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[HOW-TO][DEV EDITION ONLY]Root on 4.4 KitKat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP9WXLIzhTY
I want to first say that I did not figure out this method on my own, I saw it on Google+ via Matthew Pierce and modified it to make it easier to follow
Second, **do not try this on a device with a locked bootloader. You need the unlocked bootloader to do this**.
You'll want to first download these 2 things
1) Superuser zip to be installed in recovery (from Chainfire) -> http://download.chainfire.eu/366/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v1.72B.zip
2) New TWRP for 4.4 KitKat (from Hashcode)->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2534850
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Here's the method to get root:
1) let the system fully install the 4.4 Kitkat ota and reboot. **Make sure you are on the first OTA before you try to install the KitKat OTA, otherwise your phone could have major issues.** After it installs, do not do anything else, let it boot into android.
1b) Take the SuperSU installable zip and place it onto the internal storage
2) reboot phone to bootloader.
3) install Hashcode's TWRP using mfastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img. (**use the motorola fastboot binary**)
4) reboot device to recovery, do not boot into android before this step!
5) go to install and find then select BETA-SuperSU-v1.72B.zip
6) Boot back into android, and if needed, go to the Play Store and install SuperSU from Chainfire
7) enjoy root!

What is the advantage/difference in installing the SuperSU app you linked, in favor of the one included with the TWRP 4.4 recovery?
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Jexx11 said:
What is the advantage/difference in installing the SuperSU app you linked, in favor of the one included with the TWRP 4.4 recovery?
Sent from my XT1060 using xda app-developers app
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Probably nothing. The only reason I mentioned the one in the play store, is because TWRP never actually asked me to root in the first place. I thought it was strange, but I didn't really think much of it

alex94kumar said:
Probably nothing. The only reason I mentioned the one in the play store, is because TWRP never actually asked me to root in the first place. I thought it was strange, but I didn't really think much of it
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That's odd, I used the TWRP version in Hashcodes thread, flashed with the Motorola Fastboot. When I went to restart from TWRP it asked me if I wanted to root and I let it. Now I'm rooted.
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Stranger things have happened, I guess. Regardless of which method you use, you'll end up with root either way

This doesn't seem to be working for me. I accidentally rebooted into Android (hit the power button) then tried the whole thing from scratch.
I get an image of andy with "no command" when I boot into recovery.
Edit: Seems like a low battery issue. Will try again after charging.

chaoslimits said:
This doesn't seem to be working for me. I accidentally rebooted into Android (hit the power button) then tried the whole thing from scratch.
I get an image of andy with "no command" when I boot into recovery.
Edit: Seems like a low battery issue. Will try again after charging.
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same here but i have 85% battery
so i guess we will have to re-flash and push the supersu

The only advice I can give to either of you is to try reflashing TWRP again

Actually i did it again and it worked, guess we can't just skip steps.
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Well im glad it worked out for you in the end

It worked after I charged the phone.
Thanks
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How do I return my phone to default in order to install OTA
I have already flashed the stock recovery but my phone is still rooted. Do I need to unroot? I tried installing the OTA and it said it failed.

This method should work on any version with with an unlocked bootloader such as Sprint and T-Mobile - not just the dev editions.

alex94kumar said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP9WXLIzhTY
I want to first say that I did not figure out this method on my own, I saw it on Google+ via Matthew Pierce and modified it to make it easier to follow
Second, **do not try this on a device with a locked bootloader. You need the unlocked bootloader to do this**.
You'll want to first download these 2 things
1) Superuser zip to be installed in recovery (from Chainfire) -> http://download.chainfire.eu/366/SuperSU/BETA-SuperSU-v1.72B.zip
2) New TWRP for 4.4 KitKat (from Hashcode)->
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2534850
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Here's the method to get root:
1) let the system fully install the 4.4 Kitkat ota and reboot. **Make sure you are on the first OTA before you try to install the KitKat OTA, otherwise your phone could have major issues.** After it installs, do not do anything else, let it boot into android.
1b) Take the SuperSU installable zip and place it onto the internal storage
2) reboot phone to bootloader.
3) install Hashcode's TWRP using mfastboot flash recovery twrp-2.6.3.1-ghost-4.4.img. (**use the motorola fastboot binary**)
4) reboot device to recovery, do not boot into android before this step!
5) go to install and find then select BETA-SuperSU-v1.72B.zip
6) Boot back into android, and if needed, go to the Play Store and install SuperSU from Chainfire
7) enjoy root!
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Anyone knows how to do UNROOT if I used this method to get root?

I get a preflash validation failed because the file size is over the limit, but I've checked the file size is actually smaller than the limit.
Has anyone experience this?
Sorry this might be a noob question.

