AOSP Android Oreo for Moto G4 Play (harpia)

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Android Oreo AOSP ROM for Moto G4 Play (harpia) is now available via a development version. This Moto G4 Play Oreo ROM (Android Oreo 8.0) is brought to you by developer facuarmo. Moto G4 Play Users must be thankful to the developers for their priceless efforts and lightning fast development.

DONATION TO DEVELOPER(s):

No donation link found for facuarmo.

DISCLAIMER:
THIS IS AN INITIAL DEVELOPMENT BUILD OF ANDROID OREO (Android 8.0), WHICH MAY NOT BOOT AT ALL. EVEN IF IT BOOTS, IT MAY HAVE MANY BUGS AND MAY NOT BE IN A STATE OF DAILY DRIVER USABLE ROM. BACKUP THE CURRENT ROM BEFORE FLASHING. TRY AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Installing a custom ROM on a the Moto G4 Play requires a custom recovery to be installed, which may VOID your warranty and may delete all your data. Before proceeding further you may consider backup all data on the phone. You are the only person making changes to your phone and I cannot be held responsible for the mistakes done by you.

 

Content structure:

1. Status of AOSP Oreo ROM for Moto G4 Play
2. Required Downloads of AOSP Oreo ROM ROM for Moto G4 Play
3. Installing AOSP Oreo ROM on Moto G4 Play
   • Installing AOSP Oreo ROM for Moto G4 Play for the first time
   • Upgrading the Moto G4 Play on top of AOSP Oreo ROM ROM
4. Rooting the AOSP Oreo ROM ROM on Moto G4 Play

 

Status of Moto G4 Play Oreo 8.0 AOSP ROM:

WHAT’S WORKING:
– Not known

KNOWN ISSUES:
– Not known

 

REQUIRED DOWNLOADS AND LINKS TO UPDATE Moto G4 Play OREO 8.0 AOSP ROM:

• TWRP recovery download link for Moto G4 Play (harpia)

  – Follow this guide: How to Install TWRP on Moto G4 Play using Fastboot (This requires an unlocked bootloader)

• ROM Download link to Android Oreo ROM for Moto G4 Play
• GApps for Android Oreo 8.0
• Enable ROOT on Moto G4 Play Oreo ROM

HOW TO INSTALL/FLASH/UPDATE ANDROID OREO FOR Moto G4 Play (ANDROID OREO 8.0, AOSP ROM):

Follow this to update Android Oreo on Moto G4 Play for the first time or coming from another ROM:

Points to NOTE on BACKUP before updating:
– Try to avoid restoring apps backup using Titanium Backup. It may break things up.
– Don’t restore system data using Titanium Backup! It will definitely break the current installation.
– It is also discouraged to Restoring Apps + Data using Titanium Backup.

• Boot into Recovery by one of the following method:
  – Power off the phone and keep pressing key combinations while turning on your phone.
  – If you have enabled USB debugging and you have ADB utility installed on your PC then you can execute the following command on a console or command prompt:

  adb reboot recovery

• Wipe data factory reset, Cache partition, Dalvik Cache and Format the System partition using the recovery.
  – Here is a guide explaining how to wipe data using TWRP recovery.

  This will delete all your data on your phone. IGNORE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO OR IF YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS. You may consider complete backup of your phone data or take a NANDROID backup of the current ROM.
  – How to backup all data on your Android Device.
  – how to take NANDROID backup using TWRP recovery.

• Download the Moto G4 Play Android Oreo zip file and a suitable Android Oreo Gapps zip file from the above download link and copy the files to phone.
• First flash the Moto G4 Play Android Oreo AOSP ZIP from device and then reboot to recovery AGAIN.
  – Here is a post explaining how to flash a custom ROM using TWRP recovery.
• Now flash the Android Oreo Google Apps package.
  – Here is a post explaining how to flash Oreo GApps using TWRP recovery.

Upgrading from earlier version of AOSP Android Oreo ROM for Moto G4 Play:

• Copy the latest Moto G4 Play Oreo ROM ZIP file to your phone.
• Boot into Recovery.
• Flash the latest Android Oreo AOSP ROM ZIP from your phone and wait till it finishes flashing.
  – Here is a post explaining how to flash a custom ROM using TWRP recovery.
• Then flash the Android Oreo Google Apps package using the TWRP or custom recovery.
  – Here is a post explaining how to flash Android Oreo GApps using TWRP recovery.
• Reboot and Enjoy

Reboot to system after flashing is done completely. Do the required initial setup and enjoy the Android Oreo ROM for Moto G4 Play. If you face any problem following this guide or post installation then just login and leave a comment to get an instant reply.

There is no inbuilt ROOT functionality available on this ROM.
To root this Moto G4 Play AOSP Oreo ROM, download the SuperSU package and follow the link there to install the SuperSU ROOT and then Profit !!!

 

Stay tuned or Subscribe to the Moto G4 Play forum For other Android Oreo ROMs, Android Nougat ROMs, LineageOS ROMs, other ROMs and all other device specific topics.

 

If you have found any problem or BUG in this ROM, you can reach out the developer at XDA and here is the development thread for Moto G4 Play Oreo ROM.

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