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"system partition has unexpected contents" March 2016 OTA or Sideload Failed Error 7

"system partition has unexpected contents" March 2016 OTA or Sideload Failed Error 7
Hi,
My N5 is rooted and on factory images (6.0.1). I have reverted to stock recovery from twrp 3.0.0.0 because my system wouldn't accept Feb security updates.
After reverting to stock recovery, Feb updates worked fine.
March updates however continually fail with Error 7 (modified system partition?), either by system OTA or sideloading over adb / stock recovery.
I think, the last thing that I did was installed Wake Lock Detector, converted to a system app, this broke and couldn't be removed or converted back to a user app, so I had to force remove it via a convoluted system of Ti and other Root Uninstaller apps. Got rid of it in the end.
Anyway, this is the only thing I can think of that may be causing this Error 7, and I'm out of options. That's why I'm here.
The CM team seem to have some solutions to this issue. Anyone have any ideas for stock peeps?
Do I really need to unroot and reflash stock etc etc etc? I'd rather not.
Thanks, as ever, for the great support on XDA!

1. Check if the bootloader is hhz12k
2. Try use twrp 2.8.7.1 instead
3. Check adb version installed in your pc

I've gone back to pure stock...huge pain. Before I did this I reset to full stock, rooted and tested again...root broke the OTA and side load with error 7. Hence why I'm back unrooted and fully stock again. I want updates.

tedrogers61 said:
I've gone back to pure stock...huge pain. Before I did this I reset to full stock, rooted and tested again...root broke the OTA and side load with error 7. Hence why I'm back unrooted and fully stock again. I want updates.
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Not many people replied to you as it has been said over and over and over. On marshmallow any change to system partition breaks the ability to apply OTAs. If you want the updates so bad, just download the new factory image and fastboot flash system.img. Then re-root. You wont lose data this way.

Thanks very much. I didn't know this and I swear I searched high and low...obviously not in the right areas. I ask a question on XDA when I feel I've googled the topic to death with no satisfactory outcome. So I can reflash a new system image over the top and all data remains intact? Good to know. Thank you.

tedrogers61 said:
Thanks very much. I didn't know this and I swear I searched high and low...obviously not in the right areas. I ask a question on XDA when I feel I've googled the topic to death with no satisfactory outcome. So I can reflash a new system image over the top and all data remains intact? Good to know. Thank you.
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@tedrogers61: Make sure you only flash the system.img part - you have to do that manualy, dont use the .bat in the package.
Otherwise you WILL lose your data 100%, because the .bat file is flashing anything AND erase userdata+cache partition by default !
What you need to do :
1. Download factory image at https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#hammerhead
2. Use 7zip to unpack the .tgz, then again unzip the .tar, then unzip the image-hammerhead-mmb29v.zip (if you are using windows)
3. copy the system.img to a easy to find location (optional, just helps to find the system.img)
4. if you have USB Debug activated+USB cable + ADB installed (which i guess you have), connect your phone to USB, Phone runing normally and open a command prompt.
Enter these commands:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash system <path-to-your-system.img>
On first command, the phone should reboot and display should show an android laying on his back
Next command should give you feedback in command prompt like "Erasing system"..."sending system"..."writing system".
The phone display should show similiar informations.
Thats it - you need to apply root after this.
You need to restart the phone manualy but as long as the command prompt shows OKAY and "finished. total time xyz seconds", everything worked fine.

Thank you @Warlord711, I worked out it was fastboot flash system system.img.
Testing this on my N5 right not which won't receive April OTA.
Might give this a go on my N5X later, which won't go past Feb OTA.
Is there a pattern here? Is there something wrong with my account which is preventing OTA's perhaps?

wangdaning said:
Not many people replied to you as it has been said over and over and over. On marshmallow any change to system partition breaks the ability to apply OTAs. If you want the updates so bad, just download the new factory image and fastboot flash system.img. Then re-root. You wont lose data this way.
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Thank you very much.

tedrogers61 said:
Thank you @Warlord711, I worked out it was fastboot flash system system.img.
Testing this on my N5 right not which won't receive April OTA.
Might give this a go on my N5X later, which won't go past Feb OTA.
Is there a pattern here? Is there something wrong with my account which is preventing OTA's perhaps?
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As mentioned, if anything is modified (root, custom recovery, etc) you will not be able to use OTA. Another problem, for people like me, cannot access google servers. Your google account is not linked to OTA, so it is not that. Doesn't really matter anyway, like you found, easy enough to just do it yourself. I live in China so have no choice anyway, haha, but it is simple. Personally, I do not use stock roms anyway, so don't really care.

