[GUIDE] Sideload NOF27B/C on Stock, TWRP, Custom Kernel, Mods, Root - Updated 3/6/17 - Google Pixel Guides, News, & Discussion

Follow at your own risk, I take no responsibility. This guide is for any stock(seems to work with mods) rom. I used TWRP RC1, but could possibly work with alpha 2(for adb sideload only). Not sure if this method is "better" than using flash-all.bat without -w, but the file download was smaller.
Required Files and Locations they should be placed:
TWRP RC1 Image placed in the same folder as your FASTBOOT executable
TWRP RC1 zip installer placed on phones internal storage
SuperSU 2.79 SR3 zip installer placed on phones internal storage
NOF27B or NOF27C - Rogers OTA placed in the same folder as your ADB executable
Ensure the TWRP and SuperSU zip installers are loaded onto the phones internal storage and the OTA zip and TWRP image are in the ADB/FASTBOOT executables folder.
Boot into current TWRP recovery
Make a full backup in TWRP
Connect the phone to the computer
In TWRP select the Advanced menu, click ADB sideload option
On the computer open a command window and navigate to the location of your ADB executable/OTA zip
Only execute one adb sideload command for your specific device
Execute the following command(Non-Rogers): adb sideload sailfish-ota-nof27b-8130b5a8.zip
Execute the following command(Rogers): adb sideload sailfish-ota-nof27c-fb487658.zip
Only execute one adb sideload command for your specific device
The command window should be displaying a percentage and the TWRP should be displaying the standard OTA step 1 and 2 - Let this complete
Click Reboot System and let the OTA finish installing
At this point TWRP and Root are gone, but can be restored
With the device powered off, hold volume down and turn on the device. Your device should now be in the bootloader.
With the device connected to the computer run the following command from the previous step's command window: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-sailfish.img
Install twrp-pixel-installer-sailfish-3.0.2-0-RC1.zip in TWRP
Install SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip in TWRP
Click Reboot System
Install Kernel/Mods
Remember to restore any /system specific edits such as the tether build.prop edit, host file edits, or custom boot animations.

This is amazing!. I have downloaded the full factory image already. followed by your guide, Can I just use an OTA package to upgrade NMF26O to latest build? I have rooted and twrp installed

bush911 said:
This is amazing!. I have downloaded the full factory image already. followed by your guide, Can I just use an OTA package to upgrade NMF26O to latest build? I have rooted and twrp installed
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Just remove the -w argument from the flash-all.bat and flash the factory image...

Thank you dude, so what's the difference between full factory image and full ota zip, and ota automatically downloaded to phone.
the factory image is around 1.8 G and full ota zip is around 800 M, but the ota automatically downloaded to phone is only 47 M
Juli112 said:
Just remove the -w argument from the flash-all.bat and flash the factory image...
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I had good luck with this method getting to NMF26O. Just a couple of things to note. Make sure you have the latest ADB files, and while it probably is assumed that you are using TWRP RC1 I'm pretty sure this did not work in Alpha2. Also, when the OP mentions losing TWRP it actually completely removes recovery so don't freak out if you try to boot into it expecting stock recovery and get a no data (or something like that if I remember correctly) error. There is no reason to check, but last time I was curious to see if it would leave TWRP in place. All is fine as long as you can get to bootloader. One other thing is the fact that this is an OTA. I would not do this unless coming from NMF26O but that is just me.
I am in no hurry to do this update since by all accounts it adds no functionality, but I was going to try it this way again. I wonder if anyone has any reason other than habit to continue to use the flash all method.

