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[HOW TO] Flash latest OTA update with unlocked bootloader and TWRP recovery

Hi All,
After reading many threads onto how to get the latest OTA update on my Tablet, here are my final conclusion to get latest OTA update on your Tablet if you are already rooted\unlocked\running TWRP recovery.. [i have tried almost all other methods and they did not seem to work with me]
Here is what i have before starting:
1) Rooted
2) Unlcoked bootloader
3) TWRP recovery
Before starting this process, please backup your system and recovery via TWRP recovery..
FIrst, in order to get the update you will need to revert back to stock recovery.. there is a thread already on this subject in this forum, however, i did a different approach here....
1) download the OTA update for .26 from ASUS support page
2) extract the .zip file for the build and store it in your tablet [sdcard of external card]
3) reboot the tabled into TWRP recovery...
4) select install and browse for the extract file
5) install and reboot.
[this is a very easy process that does not require any terminal commands and worked like a charm]
at this point, your tablet will have stock ROM and stock recovery installed [ you will also lose root access] all your apps before this will remain installed, so, no worries about that...
After this point, you are ready to install .30 OTA update.. here is what i did..
1) Download the OTA update for .30 from ASUS support page
2) extract the .zip file for the build and store directly into the root folder of you tablet
3) reboot the tablet and start again into Android
4) You will get a notification that an Update is detected
5) select the update and proceed with it.
6) tablet will restart and install the update...
after 10 minutes, you are now running the latest OTA update..
you will need to re-root again and install TWRP if you don't want to use stock recovery...
i hope this helps...

Great write up!
I also updated using TWRP, but I used fewer steps. I started by downloading the .30 update from the ASUS site. Then I unziped it, and placed that file on my internal storage. I booted into TWRP, and flashed the file, powered off, powered on, and it booted. I waited while the camera firmware updated. I re-installed TWRP via fastboot, booted into recovery, and flashed SuperUser.

I am not seeing the .30 firmware on the Asus page, just .26 can anyone provide a mirror?

elislurry said:
I am not seeing the .30 firmware on the Asus page, just .26 can anyone provide a mirror?
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Found this link on another topic, it has the update:
http://support.asus.com/Download.as...&m=ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T&os=32

Updating to .30 after pbrauer's ICS Stock US 9.4.5.26 with Root
I have rooted, unlocked, TWRP installed and pbrauer's ICS Stock US 9.4.5.26 with Root.
Can I now update to .30 dlpkgfile.zip without a problem since I am on a modified ROM?

whitedragon33 said:
Found this link on another topic, it has the update:
http://support.asus.com/Download.as...&m=ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T&os=32
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Naw thats the page it was originally on but was pulled. I was asking if anyone could upload it.

pretty sure this method has been covered in at least one of the stickied threads.

Dropbox link to Firmware
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0x0qzpisxs6d92z/US_epad_user_9_4_5_30_20120907_UpdateLauncher.zip

JaceAlvejetti said:
Dropbox link to Firmware
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0x0qzpisxs6d92z/US_epad_user_9_4_5_30_20120907_UpdateLauncher.zip
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after i update the new firmware . and flashed the twrp... not i cant root
wtf
any help??

madsatan said:
after i update the new firmware . and flashed the twrp... not i cant root
wtf
any help??
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Download one of the ARM versions: http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and flash in TWRP.

[Q] Rooted JB 4.1.1 stuck on .23 firmware

Hi all,
I'm rooted on JB 4.1.1 but since installing the 10.4.4.23 update OTA I'm stuck. I can't get any further updates neither OTA or by loading them on SD card and doing power+volume exercise. Any suggestion?

otas78 said:
Hi all,
I'm rooted on JB 4.1.1 but since installing the 10.4.4.23 update OTA I'm stuck. I can't get any further updates neither OTA or by loading them on SD card and doing power+volume exercise. Any suggestion?
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What happens when you try (the "power+volume exercise" as you put it)?

HeartWare42 said:
What happens when you try (the "power+volume exercise" as you put it)?
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It starts loading new firmware ok but after while it ends up with broken android picture. Then after restart it recovers to the old version.

otas78 said:
Hi all,
I'm rooted on JB 4.1.1 but since installing the 10.4.4.23 update OTA I'm stuck. I can't get any further updates neither OTA or by loading them on SD card and doing power+volume exercise. Any suggestion?
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I am not sure if you follow the correct step to manually flash firmware on the tf700 using the stock recovery, I will reproduce the steps below just in case you miss it:
1) Download the desired Asus stock firmware (based on your SKU,eg. ww 9.4.5.26 ) *** to downgrade from Jelly Bean you need the 9.4.5.30 firmware***
2) Extract the .zip file somewere on your desktop (the result will be another .zip file,use it for step 3)
3) Rename the extracted archive to "EP201_768_SDUPDATE.ZIP" (without the " ") and upload it to a MicroSD card
4) Insert the MicroSD card in your tablet and use this button combination to Power ON and go to recovery --> Start the tablet by pressing Volume Down and POWER togheter for 5 seconds ,a message will inform you that you have 5 seconds to enter the recovery,press Volume UP before the 5 seconds expire.
At this point the device will go in recovery and should start updating your firmware .
Based on my experience, there are two important things to remember:
1. Your MicroSD card MUST BE FORMATTED AS FAT32, otherwise the stock recovery will not see the firmware file, hence the broken Android. I have tried NTFS and exFAT, both don't work. I am very sure about this.
2. You should use your computer to download the firmware and do all the preparation on your computer as well. For some unknown reason, I can never get the stock recovery to see the firmware zip file if I use my tablet to download it. I could just be imagining things, but I tend to stick to what works.

