I posted this in the Q &A forums, but no answers were gained. Maybe there's more visibility here.
Will the N10 by able to get and install OTA updates from Google if we're running the stock ROM/firmware with a custom recovery (CWM) ?
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OTA updates require the stock recovery. However, it's usually only hours after an OTA is out that a dev will repackage the OTA to use with CWM.
Also you could probably get someone to post the actual update URL, and then maybe temp boot stock recovery and then sideload
espionage724 said:
Also you could probably get someone to post the actual update URL, and then maybe temp boot stock recovery and then sideload
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Good call
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Explain how I got a OTA after installing CWM? And I installed it via CWM..
Weird.. Never happen before
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YoungAceAtlanta said:
Explain how I got a OTA after installing CWM? And I installed it via CWM..
Weird.. Never happen before
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Huh?
Actually, you could install OTA updates using CWM or TWRP... but the OTA update may overwrite the recovery after a reboot...
And With bootloader unlocked, can i update by ota? Keep root updating by ota?
Now i have root and stock recovery
I flashed via cwm just fine. Root was maintained.
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y2whisper said:
I flashed via cwm just fine. Root was maintained.
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Vía stock cmw? With update.zip file? And from Android so menus not work?
Hi,
I want a image of stock recovery 4.4.3 as I want to update my n4 to 4.4.4 and I had installed twrp which will not allow to update......
I don't want to download whole 500 MB image from Google...
So anyone can plz upload just stock recovery image!!!!!
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Ok so I have all but the most recent update on my phone and its rooted and I have twrp installed as a custom recovery. From what I understand I can not flash the most recent update because its not a full update it just tweeks some things. So to my question is there anyway to flash the stock recovery so I can get the update.
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josephburns35 said:
Ok so I have all but the most recent update on my phone and its rooted and I have twrp installed as a custom recovery. From what I understand I can not flash the most recent update because its not a full update it just tweeks some things. So to my question is there anyway to flash the stock recovery so I can get the update.
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Just flash the Unofficial 183.46.15 with RSD Lite.
Thanks
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I just updated but didn't lose root. :good:
A coworker with a RAZR HD said he updated I checked his root and it remained as well. Apparently update does not break existing root.
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Where does the OTA zip end up after you join the beta program the OTA lands on your device? I'm going to take the plunge now that it seems it will be yet another month. I need to know where to point TWRP for the zip. Thanks...
I believe it is downloaded to /cache
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Hi all
I just received the February security update on stock 7.1.1
Im rooted and unlocked bootloader, when I reboot it goes into TWRP.
How do I install the update there please? I've never done this before.
Thanks
AndroidHtc101 said:
Hi all
I just received the February security update on stock 7.1.1
Im rooted and unlocked bootloader, when I reboot it goes into TWRP.
How do I install the update there please? I've never done this before.
Thanks
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Just download the full ota and flash it through twrp. Don't forget to reflash supersu afterwards.
Download link: https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Good luck!
Thank you for the reply man, I forgot what supersu I used as I used the nexus toolkit when I did it the first time.
Can I just just flash the normal one on the supersu website?
Cheers for your help
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AndroidHtc101 said:
Hi all
I just received the February security update on stock 7.1.1
Im rooted and unlocked bootloader, when I reboot it goes into TWRP.
How do I install the update there please? I've never done this before.
Thanks
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AndroidHtc101 said:
Thank you for the reply man, I forgot what supersu I used as I used the nexus toolkit when I did it the first time.
Can I just just flash the normal one on the supersu website?
Cheers for your help
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Yes, works great! I believe we're at version 2.79 now.
Don't forget to make a full backup in twrp before flashing the update, just to be sure.
No problem mate, good luck!
Sorry to be a problem, just fine the update, all went OK in TWRP. Flashed the supersu zip rebooted.
For some reason I'm still on January patch and now lost root
Any ideas where I went wrong please?
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AndroidHtc101 said:
Sorry to be a problem, just fine the update, all went OK in TWRP. Flashed the supersu zip rebooted.
For some reason I'm still on January patch and now lost root
Any ideas where I went wrong please?
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Did you flash the full ota (around 1.2 gb) or just the incremental (few mb)? If you edited your system partition (for instance to get Google assistant) you'll need the full ota!
You're no problem, mate!
Hi the full 1.2 gb. Is it possible to flash just the few mb because the ota is 42.1mb.
Thanks
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Not sure what I've done, now I can't boot into recovery TWRP. Says no command in a red icon. Trying to flash the 2.79 Supersu
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Managed to root in TWRP now still no ota update though
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Not sure what I've done, now I can't boot into recovery TWRP. Says no command in a red icon. Trying to flash the 2.79 Supersu
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That's because the update failed, but it installed the stock recovery. reflash twrp again. Redownload the full ota and try to flash it again. I've experienced kinda the same last night. The OTA file was damaged it seems. redownloaded it, reflashed and everything worked. If nothing works, flash latest factory image with adb.
Good luck!
Thanks for all your help, I shall try again
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The OTA either needs to be sideloaded via the stock recovery and the command adb sideload ota_file.zip, or in your case via FlashFire and the full factory image to retain TWRP and root.
If you're on stock but have a custom recovery you are better off using FlashFire to install the OTA. It restores stock recovery, flashes OTA, restores custom recovery and restores root--all automatically. That's just my opinion. Some people religiously flash everything manually but you can end up running into problems like you just did if something goes wrong.
Thank You I will try flash fire, maybe other people will read this thread because looks like Ota February has been pushed to our nexus 6p
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Just Flashed the Ota with flash fire, all went well, rebooted and still on January security update with the February system update icon in the task bar still.
Not sure what I'm doing wrong
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You need to flash the full factory image using FF instead of the incremental OTA image.