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As the title suggests, I had a Nexus 5 running stock Android 5.0, with root and TWRP, and wanted to update to Android 5.0.1 (without losing all my data, of course). I couldn't find any guides for my particular circumstances, so after working out how to do it myself, I thought I'd share my method.
Note: This guide is not for the uninitiated. Be prepared to Google something for yourself if you don't understand it.
Prerequisites
Before starting this guide, you should have:
A Nexus 5 that running stock Android. The presence of root/Xposed/custom recovery (maybe custom kernels?) shouldn't be relevant, but I can't vouch for the efficacy of this guide if you've done something obscure to your install.
Android SDK tools, specifically the ADB and fastboot binaries. Additional USB drivers may be required on Windows.
The factory image for the Android version you are currently running.
1. Uninstall root and other /system modifications
If you have rooted your Android, and/or installed BusyBox, Xposed or other modifications to /system, you will need to uninstall these modifications. Failing to do so will cause the OTA to complain that there's something funky going on in your /system partition.
You may be able to manually uninstall each of these modifications, but this was not enough for my install – doing a ‘Full unroot’ in SuperSU still left behind files in /system. The easiest way to uninstall all /system modifications is to reflash the /system partition.
Extract the Nexus 5 factory image (e.g. hammerhead-lrx21o-factory-01315e08.tgz), yielding a directory with files such as flash-all.bat and image-hammerhead-XXXXXX.zip. Do not use the flash-all script, as this will unnecessarily wipe all data on the device.
Extract the image-hammerhead-XXXXXX.zip file, specifically the system.img file.
Open a command prompt/terminal window.
Connect the phone to the computer with a USB cable.
Boot the phone into the bootloader.
Method 1: Power down the phone, then hold VolUp + VolDn + Power until the phone boots into the bootloader.
Method 2: From the terminal, run adb reboot bootloader while the phone is still powered on.
From the terminal, run fastboot flash system /path/to/system.img.
2. Uninstall any custom recovery
Custom recoveries don't seem to support OTA updates, making it necessary to uninstall the custom recovery by reflashing the stock recovery.
Extract the recovery.img file from the factory image, as in Part 1.
Open a command prompt/terminal window, connect the phone to the computer, and boot into the bootloader, as in Part 1.
From the terminal, run fastboot flash recovery /path/to/recovery.img.
Optional: Reflash boot.img and/or cache.img
Some users have reported that reflashing system.img was not sufficient, and that reflashing boot.img and/or cache.img was also necessary. I did not have this problem, but if you do:
Extract the boot.img and/or cache.img files from the factory image, as in Part 1.
Open a command prompt/terminal window, connect the phone to the computer, and boot into the bootloader, as in Part 1.
From the terminal, run fastboot flash boot /path/to/boot.img.
From the terminal, run fastboot flash cache /path/to/cache.img.
3. Apply the OTA update
The simple part. In the bootloader, use the VolUp/VolDn buttons to select ‘Start’, then press the Power button, to reboot into Android. Follow the system update instructions to install the OTA update.
4. Reflash the custom recovery and re-root
Also self-explanatory.
Hey,
I just wanted to say thanks. This totally fixed the problem I was having. I also want to add that after I flashed the system.img, I was getting errors related to "EMMC:/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot" with a bunch of numbers after. I googled it and found I had to also flash boot.img, and after that, the OTA worked fine. I would assume if anyone else gets errors like this, they should flash whatever img it shows in the error (ie: mine said /by-name/boot so I flashed boot.img).
-BGM
It worked for me
I've always been using a toolkit for my rooting purposes, I have done Full Unroot on SuperSU, but still getting an error when trying to update to 5.0.1
Will flashing stock wipe everything(whatsapp image, camera's,messages, etc etc)on my phone?
azlan96 said:
I've always been using a toolkit for my rooting purposes, I have done Full Unroot on SuperSU, but still getting an error when trying to update to 5.0.1
Will flashing stock wipe everything(whatsapp image, camera's,messages, etc etc)on my phone?
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I also had problems using ‘Full Unroot’ in SuperSU. It's not actually as ‘full’ as it sounds.
Flashing a full factory image would normally wipe everything, but carefully following this guide will only reset the /system partition, not any user data.
