Is there an easy way of updating this without getting nuts. Phone is stock. Should I just wait for OTA?
If the bootloader isn't unlocked, then I'll suggest you to wait it out because flashing the factory 4.4.3 images needs an unlocked bootloader. However, when you unlock the bootloader for the first time, all data will be wiped. Backing up data and restoring will surely take sometime!
If you're prepared for it, go ahead with it.
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Is there a way to root while keeping the otas in moto g? I don't plan to change kernel/uninstall stock apps, just using xposed, and a couple of root apps. From what I've heard, probably keeping stock bootloader could just make it, if that is correct, would that be dangerous (maybe a possibility of a hard brick)?
Also I would like to know if with an unlocked bootloader and soft brick would be possible to run cwm from adb without replacing stock bootloader, just to solve the brick from there.
it works for me with root and PhilZ cwm. OTAs are coming and installing normally
Hey guys, I'm pretty much a noob at rooting and unlocking. Up until I rooted my nexus 5 in the hopes to get side by side apps I haven't rooted since my gs2. Anyways I rooted my phone via the nexus 5 root toolkit and unlocked the bootloader and whatnot. I found out that I couldn't do side by side because it wasn't available for my version of android. I attempted to unroot and return to stock and I just unrooted and locked the bootloader. I'm a total noob at this and have googled for hours and can't figure out how to return my phone to stock without twrp. Everytime I try to do OTA updates it just restarts to twrp and it's super annoying. Can anyone give me a for dummies walkthrough of how to get back to stock so I can do OTA updates?
I think (people will correct me if I'm wrong) that in order to get back to full stock, including stock recovery, you will have to do a flash of the stock ROM which will install everything including recovery. Maybe there's an image of the stock recovery available which you could flash into the recovery partition to overwrite TWRP - I've never thought of looking, but Google is your friend...
Yea just fastboot the stock img files there's plenty of fastboot guides around and it's stupidly easy to do
Hey everyone, in an attempt to update my baseband, I ended up losing developer bootloader status, and I'm now on stock PD1. Is there any hope for me to be able to regain root/unlocked bootloader? I tried flashing PB1, and it would flash alright, but got stuck on the Verizon logo animation.
I'm willing to try just about anything to get cyanogenmod back!
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Hey everyone, in an attempt to update my baseband, I ended up losing developer bootloader status, and I'm now on stock PD1. Is there any hope for me to be able to regain root/unlocked bootloader? I tried flashing PB1, and it would flash alright, but got stuck on the Verizon logo animation.
I'm willing to try just about anything to get cyanogenmod back!
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I would suggest that you first need to wipe your cache and dalvik, data as well if you want best results; then flash back to stock PB1. Re-root PB1, re unlock the bootloader of PB1, and then follow the instructions here regarding upgrading to PD1 with an unlocked bootloader (it is found on the OP of the thread that tells you how to unlock your bootloader. You should end up with the rooted version of whatever rom you are after while still having an unlocked PD1 bootloader.
Perfect, thanks! I believe I tried that but it's possible I didn't do it right, so I'll try again.
Hi there !
I have U11 2.31.400 version
-Bootloader Unlocked
-TWRP installed
- Root with Masgik
Now i want get OTA update
-First, NO RUU, i tried Restore NANDoid backup and Flash stock recovery (same version)
(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15JL3tRWDSVOUKo_revEYtQ_tRcOSJ0vWcvk8a7TK8Hk/edit#gid=1564536856)
-> Not work
-I tried flash stock Firmware ( got 35_RU_Partition_not_support firmware error)
Anyone can tell me how to got OTA with out RUU??
Hi there
I think we're in the same situation.
I also unlocked my phone, installed TWRP and Magisk on stock system and did a NANDroid Backup before doing so.
In order to get the OTA I restored stock recovery (which i had to extract from OTA, since i forgot to back it up) and started OTA.
--> Red Triangle!
Even after restoring stock NANDroid the OTA wouldn't install.
My mistake i think was that i didn't kept the stock system read only when i did the backup in twrp and swiped to allow modifications.
According to some threads here, even mounting the system r/w would break OTA functionality.
So since i also have no RUU for my device, i don't have the chance either to go back to stock. Maybe you did that mistake too.
The only way i can think of now, is to go temporary S-OFF, change CID and MID (to 401 international for example), flash Firmware and run the RUU for it.
But i'm not sure it'll still work after flashing the firmware.
Can anyone maybe confirm this way would work?
Thanks
Edit: Hi, in case you're still having this problem, here's a solution:
Reverting to stock
So I decided to update my phone ot the latest version, but since I have TWRP installed when I downloading the update it reboots to TWRP, thinks for a second and then goes to the main menu. Never does the install. Anyway I can go about installing it or do I need to install the stock recovery? If so does anyone have a link to the stock recovery.
You need to be stock (not rooted) to take updates. You'll have to flash the phone back to the original firmware, take the updates and then decide if you're going to reroot. BTW just unroot in will not trick the system. You need to have an untouched system partition. If you unroot you'll still have a marked system. Only ruu can undo it.
If you are s-off or unlocked bootloader then don't change them. It's not necessary. If you have manually locked or relocked your bootloader I recommend unlocking it before you flash the firmware to avoid any problems later on.
Find the ruu in zip format and go from there.