Hi I've recently bought a Nexus 7 and was wondering dose it update to the newer version of android?
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Yes ? and it could be any day now.
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I heard this like a month ago.. Why no love for my nexus 7 2013 device? I tried to figure out sideload but I am still looking into it, tired of waiting. But i see I have build LMY48T and I thought i heard you can't?
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Yes and it could be any day now.
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aphixe said:
I heard this like a month ago.. Why no love for my nexus 7 2013 device? I tried to figure out sideload but I am still looking into it, tired of waiting. But i see I have build LMY48T and I thought i heard you can't?
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I am sure Google is preparing an OTA from 5.x to 6.0 and will have it out shortly. Just because they haven't dropped an OTA for it doesn't mean that they aren't going to release it for us, the factory image already exists so it's only a matter of time, patience is a virtue, especially with Google.
You absolutely can sideload the ROM. You'll want to download it from Google here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=en onto your computer and unzip it.
Download the latest version of the ROM then open Settings, hit About, and tap Build Number seven times until it says that You're a developer or something similar. Once it says that, press Back, open Development Settings, turn on USB Debugging and then plug the tablet into your computer. Run flash-all.bat within the folder you unzipped and if everything goes well, your tablet should end up in fastboot with the images flashing.
i've installed it myself when it came out and got the OTA update this week.
Not in rush as others has mentioned that 6.0 is somewhat buggy and lags on nexus 7....
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I think I will stick with KitKat 4.4.4 on my N7 2013 until the dust settles.
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I already have the 6.0 stock firmware on my Nexus, and I get the OTA, choose to install it, but it boots into TWRP and doesn't install? How can I flash the 6.0 update?
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^You have to be totally stock to take ota's. Including recovery.
If you didn't modify any system files just flash the stock recovery.img from the version you're on and the ota will work.
But at that point why not just flash the newest boot and system.img and be done with it?
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^You have to be totally stock to take ota's. Including recovery.
If you didn't modify any system files just flash the stock recovery.img from the version you're on and the ota will work.
But at that point why not just flash the newest boot and system.img and be done with it?
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Yeah. I have TWRP now.
So how would I get future updates? What's the best process if I don't wanna get rid of TWRP?
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Yeah. I have TWRP now.
So how would I get future updates? What's the best process if I don't wanna get rid of TWRP?
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Flash them manually and reflash twrp every time. Yeah I know, pain in the ass
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Flash them manually and reflash twrp every time. Yeah I know, pain in the ass
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That's what I thought. Where do I get the incremental updates to flash? Or do I have to flash the entire firmware again? Data Loss?
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That's what I thought. Where do I get the incremental updates to flash? Or do I have to flash the entire firmware again? Data Loss?
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You can download the official images from google and extract them. The sequence should be flashing the boot and radio, then reboot your bootloader, then flash the rest .img files and if you dont want your data to be wiped just dont flash the cache.img and userdata.img . You can find a proper guide just googling it.
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...I downloaded the 4.0.4 update and went to install and reboot. But the phone got stuck at the screen with the android belly up and a exclamation point. Pulled the battery and rebooted and was at 4.0.2 still. Haven't gotten another OTA notification. Do I get another OTA alert or do I have to update manually.
I have a GSM Nexus, rooted but with stock 4.0.2. And I activated OTA RootKeeper before downloading the update. Any help will be greatly accepted.
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Besides root and maybe unlock your bootloader, did you change anything in your system (install mods, different radio etc. or rename system files)? If you are not completely stock your OTA will not work and you will have to update manually or get back to Stock first.
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Nothing changed. Except for root and unlocked bootloader everything is stock.
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Well the screen you were looking at (Android belly up) is the stock recovery. If you see that: no need to pull battery. Simply push volume up + power simultaneously and you'll get into the recovery menu. Scrolling through the options can be done with the volume buttons, select with the power button.
That said: I think no one knows for sure but I myself would not wait and update myself. There are a lot of guides here on how to do that and if you flash the stock images you will have the same as anyone who had the OTA. Make a proper backup first (you allways should)! You will lose all your data if you have to unlock your bootloader.
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Nothing changed. Except for root and unlocked bootloader everything is stock.
