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The 4.2.1 OTA Help

So i just switched from HTC ONE X to the nexus 4 and my version is 4.2 and i just rooted it. I have the system OTA update 4.2.1. Should i take it or is there another way to update my phone to 4.2.1 without OTA?

Do not OTA update once you're already rooted; flash this stock ROM (https://www.dropbox.com/s/syi2vmxh0noi2bv/occam-jop40d-factory-ca7602f0.tgz) and re-root.

klvnhng said:
Do not OTA update once you're already rooted; flash this stock ROM (https://www.dropbox.com/s/syi2vmxh0noi2bv/occam-jop40d-factory-ca7602f0.tgz) and re-root.
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Thank you i was looking for this file! so i just put it in my SD card and then install Zip from sd card from recovery?

ronnyg12 said:
Thank you i was looking for this file! so i just put it in my SD card and then install Zip from sd card from recovery?
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That is a tgz file, not a zip. You'll need a PC, 7zip and fastboot.

estallings15 said:
That is a tgz file, not a zip. You'll need a PC, 7zip and fastboot.
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Yes yes i figured it out

I've been trying to do this without wiping my device. It's still downloading so I haven't seen the contents, but I'm assuming just flash the .img files with fastboot and it won't erase anything? Would the Rootkeeper app work for this?

if you're only rooted, ota will work and would install without issues. it will only fail if you have modified some system files or the recovery. no need to reflash anything except the supersu for root if you don't use rootkeeper

I'm using Franco's kernel and CWM recovery. I have the stock system files, so if I flash those back, how do I go about applying this update? I'm so sick of seeing the update message in my notification bar and do not want to wipe to flash a new ROM.
Edit: I have previously tried flashing the stock boot.img and recovery.img, but trying the update via the notification still failed.

Nitemare3219 said:
I'm using Franco's kernel and CWM recovery. I have the stock system files, so if I flash those back, how do I go about applying this update? I'm so sick of seeing the update message in my notification bar and do not want to wipe to flash a new ROM.
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Flash the stock recovery.img and boot.img. You won't lose anything.

Nitemare3219 said:
I'm using Franco's kernel and CWM recovery. I have the stock system files, so if I flash those back, how do I go about applying this update? I'm so sick of seeing the update message in my notification bar and do not want to wipe to flash a new ROM.
Edit: I have previously tried flashing the stock boot.img and recovery.img, but trying the update via the notification still failed.
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Your settings probably also modified the system files. Try flashing that too since you have the stock files. Just don't do userdata so your data is kept intact
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why it is not possible to make OTA update on rooted phone?
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I rooted, unlocked bootloader and flashed recovery yesterday then installed the OTA after, had no issues at all. If you are using cwm recovery it re-roots and prevents stock recovery being flashed after the ota is installed.
So am running rooted 4.2.1 at the mo.. And its sick
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blablazzz said:
why it is not possible to make OTA update on rooted phone?
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You can, it's fine and will work as long as you have stock recovery. You might lose root but can easily re-root if necessary.
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why OTA will not work if custom recovery will be present?
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blablazzz said:
why OTA will not work if custom recovery will be present?
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Because it won`t!!!

8.7 MB update file 1/12/16

I just got a notification about new security patches. It seems to me that if all its doing are small security tweaks I can update safely with this OTA update and still retain root and everything else. Can someone chime in?
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will.bates94 said:
I just got a notification about new security patches. It seems to me that if all its doing are small security tweaks I can update safely with this OTA update and still retain root and everything else. Can someone chime in?
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The update will not work while you are rooted.

dratsablive said:
The update will not work while you are rooted.
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What's preventing it? And to get around it is it just a simple unroot or will I basically need a relocked bootloader and everything else?
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will.bates94 said:
What's preventing it? And to get around it is it just a simple unroot or will I basically need a relocked bootloader and everything else?
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It depends on what method you used to root. If you have a systemless root, then you need to flash stock
boot.img
recovery.img
If you have a non-systemless root you will need to flash
boot.img
system.img
recovery.img

dratsablive said:
It depends on what method you used to root. If you have a systemless root, then you need to flash stock
boot.img
recovery.img
If you have a non-systemless root you will need to flash
boot.img
system.img
recovery.img
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I do in fact have systemless. But why is this all necessary just for a small update that doesn't even change major files of M?
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Because the updates checks for any changes to the system. And you need stock recovery because the OTA does not work with TWRP.

