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[Q] help im going nuts

i have an infuse 4g that is rooted
downloaded modded e3 and installed but when i go through and change the old recovery and paste the new it dont show the old and the new files
then when i run cwm it down loads i go into reboot into recovery
it says failed to verify whole-file signature
signature verification failed
installation aborted
is this due to the two files not being there
or am i doing somthing wrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg
follow those instructions exactly, making sure to adjust the permissions of the recovery file at the end.
download ROM manager, go to "flash clockworkmod recovery" and choose plain galaxys i9000.
then boot into recovery (probably blue), select reinstall packages 2 times, and you should be in green cwm recovery (if you boot into green the first time, ignore the reinstall packages step).

i did all that about 10 times still dont work i think i am missing somthing
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tryed all that to the letter still dont show the to recovery files and still gets the failure to install i dont know what to do now
ive tryed every thing i could find and none of it dont work
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i gave a thanks anyway but i still cant get it to work
that is just the luck i have i prob got the only phone in the world that cant get a new rom on it
I GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you remembering to switch to R/W mode before tring to write the 3e recovery?

Try updating busybox.... Confirm you have system as r/w when replacing recovery....
Sent from my Samsung Infuse 4G - 1.6ghz

tryed that
i tryed everthing you guys said but still will not load packages and fails
could it be my phone that is causing this

Go here and download the "3e Recovery w/o signature verification"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091465
Replace your recovery with this one. Reboot into recovery. You'll still need to reinstall packages once or twice., but only only the first boot into recovery.

Did you extract the new recovery before pasting? I'm sure you did but figured id ask.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using XDA Premium App

I realize this may be a little late, but make sure you have the newest version of root explorer installed if that's what you're using. I downloaded an old version for free from a friend of mine, and it wouldn't work correctly when it came to the copy/pasting of the recovery file part of the instructions. Downloaded the newest one from market and it all worked perfectly.

[Q] Unroot to update, without reflash ?

Hello,
I need some help with the transformer firmware upgrade.My tf is rooted,and therefor the update process fails with a orange ! android.I red that an unroot is absolutely nescessary in order to upgrade,but I am looking for a way to do it without refashing and then reinstalling everything.From what I understand both methods listed here: http://is.gd/nGRo5s implie a complete reinstall.
So,any way to get the update without re-installing anything ?
Thanks.

There is a way to flash the update without reinstalling everything, but you need to change your recovery.
A non-stock recovery will let you flash a modified OTA that will let you keep root. Or even better, just flash a rooted stock image.

Great !
Do you have a link to the modified recovery I should use and one to the modified FOTA ?
I assume I would be doing this using the update.zip function of the modded recovery ?
Thanks for the help !

Roach has a modded version of Clockworkmod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
I'm not sure anyone has posted a 8.6.5.13 rom yet.
Edit: the OTA will break root since it will flash a secure boot.img.
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Actually, if you have the stock recovery, there will be a few extra steps to flash CWM.
You can 1) use nvflash and modify the commands so that it doesn't erase everything or 2) use terminal and flash the recovery through the staging partition.
Then, after you have a working recovery, you can modify the OTA to flash without breaking root or giving you a secure boot.img.
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I think terminal will be easier since Roach packed up his recovery as a blob. What a guy!
1) download the zip file from Roach's thread
2) unzip it and you'll find a file called recoveryblob- save this to your external SD card
3) use adb or terminal and type
Code:
su
dd if=/Removable/MicroSD/recoveryblob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
reboot
The last piece is zero-pee-four. Be sure to get this right or else you'll be gravely inconvenienced. Your TF will reboot and CWM ala Roach will flash. You'll see a turquoise progress bar and then your TF will reboot.
edit again: daoist posted this already http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281161
once you have clockworkmod, go to his thread and flash via clockworkmod.
Happy Flashing!

Well,that's a precise answer ! I'll do the flah soon and will update this thread.Thanks for the help !

[Q] 4.3 Update + TWRP

So I have TWRP installed on my rooted Galaxy S3 (I535), and the 4.3 update just came out and was available to me.
I downloaded it, and tried to install it (I know that it will remove root), and when it finished downloading, it opened the TWRP boot menu.
Does anyone else who uses TWRP know how to install the new update? I couldn't find it and it wouldn't automatically install....