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Have you installed CWM recovery installed?
The "belly up" android is the phone trying to boot in the stock recovery to update the phone. But as you may have CWM recovery installed (which replaces the stock recovery) the phone cannot complete the update.
You will need to re-install the stock recovery. I believe you can do this with the GNex Toolkit.
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Have you installed CWM recovery installed?
The "belly up" android is the phone trying to boot in the stock recovery to update the phone. But as you may have CWM recovery installed (which replaces the stock recovery) the phone cannot complete the update.
You will need to re-install the stock recovery. I believe you can do this with the GNex Toolkit.
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Is it possible to get the Stock Recovery Screen when you have CWM installed? Didn't think that was possible... that it would just boot into CWM recovery. That is why I didn't mention it (trying to learn here).
Same problem here. Stock 4.0.2, rooted, CWM installed.
Does this mean we will lose settings before we are able to update the device?
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Same problem here. Stock 4.0.2, rooted, CWM installed.
Does this mean we will lose settings before we are able to update the device?
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this mean you are not eligible for the OTA update mate, because you have a custom recovery
i suggest you to
flash the stock rom manually
flash a custom rom wih 4.04 inside
my 2 cents
Viridis Draco said:
this mean you are not eligible for the OTA update mate, because you have a custom recovery
i suggest you to
flash the stock rom manually
flash a custom rom wih 4.04 inside
my 2 cents
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I don't even understand why I have CWM installed in the first place. I only neet root acces, all the rest can stay stock for all I care... Is there a way to avoid these problems in the future? So be able to root and OTA at the same time?
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Lex_Michdeandroid said:
I don't even understand why I have CWM installed in the first place. I only neet root acces, all the rest can stay stock for all I care... Is there a way to avoid these problems in the future? So be able to root and OTA at the same time?
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custom recovery is needed in order to install custom ROM dude, is quite simple
and yes, you can root the stock ROM without custom recovery, there are a lot of guide about that in the developer section
Viridis Draco said:
custom recovery is needed in order to install custom ROM dude, is quite simple
and yes, you can root the stock ROM without custom recovery, there are a lot of guide about that in the developer section
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So my only option to fix this now is flash 4.0.4 manually (will I lose stuff?) and then root again and get stock recovery back? Sorry for my n00b questions, thanks for your help!
Edit: would it be easier if I just get the stock recovery back and then try to get the OTA to turn up again?
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So my only option to fix this now is flash 4.0.4 manually (will I lose stuff?) and then root again and get stock recovery back? Sorry for my n00b questions, thanks for your help!
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you have nothing broken mate, i can't tell you if you will lose data, it depend on your ROM, what you flash and mainly how
the Force and the Developer Section is with you, young padawan
damn, i'm playing SW:TOR too much:/
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you have nothing broken mate, i can't tell you if you will lose data, it depend on your ROM, what you flash and mainly how
the Force and the Developer Section is with you, young padawan
damn, i'm playing SW:TOR too much:/
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Thank you master for your soothing words. I just want my Galaxy Nexus to be like he is right out of the box, but rooted. Thats all I need from him... I am guessing my girlfriends Nexus S is going to be a pain in my assholes in a few weeks bc its still on GB and my TF101 will also go haywire because of my rooting adventures...
First this GN nuisance... Guess I am going to have to wait until tomorrow, I am flying to Dublin in about two hours and I don't think I can fix this in time...
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Thank you master for your soothing words. I just want my Galaxy Nexus to be like he is right out of the box, but rooted. Thats all I need from him... I am guessing my girlfriends Nexus S is going to be a pain in my assholes in a few weeks bc its still on GB and my TF101 will also go haywire because of my rooting adventures...
First this GN nuisance... Guess I am going to have to wait until tomorrow, I am flying to Dublin in about two hours and I don't think I can fix this in time...
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i agree, take your time and you wouldn't regret it
I want to manually flash 4.0.4 and stay unrooted. Should I use the GNex Toolkit to flash 4.0.4 directly or do I need to flash the same version I have on my phone?
