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So, I'm new to the world of tablets - the only interaction with them being some light use on my mom's tablet (including rooting it via Iconia Root and installing Acer Recovery Installer v2.54) I was curious about updating via ARI (since she's rooted and being plagued by OTA popups). Back when she first got the tablet, she tried to update and it would stop mid-download, giving no error, and just sit there until she cancelled it (this was before the root). So, basically, my question is: Is it possible to run a stock update (Ie "Stock 3.1 4.010.42_EMEA_GEN3") without having to wipe during install? I have a backup via ARI and also Titanium backup installed but I'd really like to not have to re-install all the apps/set up the homescreen (she's on stock) and stuff. I know on my OG droid that when I installed CM7 I had to do a wipe for it to even get past the boot screen but I figure with this being a stock update maybe it's different...
If not is there some way that I can install an update while keeping the root/system data?
AliceInUnderland said:
So, I'm new to the world of tablets - the only interaction with them being some light use on my mom's tablet (including rooting it via Iconia Root and installing Acer Recovery Installer v2.54) I was curious about updating via ARI (since she's rooted and being plagued by OTA popups). Back when she first got the tablet, she tried to update and it would stop mid-download, giving no error, and just sit there until she cancelled it (this was before the root). So, basically, my question is: Is it possible to run a stock update (Ie "Stock 3.1 4.010.42_EMEA_GEN3") without having to wipe during install? I have a backup via ARI and also Titanium backup installed but I'd really like to not have to re-install all the apps/set up the homescreen (she's on stock) and stuff. I know on my OG droid that when I installed CM7 I had to do a wipe for it to even get past the boot screen but I figure with this being a stock update maybe it's different...
If not is there some way that I can install an update while keeping the root/system data?
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No. If you run the OTA, you WILL lose root. Not to mention I don't have a lot of faith in any device OTA updates. Prior experience, and hanging around various forums, well, you can read the horror stories.
I would advise, if you want to upgrade her OS and get rid of the "pesky" update notifications, is to flash one of the Stock rooted roms available. Or maybe a stripped down version of a Stock rom.
Search the developer section for a rooted version of the stock OTA, there are several in there. Install it via recovery, you only need to wipe dalvik and cache before the install. All of her data and programs will still be there. It will upgrade just fine. Remember wipe Dalvik and cache but do not wipe data and everything will be fine.
get and flash one of the honeylicious rom from the dev area .. good rom very basic apps.. but has a update to get the acer apps back.. and bunch of other cool mods.. the dev is also . kinda trustworthy..
Giggles.. ok he is kewl for a guy yukeeee guys smell..
good luck .. read read read read before you flash anything and of course back up and back up your backups .. then back them up again
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Search the developer section for a rooted version of the stock OTA, there are several in there. Install it via recovery, you only need to wipe dalvik and cache before the install. All of her data and programs will still be there. It will upgrade just fine. Remember wipe Dalvik and cache but do not wipe data and everything will be fine.
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Well... if the person was going to do an update to the exact same rom (different version) I would say ok.
But... if you are going to go to a totally different Rom, you NEED to wipe User Data.
Or, does anybody want to tell me you never have to?
3 Wipes. Mandatory when switching between roms, unless you are a dev and know exactly what you are doing.
Or.... you can forget about the safe side of things, and just flash away, and hope luck is with you.
The Market, SHOULD, allow you to re-download apps based on the market version you previously used. If not, it's a good time to clean house of the useless apps.
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No. If you run the OTA, you WILL lose root. Not to mention I don't have a lot of faith in any device OTA updates. Prior experience, and hanging around various forums, well, you can read the horror stories.
I would advise, if you want to upgrade her OS and get rid of the "pesky" update notifications, is to flash one of the Stock rooted roms available. Or maybe a stripped down version of a Stock rom.
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I wasn't talking about an OTA, I was talking about the stock 'rom' updates via recovery. I've had experiences with phones that have been rooted and accidentally updated via OTA, it's not fun. My phone was actually put into something I like to refer to as the Root limbo lol, bricked it for a small period of time - that was fun fixing it. I didn't have a nandroid at the time so I had to start from scratch...
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Search the developer section for a rooted version of the stock OTA, there are several in there. Install it via recovery, you only need to wipe dalvik and cache before the install. All of her data and programs will still be there. It will upgrade just fine. Remember wipe Dalvik and cache but do not wipe data and everything will be fine.
