[Discussion] Sideloading of OTAs on 2gb XT1540 - Moto G 2015 General

Since people turned the original OTA thread into a **** show, and the current one has the thread locked I'm creating this. Before the thread was closed we had multiple users complaining of a repeated error after attempting to sideload the OTA involving the device looking for incorrect version numbers.
I don't know if anyone found a solution yet but knowing how impatient most of us are to get this update I decided to make a discussion thread and see if we can't get it working or at least find out a solution.
Solution: Flash the latest 1gb firmware in fastboot, skip through setup wizard but be sure to add a wifi access point, then check for updates, you should get the OTA, everything is fine so far, no issues whatsoever. Thanks to @hp420 for making the suggestion

l3ones said:
Since people turned the original OTA thread into a **** show, and the current one has the thread locked I'm creating this. Before the thread was closed we had multiple users complaining of a repeated error after attempting to sideload the OTA involving the device looking for incorrect version numbers.
I don't know if anyone found a solution yet but knowing how impatient most of us are to get this update I decided to make a discussion thread and see if we can't get it working or at least find out a solution.
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The only things you really need to make sure flashing the OTA manually works perfectly is to
1. Have the stock recovery installed
2. Have the right firmware installed (matching the firmware number with the one in the OTA)
3. Have an unmodified system partition (i.e. no root/busybox/mods etc.)
4. Flash the OTA that matches your SKU ID (e.g. Flashing an XT1540 OTA on an XT1540 Moto G3)
And the only reason my thread is locked is to give the users the links to the OTA without the **** show

dd98 said:
The only things you really need to make sure flashing the OTA manually works perfectly is to
1. Have the stock recovery installed
2. Have the right firmware installed (matching the firmware number with the one in the OTA)
3. Have an unmodified system partition (i.e. no root/busybox/mods etc.)
4. Flash the OTA that matches your SKU ID (e.g. Flashing an XT1540 OTA on an XT1540 Moto G3)
And the only reason my thread is locked is to give the users the links to the OTA without the **** show
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The issue was with #2. When trying to flash the 2gb version of MM on the phone it was asking looking for 23.72-65, now there is one for the 1gb but not the 2gb, at least not posted. From the info I gathered it seems that the 72-65 firmware for the 2gb version was the soak test version. I think, I could be wrong but from other posts that I saw the soaks for 2gb ended in 65.

dd98 said:
The only things you really need to make sure flashing the OTA manually works perfectly is to
1. Have the stock recovery installed
2. Have the right firmware installed (matching the firmware number with the one in the OTA)
3. Have an unmodified system partition (i.e. no root/busybox/mods etc.)
4. Flash the OTA that matches your SKU ID (e.g. Flashing an XT1540 OTA on an XT1540 Moto G3)
And the only reason my thread is locked is to give the users the links to the OTA without the **** show
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The issue is that the OTA is looking for a version number never released for the 2gb version. I'll try it again and type up the error output.

l3ones said:
The issue is that the OTA is looking for a version number never released for the 2gb version. I'll try it again and type up the error output.
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To be exact it's looking for "motorola/osprey_retus_2gb/osprey_u2:5.1.1/LPI23.72-65/51:user/release-keys".
Could I just edit the metadata.json to look for the proper version and repack/resign?

l3ones said:
To be exact it's looking for "motorola/osprey_retus_2gb/osprey_u2:5.1.1/LPI23.72-65/51:user/release-keys".
Could I just edit the metadata.json to look for the proper version and repack/resign?
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If I knew how to do this I would give it a try

Well, since it has to be signed by the OEM, I've decided to just pull the files and get cooking on a rom for it. I forgot how long it takes cygwin to install

Person who grabbed that ota here. I guess it's too late for me to go through and try to dump the firmware that apparently I'm the only one to have?
New to this whole business, are we sure the 2gb LPI23.72-65 firmware was "never released" or just "never caught"? The firmware dl thread has only two listed for the 2gb version, but four for the 1gb version.
(re: cygwin I'm running linux native on my end if there's anything I should be messing around with)

Just flash the 1gb factory image it wants you to have, then the ota

Gotolei said:
Person who grabbed that ota here. I guess it's too late for me to go through and try to dump the firmware that apparently I'm the only one to have?
New to this whole business, are we sure the 2gb LPI23.72-65 firmware was "never released" or just "never caught"? The firmware dl thread has only two listed for the 2gb version, but four for the 1gb version.
(re: cygwin I'm running linux native on my end if there's anything I should be messing around with)
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Im not 100% sure about the whole never release part, Im going by the official firmware page that we have here. Im just thinking it would have been captured by now if it was out there.
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hp420 said:
Just flash the 1gb factory image it wants you to have, then the ota
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If you flash 1gb firmware on the 2gb and then do the OTA, im guessing its going to be the 1gb MM firmware?
Do you think it would be possible to the run the 2gb MM update through stock recovery after?