I'd like to say thank you very much! I was looking for this kind of tutorial... I encountered an error while following all the steps because I forgot I had a custom kernel. So I wanted to add that if you have a custom kernel remember to do the same steps as described above for the kernel (return to stock) and then follow the system and recovery steps afterwards.
If you don't like running commands in terminal you can use Nexus Root Toolkit, on advanced, you have all the commands you need available.
Thank you very much RunasSudo
Taiyo85 said:
I'd like to say thank you very much! I was looking for this kind of tutorial... I encountered an error while following all the steps because I forgot I had a custom kernel. So I wanted to add that if you have a custom kernel remember to do the same steps as described above for the kernel (return to stock) and then follow the system and recovery steps afterwards.
If you don't like running commands in terminal you can use Nexus Root Toolkit, on advanced, you have all the commands you need available.
Thank you very much RunasSudo
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I have my ADB and Fastboot ok as confirmed by nexus root toolkit, but I am not sure on how to use terminal.. I launched command prompt but it doest recognise all the commands..
Tried Flash Stock + Unroot on Nexus Root Toolkit but the software will crash (fastboot.exe has stopped responding)
I am really clueless on what to do next..
azlan96 said:
I have my ADB and Fastboot ok as confirmed by nexus root toolkit, but I am not sure on how to use terminal.. I launched command prompt but it doest recognise all the commands..
Tried Flash Stock + Unroot on Nexus Root Toolkit but the software will crash (fastboot.exe has stopped responding)
I am really clueless on what to do next..
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Flash Stock + Unroot wipes everything and defeats the purpose of the tutorial made by RunasSudo
First and foremost you should download Android SDK (Tools only) on http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and then ask to install the extra: Google USB Driver.
With Nexus Root Toolkit you don't need terminal, click on advanced and you should see options to flash through fastboot the system only, recovery and kernel. It is pretty straighforward and it asks where the .img are in your computer
Thanks! This guide worked.
For Ubuntu users, you need to install adb and fastboot with these commands :
sudo add-apt-repository ppahablet-team/tools && sudo apt-get update (optional)
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot
Thanks for the great step by step.
As with some of the other posters, re-flashing system.img was not enough for me, I had to also re-flash the boot.img. Once that was done, I had no problems side loading the update and am now running LRX22C.
I only seem to fiddle with adb once a year - when it OTA time comes - and can never seem to remember some of the steps that need to be taken. Reading through some of the other threads, I have a feeling a lot of people who rooted/custom recovery and cant do the OTA are going to be doing complete image re-flashes when this guide makes that completely unecessary.
thanks again,
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BananasGoMoo said:
I googled it and found I had to also flash boot.img, and after that, the OTA worked fine.
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datcon said:
As with some of the other posters, re-flashing system.img was not enough for me, I had to also re-flash the boot.img.
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Thanks for the feedback! I've added a note about boot.img to the OP.
+1 for flashing boot.img worked perfect after I did that.
I tried with this tutorial. I flashed system and recovery and then restart. Confirm OTA but I get ERROR.
Then I flashed boot as it was described. Now I don't get OTA In About phone, I'm still on 5.0.0, Check for updates now don't find update
Any idea?
UPDATE - UPDATE: After hour now it is here ... super, it works.
This walkthrough was most helpful! Ended up replacing the boot.img as well since I had ElementalX installed. My apps are optimizing as we speak. Thank you!
Worked for me. What a hassle!
Here is a summary of the process for those looking for a less wordy procedure, with a few added steps:
Download Nexus 5 5.0 (LRX21O) file (note: NOT 5.0.1 yet) https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Unzip via 7-zip multiple times in order to get boot.img, recovery.img, system.img
Enable USB debugging: http://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutorials/how-to-enable-usb-debugging-mode-on-android-5-lollipop.htm
Plug phone into PC > cmd prompt where adb is installed > type "adb devices" to ensure connection is valid (will need to authorize via popup on phone > then "adb devices" should return your device id and "device"; if it says "unauthorized" then look for the popup on your phone)
adb reboot bootloader
Put system.img, recovery.img, and boot.img in same folder as fastboot.exe
Run commands:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache (this is optional. I didn't have to do it, but you might)
Use Volume Up/Down to select Start > press Power Button to reboot
Update via Settings > About Phone > System Update
Re-flash TWRP recovery:
Get the file from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57580889&postcount=1
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-hammerhead.img
Paul22000 said:
Worked for me. What a hassle!
