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Nexus 5 with "TeamWin" failed update - and won't start again

Hello everyone.
Two hours ago I received the notification about the Android 5.0 update. I downloaded it and hit "Install". Then, "TeamWin" started, but not the update. I rebooted into System and tried to update again - but it tells me that 4.4.4 is the latest version I can get now. I'm on Build KTU84P now.
1) Do I need to remove TeamWin? If yes, with what?
2) How can I start the update again? I'm on a super slow connection and it would hurt to download the 500 MB again…
Thank you!

Fablus said:
Hello everyone.
Two hours ago I received the notification about the Android 5.0 update. I downloaded it and hit "Install". Then, "TeamWin" started, but not the update. I rebooted into System and tried to update again - but it tells me that 4.4.4 is the latest version I can get now. I'm on Build KTU84P now.
1) Do I need to remove TeamWin? If yes, with what?
2) How can I start the update again? I'm on a super slow connection and it would hurt to download the 500 MB again…
Thank you!
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You need to remove TeamWin, and load up your stock recovery. I don't have the exact instructions for this unfortunately.
The OTA update will come back to your phone soon, usually. Did for me within the hour.
The issue I am having now, back with stock recovery, is during the install I am getting a dead Android error icon, and can't continue. Looking for any help I can, and hopefully it will help you too.

Mysticodex said:
You need to remove TeamWin, and load up your stock recovery. I don't have the exact instructions for this unfortunately.
The OTA update will come back to your phone soon, usually. Did for me within the hour.
The issue I am having now, back with stock recovery, is during the install I am getting a dead Android error icon, and can't continue. Looking for any help I can, and hopefully it will help you too.
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Maybe we need http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/stock-checker-zip-prepare-ota-t2927865?
Gosh, this used to be so easy all the time.

if you are using twrp, why the heck are you trying to install the ota? why not download(from xda) and flash a recovery flashable stock or aosp build, and make life much easier for yourself? heck, i dirty flashed from 444 to 5.0 via an aosp flashable zip without any issues, and kept all my data.

simms22 said:
if you are using twrp, why the heck are you trying to install the ota? why not download(from xda) and flash a recovery flashable stock or aosp build, and make life much easier for yourself? heck, i dirty flashed from 444 to 5.0 via an aosp flashable zip without any issues, and kept all my data.
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I've read http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-android-4-4-3-ktu84m-rooted-busybox-t2557523 and it clearly states
-Do a factory reset (maybe you can keep data coming from STOCK 4.4.4 - maybe)
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And I didn't want to count on a maybe.

I'm using stock recovery, rooted as per normal, and a custom kernal. OTA is giving an Android dead error, with no text. Trying to figure out how to diagnose this.

Fablus said:
I've read http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-android-4-4-3-ktu84m-rooted-busybox-t2557523 and it clearly states
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it clearly states what? to use recovery version 2.8+? i used an older version, twrp version 2.6.2.4. what else?
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Mysticodex said:
I'm using stock recovery, rooted as per normal, and a custom kernal. OTA is giving an Android dead error, with no text. Trying to figure out how to diagnose this.
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it wont flash over a rooted rom anymore as of lollipop. you can flash the factory img via fastboot though, in your bootloader.

simms22 said:
it clearly states what? to use recovery version 2.8+? i used an older version, twrp version 2.6.2.4. what else?
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it wont flash over a rooted rom anymore as of lollipop. you can flash the factory img via fastboot though, in your bootloader.
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Trying to remove the root right now via SuperSU. I am hopeful it will work better afterwards.
Edit: SuperSU unrooted it, rebooted, did OTA again, error again. Is there no way to find out what this error is?

