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Can't update with OTA zip.

I'm on the XT1540 and I got my OTA notification and went back to stock recovery (still rooted and unlocked bootloader) but it fails halfway through flashing everytime. I reflashed TWRP and captured the OTA into a zip but get an error about updating binary or something when flashing it. Is there something I need to delete from the OTA zip to allow it to flash in twrp?
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You cannot update your systems software using the OTA update if you are rooted and have modified the system in any way as there are checks of original system during the auto update over the OTA. This means having the original recovery too. Wont work on TWRP or CWM. So no root and no custom recovery for OTA. Unlocked bootloader is okay.
In case you want to try the OTA update then what I have noticed on my XT1550 dual sim APAC version is that even unrooting it using the SuperSu unroot option is not going to help. In my case I could download the OTA and waited till it replaced the system software but got stuck midway of the boot animation.
I had to flash the 23.72-33 version of the stock ROM and opt for the OTA update. This time though I was successful.
Hope this info helps.

Yes, what arunhebbare says. you need to back up al your data and restore your stock firmware and than update via ota.
that is the best way of doing it

HelpMeruth said:
Yes, what arunhebbare says. you need to back up al your data and restore your stock firmware and than update via ota.
that is the best way of doing it
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This...do a full factory image restore, then adb sideload the ota file. It's signed. TWRP can't install it.

Just use fastboot to flash the factory image for the version you want ... screw wiping your user partition like the above recommends.

nikon120 said:
Just use fastboot to flash the factory image for the version you want ... screw wiping your user partition like the above recommends.
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This...I can't understand, for the life of me, why everyone is wiping userdata with fastboot....that wipes your android data, and internal storage in one shot. Cache erasing is another totally unnecessary step. All that's necessary, at the most, is a factory reset with TWRP to wipe the android data and both caches....but even that shouldn't technically be necessary for an update like this. It's not like this is the marshmallow update!!

arunhebbare said:
You cannot update your systems software using the OTA update if you are rooted and have modified the system in any way as there are checks of original system during the auto update over the OTA. This means having the original recovery too. Wont work on TWRP or CWM. So no root and no custom recovery for OTA. Unlocked bootloader is okay.
In case you want to try the OTA update then what I have noticed on my XT1550 dual sim APAC version is that even unrooting it using the SuperSu unroot option is not going to help. In my case I could download the OTA and waited till it replaced the system software but got stuck midway of the boot animation.
I had to flash the 23.72-33 version of the stock ROM and opt for the OTA update. This time though I was successful.
Hope this info helps.
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@arunhebbare I've got the APAC version of the G3 as well, which ROMs are you flashing? I could only find images of the India version, did you use those?

[Problem] Can't install Nougat update

So this morning i finally got the Nougat update. I downloaded it and waited for it to get verified. Got a pop-up saying install now, install later and don't install. I pressed install now waited and... Nothing happend. Went to software update in the settings and tried there, the same thing happened. Help is appreciated.

XenosRi said:
So this morning i finally got the Nougat update. I downloaded it and waited for it to get verified. Got a pop-up saying install now, install later and don't install. I pressed install now waited and... Nothing happend. Went to software update in the settings and tried there, the same thing happened. Help is appreciated.
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i think you must install firmware first
look at here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71609608&postcount=3

XenosRi said:
So this morning i finally got the Nougat update. I downloaded it and waited for it to get verified. Got a pop-up saying install now, install later and don't install. I pressed install now waited and... Nothing happend. Went to software update in the settings and tried there, the same thing happened. Help is appreciated.
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Do you have stock recovery or did you install TWRP? Have you ever mounted /system read/write?
To take an OTA (besides flashing it in TWRP and the firmware seperate) you need stock recovery and an untouched /system image.

Phildu91 said:
i think you must install firmware first
look at here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71609608&postcount=3
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No, only to update from MM to N using a RUU. Not needed when updating with OTA.

JohnRogers23 said:
Do you have stock recovery or did you install TWRP? Have you ever mounted /system read/write?
To take an OTA (besides flashing it in TWRP and the firmware seperate) you need stock recovery and an untouched /system image.
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I didn't find out why i couldn't install it, also i wasn't rooted, but i did a factory reset and that seemed to fix it! Now im on Nougat with no problems!

trying to update from Marshmallow 1.56.73.70(Orange France) to Nougat via OTA and i can't install...what must i do?
HTC One A9 non rooted , bootloader unlocked and S-On

Phildu91 said:
trying to update from Marshmallow 1.56.73.70(Orange France) to Nougat via OTA and i can't install...what must i do?
HTC One A9 non rooted , bootloader unlocked and S-On
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Might want to restore your phone with the 1.56.73.70 ruu, after the ota should install fine since everything will be back to stock.

