Hi there, I'm trying to get OTAs while still being rooted, obviously that can't be done without the stock recovery, my internet connection is too slow and has a limited download capacity(and it's shared) so I can't download the fastboot images and get the recovery from there, and I wasn't able to find it anywhere else, thanks.
OTA do not require stock recovery.I updated my phone in twrp.Just be sure just uncheck update cm recovery in developer options
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Really? I thought OTA zips can't be flashed through a custom recovery, and I'd like to update my phone without the hassle of trying to find a flashable zip file.
Sting3r. said:
Really? I thought OTA zips can't be flashed through a custom recovery, and I'd like to update my phone without the hassle of trying to find a flashable zip file.
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You have to remember this phone is primarily done by a company that has no issues with rooting CM. Also I am quite sure finding the update zip will not be that much of a hassle. Also not sure if you know this but OnePlus One has put out a AOSP rom of there own. How man phone companies do you know that tells you how to root and puts out a rom.... :good:
Finding update.zip is difficult.Its stored in cache folder(not visible),which gets deleted once device is updated
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Thank you guys, I have decided to use TWRP instead and update manually
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Finding update.zip is difficult.Its stored in cache folder(not visible),which gets deleted once device is updated
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finding an update zip is as easy as you found this thread
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My gf got a Nexus S last month and loves it! She just needs BLN to work... so we unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom Kernel (Matr1x I believe). Will the OTA come through? If so, will it wipe out anything like CWR or the unlocked bootloader? I saw Matr1x already released a ver for ICS so it would be an easy install...
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My gf got a Nexus S last month and loves it! She just needs BLN to work... so we unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom Kernel (Matr1x I believe). Will the OTA come through? If so, will it wipe out anything like CWR or the unlocked bootloader? I saw Matr1x already released a ver for ICS so it would be an easy install...
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No it wont update.
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No it wont update.
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How would I go about updating the device? She's pretty excited for ICS.
It will fail the verifying stage of the update. All the original files of the previous version of the update your flashing needs to be there.
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It will fail the verifying stage of the update. All the original files of the previous version of the update your flashing needs to be there.
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So if I restore the Kernel (I'm not sure how I would go about doing that though, can someone provide instructions? ) would it apply the update at that point? Or do I need to re-lock the bootloader? Relocking would be a pain........
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So if I restore the Kernel (I'm not sure how I would go about doing that though, can someone provide instructions? ) would it apply the update at that point? Or do I need to re-lock the bootloader? Relocking would be a pain........
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If you have a nand backup of stock restore it, Otherwise download one of the stock roms from here and flash it in recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
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It will fail the verifying stage of the update. All the original files of the previous version of the update your flashing needs to be there.
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That depends on what kind of update it will be ... The update from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 on my i9023 nexus was a full rom and could be flashed without a problem.
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Go back to latest available stock version. (Rooted with Superuser.apk in /system/app is OK) & Keep your Custom Recovery or reflash it.
Put a Superuser flashable zip on your sdcard.
When you have the OTA update.zip somewhere on your sdcard ( Copied from /cache) boot into custom recovery
Flash update.zip manually and directly after it flashes, flash the Superuser.zip right on top of update.
Wipe /cache
Reboot
Download Joeykrim's flash_image gui from the market.
Place custom-recovery.img on root of sdcard. (Rename it to recovery.img)
Flash custom recovery in flash_image gui
Change permissions of /system/etc/install-recovery.sh & /system/recovery-from-boot.p to "000"
I would just wait till ics is out and then youll find a flashable .zip here on xda and you can just flash that like you did with the matr1x kernel... not shure if full wipe would be nescesary but if yes then you can backup your apps through titanium or sth similar!
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Edit: what i actually wanted to say that theres no need to go back to stock now because you can get the update over xda and just flash that!
while we're on the topic....would editing the build.prop keep an OTA from installing? For example, LCD density??
Why not just wait like one day for someone to post a rooted stock ICS rom? I am sure one of our wonderful devs here will be all over it. It will probably show up in one of those REF threads pretty quickly. Then you don't have to mess around with setting root up again. That's what I always did with my EVO Shift so I'll probably do it with this phone as well.
If you hadn't modified your build.prop or removed system apps, you'll just need to flash the stock kernel. Theres no need to flash the whole stock Rom.
What if your bootloader is unlocked and nothing else. Will it get the OTA?
Question since we on the subject when will ics be released for our phones or is it still unknown as to when is gonna be released?
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If you hadn't modified your build.prop or removed system apps, you'll just need to flash the stock kernel. Theres no need to flash the whole stock Rom.
