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May security patch now rolling out for XT1092

Strangely in the initial update prompt (which I don't have a screenshot of unfortunately, so if someone has an XT1092 and can corroborate it would be much appreciated) it says Android 6.0.1 and not security update, but the Android version remains at 6.0 and by all accounts remains 6.0. The new emoji aren't supported either. Back in Lollipop I also got an update that says Android 5.0.2 but the version stayed at 5.0 after the update. Anyways, this update is 15MB and takes around 20 minutes to install, contrary to what Motorola says.
Also, really Motorola? MAY?! I'd be expecting you to roll out the QuadRooter (August/September) patch by now.

Hi,
thnx for the info.
Any suggestions if anyone is making update zip for twrp installation?
Regards
LK82

Hi, it downloaded the 15Mb update when I came back home. Do I lose root if I update ?

YassGo said:
Hi, it downloaded the 15Mb update when I came back home. Do I lose root if I update ?
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I think these official updates fail if you are rooted.... but if it succeeds i don't know if you retain root.

Again the RetGB variant being overlooked apparently. Spanish version got it and British version nothing...

Do anyone have some changelog for this security update? Does it fix Bluetooth issues (sometimes not routing audio via BT when connected to Nokia car kit)?

AB__CD said:
Strangely in the initial update prompt (which I don't have a screenshot of unfortunately, so if someone has an XT1092 and can corroborate it would be much appreciated) it says Android 6.0.1 and not security update, but the Android version remains at 6.0 and by all accounts remains 6.0.
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I was surprised and exited that there was an update to 6.0.1 for my XT1092, which would fix the bluetooth BLE issue. No screenshot unfortunately, but I clearly remember it stating "6.0.1", not just a security upgrade.
I've contacted Motorola UK support though their email (sic) contact form with below message:
Hello
This weekend I got a prompt on my phone (model XT1092) to upgrade to android 6.0.1.
I was happy about this upgrade because it solves a bug that prevented me from using bluetooth tracking devices [1].
However, after the upgrade the android version mentioned in the phone settings is still 6.0 and not "6.0.1" as expected. The only change I notice is that the "security patch" level is now May 1 2016.
Please confirm which version is actually is and/or if the specific bluetooth low-energy fix mentioned in link [1] is included.
Thanks
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[1] URL can't link to in this forum, but search for "tileapp 6.0.1" in google

No OTA when rooted.
My MOTOX is rooted and has TWRP, so no OTA possible.
Any chance of this upgrade being downloadable somewhere alreadY?

bart.cerneels said:
I was surprised and exited that there was an update to 6.0.1 for my XT1092, which would fix the bluetooth BLE issue. No screenshot unfortunately, but I clearly remember it stating "6.0.1", not just a security upgrade.
I've contacted Motorola UK support though their email (sic) contact form with below message:
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I can confirm that notification says "New version: 24.201.3.en.EU" and "Android 6.0.1, Marshmallow".
OK, in OP there is a screenshot with 6.0 still. So no go for BT patch I think...

Screenshot Android 6.0.1 promt
They instead labeled this as the 6.0.1 update.
I tried to inform Motorola (lenovo) about it but it seems that it didn't came through, it was pretty hilarious:
Initial mail:
Subject: Software update labeled wrong
Dear Motorola,
This morning I received an software update saying that it would update my phone to Android 6.0.1 . This was not the case, it was merely the may security update (those are important to, don't get me wrong).
Response:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting Motorola.
It is an official update form the Motorola end.So please update your device.
Me:
I did perform the update on my device, that was not my question/problem.
I meant to say that the update said it was 6.0.1 but it isn't. It updates the device to a new security patch, not form 6.0 to 6.0.1. This was probably not the intention (to say that it would update to 6.0.1) and I tried to attend you on this mistake.
Second response:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting Motorola.
After updating the security patch update you will receive the official update of 6.0.1
And then I gave up on the matter, it would have been pointless to go on.

