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[Guide][Receive OTA after root][keep apps/data][GT-I9500][5.0.1]

a lot of users are having this problem and if you want to receive an OTA you have to flash the stock unrooted firmware that will cause lose of data.
this guide will show you how to receive OTA again without losing your stuff
This works on GT-I9500 ONLY! (Lollipop 5.0.1 Recovery)
This also should work on any other model, but you have to replace the recovery with your model!
Steps:
1- Go to SuperSU and scroll down to "Full unroot" then reboot.
2- Download This file to PC and extract it.
3- Go to download mode by pressing the power key + home key + volume down key at the same time, then press volume up.
4- Flash the file via Odin (AP) or (PDA)
go to check the system status, you will find it Official
you can now receive OTA.
Q&A:
What is OTA (Over The Air)? Its an update which you can receive over wifi or mobile data.
What do i get from OTA? Well, if you root your device you wont be able to receive an update again, unless from flashing firmware via Odin.
- Why im still on custom status? Because you modified your system.
- What kind of modifying? Installing busybox, editing or deleting or changing any app or file system.
and some times xposed.
- How do i restore the old app? You can restore them by flashing firmware or by restoring Nandroid backup.
- Then what is the use of your guide? Well my guide helps in first place the rooted not the modded onces.
and always do Nandroid of the original system apps+data
you are still having your apps, data, pics, vids, etc...
you can root again at anytime.
check my thread for rooting if you want
im not responsible for any bricks

thank you...

KillerJM249 said:
thank you...
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At any time

Bricked.. wat to do?
If i am bricked, will flashing the official rom again solve the problem??

Thanks alot ...
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 2

yagneshlp said:
If i am bricked, will flashing the official rom again solve the problem??
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What kind of bricked? Soft brick like bootloop?

S_7 said:
Thanks alot ...
Sent from my GT-I9500 using Tapatalk 2
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Your welcome!

Hi there,
Thanks for the guide, just thinking you may want to say what option in Odin to put the file and what OTA stands for, for the noobs.
Just a thought.

TG09 said:
Hi there,
Thanks for the guide, just thinking you may want to say what option in Odin to put the file and what OTA stands for, for the noobs.
Just a thought.
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Done

if i flash custom kernel i will still get update with this ?

leap_ahead said:
if i flash custom kernel i will still get update with this ?
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I didnt test it, if you can do please confirm, and if you cant get an update just flash the stock kernel (boot.img)

If i remove some files on rom i will get update .?
Thanks

didn't work. still shows custom and doesn't check for the update.

leap_ahead said:
If i remove some files on rom i will get update .?
Thanks
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At some point the update maybe canceled, because the update checks for the apps before the installation, always do a backup of your phone then remove what you want, after you want to update just restore the system folder from the backup

sak500 said:
didn't work. still shows custom and doesn't check for the update.
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If you can see the stock recovery then check the SuperSU app again and maybe you are having a custom kernel

RubbaBand said:
If you can see the stock recovery then check the SuperSU app again and maybe you are having a custom kernel
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So i need to unroot it as well ? Anyway flashed via odin original stock russian lollipop rom just to check for any update and the flashed twrp and rooted it back. Just that it takes 10 mins or more to do all this. Thought your small flash file would work .

sak500 said:
So i need to unroot it as well ? Anyway flashed via odin original stock russian lollipop rom just to check for any update and the flashed twrp and rooted it back. Just that it takes 10 mins or more to do all this. Thought your small flash file would work .
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U try the method with flash only stock recovery and not work?

leap_ahead said:
U try the method with flash only stock recovery and not work?
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yes flashed stock recovery but still showed custom. I was on original stock russain with root and custom recovery only. No custom kernel or different ROM.

sak500 said:
So i need to unroot it as well ? Anyway flashed via odin original stock russian lollipop rom just to check for any update and the flashed twrp and rooted it back. Just that it takes 10 mins or more to do all this. Thought your small flash file would work .
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yes you need to full unroot your device as mentioned in the guide then flash the file, lol no my small file its just the stock recovery

Is this available for Gt-i9505 version
Is this available for GT-i9505 version?