Here is a summary of the process for those looking for a less wordy procedure, with a few added steps:
1. Download Nexus 5 5.0 (LRX21O) file (note: NOT 5.0.1 yet) https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
2. Unzip via 7-zip multiple times in order to get boot.img, recovery.img, system.img
3. Enable USB debugging: http://www.kingoapp.com/root-tutorials/how-to-enable-usb-debugging-mode-on-android-5-lollipop.htm
4. Plug phone into PC > cmd prompt where adb is installed > type "adb devices" to ensure connection is valid (will need to authorize via popup on phone > then "adb devices" should return your device id and "device"; if it says "unauthorized" then look for the popup on your phone)
5. adb reboot bootloader
6. Put system.img, recovery.img, and boot.img in same folder as fastboot.exe
7. Run commands:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
8. Use Volume Up/Down to select Start > press Power Button to reboot
9. Update via Settings > About Phone > System Update
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Maybe you could add `fastboot erase cache` as stepp 8.
gee2012 said:
Maybe you could add `fastboot erase cache` as stepp 8.
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I added it to step 7, thanks. :good: I also cleaned up the formatting and added step 10 about re-flashing TWRP.
Loading problem
I flashed system, recovery & boot images strictly following the instructions, restarted the phone. It got stuck in loading where balls in four colors keep running for half an hour. Shall I keep waiting? I think there must be something wrong. Your advises are welcome.
guangy said:
I flashed system, recovery & boot images strictly following the instructions, restarted the phone. It got stuck in loading where balls in four colors keep running for half an hour. Shall I keep waiting? I think there must be something wrong. Your advises are welcome.
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Try flash the partitions again. If it's still not working, you may need to reflash a factory image.
RunasSudo said:
Try flash the partitions again. If it's still not working, you may need to reflash a factory image.
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I flashed the cache image as well, then the problem solved. Thanks
So 6.0 comes out today but not only is my phone rooted it's also an ATT variant, so I am screwed from my update.
I find this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/using-image-to-update-nexus-6-data-loss-t3053158) to try and update it using the factory image. I thought everything went well. Couple hicciups the factory image was in .08 and mine was .15 and the radio was WAY outdated so after fixing those everything goes according to plan. For over an hour I get a Google logo, wait and wait nothing changes. I can't bootload into recovery or anything. Then I try it again this time I add teamwin recovery but prevail, no.
So for the hell of it I try VERY carefully and slowly to type in the commands double checking every line the last command system.img gives me this warning "(bootloader) Data size exceeds download buffer FAILED (remote failure)"
Odd. I go through the tutorial again and again getting the same, So I decided to start from scratch. Again
I then completely wipe everything with the exception of locking the bootloader. Still no 6.0 just some minor updates.
I go back and try getting rid of the Android SDK, the factory image file and .zip file as well as the simple ADB and fastboot.sh for Mac and run the uninstall for ADB and fastboot. Restart the computer. Not fastboot commands won't work. Reinstall the ADB and fastboot.sh, system says A-okay. Now I get a "-bash -bash: fastboot: command not found"
What is going on. My mac and my nexus hate me please please help.
UPDATE.
Reinstalled Android SDK installed the SDK tools and platform tools by clicking the excitable file "Android" placed the ADB and FASTBOOT files from the tools into my factory image files and then used "./" before the every fastboot command and it worked.
Hey guys. So I've been trying to manually update with no success so far. I was going to sideload, but I got the November security update ota and there is no ota file for LMY48X to Marshmallow (as far as I know). So I bit the bullet and unlocked the bootloader yesterday, and got the adb and fastboot set up and tried to run the ./flash-all.sh command. (I'm on a Mac) Everything was going fine until I came across an error. So I basically gave up and restored all my user data.
Today I figured I'd try again since I have already unlocked my bootloader and have nothing to lose. mra58k didn't work, so I figured I'd try the mra58n image and removed the -w command from the flash-all.sh and tried again. This is what I got:
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
fastboot(69137) malloc: *** mmap(size=2094391296) failed (error code=12)
*** error: can't allocate region
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
failed to allocate 2092296104 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Can anyone help me out? I have a feeling I won't be getting the ota through my phone anytime soon.
