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[Q] Failure to update 4.2.2

after upgrade to 4.2.2 and reboot, N7 3G went TWRP automatically ....
after reboot from TWRP, it still 4.2.1 ......
what happened ?? how to fix it ??
Thanks

williamlaw said:
after upgrade to 4.2.2 and reboot, N7 3G went TWRP automatically ....
after reboot from TWRP, it still 4.2.1 ......
what happened ?? how to fix it ??
Thanks
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you probably need stock recovery to complete the update... I would just wait for someone to root the update and then flash it that way

williamlaw said:
after upgrade to 4.2.2 and reboot, N7 3G went TWRP automatically ....
after reboot from TWRP, it still 4.2.1 ......
what happened ?? how to fix it ??
Thanks
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While your post doesn't make much sense, I assume you ran into the same issue I did on my N73G.
If so, you have a 90% upgraded tablet. All of the system and kernel patches applied, but it got stuck on the radio firmware update. For some reason, this also breaks the bootloader update (for me at least) right before the radio, even though it said it worked. The reason why your tablet still shows 4.2.1 is because the build.prop change, which shows what version you are on, is after radio and didn't get applied.
Without going into too many details, you are a bit stuck. You can't reapply the OTA because it will fail the system asserts now that they were already patched. I would suggest downloading the FULL 4.2.2 IMAGE from Google here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasig
And do the following:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader (new bootloader file)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery (new recovery file)
fastboot flash radio (new radio file)
Then reboot into recovery mode and let the stock recovery apply the radio firmware update.
You need the stock recovery to apply the radio firmware. Custom recoveries (at least some/most/all) don't support the bach_update.modem function. You can go back to TWRP after you upgrade.
The instructions above will fix everything BUT the build.prop file, which will still be the 4.2.1 version. You can either fastboot flash system with the 4.2.2 system image, or get a copy of a 4.2.2 build.prop file and replace yours with that. Or if you are creative, you can modify the OTA update, remove everything BUT the build.prop patch and apply that manually (but I wouldn't suggest this unless you know what you are doing).
Also, in the future, [Q}s should go in the Q/A section.

phonic said:
While your post doesn't make much sense, I assume you ran into the same issue I did on my N73G.
If so, you have a 90% upgraded tablet. All of the system and kernel patches applied, but it got stuck on the radio firmware update. For some reason, this also breaks the bootloader update (for me at least) right before the radio, even though it said it worked. The reason why your tablet still shows 4.2.1 is because the build.prop change, which shows what version you are on, is after radio and didn't get applied.
Without going into too many details, you are a bit stuck. You can't reapply the OTA because it will fail the system asserts now that they were already patched. I would suggest downloading the FULL 4.2.2 IMAGE from Google here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasig
And do the following:
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader (new bootloader file)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery (new recovery file)
fastboot flash radio (new radio file)
Then reboot into recovery mode and let the stock recovery apply the radio firmware update.
You need the stock recovery to apply the radio firmware. Custom recoveries (at least some/most/all) don't support the bach_update.modem function. You can go back to TWRP after you upgrade.
The instructions above will fix everything BUT the build.prop file, which will still be the 4.2.1 version. You can either fastboot flash system with the 4.2.2 system image, or get a copy of a 4.2.2 build.prop file and replace yours with that. Or if you are creative, you can modify the OTA update, remove everything BUT the build.prop patch and apply that manually (but I wouldn't suggest this unless you know what you are doing).
Also, in the future, [Q}s should go in the Q/A section.
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is this problem caused by flashed kernel ??

williamlaw said:
is this problem caused by flashed kernel ??
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Did you not bother to read anything I wrote?

I had the same problem. If you have a TWRP backup from a previous android version that allowed the ota to work just flash that and you'll still receive the ota for 4.2.2
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This happened to me too, though I have the wifi-only version. So it's not just the radio.