Can't OTA to 5.1

Hey, im trying to update my xt1032
I got the OTA update notification so I tried using it but during the installation it had an error.
I have trying removing the root on my device but it didn't work either.
Can anyone help ?

vilinsky said:
Hey, im trying to update my xt1032
I got the OTA update notification so I tried using it but during the installation it had an error.
I have trying removing the root on my device but it didn't work either.
Can anyone help ?
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how u removed ur root .
you want to be in 100% stock rom with stock recovery bro just try to flash 5.02 frimware and then update to 5.1 sure it will help u

moha07 said:
how u removed ur root .
you want to be in 100% stock rom with stock recovery bro just try to flash 5.02 frimware and then update to 5.1 sure it will help u
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I removed it with the "full unroot" function in Super SU.
The problem is I don't want to flash everything because it will remove my stuff which is what im trying to avoid.
I might just backup everything and call it a day haha.

vilinsky said:
I removed it with the "full unroot" function in Super SU.
The problem is I don't want to flash everything because it will remove my stuff which is what im trying to avoid.
I might just backup everything and call it a day haha.
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which recovery u have bro

moha07 said:
which recovery u have bro
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maybe TWRP i guess

vilinsky said:
maybe TWRP i guess
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then its not possible to flash the ota u must be on stock recovery bro just flash stock recovery alone and try .
And i dont know flashing recovery alone will all of ur wipe data or not. just try and see

[6039] How to root after downgrade from MM to LL ?

Hello guys,
I create this thread because I'm facing a difficulty. Here is the situation :
- my 6039Y was rooted and on LL (5.0.2) rom : everything was fine
- still, I wanted to try Marshmallow, so I decided to switch to MM stock rom thanks to Mobile Upgrade Q
- after that, my phone got unrooted and battery life was much worse, si I decided to revert to LL rom : thanks to AlcatelFlasher tool I put back a recovery partition with TWRP, and I loaded a full LL backup that I created
(AlcatelFlasher tool : http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/development/tool-sahara-firehose-test-alcatel-t3454855)
--> everything went fine, but the problem is that I cannot root my phone anymore ! I unlocked bootloader, but nothing happend when I try to install SuperSU 2.46. The message says everything went fine but it is still not rooted.
Any idea of how to root my phone again ? Thanks a lot

Have you tried a newer version of supersu?

audit13 said:
Have you tried a newer version of supersu?
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Yes, just tried with the last version (2.78) and same result... Nothing happend

bouldou said:
Hello guys,
I create this thread because I'm facing a difficulty. Here is the situation :
- my 6039Y was rooted and on LL (5.0.2) rom : everything was fine
- still, I wanted to try Marshmallow, so I decided to switch to MM stock rom thanks to Mobile Upgrade Q
- after that, my phone got unrooted and battery life was much worse, si I decided to revert to LL rom : thanks to AlcatelFlasher tool I put back a recovery partition with TWRP, and I loaded a full LL backup that I created
(AlcatelFlasher tool : http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/development/tool-sahara-firehose-test-alcatel-t3454855)
--> everything went fine, but the problem is that I cannot root my phone anymore ! I unlocked bootloader, but nothing happend when I try to install SuperSU 2.46. The message says everything went fine but it is still not rooted.
Any idea of how to root my phone again ? Thanks a lot
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You try to install an old supersu that only use system mode and you have not downgraded aboot, hyp,splash,rpm,sbl1,fsg and tz ?

murigny64 said:
You try to install an old supersu that only use system mode and you have not downgraded aboot, hyp,splash,rpm,sbl1,fsg and tz ?
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Hello, how to do that ? With AlcatelFlasher ? How to find the restore images you mentioned ? thank you

bouldou said:
Hello, how to do that ? With AlcatelFlasher ? How to find the restore images you mentioned ? thank you
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Alcatel flasher isn't ready to write any other partition than boot and recovery yet. What kind of LP backup have you done? Nandroid? Have you simply restored it over MM ROM?

pablog_86 said:
Alcatel flasher isn't ready to write any other partition than boot and recovery yet. What kind of LP backup have you done? Nandroid? Have you simply restored it over MM ROM?
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Hi : I had done a full Nandroid backup (10Gb !) that I fully restored here... still, does not work
I was thinking about using a VPN and connect with an ip of a country where MM update is not available : maybe it will restore my phone to proper stock LL ?