1) let the system fully install the 4.4 Kitkat ota and reboot.**Make sure you are on the first OTA before you try to install the KitKat OTA, otherwise your phone could have major issues.**
Can someone explain this to me? i keep reading it, but not understanding what it means.

s0nic69 said:
1) let the system fully install the 4.4 Kitkat ota and reboot.**Make sure you are on the first OTA before you try to install the KitKat OTA, otherwise your phone could have major issues.**
Can someone explain this to me? i keep reading it, but not understanding what it means.
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If we're already on 4.4, how do we know if we have the first OTA?
Thanks

chillmeow said:
I get a preflash validation failed because the file size is over the limit, but I've checked the file size is actually smaller than the limit.
Has anyone experience this?
Sorry this might be a noob question.
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I'm getting it too, and I've tried both the mfastboot and regular fastboot and I've tried redownloading the file several times. I'm beyond annoyed at this point I need root so I can restore my apps using titanium backup
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doctor_evil said:
I'm getting it too, and I've tried both the mfastboot and regular fastboot and I've tried redownloading the file several times. I'm beyond annoyed at this point I need root so I can restore my apps using titanium backup
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OK I feel like an idiot. I just noticed that in the fastboot screen it shows that it's locked. I thought developer phones were unlocked by default?
ok after unlocking it I was able to install twrp recovery with no problems

Ok, what am I doing wrong?
I've got an unlocked GSM DE with 4.4.
I used the mac mfastboot to flash twrp and then select recovery. After that it just boots to android telling me I have an unlocked bootloader. Help?

pphi said:
Ok, what am I doing wrong?
I've got an unlocked GSM DE with 4.4.
I used the mac mfastboot to flash twrp and then select recovery. After that it just boots to android telling me I have an unlocked bootloader. Help?
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Are you selecting recovery with the power button or the volume up button? Volume up selects. If you use the power button, the phone just boots normally.

[Q] stock rooted Lollipop OTA fails?

All,
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I have a Nexus 4 that I rooted and installed CWM recovery on, but I never installed any new kernels, ROMs, or radios. I'm currently on 4.4.4 and I want to upgrade to Lollipop. The OTA upgrade failed. So I tried returning to stock recovery and doing both the OTA and adb sideloading the OTA zip. Both fail.
The error message is "Package expects build fingerprint of google/occam/mako:4.4.4/KTU84P/1227136:user/release-keys or google/occam/mako:5.0/LRX21T/1576899:user/release-keys; this device has google/occam/mako:4.4/KRT160/907817:user/release-keys." (But I definitely have 4.4.4 on my phone, not 4.4.0.)
The extra difficulty is that I really, really do not want to wipe my phone. I have a lot of apps with a lot of configuration and other user data. So is there anything I can do? I guess I should try unrooting somehow? Or is there some other zip I can download that, through some type of recovery, will install the OTA without doing this check and also without wiping me?
Thanks again!

moriarty00 said:
All,
Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I have a Nexus 4 that I rooted and installed CWM recovery on, but I never installed any new kernels, ROMs, or radios. I'm currently on 4.4.4 and I want to upgrade to Lollipop. The OTA upgrade failed. So I tried returning to stock recovery and doing both the OTA and adb sideloading the OTA zip. Both fail.
The error message is "Package expects build fingerprint of google/occam/mako:4.4.4/KTU84P/1227136:user/release-keys or google/occam/mako:5.0/LRX21T/1576899:user/release-keys; this device has google/occam/mako:4.4/KRT160/907817:user/release-keys." (But I definitely have 4.4.4 on my phone, not 4.4.0.)
The extra difficulty is that I really, really do not want to wipe my phone. I have a lot of apps with a lot of configuration and other user data. So is there anything I can do? I guess I should try unrooting somehow? Or is there some other zip I can download that, through some type of recovery, will install the OTA without doing this check and also without wiping me?
Thanks again!
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OTA wants complete stock and obviously it doesn't think so about your phone. One option could be to back up to the cloud or some place outside the phone with TiBu (or whatever backup app you trust), then flash lollipop and try restore from TiBu. Another option would be to unroot (Supersu has an option to completely unroot), then retry.

Actually, I figured out what works! This was on a stock rooted device with stock recovery, but I bet it would work with custom recovery too. Instructions modified from https://pay.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/1qny3f/howto_update_your_stock_w_lte_nexus_4_without/ .
1. Download the image you want from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images . Extract it, extract the .zip file inside it too, and collect all of the .img files into one folder.
2. adb reboot bootloader (and wait until the bootloader comes up)
3. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz30f.img (or whatever file has a similar name, if you got a different image than I did)
4. fastboot reboot-bootloader (and wait until the bootloader comes back up)
5. fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1701.04.img (or whatever file has a similar name, if you got a different image than I did)
6. fastboot reboot-bootloader (and wait until the bootloader comes back up)
7. fastboot flash boot boot.img
8. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
9. fastboot flash system system.img
10. fastboot format cache
11. fastboot reboot
12. Don't panic unless you've seen the startup animation for at least 15 minutes without anything else happening.
I lost root, but I imagine re-custom-recoverying and re-rooting won't be any harder than the first time around.