I may be wrong as this is a pure guess, but did you check the download to confirm it met the checksum? You might just try deleting your download and redownloading the latest version.
haibane said:
I may be wrong as this is a pure guess, but did you check the download to confirm it met the checksum? You might just try deleting your download and redownloading the latest version.
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No it is Google. Same here. Flashall.bat stops after flashing m-bootloader and m-radio.
After that it is needed to extract all the images and fastboot flash every image.
Don't use the flash-all.sh file to flash, flash the files manually. Plenty of guides outline the commands to use. Plus, make sure that you're Android SDK Tools is updated to the latest version.
RMarkwald said:
Don't use the flash-all.sh file to flash, flash the files manually. Plenty of guides outline the commands to use. Plus, make sure that you're Android SDK Tools is updated to the latest version.
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Thanks for the reply. So I went ahead and followed your advice and tried to do it manually. I checked everything was up to date. I flashed the bootloader, radio, recovery and boot images and rebooted the bootloader between every flash with no incident. Then I tried to flash the system.img and it first everything seemed to be ok but the terminal is stuck at "sending sparse 'system' " and hasn't done anything in 20 minutes. I'm afraid to do anything right now. Is it ok to close terminal, reopen it and try flashing the system.img again?
ICStevenC. said:
Thanks for the reply. So I went ahead and followed your advice and tried to do it manually. I checked everything was up to date. I flashed the bootloader, radio, recovery and boot images and rebooted the bootloader between every flash with no incident. Then I tried to flash the system.img and it first everything seemed to be ok but the terminal is stuck at "sending sparse 'system' " and hasn't done anything in 20 minutes. I'm afraid to do anything right now. Is it ok to close terminal, reopen it and try flashing the system.img again?
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Hmmm...the system.img does take time but shouldn't take 20 minutes. Did you flash all the .img files separately, or did you use the command:
Code:
fastboot -w update image-shamu-mra58n.zip
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I've never done any of this from a Mac, only Linux and Windows, but here's what I do when flashing manually. I extract the contents of the factory image zip, AND the image-shamu-mra58n.zip into my SDK directory (see image attached).
Once everything is extracted, after backing up things I wanna save on my device, I boot to the bootloader and go to town:
Code:
fastboot erase boot
Code:
fastboot erase cache
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
Code:
fastboot erase system
Code:
fastboot erase userdata
Code:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-shamu-moto-apq8084-71.15.img
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Code:
fastboot flash radio radio-shamu-d4.01-9625-05.27+fsg-9625-02.104.img
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Code:
fastboot flash cache cache.img
Code:
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
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fastboot reboot
RMarkwald said:
Hmmm...the system.img does take time but shouldn't take 20 minutes. Did you flash all the .img files separately, or did you use the command:
Code:
fastboot -w update image-shamu-mra58n.zip
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No, I decompressed that zip and flashed them all separately using the
Code:
./fastboot flash
command and dragging the files directly to the terminal and then using
Code:
./fastboot reboot-bootloader
in between every flash.
ICStevenC. said:
No, I decompressed that zip and flashed them all separately using the
Code:
./fastboot flash
command and dragging the files directly to the terminal and then using
Code:
./fastboot reboot-bootloader
in between every flash.
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Okay, seems like you're on the right path. See my post above. You'll erase everything first, then flash everything back one by one, kinda like what you are already doing. I've never had issues doing it this way ever, it may be overkill and it will wipe your phone completely, but if you've backed things up (pictures, docs, music, etc) beforehand, no biggie. The only times I reload the bootloader is after flashing the bootloader, and then the radio.
The system.img will take the longest, and userdata will take a little time too, but the others should be almost instant.
RMarkwald said:
Okay, seems like you're on the right path. See my post above. You'll erase everything first, then flash everything back one by one, kinda like what you are already doing. I've never had issues doing it this way ever, it may be overkill and it will wipe your phone completely, but if you've backed things up (pictures, docs, music, etc) beforehand, no biggie. The only times I reload the bootloader is after flashing the bootloader, and then the radio.
The system.img will take the longest, and userdata will take a little time too, but the others should be almost instant.