Update received - flashing via TWRP?

Hey there fellow U11 Users,
I just received the update concerning 60fps HD-Video etc. I use TWRP so the update can't be installed by itself. So I have two questions:
A
Where do I find the update file. I looked around a lot but couldn't locate it.
B
Once found, can I just flash it with TWRP?
Thanks in advance!

Dito13 said:
Hey there fellow U11 Users,
I just received the update concerning 60fps HD-Video etc. I use TWRP so the update can't be installed by itself. So I have two questions:
A
Where do I find the update file. I looked around a lot but couldn't locate it.
B
Once found, can I just flash it with TWRP?
Thanks in advance!
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See here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/u11/how-to/collection-htcu-u11-ruu-firmware-t3612048/page63

Alright, thanks! :good: That only leaves the first question unanswered.

Dito13 said:
Alright, thanks! :good: That only leaves the first question unanswered.
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/data/data/com.htc.updater/files
btw...twrp can install the update but you need to flash the firmware.zip inside the ota manually

Thank you kindly!

OMJ said:
/data/data/com.htc.updater/files
btw...twrp can install the update but you need to flash the firmware.zip inside the ota manually
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Just to be clear: I only flash the firmware.zip manually via TWRP or do I need to flash the whole ota?
Sorry for the question. I mostly handled Nexus devices...

Dito13 said:
Just to be clear: I only flash the firmware.zip manually via TWRP or do I need to flash the whole ota?
Sorry for the question. I mostly handled Nexus devices...
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twrp will install the ota zip but it wont install the firmware.zip inside, you have to extract & manually install from download mode

grrr.... I tried following your suggestions, but recieved error 7 in TWRP. Can you help me in the right direction?

Dito13 said:
grrr.... I tried following your suggestions, but recieved error 7 in TWRP. Can you help me in the right direction?
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list your steps your using to install the ota via twrp....personally, I let the system initiate the install (booted into OS) as if I was 100% stock, once twrp loads, it automatically installs except for the firmware.zip
more details here...

OK, I am a Noob to the HTC world. I am used to easy flashing/rooting/etc. on Nexus devices.
TWRP doesn't do anything after accepting the ota. When I try to install the OTA via TWRP I receive Error 7. I worked my way through a lot of guides here on XDA concerning manual OTA installing. One thing I tried was flashing back to stock recovery which I found in the firmware.zip of the OTA in bootloader mode. That failed also ("FAILED (remote: not allowed on PRODUCTION device).
Edit: The device has obviously an unlocked bootloader, s-on, rooted via magisk and is a DGLU device, software number 1.16.400.5

Are you on an Untouched System Image? Completely stock ROM? While it is great we can flash the OTA in TWRP, the system stills needs to be stock, and of course will still have to fastboot firmware.

schmeggy929 said:
Are you on an Untouched System Image? Completely stock ROM? While it is great we can flash the OTA in TWRP, the system stills needs to be stock, and of course will still have to fastboot firmware.
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Yes, everything is stock.
I managed to flash the stock recovery now. I didn't remember to use the download mode /sorry. Then Then I checked for the ota again, downloaded it and tried to apply but I landed in the stock recovery with the red exclamation mark and then nothing happened.

Dito13 said:
Yes, everything is stock.
I managed to flash the stock recovery now. I didn't remember to use the download mode /sorry. Then Then I checked for the ota again, downloaded it and tried to apply but I landed in the stock recovery with the red exclamation mark and then nothing happened.
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re-flash twrp and try it again.

schmeggy929 said:
re-flash twrp and try it again.
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Same result unfortunately. TWRP hands out Error 7 and "system partition has unexpected contents" or something like that although I didn't do any tinkering with the stock rom. I flashed Magisk and did a backup before and that was all.

Dito13 said:
Same result unfortunately. TWRP hands out Error 7 and "system partition has unexpected contents" or something like that although I didn't do any tinkering with the stock rom. I flashed Magisk and did a backup before and that was all.
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Only thing I would say is start fresh. Backup all the data for your apps first. Flash the RUU, Take the OTA and reinstall all your apps.

schmeggy929 said:
Only thing I would say is start fresh. Backup all the data for your apps first. Flash the RUU, Take the OTA and reinstall all your apps.
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Thanks again - seems to have worked. It will be interesting to see which problems occur with the Android Oreo update which was announced till the end of the year by HTC

New Moto X Pure update - NHP25.201.1 - Anybody seeing it?