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I had the same issue described by the OP, the belly up android when trying to update to 4.0.4 from the OTA notification. I had previously changed to 4.0.2 yakju using efrant's instructions from the first post in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391881
However, I had skipped the optional sections. In particular step 12 to flash the recovery partition. I went back and just executed step 12 (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img) and rebooted. Then I was able to update to 4.0.4 successfully from the OTA notification.
I'm guessing I didn't have the "stock recovery" because I previously had the default Samsung version?
Just got the update again OTA, and again the belly up droid. I'm really pissed now, bc it also reset my Go launcher... Had 7 screens w/ widgets and shortcuts...
Why did it go wrong again? I thought I put back the recovery to stock to solve the OTA problem... Should I do other things? The phone starts to really slow down and I'm ready to toss this piece of c* in the bin...
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Lex_Michdeandroid said:
Just got the update again OTA, and again the belly up droid. I'm really pissed now, bc it also reset my Go launcher... Had 7 screens w/ widgets and shortcuts...
Why did it go wrong again? I thought I put back the recovery to stock to solve the OTA problem... Should I do other things? The phone starts to really slow down and I'm ready to toss this piece of c* in the bin...
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I had the same issue just now with my phone (unlocked, rooted, stock revcovery), but a quick reboot allowed the update to complete and I'm now on 4.0.4. Did you check the version number again after this latest attempt?
Yes, still 4.0.2.
And of course, my phone says I'm up to date. Lovely, NAAAAAT!
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It is still not here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#yakju
Should I flash to stock, update via OTA?
Or should I wait for factory image?
Factory image for me looks like a cleaner install than a patch on an existing 4.0.4 installation.
Same dilemma here bro, im waiting another week, if not, i flash. Im on vacation anyways.
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Sinfamy said:
Same dilemma here bro, im waiting another week, if not, i flash. Im on vacation anyways.
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Haha
I waited till the end of my vacation. And it ended yesterday And still no factory image
When I had the nexus s, I didn't wait even when I was on vacation. Used the hotels computer to flash a boot loader and radio as well as the ICS ROM. Essentially its really whether the wait is bugging you.
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There's no difference in ota vs full google image the end result is the same.
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There's no difference in ota vs full google image the end result is the same.
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Are you sure
What is better: Install windows 7 and then SP1 or Windows 7 with builtin SP1?
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Are you sure
What is better: Install windows 7 and then SP1 or Windows 7 with builtin SP1?
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Niether one, install Ubuntu ...
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Niether one, install Ubuntu ...
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OK. Second try:
What is better: update Ubuntu to next build or clean Ubuntu install? Devs recommend installing from scratch
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Yes, Devs do recommend using from scratch - but that doesn't change anything. The image you'd be downloading IS THE SOURCE CODE FROM GOOGLE. It would actually be the exact same thing, as they said.
That being said, I tried waiting as well - my wait was over yesterday, however I couldn't remove ClockWorkMod to actually do the OTA install and ended up using the Google Source build anyway.
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OK. Second try:
What is better: update Ubuntu to next build or clean Ubuntu install? Devs recommend installing from scratch
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I believe they recommend that mainly because of any modifications you may have made while on the previous version. if you want it badly just apply the ota and then factory reset your device. it will be the same experience as using the factory images.
I have a i9250 gsm Galaxy Nexus, maguro. JWR66V. It used to be Yajuux but I changed this to Yakju with Wug Fresh's Nexus Tool kit. I manually updated my phone to 4.3. However, about once a week, I get a notice that my phone would like to update to 4.3. The download is only 1.7mb. Once I allow the update, the phone reset, boots up and says "installing system update" with the android mascot on the screen and a swirly atom-thing at his stomach. After about a minute a message comes up that says "error!" with the android mascot now on his back. I have to remove the battery and restart my phone, otherwise it hangs. The update notice won't come back for another week, unless I stop the google service framework app and clear the data. I'm assuming these system updates are to upgrade to JWR66Y, but I don't know why I keep having these errors. Any help/advice would be appreciated.
Figured it out
Solved. I managed to sideload the update through the Nexus toolkit. Even after updating though, it didn't show the correct version. I had to unroot by uninstalling supersu (survival mode didn't work), then doing the OTA update, then reinstalling the binaries for Supersu.
Can anyone recommend a good site/feed that keeps track of these security updates/other major updates?