sgpieter said:
They instead labeled this as the 6.0.1 update.
I tried to inform Motorola (lenovo) about it but it seems that it didn't came through, it was pretty hilarious:
Initial mail:
Subject: Software update labeled wrong
Dear Motorola,
This morning I received an software update saying that it would update my phone to Android 6.0.1 . This was not the case, it was merely the may security update (those are important to, don't get me wrong).
Response:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting Motorola.
It is an official update form the Motorola end.So please update your device.
Me:
I did perform the update on my device, that was not my question/problem.
I meant to say that the update said it was 6.0.1 but it isn't. It updates the device to a new security patch, not form 6.0 to 6.0.1. This was probably not the intention (to say that it would update to 6.0.1) and I tried to attend you on this mistake.
Second response:
Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting Motorola.
After updating the security patch update you will receive the official update of 6.0.1
And then I gave up on the matter, it would have been pointless to go on.
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Yeah, Motorola might just as well be Chinese now.

maybe this helps someone
I got this OTA update although I had root and TWRP. But to do a successful update I had to fully unroot in SuperSU and flash the stock recovery.img and the stock boot.img.
But before unrooting I copied the automatically downloaded update file from the /cache directory to my normal download directory, so I could reach it from the stock recovery menu. Therefore you need a root file explorer.
I than flashed the OTA update manually from the stock recovery using this instructions from reddit (but had to also flash boot.img as mentioned before):
4. Reboot into the bootloader, and then reflash stock recovery (download mentioned in step 1) with the command
"fastboot flash recovery 6.0_recovery.img"
5. Then reboot into recovery. From here, it will say "no command". Hold the power button and press the volume up key, then select apply patch from SD and choose the OTA you put on your internal memory. If all your system files are stock then this should run smoothly, if not, you might get a status error 7 and it will tell you which files are not stock. If you can, try to change them, but otherwise, you would need to download the stock files for 6.0 (you can also get them on the same link I suggested to get the stock recovery in step 1) and reflash everything to stock
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After updating and checking that everything is fine I rooted again with TRWP, SuperSU-beta and this "echo SYSTEMLESS=true>>/data/.supersu" command.
As I cannot post links, you find the original instruction I used when you click on the first link after you googled "How To Root Moto G4 on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow androidcustomrom1"
The normal SuperSu without this SYSTEMLESS command did not work in my case.
Hope I could help somebody

JonesMuc said:
I got this OTA update although I had root and TWRP. But to do a successful update I had to fully unroot in SuperSU and flash the stock recovery.img and the stock boot.img.
But before unrooting I copied the automatically downloaded update file from the /cache directory to my normal download directory, so I could reach it from the stock recovery menu. Therefore you need a root file explorer.
I than flashed the OTA update manually from the stock recovery using this instructions from reddit (but had to also flash boot.img as mentioned before):
4. Reboot into the bootloader, and then reflash stock recovery (download mentioned in step 1) with the command
"fastboot flash recovery 6.0_recovery.img"
5. Then reboot into recovery. From here, it will say "no command". Hold the power button and press the volume up key, then select apply patch from SD and choose the OTA you put on your internal memory. If all your system files are stock then this should run smoothly, if not, you might get a status error 7 and it will tell you which files are not stock. If you can, try to change them, but otherwise, you would need to download the stock files for 6.0 (you can also get them on the same link I suggested to get the stock recovery in step 1) and reflash everything to stock
After updating and checking that everything is fine I rooted again with TRWP, SuperSU-beta and this "echo SYSTEMLESS=true>>/data/.supersu" command.
As I cannot post links, you find the original instruction I used when you click on the first link after you googled "How To Root Moto G4 on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow androidcustomrom1"
The normal SuperSu without this SYSTEMLESS command did not work in my case.
Hope I could help somebody
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Hi, could you possibly upload the OTA file you downloaded? Could come in handy
Thnx in advance.
Cheers
Sent from my MOTO X using XDA Labs

As I'm new to this forum I cannot post links directly:
amazon.
de/clouddrive/share/dGQUmD6a5DvQrxlmSocfHr0Pm2XgIS9gBZ9b6lZAlla
(if the link is not working, you have to add https and www)
The file is called Blur_Version.24.11.18.victara_retde.retdeall.en.DE.zip so I think It's made for an update from 24.11.18 to 24.201.3

JonesMuc said:
As I'm new to this forum I cannot post links directly:
amazon.
de/clouddrive/share/dGQUmD6a5DvQrxlmSocfHr0Pm2XgIS9gBZ9b6lZAlla
(if the link is not working, you have to add https and www)
The file is called Blur_Version.24.11.18.victara_retde.retdeall.en.DE.zip so I think It's made for an update from 24.11.18 to 24.201.3
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Thnx m8, really appreciated:good:
Cheers
Sent from my MOTO X using XDA Labs

