So, I have been around for quite some time with Windows Mobile, but this is my first Android phone.
Anyways - I installed S-Off and rooted my phone, and now when I try to install the t-mobile system update, after the phone restarts it gets stuck on a screen with a picture of an android and a yellow exclamation mark.
I'm going to assume it doesn't install because it's rooted? I am not too familiar with the android world....
yep, that's what happens when you try and install an ota update on a rooted phone with custom recovery... ya can't do it. if you want the update, you would need to be on unrooted stock.
There's a reason that CWM doesn't let you install OTA packages. You could ruin your device.
You CAN install any OTA update; there is nothing in CWR stopping you.
Of course you need to adapt META-INF/com/google/android/updater-script before you do since it usually contains checks on the bootloader and recovery version that will fail.
Get titanium backup.
Type in filter: Updater.
When the updater X.X.X shows, freeze it.
You will never have to worry about an update again.
There is a new update out. Is there anything special we need to do to preserve root if we are rooted? I don't have CWM installed.
Would it be advisable to use OTA rootkeeper?
EDIT - OTA rootkeeper didn't work and root was lost. The update must wipe /system. I guess I'll have to try rooting when I get home again. Hopefully that remains the same. I didn't want to have to flash recovery and jump through hoops updating the Shield which is why I left the stock recovery on there... Oh well. Bootloader remains unlocked so I suppose it should be easy as entering the one fastboot line I used from Gnurou...
Edit 2 - Root using Gnurou's instructions worked.
Evo_Shift said:
There is a new update out. Is there anything special we need to do to preserve root if we are rooted? I don't have CWM installed.
Would it be advisable to use OTA rootkeeper?
EDIT - OTA rootkeeper didn't work and root was lost. The update must wipe /system. I guess I'll have to try rooting when I get home again. Hopefully that remains the same. I didn't want to have to flash recovery and jump through hoops updating the Shield which is why I left the stock recovery on there... Oh well. Bootloader remains unlocked so I suppose it should be easy as entering the one fastboot line I used from Gnurou...
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I have an idea that might help keep root, let me check it out.
UPDATE
It won't work in this case. The update patches recovery and flashes a new boot.img
UPDATE2
If you have CWM Recovery installed, after flashing the update it will ask if you want to disable recovery flash and then if you want to root.
Yes, you will have to re-run the fastboot command after each OTA. Preserving root after an OTA would require a custom recovery (like CWM). I tried to apply this OTA with the version of CWM agrabren uploaded and it failed, so until this is fixed I guess the best thing to do it just re-root after each OTA
Gnurou said:
Yes, you will have to re-run the fastboot command after each OTA. Preserving root after an OTA would require a custom recovery (like CWM). I tried to apply this OTA with the version of CWM agrabren uploaded and it failed, so until this is fixed I guess the best thing to do it just re-root after each OTA
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Did it fail with status 7?
EDIT
It would have (failed with status 7) agrabren called the shield thor in his recovery and nvidia called it roth in the update. So the update was expecting roth for the device name and got thor.
Thats why it worked for me because i renamed it roth when i modded the recovery.
IF agrabren complains I will remove the link but for now.
Modded version is here
The ota zip is here
I just got my Shield Tablet and rooted it. I keep getting two OTA notifications, one says ROM Update the other says Tegra Update. Will I keep root of I do the OTA updates?
I'd like to get a recovery added, but it seems that all the recoveries are incomplete. Is there a method to install recovery without a separate computer?
DFA1 said:
I just got my Shield Tablet and rooted it. I keep getting two OTA notifications, one says ROM Update the other says Tegra Update. Will I keep root of I do the OTA updates?
I'd like to get a recovery added, but it seems that all the recoveries are incomplete. Is there a method to install recovery without a separate computer?
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You can try the paid version of SuperSU to preserve root or the THT Rootkeeper (the other big root keeper doesn't work past 4.2) If you update the device to the official OTA, you will need a PC to reflash the recovery but you will not need to unlock the bootloader again.
NapalmDawn said:
You can try the paid version of SuperSU to preserve root or the THT Rootkeeper (the other big root keeper doesn't work past 4.2) If you update the device to the official OTA, you will need a PC to reflash the recovery but you will not need to unlock the bootloader again.
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yup, lost root but it's okay, lollipop was awful so unlocked, reflashed previous ota, rerooted. Thanks
So I unlocked by Bootloader and Rooted my OP6, the question I have is will the OTA updates be installed without any problems or will I have to install it manually?
Also when I install twrp (I have not installed yet) how will I need to update my phone through OTA?
Sorry if this is a noob question because the last time I rooted and flashed roms the software support was over so I never had any OTA updates.