Thanks to user @NinjaBoyLao for the heads up... seems a new update is appearing on Moto X Pure, anybody else seeing it?
https://mobilesupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solution/MS124799
Screenshot attached.
EDIT: A see a few MXPE users in this thread have seen an update today as well.

Just checked and I'm now downloading the 8 MB update.

Yes I got it. It's just the Oct security update. It takes care of the wifi issue.

acejavelin said:
Thanks to user @NinjaBoyLao for the heads up... seems a new update is appearing on Moto X Pure, anybody else seeing it?
https://mobilesupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solution/MS124799
Screenshot attached.
EDIT: A see a few MXPE users in this thread have seen an update today as well.
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Just got the notification here. I'm currently on 22 (Verizon). I'm rooted w/xposed so I can't take it without a full fastboot flash, but I downloaded it and extracted it. It's about 8mb. For other users, this is if you are on stock -22 and want to sideload the -25 ota from -22. I cannot confirm if this will work if you are on -23.
Blur_Version.25.11.22.clark_retus.retus.en.US: https://mega.nz/#!GR4yha5B!WT97ryQRKD8V0EkefLj6WHwUdTs3boMJea0D3e4ZSGY

autosurgeon said:
Yes I got it. It's just the Oct security update. It takes care of the wifi issue.
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what wifi issue?

I'm rooted with just magisk and TWRP in my recovery partition, should I attempt to take this and/or capture it to verify the other capture?

jaysus145 said:
what wifi issue?
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Pretty sure the user means the WiFi Vulnerability KRACK... https://www.krackattacks.com/

jaysus145 said:
what wifi issue?
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KRACK is the issue it primarily addresses.

Can confirm, I just received the notification as well, USA on AT&T, no root but unlocked bootloader. I flashed to 25.200-22 manually.
I'm not sure how I should proceed if I plan on getting root and possibly lock bootloader again.

i did the update and my phone don't get out of the twrp screen. what i need to do now?

You cannot take updates if you are not completely stock. Yeesh it amazes me how few people root and fiddle without any idea what they are doing.

Got an update today. I returned to stock a while back to get nougat. I've had battery issues since even after factory reset. But I digress. Got this update today. I'm on Sprint.

Once we install this. Will there be any harm going back to .22? Have to say at least they are still pushing some updates out.

StankFiss said:
Once we install this. Will there be any harm going back to .22? Have to say at least they are still pushing some updates out.
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Same rules apply as always... Downgrading is questionable at best, this seems to be a boot image update only though, since it is merely 8MB, so it should be possible to downgrade successfully but I don't think anyone has tried yet.

I received the update notification just now. Unfortunately I have TWRP and rooted with Magisk. I guess I'll have to wait for an OTA flashable zip.

annoyingduck said:
Just got the notification here. I'm currently on 22 (Verizon). I'm rooted w/xposed so I can't take it without a full fastboot flash, but I downloaded it and extracted it. It's about 8mb. For other users, this is if you are on stock -22 and want to sideload the -25 ota from -22. I cannot confirm if this will work if you are on -23.
Blur_Version.25.11.22.clark_retus.retus.en.US: https://mega.nz/#!GR4yha5B!WT97ryQRKD8V0EkefLj6WHwUdTs3boMJea0D3e4ZSGY
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If I remember correctly, I can't just flash this via TWRP, correct? What are the fastboot flash commands for these files, or will I be better off waiting for someone to just upload a TWRP flashable version?
Thanks!

Just got an alert this morning. Not going to take it. Will wait for flashable file.

On Verizon and running .22 . Got the update message for 25.201.1. My phone has TWRP, SU root, a new logo.bin and Xposed.
I will be waiting for a flashable zip file. Any volunteers?
I wonder if there is any .23 goodness in this update such as newer radios for BT.