Trying to update my sprint a9 from 1.10.651.1 to nougat, what do i need to do? Im trying to system update via ota to 1.57 but always failed to verified my device?
My phone got supercid, s-off, bootloader unlocked, and non rooted. Can i convert it to global unlock?

imtawakkal said:
Trying to update my sprint a9 from 1.10.651.1 to nougat, what do i need to do? Im trying to system update via ota to 1.57 but always failed to verified my device?
My phone got supercid, s-off, bootloader unlocked, and non rooted. Can i convert it to global unlock?
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I believe you need to put your CID back to the Sprint one, and make sure you have an untouched (not even mounted r/w) system partition with stock recovery.

JohnRogers23 said:
I believe you need to put your CID back to the Sprint one, and make sure you have an untouched (not even mounted r/w) system partition with stock recovery.
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I alrd got cid back to sprint one, trying to update my phone with ruu, but always got error 132, and my phone already locked from the black screen bootloader, what did i do wrong from that?

imtawakkal said:
I alrd got cid back to sprint one, trying to update my phone with ruu, but always got error 132, and my phone already locked from the black screen bootloader, what did i do wrong from that?
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Are you updating to Nougat from the RUU or are you trying to get back to stock to take an OTA? Those are two different but similar processes. Make sure you've got the right RUU for sprint and your version as well.

JohnRogers23 said:
Are you updating to Nougat from the RUU or are you trying to get back to stock to take an OTA? Those are two different but similar processes. Make sure you've got the right RUU for sprint and your version as well.
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First i want to update to nougat via ruu, but always getting error when flashing the firmware.zip, then im trying to use ruu method to back to stock so i can use the ota, im alrd got the right ruu, but it seems it doesnt works

imtawakkal said:
First i want to update to nougat via ruu, but always getting error when flashing the firmware.zip, then im trying to use ruu method to back to stock so i can use the ota, im alrd got the right ruu, but it seems it doesnt works
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Did you try flashing the entire RUU for the version you're on right now?

My phone is UK version, i was rooted but flashed the following RUU so that i could return to stock
HTC AERO UHL
1.56.91.71
2PQ9IMG_H[email protected]60122.4_43.05_F_release_471092_signed.zip
EE UK
modelid: 2PQ910000
cidnum: ORANG001
Link: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24457741883932916
md5: d9fb062162157e6d40adfaa057947f9e
Yesterday i finally recieved the OTA update for NOUGAT but when it downloaded and i pressed install, it loaded halfway in bootloader and eventually failed ending up with triangle and exclamation sign.
I am unrooted and bootloader relocked.
Please help, i have already waited months for this update
Please help anyone!!

flash stock recovery or RUU.

I have similar problem of receiving an error (signarure error:132) while trying update my device by using RUU side load, i have the right RUU for my device but i still receive errors please help me with this
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I have similar problem of receiving an error (signarure error:132) while trying update my device by using RUU side load, i have the right RUU for my device but i still receive errors please help me with this or if there is any chance i can flash stock recovery please tell me how b'se my device seems to have a modified system and recovery may be this is the problem preventing me from update my device by using RUU side load

Can't OTA fromL29C432B560 to b581 because of TWRP. How to go back to stock recovery ?

Hello all.
I think it's all in the title. I am on L29C432B560, with root and TWRP installed.
Recently, I got the OTA notification for B581. But when I tried it, the system dowloaded the package, then rebooted to recovery. Except my recovery is TWRP, and won't auto-install the package.
Could I just use fastboot to re-flash stock recovery, OTA update, and maybe re-root with magisk ?
If yes, where to download the stock recovery for nougat ? I've been searching for 2 hours, but it seems my google-fu isn't strong enough :/
Alternatively, any suggestion is welcome as to the best way to go from rooted b560 with TWRP to b581 ...
Thanks in advance for your help !

Aaaaaand I just found it.
There seems to be something magical with me, where I look for something for 2 hours, then decide to ask for help, and figure out the solution 5 minutes later.
I just needed to use HuaweiUpdateExtractor to get the recovery.img file from a full b 560 update. After that I flashed it with fastboot, and the OTA .... well, the OTA failed. But it got through to standard recovery and started.

@kaceps
Here the stock recovery of your firmware.

How to update rom with insecure boot

I have Mate 8 (AL-10) with unlocked bootloader, twrp recovery, root and insecure boot.img on rom B129SP02. Now I want update software (best in OTA). How can I do it? If I flash stock boot.img, recovery.img, system.img of my current rom and then use ota, will it work? Or maybe it is any better option?

