues. If you still see sensor issues then try installing all OTA till your system is back to A10, meanwhile checking if the sensors are back after every OTA. If you see sensors working, then no need to install all OTAs and reflash with this image to go back to A9 and disable auto updates. Good Luck!
Thanks @ccraze . I already did *one* OTA system update to see if that fixed it but it didn't. My build number is now GEN_NA_A2020U_PROV.1.11
The way I'm testing the sensors is:
1. Open dialer
2. Enter *983*673636# -> this enables EMODE
3. Enter *983*0# -> this opens the testing app
4. Go to sensor test
They all say CTS Fail. (I got that from this thread BTW).
Do you happen to know how many OTA updates there were before you get to the "bad" A10 one? I know the bad build is GEN_NA_A2020U_PROV2.09.
@ccraze success! I did the following:
1. Wiped the cache partition. See this video. It did *NOT* fix the sensors. But apparently it's a good thing to do.
2. Did an OTA update to the next A9 build . My build number is now GEN_NA_A2020U_PROV1.13
After that, my sensors worked again. Thanks for the tips.
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Thanks @ccraze . I already did *one* OTA system update to see if that fixed it but it didn't. My build number is now GEN_NA_A2020U_PROV.1.11
The way I'm testing the sensors is:
1. Open dialer
2. Enter *983*673636# -> this enables EMODE
3. Enter *983*0# -> this opens the testing app
4. Go to sensor test
They all say CTS Fail. (I got that from this thread BTW).
Do you happen to know how many OTA updates there were before you get to the "bad" A10 one? I know the bad build is GEN_NA_A2020U_PROV2.09.
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Even that is not consistent. Once, I have seen it worked fine till I got all A9 updates. But in one run GPS went bad in first OTA itself. Definitely A10 is bad, but there something else wrong with the A9 OTAs also which mess up the drivers. I would recommend to not take any OTA after flashing with this image.
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@ccraze success! I did the following:
1. Wiped the cache partition. See this video. It did *NOT* fix the sensors. But apparently it's a good thing to do.
2. Did an OTA update to the next A9 build . My build number is now GEN_NA_A2020U_PROV1.13
After that, my sensors worked again. Thanks for the tips.
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Great! just make sure that OTA is not messing up GPS again. otherwise you might need to reflash and disable auto updates immediately after booting.
@ccraze how did you disable OTA updates exactly? My phone was fine for the last few days, but then it installed the A10 update last night again! I haven't restarted it yet, but it's definitely the A10 one.
I really don't know what else to do. I disabled "automatic system updates" in developer options, *and* I removed the permissions from the system update app.
Is there a different place you disabled OTA updates?
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@ccraze how did you disable OTA updates exactly? My phone was fine for the last few days, but then it installed the A10 update last night again! I haven't restarted it yet, but it's definitely the A10 one.
I really don't know what else to do. I disabled "automatic system updates" in developer options, *and* I removed the permissions from the system update app.
Is there a different place you disabled OTA updates?
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After you flash the OS, immediately turn off all data (Mobile + Wifi). Then go to Settings->System->System Update->Click 3dots on the top right -> Settings -> Disable all options.
Its easy to see those options if you have all data sources turned off. It will download and will show that update is ready to install but will not install automatically.
I think I did what you're describing, right after I flashed:
However, the update still downloaded, and it sounds like if I reboot the phone, it will automatically install:
I'm afraid to reboot now since I can't afford to lose GPS reliability now.
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I think I did what you're describing, right after I flashed:
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However, the update still downloaded, and it sounds like if I reboot the phone, it will automatically install:
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I'm afraid to reboot now since I can't afford to lose GPS reliability now.
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You are not following the menu items that I mentioned before. You should see following screens. Developer options system update is different setting.
Oh man, that's confusing that there are *two different* places to disable auto updates. Very frustrating!
Unfortunately now that the update is downloaded, I can't go into the System Update settings any more. The System Update app is in a state where I can't get to the ... menu. I haven't restarted my phone for 2+ weeks, since I've been traveling, and I couldn't afford for GPS to break.
Do you know if there's a way I can delete the downloaded update, so it doesn't install, using the tools?
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Oh man, that's confusing that there are *two different* places to disable auto updates. Very frustrating!
Unfortunately now that the update is downloaded, I can't go into the System Update settings any more. The System Update app is in a state where I can't get to the ... menu. I haven't restarted my phone for 2+ weeks, since I've been traveling, and I couldn't afford for GPS to break.
Do you know if there's a way I can delete the downloaded update, so it doesn't install, using the tools?
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Your phone seems to have A/B partition.
So the update is written into the inactive slot.
