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Updating to 4.4.4

I'm currently running 4.4.2 and have a notification ota for 4.4.3 but I don't know how to update to it as I am rooted with Franco and xposed.i don't know what to do. So my question is how can I upgrade to 4.4.4 do I have to do 4.4.3 first? What do I have to do about xposed and being rooted.
Thanks

st0j said:
I'm currently running 4.4.2 and have a notification ota for 4.4.3 but I don't know how to update to it as I am rooted with Franco and xposed.i don't know what to do. So my question is how can I upgrade to 4.4.4 do I have to do 4.4.3 first? What do I have to do about xposed and being rooted.
Thanks
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Make a nandroid if possible, and go into Development section and flash a flashable .zip of 4.4.4 that's pre rooted (I recommend Bigxies but Vomers should also do), and reflash Franco Kernel. Should work just fine. You should not need to clear data, dirty flash will suffice. Don't forget to reinstall the framework for Xposed after updating to 4.4.4

TheLastSidekick said:
Make a nandroid if possible, and go into Development section and flash a flashable .zip of 4.4.4 that's pre rooted (I recommend Bigxies but Vomers should also do), and reflash Franco Kernel. Should work just fine. You should not need to clear data, dirty flash will suffice. Don't forget to reinstall the framework for Xposed after updating to 4.4.4
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Thanks for the reply, will this cause me to lose all my data and apps?

st0j said:
Thanks for the reply, will this cause me to lose all my data and apps?
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Nope!

moto g gpe preperation for lollipop

Since i converted my moto g xt1032 regular version to a gpe version with root and custom recovery.
will i have problems upgrading to lollipop? or i will just lose root and that's it.

shlevy78 said:
Since i converted my moto g xt1032 regular version to a gpe version with root and custom recovery.
will i have problems upgrading to lollipop? or i will just lose root and that's it.
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You will have trouble. An OTA update needs an untouched system partition, that means no root or deleted files, unroot isn't enough... So I reccomend you to convert back to stock firmware or convert again to gpe but then, dont root or change recovery.. Just wait...
Use this guide to restore to stock firmware.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/guide-restore-moto-firmware-gpe-t2914884

MarckozZ said:
You will have trouble. An OTA update needs an untouched system partition, that means no root or deleted files, unroot isn't enough... So I reccomend you to convert back to stock firmware or convert again to gpe but then, dont root or change recovery.. Just wait...
Use this guide to restore to stock firmware.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/guide-restore-moto-firmware-gpe-t2914884
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Hey man I have converted to GPE but didnt root. I wont have problems right?

titotito1983 said:
Hey man I have converted to GPE but didnt root. I wont have problems right?
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After flashing stock firmware or converting to gpe, you dont have to root or change recovery... If you leave all stock, everything will be ok!!

titotito1983 said:
Hey man I have converted to GPE but didnt root. I wont have problems right?
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If you also have stock recovery, you won't have any problem. Heard that you can receive the OTA using any other recovery without touching system files, but if you are not going to change anything, nor flashing another rom until lollipop's arrive, I recommend you flashing stock recovery

arya5 said:
If you also have stock recovery, you won't have any problem. Heard that you can receive the OTA using any other recovery without touching system files, but if you are not going to change anything, nor flashing another rom until lollipop's arrive, I recommend you flashing stock recovery
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Great! thanks a lot. I have stock recovery, I just converted to GPE but left the stock recovery. Then, I will impatiently waiting for Lollipop!

[Q] 5.0.1 Zip

Is there a pure stock 5.0.1 zip for the Nexus 5? Basically a zip version of the OTA update. I'm rooted with a custom recovery so I can't do the OTA. I was looking around but couldn't find it.

scottharris4 said:
Is there a pure stock 5.0.1 zip for the Nexus 5? Basically a zip version of the OTA update. I'm rooted with a custom recovery so I can't do the OTA. I was looking around but couldn't find it.
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You're not going to find an ota zip that works in a custom recovery. Flash the stock recovery then sideload the ota zip in it. You'll have to re-root and reinstall the custom recovery.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app

scottharris4 said:
Is there a pure stock 5.0.1 zip for the Nexus 5? Basically a zip version of the OTA update. I'm rooted with a custom recovery so I can't do the OTA. I was looking around but couldn't find it.
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Uhh...what 5.0.1 OTA? N5 5.0.1 hasn't been released yet
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

scottharris4 said:
Is there a pure stock 5.0.1 zip for the Nexus 5? Basically a zip version of the OTA update. I'm rooted with a custom recovery so I can't do the OTA. I was looking around but couldn't find it.
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You will never be able to flash an OTA again if you modified your device in any way. One of the biggest changes for Lollipop that no one noticed.

upndwn4par said:
You will never be able to flash an OTA again if you modified your device in any way. One of the biggest changes for Lollipop that no one noticed.
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Interesting. I normally just flash factory images or a custom ROM.

scottharris4 said:
Interesting. I normally just flash factory images or a custom ROM.
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You will still be able to flash the factory image when it becomes available.

