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[Q] What to do now when 4.1.1 comes if I'm rooted and so?

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RusherDude said:
If I am on 4.4 stock rooted, with a custom recovery, and stuff modified on /system.. what I do when the update to 4.1.1 comes?
If I don't do nothing, the update will download automatically (which I don't want at all...), then try to patch and fail (I guess it won't even start since it detects that it's not stock system and recovery to flash the update) and it may even loop downloading and failing by what I readed being a bug on some 4.3 roms on the Nexus 4?
So how I should act in the following situations? First make a nandroid then..
a) I wanna flash it asap: I get the ota zip asap its posted and flash it on CWM and hope it goes ok. I may **** up stuff and have to revert to the nandroid, or 1it can go ok and just lose root and the system changes, right?
b) I wanna stay on 4.4 until all the stuff is ported to 4.1.1: It will at some point download the ota (****) by itself and spam me continuously to install it, right? If I wanna stay on 4.4 until all the stuff I use its compatible with 4.1.1, what I got to do to evade the auto-downloading of the ota and the spam about the update?
I don't know.. any way to stop the auto-update from working or so? That would be great!
Thanks in advance.
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Here is what I just did, and it worked perfectly.
1. Take note of all the mods you installed so you can install them afterwards.
2. Put phone in bootloader mode / fastboot
3. Grab the 4.4 stock image from Google. Extract system.img file from it and flash that through fastboot (without the -w command) (fastboot flash system system.img). Don't worry you won't lose anything if you omit -w. Apps and data are preserved, it just set the \system area back to stock
4. Copy the OTA udpate zip to your phone, flash with TWRP. Since everything is 'back to stock' it should flash fine.
I had to re-root with TWRP after flashing before I rebooted. Everything was good to go. Then reflash your mods.

sonicdeth said:
Here is what I just did, and it worked perfectly.
1. Take note of all the mods you installed so you can install them afterwards.
2. Put phone in bootloader mode / fastboot
3. Grab the 4.4 stock image from Google. Extract system.img file from it and flash that through fastboot (without the -w command) (fastboot flash system system.img). Don't worry you won't lose anything if you omit -w. Apps and data are preserved, it just set the \system area back to stock
4. Copy the OTA udpate zip to your phone, flash with TWRP. Since everything is 'back to stock' it should flash fine.
I had to re-root with TWRP after flashing before I rebooted. Everything was good to go. Then reflash your mods.
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Ok, that covers the a) situation where I want to flash it asap, thanks! (also note everyone, you got to disable xposed and all mods before flashing the ota)
PS: You can just flash the stock kernel and undo all the system changes, no need to flash the entire 4.4 stock zip.
What about the b) situation?

RusherDude said:
Ok, that covers the a) situation where I want to flash it asap, thanks! (also note everyone, you got to disable xposed and all mods before flashing the ota)
PS: You can just flash the stock kernel and undo all the system changes, no need to flash the entire 4.4 stock zip.
What about the b) situation?
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Don't know why you'd want to go all the way back to 4.1.1. That's from July '12.

mattjorgs said:
Don't know why you'd want to go all the way back to 4.1.1. That's from July '12.
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Wut? in the b) situation I just wanna STAY on 4.1 until all the stuff is ported to 4.1.1 (if something needs porting).

RusherDude said:
Wut? in the b) situation I just wanna STAY on 4.1 until all the stuff is ported to 4.1.1 (if something needs porting).
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You mean 4.4? And 4.4.1? Lol
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How to update to 4.4.1
I am rooted/bootloader unlocked with TWRP v2.6.3.1. When I try to flash in recovery manually with ota zip, I get a Failed error with error "E: error executing updater binary in zip"
What are step to update for a device like mine??

Cheeze[iT] said:
You mean 4.4? And 4.4.1? Lol
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Omg yea, 4.4 lol, fail haha

[Q] Root issues after 4.4.2 update

I manually sideloaded 4.4.2 onto my nexus 5 all was good and root appeared to be working as nova,lightflow,adblock all asked for permission upon reauthentication. However when i went into supersu it prompted for a updated. Which I continued as normal but it fails. Even after reboot.
I've even tried using cf-autoroot again to no luck.
Whats the best solution for me.
Nexus 5 - 4.4.2 KOT49H from 4.4 KRT16M
Root : Supersu by chainfire using cf-autoroot.
Nova launcher seems to be able to use root as does lightflow and root explorer.
Adblock asks but cannot change the files it needs.
Any extra information needed I will gladly produce

Try flashing su zip? - https://mega.co.nz/#!xk92nAZI!t2-Mhj_BbBMlYVj6OLC6xT2ycAMixnETqnUdqFXkr9w
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Ben36 said:
Try flashing su zip?
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I don't have a custom recovery and sideloading this fails.

brichardson1991 said:
I don't have a custom recovery and sideloading this fails.
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use fastboot to flash a custom recovery?
basic stuff man.