Juli112 said:
Just remove the -w argument from the flash-all.bat and flash the factory image...
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so should we sideload the OTA over Q or download the factory image and remove the -w flag and run flash all.bat?

can this process be done if we are running stock rooted but with weta 2.2.1 installed? or does it need to be totallly stock? thanks

quinejh said:
can this process be done if we are running stock rooted but with weta 2.2.1 installed? or does it need to be totallly stock? thanks
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This is only for updating stock. If you want of weta then use the full image and remove the -w from the flashall bat file.

thank you! worked great!

quinejh said:
can this process be done if we are running stock rooted but with weta 2.2.1 installed? or does it need to be totallly stock? thanks
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Because I'm groovy like that... (And had a nandroid backup) I went ahead and took the jump of sideloading the OTA update over weta 2.2.1. Personally, I wasn't too concerned about botching up the system, as the weta ROM is going away. Instead the author is now compiling his mod(s) to layer over this stock build. I'm assuming that the OTA sideload went without a hitch because weta is designed around the stock image. Of course, I had to install some of my mod's again that were lost in the "update"
**DISCLAIMER**
I'm not claiming or declaring the OTA update is safe to install over weta 2.2.1. I'm only giving my experience so others can weigh out the risks for themselves, if they decide to roll the dice. :silly:

I followed this method and everything went smoothly. I have the new update, supersu and elemental kernel but now I can not use android pay

rohitece06 said:
I followed this method and everything went smoothly. I have the new update, supersu and elemental kernel but now I can not use android pay
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I don't use Pay, but did you update to the latest Elemental kernel 1.03?

spiller37 said:
I don't use Pay, but did you update to the latest Elemental kernel 1.03?
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Yes I did.

rohitece06 said:
Yes I did.
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Try Franco's, his is patched for pay. Just to try and narrow it down here.

rohitece06 said:
Yes I did.
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You might also try the patched stock kernel that was just updated.

spiller37 said:
You might also try the patched stock kernel that was just updated.
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Thanks it worked with patched stock kernel although I lost root and when I installed SuperSu 2.79 SR2 android pay stopped working.

Is something up with the OP or is it just my XDA app causing it to show like this..

aholeinthewor1d said:
Is something up with the OP or is it just my XDA app causing it to show like this..
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Not sure why it displays this way in the two XDA apps. If anyone knows how to fix the formatting I would be grateful for the solution.

rohitece06 said:
Thanks it worked with patched stock kernel although I lost root and when I installed SuperSu 2.79 SR2 android pay stopped working.
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Oh I didn't realize root and pay could work simultaneously on the pixel yet. Not sure which thread, but there was discussion on using the dual slots to run one slot stock with pay and one slot stock with root. Then dual booting between them.

spiller37 said:
Oh I didn't realize root and pay could work simultaneously on the pixel yet. Not sure which thread, but there was discussion on using the dual slots to run one slot stock with pay and one slot stock with root. Then dual booting between them.
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it was working before this January pixel update

