I realized my Nexus 7 is still on 4.1 and it couldn't find the 4.1.1 OTA update. I had rooted but not installed a rom. I can force the Nexus to find the OTA update 4.1.1 by force quitting the framework services app but it doesn't actually install. It goes through the download and reboot but after reboot no 4.1.1 just 4.1. I restored to factory settings but same problem. What gives?!
This is pretty frustrating especially since this is suppose to be the Google flagship tablet. Can't even get its own updates to stick to a factory resetted device.
And of course Google support is nonexistent.
Any suggestions outside of manually installing which I don't really want to do? Is it too much to expect updates to actually install?
Wombats inc said:
I realized my Nexus 7 is still on 4.1 and it couldn't find the 4.1.1 OTA update. I had rooted but not installed a rom. I can force the Nexus to find the OTA update 4.1.1 by force quitting the framework services app but it doesn't actually install. It goes through the download and reboot but after reboot no 4.1.1 just 4.1. I restored to factory settings but same problem. What gives?!
This is pretty frustrating especially since this is suppose to be the Google flagship tablet. Can't even get its own updates to stick to a factory resetted device.
And of course Google support is nonexistent.
Any suggestions outside of manually installing which I don't really want to do? Is it too much to expect updates to actually install?
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Couple of things, do NOT! use the Framework trick, as it causes no end of issues such as Play Store not working etc etc. TRUST ME DONT!
Second of all, if you've rooted, you have a custom recovery and hense cannot install OTA updates.
Do it manually, using the adb commands when connected to your PC.
There is a tutorial on doing it manually in XDA, it took me a couple of minutes, literally, and I kept root and everything was strawberries and cream.
I'll say again, Framework trick may seem good and easy, but it creates more errors than it does good
Hope this helps !
Wilks3y said:
Couple of things, do NOT! use the Framework trick, as it causes no end of issues such as Play Store not working etc etc. TRUST ME DONT!
Second of all, if you've rooted, you have a custom recovery and hense cannot install OTA updates.
Do it manually, using the adb commands when connected to your PC.
There is a tutorial on doing it manually in XDA, it took me a couple of minutes, literally, and I kept root and everything was strawberries and cream.
I'll say again, Framework trick may seem good and easy, but it creates more errors than it does good
Hope this helps !
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Quick question; does factory reset unroot? The only reason I rooted was to get USB host support. But now I use the media importer app I don't have a real need for a root. So if factory reset doesn't unroot, I gotta unroot by the rooting utility? It's a real pain in the butt to have to manually update if I don't need root access anymore. I'd prefer it just update normally since my previous need for a root no longer exists.
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Quick question; does factory reset unroot? The only reason I rooted was to get USB host support. But now I use the media importer app I don't have a real need for a root. So if factory reset doesn't unroot, I gotta unroot by the rooting utility? It's a real pain in the butt to have to manually update if I don't need root access anymore. I'd prefer it just update normally since my previous need for a root no longer exists.
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No you will keep Root when factory resetting as it is part of the /system directory.
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No you will keep Root when factory resetting as it is part of the /system directory.
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I'm having a heck of a time unrooting. Using the tool kit but it won't actually wipe or unroot my device at all. I run through the unlock, flash stock and nothing actually happens.
This is frustrating.
Follow this and fast boot the files with adb. Just follow the commands.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
If you do this you will know what to do and never need a toolkit again. This will bring you to complete stock!
Its really easy. Put your android-sdk on your c drive and there will be a folder that reads platform-tools. Place the files in there and make sure when you open the command prompt you point to the right directory in my case it is c:/android-sdk/platform-tools
Travisdroidx2 said:
Follow this and fast boot the files with adb. Just follow the commands.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
If you do this you will know what to do and never need a toolkit again. This will bring you to complete stock!
Its really easy. Put your android-sdk on your c drive and there will be a folder that reads platform-tools. Place the files in there and make sure when you open the command prompt you point to the right directory in my case it is c:/android-sdk/platform-tools
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Realized I was using the older toolkit, switch over to Tool Kit 5.14 and it did it just fine.
Thanks guys!
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As the title says, I'm getting notifications to upgrade my Nexus 7 to 4.2 even though I have 4.2 already. If it were the 4.2.1 update that it wanted me to update to, wound't it say 4.2.1 instead of 4.2?
Info on the device:
Rooted
Bootloader Unlocked
Stock ROM
I went ahead and tried installing the update many times and while it shutdown to do its dirty work, it eventually error-ed out (while the little Android guy is on his back). I have even done a factory reset and I still get the prompts to update to 4.2... from 4.2. Errors are there as well. Thank you for your help.
John J
P.S There are pics
jjimenezjj said:
As the title says, I'm getting notifications to upgrade my Nexus 7 to 4.2 even though I have 4.2 already. If it were the 4.2.1 update that it wanted me to update to, wound't it say 4.2.1 instead of 4.2?