Carousser said:
So I have TWRP installed on my rooted Galaxy S3 (I535), and the 4.3 update just came out and was available to me.
I downloaded it, and tried to install it (I know that it will remove root), and when it finished downloading, it opened the TWRP boot menu.
Does anyone else who uses TWRP know how to install the new update? I couldn't find it and it wouldn't automatically install....
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If your OK with the locked bootloder (no more twrp) that comes with 4.3 flash the Odin file. If you want to ota there are links some place on this forum to flash stock recovery

ThePagel said:
If your OK with the locked bootloder (no more twrp) that comes with 4.3 flash the Odin file. If you want to ota there are links some place on this forum to flash stock recovery
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Well I don't plan on using a custom ROM, I was using just the stock ROM + root. How do I do this?

Carousser said:
Well I don't plan on using a custom ROM, I was using just the stock ROM + root. How do I do this?
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What way do you want to go Odin firmware will wipe internal sd card but it will be a nice clean install. Or ota after the stock recovery has been flashed through Odin but you might have weird bugs with ota... Might

ThePagel said:
What way do you want to go Odin firmware will wipe internal sd card but it will be a nice clean install. Or ota after the stock recovery has been flashed through Odin but you might have weird bugs with ota... Might
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I'd rather not wipe the internal SD card.. Isn't there just a way to install the update without all the hassle? I don't remember doing all this for rooting it... I'm fine with losing the root upon installing the new update as I can just root it again with safe root

Carousser said:
I'd rather not wipe the internal SD card.. Isn't there just a way to install the update without all the hassle? I don't remember doing all this for rooting it... I'm fine with losing the root upon installing the new update as I can just root it again with safe root
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Find the. Stock recovery download it and flash through Odin. there are ways to do it through terminal but odin is the fastest to explain. After that you should beable to ota and keep your setup as is. It is odd that you cant ota I had twrp when i took the ota.

ThePagel said:
Find the. Stock recovery download it and flash through Odin. there are ways to do it through terminal but odin is the fastest to explain. After that you should beable to ota and keep your setup as is. It is odd that you cant ota I had twrp when i took the ota.
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Well it just directs me to TWRP, and I have no idea where to go from there. I don't care about ever having TWRP again and I don't care about having a locked bootstrap, as I only need stock with root.

Never mind I was on stock recovery I forgot I was recovering from a soft brick when I decided to give it a shot.
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Carousser said:
Well it just directs me to TWRP, and I have no idea where to go from there. I don't care about ever having TWRP again and I don't care about having a locked bootstrap, as I only need stock with root.
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Oh your stuck on twrp can't boot up to usable state?

ThePagel said:
Never mind I was on stock recovery I forgot I was recovering from a soft brick when I decided to give it a shot.
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Oh your stuck on twrp can't boot up to usable state?
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It goes to a screen with options such as Install, Wipe, Backup, Restore, etc....
I don't know where the ota is downloaded and thus cannot install it

Carousser said:
It goes to a screen with options such as Install, Wipe, Backup, Restore, etc....
I don't know where the ota is downloaded and thus cannot install it
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You kind of only have 2 options now. Attempt a "dirty" flash of a ROM so you can save your internal SD files then odin or do the full Odin wipe and forget about keeping the files. Either way unless anyone else has a idea you lose your current setup.
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I forgot the obvious. If you made a backup in twrp you can just recover with that.

ThePagel said:
You kind of only have 2 options now. Attempt a "dirty" flash of a ROM so you can save your internal SD files then odin or do the full Odin wipe and forget about keeping the files. Either way unless anyone else has a idea you lose your current setup.
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I forgot the obvious. If you made a backup in twrp you can just recover with that.
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So let me get this straight.
There's no way for me to install the update unless I flash to another ROM? I don't see why I can;t just update and lose odin and TWRP or whatever
Edit-----
I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it?