hp420 said:
Just flash the 1gb factory image it wants you to have, then the ota
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Did you wind up doing this? Everything normal in the end?
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Gotolei said:
Person who grabbed that ota here. I guess it's too late for me to go through and try to dump the firmware that apparently I'm the only one to have?
New to this whole business, are we sure the 2gb LPI23.72-65 firmware was "never released" or just "never caught"? The firmware dl thread has only two listed for the 2gb version, but four for the 1gb version.
(re: cygwin I'm running linux native on my end if there's anything I should be messing around with)
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Only thing im thinking is that the 6.0 ota somehow patches to 65 then up to the 6.0

minieod said:
Did you wind up doing this? Everything normal in the end?
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Only thing im thinking is that the 6.0 ota somehow patches to 65 then up to the 6.0
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So far everything seems normal. I ran the newest 1gb firmware, got the OTA, saved the link, Installed it. Phone is currently optimizing apps. Will keep you posted. If all seems well I will try to run the 2gb Update on top of this one, if possible.
UPDATE: All seems to be running fine, in system options it does show that im on the 1GB versus the 2GB of Marshmallow (not sure how this will effect anything in the long run). Seems a bit smoother, but that could just be placebo. As everyone posted, everything looks pretty much the same. Lock screen has a new font, IMO it looks cleaner.

pl4life52 said:
So far everything seems normal. I ran the newest 1gb firmware, got the OTA, saved the link, Installed it. Phone is currently optimizing apps. Will keep you posted. If all seems well I will try to run the 2gb Update on top of this one, if possible.
UPDATE: All seems to be running fine, in system options it does show that im on the 1GB versus the 2GB of Marshmallow (not sure how this will effect anything in the long run). Seems a bit smoother, but that could just be placebo. As everyone posted, everything looks pretty much the same. Lock screen has a new font, IMO it looks cleaner.
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This is exactly as I suspected. The person who pulled this URL has a 2gb device, which was bought used. The owner before them must have flashed the 1gb factory image to have it on the newest firmware, since the only way to be fully updated on the 2gb is via the most recent 5.1.1 ota....so they flashed a 1gb factory image to take the easy route and shipped it out.Then when the ota notification came through it was for the 1gb variant since it was running 1gb firmware.
Simple solution....flash the most recent 1gb factory image and hit the update button. It seems to be working for everyone.

hp420 said:
This is exactly as I suspected. The person who pulled this URL has a 2gb device, which was bought used. The owner before them must have flashed the 1gb factory image to have it on the newest firmware, since the only way to be fully updated on the 2gb is via the most recent 5.1.1 ota....so they flashed a 1gb factory image to take the easy route and shipped it out.Then when the ota notification came through it was for the 1gb variant since it was running 1gb firmware.
Simple solution....flash the most recent 1gb factory image and hit the update button. It seems to be working for everyone.
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Got it from Best Buy, actually. Not used.
Just got it for Christmas, and I'm guessing the people around here have had their phones for a while?

Gotolei said:
Got it from Best Buy, actually. Not used.
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Well I got nothin' then lol
I got mine in September from motomaker

Gotolei said:
Got it from Best Buy, actually. Not used.
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Does your system options show 1gb or 2gb version?

yoyoche said:
Does your system options show 1gb or 2gb version?
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2gb all around.

Well nuts

pl4life52 said:
So far everything seems normal. I ran the newest 1gb firmware, got the OTA, saved the link, Installed it. Phone is currently optimizing apps. Will keep you posted. If all seems well I will try to run the 2gb Update on top of this one, if possible.
UPDATE: All seems to be running fine, in system options it does show that im on the 1GB versus the 2GB of Marshmallow (not sure how this will effect anything in the long run). Seems a bit smoother, but that could just be placebo. As everyone posted, everything looks pretty much the same. Lock screen has a new font, IMO it looks cleaner.
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when you get into about phone and all that. it shows 1GB. what about when you go to settings > memory ... does it show XXXMB / 1.0 GB being used, or 2.0?

Updated the OP with solution for visibility. It worked great for me.

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64gb SanDisk card not functioning