slicetwo said:
If I remember correctly, I can't just flash this via TWRP, correct? What are the fastboot flash commands for these files, or will I be better off waiting for someone to just upload a TWRP flashable version?
Thanks!
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No TWRP. The file I provided is the actual OTA zip from Motorola. It will only apply from the stock recovery (side load) if you are on the -22 build unmodified. If your just stock with systemless root and left TWRP in read only mode, you could simply unroot, fastboot flash the stock recovery and then take the OTA. You would also have to fastboot flash any other modified partitions too from the -22 firmware (like if you changed the logo.bin). However, if your like me and are using the official N xposed or have allowed modifications in TWRP, you would need a full flash of the stock -22 firmware. In this case you could simply omit the bootloader lock, and data wipe commands and "dirty flash" the -22 firmware, take the OTA, and then re-root.
Note: I haven't had the time to do this yet. I cannot confirm if root/Xposed are working correctly on this -25 OTA, but I see no reason it wouldn't. I'm hoping I'll have time later to do it. I honestly don't care if there is some sort of failure, I'll be rocking a Pixel 2 soon. So I will be the guinea pig.

annoyingduck said:
No TWRP. The file I provided is the actual OTA zip from Motorola. It will only apply from the stock recovery (side load) if you are on the -22 build unmodified. If your just stock with systemless root and left TWRP in read only mode, you could simply unroot, fastboot flash the stock recovery and then take the OTA. You would also have to fastboot flash any other modified partitions too from the -22 firmware (like if you changed the logo.bin). However, if your like me and are using the official N xposed or have allowed modifications in TWRP, you would need a full flash of the stock -22 firmware. In this case you could simply omit the bootloader lock, and data wipe commands and "dirty flash" the -22 firmware, take the OTA, and then re-root.
Note: I haven't had the time to do this yet. I cannot confirm if root/Xposed are working correctly on this -25 OTA, but I see no reason it wouldn't. I'm hoping I'll have time later to do it. I honestly don't care if there is some sort of failure, I'll be rocking a Pixel 2 soon. So I will be the guinea pig.
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Yeah... that's to much damn work. Haha. I am running Xposed and such. I'll just wait to see if someone makes a flashable file.

October image is up

I've always wanted to post one of these
https://developers.google.com/android/images

How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates

Androider4Life said:
How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates
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There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.

kerobrat said:
There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.
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I was looking thru that post and didnt wanna risk wiping the device. I just had to wipe a few days ago due to Edxposed bootloop issue lol

Ha, yeah, I feel your pain there, wiping is way too much of a pain to do that frequently

Androider4Life said:
How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates
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You can also flash the OTA file in stock recovery and not lose data.

spotmark said:
You can also flash the OTA file in stock recovery and not lose data.
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Will it retain root or do you mean - https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/tutorials.html#ota-installation

Androider4Life said:
Retain root or have to re-root
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Have to re-root using the Magisk method. Put stock boot on phone, patch boot with Magisk, put modded boot back on computer, and flash in fastboot. AFAIK, there is no way to retain root. Every time you flash the latest monthly patch, it flashes a new stock boot. Therefore, no root.

kerobrat said:
There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.
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There's a way with taking the ota through settings I found out how from a user on here which is:
Once received the ota , go to magisk first uninstall/restore images then download/install ota then DONT REBOOT, go back to magisk install magisk to inactive slot from the app then reboot and all should work with new ota update and have root still.

What is this update 4.3mb

Once again, my phone got bricked. I wanted to sideload, so I tried to get it into recovery, it wouldn't, so I tried a few times, and decided screw it. Now my phone bootloops. So, download the image and try flashing, it won't go into fastboot and fails. No matter what I do, I can't seem to save it. Can anyone help me with this? I'm trying a different computer in a sec, but, not sure if that will work either.
Edit: The different computer doesn't see it... FML

gettinwicked said:
Once again, my phone got bricked. I wanted to sideload, so I tried to get it into recovery, it wouldn't, so I tried a few times, and decided screw it. Now my phone bootloops. So, download the image and try flashing, it won't go into fastboot and fails. No matter what I do, I can't seem to save it. Can anyone help me with this? I'm trying a different computer in a sec, but, not sure if that will work either.
Edit: The different computer doesn't see it... FML
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Just flash the factory image or ota thru flash.all bat file after you do/did the necessary steps like extract the images etc to platform tools folder on ur pc
Or visit here for more help/steps
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-progress-available-t3876849
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117

gm007 said:
What is this update 4.3mb
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Its just a security patch, we already had the updated rom in september, this just adds the latest security patch. Even though its only 4.3mb, its taking ages to patch, 10 mins still installing.

Jiggs82 said:
Just flash the factory image or ota thru flash.all bat file after you do/did the necessary steps like extract the images etc to platform tools folder on ur pc
Or visit here for more help/steps
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-progress-available-t3876849
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117
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You missed the part where I did try flashing the image. I've done this a hundred times, so, I did it right.
Anyway, I got it. I didn't realize my work computer had a USB-C port, so, I grabbed one and tried flashing the image with that. Worked! Thank God... I guess sdk tools doesn't like a USB 1 to C cable, and my phone doesn't like going into recovery...

