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Hello friends!
I want to share some information for the beginners here:
While there is the Nexus 4 factory image for KitKat available, there still are non known OTA urls.
But you can flash KitKat anyway AND keep your data (as long as you have an unlocked bootloader):
1. Download the factory image from here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=de#occamkrt16o
2. extract ALL the files contained into the same directory where your fastboot.exe is saved, for unpacking I recommend using 7zip
3. boot your phone into bootloader
4. type in the following commands:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz20i.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.84.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot reboot
You're done, KitKat on your Nexus 4, your apps and data still available!
Note: Your phone has to be full stock!!!!
UPDATE:
I'm really sorry for the mistakes I made in this thread.
I corrected them all by now, I think.
To make it more easy for you: You can rename the radio and the bootloader files let's say to radio.img and bootloader.img. Then use the fastboot commands with these new names. So you're a bit more safe not to make spelling errors.
Once again: I am sorry and I hope nobody got stuck due to my mistakes!!!
Some errors here.
random hero said:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img
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Should be
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz20i.img
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fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.48.img
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fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.84
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Skip this if you dont want your custom recovery to be stock again. :good:
random hero said:
Hello friends!
I want to share some information for the beginners here:
While there is the Nexus 4 factory image for KitKat available, there still are non known OTA urls.
But you can flash KitKat anyway AND keep your data (as long as you have an unlocked bootloader):
1. Download the factory image from here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?hl=de#occamkrt16o
2. extract ALL the files contained into the same directory where your fastboot.exe is saved, for unpacking I recommend using 7zip
3. boot your phone into bootloader
4. type in the following commands:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.48.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot reboot
You're done, KitKat on your Nexus 4, your apps and data still available!
Note: Your phone has to be full stock!!!!
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If you're making a guide, make sure you give people the correct commands (the numbers of the bootloader and radio are wrong). Not to mention there already is a guide where flashing the update without losing data is explained.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527142
vanmarek said:
If you're making a guide, make sure you give people the correct commands (the numbers of the bootloader and radio are wrong). Not to mention there already is a guide where flashing the update without losing data is explained.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527142
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The numbers of radio & bootloader in Factory image itself are wrong
I am sorry for the two "spelling errors". I corrected them, should be all fine now.
I did not notice that the other guide contains information about flashing KitKat without losing all your data...
sometimes it can be hard to keep an eye on all the threads in every detail...
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz10i.img still wrong should be 20 instead of 10
Don't really want go threw all that ..
dose somebuy just have image I can flash without having to use the above
I want down load the Image
Boot into Recovery and Flash the Image with Team win Project
Then Reboot
Onknight said:
Don't really want go threw all that ..
dose somebuy just have image I can flash without having to use the above
I want down load the Image
Boot into Recovery and Flash the Image with Team win Project
Then Reboot
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there are some stock images with root on android develop or orig android develop.
edit: can use dd command to flash images if u have root.
do dd if=/block of/img
like dd if=/dev/block/platform/by-name/system /data/media/0/download/images/zipextracted/system.img
opssemnik said:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz10i.img still wrong should be 20 instead of 10
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Again sorry for that... updated. Thank you!
"I'm really sorry for the mistakes I made in this thread.
I corrected them all by now, I think.
To make it more easy for you: You can rename the radio and the bootloader files let's say to radio.img and bootloader.img. Then use the fastboot commands with these new names. So you're a bit more safe not to make spelling errors."
I thought it was excellent! Anyone who knows what they are doing in the Command Prompt/Terminal understands that they can hit the Tab key to auto-complete the filename. Its up to them to make sure they are accessing their correct folder/file name, not yours!
good work, although i have a different question, why is it that everyone always recommends 7zip for extraction of factory image, i have always been using winrar, i googled this and got nothin, so plz do tell anyone who knows the reason
maverickronny said:
good work, although i have a different question, why is it that everyone always recommends 7zip for extraction of factory image, i have always been using winrar, i googled this and got nothin, so plz do tell anyone who knows the reason
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7zip is free, winrar is not.
maverickronny said:
good work, although i have a different question, why is it that everyone always recommends 7zip for extraction of factory image, i have always been using winrar, i googled this and got nothin, so plz do tell anyone who knows the reason
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In my opinion 7Zip looks slightly better and it doesn't spam you with that your trial is over every time you open it.
what to do with a custom rom?