On Ani2 rooted. 64gb card not mounting. Card mounts and reads fine in note3, gs3 and computer. Tried formatting ntsc,Exfat,fat32. 4 and 8 gig cards mount fine in gs5. Hit mount says card is blank or has unsupported file sys. Card is three weeks old. What gives?
jasonbtx said:
On Ani2 rooted. 64gb card not mounting. Card mounts and reads fine in note3, gs3 and computer. Tried formatting ntsc,Exfat,fat32. 4 and 8 gig cards mount fine in gs5. Hit mount says card is blank or has unsupported file sys. Card is three weeks old. What gives?
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I had similar problems see this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-galaxy-s5/help/4-4-4-ni2-update-sd-card-blank-t2885047
Only fix I found was to rollback to NE9
Roger
That did the job. Shame ya gotta roll back to fix it.
Agreed.
jasonbtx said:
That did the job. Shame ya gotta roll back to fix it.
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I had this problem also a month ago or so. Rolled back to fix the issue. Later found out that it was the phone hardware. Had VZW replace it, all is working well now.
Running NI2 and not a problem with a new 64g
128 GB ftw #flashingromsforlife
This is a common problem with the NI2 OTA update. You can use Odin to flash the NI2 Full Stock Tar and it should fix the issue. Here it is if you'd be interested in doing it.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23622183712474060
Also encountering this problem. I backed out to NCG and all my SD cards started working, Installed one of the NI2 Roms from Andoid Dev and it stopped working again.
I'll try the full stock one next to see what happens and update the thread accordingly.
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Made no difference even using the full official rom.
lordcalin said:
Also encountering this problem. I backed out to NCG and all my SD cards started working, Installed one of the NI2 Roms from Andoid Dev and it stopped working again.
I'll try the full stock one next to see what happens and update the thread accordingly.
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Made no difference even using the full official rom.
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Wow that's crazy! Samsung really needs to get their crap together and fully test everything before they release updates. It's still very odd how it works on some phones with NI2 firmware, but it doesn't work on others. There was a similar problem with the original Motorola OG Droid. I can't recall the exact issue it's been so long, but some would have the issue and others wouldn't. It turns out that some had a slightly different chipset, even though they were the same exact model phone. I wonder if Samsung has cut some corners on some of the devices and it's a similar situation.
So I was nagging verizon over twitter about this...
"Thanks for clarifying! I apologize for the inconvenience. An update for the issue we be addressed w/ the next software update"
Lets see if it really is fixed with the next update, or if they were just trying to get rid of me.
lordcalin said:
So I was nagging verizon over twitter about this...
"Thanks for clarifying! I apologize for the inconvenience. An update for the issue we be addressed w/ the next software update"
Lets see if it really is fixed with the next update, or if they were just trying to get rid of me.
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Lol... I think they just wanted to get rid of you JK. I'm not really sure if the hardware differences are present in any of the Samsung phones, but theoretically it's a possibility, because I've personally witnessed it on other devices before. It's weird though because mine was able to read a 128GB card while I was on NI2 firmware. I'm sure it's just a little kink that will be worked out in an update though.
P.S. You never have to apologize for asking questions or think you're being inconvenient. You can never learn if you don't make an effort to, and asking questions is just part of that.
A very short batch hardware difference is the only thing I could think of as-well. It otherwise makes no sense that for the vast majority of people there was no problems, but a select few (at least who posted about it) can be found if you dig deep enough. In all cases so far that I've read about they took the phone to Verizon and it was replaced with one that works. Unfortunately since i'm not in the U.S I don't have that option so I'm praying on it will get fixed.