Related

Installing 5.0.2 on rooted tablet

So I recieved the notification that the 5.0.2 update was ready to install on my tablet. My tablet is ROOTED but that is all, still stock, I only root to use ad away. I get an error trying to install it OTA. How can I install the update, without having to wipe all my data? Sorry, I am very new to this stuff
viper2ko said:
So I recieved the notification that the 5.0.2 update was ready to install on my tablet. My tablet is ROOTED but that is all, still stock, I only root to use ad away. I get an error trying to install it OTA. How can I install the update, without having to wipe all my data? Sorry, I am very new to this stuff
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No go on root. Your system partition has to be pristine. (Technically you can add files, but the ones that came with it have to be unchanged) Just undo any changes you have made and unroot and the OTA should work.
So if I get this right, OTA breaks also when recovery is stock, but supersu installed, modified hosts and gps.conf file
jshamlet said:
No go on root. Your system partition has to be pristine. (Technically you can add files, but the ones that came with it have to be unchanged) Just undo any changes you have made and unroot and the OTA should work.
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Only changed I have made are installing ad away
viper2ko said:
Only changed I have made are installing ad away
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The HOSTS file came with the stock image. It counts, unfortunately. (I'm also an Adaway user)
Modify /system, you don't OTA. Period.
Just download the Nexus image and flash just system.img, not the batch file.
Can I flash the system.img in TWRP or do I need to flash the stock recovery?
And will this upgrade me from 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 without losing anything except for root?
Thanks!
^You flash the system image with fastboot. Run: fastboot flash system system.img
You'll keep data just have to reflash the su zip in twrp.
yosmokinman said:
^You flash the system image with fastboot. Run: fastboot flash system system.img
You'll keep data just have to reflash the su zip in twrp.
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Thanks for the info. Just had this problem myself and was trying to figure out what to do. This must be a 5.x problem? I've never had this problem on 4.x as long as I had the stock recovery installed. Just had to re-root after. Guess I'm off to download the factory images since it won't even show an update available after erroring out. It definitely still shows 5.01 as being the version I'm on.
flyinion said:
Thanks for the info. Just had this problem myself and was trying to figure out what to do. This must be a 5.x problem? I've never had this problem on 4.x as long as I had the stock recovery installed. Just had to re-root after. Guess I'm off to download the factory images since it won't even show an update available after erroring out. It definitely still shows 5.01 as being the version I'm on.
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Just download Scrosler's Factory Stock Rooted Rom 5.0.2 in the Android Development section and install via TWRP over the top of 5.0.1. No need for a fresh install.
magnumlove said:
Just download Scrosler's Factory Stock Rooted Rom 5.0.2 in the Android Development section and install via TWRP over the top of 5.0.1. No need for a fresh install.
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Oh I wasn't going to do a fresh install (i.e. wiping everything), just flash that system.img or modify the batch file to remove the "-w" flag and just run that. I'm wary of running 3rd party ROMs now after I couldn't play movies through Play Movies that were downloaded to the device instead of streamed. Something to do with copy protection I guess
It isn't a "3rd party ROM," just a flashable version of 5.0.2. If you flash using TWRP, just don't have it wipe anything. I flashed his 5.0.1 flashable ROM over 4.4.4 (after updating my bootloader) and didn't lose anything.
Telyx said:
It isn't a "3rd party ROM," just a flashable version of 5.0.2. If you flash using TWRP, just don't have it wipe anything. I flashed his 5.0.1 flashable ROM over 4.4.4 (after updating my bootloader) and didn't lose anything.
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Assuming this was in reply to me? I'm not worried about losing anything. I've done the whole back it up and wipe between ROMs a ton on my OG Droid and Galaxy Nexus. In this case it's a worry that Play Movies for instance will detect that it is not a stock ROM/image and will disallow playing downloaded versions of movies in the app. I.e. you can download vs. stream for offline playback. I nearly found out the hard way (night before leaving on a vacation) that I couldn't play downloaded versions (it will download but not play them) when I for instance installed AOKP to my Nexus 7. As best I could tell from a bunch of Googling, it's something to do with copy protection.
It was, but I didn't know your experience level. I guess what I wanted to say is that scrosler's stock rooted ROM is exactly that; once it's on the tablet it isn't any different from rooting the OTA or factory image. It's just flashable via recovery instead of having to use fastboot or flash-all.bat.
Telyx said:
It was, but I didn't know your experience level. I guess what I wanted to say is that scrosler's stock rooted ROM is exactly that; once it's on the tablet it isn't any different from rooting the OTA or factory image. It's just flashable via recovery instead of having to use fastboot or flash-all.bat.
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Ah ok. Well, I ended up using fastboot to flash the system.img last night and looks like I'm good to go. I tried unrooting (SuperSU remove root function) and changing betterbatterystats to a non-system app first but the OTA still failed. Yeah I learned how to use the basic adb/fastboot stuff when I got my Galaxy Nexus and again with the N7. I figured that way if I totally broke something I'd know how to fix it, and all the fancy tools weren't around when the GNex first came out (at least I don't think they were).
I dirty flashed scrosler's 5.0.1 ROM when I got the 5.0.1 OTA notification, but when the 5.0.2 factory image was posted I fastboot flashed the system.img from that and rerooted. Naturally, less than half a day or so later, scrosler posted his 5.0.2.
So for someone that's not really too experience with fastboot, could someone post a step by step?
Where would I get the system.img?
Check the sticky threads for guides. Read and reread then get started on setting up the Android SDK. Once complete, type in the commands letter for letter.

