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Unable to update rooted Nexus 7 to 4.3

I am unable to update my rooted Nexus 7 with OTA 4.3 updates! I have stock ROM and stock Kernal.
I got the 4.3 notification update but when i select it my Nexus 7 reboots but instead of installing the updates it takes me to the TWRP recovery! I even tried using the install option and selected the update downloaded in the cache folder but it didnt install!
All i want is to update to 4.3 without losing my data
Please help! Thanks

Most likely you / an app modified something on your /boot and/or your /system partition and so one of the asserts is failing during the update process. I would suggest to do the update manually with the factory image. In my blog (a link you can find in my signature) I described, how to do it without loosing data.
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AndDiSa said:
Most likely you / an app modified something on your /boot and/or your /system partition and so one of the asserts is failing during the update process. I would suggest to do the update manually with the factory image. In my blog (a link you can find in my signature) I described, how to do it without loosing data.
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There are a lot of assumptions in your tutorial, like for instance, that everyone knows what to type those commands into or an easy way to copy the files to the sdcard to keep the root.
A literal step by step would be nice.

teeth_03 said:
There are a lot of assumptions in your tutorial, like for instance, that everyone knows what to type those commands into or an easy way to copy the files to the sdcard to keep the root.
A literal step by step would be nice.
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I suppose if someone is digging around with rooting and flashing he should know the basics, like fastboot and adb. If not, he should try to learn those things before modifying it. Everything someone needs to know is written here within the how-to's.
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To flash the bootloader do I need to be in recovery or Android... or bootloader?

ankushkool said:
I am unable to update my rooted Nexus 7 with OTA 4.3 updates! I have stock ROM and stock Kernal.
I got the 4.3 notification update but when i select it my Nexus 7 reboots but instead of installing the updates it takes me to the TWRP recovery! I even tried using the install option and selected the update downloaded in the cache folder but it didnt install!
All i want is to update to 4.3 without losing my data
Please help! Thanks
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OTA updated can only be applied to complete stock system including stock recovery. You cannot flash OTA with TWRP. Either you can get a stock zip file that is TWRP compatible (check XDA general thread) or go back to complete stock and apply the update.

teeth_03 said:
There are a lot of assumptions in your tutorial, like for instance, that everyone knows what to type those commands into or an easy way to copy the files to the sdcard to keep the root.
A literal step by step would be nice.
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I agree I know a little, but, many 'Senior' members, presume we have 'senior' knowledge, and OK about learning first, that's fine, but, if we already had this knowledge, we wouldn't be asking for help!
Please, realise, there are many, myself included that have limited knowledge, and ask for help, superior attitudes are of no use .........

Horse Trader said:
I agree I know a little, but, many 'Senior' members, presume we have 'senior' knowledge, and OK about learning first, that's fine, but, if we already had this knowledge, we wouldn't be asking for help!
Please, realise, there are many, myself included that have limited knowledge, and ask for help, superior attitudes are of no use .........
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No, it's not that someone doesn't want to help, but nobody wants to write the same stuff again and again. Fastboot, adb, recovery, etc. are basics for rooting and flashing and there are already a lot of very useful tutorials dealing with these topics. So why not collecting all those useful information and putting it together ...

I was able to flash stock 4.3 which wiped my data (I planned on this happening) and rooted it again to use stick mount.
The problem is when 4.2.2 came out, I was able to update with the OTA even though I was rooted, can't remember how, but I'm pretty sure I did. I had used the toolkit which makes things simple for everything, you basically just plug the Nexus in and hit a few buttons on your keyboard to unlock and root.
Well, because of the rooting, 4.3 does not currently work with OTA, so it actually required some know how to do.
The point I'm trying to make here, is that if you are going to write a tutorial, its good to be thorough. If you don't like writing the same thing over and over, write a Getting Started page, and link it every time you write a guide that needs drivers installed and fastboot/adb tools downloaded.
Its not hard to do what I did for any stretch of imagination, but it takes a bit of googling and referencing multiple sources to get anything done because of all the assumptions that are made around here. Its pointless to write a half of a guide, because the people that understand it don't need to read it because they probably already figured it out on their own.