November security update is up

OTA's and factory images have been posted for November security updare.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Three versions:
NDE63U Europe
NDE63V US, except Verizon
NDE63X Verizon
With the BIG warning on the page about be sure to backup all your Photos and Personal data before applying the Update, does this means that it will delete all your data for just applying an OTA update? I understand that for applying the Full Factory images but does it really wipes the data applying just the OTA updates?
Sorry, but this being my first Nexus/Google phone what I know for OTA updates was just a simple process that doesn't delete anything on the phone, and I just want to be sure how it is here before I proceed, thanks in advance.
erasat said:
With the BIG warning on the page about be sure to backup all your Photos and Personal data before applying the Update, does this means that it will delete all your data for just applying an OTA update? I understand that for applying the Full Factory images but does it really wipes the data applying just the OTA updates?
Sorry, but this being my first Nexus/Google phone what I know for OTA updates was just a simple process that doesn't delete anything on the phone, and I just want to be sure how it is here before I proceed, thanks in advance.
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Best to back up your data, just to be safe. But I personally sideloaded "U" without any issue. Nothing lost.
cam30era said:
Best to back up your data, just to be safe. But I personally sideloaded "U" without any issue. Nothing lost.
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Yeah, I understand the risks when updating anything so I always do a backup of the most important stuff just in case, but as you know it's not the same to have to do a Full backup/restore. I needed to be sure but if you did it and you are fine then with what I already have backed up I should be fine too, thanks.
I just restored to stock my L and then checked for updates before rooting.
It said I'm already up to date.
I'll try again in a little while before rooting.
But simply being "unlocked" might be what is preventing me from grabbing an update. Not sure.
CZ Eddie said:
I just restored to stock my L and then checked for updates before rooting.
It said I'm already up to date.
I'll try again in a little while before rooting.
But simply being "unlocked" might be what is preventing me from grabbing an update. Not sure.
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You can download the update(s) from the Google dev site and adb sideload of fastboot flash the factory image (if your bootloader is unlocked). No need to wait for the OTA, if you don't want to...
Whats the difference between builds NDE63U, NDE63V and NDE63X?
Got a vzw pixel that BL unlocked. Safe to flash the 63X? I saw @jcase said vzw would not do an OTA that relocked your BL. Just wondering if anyone else flashed the 63X build.
armandocorti said:
Whats the difference between builds NDE63U, NDE63V and NDE63X?
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U-> 11/1 sec patch
V-> 11/5 sec patch
X-> 11/6 sec patch
cam30era said:
U-> 11/1 sec patch
V-> 11/5 sec patch
X-> 11/6 sec patch
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Not arguing, but how do you know this.
The previous three builds were all the for different phones.
It's natural to expect the new three builds (all dropped on the same day) are for three different phones, USA, Verizon and *something else*.
CZ Eddie said:
Not arguing, but how do you know this.
The previous three builds were all the for different phones.
It's natural to expect the new three builds (all dropped on the same day) are for three different phones, USA, Verizon and *something else*.
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http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
Was going to flash the factory image system but it looks like the process has changed.... More files and slot a and b.
Anyone know the proper way to manually flash the system.img?
cam30era said:
You can download the update(s) from the Google dev site and adb sideload of fastboot flash the factory image (if your bootloader is unlocked). No need to wait for the OTA, if you don't want to...
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Yes, I realize I can typically install my own updates.
But as of right now, nobody truthfully knows which phone should have which build. P is so far looking Verizon Only.
Nobody I know of on Verizon has the H or L images.
So I'd rather be safe than sorry and let my phone CHOOSE it's update, and it did not so I mentioned that here to prevent others from restoring to stock and trying for an OTA
Anyways, it's just a payload.bin file. Not the same android image as the older files. I'm actually not sure how to install a payload.bin.
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cam30era said:
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
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Yeah, I get that there are security patches.
But what I'm asking you is to tell us how you know those security patches correspond with the different builds.
I skimmed the page but didn't notice anything saying one way or the other.
CZ Eddie said:
Yes, I realize I can typically install my own updates.
But as of right now, nobody truthfully knows which phone should have which build. P is so far looking Verizon Only.
Nobody I know of on Verizon has the H or L images.
So I'd rather be safe than sorry and let my phone CHOOSE it's update, and it did not so I mentioned that here to prevent others from restoring to stock and trying for an OTA
Anyways, it's just a payload.bin file. Not the same android image as the older files. I'm actually not sure how to install a payload.bin.
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My vzw pixel shipped with 63H.
jaxenroth said:
My vzw pixel shipped with 63H.
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Then you're the only person on the board so far who has an H build on Verizon:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/help/build-pixel-t3489990/page2
Could you please post in that thread to let others know?
I wonder if you got a non-Verizon phone.
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Yeah, I get that there are security patches.
But what I'm asking you is to tell us how you know those security patches correspond with the different builds.
I skimmed the page but didn't notice anything saying one way or the other.
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Valid question. @jcase has clearly stated that "X" would prevent VZW bootloader unlock. Regarding U and V, and which is 11/1 and which is 11/5, I don't know for sure. But it's clear from the Google dev link that each of the 3 builds include an incremental increase in patches.
"clearly stated that "X" would prevent VZW bootloader unlock."
Those durty basturds.
And that's why I didn't get a VZW phone.
<<----- VZW hater gets to hate on VZW yet again. :laugh:
JustusIV said:
Was going to flash the factory image system but it looks like the process has changed.... More files and slot a and b.
Anyone know the proper way to manually flash the system.img?
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I guess i will do an adb sideload of the OTA.
I have never done it this way, but it looks like others have done this, and the boot-to-root still works.
with the newest radio being in the v .. i would speculate that its u world v north america and x verizon
corrected radio
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CZ Eddie said:
Not arguing, but how do you know this.
The previous three builds were all the for different phones.
It's natural to expect the new three builds (all dropped on the same day) are for three different phones, USA, Verizon and *something else*.
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"The previous U and V versions were a few days older and are simply there for legacy reasons."
Source > http://www.androidcentral.com/google-posts-latest-pixel-images-november-security-patch

