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[Q] need some serious help with return to stock

hi all,
sorry to sound like a complete idiot in advance !
I have been trying for over a month now to find some way to return my phone to stock so I can get the new ota update but im just having no luck !
I have tried everything to unroot , relock boot loader, and return to stock, I can successfully unroot, successfully relock the boot loader but cannot update OTA everytime I download the ota and allow the phone to start update process the phone boots into bootlaoder and a new line appears in the normal messages **** security warning*** when this happens I loose recovery and the phone hasn't updated. I then have to re-unlock the bootloader to then flash a recovery.
I cant flash RUU as there isn't an RUU available for me, H3G_001 , I have tried the suggested CWM nandroid backup, but this fails half way through something to do with android_secure
I cant seem to get the phone to successfully grant s-off to try the change cid method, I have tried to do this using HTC one kit by hasoon but no luck,
if anyone could please help it would me much appreciated
regards
okz19

Probably you don't have the stock rom or the recovery, because the secure warning come out when you aren't fully stock..

Look on this site: http://www.htc1guru.com/downloads/stock-rom-downloads/
Mine One works now fine and i have update to the latest OTA.

Justin2003 said:
Look on this site: http://www.htc1guru.com/downloads/stock-rom-downloads/
Mine One works now fine and i have update to the latest OTA.
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still stuck!
hi all as you can probably tell form the age of this topic, I have been stuck for a while !!! (11 October ! )
I am still having problems trying to get the new update 2.24.771.3
my phone is carrier locked to three uk
it is unrooted
custom recovery cwm touch
bootloader unlocked / tampered
I understand I need stock recovery and to lock bootloader
I don't have stock rom
my problem is as follows, my phone has been telling me for atleast 4 months now that I have a software update, when I click it it restarts takes me to cwm recovery verifys install then gets stuck on cannot mount data ....
I understand I need to flash stock recovery, I have tried to do this using the "all in one kit" however when I click flash my own recovery, (phone reboots into bootloader) I then proceed to select the stock recovery.img the cmd box then hangs "waiting for device" I am then alerted by my computer that the usb device has malfunctioned. ( I am on windows 8 and have turned of signature verification)
I cannot use the supposed simple method of RUU as there isn't one available for my stupid network!!
I have tried to use a cwm recovery image, this usually starts then spits out android_secure is missing.
yes I do have a hammer ready to hit the phone with, but just before I do this is there ANYONE with any last tips to help me, because ive just about had enough with this stupid phone !
the phone has 24 hours left to live, can you save its life ?
thanks in advance for any help.

1. You cannot install an OTA with a custom recovery.
2. I've encountered a CWM bug having to do with .android_secure. There's a hidden folder in /sdcard that caused it, I don't remember whether this file is ".android_secure" or another. You can probably wipe the sdcard before restoring the backup. If that fails, you can probably manually restore the backup with ADB (this will be hard).
3. If you want to install the custom recovery, boot to the fastboot and use USB to install the recovery. Don't use a toolkit because they're useless when anything goes wrong.

[Q] PLEASE POST full STOCK HTC ONE ROM exe for AT&T new kitkat Vers: 4.18.502.7

ISSUE RESOLVED: keeping post since active since I still need the rom exe. But boot looping fixed.
My AT&T HTC One is stuck in boot loop, probably to do with the KK OTA update. I have looked everywhere, read posts all night, and tried all of the various reboots and reflashings of recovery files and firmware, erased caches, locked and unlocked bootloaders. Can anyone post the executable RUU for the stock ROM KK version 4.18.502.7? I'd really appreciate it. I can't sideload a zip (it stalls). I'm aware of the other post asking for the same thing and the response in it with a link to the file, but that link actually is only to a recovery zip with darkbootloader, which seems also to require S-OFF, even if I did have some way to sideload it.
The firmware updated before it began looping, so I can't just reinstall a prior stock ROM exe file, as far as I can tell. I tried anyway!
I hesitate to install the .1540. Dev. Ed. version of the ROM that's available because it says in the notes that it's "compatible" with my cid and PN, etc, but I think they mean for recovery file purposes and not for a full ROM install. So I think I just need the ROM exe, if anyone has it? Thanks!

more info
by the way, when it crashed i had installed the ota update and then restarted play around with it, then rebooted in bootloader and unlocked, reinstalled twrp and AndRev HD 51. I've noticed two problems there. The first is that the Xposed module's latest update totally defeats my internet wifi and especially crashes vpn sevice. prior versions did not and I could not down-install to prior version (is preinstalled in HD 51). The other problem is that in looking around for this boot loop probably, turns out that TWRP apparently doesn't get along well with the encryption. don't know why. this stuff may or may not be part of the problem, but at this point i have no OS, an erased cache and can't even get into recovery (tried flashing twrp, older twrps and CWM. thanks.

