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still waiting for Marshmallow

Hi,
I have a PLK-L01C432B121 build.
Until now, i cannot get the update to Marshmallow.
Is it normal ?
Do you think i'll have to wait a long time ?
I lives in north africa.
Thanks.

slowly wait

Same here in Greece.. I'm also still waiting for MM.. Currently at PLK-L01C432B180.. No OTA, no nothing..

medtun said:
Hi,
I have a PLK-L01C432B121 build.
Until now, i cannot get the update to Marshmallow.
Is it normal ?
Do you think i'll have to wait a long time ?
I lives in north africa.
Thanks.
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I don't why you're waiting full ROM packages are available you can download and run a oocal update
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Yes you're right.
But i wanted as a normal user to get access to this feature.
For now, i still cannot get any update and i got a funny answer from Honor support.
They told me that i have to go to Serbia if i wants to update my honor since i bought it there last year.
But i lives in africa now lol.
So the only remaining solution is the local update when i will finally find the right procedure.

medtun said:
Yes you're right.
But i wanted as a normal user to get access to this feature.
For now, i still cannot get any update and i got a funny answer from Honor support.
They told me that i have to go to Serbia if i wants to update my honor since i bought it there last year.
But i lives in africa now lol.
So the only remaining solution is the local update when i will finally find the right procedure.
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The right procedure would be
Make a backup of all your data, contacts, apps etc using Huawei hisuite.
Download the firmware you want to upgrade to and extract to get UPDATE.APP
Copy it to a folder named dload in your SD card and press and hold power, Vol up and Vol down until phone boots up. Let go of power after booting but keep other two pressed for five six sec more.
It will do a forced upgrade and you will lose all your stuff. Boot into Android, update Huawei backup app and restore your backup using hisuite and you are done.
Hope it helps.

looks clear.
Thank you very much muradulislam

Still in beta. It's not a big of a change from lollipop

sorry folks but after reviewing all my experience with MM (B380) i recommend to update with Lollipop B180 (B190 if available) only!
With B380 it is possible, that you will get some trouble with it! At the moment, B380 was removed from the support side of HONOR!
Maybe it has a reason!

That's a bit sad to hear. But it's full of sense. Thank you.
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jkccl9 said:
Still in beta. It's not a big of a change from lollipop
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At least, if the problem with notification is resolved. It would be a sufficient reason [emoji2]
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non-toxic said:
sorry folks but after reviewing all my experience with MM (B380) i recommend to update with Lollipop B180 (B190 if available) only!
With B380 it is possible, that you will get some trouble with it! At the moment, B380 was removed from the support side of HONOR!
Maybe it has a reason!
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Do You know what kind of "trouble"? Like serious trouble?

medtun said:
At least, if the problem with notification is resolved. It would be a sufficient reason [emoji2]
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I suppose

medtun said:
.. if the problem with notification is resolved....
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Most of the users that i know (me included!), did not confirm that!
i own two Honor 7. I tried MM on one of them for four weeks. After this period, i have done a rollback to B190 Lollipop.
Since this moment, all my problems are gone! I could not believe, that HONOR will bring us an trouble-free version of MM.

Really strange that Huawei remains unable to deliver a clean Os. Such a big company with that quality of phones !
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non-toxic said:
Most of the users that i know (me included!), did not confirm that!
i own two Honor 7. I tried MM on one of them for four weeks. After this period, i have done a rollback to B190 Lollipop.
Since this moment, all my problems are gone! I could not believe, that HONOR will bring us an trouble-free version of MM.
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I think , I can help u all to get mm update installed if u have twrp recovery installed ..
At least if u could access fastboot
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I wil make a twrp flashable marshmallow stock rom for this phone , if anyone could provide me the link full update package ..

I'm interested.
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gopinaidu77 said:
I think , I can help u all to get mm update installed if u have twrp recovery installed ..
At least if u could access fastboot
I wil make a twrp flashable marshmallow stock rom for this phone , if anyone could provide me the link full update package ..
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i didn’t understand your friendly offer! I had used MM on my phone, so i was able to install MM on it! But i have get the same notification problem with "WhatsApp"
as the other users have reported here! And some of my apps have stopped their work during the night. I had protected these apps against termination in the energy manager, but it doesn't help! I think, it is a problem of the build in MM "deep sleep" functionality! And yes, i had made a factory reset in the beginning of my experiences.
But thx anyway!

medtun said:
I'm interested.
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Provide me a link for a full update package. It should be more than 1GB.

