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OTA update in update.zip format with root options

The update in conventional zip format, with root options is here!
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Works mint! I was running Modoco 1.3 ROM, heres the steps I performed:
recovery install: update-nexusone-ERE27-signed.zip
recovery install: update-nexusone-radio-32.24.00.22U_4.03.00.21_2-signed.zip
./fastboot-linux boot boot.ERE27.superboot.img
./fastboot-linux flash zimage zImage-2.6.29.6
./adb remount
./adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko

Can I flash this manually WITHOUT being rooted?

I posted a thread on updating without root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=627533

Modaco's page confused me a little.
Does the "Main update" include the radio update, or did he split that off and they're completely separate?
Can the main update be installed using a rooted, but stock, rom and recovery?
In other words, if I just want exactly what the OTA would give me, on my rooted (by superboot) but stock N1, what do I need to do?
Thanks!

I'm completely stock rom / not rooted and I just did this:
http://androidforums.com/nexus-one/41504-how-force-2-2-2010-ota-update.html#post316090
1. Get the update from Google: http://android.clients.google.com/updates/passion/signed-passion-ERE27-from-ERD79.a487b405.zip
2. Put the update on your SD card & rename it to update.zip
3. Boot in recovery mode (hold down trackball + power)
4. Go to bootloader -> recovery
5. Now there's a picture of a droid with a triangle
6. Press the power button + volume up
7. Apply sdcard:update.zip
8. Updating
9. Reboot system now
10. Enjoy the multitouch
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Worked great.

Thanks Paul. That's what I first tried, and it failed. I posted the details here, but haven't heard anything back yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5528501&postcount=118
Mine is ROOTED, but stock, so.....

tonyx3 said:
Modaco's page confused me a little.
Does the "Main update" include the radio update, or did he split that off and they're completely separate?
Can the main update be installed using a rooted, but stock, rom and recovery?
In other words, if I just want exactly what the OTA would give me, on my rooted (by superboot) but stock N1, what do I need to do?
Thanks!
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I'm in the same exact boat as you. I rooted my phone last week because i was eager to get multitouch working, so i followed this tutorial:
theunlockr[dot]com/2010/01/21/how-to-enable-multitouch-browsing-on-your-nexus-one-using-the-native-browser/
So now when i try to apply the OTA update manually in recovery mode i get:
Code:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/Browser.apk" , "68a23e4ac9d6a783b6166b24ab79d12c6544e8f4" , "4da6d3fd306ef7fc81e19147da395f13221e70307")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Does anyone know what i can do to get this OTA up and running? Im rooted but i havent flashed any custom roms or recoveries either.
This is my first android phone so i'm a bit of a noob and new to the scene. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Paul22000 said:
Can I flash this manually WITHOUT being rooted?
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yes, just did it 5 min ago

PhantomRampage said:
I'm in the same exact boat as you. I rooted my phone last week because i was eager to get multitouch working, so i followed this tutorial:
theunlockr[dot]com/2010/01/21/how-to-enable-multitouch-browsing-on-your-nexus-one-using-the-native-browser/
So now when i try to apply the OTA update manually in recovery mode i get:
Code:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/Browser.apk" , "68a23e4ac9d6a783b6166b24ab79d12c6544e8f4" , "4da6d3fd306ef7fc81e19147da395f13221e70307")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Does anyone know what i can do to get this OTA up and running? Im rooted but i havent flashed any custom roms or recoveries either.
This is my first android phone so i'm a bit of a noob and new to the scene. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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http://www.nexusforum.net/nexus-one-help-forum/493-how-manually-retrieve-new-update-your-nexus-one.html#post2000
check that guide out, it was simple and easy to follow...

Thanks JHaste.
But those are pretty much the exact instructions I followed that gave me the error.
My phone is rooted, but running the stock rom.
No custom rom, no patched browser.
The only changes I've made since rooting it are to copy some Thai fonts into the fonts directory.
The exact specifics of my error are posted in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5528501&postcount=118
Very similar to what PhantomRampage listed, but a slightly different cause, I think... (his is an error on Browser.apk)

JHaste said:
-Removed quoted link since i cant post them yet-
check that guide out, it was simple and easy to follow...
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Thanks for trying but as i said before, i tried that and it fails because i have an unlocked bootloader.
Sorry if my first post was confusing, ill try again.
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my N1 the other day, i also modified and added some files to get pinch-to-zoom working on the native browser. To do that i followed some tutorial on theunlockr, i cant post direct links so google it and you'll find it easily.
So, now i want to apply the new OTA update but it fails, either because i have root access or because i tampered with the browser files im guessing.
Knowing all that, what can i do to install the new update?
Also, will i have to download patched updates from now on since i rooted my phone? I'm really hoping i dont have to; i'd prefer to install the ota updates as they come out officially.

might have found a solution
check out:
forum (dot) androidcentral (dot) com / google-nexus-one/6469-will-my-n1-receive-ota-ere27-update-cyanogen-mod (dot) html
seems to be just what i was looking for but i think i want to re-flash the stock firmware instead, i want to stay as stock as possible so i can install future OTA updates without having to go through all this trouble. Can anyone help me with that please?
Anyways, i hope my link will help some people. Sorry for the double post

Closing Double Thread (it's also at Development).
Please do not duplicate threads if not necessary.