Carousser said:
So let me get this straight.
There's no way for me to install the update unless I flash to another ROM? I don't see why I can;t just update and lose odin and TWRP or whatever
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OK I'll explain what I think went bad.when you downloaded the update it was expecting factory stock recovery to finish the install. Since you had twrp it failed. FYI Odin is a program on the PC to communicate with the phone in download mode (Odin mode). try to do a factory reset before you go crazy with my other suggestions. I have a feeling one of the 3 options I gave you are your only options.

ThePagel said:
OK I'll explain what I think went bad.when you downloaded the update it was expecting factory stock recovery to finish the install. Since you had twrp it failed. FYI Odin is a program on the PC to communicate with the phone in download mode (Odin mode). try to do a factory reset before you go crazy with my other suggestions. I have a feeling one of thoughs 3 options are your only options.
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I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it? It said it was a flash and that it may be incompatible

Carousser said:
I found the zip file while browsing TWRP. Can I just install it? It said it was a flash and that it may be incompatible
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Sure you can try tell me if it works

ThePagel said:
Sure you can try tell me if it works
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Is there a chance of me bricking my phone?

Carousser said:
Is there a chance of me bricking my phone?
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Yeah but you already soft bricked it. Any brick you do you should be able to fix. just so you know you backed yourself into a corner. No matter what you do you have a chance of bricking. Its all part of being a power user. If your uncomfortable with that after you are on 4.3 you might not want to root.

ThePagel said:
Yeah but you already soft bricked it. Any brick you do you should be able to fix. just so you know you backed yourself into a corner. No matter what you do you have a chance of bricking. Its all part of being a power user. If your uncomfortable with that after you are on 4.3 you might not want to root.
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Yeah I know there's always the chance of bricking, just wanted to know if that specific thing would do it. I've been into rooting since my Droid 1, Droid 2, and Droid X. But I'm always cautious.
If I do a factory reset and back up all my data, will it get rid of odin and TWRP and everything? Then just install the 4.3 update and root using safe root? Would that work?

Carousser said:
Yeah I know there's always the chance of bricking, just wanted to know if that specific thing would do it. I've been into rooting since my Droid 1, Droid 2, and Droid X. But I'm always cautious.
If I do a factory reset and back up all my data, will it get rid of odin and TWRP and everything? Then just install the 4.3 update and root using safe root? Would that work?
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You would need to flash stock recovery completely replacing twrp. so if factory reset works and you can boot you should beable to flash stock recovery then redo the ota.
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If you have backups of stuff on your internal sd it would be much faster to just Odin to 4.3 right now.

ThePagel said:
You would need to flash stock recovery completely replacing twrp. so if factory reset works and you can boot you should beable to flash stock recovery then redo the ota.
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Is there a chance that doing a factory reset wouldn't flash it back? What else would I have to do? Sorry I haven't dealt with flashing since i had my droid x

Carousser said:
Is there a chance that doing a factory reset wouldn't flash it back? What else would I have to do? Sorry I haven't dealt with flashing since i had my droid x
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Factory reset deals with the rom. So no it will stay twrp.
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Using Odin is a lot like SBF'ing on the droid x (that was my last phone also). So if you can remember installing cyanogen mod 6 or 7 you probably always did a factory reset before first boot. Custom recovery stays intact the only way to get rid of it was to flash stock recovery with terminal emulator or sbf back to pure stock. Luckily Odin let's us flash the recover by its self so we have more options with Samsung.

[ROM] SU4TL-44 100% Stock

SU4TL-44 Stock Image for XT1254: https://mega.nz/#!v4QWiITb!_0jWWzE4KWCEgT__C36rYe0vaTzGKcEFsZm0vvBtLBg
Flash with TWRP.
This package will flash every image in the SU4TL-44 firmware package except for recovery. It should bring your phone to almost 100% stock. The only image that is not included is the recovery image, because that would overwrite TWRP. If you need the stock recovery, revert to stock by following section 0 of my guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-install-t3292684.
Yes, it does include modems.
No, it will not re-lock your bootloader.
No, it won't erase your data, but you should do a factory reset in TWRP after flashing this. You might be able to get away without it if you're coming from a modified stock rom, but if you leave out the factory reset after coming from a CM-based rom, you're gonna have a bad time.
Thanks to @firstEncounter for letting me incorporate his flashable zip into this package.