Thank you very much.
My Honor 7 is at B121
OFFICIAL UPDATE B121>B140 :
https://mega.nz/#!7sRyxQRL!a72v8NXx731JYTDlvR2IWrFXkAEI0HguGvOn5SJB0hw
BETA UPDATE B140>B170 :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9w67ke3ko4pokku/update.zip?dl=0

Comparison of Android Updates *December 2018 (OPM7.181205.001) (Oreo 8.1.0)*

Purpose of this thread:
This thread is about changes within factory images of newly released Android updates in comparison with the previously released Android update.
Latest Android version 8.1.0 (Oreo): OPM7.181205.001
This December update is most likely gonna be the last official security update from Google for the Nexus 5X (source: https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705?hl=en)
Download-Link: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/bullhead-opm7.181205.001-factory-5f189d84.zip ​MD5: 05DEE954B6FD17B6B301A4D1C90B1B5E​Changelog: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-12-01 ​Unchanged:
bootloader bhz32c
radio 2.6.42.5.03
Changed: (md5sum in brackets)
boot (438936FDD50D2C8D3FA8D7586624D670)
recovery (E55D287CBCF78DACEC618E538CE74014)
system (9DD438116FB86EDBF89876A728CC0AA8)
vendor (97C79E83F00AD006D77DA9C570A71BD7)

How to install it on rooted devices with custom recovery installed? Flashfire?
Δημοσιεύτηκε από Google Nexus 5X με Android 7.0 Nougat μέσω Tapatalk.

AFK269 said:
How to install it on rooted devices with custom recovery installed? Flashfire?
Δημοσιεύτηκε από Google Nexus 5X με Android 7.0 Nougat μέσω Tapatalk.
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That has worked before. Still should work, I have not tried it though.
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Any idea what changes to the system?
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Smoosh1 said:
userdata.img is the same (MD5: 808444c5b0a4cbfa1f2cbf38b6629b67)
cache.img is the same (MD5: 9aedd15ebf6bc07a38de5bcd705f516a)
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I think you'll find userdata and cache won't change throughout the lifecycle of nougat. Through something like 14 MM updates they never changed (same MD5) until Nougat came (where they did change) and then through 2 releases they haven't changed.

AFK269 said:
How to install it on rooted devices with custom recovery installed? Flashfire?
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I would recommend you follow Heisenberg's guide, section 9 "How To Update To A New Build Of The Stock ROM"
sfhub said:
I think you'll find userdata and cache won't change throughout the lifecycle of nougat. Through something like 14 MM updates they never changed (same MD5) until Nougat came (where they did change) and then through 2 releases they haven't changed.
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You are right, they most likely won't change throughout the lifecycle of nougat. I just mentioned them for the sake of completeness.

Comparison of Android Updates
Do It A Your Own Risk. I am not responsible if you make a mistake.
I found this method on the Internet and I applied it to my phone right now:
(WITH THIS METHOD YOU WILL NOT LOSE ROOT, CUSTOM RECOVERY)
1.Download the ZIP.
2.Download FlashFire.
3.Open flashfire and accept for root access etc etc...
4.click "+" button and click to "flash firmware package" and find the ZIP.
5.Wait for a couple o seconds or 2mins, and then uncheck the "Recovery" (if you don't want to lose the custom recovery) and "Data" (maybe on your device will be already unchecked so keep it unchecked if you don't want to lose your data) and then I clicked the "ν" button.
6.Click "Flash". Your screen will be black for a minute and then you will see a progress bar at the bottom of your screen and log of FlashFire what installs on your device.
7.When it finish flashing, your device will be automatically reboot.
8.Wait a couple of minutes (approximately 3-6 mins).
9.Your device is running the latest Android Version with the latest Security patches and you have also root back....
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AFK269 said:
I found this method on the Internet and I applied it to my phone right now
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Strange that you didn't include a reference to where you got it on the Internet. Many times, they provide more detail than just the steps and took time create the content and test the procedure.

krelvinaz said:
Strange that you didn't include a reference to where you got it on the Internet. Many times, they provide more detail than just the steps and took time create the content and test the procedure.
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http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-t...thout-losing-root-no-computer-needed-0168428/
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AFK69 shared the typical img flashing instructions for FlashFire. I've been using it on my rooted devices for months. No issues.
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Android November update NRD91N released
New Android security update NRD91N got released today.
What has changed? -> See updated OP