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That's exactly what I was looking for... but where would I find the stock Kernel and can I overwrite it while the system is in use? I downloaded the entire stock ROM for her phone so I should have the file somewhere in one of the IMG files (yes, I have mounted them before in Windows)
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That's exactly what I was looking for... but where would I find the stock Kernel and can I overwrite it while the system is in use? I downloaded the entire stock ROM for her phone so I should have the file somewhere in one of the IMG files (yes, I have mounted them before in Windows)
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boot.img is the kernel.
How do I apply just boot.img?
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Fastboot flash boot boot.img
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I just flashed the 4.1.2 factory image on my i9023, but I can't find this script anywhere, in order to stop Android from overwriting the custom recovery.
Did something change, that I'm not aware of?
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The new cwm recovery asks you when you exit if you like to disable stock recovery flashing
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The new cwm recovery asks you when you exit if you like to disable stock recovery flashing
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not a big fan of the new cwm. I wonder what happened to the script....
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I just flashed the 4.1.2 factory image on my i9023, but I can't find this script anywhere, in order to stop Android from overwriting the custom recovery.
Did something change, that I'm not aware of?
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It doesn't exist anymore, even on 4.1.1. Guess Google got rid of it.
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It doesn't exist anymore, even on 4.1.1. Guess Google got rid of it.
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If I remember properly, the official ota still has it, it only disappeared on L.
So, how do you manually disable recovery rewrite, if it's no longer there?
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If I remember properly, the official ota still has it, it only disappeared on L.
So, how do you manually disable recovery rewrite, if it's no longer there?
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I remember flashing JRO03E and it wasn't there already. You don't need to disable anything, since the recovery doesn't get rewritten without the script (didn't you try booting into custom recovery to see if it stuck?). If someone wants the stock recovery, it's in the image archive anyway.
[edit] After some thinking - I was stating that the factory images don't include it, but I checked the OTA zips (JRO03E and L) and you're correct for those, they DO include the script.
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I remember flashing JRO03E and it wasn't there already. You don't need to disable anything, since the recovery doesn't get rewritten without the script (didn't you try booting into custom recovery to see if it stuck?). If someone wants the stock recovery, it's in the image archive anyway.
[edit] After some thinking - I was stating that the factory images don't include it, but I checked the OTA zips (JRO03E and L) and you're correct for those, they DO include the script.
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You're right, it stuck. Although, when I flashed the L factory image, it didn't stick for some reason, so I assumed this will do the same. Thanks!
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Hi guys, i try to flash "cm-11.0-XNPH25R-bacon-signed.zip" with TWRP but there is an error in the time of flashing "Failed" ...Where i can find the correct zip for TWRP to flash CM11S into my OnePlus One?
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Hi guys, i try to flash "cm-11.0-XNPH25R-bacon-signed.zip" with TWRP but there is an error in the time of flashing "Failed" ...Where i can find the correct zip for TWRP to flash CM11S into my OnePlus One?
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Hey welcome to xda and the ONEPlus forum. Just so you know this is a place where you should do as much troubleshooting prior to posting. Now questions:
1. have you checked the md5 to make sure it matches the zip file (Google it)
2. are you sure the file you downloaded is not corrupted
3. have you tried to open up the zip file on a pc to see if there are any issues
4. have you tried to download the file again and make another attempt
5. have you tried to download other files and flash it to pinpoint issue.
Android is great but dont play around with a phone that you will have to wait for another invite if you are unsure of what you are doing. I am saying this as someone trying to help you and not flame you....
Try the above any issues let me know
after wiping all,click on mount,uncheck system & then flash & you are good to go
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Hey welcome to xda and the ONEPlus forum. Just so you know this is a place where you should do as much troubleshooting prior to posting. Now questions:
1. have you checked the md5 to make sure it matches the zip file (Google it)
2. are you sure the file you downloaded is not corrupted
3. have you tried to open up the zip file on a pc to see if there are any issues
4. have you tried to download the file again and make another attempt
5. have you tried to download other files and flash it to pinpoint issue.
Android is great but dont play around with a phone that you will have to wait for another invite if you are unsure of what you are doing. I am saying this as someone trying to help you and not flame you....
Try the above any issues let me know
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How do I perform step 1 and 2?
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How do I perform step 1 and 2?
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google md5 checker and then go back to where you got the file and check what the md5 number is. Got to google this stuff my friend. but why dont you just download the file again. All the info you need is out there but you got to get your hands dirty and search and learn about them. Its only going to help you in the long run :good:
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after wiping all,click on mount,uncheck system & then flash & you are good to go
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The system is already unchecked on my TWRP I check it and mount it before wipe?
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The system is already unchecked on my TWRP I check it and mount it before wipe?