Please help!! Tried Everything!!

I am rooted but have the stock rom and stock recovery.
Build no is ERE27
This is the error I get:
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E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
-- Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("MTD:boot:[tons of letters and numbers]")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.

if you are rooted why don't you flash paul's repack update?

I tried Pauls too but it gave a different error this time..."E:signature verification failed." Please help!

have you tried amons ra recovery? some people has success with it.

You mean something like this:
[Well, I'd like to post an image here, but since I've been a member since 2007 I'm not allowed to post URL's. Moderators?]
Yeah, I have that error too

i have the very same error and im rooted too
so when you are rooted you cant just update it?
how do we proceed then?

garvkapur said:
I tried Pauls too but it gave a different error this time..."E:signature verification failed." Please help!
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i get this one as well with his

I just followed the guide from this thread:
showthread.php?t=686593
It seems to me like it might've been a radio problem :/

Someone PLEASE help!!!

garvkapur said:
I tried Pauls too but it gave a different error this time..."E:signature verification failed." Please help!
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Re-download and test both of Modaco Paul's FroYo updates (the normal one and the one from the mirror). Do both give the signature error again?
If neither work, try Cyanogen 5.0.6:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?/topic/150-cyanogenmod-for-nexus-one-v506-04152010/
If not even flashing Cyanogen works, something is wrong.
Remember to try wiping too!

You need to flash Amon-Ra recovery image. Then run paul's update,
OR:
Seems to me like it is possible that your download is corrupted. Did you download from the google address or a mirror? Get it from google directly.

Can not install 2.2.1

Hey guys I am hoping someone can help me out. About a week ago I did the one click root with my phone and used it to clear my cache etc... but never installed any roms. I got the update notice for 2.2.1 and when I go to install it, it always aborts when it gets to the end. Even if I do the root manually. The error looks similar to this:
--Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Verifying current system...
*Has a bunch of letters here*
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted
I wiped clean the phone and even tried it with the fresh install and it just won't take. When I do it with the official update it shows the icon with the box open and the arrow coming out and then goes to the guy with the exclamation point. Any help? Please?

Official signed updates don't work with rooted phones, dummy.

DDM123, before doing the update I used the "one click root" to unroot my phone. Is there another way to unroot the phone or am I stuck from not getting anymore official updates?

Did you install custom recovery? If yes - you need to install the stock one back.

[Q] Error While Attempting to Apply Update.zip

Booted into recovery, tried doing the update.zip got Installation Aborted error (status 7).
Full Error:
Code:
-- install from sdcard...
finding update package...
opening update package...
installing update...
assert failed: file_getprop (" /system/build.prop", "ro.build.fingerprint") == "verizion/shadow_vzw/cdma_shadow/shadow:2.2/vzw/23.15:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys" || file_getprop(" /system/build.prop" , "ro.build.fingerprint") == "verizion/shadow_vzw/cdma_shadow/shadow:2.2.1/vzw/23.340:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys"
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status7)
Installation aborted.

doronster195 said:
I was rooted with z4, had apps frozen with titanium backup, have bootstrap, used dx overclocker (to undervoltage and to do a quick-boot with "android" logo rather than Droid Eye). I unrooted, unfroze, stock voltage/speed and turned off apply at boot, FORGOT to undo the quick-boot (but I thought it wouldnt matter since i'm unrooted).
Booted into recovery, tried doing the update.zip got Installation Aborted error (status 7), pressed reboot phone and got the M, followed by the "android" logo that WILL NOT GO AWAY.
Phone won't load, what should I do? Need phone to work soon!
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Ok it sounds like you are stuck in a bootloop.....you can restart your phone by doing a batt pull then when you go to turn it on hold the power button and home at the same time until you see the exclamation mark and droid guy ..this means you are in recovery mode ...then press the search button and a menu will appear ....use volume rockers to scroll and the camera or menu button to select ....go to data wipe/factory reset and select it ...then reboot and if it works your x will be back to how it came out of box if it doesn't then you will have to sbf ...find the sbf file for whatever system version you are on and flash it and that should work