bouldou said:
Hi : I had done a full Nandroid backup (10Gb !) that I fully restored here... still, does not work
I was thinking about using a VPN and connect with an ip of a country where MM update is not available : maybe it will restore my phone to proper stock LL ?
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No, it depends on your device variant&region (or CU reference).
Maybe you can ask somebody with stock LL to share a full backup of his entire list of partitions (can get it through ADB dd method) and restore them in your phone.
Type *#07# on dialer and post your CU ref.

pablog_86 said:
No, it depends on your device variant&region (or CU reference).
Maybe you can ask somebody with stock LL to share a full backup of his entire list of partitions (can get it through ADB dd method) and restore them in your phone.
Type *#07# on dialer and post your CU ref.
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Hi,
It's a 6039Y phone. Well, it seems complicated, maybe I'll wait for MM 6039 rom to be rooted... I'm losing hope

I need help, please!

I have a rooted oneplus 7, I tried to delete some system google apps that I don't use like dou, chrome and google music, after I rebooted the device doesn't enter to system and go to the bootloader, what should I do to recover my device? can I recover it or a need to flash everything from the scratch? thanks in advance

Dark Obsessions said:
I have a rooted oneplus 7, I tried to delete some system google apps that I don't use like dou, chrome and google music, after I rebooted the device doesn't enter to system and go to the bootloader, what should I do to recover my device? can I recover it or a need to flash everything from the scratch? thanks in advance
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Hello, if you can enter twrp(don't know if you have), you can flash the rom again(without wiping anything.
Which rom do you have?

strongst said:
Hello, if you can enter twrp(don't know if you have), you can flash the rom again(without wiping anything.
Which rom do you have?
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thanks for your replay, i am on the stock rom, just rooted and with twrp. searched for a twrp flashable stock rom but didn't find one.

Dark Obsessions said:
thanks for your replay, i am on the stock rom, just rooted and with twrp. searched for a twrp flashable stock rom but didn't find one.
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Hmm, twrp roms can be found here https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-7/how-to/oneplus-7-repo-oxygen-os-builds-t3937152

[HELP] After Updated to MIUI 12.5.1 Flashed TWRP and Magisk >> Resulted Bootloop

Buddies, please urgent help. I flashed V12.5.1.0.RJKMIXM without problem and it was working. I had lost twrp and magisk and thought it won't be a problem to flash them back. By a silly mind I flashed twrp and magisk 21.4.zip again. Now The phone doesn't boot and bootloop after MIUI screen. I have very important data on my phone and I can't see data partition. From twrp, When I click select storage, internal Storage (0.00 MB) seems 0 MB. I never clicked on wipe data option after flashing magisk. I only wiped dalvik and cache.
How can I save my data? It seems there is no fastboot rom to flash. I am downloading recovery ROM again to give it a try. I hope it saves me. Please give me suggestions if you have any.
thanks beforehand... :'(

Bogazicili90 said:
Buddies, please urgent help. I flashed V12.5.1.0.RJKMIXM without problem and it was working. I had lost twrp and magisk and thought it won't be a problem to flash them back. By a silly mind I flashed twrp and magisk 21.4.zip again. Now The phone doesn't boot and bootloop after MIUI screen. I have very important data on my phone and I can't see data partition. From twrp, When I click select storage, internal Storage (0.00 MB) seems 0 MB. I never clicked on wipe data option after flashing magisk. I only wiped dalvik and cache.
How can I save my data? It seems there is no fastboot rom to flash. I am downloading recovery ROM again to give it a try. I hope it saves me. Please give me suggestions if you have any.
thanks beforehand... :'(
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Which Twrp did you use?
if you flash a fastboot rom your data is lost.

NOSS8 said:
Which Twrp did you use?
if you flash a fastboot rom your data is lost.
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I used this: recovery-TWRP-3.4.2B-1206-REDMI_K30PRO-CN-wzsx150
I was on Android 10 and MIUI 12.0.4 ROM before flashing MIUI 12.5.1
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I FIXED IT I'M SO HAPPY!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE.!!!

