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[Q] unlocked 4.2

i have an unlocked bootloader tf700t waiting for spare cable to install twrp
can someone please answer these questions
will i brick my tablet if i update?
do i update through manual or OTA?
should i install twrp first?
will i lose unlock?
if you could tell me then it would be great. the last thing i want is a brick

hasrussian said:
i have an unlocked bootloader tf700t waiting for spare cable to install twrp
can someone please answer these questions
will i brick my tablet if i update?
do i update through manual or OTA?
should i install twrp first?
will i lose unlock?
if you could tell me then it would be great. the last thing i want is a brick
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If you do everything correctly, you won't brick your tablet.
Since your bootloader is unlocked, you won't get the OTA update, so you'd have to install it manually. AFAIK you need root to manually install an OTA update (by copying the dlkpkgfile to /cache and creating the corresponding command file), so it's easier to install TWRP first.
The bootloader stays unlocked when you do all this.

thanks
_that said:
If you do everything correctly, you won't brick your tablet.
Since your bootloader is unlocked, you won't get the OTA update, so you'd have to install it manually. AFAIK you need root to manually install an OTA update (by copying the dlkpkgfile to /cache and creating the corresponding command file), so it's easier to install TWRP first.
The bootloader stays unlocked when you do all this.
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cable arrived and i now have twrp installed
thanks anyway

Question: If I update to the newest firmware, will I lose root?

Just got a alert to update firmware. Will I lose Root if I Update?
Thanks...

you can't install it if you are rooted, you have to unroot and install stock recovery no twrp for it to work.
it might also lock your bootloader meaning factory reset again to unlock.

jefffisher said:
you can't install it if you are rooted, you have to unroot and install stock recovery no twrp for it to work.
it might also lock your bootloader meaning factory reset again to unlock.
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Not necessarily. I have an FRD-L04, I was running unlocked bootloader with TWRP and Magisk, rooted on B385. Flashed just the stock b360 recovery through fastboot, and then downloaded the full update package in the updater.
When it booted back up after the update, my bootloader had been locked. I uninstalled Magisk once I got back into Android. All seems to be working so far (except for my finicky SD card reader).

Install stock recovery and proceed with update.
You wont lose root

I lost root and got a locked bootloader since the new update (B394)

zimmen said:
I lost root and got a locked bootloader since the new update (B394)
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It was GB update or MBs?
Can root again

shashank1320 said:
It was GB update or MBs?
Can root again
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It was the GB
I downloaded the full package, only way to update for me.

zimmen said:
It was the GB
I downloaded the full package, only way to update for me.
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Oops then it will restore the recovery, lock the bootloader, remove root

shashank1320 said:
Oops then it will restore the recovery, lock the bootloader, remove root
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Yes, but that was the only way to get the update to install.
Not that I loos so much when I unlock it again, it's only apps they i have to install again.

Has anybody tried to flash magisk in the new B394? I get an "Process error" when trying to install/download modules
Update: just be sure to create a folder in internal storage named MagiskManager

Problems with updating to the newest OTA 1.24.709.8 TW version U11+

Hello there.
I unlocked my bootloader a long while ago, then flashed TWRP on my TW U11+. Now recently I have seen that there's an update and I get the popup from my updater.apk on my HTC U11+.
My phone is on 1.24.709.7 update. And it's I think most definitely the ASIA_TW version.
Mid - 2Q4D10000
Cid - HTC__621
So I try to update but of course fail because my recovery was TWRP so of course that it did not work. Then I hear that you need to have stock recovery, so what I do is I get stock recovery.img, go to download mode and flash it through the command "flashboot flash recovery recovery.img. I get the success command and I reboot and try download the OTA once again, then I try to update it. It does go to stock recovery but then it "updates" til 25% and then it's stuck. Then after like 10 seconds it just simply gives my this Red Triangle with an exclamation mark in the middle of it. So I press power button and vol down to get off that mode and that's it. It won't update to the newest OTA.
I flashed 1.24.709.7 recovery at first. It didn't work then I flashed 1.24.709.8 recovery but still no avail.
Can you guys please help me? I really don't know what I am doing wrong.
Thanks in advance

I am having the exact same problem. I wish I had the HTC__621 recovery, but I haven't been able to find the correct one.
Hopefully somebody will see this. Every link that looks like the right thing is dead.

Same problem
I had the same problem, too.
But I find a way to update to 1.24.709.8.
That is: I decide to flash the 1.24.709.8 version's RUU .
Hope this can help you.
U11+ All TW version's image and OTA :
//drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kNE8rN8yUBPo9vux9G3CMvUzg3cg0lQ3

Thanks for the link.
However the problem that I'm experiencing is that whenever I flash either 1.24.709.7 or 1.24.709.8 RUU. It just won't flash over fastboot. So what I do is I put it on my SD card then put the file and rename it to like 2Q4DIMG.zip and go to recovery and still won't flash it correctly.
I'll try it again today to see what error code I get from it.

Did you unlocked or rooted your u11+?

Sorry for the late reply man.
My HTC u11plus is unlocked and I also have rooted my phone via magisk.

You can't update with official ota if unlocked, you need to relock and have the stock recovery. Relock will wipe your data I think

You can OTA with unlock, but you must run pure stock ROM. I RUU my phone and successfully apply the OTA.
Magisk did modify /boot partition so OTA wont apply with Magisk. You have to restore stock boot, OTA, then patch the boot again to preserve Magisk. Also if you use 3rd party recovery you have to restore the stock one.
All partition image can be found in the RUU with https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928 but you must make sure you flash the version match your current system. If not the only way might be RUU your phone.

I have also had the exact same issue with updating the latest OTA update. I have TW model, it was unlocked and rooted with magisk. I relocked bootloader, stock boot img and still the update wouldn't install. I even tried flashing 1.24.709.7 RUU in downloader mode but failed remote: 22 RU_HEADER_ERROR.
Would love any ideas or help.
*UPDATE*
Finally was able to update to 1.24.709.8 OTA. I needed up unlocking the bootloader again, then downloaded the 1.24.709.7 full image from
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kNE8rN8yUBPo9vux9G3CMvUzg3cg0lQ3
Extracted the rar file and manually installed the boot, recovery and system images separately and rebooted. Downloaded the update and installed, everything worked sweet!!

xymopen said:
You can OTA with unlock, but you must run pure stock ROM. I RUU my phone and successfully apply the OTA.
Magisk did modify /boot partition so OTA wont apply with Magisk. You have to restore stock boot, OTA, then patch the boot again to preserve Magisk. Also if you use 3rd party recovery you have to restore the stock one.
All partition image can be found in the RUU with https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-universal-htc-ruu-rom-decryption-t3382928 but you must make sure you flash the version match your current system. If not the only way might be RUU your phone.
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Thank you very much for this. I will try this tomorrow or something.
I will post my results here.

Btw is there any update for Emea region? They did one a month ago for TW models and since then no words about Europe and Middle East

Does anyone have a link to 1.24.401.7 9.0_CL1010171 ? I'm trying to find stock recovery that matches with stock rom and can't find it anywhere.
Magisk and TWRP installed at the moment.
I've got stock boot.img backed up before installing Magisk but there was no way to boot (without flashing) TWRP in order to backup stock recovery that came with U11+.
Cheers

Update Issues after rooting my U12+

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

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

do you know your CID?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.