January 2, 2017 Software Update

This morning, my Note received a rather large software update that installed without many problems. Most likely certain security updates, but I was surprised to receive it as we are not really "accustomed" to any attention from Samsung for this tablet. Any further comments from anybody else?
I got the same.
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many problems? like what i have it to and i hate updating. anything broke? IR blaster still work? Please and thanks.
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nanofoxx said:
many problems? like what i have it to and i hate updating. anything broke? IR blaster still work? Please and thanks.
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Sorry for the misspelling. I meant to say "without any problems" not "without many problems". In fact, the whole update process was smooth and fast. Everything works fine. I understand, however, that everyone's setup is different and my experience should not be the absolute rule.
Nothing here on my device. Although it might be because I'm in Sweden.
Did anyone see any changes? I dont see/feel anything other than the version number change even the security patch level date remained the same. Is there a changelog somewhere
dingnecros said:
Did anyone see any changes? I dont see/feel anything other than the version number change even the security patch level date remained the same. Is there a changelog somewhere
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I don't see any difference after the update, either. I wonder what it was supposed to have updated?
Maris_ said:
I don't see any difference after the update, either. I wonder what it was supposed to have updated?
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There's a whole new Lollipop firmware on the San mobile firmware site.
Yes...problems
My tablet updated and now the OS boots super slow and then does a soft shutdown and reboots a second time. It takes more than 60 secs to get to the home screen. Anyone know how to uninstall this update?
ADRz said:
This morning, my Note received a rather large software update that installed without many problems. Most likely certain security updates, but I was surprised to receive it as we are not really "accustomed" to any attention from Samsung for this tablet. Any further comments from anybody else?
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I've seen this post for a few days but not had time to respond till now.
I've got an SM-P605v. Haven't seen, or been able to download the update you've mentioned. This may be because I don't use Verizon as my connectivity partner, or it may be that my particular tablet's OS doesn't need the security updates that yours did.
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I've seen this post for a few days but not had time to respond till now.
I've got an SM-P605v. Haven't seen, or been able to download the update you've mentioned. This may be because I don't use Verizon as my connectivity partner, or it may be that my particular tablet's OS doesn't need the security updates that yours did.
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I also have a SM-P605V but have Verizon as my carrier. I got the notification to update today. I don't see anything on VZW site about it nor under the specific SKU on SamMobile (still has 10/15/15 as the last official update). When looking at the SM-P605 model, there are some in the list (even today's date), though they are for non-USA countries.
Even so, it looks like they are still all Android 5.1.1, so it's likely just some minor tweaks. To my understanding, you would need to pop in an activated Verizon SIM to get the update for your specific tablet, as Verizon is the one that issues it. You can also wait until it's posted on SamMobile and manually do it. https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-P605V/
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I think I found the official from Verizon: https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/samsung-galaxy-note-10-2014-update/
Software Version: LMY47X.P605VVRSDPL1
The current software update gives you the most up to date Android™ security patch on your device.
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(I called VZW and she confirmed that it was an Android Security patch, no MM, darnit!)
Kingsman1 said:
I've seen this post for a few days but not had time to respond till now.
I've got an SM-P605v. Haven't seen, or been able to download the update you've mentioned. This may be because I don't use Verizon as my connectivity partner, or it may be that my particular tablet's OS doesn't need the security updates that yours did.
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You should be able to flash this now that Sammobile posted it... https://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/database/SM-P605V/
I got this a couple of days ago - managed to odin flash after I put the wrong file and got the boot loader triangle a day before.
Its extremely stable and the tablets working like a dream - the only issue is no root.
Edit: I noticed a great improvement in battery management and it will charge to 100% from 30% in 4 hours before I flashed the 5.1.1 rom it took nearly 8 hours with a new(second hand) USB Flex connector and nearly 20 hours with the old usb flex connector to go from 30% to 100%.
I really like this tablet - it reminds me so much of my SM-N910F note 4.
You can root the latest firmware and also install twrp. I have a 600.
louvass said:
You can root the latest firmware and also install twrp. I have a 600.
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did it actually do anything? or is it not worth it
graffix31 said:
did it actually do anything? or is it not worth it
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Probably just a security update
Please excuse my silly question but I have P600 with 5.1.1 and never rooted. Do I need to install twrp before I update or it doesn't matter? Updates always make me uneasy with locking bootloader or needing new root methods.
If you just want to update then flash with Odin and the appropriate file. Try looking at sammobile.com for the appropriate rom file.
If you want root then you will need to install a custom recovery using CF auto or Twerp - the latter will NOT work on the SM-605v version as the bootloader is locked and will result in the yellow triangle and stating that the tablet has a strange recovery and that you should see a verizon technician. By installing the recovery you can then update the system or even try out new roms created by the people of this wonderful community.
Rooting will potentially stop business application with built in security from working - i.e. HSBC application, Virgin Media app and Sky Movies apps will not work on rooted phones to name a few.
I updated and rooted and everything is working ok. I had trouble with 64gb Sandisk microsd with "sd card unexpectedly removed" error. Then it mount itself back. Sometime it shows empty and asks to format and sometime it works. Also the lockscreen flicker and that usually when the card error happened. I suspect they are related and it happens only when waking up the device. The card works fine with all my other devices including my note 4 on stock 5.1.1. I'm not sure what caused it because I just used this sd card with the note 10.1 and then updated and rooted all in the same day.
Anyway, I removed the Sandisk and now I'm using 32gb Samsung and it only happened once for maybe 12 hours (could have been 100 times with Sandisk). Also, I don't notice the lockscreen flickering anymore. I will see if this problem comes back or it just that Sandisk doesn't play well my note. I have seen many people here reported similar problem with other Samsung devices for too many reasons. I don't believe file format is the issue but I'm using exFAT.

RETUS Nougat OTA (discussion, root, setups, etc.)