I'm sorry, but HERE the last one is still NPF10C, it's a different branch or I'm missing something?
EDIT: nevermind i'm dumb, the post is about the official factory image, mine is about devoloepr preview

AFK269 said:
http://nexus5.wonderhowto.com/how-t...thout-losing-root-no-computer-needed-0168428/
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Only problem with FlashFire is CF himself says not to flash a bootloader or radios so when there a change there you either have to make a twrp flashable or use fastboot to get atw updated.. Has anyone used FF to flash bootloader? I'm curious....
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SM210 said:
Only problem with FlashFire is CF himself says not to flash a bootloader or radios so when there a change there you either have to make a twrp flashable or use fastboot to get atw updated.. Has anyone used FF to flash bootloader? I'm curious....
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Me too!! (Curious)
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My build number changed to N5D91L after the November update, not NRD91N. How come?

In the past there were some different builds for different countries with a different radio.img. So where do you come from?

I live in the UK.
Edit: And my radio is still 2.6.33.2.14.

Hm...I've only found a lot of japanese sites (f.e. Y!Mobile (is that yahoo?) if I search for this build. Don't know if there is a coherence.

N5D91L is 7.0.0_r21 while NRD91N is 7.0.0_r15. Probably a quick hotfix on the unfixed dirtycow exploit + other fixes . Too lazy to check the real changes on git.
Since some of us is still waiting for the ota by phases and by the time we are getting it, google already roll out N5D91L. Thus the mysterious build update emerged. The others on NRD91N will get it or probably not, until December.

ThorSchwar said:
Hm...I've only found a lot of japanese sites (f.e. Y!Mobile (is that yahoo?) if I search for this build. Don't know if there is a coherence.
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Nevermind, apparently it's a regular build - see: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/n5d91l-strange-android-build-t3500378

November OTA patch has new tag:
Just captured this from my 5X.
Source: google/bullhead/bullhead:7.0/NBD90W/3239497:user/release-keys
Target: google/bullhead/bullhead:7.0/N5D91L/3425233:user/release-keys
https://android.googleapis.com/packa...a1f18978ec.zip
So looks like the new build is not NRD91N but N5D91L.

New update -->FRDL19-B399 & FRDL09-B398

Any one tried the new updates ? they are available in Firmware finder .​I think they are with latest security patch and also they mentioned :: "This update optimizes power consumption and improves system security with Google security patches" .
If some one tried it please review below.

dileepxdn said:
Any one tried the new updates ? they are available in Firmware finder .​I think they are with latest security patch and also they mentioned :: "This update optimizes power consumption and improves system security with Google security patches" .
If some one tried it please review below.
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I tried but it failed to flash using twrp
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This update could finally solve the screen dimming for some applications.

dileepxdn said:
Any one tried the new updates ? they are available in Firmware finder .
I think they are with latest security patch and also they mentioned :: "This update optimizes power consumption and improves system security with Google security patches" .
If some one tried it please review below.
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Every update from Huawei have the same changelog...
What a f... Joke. And we cant install it, and no official updates...

malcho said:
I tried but it failed to flash using twrp
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You should always flash new updates using Huawei suite for PC as it always works. Make sure to flash stock Boot and Recovery if rooted before proceeding.
Cheers!

nestojean said:
You should always flash new updates using Huawei suite for PC as it always works. Make sure to flash stock Boot and Recovery if rooted before proceeding.
Cheers!
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Is it available on Hisuite?
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WYPIERDAALAAC said:
Every update from Huawei have the same changelog...
What a f... Joke. And we cant install it, and no official updates...
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lol :laugh: bro , i will remaind you if there is any major update

nestojean said:
You should always flash new updates using Huawei suite for PC as it always works. Make sure to flash stock Boot and Recovery if rooted before proceeding.
Cheers!
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WHAT!!!! this is wrong we cannot do that , there is not support for FRD through hi suite.