I got the same problem with my Wifi version. Is there any fix yet? I only rooted the device but the rest is still stock. How come the update failed?

the same here - stock and rooted only WIFI version.
During install gave ERROR and after manual reboot - now is shows 4.2.1 version and there are not new system updates.
any solution ?

rexxxxx said:
the same here - stock and rooted only WIFI version.
During install gave ERROR and after manual reboot - now is shows 4.2.1 version and there are not new system updates.
any solution ?
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Got the same problem and I think it was caused by stick mount.
The app seems to modify the "debuggerd" file in system/bin.
Problem solved by replacing the file by the original one.

spiou said:
Got the same problem and I think it was caused by stick mount.
The app seems to modify the "debuggerd" file in system/bin.
Problem solved by replacing the file by the original one.
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finally flashed back to stock 4.2.1 then OTA update 4.2.2

spiou said:
Got the same problem and I think it was caused by stick mount.
The app seems to modify the "debuggerd" file in system/bin.
Problem solved by replacing the file by the original one.
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how ? I indeed have the mount stick installed for the OTG cable !

rexxxxx said:
how ? I indeed have the mount stick installed for the OTG cable !
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Someone posted the original file here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145265
You can replace the file simply with es file explorer

I'm also in the same boat as the OP.
OTA came down, installed fine, rebooted which went into twrp, tablet still says 4.2.1.
So, is there any way of doing this without doing a wipe ? Or losing any of your data ?
What about putting the update, downloaded from google, on a USB stick and booting into twrp then flashing from there ?
I don't mind losing root, although I have rootkeeper installed, and I don't mind losing custom recovery, all of this can be fixed.
I also have the trinity kernel installed, so will I lose this as well ? Again, don't mind since I am about to test the m-kernel, anyway.
What I don't want to do is lose my data. I have plenty of full twrp backups done, but then these are 4.2.1 backups. Backing up my apps isn't really feasible at the moment because of their sheer size. Horn, NOVA 3, the GTA games, bards tale, all gigs and gigs of data. Infact, I only have 1 gig left on a 32Gb N7, and I just don't have anywhere left to put a full backup of apps on to. I also don't want to download them all again, NOVA 3, for example, took me 6 hours to download on wi-fi.
I have read a lot of advice and help on here, plenty of googling which simply sends you back here anyway, and most advice centers around losing your data in some way. So, any help without losing data would be most appreciated,

spiou said:
Someone posted the original file here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145265
You can replace the file simply with es file explorer
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Done this but the problem remain.
About menu shows 4.2.1 and there is no system update for me.
I think update go trough and it changed some files and now these files tells the system update that I am with newest version.
Any solution for this. How to make the system update think that I need an update?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

After reading many threads and articles, I finally upgraded to 4.2.2 with stock recovery. Your mileage may vary.
Based on the discussions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148456, the failure may be caused by an app you installed
that corrupted some system files. Therefore, you have to flash 4.2.1 stock system and boot images back. The nice thing is your data and settings remain intact.
Although you lost root, it can be easily re-rooted using nexus root toolkit.
Now you're back to 4.2.1 which is allowed to upgrade, use OTA RootKeeper to keep su and then upgrade thru OTA. If you can not longer get OTA, you can clean data/stop/start Google Framework service, Google play service, and Google play store, and then re-check update. The last tip I read it somewhere but I forgot where I read it. Sorry.
Good luck. :laugh:
williamlaw said:
after upgrade to 4.2.2 and reboot, N7 3G went TWRP automatically ....
after reboot from TWRP, it still 4.2.1 ......
what happened ?? how to fix it ??
Thanks
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JohnRM said:
I'm also in the same boat as the OP.
OTA came down, installed fine, rebooted which went into twrp, tablet still says 4.2.1.
I also have the trinity kernel installed, so will I lose this as well ? Again, don't mind since I am about to test the m-kernel, anyway.
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Which part of STOCK is unclear? You cannot use OTAs unless you are STOCK. That means stock ROM contents. Stock kernel. Not twiddled with, not renamed, not deleted, not modified, not OverAmplifiedWithSuperBaseBoostLOLZKewlBeatsified, etc.....