After Custom Recovery OTA and Recovery-flashable Incrementals Don't work

I've had the OPO for over a year, and just now had the need to root it. An OTA happened to come in the next day, and the update process didn't work as I expected. So I'd like to know if I did something wrong, a random problem occurred, or this is the way it's supposed to work.
Until a couple days ago, the OPO was stock + all OTAs that had been released. I unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP recovery, and installed SuperSU. All that went as expected. When the OTA notification arrived the next day, I tried to install it with "Update Cyanogen recovery" still unchecked (because original reports with CM 11S said you could keep your custom recovery with an OTA).
When I tried to install the update, the phone just rebooted to TWRP and the update was not stored anywhere on /sdcard. I then checked "Update Cyanogen recovery" and tried to install the OTA again. It did not install, and TWRP was still my recovery. Several repeats of this had no different result.
Then I flashed the stock CM recovery with fastboot. After verifying I had the CM recovery, I installed the OTA again, and it failed again, reboting to recovery and doing nothing else. Then I downloaded the incremental update and tried to flash that via CM recovery, and that failed too. I checked the file /System/build.opt, and line "ro.build.version.incremental" said 49d90510ef, which meant I should have been able to install the cm-bacon-49d90510ef-to-d91bf047f5-signed.zip file. But it failed and said the current build number was not as expected. The number it gave me was not anything that made sense looking at the list of recent incremental updates.
So at that point I bailed out and installed via recovery the full flashable zip file, and that worked.
If this is what I have to do each time, it's certainly doable, but I don't think this is how it's supposed to go. I'm surprised the OTA didn't work with the custom recovery installed, and I'm even more surprised that the incremental installation failed. Maybe trying to install the OTA without updating the CM recovery messed things up, but that doesn't seem likely either. When the next OTA comes out, I'll see if any of these troubles are repeated. But I'd like to know how the OTA was supposed to work after installing a custom recovery.

I am still yet to figure this one out also, my friend I'm sure with time someone will respond who had better experience with this; just be patient
Have you been able to root yet? I can't seem to be able to on the new incremental yet.
@MidnightJava

Looks like I'm not the only one with this problem.
I'm trying to find now the link for Cyanogen Recovery flashable to see it that fix the OTAs

Check the CyanogenMod website, @distante

vince.lupe said:
Have you been able to root yet? I can't seem to be able to on the new incremental yet.
@MidnightJava
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After installing the latest CM 12.1 ROM, I had to re-flash SuperSU. After doing that, root access is working fine. If you're having trouble rooting after installing the incremental, then my experience is perhaps not applIcable—since I was not able to do an incremental installation and had to re-flash the entire ROM.

distante said:
Looks like I'm not the only one with this problem.
I'm trying to find now the link for Cyanogen Recovery flashable to see it that fix the OTAs
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This thread with Cyanogen mirrors and info has exactly what you need.

MidnightJava said:
After installing the latest CM 12.1 ROM, I had to re-flash SuperSU. After doing that, root access is working fine. If you're having trouble rooting after installing the incremental, then my experience is perhaps not applIcable—since I was not able to do an incremental installation and had to re-flash the entire ROM.
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I had to completely re-flash stock 3JL full also, but this time root doesn't work. Tried to use WugFresh's Bacon Root Toolkit - didn't work - then, I tried to flash SuperSu via TWRP recovery (after unlocking bootloader), and that didn't work either? In other words, I have bootloader unlock, custom recovery installed, but no root :/

vince.lupe said:
I had to completely re-flash stock 3JL full also, but this time root doesn't work. Tried to use WugFresh's Bacon Root Toolkit - didn't work - then, I tried to flash SuperSu via TWRP recovery (after unlocking bootloader), and that didn't work either? In other words, I have bootloader unlock, custom recovery installed, but no root :/
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What happens when you try to root? Does it seem successful, but then you don't actually have root access? Or do you get some failure indication when you flash SuperSU? I've rooted a few phones in the last few years, but I'm far from an expert. Hopefully someone else will jump in with some idea of what went wrong. Shooting somewhat in the dark, I'd say look at the version of SuperSU and make sure it's the latest and the right one for the ROM, look at read-write permissions on your storage (if you can, you may need root access to check it properly). Of course wiping cache is always a good step, and if nothing else works, maybe factory reset, re-lock the bootloader, and then unlock and flash custom recovery again, and see if root can be successful then.

Once on custom recovery ( TWRP ) OTAs will NOT not install, unless you revert back to CM stock recovery. If you don't want to do that, wait for a signed flashable version to come out, which is normally 1-2 days after. Everytime you flash an update you will have to reinstall TWRP and SuperSU.
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vince.lupe said:
I had to completely re-flash stock 3JL full also, but this time root doesn't work. Tried to use WugFresh's Bacon Root Toolkit - didn't work - then, I tried to flash SuperSu via TWRP recovery (after unlocking bootloader), and that didn't work either? In other words, I have bootloader unlock, custom recovery installed, but no root :/
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Did you guys remove the " Update Cyanogen recovery" in Dev options and "respect CM root settings " In SuperSU settings ?