Thanks
It will download the update but it most probably will download the Full 1.4GB ZIP
Meaning it will install the full rom and not the small update package.
It will install normally to the other slot and after reboot you should be updated.
This should work just fine with TWRP because it updates your other slot within Android, not in recovery.
After update, reboot phone, then reboot to TWRP and install Magisk!
I updated while being rooted and TWRP installed. Just download the update, then reflash twrp and root and everything works fine.
So if u want update your system but don't need TWRP you can just download OTA with system updater and install it.
If you want magisk don't reboot! Open magisk and press install and install to second slot. Then reboot. You will have an updated system with working magisk!
Kollachi said:
So if u want update your system but don't need TWRP you can just download OTA with system updater and install it.
If you want magisk don't reboot! Open magisk and press install and install to second slot. Then reboot. You will have an updated system with working magisk!
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So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...
zappomax said:
So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...
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I didn't even remove root. I can't explain you how this a and b is working. but what I know is, that every OTA is change the partition. And no u won't have 2 systems.
zappomax said:
So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...
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If your current system runs for example on slot "a" the update will be installed on slot "b "...the slot that you currently not using
Nick502 said:
It will download the update but it most probably will download the Full 1.4GB ZIP
Meaning it will install the full rom and not the small update package.
It will install normally to the other slot and after reboot you should be updated.
This should work just fine with TWRP because it updates your other slot within Android, not in recovery.
After update, reboot phone, then reboot to TWRP and install Magisk!
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So if I flash twrp now, then update OOS, only my root will be removed right which can be again flashed by twrp?
Harsh Keswani said:
So if I flash twrp now, then update OOS, only my root will be removed right which can be again flashed by twrp?
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Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk
Nick502 said:
Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk
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Thanks
Nick502 said:
Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk
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One more thing, everytime I update, it's going to download the full ROM?
Harsh Keswani said:
One more thing, everytime I update, it's going to download the full ROM?
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If I'm not wrong, on a rooted device OTA installs a full rom. On a not-rooted phone OTA installs just the incremental update.
I only unlocked the bootloader to prepare for TRWP and root (So no TWRP and root yet) and it tells me it will download full update.
TaranQ said:
I only unlocked the bootloader to prepare for TRWP and root (So no TWRP and root yet) and it tells me it will download full update.
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I guess it recognizes the unlocked bootloader and then it always downloads and installs full update.
Why would you unlock your bootloader and then don't root :laugh:
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pdppdp said:
I guess it recognizes the unlocked bootloader and then it always downloads and installs full update.
Why would you unlock your bootloader and then don't root :laugh:
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Because I was not sure I wanted root again there are always apps that even with Magisk hide won't work.
But just to make sure I prepared by unlocking bootloader so if I decide to go for TWRP and root my data and storage won't get wiped which would mean starting all over again and losing app-data.
So, if I update from a ROM rooted with TWRP, will not the user data be deleted? Should we just root again and install the TWRP?
I had rooted 5.1.5 with TWRP and Magisk. I just downloaded the full package, copied it to phone storage. Then went to system update, update locally, picked the file and it ran the update.
However after reboot and update complete I lost TWRP and root. So I went to fastboot, booted the official TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img). Then flashed the official TWRP and Magisk for root, rebooted and all was good again.
I'm pretty sure there's an easier way of doing this but this worked for me.
marvel79 said:
I had rooted 5.1.5 with TWRP and Magisk. I just downloaded the full package, copied it to phone storage. Then went to system update, update locally, picked the file and it ran the update.
However after reboot and update complete I lost TWRP and root. So I went to fastboot, booted the official TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img). Then flashed the official TWRP and Magisk for root, rebooted and all was good again.
I'm pretty sure there's an easier way of doing this but this worked for me.
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In theory, with the Oxygen Updater application you can install the OTA and Magisk in 1 step.
sakun-ice said:
In theory, with the Oxygen Updater application you can install the OTA and Magisk in 1 step.
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Yeah probably but it has a lot of mixed reviews and this takes me 10 minutes more or so oh well. I'll rather do it like this It's not like we get a new update every week
maybe to help you all
me: 5.1.5, unlocked bootloader, unofficial TWRP from thread by wuxianlin, magisk 16.4
my procedure was to change to official twrp which can be done easily by
downloading the twrp installer from official site, put to internal storage
flash twrp official installer
still in recovery, select reboot: recovery
flash magisk
boot system
now download full 5.1.6 signed flashable zip
recovery: flash 5.1.6
reflash recovery
reboot recovery
flash magisk
boot system
now you have rooted 5.1.6 with official twrp and magisk, no wipe needed
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