Hi, i bought a new Nexus 5, and i got the OTA for Android 5.0.1, i downloded the OTA, but when im installing i always get an error message (a black screen with the Android icono and the word "error")
I nevera rooted the phone and usted totally new, Ive tryed downloading the OTA many times and cleaning the cache and doing the factory reset with the recovery, but i cant fix the problem, help please
Just download and use fast boot commands to flash the latest stock Google ROM.
Landstreicher said:
Hi, i bought a new Nexus 5, and i got the OTA for Android 5.0.1, i downloded the OTA, but when im installing i always get an error message (a black screen with the Android icono and the word "error")
I nevera rooted the phone and usted totally new, Ive tryed downloading the OTA many times and cleaning the cache and doing the factory reset with the recovery, but i cant fix the problem, help please
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OTAs only make you jump from one version to the next. To downgrade you have to flash a stock rom.
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Hi all,
I have a Nexus 5 bought In Israel. It came with 4.4.1 and I updated to 4.4.2 and I wanted a change so I installed PA ROM beta 4.
Now from here all hell broke loss...
For some reason my vibration motor stopped working completely and from time to time it gave me this weird vibration for maybe 2 hours and then disappeared again... I'm not blaming this on the ROM.
Yesterday I got an update that PA ROM beta 5 was out so I installed it through their OTA app.After the update I had no keyboard, my volume buttons did not respond well so I thought maybe the update was a bit off, So I did a Factory reset. after the reset the OS was still shaky and laggy so I wanted to go back to stock... I found a Stock odexed ROM, got into TWRP wiped everything except sd, and went on to install the new ROM.
(I did not make a backup).
Now my problem Is that I could not install the stock ROM, every time i tried to flash it it would stop and not install...
Now i'm stuck in TWRP without the ability to mount my phone to try and change the ROM... when I reboot it says I have no OS...
I tried working with the Nexus 5 toolkit and install stock from there and also nothing helps...
I tried installing the Stock from Google manually with fastboot commands and still no answer from the phone...
Please does anyone have an idea for me?
Muskito87 said:
Hi all,
I have a Nexus 5 bought In Israel. It came with 4.4.1 and I updated to 4.4.2 and I wanted a change so I installed PA ROM beta 4.
Now from here all hell broke loss...
For some reason my vibration motor stopped working completely and from time to time it gave me this weird vibration for maybe 2 hours and then disappeared again... I'm not blaming this on the ROM.
Yesterday I got an update that PA ROM beta 5 was out so I installed it through their OTA app.After the update I had no keyboard, my volume buttons did not respond well so I thought maybe the update was a bit off, So I did a Factory reset. after the reset the OS was still shaky and laggy so I wanted to go back to stock... I found a Stock odexed ROM, got into TWRP wiped everything except sd, and went on to install the new ROM.
(I did not make a backup).
Now my problem Is that I could not install the stock ROM, every time i tried to flash it it would stop and not install...
Now i'm stuck in TWRP without the ability to mount my phone to try and change the ROM... when I reboot it says I have no OS...
I tried working with the Nexus 5 toolkit and install stock from there and also nothing helps...
I tried installing the Stock from Google manually with fastboot commands and still no answer from the phone...
Please does anyone have an idea for me?
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Then you have to flash the stock rom and start over, here is u tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701 to flash the rom. Google rom`s https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=nl.
I think you have to format data and the try flashing any rom, this has happened to me 2 times already. Twrp is the culprit i believe
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Alright so I have a 2013 Moto G, and basically in the past while on KitKat I've rooted my phone, given it custom recovery (TWRP), and messed around with the ROM (changed it to CM, PA and a few others and back). Now I've come to update to Lollipop and of course I need stock recovery to update my phone via OTA, and when it first prompted me to update, I had TWRP and I didn't really think, I just updated, this sent my phone into a bootloop, rebooting straight into TWRP every time I turned my phone on. Luckily I had a backup and I just restored to that and that fixed it. Recently I've been trying to fix the correct stock recovery for my phone so I can update, and I found some MotoTool AIO thing, and that changed my recovery back to KitKat stock (or so it says), now when I go into recovery it LOOKS like stock, can do everything you could normally do with stock recovery, but when I came to update it, about a quarter of the way though the update process, it errors and reboots my phone. Luckily this time my phone recognizes it has errored and just cancels the update instead of sending me into a boorloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Tom.
