So here is my setup:
Stock firmware (7.0), stock recovery (only booted twrp for root, not flashed) and systemless root. I have a few root apps, no xposed, only simple stuff.
I've just received the OTA notification and I'm wondering what should I do. Can I simply install the OTA and reapply root afterwards? Flashfire is an option? Do I have to flash any stock image before doing the OTA?
Really appreciate if someone could help me...
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I've been reading a lot of threads with a number of different ways to upgrade to MM on a rooted phone. Anywhere from restoring back to stock to take the OTA to flashing one of the files in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...rom-stock-rooted-debloated-x1575-6-0-t3262242
I am currently running LP 5.1.1 unlocked BL, rooted, xposed installed.
Couldn't I just unroot, flash stock recovery and the system img and accept the OTA? DO I have to return to full stock? Also is systemless root the only way to root after you take the OTA?
Sorry be there is so much information going around I just want to make sense of the update process.
AndKacz said:
I've been reading a lot of threads with a number of different ways to upgrade to MM on a rooted phone. Anywhere from restoring back to stock to take the OTA to flashing one of the files in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...rom-stock-rooted-debloated-x1575-6-0-t3262242
I am currently running LP 5.1.1 unlocked BL, rooted, xposed installed.
Couldn't I just unroot, flash stock recovery and the system img and accept the OTA? DO I have to return to full stock? Also is systemless root the only way to root after you take the OTA?
Sorry be there is so much information going around I just want to make sense of the update process.
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You can probably just flash stock recovery and system.img and accept the OTA.
Systemless root isn't the ONLY way to achieve root on MM, but using the traditional (/system) root method requires a modified kernel to set SELINUX to permissive. For now, it looks like systemless is the way to go.
Good Luck.
samwathegreat said:
You can probably just flash stock recovery and system.img and accept the OTA.
Systemless root isn't the ONLY way to achieve root on MM, but using the traditional (/system) root method requires a modified kernel to set SELINUX to permissive. For now, it looks like systemless is the way to go.
Good Luck.
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Is there an advantage of systemless root over the traditional? And I am guessimg since I have SuperSu installed I will still need to do a complete restore to stock.
I am at a loss.
I am crazy and like to restore to stock whenever there is a security update or anything like that just so I can remember how to flash recovery, boot images, etc.
So I had the **18-3 with the Feb update and was rooted with SuperSU ( don't recall which ) and TWRP 3.0.0-1 I believe.
When I got the notification for the new security update I promptly unrooted, and flashed the stock 24.49-18-4 / 24.221.4 firmware and am able to boot.
I have installed the latest TWRP and can boot to it, and reboot to system all I want.
I have done this process twice now because the first time I tried to install SuperSU (2.76??) after all this I got stuck on the moto logo and could not boot.
Other threads have mentioned you cannot root with SuperSu on 6.0, or something to that effect.
So I am not unrooted (I believe) on 24.49-18-4 and want to root to be able to get SuperSU and the rest of my root apps up and running.
What do I do from here?
Fixed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-style/help/rooting-stock-xt1575-marshmallow-6-0-t3353812
Su 2.62-3 for root & boot up normal then flash over Su 2.76
Done.
I have TWRP, but I'm still on android 6.0, security patch November 1, 2015, system version 24.11.18.clark_retus and no xposed. I have systemless root, so does full remove root in SuperSU then flashing the right recovery.img work to take all the OTA's till now? The February TWRP flashable OTA thread no longer has a live link.
HelpMeXDA said:
I have TWRP, but I'm still on android 6.0, security patch November 1, 2015, system version 24.11.18.clark_retus and no xposed. I have systemless root, so does full remove root in SuperSU then flashing the right recovery.img work to take all the OTA's till now? The February TWRP flashable OTA thread no longer has a live link.
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This question is hard to answer... will it work? Maybe, we don't know. The problem is if you are rooted, you did it for a reason (or I would assume so) and you have made some changes to the /system partition over time. Doing a full unroot will not undo those changes. So if you do a full unroot, and fastboot the correct recovery image, then accept the OTA, the recovery is going start the OTA's installation script attempt to process it where it will start a checklist of items to verify, bootloader, boot image, system image, etc... the problem is we don't know what changes will cause the update to error out and which will allow it to apply.
To be honest, I don't think I have heard anyone say they have been able to successfully take this update without going back to pure stock, but ymmv.
The best thing to do would be to return to pure stock via the factory firmware images, we have a known good one of the May 2016 security update.
Hi, I have a european S8+ fully rooted and with TWRP.
Everything's working great so far but I read somewhere that I won't receive further OTA updates.
Can I install them manually with TWRP?
If yes, 3 questions:
1. Where can I get them?
2. Do I need every single update or are the newest update always containing the older updates as well?
3. Do I lose root or TWRP after installing an update?
I've rooted with Magisk by the way.
Typically if you're rooted and modified the system partition (BusyBox or twrp or whatever) the update will not install in stock recovery. Usually you have to unroot reinstall stock recovery and flash ota. There's toolkits out that can do that. Or you can just find an awesome rom like a rooted debloated rom thats just recently updated and just flash that. Or you can what till somebody snags the ota update location then posts that.
Hi guys. If i boot (no flash) twrp and root by magisk my phone, i will be able to update my phone by ota? Never have miui so asking. And if i can't then how to flash ota by twrp? Just install or i need to wipe something.