Hi moriarty00,
I'm going to try the same procedure, thank you for posting this.
Can you confirm that your data and app are safe after the upgrade?

moriarty00 said:
Actually, I figured out what works! This was on a stock rooted device with stock recovery, but I bet it would work with custom recovery too. Instructions modified from https://pay.reddit.com/r/nexus4/comments/1qny3f/howto_update_your_stock_w_lte_nexus_4_without/ .
1. Download the image you want from https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images . Extract it, extract the .zip file inside it too, and collect all of the .img files into one folder.
2. adb reboot bootloader (and wait until the bootloader comes up)
3. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz30f.img (or whatever file has a similar name, if you got a different image than I did)
4. fastboot reboot-bootloader (and wait until the bootloader comes back up)
5. fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1701.04.img (or whatever file has a similar name, if you got a different image than I did)
6. fastboot reboot-bootloader (and wait until the bootloader comes back up)
7. fastboot flash boot boot.img
8. fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
9. fastboot flash system system.img
10. fastboot format cache
11. fastboot reboot
12. Don't panic unless you've seen the startup animation for at least 15 minutes without anything else happening.
I lost root, but I imagine re-custom-recoverying and re-rooting won't be any harder than the first time around.
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Wow, a 12-step program
I simply rolled back my changes, and applying the OTA was as simple as pressing the "restart and install" button Here are some steps:
I used the app Flashify from Play Store to flash stock 4.4.4 recovery. I downloaded the stock factory image from google's own site (this one), used 7zip to extract the archives (tgz and tar), found "recovery.img" and transfered that to my phone. Then chose that file in Flashify.
Uninstalled all apps that made system changes, like Xposed framework and mods, BetterBatteryStats etc.
Removed Root with SuperSU cleanup function
Rebooted for good measure and apply OTA from notification - wait an hour or two for it to complete
Profit (do we still say that on the internet? Getting old here...)
I don't know if certain ways to get root will break the OTA. I used towel-root, and apparently SuperSU was able to undo that completely.

DrDruge said:
Hi moriarty00,
I'm going to try the same procedure, thank you for posting this.
Can you confirm that your data and app are safe after the upgrade?
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Yup, perfectly safe! Just make sure not to flash other images, like userdata.img.

venu123 said:
OTA wants complete stock and obviously it doesn't think so about your phone. One option could be to back up to the cloud or some place outside the phone with TiBu (or whatever backup app you trust), then flash lollipop and try restore from TiBu. Another option would be to unroot (Supersu has an option to completely unroot), then retry.
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If I unroot with Supersu how do I get root back?

moriarty00 said:
Yup, perfectly safe! Just make sure not to flash other images, like userdata.img.
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Thank you!
Unfortunately the steps did not work for me, maybe I had some irreversible modifications or I had followed a different rooting procedure.
Or maybe I made a mistake in the upgrading steps.
Anyway, I had to flash the whole ROM and now everything is working fine.

Hey!
Basically I have similar problem with upgrading from 4.4.4 to 5.0 using OTA. Log from TWRP says:
Package expects build fingerprint of google/occam/mako:4.4.4/KTU84P/1227136:user/release-keys or google/occam/mako:5.0/LRX21T/1576899:user/release-keys; this device has google/occam/mako:4.3/JWR66V/737497:user/release-keys.
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Phone has been rooted using Nexus Root Toolkit. And as long as there wouldn't be a problem with flashing using adb and wiping all data, there is one setback... My nexus is somehow broken. Communication via USB does not work, at all. Neither phone nor PC sees other device. Certified LG service centre nearby said that it is problem with main board, so generally repair is unprofitable.
So question is: How do I update to 5.0 and then root, without USB connection to my PC?

Lolipop OTA capture

Update 2 after some fiddling I found that after flashing Pico Capps hdxposed is needed to make the play store work on this build http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618158
Update 1 New lolipop ota, this appears to be based on lolipop 5.1 and as such requires xposed unofficial by romracer if you want to use xposed Xposed for 5.0 would not flash for me. Same upgrade steps as before just this one instead of the bottom one and change your xposed package
https://mega.nz/#!i5RRCKQZ!NC291mcIo-2yzr23j8Vg_mLZ11ECql4lL_xen6xwXuM
update-kindle-devpreview_ariel-20.5.2.2_user_522041550.bin

siegesoldier said:
this is the developer preview, sorry if the title is a little misleading. Thanks to http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgrade-to-4-5-4-twrp-root-t3141648
Use at your own risk.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/38i2lqq5p...review_ariel-20.5.2.0_user_520033250.bin?dl=0
Hopefully someone can figure out how to make this thing boot when flashed from TWRP
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Important update, the instructions below are not to be followed !!! They are historical ...
Same drill as in here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgrade-to-4-5-4-twrp-root-t3141648
Replace the original META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script with the one from the zip below. Remove "images" directory. This will ensure that your bootloader stays 4.5.3 and unlocked. When TWRP asks to add root, say yes.
If for some reason you lose TWRP (recovery), reflash it from within 5.0. Since you have root, no biggie. I'll play with this a bit too, but later.