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So if I find a rooted version of stock OTA I can install it and only wipe Dalvik? I won't get stuck in a bootloop if I don't wipe data?
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So if I find a rooted version of stock OTA I can install it and only wipe Dalvik? I won't get stuck in a bootloop if I don't wipe data?
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If you stick with a stock pre-rooted ROM, you won't get stuck in a bootloop like you do some phones. You're just doing an upgrade.
But like doing an upgrade to any other OS without formatting first, you're writing good data over bad, so your mileage may vary.
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erica_renee said:
get and flash one of the honeylicious rom from the dev area .. good rom very basic apps.. but has a update to get the acer apps back.. and bunch of other cool mods.. the dev is also . kinda trustworthy..
Giggles.. ok he is kewl for a guy yukeeee guys smell..
good luck .. read read read read before you flash anything and of course back up and back up your backups .. then back them up again
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Hey I resemble....or is it resent that remark! lol
kjy2010 said:
If you stick with a stock pre-rooted ROM, you won't get stuck in a bootloop like you do some phones. You're just doing an upgrade.
But like doing an upgrade to any other OS without formatting first, you're writing good data over bad, so your mileage may vary.
I can't seem to find any pre-rooted stock Roms on the Developers forum. Links? I know I'm probably being a pain in the ass but I really don't want to get something by mistake and start with scratch on my mom's tablet - if it were mine I wouldn't care. lol
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The link in the post above yours in this thread. Is a link to the rom scroll up one post
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kjy2010 said:
If you stick with a stock pre-rooted ROM, you won't get stuck in a bootloop like you do some phones. You're just doing an upgrade.
But like doing an upgrade to any other OS without formatting first, you're writing good data over bad, so your mileage may vary.
I can't seem to find any pre-rooted stock Roms on the Developers forum. Links? I know I'm probably being a pain in the ass but I really don't want to get something by mistake and start with scratch on my mom's tablet - if it were mine I wouldn't care. lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318
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AliceInUnderland said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318
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Oh my god you rock, thanks so much!
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kjy2010 said:
Oh my god you rock, thanks so much!
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Yw
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kjy2010 said:
AliceInUnderland said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318
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Okay, this sent her into a bootloop so I had to nandroid. I wiped dalvik cache before installing this. Put it in the root of my SD card and installed via CWM in recovery. what am I doing wrong?
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kjy2010 said:
Okay, this sent her into a bootloop so I had to nandroid. I wiped dalvik cache before installing this. Put it in the root of my SD card and installed via CWM in recovery. what am I doing wrong?
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I've never heard of the A500 going into a bootloop simply from flashing one rooted stock ROM to another, but then again most people do all the necessary wipes when they do. Did you wipe dalvik and battery stats? That's about as minimal as you're going to get. If that doesn't work, you'll just have to flash the proper way. Instructions here complete with a video tutorial on how to flash by yours truly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390860
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kjy2010 said:
AliceInUnderland said:
I've never heard of the A500 going into a bootloop simply from flashing one rooted stock ROM to another, but then again most people do all the necessary wipes when they do. Did you wipe dalvik and battery stats? That's about as minimal as you're going to get. If that doesn't work, you'll just have to flash the proper way. Instructions here complete with a video tutorial on how to flash by yours truly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390860
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Nevermind, I fixed it XD I wiped dalvik and battery/partition and it worked fine lol.
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kjy2010 said:
Nevermind, I fixed it XD I wiped dalvik and battery/partition and it worked fine lol.
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Uh huh....you're welcome!
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ever since i uprgraded my Note 3 to Kitkat 4.4.3
My note is lagging a lottttttttttttttttt
what to do
Lotttttttttt
drashrafsabry said:
ever since i uprgraded my Note 3 to Kitkat 4.4.3
My note is lagging a lottttttttttttttttt
what to do
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4.4.3 or 4.4.2?
drashrafsabry said:
ever since i uprgraded my Note 3 to Kitkat 4.4.3
My note is lagging a lottttttttttttttttt
what to do
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Mine too. It is terrible!
drashrafsabry said:
ever since i uprgraded my Note 3 to Kitkat 4.4.3
My note is lagging a lottttttttttttttttt
what to do
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have you done a simple full wipe ?
a lot ppl doesn't want to loose data / redo all setting, and ignore this simple step, end up got problems with lags, battery, or even FC.
meawww said:
4.4.3 or 4.4.2?
