Guys here is some info I wish I had when I got my first Nexus S OTA:
For 95% of you, you don't need to worry about getting the OTA. Only 5% of users get the OTA on day 1. It will be posted on XDA soon after the updates roll out. You will be able to download it and flash it from CWM like any ROM. There will also be rooted versions available.
So think twice before going back to stock to try to get your OTA, it might be a huge waste if time.
My two cents!
matt2053 said:
Guys here is some info I wish I had when I got my first Nexus S OTA:
For 95% of you, you don't need to worry about getting the OTA. Only 5% of users get the OTA on day 1. It will be posted on XDA soon after the updates roll out. You will be able to download it and flash it from CWM like any ROM. There will also be rooted versions available.
So think twice before going back to stock to try to get your OTA, it might be a huge waste if time.
My two cents!
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Thanks! I'm new at this...
The important components will tagged and distributed via xda.
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matt2053 said:
Guys here is some info I wish I had when I got my first Nexus S OTA:
For 95% of you, you don't need to worry about getting the OTA. Only 5% of users get the OTA on day 1. It will be posted on XDA soon after the updates roll out. You will be able to download it and flash it from CWM like any ROM. There will also be rooted versions available.
So think twice before going back to stock to try to get your OTA, it might be a huge waste if time.
My two cents!
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you would be surprised on how many people will still do it tho i want the new radio thats all
shabbypenguin said:
you would be surprised on how many people will still do it tho i want the new radio thats all
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I know, I did when 2.3.4 was released. Then I was sitting there stock ROM, stock recovery, unrooted, waiting.... and then the full ROM, both rooted and unrooted, was posted on XDA way before anyone was really getting OTAs. So I ended up downloading from XDA and installing manually anyway, and I wasted a lot of time "going back to stock!"
You don't waste that much time. 3-5 minutes tops
I like going back to stock every now and then anyway. make me feel that my system is "fresh" again lol
apache2 said:
You don't waste that much time. 3-5 minutes tops
I like going back to stock every now and then anyway. make me feel that my system is "fresh" again lol
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You have to flash stock rom, reboot to get stock recovery, restore all your apps, wait for the ota, download the ota, install the ota, reflash CWM recovery, reflash superuser.... etc.
matt2053 said:
You have to flash stock rom, reboot to get stock recovery, restore all your apps, wait for the ota, download the ota, install the ota, reflash CWM recovery, reflash superuser.... etc.
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If you've already got a stock /system (other than adding superuser), do you really need to reflash a stock rom?
superm1 said:
If you've already got a stock /system (other than adding superuser), do you really need to reflash a stock rom?
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No, not if everything in /system is stock
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can you just restore to stock rooted rom and just get the OTA or do you need to be fully back to stock?
I don't like it re-installing my applications. if I don't remember to re-install it, it wasn't that important.
chewbz said:
can you just restore to stock rooted rom and just get the OTA or do you need to be fully back to stock?
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You don't need to do anything except wait for a flashable zip of the full rom to be posted here in xda, which will likely happen way before you ever get an ota update
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matt2053 said:
You have to flash stock rom, reboot to get stock recovery, restore all your apps, wait for the ota, download the ota, install the ota, reflash CWM recovery, reflash superuser.... etc.
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Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock
not too bad
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Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot oem lock
not too bad
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And meanwhile I downloaded the flashable .zip from XDA 3 days ago and flashed it with CWM..... that's my only point.
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No, not if everything in /system is stock
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okay, I just want to be 100 percent on this. I HAVE unlocked the bootloader/added clockwork and superuser- I have NOT added any custom kernels or roms yet though, can I still take the OTA update and be just fine?
I just want to know 120% if I can leave my phone as it stands with root access but the stock everything. Originally I gained root access simply to do a custom kernel and then BLN- but waited because I was worried the netarchy kernel may provide less than stellar battery life.
sorry for being a rook, Just want to be positive on this.
Quick question if I'm on stock Rom but have the Matr1x kernel can I do OTA with out a problem or should I need to go back completely stock?
