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Root new Android 7 stock ROM

Hi everyone!
New Android 7 Developer RUU is out. I remember that there were several problems with the last Android 6 security updates in September and October. So it wasn't possible to root with the latest SuperSU.zip
Instead you had to use an older version and update to the latest version with Play Store later.
Before I flash the Android 7 RUU, I would like to know if anyone already has experience with rooting latest Stock ROM?
Any problems which occurred? And if the root process was successful, which SuperSU Version have you used? Thanks in advance!

Njoatun said:
Hi everyone!
New Android 7 Developer RUU is out. I remember that there were several problems with the last Android 6 security updates in September and October. So it wasn't possible to root with the latest SuperSU.zip
Instead you had to use an older version and update to the latest version with Play Store later.
Before I flash the Android 7 RUU, I would like to know if anyone already has experience with rooting latest Stock ROM?
Any problems which occurred? And if the root process was successful, which SuperSU Version have you used? Thanks in advance!
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I've used this to root stock Nougat ROM and it worked fine https://download.chainfire.eu/1014/SuperSU/SR5-SuperSU-v2.78-SR5-20161130091551.zip
Anyway make a backup.. just in case it doesn't work
EDIT: It will reboot the phone at least 2 times before booting into system

Mat08.cc said:
I've used this to root stock Nougat ROM and it worked fine https://download.chainfire.eu/1014/SuperSU/SR5-SuperSU-v2.78-SR5-20161130091551.zip
Anyway make a backup.. just in case it doesn't work
EDIT: It will reboot the phone at least 2 times before booting into system
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Do we need to modify system in twrp? before installing this?

shaygia said:
Do we need to modify system in twrp? before installing this?
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No there's no need, at least I didn't change anything and it worked well

I just wanted to add this as a note as I did not see anyone else having these issues in nougat (7.0). Do not install SuperSU 2.78-201609011115. If you do your mobile data option in the notification bar will be grayed out. Your cell signal will have a slash through it and cell signal will no longer work. I do not know if other versions of SuperSU will also cause this symptom.
If this happens to you restore from a backup in recovery or if need be run the RUU again.
Mat08.cc's linked version of SuperSU does work!!!! Thanks!

My m9 doesn't want to upgrade. After it download the Nougat ,it says that I'm running modified system. My phone is att but converted to developer edition. The way I was updating my phone each time so far was with RUU file and I didn't gave any issues until now. Please help . Thanks in advance.

dohcvtec said:
My m9 doesn't want to upgrade. After it download the Nougat ,it says that I'm running modified system. My phone is att but converted to developer edition. The way I was updating my phone each time so far was with RUU file and I didn't gave any issues until now. Please help . Thanks in advance.
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Excuse me, I did not understand.. The phone has received the upgrade but can not install it?

Yes, that is correct. The issue was that my CID was 11111111. Changed it to BS_US001, downloaded, installed successfully. Now I just ran in another issue. Tried to root it so I did: twrp 3.0.2, then installed supersu-v2.78, device booted, cinfirmed rooted but doesn't recognize that there is a sim card inside. Ideas? Thank you!!!

dohcvtec said:
Yes, that is correct. The issue was that my CID was 11111111. Changed it to BS_US001, downloaded, installed successfully. Now I just ran in another issue. Tried to root it so I did: twrp 3.0.2, then installed supersu-v2.78, device booted, cinfirmed rooted but doesn't recognize that there is a sim card inside. Ideas? Thank you!!!
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Have you installed this one << https://download.chainfire.eu/1014/SuperSU/SR5-SuperSU-v2.78-SR5-20161130091551.zip >> ? (2.78-SR5)

dohcvtec said:
Yes, that is correct. The issue was that my CID was 11111111. Changed it to BS_US001, downloaded, installed successfully. Now I just ran in another issue. Tried to root it so I did: twrp 3.0.2, then installed supersu-v2.78, device booted, cinfirmed rooted but doesn't recognize that there is a sim card inside. Ideas? Thank you!!!
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Definitely an incorrect SuperSU apk. Use the one in OP of http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/nougat-coming-t3513698

Okay. Will try and get back to you. Thanks
P. S. Am I the only ine who is experiencing Messages failing and sending reports to HTC? Ever since I switched to Nougat, every time when I receive/send a text the app fails and when I try to access notifications it fails automatically as well. Ideas? Thank you

idontkn1 said:
Definitely an incorrect SuperSU apk. Use the one in OP of http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-m9/general/nougat-coming-t3513698
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Reporting back:
After installing the SuperSU that you gave, everything works normally. Thank you very much.
There is an update which my phone didn't want to install. It said that the update is for himaulatt and my phone is himaul. Is it because phone is rooted and with twrp recovery? When I install the update manually via RUU from laptop, works fine. It just pisses me off cause I have tk start from scratch with my phone but update is successful. Had this issue for a while now amd was trying to figure it out. I really don't want to keep wiping the phone every single time there is an update. Thank you in advance.
Best Regards