New Factory Image and Custom Recovery

So this may be a stupid question, but this is my first Nexus device. I will have a 6P delivered Thursday and plan to unlock, decrypt, and install TWRP. The guides so far reference using MDB08K, and the modified boot is only for this version currently. After I install TWRP, am I able to install the factory image for the latest MDB08M and just exclude flashing certain images? Or do I need to flash them all then wait for a new modified boot image for 08M and install TWRP over again?
geoff5093 said:
So this may be a stupid question, but this is my first Nexus device. I will have a 6P delivered Thursday and plan to unlock, decrypt, and install TWRP. The guides so far reference using MDB08K, and the modified boot is only for this version currently. After I install TWRP, am I able to install the factory image for the latest MDB08M and just exclude flashing certain images? Or do I need to flash them all then wait for a new modified boot image for 08M and install TWRP over again?
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When I got mine the first thing I did was the OTA update and then I performed the root etc prcess
MrDSL said:
When I got mine the first thing I did was the OTA update and then I performed the root etc prcess
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Its good to do this right away because when you unlock the bootloader, it wipes the phone. I haven't done this on mine yet because I'm curious about Android Pay and what impact that will have on it.
bitpushr said:
Its good to do this right away because when you unlock the bootloader, it wipes the phone. I haven't done this on mine yet because I'm curious about Android Pay and what impact that will have on it.
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OH OH!!!! We have to behave, we have an Administrator with the same phone UGH!! Just kidding Hello @bitpushr
Somewheres around here someone is reporting pay working with unlock and root. If I recall correctly he removed root in su settings to add the card and then set back to root and it was working. Highly concerned individuals might want to verify that from multiple sources...
MrDSL said:
When I got mine the first thing I did was the OTA update and then I performed the root etc prcess
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But don't you need to use the corresponding modified boot image to root it? There currently isn't one for the latest factory image I believe.
geoff5093 said:
But don't you need to use the corresponding modified boot image to root it? There currently isn't one for the latest factory image I believe.
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Chainfire has one and I believe there is one in the development forum.
MrDSL said:
Chainfire has one and I believe there is one in the development forum.
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I was looking at his thread, but I only see one for the 08K image.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/wip-android-6-0-marshmellow-t3219344
The one in the dev section also appears to only be for 08K: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/kernel-stock-decrypted-kernel-verity-t3235013
I just wanted to confirm that these need to be the same, so I'll wait for an update.
I thought Build MBD08K was the latest..
I know that I'm currently running cleanrom MBD08K with modified MBD08K boot.img
Modified MBD08K boot.img from chainfire works fine with newest MDB08M. On my phone I unlocked bootloader, flashed all the MDB08M files, than flashed the modified boot.img.
I have working root, decrypted with TWRP installed.
mysongranhills said:
Modified MBD08K boot.img from chainfire works fine with newest MDB08M. On my phone I unlocked bootloader, flashed all the MDB08M files, than flashed the modified boot.img.
I have working root, decrypted with TWRP installed.
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Awesome!! ????
mysongranhills said:
Modified MBD08K boot.img from chainfire works fine with newest MDB08M. On my phone I unlocked bootloader, flashed all the MDB08M files, than flashed the modified boot.img.
I have working root, decrypted with TWRP installed.
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I assume if we have MDB08K, rooted with TWRP and want to take the OTA to MDB08M, that we can use a similar procedure:
1. Flash stock boot.img and recovery.img from MDB08K factory image (temporarily disabling root and TWRP)
2. Download and install OTA
3. Reflash modified MDB08K boot.img from Chainfire
4. Reflash TWRP recovery
5. Install SuperSU 2.52 using TWRP
Has anyone tried this method?
rsmolen said:
I assume if we have MDB08K, rooted with TWRP and want to take the OTA to MDB08M, that we can use a similar procedure:
1. Flash stock boot.img and recovery.img from MDB08K factory image (temporarily disabling root and TWRP)
2. Download and install OTA
3. Reflash modified MDB08K boot.img from Chainfire
4. Reflash TWRP recovery
5. Install SuperSU 2.52 using TWRP
Has anyone tried this method?
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No, but your logic is sound. I see no problems doing it that way. Why would you prefer the OTA updates over the latest factory images? I know for me part of the reason I did it the way I did was b/c I couldn't get phone to download/recognize that OTA update existed.
In case anyone else is still wondering, flashing the 08M factory image and then using the 08K modified boot works fine. I'm on the latest and rooted right now.
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No, but your logic is sound. I see no problems doing it that way. Why would you prefer the OTA updates over the latest factory images? I know for me part of the reason I did it the way I did was b/c I couldn't get phone to download/recognize that OTA update existed.
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I just thought this would be slightly easier than flashing the system.img from the factory image. However, given the modified boot.img and systemless SuperSU, I guess only flashing the system.img (and radio.img if changed) from the new build would probably be easier at this point. However, if xPosed comes to Marshmallow and modifies system, that will be another step in the upgrade process, which presumably would not need to be done if you could take the OTA the way I proposed.