I have PA on my N4 and was wondering what to do to get KitKat? is the procedure similar or different?
Thanks a lot!
maverickronny said:
good work, although i have a different question, why is it that everyone always recommends 7zip for extraction of factory image, i have always been using winrar, i googled this and got nothin, so plz do tell anyone who knows the reason
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7zip is far more friendly towards archives other than rar and zip formats. it's also the only archive app I've found that will allow you to open a flashable zip or apk and replace files inside (like an icon's image file, for example) without having to actually decompile/recompile either the zip or apk (assuming you don't change too much with either file-type)
mad_zack said:
I have PA on my N4 and was wondering what to do to get KitKat? is the procedure similar or different?
Thanks a lot!
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whether it's a custom or stock rom does not matter. the procedure will be the same either way
Upgrading 4.2>4.3>4.4 was always a piece of cake with Wug toolkit and never had to reinstall any application.
Keeping my settings and applications was important for me.
Sent from my NookColor using Tapatalk 4
how is this method different from if i just removed the -w wipe parameter?
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how is this method different from if i just removed the -w wipe parameter?
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the method you refer to will still install the userdata.img file, which will wipe your rom's userdata, as well as anything on your storage partition. The method mentioned in this thread's OP omits the userdata.img file and relies on the user manually wiping the rom data in n custom recovery, therefore wiping only rom data while leaving the storage partition untouched.
Confused as to why people take all these steps when its just unlock>flash recovery>Flash update rom of your choice and done. All these threads on the same thing makes no sense and lets be honest its not that hard to keep up with threads if you search extensively prior to making up a thread which at week three of KitKat you should of thought would be up already.
Not flaming anyone just trying to understand the thought process. Mistakes happen I get it but we got to do better especially with so many people destroying their phones over simple things.... Jus Sayin'
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the method you refer to will still install the userdata.img file, which will wipe your rom's userdata, as well as anything on your storage partition. The method mentioned in this thread's OP omits the userdata.img file and relies on the user manually wiping the rom data in n custom recovery, therefore wiping only rom data while leaving the storage partition untouched.
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I updated from 4.3 to KRT16O (and later, KRT16S) by omitting the "-w" from the batch file, and I didn't lose a byte of userdata. My bootloader is unlocked, but everything else is stock.
It was so painless, I wonder why I ever bothered waiting for OTAs in the first place.
Hi there,
I've been searching around to find a specific firmware zip for my new tablet, the SKU: WW, Version: 10.26.1.7.
It appears that asus has pulled this file and was wondering if anyone still has this file available somehow.
I soft-bricked my tablet and am not capable of flashing any other (earlier) firmware zip.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Rens "Ikkerens" Rikkerink
Ikkerens said:
Hi there,
I've been searching around to find a specific firmware zip for my new tablet, the SKU: WW, Version: 10.26.1.7.
It appears that asus has pulled this file and was wondering if anyone still has this file available somehow.
I soft-bricked my tablet and am not capable of flashing any other (earlier) firmware zip.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Rens "Ikkerens" Rikkerink
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Why can't you download an earlier firmware?
schmeggy929 said:
Why can't you download an earlier firmware?
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I can, but it always ends up with some kind of error.
I basically tried following the steps you did:
schmeggy929 said:
i downloaded the asus firmware for 10.14.1.47. extract zip and you get a user.zip. extracted the boot.img. I fastboot erase boot, system, format system, data and cache(as you did)
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash boot boot.img then
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system blob then
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system UL-K00C-US-10.14.1.47-user.zip
rebooted back into fastboot and bootloader showed 10.14.1.47 version.
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But on when trying to flash the ***-user.zip, I get this error message:
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$ fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system UL-K00C-WW-10.14.1.47-user.zip
target reported max download size of 643825664 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
Edit: My bootloader version shows: WW_epad-10.26.1.7-20131108
Ikkerens said:
I can, but it always ends up with some kind of error.
I basically tried following the steps you did:
But on when trying to flash the ***-user.zip, I get this error message:
Code:
$ fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system UL-K00C-WW-10.14.1.47-user.zip
target reported max download size of 643825664 bytes
Invalid sparse file format at header magi
Edit: My bootloader version shows: WW_epad-10.26.1.7-20131108
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you are going to get that along with a few more errors. Wait until it is done. It will take like 10 mins and finish.
when it is done reboot in bootloader and you should see the version change.
schmeggy929 said:
you are going to get that along with a few more errors. Wait until it is done. I will take like 10 mins and finish.
