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Failed OTA update (tried everything)

ok so im still getting the same failed attempts at updating.
I've replaced the wpa_supplicant with the stock 3.0 that i made a backup of & also a stock 3.1 that i found (in saying that i had to change permissions just so i could connect to wifi to get the update).
Neither of those worked.
I've done a factory reset, both from within the settings menu and also from CWM Recovery, also wiped the partition cache. All of these failed to let me install the update as well.
Have tried both when rooted & unrooted.
One thing i've noticed, after i click 'install now' it reboots and i see small text appear in the top left corner saying "booting recovery kernal image" then the progress bar always gets to about 20% before i end up with the ! in a red triangle.
The only other option i can think of is using the stock 3.1 + CWM and installing it via CWM Recovery menu, but i'd prefer a pure stock 3.1 (which is 117mb vs the 342mb of the other one, why the huge difference if they're both stock?)
Thanks for any help

The CWM flashable version of the 3.1 ROM is 100% stock with the addition of being pre-rooted. There's no difference other than that so go ahead and flash it.
As for the size difference. The one you're downloading is a DIFF file, it just updates the OS files that have changed. The CWM one is a full (clean) system dump of someone's tablet, hence it's larger.

djyoshii said:
I've done a factory reset, both from within the settings menu and also from CWM Recovery, also wiped the partition cache. All of these failed to let me install the update as well.
Have tried both when rooted & unrooted.
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I had to install the stock recovery before it would work for me.

I'm downloading the pre-rooted stock 3.1 now and gonna give that a shot.
Just tried, and failed again, by installing the Acer Recovery Installer & flashing the stock US ROM then unrooting & updating, different screen (android character with white triangle & !) but still failed
Thanks for the tips guys!!

wow, isn't it obvious that updating uses the stock recovery? the recovery screen pops up when updating...

i was using the stock recovery included with the Acer rec installer. it still failed after i dl the update and ran it.
anyway got it working now. couldn't boot into recovery menu so i had to flash CMW to 1.3.4 and it all worked.
thanks fatman

I have had problems with the update too. I received the message that I had an update this morning (the 4.01 update) and I downloaded it but when it finished I never received the option to install as in previous updates. And now when I check for updates it says my tab is up to date but I'm still running 3.0.1 not 3.1... any suggestions?
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Update: I was not unrooted when I downloaded the update but I have now unrooted the tab and still no luck. It says it is up to date but still 3.0.1... is there any way I can manually install the update other than with CWM?
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moosemoosecaboose said:
Update: I was not unrooted when I downloaded the update but I have now unrooted the tab and still no luck. It says it is up to date but still 3.0.1... is there any way I can manually install the update other than with CWM?
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Sorry, but nope.. Your only other recourse is to try contacting Acer support.
Don't expect a lot of help from them either... Apparently they know there's a problem, but don't know the cause.
There's a simple fix, they just need to put a full package update on their support site and EVERYONE will be sorted.

3.1 Update Incomplete Download?
Similar problem - I clicked on the update message and the download started, but it never looked like it completely finished downloading.
My screen time-out before the download was finished and now when I go to check if there's an update, it says system is up-to-date, but still only shows 3.0.1.
Any suggestions?

Ota update needs stock recovery. The pre-rooted update here at xda REQUIRES cwm.
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[Q] 3.2 won't install, help?

I got the notice that my new Firmware was available, so I chose to just install it. I am rooted, and realize that would unroot the device, but I didn't much care. But when I hit install, the device rebooted and just hung on the triangle + exclamation point screen. So I rebooted the device, and I'm still on 3.1. Tried it twice more for same result.
Then I came here, saw that someone had already (can't believe how fast that happened) had a patched zip file to move to 3.2. I verified I still had root, downloaded that patch, and tried to install through CWM. Device reboots, but will not install.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Which recovery do you have? It sounds like you have a stock recovery, but need CWM to flash the modded 8656 zip file. Did you ever see the orange text of the menu screen?

if you changed your recovery the official update wont install. you have to wait for someone to post it rooted for cwm

gee one said:
Which recovery do you have? It sounds like you have a stock recovery, but need CWM to flash the modded 8656 zip file. Did you ever see the orange text of the menu screen?
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Yeah, I have stock recovery. And no, I never saw any text.