New update to fix voLTE 911 bug...

So this morning I got an update to fix the voLTE bug. I'm unlocked with twrp installed and rooted. Just for the sake of experimenting I tried installing it. Well that didn't work. Just gets stuck in twrp recovery and you have to power the phone off completely to get it to boot. I guess my question (even though it's a little early) is there a way to install the update without reverting back to stock?
EDIT: Link to the zip
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqNotAWlwLUQ1Fzcjc2YXd4QzA
I don't believe so.
In the past you either had to go back to stock or wait on someone to create a compatible update for rooted devices.
Can you post link to zip?
If you are rooted, you can find the zip in cache folder in recovery.
Can you add what variant and build you are using before the update? Also the build afterwards?
KapilFaujdar said:
Can you post link to zip?
If you are rooted, you can find the zip in cache folder in recovery.
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I got the update, but all I see on my magisk rooted G5+ in /cache/recovery are log files and the fstab files. Anywhere else to look?
gghose said:
I got the update, but all I see on my magisk rooted G5+ in /cache/recovery are log files and the fstab files. Anywhere else to look?
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Yeah I can't find anything in that folder either.
I received the update and applied it. I am not rooted.
I have the XT1687 model.
My current build number is NPN25.137-35
My device BL unlocked, TWRP installed and rooted with magisck.
I'm getting the update notification and splash screens several times daily.
Anyone rooted try installing the update with Flashfire app?
bvsbutthd101 said:
So this morning I got an update to fix the voLTE bug. I'm unlocked with twrp installed and rooted. Just for the sake of experimenting I tried installing it. Well that didn't work. Just gets stuck in twrp recovery and you have to power the phone off completely to get it to boot. I guess my question (even though it's a little early) is there a way to install the update without reverting back to stock?
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If you have systemless supersu, you should just be able to apply the update after reverting to stock recovery.
So I found where the zip downloads. I wonder what flashing it in twrp would do?
EDIT: Here's the link to the zip and I've put it in the OP.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqNotAWlwLUQ1Fzcjc2YXd4QzA
glight0 said:
My device BL unlocked, TWRP installed and rooted with magisck.
I'm getting the update notification and splash screens several times daily.
Anyone rooted try installing the update with Flashfire app?
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OK, so I tried flashing recovery.img from stock firmware build 33. But the OTA update will not install, instead I get an error after downloading and rebooting (red triangle at recovery mode).
So I tried fully reverting to stock firmware but I decided to skip over erasing userdata. Afterward the OTA downloaded and installed successfully. Keeping userdata does not seem to have caused an issue.
My problem now though is how to get root back without having to wipe userdata after re-flashing TWRP.
Or is this not possible and if I want to root I must first wipe userdata so that TWRP can read internal memory?
bvsbutthd101 said:
So I found where the zip downloads. I wonder what flashing it in twrp would do?
EDIT: Here's the link to the zip and I've put it in the OP.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxqNotAWlwLUQ1Fzcjc2YXd4QzA
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Just tried flashing it with TWRP and no luck:
Verifying current system....
E3002: Package expects build thumbprint of 7.0/NPN25.137-35/37:user/release-keys or 7.0/NPN25.137-33/35:user/release-keys; this device has .
Updated process ended with ERROR: 7
which doesn't make much sense since I rooted the stock ROM (Build number reads NPN25.137-33).
If your using a custom recovery flash the stock recovery, then go to the stock recovery and using your computer flash using adb sideboard command. I assume you already know how to do this. Hope that helps.
gghose said:
Just tried flashing it with TWRP and no luck:
Verifying current system....
E3002: Package expects build thumbprint of 7.0/NPN25.137-35/37:user/release-keys or 7.0/NPN25.137-33/35:user/release-keys; this device has .
Updated process ended with ERROR: 7
which doesn't make much sense since I rooted the stock ROM (Build number reads NPN25.137-33).
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I'm stuck in the same boat... no idea how to flash the stock recovery and sideboard, what that even means, or if that would break root. I just followed the step-by-step "how to root" video when I first got the phone
There's a workaround to disable the "advanced LTE" or whatever it was called, so I did that. But in the meantime until a more "user friendly" means of updating is available, is there a way I can get rid of this nag screen? Way back on an earlier device (Samsung Charge?) I remember manually editing a "build.prop" file or something to match the latest version so I wouldn't keep getting the software update nag. Is there something that will do the same here, or is there a system app I can freeze in TiB?
My best guess is freezing "Moto Actions 03.022.1.4-N" because it's showing "(updated)" on the side.
rellim113 said:
I'm stuck in the same boat... no idea how to flash the stock recovery and sideboard, what that even means, or if that would break root. I just followed the step-by-step "how to root" video when I first got the phone .
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What he means is you need to download the stock rom, unzip it, then boot phone to bootloader mode and connect to PC. Then flash the recovery.IMG from the stock rom folder with command prompt:
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then you can on the phone tell it to boot to recovery mode. This will be a screen with Android on his back and the words NO Command on the bottom. Then plug to PC and use adb command to sideload the update zip like this:
adb sideload [nameofupdatefile].Zip
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What he means is you need to download the stock rom, unzip it, then boot phone to bootloader mode and connect to PC. Then flash the recovery.IMG from the stock rom folder with command prompt:
Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then you can on the phone tell it to boot to recovery mode. This will be a screen with Android on his back and the words NO Command on the bottom. Then plug to PC and use adb command to sideload the update zip like this:
adb sideload [nameofupdatefile].Zip
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Strange, reflashed the stock recovery and adb can't see it (adb devices returns nothing). And when trying to install it via the normal OTA way, the stock recovery tries to install but ends with an error.
That's what happened to me when I tried reverting to stock recovery and then trying to install update from phone Settings app.
I ended up having to revert to stock rom to get ota to apply with settings app. But now I am trying to root again but after installing TWRP data is encrypted again. So looks like I will have to wipe data before re-rooting.