You are screwed if you have no recovery, and the phone is s-on. You need to find a way to get in recovery. Alternatively try to flash the firmware only from OTA to get stock recovery.
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randomOne1111 said:
My AT&T HTC One is stuck in boot loop, probably to do with the KK OTA update. I have looked everywhere, read posts all night, and tried all of the various reboots and reflashings of recovery files and firmware, erased caches, locked and unlocked bootloaders. Can anyone post the executable RUU for the stock ROM KK version 4.18.502.7? I'd really appreciate it. I can't sideload a zip (it stalls). I'm aware of the other post asking for the same thing and the response in it with a link to the file, but that link actually is only to a recovery zip with darkbootloader, which seems also to require S-OFF, even if I did have some way to sideload it.
The firmware updated before it began looping, so I can't just reinstall a prior stock ROM exe file, as far as I can tell. I tried anyway!
I hesitate to install the .1540. Dev. Ed. version of the ROM that's available because it says in the notes that it's "compatible" with my cid and PN, etc, but I think they mean for recovery file purposes and not for a full ROM install. So I think I just need the ROM exe, if anyone has it? Thanks!
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This RUU does not exist yet, only the FOTA version - I've been in talks with HTC about this very thing. They do not have an ETA for the RUU, unfortunately.

SaHiLzZ said:
You are screwed if you have no recovery, and the phone is s-on. You need to find a way to get in recovery. Alternatively try to flash the firmware only from OTA to get stock recovery.
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Hm. I did flash the firmware from an OTA. But couldn't actually boot into recovery after that. I can flash custom recoveries but can sideload without the intall stalling about a third of the way through (just hangs, no error messages). Then after that if I restart it loops. I can maybe fix the "tampered" warning and swap it out somewhere. I think it's the encryption while using twrp maybe resulted in some hiccup. But I thought the firmware flash would fix that. And I'm not sure how you can actually tell whether the flashed firmware is successful. (it says it is in the command prompt, but the phone doesn't really do anything all that different and i already updated with the OTA so the numbers won't change).
Looking at the board today and reading through the posts I see many people reporting basically being in the same boot loop boat after the OTA update, though with diff versions maybe there's some FW problem. weird so many posts of similar boot looping.
Thanks for responding.
This issue is temporarily resolved, was able to push ARHD in TWRP (would not sideload without erroring out during install, but was able to push zip to sdcard and then install from there) after much wiping using both twrp and cwm. Did notice when using CWM recovery would not install ARHD off sdcard push, and would flag unknown files .... android..security during wipes, so i am guessing that encrypting a custom ROM at least with TWRP as recovery was a bad idea. hopefully this will stay stable until the KK OEM RUU EXE is available. Thanks for the help.

[Closed] How to Return to Stock Recovery for OTA Updates

Hello all again. It's been almost year since last here, and clearly I have learnt nothing in the meanwhile.
First, specifications:
I have an HTC One M7 (AT&T) that had been updated to 4.3 OTA, then unlocked via htcdev, flashed with CWM 6.0.4.3 recovery, and then rooted with the Superuser zip on the CWM site. The device remains S-On.
Now, for the detailed inquiry:
I've been in the Stone Ages (see, Jelly Bean) for a while and have been planning on updating my phone for some time. However, the easy way, i.e. OTA, requires that I return to stock recovery. Now, as far as I know, this would require the use of an RUU (I'm not quite sure which one - perhaps "RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular_US_1.26.502.12_Radio_4A.14.3250.13_10.33.1150.01_release_318450_signed_2.exe" from AndroidRUU?) which would require that I lock my bootloader (correct?) which would also happen to wipe my device. I was hoping that I might be able to flash the stock recovery image (which I have been unsuccessful thus far in finding on my friend Google, since I assume it was deleted from my phone when I flashed CWM?) without having to go through an RUU. Is such a thing feasible? Where would I find the appropriate stock recovery image file to do so? And is there a way, once I (hopefully) receive the OTA update, to copy that new stock recovery image to my PC before I switch back to custom recovery to avoid bothering all you fine folks about this again?
Thank you all for taking a look, and I appreciate any direction you may provide. (Seriously, though, I'm suspecting that the reason I haven't gotten an LTE signal the past couple months is because my radio is so outdated.)