tomisalunatic said:
Alright so I have a 2013 Moto G, and basically in the past while on KitKat I've rooted my phone, given it custom recovery (TWRP), and messed around with the ROM (changed it to CM, PA and a few others and back). Now I've come to update to Lollipop and of course I need stock recovery to update my phone via OTA, and when it first prompted me to update, I had TWRP and I didn't really think, I just updated, this sent my phone into a bootloop, rebooting straight into TWRP every time I turned my phone on. Luckily I had a backup and I just restored to that and that fixed it. Recently I've been trying to fix the correct stock recovery for my phone so I can update, and I found some MotoTool AIO thing, and that changed my recovery back to KitKat stock (or so it says), now when I go into recovery it LOOKS like stock, can do everything you could normally do with stock recovery, but when I came to update it, about a quarter of the way though the update process, it errors and reboots my phone. Luckily this time my phone recognizes it has errored and just cancels the update instead of sending me into a boorloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Tom.
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Try putting twrp back on and flashing stock Lollipop Rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/development/rom-stock-motorola-lollipop-rom-t3017510 You can also try aosp, cm12.1 or any other lollipop ROM.
The Lollipop OTA is very picky, I believe any modifications to the stock firmware will cause the update to fail. You will need to have a completely stock system for the OTA to install successfully. Find the correct KitKat firmware for your phone and flash it then try upgrading.
Hi.
I'm having a similar problem with te OTA being picky (topic here).
Is there a stock firmware "file map" so that we can check manually what is wrong and erase/add needed files ?
Maybe this could be done by checking a flashable stock rom ?
Thanks a lot guys.
EDIT : Found a solution here http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...osing-apps-t2979971/post57658072#post57658072.
Worked perfectly !
OP, I am in the same situation. I did the same as you, and got the same results. Have you managed to solve it? It would be nice if you tell what you decide to do and what's the outcome. Thanks!
tomisalunatic said:
Alright so I have a 2013 Moto G, and basically in the past while on KitKat I've rooted my phone, given it custom recovery (TWRP), and messed around with the ROM (changed it to CM, PA and a few others and back). Now I've come to update to Lollipop and of course I need stock recovery to update my phone via OTA, and when it first prompted me to update, I had TWRP and I didn't really think, I just updated, this sent my phone into a bootloop, rebooting straight into TWRP every time I turned my phone on. Luckily I had a backup and I just restored to that and that fixed it. Recently I've been trying to fix the correct stock recovery for my phone so I can update, and I found some MotoTool AIO thing, and that changed my recovery back to KitKat stock (or so it says), now when I go into recovery it LOOKS like stock, can do everything you could normally do with stock recovery, but when I came to update it, about a quarter of the way though the update process, it errors and reboots my phone. Luckily this time my phone recognizes it has errored and just cancels the update instead of sending me into a boorloop. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Tom.
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Update to 5.1 success..... erm, well it's all relative
Eventually managed to update my XT1039 to 5.1 via ota.
Started with a fully charged phone and flashed 4.4.4 stock firmware (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/4g-development/xt1039-moto-g-4g-stock-firmware-kxb21-t2805619).
Once completed, powered up phone and signed into google play then updated the motorola update services app.
DO NOT install a custom recovery or root yet or the update will fail!
Start the update by going into settings/about phone/system updates.
After first boot into 5.1, do a factory reset.
To root once the upgrade is completed, download cf autoroot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/4g-development/root-xt1039-cf-auto-root-peregrine-t2942406) and unzip to a folder on your pc. Open a command prompt and change directory to this folder. Powerup handset in bootloader mode (hold vol down while switching on), connect USB and run 'root-windows.bat' from the command prompt.
So far I'm hugely disappointed in the update as I use WiFi tethering alot and it appears to be a massive fail. I know it wasn't 100% in 4.4.4 or CM12 5.1 with both reqiuring an occasional reboot, but in 5.1, something's just not right and it's basically unusable (could it be updated radio or something?). Fortunately, USB tethering appears flawless.
Another obsrvation seems to be abscence of a + appearing in the HSPA signal indicator, I seem to be getting just the H appearing regardless.
Also no more bluetooth visibilty timeout setting.
After installing CWM 6.0.5.0, I got gliches with the display in recovery mode but it works.
Now after I have it rooted, ad free and de-bloated, fixed the power on logo and installed CWM 6.0.5.0, I'll stick with it for a while to just to see how the battery lasts.
In hindsight I should've stuck with CM12 5.1.