Just download the update and flash it using fastboot if you are on stock. You will have to flash the entire google image instead of the small incremental update but its easier than unrooting or flashing system and stock recovery which you will have to do in fastboot also.

murphyjasonc said:
Just download the update and flash it using fastboot if you are on stock. You will have to flash the entire google image instead of the small incremental update but its easier than unrooting or flashing system and stock recovery which you will have to do in fastboot also.
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I am in fact stock software wise. But flashing the entire Google image will reset data and everything else won't it?
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will.bates94 said:
I am in fact stock software wise. But flashing the entire Google image will reset data and everything else won't it?
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It will not wipe the data on your internal SD card. It will only over write your system partition. You will have to set your phone up and download your apps or restore them from titanium backup but all your personal data such as pictures will not be deleted.

murphyjasonc said:
It will not wipe the data on your internal SD card. It will only over write your system partition. You will have to set your phone up and download your apps or restore them from titanium backup but all your personal data such as pictures will not be deleted.
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I am on a custom rom and want to flash stock rom without losing root and other data. Is it possible to do so with fastboot? Can't find a flashable stock rom.

rajarshi10 said:
I am on a custom rom and want to flash stock rom without losing root and other data. Is it possible to do so with fastboot? Can't find a flashable stock rom.
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Probably not going to happen. Are you referring to the new security update or...?
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See this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/january-security-update-incremental-zip-t3286533

How to update Nexus 6P without losing root?

I haven't downloaded any security patches since I followed the main guide and rooted my phone.
I now have seen the news regarding the security update and how many critical flaws there are so I would like to update.
How can I do so without losing root?

Losing root shouldn't really be a concern. All you need to do is flash SuperSU again afterwards, which takes about a minute.

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.chainfire.flash
This is an app by Chainfire called Flashfire. It works perfectly for what you want. I have used it myself on a few occasions. Let me know how it worked for you.
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+1 FlashFire

If you are impatient and don't want to wait for the OTA zip, just download the factory image and flash the following files using flashfire.
boot.img
system.img
vendor.img
Remember to disable security before you flash or you will have an issue with the vendor.img.

Heisenberg said:
Losing root shouldn't really be a concern. All you need to do is flash SuperSU again afterwards, which takes about a minute.
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Hey, so I'm rooted with stock ROM and EX kernel but received the April update, any info why I got it?
I thought if you're rooted you weren't supposed to get an OTA update.
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Doodsz said:
Hey, so I'm rooted with stock ROM and EX kernel but received the April update, any info why I got it?
I thought if you're rooted you weren't supposed to get an OTA update.
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You'll still receive the OTA, you just can't flash it via the traditional method.

I remember using the FlashFire method a month ago. The update worked and I didn't lose root, but I lost TWRP in the process.

ZabiGarma said:
I remember using the FlashFire method a month ago. The update worked and I didn't lose root, but I lost TWRP in the process.
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Yes the update replaces TWRP with standard recovery. But I believe you can flash TWRP with Flash Fire.
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dratsablive said:
Yes the update replaces TWRP with standard recovery. But I believe you can flash TWRP with Flash Fire.
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I couldn't flash it with FlashFire. I had to reinstall it from PC, which ended up with TWRP asking for a password, meaning I had to end up wiping the phone, which was worse than doing the regular OTA update.

ZabiGarma said:
I couldn't flash it with FlashFire. I had to reinstall it from PC, which ended up with TWRP asking for a password, meaning I had to end up wiping the phone, which was worse than doing the regular OTA update.
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The new version of twrp 3.0.2.0 has been fixed. At least for me it worked.

Nice, I haven't installed the latest TWRP. I'll give it a try.
What I don't recall, though, is if last time I lost the applications I installed by flashing them with TWRP (like viper4android) or which rely on root.

I always remove security before flashing updates. Only issue is setting up the Imprint and adding cards back to Android Pay.

dave2metz said:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/eu.chainfire.flash
This is an app by Chainfire called Flashfire. It works perfectly for what you want. I have used it myself on a few occasions. Let me know how it worked for you.
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Is FlashFire no longer available?

dratsablive said:
Yes the update replaces TWRP with standard recovery. But I believe you can flash TWRP with Flash Fire.
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If you use FlashFire just deselect recovery from the list when you load the latest update.
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Flash stock recovery and then ADB sideload the update. Links can be found in general. Then when it's done reflash twrp and SuperSU. Pretty easy. I've done it.

Flashing factory image OTA using flash fire

What's up? I flashed the latest May OTA by following this video https://youtu.be/cvs0JQswTWw
I did all the steps minus the 'inject SuperSU setting' as I was gonna flash thru twrp myself when I reinstalled xposed, However when I try and boot into recovery I see a android with a triangle and exclamation mark.
My device is fully functioning with all my data intact but I am stuck without a recovery.
Previously I was on the April ota unlocked bootloader, stock rom, stock kernel, with Xposed installed. Hopefully someone can help me

Systemless root?
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i2andog said:
Systemless root?
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Yes, rooted by using this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928

