I have a Verizon pixel that's been rooted from day one. I'm running the latest PureNexus ROM and had a question about whether or not I need to update the BL and radio. I've only flashed ROMs and never messed with anything else.
If I should, what's the easiest process??
I do. Do you have to, maybe not but I like to have the latest to match the latest OS.
You need to keep in mind that new bootloader complicates things a bit for root, TWRP, etc as it needs a signed boot image (there is a zip for that).
Radio is easy, just flash it in fastboot.
fastboot flash radio_a radioimagefile.img
you can do both your slots that way.
You can do same for bootloader same way but you may need to reflash your TWRP and SuperSU.
For now TWRP and superSU are not signed so everytime you flash them you need to flash VerifiedBootSinger right after.
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So i held out taking the otas for a while to avoid losing root and am still on 4.2.2 post camera update. I know, it's sad, but I have root so i haven't been dying to update.
However, i just saw that sunshine will unlock my bootloader, which I'm going to do. What I'm confused about though is once i unlock my bootloader, how do I get to 4.4.4? Can I just revert everything to stock and take all of the otas (and then flash twrp to get root)? I heard that something in one of the otas changed something with the bootloader, so i don't know if taking that would cause problems with an unlocked bootloader or make me lose my unlocked status. Either way, could i just flash a 4.4.4 image directly from 4.2.2? If so where do i get a stock image to flash? Thanks for any help!
Once you have successfully unlocked, make sure you are status 3 unlocked in fastboot.
Once confirmed, you can use the rsd lite, and use the stock firmware from:
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/
Next, flash twrp for the ghost from their website.
Lastly if you want root flash supersu.
So can I flash a different OS version from the site that you linked? Or is that just to return to stock in anticipation of flashing TWRP and using that to flash a later android version?
rule of thumb is you cannot downgrade, only upgrade or revert to the same version you are already on
This seemed like the easiest route to a rooted 4.4.4... Unlock bootloader via Sunshine, and proceed as instructed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-ultra/general/unlocked-boot-xt-1080-restore-4-4-4-pre-t2883131
Data remains intact, unlocked bootloader warning on boot logo fixed, and TWRP (or Philz) flashed as recovery. Super easy. Good times.
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I'm in the same situation. I'm currently rooted on the post camera update and held off on the new ota's for a while. I want to do the sunshine unlock. My question is should I do the sunshine unlock, upgrade to the newest 4.4.4 then install twrp to root? This youtube.com/watch?v=_xVyJMtLDPgvideo gives pretty good instructions but I also want to take future OTA's. I understand you won't be able to unless you put the recovery back to stock.
Thanks in advanced
rcji said:
I'm in the same situation. I'm currently rooted on the post camera update and held off on the new ota's for a while. I want to do the sunshine unlock. My question is should I do the sunshine unlock, upgrade to the newest 4.4.4 then install twrp to root? This youtube.com/watch?v=_xVyJMtLDPgvideo gives pretty good instructions but I also want to take future OTA's. I understand you won't be able to unless you put the recovery back to stock.
Thanks in advanced
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Yep true. Can't take OTAs with out stock recovery. But it is easy to flash Stock Recovery then back to TWRP after the OTA. Of course safest option is to flash stock fxz without wiping data before taking OTAs.
Personally have my own recovery and logo.bin script I keep for just this reason. Run RSDlite with the stock software take OTA (if no fxz yet for the OTA) then full bit and setup and finally flash the recovery and logo.bin I use.
Many ways of doing it just find its easier for me this way probably cause this is how I learned from trial and error is all. Probably an easier way though.
OK, so I have a shield tablet that is running a rooted stock android version 5.1.1 and I want to update it too marshmallow and retain root. I have TWRP as my recovery. What's the easiest way to update? I found a thread for updating to marshmallow and it said it had the auto update file removed (which is good) but the downloadable files were removed from the thread by the OP... I should mention that this tablet is the newer recall replacement tablet that I'm trying to update, and that I still have the old recalled tablet with the auto update file removed so it never got killed. I'm not updating the old one though, just the new one.
You have to take care, not to overwrite the recovery partition. At least for the K1 there is an MM stock ROM on the official website. The version for linux simply contains partition images and a script, which fastboot flashes those. Commenting out the line which flashes the recovery would do the trick.
I'm not sure though if there is a similar ROM for the original.
Ah... no, with a locked bootloader it's slightly more complicated, since a 5.x twrp won't start on with a 6.0 staging blob.