You can install stock recovery using fastboot command.
However to apply OTA, if your phone is S-On, you must lock the bootloader.
You don't have to lock bootloader if your phone is Soff, for OTA, just stock recovery is good enough.

lyciansarpedon said:
Hello all again. It's been almost year since last here, and clearly I have learnt nothing in the meanwhile.
First, specifications:
I have an HTC One M7 (AT&T) that had been updated to 4.3 OTA, then unlocked via htcdev, flashed with CWM 6.0.4.3 recovery, and then rooted with the Superuser zip on the CWM site. The device remains S-On.
Now, for the detailed inquiry:
I've been in the Stone Ages (see, Jelly Bean) for a while and have been planning on updating my phone for some time. However, the easy way, i.e. OTA, requires that I return to stock recovery. Now, as far as I know, this would require the use of an RUU (I'm not quite sure which one - perhaps "RUU_M7_UL_JB_50_Cingular_US_1.26.502.12_Radio_4A.14.3250.13_10.33.1150.01_release_318450_signed_2.exe" from AndroidRUU?) which would require that I lock my bootloader (correct?) which would also happen to wipe my device. I was hoping that I might be able to flash the stock recovery image (which I have been unsuccessful thus far in finding on my friend Google, since I assume it was deleted from my phone when I flashed CWM?) without having to go through an RUU. Is such a thing feasible? Where would I find the appropriate stock recovery image file to do so? And is there a way, once I (hopefully) receive the OTA update, to copy that new stock recovery image to my PC before I switch back to custom recovery to avoid bothering all you fine folks about this again?
Thank you all for taking a look, and I appreciate any direction you may provide. (Seriously, though, I'm suspecting that the reason I haven't gotten an LTE signal the past couple months is because my radio is so outdated.)
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Just flashing the stock recovery will probably not allow you to successfully install OTAs. You have to have stock rom, stock recovery and possibly some /preload/ files that were deleted when you unlocked your bootloader. The quickest way to stock for OTA would be to flash a RUU. I would propose this route:
Option A
Lock your bootloader
Flash RUU 3.17.502.3
Receive OTA updates if they are still available
Option B
Lock your bootloader
Flash in bootloader: firmware 4.18.502.7
Flash RUU 4.18.502.7
Flash in bootloader: firmware 5.12.502.2
Flash TWRP 2.6.3.3
Download Guru Reset 5.12.502.2 and place on your sdcard
Boot into TWRP and install GURU Reset
For complete stock Say no to installing Root when exiting TWRP and Flash the Stock Recovery

Thanks for the feedback. I was a bit surprised to find out about needing to re-lock the bootloader even with stock recovery since a bunch of other places I looked said that I could use an unlocked bootloader as long as everything else was stock (just couldn't find a way to return to stock recovery without an RUU - which would require re-locking the bootloader - at the time). Used this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2545227) from Majmoz's signature and got the relevant recovery.img from it. Since I had it, I figured I might as well try it before going through the process of re-locking the bootloader since being bounced out of the OTA and then going through the full process of relock-RUU-OTA anyhow was the worst that could happen. Turns out it worked.
So, for posterity's sake in case anyone else should come across a similar issue, everything I did (most of it probably unnecessary, but who knows):
-Made CWM backup (in case I happened to need to re-lock the bootloader which would wipe the device data to factory)
-Pulled that backup to my PC in case flashing to stock recovery wiped it (adb pull [backup directory, e.g. /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup/[folder]])
-Went into recovery from the bootloader, fastboot, plugged in the usb, and flashed the stock recovery (fastboot flash recovery [the downloaded stock recovery .img file in the platform-tools directory])
-Went back to the bootloader menu and entered the stock recovery and rebooted the device from there (I recall having to do that when I flashed CWM for the recovery to "stick", not sure if it was necessary here)
-Went into AT&T Software Update, let it download off the Wi-Fi, and let it apply. Did its thing with the image of the green downward arrow within the circulating arrows followed by reboot a few times, the "Android Update" screen where it runs through your applications, and voila, I am now on 4.4.2.
Updates:
-Have downloaded the updated stock recovery image.
-Flashed CWM Recovery back onto device
-Re-rooted via CWM (confirmed root)
-Made a new backup through CWM.
Now, if only I could figure out what the issue with the LTE signal is since I've never fiddled with that - guess I can heckle AT&T tech support for that.