JonesMuc said:
I got this OTA update although I had root and TWRP. But to do a successful update I had to fully unroot in SuperSU and flash the stock recovery.img and the stock boot.img.
But before unrooting I copied the automatically downloaded update file from the /cache directory to my normal download directory, so I could reach it from the stock recovery menu. Therefore you need a root file explorer.
I than flashed the OTA update manually from the stock recovery using this instructions from reddit (but had to also flash boot.img as mentioned before):
After updating and checking that everything is fine I rooted again with TRWP, SuperSU-beta and this "echo SYSTEMLESS=true>>/data/.supersu" command.
As I cannot post links, you find the original instruction I used when you click on the first link after you googled "How To Root Moto G4 on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow androidcustomrom1"
The normal SuperSu without this SYSTEMLESS command did not work in my case.
Hope I could help somebody
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May you tell the name of the post after searching "How To Root Moto G4 on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow androidcustomrom1" ?
or some clues,
smthg plz ?
I suppose this is for rooting again
I'm looking for the stock recovery.img and the stock boot.img.
May you tell what to search to obtain them plz ?
Thx

You can find the recovery.img and boot.img in any stock firmware.
I used one from this site because it had the same version as mine:
androidsage.com/2016/02/09/install-official-marshmallow-ota-for-moto-x-android-6-0-ota-capture/
When you google for "blur_version.24.11.18" (or the version you need) you will find a lot of firmwares to download.
You are right, the other post is just for rooting again, after you updated

OK, thx :good:

Don't know why it took so long for you guys in Europe, but here in Brazil we've been using the may security patch since, errr... may! Hahahaha

theoblackhawk said:
Don't know why it took so long for you guys in Europe, but here in Brazil we've been using the may security patch since, errr... may! Hahahaha
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One word: Lenovo
Actually four words: Lenovo being an ass

[GUIDE][ROOT][UNIVERSAL] FORCE INSTALLING STOCK OTA UPDATES WITH SToCK RECOVERY

Since lollipop there is no manual update option in huawei updater and even the huawei stock recovery has no or less interface which has no adb sideload option. This became a crunch to flash the update which your friend got and which u dont.
This Method is Universal for all huawei devices
In order to apply ota update using this method , root access is a major requirement so be sure your device is rooted.
If u had twrp recovery , at first flash SuperSu package to root your device (Try systemless root only) .
After successfull root ,flash stock recovery from twrp and reboot system.
Step 1:
In my case b370 is the last ota i found for kiw-l22 which vsriram92 posted here . Thanks to him for posting the update before 99% users got their update :good:
Download the relevant update package (ota) which you need a relevant base package to install it on . Ex: b360 as base for b370 update
step 2:
just remember the path where u downloaded the package . Install Flashify from playstore or From Here
Select Zip file which is the third option in flashify .
step 3 :
Navigate to the path where u downloaded ota package select the update.zip (ota package).
flashify starts downloading the package to its path asks you for root access .
Grand Su permissions , Select Cwm recovery if flashify asks as the next option.
Now the phone reboots to recovery and starts flashing.
After the ota update , your device will be unrooted . so take a backup of your stock recovery by following below guide.
Enable Usb debugging and connect ur phone to pc.
navigate to adb folder and place twrp.img or recovery.img in adb folder ,open command window from the same folder and type
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Now type
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
or what_ever_its_name.img
now it temporarily boots twrp , take a backup of your stock recovery and then flash twrp for permanent install and then reroot ur device.
Happy flashing :laugh::good:​

it gets zip signature verification failed....the method is similar to installing the zip file directly from the recovery but that doesn't work unless zip signature is verified

rbtrai said:
it gets zip signature verification failed....the method is similar to installing the zip file directly from the recovery but that doesn't work unless zip signature is verified
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You might have installed a zip which is not stock ota update . i haven't posted this without trying . I installed b370 with this method and made this live here .

i downloaded from the link provided above which vsriram92 posted...

rbtrai said:
i downloaded from the link provided above which vsriram92 posted...
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Were you in b360 before doing this ?