I reflashed recovery ROM and the phone booted normally thanks to Allah.
What should I do to get TWRP and Magisk Root back again? Or is it possible at that moment?

Bogazicili90 said:
I reflashed recovery ROM and the phone booted normally thanks to Allah.
What should I do to get TWRP and Magisk Root back again? Or is it possible at that moment?
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Do a backup
flash Twrp and reboot Twrp then flash Magisk.(delete all lockscreen security before)

NOSS8 said:
Do a backup
flash Twrp and reboot Twrp then flash Magisk.
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How to back up before flashing TWRP?

Bogazicili90 said:
How to back up before flashing TWRP?
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follow the link above.

Why don't you try the Xiaomi Eu roms which are much better than the stock roms?

NOSS8 said:
Why don't you try the Xiaomi Eu roms which are much better than the stock roms?
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I tried EU ROM when I first bought the device but the ROM had a few problems on voice calls. Then I returned Stock ROM again and using it as a daily user.

Bogazicili90 said:
I tried EU ROM when I first bought the device but the ROM had a few problems on voice calls. Then I returned Stock ROM again and using it as a daily user.
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I have been using Xiaomi EU rom for a long time and have never had this problem which can be due to Twrp and / or forgetting to format the data.

NOSS8 said:
I have been using Xiaomi EU rom for a long time and have never had this problem which can be due to Twrp and / or forgetting to format the data.
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Yes maybe I faced the issue by my mistake... By the way I removed all screen locks and then flashed twrp and rebooted twrp again. But I can't see internal storage again after rebooting twrp. I think There is a problem with twrp on Android 11.

Bogazicili90 said:
Yes maybe I faced the issue by my mistake... By the way I removed all screen locks and then flashed twrp and rebooted twrp again. But I can't see internal storage again after rebooting twrp. I think There is a problem with twrp on Android 11.
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V12.5.1.0.RJKMIXM is an beta stable.
Maybe flashed the last fastboot rom(V12.2.6.0.RJKMIXM) with Miflash to restore the phone correctly and then the V12.5.1.0.RJKMIXM.

NOSS8 said:
V12.5.1.0.RJKMIXM is an beta stable.
Maybe flashed the last fastboot rom(V12.2.6.0.RJKMIXM) with Miflash to restore the phone correctly and then the V12.5.1.0.RJKMIXM.
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I was on 12.0.4 before this ROM. I searched on poco forums and everybody is experiencing the same problem after TWRP install. It seems twrp isn't compatible with A11. I found another twrp. I will try it now. It is twrp-3.5.2-0-lmi-manuelbianco.img

Bogazicili90 said:
I was on 12.0.4 before this ROM. I searched on poco forums and everybody is experiencing the same problem after TWRP install. It seems twrp isn't compatible with A11. I found another twrp. I will try it now. It is twrp-3.5.2-0-lmi-manuelbianco.img
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Twrp work on android 11 but du to the dynamics partitions you cant have acces to the system.
Users have lot of problems with this twrp .
Why rooting?

NOSS8 said:
Twrp work on android 11 but du to the dynamics partitions you cant have acces to the system.
Users have lot of problems with this twrp .
Why rooting?
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Yes as you said all twrp versions are the same. It is due to A11. I will try to root the device with boot.img.
I need root for backing up apps with swift backup app. I also need it for some apps.

I realized that I can see internal storage data without formatting the phone. I just changed TWRP from ManuelBlanco's to LR Team's via fastboot and the internal storage became visible. I think this is easier than formatting the whole phone every time changing ROM.
However Magisk pathched boot.img doesn't work. Phone bootloops with that boot. I reflashed original boot.img I don't know why Magisk doesn't work properly...

Bogazicili90 said:
I reflashed recovery ROM and the phone booted normally thanks to Allah.
What should I do to get TWRP and Magisk Root back again? Or is it possible at that moment?
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HOW???

Any root method available in MIUI 12.5.1?

HValenti said:
Any root method available in MIUI 12.5.1?
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same root method like before 12.5.1
everything works

Dadovvv said:
same root method like before 12.5.1
everything works
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Nope!