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[Q] Strange bootloop

Hi folks,
Looking for a little help here.
I have been following Omar-Avelar's rom and updating it as and when new versions are released, and prior to the conflict arising when Omar changed the kernal, I had been using Arman68's AIO. Today I perhaps foolishly updated to Omar's April 19th update along with Arman's AIO V5. This combination wouldn't boot...no big issue, just reinstall Omar's rom as a stand alone. However, this just gets in a perpetual bootloop off>fugly unlocked bootloader warning>motorola logo>intel logo>off ad infinitum.
I then tried to flash 91.2.26001 Orange Gb and 91.2.26001 EU...but they don't get past the little android guy in the flash process...he just falls over and the process quits.
I can access CWM Recovery just fine, but I don't seem to be able to flash a working rom from there.
Following this, I installed RSDLite, hoping to effect a fix from there...but because the phone is cycling, windows doesn't pick it up.
Any solutions, gratefully received
Coxie

Coxie said:
Hi folks,
Looking for a little help here.
I have been following Omar-Avelar's rom and updating it as and when new versions are released, and prior to the conflict arising when Omar changed the kernal, I had been using Arman68's AIO. Today I perhaps foolishly updated to Omar's April 19th update along with Arman's AIO V5. This combination wouldn't boot...no big issue, just reinstall Omar's rom as a stand alone. However, this just gets in a perpetual bootloop off>fugly unlocked bootloader warning>motorola logo>intel logo>off ad infinitum.
I then tried to flash 91.2.26001 Orange Gb and 91.2.26001 EU...but they don't get past the little android guy in the flash process...he just falls over and the process quits.
I can access CWM Recovery just fine, but I don't seem to be able to flash a working rom from there.
Following this, I installed RSDLite, hoping to effect a fix from there...but because the phone is cycling, windows doesn't pick it up.
Any solutions, gratefully received
Coxie
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If you can enter fastboot mod, just download sbf form http:?/sbf.droid-developers.org/smi/list.php (sorry for the link...) and RSDlite 6.1.4,
Make sure you have drivers installed, enter to fastboot mod, wait untill phone is detected, choose your sbf and let RSD do his job.

Enter in the CWM and try to make a full wipe.

[Q] Persistent Android L OTA Upgrade Notification

I am rooted, unlocked, and S-offed and running a custom GPE+ 5.0.1 ROM. I have an unpinnable notification that says "System Update Downloaded: Android L Upgrade for User/Release-Keys". It is an OTA update obviously, but doesn't even say what version it is. I believe I cannot install it because I am running a custom ROM, is that correct? If not, is there any way to install it? Otherwise, how can I get this notification to stop appearing? The update is ~300MB downloaded and I would love to have that space back. Also I think it is keeping my device awake because I use the Xposed mod "Notification Count" and it says the darn thing has sent out a notification a whopping 463 times since my last reboot - within 3-4 hours!. That is insane.
Any help will be appreciated.
EDIT: Woke up the next morning, and now the notification count for this stupid thing is "999+". WTF. Why does it have to be so insistent? Anybody have a solution to this?

A week passed and no response. Bump. Nobody has any idea how to get rid of this thing??

Koolstr said:
I am rooted, unlocked, and S-offed and running a custom GPE+ 5.0.1 ROM. I have an unpinnable notification that says "System Update Downloaded: Android L Upgrade for User/Release-Keys". It is an OTA update obviously, but doesn't even say what version it is. I believe I cannot install it because I am running a custom ROM, is that correct? If not, is there any way to install it? Otherwise, how can I get this notification to stop appearing? The update is ~300MB downloaded and I would love to have that space back. Also I think it is keeping my device awake because I use the Xposed mod "Notification Count" and it says the darn thing has sent out a notification a whopping 463 times since my last reboot - within 3-4 hours!. That is insane.
Any help will be appreciated.
EDIT: Woke up the next morning, and now the notification count for this stupid thing is "999+". WTF. Why does it have to be so insistent? Anybody have a solution to this?
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Is updating your custom rom to 5.1+ an option? Already many custom roms were updated to 5.1 even 5.1.1.