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Guys you dont need to get the update OTA, there will be a flashable rooted version of it here. Please read.
I do have a question for someone though as this is my first samsung phone, will the radio(Called a modem in sammy terms?) update be flashable as well? Or do i have to do some odin BS?
Igotsanevo4g said:
Guys you dont need to get the update OTA, there will be a flashable rooted version of it here. Please read.
I do have a question for someone though as this is my first samsung phone, will the radio(Called a modem in sammy terms?) update be flashable as well? Or do i have to do some odin BS?
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More than likely the. Img will be in the zip
The Killjoy said:
okay, I just want to be 100 percent on this. I HAVE unlocked the bootloader/added clockwork and superuser- I have NOT added any custom kernels or roms yet though, can I still take the OTA update and be just fine?
I just want to know 120% if I can leave my phone as it stands with root access but the stock everything. Originally I gained root access simply to do a custom kernel and then BLN- but waited because I was worried the netarchy kernel may provide less than stellar battery life.
sorry for being a rook, Just want to be positive on this.
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You will download the update from XDA and flash it with Clockwork before you would ever get the OTA.
Related
So my phone got the 2.3.1 ota, however I am rooted and have clockwork flashed. It would not install the ota and now I no longer have the option to install it. What do I need to do to go back to stock, and once stock how do I get the ota? Any help?
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Michigan Jason said:
So my phone got the 2.3.1 ota, however I am rooted and have clockwork flashed. It would not install the ota and now I no longer have the option to install it. What do I need to do to go back to stock, and once stock how do I get the ota? Any help?
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my understanding is that there is no way to flash the stock Recovery over CWM
slowz3r said:
my understanding is that there is no way to flash the stock Recovery over CWM
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I understood this to be the case too, but then I thought I read that 2.3.1 gets rid of CWM?
xspyda said:
I understood this to be the case too, but then I thought I read that 2.3.1 gets rid of CWM?
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that im not sure of, because 2.3.1 is only a partial update, if you where to flash a full ROM it would overwrite the Recovery
If you put a stock image back on your phone, it should re-flash to the stock recovery on the first boot.
The recovery, at least on the N1 is included with the stock ROM's system.img.
Edit: I think it is /system/recovery-from-boot.p, at least /etc/install-recovery.sh seems to imply that, but I haven't had a massive look, I'm about to leave for work.
Edit 2: Grrrr to vBulletin making me wait 5 mins to edit a post as a new user, grrr -- it's not a new post, so not spam!
I was sort of in the same boat, then I flashed the nandroid backup of 2.3.1 from the development forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884093
It will also replace CWR with stock recovery and will apparently do this every time the phone reboots, but you can still have root.
so...
Ok, so is it safe to say that the best thing to do is to flash the 2.3.1 nandroid from the other post then and then go back to clockwork?
Michigan Jason said:
Ok, so is it safe to say that the best thing to do is to flash the 2.3.1 nandroid from the other post then and then go back to clockwork?
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yup. and rename the boot install script so that clockwork stays and isnt replaced with stock recovery at reboot.
K thx
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fastboot mode erase * and fastboot flash all image files。
in about system update.install ota file. restart error
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sellength said:
fastboot mode erase * and fastboot flash all image files。
in about system update.install ota file. restart error
:crying::crying::crying:
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Wrong section, this is for development only.
As for your question, I do not understand what you are asking, what are you attempting to do with fastboot mode?
xIC-MACIx said:
Wrong section, this is for development only.
As for your question, I do not understand what you are asking, what are you attempting to do with fastboot mode?
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the development section. only dev question ? ok
sellength said:
fastboot mode erase * and fastboot flash all image files。
in about system update.install ota file. restart error
:crying::crying::crying:
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If you have the factory image, from Google (and nowhere else), just run the flash-all.bat file. You "may" have to unlock your bootloader prior to running it if you haven't already, and you'll need to have the device in fastboot mode prior to running the batch file too, but once those 2 simple tasks are done, the batch file takes care of the rest.
If your using a toolkit or some other method for flashing a factory image, I suggest stopping, and just doing the above.