Androider4Life said:
How do we flash the update and not lose data and root? All the guides are still for 9.0 for updates
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kerobrat said:
There's a link to a how-to for 10 in the stickied how-to for 9 - https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-3-xl-android-10-0-q-t3964117.
But without twrp I don't think there's a way to retain root, I think you'll need to go the route of patching the boot image with Magisk. But for data just remove the -w switch from flash-all, that should be the same.
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If you are rooted flash the boot.img of the factory image you are currently on to both slots:
Code:
fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Then Do #4 'keep Data'

Homeboy76 said:
If you are rooted flash the boot.img of the factory image you are currently on to both slots:
Code:
fastboot flash boot --slot all boot.img
Then Do #4 'keep Data'
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I am starting to feel more and more like a lot of the bootloop issues are being caused by OTAs swapping slots on install. Besides the --slot all patched boot, it might help to run the OTA twice to get it to install to both slots completely. Preferably though, quit using OTAs and work with -w removed flash-all installer (and even then possibly installing to both slots with an active slot swap in between and before rooting). The double install is common when installing custom ROMs, and the process for OTA sideloads is pretty similar.

Performance improvement, feels smooth and responsive. Glad i dont need to root this phone, ppl are having so many problems.

boe323 said:
Its just a security patch, we already had the updated rom in september, this just adds the latest security patch. Even though its only 4.3mb, its taking ages to patch, 10 mins still installing.
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My download was 1.3 gb and took forever to install. That's more than just the security patch.. Build number is different too.
Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk

Worked exactly the same as the 10 and .C3 builds for me. Flash-all (minus -w) and patched boot in Magisk. No issues. It was not just security this month. See the functional patches in the bulletin.
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-10-01

is there new platform tools too?

Question OTA problems, update options and full factory flash

So for some reason the February update doesn't show up for my in system updates.
To update manually, is it better to download the ota from Google's site and flash that or the newest firmware and flash system?

G5-User7080 said:
So for some reason the February update doesn't show up for my in system updates.
To update manually, is it better to download the ota from Google's site and flash that or the newest firmware and flash system?
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The safest way to update is by sideloading the OTA.
I assume your bootloader is not unlocked; if I am correct, flashing the factory image is not an option.

V0latyle said:
The safest way to update is by sideloading the OTA.
I assume your bootloader is not unlocked; if I am correct, flashing the factory image is not an option.
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Ah sorry for the lack of details.
I'm unlocked and rooted and pass safetynet / play attestation with safetynet-fix-mod by DisplaX
I found your guide about updating etc in the Pixel 6 forum, and since I didn't know if I could just take feb 06 OTA or if I had to flash all previous ones too I just went with the factory image method.
I updated with the same version as I'm running to see if it would offer me to OTA then et voila it does
After I finished updating and did fastboot boot magisk-patched-boot-image.img it did offer me to OTA even tho I failed safety-net / play attestation (probably since I didnt do magisk direct install yet and was just booting the rooted image)
Which made me wonder,.. are you supposed to uninstall magisk before you even click on "system update"?
I thought you just check for updates first and when it shows one you then uninstall magisk.

G5-User7080 said:
Ah sorry for the lack of details.
I'm unlocked and rooted and pass safetynet / play attestation with safetynet-fix-mod by DisplaX
I found your guide about updating etc in the Pixel 6 forum, and since I didn't know if I could just take feb 06 OTA or if I had to flash all previous ones too I just went with the factory image method.
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Current updates have all the updates and fixes from previous releases
G5-User7080 said:
I updated with the same version as I'm running to see if it would offer me to OTA then et voila it does
After I finished updating and did fastboot boot magisk-patched-boot-image.img it did offer me to OTA even tho I failed safety-net / play attestation (probably since I didnt do magisk direct install yet and was just booting the rooted image)
Which made me wonder,.. are you supposed to uninstall magisk before you even click on "system update"?
I thought you just check for updates first and when it shows one you then uninstall magisk.
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Automatic OTA is troublesome when rooted. You don't need to perform a complete uninstall in Magisk; just restore images before you take the update, and make sure that you go back into Magisk and patch the inactive slot before you reboot.