lyciansarpedon said:
-Pulled that backup to my PC in case flashing to stock recovery wiped it (adb pull [backup directory, e.g. /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup/[folder]])
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Flashing a recovery will not wipe anything but its a good call to backup on your computer :good:
-Went back to the bootloader menu and entered the stock recovery and rebooted the device from there (I recall having to do that when I flashed CWM for the recovery to "stick", not sure if it was necessary here)
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no but again its a good practice to check if the recovery is working correctly.
Now, if only I could figure out what the issue with the LTE signal is since I've never fiddled with that - guess I can heckle AT&T tech support for that.
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Have you checked you preferred network setting (GSM/CMDA/LTE AUTO)?
Is your apn correctly configured?

alray said:
Flashing a recovery will not wipe anything but its a good call to backup on your computer :good:
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Good to know: the backup directory actually showed as empty while I still had stock, and then each backup's folder reappeared when I put CWM back on - was patting myself on the back for a few minutes there.
alray said:
Have you checked you preferred network setting (GSM/CMDA/LTE AUTO)?
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It worked! Used *#*#4636#*# to pull that up (didn't know one could do that!) and, sure enough, it was on "WCDMA Preferred" for some reason. Switched it back to "GSM/CDMA/LTE AUTO" and my long-lost signal has returned.
Thanks a ton!

lyciansarpedon said:
Good to know: the backup directory actually showed as empty while I still had stock, and then each backup's folder reappeared when I put CWM back on - was patting myself on the back for a few minutes there.
It worked! Used *#*#4636#*# to pull that up (didn't know one could do that!) and, sure enough, it was on "WCDMA Preferred" for some reason. Switched it back to "GSM/CDMA/LTE AUTO" and my long-lost signal has returned.
Thanks a ton!
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youre welcome glad it worked!

Lollipop upgrade stuck at TWRP on rooted Verizon Moto X Developer Edition (XT1060)

I have a rooted Verizon Moto X 2013 Developer Edition (XT1060) with Android 4.4.4, TWRP and SuperSU installed. I rooted the phone so I could install a wi-fi tethering app that I frequently use. Last night I noticed that the Lollipop OTA was available, and being a dumas, I proceeded to download it without coming to xda-developers first to educate myself on the correct process and potential issues with the upgrade (one such issue being whether I will be able to run my tethering app after the upgrade). Consequently, after I downloaded the upgrade, my phone restarted and booted to the TWRP screen, and I don't know where to go from there to complete the upgrade, if it's even possible to do so.
This is my only phone, so it's more important that I get my phone up and running in the next 1-2 hours than it is to complete the upgrade. With that in mind, what should I do next? Is there a way to quickly abort the upgrade process, perhaps by simply deleting the update file "Blur_Version.212.166.3.ghost_verizion.Verizon.en.US.zip" in my cache folder using TWRP's File Manager and rebooting my phone? Or is it possible to complete the upgrade process in the next 1-2 hours? If so, how should I proceed?
By the way, TWRP is displaying the following error messages:
Error executing updater binary in zip '/cache/Blur_Version.212.166.3.ghost_verizion.Verizon.en.US.zip'
Error installing zip file '/cache/Blur_Version.212.166.3.ghost_verizion.Verizon.en.US.zip'
Thanks in advance for helping me recover from my dumas behavior.