Hey guys,
Not much of a poster but it seems the retus guys are left out in discussions involving flashing our firmware...
I present the official nougat OTA I received for RETUS only. This has the January security patch (vanilla android yet we are still behind security patches...nice Lenovo...).
For those sideloading this and are still on MM, you'll just need to adb sideload the file. Keep in mind that I received my OTA update on a November security patch, so it may not mater at all which patch you have.
RETUS NOUGAT OTA (Mega link)​
Preparation:
For those who rooted and caused a bunch of hell on your system partition, you can grab some stock unsigned firmware here and revert what you did. Fastboot flash the boot, sparsechunks (in order), recovery, and oem images (then reboot back to bootloader to choose recovery mode). You can now finally sideload it flawlessly without losing any data. If you need more information you can check out one the revert to stock firmware guides, I'm not going to post something repetitive.
Root options:
You want root? You have two options...first you obviously need TWRP.
flash a custom ROM
flash this gentleman's (tomparr) custom kernel over on his thread and then flash superSU or Magisk. You can flash both SuperSU and Magisk but you could also just flash Magisk which comes with it's own systemless root.
Revert?
You can reflash MM images but I suggest using something more autonomous like this flashing tool by core720 since there's a lot more commands involved to officially downgrade. There's also an edit of the downgrade bat script in the comments of the thread which I suggest to use instead.
Viper4Android!? Atmos!?
There are currently magisk modules that work (both arise and independent ones).
I am also on the Nov. security and got the notice today of the update being available and twice after what I believe it to be successful it boots back up and tells me there was an error and nothing was updated. So thanks I guess I have no choice but to try to side-load this. Would love to know why it failed to update after being downloaded though.
I am on July security patch and just got the prompt so don't think patch level matters
xantanion said:
I am on July security patch and just got the prompt so don't think patch level matters
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Please let me know if yours updates, mine has failed four times today already.
Jimi Mack said:
Please let me know if yours updates, mine has failed four times today already.
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Mine went flawlessly
Jimi Mack said:
I am also on the Nov. security and got the notice today of the update being available and twice after what I believe it to be successful it boots back up and tells me there was an error and nothing was updated. So thanks I guess I have no choice but to try to side-load this. Would love to know why it failed to update after being downloaded though.
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Please let me know if yours updates, mine has failed four times today already.
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I'm not sure where you're coming from, have you ever altered your system partition? If you sideload through recovery, you would be able to see the recovery log and see the error it shows each time rather than having the OTA handled through the OTA client.
DroneDoom said:
I'm not sure where you're coming from, have you ever altered your system partition? If you sideload through recovery, you would be able to see the recovery log and see the error it shows each time rather than having the OTA handled through the OTA client.
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Tried booting into Recovery to see such logs, all I get is "No Command." I picked this phone up 2nd hand, I am going to assume system partition was altered as the unit was already unlocked but showing to be stock. I am best at this point maybe just installing TWRP and working with what roms are available.
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xantanion said:
Mine went flawlessly
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You installed this downloaded OTA or did you get yours OTA? Thanks.
Jimi Mack said:
Tried booting into Recovery to see such logs, all I get is "No Command." I picked this phone up 2nd hand, I am going to assume system partition was altered as the unit was already unlocked but showing to be stock. I am best at this point maybe just installing TWRP and working with what roms are available.
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You installed this downloaded OTA or did you get yours OTA? Thanks.
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Got my OTA today and had no issues. Just got the phone brand new yesterday as well
Jimi Mack said:
Tried booting into Recovery to see such logs, all I get is "No Command." I picked this phone up 2nd hand, I am going to assume system partition was altered as the unit was already unlocked but showing to be stock. I am best at this point maybe just installing TWRP and working with what roms are available.
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You installed this downloaded OTA or did you get yours OTA? Thanks.
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To unlock the stock recovery menu, bring up that 'no command' instance again and hold the power button and double tap the vol+ while still holding the power button. It's tricky, you may need to press them both at once or just play around with it until you see the menu.
DroneDoom said:
To unlock the stock recovery menu, bring up that 'no command' instance again and hold the power button and double tap the vol+ while still holding the power button. It's tricky, you may need to press them both at once or just play around with it until you see the menu.
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Thanks, I was able to get into it, but the sad part is I have no idea on what I am looking at, that might as well been a foreign language...lol. I saw several error logs, but as I said, no idea on what I was looking at. I did not know what to expect but was kind of hoping for a red lag or something that said "hey schmuck loot at this. "
Jimi Mack said:
Thanks, I was able to get into it, but the sad part is I have no idea on what I am looking at, that might as well been a foreign language...lol. I saw several error logs, but as I said, no idea on what I was looking at. I did not know what to expect but was kind of hoping for a red lag or something that said "hey schmuck loot at this. "
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If you invested in some Z mods and want them working (battery packs work but there's no software indication of charge or anything) you may have to flash some stock images to get everything sorted out. If you don't care then by all means you can use a custom nougat rom, the MM modem and radios still work even on a nougat rom.
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If you invested in some Z mods and want them working (battery packs work but there's no software indication of charge or anything) you may have to flash some stock images to get everything sorted out. If you don't care then by all means you can use a custom nougat rom, the MM modem and radios still work even on a nougat rom.