V0latyle said:
Current updates have all the updates and fixes from previous releases
Automatic OTA is troublesome when rooted. You don't need to perform a complete uninstall in Magisk; just restore images before you take the update, and make sure that you go back into Magisk and patch the inactive slot before you reboot.
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yes, that restore original images thing is what I meant, I'm just sticking to the OTA guide from Magisk, thats why I booted the patched boot img and then direct installed through magisk too instead of just flashing it.
Just since I've never done an OTA update before Idk if it shows that updates are available with magisk installed.
Like, if the "restore images" before OTA refers to before I even click on Settings -> System update to check if theres an upate available or if I can like let it download first and then restore it before installation or smth.
It did show it for me now but that was directly after rebooting from updating with factory images, booting rooted boot image but it was before I even direct installed root through magisk.

@V0latyle
mhh alright... I'm never doing OTA's again.
restored original boot.img through magisk, let the ota do its thine, instead of restart I went to magisk again and did "install to inactive slot" then reboot from magisk.
Except that it just showed "This device is corrupted" and when I pressed continue I was staring at a google logo and nothing happened.
So in the end I had to use android flash tool and wipe my phone cause normal fastboot firmware install didn't work.
Now its working and rooted again but the "This device is corrupted" message doesn't go away.
I even relocked the bootloader through android flash tool before I unlocked it and rooted like normal, but it's still there.
Is that like an addition from the last update? Now whenever I reboot there are 2 screens I have to click away,.. the normal unlocked warning and the corrupted screen.

G5-User7080 said:
@V0latyle
mhh alright... I'm never doing OTA's again.
restored original boot.img through magisk, let the ota do its thine, instead of restart I went to magisk again and did "install to inactive slot" then reboot from magisk.
Except that it just showed "This device is corrupted" and when I pressed continue I was staring at a google logo and nothing happened.
So in the end I had to use android flash tool and wipe my phone cause normal fastboot firmware install didn't work.
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Shouldn't have had to do that. If this happens just reflash the boot image using ADB. If that doesn't work...
G5-User7080 said:
Now its working and rooted again but the "This device is corrupted" message doesn't go away.
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Try sideloading the OTA. It appears that the "patch inactive slot" method in Magisk isn't working for everyone. Nothing is actually corrupt, the OTA update engine just isn't happy about something. Either way, wiping data shouldn't be necessary.
G5-User7080 said:
I even relocked the bootloader through android flash tool before I unlocked it and rooted like normal, but it's still there.
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Don't EVER do this unless everything is 100% stock and the device has been fully wiped.
G5-User7080 said:
Is that like an addition from the last update? Now whenever I reboot there are 2 screens I have to click away,.. the normal unlocked warning and the corrupted screen.
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Nope, both screens are part of the Android Boot Flow.
Since the inactive slot method didn't work, I suggest sideloading the OTA in the future. Do not interrupt the process or attempt to flash anything. Let the update complete normally and boot; you won't have root. Assuming you already have a Magisk patched boot image handy (it doesn't have to be current), you can then reboot to bootloader and live boot the patched image, then perform Direct Install in Magisk.

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Shouldn't have had to do that. If this happens just reflash the boot image using ADB. If that doesn't work...
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welp.. I tried flashing matching (so newest) boot, didnt work
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Try sideloading the OTA. It appears that the "patch inactive slot" method in Magisk isn't working for everyone. Nothing is actually corrupt, the OTA update engine just isn't happy about something. Either way, wiping data shouldn't be necessary.
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you mean now? like after im factory reset & rooted I should sideload the same OTA again which I'm on right now?
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Don't EVER do this unless everything is 100% stock and the device has been fully wiped.
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Isn't that what android flash tool does?
wiping my device and install stock?
either way I wasnt running a custom rom and of course I don't relock it after I'm rooted.
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Since the inactive slot method didn't work, I suggest sideloading the OTA in the future. Do not interrupt the process or attempt to flash anything. Let the update complete normally and boot; you won't have root. Assuming you already have a Magisk patched boot image handy (it doesn't have to be current), you can then reboot to bootloader and live boot the patched image, then perform Direct Install in Magisk.
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So right now I should leave everything as is including the corrupted message, right?
Then when the next OTA comes I do nothing, keep root, no uninstall or restore through magisk, and I just download the newest OTA from google, and do the fastboot sideload thing?
It'll work even though my boot.img is rooted?
And then the OTA will remove root, I live boot my existing (eventually outdated) magisk patchet boot.img, then direct install as usual?