Ok. Assume you've got the partition images. You have to (fastboot) flash everything but the blob and recovery first. Then boot into TWRP (the rom does not boot now) and flash your favorite SU tool. Then fastboot flash the blob. Now the rom should boot and give you root access. Finally update Twrp to 3.x.
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You have to take care, not to overwrite the recovery partition. At least for the K1 there is an MM stock ROM on the official website. The version for linux simply contains partition images and a script, which fastboot flashes those. Commenting out the line which flashes the recovery would do the trick.
I'm not sure though if there is a similar ROM for the original.
Ah... no, with a locked bootloader it's slightly more complicated, since a 5.x twrp won't start on with a 6.0 staging blob.
Ok. Assume you've got the partition images. You have to (fastboot) flash everything but the blob and recovery first. Then boot into TWRP (the rom does not boot now) and flash your favorite SU tool. Then fastboot flash the blob. Now the rom should boot and give you root access. Finally update Twrp to 3.x.
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Oh OK, thanks. I think I'll just wait. I'd rather flash a community stock/rooted rom. I don't want to flash an official ROM and have to re-root and flash recovery and all that... That's all just too much work right now just for marshmallow lol. My 5.1.1 is working fantastic so I'll just leave it for now. I'm curious why its so complicated now though with MM? I don't ever remember any previous build jumps requiring so much work to update to... My nexus 5 wasn't difficult at all. I just downloaded the full rom zip (MM Cataclysm cause I was on Lollipop Cataclysm), booted into TWRP, dirty flashed the zip, and it was good to go. I'm looking for THAT kind of update for my shield tablet.
If you unlock your bootloader (which is recomended for using custom roms), then getting root is simple, since you can fastboot flash any partition image.
Independend of your currently installed rom you can always get root by
1. (fastboot) flash the correct (2.7.x for Android 5.x, 3.x for Android 6.x) TWRP recovery
2. boot into TWRP an install a current SuperSU zip.
On the shield tablet you need to flash a new staging blob for MM in any case.
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njhuiz said:
If you unlock your bootloader (which is recomended for using custom roms), then getting root is simple, since you can fastboot flash any partition image.
Independend of your currently installed rom you can always get root by
1. (fastboot) flash the correct (2.7.x for Android 5.x, 3.x for Android 6.x) TWRP recovery
2. boot into TWRP an install a current SuperSU zip.
On the shield tablet you need to flash a new staging blob for MM in any case.
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I am attempting to update to marshmallow as well so i can install kali nethunter 3. but i am unfamiliar with rooting i havent done it since 2010. where would i acquire these files that i need to flash to the shield?
My device is European L04, currently running North Africa release (the earliest Marshmallow build uploaded) - L04_2016_0316_0900 (B820)
I'd like to unlock the bootloader and root my Honor 6. I've never done it (on this particular device), because I've read enough here to know it's slightly more risky than on other devices, especially when you plan to update the stock rom soon, so I preferred to wait until I have the last important update the device is likely to receive - Android 6.0.
What I want to know (some of the answers are in the topics which I listed below):
MultiTool - I've seen reports of bricks when using MultiTool with EMUI4/Marshmallow - why does it happen? My understanding is that MultiTool is a bundle of adb/fastboot and some recovery images for older Android versions, so my theory is that instead of using MultiTool, I should simply get the proper recovery for Marshmallow and flash it manually with fastboot, right?
unlocking bootloader, rooting, flashing recovery - I think I understand the process; in a nutshell: 'fastboot oem unlock X', 'fastboot flash recovery imagename.img', then flash the proper SU.zip in recovery. Where do I find the code, the Marshmallow recovery image, the SU.zip file?
will recovery backup in TWRP work without any problems?
what is the procedure to go back to stock completely after rooting? Unroot, (then wipe if it's needed?) so I am able to safely flash stock firmware again (since, from what I know, flashing stock on a rooted phone makes itself brick permanently, right? or is it just a soft-brick and it can be fixed?)
is there anything else I should know before proceeding?
What I found so far:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66615082&postcount=502 - two recovery images, TWRP and another one (stock?) for the Marshmallow release
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6/general/honor6-multi-tool-t2963060/page50 some rooting instructions for the L02 beta, see posts 494 and 498; no idea whether this is applicable to final Marshmallow or L04 at all
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6/general/huawei-honor-6-plus-unlock-bootloader-id-t3357259 an app to get the unlock code, seems a bit shady to me though on the first glance
http://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6/development/honor-6-rooting-method-t2962795 alternate methods for bootloader (through a website or by email), in case the app won't work; also, detailed instructions on unlocking and rooting
Basically, I need to know whether my procedure is more or less right before I proceed. I think the information is quite hard to find and the risks are quite high, so I'd like to make a promise - when I'm done rooting it and I know the correct process, I'm going to make a "Update to Marshmallow, unlock, root" how-to thread for all the people that will need it in the future.