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The terminal doesn't appear to be responding to any command now. I tried erasing boot and after pressing enter, nothing happened. Closing it and reopening it doesn't help. Should I try restarting my computer?
ICStevenC. said:
The terminal doesn't appear to be responding to any command now. I tried erasing boot and after pressing enter, nothing happened. Closing it and reopening it doesn't help. Should I try restarting my computer?
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Yeah, give that a shot. As long as you have bootloader access you will be okay.
RMarkwald said:
Yeah, give that a shot. As long as you have bootloader access you will be okay.
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I am now on 6.0 and everything appears to be functional. Thank you so much for all your help! I really appreciate it.
Awesome man! Glad I could help.
Hey,
I enrolled to the Android Nougat program and rooted my phone (chainfire) a few days ago. Decided to un-root (using superSU), and it said I was unrooted. After doing the un-rooting, the OEM unlock-option was greyed out (and on OFF setting), but the phone recovery says it's unlocked api 3.... I pretty much just wanted to unenroll and go back to MM. Every time I choose unroll from Google, download the MM OTA and it reboots I get an error. Just an image of android with message "ERROR". The only way to get the phone working is to do a hard reset and go back to Nougat.
Not quite sure what is wrong here. Any suggestions?
It's probably because the SuperSU unroot hasn't cleaned up everything that the MM installer checks for. Your best bet is to use the sideload OTA here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/ota
to install MM again. It's quick and easy, and doesn't touch your data.
Since you received the actual uninstall OTA you must have successfully unenrolled, so you should be ok from now on.
dahawthorne said:
It's probably because the SuperSU unroot hasn't cleaned up everything that the MM installer checks for. Your best bet is to use the sideload OTA here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/ota
to install MM again. It's quick and easy, and doesn't touch your data.
Since you received the actual uninstall OTA you must have successfully unenrolled, so you should be ok from now on.
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I received the OTA but while installing MM it gives me an error, so I have to go back to Nougat every time. I've tried the unenroll option several times and it gives me the same "error" every time. So, I should try manually flashing MM, then?
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I tried the following:
Downloaded and tried to sideload 6.0.1 (MOB30W) to my Nexus 6-device. It got up to 46% and after it gave me and error saying:
WARNING: No file_contexts. This package is for shamu devices; this is a "".
E: Error in /sideload/package.zip
Status 7
Installation aborted.
UPDATE2:
Tried another package. Didn't work. All the OTA updates stop at 46% giving me the same error. Device remains unlocked, but appears not to be rooted. Still stuck on Nougat.
What does "Tried another package" mean?
It may be that your download was corrupt. I always check the SHA with this checksum utility:
http://download.cnet.com/MD5-SHA-Checksum-Utility/3000-2092_4-10911445.html
though I've read in the instructions that the Android installation itself checks the package - it may be this error that the installation is reporting.
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What does "Tried another package" mean?
It may be that your download was corrupt. I always check the SHA with this checksum utility:
http://download.cnet.com/MD5-SHA-Checksum-Utility/3000-2092_4-10911445.html
though I've read in the instructions that the Android installation itself checks the package - it may be this error that the installation is reporting.
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No, the checksum is fine. The package is fine. I mean I tried several OTA packages for N6 and it always stops at 46%. There's something else going on here. Maybe if I re-root with chainfire and the use another method to unroot it? Which is the correct method, I have no idea?
Factory reset, and try sideloading MOB30W again.
dahawthorne said:
Factory reset, and try sideloading MOB30W again.
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Done it like 5 times already. Also wiped cache. No help.
Hannes084 said:
Done it like 5 times already. Also wiped cache. No help.
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My suggestion is to go back to Android N, root with SuperSU and see if your OEM UNLOCK toggle in Developer Options is working again and not greyed out. Then I would fastboot flash back to MM and install TWRP and SuperSu.
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Dude, just flash the system image you want. Forget about the OTA
The OTA is a system image.
fast69mopar said:
My suggestion is to go back to Android N, root with SuperSU and see if your OEM UNLOCK toggle in Developer Options is working again and not greyed out. Then I would fastboot flash back to MM and install TWRP and SuperSu.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Root with SuperSU? I think you mean with chainfire?
dahawthorne said:
The OTA is a system image.