Well, I did a restore, which worked. However, I'd still like to receive the OTA update. I downloaded the update.zip and want to install it myself. Why was i given this installation aborted error? Was it truly because of what I said above--quick boot option?
Edit: Tried booting into normal recovery (not bootstrap), while not rooted, and no rooting tasks have been done since the restore. Trying to "apply sdcard:update.zip" gives me an Error in /sdcard/update.zip (status 7) Installation Aborted
Edit2: Original Post updated with issue

I'm in the same boat...
I unfroze the bloat and unrooted my phone, it was stock with all bloat froze so nothing out of the ordinary to be concerned about.
Ran update.zip and got the same error as you. I'm not savvy enough to understand or figure out what's going wrong with any certainty. My best guess is that something in the build prop doesn't jive with the build prop the update.zip file checks against. I doubt rooting would have caused any change in my build prop and I never did anything to my phone other than root and freeze bloat so my build prop should be fine.

Problem Solved
Fixed the issue thanks to the help from the guys at: (#androidchat on freenode)
specifically tabe and krayzee.
I am 2.3.15 originally, with a bootloader 30.04 (not 30.03).
I used the sbf (that I got from androidchat), and just sbfed. Before activating my phone again, I did the update.zip and it worked just fine.
Guide I used for SBF: droidxforums /forum/hacking-help/12015-complete-droid-x-sbf-flashing-guide.html
(it says you should be careful if you are on 30.04, but i did it on 30.04 so you will be fine)
Hope this helps.

Can you share the sbf I am having the same issue and it is ticking me off. Thanks in advance

i posted the link for the sbf in the above post, i cannot post actual links, so you'll have to add to figure out the url for yourself. Just go to androidchat*org and go to their file database, its in there.

doronster195 said:
Fixed the issue thanks to the help from the guys at: (#androidchat on freenode)
specifically tabe and krayzee.
I am 2.3.15 originally, with a bootloader 30.04 (not 30.03).
I used the sbf (that I got from androidchat), and just sbfed. Before activating my phone again, I did the update.zip and it worked just fine.
Guide I used for SBF: droidxforums /forum/hacking-help/12015-complete-droid-x-sbf-flashing-guide.html
(it says you should be careful if you are on 30.04, but i did it on 30.04 so you will be fine)
Hope this helps.
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Which sbf did you use? Do you have a link to that? PM if necessary...

[Q] 4.2.2 Update Error Help

So My Nexus 7 is simple Stock android 4.2.1 with root and i go to update to 4.2.2 and i get a error (The red triangle one)
Can anybody help i hear there are others with this same problem but yet to find somebody with a solution, do you think i should unroot and relock the nexus and try and update again or just reflash back to stock image

That screen sounds a bit like the stock recovery, not a custom recovery as one would expect with a rooted device. Please explain.
The error that occurred is given in the recovery log file - /cache/recovery/recovery.log
Please report what the error was. If you actually have root in the ROM you should be able to view this file.
No need to relock your boot loader - that is unrelated and relocking it only complicates things.
One more thing - OTAs are not designed to be robust in the face of and arbitrarily reconfigured ROM. It is unreasonable to expect that they will work correctly on a rooted device. They are meant for 100% stock devices, PERIOD. While you may not remember explicitly changing something, if you gave root privilege to an app, that app might have changed things which cause the problem that occurs. On this forum, there have been claims that Stickmount, Beats Audio, and even Titanium Backup can cause these sorts of problems.

bftb0 said:
That screen sounds a bit like the stock recovery, not a custom recovery as one would expect with a rooted device. Please explain.
The error that occurred is given in the recovery log file - /cache/recovery/recovery.log
Please report what the error was. If you actually have root in the ROM you should be able to view this file.
No need to relock your boot loader - that is unrelated and relocking it only complicates things.
One more thing - OTAs are not designed to be robust in the face of and arbitrarily reconfigured ROM. It is unreasonable to expect that they will work correctly on a rooted device. They are meant for 100% stock devices, PERIOD. While you may not remember explicitly changing something, if you gave root privilege to an app, that app might have changed things which cause the problem that occurs. On this forum, there have been claims that Stickmount, Beats Audio, and even Titanium Backup can cause these sorts of problems.
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And how do you fix this? I have the same problem. I guess you need a different file then the OTA one. Where do you get this file?
Thanks!