I tried yours and tried my attempt. I'm getting a bootloop with both, let me know if you have any luck. TWRP protects itself from getting replaced.

siegesoldier said:
I tried yours and tried my attempt. I'm getting a bootloop with both, let me know if you have any luck. TWRP protects itself from getting replaced.
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OK. Does it flash successfully? Does it ask to install root? If it does and bootloops, the bootloader probably needs to be updated too. You could try to flash the new bootloader (just grab my uboot_4.5.3.zip, replace both files in /images, and re-zip).
The trick is that you install Lollipop, install root, and install the new bootloader separately. It should boot OK and you should have root in 5, but you'll lose TWRP (it won't be able to boot since the bootloader will probably be signed). To get TWRP back you'll need to downgrade to 4.5.3

bibikalka said:
OK. Does it flash successfully? Does it ask to install root? If it does and bootloops, the bootloader probably needs to be updated too. You could try to flash the new bootloader (just grab my uboot_4.5.3.zip, replace both files in /images, and re-zip
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Yes it flashes successfully and asks to install root. Looks like I'll be trying that tonight, thanks!
Edit we have a winner.
Flashed lolipop without bootloader
Installed su
Reboot to recovery
Installed superuser flashable zip
Flashed uboot file with lolipop images folder
Fire has booted and is currently doing the very long lolipop upgrading screen

Currently booting to home screen but then back to the fire screen, etc. Probably my fault for not clearing the cache or a factory reset. I'm not at a computer at the moment but any ideas on how to fix this?

siegesoldier said:
Currently booting to home screen but then back to the fire screen, etc. Probably my fault for not clearing the cache or a factory reset. I'm not at a computer at the moment but any ideas on how to fix this?
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Turn it off with a long press of "power" button. Then press "power" and "vol+" together, this should get you into the Amazon recovery. It should offer you a factory reset option. Your system should be pretty much stock Lollipop, so I don't see why it should be doing what it does ...
Actually, does it now have stock Amazon recovery or TWRP ? My suspicion is that it should have flashed recovery during the first upgrade cycle.
Upon reflection, there is a chance you have a bit of a soft brick. If the factory reset option does not come up, it may end up a little tricky to fix things. I wonder if you'd be able to connect via adb before it reboots.

bibikalka said:
Turn it off with a long press of "power" button. Then press "power" and "vol+" together, this should get you into the Amazon recovery. It should offer you a factory reset option. Your system should be pretty much stock Lollipop, so I don't see why it should be doing what it does ...
Actually, does it now have stock Amazon recovery or TWRP ? My suspicion is that it should have flashed recovery during the first upgrade cycle.
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it appears to have TWRP but it will not boot to it with holding keys. I can get the device to appear in ADB but I can not authorize it. Appears to not actually be rebooting. just crashing to fire screen for some reason then back to launcher etc. I may be able to try again at home with a usb port that it remembers.

siegesoldier said:
it appears to have TWRP but it will not boot to it with holding keys. I can get the device to appear in ADB but I can not authorize it. Appears to not actually be rebooting. just crashing to fire screen for some reason then back to launcher etc. I may be able to try again at home with a usb port that it remembers.
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I wonder if Lollipop does not update recovery at all, and just uses the one from 4.5.4 You do have your old settings around, so there is a chance that prior USB authorization will help. It looks like one should have updated to stock recovery while in TWRP as the last step, after updating the bootloader, ir order to be able to do a factory reset in a situation like this.
If it comes to worst, Amazon reps never ask "did you brick the device yourself?". They only ask if you can get to the home screen, and if not, proceed with the replacement

I think TWRP just blocked it from updating. Oh well, if the ports at home don't work, I was eventually going to get it replaced anyway since I had a blue discoloration on my screen. Glad to be of some moderate use to the community instead of a leecher for once. May the next person have some luck!

bibikalka said:
I wonder if Lollipop does not update recovery at all, and just uses the one from 4.5.4 You do have your old settings around, so there is a chance that prior USB authorization will help. It looks like one should have updated to stock recovery while in TWRP as the last step, after updating the bootloader, ir order to be able to do a factory reset in a situation like this.
If it comes to worst, Amazon reps never ask "did you brick the device yourself?". They only ask if you can get to the home screen, and if not, proceed with the replacement
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ok I was able to get adb on a previously used port. I do not have root though. What are my options? What recovery should I flash? I also have a replacement kindle coming tomorrow so this is mostly for science now. I am also able to get into bootloader.
erased cache via fastboot. stuck on fire instead of boot to homescreen

siegesoldier said:
ok I was able to get adb on a previously used port. I do not have root though. What are my options? What recovery should I flash? I also have a replacement kindle coming tomorrow so this is mostly for science now. I am also able to get into bootloader.
erased cache via fastboot. stuck on fire instead of boot to homescreen
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So no adb anymore? I am not sure how SuperSu comes in, there gotta be su program somewhere.
Anyway, the great news is that JMZ is going to be back soon. That's going to boost our tinkering capabilities by 300%

siegesoldier said:
Yes it flashes successfully and asks to install root. Looks like I'll be trying that tonight, thanks!
Edit we have a winner.
Flashed lolipop without bootloader
Installed su
Reboot to recovery
Installed superuser flashable zip
Flashed uboot file with lolipop images folder
Fire has booted and is currently doing the very long lolipop upgrading screen
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And then soft brick ...
So I wonder now if one could do this :
install 5.2.0 via TWRP
install supersu.zip
and here it gets very tricky:
without any reboots, replace TEE1, UBOOT, and recovery to stock versions 5.2.0
The hope is to end up in 5.2.0 with root. If things fail, then booting into 5.2.0 recovery (which must be installed!!!) should give one an option to do 1) factory reset 2) downgrade to stock 4.5.3 as in here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-downgrade-to-4-5-3-root-device-t3139351
The problem is that I don't see a way to boot into 5.2.0, and then flash GAPPS after (since your TWRP was replaced by stock recovery earlier). So one would have to install GAPPS those via something like Titanium backup if root does work.
Please, if you already had 1 warranty replacement, don't do this. And, if you replace TEE1 and UBOOT (5.2.0) but not recovery, then you won't have any way to recover.