rexxxxx said:
Done this but the problem remain.
About menu shows 4.2.1 and there is no system update for me.
I think update go trough and it changed some files and now these files tells the system update that I am with newest version.
Any solution for this. How to make the system update think that I need an update?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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You must clear the data of the Google framework (in the list of apps) and reboot immediately the tablet. Then the update will be proposed again.
One more thing : when you replace the file, check that the permissions are identical.

khaytsus said:
Which part of STOCK is unclear? You cannot use OTAs unless you are STOCK. That means stock ROM contents. Stock kernel. Not twiddled with, not renamed, not deleted, not modified, not OverAmplifiedWithSuperBaseBoostLOLZKewlBeatsified, etc.....
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Exactly. I don't understand why we need to see posts like that over and over and over again. Hell, the OTA update will even tell the user what failed, and yet people still complain and ask what's wrong.
Also, while in most cases a custom recovery is OK (though the update will overwrite it), with the N73G unit, you need to use the stock recovery, otherwise it will fail without warning ahead of time.

spiou said:
Got the same problem and I think it was caused by stick mount.
The app seems to modify the "debuggerd" file in system/bin.
Problem solved by replacing the file by the original one.
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Can you elaborate? E.g., where do you get the original debuggerd from, how do you replace it (adb push?), etc.

[SOLVED] Stuck in TWRP Recovery after failed Update to Kitkat

So now I am little bit confused.
Downloaded the OTA update from the Google server copied it to my N7, applied the update from within TWRP 2.6.3.1.
In fact, it was running through until almost the end (I thought, wow, finally an update which works).
But then Error message:
"Error executing updater binary in zip 'sdcard/goomanager/13088e35942c77e4752aa1fdf51d54472509b941.signed-nakasi-KRT16O-from-JWR66Y.13088e35'
Error flashing zip 13088e35942c77e4752aa1fdf51d54472509b941.signed-nakasi-KRT16O-from-JWR66Y.13088e35"
Reboot System brings me back to Recovery TWRP.
Somehow I have no clue what to do next.
Can give someone a hint?
Cheers
Tom

tom1807 said:
So now I am little bit confused.
Downloaded the OTA update from the Google server copied it to my N7, applied the update from within TWRP 2.6.3.1.
In fact, it was running through until almost the end (I thought, wow, finally an update which works).
But then Error message:
"Error executing updater binary in zip 'sdcard/goomanager/13088e35942c77e4752aa1fdf51d54472509b941.signed-nakasi-KRT16O-from-JWR66Y.13088e35'
Error flashing zip 13088e35942c77e4752aa1fdf51d54472509b941.signed-nakasi-KRT16O-from-JWR66Y.13088e35"
Reboot System brings me back to Recovery TWRP.
Somehow I have no clue what to do next.
Can give someone a hint?
Cheers
Tom
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i am in the same boat

Not really helpful, but I found a post that TWRP could be the culprit. (maybe doesn't work in CWM also)
Found some comments here: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/11/1...krt16o-official-update-for-nexus-7-2012-wifi/
I boot now into the bootloader, try to flash from there

tom1807 said:
Not really helpful, but I found a post that TWRP could be the culprit. (maybe doesn't work in CWM also)
Found some comments here: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/11/1...krt16o-official-update-for-nexus-7-2012-wifi/
I boot now into the bootloader, try to flash from there
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TWRP is fine. Myself and others have installed the OTA via TWRP without issue. Did you download the OTA with Goomanager? I can't think of another reason the OTA zip would be in there, but let me know otherwise.
If that is the case, download the ota http://android.clients.google.com/packages/ota/google_nakasi/13088e35942c77e4752aa1fdf51d54472509b941.signed-nakasi-KRT16O-from-JWR66Y.13088e35.zip from Google's servers, push it to /sdcard/Download/ via adb and try again.