This forum is not for any threads for questions... this needs to go to General or Q/A... just download the factory image from Google, reboot into fastboot and run the flash-all script... you don't need to be unlocked...
craigacgomez said:
This forum is not for any threads for questions... this needs to go to General or Q/A... just download the factory image from Google, reboot into fastboot and run the flash-all script... you don't need to be unlocked...
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If im on 4.2 and my device fails to update to 4.2.1, saying me error on recovery, should I only unzip the image from google, put my n10 on fastboot mode and run the flash all script as you said? Will this erase my data? Im just root, haven't unlocked my bootloader.
Sorry for my english
lKBZl said:
If im on 4.2 and my device fails to update to 4.2.1, saying me error on recovery, should I only unzip the image from google, put my n10 on fastboot mode and run the flash all script as you said? Will this erase my data? Im just root, haven't unlocked my bootloader.
Sorry for my english
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same question
I've unlocked & rooted & the OTA fails trying to flash the recovery (trying to flash from twrp, duh, can't overwrite).
How should I go about updating the system w/o wiping out everything I already have?
If I fastboot flash_image system will it only overwrite changes to my system partition & leave my data & apps alone?
I've got OTA Root Keeper installed, so I'm hopeful even if I lose root I can get it back easy enough (either way, no biggie; can always reroot, ain't no thang).
tia for any advice.
edit: f-bomb... no 4.2.1 img available for N10 yet...
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dboftlp said:
same question
I've unlocked & rooted & the OTA fails trying to flash the recovery (trying to flash from twrp, duh, can't overwrite).
How should I go about updating the system w/o wiping out everything I already have?
If I fastboot flash_image system will it only overwrite changes to my system partition & leave my data & apps alone?
I've got OTA Root Keeper installed, so I'm hopeful even if I lose root I can get it back easy enough (either way, no biggie; can always reroot, ain't no thang).
tia for any advice.
edit: f-bomb... no 4.2.1 img available for N10 yet...
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There is... i've seen a post in google + from a guy that links you to a google page with n10 4.2.1 img.
sikagoon7 said:
Nexus 10 hasn't gotten the (JOP40D) images yet which means the only way to get the 4.2.1 update is to get an OTA. I think the OTA link is floating around AndroidPolice and AndroidCentral somewhere but you'll have to look. Whatever images for 4.2.1 on the Nexus 10 are fake because Google hasn't even released them yet.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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yep, & therein lies the problem. I can't seem to flash the OTA b/c I'm getting recovery errors...
when I tried flashing stock recovery I just get red exclamation
:-\
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dboftlp said:
yep, & therein lies the problem. I can't seem to flash the OTA b/c I'm getting recovery errors...
when I tried flashing stock recovery I just get red exclamation
:-\
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So what are you gonna do? I want to have the 4.2.1 and be able to update my n10 with the uncoming otas, I dunno what should I do now, im kinda stuck..
lKBZl said:
So what are you gonna do? I want to have the 4.2.1 and be able to update my n10 with the uncoming otas, I dunno what should I do now, im kinda stuck..
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Flash stock recovery .... and get the OTA, then re-flash TWRP ....
You may have to re-root ...
Watcher64 said:
Flash stock recovery .... and get the OTA, then re-flash TWRP ....
You may have to re-root ...
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I already have stock recovery... it's not about the recovery, I think it's because i put aosp browser instead of the default one, and when ota check system/apps, it finds something has changed. Also may be due to the root?
lKBZl said:
I already have stock recovery... it's not about the recovery, I think it's because i put aosp browser instead of the default one, and when ota check system/apps, it finds something has changed. Also may be due to the root?
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I don't see how that would matter, I used the aosp browser as well, and all I did was put stock recovery back on ..
hmmmm
Maybe you should just flash one of the updated stock/rooted roms in the dev section.
Hey guys, got a problem here.