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You could say the new full otas are, but you can't go flashing them freely over newer images.
The unenroll option resets the phone anyways, so the best and aparently the only option for him is to flash the system image he wants from scratch.
blanco2701 said:
You could say the new full otas are, but you can't go flashing them freely over newer images.
The unenroll option resets the phone anyways, so the best and aparently the only option for him is to flash the system image he wants from scratch.
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Sorry for asking but how would I even do that? I'm on Ubuntu 12, so it seems mega complicated.
Hannes084 said:
Sorry for asking but how would I even do that? I'm on Ubuntu 12, so it seems mega complicated.
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Well my friend I have no idea since I'm on Windows. Google how to use adb and fastboot on ubuntu, there should be a solution for you.
This is a script that I used to run before the full OTAs became available. It worked many times for me, but the usual caveat - you follow it at your own risk. You can probably skip the backup step in your situation.
Preparation.
- Take a TWRP backup and save it on your PC.
- Download factory image and unzip all files, including the zip within the zip. Rename the *.img files to the names below. Copy all of them to the same folder as your ADB/fastboot executables.
- Download the relevant TWRP and rename to twrp.img - also put in ADB/fastboot folder.
- Copy SuperSU to device (if root wanted).
- Set USB debugging in Developer options & attach to your PC.
- Open a CMD window and check connectivity with "adb devices". If it's ok, copy & paste each command below into the CMD window and run them - the only lengthy one is the system.img.
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
3. fastboot reboot-bootloader
4. fastboot flash radio radio.img
5. fastboot reboot-bootloader
6. fastboot erase system
7. fastboot flash system system.img
8. fastboot erase boot
9. fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. fastboot erase cache
11. fastboot flash cache cache.img
12. fastboot reboot-bootloader
13. fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
14. From bootloader boot to TWRP and reflash superSu
dahawthorne said:
This is a script that I used to run before the full OTAs became available. It worked many times for me, but the usual caveat - you follow it at your own risk. You can probably skip the backup step in your situation.
Preparation.
- Take a TWRP backup and save it on your PC.
- Download factory image and unzip all files, including the zip within the zip. Rename the *.img files to the names below. Copy all of them to the same folder as your ADB/fastboot executables.
- Download the relevant TWRP and rename to twrp.img - also put in ADB/fastboot folder.
- Copy SuperSU to device (if root wanted).
- Set USB debugging in Developer options & attach to your PC.
- Open a CMD window and check connectivity with "adb devices". If it's ok, copy & paste each command below into the CMD window and run them - the only lengthy one is the system.img.
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
3. fastboot reboot-bootloader
4. fastboot flash radio radio.img
5. fastboot reboot-bootloader
6. fastboot erase system
7. fastboot flash system system.img
8. fastboot erase boot
9. fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. fastboot erase cache
11. fastboot flash cache cache.img
12. fastboot reboot-bootloader
13. fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
14. From bootloader boot to TWRP and reflash superSu
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If I download the factory image (OTA) off google's site it has none of those files under the zip-folder.
Hannes084 said:
If I download the factory image (OTA) off google's site it has none of those files under the zip-folder.
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One thing is the OTA image, and another is the Factory Image.
Download the factory image from here.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu
Unzip everything and you should get all the files needed. As I said before, you would need to have a computer with adb and fastboot installed.
blanco2701 said:
One thing is the OTA image, and another is the Factory Image.
Download the factory image from here.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu
Unzip everything and you should get all the files needed. As I said before, you would need to have a computer with adb and fastboot installed.
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Thanks, doing that now!
Hannes084 said:
Thanks, doing that now!
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Just be sure to have selected "oem unlocking" in the developer options, make a backup (everything will be wiped), and start flashing!. There are several guides everywhere.
Hello guys, ive been generally lucky in the sense that i have had no issues...until now.
I have tried installing the most recent updates (7.0, and now 7.1.1) and i continue to get this error through cmd. It does not seem to want to flash anything, and i have gotten it to flash, root, and twrp, but it still acted funky. Today, trying to remedy the situation, i attempted to flash the new 7.1.1 update, and return to stock (to later return to power user) but it is still doing it.