Thanks, but I downloaded from the Google server.
During installation I get metadata_set_recursive: error
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tom1807 said:
Thanks, but I downloaded from the Google server.
During installation I get metadata_set_recursive: error
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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Have you modified any system apps, build.prop, kernel, etc?

No, not at all. Only root and twrp
Edit:
Exact error message: set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed

Problem solved:
Followed this guide (except the bootloader-grouper-4.23.img and KitKat is booting

Nexus 7 2012 automatically boots into recovery
My Nexus 7 automatically re-boots into recovery. The previous steps was not very helpful.. Please advise.

nolan111 said:
My Nexus 7 automatically re-boots into recovery. The previous steps was not very helpful.. Please advise.
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He flashed the 4.3 JWR66Y factory image and then installed the OTA.

comminus said:
He flashed the 4.3 JWR66Y factory image and then installed the OTA.
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Yup that is what I had to do. I flashed the factory image with WugFresh's NRT. I accidentally deleted the OS as well from my tab. Thankfully I had saved a copy of TB on my PC. TB saves the day yet again. However, I was still not able to sideload the OTA for KitKat. I keep getting Error: Device not found error message on command prompt? I guess I'll wait for the factory image to be uploaded by Google and then flash the files.

help pls. n7 stuck at boot anim after 4.4 kitkat OTA upd.does not start

Hello mates,
this morning my nexus 7-wifi (unlocked bot not rooted. w/ CWM) said me there is a system update for new android os. Kitkat.
Then i install the update without getting any CWM backup.
Zip file started to be installed in CWM and it processed all install. steps successfully.
However when the progress bar reach to %100, it said something like "...status 7.... installation aborted" (do not remember clearly).
And after reboot i come across a new boot animation (kitkat's new animation i think) which does not end up to a system start or an error message.
Now,
what should i do to complete installation of kitkat?
Thanks in advance.

cozgun said:
Hello mates,
this morning my nexus 7-wifi (unlocked bot not rooted. w/ CWM) said me there is a system update for new android os. Kitkat.
Then i install the update without getting any CWM backup.
Zip file started to be installed in CWM and it processed all install. steps successfully.
However when the progress bar reach to %100, it said something like "...status 7.... installation aborted" (do not remember clearly).
And after reboot i come across a new boot animation (kitkat's new animation i think) which does not end up to a system start or an error message.
Now,
what should i do to complete installation of kitkat?
Thanks in advance.
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OTA Update cannot be flashed using CWM,you will need to use stock recovery.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

Ben Ling said:
OTA Update cannot be flashed using CWM,you will need to use stock recovery.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Hi Ben,
what should i do now ? i downloaded a file of 360 MB into my PC, should i flash this file?
or
can i flash the file (~180 MB) which my nexus downloaded over wi-fi? if i am capable of using this file, in which directory should i look for this file ?
Thanks in advance.

cozgun said:
Hi Ben,
what should i do now ? i downloaded a file of 360 MB into my PC, should i flash this file?
or
can i flash the file (~180 MB) which my nexus downloaded over wi-fi? if i am capable of using this file, in which directory should i look for this file ?
Thanks in advance.
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What file have you downloaded ?

Ben Ling said:
What file have you downloaded ?
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tgz file of android 4.4 for nexus 7 2012 wifi. nakasig-krt16s

cozgun said:
tgz file of android 4.4 for nexus 7 2012 wifi. nakasig-krt16s
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you downloaded the factory image ?

yes Ben, the factory image.

Ben,
by the way i cannot open stock recovery. when i push power + v.down, n7 opening in CWM. it will be great if you can help on this as well.

Ben,
by the way i cannot open stock recovery. when i push power + v.down, n7 opening in CWM. it will be great if you can help on this as well.