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Nothing is actually corrupt, the OTA update engine just isn't happy about something.
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This is slightly frustrating,... thanks for telling my my device is corrupted and making me think its actually bricked... nice going google.
I'm gonna have so much fun doing all the device settings again, cause for some reason restoring google backup doesn't do that.
How would I not hate OTA's after this lol

G5-User7080 said:
welp.. I tried flashing matching (so newest) boot, didnt work
you mean now? like after im factory reset & rooted I should sideload the same OTA again which I'm on right now?
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Yes. Sorry if it's confusing. The OTA update process can be a bit...sensitive.
G5-User7080 said:
Isn't that what android flash tool does?
wiping my device and install stock?
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Yes, but only if Wipe device is checked
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So right now I should leave everything as is including the corrupted message, right?
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Just sideload the OTA. It won't wipe anything and it can't possibly hurt anything.
G5-User7080 said:
Then when the next OTA comes I do nothing, keep root, no uninstall or restore through magisk, and I just download the newest OTA from google, and do the fastboot sideload thing?
It'll work even though my boot.img is rooted?
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Yes - when you update via system, it checks images for integrity before updating. Sideloading the OTA skips this and just overwrites the images. Doesn't affect user data.
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And then the OTA will remove root, I live boot my existing (eventually outdated) magisk patchet boot.img, then direct install as usual?
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Yep.
G5-User7080 said:
This is slightly frustrating,... thanks for telling my my device is corrupted and making me think its actually bricked... nice going google.
I'm gonna have so much fun doing all the device settings again, cause for some reason restoring google backup doesn't do that.
How would I not hate OTA's after this lol
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I can definitely understand the frustration. Suggestion: before you go nuclear next time and wipe your data, post here and see if someone might have a solution. I have a strong suspicion that simply sideloading the OTA would have cleared the corrupted message, you wouldn't have had to wipe data, and you could have just re-rooted. As the great Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy tells us, "Don't Panic!"

Sideloading went without issue, message still there though, but at this point idec anymore, thanks for the help!
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Just sideload the OTA. It won't wipe anything and it can't possibly hurt anything.
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G5-User7080 said:
Sideloading went without issue, message still there though, but at this point idec anymore, thanks for the help!
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The corrupt message is?
Hmm. Sideload again. Reason being is the OTA always installs to the inactive slot, then switches to that slot. If you install the OTA twice, it installs to both slots. Example: you're on slot A. Install OTA -> slot B becomes active, Slot A hasn't been updated. Install OTA again, -> Slot A becomes active.
Just to make sure - you're using Magisk 25.2, yes?

Latest release, yes.
No worky, was on slot a before, so it did ota and switched to b, b wasnt rooted, I rooted it through magisk, did the ota again, so it switched back to a, rebooted, a wasnt rooted as expected and the message was still there.
just to confirm that it actually switched and didnt like ota 2 times without switching, I switched back to b and it was rooted.
Can only guess it only works if the ota actually installs anything, i mean im already on february 5th on both slots.
So I'll try again next month.

G5-User7080 said:
Latest release, yes.
No worky, was on slot a before, so it did ota and switched to b, b wasnt rooted, I rooted it through magisk, did the ota again, so it switched back to a, rebooted, a wasnt rooted as expected and the message was still there.
just to confirm that it actually switched and didnt like ota 2 times without switching, I switched back to b and it was rooted.
Can only guess it only works if the ota actually installs anything, i mean im already on february 5th on both slots.
So I'll try again next month.
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The message should disappear when you update the OS next month.

G5-User7080 said:
So for some reason the February update doesn't show up for my in system updates.
To update manually, is it better to download the ota from Google's site and flash that or the newest firmware and flash system?
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what works best for me (!) is downloading the whole factory image, extracting boot.img, patching it using magisk, transferring it back to the pc, and there editing flash-all.bat so it doesn’t wipe data (!) and adding one line to flash the new boot.img directly at the end. reboot to bootloader, run flash-all, done.

Just use PixelFlasher. It will take care of everything, including Magisk patching the boot image. Makes updates using the factory images painless, takes about 5 minutes total.