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Hopefully at sometime there is a stock N rom I can flash from TWRP on a MM base.
Or I can try side loading yours and hope that works.
Question: What is the differences in the two "unsigned firmware" in the 1st post?
Just got the update when I checked manually (Consumer Cellular RETUS Unlocked)
First impression: What an... interesting boot animation.
Jimi Mack said:
Hopefully at sometime there is a stock N rom I can flash from TWRP on a MM base.
Or I can try side loading yours and hope that works.
Question: What is the differences in the two "unsigned firmware" in the 1st post?
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I think there may be a difference in security patches but they have the same build number so I'm not too sure.
holabola said:
Just got the update when I checked manually (Consumer Cellular RETUS Unlocked)
First impression: What an... interesting boot animation.
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Yeah it is, it reminds me of the days when I had a Motorola razr lol.
For anyone that was wondering, the display size scaling works PERFECTLY.
I originally changed the DPI to make everything smaller, but it led to a lot of random issues with other apps (mainly involving the camera). The display size scaling mimics the effects of a DPI change right out of the box without all the issues and need for a computer (I wasn't rooted so)
Also, when I got the update, I was on the December 1st security patch.
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This has the January security patch (vanilla android yet we are still behind security patches...nice Lenovo...).
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Yeah motoblur might look like stock android, but it is very different under the hood. This is also the first 32-bit nougat phone in existence, and certainly the first nougat phone on the snapdragon 625. This phone is also unique in that it has to work with all of the Moto mods (none of the aosp Roms in the "ROMs" section work with Moto mods, so this probably wasn't trivial to add). For such a unique phone, we got updated pretty quickly. We got nougat before the Axon 7 (advertised as "daydream compatible" for +6 months before updated to 7.0) and plenty of other phones. It's not a nexus or a Oneplus, but Moto did good considering this isn't a flagship (although to most of us, it is).
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Magisk
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Just want to be clear, Magisk v11 will brick on nougat. V12 works perfectly. I've got a whole thread dedicated to Magisk on nougat and was finally able to pass safetynet using s3v3n's 3.0.1 build and the latest v12 Magisk. Did not flash supersu or ARISE.
xxBrun0xx said:
Yeah motoblur might look like stock android, but it is very different under the hood. This is also the first 32-bit nougat phone in existence, and certainly the first nougat phone on the snapdragon 625. This phone is also unique in that it has to work with all of the Moto mods (none of the aosp Roms in the "ROMs" section work with Moto mods, so this probably wasn't trivial to add). For such a unique phone, we got updated pretty quickly. We got nougat before the Axon 7 (advertised as "daydream compatible" for +6 months before updated to 7.0) and plenty of other phones. It's not a nexus or a Oneplus, but Moto did good considering this isn't a flagship (although to most of us, it is).
Just want to be clear, Magisk v11 will brick on nougat. V12 works perfectly. I've got a whole thread dedicated to Magisk on nougat and was finally able to pass safetynet using s3v3n's 3.0.1 build and the latest v12 Magisk. Did not flash supersu or ARISE.
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Thanks for the feedback (fixed op), I noticed v11 doesn't patch the kernel correctly and the ROM tries to boot without it. I thought it was just me since I was playing around trying to change my cache partition to f2fs but I guess the kernel doesn't support that filesystem for cache (ROM boots but doesn't initialize).
S3v3n's ROM is based on firmware stock right? I tried magisk with V4A module but it doesn't work and Atmos somehow bricks stock but it doesn't brick on a ROM built from different source (works on xperience). I noticed today that the ARISE project has a magisk module for it's latest project so maybe there's a possibility for stock to have systemless V4A.
Question, when I am in Stock Recovery to side load the update, I ma getting this.. anyone know what Status 225 is?
Now send package you want to apply
to the device with "adb sideload ,filename>...
status 255
Installation aborted.
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I think I may have found the issue, in Stock Recovery, is says :motorola/addison-retail/addison
but under ABOUT PHONE on the phone it states this is on a retus channel. Conflict of information, any suggestions?
Jimi Mack said:
Question, when I am in Stock Recovery to side load the update, I ma getting this.. anyone know what Status 225 is?
Now send package you want to apply
to the device with "adb sideload ,filename>...
status 255
Installation aborted.
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I think I may have found the issue, in Stock Recovery, is says :motorola/addison-retail/addison
but under ABOUT PHONE on the phone it states this is on a retus channel. Conflict of information, any suggestions?
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Addison is our phone model's codename. For instance the Moto z variants are codenamed "griffin." They each have individual builds based on a region's network range and so they are codename as well...We are RETUS (retail US) which is the channel that we get our updates from so that each device will get specifically tuned update based on the region it represents. Reteu (Europe), retbr (Brazil) etc.
As for your 255 error, there is no specific documentation about this. It may be some incompatibility error or a failed sideload based on the same error # given in TWRP and CM recoveries.
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Addison is our phone model's codename. For instance the Moto z variants are codenamed "griffin." They each have individual builds based on a region's network range and so they are codename as well...We are RETUS (retail US) which is the channel that we get our updates from so that each device will get specifically tuned update based on the region it represents. Reteu (Europe), retbr (Brazil) etc.
As for your 255 error, there is no specific documentation about this. It may be some incompatibility error or a failed sideload based on the same error # given in TWRP and CM recoveries.
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I thank you. I got the update to begin to load, it fails and aborts at 45% . It states something about content, lists my build number and give a code 755. I can not find out anything about this one either. I guess something is screwy with what is installed on my phone and what should be...