You are free to ignore my "tutorial", but, sorry, I will not Google around on behalf of other people because they probably might have a lack of knowledge to understand my postings.

AndDiSa said:
Most likely you / an app modified something on your /boot and/or your /system partition and so one of the asserts is failing during the update process. I would suggest to do the update manually with the factory image. In my blog (a link you can find in my signature) I described, how to do it without loosing data.
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Thanks for the info, got mine updated without losing any data :good:

Still no stock image? cmon google...

Shesh...the device been out for over a week now, im shock to see theres still not a official firmware image

immunityx said:
Shesh...the device been out for over a week now, im shock to see theres still not a official firmware image
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I agree. I wanted the stock images to test if my device got a bad flash from the factory causing all of the multi touch and freezing issues. I ended up just exchanging at BB and have yet to upgrade to JSS15 in case that is the culprit.

Rod3 said:
I agree. I wanted the stock images to test if my device got a bad flash from the factory causing all of the multi touch and freezing issues. I ended up just exchanging at BB and have yet to upgrade to JSS15 in case that is the culprit.
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There is no official one but there is an unofficial one, when the TWRP bug got me, it saved my system. It would still be soft-bricked waiting on Google otherwise.

I know right we need that incase something goes wrong and we can restore right to that i know we have ones on here but i want official
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Hmmm nexus4 all over again
>^.^< Sent from meow HTC One which is like catnip to me atm

here's a flashable OTA image, is that not the same thing?
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3120

Midnight_Rider said:
here's a flashable OTA image, is that not the same thing?
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3120
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they want a factory google released image

Midnight_Rider said:
here's a flashable OTA image, is that not the same thing?
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=3120
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Nope. A factory image contains all the partitions, not just an update zip. Its used mainly to help devices that are completely broken (won't turn on), or people who want to unroot and go back to complete stock.
If it was there, it would be here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

That's what's keeping me from unlocking and rooting mine.
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I want/need that as a backup..... just in case....

gotcha, i understand the diff

danvee said:
That's what's keeping me from unlocking and rooting mine.
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I want/need that as a backup..... just in case....
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It is extremely rare to have anything go wrong just unlocking the phone. You might as well go ahead and do it because eventually you will and it'll force a wipe data. Might as well do it now before you install too much stuff.
You can leave root and custom recovery until the images show up if you are concerned about borking your system.

sfhub said:
It is extremely rare to have anything go wrong just unlocking the phone. You might as well go ahead and do it because eventually you will and it'll force a wipe data. Might as well do it now before you install too much stuff.
You can leave root and custom recovery until the images show up if you are concerned about borking your system.
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Not the unlocking. The rooting...

danvee said:
That's what's keeping me from unlocking and rooting mine.
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I want/need that as a backup..... just in case....
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danvee said:
Not the unlocking. The rooting...
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this is what i did, after unlocking and rooting and installing TWRP go into recovery and make a nandroid backup and keep it safe off the device, keep it on the device, so if you need it you can restore it

That's what I'd be do once rooted, but it's the risk of the process failing without the factory image as a backup....
For example, rooting fails, no custom recovery flashed, OS hosed.....
I like having that safety net....

danvee said:
That's what I'd be do once rooted, but it's the risk of the process failing without the factory image as a backup....
For example, rooting fails, no custom recovery flashed, OS hosed.....
I like having that safety net....
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oh i gotcha, but you have your steps out of order. first you unlock the bootloader which doesn't flash anything to your device. then you push the recovery image to your device from your PC using adb. yes this step could go horribly wrong, but if you have everything in place you should be ok. this step is very easy as well, not much to screw up and doesnt take any time at all, none of this does.
then once the recovery is installed, reboot your phone so you know everything comes up fine. then reboot into the recovery and flash SuperSU and voila! you have a rooted phone. boot back into the OS and run an app that requires root (Root Checker is a good one to use as a test) to make sure all is well
i understand your concern, but of all the android devices i have owned, the new nexus has been by far the easiest one of all to root and it is meant to be that way so developers can play with it and customize it and learn from it
plus there's this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582

