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[Q] Android Upgrade XT1033

i have Xt1033 with 4.4.4 stock rom bootloader unlocked + rooted.....
i want to update to lollipop...!!
so what if i unroot and lock the bootloader??? will i receive the update?????
if yes please guide me to lock bootloader and also unroot...!

anooj21m said:
i have Xt1033 with 4.4.4 stock rom bootloader unlocked + rooted.....
i want to update to lollipop...!!
so what if i unroot and lock the bootloader??? will i receive the update?????
if yes please guide me to lock bootloader and also unroot...!
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I think that the best solution is to flash stock images, see Development forum to keep the istructions

does that mean it will lock the bootloader and also let me do the official lollipop update????
if yes then please give the links....

You don't need to lock the bootloader, just flash the stock image and you will get the OTA (when it is available).

can you please please please send me the links to flash stock images..

if i just unroot the device using the unroot option in super su...........................will i receive the lollipop update OTA.(keeping the bootloader unlocked)

no matter ur bootloader is locked or unlocked YOU WILL receive OTAs from motorola do not worry about that
since you have an indian xt1033 ( same as mine ) and if you are curious to get OFFICIAL LOLLIPOP update
you can try the following guide all you need is a UNLOCKED bootloader to do this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/install-brazil-5-0-ota-xt1033-t2963800
all the best !
PS: I am currently running on this OTA there is NO bugs , lags or any sort of probs ( both sims are working fine )

anooj21m said:
i have Xt1033 with 4.4.4 stock rom bootloader unlocked + rooted.....
i want to update to lollipop...!!
so what if i unroot and lock the bootloader??? will i receive the update?????
if yes please guide me to lock bootloader and also unroot...!
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use this guide to flash the stock firmware and lock the bootloader http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700502 and u will definitely get ota update from motorola hit thanks if i helped

How to unroot stock 4.4.4 ROM having unlocked bootloader

Hi i need to install 5.0.2 Lollipop (XT1033 / Asian) But i guess that needs a unrooted device.
Can anyone tell me process to unroot.. Unroot option in SU is not working . I have unlocked bootloader / TWRP v 2.7.1.0 recovery / stock 4.4.4 / Rooted. Had googled on how to unroot 4.4.4 but didn;t find anything.. plz help .

There is an unroot option in superuser app setting.. Just use that to unroot.

i_rnb said:
There is an unroot option in superuser app setting.. Just use that to unroot.
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Not working..

Issue resolved.. after i had updated to latest twrp 2.8.4.0 from here

Moto G dual Sim
surajkala said:
Issue resolved.. after i had updated to latest twrp 2.8.4.0 from here
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Plz help
after unrooting how to come back from custom recovery to stock recovery without flashing full firmware.

khalidkls said:
Plz help
after unrooting how to come back from custom recovery to stock recovery without flashing full firmware.
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Omg just flash recovery.img

S0bes said:
Omg just flash recovery.img
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Where i found this

khalidkls said:
Where i found this
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Download firmware, unzip it and try to find there

I'm looking for rooting my device (d6603)

I'm looking for rooting my device with locked bootloader without recovery!! (d6603) on lollipop 5.0.2
Someone can help me?

Covered before.. U need to downgrade to 4.4.4, then root, then install recovery.. Then flash a pre-rooted 5.0.2 in recovery.

Sindroid said:
Covered before.. U need to downgrade to 4.4.4, then root, then install recovery.. Then flash a pre-rooted 5.0.2 in recovery.
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But I do not want recovery my device..

you cannot root a lollipop rom, you have to downgrade to KK, root it then upgrade again to a rooted lollipop rom, only way it via a flashable zip that can only be installed by using one of the 2 recoveries
why don't you want a recovery?

Richy99 said:
you cannot root a lollipop rom, you have to downgrade to KK, root it then upgrade again to a rooted lollipop rom, only way it via a flashable zip that can only be installed by using one of the 2 recoveries
why don't you want a recovery?
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Because, after that I will not have Automatic updates from Sony .. and it does not work so well as the original version ..

DANIELTZ19 said:
Because, after that I will not have Automatic updates from Sony .. and it does not work so well as the original version ..
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Then wait for some time to proper root method on Lollipop ROM

electrash said:
Then wait for some time to proper root method on Lollipop ROM
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Yes .. I wait and really want to, thank you very much!

DANIELTZ19 said:
Because, after that I will not have Automatic updates from Sony .. and it does not work so well as the original version ..
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Not true. If you keep the locked bootloader and install a recovery you can still get official updates. But you will lose root, however you will always lose root of you officially update regardless of if you have recovery of not

Yes, but to apply the update you need a stock recovery.

gregbradley said:
Not true. If you keep the locked bootloader and install a recovery you can still get official updates. But you will lose root, however you will always lose root of you officially update regardless of if you have recovery of not
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I still do not want recovery .. it does not work as good like the original version ..

A root and a custom recovery is good to backup and most important : RESTORE a working version of the ROM in case of a soft brick.
But it is your choice.

TheTeslaCoil said:
A root and a custom recovery is good to backup and most important : RESTORE a working version of the ROM in case of a soft brick.
But it is your choice.
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I still prefer only root .. my old phone (Xperia s) made it only root .. no recovery or things like that .. This is the most recommended in my opinion but I do not know when in the new version of z3 came out with only root .. I'm really looking forward to it

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

Unroot and Stockj bootloader to OTA update to Nougat

Hi,
I´m on 6.0 rooted with TWRP and would like to update to Nougat without setting up my phone from scratch.
Does this work?:
Flash Stock Bootloader. (Does it have to be the exact same one from the Stock rom version i have?)
Unroot with Supersu
Receive Ota Updates?
Or how would you do it?
Thanks in advance

nearlygod said:
Hi,
I´m on 6.0 rooted with TWRP and would like to update to Nougat without setting up my phone from scratch.
Does this work?:
Flash Stock Bootloader. (Does it have to be the exact same one from the Stock rom version i have?)
Unroot with Supersu
Receive Ota Updates?
Or how would you do it?
Thanks in advance
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Hi mate
I am assuming you have a root stock firmware....
Check this thread , it explains how to update stock firmware without losing anything..... BUT you will have to install TWRP and root afterwards