bibikalka said:
And then soft brick ...
So I wonder now if one could do this :
install 5.2.0 via TWRP
install supersu.zip
and here it gets very tricky:
without any reboots, replace TEE1, UBOOT, and recovery to stock versions 5.2.0
The hope is to end up in 5.2.0 with root. If things fail, then booting into 5.2.0 recovery (which must be installed!!!) should give one an option to do 1) factory reset 2) downgrade to stock 4.5.3 as in here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-downgrade-to-4-5-3-root-device-t3139351
The problem is that I don't see a way to boot into 5.2.0, and then flash GAPPS after (since your TWRP was replaced by stock recovery earlier). So one would have to install GAPPS those via something like Titanium backup if root does work.
Please, if you already had 1 warranty replacement, don't do this. And, if you replace TEE1 and UBOOT (5.2.0) but not recovery, then you won't have any way to recover.
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Yes I've used my warranty replacement so I'll be waiting until the official release before breaking my kindle again . How do you stop TWRP from preventing the recovery from being flashed? I noticed it gave a message about protecting itself.

siegesoldier said:
Yes I've used my warranty replacement so I'll be waiting until the official release before breaking my kindle again . How do you stop TWRP from preventing the recovery from being flashed? I noticed it gave a message about protecting itself.
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Interesting, at what stage of the update did this happen? 5.2.0 file system is slightly packaged and is pain in the neck to peak into, but in 4.5.3 the recovery is updated via a pretty specific command install-recovery.sh , and I cannot find any references to this in updater-script. So I wonder at what stage will this be run. Also, there is no direct image for recovery, one has to reconstruct it as the commands below do. A bit messy ...
install-recovery.sh
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
if ! applypatch -c EMMC:/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/recovery:5888256:6d9d1bbc4172c107db3228ed8d9f97111219c617; then
log -t recovery "Installing new recovery image"
applypatch -b /system/etc/recovery-resource.dat EMMC:/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/boot:5370112:c2c686ada1b194050a3c8f05e2102345df48e9ce EMMC:/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/recovery 6d9d1bbc4172c107db3228ed8d9f97111219c617 5888256 c2c686ada1b194050a3c8f05e2102345df48e9ce:/system/recovery-from-boot.p
else
log -t recovery "Recovery image already installed"
fi
Edit: It kind of looks like /system/etc/install-recovery.sh will be run at every boot. So I wonder if TWRP just renames it to something and calls it "protection". I guess one can double check the file system after 5.2.0 update while still in TWRP, and see what happened to recovery files.

Help
If someone can please help me. I downloaded the update to 5.0, unzipped it, replaced the updater script, but when I zip it back and try to flash it says that it failed. Am I doing something wrong.
Also, if someone has the zip file already and wouldn't mind uploading and sharing it, I would appreciate it.
Thanks for all the help.

hawkazn said:
If someone can please help me. I downloaded the update to 5.0, unzipped it, replaced the updater script, but when I zip it back and try to flash it says that it failed. Am I doing something wrong.
Also, if someone has the zip file already and wouldn't mind uploading and sharing it, I would appreciate it.
Thanks for all the help.
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Last time this procedure ended up with a soft brick. Are you sure you want to pursue this route?

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Maybe not, but if someone can help me with something else. The developer preview for the camera is extremely sharp and the 4.5.4 really isn't. Is there a way to make it crystal clear and sharp?

hawkazn said:
Maybe not, but if someone can help me with something else. The developer preview for the camera is extremely sharp and the 4.5.4 really isn't. Is there a way to make it crystal clear and sharp?
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Meaning exactly what? It'd be possible to replace the camera app, one for another. Do you think some other system stuff is involved such as some sort of settings?
You'll have to find a way to mount the big 5.2.0 system update file as a filesystem, then you could read what's in there, including the camera stuff.

TWRP help
So I downloaded the zip file for 5.0 and it flashed and asked to install super user. I had to download the apk for supersu and then update it.
But the problem is that I lost my twrp. I push the volume + and power and it just reboots. I also lost my play store. Any thoughts how to get twrp back on?

Your device is corrupt. It cant be trusted and may not work properly. FIXED!