Thanks again Gopi. Another great contribution.

vsriram92 said:
Were you in b360 before doing this ?
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yes ofcourse

This only for rooted phone ?
I'm having honor 4x unroot and I don't know how to install the ota file. Is there any way for upgrading a phone without root option and in my phone there is no local update option

Ajith san said:
This only for rooted phone ?
I'm having honor 4x unroot and I don't know how to install the ota file. Is there any way for upgrading a phone without root option and in my phone there is no local update option
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Nope. It was there in EMUI 3 previously. Now, we can't unless it has only update.app.

so b370 is only for the ones who gave root access to their phones?

Like your contribution. Perfectly updated to B370.

rajibie said:
Like your contribution. Perfectly updated to B370.
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great

Hello together, I tried flashing the B360 update for my L21 with this method but unfortunately I did not succeed. I followed every step but when flashify reboots to the stock recovery nothing happens. Just nothing.
I used the file for the L21 that I linked to in this post.
Any suggestions how to get it to work?

Zacki06 said:
Hello together, I tried flashing the B360 update for my L21 with this method but unfortunately I did not succeed. I followed every step but when flashify reboots to the stock recovery nothing happens. Just nothing.
I used the file for the L21 that I linked to in this post.
Any suggestions how to get it to work?
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Are you on B350D0003 or some earlier firmware? I'm on stock B350, just rooted with Magisk+phh's superuser, and it doesn't want to flash that big file at all; tried flashing OTA update (200MB file) and it failed at 80%, causing a damn bootloop. Gah, I thought my old phone was pain in the ass...

ShadySquirrel said:
Are you on B350D0003 or some earlier firmware? I'm on stock B350, just rooted with Magisk+phh's superuser, and it doesn't want to flash that big file at all; tried flashing OTA update (200MB file) and it failed at 80%, causing a damn bootloop. Gah, I thought my old phone was pain in the ass...
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I'm on B350D003. After I tried the OTA instead of the full package I came across the same problem with the stock recovery, but when flashing it from TWRP it did flash it, but exited with an error.
No bootloop but as a file was missing for the full update process wifi (and probably bluetooth) are not working.
If you are interrested to solve it, have a look here. It looks like there is a way to fix the problem and we are currently investigating.

Zacki06 said:
I'm on B350D003. After I tried the OTA instead of the full package I came across the same problem with the stock recovery, but when flashing it from TWRP it did flash it, but exited with an error.
No bootloop but as a file was missing for the full update process wifi (and probably bluetooth) are not working.
If you are interrested to solve it, have a look here. It looks like there is a way to fix the problem and we are currently investigating.
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TBH, I'm on a verge to start building LOS or PAC/Slim/whatever is properly maintained and fast for my own needs and ditch EMUI completely....
I'm searching for other firmwares now via FirmwareFinder, there is a probability that one is a leaked test or something like that, because it simply doesn't want to flash. If I find out something, I'll continue on thread you've linked, to avoid flooding this one.

Hi. Thanks for your guide.
I need to update my phone with several ota updates. I just need to repeat this guide's procedure until updated to the last ota or there is a better way to do that?

Can't update.. Its fake i think.. I m still in B360
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rajibie said:
Like your contribution. Perfectly updated to B370.
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How to update step by step.. Mention it plz

Tapan Patel said:
Can't update.. Its fake i think.. I m still in B360
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How to update step by step.. Mention it plz
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Just because you can't do it, that doesn't mean it's fake.

Tapan Patel said:
Can't update.. Its fake i think.. I m still in B360
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How to update step by step.. Mention it plz
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Just follow the procedure and you will be done

Honor 8 FRD-L04 B385 update?

I just randomly went to firmware finder to refresh and found a new update for the FRD-L04, did anyone attempt to install this yet?
EDIT: I tried to install it through firmware finder and it didn't pass the verification at the end
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4baHcoSeBbgY21CVjlPNk45YlE
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4baHcoSeBbgYTZiR1ZDeUpoWnc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4baHcoSeBbgV0g3ejBlMXlzdkk
I have downloaded the 3 zips in this update and verified the md5 they are all good if someone figures out how to install this

krchi said:
I just randomly went to firmware finder to refresh and found a new update for the FRD-L04, did anyone attempt to install this yet?
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I found the same... Gonna try!