Will have to download this later. Looked to go back to stock and wait for mm to come out.
Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Just to be clear, this doesn't flash re-lock the bootloader, right? So it's just the ROM... correct?

schwinn8 said:
Just to be clear, this doesn't flash re-lock the bootloader, right? So it's just the ROM... correct?
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No it won't relock boot loader just installed it you will not be rooted and twrp will ask you if you want to root before reboot if you click no and want to at a later point just go back into boot loader by doing vol down power combo from power off and select open boot loader and when you click to reboot it will ask you again if you want to root then you can just slide to install

schwinn8 said:
Just to be clear, this doesn't flash re-lock the bootloader, right? So it's just the ROM... correct?
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Correct

Can I install viper and su along with this?

MazinDLX said:
Can I install viper and su along with this?
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Sure. Just flash the rom first and the mods second.

TheSt33v said:
Sure. Just flash the rom first and the mods second.
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Ok last night I tried this in this order.
TWRP Backup & ADB Pulled Back-up folder
I then went into TWRP and wiped everything
ADB Pushed the image onto the phone
Installed, wiped dalvik & rebooted into a bootloop of the Motorola Symbol

MazinDLX said:
Ok last night I tried this in this order.
TWRP Backup & ADB Pulled Back-up folder
I then went into TWRP and wiped everything
ADB Pushed the image onto the phone
Installed, wiped dalvik & rebooted into a bootloop of the Motorola Symbol
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I've never tried to install an image via ADB before. Did you mount the image elsewhere and extract the system folder, and then ADB-pushed that? If not, your bootloop is probably because there's just a big, unextracted system.img on your system partition, and not the actual files within it. Why not just flash it with TWRP? When I tested it, I flashed it via TWRP and it worked.
If you really don't want to flash it via TWRP for some reason, you can extract the system.img from the zip and flash it using fastboot (fastboot flash system system.img).
EDIT: Oh wait, I think I understand now. You just used ADB to put the zip on your phone, and then you installed it with TWRP. Got it. Well my next question is why use ADB at all? Why not just plug in your phone while it's booted into TWRP and use the native MTP to transfer files?

Its chromeos ****, and I'm just a fan of cmd line.
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I'm going to try again later, after wiping everything X5 and reinstalling CM12.1.
Its flawless.
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CM12.1 is flawless that is.

The boot.img should probably be included as well for people flashing this from a custom ROM, otherwise they will experience a boot loop.

MazinDLX said:
Its chromeos ****, and I'm just a fan of cmd line.
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I'm going to try again later, after wiping everything X5 and reinstalling CM12.1.
Its flawless.
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CM12.1 is flawless that is.
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This package only flashes /system. CM flashes its own boot.img, which is why this isn't working for you. I'll try to find some time tonight to add in the other images in the stock firmware to this package. Sorry about that.

firstEncounter said:
The boot.img should probably be included as well for people flashing this from a custom ROM, otherwise they will experience a boot loop.
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Great minds think alike. Do you know if boot.img will cover it, or are there other partitions that are flashed by CM that need to be included as well?

TheSt33v said:
Great minds think alike. Do you know if boot.img will cover it, or are there other partitions that are flashed by CM that need to be included as well?
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Nope, just boot and system.
Feel free to include the bootloader/radio package from my thread into your zip if you'd like to make this equivalent to flashing a full stock firmware.

MazinDLX said:
Its chromeos ****, and I'm just a fan of cmd line.
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I'm going to try again later, after wiping everything X5 and reinstalling CM12.1.
Its flawless.
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CM12.1 is flawless that is.
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I updated the link. It now flashes boot.img in addition to system.img. It should work for you now.

firstEncounter said:
Nope, just boot and system.
Feel free to include the bootloader/radio package from my thread into your zip if you'd like to make this equivalent to flashing a full stock firmware.
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I'm not entirely sure how to write a script to flash those in TWRP. For boot and system, it's easy because the devices that they are flashed to match the names used by fastboot. Bootloader and radio seem to be a little different though. When I list the contents of /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name, there is no "motoboot" or "radio," which is what fastboot uses when you flash these. I do see "aboot" and "modem," and I'm pretty sure those are the targets I'm looking for, but I don't want to go flashing things unless I'm 100% sure. Since there's not a huge demand for figuring that out, and boot + system is all people will need in 99% of cases, I'll leave them out. Thanks though!