It says Bootloader: has-slot (not found), and a couple other things. When i try to flash individual pieces, it does not retain it. when i try to flash the flashall.bat, it flashes but does not flash everything, it will say the stuff has transferred 0 and skips it as it looks like. I cannot get my bootloader off the october one, and i have looked everywhere i can to try to fix this.. please help, its driving me mad. I will be happy to provide any information needed.
Thanks Community! You rock!
Have you tried a different USB cable? A different computer? How about a different USB AND a different computer? I think this would be a good place to start.
Can i ask you why this would matter? My usb seems to work fine, and my computer had no issues before this... i can still perform different actions, and my phone is showing up as ADB and Fastboot.
If it's not pc or usb cable related you can try to flash latest factory image step by step via fastboot without your simcard
Well, you might want to post the complete output of your flashing attempt, but if the bootloader slot isn't found, that's usually a sign of a hardware problem. Hopefully I'm wrong, but until we see more from you, I simply don't have an answer for you.
Ive tried to fastboot everything individually, and it refuses to take. I tried the flashall, same thing. I used NRT and it partially worked, but has sorta the same error. I will be flashing again and providing screenshots right now. I was able to get into a rom, root, twrp but i still cannot update all of those core things (bootloader, radio, and such) Thank you guys for the help. Much needed.
Here is the attempt to just flash the bootloader, i have tried from a different location but this is directly in Platform-Tools of the SDK. As you can also see, it does register under fastboot...
Try to flash radio and bootloader via twrp
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ne...-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052
Did you try without simcard?
coremania said:
Try to flash radio and bootloader via twrp
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ne...-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052
Did you try without simcard?
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yes i have, i only do it with the simcard removed. Now whats weird is it says my bootloader is on 72.01, but my cmd clearly tells me its not working correctly...
coremania said:
Try to flash radio and bootloader via twrp
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ne...-nexus-6-recovery-flashable-fastboot-t3066052
Did you try without simcard?
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I just tried what you suggest, and im not sure if it worked. It said everything wrote (on twrp) but it was very quickly done. I feel it did the same thing as CMD did.
You could try using the correct Fastboot command...
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
The command is fastboot flash <partition> <image>
Your screenshot says only "fastboot flash image" but doesn't state the partition you're trying to load, hence "unknown partition".
And since we're on the subject, perhaps a repetition of the procedure I used to use before the full OTA days might be useful to you and other people.
Preparation.
- Take a TWRP backup and save it on your PC.
- Download factory image (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu) and unzip all files, including the zip within the zip. Rename the *.img files to the names below. Copy all of them to the same folder as your ADB/fastboot executables.
- Download the relevant TWRP and rename to twrp.img - also put in ADB/fastboot folder.
- Copy SuperSU to device (if root wanted).
- Set USB debugging in Developer options & attach to your PC.
- Open a CMD window, navigate to your ADB folder, and check connectivity with "adb devices". If it's ok, copy & paste each command below into the CMD window and run them - the only lengthy one is the system.img.
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
3. fastboot reboot-bootloader
4. fastboot flash radio radio.img
5. fastboot reboot-bootloader
6. fastboot erase system
7. fastboot flash system system.img
8. fastboot erase boot
9. fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. fastboot erase cache
11. fastboot flash cache cache.img
12. fastboot reboot-bootloader
13. fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
14. From bootloader boot to TWRP and reflash superSu
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You could try using the correct Fastboot command...
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
The command is fastboot flash <partition> <image>
Your screenshot says only "fastboot flash image" but doesn't state the partition you're trying to load, hence "unknown partition".
And since we're on the subject, perhaps a repetition of the procedure I used to use before the full OTA days might be useful to you and other people.
Preparation.
- Take a TWRP backup and save it on your PC.
- Download factory image (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu) and unzip all files, including the zip within the zip. Rename the *.img files to the names below. Copy all of them to the same folder as your ADB/fastboot executables.
- Download the relevant TWRP and rename to twrp.img - also put in ADB/fastboot folder.
- Copy SuperSU to device (if root wanted).
- Set USB debugging in Developer options & attach to your PC.
- Open a CMD window, navigate to your ADB folder, and check connectivity with "adb devices". If it's ok, copy & paste each command below into the CMD window and run them - the only lengthy one is the system.img.