malcho said:
Is it available on Hisuite?
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no bro , there is no support for FRD
See below guide bro

malcho said:
Is it available on Hisuite?
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Once you get the notification for system update on your phone, it will automatically be available on Hisuite.
Make sure to back up user data before flashing any update as you may need to manually perform a factory reset before using the new update. I own an FRD-L14 US version and i am on the latest update for my model thanks to Huawei Pc suite. All other methods always fail after 5 - 10%.
To update using Hisuite, simply launch the PC software and click on update after properly connecting your phone. I have been referring to only the PC version as i can't vouch for the phone software.
NB: Don't forget to flash stock boot and recovery if you've modified your device prior to using Hisuite otherwise it'll fail after reboot to recovery.
Best of luck, Cheers!
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dileepxdn said:
no bro , there is no support for FRD
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Yes Bro! I live in Nigeria and i've got the FRD-L14 64Gb model. Currently running B389 software and loving it. Try it and see.
Best wishes!

nestojean said:
Once you get the notification for system update on your phone, it will automatically be available on Hisuite.
Make sure to back up user data before flashing any update as you may need to manually perform a factory reset before using the new update. I own an FRD-L14 US version and i am on the latest update for my model thanks to Huawei Pc suite. All other methods always fail after 5 - 10%.
To update using Hisuite, simply launch the PC software and click on update after properly connecting your phone. I have been referring to only the PC version as i can't vouch for the phone software.
NB: Don't forget to flash stock boot and recovery if you've modified your device prior to using Hisuite otherwise it'll fail after reboot to recovery.
Best of luck, Cheers!
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Yes Bro! I live in Nigeria and i've got the FRD-L14 64Gb model. Currently running B389 software and loving it. Try it and see.
Best wishes!
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thanks for awesome guide i will definetly try this:good::highfive:

You will get the OTA some weeks later. Until then, you will not be able to flash the update through any official means (like using HiSuite, TWRP, erecovery, etc.). If your bootloader is unlocked, try my "Flashing unapproved Firmwares" guide for Honor 8 in Guides section. It will work flawlessly.

Did anyone already successfully manage to install e.g FRD-L19C432B399 ?
I tried dload, Red_lotus and flashing with FRD_RECOVERY_NoCheck.img
Yet it always tells me "installation failed" Is there anything i can do to get it work?
I am coming from B398 and need this battery optimization update or I will sell my phone..

Ragonexus said:
Did anyone already successfully manage to install e.g FRD-L19C432B399 ?
I tried dload, Red_lotus and flashing with FRD_RECOVERY_NoCheck.img
Yet it always tells me "installation failed" Is there anything i can do to get it work?
I am coming from B398 and need this battery optimization update or I will sell my phone..
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flash the both recoveries again and retry, it resolved the issue for me.

i updated from b360 to this via redlotus and it works flawlessly.

TomTheGeek3 said:
i updated from b360 to this via redlotus and it works flawlessly.
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What about battery?

SALENTINVM said:
What about battery?
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i took the day to reply because i wanted to play it safe before i tell you how battery life is.
i've been getting 12+ hour battery life on my usual days, if i'm out and about doing things i last 10ish hours.
the update seems to be a little better on the battery side, but november patches are nice as well.

TomTheGeek3 said:
the update seems to be a little better on the battery side, but november patches are nice as well.
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So... if there is a november Patches we will receive the ota to december right?

TomTheGeek3 said:
i took the day to reply because i wanted to play it safe before i tell you how battery life is.
i've been getting 12+ hour battery life on my usual days, if i'm out and about doing things i last 10ish hours.
the update seems to be a little better on the battery side, but november patches are nice as well.
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Nice to hear about it. For 12h you mean global usage or screen time? Anyway I sent my phone for battery replacement. We'll see when it comes back

SALENTINVM said:
Nice to hear about it. For 12h you mean global usage or screen time? Anyway I sent my phone for battery replacement. We'll see when it comes back
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sorry about the late reply, but yes 12hr battery global. for screen on time i get 4-5hrs usually, i just got this phone a few months ago as a FRD-L04. i rebranded because of how slow updates come out on the L04, which was my real only complaint with this phone. battery life is awesome and emui is sleek and nice compared to other OEM android roms.
i don't really care for much about SOT because my whole goal is to minimize that as much as possible. i use a moto 360 daily so most of my notifications are going to my watch and my phone stays in my pocket.
other than that, this update is just a security patch.

