Help needed installing ROM on Pixel 2 XL

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#1

If someone can help me to get /e/ on my Pixel 2 XL. After flashing and rebooting it just stop in bootloader. Whatever I do will not boot. Here is my steps, please let me know if I did something wrong.

  1. Flash latest factory 8.1 image
  2. Boot in TWRP and clean cache, system and format data
  3. Reboot in TWRP, adb push latest /e/ rom and flash
  4. Adb push and flash TWRP zip, clear cache and reboot system

After that it will just stop in bootloader again. I did try with same steps some older versions of /e/ for Pixel 2 XL but it is exactly the same. I don’t really know what is wrong here. On my old Oneplus X I did not have any of this and I was so happy with it but here on Pixel 2 XL it’s just refuse to work…

[POLL] Which device(s) you would like /e/ to support next?
#2

Update:
I did try with different versions of TWRP and also with older versions of factory images (like 8.0).
At one point I get /e/ boot animation but after a minute will just restart. Loading did never finish.

Also I did try with sideload but that give me same results. Sometimes TWRP is showing a message like there is no OS are you sure you like to reboot?..

I would like to know exactly version of factory image I need to use before flashing /e/ and best TWRP version to flash with.

#3

Hi @rhunault please can someone help @emilius install /e/ on hi Pixel 2 XL

Hi @emilius if you reboot at this point what happens?

#4

@emilius you can reboot if TWRP shows you this message. It happens sometimes that it does not detect the system installed. Please tell us if it works after reboot.

#5

Thank you for help @rhunault and @Manoj
After reboot the system will not boot.It will go back to bootloader. Sometimes I get /e/ boot animation but after about 2 minutes will restart again in bootloader.

I am not sure what factory image I should have before I flash /e/. I did tray with 8.0, 8.1 and 9.0. Is there specific version I should have?

#6

Prefer installing a 8.1 factory image, as /e/ Oreo is based on this version.

#7

Yes, that is how I did it first time. After flash it will just show boot animation and after 2 minutes will reboot to bootloader. This is the order how I did it

  • flash latest 8.1 factory image on A and B slots and let it boot once
  • fastboot boot TWRP, clean cache, system and format data
  • sideload e
  • sideload TWRP
  • reboot system

That procedure should work on any rom installation, it is 100% clean install but it is not working with e rom. I am wondering if anyone else with Pixel 2 XL have this problem?

#8

I did another try with latest e form 05/07 and it is still the same. The phone will start booting, e animation is happening for about 2 minutes and then the phone just restarts to recovery. What else I can try?

#9

The procedure seems good. Only thing strange: what do you mean exactly by sideload TWRP?

#10

That is flashing TWRP (adb sideload twrp-pixel2-installer-taimen-3.3.0-0.zip)
First time I have to boot to TWRP (fastboot boot twrp-3.3.0-0-taimen.img) and then flash it from TWRP (adb sideload twrp-pixel2-installer-taimen-3.3.0-0.zip) but I did it with sildeload avoiding copying (push).

A/B devices have to boot to TWRP first and then flash. That part is also wrong in “how to flash” procedure for taimen. Flashing recovery from fastboot is for older devices I think. That is how I flash TWRP on my OnePlus X.

#15

@anon64684597 so I am not the only one. Good to know. I am wondering how is this community builds getting tested? Is there something we don’t know?

#19

@Manoj @rhunault @barczakmark I have tested latest e-0.6-o-2019051710440-dev-taimen.zip and it is still the same. Not possible to boot, bad flash.

#20

Hi,

We are sorry for problem you are facing of. Could you please raised an issue here?

#21

I did that long time ago, that is the first place I posted this issue here.

#22

Did anyone manage to this working? I’m faced with the same issue. TWRP flashes the ZIP just fine, but says there’s no OS installed and a reboot just goes back to the bootloader.

How to build for Pixel 2 (walleye)?
#23

@Manoj @rhunault this issue is still there. To bad, I was really looking forward to this ROM. I end up flashing COSP ROM with NanoDroid. More or less same thing :wink:

#24

I am having similar issues with /e/ on my Pixel 2. I tried to install /e/, got the boot logo for about 10 minutes, and the phone rebooted into recovery. I reinstalled the e 0.7 .zip file and again got the /e/ boot logo for about 15 minutes. The device rebooted and gave me a prompt with a LineageOS logo stating “Can’t load Android system” and “your data may be corrupt” and asking me to factory data reset the device.

I reset the device from the prompt. The phone then rebooted, gave the /e/ logo for about two minutes, and rebooted again into the LineageOS recovery screen I previously mentioned.

#25

Are you by any chance downgrading your phone - or was it on Pie OS earlier. We have seen such bootloop issues on most devices when we try to downgrade the OS.

/e/OS on Google Pixel 2 XL not booting
#26

I was on the Android 10 beta, but installed the current stock Android Pie ROM before trying to install /e/.

I followed the steps listed in this XDA post, just replacing the LineageOS ROM with the /e/ ROM I built.

Edit: As an experiment, I tried installing the LineageOS ROM in the XDA post I linked above and it successfully booted. It seems like there is some issue in the /e/ ROM specifically.

#27

This is still the same problem I have posted on April 19. On Pixel 2 XL is just not possible to flash e ROM. Each of these post is actually the very same problem. Any Pie ROM for a base will not change anything, ROM will just not boot at all. I have tried all combinations and the best I can get is boot animation and then restart to recovery.