system update - One (M9) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi guys i have a rooted himaulatt m9 with twrp on 6.0 stock rom with elementalX kernel and now it is asking for a system update should i download and install it or not i have made a nandroid backup before rooting my phone btw, what should i do? Thanks

Even if you download the update, it will fail to install because you are not fully stock. You need to flash the stock boot image, the stock recovery, and an untouched system_image, all three corresponding to the firmware currently on your device. Then the update will install. If you don't have those files, then you need to find an RUU for your device.
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efrant said:
Even if you download the update, it will fail to install because you are not fully stock. You need to flash the stock boot image, the stock recovery, and an untouched system_image, all three corresponding to the firmware currently on your device. Then the update will install. If you don't have those files, then you need to find an RUU for your device.
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What do you mean by "stock recovery" do i need to remove TWRP too?

drakeNas said:
What do you mean by "stock recovery" do i need to remove TWRP too?
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By "stock recovery" I mean the recovery that came with the version of Android you have on your device (before you replaced it with TWRP) so, yes, you need to replace TWRP with the stock recovery.

efrant said:
By "stock recovery" I mean the recovery that came with the version of Android you have on your device (before you replaced it with TWRP) so, yes, you need to replace TWRP with the stock recovery.
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Do you have any idea how do i replace it?

Because i do have an untouched backup

drakeNas said:
Do you have any idea how do i replace it?
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Restore your backup in TWRP. It will automatically overwrite TWRP.

efrant said:
Restore your backup in TWRP. It will automatically overwrite TWRP.
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I did do restore it but it didn't overwrite it because i made that backup with TWRP i think it backed up it' self

drakeNas said:
I did do restore it but it didn't overwrite it because i made that backup with TWRP i think it backed up it' self
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You need to get a hold of a stock recovery backup corresponding to the Android version you are trying to restore. Otherwise, you'll need to find an RUU.

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Cannot install updates due to recovery change

So, I got notification saying the new update is ready, I downloaded it clicked OK, rebooted the phone and said entering the recovery but it went directly to TWRP recovery ( previously I have unlocked bootloader and rooted my system and installed custom recovery)
So my question is how do I install this latest update ?
MJ999 said:
So my question is how do I install this latest update ?
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Not wanting to hijack the OP, but I'm trying to install update version 3.28.401.6 on an unlocked UK M8 and I'm in the exact same boat. I heard that the stock recovery for the M8 is different for different providers, so not sure now feasible it is to restore stock recovery to receive the OTA, then go back to TWRP. Is there a way to manually install the update using TWRP?
MJ999 said:
So, I got notification saying the new update is ready, I downloaded it clicked OK, rebooted the phone and said entering the recovery but it went directly to TWRP recovery ( previously I have unlocked bootloader and rooted my system and installed custom recovery)
So my question is how do I install this latest update ?
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So you title the thread with your own solution as well. "Cannot install update due to recovery change..." How do I install this update? "
Obviously it would mean you have to have stock recovery, not twrp.
Flash a stock recovery, reboot, install OTA update. Custom recovery can then be reflashed after the update
BerndM14 said:
So you title the thread with your own solution as well. "Cannot install update due to recovery change..." How do I install this update? "
Obviously it would mean you have to have stock recovery, not twrp.
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hin
Is there any way to install the eye update from twrp itself ?
This is an update file right, like zip where we can flash from twrp ?
The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
Edit : Found stock recovery of my phone
Huge thanks to @vm54 fore uploading it
Peggy1104 said:
Flash a stock recovery, reboot, install OTA update. Custom recovery can then be reflashed after the update
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The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
I dont want any recovery just my stock
MJ999 said:
hin
Is there any way to install the eye update from twrp itself ?
This is an update file right, like zip where we can flash from twrp ?
The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
The thing is I cannot find the stock recovery for my model 2.23.118.3
I dont want any recovery just my stock
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If flashing stock recovery is too much of a hassle perhaps you shouldn't have started flashing in the first place, yes?
You won't be able to do OTA over TWRP, even the TWRP developers said as much.
Official Updates and TWRP
Excerpt: Installing official updates from your manufacturer or carrier is not supported by TWRP.
Period.
As for the stock recovery you need. Just copy the OTA.zip file to your PC and extract the recovery.img file within the firmware.zip file.
BerndM14 said:
If flashing stock recovery is too much of a hassle perhaps you shouldn't have started flashing in the first place, yes?
As for the stock recovery you need. Just copy the OTA.zip file to your PC and extract the recovery.img file within the firmware.zip file.
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Yes, the main reason I unlocked my bootloader ..... was just for HK mod but then only I realized that my phone is S-ON and S-OFF is only possible using sunshine.
Ok now I have the recovery.img file for my phone.
What should I do with it ?
Using hassoon2000's toolkit select 'your own recovery' and flash that's it ?
And one more question my CIDnum is t-mob009
Does that mean my mobile is tmobile based ?
In my place we have only two carriers and we don't have tmobile,sprint or verizon here.
EDIT : @mroshaw I hope you got your answer from the post #6
EDIT 2 : @BerndM14 just flashed the stock recovery and updated my phone and happy with it
Thanks for helping me mate
Good Luck
Awesome, good stuff. This will definitely help me out too.
Can I ask one quick follow up - where on the phone is OTA.zip stored? I have Root Explorer so just a matter of knowing where to look.
mroshaw said:
Awesome, good stuff. This will definitely help me out too.
Can I ask one quick follow up - where on the phone is OTA.zip stored? I have Root Explorer so just a matter of knowing where to look.
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In the download folder. /sdcard/Download
BerndM14 said:
In the download folder. /sdcard/Download
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Brilliant, thank you so much mate! Copied that down to my PC, flashed the recovery.bin and the update applied itself just fine! Restored TWRP and I'm back in business.
Really appreciate the help from you and the OP - great stuff!
mroshaw said:
Brilliant, thank you so much mate! Copied that down to my PC, flashed the recovery.bin and the update applied itself just fine! Restored TWRP and I'm back in business.
Really appreciate the help from you and the OP - great stuff!
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K, enjoy. :good:

One m8 t mobile lollipop ota captured

Got the update at 2am, posting it so maybe custom roms can get WiFi calling, feel free to mirror just asking you keep them in the thread.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7lAMKoPVdWKU1VfSnRNZS10Zjg/edit?usp=docslist_api
would i be able to just flash this if i wanted to with twrp. just curious.
Android6190 said:
would i be able to just flash this if i wanted to with twrp. just curious.
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Twrp won't have the decryption keys or some of the HTC specific functions required to apply the OTA. You'll need a stock /system and a stock recovery.
dang. okay
T-Mobile US 4.20.531.4 firmware
Here is the new T-Mobile US firmware from today with the recovery and boot.img removed, just need someone to do their magic and remove red text.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...4/firmware.zip
do we just flash in twrp? Thank you by the way
No it's a stock ota you have to use HTC recovery.
rubyman94 said:
do we just flash in twrp? Thank you by the way
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Check out my TWRP of a stock no-root ROM (lollipop): https://mega.nz/#F!qsNkyITK!yGJVGKuWOZ_vyndIF8-Z0Q
There are also other files there as well, but remember that if you don't update your firmware you may have issues.
-brad
bradley_e_smith said:
Check out my TWRP of a stock no-root ROM (lollipop): https://mega.nz/#F!qsNkyITK!yGJVGKuWOZ_vyndIF8-Z0Q
There are also other files there as well, but remember that if you don't update your firmware you may have issues.
-brad
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Umm... your Firmware file is corrupted
Azuske said:
Umm... your Firmware file is corrupted
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really? it came directly from the OTA.zip file and I was able to extract recovery.img from it.
bradley_e_smith said:
really? it came directly from the OTA.zip file and I was able to extract recovery.img from it.
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I mean it could be my computer but it keeps saying its corrupted when I download it.
Azuske said:
Umm... your Firmware file is corrupted
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It's not, it's encrypted.
bradley_e_smith said:
really? it came directly from the OTA.zip file and I was able to extract recovery.img from it.
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gamer765 said:
It's not, it's encrypted.
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Oh, well it won't let me put it on my device because the computer thinks it's corrupted
Fenny said:
Twrp won't have the decryption keys or some of the HTC specific functions required to apply the OTA. You'll need a stock /system and a stock recovery.
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Would this explain the error that I'm getting?
Package expects build fingerprint of htc/tmous/htc_m8:4.4.4/KTU84P/396641.2:user/release-keys or htc/tmous/htc_m8:5.0.1/htc_m8: 5.0.1/LRX22C/464190.4:user/release-keys.; this device has htc/tmous/htc_m8:4.4.3/KTU84L/365360.5/user/release-keys.
I flashed stock recovery, but my phone is still root. Did a full wipe/restore, still getting same thing. The error looks like it's not happy about a missing update perhaps, if I'm reading that correctly. Best I know, I have the latest kitkat version. But, I've had twrp for awhile so maybe I missed an OTA update along the way.
cyclonesworld said:
Would this explain the error that I'm getting?
Package expects build fingerprint of htc/tmous/htc_m8:4.4.4/KTU84P/396641.2:user/release-keys or htc/tmous/htc_m8:5.0.1/htc_m8: 5.0.1/LRX22C/464190.4:user/release-keys.; this device has htc/tmous/htc_m8:4.4.3/KTU84L/365360.5/user/release-keys.
I flashed stock recovery, but my phone is still root. Did a full wipe/restore, still getting same thing. The error looks like it's not happy about a missing update perhaps, if I'm reading that correctly. Best I know, I have the latest kitkat version. But, I've had twrp for awhile so maybe I missed an OTA update along the way.
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If you're SOFF and supercid just flash the lollipop ruu T-Mobile just release. It doesn't matter what previous rom you're on. Then reflash custom recovery and rooted. I've done this alot of time already.
bradley_e_smith said:
Check out my TWRP of a stock no-root ROM (lollipop): https://mega.nz/#F!qsNkyITK!yGJVGKuWOZ_vyndIF8-Z0Q
There are also other files there as well, but remember that if you don't update your firmware you may have issues.
-brad
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So the steps would be:
- Flash stock recovery via fastboot
- Flash firmware via fastboot
- Flash twrp via fastboot
- Flash Lollipop via twpr
Is this correct?
rickpref said:
So the steps would be:
- Flash stock recovery via fastboot
- Flash firmware via fastboot
- Flash twrp via fastboot
- Flash Lollipop via twpr
Is this correct?
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For me (I am s-on) I did it in this order:
- flashed twrp stock rom
- rebooted and made sure the rom worked
- flashed stock recovery via fastboot
- rebooted and downloaded and installed OTA.
If you are s-off I believe (someone correct me if I am wrong) you can use the RUU instead.
I did have a wifi issue which was solved by a factory wipe ( yes I had to re-install and setup the phone again).
-brad
bradley_e_smith said:
For me (I am s-on) I did it in this order:
- flashed twrp stock rom
- rebooted and made sure the rom worked
- flashed stock recovery via fastboot
- rebooted and downloaded and installed OTA.
If you are s-off I believe (someone correct me if I am wrong) you can use the RUU instead.
I did have a wifi issue which was solved by a factory wipe ( yes I had to re-install and setup the phone again).
-brad
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Wow, that sounds much simpler, thanks...gonna try that now.
Radio
Any chance someone can please post a flashable zip with the new t-mo radio?
Where would I get the stock recovery for this fw and update. I want to root but keep my ota

Looking for stock recovery for H3G UK 1.40.771.1 - This seems rarer than unicorn poop