I did the same
cozgun said:
Ben,
by the way i cannot open stock recovery. when i push power + v.down, n7 opening in CWM. it will be great if you can help on this as well.
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I did the same exact thing that you did and experienced the same error. Luckily, I came across a stickied thread, ""Flashing a factory image with fastboot / return to stock" and followed the instructions EXACTLY and.. it worked! It took me back to 4.3 which was great because at lease tablet was working again! (I had tried everything else I could think of!) What was funny was that within 2 minutes of the tablet up and running again I received the OTA push for 4.4!
I would strongly suggest following the instructions posted in the thread I mentioned above as they worked perfectly.

Boeing787Guy said:
I did the same exact thing that you did and experienced the same error. Luckily, I came across a stickied thread, ""Flashing a factory image with fastboot / return to stock" and followed the instructions EXACTLY and.. it worked! It took me back to 4.3 which was great because at lease tablet was working again! (I had tried everything else I could think of!) What was funny was that within 2 minutes of the tablet up and running again I received the OTA push for 4.4!
I would strongly suggest following the instructions posted in the thread I mentioned above as they worked perfectly.
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Hello buddy,
thank you for the feedback. But i do not want to lose my data in the tablet. So, first i will try to fix this without wiping data.
Currently i install adb files to my pc.
And i managed to find the zip file i need to upgrade from 4.3 to 4.4 without losing any data.
If i can flash this zip file via adb i will be ok. but i cannot flash it via adb, because of the recovery i am using (i think ). With CWM i could not do that. after adb sideload **********.zip command, it says "error: device not found"
now i am looking for a solution to this error.
But if i could have had my tablet open in stock recovery, it might already be solved.

PROBLEM SOLVED.
HERE IS THE STEPS TAKEN:
DOWNLOAD OTA FILE FROM 4.3 TO 4.4 (NOT FACTORY IMAGE).
DOWNLOAD LATEST SDK, RUN SETUP.
PUT THE OTA FILE IN sdk\platform-tools DIRECTORY.
SIDELOADING THE OTAFILE:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/
IF YOUR DEVICE IS NOT RECOGNIZED DURING SIDELOADING CHECK THIS:
http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode/
AFTER SIDELOADING, IF YOU GET STATUS 7 ERROR, TRY THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26&nocache=1&z=7376160805579275
NO DATA LOST IN THIS METHOD.

cozgun said:
PROBLEM SOLVED.
HERE IS THE STEPS TAKEN:
DOWNLOAD OTA FILE FROM 4.3 TO 4.4 (NOT FACTORY IMAGE).
DOWNLOAD LATEST SDK, RUN SETUP.
PUT THE OTA FILE IN sdk\platform-tools DIRECTORY.
SIDELOADING THE OTAFILE:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/
IF YOUR DEVICE IS NOT RECOGNIZED DURING SIDELOADING CHECK THIS:
http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode/
AFTER SIDELOADING, IF YOU GET STATUS 7 ERROR, TRY THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26&nocache=1&z=7376160805579275
NO DATA LOST IN THIS METHOD.
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i try to do that
but when i trying to adb sideload ...zip says error:closed
its maybe im on twrp?
what can i do
plz help me im stuck in bootloop too
plz

pediashkavar buddy,
I am sorry, i have never used twrp.

cozgun said:
PROBLEM SOLVED.
HERE IS THE STEPS TAKEN:
DOWNLOAD OTA FILE FROM 4.3 TO 4.4 (NOT FACTORY IMAGE).
DOWNLOAD LATEST SDK, RUN SETUP.
PUT THE OTA FILE IN sdk\platform-tools DIRECTORY.
SIDELOADING THE OTAFILE:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/02/1...date-a-nexus-without-root-or-custom-recovery/
IF YOUR DEVICE IS NOT RECOGNIZED DURING SIDELOADING CHECK THIS:
http://blog.dantup.com/2012/10/fixing-adb-device-not-found-with-nexus-7-in-recovery-mode/
AFTER SIDELOADING, IF YOU GET STATUS 7 ERROR, TRY THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47474021&postcount=26&nocache=1&z=7376160805579275
NO DATA LOST IN THIS METHOD.
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Does this work on a rooted nexus?
Only reason I'm asking is cause the sideloading link states "..to update nexus without root..."