Info on the device:
Rooted
Bootloader Unlocked
Stock ROM
I went ahead and tried installing the update many times and while it shutdown to do its dirty work, it eventually error-ed out (while the little Android guy is on his back). I have even done a factory reset and I still get the prompts to update to 4.2... from 4.2. Errors are there as well. Thank you for your help.
John J
P.S There are pics
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This has been posted about before.
Yes, the 4.2.1 upgrade says "4.2" in the update screen. Your device is trying to go from 4.2->4.2.1.
The upgrade however seems to be failing. Since you are using a stock recovery, there is no indication on what part is stopping it. It could just be a glitch or, more likely, you modified something. Did you install any mods or root and modify any system apps? Freezing them in TiBu/etc. will break it too.
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This has been posted about before.
Yes, the 4.2.1 upgrade says "4.2" in the update screen. Your device is trying to go from 4.2->4.2.1.
The upgrade however seems to be failing. Since you are using a stock recovery, there is no indication on what part is stopping it. It could just be a glitch or, more likely, you modified something. Did you install any mods or root and modify any system apps? Freezing them in TiBu/etc. will break it too.
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I did read other posts but they didn't seem to help.
After I rooted the device, I went ahead and pasted the original browser.apk in the System/App folder and installed it from there. From what I read, that was most likely my problem. I deleted it but still got the error. After that I said "screw this" and applied a data factory reset thinking that would solve my problems
Thank you for your reply.
John J
jjimenezjj said:
I did read other posts but they didn't seem to help.
After I rooted the device, I went ahead and pasted the original browser.apk in the System/App folder and installed it from there. From what I read, that was most likely my problem. I deleted it but still got the error. After that I said "screw this" and applied a data factory reset thinking that would solve my problems
Thank you for your reply.
John J
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Yes, that modification would certainly break the OTA update.
Doing a factory wipe won't help. That won't revert the old system apk back to stock. Nor will deleting it.
Your best bet is to download the full 4.2.1 image and flash that. Or, you could find and restore the original browser.apk.
This should serve as another reminder to people who make tweaks - always backup the original file!
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Yes, that modification would certainly break the OTA update.
Doing a factory wipe won't help. That won't revert the old system apk back to stock. Nor will deleting it.
Your best bet is to download the full 4.2.1 image and flash that. Or, you could find and restore the original browser.apk.
This should serve as another reminder to people who make tweaks - always backup the original file!
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It's not that bad. Everything works fine except for updating the thing. As for the restoring the original browser.apk, if you mean Chrome, I never touched it so it is there.
My guess is that I didn't install the CWM Recovery correctly because I can't boot into Recovery Mode. It just hangs and stays in a loop. I will re-install CWM and see if that helps.
John J
Re-installed CWM Recovery and flashed 4.2.1 from there. Lost everything but I had anything important backup already. All is good
My rooted, but otherwise standard N4 has been telling me it has downloaded the 4.3 update every couple of days since last week, but it won't install. All I get is a dead Android with a red triangle and the word Error! written above him. The phone then starts playing up, re-booting etc and I have to go into recovery and clear the cache for it to work properly again, still on 4.2.2 (obviously).
Now I'm not overly fussed about this update, but I do take issue with something that won't work taking up space in my phone (I'm tight and bought the 8GB one!), so my question is; can I get into where this duff download is being stored in my phone and delete it?
You should find it in /cache
yes, my ota update was in /cache folder; just use root manager or something similar.
Or un-root it, apply update, then re-root again. Win win.
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Thanks for that, I deleted it!
I never even considered unrooting the phone first, to be honest, but it looks quite long winded to do. I assume there will soon be 4.3 ROM builds where that won't be necessary?
simonali68 said:
Thanks for that, I deleted it!
I never even considered unrooting the phone first, to be honest, but it looks quite long winded to do. I assume there will soon be 4.3 ROM builds where that won't be necessary?
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You need the OTA to flash the new boot loader, but you can do it manually too so....not a big deal
Nexus 4+ Franco + LTE
Right, it has now downloaded for the 3rd time, so I'm not gonna bother deleting it again. Does anyone know a method of removing the notification?
joshuab227 said:
Finally managed to stop the update from downloading though ...
Heres what I did :
Installed Autorun Manager from the Play store.
Then entered its recommended advanced mode.
Went into the settings and enabled system entries and system app disable.
Disabled com.android.gsf.update.SystemUpdateService$Reciever under Google Service Framework
Hope this helps everyone else facing this problem and thanks to mikebz5 for the original post.
Sent from my Nexus 4
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this is from another thread. Worked for me
That did the trick. Ta very muchly!