Midnight_Rider said:
oh i gotcha, but you have your steps out of order. first you unlock the bootloader which doesn't flash anything to your device. then you push the recovery image to your device from your PC using adb. yes this step could go horribly wrong, but if you have everything in place you should be ok. this step is very easy as well, not much to screw up and doesnt take any time at all, none of this does.
then once the recovery is installed, reboot your phone so you know everything comes up fine. then reboot into the recovery and flash SuperSU and voila! you have a rooted phone. boot back into the OS and run an app that requires root (Root Checker is a good one to use as a test) to make sure all is well
i understand your concern, but of all the android devices i have owned, the new nexus has been by far the easiest one of all to root and it is meant to be that way so developers can play with it and customize it and learn from it
plus there's this too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
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these are all wonderful points, but it doesn't change the fact that google should have released the image already

indianajonze said:
these are all wonderful points, but it doesn't change the fact that google should have released the image already
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agreed, but im sure they are waiting to make sure there are no major bugs reported so they can fix it first, then release it. it will be out

That would mean yet another update, then.

Midnight_Rider said:
agreed, but im sure they are waiting to make sure there are no major bugs reported so they can fix it first, then release it. it will be out
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Google has never waited before. The only thing that generally holds up posting factory images are licensing issues. They posted the 4.3 images for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012), and various Galaxy Nexus devices. There is no reason they didn't post the Nexus 7 images unless it is licensing related.

bozzykid said:
Google has never waited before. The only thing that generally holds up posting factory images are licensing issues. They posted the 4.3 images for the Nexus 4, Nexus 7 (2012), and various Galaxy Nexus devices. There is no reason they didn't post the Nexus 7 images unless it is licensing related.
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good point

Is there a way to get the security updates and have stock rooted?

I would like to have my phone rooted but i like stock and i like having the security updates. is there a way to have my cake and eat it too?

Short answer is No.
This is my first android phone which I didn't root it and see no reason to do so.
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First and main reason for my to root, Titanium Backup.

then i guess if i was going to distill this down to what im really trying to get at is, i passionatly hate ads, they completely ruin my mobile experience and i just wanted to filter them out. is there a non-rooted way to do this?
also i like changing the hostname of my device so i can identify it on networks easily...

I rooted just so I can use Adaway. It's worth it to me.

Ovrclck said:
I rooted just so I can use Adaway. It's worth it to me.
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I had adaway installed but found it interfered with sending MMS messages.

akarol said:
First and main reason for my to root, Titanium Backup.
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I was thinking this too but apparently titanium backup can create flashable zips so in theory you can do that, flash the zip to restore apps and never need root access in the actual app.

Can you unlock bootloader, boot twrp (not flash, just fastboot boot twrp.img), create the hosts symlink with adb shell, reboot, then change the hosts source in adaway settings?

dratsablive said:
I had adaway installed but found it interfered with sending MMS messages.
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Are you sure about that? I am rooted with adaway and have no problems with mms. I don't see how adaway could possibly affect your ability to sent SMS or mms.
As far as the security updates are concerned, download the image and manually flash system, vendor, and bootloader for each update. I am on the November update as a result
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dudekiller said:
I would like to have my phone rooted but i like stock and i like having the security updates. is there a way to have my cake and eat it too?
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I remember reading that chainfire was working on a beta root method that does not modify the system partition. In this case, you may be able to unlock bootloader --> flash twrp --> flash root --> flash stock recovery and be able to accept security updates? Just a thought. My plan is to flash stock recovery once security patches are released, then reroot if necessary.
Honestly, I really didnt want to root this phone but two things changed my mind: CF Lumen and the potential to set up one handed mode using xposed modules.

mlin said:
I remember reading that chainfire was working on a beta root method that does not modify the system partition. In this case, you may be able to unlock bootloader --> flash twrp --> flash root --> flash stock recovery and be able to accept security updates? Just a thought. My plan is to flash stock recovery once security patches are released, then reroot if necessary.
Honestly, I really didnt want to root this phone but two things changed my mind: CF Lumen and the potential to set up one handed mode using xposed modules.
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Just flashed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/wip-android-6-0-marshmellow-t3219344 which is the systemless root, works with Android Pay so I dont see why it wouldn't work with a system update as long as you have the stock recovery.