*** NOTE: Please excuse my English.
*** WARNING: I'm not responsible if anything happens to your device, I'm just sharing my experience and what I did to fix my own phone. Proceed at your own RISK.
I bought my Nexus 6p 64gb and as soon as I took it out of the box, I went directly and followed the guide here. So i unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP as a custom recovery, flashed CM13 + OpenGapps.
I noticed that every time I boot my device I get this warning:
Your device is corrupt. It can’t be
trusted and may not work properly.
Visit this link on another device:
go.co/ABH
and it does not seem to be a normal warning because when my OS boots up it shows me this
"Android system:
There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details"
Later on when I updated to the latest nightly image my camera crashes and doesn't function properly. I also already has an issue with Bluetooth and "Bluetooth share" crashing but that was unrelated. Anyways I was crippled in my day to day usage. Then I thought that I need to fix this asap because it might cause performance/security/hardware problems in the future.
So basically the fix is you should flash the latest bootloader image and radio image. Personally I wanted to start clean and make sure I have no corrupted files so here is what I did,
1. What i did is erase all boot, system, kernel & recovery files by typing the below command using fastboot just incase they were corrupted,
(Note: YOU DONT NEED TO DO THIS STEP, but i prefer starting clean incase i had some corrupted files. YOU WILL ALSO LOSE ENCRYPTION DOING THE FIRST STEP)
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
Source: http://devs-lab.com/...i-nexus-6p.html
2. Then i flashed the latest factory images in this sequence using fastboot, which can be found here: https://developers.g...s/images#angler
(Note: 6.0.1 (MMB29M) was latest image at the time i did this. For people who are doing this for the first time, then you just need to download the image then extract the needed files from it)
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-angler-angler-xx.xxx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-angler-angler-xx.xx.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash cache cache.img
fastboot flash vendor vendor.img
fastboot format userdata
fastboot reboot
Source: http://forum.xda-dev...operly-t3268407
3. From there i reflashed TWRP using fastboot, then flashed the latest beta SuperSU v2.62 at the time, and then CM13, then OpenGapps, then again reflashed SuperSU v2.62 just incase, lol. (Do not flash the version of SuperSU that TWRP offers to flash for you in order to give you root, it is not compatible and will cause problems. When using TWRP before you've actually flashed SuperSU 2.50+, when you attempt to reboot out of TWRP it will tell you that it's detecting that you don't have root and it will offer to root for you, skip past this.)
What got fixed ?
-FIXED, this won't show up anymore:
Your device is corrupt. It can’t be
trusted and may not work properly.
Visit this link on another device:
go.co/ABH
-FIXED, this won't show up anymore:
Android system:
There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details.
-FIXED, Camera is working !
-NOT FIXED, "Bluetooth share" still crashes but I think its unrelated to this issue.
Hope this helps everyone as it helped me, thanks.
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\*O / Thank you !!

Thanks, but better option? Don't reboot.
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bob_mord_les said:
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Ur welcome [emoji1]
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Followed your guide, thanks, but the message "Your device is corrupt. It can’t betrusted and may not work properly." still appears during a CM boot.
The message "There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details" appears when I boot into recovery (TWRP)
The camera is working now.
Also, before I was able to flash CM-13 I had to do "WIPE >> Format Data" from TWRP, otherwise CM was exiting with error 7.
The following packages were used:
original 6.0.1 (MMB29P) factory image
BETA-SuperSU-v2.66-20160103015024.zip
cm-13.0-20160115-NIGHTLY-angler.zip
open_gapps-arm64-6.0-micro-20160115.zip
twrp-2.8.7.2-angler.img
I also noticed that when rebooting into factory image, the same warning message appears as well.
Any way to fix it or did I do something wrong?

Why are people trying to fix an non issue? To get rid of the message you need to relock the bootloader which is more of a risk if your rooted. Its a message that only appears for a few seconds when you reboot and you don't need to do anything to get past it.
There is no corruption and the phone is trusted by YOU as you unlocked it and nothing else cares. Where is the issue?

g_kos said:
Followed your guide, thanks, but the message "Your device is corrupt. It can’t betrusted and may not work properly." still appears during a CM boot.
The message "There’s an internal problem with your device. Contact your manufacturer for details" appears when I boot into recovery (TWRP)
The camera is working now.
Also, before I was able to flash CM-13 I had to do "WIPE >> Format Data" from TWRP, otherwise CM was exiting with error 7.
The following packages were used:
original 6.0.1 (MMB29P) factory image
BETA-SuperSU-v2.66-20160103015024.zip
cm-13.0-20160115-NIGHTLY-angler.zip
open_gapps-arm64-6.0-micro-20160115.zip
twrp-2.8.7.2-angler.img
I also noticed that when rebooting into factory image, the same warning message appears as well.
Any way to fix it or did I do something wrong?
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It's just telling you what you already know. You modified your system partition yourself so don't worry about it.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6185381?hl=en

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
It's just telling you what you already know. You modified your system partition yourself so don't worry about it.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/6185381?hl=en
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Thanks. I read it in the original Heisenberg's unlock guide and was surprised when I read this post that it was possible to get rid of the warning message without locking the bootloader .

I'm new here in the forum's..I usually just read and carry on..the one think I'd like to say is..I don't understand why people got to say 'why you doing that for, ya don't need to' far as I know..this an educational site to learn..if he wants learn how to get rid of the warning..I don't see any problems in that whatsoever.

The message "There is an internal problem with your device..." seems to be related to the security patch version. This was my biggest issue, the message I get when booting the phone was annoying and I knew it was not a big deal, but having an internal problem warning was concerning, flashing the vendor image was the solution for me. But if you like to start clean then I have the steps written, but if you update then again you'll get the warning when booting up.
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zooman31 said:
I'm new here in the forum's..I usually just read and carry on..the one think I'd like to say is..I don't understand why people got to say 'why you doing that for, ya don't need to' far as I know..this an educational site to learn..if he wants learn how to get rid of the warning..I don't see any problems in that whatsoever.
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I think what people are trying to say is the risk/reward for getting rid of the message is not worth it. Especially since its just a brief warning you only see during boot. Just flashing twrp recovery will give the red message. SuperSU will help get rid of it which is why the OP was able to remedy it. It will not work for everyone though. Modifying the bootloader is the only sure fire way to snuff it out for good and you would be a fool to try and mess with your bootloader for something aesthetic. That's how most real bricks happen, is when a bootloader gets corrupted.