Interesting. Last time I checked there wasn't a 5.1 version. But it seems the dev recently implemented an initial version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...m-google-play-edition-lollipop-v1-00-t2963841
The current version of 5.1 of this ROM has some known bugs and I would like to hold off until they are fixed - I like having ambient display. Is it worth waiting until they are fixed, or should I just update now?
Is it safe for me to flash the 5.1 ROM over the 5.0.1 without doing even a cache wipe?

Koolstr said:
Interesting. Last time I checked there wasn't a 5.1 version. But it seems the dev recently implemented an initial version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...m-google-play-edition-lollipop-v1-00-t2963841
The current version of 5.1 of this ROM has some known bugs and I would like to hold off until they are fixed - I like having ambient display. Is it worth waiting until they are fixed, or should I just update now?
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Don't even know what rom it is so its hard to answer. If you prefer a stable rom they yes, you should wait a little more.
Is it safe for me to flash the 5.1 ROM over the 5.0.1 without doing even a cache wipe?
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You should ask this one in your rom thread, sometime when the update is considered a major update, its recommend to do a full wipe, in some cases you are fine just updating without wiping. You could do a nandroid backup using your custom recovery (save it on your computer, not just on the phone) try to update without wiping. If its working fine, there is no problem, if not you can wipe your phone and restore your backup.
To disable the notification, I would try to go in settings --> apps --> all, search for the updater service, clear cache of that service and then disable it. Then find where the ota file is stored on your phone and delete it. Not sure if it will work, never tried myselef

Is there a way to do a nandroid backup directly to pc? Because I don't have room on my phone, and TWRP Manager only lets internal backups take place.
For some reason I can't search the apps in my ROM. The notification says it is from Google Play Services but I suspect that is simply routed requests from the actual updater service. Do you know what the name of the service is, so I can find it? I have a crazy number of apps and can't find it.

Hi Koolstr,
I know this thread is old, but wanted to let you know I am on an unlocked and rooted HTC One (m7) S-On. I am using TWRP and can backup to external storage using a Micro USB Powered Micro USB Host OTG cable, which I purchased from Amazon.
I am running:
Android version: 5.1
Rom: Google-Plus-Edition-LP_m7_v3.2_072915
Kernel: 3.4.10-NuK3rn3l-Lollipop_v8.00
I am getting a similar Android System Update: Android L upgrade for user/release-keys. I cannot get it to go away. I made a complete nandroid backup and then proceeded applying the update. It will reboot the phone into TWRP recovery and do nothing. The update goes away for a few days and then it comes back. I have tried to look for a way to disable the update, but I am at a stand still. If anyone knows that would be great.
Best,
manderson706

It's something that santod did. I believe there's a post in his topic with the fix. Or just flash the updated GPE from santod

2nd OTA lollipop update failing

I recieved the first OTA update for lollipop and it installed correctly. Now I went to download the large 700+mb 2nd OTA update and after the download completes my phone resets. It goes into installing the update, however about 1/4 of the way through the update, i get the dead droid screen flash on my screen and then my phone reboots back to 4.4.4 and tells me that the updated was unsuccessful. I have a moto x XT1060 dev ed, build KXA21.12-L1.26-4 on system version 212.166.4.
I'm stumped on what to try next. I have already returned everything back to stock and downloaded all updates and I get to the same point and get the same results. I've wiped all data, system, cache, and davlik, installed stock recovery and still get the same results. i've removed super user rights to see if that would work but it did not. I'm at a lose at what to try next. Anyone have any other ideas?