Are there are members that have the UK M9 on H3G running 1.40.771.1?
I can't find a version of the stock recovery anywhere for it.
I'm rooted, s-on, TWRP Foolishly forgot to take a backup before installing TWRP.
Many thanks.
TeamDraven said:
Are there are members that have the UK M9 on H3G running 1.40.771.1?
I can't find a version of the stock recovery anywhere for it.
I'm rooted, s-on, TWRP Foolishly forgot to take a backup before installing TWRP.
Many thanks.
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http://androidruu.com/?developer=M9
Three ruu's zips here should be able to pull stock recovery from it and yes you're lucky m7 didn't have anything for three
liam_davenport said:
http://androidruu.com/?developer=M9
Three ruu's zips here should be able to pull stock recovery from it and yes you're lucky m7 didn't have anything for three
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Hey there Liam.
Thanks for the reply.
I've been to that site often, but they don't have the ruu for 1.40.771.1, only 1.32.771.6 and 1.32.771.15; and from what I understand I cant flash a recovery that doesn't match my current SW number.
I'd also be interested to learn how to extract the recovery from an RUU. I tried searching last for instructions, but to no avail.
Cheers.
TeamDraven said:
Hey there Liam.
Thanks for the reply.
I've been to that site often, but they don't have the ruu for 1.40.771.1, only 1.32.771.6 and 1.32.771.15; and from what I understand I cant flash a recovery that doesn't match my current SW number.
I'd also be interested to learn how to extract the recovery from an RUU. I tried searching last for instructions, but to no avail.
Cheers.
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If you can't find the stock recovery you want, (and you want it so that you can flash an OTA update), you can always extract it from the OTA update zip once the update downloads to your device.
The OTA update will flash with the recovery that comes with the update. For example, say you are on 1.32.771.6 (random number) and you receive an OTA update for upgrading to 1.40.771.1 -- the OTA update will be able to install itself with a 1.32.771.6 stock recovery or with a 1.40.771.1 stock recovery, and the update comes with the 1.40.771.1 recovery.
To extract if from the OTA update zip, all you have to do is open the zip up with the latest version of 7zip, and pull out the recovery.img file.
efrant said:
If you can't find the stock recovery you want, (and you want it so that you can flash an OTA update), you can always extract it from the OTA update zip once the update downloads to your device.
The OTA update will flash with the recovery that comes with the update. For example, say you are on 1.32.771.6 (random number) and you receive an OTA update for upgrading to 1.40.771.1 -- the OTA update will be able to install itself with a 1.32.771.6 stock recovery or with a 1.40.771.1 stock recovery, and the update comes with the 1.40.771.1 recovery.
To extract if from the OTA update zip, all you have to do is open the zip up with the latest version of 7zip, and pull out the recovery.img file.
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Dude.
Thank you so much. I'll try that now.
Is the OTA update easy to find on my device once downloaded?
Cheers.
Greg.
TeamDraven said:
Dude.
Thank you so much. I'll try that now.
Is the OTA update easy to find on my device once downloaded?
Cheers.
Greg.
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It should be in /data/data/com.htc.updater/files/
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It should be in /data/data/com.htc.updater/files/
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Intriguing, I don't have a /data/data/com.htc.updater/files/ folder!
efrant said:
It should be in /data/data/com.htc.updater/files/
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Nope, Ignore me. I hadn't selected root explorer and to view hidden files. DOH!
efrant said:
If you can't find the stock recovery you want, (and you want it so that you can flash an OTA update), you can always extract it from the OTA update zip once the update downloads to your device.
The OTA update will flash with the recovery that comes with the update. For example, say you are on 1.32.771.6 (random number) and you receive an OTA update for upgrading to 1.40.771.1 -- the OTA update will be able to install itself with a 1.32.771.6 stock recovery or with a 1.40.771.1 stock recovery, and the update comes with the 1.40.771.1 recovery.
To extract if from the OTA update zip, all you have to do is open the zip up with the latest version of 7zip, and pull out the recovery.img file.
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Dude, you are awesome.