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
I think what people are trying to say is the risk/reward for getting rid of the message is not worth it. Especially since its just a brief warning you only see during bouot. Just flashing twrp recovery will give the red message. SuperSU will help get rid of it which is why the OP was able to remedy it. It will not work for everyone though. Modifying the bootloader is the only sure fire way to snuff it out for good and you would be a fool to try and mess with your bootloader for something aesthetic. That's how most real bricks happen, is when a bootloader gets corrupted.
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I assume that most people know the drill..you proceed to test at your own risk..the how to in the first post seemed to have worked after it was tested by the author.

zooman31 said:
I assume that most people know the drill..you proceed to test at your own risk..the how to in the first post seemed to have worked after it was tested by the author.
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Basically just flash SuperSU last in whatever sequence, and as long as it boots,the red message will be gone. But change anything after and it will probably come back. I have nothing negative to say about this thread. I originally posted the nexus link just so people can rest assured that it is not an actual problem and a normal, albeit annoying, side effect of modifying the Nexus 6p. Happy Flashing

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Basically just flash SuperSU last in whatever sequence, and as long as it boots,the red message will be gone. But change anything after and it will probably come back. I have nothing negative to say about this thread. I originally posted the nexus link just so people can rest assured that it is not an actual problem and a normal, albeit annoying, side effect of modifying the Nexus 6p. Happy Flashing
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all i did was flash twrp and unlocked the bootloader and still got the red message. so all i have to do is flash supersu and root? to get rid of it?

TechMillz93 said:
all i did was flash twrp and unlocked the bootloader and still got the red message. so all i have to do is flash supersu and root? to get rid of it?
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Yes. The SuperSU beta 2.66 is what I use.

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Yes. The SuperSU beta 2.66 is what I use.
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so i just reflashed the vendor and now im in bootloop ;(

TechMillz93 said:
so i just reflashed the vendor and now im in bootloop ;(
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Why did you flash vendor? Try clearing caches and then reboot. Let it sit for 10 min too while starting up.

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Why did you flash vendor? Try clearing caches and then reboot. Let it sit for 10 min too while starting up.
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im good now i just reflashed all the images im good.
but i have to feflash twrp now, what would u recommend
systemless or traditional ?

TechMillz93 said:
im good now i just reflashed all the images im good.
but i have to feflash twrp now, what would u recommend
systemless or traditional ?
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Systemless unless you want to use xposed otherwise it doesn't matter. Systemless just makes it so you can use root apps like android pay. I use the 2.66 systemless. The instructions are a little all over the place on that thread. You no longer need a modified boot.IMG. the SuperSU zip patches whatever boot.IMG you have. So all you need to flash is the supersu2.66 for systemless or the traditional zip if going that route.

XxMORPHEOUSxX said:
Systemless unless you want to use xposed otherwise it doesn't matter. Systemless just makes it so you can use root apps like android pay. I use the 2.66 systemless. The instructions are a little all over the place on that thread. You no longer need a modified boot.IMG. the SuperSU zip patches whatever boot.IMG you have. So all you need to flash is the supersu2.66 for systemless or the traditional zip if going that route.
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so i dont need gapps etc?
its all in there?

[Unlock] Zenfone2 official Android 6.0 Unlock

Two-Click Unlock for Zenfone 2 official Android 6.0
original post in Taiwan Asus Zentalk by @shakalaca
**do it at your risk**
1.Your PC must be adb environment ready.
2.You should know how to get into stock bootloader.( press Power and Volume up together)
files needed:
1. Download unlock.bat and restore.bat from here.
2. Recomended TWRP for verification.(repacked)
steps:
1.Copy unlock.bat and restore.bat on to your PC.
2.Plug your device in PC, click unlock.bat. The program will enter bootloader mode, reboot and then unlock.
3.After it run through unlock, the device will indicate it will reboot in 5 second. **important** PRESS VOLUME UP at the moment to enter bootloader.
4. If you miss step 3, the device will stuck in Asus logo. Don't worry. Just press POWER and VOLUME UP to enter bootloader.
5.When the device is in bootloader, click restore.bat Wait for the reboot and you are done unlock.
6.To verify unlock status, flash the recommended TWRP.
Good luck and all credits to @shakalaca