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I recieved the first OTA update for lollipop and it installed correctly. Now I went to download the large 700+mb 2nd OTA update and after the download completes my phone resets. It goes into installing the update, however about 1/4 of the way through the update, i get the dead droid screen flash on my screen and then my phone reboots back to 4.4.4 and tells me that the updated was unsuccessful. I have a moto x XT1060 dev ed, build KXA21.12-L1.26-4 on system version 212.166.4.
I'm stumped on what to try next. I have already returned everything back to stock and downloaded all updates and I get to the same point and get the same results. I've wiped all data, system, cache, and davlik, installed stock recovery and still get the same results. i've removed super user rights to see if that would work but it did not. I'm at a lose at what to try next. Anyone have any other ideas?
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I was having this same problem, but here is the process I went through to get through the full update to 5.1:
I saw this post this morning and started with it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/help-lollipop-update-unlocked-bootloader-t3201426 I had previously downloaded the version of 4.4.4 referenced in it.
I don't have RDSLite installed so I moved on to this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/faq-how-to-prepare-ota-update-carriers-t3126425 and used Option #5 since I already the Android SDK tools on my computer. After going through all the steps I have successfully stepped through all three updates, rebooting the phone after each whether it helps or not. My phone is currently optimizing apps after the second 5.1 update.
For reference I was on the most current version of 4.4.4, rooted with TWRP with no modifications to any system/bloatware apps. I originally tried Option #6 in the above thread which allowed me to take the first 5.1 update but the second update failed in the same way you described.
Hope this helps, and good luck!

Thanks for the post. I was reading through that post late last night and I was going through option #2. I didn't read further down to option #5, but that worked perfectly. My phone is optimizing apps as we speak.

DualBootPatcher

I was looking into multi-boot on my xt1060. Not important, just a project. Looking around, I saw a pretty cool project here on XDA called DualBootPatcher and started digging around into whether or not it would work for our device. Maybe not even the xt1060, but any variant of the device. Turns out, as of January 8th 2016, our device (all) is supported by DualBootPatcher: https://github.com/hankching/DualBootPatcher-1/wiki/[Devices]-Motorola and https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/list-support-devices-dualbootpatcher-t3278937
Anyone used it? I have an unlocked bootloader and I'm running 5.1, however my device has never been OTA'd past 4.4.2. I think it'd be pretty nifty to dual boot into a non-stock ROM for testing or just to give it a try before you fully commit. I'm also kind of impatient and make weekly backups, so I plan on giving it a shot tonight and will report back how it goes.

Tried
I did try this app on Kitkat 4.4.4. I installed Xperience 7.1 and Gapps Nano, I installed it on data partition, but the phone won't turn on, it only vibrates 5 times.
What I did to restore is installing the utilities.zip from TWRP and changing back to my primary rom.

Sidd24 said:
I did try this app on Kitkat 4.4.4. I installed Xperience 7.1 and Gapps Nano, I installed it on data partition, but the phone won't turn on, it only vibrates 5 times.
What I did to restore is installing the utilities.zip from TWRP and changing back to my primary rom.
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Same result. Damn. I might keep digging into it if I can find the time.

Problem with lockup / display not turning on across various roms, rooted droid

I successfully rooted my droid (that came with lollipop), using this guide
https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-install-t3292684
installed twrp backed up the stock OS and installed resurrection remix lollipop rom. I did not install any different modems or radios as I planned to stay on lollipop.
Everything worked great yet after a day or two the display/phone would appear to lock up. I can press power, the display doesn't come on and when (usually) moving the the volume up/down I do hear sounds. Sometimes at this point it will reboot by itself, other times I have to reboot it.
When it comes up it goes through the android is upgrading thing, and sometimes works fine after, sometimes not, regardless eventually this problem repeats.
Thinking it was perhaps RR I tried straight Cyanogenmod, and eventually the rooted stock OS, both have this same problem.
I've tried using it with very minimal installed in the way of apps, same issue.
I've tried saving the log to SD to peer at later, but going through it I don't really see anything obvious to show what the problem is.
I"m wondering if there's a problem with the phone itself (it's a refurb) and am considering unrooting it and returning it.
Anyone seen this or thoughts on what might be the issue?
p.s.
if you happen to have a good link handy to an unrooting guide you might shoot it my way thanks.
thanks in advance!