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ksawerywojciechowski49 said:
I have Mate 8 (AL-10) with unlocked bootloader, twrp recovery, root and insecure boot.img on rom B129SP02. Now I want update software (best in OTA). How can I do it? If I flash stock boot.img, recovery.img, system.img of my current rom and then use ota, will it work? Or maybe it is any better option?
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i have similar issue. wanted to update from L29C636B170 to any nougat. i had backup of stock boot and system with twrp but it seems boot was not actually backed up so i only got system. i still have a working backup but im not able to update by any method i have tried. im looking for a full fastboot method. maybe ill get it real stock that way. update mode is not working, i only get eRecovery but never gets any data.

el_venga said:
i have similar issue. wanted to update from L29C636B170 to any nougat. i had backup of stock boot and system with twrp but it seems boot was not actually backed up so i only got system. i still have a working backup but im not able to update by any method i have tried. im looking for a full fastboot method. maybe ill get it real stock that way. update mode is not working, i only get eRecovery but never gets any data.
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Get the latest nougat UPDATE.APP. Place it either in your phone or sd card into dload folder. If you don't have the folder create it. After that press volume+ volume - and power altogether then may the force will be with you..
Before that you need to flash stock recovery before updating the UPDATE.APP.

Update Issues after rooting my U12+

Hello,
I have some issues to update my U12.
I bought the phone near the release (carrier free) and tried to root it. It worked, but I used the boot.img method (flashing rooted boot.img via adb) instead of waiting for TWRP. In addition I can´t found the right boot.img for my firmware number, so I had to use a different one.
After some days the first update message showed up. (Version numbers at the end)
Because of that I removed root through the Magisk App, but my phone don´t want to update. I think it´s because of the different boot.img.
In addition it seems that fastboot can´t find the device anymore, so I can´t root it again. (adb is working, only fastboot, but I´m not shure after all)
Now my question: Can I repair and update it by flashing update.zip from SD Card?
-Will it replace the wrong boot.img (it should flash the updatet version)
-Should I flash the current firmware at first to get back to original boot.img or can I directly flash the update?
-Can I root it again after update (because the update surely will reinstall crap apps)
-Will my changes (below) doing anything against the update?
My current firmware: 1.15.708.6
update: 1.21.708.3
Things I did with root:
-delete crap (bloatware and the *** screenshot sound)
-adblock app with hosts
-giving root to screen recorder app so it can record internal sound

If you deleted some system apps you will not able to take update. Be sure to bring stock system back to take update . The simplest way is to find right ruu. from here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wIRrVQawd5rD-t9VKPQ-SdRK20RcJVZhwD7lhmPIK8w/htmlview
Beware that all stuff will be deleted from your phone after ruu

do you know your CID?

fabrizio b92 said:
do you know your CID?
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Simple CID Getter says
HTC_622
Asia-HK-CHT

ClickDE said:
Simple CID Getter says
HTC_622
Asia-HK-CHT
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Ok, we need to restore smartphone functioning, download Ruu corrispondind CID
from here----> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wIRrVQawd5rD-t9VKPQ-SdRK20RcJVZhwD7lhmPIK8w/edit#gid=0
-After download rename the file with 2Q5510000 and copy it on sda card
-Reboot your smartphone in downlado mode adn automatically detect the file,if ask use buttons to flash the file
-Once the file has been flashed, your phone will reboot into the stock ROM
-IMPORTANT: this methos erase all your data, so make a backup
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if you have a rooted smartphone you can't update the firmware trought Ota,never,maybe brick smartphone.
There are 2 ways:
- RUU method, like above
- Restore backup recovery with update firmware

(If you have a rooted smartphone you can't update the firmware trought Ota,never,maybe brick smartphone.
There are 2 ways:
- RUU method, like above
- Restore backup recovery with update firmware)
(As I wrote in my question, I removed root to update)
I think there is a misunderstand. I want to install all updates in one day, AFTER I repaired the firmware flashing RUU. And I want to wait till Android 9 is released, because I want to root it again after update.
(Android 9 Release)>flashing Ruu to repair>install all updates till Android 9>root

ClickDE said:
(As I wrote in my question, I removed root to update)
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Did you have restore stock recovery and relock the bootloader?

fabrizio b92 said:
Did you have restore stock recovery and relock the bootloader?
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-I have stock recovery, I only flashed the boot.img with root
-bootloader is still unlocked. In additon I can´t lock it, because my phone won't be recognized in fastboot mode (as I wrote in my question.)

Please forget what I´ve written before. Start again.
At the very beginning there was no TWRP for U12, so I used the boot.img method to root my phone. But I used the from .img.
My question: Is there anyone with a boot.img from 1.15.708.6 (can´t found it in the Google Spreadsheet, only from 1.25.708.3)
Could I use the other boot.img?
Will I be able to update after flashing the original img or will I have to relock the bootloader?
Or can I only relock the bootloader and update without the correct boot.img?
In addition I´ve downloaded the Ruu for my CID 622 (from the Google Spreadsheet). But its 1.25.708.3. Can I flash it from SD card even with this big version difference? And can I flash it without relock the bootloader?
Thats my last try to update, if this won´t work I won´t annoy you anymore.