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
3. fastboot reboot-bootloader
4. fastboot flash radio radio.img
5. fastboot reboot-bootloader
6. fastboot erase system
7. fastboot flash system system.img
8. fastboot erase boot
9. fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. fastboot erase cache
11. fastboot flash cache cache.img
12. fastboot reboot-bootloader
13. fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
14. From bootloader boot to TWRP and reflash superSu
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hahahaha well that could surely be the issue :silly:, but the one thing im wondering is why it wouldnt work through NRT, and i also "successfully" sideloaded the ota... Gonna try this now and hopefully it works! I shall report back when finished
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You could try using the correct Fastboot command...
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
The command is fastboot flash <partition> <image>
Your screenshot says only "fastboot flash image" but doesn't state the partition you're trying to load, hence "unknown partition".
And since we're on the subject, perhaps a repetition of the procedure I used to use before the full OTA days might be useful to you and other people.
Preparation.
- Take a TWRP backup and save it on your PC.
- Download factory image (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#shamu) and unzip all files, including the zip within the zip. Rename the *.img files to the names below. Copy all of them to the same folder as your ADB/fastboot executables.
- Download the relevant TWRP and rename to twrp.img - also put in ADB/fastboot folder.
- Copy SuperSU to device (if root wanted).
- Set USB debugging in Developer options & attach to your PC.
- Open a CMD window, navigate to your ADB folder, and check connectivity with "adb devices". If it's ok, copy & paste each command below into the CMD window and run them - the only lengthy one is the system.img.
1. adb reboot bootloader
2. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
3. fastboot reboot-bootloader
4. fastboot flash radio radio.img
5. fastboot reboot-bootloader
6. fastboot erase system
7. fastboot flash system system.img
8. fastboot erase boot
9. fastboot flash boot boot.img
10. fastboot erase cache
11. fastboot flash cache cache.img
12. fastboot reboot-bootloader
13. fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
14. From bootloader boot to TWRP and reflash superSu
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Unfortunately, it did not work. Now google app keeps crashing. Phone is extremely buggy.
Calko2882 said:
Unfortunately, it did not work. Now google app keeps crashing. Phone is extremely buggy.
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Can you give a bit more detail? So the phone is crashing, but is it now on the version that you wanted to have (7.0, 7.1.1)? There is rarely such a thing as "too much information".
dahawthorne said:
Can you give a bit more detail? So the phone is crashing, but is it now on the version that you wanted to have (7.0, 7.1.1)? There is rarely such a thing as "too much information".
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Ok, so what happens is that it says i am on 7.1.1 with i guess the related info, but it does not load in properly as you can see with the screenshots. I start up the initial setup, and i can get through most of it fine, but some areas *permissions* are all blotchy. like i can toggle them on to submit data but i cant see what it is exactly im agreeing to. Then i start the phone, Google App automatically crashes, along side system ui. When i updated them, it seemed to fix the problem. But the issue is, i am not receiving phone calls and texts until possibly days later, and when i send texts it says "sending" and proceeds to spam the hell outta whoever its going to (sends literally 30+ texts). When i call someone, my phones Do Not Disturb mode gets enabled, and then nicely cuts out my audio. I can turn this feature off when im in the call, but sometimes it will then glitch the phone app, and i cannot essentially "hangup". My phone also now dies at 9%, where it had not previously (when i was on other rom / older stock) This all started after i updated to the october patch, and i noticed in december that i didnt have the december patch / update. I went to install it, and the same exact thing occurred. Ive attempted a rescue ota, and a sideload ota, and now this stuff as well, but i fear the worst for my phone. Let me know if i need to add anything else
Strephon may be right in suggesting a hardware fault, but equally it may just be that your phone is now somehow corrupted. My only suggestion is that you nuke it - factory reset, TWRP, wipe everything again in TWRP, and then try installing from fresh using the 7.1.1 full (not OTA) image and the instructions I posted earlier. If it still doesn't work I'm out of ideas, but there are people with far greater experience here than I have, so don't give up. It's too nice a device to just write off.
Calko2882 said:
When i call someone, my phones Do Not Disturb mode gets enabled
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That's a new feature of 7.1.1. So you won't have to listen to notifications while on the phone. It's disabled as soon as the phone call is over.
dahawthorne said:
Strephon may be right in suggesting a hardware fault...
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I hope I'm wrong.