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go to advanced wipe and simply check system, dalvik cache and cache. Nice clean wipe of system folder will always help. Remember you will have to flash gapps again as well(if necessary)
Full stock CM11S rom no need to worry about gapps
I had same issue I fixed it like this: after I pushed the cm11 zip from PC to phone using cmd, I didn't just go ahead and installed it. Instead i disconnect the phone did a reboot back into the twrp recovery, AND THEN installed the cm11 zip. That worked for me and no errors.
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Are you trying to flash the factory image from the CM site? Of so, it won't work as it's not a flashable ZIP
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giakomoange said:
Hi guys, i try to flash "cm-11.0-XNPH25R-bacon-signed.zip" with TWRP but there is an error in the time of flashing "Failed" ...Where i can find the correct zip for TWRP to flash CM11S into my OnePlus One?
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is there some other issue with your phone that is making you need to flash this? I ask only because you should be able to get an OTA update to that build directly from "System updates" in Settings under About...
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after wiping all,click on mount,uncheck system & then flash & you are good to go
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Thanks Bro
You're welcome
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Is it possible to boot a recovery image from the phone without flashing? If not is it ok to reflash backups of stock recovery? Tnx
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Is it possible to boot a recovery image from the phone without flashing? If not is it ok to reflash backups of stock recovery? Tnx
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It is possible via android sdk. You can use command: fastboot boot twrp.img
where twrp.img is the name of the recovery that you downloaded and not twrp.img
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It is possible via android sdk. You can use command: fastboot boot twrp.img
where twrp.img is the name of the recovery that you downloaded and not twrp.img
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Yes i know but i would like to do it from the phone... There are tons of flash recovery apps but no boot recovery apps
ROM manager used to do it years ago until people got into trouble with it and it was removed.
If you intend on flashing things AMD backing up, flash a recovery. If you're not willing to flash a recovery, don't modify your phone
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and313 said:
Yes i know but i would like to do it from the phone... There are tons of flash recovery apps but no boot recovery apps
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Try flashify
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Try flashify
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That flashes recovery. Clue is in the name.
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rootSU said:
ROM manager used to do it years ago until people got into trouble with it and it was removed.
If you intend on flashing things AMD backing up, flash a recovery. If you're not willing to flash a recovery, don't modify your phone
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The problem with flashing is that you loose the ota update ability. That's why i would like to keep the stock recovery and just boot into cwm when i need it... But i guess i can restore the stock recovery via flashify before the ota is being installed so thats a solution... I just dont like flashing this stuff via apps
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The problem with flashing is that you loose the ota update ability. That's why i would like to keep the stock recovery and just boot into cwm when i need it... But i guess i can restore the stock recovery via flashify before the ota is being installed so thats a solution... I just dont like flashing this stuff via apps
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1) you do not lose OTA update ability with custom recovery. Read "OTA help-desk" available via my signature
2] what's the big deal about OTA? Its the worst way of updating available to everyone. Why bother? If you rely on OTA, remain unrooted, unmodified. Rooting is not for you.
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Ugh lol OK, so worried about the ota? No worries, flash whatever recovery you want twrp,cwm,philz whatever floats your boat. Then when your ota comes out use Rashr to reflash stock recovery so you can update(you have to be on stock obviously).
I've done this numerous times, works every time.
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Ugh lol OK, so worried about the ota? No worries, flash whatever recovery you want twrp,cwm,philz whatever floats your boat. Then when your ota comes out use Rashr to reflash stock recovery so you can update(you have to be on stock obviously).
I've done this numerous times, works every time.
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One of the problems with OTA is the slow delivery and partial nature.
If I wasn't rooted, i'd always update using factory images. But since I am, the best way is for flash a pre-rooted stock ROM via recovery. They're usually available within an hour of the factory image becoming available
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One of the problems with OTA is the slow delivery and partial nature.
If I wasn't rooted, i'd always update using factory images. But since I am, the best way is for flash a pre-rooted stock ROM via recovery. They're usually available within an hour of the factory image becoming available
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Agreed 100%, I normally stay rooted,this most recent preview though I'm staying stock. After running L for the last couple months its hard to go back to KitKat(I've tried several times). I have no intention of flashing another rom atm, I'll worry about root after the 3rd.
As for buddy worrying about the ota, really you have two choices.
#1 root and flash a recovery then wait for someone to post a root stock ROM
#2 wait for the ota
The only real benefit I see in waiting for the ota is you will probably get to keep all your apps on your phone. Me personally? I'd just fastboot the preview and wait till the 3rd.