I now have the recovery.img pulled from the OTA update.
Do I need to relock the bootloader or anything, or am I able to just flash this using adb fastboot flash?
thank you so much.
TeamDraven said:
Dude, you are awesome.
I now have the recovery.img pulled from the OTA update.
Do I need to relock the bootloader or anything, or am I able to just flash this using adb fastboot flash?
thank you so much.
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You should be able to flash the recovery using fastboot. And I don't think you need to lock the bootloader to accept the update. (You need to make sure that you have a stock system partition though...)
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You should be able to flash the recovery using fastboot. And I don't think you need to lock the bootloader to accept the update. (You need to make sure that you have a stock system partition though...)
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Yup, all is stock other than TWRP
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You should be able to flash the recovery using fastboot. And I don't think you need to lock the bootloader to accept the update. (You need to make sure that you have a stock system partition though...)
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Cool cool.
I think I have flashed back to stock recovery.
When I rebooted into recovery after flashing I had a black screen with a red exclamation triangle on it.
Is that correct?
Cheers.
Hmmmmm, OK, I decided to see if the OTA update would take, so began the process.
The phone booted into recovery, the update started, then about 10% into the update the phone went to the red exclamation triangle screen.
The phone eventually rebooted itself and the update hasn't taken, (I'm still on 5.0.2).
BUT I have a working phone, so there's that!
Any thoughts on what may have happened?
Cheers.
TeamDraven said:
Cool cool.
I think I have flashed back to stock recovery.
When I rebooted into recovery after flashing I had a black screen with a red exclamation triangle on it.
Is that correct?
Cheers.
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Yup, that's the stock recovery.
TeamDraven said:
Hmmmmm, OK, I decided to see if the OTA update would take, so began the process.
The phone booted into recovery, the update started, then about 10% into the update the phone went to the red exclamation triangle screen.
The phone eventually rebooted itself and the update hasn't taken, (I'm still on 5.0.2).
BUT I have a working phone, so there's that!
Any thoughts on what may have happened?
Cheers.
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The first part of the update is just a bunch of checks to ensure that you are fully stock. Are you sure you are fully stock? Did you have root at any point? Did you mount /system as read/write at any point?
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efrant said:
Yup, that's the stock recovery.
The first part of the update is just a bunch of checks to ensure that you are fully stock. Are you sure you are fully stock? Did you have root at any point? Did you mount /system as read/write at any point?
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Yep, I'm sure I'm fully stock.
All I did was unlock bootloader, root and install TWRP.
No rom flashing or anything like that.
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TeamDraven said:
Yep, I'm sure I'm fully stock.
All I did was unlock bootloader, root and install TWRP.
No rom flashing or anything like that.
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You need to restore a backup of /system from BEFORE you had root. When you got root, you wrote to the system partition, which means it's no longer stock.
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Well, bugger.
I believe the only way to go back to full stock would be to run an ruu then, is that correct?
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TeamDraven said:
Well, bugger.
I believe the only way to go back to full stock would be to run an ruu then, is that correct?
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Yes, either that, or find an untouched TWRP backup for your CID and restore it.
I uploaded a 1.40.771.1 backup during last night and added it to my google sheet. The rest of the 771 files will be uploaded somewhere in the near future.
I can't believe I missed this post.
OMGs that's awesome. Thank you SO much.
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I uploaded a 1.40.771.1 backup during last night and added it to my google sheet. The rest of the 771 files will be uploaded somewhere in the near future.
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Is it go back to stock ROM? (only ROM, not recovery)