Downloading, my XDA hasn't been functioning right lately and I don't get get notified of the 3778328 threads I'm subscribed too lol
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Thanks for the quick responses, you got a tip jar link?

MazinDLX said:
Downloading, my XDA hasn't been functioning right lately and I don't get get notified of the 3778328 threads I'm subscribed too lol
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Thanks for the quick responses, you got a tip jar link?
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No, but I appreciate the thought. Donate to this guy instead. He does way more than me and also needs it way more than me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/development/computerfreekunlocked1-0-t3255945

TheSt33v said:
I updated the link. It now flashes boot.img in addition to system.img. It should work for you now.
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Thus really helped for whatever reason after altering the fxz xml so I wouldn't lose data rsd lite said the xml files didn't match. I have done this before with no issues. I couldn't take the recent Ota because somehow the system was modified. I am guessing it was something from sunshine. I never rooted the phone just unlocked so I don't know how anything was modified. This made it so much easier flashed it flashed stock recovery and took ota thanks.

bigv5150 said:
Thus really helped for whatever reason after altering the fxz xml so I wouldn't lose data rsd lite said the xml files didn't match. I have done this before with no issues. I couldn't take the recent Ota because somehow the system was modified. I am guessing it was something from sunshine. I never rooted the phone just unlocked so I don't know how anything was modified. This made it so much easier flashed it flashed stock recovery and took ota thanks.
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Awesome! That's why we do this

I stupidly tried to install the new OTA while rooted

I saw a notification for a new system OTA and, without thinking, I downloaded and installed it even though I'm rooted.
So when the install starts, it just boots to TWRP. And every time I reboot back into system, it attempts to install the OTA again and just boots me back to TWRP.
Any help?

clankfu said:
I saw a notification for a new system OTA and, without thinking, I downloaded and installed it even though I'm rooted.
So when the install starts, it just boots to TWRP. And every time I reboot back into system, it attempts to install the OTA again and just boots me back to TWRP.
Any help?
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A quick Google search would have yielded the answer almost immediately, just clear (wipe) caches and reboot.

acejavelin said:
A quick Google search would have yielded the answer almost immediately, just clear (wipe) caches and reboot.
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thank you

so your phone survived the update? I would like to know if I can install it on my TWRP'd phones. Thanks.

bradmoss said:
so your phone survived the update? I would like to know if I can install it on my TWRP'd phones. Thanks.
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It won't install, it will get stuck in recovery... Wiping cache deleted the update file and allows the phone to boot to its previous state.

where is the update file?
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I wiped the cache but it still keeps in the loop...

bradmoss said:
where is the update file?
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I wiped the cache but it still keeps in the loop...
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All you did was try to update and wiping cache didn't fix it? Then there is more wrong. Backup in TWRP and do a factory reset (wipe data and caches)

In twrp go to file manager and find cache folder inside there is file update ( -----.zip) deleted then reboot

Hello is there a way to install the new update zip file from Motorola on stock Android from Motorola; 6.0.1

Agiofws said:
Hello is there a way to install the new update zip file from Motorola on stock Android from Motorola; 6.0.1
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Are PURE stock and are certain you have the correct OTA zip file? Then sure... Start recovery, go to the menu and select Update via ADB, then on PC use 'adb sideload update.zip'
But to be honest, I don't think people capture the update zip or url on this device, so it probably isn't feasible.

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acejavelin said:
Are PURE stock and are certain you have the correct OTA zip file? Then sure... Start recovery, go to the menu and select Update via ADB, then on PC use 'adb sideload update.zip'
But to be honest, I don't think people capture the update zip or url on this device, so it probably isn't feasible.
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My phone is rooted and unlocked and has TWRP. The update zip file file was automatically downloaded by Motorolas-androids OEM. System updates which I accepted. But as I can see from custom recovery it has a message about something like a pure signature to install even when I try manually. Thank you