Installing 5.0.2 on rooted tablet

So I recieved the notification that the 5.0.2 update was ready to install on my tablet. My tablet is ROOTED but that is all, still stock, I only root to use ad away. I get an error trying to install it OTA. How can I install the update, without having to wipe all my data? Sorry, I am very new to this stuff

viper2ko said:
So I recieved the notification that the 5.0.2 update was ready to install on my tablet. My tablet is ROOTED but that is all, still stock, I only root to use ad away. I get an error trying to install it OTA. How can I install the update, without having to wipe all my data? Sorry, I am very new to this stuff
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No go on root. Your system partition has to be pristine. (Technically you can add files, but the ones that came with it have to be unchanged) Just undo any changes you have made and unroot and the OTA should work.

So if I get this right, OTA breaks also when recovery is stock, but supersu installed, modified hosts and gps.conf file

jshamlet said:
No go on root. Your system partition has to be pristine. (Technically you can add files, but the ones that came with it have to be unchanged) Just undo any changes you have made and unroot and the OTA should work.
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Only changed I have made are installing ad away

viper2ko said:
Only changed I have made are installing ad away
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The HOSTS file came with the stock image. It counts, unfortunately. (I'm also an Adaway user)

Modify /system, you don't OTA. Period.
Just download the Nexus image and flash just system.img, not the batch file.

Can I flash the system.img in TWRP or do I need to flash the stock recovery?
And will this upgrade me from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 without losing anything except for root?
Thanks!

^You flash the system image with fastboot. Run: fastboot flash system system.img
You'll keep data just have to reflash the su zip in twrp.

yosmokinman said:
^You flash the system image with fastboot. Run: fastboot flash system system.img
You'll keep data just have to reflash the su zip in twrp.
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Thanks for the info. Just had this problem myself and was trying to figure out what to do. This must be a 5.x problem? I've never had this problem on 4.x as long as I had the stock recovery installed. Just had to re-root after. Guess I'm off to download the factory images since it won't even show an update available after erroring out. It definitely still shows 5.01 as being the version I'm on.

flyinion said:
Thanks for the info. Just had this problem myself and was trying to figure out what to do. This must be a 5.x problem? I've never had this problem on 4.x as long as I had the stock recovery installed. Just had to re-root after. Guess I'm off to download the factory images since it won't even show an update available after erroring out. It definitely still shows 5.01 as being the version I'm on.
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Just download Scrosler's Factory Stock Rooted Rom 5.0.2 in the Android Development section and install via TWRP over the top of 5.0.1. No need for a fresh install.

magnumlove said:
Just download Scrosler's Factory Stock Rooted Rom 5.0.2 in the Android Development section and install via TWRP over the top of 5.0.1. No need for a fresh install.
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Oh I wasn't going to do a fresh install (i.e. wiping everything), just flash that system.img or modify the batch file to remove the "-w" flag and just run that. I'm wary of running 3rd party ROMs now after I couldn't play movies through Play Movies that were downloaded to the device instead of streamed. Something to do with copy protection I guess

It isn't a "3rd party ROM," just a flashable version of 5.0.2. If you flash using TWRP, just don't have it wipe anything. I flashed his 5.0.1 flashable ROM over 4.4.4 (after updating my bootloader) and didn't lose anything.