I wanna keep bootloader unlocked and TWRP recovery. would it be possible to go from the CM12.1 rom to the stock rom? I dont need stock recovery as Ill be reflashing CM12.1 after I have tried out HTC sense 7 and MM
No, i dont think so. Dont you Have a backup in twrp? If no i'm not sure if there is a solution. Maybe take a look on ruu.lalleman.net.
Sorry for bad english
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No, i dont think so. Dont you Have a backup in twrp? If no i'm not sure if there is a solution. Maybe take a look on ruu.lalleman.net.
Sorry for bad english
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I made a TWRP backup but I cannot remember for sure if its from stock rom.
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I made a TWRP backup but I cannot remember for sure if its from stock rom.
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If your backup isn't Stock rom your only option i know of is to restore using ruu and reroot your phone
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If your backup isn't Stock rom your only option i know of is to restore using ruu and reroot your phone
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If its stock rom am I in luck? I am currently backing up my current phone state and gonna restore this older backup
fraggz99 said:
If its stock rom am I in luck? I am currently backing up my current phone state and gonna restore this older backup
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If you Have a backup of your original firmware (Stock ROM) you can restore it and then update your System to 6.0 in your settings, info, device updates(maybe somewhere else in settings)
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If you Have a backup of your original firmware (Stock ROM) you can restore it and then update your System to 6.0 in your settings, info, device updates(maybe somewhere else in settings)
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I tried restoring the backup but it said system is read only. How can I make it read write ? Tried going into mount but no luck there
fraggz99 said:
I tried restoring the backup but it said system is read only. How can I make it read write ? Tried going into mount but no luck there
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I had this problem before. Try mount, unmount, mount until it your restore is succesfull
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I had this problem before. Try mount, unmount, mount until it your restore is succesfull
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Tried that for for 10 minutes straight and no luck
No idea what cuases that? Maybe do a quick Google search for that issue. You can try Flash twrp again using flashify (play Store)or htc_fastboot
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No idea what cuases that? Maybe do a quick Google search for that issue. You can try Flash twrp again using flashify (play Store)or htc_fastboot
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I'll try reflashing later. I am not home right now
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No idea what cuases that? Maybe do a quick Google search for that issue. You can try Flash twrp again using flashify (play Store)or htc_fastboot
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I reflashed twrp and had the same issue
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I reflashed twrp and had the same issue
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I honestly don't know what causes that. Maybe it's easier to restock everything and unlock your bootloader to flash TWRP.
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I honestly don't know what causes that. Maybe it's easier to restock everything and unlock your bootloader to flash TWRP.
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I have the bootloader unlocked... Im running cm12.1 rom
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I have the bootloader unlocked... Im running cm12.1 rom
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If you want your bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed you cant get HTC sense rom unless you have a working backup which you don't have
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If you want your bootloader unlocked and TWRP installed you cant get HTC sense rom unless you have a working backup which you don't have
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I have a working backup but TWRP says /system is read only...
I have TWRP installed.
You can flash a sense rom from TWRP. There are many stock based roms that have few optimizations.
Try Viper, ICE, Leedroid, Sky Dragon, Bad Boyz (might not have international support).
There are also a few stock rooted roms around. It's very easy to flash from recovery. Just make sure you are on the most current Firmware for your device.
If you are looking to go stock with no extras, THIS might be what you are looking for (also elaborates on the write protection issue you are having)
Ooops. I didn't realize your device was the M8s. I think it's kind of silly it's in the same forum, but oh well. Sorry for the confusion.
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You can flash a sense rom from TWRP. There are many stock based roms that have few optimizations.
Try Viper, ICE, Leedroid, Sky Dragon, Bad Boyz (might not have international support).
There are also a few stock rooted roms around. It's very easy to flash from recovery. Just make sure you are on the most current Firmware for your device.
If you are looking to go stock with no extras, THIS might be what you are looking for (also elaborates on the write protection issue you are having)
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You're in wrong device thread man ... all your suggested ROMs are meant for M8 only.
They won't work for his/this device.
ckpv5 said:
You're in wrong device thread man ... all your suggested ROMs are meant for M8 only.
They won't work for his/this device.
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ahhhhh. I see. Didn't realize this was the M8s they were talking about. I thought it was the M8 general. Thank you for pointing that out. I was wondering why it was so hard for them to find a stock ROM....
Found a fix guys. Will post here if someone has the same issue:
1. boot TWRP, try flashing recovery, get the error
2. go to mount in twrp and turn on mount system as read only, then try flash again
3. go back into mount, turn off mount system as read only, then tap system
4. start the restore, this fixed it for me

