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Latest OTA on rooted Shield

Hi guys,
I'd like to flash the latest ota on my shield.
having a rooted device with custom recovery i can't so it normally.
Is there another method to flash this OTA without unrooting?
Thanks

gerazzo said:
Hi guys,
I'd like to flash the latest ota on my shield.
having a rooted device with custom recovery i can't so it normally.
Is there another method to flash this OTA without unrooting?
Thanks
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Just flash the newest OTA in your custom recovery.
It will overwrite your recovery with stock recovery however.

FoxyDrew said:
Just flash the newest OTA in your custom recovery.
It will overwrite your recovery with stock recovery however.
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already tried.
It asks me if i wanna install an untrusted zip file.
I say yes
and it says unable to verify.
aborted

If you're on a custom recovery + root, then I'm assuming you're no stranger to adb and fastboot commands. You can download the full update (not incremental) from here , unzip, and use the flash-all.sh (or .bat if you're in windows) to flash the full update. You can then flash your custom recovery and superSU after it. You'll probably want to backup your stuff before you do this!
If you're on custom recovery + root because your friend did it for you, go ask your friend! =P

gerazzo said:
already tried.
It asks me if i wanna install an untrusted zip file.
I say yes
and it says unable to verify.
aborted
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In CWM or TWRP?

[ROM][8.0][OFFICIAL] Asus Firmware [Stock][20180212]

ASUS STOCK ROM ANDROID 8 OFFICIAL - ZENFONE 3 ZE552KL AND ZE520KL
Install TWRP Recovery 3.2.0 Or stock Recovery Oreo
Flash The Rom:
Direct Link Zenfone 3 ZE552KL
Direct Link Zenfone 3 ZE520KL
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Is possible add root to original rom? I have last nougat whit root and trv recovery. Is possible flash rom oreo .zip whith root integrate.

No you need to flash it white stock recovery

@magicozero
Do you have the ze552kl or the ze520? I can try to do it for the ze552 since I have that model.
@Rasque
If you can flash with stock recovery, you can flash with twrp. It has been discussed many times, and I flashed Oreo with twrp so I am speaking from personal experience.

wang1chung said:
@magicozero
Do you have the ze552kl or the ze520? I can try to do it for the ze552 since I have that model.
@Rasque
If you can flash with stock recovery, you can flash with twrp. It has been discussed many times, and I flashed Oreo with twrp so I am speaking from personal experience.
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Can u put room on this oreo rom for ze552kl to avoid unlock bootloader?

ehbm said:
Can u put room on this oreo rom for ze552kl to avoid unlock bootloader?
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what do you mean by "put room"? If you don't want to unlock your boot loader, you can still flash the stock unmodified rom through stock recovery.
If you don't want to unlock, you can try booting (not flashing) twrp through fastboot and then flash magisk. I've never tried it so I'm not sure if it'll work.

this rom can be flashed by twrp???

mcyorian said:
this rom can be flashed by twrp???
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No, just with the original recovery.

@kiq1702 @mcyorian
Yes, you can flash it with twrp. Edit the updater script, it works fine. I don't think I've ever used the stock recovery to flash anything, went straight to twrp and never looked back.

mcyorian said:
this rom can be flashed by twrp???
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Yes, you can. No need to edit script or anything but before reboot you need to flash magisk or it wont boot.

You don't need any kind of recovery to install this update. Just download the rom file from asus website, put it in the main folder of your zenfone3 (remember the main folder, not the downloads. if you download the update from your phone it will directly go to downloads folder, so you have to move the update file to main folder) and in couple of seconds you will get a notification that says new update found. And it will update itself. You don't have to flash anything with any kind of recovery.
Only thing to pay attention is when you are downloading the update from official website which is HERE choose the World Wide (WW) version.