Zepius said:
use fastboot to flash a custom recovery?
basic stuff man.
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I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?

brichardson1991 said:
I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?
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custom recoveries in themselves do not stop a OTA. what stops a OTA is the fact that people do system mods and that breaks the OTA.
as for which is best, that falls under best rom/kernel type stuff. pick one.

brichardson1991 said:
I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?
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OTA only check the system partiiton, custom recovery won't spoil OTA.
and stock recovery = no recovery

I prefer TWRP.
If you currently have root access, download teh TWRP app from the Play Store and it'll install itself

brichardson1991 said:
I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?
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You can't have ANY modification. Recovery, Kernel, Binaries(Xposed), factory apps all have to be in tact for the official OTA to work. You'll need to find to flashable version, or flash clean back to absolute stock.

Decimation said:
You can't have ANY modification. Recovery, Kernel, Binaries(Xposed), factory apps all have to be in tact for the official OTA to work. You'll need to find to flashable version, or flash clean back to absolute stock.
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So I flashed TWRP using the app.
and now supersu is up to date.
So in future all OTA updates won't work and i will just have to sideload them like i did with these 2 ?
If that's the case I'm fine with that.

For future OTA you can flash the OTA after the download is provided here, then flash SuperSU immediately after. Also just double check if SuperSU is updated so you have the most recent version.
Thats what I did for the 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 OTAs and I never lost root. All done via TWRP

Thanks all. I've sorted it out. Can close this topic now.
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[Q] Push stock recovery

I'm on TWRP but I'd like to just adb push stock recovery. Is this possible just like I did to push TWRP?

waiting4mynexus said:
I'm on TWRP but I'd like to just adb push stock recovery. Is this possible just like I did to push TWRP?
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Yep. Unzip a stock ROM. Find the recovery.img and fastboot it.
Why though?

theesotericone said:
Yep. Unzip a stock ROM. Find the recovery.img and fastboot it.
Why though?
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Just so I can update when the OTAs come out. I'd rather not have to wipe and factory reset just to get the small updates they sent.

waiting4mynexus said:
Just so I can update when the OTAs come out. I'd rather not have to wipe and factory reset just to get the small updates they sent.
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You can flash recoveries all day and not have to wipe anything. Unless your bootloader is still locked. Have you spent some time reading up on the device at all?

theesotericone said:
You can flash recoveries all day and not have to wipe anything. Unless your bootloader is still locked. Have you spent some time reading up on the device at all?
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What reading do you suggest, this is my first nexus. Just came from an S3. I'm one for just making a couple mods as I need. I rooted so I could install navbar.

waiting4mynexus said:
What reading do you suggest, this is my first nexus. Just came from an S3. I'm one for just making a couple mods as I need. I rooted so I could install navbar.
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Every sticky you find. I'm from Samsung devices as well. It took me less than 2 minutes to figure out a google device.

theesotericone said:
Every sticky you find. I'm from Samsung devices as well. It took me less than 2 minutes to figure out a google device.
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I'm very satisfied with the nexus... No more constant modding or flashing this ROM and that to just avoid touchwiz and stay up-to-date.

waiting4mynexus said:
I'm very satisfied with the nexus... No more constant modding or flashing this ROM and that to just avoid touchwiz and stay up-to-date.
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You can flash the OTAs through custom recoveries.

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Aerowinder said:
You can flash the OTAs through custom recoveries.
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I think I understand... would I just need to download the OTA manually and flash it like any other zip?

Aerowinder said:
You can flash the OTAs through custom recoveries.
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I was wondering the same thing. Do you have to wipe each update or just apply it and done?
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Badd_blood said:
I was wondering the same thing. Do you have to wipe each update or just apply it and done?
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Don't wipe just apply it. The updates have been patched, not the whole rom. If you wipe you could be in trouble.

waiting4mynexus said:
I think I understand... would I just need to download the OTA manually and flash it like any other zip?
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Badd_blood said:
I was wondering the same thing. Do you have to wipe each update or just apply it and done?
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Disclaimer: These steps are assuming you are running Stock OS! No roms, no camera, sound, etc mods. If you're running a mod, then flash those back to stock to avoid issues.
Download the OTA, as well as the newest version of SuperSU (Version 1.8)
Transfer both files to the nexus via Android Transfer but dont put it in a folder, just so its at the bottom of the list
Boot to recovery
Flash OTA
Immediately Flash SuperSU after
Reebot
Done
I came from an S3 too, welcome to the Nexus fam

AceKingNYC said:
Disclaimer: These steps are assuming you are running Stock OS! No roms, no camera, sound, etc mods. If you're running a mod, then flash those back to stock to avoid issues.
Download the OTA, as well as the newest version of SuperSU (Version 1.8)
Transfer both files to the nexus via Android Transfer but dont put it in a folder, just so its at the bottom of the list
Boot to recovery
Flash OTA
Immediately Flash SuperSU after
Reebot
Done
I came from an S3 too, welcome to the Nexus fam
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Would the xposed framework count as a mod? If you do have a mod then how do you go about updating on stock?