Cholerabob said:
Once on custom recovery ( TWRP ) OTAs will NOT not install, unless you revert back to CM stock recovery. If you don't want to do that, wait for a signed flashable version to come out, which is normally 1-2 days after. Everytime you flash an update you will have to reinstall TWRP and SuperSU.
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I figured that was the case when it failed. What seems anomalous in my case is that even after reverting to the stock recovery and verifying that it was installed, OTAs would not succeed. I didn't know about the "respect CM root settings " In SuperSU settings that you mentioned. Maybe that was the problem? Either that or the fact that I tried to install the OTA first with the custom recovery. Certainly the fact that the incremental installation reported I was at a different build number than what was listed in /System/build.opts indicates something was out of whack on my phone.
Temporarily reverting to the stock recovery and installing the OTA, then going back to custom recovery, seems a bit simpler than flashing the signed zip file and then re-installing recovery and SuperSU, but either way is not too bad. But being an engineer, I always have to find the optimum path and understand why things don't work the way I thought they should.

MidnightJava said:
What happens when you try to root? Does it seem successful, but then you don't actually have root access? Or do you get some failure indication when you flash SuperSU? I've rooted a few phones in the last few years, but I'm far from an expert. Hopefully someone else will jump in with some idea of what went wrong. Shooting somewhat in the dark, I'd say look at the version of SuperSU and make sure it's the latest and the right one for the ROM, look at read-write permissions on your storage (if you can, you may need root access to check it properly). Of course wiping cache is always a good step, and if nothing else works, maybe factory reset, re-lock the bootloader, and then unlock and flash custom recovery again, and see if root can be successful then.
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It just tells me that I don't have access :/ Everything flashes perfectly fine, but then when I boot up and try to access root, it tells me that I don't have access. I've tried everything already :/
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Cholerabob said:
Did you guys remove the " Update Cyanogen recovery" in Dev options and "respect CM root settings " In SuperSU settings ?
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I did do both :/

MidnightJava said:
I figured that was the case when it failed. What seems anomalous in my case is that even after reverting to the stock recovery and verifying that it was installed, OTAs would not succeed. I didn't know about the "respect CM root settings " In SuperSU settings that you mentioned. Maybe that was the problem? Either that or the fact that I tried to install the OTA first with the custom recovery. Certainly the fact that the incremental installation reported I was at a different build number than what was listed in /System/build.opts indicates something was out of whack on my phone.
Temporarily reverting to the stock recovery and installing the OTA, then going back to custom recovery, seems a bit simpler than flashing the signed zip file and then re-installing recovery and SuperSU, but either way is not too bad. But being an engineer, I always have to find the optimum path and understand why things don't work the way I thought they should.
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Not really since the signed zip file come with superSU, after the install it will ask you if you want to install superSU automatically, and TWRP will too when you start your TWRP app on your phone after reboot. But to each his own
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vince.lupe said:
It just tells me that I don't have access :/ Everything flashes perfectly fine, but then when I boot up and try to access root, it tells me that I don't have access. I've tried everything already :/
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I did do both :/
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Is your bootloader unlocked ? Reinstalled superSU ? Did you check with the fastboot command ? If you don't know how, look at Heisenberg's guide.

Cholerabob said:
Not really since the signed zip file come with superSU, after the install it will ask you if you want to install superSU automatically, and TWRP will too when you start your TWRP app on your phone after reboot. But to each his own
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Is your bootloader unlocked ? Reinstalled superSU ? Did you check with the fastboot command ? If you don't know how, look at Heisenberg's guide.
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Yes, bootloader is unlocked and SuperSu was reinstalled :/

[ROM] MCG24.251-5 100% Stock

Flash using TWRP. This will flash all files in the MCG24.251-5 update except for recovery.
New features in this update that I've noticed:
-Marshmallow, aged to perfection in Verizon's own servers. Only one major release version obsolete, and with outdated security patches!
-WiFi calling (woooooo! Those custom roms just got another carrier-specific, unportable feature to compete with)
-The command center widget has been replaced with the Droid Turbo 2 version
Get it here: https://mega.nz/#!G1xg1aYa!fm2hUL7hDDVaxTAj_iPbtY61P-8VrQEvoOJiVsDtdho
Here's the stock recovery image if you want it: https://mega.nz/#!r1wDQRCJ!KHbo_Q6L-WE_VyB1x8W4FbT6PrerPEyn9H1C6VUAyf8
Flashing this rom updates the bootloader to a version that can communicate with the kernel to tell SafetyNet that it is unlocked, causing it to fail. Fret not, however, as there are two options to fix this:
OPTION 1: Flash the SU4TL-49 bootloader using the following TWRP package: https://mega.nz/#!6logEaIQ!q8qPJw65Upt38Hxiu1JyxErmwbgL7CBzuGzzPC0C9pQ
OPTION 2: Flash this patch made by @bhb27: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120696423
Wipe cache and dalvik/art cache after either of these options.
NOTE that these options only fix failures due to SafetyNet checking the bootloader status. It will still fail due to root, xposed and the like. There are no known consequences or side effects to either of these options, so just pick whichever one you feel like.
If you notice weird things after you flash this rom (long boots other than the first one which is supposed to be long, random reboots, etc.) try flashing the stock recovery image and factory resetting.
If you want root, flash this version of SuperSU first, then flash whatever newer version you want: https://download.chainfire.eu/751/SuperSU/
If you have trouble flashing this, try TWRP Mod 3 instead of Mod 4.