iceboy91 said:
You don't need any kind of recovery to install this update. Just download the rom file from asus website, put it in the main folder of your zenfone3 (remember the main folder, not the downloads. if you download the update from your phone it will directly go to downloads folder, so you have to move the update file to main folder) and in couple of seconds you will get a notification that says new update found. And it will update itself. You don't have to flash anything with any kind of recovery.
Only thing to pay attention is when you are downloading the update from official website which is HERE choose the World Wide (WW) version.
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But my asis is rooted, unlocked bootloader and twrp Recovery ... it will be work by this method? ( put on main folder)

mcyorian said:
But my asis is rooted, unlocked bootloader and twrp Recovery ... it will be work by this method? ( put on main folder)
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I believe not, but you can try, if it does not work flash with recovery.

mcyorian said:
But my asis is rooted, unlocked bootloader and twrp Recovery ... it will be work by this method? ( put on main folder)
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My ZE552KL has unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed. I installed the latest official Oreo firmware with TWRP.

I tried with update way and TWRP way but dont install...
I have ROM on internal SDcard i tried both ROM see in image, but the message is the same...

Skytrotter said:
I tried with update way and TWRP way but dont install...
I have ROM on internal SDcard i tried both ROM see in image, but the message is the same...
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You have to edit the update script otherwise it won't work.
Remove the first 6 lines, save and replace it...

stark_br said:
You have to edit the update script otherwise it won't work.
Remove the first 6 lines, save and replace it...
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Can i install the latest oreo even without latest nougat using twrp? Or is it recommend to install latest nougat before proceeding with oreo, but I think i can install it without on latest nougat so plss enlighten me

stark_br said:
You have to edit the update script otherwise it won't work.
Remove the first 6 lines, save and replace it...
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no i dont edit, and i dont know how to edit, where i can found the way for edit?

Skytrotter said:
I tried with update way and TWRP way but dont install...
I have ROM on internal SDcard i tried both ROM see in image, but the message is the same...
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Which twrp did you use?

[email protected]@ said:
Which twrp did you use?
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3.0.2-0

Update via OTA when unlocked bootloader/rooted

So I unlocked by Bootloader and Rooted my OP6, the question I have is will the OTA updates be installed without any problems or will I have to install it manually?
Also when I install twrp (I have not installed yet) how will I need to update my phone through OTA?
Sorry if this is a noob question because the last time I rooted and flashed roms the software support was over so I never had any OTA updates.
Thanks

It will download the update but it most probably will download the Full 1.4GB ZIP
Meaning it will install the full rom and not the small update package.
It will install normally to the other slot and after reboot you should be updated.
This should work just fine with TWRP because it updates your other slot within Android, not in recovery.
After update, reboot phone, then reboot to TWRP and install Magisk!

I updated while being rooted and TWRP installed. Just download the update, then reflash twrp and root and everything works fine.

So if u want update your system but don't need TWRP you can just download OTA with system updater and install it.
If you want magisk don't reboot! Open magisk and press install and install to second slot. Then reboot. You will have an updated system with working magisk!

Kollachi said:
So if u want update your system but don't need TWRP you can just download OTA with system updater and install it.
If you want magisk don't reboot! Open magisk and press install and install to second slot. Then reboot. You will have an updated system with working magisk!
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So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...

zappomax said:
So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...
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I didn't even remove root. I can't explain you how this a and b is working. but what I know is, that every OTA is change the partition. And no u won't have 2 systems.

zappomax said:
So the only hitch to get an official incremental OTA update, is the root? Unlocked bootloader and TWRP installed doesn't cause any trouble?
If you just remove the root and then check for the update, evrything gonna be fine, am I right?
But how does it work this "slot a" "slot b"? What does it mean? After an update will your OP6 get 2 roms in the same time? The new and the previous? What happen after an update and the reboot? Have you to delete the old rom?
Thx for the patience...
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If your current system runs for example on slot "a" the update will be installed on slot "b "...the slot that you currently not using

Nick502 said:
It will download the update but it most probably will download the Full 1.4GB ZIP
Meaning it will install the full rom and not the small update package.
It will install normally to the other slot and after reboot you should be updated.
This should work just fine with TWRP because it updates your other slot within Android, not in recovery.
After update, reboot phone, then reboot to TWRP and install Magisk!
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So if I flash twrp now, then update OOS, only my root will be removed right which can be again flashed by twrp?

