Hi guys.
I was wondering, I unlocked my nexus' bootloader, and rooted my phone, on version 4.2 JWR66Y. I previously owned a Xperia Arc, and when new upgrades hit, I had to completely wipe and flash the new rom. How is the process in the nexus 4 when kitkat hits it? Will I see an OTA which I need to accept? Will I see an OTA which I of course have to decline? I won't be seeing any OTA, have to manually flash the rom?
Thanks in advance
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HerrJuancho said:
Hi guys.
I was wondering, I unlocked my nexus' bootloader, and rooted my phone, on version 4.2 JWR66Y. I previously owned a Xperia Arc, and when new upgrades hit, I had to completely wipe and flash the new rom. How is the process in the nexus 4 when kitkat hits it? Will I see an OTA which I need to accept? Will I see an OTA which I of course have to decline? I won't be seeing any OTA, have to manually flash the rom?
Thanks in advance
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You will see the OTA. You will be able to download it, but if you have a custom recovery, you'll have to manually flash it.
Another interesting question I have is when I put my 6p to stock with Toolkit i seen 2 or 3 android N version's available to restore
But yet my phone is stock now and up to date with mtc19x.
Whats this about can it be restored and updated to N only with tool kit. Why don't I see any more updates available as OTA if N version is available as a restore software
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androidddaaron said:
Another interesting question I have is when I put my 6p to stock with Toolkit i seen 2 or 3 android N version's available to restore
But yet my phone is stock now and up to date with mtc19x.
Whats this about can it be restored and updated to N only with tool kit. Why don't I see any more updates available as OTA if N version is available as a restore software
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If you are talking about WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit then those are all Android N previews and yes you can flash them. They are not the Android N release everyone is waiting for any day now.
Just enrolled my nexus into the nougat beta program, but my question is probably a stupid one. I'm going to assume that in order for me to get the nougat update that I have to be on a stock or close to stock ROM ? Currently I'm on the latest resurrection ROM with MTC20F vendor IMG.
I apologize for my stupidity...
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You need to be stock to install OTA updates
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Thought so...
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Hi all
I just received the February security update on stock 7.1.1
Im rooted and unlocked bootloader, when I reboot it goes into TWRP.
How do I install the update there please? I've never done this before.
Thanks
AndroidHtc101 said:
Hi all
I just received the February security update on stock 7.1.1
Im rooted and unlocked bootloader, when I reboot it goes into TWRP.
How do I install the update there please? I've never done this before.
Thanks
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Just download the full ota and flash it through twrp. Don't forget to reflash supersu afterwards.
Download link: https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Good luck!
Thank you for the reply man, I forgot what supersu I used as I used the nexus toolkit when I did it the first time.
Can I just just flash the normal one on the supersu website?
Cheers for your help
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AndroidHtc101 said:
Hi all
I just received the February security update on stock 7.1.1
Im rooted and unlocked bootloader, when I reboot it goes into TWRP.
How do I install the update there please? I've never done this before.
Thanks
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AndroidHtc101 said:
Thank you for the reply man, I forgot what supersu I used as I used the nexus toolkit when I did it the first time.
Can I just just flash the normal one on the supersu website?
Cheers for your help
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Yes, works great! I believe we're at version 2.79 now.
Don't forget to make a full backup in twrp before flashing the update, just to be sure.
No problem mate, good luck!
Sorry to be a problem, just fine the update, all went OK in TWRP. Flashed the supersu zip rebooted.
For some reason I'm still on January patch and now lost root
Any ideas where I went wrong please?
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AndroidHtc101 said:
Sorry to be a problem, just fine the update, all went OK in TWRP. Flashed the supersu zip rebooted.
For some reason I'm still on January patch and now lost root
Any ideas where I went wrong please?
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Did you flash the full ota (around 1.2 gb) or just the incremental (few mb)? If you edited your system partition (for instance to get Google assistant) you'll need the full ota!
You're no problem, mate!
Hi the full 1.2 gb. Is it possible to flash just the few mb because the ota is 42.1mb.
Thanks
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Not sure what I've done, now I can't boot into recovery TWRP. Says no command in a red icon. Trying to flash the 2.79 Supersu
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Managed to root in TWRP now still no ota update though
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AndroidHtc101 said:
Not sure what I've done, now I can't boot into recovery TWRP. Says no command in a red icon. Trying to flash the 2.79 Supersu
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That's because the update failed, but it installed the stock recovery. reflash twrp again. Redownload the full ota and try to flash it again. I've experienced kinda the same last night. The OTA file was damaged it seems. redownloaded it, reflashed and everything worked. If nothing works, flash latest factory image with adb.
Good luck!
Thanks for all your help, I shall try again
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The OTA either needs to be sideloaded via the stock recovery and the command adb sideload ota_file.zip, or in your case via FlashFire and the full factory image to retain TWRP and root.
If you're on stock but have a custom recovery you are better off using FlashFire to install the OTA. It restores stock recovery, flashes OTA, restores custom recovery and restores root--all automatically. That's just my opinion. Some people religiously flash everything manually but you can end up running into problems like you just did if something goes wrong.
Thank You I will try flash fire, maybe other people will read this thread because looks like Ota February has been pushed to our nexus 6p
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Just Flashed the Ota with flash fire, all went well, rebooted and still on January security update with the February system update icon in the task bar still.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong
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You need to flash the full factory image using FF instead of the incremental OTA image.
Hi, I'm running stock Android 7.1.1 (N4F26O) on my rooted Nexus 6p with twrp installed. I just got the android 7.1.2 (NPF05F) Beta update. I tried installing it with flashfire. Flashfire kept stopping at 7%. Is there any way I can install the update without losing root
Sorry for bad english.
Thatoneguyyyy said:
Hi, I'm running Android 7.1.1 (N4F26O) on my rooted Nexus 6p with twrp installed. I just got the android 7.1.2 (NPF05F) Beta update. I tried installing it with flashfire. Flashfire kept stopping at 7%. Is there any way I can install the update without losing root
Sorry for bad english.
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Same here. Mine crashes while uncrypting at 22%.
I am also experiencing this issue.
Try removing root, go back to a completely stock rom - wait for 7.1.2 then download it. Let the phone update to 7.1.2 without using flash fire.
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Jxcorex29 said:
Try removing root, go back to a completely stock rom - wait for 7.1.2 then download it. Let the phone update to 7.1.2 without using flash fire.
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Obviously that will work. But we aren't trying to lose the ROM, kernel, recovery, root for a beta
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Everyone needs to calm down and wait! If you are not willing to go back to a full stock build, just wait until someone creates a flashable zip version. This is nothing new here. Factory ota's rarely if ever are comparable with aftermarket kernels, recoverys or root.
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CyberpodS2 said:
Everyone needs to calm down and wait! If you are not willing to go back to a full stock build, just wait until someone creates a flashable zip version. This is nothing new here. Factory ota's rarely if ever are comparable with aftermarket kernels, recoverys or root.
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For sure.
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