[JAN 2018] - Pixel/Nexus full OTA and factory images

https://developers.google.com/android/images
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Has anyone flashed this factory image yet? Does it break TWRP and/or Magisk?
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I haven't yet, but expect it to break things if you flash it like that. Though if you sideload and update from a factory image it'll do a full wipe unless you edit the flash script.
Tentatively the following process should work:
- Flash factory image after removing wipe flag
- Boot TWRP image
- Flash TWRP zip
- Flash kernel
- Flash Magisk
Everything should work normally at that point.
Wouldn't the OTA not work since the system has been mounted via TWRP? Flashing the factory image should update fine and OTA shouldn't be needed (unless I'm wrong).
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Hi, update received.
Diesel_Jeremiah said:
Wouldn't the OTA not work since the system has been mounted via TWRP? Flashing the factory image should update fine and OTA shouldn't be needed (unless I'm wrong).
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This was my understanding as well, but if you're side loading the full image, then it probably wipes everything and you have to nandroid backup/restore. Just a guess at this point though. We need a guinea pig.
Here's what I did. I uninstalled Magisk using the uninstall.zip. I flashed both stock boot.img and dtbo.img. I adb sideloaded the OTA which was walleye-ota-opm1.171019.013-5ccf0b20.zip approx 1.1 gig. I'm updated to Build OPM.171019.013 Jan 5 Patch.
I then flashed TWRP.img, installed TWRP.zip, then installed Magisk 15.2.
If anyone has an easier method. Let me know!
guapinoy said:
Here's what I did. I uninstalled Magisk using the uninstall.zip. I flashed both stock boot.img and dtbo.img. I adb sideloaded the OTA which was walleye-ota-opm1.171019.013-5ccf0b20.zip approx 1.1 gig. I'm updated to Build OPM.171019.013 Jan 5 Patch.
I then flashed TWRP.img, installed TWRP.zip, then installed Magisk 15.2.
If anyone has an easier method. Let me know!
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Magisk and TWRP working correctly?
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Diesel_Jeremiah said:
Magisk and TWRP working correctly?
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Yup.
Would love to see if this patches the Verizon bootloader unlock.
PuffDaddy_d said:
This was my understanding as well, but if you're side loading the full image, then it probably wipes everything and you have to nandroid backup/restore. Just a guess at this point though. We need a guinea pig.
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Here is how I updated: [DEC 2017 to JAN 2018 Update] How I updated successfully
So far only one report of receipt via OTA? I had to sideload Dec, really hoping to just get these OTA going forward.
I've found that using old ADB tools will not flash the factory image properly. I was using a tool that an XDA member provided that had adb binaries from 2015 and kept getting errors when trying to use the flash-all.bat from the factory image. If you guys get stuck with something, update your adb and fastboot tools from the latest platform tools. It will save you a headache. If you want step by step instructions of what I did, I can provide them.
Hmm, I'm failing SafetyNet now.
Lightn1ng said:
Hmm, I'm failing SafetyNet now.
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Did you follow Diesel's method or was this after you soft bricked your phone?
PuffDaddy_d said:
Did you follow Diesel's method or was this after you soft bricked your phone?
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I did the following:
- Ran flash_all from the factory image
- fastboot boot'd TWRP
- flashed the TWRP zip + magisk + FLASH kernel
- formatted /data
Lightn1ng said:
I did the following:
- Ran flash_all from the factory image
- fastboot boot'd TWRP
- flashed the TWRP zip + magisk + FLASH kernel
- formatted /data
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Formatting data decrypts it, that may or may not be why it's failing.
Telperion said:
Formatting data decrypts it, that may or may not be why it's failing.
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Ooohhhhhh. How do I get it back to encrypted?
Lightn1ng said:
Ooohhhhhh. How do I get it back to encrypted?
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Same as before, but don't format your data partition.
no OTA for me yet. I heard sideloading results in lag but who knows.
https://9to5google.com/2018/01/02/psa-google-pixel-2-users-lag-sideload-jan-sec-update-fix/

