[Tools] Increase Vendor Partition For Nubia Z17/Z17S [03/11/2022]

[yangcyborg]

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Introduce:
Nubia reserves the /dev/block/sde41 slot (vendor partition, above 450 MB) on the Z17/Z17S devices, but it is not actually used.
Benefiting from such an empty partition, we can modify it slightly to get "project treble" support.
However, with the further development of android, we need to expand the size of the vendor partition to better support the new system (especially for z17s).

Steps:

• step1: Download Installation package:
  • google drive: Increase_vendor_partition_for_z17-z17s.zip
  • weiyun: Increase_vendor_partition_for_z17-z17s.zip
• step2: Download new twrp recovery:
  
  • for Z17: twrp_recovery_3.7.0_9_for_nx563j-new-partitions.img
  • for Z17S: twrp_recovery_3.7.0_9_for_nx595j-new-partitions.img
• step3: Boot into BL mode, and flash new twrp recovery
• step4: Boot into new twrp recovery, and flash Installation package
• step5: Enjoy! You will get new vendor partition of 513MB

Restore:

• If you want to restore the original partition tables, please download the installation package (google drive: Restore_vendor_partition_for_z17-z17s.zip, weiyun: Restore_vendor_partition_for_z17-z17s.zip) and follow steps 2 to step 4 again.

XDA: DevDB Information:
[Tools] Increase Vendor Partition For Nubia Z17/Z17S [03/11/2022] (see above for details)

Contributors:
@yangcyborg
github page: https://github.com/Cyborg2017

 

[yangcyborg]

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[Tims Fong]

yeah.The long-awaited is finally there. Thank you so much!

 

[aljoscha81]

jep thanks a lot it is great to have this device up to date again