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I believe is 4.4.2
antique_sonic said:
have you done a simple full wipe ?
a lot ppl doesn't want to loose data / redo all setting, and ignore this simple step, end up got problems with lags, battery, or even FC.
I believe is 4.4.2
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I flashed many ROMS and still is happening the same but my case is worst: Lagging, no camera, no sound, no IMEI, no serial,..... HELP!!!!
ricardo2256 said:
I flashed many ROMS and still is happening the same but my case is worst: Lagging, no camera, no sound, no IMEI, no serial,..... HELP!!!!
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Did u flash a correct firmware for ur device?
Sent from somewhere under the sky, at the corner of this rounded earth.
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Did u flash a correct firmware for ur device?
Sent from somewhere under the sky, at the corner of this rounded earth.
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Yes, I used the correct firmware. I have a SM-N9005 and I am using these ones: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N9005
Is correct?
Thanks.
drashrafsabry said:
ever since i uprgraded my Note 3 to Kitkat 4.4.3
My note is lagging a lottttttttttttttttt
what to do
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first thing I would say is, do odin to your new firmware, and the out the system, without installing or restore apps, and app data, see if everything is working fine, sometimes by restoring older app data you might run into some problems..
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Yes, I used the correct firmware. I have a SM-N9005 and I am using these ones: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-N9005
Is correct?
Thanks.
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yours is 16GB or 32GB ?
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yours is 16GB or 32GB ?
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32 GB.
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mdiaz33685 said:
first thing I would say is, do odin to your new firmware, and the out the system, without installing or restore apps, and app data, see if everything is working fine, sometimes by restoring older app data you might run into some problems..
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What do you mean with "do odin and the out of the system"?
Use ODIN.. what I mean to say is do the full firmware via ODIN,
And use it like that, a fresh install, see if everything is working well, you should have no problems.
Then see when the lag starts if you are restoring your apps with data.
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mdiaz33685 said:
Use ODIN.. what I mean to say is do the full firmware via ODIN,
And use it like that, a fresh install, see if everything is working well, you should have no problems.
Then see when the lag starts if you are restoring your apps with data.
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No, my lag does not start with the app restoring. It is a full lag in everything. Even unlocking the main screen. PLEASE HELP. I have flashed my phone with 5 different ROMs and nothing works.....
ricardo2256 said:
No, my lag does not start with the app restoring. It is a full lag in everything. Even unlocking the main screen. PLEASE HELP. I have flashed my phone with 5 different ROMs and nothing works.....
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you didn't answer to my question earlier. Did you do a full wipe ?
by default, any flashing of firmware won't wipe your device. It has been suggested by most ppl here, and other forums website, that if you face any trouble with the new firmware, always do a full wipe. It helps most of the time with most of the funny funny issue.
no i didnt do a wipe as i got it OTA not through odin
can you tell me how to do it
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have you done a simple full wipe ?
a lot ppl doesn't want to loose data / redo all setting, and ignore this simple step, end up got problems with lags, battery, or even FC.
I believe is 4.4.2
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ricardo2256 said:
No, my lag does not start with the app restoring. It is a full lag in everything. Even unlocking the main screen. PLEASE HELP. I have flashed my phone with 5 different ROMs and nothing works.....
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drashrafsabry said:
no i didnt do a wipe as i got it OTA not through odin
can you tell me how to do it
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are the 2 of you the same person ? LOL
@drashrafsabry : very simple, if you done the OTA already, now try to do full wipe (I assume you are not rooted)
1st of all, you will need to backup your contact (if you keep on your device), you can do by exporting it to sd card, or merge with google/samsung account.
2nd thing you need to backup your sms (if you still need to keep it).
3rd and most important : full wipe from stock recovery, it will delete the entire internal storage. So, if you have any data (photo, movie, songs, etc) which you keep it inside internal storage, you must copy first to your sd card / or your PC / laptop (somewhere else other than internal storage.
Once you finish with all that backup, you may shutdown your device (wait until vibrate to make sure it shutdown completely).
Once it is shutdown, press the 3 combos (vol up + home + power) to go into recovery.
Once inside recovery, choose wipe data, and after finish choose wipe cache.
when it is finish, reboot.
PS : you will need to re setup your initial setup after that.
Good luck.