Another two questions...
1. Where do I get proper SuperSU for Marshmallow? I get a boot loop (yeah, I know I have to wait and I did, but it's a pretty obvious bootloop from watching the logcat content, and nothing new happens...) after flashing http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu-stable (2.65).
2. I have unlocked my bootloader and installed TWRP, so recovery and fastboot are functional. I didn't make a backup before flashing the zip and now I'm in a bootloop. How do I restore working Marshmallow? I assume I can either beg somebody to upload a TWRP backup for my H60-L04, or somehow flash the stock over what I have now. Can I simply use manual update from SD? Can I somehow flash Marshmallow again with fastboot? I'm too scared of bricking my device right now so I guess I'll brace myself for a few days without a phone until somebody helps me :/
I just flashed the Marshmallow release I had before the bootloop (I used Huawei Update Extractor and flashed boot, cust, system and recovery with fastboot; then open up Huawei recovery and factory reset for good measure, I'm not sure it was even needed) and the device is working. I'll restore my stuff, install TWRP, make a backup then try out your ZIP. Thanks
edit: thanks again - your zip works indeed. So after the initial hurdles, now I've got working root and a reasonable way of restoring in case I screw something up along the way.
Before making a new topic with the tutorial I have a few more questions.
First of all, why exactly we weren't supposed to update the rooted devices? I'm not currently interested in OTAs (it's pretty obvious that it needs a functional Huawei recovery, and you need to unroot cause an update can make a mess in a rooted system, making it bootloop for example), but can we flash extracted images with fastboot on rooted devices? Logically, we should be able to... How about sdcard update method?
Can we flash Marshmallow on Kitkat? (fastboot, sdcard, local update methods?) Or do we need to update to Lollipop along the way?
Can I flash stock roms in general (evenbetween different Android versions) by using fastboot with {boot, cust, recovery, system} images only? There's a lot of images that you can extract with Huawei Update Extractor - why there's so many if they're not needed?
Hello there.
I unlocked my bootloader a long while ago, then flashed TWRP on my TW U11+. Now recently I have seen that there's an update and I get the popup from my updater.apk on my HTC U11+.
My phone is on 1.24.709.7 update. And it's I think most definitely the ASIA_TW version.
Mid - 2Q4D10000
Cid - HTC__621
So I try to update but of course fail because my recovery was TWRP so of course that it did not work. Then I hear that you need to have stock recovery, so what I do is I get stock recovery.img, go to download mode and flash it through the command "flashboot flash recovery recovery.img. I get the success command and I reboot and try download the OTA once again, then I try to update it. It does go to stock recovery but then it "updates" til 25% and then it's stuck. Then after like 10 seconds it just simply gives my this Red Triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle of it. So I press power button and vol down to get off that mode and that's it. It won't update to the newest OTA.
I flashed 1.24.709.7 recovery at first. It didn't work then I flashed 1.24.709.8 recovery but still no avail.
Can you guys please help me? I really don't know what I am doing wrong.
Thanks in advance
I am having the exact same problem. I wish I had the HTC__621 recovery, but I haven't been able to find the correct one.
Hopefully somebody will see this. Every link that looks like the right thing is dead.
Same problem
I had the same problem, too.
But I find a way to update to 1.24.709.8.
That is: I decide to flash the 1.24.709.8 version's RUU .
Hope this can help you.
U11+ All TW version's image and OTA :
//drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kNE8rN8yUBPo9vux9G3CMvUzg3cg0lQ3
Thanks for the link.
However the problem that I'm experiencing is that whenever I flash either 1.24.709.7 or 1.24.709.8 RUU. It just won't flash over fastboot. So what I do is I put it on my SD card then put the file and rename it to like 2Q4DIMG.zip and go to recovery and still won't flash it correctly.
I'll try it again today to see what error code I get from it.
Did you unlocked or rooted your u11+?
Sorry for the late reply man.
My HTC u11plus is unlocked and I also have rooted my phone via magisk.
You can't update with official ota if unlocked, you need to relock and have the stock recovery. Relock will wipe your data I think
You can OTA with unlock, but you must run pure stock ROM. I RUU my phone and successfully apply the OTA.