dohcvtec said:
Reporting back:
After installing the SuperSU that you gave, everything works normally. Thank you very much.
There is an update which my phone didn't want to install. It said that the update is for himaulatt and my phone is himaul. Is it because phone is rooted and with twrp recovery? When I install the update manually via RUU from laptop, works fine. It just pisses me off cause I have tk start from scratch with my phone but update is successful. Had this issue for a while now amd was trying to figure it out. I really don't want to keep wiping the phone every single time there is an update. Thank you in advance.
Best Regards
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You might want to read the latest posts in the TWRP thread. The important part starts here.

Flippy498 said:
You might want to read the latest posts in the TWRP thread. The important part starts here.
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I just read the threads you gave me. I understood the process. I will search for the zip file cause this seems to stop me right now. Everything else makes sense from top to bottom. Thank you very much once again.

Doesnt rooting void official oxygen updates?

Hello, so i 've been on oxygen 4.0 on my OnePlus 3 for about a week now, and flashed that version via new TWRP. I am rooted with custom recovery. But just now browsing website, and I got a notification that update is available to 4.0.2 lol. OFFICIAL UPDATE. I thought that it is not possible to get official updates when rooted/with custom recovery. Is there something wrong going on? Should I Update? When I was on Oxygen 3.2.8 I wanted to get update using VPN, but had no luck, notification never appeared. Should I officially update this official oxygen 4.0.2 version? is it safe? I don't want to brick my OP3 :/

Don't, I was on the same position and I did and now I have soft bricked my phone and I am here looking for a solution.

LonerIM said:
Don't, I was on the same position and I did and now I have soft bricked my phone and I am here looking for a solution.
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Thanks. I knew something sketchy is going around lol. I will have to update using twrl method then. This Update is probably only for stock recovery.

LonerIM said:
Don't, I was on the same position and I did and now I have soft bricked my phone and I am here looking for a solution.
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just found out that flashing anything under 1gb officially, while you are on TWRP will lead on soft brick. So you will have to flash full OTA zip on your TWRP recovery to fix. BTW, what is your TWRP version? thanks

IAmLucky said:
Thanks. I knew something sketchy is going around lol. I will have to update using twrl method then. This Update is probably only for stock recovery.
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Actually, I just fixed it and came here to let you know , all I needed to do (I am not an expert on these stuff so it took me a while), is to install an updated unofficial TWRP to avoid the pattern bug, because it kept TWRP from reading my internal storage, once I fixed that the phone turned on with the newer 4.0.2 version.

LonerIM said:
Actually, I just fixed it and came here to let you know , all I needed to do (I am not an expert on these stuff so it took me a while), is to install an updated unofficial TWRP to avoid the pattern bug, because it kept TWRP from reading my internal storage, once I fixed that the phone turned on with the newer 4.0.2 version.
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which twrp version?

This buiLd is for development! boot loop! pls help!

So today i wanted to root my sprint htc 10 and i started following a guide by a guy on youtube everything was fine until i flashed SuperSU-v2.72-forceencrypt to my phone it rebooted and i got htc logo with red writing underneath it saying "This build is for development only ...etc" and it stays for about five seconds then reboots and the same happens again and again into a loop, i can do nothing but booting into the bootloader and twrp recovery, so what can i do now to boot into my phone, is there any solution??
Thanks
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The problem was sloved, i got the latest sprint RUU and installed it

Tommalieh said:
So today i wanted to root my sprint htc 10 and i started following a guide by a guy on youtube everything was fine until i flashed SuperSU-v2.72-forceencrypt to my phone it rebooted and i got htc logo with red writing underneath it saying "This build is for development only ...etc" and it stays for about five seconds then reboots and the same happens again and again into a loop, i can do nothing but booting into the bootloader and twrp recovery, so what can i do now to boot into my phone, is there any solution??
Thanks
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Use a newer version of superSU:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133

Tarima said:
Use a newer version of superSU:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133
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In the guide it sayed to use this version so the radio won't go off , so is it okay to use a newer one?
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Already flashed a newer version same problem

Tommalieh said:
In the guide it sayed to use this version so the radio won't go off , so is it okay to use a newer one?
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Already flashed a newer version same problem
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What version of firmware do you have, and which version of TWRP did you flash? Did you read the TWRP thread and the one I linked you? If on Nougat you need the latest unofficial version of twrp.
Twrp thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-t3358139
Not sure which YouTube vid you followed by I would guess it's probably a bit outdated by now.