What versions of the other ROMs did you use? Lollipop also, or Marshmallow? Nougat? For rooted stock ROM did you upgrade to Marshmallow? None of the Lollipop ROMs are supported anymore, so hard to answer for those.
There are ways to grab logs after a reboot, but here's another suggestion...
I use Auto Reboot app (needs root) to schedule a reboot my phone every day while I'm asleep.
This seems to keep the cobwebs cleared out, so the phone runs better. I know you want to find the issue, but maybe it's an accumulation of apps not releasing RAM orb something. This might help prevent that.

thanks for the reply
ChazzMatt said:
What versions of the other ROMs did you use? Lollipop also, or Marshmallow? Nougat? For rooted stock ROM did you upgrade to Marshmallow? None of the Lollipop ROMs are supported anymore, so hard to answer for those.
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I tried the last released CM lollipop snapshot, as well as the last nightly.
For RR it was last released, "ROM OS Version: 5.1.x Lollipop"
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There are ways to grab logs after a reboot,
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Yeh I've been saving it to the SD so I can view it after a reboot, I've looked at 4 or 5 of them after the problem occurred and at least to me nothing really stood out
ChazzMatt said:
but here's another suggestion...
I use Auto Reboot app (needs root) to schedule a reboot my phone every day while I'm asleep.
This seems to keep the cobwebs cleared out, so the phone runs better. I know you want to find the issue, but maybe it's an accumulation of apps not releasing RAM orb something. This might help prevent that.
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Yeh I expect it might periodically need a reboot but if it's just unpredictiably locking up or rebooting on its own it's not very usable.
I think I'm just going to have to try to unroot and return, maybe I'll go with a LG V20 as I don't want to have pay to re-root another one of these and possibly have same issue. Also the whole pay to have some app do something secret to my phone does leave me a bit uneasy.
Kind of a bummer as I'm actually pretty impressed with this device, fast, good battery, takes nice photos, only drawbacks for me are no removable SD and lack of LED notification, but I was willing to live without those given how good everything else was.
thanks

Same here,
I tried with different Roms 7.X, still blocking and display not turning on.
I'd appreciate some help.
Thanks!
Android Version: 7.1.2
Current Rom: AOKP
Kernel: 3.10.107-Stock-bhb27-nougat-kerneL

MrN00b said:
Same here,
I tried with different Roms 7.X, still blocking and display not turning on.
I'd appreciate some help.
Thanks!
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FWIW and in case it helps you or someone else, I seem to have fixed mine finally, here's what I did.
First I installed latest twrp (mod 4) https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=39562 (there's a thread on this twrp if you want tor read on it). That in itself didn't fix the issue but did finally let me format and got rid of an 'mkfs.f2fs: invalid option -- r, ERROR=1' type error I used to get.
I installed this stock zip from twrp as described in thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/development/rom-su4tl-49-100-stock-t3390041
It would never actually boot it would shut my phone off not long after showing the boot screen, and I'm not sure if doing that was necessary or not.
Taking some suggestions from here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/help/help-request-custom-rom-phone-unlocked-t3767070
I dug up the last official CM 13 snapshot:
https://www.google.com/search?q=cm-13.0-20161221-SNAPSHOT-ZNH5YAO3Y5-quark.zip
sha1: 9a219dd487c27e51b0c5c4922812838f394099c5
Wipe and installed with no gapps and voilà it would boot consistently. Without reinstalling I tried installing pico gapps and it would still boot though it took maybe 15 mins initially.
I want Nougat so I wiped and installed lineage-14.1-20180612-UNOFFICIAL-quark.zip from https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-maxx/development/rom-t3494646 again no gapps and it also booted fine, whereas previously it would hang on booting. Without reinstalling ROM I tried installing opengapps nano and it would just hang.
I could then no longer get it to boot again, so I reinstalled CM13 no gapps, which booted fine, wipe and install lineage-14.1-20180612-UNOFFICIAL-quark.zip no gapps, and now it boots fine though currently it's taking a while.
I should perhaps note I took twrp backups inbetween steps whenever I had a working boot, (ex before installing gapps), but once the phone went back to hanging on boot, those restores didn't help. Only reflashing CM13 seemed to clear things up.
My ultimate goal is a LOS ish Nougat/Oreo ROM with no gapps using microg, and running tmobile, I'll see what I end up with.