Check which slot it's using and which slot is inactive.
Then purposely corrupt the inactive slot which contains the update. Make backup of what you change though in case you targeted the wrong stuff.
So the update will fail and the update in the inactive slot will not boot.
Then it will return back to the previous active slot with the old system.
Risk it yourself though. I never had an A/B slot, so can't make sure if it works.
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Check which slot it's using and which slot is inactive.
Then purposely corrupt the inactive slot which contains the update. Make backup of what you change though in case you targeted the wrong stuff.
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Thanks for the feedback! When you say "purposely corrupt the inactive slot", I take it you mean that I should manually corrupt a ROM and then flash it to the inactive partition, right? I've been using the tools here to flash, so there are two scripts - one to write to partition A and one to write to partition B. Do you have any specific suggestions on what I should do to corrupt it - specific file(s) I should delete perhaps, that would guarantee it fails?
Also, to check which slot is inactive, according to this doc, it seems I should run:
fastboot getvar all | grep “current-slot”
Do I have to put my phone in EDL mode to do that, or can I run fastboot without EDL mode. I'm worried that if I put my phone in EDL mode, when I exit out of it, it will reboot. So I'll be past the point of no return.
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Thanks for the feedback! When you say "purposely corrupt the inactive slot", I take it you mean that I should manually corrupt a ROM and then flash it to the inactive partition, right? I've been using the tools here to flash, so there are two scripts - one to write to partition A and one to write to partition B. Do you have any specific suggestions on what I should do to corrupt it - specific file(s) I should delete perhaps, that would guarantee it fails?
Also, to check which slot is inactive, according to this doc, it seems I should run:
fastboot getvar all | grep “current-slot”
Do I have to put my phone in EDL mode to do that, or can I run fastboot without EDL mode. I'm worried that if I put my phone in EDL mode, when I exit out of it, it will reboot. So I'll be past the point of no return.
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I never had ZTE phones, so can't really be sure about the flashing process.
You don't need to corrupt the whole ROM, you can rather just corrupt the boot partition of the inactive slot with update. Or even just flash a wrong version of boot partition into that inactive slot can corrupt it as well.
Either
Code:
fastboot flash boot_a wrong_boot_file.img
Or
Code:
fastboot flash boot_b wrong_boot_file.img
The corrupt can be done with root or in fastboot, EDL should be not needed.
About which slot is inactive, since your case is complicated that it's going to do an update, the fastboot command to check inactive slot is hard to distinguish.
You may need to use rather command
Code:
fastboot getvar all
It will show like this:
With this, you will be able to see the system version.
eg. ro.build.version (find the correct one yourself, I don't know this phone.)
Before power off, you first find out your current version, so then in fastboot, you check if it's the same as read from fastboot.
Hi,
I bought an X3 pro with a global rom, but as I really need a call recorder I have installed the xiaomi 12.5.1 rom. I'm really not an expert on phones but somehow I managed to do it. Also for whatever reasons I had the magisk manager installed as well which I have never really wanted to use.
I was pretty happy with the phone when on one day (ironically a day after I have just checked if my phone is rooted) my phone said I can't use NFC payments anymore. So I have decided to try some magic and fix the problem myself. Again, I'm not an expert but as far as I understood I have a problem with safety-net which I have managed to solve by installing magisk and setting up modules as I have seen on youtube.
Now my phone passes the safety-net check and my phone in the play app says its certified but I still can't pay with NFC and some of the banking apps are not working anymore which is pretty bad for me.
So the question I have in escence: how can I really restore my phone to the factory default 12.5.1 eu rom? I mean I dont need TWRP or anything unlocked, I'd just like to be a regular joe without superuser rights.
Thanks a lot for your help.
ps: not sure if that matters, but if I hit the update button or I'd like to perform a factory reset on my phone then it boots into TWRP.
Uninstall Magisk or Use Magiskhide also your Banking app hide it on the Magiskhide and playstore,
Just MiFlash stock ROM.
Thanks for responding. I have tried hiding Magisk, but that didnt help me with my banking apps. Then I have uninstalled it which made things even worse cause some other programs started to complain. As the phone was not rooted anymore (I guess) I thought it can't be anything except the unlocked bootloader so I had the genius idea to type something like 'adb oem lock' which immediately bricked my phone saying 'the system is destroyed'.
I was very lucky that I remembered that xiaomi unlocker tool which opened the bootloader and that magically still worked and my phone booted to TWRP. From there I just installed an EU ROM and now everything works perfectly fine.
So overall I spent about 20h with unlocking, intalling a new ROM, rooting etc and then another 10 with reinstalling the original ROM plus reinstalling my apps again! Kudos to me going back to square one