Tarima said:
What version of firmware do you have, and which version of TWRP did you flash? Did you read the TWRP thread and the one I linked you? If on Nougat you need the latest unofficial version of twrp.
Twrp thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/development/recovery-twrp-touch-recovery-t3358139
Not sure which YouTube vid you followed by I would guess it's probably a bit outdated by now.
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i flashed 3.0.3-0 twrp and i think maybe the guide was outdated since i'm on nougat now, anyway to avoid any other issue i'm gonna flash a stock sprint model RUU, but i'm a newbie so i want to ask you should i lock the boatloader before or after i flash the RUU ?
And thank you for helping

MS lost and users too !!!
It happened to me yesterday (March 4th,2016) and I did not succeed with anything I tried.
I'm traveling and only return on Monday.
My desktop is with windows-10 educational.
These unannounced automatic updates are horrible, from December to March there have already been 5 major updates, the 24/12 had been the worst of them.
If I have to re-install it I will go back to Windows 98 !!!
MS has totally lost its way, so I do not recommend using Windows-10 that only has spys and telemetry (120 processes running, it's impossible)!

RETUS Nougat Firmware Package?

I've been searching high and low for a full nougat firmware package for the RETUS model... and i cant find one. Has anyone else found one?
I know there are OTAs out there, I'm looking for an FXZ that can be used with fastboot.
filefactory, mirrors.lolinet, etc... seem to have most 7.0 firmware packages EXCEPT for RETUS which only have 6.0 packages.

I have not seen a release for RETUS as of yet... did you not make a nandroid of your original stock before you started flashing...?
If not, flash the 6.0 and the updates found here on XDA.

Jimi Mack said:
I have not seen a release for RETUS as of yet... did you not make a nandroid of your original stock before you started flashing...?
If not, flash the 6.0 and the updates found here on XDA.
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I haven't unlocked or flashed anything yet... I wanted to try and find an up to date firmware package to have on hand before I start flashing anything.
Do you know if there would be an issue with using the latest 7.0 RETAIL firmware package on my RETUS device?
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/addison/official/RETAIL/
I'm still trying to wade through all these posts about firmware packages and the lost imei issues.

FanDroid09 said:
I haven't unlocked or flashed anything yet... I wanted to try and find an up to date firmware package to have on hand before I start flashing anything.
Do you know if there would be an issue with using the latest 7.0 RETAIL firmware package on my RETUS device?
https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/addison/official/RETAIL/
I'm still trying to wade through all these posts about firmware packages and the lost imei issues.
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Sorry to bump this thread, but I tried to root my 7.0 retus yesterday and it is now bootlooping and not working pretty much at all. I am having the same problem with being unable to find stock 7.0 retus fastboot firmware. Did you ever find a solution? Did you just install the retail version, or did you find a fastboot file?

chris23445 said:
Sorry to bump this thread, but I tried to root my 7.0 retus yesterday and it is now bootlooping and not working pretty much at all. I am having the same problem with being unable to find stock 7.0 retus fastboot firmware. Did you ever find a solution? Did you just install the retail version, or did you find a fastboot file?
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What did you do to root? Unlock bootloader then what?

chris23445 said:
Sorry to bump this thread, but I tried to root my 7.0 retus yesterday and it is now bootlooping and not working pretty much at all. I am having the same problem with being unable to find stock 7.0 retus fastboot firmware. Did you ever find a solution? Did you just install the retail version, or did you find a fastboot file?
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Unfortunately I was never able to find a Retus firmware package. However I did flash the Retail firmware package from this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/how-to/downgrade-7-1-1-soak-test-to-7-0-t3646807
If you follow that guide you should be fine. Worked good for me.
BTW
Nice I See Stars avatar. :good:
Listened to New Demons on repeat when it came out back in the day haha.

EspElement said:
What did you do to root? Unlock bootloader then what?
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So I am on Retus and upgraded to April patch. Then I unlocked bootloader (successfully), flashed newest TWRP (successfully), flashed the f2fs patch kernel for 7.0 (successfully), then finally Magisk's newest stable (successfully). Phone booted up fine. I went into settings and tried to factory reset, and when the phone rebooted it went to recovery and then now it just doesn't ever boot. It just bootloops. No idea why that is happening.
I found a thread that has steps to downgrade to MM (without flashing bootloader or modem or things that would possibly hard brick) and then after the downgrade I can sideload the Nougat update.
I've seen a lot of people saying if you downgrade after April patch you may hard brick your device, which I am definitely trying to avoid. So if you have any other ideas or if you think what I'm doing is fine, any advice is appreciated!
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FanDroid09 said:
Unfortunately I was never able to find a Retus firmware package. However I did flash the Retail firmware package from this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z-play/how-to/downgrade-7-1-1-soak-test-to-7-0-t3646807
If you follow that guide you should be fine. Worked good for me.
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Nice I See Stars avatar. :good:
Listened to New Demons on repeat when it came out back in the day haha.
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I might try that instead of taking the risk of downgrading. This seems to be much better. Do you know if I would still get OTAs going this route?
Nice!! Never found anyone else on here that likes that music. I've seen them live and met them twice, they are amazing.