Ok, so it sounds like you have 8.4.4.11 with the stock recovery.
I think you should flash CWM for 84411, then use that to flash Roach's upgrade. brk has a batch script that should be able to flash the right version of cwm, but I forget which option it is. I'm not sure if the version will matter, but it wouldn't hurt.
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It's serious: I need help... flashing stock A501 rom

Hi,
atm, I have an A501 with CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.x(thor2002ro rev1.7) and Android 3.2 (EMEA CUS7 - Germany).
My Tab tells me that there is an update, which I downloaded and tried to install. However, after a few seconds an Android with a red exclamation mark appears and the installation of the updates aborts.
So, I want to remove CWM Recovery and root and return to a stock rom. However, that seems impossible. I downloaded the Acer Recovery Installer App but this one offers me a USA A500 stock rom - but I need an A501 rom because of 3g.
When I try to install this one (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234039) I decrypted before, CWM tells me
"Installating update...
Installation aborted"
So, this does not work either.
I am really desperate because I have to revert to a stock rom...
Can someone please, please, please help me out?

lamajstro said:
Hi,
My Tab tells me that there is an update, which I downloaded and tried to install. However, after a few seconds an Android with a red exclamation mark appears and the installation of the updates aborts.
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The update has overwritten yr custom recovery with the Acer stock recovery. It also checks yr system files if it ain't completely stock it will abort. being rooted can also affect the update.
but I need an A501 rom because of 3g.
When I try to install this one (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234039) I decrypted before, CWM tells me
"Installating update...
Installation aborted";
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Did u install cwm again from Acer recovery installer b4 flashing. the rom?
I'm unfamiliar with the 501 and what stock Roms are available for it
Search xda for vache full ota update packages and see if there's one that thread
So, I want to remove CWM Recovery and root and return to a stock rom.
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Why not give HC the flick and upgrade to a custom ICS rom?

dibb_nz said:
The update has overwritten yr custom recovery with the Acer stock recovery. It also checks yr system files if it ain't completely stock it will abort. being rooted can also affect the update.
Did u install cwm again from Acer recovery installer b4 flashing. the rom?
I'm unfamiliar with the 501 and what stock Roms are available for it
Search xda for vache full ota update packages and see if there's one that thread
Why not give HC the flick and upgrade to a custom ICS rom?
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Thank you a lot for your answer!
Yes, I did install cwm again from acer recovery installer, but that did not change anything.
Unfortunately none of the roms offered on xda work, they all abort in cwm and I don't know why.
I would prefer to go back to a stock rom with stock recovery because I want to give the tab to someone else.

lamajstro said:
Thank you a lot for your answer!
Yes, I did install cwm again from acer recovery installer, but that did not change anything.
Unfortunately none of the roms offered on xda work, they all abort in cwm and I don't know why.
I would prefer to go back to a stock rom with stock recovery because I want to give the tab to someone else.
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Yeah, you may have difficulties flashing full packages via CWM. Especially if you didn't decrypt the rom first.
I've got a few 501 roms you can try. All HC 3.2.
One of them, is an ATT full package update which will probably work for you. Just pull the update.zip out of it. Put it on your Ext SD card, and boot holding PWR and Vol+. This will force it to install update.zip from the SD card.
Any rom you use, you have to decrypt it first. Some try renaming the rom to update.zip, and some have success using this method.
Like I say, it's an AT&T rom, but is probably really a ComGen 1. So it should have decent language support.
If you're interested, I can throw them up on a server tomorrow.
But I tell you this first, before you go messing around with these things. GET YOUR UID Number first, and write it down. You can get instructions on UID in the Development Forum, 1st page usually. It's easy.
MD

lamajstro said:
Thank you a lot for your answer!
Yes, I did install cwm again from acer recovery installer, but that did not change anything.
Unfortunately none of the roms offered on xda work, they all abort in cwm and I don't know why.
I would prefer to go back to a stock rom with stock recovery because I want to give the tab to someone else.
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No probs!!
U must use a "update.zip" , decrypted first as Moscow said, and booting into recovery via button combo may help too,
also remember to remove the zip file off the ext. sdcard when you are done!!
....good luck

[Q] Problems updating nexus 10 to 4.3 after root...

So I have my nexus 10 rooted, with no custom ROM on it. I got the prompt that there was a system update, clicked it and it reboots into recovery like it's going to install it, and says verification failed.
I've tried manually downloading it and flashing it through recovery like it was a custom ROM and still get the same error.
How can I update my tablet with 4.3 and stay completely stock? Is there a ROM to flash or something? Thanks!

I am having the same issue and would love a solution.
I have TWRP as recovery, and the update attempted is JWR66Y from JWR66V

Infoport said:
I am having the same issue and would love a solution.
I have TWRP as recovery, and the update attempted is JWR66Y from JWR66V
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Same here. I even tried unrooting to apply the update and then root again after. Couldn't get the thing to unroot!

Had the same problem. The update will fail if you've installed a custom recovery. Re-flash the stock recovery and the update should work.

dberthia said:
Had the same problem. The update will fail if you've installed a custom recovery. Re-flash the stock recovery and the update should work.
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Can you please tell me how I would go about doing that?

rick311 said:
Can you please tell me how I would go about doing that?
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I used the Nexus 10 Toolkit. After it's installed, run and select the option to flash the stock recovery. You can also use it to root again after the update.

Shield Update 2.2 is out!

http://shield.nvidia.com/tablet-release-notes/2.2/
now to figure out how to get this to update on my rooted LTE Tablet.....