Ouch, you have almost full flash inside archive, with bootloader too... Who is the most brave, introduce yourself ))
+ mirror

I can confirm that it works on old bootloader.
I had SULT-49 5.1 installed before and I just flashed this via TWRP. I haven't taken the OTA. It works perfectly. Thank you.
PS: My bootloader now is moto-apq8084-70.95 (2016-06-29). Do you have same version after taking OTA?

Did you have to wipe the system, data and cache first like you would with a new ROM or just dirty flash it?
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Thanks OP

rickyblaze13 said:
Did you have to wipe the system, data and cache first like you would with a new ROM or just dirty flash it?
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When in doubt, always wipe.

Hey everyone, what is your safetynet status with this rom? It's failing for me, and I can't figure out why.

rickyblaze13 said:
have to wipe the system, data and cache first
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It works w/o, but, IMO, better wipe, than not. You don't need extra bugs, right )

It's completing setup now, I did a wipe after I backed up my phone. It's unlocked and rooted before I flashed the zip
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Can we get this ULed to Dropbox or Google Drive? The Mega link and the mirror are taking forever...

Crowick said:
Can we get this ULed to Dropbox or Google Drive? The Mega link and the mirror are taking forever...
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My google drive is full and I don't have Dropbox. But if you wanted to mirror it, I will gladly add the link to the OP.

Sure, I'll throw it up on Google Drive. Do you have just the MM stock recovery kicking around?
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Google Drive link to the TWRP Flashable version in your OP hosted on Mega.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzQJqGBWW9ViQzFjTWJVUVZNazg

Crowick said:
Sure, I'll throw it up on Google Drive. Do you have just the MM stock recovery kicking around?
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Google Drive link to the TWRP Flashable version in your OP hosted on Mega.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzQJqGBWW9ViQzFjTWJVUVZNazg
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thanks for gdrive mirror

Crowick said:
Sure, I'll throw it up on Google Drive. Do you have just the MM stock recovery kicking around?
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Google Drive link to the TWRP Flashable version in your OP hosted on Mega.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BzQJqGBWW9ViQzFjTWJVUVZNazg
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I don't. I don't know how I would get it since I need root access to get it, and I can't get root access without TWRP, and I have to overwrite the stock recovery to get TWRP.

TheSt33v said:
I have to overwrite the stock recovery to get TWRP.
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fastboot boot TWRP.img

s5610 said:
fastboot boot TWRP.img
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Nice! Good call.
https://mega.nz/#!r1wDQRCJ!KHbo_Q6L-WE_VyB1x8W4FbT6PrerPEyn9H1C6VUAyf8

Is anyone else having exceptionally long reboot/start times for their phone after flashing this rom?

Just the first boot after flashing
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Thanks for that! Did anybody try to install it right over SU4TL-44? Just in case, I'm rooted, using xposed and twrp.

TheSt33v said:
Hey everyone, what is your safetynet status with this rom? It's failing for me, and I can't figure out why.
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Perhaps this:
https://www.xda-developers.com/android-safetynet-now-reportedly-tripped-by-unlocked-bootloaders/
I just tried using AP a few hours ago and it failed with the screen in the article. OTA with unlocked bootloader.