Jessooca said:
How did that work out for you Jorge??
Sent from my FRD-L04 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
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Hi!
I tried but didnt worked. There´s no option to begin the update in the app...

JorgeCS said:
Hi!
I tried but didnt worked. There´s no option to begin the update in the app...
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Top right download full update it'll download once you hit that and remove the proxy but it won't get authorized when you go to install it.

Well the good news I see out of this even if we cannot install is that the update is finally coming after 2 months of the other versions enjoying it for that long. Hopefully it fixes the battery drain.
Sent from my FRD-L04 using Tapatalk

Received the OTA update for the B380 version on my FRD L09C185 yesterday. But no notable change in the battery life till now.

krchi said:
Top right download full update it'll download once you hit that and remove the proxy but it won't get authorized when you go to install it.
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Yep, you can't install this...

Can you install the full firmware from B162 though?

Gus194 said:
Can you install the full firmware from B162 though?
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You can try and tell us

Thanks for the find! Your file sizes are off unfortunately, they should be:
400MB - update_data_full_public.zip
622MB - update_full_FRD-L04_hw_usa.zip
1.3GB - update.zip
Here are the correct files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0zE1Kk8sIB6M2R4QUVsN3JBOGs

Jessooca said:
So the 622mb update file is the correct B385 update file? Can i push it to the phone via adb? Or what's the best way to install it??
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Likely you'd push both update.zip and the region specific zip to where the stock recovery is expecting, then from a powered-off state use the key combinations to force-udpate. I'm unsure why there are 3 zips this time though since B360 was only 2 zips, I haven't had time yet to look at the contents.

Telperion said:
Thanks for the find! Your file sizes are off unfortunately, they should be:
400MB - update_data_full_public.zip
622MB - update_full_FRD-L04_hw_usa.zip
1.3GB - update.zip
Here are the correct files: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0zE1Kk8sIB6M2R4QUVsN3JBOGs
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Mines was just the OTA files you have the full ota files

Jessooca said:
Did you install the update you found?
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I tried.

I think you have to extract the update.app and do the update via recovery....if I remember correctly. I'd do it now but no USB-C cable here at work...

usmcnyc said:
I think you have to extract the update.app and do the update via recovery....if I remember correctly. I'd do it now but no USB-C cable here at work...
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Tried that, compatibility error.

Telperion said:
Tried that, compatibility error.
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In theory, we could also just extract the recovery.img, system.img and vendor.img and flash via fastboot.....or no? I know that's generally the way I've flashed things on my Shield TV

usmcnyc said:
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In theory, we could also just extract the recovery.img, system.img and vendor.img and flash via fastboot.....or no? I know that's generally the way I've flashed things on my Shield TV
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Just tried that too, boot, recovery, and system will flash but vendor fails. When I load to the system it still shows B360 but certain parts of the OS don't work -- can't access Developer Options, for example. It seems as if this package just doesn't work right.
Update: If anybody else wants to attempt it, remove all PIN/password protection first. I had to factory reset.

Telperion said:
Just tried that too, boot, recovery, and system will flash but vendor fails. When I load to the system it still shows B360 but certain parts of the OS don't work -- can't access Developer Options, for example. It seems as if this package just doesn't work right.
Update: If anybody else wants to attempt it, remove all PIN/password protection first. I had to factory reset.
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Sounds like we're stuck...thanks for trying all that though, saved me a huge headache...

usmcnyc said:
Sounds like we're stuck...thanks for trying all that though, saved me a huge headache...
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Of note is that the 72309 firmware (B360) zips can be flashed from TWRP with no issue. This zip however fails to install.
Things I tried which failed:
Unpacking UPDATE.APP and force-updating from /external_sd/dload/ folder
Flashing extracted images from bootloader*
Modifying updater-script and flashing in TWRP (mountencrypt was throwing an error, others too)
Updating updater-script and update-binary and flashing in TWRP (same errors)
Flashing images from bootloader, boot and system worked but vendor failed, but the device did boot. It didn't, however, show the new software version -- but that may be because the software version is read from the vendor partition which wouldn't flash. In any event, flashing this way the device was unstable. I couldn't set a screen PIN and Developer Options would crash the Settings menu when I attempted to access it.
Someone more skilled than me would need to extract the contents of all 3 zips and make one TWRP-flashable zip.