8.1. OTA

Hello, im on 8.1. dp2, and still didnt get official update with december security patch...can i manually sideload OTA from december over dp2 ??
Thanks??

scrin378 said:
Hello, im on 8.1. dp2, and still didnt get official update with december security patch...can i manually sideload OTA from december over dp2 ??
Thanks??
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No, ADB sideload will fail. 8.1 DP2 is on a newer branch than December 8.1 stable. You could install via fastboot or wait until Google pushes the OTA for preview users.
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Opt out beta tester

mr.joshuanice said:
Opt out beta tester
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I think @mr.joshuanice is right. Opt out from the beta program.
And then, among all methods to install the update I would recommend to flash the factory image so that you can start from a very clean environment.
I can't provide link here on XDA right now because I'm a too young XDA member (not so young in the real-life however, )
By the way, look for android factory images in google and you will find download link as well as instruction for flashing.

luk.giak said:
I think @mr.joshuanice is right. Opt out from the beta program.
And then, among all methods to install the update I would recommend to flash the factory image so that you can start from a very clean environment.
I can't provide link here on XDA right now because I'm a too young XDA member (not so young in the real-life however, )
By the way, look for android factory images in google and you will find download link as well as instruction for flashing.
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I know that option for beta program...but i dont want to lose my data..
It looks that i will wait for OTA from Google
Thanks...

scrin378 said:
I know that option for beta program...but i dont want to lose my data..
It looks that i will wait for OTA from Google
Thanks...
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Did you get the OTA yet?
My phone is still on the November patch as well. I'm getting a little impatient here...

whpsnp said:
Did you get the OTA yet?
My phone is still on the November patch as well. I'm getting a little impatient here...
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No, i opt out from beta program, and then i get official version..i lose my data, but nothing special, most of pics, docs, etc...is on the cloud storage ..so no big deal for me.. good luck with patience

whpsnp said:
Did you get the OTA yet?
My phone is still on the November patch as well. I'm getting a little impatient here...
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Factory images with January security patches are out since yesterday. Why don't you flash it?
Another option is to use the FULL OTA update. This method does not require to unlock the bootloader and, consequently, to wipe all your data.
If I were you I would go for the factory image with a clean flash

luk.giak said:
Factory images with January security patches are out since yesterday. Why don't you flash it?
Another option is to use the FULL OTA update. This method does not require to unlock the bootloader and, consequently, to wipe all your data.
If I were you I would go for the factory image with a clean flash
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I thought I needed to have an unlocked bootloader.
By full OTA you mean sideload via adb?

whpsnp said:
I thought I needed to have an unlocked bootloader.
By full OTA you mean sideload via adb?
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Yes the full OTA is installed via adb sideload. And it does not need an unlocked bootloader.
Look for "full ota Android O" in Google and you will find the page and the instructions.

luk.giak said:
Yes the full OTA is installed via adb sideload. And it does not need an unlocked bootloader.
Look for "full ota Android O" in Google and you will find the page and the instructions.
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Awesome! I've done it before so it should be fairly easy.
Now I know what I'll do Friday night ?

whpsnp said:
Awesome! I've done it before so it should be fairly easy.
Now I know what I'll do Friday night ?
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:good:

I had the OTA to 8.1 notification. I rebooted my phone and now it's gone and it shows as I'm being up to date. I want it back!
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OT
As a side note for all people who do not want to unlock the bootloader. Please consider at least to:
* activate developer options (tapping 7 times on the build number under phone information)
* enter developer options and activate 1) Debug USB and 2) Enable OEM Unlock
As you probably know, the nexus 6p is subject to the bootloop of death. It is hardware based and, when it happens, the only way to give a second life to the Nexus 6p is to flash a special boot.img (or kernel) that enable only 4 cores (over 8). You can perform this procedure only if you can unlock the bootloader. Hence, only if you have previously enabled the two options above (debug USB and Enable OEM Unlock).
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Ulver said:
I had the OTA to 8.1 notification. I rebooted my phone and now it's gone and it shows as I'm being up to date. I want it back!
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Google is really messing up with OTAs. You should consider to manually flash a factory image or to adb sideload a full OTA (available on the official website).

Same situation for me, i get ota 8.1 ~ 10 December then 8.1 dp2 ota. And for now no ota I am still on security update from November...