I'm rooted and just got the update. But haven't completed the update yet as I'm too lazy to reroot.

I tried using the nvidia updater, which failed since it rebooted and CWM had no idea what to do. I made a CWM backup so I am going to see how well it flashes in CWM manually.
I managed to find the OTA download location and have superSU at the ready in my downloads folder in case I have to reflash. the OTA saved as:
/data/data/com.nvidia.ota/files/ROM/shield_tablet_software_upgrade_2.2_-_lte__5.0.1.zip

Someone please report the steps on how to do this for Rooted 2.1.

CWM install zip failed. build fingerprint mismatched, its probably CWM. Will try sideloading stock recovery then installing the zip afterward, I think I remember seeing somewhere here that's how people upgraded rooted devices from 2.0 to 2.1

Omg things seem to be more snappy! The dreaded lag may be gone! I'm not rooted so I did the ota install

I'm really interested in your findings, i need to find a tutorial on how to flash back stock recovery then i can do the update and hopefully reroot.

Iorkca said:
I'm really interested in your findings, i need to find a tutorial on how to flash back stock recovery then i can do the update and hopefully reroot.
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currently working on it right now, need about a few to upload all files and then get everything setup....

From a post on Geforce forum
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For rooted users you'll want to use theses.
US LTE Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_do-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
US Wifi Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
I successfully updated rooted wifi using link

Awsome sounds good. Quick question to get stock recovery back all id have to do is extract the recovery.img file from the ota 2.1 file i downloaded off nvidia's site and load it like i did the CWM recovery from the root thread right?

Or (if you've got root) wait until the full 2.2 .zip is available, then download it and flash it through your custom recovery, followed by the latest SuperSU. (just like the last Lollipop update).
Interestingly, the OTA update tool has an option for "Check full update" (under the top right menu), but it doesn't seem to return anything...yet...
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Pretty much you are going
Flash Stock recovery by any preferred method
Flash Update
adb Reflash CWM recovery
Thru recovery flash SuperSU
**Profit**
Working on getting all the files in one package as of right now. Damn internet hogs in my house.

Cant we use Flashify to flash stock recovery and then updating the OTA and then reflash our recoverys and supersu.zip?

NaminatoR1254jaime.sier said:
Cant we use Flashify to flash stock recovery and then updating the OTA and then reflash our recoverys and supersu.zip?
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Yeah, if you have the stock recovery file....

mcord11758 said:
From a post on Geforce forum
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For rooted users you'll want to use theses.
US LTE Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_do-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
US Wifi Full:*http://ota.nvidia.com/ota/rom/productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
I successfully updated rooted wifi using link
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Did you clean install, or did you dirty flash?
Just curious if this can be applied as an update our not.
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masterchiefb117 said:
Yeah, if you have the stock recovery file....
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I dont
But Im downloading the 2.1 update stock images. Funny how I deleted the 2 gb zip yesterday and now I need it.

masterchiefb117 said:
Pretty much you are going
Flash Stock recovery by any preferred method
Flash Update
adb Reflash CWM recovery
Thru recovery flash SuperSU
**Profit**
Working on getting all the files in one package as of right now. Damn internet hogs in my house.
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You won't be able to successfully flash the UPDATE .zip file (~94MB) on a rooted (read: modified) Lollipop version.
Recovery version is irrelevant.
You need the FULL 2.2 rom (already found above , ~731MB), flash it in your current custom recovery and re-root by flashing SuperSU again.
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ok, here's what I dug up. If you are rooted and want it NOW, get to it, otherwise wait for someone to clean up the process:
get the OTA from here: https://forums.geforce.com/default/...hread-released-2-17-15-/post/4464815/#4464815
get your latest SuperSU flashable zip: http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/
get your recovery ready for reflashing, the OTA will install the stock recovery again. I went with: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=58864006&postcount=90
boot into recovery and install zip from sideload. then choose either: adb sideload productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_do-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip or adb sideload productionBL-droid-signed-wx_na_wf-full_ota-29979_512.4856.zip
reboot and let the upgrade happen, you've lost root and recovery, but you still are unlocked so you just have to reflash them. get into fastboot with power and volume down, then flash recovery: fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-shieldtablet.img
load up recovery and flash the superSU zip and you're back in business.

ShrekOpher said:
Did you clean install, or did you dirty flash?
Just curious if this can be applied as an update our not.
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Wiped cache and davlik then just in case flashed supersu after rom

An Droid said:
You won't be able to successfully flash the UPDATE .zip file (~94MB) on a rooted (read: modified) Lollipop version.
Recovery version is irrelevant.
You need the FULL 2.2 rom (already found above , ~731MB), flash it in your current custom recovery and re-root by flashing SuperSU again.
Sent from my SHIELD Tablet using XDA Free mobile app
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That means a rooted lollipop user with custom recovery, can download the full ota, and dirty flash it, right?