We might be able to install updates without restoring the official system

We might be able to install OTA without restoring the /system /boot and so on.
In /system/usr/bin there are a few programs for installing and checking the OTA package,
One of them is "update_engine", which is called just before my update fails, it returns:
Code:
update_engine: [1124/214750:ERROR:utils.cc(193)] fd >= 0 failed: No such file off directory
Later it tries to read from fstab and return a hash of a partition which fails, because it is modified.
Do you think it is possible to trick it in to returning positive hash or am I wrong.
More info in the screenshot.
EDIT: added OTA log

Bump.
I'd love an easy solution for this as well! I'm unlocked/rooted/stock and would love an easier way to apply OTA updates than waiting for someone to post the full patched firmware.

hugehead83 said:
Bump.
I'd love an easy solution for this as well! I'm unlocked/rooted/stock and would love an easier way to apply OTA updates than waiting for someone to post the full patched firmware.
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1) Just flash the lastest stock firmware over your current install but don't wipe 'userdata'.
2) Take the latest OTA
3) Re-root.
Takes 10-15 min tops.

ptn107 said:
1) Just flash the lastest stock firmware over your current install but don't wipe 'userdata'.
2) Take the latest OTA
3) Re-root.
Takes 10-15 min tops.
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Why wouldn't you just flash the latest update instead of going through all that?

ptn107 said:
1) Just flash the lastest stock firmware over your current install but don't wipe 'userdata'.
2) Take the latest OTA
3) Re-root.
Takes 10-15 min tops.
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I keep getting E: failed to mount / in recovery

Ok, I did some more digging and as it turn out, even when I restored my phone to stock and tried to install from OTA, it somehow set the ROOTED flag to true, I don't understand why since my deice wasn't rooted at that moment.

TeamRainless said:
Why wouldn't you just flash the latest update instead of going through all that?
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That only works if you are not rooted unfortunately : (
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ptn107 said:
1) Just flash the lastest stock firmware over your current install but don't wipe 'userdata'.
2) Take the latest OTA
3) Re-root.
Takes 10-15 min tops.
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Thanks,
I've been looking for the latest stock firmware but can't find it anywhere. Also: wouldn't the latest stock firmware also include the latest OTA?

hugehead83 said:
That only works if you are not rooted unfortunately : (
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Thanks,
I've been looking for the latest stock firmware but can't find it anywhere. Also: wouldn't the latest stock firmware also include the latest OTA?
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There is a collection of them on afh

hugehead83 said:
That only works if you are not rooted unfortunately : (
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Thanks,
I've been looking for the latest stock firmware but can't find it anywhere. Also: wouldn't the latest stock firmware also include the latest OTA?
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Not necessarily. The latest firmware usually lags behind the latest OTA by a month or more. The latest flashable firmware is OPWS28.46-21-14 (Oct patch) and the latest OTA is OPWS28.46-21-16 (Nov patch).

ptn107 said:
The latest flashable firmware is OPWS28.46-21-14 (Oct patch) and the latest OTA is OPWS28.46-21-16 (Nov patch).
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True. This is what I ended up doing, and it worked out ok:
- Took a nandroid backup in TWRP as a precaution (takes ~10-20 mins)
- Flashed full firmware from October w/o data wipe (took 2-3 mins)
- Booted normally. It took a few minutes for the "check for updates" to work, but eventually the November patch came in. It actually took ~20-30 minutes to apply.
- Rebooted to bootloader, then booted to TWRP img and pushed zips for TWRP and Magisk. (~5 mins)
- Booted normally, applied ad-blocker stuff
- Rebooted back to bootloader to flash the better boot logo
- Rebooted normally, all done.

hugehead83 said:
True. This is what I ended up doing, and it worked out ok:
- Took a nandroid backup in TWRP as a precaution (takes ~10-20 mins)
- Flashed full firmware from October w/o data wipe (took 2-3 mins)
- Booted normally. It took a few minutes for the "check for updates" to work, but eventually the November patch came in. It actually took ~20-30 minutes to apply.
- Rebooted to bootloader, then booted to TWRP img and pushed zips for TWRP and Magisk. (~5 mins)
- Booted normally, applied ad-blocker stuff
- Rebooted back to bootloader to flash the better boot logo
- Rebooted normally, all done.
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Did this reset the modified flag in booloader?

vidra said:
Did this reset the modified flag in booloader?
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I cannot recall or say for sure, but if you can tell me where specifically to look for that I'll check for you.

June update is out! (Android 9.0.0 Build PQ1A.190105.077)

When will the update madness with our phone ends???
Downloading right now...has anyone installed it yet?

liquor said:
When will the update madness with our phone ends???
Downloading right now...has anyone installed it yet?
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When will it end? Probably August 2020 as Essential has promised 2 years of OS updates and 3 of security updates like the Pixel. Android Q would be the last OS update, followed by a year of security updates. And August because the phone launched late August. It might get support through September. All assuming nothing happens to Essential before then.