Updating a currently rooted, running stock update from October P2XL

Hello all,
I am several versions behind on my P2XL simply because it is rooted and I have to it manually. Haven't had time to do it but I know I am missing out on several security updates that seem to be rather important so it is time to update. I would prefer not to wipe my phone; however, since j am so many versions behind maybe it's better to do so?
Curious am I able to just install the February update over my current October build or do I have to push each update to the device before moving to the next?
Please let me know, thanks so much
cwburns32 said:
Hello all,
I am several versions behind on my P2XL simply because it is rooted and I have to it manually. Haven't had time to do it but I know I am missing out on several security updates that seem to be rather important so it is time to update. I would prefer not to wipe my phone; however, since j am so many versions behind maybe it's better to do so?
Curious am I able to just install the February update over my current October build or do I have to push each update to the device before moving to the next?
Please let me know, thanks so much
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You can just use the Feb update. You don't need to go thru all the updates to that point. And you don't have to wipe the device. Just run the flash all batch file in the factory image with the -w removed.
You will have to download the full ota from Google's page and flash it if you want to skip every incremental update.
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And/or you can flash the February OTA via twrp if fastboot isn't your cup-o-tea. However, no matter what route you choose, you'll still have to install twrp and root again. Happy flashing :good:
jd1639 said:
You can just use the Feb update. You don't need to go thru all the updates to that point. And you don't have to wipe the device. Just run the flash all batch file in the factory image with the -w removed.
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MrMeeseeks said:
You will have to download the full ota from Google's page and flash it if you want to skip every incremental update.
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Badger50 said:
And/or you can flash the February OTA via twrp if fastboot isn't your cup-o-tea. However, no matter what route you choose, you'll still have to install twrp and root again. Happy flashing :good:
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Thank you all!! Fastboot or TWRP work for me. Glad I don't need to wipe device.
Any issues with rooting on new Feb patch? Or same process with Magisk as it's been?
cwburns32 said:
Thank you all!! Fastboot or TWRP work for me. Glad I don't need to wipe device.
Any issues with rooting on new Feb patch? Or same process with Magisk as it's been?
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Same process, no issues.
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Same process, no issues.
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What he said! :laugh:
jd1639 said:
Same process, no issues.
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Badger50 said:
What he said! :laugh:
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Sounds good!! Any one using Viper4Android on the new Feb build? If so, how is it working? Thanks!
cwburns32 said:
Sounds good!! Any one using Viper4Android on the new Feb build? If so, how is it working? Thanks!
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The 3.3 version magisk module working fine for me :good:
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The 3.3 version magisk module working fine for me :good:
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Are you also using Dolby on top of Viper, I was for a while with great results but can't seem to find Dolby 9 as opposed to the 8.1 I was using previously.
Flashing via ADB without -w , I recall doing this previously but don't remember what I need to exactly in the commands so I don't have to wipe phone. Could someone please kindly advise?
cwburns32 said:
Are you also using Dolby on top of Viper, I was for a while with great results but can't seem to find Dolby 9 as opposed to the 8.1 I was using previously.
Flashing via ADB without -w , I recall doing this previously but don't remember what I need to exactly in the commands so I don't have to wipe phone. Could someone please kindly advise?
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Yep, using Dolby as well. Here, you can use my copy :good: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B5oSZ96oi7JC_IQnU1qiNPwQWPjr72aL/view?usp=drivesdk
As far as updating, make sure your platform-tools are up to date. Extract the February update, and place all those files in your platform-tools folder.
Then edit the flash-all.bat file, removing the -w, and leaving a space between the remaining words, and save the edit.
Put your phone in bootloader mode, plug it in to your pc, open a command prompt on your platform-tools folder, and type: fastboot flash-all
Let it do it's thing, then boot up to the OS to make sure it's all good.
Then fastboot into twrp, flash the twrp installer zip, then flash magisk zip, then your custom kernel(if used) Boot up, and there ya go
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Yep, using Dolby as well. Here, you can use my copy :good: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B5oSZ96oi7JC_IQnU1qiNPwQWPjr72aL/view?usp=drivesdk
As far as updating, make sure your platform-tools are up to date. Extract the February update, and place all those files in your platform-tools folder.
Then edit the flash-all.bat file, removing the -w, and leaving a space between the remaining words, and save the edit.
Put your phone in bootloader mode, plug it in to your pc, open a command prompt on your platform-tools folder, and type: fastboot flash-all
Let it do it's thing, then boot up to the OS to make sure it's all good.
Then fastboot into twrp, flash the twrp installer zip, then flash magisk zip, then your custom kernel(if used) Boot up, and there ya go
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Lol my luck...
I just flashed your dolby version but it just fc's after showing the Dolby opening screen for a couple seconds.
Any other mods needed?
CyberpodS2 said:
Lol my luck...
I just flashed your dolby version but it just fc's after showing the Dolby opening screen for a couple seconds.
Any other mods needed?
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Yeah, uninstall any other sound mods you have. Then flash the Dolby.zip in twrp, then install ViPER4Android FX version 3.3 magisk module, reboot, then install the AML module. Then you should be good :good:

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