Does anyone know where to get the latest either RETAIL or RETUS stock firmware with the May 1st security update? NPN25.137-24.4

chris23445 said:
So I am on Retus and upgraded to April patch. Then I unlocked bootloader (successfully), flashed newest TWRP (successfully), flashed the f2fs patch kernel for 7.0 (successfully), then finally Magisk's newest stable (successfully). Phone booted up fine. I went into settings and tried to factory reset, and when the phone rebooted it went to recovery and then now it just doesn't ever boot. It just bootloops. No idea why that is happening.
I found a thread that has steps to downgrade to MM (without flashing bootloader or modem or things that would possibly hard brick) and then after the downgrade I can sideload the Nougat update.
I've seen a lot of people saying if you downgrade after April patch you may hard brick your device, which I am definitely trying to avoid. So if you have any other ideas or if you think what I'm doing is fine, any advice is appreciated!
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I might try that instead of taking the risk of downgrading. This seems to be much better. Do you know if I would still get OTAs going this route?
Nice!! Never found anyone else on here that likes that music. I've seen them live and met them twice, they are amazing.
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Do not side load android N!! You will brick.
Do as the person said here. Flash the N from the forms without .gpt and bootloader

EspElement said:
Do not side load android N!! You will brick.
Do as the person said here. Flash the N from the forms without .gpt and bootloader
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Yep, I did exactly as that thread said and everything has been working great so far! Thank you both for the help, it is greatly appreciated. I was up until almost 3 AM last night trying to fix it.

chris23445 said:
Yep, I did exactly as that thread said and everything has been working great so far! Thank you both for the help, it is greatly appreciated. I was up until almost 3 AM last night trying to fix it.
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Is it worth after all?

chris23445 said:
Yep, I did exactly as that thread said and everything has been working great so far! Thank you both for the help, it is greatly appreciated. I was up until almost 3 AM last night trying to fix it.
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I've been there done that that's for sure. I just bricked one of my Moto Z plays last week doing what you were about to do.

StOP!!!! If you are on Custom firmware above 6, for the love of everything holy and merciful DO NOT downgrade so you can get the OTA. Some of us have and we are waiting for blankflash files that don't even exist yet.

tpx00 said:
StOP!!!! If you are on Custom firmware above 6, for the love of everything holy and merciful DO NOT downgrade so you can get the OTA. Some of us have and we are waiting for blankflash files that don't even exist yet.
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He stopped and is all good! I am with you. Got a dead Moto Z Play. My new one from eBay is coming today. Sigh

EspElement said:
He stopped and is all good! I am with you. Got a dead Moto Z Play. My new one from eBay is coming today. Sigh
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Ya I'm about to go pick up a nexus 6 from craigslist until mine comes back from Motorola.

Updating to nougat

Hello All!
I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I'm trying to install nougat on my phone and having some great difficulty.
So far my phone is flashed and I was running TWRP 3.0.2 however every time i try to flash a lineage 14.1 based rom it would never work. (tried straight lineage 14.1, nutOS, DOT) none of them worked (wiped the phone clean, then received error 7, removed the assert lines that let in install but just perpetually boot looped) . My many a google searches makes me believe that that particular version of TWRP does not work with nougat. but that's the only version I am able to get working. any newer version of TWRP gets stuck in a perpetual boot loop.
So with that said, if my suspicious are correct and i need a newer version is there anything I'm missing to install a newer version of TWRP? if 3.0.2 is a good enough version to install nougat based rom's what am I missing on that end?
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated! and Thanks in advance!
Ninja edit: I'm runnnig the Z00A (Z551ML) and i've been using using roms/images meant for Z00A

I'm actually not yet used to these kind of stuffs but I guess your problem has something to do with either your twrp version or the bootloader version, this link might help you. http://theflamingskull.com/downloads/z00a/MM_BL_STUFF/

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I'm actually not yet used to these kind of stuffs but I guess your problem has something to do with either your twrp version or the bootloader version, this link might help you. http://theflamingskull.com/downloads/z00a/MM_BL_STUFF/
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Yup that was it. My google-fu is off as i found my answer from a reddit post (5 seconds after asking this question in reddit...) My issue was that i was still on lolipop, the last OTA update and had no idea asus put out a manual update. worst part is, after unlocking the bootloader installing twrp, THEN installing that oem update, that might have cause my phone to crash mid update so it ended up bricking the phone...
I was able to Frankenstein it back together with old parts that I thought were no good, right now I'm on that last manual update and I gotta fight through a few issues preventing the boot loader from being unlocked.
Anyway you were correct, using the last OTA update updates the bootloader so I was stuck cause of that.