Hi,
But I don't want to downgrade. I want to keep my root and continue with the stock upgrades. As mentioned my last upgrade was the 10.4.4.23 and since that i couldn't upgrade.
Just one more info, I have cleared some of the ASUS bloatware as one of the first thing when on JB and rooted.

otas78 said:
But I don't want to downgrade. I want to keep my root and continue with the stock upgrades. As mentioned my last upgrade was the 10.4.4.23 and since that i couldn't upgrade.
Just one more info, I have cleared some of the ASUS bloatware as one of the first thing when on JB and rooted.
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The OTA updates work only if all updated files are present and unmodified. If you deleted some files, you either need to restore them to the original version, or install a full ASUS firmware and re-root using Motochopper.

But how do I install full ASUS fw or which one? In regards of Motochopper does it root JB?

otas78 said:
But how do I install full ASUS fw or which one? In regards of Motochopper does it root JB?
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1. See post #4 in this thread.
2. Yes.

otas78 said:
But how do I install full ASUS fw or which one? In regards of Motochopper does it root JB?
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The instructions I gave you earlier are meant for a full reflash of any ASUS firmware, not just to downgrade. You can download any firmware and follow the steps to reflash. The reason .30 firmware was mentioned is because those instructions were written when Motochopper wasn't available, and downgrading back to ICS was the only way to root the tablet without unlocking. Luckily, with Motochopper you can now root JB without the hassle of downgrading and updating back to JB.
In brief, if you don't want ASUS Service Center's help to fix your OTA problem, just flash a full firmware as mentioned above (which will obviously remove your current root access) and then use Motochopper to obtain root again.

But that's my problem. I have tried to install the 10.4.4.25 fw and I'm getting the broken android all the time. As in previous post I have cleared some bloatware and that can be the problem. So how to reinstall stock? I understand the Motochopper now.

otas78 said:
But that's my problem. I have tried to install the 10.4.4.25 fw and I'm getting the broken android all the time. As in previous post I have cleared some bloatware and that can be the problem. So how to reinstall stock? I understand the Motochopper now.
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I had the same issue. Here's how I successfully installed the update.
I made sure no system apps were disabled or uninstalled.
Removed my SD card.
Connected the TF700 to my PC and put the Update.zip file in the root directory.
Disconnected from the PC and rebooted.
That worked for me.
PS. I did lose root but motochopper got it back.

What version of stock fw did u put as the update.zip?

otas78 said:
What version of stock fw did u put as the update.zip?
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The latest one available on the Asus website.

otas78 said:
Hi,
But I don't want to downgrade. I want to keep my root and continue with the stock upgrades. As mentioned my last upgrade was the 10.4.4.23 and since that i couldn't upgrade.
Just one more info, I have cleared some of the ASUS bloatware as one of the first thing when on JB and rooted.
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That's your problem, I would guess. You removed system apps or bloatware that were part of the rom.
Hopefully you had it backed up! Restore everything you removed, then try the update again.
If you do not have a backup the stock update will fail.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD

Lost root access after firmware

Hello guys,
I have an ASUS TF700T running ICS. I used motochopper to root it successfully.
Yesterday, I upgraded the firmware when prompted and lost root access; SuperSu app is still there but show an error when I run it because no more root.
I tried to run motochopper again but still I can't get root.
Can someone please help me step by step how I can restore root access? Do i have to update ROM?
Thanks.

androidofan said:
Hello guys,
I have an ASUS TF700T running ICS. I used motochopper to root it successfully.
Yesterday, I upgraded the firmware when prompted and lost root access; SuperSu app is still there but show an error when I run it because no more root.
I tried to run motochopper again but still I can't get root.
Can someone please help me step by step how I can restore root access? Do i have to update ROM?
Thanks.
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upgrading removes root, always, your su executable will still be there but not usable as when rooted.
for this there is a nice app called OTA RootKeeper, which you should install right after rooting, and which lets you make a backup of your root, so that you can temp-unroot when upgrading and restore root when you finished.
you'll have to get rooted again, how, i guess will depend on what version you got upgraded to.

