Recent content by BigMatza

Most custom ROMs replace the ADB daemon with one that can start as root. Whatever ADB daemon Essential uses in their stock ROM does not have this feature. I'd never realized this, until this thread, because I've always rooted and installed custom ROMs. This is the first phone I've rooted...

Yes, I'm on official. I didn't realize it was less stable than the unofficial you had been working on. I believe I'm on 20181015 still, but I'll have to check later to be sure (it's my wife's phone, not mine). Glad to know it's probably not my hardware! So have you tried any of the more...

Thanks for your help. I applied via "Direct Install" as you suggested, and the update appears to have been successful. I did not remove my lock pattern, and TWRP works just fine with the existing pattern unlock to decrypt. I did notice a few interesting changes after reboot: No extended...

Powers itself off? I installed LOS 15.1 about 3 weeks ago, on a stock, blank-slate, recently refurbished (from ZTE) U model. No problems during install-- went by the book. Everything works well, except for one thing: The phone will power itself off after it's been asleep for a certain amount...

Thank you! I'm surprised I hadn't stumbled upon that discussion earlier. Unfortunately, the only suggestion it provides which I haven't tried yet is straight-up modifying boot.img, which I really don't want to do. Magisk really should be able to handle "live" updates to build properties. But...

Thank you for the suggestion. Is your phone set up similarly to mine, and how many times have you done this yourself so far? What concerns me is that some have said you can expect "strange" things to happen (later) if you're not on stock boot. It's a shame it can't preemptively stop you when...

Installed the November OTA successfully yesterday. I've got TWRP on both partitions, Magisk 17.2, and MM (Magisk Manager) 6.0.1 already installed. The changelog for Magisk 17.3 discusses better handling for phones like ours with A/B boot partitions. Apparently, MM 6.0.1 is already equipped to...

There is something off with my config. The problem is that I can't script any "adb pull" or "adb push" calls directly to protected areas of the filesystem. I have followed several guides found in other XDA subforums-- many several years old. None of them have helped. No matter what I do, I...

No more ADB root Just successfully applied this patch. However, I can no longer get an ADB session on the device to go directly to a root prompt (#). EDIT: I originally thought this was caused by the patch, but more likely it was NOT. I have created a separate thread here to address the...

I'm experiencing the same issue. Some PD chargers work; some do not. I just got my PH-1, so I'd never charged it prior to Pie.

I would definitely also get a backup of the EFS partitions before you start, and store those somewhere safe. I believe you can use the Axon 7 EDL Tool to do this. Although my recent issue was hardware related, you can never be too careful with these EFS partitions. They are unique for each...

Well that solves that mystery. I got your refurbished RF chip!

To return to stock, I simply EDL'd the stock B35 package. Relocking the bootloader was tricky because I couldn't understand why fastboot wouldn't work. Then I remembered that I had to flash the fastboot EDL package before relocking the bootloader. Ideally, I'd like to remove fastboot to have...

UPDATE for anyone who cares: I restored back to stock B35 (with factory reset), and even locked the bootloader. Still, the cellular radio would not turn on. Time to send my replacement back for another replacement :-/

Radio off (no service) I followed the procedure to a T from true B35 stock to the Oct 1 LOS 15.1 nightly (with Magisk added) on my A2017U. Everything works well, except that I can't get a cell signal at all. The phone was a refurb from the factory, straight from the package. I had to unlock...