My nexus 4 is rooted running team win recovery. running 4.2.2
just got the notification about OTA update 4.3, really excited about it and clicked install.
phone rebooted, went to teamwin, and it looked to me trying to flash something. left it there and suddenly when back to the team win recovery home page. clicked reboot to system and don't know why i'm still in 4.2.2. checked for updates but says system is up to date.
can anyone help me with the solution?
thanks a lot
You need the stock recovery, as said in a thousand other threads. If u want 4.3 flash the system image and re-root
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EddyOS said:
You need the stock recovery, as said in a thousand other threads. If u want 4.3 flash the system image and re-root
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Or he could just get any 4.3 ROM and flash it through TWRP.
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Aaaaand i am still waiting for my update :/
My two friends with Samsung GNex got the Update, but ME with the Latest Nexus 4 still using 4.2.2 and on stock how beautiful the feeling is haha
Thibaultvw said:
Or he could just get any 4.3 ROM and flash it through TWRP.
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Or CWM
If you want it that bad. Just download the factory image from Google devs and flash it.
Then you also have stock ROM running.
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EddyOS said:
Or CWM
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He uses TWRP.
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Is there any way to revert back to stock recovery in order to get the update?
Further more, is there an option to do so without re-flashing stock all together?
wizardwiz said:
Is there any way to revert back to stock recovery in order to get the update?
Further more, is there an option to do so without re-flashing stock all together?
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You can extract the stock recovery from the factory image and flash through fastboot.
Hit thanks if I helped.
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You can get the stock 4.2.2 recovery from the 4.2.2 factory image. I did have it but as I only keep the current factory image I only have the 4.3 recovery to hand
EddyOS said:
You can get the stock 4.2.2 recovery from the 4.2.2 factory image. I did have it but as I only keep the current factory image I only have the 4.3 recovery to hand
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OK, did some further investigations and here are my findings
1. If you have it, you can use Wugfresh's toolkit (V1.6.4 for now) and it has a utility that can simply restore stock recovery and if you want it, stock kernel as well.
2. The Toolkit will download all necessary files and prompted you before each step.
3. It will revert back permissions for the stock recovery as well
I'll give it a try later on at home.
Thanks guys
Ziv
I am a bit confused. According to the “Nexus OTA Help-Desk” thread, the way to do this is as follows:
Scenario #2
You are stock, with root. Custom Recovery without any modifications or deletions.
Continue to Section B
Section B: Flashing in a custom recovery
1) Download the OTA.zip and copy to your phone.
2) Boot into recovery
3) Flash the OTA
4) Flash Su.zip: (SU is being updated often so check Chainfire's G+ for the latest) https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts
NOTE: Root on 4.3 is not stable. Your mileage may vary.
5) Reboot
So, what is different about using this method to install the OTA and just running the OTA from the notification, and is this the incorrect method?
Is returning to the stock recovery the preferred and more or less foolproof method?
I'm not sure why there's people saying otherwise, but from my experience you don't need stock recovery to take on an OTA...
I've updated my N7 several times now from when I first bought it to 4.3 currently, all the time with a custom recovery. Unless you've changed some other files which causes an error during the OTA update, I don't believe there is a need to re-flash stock recovery at all.
@mlj11, lots of people have the OTA failing on them, even if they are on rooted factory image 4.2.2.
Why the OTA fails on rooted 4.2.2 is still unclear.
My N4 with rooted factory image 4.2.2 also updated like it should without error.
Maybe the unlocked bootloader is the issue letting the 4.3 OTA fail.
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@DecypherT
I'm not saying that rooted users will have no problems updating. My post was in response to people on this thread saying that a custom recovery will stop the OTA. This is false.
It can't be the unlocked bootloader (and it has never been) causing the problem otherwise you or I wouldn't have been able to take the OTA, for example. More likely it's something else.
If any of a user's system files have been altered, there's a good chance the OTA will fail. In the past that happened to me because the Stickmount app changed one of the system files. Once I replaced it though, I could update without any problems.
Ok, good points you're proving here.
Still, it looks like the (OTA) android 4.3 is very unstable.
I'm on rooted 4.3 and experience no big bugs or flaws though.
I do see a very large decrease of battery life when using the phone (screen on) and a big increase when in deep sleep. When the phone is off I almost use no battery.