And the toolkit gets the credits, even when the user still has no idea what just happened.
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And the toolkit gets the credits, even when the user still has no idea what just happened.
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braindead users win again!
No Clue..
Can someone, Experienced.. Tell me what exactly to do here.. I am on Stock Rom, Rooted, with TWRP Recovery. Exact same problem when I try to install the Update. Same 1.7 MB Update. Any Help would be much appreciated.
dipenv said:
Can someone, Experienced.. Tell me what exactly to do here.. I am on Stock Rom, Rooted, with TWRP Recovery. Exact same problem when I try to install the Update. Same 1.7 MB Update. Any Help would be much appreciated.
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The reason the update doesn't install is because you are using a third party recovery.img (twrp) and Android cannot update your phone with twrp, only with it's own recovery. You can download the update posted in one of the threads and install from twrp.
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The reason the update doesn't install is because you are using a third party recovery.img (twrp) and Android cannot update your phone with twrp, only with it's own recovery. You can download the update posted in one of the threads and install from twrp.
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Thank you for this explanation. Very helpful to braindead user like myself, and will help me know what to do for future updates.
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The reason the update doesn't install is because you are using a third party recovery.img (twrp) and Android cannot update your phone with twrp, only with it's own recovery. You can download the update posted in one of the threads and install from twrp.
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Does doing this wipe the phone?
Not if you only install the update. You will have to reinstall supersu after the update because you will lose root.
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The reason the update doesn't install is because you are using a third party recovery.img (twrp) and Android cannot update your phone with twrp, only with it's own recovery. You can download the update posted in one of the threads and install from twrp.
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thats not correct. ive updated with OTAs through TWRP.
the update is failing because something isnt stock.
Zepius said:
thats not correct. ive updated with OTAs through TWRP.
the update is failing because something isnt stock.
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Update through twrp by downloading the update not through ota since you have third party software.
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Update through twrp by downloading the update not through ota since you have third party software.
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Requesting the download link if possible. Searched the forum but couldn't found one. Tx in Advance.
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Hello everyone!
Im not sure if this post belongs in this thread, but I thought it would be best suited in the Sprint Galaxy Nexus thread.
Can someone please make a stock 4.3 rooted rom for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus? Or, if someone has already received the update, could you post a nand backup?
I want to update, but I dont want to lose root. However, If there isn't any other solution, I will definitely take the plunge
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Hello everyone!
Im not sure if this post belongs in this thread, but I thought it would be best suited in the Sprint Galaxy Nexus thread.
Can someone please make a stock 4.3 rooted rom for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus? Or, if someone has already received the update, could you post a nand backup?
I want to update, but I dont want to lose root. However, If there isn't any other solution, I will definitely take the plunge
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what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.
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what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.
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Ive downloaded that yesterday, but just like QBKing said, itd probably be better to wait for a stock rooted option. I think it would be just less of a hassle than to go through all the motions of unrooting and updating.
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what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.
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when I updated from 4.1 to 4.2.1, I had CWM, and I got the ota, with it prompting me to keep root and disable recovery flash. I actually have the zip on my phone, I'm just scared of what will happen if I try to flash it. I don't have access to a PC, so there's no way to recover if I f*ck up.
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when I updated from 4.1 to 4.2.1, I had CWM, and I got the ota, with it prompting me to keep root and disable recovery flash. I actually have the zip on my phone, I'm just scared of what will happen if I try to flash it. I don't have access to a PC, so there's no way to recover if I f*ck up.
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Nandroid backup just in case.
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tomh1979 said:
what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.
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If you're doubting the update don't, the OTA process involves sending the update 1 by 1 randomly so that everyone doesn't download the file at once and overload the download servers, causing bad downloads, and bricking devices and in the end you'll get unhappy customers.
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If he loses root or custom recovery how's he gonna restore ? I'm thinking of trying it as well . I've made a nandroid , just wondering if I'd be able to get it restored complete with root and custom recovery ? Thanks
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If you're doubting the update don't, the OTA process involves sending the update 1 by 1 randomly so that everyone doesn't download the file at once and overload the download servers, causing bad downloads, and bricking devices and in the end you'll get unhappy customers.