Harsh Keswani said:
So if I flash twrp now, then update OOS, only my root will be removed right which can be again flashed by twrp?
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Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk

Nick502 said:
Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk
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Thanks

Nick502 said:
Yes, I'm not sure if you will keep TWRP.
But you can always reinstall TWRP and then reflash Magisk
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One more thing, everytime I update, it's going to download the full ROM?

Harsh Keswani said:
One more thing, everytime I update, it's going to download the full ROM?
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If I'm not wrong, on a rooted device OTA installs a full rom. On a not-rooted phone OTA installs just the incremental update.

I only unlocked the bootloader to prepare for TRWP and root (So no TWRP and root yet) and it tells me it will download full update.

TaranQ said:
I only unlocked the bootloader to prepare for TRWP and root (So no TWRP and root yet) and it tells me it will download full update.
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I guess it recognizes the unlocked bootloader and then it always downloads and installs full update.
Why would you unlock your bootloader and then don't root :laugh:

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pdppdp said:
I guess it recognizes the unlocked bootloader and then it always downloads and installs full update.
Why would you unlock your bootloader and then don't root :laugh:
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Because I was not sure I wanted root again there are always apps that even with Magisk hide won't work.
But just to make sure I prepared by unlocking bootloader so if I decide to go for TWRP and root my data and storage won't get wiped which would mean starting all over again and losing app-data.

So, if I update from a ROM rooted with TWRP, will not the user data be deleted? Should we just root again and install the TWRP?

I had rooted 5.1.5 with TWRP and Magisk. I just downloaded the full package, copied it to phone storage. Then went to system update, update locally, picked the file and it ran the update.
However after reboot and update complete I lost TWRP and root. So I went to fastboot, booted the official TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img). Then flashed the official TWRP and Magisk for root, rebooted and all was good again.
I'm pretty sure there's an easier way of doing this but this worked for me.

marvel79 said:
I had rooted 5.1.5 with TWRP and Magisk. I just downloaded the full package, copied it to phone storage. Then went to system update, update locally, picked the file and it ran the update.
However after reboot and update complete I lost TWRP and root. So I went to fastboot, booted the official TWRP (fastboot boot twrp.img). Then flashed the official TWRP and Magisk for root, rebooted and all was good again.
I'm pretty sure there's an easier way of doing this but this worked for me.
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In theory, with the Oxygen Updater application you can install the OTA and Magisk in 1 step.

sakun-ice said:
In theory, with the Oxygen Updater application you can install the OTA and Magisk in 1 step.
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Yeah probably but it has a lot of mixed reviews and this takes me 10 minutes more or so oh well. I'll rather do it like this It's not like we get a new update every week

maybe to help you all
me: 5.1.5, unlocked bootloader, unofficial TWRP from thread by wuxianlin, magisk 16.4
my procedure was to change to official twrp which can be done easily by
downloading the twrp installer from official site, put to internal storage
flash twrp official installer
still in recovery, select reboot: recovery
flash magisk
boot system
now download full 5.1.6 signed flashable zip
recovery: flash 5.1.6
reflash recovery
reboot recovery
flash magisk
boot system
now you have rooted 5.1.6 with official twrp and magisk, no wipe needed

is it possible to upgrade from pie hos to a10 oos using local update?

hello there.
sorry for making a new thread .. ive asked my question multiple times no one answered properly. so here's the situation:
just received the phone from china . i'm on android pie hos. and want to update to ob7 . having root and twrp is it the right way to do it? :
1. update to ob7 using local update and full zip file.
2. unlock the bootloader and flash twrp 70 (or 74 i'm not sure?) using adb
3. flash magisk and twrp installer in twrp recovery
4. done!
i heared its better to use twrp 70 and dont know the reason. whats wrong with the latest version?