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So I installed the lateat CM12 nightly, wasn't really impressed yet and went to go restore my backup and once it's done restoring, it get stuck at the bootscreen animation. Just keeps going and going abs going. I used the latest cwm touch recovery as CM12 is not compatible with MultiROM. I would just flash the factory img back but my computer decided to it doesn't ever want to recognize adb avid fastboot on Linux.
Anyone know where I can find a flashable zip for the factory 5.0.1 ROM? Any help would be appreciated!
Try googling Nexus 5 factory image...
Here's a flashable 5.0 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-android-4-4-3-ktu84m-rooted-busybox-t2557523
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Here's a flashable 5.0 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-android-4-4-3-ktu84m-rooted-busybox-t2557523
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Now I'm assuming I'd have to unroot it and flash stock recovery and lock the bootloader to get it to update to 5.0.1?
No, it's flashable in your custom recovery. It's 5.0 though
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Yeap , ota needs stock recovery. Also , switch to twrp since cwm isn't playing nice with L.
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No, it's flashable in your custom recovery. It's 5.0 though
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I was talking about the 5.0.1 update but thanks.
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Yeap , ota needs stock recovery. Also , switch to twrp since cwm isn't playing nice with L.
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I'm on the stock ROM you linked too, stock recovery, and unrooted but, when I get the update for 5.0.1 and try and install it, I get an error. Do I need to relock my boatloader?
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I'm on the stock ROM you linked too, stock recovery, and unrooted but, when I get the update for 5.0.1 and try and install it, I get an error. Do I need to relock my boatloader?
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You're on a custom Rom. The ota isn't going to work. And you don't need to relock your bootloader. If you can afford to wipe your data download the 5.0.1 factory image. Extract it and use the flash-all.bat
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You're on a custom Rom. The ota isn't going to work. And you don't need to relock your bootloader. If you can afford to wipe your data download the 5.0.1 factory image. Extract it and use the flash-all.bat
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My computer is Linux, and adb and fastboot for whatever reason unknown to me, won't install. That's why I asked for a zip file of the factory image. Thanks for the help though.
asd87 said:
My computer is Linux, and adb and fastboot for whatever reason unknown to me, won't install. That's why I asked for a zip file of the factory image. Thanks for the help though.
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Well, unfortunately, there isn't a 5.0.1 flashable rom available right now. If you can't get fastboot to work on your Linux machine you're kind of sol as you need to be 100% stock to get the ota to work. That means stock recovery in your case. Google recovery zip collection xda. There's a custom recovery flashable stock recovery there.
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Well, unfortunately, there isn't a 5.0.1 flashable rom available right now. If you can't get fastboot to work on your Linux machine you're kind of sol as you need to be 100% stock to get the ota to work. That means stock recovery in your case. Google recovery zip collection xda. There's a custom recovery flashable stock recovery there.
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I have the stock 5.0 recovery that I installed through Flashify. I'll barrow a windows computer or something lol
asd87 said:
I have the stock 5.0 recovery that I installed through Flashify. I'll barrow a windows computer or something lol
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I'd work on getting adb/fastboot working on your Linux machine. You're going to need it in the long run.
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I'd work on getting adb/fastboot working on your Linux machine. You're going to need it in the long run.
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I've spent hours trying to get it work one night. I'll do some note searching for more advice and again thanks.
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I'd work on getting adb/fastboot working on your Linux machine. You're going to need it in the long run.
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Did some more digging, got it install, and flashed the factory img for 5.0.1 and twrp recovery then superSU through twrp.
Mods please lock the thread thanks.
Get wugfreshes Toolbox. It has access to all factory images. Some people are not fans of "one click solutions" but this has never let me down.
There's a flushable zip on here also. Put it in a search in the app and you should come across it. It IS the full version.
Did you ever find out why the CWM restore led to getting stuck on boot animation??
Just ran into this last night. Tried restoring 2 different CWM backups and both got stuck on boot animation.
I eventually got a new ROM flashed. Going to try TWRP recovery I suppose.
I know I never had this problem with 4.4, this was the first time I have restored a LP ROM..
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Did you ever find out why the CWM restore led to getting stuck on boot animation??
Just ran into this last night. Tried restoring 2 different CWM backups and both got stuck on boot animation.
I eventually got a new ROM flashed. Going to try TWRP recovery I suppose.
I know I never had this problem with 4.4, this was the first time I have restored a LP ROM..
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My guess would be; cwm hasn't been optimized for Lollipop. Cyanogen has just recently started working on 5.0 and they probably haven't touched the recovery too much. But that's just my guess.
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My guess would be; cwm hasn't been optimized for Lollipop. Cyanogen has just recently started working on 5.0 and they probably haven't touched the recovery too much. But that's just my guess.
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Yea figured something like that.
Got TWRP installed, will try to update after my next nandroid restore so that any old CWM users will know..