[Q] How to come back to stock RECOVERY?

hi,
I have Lolipop 5.0 in my Moto G + root + TWRP. I received the 5.0.1 OTA but of course I can't apply the update because of TWRP. I read (here) that I need to come back to stock recovery to apply the update. I'll loose root access but that's ok, I'll root again later. My question is: how do I come back to stock recovery?
Thank you.

The same way you flash twrp.

kiko321 said:
The same way you flash twrp.
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to flash TWRP I download the lastest version of TWRP on their website. How can I do the same with stock recovery???

There are links here where to download stock recovery. Can't browse the forum now. But i too have downloaded the stock from a post here. Hope it helps.

kiko321 said:
There are links here where to download stock recovery. Can't browse the forum now. But i too have downloaded the stock from a post here. Hope it helps.
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can't find XT1032 Lollipop stock recovery on XDA, I guess I'll have to open a new thread to ask... I flashed 4.4.4 stock recovery (through MotoTool AIO software) but I haven't been able to flash 5.0.1 update then. So I think 5.0 stock recovery is required to update to 5.0.1.
Thanks for your help.
If by chance you have the link to XT1032 5.0 stock recovery, please post it!

mehcoib said:
can't find XT1032 Lollipop stock recovery on XDA, I guess I'll have to open a new thread to ask... I flashed 4.4.4 stock recovery (through MotoTool AIO software) but I haven't been able to flash 5.0.1 update then. So I think 5.0 stock recovery is required to update to 5.0.1.
Thanks for your help.
If by chance you have the link to XT1032 5.0 stock recovery, please post it!
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I guess you're using custom rom so restore to STOCK ROM .
Follow this guide (at the end dont flash any custom recovery) Stock recovery XT1032
Automatically you'll get stock recovery

Megatron27 said:
I guess you're using custom rom so restore to STOCK ROM .
Follow this guide (at the end dont flash any custom recovery) Stock recovery XT1032
Automatically you'll get stock recovery
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no, I'm using stock ROM, with TWRP + root, that's it. So I just need to stock recovery to apply OTA update.
But thanks for the link, I understand how to use it to come back to stock recovery. Except... that this guide is for XT1033. Do you think I can use recovery.img XT1033 image file to flash my XT1032?

Custom Rom or The official Marshmallow update?

Anyone can suggest what upgrade I should choose and which one is more stable? I want to root my phone as well so if anyone with the official Marshmallow update can give me a good reason to upgrade from 5.0.2 I'd really appreciate it.
Besides sense 7 is there anything else to look forward to in Marshmallow for HTC?
Also anyone with the Marshmallow GPE Rom or Viper M8 please share your experiences with the roms.
For the first time I'm having trouble deciding what to flash on my E8 thanks to all the devs!

I tried everything, and - offical 6.0.1 is better choise. There is best camera. They really updated drivers or libs, i don't know. Stock ROM + custom kernel it's always good. All custom ROM's here is based on older firmwares.

Jestercore said:
I tried everything, and - offical 6.0.1 is better choise. There is best camera. They really updated drivers or libs, i don't know. Stock ROM + custom kernel it's always good. All custom ROM's here is based on older firmwares.
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How did you Root and get the custom kernel (without the system write protection) on Marshmallow? Same as how you'd do it on 5.0.x?

Yes, my 6.0.1 rooted, but custom kernel not exist this time. We waiting.

Jestercore said:
Yes, my 6.0.1 rooted, but custom kernel not exist this time. We waiting.
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Would you please explain how to root your E8 6.0.1? I prefer to get just root without installing custom recovery, so I can backup stock recovery using flashify just in case for future OTA.

i dont know about way like this. In future u can extract stock recovery from OTA package, that u gonna receive. This always works.
I've flashed supersu 2.67 via recovery.

Jestercore said:
i dont know about way like this. In future u can extract stock recovery from OTA package, that u gonna receive. This always works.
I've flashed supersu 2.67 via recovery.
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I received OTA and installed it directly. I forgot to backup the OTA file first so I don't have a chance anymore to extract the stock recovery. I tried to downgrade to 5.02 but always failed.

wildanw2 said:
I received OTA and installed it directly. I forgot to backup the OTA file first so I don't have a chance anymore to extract the stock recovery. I tried to downgrade to 5.02 but always failed.
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don't worry, u can use future OTA's recovery to install the same OTA

Downgrading is easy. You need to flash TWRP recovery via fastboot. Do not need full root. ERASE everying. The flash lollipop RUU via external SD.

parthasd said:
Downgrading is easy. You need to flash TWRP recovery via fastboot. Do not need full root. ERASE everying. The flash lollipop RUU via external SD.
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I have M8SW and it is S-ON, it currently running BinDroid ONE V1.3.0 Android 4.4.4. I'm thinking about trying marshmallow ROM but I've read that is hard to downgrade to Kitkat once the firmware has been upgraded to higher version. But you said above it is easy to downgrade, can you please provide me with the steps to downgrade from marshmallow to kitkat rom. Thanks