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I pulled this from my phone and posted it in the other thread, and someone suggested I make a thread for it. Here it is!
http://j2cool.com/mirror/files/Blur_Version.139.15.1.ghost_verizon.Verizon.en.US.zip
To install, you will need to be on the latest OTA (camera update).
Fastboot flash the original system.img and recovery,img
You can then use the volume down key to select "Recovery"
Once in recovery, press the power button and volume buttons together to bring up the menu,and select "Install from SDcard"
You can then select the OTA, and install it. Your phone will reboot, and you will have to do this again from the new recovery. You should then be able to reboot system and have your new 4.4 Kitkat Moto X!
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Whoops. Replied while trying to edit. Mobile forum use is a pain.
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Chrome says this file is dangerous
km8j said:
Chrome says this file is dangerous
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Chrome is smart, Chrome knows a Verizon update image is too good to be true :laugh:
What's the install method for VZW Dev Ed?
Flash system.img but not boot.img?
Mercutio5 said:
What's the install method for VZW Dev Ed?
Flash system.img but not boot.img?
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You don't need boot.img in either. Now, I don't know how the dev ed works, maybe it's just the exact same with an unlocked bootloader, so let me know how installing goes.
km8j said:
Chrome says this file is dangerous
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Because it's a large zip file from somewhere no one has downloaded before. I promise you, it's safe and clean though.
Mercutio5 said:
What's the install method for VZW Dev Ed?
Flash system.img but not boot.img?
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Dev edition you can install like any other device. The benefit is that you can flash custom files without recovery flipping its ****.
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Will this work on GSM dev edition?
tesselator said:
Will this work on GSM dev edition?
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Only if you want to break your phone.
This is for Verizon.
Whats the procedure for flashing this on a rooted verizon dev edition
Gs0230 said:
Whats the procedure for flashing this on a rooted verizon dev edition
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Put the zip in internal storage. Go into stock recovery, install zip, choose this update zip. Because one of the first things it does it flash a new recovery, you have to go into recovery again and install zip again (the second time around it knows it doesn't have to flash the recovery).
Of course, since this way uses stock recovery, you have to be running stock.
I'm on stock just rooted with unlocked bootloader twrp 2.6.3 installed will I lose root
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Gs0230 said:
I'm on stock just rooted with unlocked bootloader twrp 2.6.3 installed will I lose root
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You need to use stock recovery. After the update u can install twrp and root again
Can I keep root and how do i revert to stock recovery
Gs0230 said:
I'm on stock just rooted with unlocked bootloader twrp 2.6.3 installed will I lose root
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Yes, you're going to lose root (the update will wipe out System). If you have an unlocked bootloader then it isn't a big deal -- just re-root after the update.
BUT don't try to flash this update with twrp installed. 1) I'm pretty sure it won't work anyway b/c it needs to verify that your System is stock and, at the very least, installing twrp changes the install-recovery script which is in System 2) this .zip file is made to be flashed from a stock recovery, so I'm not sure it would work 3) as I said before, part of this update is a new recovery - I'm not sure how well the process would go if you started from twrp
And how would I root after its done
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And how would I root after its done
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The same way you rooted before?
I'm sorry, I've been assuming you have a Dev edition b/c you said you had twrp -- is that not the case? If you do NOT have a dev edition and you rooted via pwn- or rock- or whatever its called myMoto then NO, you will NOT be able to root after the update until someone releases another hack
piccit said:
Put the zip in internal storage. Go into stock recovery, install zip, choose this update zip. Because one of the first things it does it flash a new recovery, you have to go into recovery again and install zip again (the second time around it knows it doesn't have to flash the recovery).
Of course, since this way uses stock recovery, you have to be running stock.
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I got this the second time (with the new recovery):
"Install aborted"
:|
Maybe the battery level is too low, so i'm gonna charge it a little and see what happens
PS: the "normal" OTA is downloading SO slow D: that's why i'm trying the one in this thread
------EDIT----
For some reason the download speed just increased, so i'm staying with it
I cannot flash this in TWRP right?
my phone is bootloader unlock, does it mean I can flash the third part recovery like TWRP, and use it?