MatthiasSchuetze said:
And how do you fix this? I have the same problem. I guess you need a different file then the OTA one. Where do you get this file?
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Ummm... you are forcing me to guess about your situation. You are rooted, but also do not have a custom recovery installed?
What error message do you find in the /cache/recovery/recovery.log file? Please do not simply say "Status 7", report the FULL ERROR message.
As I said, the OTAs are meant to be used with pure stock ROMs, not customized/rooted ROMs. There do not exist an infinite array of OTA file variations corresponding to a fix for the exact problem you are experiencing, unless you were to create one for yourself by unpacking the OTA zip file and hand-editing the META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script file to skip over the problem you are experiencing.
And if you did that, you would certainly need to use a custom recovery to install it, as doing the operation described above would break the signing of the OTA package, so the stock recovery would refuse to install it.
The other alternative which allows you to use the unmodified OTA is to "fix up" a customized ROM by manually replacing all files that were removed or altered with their original stock versions. This process seems almost as ridiculous as the scenario described above, as now you are purposely breaking the modifications performed by root-aware apps (Stickmount? Beats Audio? Titanium Backup?)
The amount of effort this whole process will take is variable depending on how much stuff has been changed since you rooted. When the OTA performs it's checks prior to beginning it's patching operations, it halts on the first check which fails. Which might mean that you will need to iterate several to many times the process of:
- run the OTA, look at the error in /recovery/log/recovery.log
- hand patch the file involved
- re-run the OTA.
Doing the above can be problematic if you have changed multiple framework files - if you replace stuff one file at a time it is possible to wedge the OS because of dependency issues.
The only good news here is that because the OTA runs all it's checks before it patches anything, it is safe to run it as many times as you can tolerate. (On tilapia devices, though there is evidence that using custom recoveries is almost never a good idea if you want the radio firmware to be updated correctly).
A wholly better idea is to simply start over. Make a full Nandroid backup of your current ROM. If you want, you can also experiment with backup/restore apps like Titanium Backup and/or Carbon.. Then you install a pure stock ROM from the Google Factory images, and begin re-customizing all over again, as if you had just bought the tablet.
If you don't like the result, restore your Nandroid backup. That's what backups are for.**
good luck
** its a good idea to get copies of your Nandroid backups off of the device, as there are various ways that the entire /data partition can get wiped - including the psuedo-SD card containing all your precious backups. You've been warned.

First of all. Thanks for the quick response. Secondly, I get this error on both my nexus devices. The Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 7. Though I don't know if it is exactly the same error - it is very similar (with the android guy on its back and the red triangle). I have a picture of the error message that comes up on the Galaxy Nexus. Both devices have an unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery. The Nexus 7 is deffinitely rooted with the Galaxy Nexus I'm not sure - I thought so but Titanium Backup doesn't let me backup anything and I don't have a custom ROM running on the phone.
So if I understood you correctly I should go back to the stock recovery and unroot it as well and then try it again?!
Why is the picture that I attached not showing?
This is the error message:
ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.9
E: Invalid command argument
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation update...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/build.
prop". "THEN A WHOLE LOT OF NUMBERS AND LETTERS")
E: Error in /cache/07501b11ad3b.signed-yakyu-JDQ3
9-from-JOP40D.07501b11.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
I rechecked it for the Nexus 7. The message is slightly different:
assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/system/lib/libSR_A
udioIn.so", "THEN THE NUMBERS AND LETTERS AGAIN")
E: Error in /cache/6ece895ecb23.signed-nakasi-JDQ39-fr
om-JOP40D. 6ece895e.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Now, it does show (the picture). Nice.

MatthiasSchuetze said:
First of all. Thanks for the quick response. Secondly, I get this error on both my nexus devices. The Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 7. Though I don't know if it is exactly the same error - it is very similar (with the android guy on its back and the red triangle). I have a picture of the error message that comes up on the Galaxy Nexus. Both devices have an unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery. The Nexus 7 is deffinitely rooted with the Galaxy Nexus I'm not sure - I thought so but Titanium Backup doesn't let me backup anything and I don't have a custom ROM running on the phone.
So if I understood you correctly I should go back to the stock recovery and unroot it as well and then try it again?!
Why is the picture that I attached not showing?
This is the error message:
ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.9
E: Invalid command argument
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
Installation update...
Verifying current system...
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/build.
prop". "THEN A WHOLE LOT OF NUMBERS AND LETTERS")
E: Error in /cache/07501b11ad3b.signed-yakyu-JDQ3
9-from-JOP40D.07501b11.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
I rechecked it for the Nexus 7. The message is slightly different:
assert failed: apply_patch_check ("/system/lib/libSR_A
udioIn.so", "THEN THE NUMBERS AND LETTERS AGAIN")
E: Error in /cache/6ece895ecb23.signed-nakasi-JDQ39-fr
om-JOP40D. 6ece895e.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Now, it does show (the picture). Nice.
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On both devices the files do not match the expectations (assert failed), i.e those files are not the original ones the OTA is expecting -> You need to re-apply the original files to your ROM before you can apply the OTA or you need to do flash the 4.2.2 system manually, which probably might be the easier solution.