i like to update to the recent lollipop version but how can I do that (if possible) , not doing it over the Air and not using a connection with usb-cable ( is not working anymore with my nexus 7) to laptop or pc?
Is your Nexus 7 rooted? Do you have a custom recovery?
Yes is rooted
Yes is rooted, don't have custom ron
Since you're rooted, you could install the Flashify app (free) and flash TWRP. **Edit: you also need an unlocked boot loader.** Then make a backup of your current system. If you already have the new bootloader, you could flash Scrosler's rooted stock 5.0.2 ROM (of course here in XDA.) If you don't have the new bootloader, there are flashable zips here in XDA. Note: make sure it's flashable via custom recovery. GROGG88 has posts with the new b/l zip flashable in TWRP.
error while updating to lollipop (OTA) 5.0.2
now i get OTA lollipop update on my nexus 7 and it downloads (is only 389.2 MB), i think i read somewhere it should be around 500 MB).
It restarts and starts installing the update and then i get and error with the little green android guy and an open hatch at his body with an red exclaimation mark on it. I have done a factory reset as well get the update again but also the error again., It is not updating and reboots after a while and goes back to kitkat 4.4.4. Something is definitely wrong here, can you help me out what do I do who do i have to report this... i never got the lollipop update 5.0 or 5.0.1 either.
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Maybe a noobish question, but im sorry
As the title says : if i root the phone, will i be able to recieve updates OTA ?
edit : and same question : if i get cwr (for nandroid backups) will i be able to recieve OTA updates?
Thanks guys
So long as you're running the stock rom, you should still get OTA updates. They may or may not break root, but you'll have to risk that. If you're running a custom ROM, then you probably will not get OTA updates, but you can of course update your ROM as per the developer builds.
You will remove root if you install an OTA, and I have heard of people actually bricking their phones installing an OTA with root.
installing CWM will break OTA even if you're on the stock ROM because it flashes in stock recovery, not CWM.
...and from the mixed responses you can tell that it wasn't really a noob question. (all answers were partially correct, btw).
The update will still get pushed to your phone, based on the build version of your phone. The custom recovery will fail to install, at which point you can simply install it yourself by performing a manual flash via recovery.
Depending on the extent of the update, you may or may not lose root, and possibly even your custom recovery. Your best option is to manually flash an update, then the su.zip, and I've also put together flashable a script to prevent your custom recovery from reverting to stock at your next boot (I'll post it when I get chance). Flash all the files while in CWM, and you're golden!
I have reached maximum thanks-per-day, otherwise i would give a thanks to all of you..
So, i still have few questions :
1) If i root, get custom CWM, but stock rom, will i still be able to SEE ota update, and to DL it over the OTA (not flash it)?
2) Can i brick my device with flashing ota , while rooted and with custom CWM ?
Thanks in advance
-yes it will still show up.
-it won't brick your device, but the update will fail, and you'll have to pull battery to gay back into the os.
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Until we get a proper CyanogenMod for this phone I'm staying as close to stock as possible (plus root and Wanam). I'm rooted and installed TWRP, so how do I update to the latest ROM from T-Mobile?
To update OTA u need stock recovery. This goes for every phone.
Hello!
I have a M8 **Dual Sim** variant (in Switzerland). At the time of purchase, only stock KitKat was available so I unlocked the bootloader, TWRPd and rooted and did what I needed.
Now I have a Lollipop upgrade available but it won't apply (downloads but sig check fails), presumably due to having unlocked the bootloader. I tried flashing (what I think is the original) stock recovery, relocking the bootloader but no good.
I also tried the stock KitKat RUU but that also fails to apply.
I would like to get the Lollipop upgrade *somehow*... should be possible but I didn't quite manage it yet. Please can someone advise?
Thanks.
After some hours, I solved this. Posting here for the benefit of others...
I found a DUGL-specific TWRP backup which I placed on the sdcard and attemped to restore from. It wasn't having it so then I found a dual-sim (DUGL) specific ROM with an older OS version (https://basketbuild.com/uploads/dev.../m8dugl_3.33.401.6_stock_rooted_odex_cptb.zip) so flashed the latest TWRP recovery, then this ROM. Then the OTA worked.
Finally a Lollipop build on HTC M8 Dual Sim!
Dear Bonstio
Thank you so much for your follow-up post.
Let me explain my story:
I have a Dual Sim HTC One M8.
It was rooted and running lollipop after an OTA update a couple of months ago. Bootloader was Unlocked and was S-ON.
Recently - i got the OTA Update that corrects stagefright. I took the update and installed it. I had the stock recovery installed in order to get and install OTA Updates.
For some reason, when i restarted after the OTA update - the phone was stuck on the HTC Splash screen. This went on for 5 to 6 hours.
I tried factory data reset, i tried TWRP as the recovery - but i was unable to get the phone back to boot into the OS.
I found a TWRP Backup online and installed that via TWRP. That brought me back to the stock Kitkat 4.4.1.