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are the 2 of you the same person ? LOL
@drashrafsabry : very simple, if you done the OTA already, now try to do full wipe (I assume you are not rooted)
1st of all, you will need to backup your contact (if you keep on your device), you can do by exporting it to sd card, or merge with google/samsung account.
2nd thing you need to backup your sms (if you still need to keep it).
3rd and most important : full wipe from stock recovery, it will delete the entire internal storage. So, if you have any data (photo, movie, songs, etc) which you keep it inside internal storage, you must copy first to your sd card / or your PC / laptop (somewhere else other than internal storage.
Once you finish with all that backup, you may shutdown your device (wait until vibrate to make sure it shutdown completely).
Once it is shutdown, press the 3 combos (vol up + home + power) to go into recovery.
Once inside recovery, choose wipe data, and after finish choose wipe cache.
when it is finish, reboot.
PS : you will need to re setup your initial setup after that.
Good luck.
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We are not the same person. I did both wipes before. Really, any ROM works properly in my device and I have lost IMEI, serial and baseband HEPL!!!!!!!!
ricardo2256 said:
We are not the same person. I did both wipes before. Really, any ROM works properly in my device and I have lost IMEI, serial and baseband HEPL!!!!!!!!
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I saw that you have visited this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771151
have you followed what that guy did ? and still with the same result ?
and another thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2772218
which also referring to the same mediafire link.
and
have you read this thread ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2615092
and lastly..
try to google.
Hey
So quick question, what steps would I have to take to essentially "start fresh" but while still keeping root and twrp. I want to go back to stock or a stock-like ROM but I want to declutter the phone and backups I've made.
Any easy and efficient way to do this?
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Hey
So quick question, what steps would I have to take to essentially "start fresh" but while still keeping root and twrp. I want to go back to stock or a stock-like ROM but I want to declutter the phone and backups I've made.
Any easy and efficient way to do this?
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Look at step 9 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
You'll just have to do a factory reset in twrp.
stickperson said:
Look at step 9 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
You'll just have to do a factory reset in twrp.
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Hey, thanks for the response. I'm still a little lost on what to do exactly, sorry.
So I would have to do every single thing in Step 9 or just a part of it?
Did you root the device yourself? Have you personally flashed any roms? If not, I suggest reading through the entire thread I posted. If you did that stuff yourself what doesn't make sense?
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Did you root the device yourself? Have you personally flashed any roms? If not, I suggest reading through the entire thread I posted. If you did that stuff yourself what doesn't make sense?
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Yeah, I rooted everything myself and I've flashed like two ROMs so far (and I used the root method from the link you sent), but I just want to go back to stock or a stock-like ROM, while still preserving root and twrp. I read step 9 from the link you sent, my question is if I have to do every single thing in step 9, or do I have to do only a specific part from it, or do something in addition to step 9?
Apologies for any confusion
Forget what I said about factory reset in TWRP. Just do everything in step 9. Note that it says you might have to flash TWRP and SuperSU again. Not a big deal though.
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Forget what I said about factory reset in TWRP. Just do everything in step 9. Note that it says you might have to flash TWRP and SuperSU again. Not a big deal though.
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Okay, sounds good. Just to be sure. Does it matter if I'm on Pure Nexus ROM? Will I still be able to do Step 9 without any problems?
thats right
Did I mention that I wanted it to free up space on my internal storage? I'm gonna make a full back up of my phone and transfer it to my PC, so I would want it to clear all the data as well. It will do that too right? I hope I'm making sense.
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Did I mention that I wanted it to free up space on my internal storage? I'm gonna make a full back up of my phone and transfer it to my PC, so I would want it to clear all the data as well. It will do that too right? I hope I'm making sense.
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If you want to wipe your internal storage as well you'd need to follow section 10 instead in section 9, make sure you backup everything first because the whole phone will be wiped. If you skip flashing the recovery image you should be able to keep TWRP on your phone.
By the way, there's no way to preserve root when doing something like this, or when changing ROMs. Your root resides in the system partition which is overwritten when flashing the factory images or a ROM zip. It's simple to get back though, you just flash the SuperSU zip again.
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Heisenberg said:
If you want to wipe your internal storage as well you'd need to follow section 10 instead in section 9, make sure you backup everything first because the whole phone will be wiped. If you skip flashing the recovery image you should be able to keep TWRP on your phone.