The OTA update file does not work with TWRP, IMHO. It only works with the stock recovery.
If you just boot back out of TWRP (boot back to regular system) your phone should still be functional.

kschang said:
The OTA update file does not work with TWRP, IMHO. It only works with the stock recovery.
If you just boot back out of TWRP (boot back to regular system) your phone should still be functional.
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Thanks, kschang. Your suggestion worked, but not right away, so there appears to be a twist involved that other users should be aware of if they get stuck in the same situation I was in.
As I indicated in my original post, after downloading the update, my phone would power off and boot to TWRP. From TWRP's main menu I would click on "Reboot," then "System." I tried this a number of times, and each time my phone would reboot to what it appeared to be before I downloaded the upgrade, but only for about 10 seconds, then it would power off and reboot to TWRP again--except for just now, when the phone displayed a message that the upgrade had failed and no changes were made to my phone! Apparently the upgrade process has to fail a certain number of times before it finally aborts. I don't know what the number is, but I must have tried rebooting my phone at least 10-15 times before the upgrade process aborted.
So thanks again for your suggestion. It encouraged me to keep trying to reboot until it ultimately worked:good:

I had the same issue with my phone rebooting so I forced the system update app to freeze via Titanium Backup and that seemed to work.
My phone now is kinda messed up though. To get it to boot I have to hold the volume key while powering it up and choose "boot normally". Any time I just restart my phone or power it up while it's off I get a black screen because like the OP I tried to update to Lollipop without reading XDA first. Doh!!
Any first impressions on the update for this phone by the way? Battery life improve or get worse? Can I still use Xposed on Lollipop? Rooting still possible? Wifi tethering for us on unlimited data?

Same situation. Want to upgrade but not sure how now... waiting for an angel to answer my prayers!

daddylonglegs said:
I had the same issue with my phone rebooting so I forced the system update app to freeze via Titanium Backup and that seemed to work.
My phone now is kinda messed up though. To get it to boot I have to hold the volume key while powering it up and choose "boot normally". Any time I just restart my phone or power it up while it's off I get a black screen because like the OP I tried to update to Lollipop without reading XDA first. Doh!!
Any first impressions on the update for this phone by the way? Battery life improve or get worse? Can I still use Xposed on Lollipop? Rooting still possible? Wifi tethering for us on unlimited data?
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Root is still possible. The only issue i had was after flashing Twrp, if i rebooted the phone and then tried to boot the recovery Twrp was gone. So i reflashed Twrp while i was still in fastboot i selected "recovery" it booted into Twrp and i flashed a SuperSU zip.
After that i could reboot into Teamwin without issue. I haven't tried Xposed yet. Battery life is great on my end.
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rice923 said:
Same situation. Want to upgrade but not sure how now... waiting for an angel to answer my prayers!
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The way i did it was to fastboot flash the dev edition 4.4.4 files to unroot. Then i used Verizon upgrade assistant to take the small update that came out awhile ago. After that i factory reset the phone, checked for updates and the first of two updates installed then it updated to 5.1
I reinstalled Twrp and regained root access.

James L said:
The way i did it was to fastboot flash the dev edition 4.4.4 files to unroot. Then i used Verizon upgrade assistant to take the small update that came out awhile ago. After that i factory reset the phone, checked for updates and the first of two updates installed then it updated to 5.1
I reinstalled Twrp and regained root access.
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Would flashing dev 4.4.4 unroot as well as remove twrp? Twrp seems to be the main obstacle to get past in order to get the update going. If so, I might just do this tomorrow

The immediate way to get out of the failed flash and reboot-cycle is to (quickly) use a file explorer such as ES File Explorer and migrate to your internal cache folder and delete the Verizon flash file. That stops the reboot cycle in its tracks. You'll get the "failed" message before too long, too.
I found I had more like a minute before a reboot occurred after a failed flash. In other words, I'd be stuck on TWRP, clicked to reboot system, it would reboot. Then, I had about a minute to do stuff before it would shutdown/reboot again. During that time, I would just go to ES File Explorer and delete the Verizon update file from the cache folder, and problem solved.
Of course, it will download again shortly thereafter, but won't do anything until you agree to go ahead and install it.
Guess I'm going to have to flash all the 4.4.4 files like stated above to get back to stock (lame!) and then do the OTA updates. I seem to recall someone had figured out how to flash OTA on a previous update without having to go back to stock, though.