androidofan said:
Hello guys,
I have an ASUS TF700T running ICS. I used motochopper to root it successfully.
Yesterday, I upgraded the firmware when prompted and lost root access; SuperSu app is still there but show an error when I run it because no more root.
I tried to run motochopper again but still I can't get root.
Can someone please help me step by step how I can restore root access? Do i have to update ROM?
Thanks.
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If you upgraded to 10.6.1.14.10 you're out of luck with Motochopper. Asus seems to have plugged the hole that exploit used. Check your firmware version under About Tablet > Build Number
You can downgrade to 10.6.1.14.8, root with Motochopper and then use OTA Rootkeeper as described above.
Dwnld the .8 firmware for your SKU from the Asus Support Downloads site, unzip the file once (resulting in another zip), put that zip into the root of your internal storage, reboot and you should get a notification to downgrade.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4

Thanks for your help.
I still have problem. I unzipped the file and get another zip jb-mr1-t30-r1-10.6.1.14-10.6.1.14.8-20130514-1751-foss.tar.gz. I copied it into the root of the sd internal storage, but no pop-up window showed-up telling me there is an update , I rebooted the device with no notification and I even tried a cold boot with no sucess.
Is there something i do wrong?

Will all the data be lost when performing a firmware downgrade from .10 to .8 ?

androidofan said:
Will all the data be lost when performing a firmware downgrade from .10 to .8 ?
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Yes, I just had to do that. Make sure you have a good Titanium backup or similar. Also, backup any other things like pictures and etc.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 4

androidofan said:
I still have problem. I unzipped the file and get another zip jb-mr1-t30-r1-10.6.1.14-10.6.1.14.8-20130514-1751-foss.tar.gz. I copied it into the root of the sd internal storage, but no pop-up window showed-up telling me there is an update , I rebooted the device with no notification and I even tried a cold boot with no sucess.
Is there something i do wrong?
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You need to download the firmware, not the source code. Also make sure you get the correct firmware for your SKU (WW, US, etc.).

I made a mistake I downloaded source code instead of firmware, my bad.
Well I think I will give up to try to get back my root access, that too much risk to downgrade and lost all my data. I hope a new motochopper version will implement another exploit to fix that!

androidofan said:
I made a mistake I downloaded source code instead of firmware, my bad.
Well I think I will give up to try to get back my root access, that too much risk to downgrade and lost all my data. I hope a new motochopper version will implement another exploit to fix that!
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MotoChopper wasn't designed for the TF700T, it was just pure luck that it worked so i don't think that a new version will be out soon, but maybe we will be lucky enough to get some other tool which can root the new firmware... time will tell.

[Q]Cannot OTA updates after rooting

I have had an issue where I cannot receive OTA updates. Whenever I check for updates the reply is: Software up to date as of <date,time>
I have rooted my tablet using the fastboot method however I originally accidentally flashed the OS to blank and softbricked my tablet. After installing the 5.0.1 factory image and installing it using fastboot, I then used CWM recovery to install SuperSU.zip to root the device, after doing this I could receive OTA updates. When I went to install them CWM aborted the update. I booted normally and selected "Clear update data", rebooted and now it always says that the device is up to date despite being on the 5.0.1 factory image.
My question is how can I go about getting OTA updates again? Also, will this involve further tweaking of files which may be risky as I have already messed everything up once.
Thank you.
EDIT: I have only just realised the grammatical error in the title but I can't change it now.

Just for clarification, are you trying to flash/sideload the OTA or are you attempting to use the tablet's built-in updater?

Nvidia pulled the 5.1 update. 5.0.1 is up to date.
Sent from my SHIELD Tablet using XDA Free mobile app

You can't get an OTA while rooted .. This is a very basic principle/consequence of rooting. There is no new 5.1 update since it was pulled a few months ago. I'm still waiting for it to get fixed but we might just get M at this rate. Rooting isn't risky if you understand what you are doing and what you shouldn't do. If you are responsible with the "power" of having a rooted device then I wouldn't worry about it.

I am waiting for the ability to flash the new OTA that was pushed on 29th. But yeah cannot pull and download the OTA while rooted.

Good evening, look nere: https://youtu.be/bT82lX40fuc

I just downloaded and installed while rooted with TWRP installed, no problem. I did have to re-flash TWRP and root, but TWRP had no trouble with the auto update.
Sent from my SHIELD Tablet using XDA Free mobile app

nexus 6 not getting any update

After I flashed system images I didn't got any update I didn't got November 16 security patch what should I do
Nexus 6

You can do two things:-
1. Flash full Stock ROM of your device and then it Will fix you problem.
2.You can manually download update.zip file from nexus official site or search for it on google.
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It was already on stock rom with locked bootloader
I just downloaded the ota and side loaded it with adb. I didn't wanted to download all the stuff back.
Though appreciate the HELP

Itzabhaysingj said:
You can do two things:-
1. Flash full Stock ROM of your device and then it Will fix you problem.
2.You can manually download update.zip file from nexus official site or search for it on google.
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It was already on stock rom with locked bootloader
I just downloaded the ota and side loaded it with adb. I didn't wanted to download all the stuff back.
Though appreciate the HELP