Telyx said:
It isn't a "3rd party ROM," just a flashable version of 5.0.2. If you flash using TWRP, just don't have it wipe anything. I flashed his 5.0.1 flashable ROM over 4.4.4 (after updating my bootloader) and didn't lose anything.
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Assuming this was in reply to me? I'm not worried about losing anything. I've done the whole back it up and wipe between ROMs a ton on my OG Droid and Galaxy Nexus. In this case it's a worry that Play Movies for instance will detect that it is not a stock ROM/image and will disallow playing downloaded versions of movies in the app. I.e. you can download vs. stream for offline playback. I nearly found out the hard way (night before leaving on a vacation) that I couldn't play downloaded versions (it will download but not play them) when I for instance installed AOKP to my Nexus 7. As best I could tell from a bunch of Googling, it's something to do with copy protection.

It was, but I didn't know your experience level. I guess what I wanted to say is that scrosler's stock rooted ROM is exactly that; once it's on the tablet it isn't any different from rooting the OTA or factory image. It's just flashable via recovery instead of having to use fastboot or flash-all.bat.

Telyx said:
It was, but I didn't know your experience level. I guess what I wanted to say is that scrosler's stock rooted ROM is exactly that; once it's on the tablet it isn't any different from rooting the OTA or factory image. It's just flashable via recovery instead of having to use fastboot or flash-all.bat.
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Ah ok. Well, I ended up using fastboot to flash the system.img last night and looks like I'm good to go. I tried unrooting (SuperSU remove root function) and changing betterbatterystats to a non-system app first but the OTA still failed. Yeah I learned how to use the basic adb/fastboot stuff when I got my Galaxy Nexus and again with the N7. I figured that way if I totally broke something I'd know how to fix it, and all the fancy tools weren't around when the GNex first came out (at least I don't think they were).

I dirty flashed scrosler's 5.0.1 ROM when I got the 5.0.1 OTA notification, but when the 5.0.2 factory image was posted I fastboot flashed the system.img from that and rerooted. Naturally, less than half a day or so later, scrosler posted his 5.0.2.

So for someone that's not really too experience with fastboot, could someone post a step by step?
Where would I get the system.img?

Check the sticky threads for guides. Read and reread then get started on setting up the Android SDK. Once complete, type in the commands letter for letter.

New update to fix voLTE 911 bug...

So this morning I got an update to fix the voLTE bug. I'm unlocked with twrp installed and rooted. Just for the sake of experimenting I tried installing it. Well that didn't work. Just gets stuck in twrp recovery and you have to power the phone off completely to get it to boot. I guess my question (even though it's a little early) is there a way to install the update without reverting back to stock?
EDIT: Link to the zip
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqNotAWlwLUQ1Fzcjc2YXd4QzA

I don't believe so.
In the past you either had to go back to stock or wait on someone to create a compatible update for rooted devices.

Can you post link to zip?
If you are rooted, you can find the zip in cache folder in recovery.

Can you add what variant and build you are using before the update? Also the build afterwards?

KapilFaujdar said:
Can you post link to zip?
If you are rooted, you can find the zip in cache folder in recovery.
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I got the update, but all I see on my magisk rooted G5+ in /cache/recovery are log files and the fstab files. Anywhere else to look?

gghose said:
I got the update, but all I see on my magisk rooted G5+ in /cache/recovery are log files and the fstab files. Anywhere else to look?
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Yeah I can't find anything in that folder either.

I received the update and applied it. I am not rooted.
I have the XT1687 model.
My current build number is NPN25.137-35

My device BL unlocked, TWRP installed and rooted with magisck.
I'm getting the update notification and splash screens several times daily.
Anyone rooted try installing the update with Flashfire app?

bvsbutthd101 said:
So this morning I got an update to fix the voLTE bug. I'm unlocked with twrp installed and rooted. Just for the sake of experimenting I tried installing it. Well that didn't work. Just gets stuck in twrp recovery and you have to power the phone off completely to get it to boot. I guess my question (even though it's a little early) is there a way to install the update without reverting back to stock?
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If you have systemless supersu, you should just be able to apply the update after reverting to stock recovery.