rice923 said:
Would flashing dev 4.4.4 unroot as well as remove twrp? Twrp seems to be the main obstacle to get past in order to get the update going. If so, I might just do this tomorrow
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Yes it would remove Twrp if you flash the stock files.
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You could take the little update prior to the 5.1 update by reflashing the stock recovery that will stop the bootloop from the smaller update.
I didn't lose root and just reflashed Twrp. Then after a bit the 5.1 update was released so i just took the jump and flashed stock files to unroot, and took the update. Is it possible to update to 5.1 with root and a stock recovery?..... Not sure i was going to try it but didn't

Root is still possible. The only issue i had was after flashing Twrp, if i rebooted the phone and then tried to boot the recovery Twrp was gone. So i reflashed Twrp while i was still in fastboot i selected "recovery" it booted into Twrp and i flashed a SuperSU zip.
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Verizon MotoX Developer Edition (2013) - I am having the same issue installing TWRP after reverting to stock and receiving/installing the 5.1 OTA. If I try to flash TWRP via fastboot, it doesn't seem to take. The flash shows as a success, but when I reboot to recovery I'm still in stock. I've tried flashing TWRP then using the volume rocker to immediately boot into TWRP, with no success. I've also tried holding down the bootloader key combo immediately after "fastboot reboot", with no success. When I boot up, though, my apps will optimize every time. Am I missing something?
EDIT: Resolved the problem, turns out I was not using the volume up button to enter recovery immediately after flashing...smh

[SOLVED] Latest beta OTA (NPD90G) won't stop booting to recovery

Just signed up for the beta program a couple of days ago, downloaded/installed Preview 4 with no issues. I recall it booting back to TWRP, a script ran in TWRP, and then the phone rebooted back to system. Everything was OK at that point, other than I lost root and TWRP. I reflashed TWRP with fastboot, SuperSU via TWRP, and now I'm back in business.
I got the notification a few minutes ago that Preview 5 was now available for me to install. It downloaded, rebooted to TWRP...and nothing. The script didn't run this time like it did last time. Plus, every time I try to boot back to system it goes right back into recovery.
...help?

Same thing for me. I had to run the preview 4 twrp zip
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Gromlakh said:
Just signed up for the beta program a couple of days ago, downloaded/installed Preview 4 with no issues. I recall it booting back to TWRP, a script ran in TWRP, and then the phone rebooted back to system. Everything was OK at that point, other than I lost root and TWRP. I reflashed TWRP with fastboot, SuperSU via TWRP, and now I'm back in business.
I got the notification a few minutes ago that Preview 5 was now available for me to install. It downloaded, rebooted to TWRP...and nothing. The script didn't run this time like it did last time. Plus, every time I try to boot back to system it goes right back into recovery.
...help?
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You could flash the stock recovery from a factory image then follow the instructions on this page to flash the OTA which will preserve data, but if you don't care about data you could flash the factory image fromthis page. If you don't need the device ASAP you could also wait for RatchetPanda to upload a flashable system on this thread, but IDK how long that'll be (although he's generally pretty fast).

Good news: got the phone to boot by going to bootloader first, then telling it to boot to system from there. So the phone works again, but the update didn't stick.
Will try flashing stock recovery in a bit. Thanks!
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mrjiggywiggy said:
You could flash the stock recovery from a factory image then follow the instructions on this page to flash the OTA which will preserve data, but if you don't care about data you could flash the factory image fromthis page. If you don't need the device ASAP you could also wait for RatchetPanda to upload a flashable system on this thread, but IDK how long that'll be (although he's generally pretty fast).
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One quick question: I have the phone booted back up now, and I can get back to recovery (TWRP) whenever I want. The OTA flash instructions from the first link say to use stock recovery + adb sideload to flash. Can I just flash the OTA from TWRP and not mess with stock recovery? I would assume yes, but I figured I'd at least ask the dumb question first before my phone starts bootlooping on me after a bad flash.
EDIT: Never mind, found the answer: apparently not.

Gromlakh said:
One quick question: I have the phone booted back up now, and I can get back to recovery (TWRP) whenever I want. The OTA flash instructions from the first link say to use stock recovery + adb sideload to flash. Can I just flash the OTA from TWRP and not mess with stock recovery? I would assume yes, but I figured I'd at least ask the dumb question first before my phone starts bootlooping on me after a bad flash.
EDIT: Never mind, found the answer: apparently not.
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nope

Problem ultimately solved by flashing the zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/android-n-preview-5-beta-npd90g-t3421459 (method 1). Everything is working just fine now.