Hi Im new here sorry if i post in the wrong section.
My nexus 5 was purchased the date it came out and was never tinkered with (root unlock bootloader etc). On September 15th I received a OTA security update ~20mb from google, thought it was just an regular update so I accept it. After rebooting from the OTA update my device was just stuck at those flying circles boot animation (I left it there for 6hrs)! I contact google support and did all the steps, reboot, wipe cache in recovery, factory reset in recovery, with no success. Also i was told i'm out of warranty period so they cannot do anything about it even though their update broke my device... I then decide to take my own steps and unlocked the bootloader and flash the factory images from google. However, no matter how many times i tried flashing the 5.XX images following one of the XDA guides my device is still stuck at the flying circles! Even more weird flashing older 4.X.X images worked! But all the GApps crashes while I flashed the 4.X.X images and I do not know how to fix it. Doing an OTA update from google for 5.0 while i was in kitkat will put me back to the flying circle loops again. Can anyone help me here? I just want a normal phone thats why i never root of anything...
Thank you
This problem looks familiar. Here you are: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2821576
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URGENT HELP
On installing the update of 16.1 mb. The droid shows a error while installing after the reboot.
Nothing happens after that and the phone reboots
Right now it it running on 5.1.1
Same problem, LMY48B
I have the same problem, OTA update comes in a few times a day and never works, i simply get the message "Error". My update is 10.1 Mb. I am on build nr LMY48B and have Android version 5.1.1. When restarting using the power and volume button, the error message says "Empty". I tried Nexus Root Toolkit to update, no result.
Has anyone an idee to eather update or kill the updates all together?
Solution found !!Huraay!!
I just found a solution to this problem. You ll have to flash your nexus to stock (it is formatting not rooting)
Here are simple steps to it:
1. Enable Bootlegger
2. Turn on developer mode, enable USB debugging
3. Use a flash factory image (download it from any source)
Now you ll get 3 back to back OTA updates in settings, just install them and finally you ll get Marshmallow update of 403mb.
DONE.....
Cheers.
Contact if you still have a problem.
Thanks for sharing this. I tried to follow your instructions, using NEXUS Root Toolkit. At first i tried factory image 5.1.1, but this did not work , it just stopped. After that i tried to flash Hammerhead 6.0.0. Wich actually looked very promissing during the proces. After finishing reboot started, and it won't get out of reboot. I tried several times, up to 15 minutes. I also tried a factory reset, but it still keeps running the marsmellow startup grafic. Since i can't get into unlock mode, i do not have the opportunity to reflash the phone. Any ideas how to get out of reboot?
Hi,
We need to know more, what's actually failing. We could try and flash the update with TWRP, we'll get some output from there. Might be your radio or bootloader versions, for example.
And you using a toolkit, it doesn't help.
So, go learn some fastboot and some adb while you're at it, because you're going to need it. Guides to both are stickied everywhere around here.
Also, don't see the point on flashing a 5.1.1 factory image at this point, if the goal is to update to 6.0 (looking at the other user posting on this thread): just flash 6.0 factory image.
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Hello,
I have a Nexus 5 and installed Android 6.0 OTA and I rooted the phone. I recently got a notice for Android system update (2.5MB) and I have a problem with the update I suppose because of that root.
Update gets downloaded, the device restarts and then on the screen I get an error.
Does anyone know what the problem is and how to make the update?
Thanks!
Yes, I think a great number of people know the answer... I had to ask the same question myself a long time ago.
Since Android 5 (I think) the OTA process looks at the entire system for any changes to the ROM partitions, and it will update only if the ROM is intact and unchanged. Root changes the ROM, therefore no update.
I believe that you can update manually by flashing just the system partition, but you'll then have to re-root the phone.
It was precisely for this reason that I got fed up with root, despite its many advantages, and now run encrypted, unrooted, and with Netguard firewall protecting at least some of my privacy.
NoOne12 said:
Hello,
I have a Nexus 5 and installed Android 6.0 OTA and I rooted the phone. I recently got a notice for Android system update (2.5MB) and I have a problem with the update I suppose because of that root.
Update gets downloaded, the device restarts and then on the screen I get an error.
Does anyone know what the problem is and how to make the update?
Thanks!
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u should update before making any changes in the system folder or to the recovery.
You should not take the OTA updates while rooted.
One solution would be to download the factory image for the update and fastboot flash system.img from the download, wipe cache, then reinstall supersu.