G5-User7080 said:
hi, umm so this isn't really something for any thread, I just have some questions.
Is it possible to force a full factory flash?
Cause I assume running flash-all.bat from the factory image or using android flash tool does not do that, as it only uses the fastboot update command.
Well, Idk what exactly fastboot update does, but from my old phone I remember that the script to flash stock contains a lot of flash commands for every partition, e.g. fastboot flash boot, fastboot flash system, etc.
So maybe that warning would go away after actually flashing the entire rom over it.
Also while data was wiped at least 2 times, there are three apps that I accidentally disabled a few days ago, and or some reason I couldnt re-enable them, and the weird thing is they are still disabled..
Then for some reason when I restored the google backup after the wipe it didn't apply my settings and only downloaded my apps.
And now I found another thing, sometimes my screen doesnt turn off after the set timeout, only when charging tho, but stay awake in dev settings isnt on..
Additionally the battery level is inconsistent and suddenly jumps up or down a few percent, but the kernel reported level (measured with ACCA) stays consistent, so its not really an issue.
I'll try resetting all app permissions and if that doesnt work all settings i guess, but I really have no clue what mightve caused this.
Especially since none of those happened before wipe / OTA and I only re-installed my apps, loaded their settings from backups and clicked through the settings app.
No new modules or any root quirks.
I'm glad its just my phone, I only really use it for social media and and umm music ig so its not really that much work to set up again, only really annoying thing is to click through everything in settings cause theres no way to back that up meh.
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@G5-User7080 I'm bringing this to public as discussed in PM.
Yes, you can force a full factory flash. Yes, the flash-all script and the Android Flash Tool both do this - they flash bootloader, radio, and all OS partitions. If you want to be really thorough, you can check the "Force flash all partitions" checkbox, this also requires a data wipe.
I'm not sure why system apps would remain disabled following a data wipe.
The Google One backup isn't able to back up everything. It cannot back up application data, and it does not back up all system settings.
Regarding the screen, I've noticed the opposite with my Pixel 5. I have "Stay Awake" turned off, but despite having my screen timeout set for 1 minute, it turns off and locks after about 15 seconds.
Battery...Not sure what to tell you.
Consumer electronics are cantankerous beasts indeed and fraught with gremlins.

V0latyle said:
@G5-User7080 I'm bringing this to public as discussed in PM.
Yes, you can force a full factory flash. Yes, the flash-all script and the Android Flash Tool both do this - they flash bootloader, radio, and all OS partitions. If you want to be really thorough, you can check the "Force flash all partitions" checkbox, this also requires a data wipe.
I'm not sure why system apps would remain disabled following a data wipe.
The Google One backup isn't able to back up everything. It cannot back up application data, and it does not back up all system settings.
Regarding the screen, I've noticed the opposite with my Pixel 5. I have "Stay Awake" turned off, but despite having my screen timeout set for 1 minute, it turns off and locks after about 15 seconds.
Battery...Not sure what to tell you.
Consumer electronics are cantankerous beasts indeed and fraught with gremlins.
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I couldnt think of any other way that some apps retain their disabled state, as well as why would the corrupted message stay even after full stock / full OTA on both slots.
Only thing I can think of is that fastboot update does not overwrite partitions that are already the same version.
Do you think enforcing all partitions flash would get rid of the corrupted warning as well?
As for the google one backup,.. it said it would restore settings, even if its not all of them,.. i dont think it restored any.
sound, display, permissions, gestures, gboard, etc, was all different.

G5-User7080 said:
I couldnt think of any other way that some apps retain their disabled state, as well as why would the corrupted message stay even after full stock / full OTA on both slots.
Only thing I can think of is that fastboot update does not overwrite partitions that are already the same version.
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Pretty sure it does. I could be wrong.
G5-User7080 said:
Do you think enforcing all partitions flash would get rid of the corrupted warning as well?
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In theory, yes. Google hasn't exactly released any in depth documentation for the Android Flash Tool. Note that force flashing all partitions will include a data wipe but it's worth a try
G5-User7080 said:
As for the google one backup,.. it said it would restore settings, even if its not all of them,.. i dont think it restored any.
sound, display, permissions, gestures, gboard, etc, was all different.
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Only thing I can think of is you might have selected a backup that was incomplete or something. Google One takes "snapshots" every once in a while, including after you've signed into Google on your device.
Otherwise, the backup just didn't restore completely?

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Only thing I can think of is that fastboot update does not overwrite partitions that are already the same version.
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Fastboot does but I don't think Android Flash Tool does unless you select "Force Flash Partitions".
I'm pretty sure the information part of "Force Flash Partitions" says "Flash all partitions that are part of the build even if they are up to date (e.g. bootloader, radio) as well as force a wipe".
At least this language leaves me to believe that that Android Flash Tool won't overwrite partitions that are already up-to-date unless you select "Force Flash Partitions".