I then restored the stock recovery.
Looked for an OTA Update - found one for OTA_M8_DUGL_K444_SENSE60_MR_HTC_Europe_3.33.401.6-1.45.401.12_R_release_398692-1.zip .
Tried to apply the OTA update with stock recovery installed - the update would not install.
After many days of trying different way to install the OTA update - i gave up and settled with the the fact that i will never get Lollipop and i would be stuck on 4.4.1 forever. I tried several RUUs, stock recoveries, Zip files for TWRP, etc.
I then did a search and stumbled upon your post. I clicked on the link you have provided and installed the stock ROM as per the instructions listed here: http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-...tc-one-for-completely-new-experience-0153231/
I now needed S-OFF to install this "New ROM".
I downloaded Sunshine S-OFF - paid the $25 and got S-OFF. I knew this had to be done before installing custom Roms.
Once i was S-OFF - i followed the instructions on the link above to install the file you have mentioned in your post. - it booted to an updated version of Kitkat - 4.4.4 .
From there - i looked for an OTA update - downloaded it. Chose "install later".
Went to the download folder and copied the update to my PC (just incase).
Then i installed the stock recovery 4.30.401.15_ds_recovery.img and rebooted. Once in the OS - i chose install update - the OTA update rebooted my phone and installed Lollipop on it.
So a BIG THANK YOU to you for posting your solution - it really helped me get back to Lollipop.
I have rooted my Nexus 7 wifi 2012 tablet with TWRP
I don't want to keep un-rooting, applying ota updates then re-rooting my tablet. Is there an easy way. Maybe modified images i can use on a rooted tablet which i can install via the install option in twrp recovery loader.
I also notice that Nexus root tool kit has a ota sideload update option in the advanced menue.
So my question is where are the modifies ota update files if they exist as I don't want to keep un-rooting, rerooting each time to apply official ota updates. I have searched the net and can't find modifies ota updates?
My OTA failed due to root and modifications so I extracted system.img and boot.img from the 5.1 tarball and flashed them using Nexus Root Toolkit. Works well.
I'm going through the same issue - I want to keep running stock, but every time an OTA update comes in, it bugs me for an update until I go through the whole process of finding the files elsewhere, using the Toolkit to flash them etc etc.
Is there a better way to do this automatically? Can I find the downloaded OTA package on the Nexus and just flash it from there?
Since Lollipop, you can't take an OTA in any way (official or sideload) if you've modified your system. Rooting, custom recovery or kernel. Unrooting does not help since the system already has been modified.
Easiest way to upgrade and still keep your data is to flash the factory image but leave out userdata.img. This can be easily done through NRT (No wipe mode) if command prompt is scary. Yes you'll have to reroot... But hey, this is a Nexus, it's easy.
I assume that means waiting for someone to post the update?
If you want to wait for someone to make a prerooted image, then yes. Otherwise just download the official factory image (Google it) and go for it.
Google doesn't always release OTAs and factory images at the same time, so some waiting will probably always be involved...
Drives me crazy. TWRP used to be able to intercept a OTA flash, flash the needed images, detect you lost root and ask to restore root.
Somewhere that disappeared.
I just flashed a very old stock and took every OTA to 5.0.2, rooted, setup... now getting bombarded with 5.1.1 update notification. Ugh
Didgeridoohan said:
Since Lollipop, you can't take an OTA in any way (official or sideload) if you've modified your system. Rooting, custom recovery or kernel. Unrooting does not help since the system already has been modified.
Easiest way to upgrade and still keep your data is to flash the factory image but leave out userdata.img. This can be easily done through NRT (No wipe mode) if command prompt is scary. Yes you'll have to reroot... But hey, this is a Nexus, it's easy.
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I need to flash the latest lollipop image to my rooted nexus with TWRP. I know where to find the images but don't remember how to flash it. What exactly are the steps and how do I leave out userdata.img ?
And what are the steps to reroot lollipop?
Thanks
i keep getting the offer to download the 5.1 update but when i do it dloads it then tries to reboot into recovery to flash it but it obviously boots into TWRP recovery which is no good.
So the question is when it dloads the update where does it dload to?
and could i flash it from TWRP if i find it?
Hello,
i have been un-rooted my HTCone M8 since 6 months and i flashed the lollipop 5.1 downloaded from one of your forum based on advice from an expert, and currently it gives me notification about a software update: 4.19.118.3 (128.18 MB), after the download finished, i restarted the phone, at this point the phone took me to the flash screen TWRP and warm me that it cannot flash the updates.
please can anyone help me to solve this issue, because i stopped the update notification but the phone still continue warming that.
thank you,
OTA can't be installed with TWRP .. it needs 4.19.118.2 stock recovery.img and pure non-rooted 4.19.118.2 ROM then you can OTA to 4.19.118.3
You can get the stock recovery and how-to here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/tutorial-how-to-stock-stock-twrp-t3086860
Hi,
You must first flash stock recovery. OTA updates can not be flashed with custom recoveries.