I'm still on 4.2.1 on my nexus 4 (been a little slow with the updates...they always fail on me so I have to manually flash). My question is, can I download and flash the latest version (4.4.4) or is it best to update my way up (4.2.2, then 4.3, then 4.4, so on and so forth)?
If you have a flashable zip of 4.4.4 you can update to that. Otherwise I'd update to 4.4 and then incremental.
Make sure everything is up to date, recovery, boot img ect. ect. I had an issue with twrp and had to update it, problem was that the twrp updates would fail. Long story short, had to go the adb route and update my recovery...all went well after that.
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I'm still on 4.2.1 on my nexus 4 (been a little slow with the updates...they always fail on me so I have to manually flash). My question is, can I download and flash the latest version (4.4.4) or is it best to update my way up (4.2.2, then 4.3, then 4.4, so on and so forth)?
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My version was 4.4.2 and I flashed manually to 4.4.4. Only one app needed reinstall. (Hex editor)
See my reply http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/help-ota-t2802250
If you don't mind losing all of your data, then you can simply download the latest factory image from here and install it via one of the toolkits or using fastboot. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
If you're rooted, then you need to update to the latest TWRP, flash the latest radio and bootloader and then install any 4.4.4 ROM and Gapps. A factory reset is recommended however.
TheDarkLord1997 said:
If you're rooted, then you need to update to the latest TWRP, flash the latest radio and bootloader and then install any 4.4.4 ROM and Gapps. A factory reset is recommended however.
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When on a Nexus 4 the LTE is activated (hack) then flashing the latest radio is not a good idea.
After flashing LTE is gone.
Maybe my reply to another post is helpfull http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/help-ota-t2802250
TheDarkLord1997 said:
If you don't mind losing all of your data, then you can simply download the latest factory image from here and install it via one of the toolkits or using fastboot. https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
If you're rooted, then you need to update to the latest TWRP, flash the latest radio and bootloader and then install any 4.4.4 ROM and Gapps. A factory reset is recommended however.
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Actually, if you download the factory image from google and extract it, you can change the flash-all.bat file so that it doesn't wipe your data.
Right click the file and select "edit" and delete the "-w" between "nutfastboot" and "update" towards the end and it prevents your data from being wiped. From there, you put your device into bootloader mode, then on your computer just right click the folder that you extracted while pressing shift and select "open command window here." Type in "flashboot devices" to make sure the phone is seen by the system, then type "flash-all.bat" and boom, good to go. Just flashed a factory image without wiping the data.
Upgraded right to 4.4.4. Did have to root again and reinstall TWRP, but the Nexus Root Toolkit makes that easy, lol. My only thing is that everything seems to take a bit longer. Transitions are smooth, but there's a lag from when I select something, to when it opens. For example, I use widget locker. When unlocking, it used to immediately unlock. Now it takes about 2 or 3 seconds, but that may just be the app itself. Probably would have been best to flash a little at a time (4.3, then 4.4, then 4.4.4) but oh well. Maybe when I get back from vacation next week, lol.
Also, wasn't concerned about losing LTE because I never really needed it to begin with. I only ever use data when i'm on my lunch at work and it's mostly playing something like Ruzzle or reading news articles. Plus, LTE pretty much cut my battery down to half of what it normally is. I'll be getting a new phone when the next Nexus is released anyway so i'm not too concerned about lack of LTE on my current phone. We got, what, 4 months before the next one is due?
Where was this ages ago?
matrix0886 said:
Right click the file and select "edit" and delete the "-w" between "nutfastboot" and "update" towards the end and it prevents your data from being wiped.
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Wow! Very thankful for such a simple "hack" :highfive:
I must have missed your argument for and against incrementally updating @matrix0886
knightowl439 said:
Wow! Very thankful for such a simple "hack" :highfive:
I must have missed your argument for and against incrementally updating @matrix0886
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Except, make sure you take the userdata.img out of the zip too or that'll wipe your device.
Edit, this already has the hacks http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53533289
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Except, make sure you take the userdata.img out of the zip too or that'll wipe your device.
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Are you sure, because I didn't take it out. All I did was delete "-w" from the batch file and that was it. Although, I do think I remember something about that as a secondary "just in case you're really worried about it" option.
Happy to be Guinea Pig
I had problems with my launcher @matrix0886 when I just deleted the "-w"
I'll give what @jd1639 said a shot too
Sorry for the late reply. I don't use the stock launcher (I use widget locker for my lockscreen and Apex for my home launcher) so I obviously haven't noticed any problems, lol. But how did the other option go for you @knightowl439?
Hi all,
it's been a while since i started following you and 'till now i haven't had any issue at all.. over the last few days i started experimenting with my N4.
As of now i keep in unlocked, rooted with stock kernel and.. no custom recovery. Bad thing is i've done some crap steps, other than not having a recovery:
1 after unlocking/rooting, i uninstalled some pre-build apps (korean/pying/imeikeyboard/exchange..)