Flash twrp with flashify.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cgollner.flashify&hl=sv

tarroyo said:
What's up? I flashed the latest May OTA by following this video https://youtu.be/cvs0JQswTWw
I did all the steps minus the 'inject SuperSU setting' as I was gonna flash thru twrp myself when I reinstalled xposed, However when I try and boot into recovery I see a android with a triangle and exclamation mark.
My device is fully functioning with all my data intact but I am stuck without a recovery.
Previously I was on the April ota unlocked bootloader, stock rom, stock kernel, with Xposed installed. Hopefully someone can help me
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The OTA over wrote TWRP with stock recovery once it rebooted.
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Is the Stock flash image the same as the OTA image that google pushes out?

rsalas187 said:
Is the Stock flash image the same as the OTA image that google pushes out?
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Yes
dratsablive said:
The OTA over wrote TWRP with stock recovery once it rebooted.
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To get TWRP back, I would have to reinstall thru adb correct?

Correct. Next time when flashing, before reboot to system, immediately go to recovery and flash SU Beta. This will prevent stock recovery from over writing TWRP.
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Installing OTA 7.1.2 whilst having TWRP installed caused soft brick.

I have just installed went to install the new OTA onto my angler, which was done through TWRP, except it seems to have either corrupted or erased my system partition, because now I just get the "No Command" on boot. TWRP still works and my files are intact, should I just flash a stock 7.1.1 image from Google? (7.1.2 is not yet provided outside OTA for angler it seems)

fuj1n said:
I have just installed went to install the new OTA onto my angler, which was done through TWRP, except it seems to have either corrupted or erased my system partition, because now I just get the "No Command" on boot. TWRP still works and my files are intact, should I just flash a stock 7.1.1 image from Google? (7.1.2 is not yet provided outside OTA for angler it seems)
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I would download the 7.1.1 stock like you said and then flash boot, system, vendor, and Recovery. You have to be completely stuck before you install any OTAs. This should leave your data intact but I would make sure you have a backup somewhere before you begin
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funnel71 said:
I would download the 7.1.1 stock like you said and then flash boot, system, vendor, and Recovery. You have to be completely stuck before you install any OTAs. This should leave your data intact but I would make sure you have a backup somewhere before you begin
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Thank you, I downloaded the stock image, deleted userdata.img from the zip and used fastboot update <image>, that worked like a charm and all my data was left intact. Will update when Google decides they want to let me install the OTA again.

fuj1n said:
Thank you, I downloaded the stock image, deleted userdata.img from the zip and used fastboot update <image>, that worked like a charm and all my data was left intact. Will update when Google decides they want to let me install the OTA again.
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If you still have a copy of the OTA you could install that using ADB sideload from stock recovery not TWRP. But as you say a safer route might be to just wait for the OTA to appear within your stock installation. Completely up to you
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Related to this issue: I have TWRP, root and the Pixel package flashed to my 7.1.1 installation. I got the beta notification update this morning.
How would I proceed with flashing the update?
Flash stock recovery and system and download the OTA then or something else?

Puck24 said:
Related to this issue: I have TWRP, root and the Pixel package flashed to my 7.1.1 installation. I got the beta notification update this morning.
How would I proceed with flashing the update?
Flash stock recovery and system and download the OTA then or something else?
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My recommendation is to flash boot, system, recovery, and xender. That should leave your data intact and put your to complete stock. I cannot advise on beta programs because I have never done it and I don't wish to just for the simple fact that it is beta. But if you are brave it sounds like you have the right idea.
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I was able to flash on rooted 6P by flashing stock recovery. Took a long time at boot animation, and also security is back to January level.

Did you have the Pixel modifications?

Puck24 said:
Did you have the Pixel modifications?
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I did before I applied the update, I had to modify build.prop afterwards to get the Assistant back. Haven't applied the pixel mod since it hasn't been updated for the 7.1.2 release.

How can I remove the OTA notification? I don't want to update but notification is annoying.

thegios said:
How can I remove the OTA notification? I don't want to update but notification is annoying.
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If you are rooted you can freeze the update notification process.
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thegios said:
How can I remove the OTA notification? I don't want to update but notification is annoying.
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Just slide the notification just a little too the side and hit block all notifications for it it go into developer settings and turn off auto updates
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dratsablive said:
I did before I applied the update, I had to modify build.prop afterwards to get the Assistant back. Haven't applied the pixel mod since it hasn't been updated for the 7.1.2 release.
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Thx for the info. I'll hold off for now, since i like the Pixel nav keys, tinted navbar and boot animation

Well you can also apply the boot animation. Works for me.
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just flash the stock recovery that matches your build number and you all be fine like me .

Is there a way to do that without a PC? I would like to flash stock recovery for 7.1.1.

RockZors said:
Is there a way to do that without a PC? I would like to flash stock recovery for 7.1.1.
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The only way you can do that is if your phone is rooted and you flash it with something like Flashify.
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