Telperion said:
Of note is that the 72309 firmware (B360) zips can be flashed from TWRP with no issue. This zip however fails to install.
Things I tried which failed:
Unpacking UPDATE.APP and force-updating from /external_sd/dload/ folder
Flashing extracted images from bootloader*
Modifying updater-script and flashing in TWRP (mountencrypt was throwing an error, others too)
Updating updater-script and update-binary and flashing in TWRP (same errors)
Flashing images from bootloader, boot and system worked but vendor failed, but the device did boot. It didn't, however, show the new software version -- but that may be because the software version is read from the vendor partition which wouldn't flash. In any event, flashing this way the device was unstable. I couldn't set a screen PIN and Developer Options would crash the Settings menu when I attempted to access it.
Someone more skilled than me would need to extract the contents of all 3 zips and make one TWRP-flashable zip.
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There's a 1.9gb OTA on firmware finder...I'd download it here at work but the internet is too slow, it'd take hours.

[SOLVED] Fastboot Flash failes after firmware update

Hello all,
I have flashed my p9 lite (VNS-L31C432B390) to the newest B390 firmware using official update routine and therefore flashing stock recovery via fastboot before updating. Now I wanted to reflash TWRP in order to get root back (I had done this before with B380 and B388 update, never having issues), but when I try the flash command in fastboot it says "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
After some research, I found that this normally indicates a locked bootloader, but both on the screen of the phone (when in bootloader) and via fastboot (fastboot oem get-bootinfo) bootloader is shown as unlocked.
I just can't figure out what may have caused flashing not to work anymore... Anyone with similar issues after latest update?
EDIT: The solutionwas to re-unlock the bootloader (just perform "fastboot oem unlock PERSONAL UNLOCK KEY). Thanks to AndreaEl for suggesting the solution.

i have had the same problem some days ago.
Re unlock bootloader and try again

Thank you very much, I'm definetly gonna try, although I really hoped to spare me this factory reset

opal06 said:
Hello all,
I have flashed my p9 lite (VNS-L31C432B390) to the newest B390 firmware using official update routine and therefore flashing stock recovery via fastboot before updating. Now I wanted to reflash TWRP in order to get root back (I had done this before with B380 and B388 update, never having issues), but when I try the flash command in fastboot it says "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
After some research, I found that this normally indicates a locked bootloader, but both on the screen of the phone (when in bootloader) and via fastboot (fastboot oem get-bootinfo) bootloader is shown as unlocked.
I just can't figure out what may have caused flashing not to work anymore... Anyone with similar issues after latest update?
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Hi, could u please give a step by step guide on how to get to B390? I'm currently in B381.
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opal06 said:
Thank you very much, I'm definetly gonna try, although I really hoped to spare me this factory reset
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Have u tried using the method on this thread?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hu...ution-bl-unlockedfrp-locked-fastboot-t3684302

Neo Markson said:
Hi, could u please give a step by step guide on how to get to B390? I'm currently in B381.
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B160 -> B370(TWRP) -> B390(Firmare finder DNS method)
i have do like this
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Re-unlocking the bootloader did the job for me... Afterwords I was able to flash TWRP again over fastboot... So this can be considered as solved...
As for my update method, I found the easiest way is to get official OTAs (I've got the B390 as official OTA, maybe not yet available in your region) by temporarely switch back to official recovery. As this thread shows, there may be minor problems and root will be lost after update. As always, you are performing these steps at your own risk. These are the steps:
- get an official recovery image from an official Huawei firmware (search here on the forums). Unzip it and use Huawei Extractor to extract recovery.img from update.app
- Flash it in fastboot mode (fastboot flash recovery /Path/to/recovery.img)
- Download update via Huawei's software update application
- Let it perform the OTA. This step is likely gonna fail, no problem though, just reboot.
- Software Updater will state that the update failed and start to download the full firmware package, which is way bigger (~2GB). Update with this one will work though...
- Performing the update will unroot, just flash latest TWRP and SuperSu like shown in many guides on this forum to regain it