2 everything seemed fine
3 today i tried sideloading 5.1.1 and, of course, it gave me error "couldn't find 'koreanblabla'"
4 i deleted those apps from the ota
5 it passes the apps check but failed upon signature verification - no surprise, i was expecting this.
Now, how do i have that - modified - ota signature ok?
Wipe is not an option, i'd rather buy a new phone lol
Installing those app neither, i'd wanna stick with "my way" : F
I've found these.
jhshi.me/2013/12/02/how-to-create-and-sign-ota-package
source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/sign_builds.html
BTW, along with overclock.net - and reddit lol -, that's one of the best communty driven portal.
Thanks.
urielejh said:
Hi all,
it's been a while since i started following you and 'till now i haven't had any issue at all.. over the last few days i started experimenting with my N4.
As of now i keep in unlocked, rooted with stock kernel and.. no custom recovery. Bad thing is i've done some crap steps, other than not having a recovery:
1 after unlocking/rooting, i uninstalled some pre-build apps (korean/pying/imeikeyboard/exchange..)
2 everything seemed fine
3 today i tried sideloading 5.1.1 and, of course, it gave me error "couldn't find 'koreanblabla'"
4 i deleted those apps from the ota
5 it passes the apps check but failed upon signature verification - no surprise, i was expecting this.
Now, how do i have that - modified - ota signature ok?
Wipe is not an option, i'd rather buy a new phone lol
Installing those app neither, i'd wanna stick with "my way" : F
I've found these.
jhshi.me/2013/12/02/how-to-create-and-sign-ota-package
source.android.com/devices/tech/ota/sign_builds.html
BTW, along with overclock.net - and reddit lol -, that's one of the best communty driven portal.
Thanks.
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Due to the way 5.0+ does signature checks, if you are even just rooted with stock recovery and no other changes, you have to unroot and revert to stock to install the OTA. It now checks the whole partition and will error if even a byte is out of place. You can either do that, or just flash the images directly, which I find to be the easiest.
Why you don't use factory image and edit flash-all.bat. Remove -w switch and flash. You will lose root and recovery but all apps and data remains.
viktorlj said:
Why you don't use factory image and edit flash-all.bat. Remove -w switch and flash. You will lose root and recovery but all apps and data remains.
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whatwaitwhat?!
what will that do? is that similar to windows' refresh?
Yes, it will install complete system without wipe. But you must edit flashall.bat and remove -w switch.
what if i reinstall those uninstalled apps? will the integrity check be ok?
If you decide to use factory image there is no integrity check.
mmm
urielejh said:
what if i reinstall those uninstalled apps? will the integrity check be ok?
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No, because you had to be rooted to remove them in the first place. You have to be unrooted to use the OTA, it has nothing to do with those apps. If you replace, you will just get an error at a different part of the OTA sideload process.
Use the images, as another poster said, you can remove -w from flashall to prevent the wipe (I prefer to always wipe to ensure a clean install however. I don't have anything which I don't backup or can't reinstall quickly)
ok, guys, think i'm done.
using Nexus Root Toolkit i've flashed 5.1.1 update without wiping.
Thanks. pity that i didn't make it the hard way lol
So, to my new found knowledge I made a big mistake.
I rooted my Nexus 6P for the first time ever, and I used the Nexus Toolkit to root after failing miserably via the classic method. After I rooted I installed some minor tweaks and I then decided to step it up and install lineage OS. I installed it with not much problem. I tried installing another slight tweak and I saw the message of "System UI has stopped". I panicked and factory reset and am installing again to the first version of Lineage I tried (which worked). I then started thinking...
If I want to uninstall lineage how do I get back to my stock OS?
I then saw all the forum posts on other devices and they all said just install the old ROM you backed up.
Guess who didn't back it up.
I wanted to see if there was any way I could get my stock OS back, I don't care if I can or can't sync my app with Titanium backup I just want stock back. I would've posted this in anohter seciton but since im new I thought I would put it in general rather than other less fitting subsections.
You can always go back. Just download the factory image and use adb to reinstall a fresh factory install.
jinosong said:
You can always go back. Just download the factory image and use adb to reinstall a fresh factory install.
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Well know that I know its possible, is there any guide here to do it?
BiteFilms said:
Well know that I know its possible, is there any guide here to do it?
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The first thread in general under how to go back to stock.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
BiteFilms said:
Well know that I know its possible, is there any guide here to do it?
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Instructions and image downloads straight from Google.
https://developers.google.com/android/images
Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk
Easiest thing to do is download the stock OTA from Google and simply adb sideload it via adb sideload command on your pc. Also I recommend trying different roms than lineage as many roms are based off it but with added features and improvements. I use this rom which includes the opengapps package for Google apps like play store. I recommend wiping everything and going back to stock and trying this rom or another one of your choice.
https://download.bbqdroid.org