Installed the zip from Essential, haven't had much time to see if any differences that are noticeable.
OTA Zip
Fastboot zip

Anybody else getting "Couldn't Update" message after reverting back to May update from Q Beta?

goofball2k said:
Installed the zip from Essential, haven't had much time to see if any differences that are noticeable.
OTA Zip
Fastboot zip
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Do you apply those OTA.zips like you would for any ROM? Or do you wipe dalvik, system, and data then flash the OTA.zip. I wanted to ask before I winded up in some crazy ****. I went ahead and backed up my phone.

jxcorex28 said:
Do you apply those OTA.zips like you would for any ROM? Or do you wipe dalvik, system, and data then flash the OTA.zip. I wanted to ask before I winded up in some crazy ****. I went ahead and backed up my phone.
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I have TWRP installed. This is my way of doing the update.
Ensure the OTA zip and TWRP zip (optional, you can choose to install TWRP your own way) and Magisk zip (optional, only if you want to be rooted) are on the phone storage
Reboot to TWRP recovery
Select Install, then install the OTA zip file and then the TWRP recovery zip.
Reboot to system, or if you wish to have Magisk installed, flash the Magisk zip file.

knochnkopf said:
Anybody else getting "Couldn't Update" message after reverting back to May update from Q Beta?
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Yeah, have the exact same problem.
After disliking Android Q Beta (had issues with calls) I flashed Android 9 May update (fastboot). Now the June update won't install

cjscholten said:
Yeah, have the exact same problem.
After disliking Android Q Beta (had issues with calls) I flashed Android 9 May update (fastboot). Now the June update won't install
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I had no issues installing the June OTA through TWRP after going back to stock May ROM from the Q Beta.
I would recommend you to back up again and start with the stock fastboot June ROM.
Good luck.
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cjscholten said:
Yeah, have the exact same problem.
After disliking Android Q Beta (had issues with calls) I flashed Android 9 May update (fastboot). Now the June update won't install
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Have you contacted Essential about the issue? I sent them a message yesterday with my device info and the process I used to flash back to the May 2019 update. Haven't heard from them yet. Seems like an odd problem. Only thing I can think of is maybe it has something to do with a scripting error in the batch file used to flash back to stock. I also went into my bootloader to verify that was locked so it should for all intents and purposes behave as a stock device. I have no root or custom recovery installed.
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Anybody know if flashing the OTA file from the Essential website vs the FastBoot file will completely wipe my device or just install over the top like a normal OTA? Only reason I ask is the OTA download is 330MB but the OTA file from the website is over 1GB. I really don't want to wipe my device AGAIN after just doing it less than a month ago.
Update: Flashed OTA zip from stock recovery without loss of data. They should really make that clearer on their website because it says flashing OTA "may" result in loss of data.

knochnkopf said:
Have you contacted Essential about the issue? I sent them a message yesterday with my device info and the process I used to flash back to the May 2019 update. Haven't heard from them yet. Seems like an odd problem. Only thing I can think of is maybe it has something to do with a scripting error in the batch file used to flash back to stock. I also went into my bootloader to verify that was locked so it should for all intents and purposes behave as a stock device. I have no root or custom recovery installed.
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Anybody know if flashing the OTA file from the Essential website vs the FastBoot file will completely wipe my device or just install over the top like a normal OTA? Only reason I ask is the OTA download is 330MB but the OTA file from the website is over 1GB. I really don't want to wipe my device AGAIN after just doing it less than a month ago.
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I flashed the OTA via TWRP and retained all app's and the data without any problems.
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The new update broke fastboot for me. Anyone else having issues with it? The update was taken OTA and runs fine, but I can't flash boot images or twrp anymore. Just gets a can't be read error.

Jz5678910 said:
The new update broke fastboot for me. Anyone else having issues with it? The update was taken OTA and runs fine, but I can't flash boot images or twrp anymore. Just gets a can't be read error.
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There's a fastboot zip linked in the previous page. Not sure if it'll help but maybe.
Essential PH-1, /e/ 0.6-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy

marcdw said:
There's a fastboot zip linked in the previous page. Not sure if it'll help but maybe.
Essential PH-1, /e/ 0.6-n ROM, microG (NoGapps), XDA Legacy
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Actually I did try that, but I can't flash it due to fastboot not working unfortunately. It seems like one of my slots is corrupted.

Jz5678910 said:
The new update broke fastboot for me. Anyone else having issues with it? The update was taken OTA and runs fine, but I can't flash boot images or twrp anymore. Just gets a can't be read error.
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I don't use TWRP, but I was able to successfully flash Magisk-patched boot image after the latest update, so fastboot seems to be working just fine for me...