Magisk did modify /boot partition so OTA wont apply with Magisk. You have to restore stock boot, OTA, then patch the boot again to preserve Magisk. Also if you use 3rd party recovery you have to restore the stock one.
All partition image can be found in the RUU with https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928 but you must make sure you flash the version match your current system. If not the only way might be RUU your phone.
I have also had the exact same issue with updating the latest OTA update. I have TW model, it was unlocked and rooted with magisk. I relocked bootloader, stock boot img and still the update wouldn't install. I even tried flashing 1.24.709.7 RUU in downloader mode but failed remote: 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR.
Would love any ideas or help.
*UPDATE*
Finally was able to update to 1.24.709.8 OTA. I needed up unlocking the bootloader again, then downloaded the 1.24.709.7 full image from
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kNE8rN8yUBPo9vux9G3CMvUzg3cg0lQ3
Extracted the rar file and manually installed the boot, recovery and system images separately and rebooted. Downloaded the update and installed, everything worked sweet!!
xymopen said:
You can OTA with unlock, but you must run pure stock ROM. I RUU my phone and successfully apply the OTA.
Magisk did modify /boot partition so OTA wont apply with Magisk. You have to restore stock boot, OTA, then patch the boot again to preserve Magisk. Also if you use 3rd party recovery you have to restore the stock one.
All partition image can be found in the RUU with https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928 but you must make sure you flash the version match your current system. If not the only way might be RUU your phone.
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Thank you very much for this. I will try this tomorrow or something.
I will post my results here.
Btw is there any update for Emea region? They did one a month ago for TW models and since then no words about Europe and Middle East
Does anyone have a link to 1.24.401.7 9.0_CL1010171 ? I'm trying to find stock recovery that matches with stock rom and can't find it anywhere.
Magisk and TWRP installed at the moment.
I've got stock boot.img backed up before installing Magisk but there was no way to boot (without flashing) TWRP in order to backup stock recovery that came with U11+.
Cheers
Hello guys is there anyone willing to help me out?
Im long term HTC user in the past 15 Plus years i was flshing whatever i want and im familiar with this but i switched to Pixel 2 and i want to clear for myself few things prior before to brick it.
I also read this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2/how-to/guide-unlock-flash-root-pixel-2-walleye-t3702417
But its seems like the thread is not updated and some users mention problems with flashing Magisk etc.
Im fully Stock locked bootloader with the latest Android Pie from 5 January 2018
The Pixel i use is Google Edition worlwide version not loocked to any network etc.
The main reason to want to Bootloader unlock it is because i need the Magisk in order to be able to flash and use few of the must have for me apps that i use all the time.
1st is SAURON audio - without Magisk and TWRP this is not posible.
2nnd few additional Magisk modules that i use non stop in the past few years.
What is not clear for me is the steps and exactly the second steb with Flashing Flashing factory images?!
In HTC i need to get the bootloader unlock S-OFF is i want and flash a TWRP in this case i can flash on top Magisk so here is different and not very clear for me as well.
When im now on the latest Android version from 5 January do i need still to flash FACTORY IMAGE after unlocking the bootloader?
Is anyone willing to help to clear the things out before to mess the device.
Thanks in advance
tsalta said:
Hello guys is there anyone willing to help me out?
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Hi If you just want to unlock bootloader, there is no reason to flash factory image again. Just allow unlock bootloader in developer options, reboot to bootloader and run fastboot flashing unlock, this will fully wipe/factory reset your device.
Now you could boot/flash TWRP and install magisk.
When will be new monthly update available, flash it with help of this thread:
Code:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2/how-to/guide-how-to-install-google-software-t3760033
Good luck :good:
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Hi If you just want to unlock bootloader, there is no reason to flash factory image again. Just allow unlock bootloader in developer options, reboot to bootloader and run fastboot flashing unlock, this will fully wipe/factory reset your device.
Now you could boot/flash TWRP and install magisk.
When will be new monthly update available, flash it with help of this thread:
Code:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2/how-to/guide-how-to-install-google-software-t3760033
Good luck :good:
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Thank you for the info.
So this mean i dont need to flash Image if im with the latest stock Version.
I prefer to stay stock just miss some Magisk modules thats why i wondering what to do.
Can i flash just a Kernel for example KiriSakura after unlock the bootloader and install TWRP just to flash Kiri Kernel with the stock rom im now and other Magisk stuffs like Sauron etc.
Thanks again
Hi exactly, if you run latest stock you havn't flash it again after bootloader unlock.
If you want to petmanently flash twrp, you have to do it before flashing magisk, othetwise you willn't be able to boot os only twrp.