AndreaEl said:
Neo Markson said:
Hi, could u please give a step by step guide on how to get to B390? I'm currently in B381.
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B160 -> B370(TWRP) -> B390(Firmare finder DNS method)
i have do like this
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Tried that, it doesn't work. And I'm at B381 by the way. See when I try to send the firmware update to the updater app and install it, nothing changes. The installation completes and after reboot, when I check from about phone I see that I'm still in B381(at least according to it )
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opal06 said:
Re-unlocking the bootloader did the job for me... Afterwords I was able to flash TWRP again over fastboot... So this can be considered as solved...
As for my update method, I found the easiest way is to get official OTAs (I've got the B390 as official OTA, maybe not yet available in your region) by temporarely switch back to official recovery. As this thread shows, there may be minor problems and root will be lost after update. As always, you are performing these steps at your own risk. These are the steps:
- get an official recovery image from an official Huawei firmware (search here on the forums). Unzip it and use Huawei Extractor to extract recovery.img from update.app
- Flash it in fastboot mode (fastboot flash recovery /Path/to/recovery.img)
- Download update via Huawei's software update application
- Let it perform the OTA. This step is likely gonna fail, no problem though, just reboot.
- Software Updater will state that the update failed and start to download the full firmware package, which is way bigger (~2GB). Update with this one will work though...
- Performing the update will unroot, just flash latest TWRP and SuperSu like shown in many guides on this forum to regain it
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My boatloader is already locked and I'm not rooted.
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Mi a2 dec update available

Mi a2 december update available
Weighs around 227 mb
I think that speaker bug will be solved

can confirm. received it as well. Hope some major issues are resolved here. It does not mention december update the in changelog.

Confirm! from thailand.

Dec update
I am trying to update through ota and it says installation problemcan anyone plz give me a solution for that.plz

After the update i can confirm that volume through the earphones definitely seems louder, similar to what it was in Oreo.

Recieved also on Pi9. Another garbage patch. No more than a blinking Android One screen resulting a non-booting phone. Piece of s..t!

Confirm from India. Really happy with the updates on this device.

can anyone put the boot.img file as i lost my root while updating due installation error at the first time of the update installation.

Brachogan said:
can anyone put the boot.img file as i lost my root while updating due installation error at the first time of the update installation.
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You'll always find images here
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=284999

OTA Installation Problem
I can't install the ota update it just shows this error and have to re download the file again to which shows the same error. I only have my phone unlocked and I don't root my phone.

wahyu915 said:
I can't install the ota update it just shows this error and have to re download the file again to which shows the same error. I only have my phone unlocked and I don't root my phone.
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I have the same error
I'm on pie with November sec patch installed with fastboot commands and don't work

xiaomi is a joke...sad.

luisjoseb said:
I have the same error
I'm on pie with November sec patch installed with fastboot commands and don't work
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maybe you are rooted ?

wahyu915 said:
I can't install the OTA update it just shows this error and has to re-download the file again to which shows the same error. I only have my phone unlocked and I don't root my phone.
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1: restart device first method
2: factory reset Second Method
every system update follows this method any issue occur issue was sorted.

AJ said:
maybe you are rooted ?
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Thanks for your answer, I don't try to root, but I try to install gcam.
But I solved the problem flashing again with extracted payload files and now I'm on latest release.
Thanks

Just update here in Brazil

luisjoseb said:
Thanks for your answer, I don't try to root, but I try to install gcam.
But I solved the problem flashing again with extracted payload files and now I'm on latest release.
Thanks
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Hey man,
Can you help me out how to do that because I'm also facing the same problem
Currently on pie with November 2nd security patch
I have system update installation fail.

Qyfaruxx said:
Hey man,
Can you help me out how to do that because I'm also facing the same problem
Currently on pie with November 2nd security patch
I have system update installation fail.
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Yes, you need to follow the instrucctions in this post https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/how-to/ota-v9-6-5-0-odimife-t3823445
Bassicaly you need to download the OTA https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../0ec115a98a2d790e57b1ee60c217b5c0029ce091.zip, extract the zip and dump the payload.bin with payload_dumper
Then you need to flash the files with fastboot.
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Now Xiaomi's blog anounce the upgrade for all Mi A2 users tomorrow
https://c.mi.com/thread-1734573-1-0.html

Indian variant 4/64 . I haven't received any update yet. Tried a reset. Didn't work. No updates still. What is going wrong?