Shockz said:
I was thinking this too but apparently titanium backup can create flashable zips so in theory you can do that, flash the zip to restore apps and never need root access in the actual app.
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But how would you flash the zip? Doesn't you need a custom recovery. If so, why not just root?
Regardless, I like having my device weekly backed up as well. Can never be too careful.
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mlin said:
I remember reading that chainfire was working on a beta root method that does not modify the system partition. In this case, you may be able to unlock bootloader --> flash twrp --> flash root --> flash stock recovery and be able to accept security updates? Just a thought. My plan is to flash stock recovery once security patches are released, then reroot if necessary.
Honestly, I really didnt want to root this phone but two things changed my mind: CF Lumen and the potential to set up one handed mode using xposed modules.
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Which module for one-handed mode please?
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racing_md said:
Are you sure about that? I am rooted with adaway and have no problems with mms. I don't see how adaway could possibly affect your ability to sent SMS or mms.
As far as the security updates are concerned, download the image and manually flash system, vendor, and bootloader for each update. I am on the November update as a result
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Yes it was definitely Ad-Away. Tried using different messaging apps. Once I removed Ad-Away it MMS worked again. Something about it was blocking the MMS portion, regular SMS was fine.

dratsablive said:
Yes it was definitely Ad-Away. Tried using different messaging apps. Once I removed Ad-Away it MMS worked again. Something about it was blocking the MMS portion, regular SMS was fine.
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Interesting. What carrier do you use? The only thing I can think of is that somehow your mms data is coming from a domain that is being blocked by adaway (which would be very strange...) If that is the case then you could whitelist the domain in adaway once you determined what domain it is.
OP: One thing to keep in mind with systemless root, it does not work with all programs because some programs have hardcoded paths to SU. This is why I have stuck to traditional root for the highest compatability. The tradeoff being that I have to manually flash the security updates. Not a huge deal as it takes five minutes out of my life and data is preserved.

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Yes it was definitely Ad-Away. Tried using different messaging apps. Once I removed Ad-Away it MMS worked again. Something about it was blocking the MMS portion, regular SMS was fine.
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Weird, I don't have any issues. Maybe because I'm on Project Fi? Glad to hear you got in working though.:good:

akarol said:
But how would you flash the zip? Doesn't you need a custom recovery. If so, why not just root?
Regardless, I like having my device weekly backed up as well. Can never be too careful.
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Which module for one-handed mode please?
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I use this module https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hamzah.onehandmode coupled with gravity box to toggle via long pressing the recenta button on the navbar
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I'm still on the traditional root method also. At least it doesn't sound too hard to update. One thing about traditional root is I believe Android pay won't work if you use that.
Rick

racing_md said:
Interesting. What carrier do you use? The only thing I can think of is that somehow your mms data is coming from a domain that is being blocked by adaway (which would be very strange...) If that is the case then you could whitelist the domain in adaway once you determined what domain it is.
OP: One thing to keep in mind with systemless root, it does not work with all programs because some programs have hardcoded paths to SU. This is why I have stuck to traditional root for the highest compatability. The tradeoff being that I have to manually flash the security updates. Not a huge deal as it takes five minutes out of my life and data is preserved.
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I am on AT&T.

dudekiller said:
then i guess if i was going to distill this down to what im really trying to get at is, i passionatly hate ads, they completely ruin my mobile experience and i just wanted to filter them out. is there a non-rooted way to do this?
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You can use Adguard without root. I use it since 3 month and for me it's way better than Adaway.

-X5- said:
You can use Adguard without root. I use it since 3 month and for me it's way better than Adaway.
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awesome suggestion... i will use this... though it is a bit concerning running all of my traffic through an unknown vpn... a lot of trust going on there...