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I never said I was doubting, just surprised I haven't seen anyone saying they got it yet since it was supposed to start rolling out yesterday,
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I actually flashed the 155 mb zip and rooted using nexus toolkit and all is well.
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Been running stock rooted all day today. I just used Odin to go back to 4.2.1 and used that zip Phandroid (I think it was them) renamed it update.zip put it in root of storage. Booted the phone and it said there was an update. Choose to reboot and it installed it. Then fastboot flashed twrp and flashed an su zip. Granted It wiped my phone but I just used helium to restore data on some of my apps and everything has been fine
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If he loses root or custom recovery how's he gonna restore ? I'm thinking of trying it as well . I've made a nandroid , just wondering if I'd be able to get it restored complete with root and custom recovery ? Thanks
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Tl;dr custom recovery stayed, root obtained by flashing supersu.
Last night I used fastboot to flash system user data radios and boot images from the 4.2.1 factory image. Flashed the 4.3 zip in twrp. Made a nandroid of stock, then flashed supersu zip. All is good
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I tried flashing the zip in TWRP and it failed. Not sure why maybe a bad download.
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I went ahead and flashed it, in CWM, and everything is working great. Had to reflash Superuser, in this case, Koush's Superuser, and everything is fine.
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I went ahead and flashed it, in CWM, and everything is working great. Had to reflash Superuser, in this case, Koush's Superuser, and everything is fine.
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I renamed the file update.zip and tried this, and no go, what am I doing wrong, could it be due to being on a 4.2.2 ROM?
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I tried a fresh download using CWM this time and it still failed. What am I missing?
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I renamed the file update.zip and tried this, and no go, what am I doing wrong, could it be due to being on a 4.2.2 ROM?
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I went and restored a backup of Stock 4.2.1, and just flashed over that. No wiping or anything. Do you have a Stock backup?
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I went and restored a backup of Stock 4.2.1, and just flashed over that. No wiping or anything. Do you have a Stock backup?
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Nope, any chance on flashing a stock rooted ROM perhaps.
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Nope, any chance on flashing a stock rooted ROM perhaps.
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You could try it. My Stock ROM was rooted, and I all I had to do was reflash my Superuser zip after I let it boot up once, just to make sure the update took properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
Download the file from the linked thread there for our device and then pick which instruction set applies to you from the second post in that thread. Since I'm leaving Sprint and giving my Gnex to my two year old, I unrooted, returned to stock, and locked the device. After following the directions for adb sideload, everything came up great.
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Hi xda,
Im thinking about rooting my nexus 7 2013 but the problem is that I also want to be able to update my device with google's ota updates. Is there a way to root your device and still recieve ota updates from google? If there is a way, does that mean that you could update your device and still keep root? What im trying to say is that is there a way to update the device while keeping root on stock rom and stock kernel?
Thanks
speedsolve said:
Hi xda,
Im thinking about rooting my nexus 7 2013 but the problem is that I also want to be able to update my device with google's ota updates. Is there a way to root your device and still recieve ota updates from google? If there is a way, does that mean that you could update your device and still keep root? What im trying to say is that is there a way to update the device while keeping root on stock rom and stock kernel?
Thanks
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Being rooted has no effect on getting OTAs. If you are completely stock (w/ stock recovery), you will still get an OTA notification. If you're using SuperSU Pro, there's an OTA survival mode that should keep you rooted even after updating via OTA. Worst case scenario is you lose root, in which case, all you gotta do is flash SuperSU again in recovery and you're good to go.
Check this out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/info-nexus-5-ota-help-desk-t2523217
It's in the Nexus 5 forum, but still serves pretty good insight on how OTAs work.
Yes and no. I've updated before with custom recovery and root and had no problems, but another time I got an error message because one of my system files may have been unintentionally modified even though I was careful not to modify any system files. So it usually works, but no guarantees.
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gc84245 said:
Yes and no. I've updated before with custom recovery and root and had no problems, but another time I got an error message because one of my system files may have been unintentionally modified even though I was careful not to modify any system files. So it usually works, but no guarantees.
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In that case, all you would have to do is flash the system.img from the factory image, then flash the OTA update zip in recovery.
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