Badd_blood said:
Would the xposed framework count as a mod? If you do have a mod then how do you go about updating on stock?
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I can't confidently say this because I have never used Xposed. But other folks have mentioned disabling it or uninstalling it i think?
As far as mods, if you have the camera mod etc, then just flash the stock APK for that mod so that its back as it was in it's original system state

Badd_blood said:
Would the xposed framework count as a mod? If you do have a mod then how do you go about updating on stock?
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Anything that is different in /system or kernel may prevent ota. Xposed can be uninstalled via its gui
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[Q] Nexus 5 rooted

I recently rooted my Nexus 5 to 4.4.2 from Chainfire, but I didn't think too much about it.
Now I wonder, what happens when the phone will want to update to 4.4.3 (or whatever the new version will be)?
Will it cause problems? Will it update without problems? Will I have to erase all data and flash the stock build?

If there was a 4.4.3 update, you probably won't have to erase your data. You will probably keep root and nothing will happen. Might see a new system app installed, but that is pretty much it

But, will I have to download the build from Chainfire, or will the OTA just work normally?

The OTA should work just fine.

BigLisy said:
But, will I have to download the build from Chainfire, or will the OTA just work normally?
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The OTA will work fine until you install a custom firmware
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AFAIK, if you want to install an OTA update, you need to have a stock recovery as well! Since your rooted, OTA updating your device can create problems.
Correct me if I'm wrong..

BigLisy said:
I recently rooted my Nexus 5 to 4.4.2 from Chainfire, but I didn't think too much about it.
Now I wonder, what happens when the phone will want to update to 4.4.3 (or whatever the new version will be)?
Will it cause problems? Will it update without problems? Will I have to erase all data and flash the stock build?
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Hi,
Take a look here: [INFO] Nexus 5 OTA Help-Desk...

Please just read "OTA help-desk" thread in General.

rootSU said:
Please just read "OTA help-desk" thread in General.
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+1 there is a lot of misinformation in this thread
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vin4yak said:
AFAIK, if you want to install an OTA update, you need to have a stock recovery as well! Since your rooted, OTA updating your device can create problems.
Correct me if I'm wrong..
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you are wrong.
custom recoveries only prevent the OTA from installing automatically on reboot (if that)

Zepius said:
you are wrong.
custom recoveries only prevent the OTA from installing automatically on reboot (if that)
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I've had no issues installing the ota with twrp. of course you lose the custom recovery and the stock recovery Is installed.
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Can I get root on 5.0 without installing a custom recovery?

Sorry for having to ask this but I am getting confused with the threads talking about rooting the different versions on the nexus 5.
From what I am reading I am thinking you can only get root at this point if you want to install a custom recovery? Is that correct? I want root so I can run xposed but I would rather say with the stock recovery so I can still get OTA updates. Just want to make sure if I am missing something or not.
Thanks!

You can root stock android 5.0 using chainfire auto root. Google it, I can't link. But.....Xposed will not work on 5.0 regardless of root. Sorry mate.
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frenziedfemale said:
You can root stock android 5.0 using chainfire auto root. Google it, I can't link. But.....Xposed will not work on 5.0 regardless of root. Sorry mate.
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xposed don't work with ART runtime, so no xposed on Lollipop
use CF auto root from chainfire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/nexus-5-cf-auto-root-t2507211

1) root without custom recovery is a bad idea
2) xposed prevents ota updates
3) you don't need stock recovery to receive ota updates
4) ota updates are not the only way to update
5) xposed doesn't work on L

Thanks for clarifying everybody. Maybe I will wait until xposed works. FYI I had xposed installed before upgrading and I got the ota.

rootSU said:
1) root without custom recovery is a bad idea
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You can boot a custom recovery every time you want by just running a "fastboot boot customrecovery.img" from a computer when connected via bootloader.

msaeger said:
Thanks for clarifying everybody. Maybe I will wait until xposed works. FYI I had xposed installed before upgrading and I got the ota.
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You could be waiting a while.... It may never work
I don't get why you specifically don't want a custom recovery? It's modifying the system that makes ota not work. Twrp can flash the ota file that downloads to your phone the same as stock recovery
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brotbuexe said:
You can boot a custom recovery every time you want by just running a "fastboot boot customrecovery.img" from a computer when connected via bootloader.
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Yes and you always need access to a computer to do that. It's less than idea, ergo not a good idea.

Ben36 said:
You could be waiting a while.... It may never work
I don't get why you specifically don't want a custom recovery? It's modifying the system that makes ota not work. Twrp can flash the ota file that downloads to your phone the same as stock recovery
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I guess I didn't want one because I thought it would stop ota updates but if xposed won't work I don't have any reason to root anyway.

What features do you want xposed for?
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hmmm...
I could not live without slim.

Ben36 said:
What features do you want xposed for?
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With 4.4.4 I wanted it to add rotation lock to the quick setting pull down but now I see that is there anyway. I also was using lock screen disable. There also looked like there was a ton of good modules I had not tried but those where the two I installed it for.

msaeger said:
With 4.4.4 I wanted it to add rotation lock to the quick setting pull down but now I see that is there anyway. I also was using lock screen disable. There also looked like there was a ton of good modules I had not tried but those where the two I installed it for.
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You could wait for cataclysm lollipop to see what features it's gonna have. See in the original development forum
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