Install OTA update on rooted phone with TWRP without wiping data

Hello, I have rooted and installed TWRP in my nexus 6p and now I have received the OTA update but I can't install it. How can I install it without losing my data?
Thanks
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airmark said:
Hello, I have rooted and installed TWRP in my nexus 6p and now I have received the OTA update but I can't install it. How can I install it without losing my data?
Thanks
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Unfortunately you cant :/
Download TiBu that is the closest you can get...
If you download a custom rom that keeps it up to date, they will probably include the update and you can just flash over it. but stock rom there isnt much u can do.

airmark said:
Hello, I have rooted and installed TWRP in my nexus 6p and now I have received the OTA update but I can't install it. How can I install it without losing my data?
Thanks
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Download the Google factory image for the 6p. Use fastboot to manually flash the system.img, boot.IMG, and recovery.IMG. take the ota then reroot.
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airmark said:
Hello, I have rooted and installed TWRP in my nexus 6p and now I have received the OTA update but I can't install it. How can I install it without losing my data?
Thanks
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Go to guide, instructions there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
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Unfortunately you cant :/
Download TiBu that is the closest you can get...
If you download a custom rom that keeps it up to date, they will probably include the update and you can just flash over it. but stock rom there isnt much u can do.
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Yes you can.

I did that and after rebooting I got a message saying:
Encryption unsuccessful
and prompting me to do a factory reset!

please don't tell me i have to wipe data!? quick googling doesn't seem promising...

airmark said:
I did that and after rebooting I got a message saying:
Encryption unsuccessful
and prompting me to do a factory reset!
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please don't tell me i have to wipe data!? quick googling doesn't seem promising...
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What did you do?

airmark said:
please don't tell me i have to wipe data!? quick googling doesn't seem promising...
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Trying to undo the last steps by flashing back the modified boot.img and TWRP.
Booting into TWRP and it asks for a password to decrypt storage!!!
Is wiping the only option??
I followed the guide religiously. What went wrong?

Heisenberg said:
What did you do?
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I followed the guide (part 10. How To Take An OTA Update If You Have Root).
Then after rebooting (before installing the OTA that is) I got a message saying encryption unsuccessful and I needed to wipe my phone. I turned it off instead and tried to restore it as it was before. Screw the OTA, I just need my phone back. I flashed back boot and recovery, is system.img or vendor.img the culprit?

Any ideas? Do I need to wipe data?

airmark said:
Trying to undo the last steps by flashing back the modified boot.img and TWRP.
Booting into TWRP and it asks for a password to decrypt storage!!!
Is wiping the only option??
I followed the guide religiously. What went wrong?
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airmark said:
I followed the guide (part 10. How To Take An OTA Update If You Have Root).
Then after rebooting (before installing the OTA that is) I got a message saying encryption unsuccessful and I needed to wipe my phone. I turned it off instead and tried to restore it as it was before. Screw the OTA, I just need my phone back. I flashed back boot and recovery, is system.img or vendor.img the culprit?
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I really don't know what went wrong here, other people have done this with no issues. In TWRP it should be able to decrypt as long as you enter the password/pin.

Heisenberg said:
I really don't know what went wrong here, other people have done this with no issues. In TWRP it should be able to decrypt as long as you enter the password/pin.
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I had a screen lock pattern, I entered the numbers that correspond to it (from what I read somewhere else, like a num keypad), no joy.
But then again, shouldn't actual booting into the system work as well? Why give this error msg?

I'm going to format then...

unless your super comfortable with ADB and fastboot, flashing things through them is never a good idea, you will screw up allot of the time. its always easier for the average user to wait for a ota zip and flash that. Or never root and accept otas.
Im not saying never use adb, just dont use it when its super important to keep your data

TheAtheistOtaku said:
unless your super comfortable with ADB and fastboot, flashing things through them is never a good idea, you will screw up allot of the time. its always easier for the average user to wait for a ota zip and flash that. Or never root and accept otas.
Im not saying never use adb, just dont use it when its super important to keep your data
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The only problem with that is even when an OTA zip is available you'd need to use fastboot to flash system etc to remove root anyway.

