Motorola Moto G5 Plus smartphone was launched in February 2017. The smartphone came out of the box with Android 7.0 Nougat and planned upgrade to Android 8.1 Oreo. If you are waiting for Official Android 9.0 Pie update for Moto G5 Plus? Then your wait will be eternal. According to Motorola’s update tracker, this device will receive Android 8.1 Oreo which will be the last OS update. If you want to try custom ROM based on Android 9.0 Pie AOSP? then you are in the right place.

Google finally released the 9th iteration of Android OS called Android 9.0 Pie. The update has rolled for Pixel supported devices and few other OEM supported with Android Beta. After putting Android users through four beta updates of Android P, Google has named Android 9.0 as Android Pie. It is expected that in the coming months all the devices that had been signed up for the Android P beta program including the OnePlus 6, Oppo R15 Pro, Vivo X21 and more will receive the Android P update first.

Talking about the specifications, Moto G5 features a 5.0-inches display whereas Moto G5 Plus sports a 5.2-inches display. Both have a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. Moto G5 powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 whereas G5 Plus has 625 processor coupled with either 3/4GB of RAM. The phone packs 16GB (G5) and 32GB (G5 Plus) internal memory. The camera on the Moto G5 comes with 12 MP and G5 Plus has 13MP. On the front, both have 5 MP selfie camera. It has a fingerprint sensor on the front.

When will Motorola release Android 9.0 Pie update for Moto G5 Plus?

Moto G5 Plus (codename: potter)came out of the box with Android 7.0 Nougat and will soon upgrade to Android 8.1 Oreo. Motorola will not support Android 9.0 Pie update for Moto G5 Plus. You can check out the List of Android 9 Pie Supported Motorola Devices.

But you can install the Android 9.0 Pie Custom ROM based on AOSP (Android Open Source Project) on Moto G5 Plus.

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What’s on Android 9.0 Pie?

Android 9.0 Pie is the 9th iteration and a major update of Google’s Android OS. The new Android Pie brings a couple of design changes to the successor Android Oreo but the most notable one is the gesture-based navigation system. Other features of Android 9 Pie are New Quick Settings UI design, Redesigned volume slider, Advanced Battery with AI Support, Notch Support, Improved Adaptive Brightness, Manual theme selection, Android Dashboard which Google calls Digital Wellbeing, and more other features.

Check out the Top 10 Features of Android 9.0 Pie Update

Want to try Android 9.0 Pie update for Moto G5 Plus (potter)?

If you want to enjoy Android 9.0 Pie features, then follow the below guide.

Make sure you have Unlocked Bootloader and installed TWRP Recovery on Moto G5 Plus (potter).

Pre-requisites:

  • Supported on Moto G5 Plus
  • Charge your phone up to 50% or more.
  • Take a complete backup of your phone data [Follow any method]
  • How to Backup Your Android Phone Without ROOT
  • How to Backup Complete Stock or Custom ROM using TWRP recovery
  • Backup Your Android Apps and Data with Titanium Backup
  • How to Backup Your Android Phone Directly to PC with TWRP!!
  • How to Backup Your Data on Android device
  • If you already have TWRP: then you can Create and Restore Nandroid Backup via TWRP
  • Do a full data wipe in the stock recovery (this is mandatory, twrp wipe will not work)
  • First of all, you need to Unlock Bootloader on Moto G5 Plus (potter)
  • Install the latest TWRP recovery on Moto G5 Plus.
  • Download the AOSP Android 9.0 Pie. [Thanks to the XDA Senior member kubersharma]
  • Android 9.0 Pie Gapps not necessary!
  • Note: First boot can take some time. They may even loop a few times…

[su_note note_color=”#fee9e9″ text_color=”#000000″]Warning: We are not responsible if you brick your device. Do it at your own risk.[/su_note]

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  • How to Backup Complete Stock or Custom ROM using TWRP recovery
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  • How to Backup Your Android Phone Directly to PC with TWRP!!
  • How to Backup Your Data on Android device
  • If you already have TWRP: then you can Create and Restore Nandroid Backup via TWRP

Instructions to Install on Moto G5 Plus:

  • Move the download AOSP Android 9.0 Pie and Android Pie Gapps to internal storage [root folder]
  • Now boot your device into TWRP Recovery.
  • Before installing Wipe System Data on TWRP Recovery (DO NOT WIPE INTERNAL STORAGE)
  • Now follow the guide on how to flash custom ROM using TWRP Recovery
  • reboot to system, then again recovery and then you can follow the same guide to flash the Gapps file on your phone.
  • That’s it! You can reboot your device to enjoy AOSP Android 9.0 Pie Update on Moto G5 Plus.

Root Android 9.0 Pie on Moto G5 Plus:

We are not responsible if the rooting procedure didn’t work on your phone.

Download and Install SuperSU root on your phone.

If you don’t want SuperSU rooting guide, then you can try Magisk on your phone.

Hope this guide was helpful to install AOSP Android 9.0 Pie update for Moto G5 Plus.

Source: XDA

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