MY guess yes..
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allen_ho said:
my phone is bootloader unlock, does it mean I can flash the third part recovery like TWRP, and use it?
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TWRP will not work on the OTA, yet. However, there is a working CWM in the HD forum. I flashed it to my M and have zero issues with it.
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TWRP will not work on the OTA, yet. However, there is a working CWM in the HD forum. I flashed it to my M and have zero issues with it.
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I flashed the CWM recovery too...it does boot to recovery
but it seems to be some problem with CM11 package, the assert check shows my device ID is empty so the recovery just abort the installation.
I want to flash CM11-m6 snapshot....any ideas?
falleny said:
I flashed the CWM recovery too...it does boot to recovery
but it seems to be some problem with CM11 package, the assert check shows my device ID is empty so the recovery just abort the installation.
I want to flash CM11-m6 snapshot....any ideas?
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CM11 won't work if you've updated. Apparently, the boot loader is updated and the ROMs haven't been updated for it.
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RikRong said:
CM11 won't work if you've updated. Apparently, the boot loader is updated and the ROMs haven't been updated for it.
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Bad news...Looks like i will be stucked in full bloated stock rom for sometime...thank u
falleny said:
Bad news...Looks like i will be stucked in full bloated stock rom for sometime...thank u
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You have an unlocked BL, just flash SU to get root, and delete/freeze apps. That's pretty much what I did and used Xposed on top of that.
I haven't tried it yet, buy couldn't you just rsd back to an earlier build then flash your custom ROM?
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I fastboot flash the lastest CWM recovery, but it didn't work for the CM 4.4.2 ROM, and twrp, it didn't work again. why? does the VFW rom change something?
allen_ho said:
I fastboot flash the lastest CWM recovery, but it didn't work for the CM 4.4.2 ROM, and twrp, it didn't work again. why? does the VFW rom change something?
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None of the ROMs have been updated to work with the new recovery. Just give it time.
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None of the ROMs have been updated to work with the new recovery. Just give it time.
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what's that mean?
do you mean the third part recovery didn't work cause the VFW rom?
allen_ho said:
what's that mean?
do you mean the third part recovery didn't work cause the VFW rom?
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It means that none of the ROMs out right now will work with the new CWM. Also, quit trying flash TWRP. TWRP is not compatible with the new KK, yet.
Got it, many thanks
Root
My xt907 Has the OTA 4.4 update and an unlocked BL. I don't have a custom recovery installed anymore. Is it possible to flash SU or superuser and get root with fastboot. If so. Please help! Thanks. I'm ok with flashing CWN if need be. I just want root to install a Xposed and remove bloatware.
Ahoalton said:
My xt907 Has the OTA 4.4 update and an unlocked BL. I don't have a custom recovery installed anymore. Is it possible to flash SU or superuser and get root with fastboot. If so. Please help! Thanks. I'm ok with flashing CWN if need be. I just want root to install a Xposed and remove bloatware.
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I'm pretty sure you can use fastboot/ADB to sideload zips, though I'm not super familiar with the commands so I wouldn't know how to explain it to you.
I am familiar enough with the commands, but I am unable to find the zips to flash. any help would be great.
Thanks,
Egg all over the face
I was one of the people who thought it would be cool to update to the OTA immediately without waiting and reading... I got the CWM recovery going and rooted stock 4.2.2 , but I really cant wait for TWRP to get updated so I can get back to my Rom, or really any supported Rom would be better then stock. I have only myself to blame.
Eclipse00 said:
I was one of the people who thought it would be cool to update to the OTA immediately without waiting and reading... I got the CWM recovery going and rooted stock 4.2.2 , but I really cant wait for TWRP to get updated so I can get back to my Rom, or really any supported Rom would be better then stock. I have only myself to blame.
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Looks like the new TWRP is here, but still needs one tweak. Please follow this thread for updates.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53189684
TWRP for KitKat Bootloader
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img