Android 10 factory images is live

Enjoy!
Currently two builds: QP1A.190711.019 and QP1A.190711.020
Factory Image: https://developers.google.com/android/images#sargo
OTA Image: https://developers.google.com/android/ota#sargo
No OTA here in Germany so far
Anyone know the difference between the two builds?
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Neither in France
jerethi said:
Anyone know the difference between the two builds?
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They have diferent checksums
jerethi said:
Anyone know the difference between the two builds?
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"Within the .19 image META-INF\com\android\metadata, the post-timestamp UNIX value is 1565300664 which equates to 08/08/2019 @ 9:44pm (UTC).
Within the .20 image META-INF\com\android\metadata, the post-timestamp UNIX value is 1565743352 which equates to 08/14/2019 @ 12:42am (UTC).
Based on one of Google's release tool's code, this value seems to be utilized to determine whether it should perform an incremental or full OTA.
If I'm understanding their upgrade process correctly, the .19 image does not contain the September security patch. The .20 appears to be the full stable release with the September security patch.
It would appear .19 should support an incremental upgrade from the latest Android Pie (9) version, PQ3B.190801.002 but not bring you to the latest September security patch.
This leads me to believe that the .20 image is suitable for almost all OTAs. There may be carrier specific cases that one or the other should be utilized but nothing stands out too clearly within any of the immediately available metadata files."
- https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/cz7lb1/android_10_images_are_live/eywlgww/
Do I have to do a factory reset , if I'm rooted on Android 9 to archive android 10 without any problems ?
I have just got the ota update, I'm updating from beta 6 and it's saying the update size is 41mb, is this correct?
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Do I have to do a factory reset , if I'm rooted on Android 9 to archive android 10 without any problems ?
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No, just uninstall magisk or flash stock boot.img. once that is done, you should OTA just fine.
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I have just got the ota update, I'm updating from beta 6 and it's saying the update size is 41mb, is this correct?
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On reddit they say that coming from beta the update file is only this small.
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On reddit they say that coming from beta the update file is only this small.
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Well I knew banking apps would not work on the beta but now I'm on the stable release and my banking app still will not even open, but of a nightmare really as I rely on it.
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Got the OTA from pie right now 1188.8mb
I've just received the OTA notification here in Spain
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anyone knows if is there any difference, or added feature compared to the last beta version?
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They have diferent checksums
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A factory image is a full replacement - and is meant to replace everything (you'll lose all your data and else that isn't backed up). An OTA is an update - you lose nothing. If you're coming from a STOCK factory image (either a beta of 10 OR 9) and your phone is fine, you want the OTA; otherwise (including AOSP), you want the full factory image.
germany here, installing the update now, takes quite some time for being only 41mb, hope it works
I didn't want to wait for the OTA to be pushed to my phone, so I sideloaded it and the rooted it again with Magisk. My directions are accurate if anyone else wants to sideload the OTA. To be honest, the whole process is faster when you sideload anyway. So it is really a better solution than waiting for the OTA.
The initial boot took about 5 minutes. Don't get impatient and try to mess with the phone. Just let it do it's thing.
Got it 30 mins ago from stock rom over ota (1.1GB) in France.
Install was smooth and fast.
So far so good!
Enjoying the dark mode
#Edit: weather widget shows temperature in °F instead of °C while everything is setup right. Strange ^^
sic0048 said:
I didn't want to wait for the OTA to be pushed to my phone, so I sideloaded it and the rooted it again with Magisk. My directions are accurate if anyone else wants to sideload the OTA. To be honest, the whole process is faster when you sideload anyway. So it is really a better solution than waiting for the OTA.
The initial boot took about 5 minutes. Don't get impatient and try to mess with the phone. Just let it do it's thing.
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Thank you sic0048! I followed your guide when my Pixel 3a was on 9 and it was smooth. The best instructions I have found and even bookmarked it.
I do have one quick question. I followed your instructions about updating the phone and keeping root, but I lost root after reboot. I probably did something wrong. :silly:
In your instructions under the "Custom Recovery Installation method" you state that TWRP doesn't support Android 10. So how do I root my phone again? Is it safe to use this method or should I use another one of your methods in this tutorial?
After update to 10, I was able to see "Enable DDS" toggle in phone information shortcut.
Now the toggle is gone.
Anyone else has this issue?
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On reddit they say that coming from beta the update file is only this small.
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I came from RC2 - the update is indeed that little.
However, you will have to wait for a 10-ready build of TWRP; the current TWRP is not ready (of course).

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