By the way, there's no way to preserve root when doing something like this, or when changing ROMs. Your root resides in the system partition which is overwritten when flashing the factory images or a ROM zip. It's simple to get back though, you just flash the SuperSU zip again.
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Okay get it. And by using step 10 will it still keep my phones booger loader unlocked? Apart from not flashing the recovery, is there anything else I would have to skip or add when doing step 10?
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Okay get it. And by using step 10 will it still keep my phones booger loader unlocked? Apart from not flashing the recovery, is there anything else I would have to skip or add when doing step 10?
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Your bootloader will remain unlocked unless you deliberately issue the "fastboot flashing lock" command. There's nothing else you'd need to add/remove.
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Your bootloader will remain unlocked unless you deliberately issue the "fastboot flashing lock" command. There's nothing else you'd need to add/remove.
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Okay I tried doing Step 10 and skipped the part where I had to flash the recovery. Everything went good, no errors or anything. Here's the thing though, even after choosing factory reset and performing the rest of the steps, my data, like pictures, videos, downloads, etc, are still there. I thought it would completely delete everything? Did I do something wrong?
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Okay I tried doing Step 10 and skipped the part where I had to flash the recovery. Everything went good, no errors or anything. Here's the thing though, even after choosing factory reset and performing the rest of the steps, my data, like pictures, videos, downloads, etc, are still there. I thought it would completely delete everything? Did I do something wrong?
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Did you issue the "fastboot format userdata" command?
There was a software update a couple of days ago. Am i the only one who is facing a problem with it? Scrolling has a pretty bad lag everywhere and multitasking has a problem as well. Is this common?
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There was a software update a couple of days ago. Am i the only one who is facing a problem with it? Scrolling has a pretty bad lag everywhere and multitasking has a problem as well. Is this common?
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No it is not common, and please stop multiple posting the same vague issue. Wipe your phone, do a fresh install of the stock ROM and test it before adding apps and/or mods.
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No it is not common, and please stop multiple posting the same vague issue. Wipe your phone, do a fresh install of the stock ROM and test it before adding apps and/or mods.
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Nobody answered so i didn't have any choice plus.. i did already do all of that
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Nobody answered so i didn't have any choice plus.. i did already do all of that
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If you did restore your phone to it's blank factory state (properly) then you wouldn't be experiencing this problem, because it doesn't exist on a stock ROM. Start by fastboot formatting System, Cache and Userdata. Then use the flash-all.bat script that comes with a full stock image. Please note I did not say "factory reset". Is your phone encrypted or un-uncrypted?
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If you did restore your phone to it's blank factory state (properly) then you wouldn't be experiencing this problem, because it doesn't exist on a stock ROM. Start by fastboot formatting System, Cache and Userdata. Then use the flash-all.bat script that comes with a full stock image. Please note I did not say "factory reset". Is your phone encrypted or un-uncrypted?
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It is unencrypted.. and i think that i misunderstood u at that beginning. What i did was a factory reset. I will do what u have been saying however i remembered a while ago that i an in beta and this might be the reason so i unenrolled my phone and i am waiting for the downgrade.. if the same problem continued i will restore it to its blank factory. Thank ?
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If you did restore your phone to it's blank factory state (properly) then you wouldn't be experiencing this problem, because it doesn't exist on a stock ROM. Start by fastboot formatting System, Cache and Userdata. Then use the flash-all.bat script that comes with a full stock image. Please note I did not say "factory reset". Is your phone encrypted or un-uncrypted?
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It is unencrypted.. and i think that i misunderstood u at that beginning. What i did was a factory reset. I will do what u have been saying however i remembered a while ago that i an in beta and this might be the reason so i unenrolled my phone and i am waiting for the downgrade.. if the same problem continued i will restore it to its blank factory. Thank ?
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It is unencrypted.. and i think that i misunderstood u at that beginning. What i did was a factory reset. I will do what u have been saying however i remembered a while ago that i an in beta and this might be the reason so i unenrolled my phone and i am waiting for the downgrade.. if the same problem continued i will restore it to its blank factory. Thank
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I wouldn't hold my breath, and I certainly wouldn't take a downgrade... if it that ever comes. Thinking that "Oreo has caused some sort of problem so I must downgrade to N or MM" is just plain wrong. Why anyone with a Nexus or Pixel would want to be on N or MM is beyond me. It's your phone, so knock yourself out.
Hi, guys.