Is it the same as the unofficial method for bootloader unlock? also is there a way to relock bootloader like flashing it again over MM Beta?
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Flynhx said:
Is it the same as the unofficial method for bootloader unlock? also is there a way to relock bootloader like flashing it again over MM Beta?
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Different by the looks , the date gives it away and not a temp twrp-- although i am going to find out in about 10 mins --lets hope this works :highfive:
Not working for me
says flashing droidboot .184
anyone got this to work ?
no recovery after trying this - got stock recovery back from here ok
mega:///#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw!ok8SQKII

timbernot said:
Different by the looks , the date gives it away and not a temp twrp-- although i am going to find out in about 10 mins --lets hope this works :highfive:
Not working for me
says flashing droidboot .184
anyone got this to work ?
no recovery after trying this - got stock recovery back from here ok
mega:///#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw!ok8SQKII
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According to @shakalaca, the restore process get back to 6.0 ifwi. After the unlock, the droidboot stay at .184 alright.
What is the status of your device before unlock, rooted or unrooted? Can you flash the twrp provided by him ?

samcjtsai said:
According to @shakalaca, the restore process get back to 6.0 ifwi. After the unlock, the droidboot stay at .184 alright.
What is the status of your device before unlock, rooted or unrooted? Can you flash the twrp provided by him ?
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my device doesnt get to this part > 3.After it run through unlock, the device will indicate it will reboot in 5 second. **important** PRESS VOLUME UP
but stays on > press any key to finish...... which then closes the window
I flash twrp,says ok but reboots back to bootloader after restarting recovery.
flashed back stock recovery and factory reset for another attempt...lets see

Works good to me. Miss that step where I supposed to pressed vol up button and phone stuck on white splash screen. Force off and then go to bootloader, then execute restore.bat and done. After that root and exposed and then I mess up some another stuff so need to flash 6.0.1 MOFD_SDUPDATE manually from stock recovery. Everything pass smoothly but root and exposed framework disappeared obviously. Root and exposed again no problems

cannot flash custom roms???
Hi everyone,
I successfully unlocked my bootloader from MM beta, I successfully flashed the recommended twrp recovery, I successfully flashed rom and gapps but when I reboot the phone goes back to twrp recovery. Anyone else facing the same issue? Or is it impossible to flash custom roms?

Yousvel said:
Hi everyone,
I successfully unlocked my bootloader from MM beta, I successfully flashed the recommended twrp recovery, I successfully flashed rom and gapps but when I reboot the phone goes back to twrp recovery. Anyone else facing the same issue? Or is it impossible to flash custom roms?
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ATM this unlock can backup/restore stock rom in recommended twrp, but can't flash CM. Seems its boot.img need to be repacked.

Yousvel said:
Hi everyone,
I successfully unlocked my bootloader from MM beta, I successfully flashed the recommended twrp recovery, I successfully flashed rom and gapps but when I reboot the phone goes back to twrp recovery. Anyone else facing the same issue? Or is it impossible to flash custom roms?
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Same problem here

samcjtsai said:
ATM this unlock can backup/restore stock rom in recommended twrp, but can't flash CM. Seems its boot.img need to be repacked.
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how can i flash a stock 5.0 rom from the recommended twrp? I tried to do that but it doesn't work. Do I have to flash a stock 6.0.1 beta rom?

It worked perfectly!Thanx a mill!

Can't flash TWRP although the splash screen became white after unlock.bat -> unlocked
After restore.bat the splash screen went black as usual. Then I flash the recommended TWRP. But when I choose recovery mode in fastboot, it reboot to fastboot. When I adb reboot recovery in Android OS, it reboot to stock recovery. Can anyone help me to solve this problem?
I'm running .69 MM beta, I replaced the .54 fastboot image in the package with .69 one. Does this effect the unlock state?

timbernot said:
Different by the looks , the date gives it away and not a temp twrp-- although i am going to find out in about 10 mins --lets hope this works :highfive:
Not working for me
says flashing droidboot .184
anyone got this to work ?
no recovery after trying this - got stock recovery back from here ok
mega:///#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw!ok8SQKII
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Edit Unlock.bat, find "sleep 3" in the line 24 and change it to "sleep 25" to increase the waiting time to detect back the fastboot after your phone reboots...
This fixed me the issue.... try it...

can i flash supersu to become root after unlock with this method?

ponnuvelpandian said:
Edit Unlock.bat, find "sleep 3" in the line 24 and change it to "sleep 25" to increase the waiting time to detect back the fastboot after your phone reboots...
This fixed me the issue.... try it...
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Thanks :good: , i`ll keep that in mind when the time comes back on 5 atm

kamyk70 said:
Works good to me. Miss that step where I supposed to pressed vol up button and phone stuck on white splash screen. Force off and then go to bootloader, then execute restore.bat and done. After that root and exposed and then I mess up some another stuff so need to flash 6.0.1 MOFD_SDUPDATE manually from stock recovery. Everything pass smoothly but root and exposed framework disappeared obviously. Root and exposed again no problems
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How you root your MM beta?, please tell me, i wanna root mine too
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Bring twrp zip android 6 please.
Can anyone backup with TWRP and upload?
Factory reset, backup with TWRP, and upload[emoji6]
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KarloHD said:
Bring twrp zip android 6 please.
Can anyone backup with TWRP and upload?
Factory reset, backup with TWRP, and upload[emoji6]
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Are you going to post this in EVERY tread?
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Now, if we can unlock stock 6.0, can anyone confirm me if we can directly flash custom roms without downgrading to 5.0

after running restore it worked, however when running unlock.bat, I get permission denied and the device goes tinto bootloader bootloop, and I had the device rooted and bootunlocked already in lollipop, I wonder why that happens?