How to Update or Flash Android 7.0 Nougat On Motorola Moto X Play.

Flash Android Nougat 7.0 Moto X Play. This guide below will show you step by step how to flash or update Android 7.0 Nougat on Motorola Moto X Play device. By updating your device you will get the latest Android operating system feature installing on your device. There are many method to update Moto X Play to Android 7.0, and now, this guide will update using TWRP recovery. Therefore this recovery should installed on Moto X Play first. 

Warning, following this guide will void all warranty on your Motorola Moto X Play, or if you're not lucky, it will brick or damage your device. So, take it at your own risk.

Now, let we proceed our step by step guide to flash Android 7.0 Nougat on Motorola Moto X Play.

Prerequisite.

1. Make sure your Moto X Play is unlocked, You can see the following guide to Unlock Bootloader on Motorola device.

http://guidebelajar.blogspot.com/2015/11/how-to-unlock-bootloader-on-motorola-smartphone.html

2. Custom recovery must installed on this device. Below you can check how to flash TWRP recovery on Motorola Moto X Play.

http://guidebelajar.blogspot.com/2016/12/guide-to-install-twrp-recovery-root-motorola-moto-x-play.html

3. Download Android 7.0 Nougat ROM for Moto X Play.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-play/orig-development/rom-android-source-project-t3467276

4. GAPPS for Moto X Play Android V.7.0.

http://opengapps.org/

Flashing Android 7.0 Guide.

1. Put all files above (prerequisite 3 & 4) at your phone SD Card.
2. Turn off your Motorola Moto X Play.
3. Once it completely shut down, now turn it on again to recovery mode. How to do it ?
• Press and hold Volume Down + Power Button
• Release all button when your screen enter fastboot choice.
4. Now, use the volume Up or down to select menu, and power to confirm.
5. At this step you must select recovery mode 

   

   recovery mode - motorola moto x play

6. On the next screen you will get warning, that your bootloader is unlocked.
7. Just wait a while, and then your Moto X Play will automatically enter TWRP main menu.

   

   twrp recovery Moto X Play

8. Before flashing Android 7.0 Nougat on your device, we recommend to backup first.
• Tap Backup button.
• On the next screen swipe to backup.
• Just wait the process
9. Then wipe your Moto X Play phone.
• Tap Wipe
• Swap to wipe
• Wait the wipe process
10. Now, back to the TWRP recovery main menu to flash Android 7.0 ROM
• Tap Install
• Select your storage (ex. Micro SD card)
• Navigate to the Android 7.0 ROM (AOSP-..................)
• Then swap to confirm flash
• Just wait the flashing process
11. Back to TWRP main menu again to flash GAPPS
• Tap Install
• Select your storage (ex. Micro SD card)
• Navigate to the Gapps (GAPPS-..................)
• Then swap to confirm flash
• Just wait the flashing process
12. Once all process finished, now back to TWRP main menu again to reboot to system
13. Finish, now you have successfully Update or Flash Android 7.0 Nougat On Motorola Moto X Play.