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Quick ? Can you install Root with stock recovery?

OTA just updated Nexus 5 to 4.4.2. I've lost TWRP and ROOT. Can I use stock recovery to install superuser, if so, how? The reason I'm asking is I don't to start over from scratch if the bootloader has to be unlocked.
Note: I didn't loose Hotspot tethering after OTA 4.4.2 update. It kept all my settings.
Update: I think I've figured out my own question. The bootloader has to be unlocked, so you'll lose your settings and data. Lesson learned; just update using zip in recovery mode next time.

Either use cf-root or twrp to get root, only time the phone gets wiped is if you unlock the bootloader, and ota updates never relock the bootloader.

[Q] Official Android 6.0 after unlock and root.

Hi, there.
I came from a Samsung device, I'm used to flash the stock firmware when a official update was out then root the device again.
I have a brand new Moto G3, locked and unrooted. If I do the process of unlock the bootloader and rooted the device will I able to flash a stock firmware and receive the Android 6.0 once it is out?
Thanks in advance.

Yes, as long as you unroot before the update. I use SuperSU for my root and use the SuperSU app to fully unroot before I update.

Just reflash the stock rom and relock your bootloader. You would be able to receive all official updates from Motorola.

Tel864 said:
Yes, as long as you unroot before the update. I use SuperSU for my root and use the SuperSU app to fully unroot before I update.
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Is supersu works in unrooting

Just fully unroot and then flash the stock firmware, relocking doesn't matter. I'm looking at you @kaustubh_lipare.

HelpMeruth said:
Just fully unroot and then flash the stock firmware, relocking doesn't matter. I'm looking at you @kaustubh_lipare.
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Thank you for correcting me @HelpMeruth. I am new to this forum thing.

No problems mate! I'm here to help

update with a rooted Mate 8

I am on rooted stock B331 and I just received an update to B356 (492 MB). If I acceot the OTA will the bootloader get locked? I know I will most likely loose root and twrp. I'd like to updated but not get locked again. Any advice?
Or should I flash the image file in TWRP along with insecure boot?
If anybody has gone this route please advice. Thanks

huh? thats new! here i thought that once u unlock bootloader and root u dont receive ota updates anymore! how is that possible?!
in any case, whats the big deal about bootloader getting locked? u just unlock it again using your code via fastboot, no problem then flash twrp and supersu, done!
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10

jbmc83 said:
huh? thats new! here i thought that once u unlock bootloader and root u dont receive ota updates anymore! how is that possible?!
in any case, whats the big deal about bootloader getting locked? u just unlock it again using your code via fastboot, no problem then flash twrp and supersu, done!
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10
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Yeah, I know it is wierd. My bootloader is unlocked, I'm rooted and have twrp installed and received the B356 OTA this morning.
I was hopping to dirty flash so I don't have to go through all the setup process again

true, unlocking BL again would mean that your phone would be reset...
Sent from my Huawei Mate 8 NXT-AL10

You can still do OTA'S with an unlocked bootloader. You should be able to OTA but it may remove root or fail in the process because of root. I always recommend backing up the stock rom in TWRP so you can always go back to it to take an OTA. Fastboot flash the stock rom you're on and the stock recovery then boot up and take the OTA then fastboot flash twrp again.

I have also received the notification for b357 and I am on stock rooted b356...sounds fishy, I am not updating

malekowsky said:
I have also received the notification for b357 and I am on stock rooted b356...sounds fishy, I am not updating
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I'd love it if anybody could make a flashable zip rooted B356 or 357 rom to be safe.

Question: If I update to the newest firmware, will I lose root?

Just got a alert to update firmware. Will I lose Root if I Update?
Thanks...

you can't install it if you are rooted, you have to unroot and install stock recovery no twrp for it to work.
it might also lock your bootloader meaning factory reset again to unlock.

jefffisher said:
you can't install it if you are rooted, you have to unroot and install stock recovery no twrp for it to work.
it might also lock your bootloader meaning factory reset again to unlock.
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Not necessarily. I have an FRD-L04, I was running unlocked bootloader with TWRP and Magisk, rooted on B385. Flashed just the stock b360 recovery through fastboot, and then downloaded the full update package in the updater.
When it booted back up after the update, my bootloader had been locked. I uninstalled Magisk once I got back into Android. All seems to be working so far (except for my finicky SD card reader).

Install stock recovery and proceed with update.
You wont lose root

I lost root and got a locked bootloader since the new update (B394)

zimmen said:
I lost root and got a locked bootloader since the new update (B394)
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It was GB update or MBs?
Can root again

shashank1320 said:
It was GB update or MBs?
Can root again
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It was the GB
I downloaded the full package, only way to update for me.

zimmen said:
It was the GB
I downloaded the full package, only way to update for me.
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Oops then it will restore the recovery, lock the bootloader, remove root

shashank1320 said:
Oops then it will restore the recovery, lock the bootloader, remove root
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Yes, but that was the only way to get the update to install.
Not that I loos so much when I unlock it again, it's only apps they i have to install again.

Has anybody tried to flash magisk in the new B394? I get an "Process error" when trying to install/download modules
Update: just be sure to create a folder in internal storage named MagiskManager

want know if i do Unlock Bootloader & Install TWRP Recovery that will stop the update

want know if i do Unlock Bootloader & Install TWRP Recovery that will stop the update
want know if i do Unlock Bootloader & Install TWRP Recovery that will stop the update and not get any official room from the company ?

tadtadros said:
want know if i do Unlock Bootloader & Install TWRP Recovery that will stop the update and not get any official room from the company ?
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yeap but why you want ota update when you have bl unlocked and twrp installed

Sorry to disagree, but my Poco F1 is unlocked and rooted (twrp + magix) and i still receive ota
It just "unroot" and replace twrp by the stock recovery each time an ota updates the phone
Yesterday i received the Android 10 OTA update. just have to reflash recovery with minimal_adb_fastboot, then reinstall magix. Tha't all
(if any question, i root for Titanium backup usage and Adfree )

Unlocked boot custom recovery never got one update so flashed a beta ROM instead and never looked back if I want to update just download the latest version of the ROM I currently use and flash away........

Flash Orangefox recovery enable ota update feature,then clean flash your stock rom. You don't have to do anything after that. when update shows up download and update as usual