[Stock Recovery] [Oreo 8.0.0] [XT1789-05] [TELCEL-MX]Backup Stock Recovery

I haven't heard anything about an working method for backup stock recovery in A/B partition system, anyone knows how to do that? I already tried adb, Flashfire, TWRP, there's no recovery partition, help
All3nS3mpai said:
I haven't heard anything about an working method for backup stock recovery in A/B partition system, anyone knows how to do that? I already tried adb, Flashfire, TWRP, there's no recovery partition, help
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Yeah, there is no recovery partition in our phone... Why do you want to backup it?
Technical said:
Yeah, there is no recovery partition in our phone... Why do you want to backup it?
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Because i want to install a custom one(TWRP) and still able to reinstall the stock if a new OTA is released
All3nS3mpai said:
Because i want to install a custom one(TWRP) and still able to reinstall the stock if a new OTA is released
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You will brick your phone as simple as that... You cannot use slots A/B with stock and AOSP simultaneously.
Read the guides on my signature and take care.
Technical said:
You will brick your phone as simple as that... You cannot use slots A/B with stock and AOSP simultaneously.
Read the guides on my signature and take care.
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And I don't want to, what I'm trying to say is that if I want to go back to stock I can do it fully, including recovery, I don't want to have two systems installed at the same time, just stock or AOSP. And thanks for that post, I'll check it, I'm new in this.
All3nS3mpai said:
And I don't want to, what I'm trying to say is that if I want to go back to stock I can do it fully, including recovery, I don't want to have two systems installed at the same time, just stock or AOSP. And thanks for that post, I'll check it, I'm new in this.
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If you return to stock, the recovery is included. You don't need the stock recovery to go back to stock ROM. There is also a guide for "returning to stock".
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If you return to stock, the recovery is included. You don't need the stock recovery to go back to stock ROM. There is also a guide for "returning to stock".
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Even if the zip file doesn't include a recovery.img?
All3nS3mpai said:
Even if the zip file doesn't include a recovery.img?
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Recovery is in our boot.img. Flash that and you'll have stock recovery.
Technical said:
If you return to stock, the recovery is included. You don't need the stock recovery to go back to stock ROM. There is also a guide for "returning to stock".
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Does unlocking the bootloader stops the phone from receiving OTA?

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