Not sure if that will work, but locally upgrading from h2OS to OOS worked on my old op6 when I had it.
If it does not work;
Backup your files first then you need to unlock your bootloader.
Then boot twrp via command prompt. Once booted into twrp. Wipe data and do a factory reset there. Flash twrp installer then reboot into recovery.
Flash OB7, twrp installer and magisk then reboot to recovery again and flash ob7, twrp installer and magisk then reboot to system
I'm using .74
Not sure what the problem is/are.
Regards

Dark Fear said:
hello there.
sorry for making a new thread .. ive asked my question multiple times no one answered properly. so here's the situation:
just received the phone from china . i'm on android pie hos. and want to update to ob7 . having root and twrp is it the right way to do it? :
1. update to ob7 using local update and full zip file.
2. unlock the bootloader and flash twrp 70 (or 74 i'm not sure?) using adb
3. flash magisk and twrp installer in twrp recovery
4. done!
i heared its better to use twrp 70 and dont know the reason. whats wrong with the latest version?
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It can be done but I wasn't happy with it there were loads of bugs.. Issues slowdowns etc.. I would suggest strictly against it..

theocdguy said:
It can be done but I wasn't happy with it there were loads of bugs.. Issues slowdowns etc.. I would suggest strictly against it..
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so whats the right way to do it

Dark Fear said:
so whats the right way to do it
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Which route you want to follow twrp or official? If its official i'd say try the msm tool.. That will put you on oldest pie and then you can do OTA..
Twrp is self explanatory..

theocdguy said:
Which route you want to follow twrp or official? If its official i'd say try the msm tool.. That will put you on oldest pie and then you can do OTA..
Twrp is self explanatory..
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i'm already on oldest pie.. whats the difference of his method with the one i mentioned?

ASUS still blacklisting phones with unlocked&relocked bootloader (no OTA updates)?

ASUS still blacklisting phones with unlocked&relocked bootloader (no OTA updates)?
I read that was the case with previous iterations of ZenFones. Apparently phones that had their bootloader unlocked can't receive OTA updates, even if the bootloader has been relocked. But what about now? Is it the same for the Zenfone 7 series?
Also if anyone wants to relock their bootloader, for whatever reason, it's the same command as the one for the ROG Phone III. Big thanks to @THEHOLYG0D and @IDunnoLookatXDA https://forum.xda-developers.com/asus-rog-phone-3/help/relock-bootloader-t4152057
Code:
fastboot oem asus-lock
However... WARNING!
I did this command and my Zenfone 7 Pro was completely bricked, until I applied an update via SD card. That was the only thing that worked. "Apply update via ADB" just didn't work, neither did flashing boot.img, system.img and others one by one... So re-lock the bootloader, AT YOUR OWN RISK!

I think this is still the case. There was an OTA released 30th September and it still hasn't come through to my phone so I am now downloading it from the ASUS website.

What's the best procedure for applying an update downloaded from the Asus website?
- EDIT- Never mind, found the answer. Copy the .zip to the root of the phones internal storage and reboot

Minotaur said:
What's the best procedure for applying an update downloaded from the Asus website?
- EDIT- Never mind, found the answer. Copy the .zip to the root of the phones internal storage and reboot
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Are you stock? Wouldn't recommend this process if you have TWRP & magisk installed.
Here is the process I followed:
Flash rom update from within TWRP, don't reboot.
Flash TWRP - both A & B slots.
Reboot recovery.
Flash Magisk.
Reboot system.

crumble6 said:
Are you stock? Wouldn't recommend this process if you have TWRP & magisk installed.
Here is the process I followed:
Flash rom update from within TWRP, don't reboot.
Flash TWRP - both A & B slots.
Reboot recovery.
Flash Magisk.
Reboot system.
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Ahhhh so just flash the downloaded zip from twrp? Don't need to extract anything from it?

Minotaur said:
Ahhhh so just flash the downloaded zip from twrp? Don't need to extract anything from it?
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Yep just flash it, no need to do anything else. Make sure you have latest version of TWRP if using an OTA, but for full zip from website any version should work.