So I formatted, then set it up, then tried restoring my latest nandroid backup and now it doesn't recognise the pattern lock!

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The only problem with that is even when an OTA zip is available you'd need to use fastboot to flash system etc to remove root anyway.
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i meant a TWRP zip. unless im misunderstanding something, you can just flash those over your current rooted stock and be on your way
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So I formatted, then set it up, then tried restoring my latest nandroid backup and now it doesn't recognise the pattern lock!
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known problem, read this

Thanks for that, although at first after reading the first few posts I thought there was no solution, luckily I kept reading until here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63797741&postcount=34
I did that and it worked! so at least I got back my working phone. Back to square one (almost, I lost all my local copies of photos, with only cloud backup for the last 2 weeks or so) with no OTA installed. I may try it again at some other point or wait for a more safe method.

airmark said:
Thanks for that, although at first after reading the first few posts I thought there was no solution, luckily I kept reading until here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63797741&postcount=34
I did that and it worked! so at least I got back my working phone. Back to square one (almost, I lost all my local copies of photos, with only cloud backup for the last 2 weeks or so) with no OTA installed. I may try it again at some other point or wait for a more safe method.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/rom-nexus6p-stock-roms-t3234067

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/rom-nexus6p-stock-roms-t3234067
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Thanks, I've just overcome the trauma and gathered the courage needed to give it another go today
So, do I have this right? If I download and flash build MDA89D ROM will it upgrade in place over my currently installed build MDB08K without losing my data? (I asked in that thread as well)
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Rooting My Nexus 6p

Hello,
I really want to root my Nexus 6p but I have a few questions.
1) How can I make it so that if it goes wrong I can get my phone back it's original state with all my stuff there. (Backing up basically)
2) How can I make it so that when I have rooted my phone keeps the same layout (I use Nova) and all my apps, games contacts etc. are reinstalled
3) How do I root my Nexus 6p, 6.0.1. I was going to use this gadget hacks tutorial but I didn't know if it would work?
Thanks alot,
Callum

callum_suttle said:
Hello,
I really want to root my Nexus 6p but I have a few questions.
1) How can I make it so that if it goes wrong I can get my phone back it's original state with all my stuff there. (Backing up basically)
2) How can I make it so that when I have rooted my phone keeps the same layout (I use Nova) and all my apps, games contacts etc. are reinstalled
3) How do I root my Nexus 6p, 6.0.1. I was going to use this gadget hacks tutorial but I didn't know if it would work?
Thanks alot,
Callum
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It's all in my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
You first need to unlock your bootloader, then install TWRP recovery, then you can flash SuperSU to gain root. To answer your questions:
1. You can't. Unlocking the bootloader wipes the device, so you need to backup your photos, videos, etc to your PC first. You can't backup your apps and settings. This is why it's a good idea to unlock your bootloader when you first get the device.
2. You'll have to download your apps again though. Your contacts should be synced with your Google account so they'll just sync back to the device.
3. See my guide linked above. It's very detailed and has everything you need to know.

Will android not automatically download apps when I log in?
Also is there a way of keeping my settings the same.
I wish I had rooted right away but too late now.
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callum_suttle said:
Will android not automatically download apps when I log in?
Also is there a way of keeping my settings the same.
I wish I had rooted right away but too late now.
Sent from my Nexus 6P using XDA Free mobile app
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It might download your apps automatically, it never does for me though. There's no way of keeping your settings, the device is going be wiped and there's no way to back them up.

OK thanks

Heisenberg said:
It might download your apps automatically, it never does for me though. There's no way of keeping your settings, the device is going be wiped and there's no way to back them up.
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If I were to root then flash a custom ROM, do I still need to flash different radios and firmwares when newer ones come out? Or does that come with the ROM upon flashing?

mackster248 said:
If I were to root then flash a custom ROM, do I still need to flash different radios and firmwares when newer ones come out? Or does that come with the ROM upon flashing?
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ROMs don't include radios or other firmware components like the bootloader or vendor. When I ROM gets updated and is based on a newer build you'd need to flash those yourself with fastboot (the vendor can be flashed with TWRP though).