One question, if im rooted, can i flash full OTA with flashfire??

sideload the DP2 to Final ota (Dec patch).
Then unenroll your device from beta, you will get an update (Jan patch)
https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../105818de493dde2bb290a13474a367f78ac6122f.zip

Android 10 factory images is live

Enjoy!
Currently two builds: QP1A.190711.019 and QP1A.190711.020
Factory Image: https://developers.google.com/android/images#sargo
OTA Image: https://developers.google.com/android/ota#sargo

No OTA here in Germany so far

Anyone know the difference between the two builds?
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Neither in France

jerethi said:
Anyone know the difference between the two builds?
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They have diferent checksums

jerethi said:
Anyone know the difference between the two builds?
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"Within the .19 image META-INF\com\android\metadata, the post-timestamp UNIX value is 1565300664 which equates to 08/08/2019 @ 9:44pm (UTC).
Within the .20 image META-INF\com\android\metadata, the post-timestamp UNIX value is 1565743352 which equates to 08/14/2019 @ 12:42am (UTC).
Based on one of Google's release tool's code, this value seems to be utilized to determine whether it should perform an incremental or full OTA.
If I'm understanding their upgrade process correctly, the .19 image does not contain the September security patch. The .20 appears to be the full stable release with the September security patch.
It would appear .19 should support an incremental upgrade from the latest Android Pie (9) version, PQ3B.190801.002 but not bring you to the latest September security patch.
This leads me to believe that the .20 image is suitable for almost all OTAs. There may be carrier specific cases that one or the other should be utilized but nothing stands out too clearly within any of the immediately available metadata files."
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/cz7lb1/android_10_images_are_live/eywlgww/

Do I have to do a factory reset , if I'm rooted on Android 9 to archive android 10 without any problems ?

I have just got the ota update, I'm updating from beta 6 and it's saying the update size is 41mb, is this correct?
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Atiqx said:
Do I have to do a factory reset , if I'm rooted on Android 9 to archive android 10 without any problems ?
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No, just uninstall magisk or flash stock boot.img. once that is done, you should OTA just fine.

upinsmoke7610 said:
I have just got the ota update, I'm updating from beta 6 and it's saying the update size is 41mb, is this correct?
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On reddit they say that coming from beta the update file is only this small.

yabadabadooo said:
On reddit they say that coming from beta the update file is only this small.
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Well I knew banking apps would not work on the beta but now I'm on the stable release and my banking app still will not even open, but of a nightmare really as I rely on it.
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Got the OTA from pie right now 1188.8mb

I've just received the OTA notification here in Spain
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anyone knows if is there any difference, or added feature compared to the last beta version?

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They have diferent checksums
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A factory image is a full replacement - and is meant to replace everything (you'll lose all your data and else that isn't backed up). An OTA is an update - you lose nothing. If you're coming from a STOCK factory image (either a beta of 10 OR 9) and your phone is fine, you want the OTA; otherwise (including AOSP), you want the full factory image.

germany here, installing the update now, takes quite some time for being only 41mb, hope it works

I didn't want to wait for the OTA to be pushed to my phone, so I sideloaded it and the rooted it again with Magisk. My directions are accurate if anyone else wants to sideload the OTA. To be honest, the whole process is faster when you sideload anyway. So it is really a better solution than waiting for the OTA.
The initial boot took about 5 minutes. Don't get impatient and try to mess with the phone. Just let it do it's thing.

Got it 30 mins ago from stock rom over ota (1.1GB) in France.
Install was smooth and fast.
So far so good!
Enjoying the dark mode
#Edit: weather widget shows temperature in °F instead of °C while everything is setup right. Strange ^^

sic0048 said:
I didn't want to wait for the OTA to be pushed to my phone, so I sideloaded it and the rooted it again with Magisk. My directions are accurate if anyone else wants to sideload the OTA. To be honest, the whole process is faster when you sideload anyway. So it is really a better solution than waiting for the OTA.
The initial boot took about 5 minutes. Don't get impatient and try to mess with the phone. Just let it do it's thing.
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Thank you sic0048! I followed your guide when my Pixel 3a was on 9 and it was smooth. The best instructions I have found and even bookmarked it.
I do have one quick question. I followed your instructions about updating the phone and keeping root, but I lost root after reboot. I probably did something wrong. :silly:
In your instructions under the "Custom Recovery Installation method" you state that TWRP doesn't support Android 10. So how do I root my phone again? Is it safe to use this method or should I use another one of your methods in this tutorial?

After update to 10, I was able to see "Enable DDS" toggle in phone information shortcut.
Now the toggle is gone.
Anyone else has this issue?

yabadabadooo said:
On reddit they say that coming from beta the update file is only this small.
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I came from RC2 - the update is indeed that little.
However, you will have to wait for a 10-ready build of TWRP; the current TWRP is not ready (of course).