So I found where the zip downloads. I wonder what flashing it in twrp would do?
EDIT: Here's the link to the zip and I've put it in the OP.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqNotAWlwLUQ1Fzcjc2YXd4QzA

glight0 said:
My device BL unlocked, TWRP installed and rooted with magisck.
I'm getting the update notification and splash screens several times daily.
Anyone rooted try installing the update with Flashfire app?
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OK, so I tried flashing recovery.img from stock firmware build 33. But the OTA update will not install, instead I get an error after downloading and rebooting (red triangle at recovery mode).
So I tried fully reverting to stock firmware but I decided to skip over erasing userdata. Afterward the OTA downloaded and installed successfully. Keeping userdata does not seem to have caused an issue.
My problem now though is how to get root back without having to wipe userdata after re-flashing TWRP.
Or is this not possible and if I want to root I must first wipe userdata so that TWRP can read internal memory?

bvsbutthd101 said:
So I found where the zip downloads. I wonder what flashing it in twrp would do?
EDIT: Here's the link to the zip and I've put it in the OP.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqNotAWlwLUQ1Fzcjc2YXd4QzA
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Just tried flashing it with TWRP and no luck:
Verifying current system....
E3002: Package expects build thumbprint of 7.0/NPN25.137-35/37:user/release-keys or 7.0/NPN25.137-33/35:user/release-keys; this device has .
Updated process ended with ERROR: 7
which doesn't make much sense since I rooted the stock ROM (Build number reads NPN25.137-33).

If your using a custom recovery flash the stock recovery, then go to the stock recovery and using your computer flash using adb sideboard command. I assume you already know how to do this. Hope that helps.
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Just tried flashing it with TWRP and no luck:
Verifying current system....
E3002: Package expects build thumbprint of 7.0/NPN25.137-35/37:user/release-keys or 7.0/NPN25.137-33/35:user/release-keys; this device has .
Updated process ended with ERROR: 7
which doesn't make much sense since I rooted the stock ROM (Build number reads NPN25.137-33).
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I'm stuck in the same boat... no idea how to flash the stock recovery and sideboard, what that even means, or if that would break root. I just followed the step-by-step "how to root" video when I first got the phone
There's a workaround to disable the "advanced LTE" or whatever it was called, so I did that. But in the meantime until a more "user friendly" means of updating is available, is there a way I can get rid of this nag screen? Way back on an earlier device (Samsung Charge?) I remember manually editing a "build.prop" file or something to match the latest version so I wouldn't keep getting the software update nag. Is there something that will do the same here, or is there a system app I can freeze in TiB?
My best guess is freezing "Moto Actions 03.022.1.4-N" because it's showing "(updated)" on the side.

rellim113 said:
I'm stuck in the same boat... no idea how to flash the stock recovery and sideboard, what that even means, or if that would break root. I just followed the step-by-step "how to root" video when I first got the phone .
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What he means is you need to download the stock rom, unzip it, then boot phone to bootloader mode and connect to PC. Then flash the recovery.IMG from the stock rom folder with command prompt:
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then you can on the phone tell it to boot to recovery mode. This will be a screen with Android on his back and the words NO Command on the bottom. Then plug to PC and use adb command to sideload the update zip like this:
adb sideload [nameofupdatefile].Zip

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What he means is you need to download the stock rom, unzip it, then boot phone to bootloader mode and connect to PC. Then flash the recovery.IMG from the stock rom folder with command prompt:
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then you can on the phone tell it to boot to recovery mode. This will be a screen with Android on his back and the words NO Command on the bottom. Then plug to PC and use adb command to sideload the update zip like this:
adb sideload [nameofupdatefile].Zip
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Strange, reflashed the stock recovery and adb can't see it (adb devices returns nothing). And when trying to install it via the normal OTA way, the stock recovery tries to install but ends with an error.

That's what happened to me when I tried reverting to stock recovery and then trying to install update from phone Settings app.
I ended up having to revert to stock rom to get ota to apply with settings app. But now I am trying to root again but after installing TWRP data is encrypted again. So looks like I will have to wipe data before re-rooting.