I have rooted my Mi A1. But now after facing the problem with October update, I want to undo all changes made on my device and receive and install all future updates without any additional procedures - just receive OTA update click install button and that's all.
My first question is - is it possible?
The second is - can anybody explain me how can I do it?
Note: After flashing and getting root FlashFire shows me that system's active slot is slot B right now. Also after some attempts to install October OTA update (playing with slots A/B) my device shows me that I do not have any root access now. The screenshots are attached.
Thanks beforehand.
I think the best way is to flash stock image you can find on miui download site.
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I think the best way is to flash stock image you can find on miui download site.
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I have acquainted with this material too. I want to know is there any problem if I will do flashing through miflash tool at this situation? Maybe I need to change something before any changing. Or it is not convenient for me right now?
Thanks.
dinozaur516 said:
I have acquainted with this material too. I want to know is there any problem if I will do flashing through miflash tool at this situation? Maybe I need to change something before any changing. Or it is not convenient for me right now?
Thanks.
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Basically, if you flash the factory image, it should be (or I believe it is) written on the both partitions, so you can start with "clean shield", but on the newest update.
You can even preserve user data within the tool
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Basically, if you flash the factory image, it should be (or I believe it is) written on the both partitions, so you can start with "clean shield", but on the newest update.
You can even preserve user data within the tool
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Ok, i just do not understand why factory image is written on two partitions. Why it cannot be written on one partition? Or it must be so? Can you explain me this issue?
dinozaur516 said:
Ok, i just do not understand why factory image is written on two partitions. Why it cannot be written on one partition? Or it must be so? Can you explain me this issue?
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I'm not really sure if it's true or not, but I think it it. Like, if you have any problems with either partition A or B, simply flashing factory image over it should fix both, that's why I think it's true.
matcho13579 said:
I'm not really sure if it's true or not, but I think it it. Like, if you have any problems with either partition A or B, simply flashing factory image over it should fix both, that's why I think it's true.
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As I understood, this device has 2 same images, am I right? And it means if one image size is 4 GB then it is multiplied by 2 and 2 images` size is equal to 8 GB.
dinozaur516 said:
As I understood, this device has 2 same images, am I right? And it means if one image size is 4 GB then it is multiplied by 2 and 2 images` size is equal to 8 GB.
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Referring from here, it's not true:
A/B updates require an increase of only 320 MiB in flash, with a savings of 32MiB from removing the recovery partition and another 100MiB preserved by removing the cache partition.
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matcho13579 said:
Referring from here, it's not true:
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Oh! Thanks a lot. I did not know that
Will do returning to factory image. After the installation, I'll come back with my experience.
dinozaur516 said:
Oh! Thanks a lot. I did not know that
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Actually it's true as I checked the tables on the site, but it's not that much of a difference if you own a 64 GB device, it won't take more than 400 MB of storage
matcho13579 said:
Actually it's true as I checked the tables on the site, but it's not that much of a difference if you own a 64 GB device, it won't take more than 400 MB of storage
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Sure
I successfully flashed my Mi A1 to factory image via MiFlash tool. I used "Clean all and lock" mode. Everything is working and the device also installed October updates.
dinozaur516 said:
I successfully flashed my Mi A1 to factory image via MiFlash tool. I used "Clean all and lock" mode. Everything is working and the device also installed October updates.
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So you have now a clean phone without your old user data?
Samhain77 said:
So you have now a clean phone without your old user data?
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Yeap. I have installed all apps again. And everything works perfect.
Samhain77 said:
So you have now a clean phone without your old user data?
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If you choose to save user data, they will be saved, you don't have to wipe user data, but it's recommended tho
matcho13579 said:
If you choose to save user data, they will be saved, you don't have to wipe user data, but it's recommended tho
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I know, but i made it to be sure that everything will be installed like the first time.
dinozaur516 said:
Will do returning to factory image. After the installation, I'll come back with my experience.
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i think flashing factory image with mi flash tool will solve the issue. have you flashed?
androwide said:
i think flashing factory image with mi flash tool will solve the issue. have you flashed?
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Yeap, i made it. And everything is ok. I am on october update right now.
dinozaur516 said:
Yeap, i made it. And everything is ok. I am on october update right now.
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great, i am also rooted with FlashFire method and going to flash factory image on my device to install the october security patch, but i would try "save user data" and flash, i know the root access will be gone, but i can root again with TWRP method or with the same.