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You're getting this wrong, it does not do anything. The process immediately quits.
Ikkerens said:
You're getting this wrong, it does not do anything. The process immediately quits.
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Ok when you get that message do you get a blinking curser?
Ikkerens said:
Hi there,
I've been searching around to find a specific firmware zip for my new tablet, the SKU: WW, Version: 10.26.1.7.
It appears that asus has pulled this file and was wondering if anyone still has this file available somehow.
I soft-bricked my tablet and am not capable of flashing any other (earlier) firmware zip.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
Rens "Ikkerens" Rikkerink
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did you make any backup with cwm recovery?
try this:
unpack blob from 47 update
Code:
fastboot flash staging blob
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
load recovery, restore your backup
if you have not made any backup with cwm recovery, tell me.
btw fastboot flash system... is not needed here
lpdunwell said:
did you make any backup with cwm recovery?
try this:
unpack blob from 47 update
Code:
fastboot flash staging blob
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
load recovery, restore your backup
if you have not made any backup with cwm recovery, tell me.
btw fastboot flash system... is not needed here
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I have not made a backup using cwm because there was no CWM available for my version.
My tablet was already updated to 4.3 and I (apparently) could not boot the cwm in the development section.
If I would be able to flash a usable recovery, I wouldn't be in this situation anyway as the asus update (.47) is flashable (found an updater-script in the zip).
Ikkerens said:
I have not made a backup using cwm because there was no CWM available for my version.
My tablet was already updated to 4.3 and I (apparently) could not boot the cwm in the development section.
If I would be able to flash a usable recovery, I wouldn't be in this situation anyway as the asus update (.47) is flashable (found an updater-script in the zip).
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forget what I wrote here. I opened a thread with unbricking instructions. Good luck
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forget what I wrote here. I opened a thread with unbricking instructions. Good luck
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Won't do me any good at the moment, I already managed to brick it even further (couldn't even get into fastboot mode anymore), so I RMA'd it.
Ikkerens said:
Won't do me any good at the moment, I already managed to brick it even further (couldn't even get into fastboot mode anymore), so I RMA'd it.
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oh crap. sorry about that. I know there's the nvflash, too, but I have no idea how to use that so far...
would you mind telling what exactly happened?
lpdunwell said:
oh crap. sorry about that. I know there's the nvflash, too, but I have no idea how to use that so far...
would you mind telling what exactly happened?
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Nvflash is inaccessible at the moment, it requires some preparation (you have to prepare it BEFORE you brick it)
Anyway, basically, I bought the tablet a few hours earlier.
Wanted to root it to remove some bloatware and restore some titanium backup thingies.
So I unlocked, rooted, basic stuff.
Went into TB, removed bloatware such as Amazon Kindle and some other irrelevant titles.
That action however, somehow caused it to be unbootable.
So I went into some basic repair stuff, as usual.
Tried to flash a recovery, only to find out, there is no working recovery. Only CWM, which required an earlier version of my bootloader.
So, what next. Restore stock? Downloaded the firmware, found out it was the earlier version of my device, because Asus removed the 4.3-EU version from their website.
So, I downloaded the .47-EU version, opened it. Saw there were no images, merely plain files meant for /system and an updater-script.
I ended up attempting to package my own system.img after that. Created an ext4 image on my computer, moved the files there. Followed the instructions in updater-script, which were mostly symlinks and stuff.
In the end of the updater-script they flashed blob to /staging and boot.img to /boot.
So, I flashed my custom system.img to /system.
Flashed boot
Flashed the blob
And beyond that point, I ended up in a bootloop of my bootloader. I could not hold down volume to enter fastboot or anything. All I could do was watch the asus logo as it constantly rebooted. (And ofcourse, no way to turn it off other than waiting for the battery to die)
Ikkerens said:
Nvflash is inaccessible at the moment, it requires some preparation (you have to prepare it BEFORE you brick it)
Anyway, basically, I bought the tablet a few hours earlier.
Wanted to root it to remove some bloatware and restore some titanium backup thingies.
So I unlocked, rooted, basic stuff.
Went into TB, removed bloatware such as Amazon Kindle and some other irrelevant titles.
That action however, somehow caused it to be unbootable.
So I went into some basic repair stuff, as usual.
Tried to flash a recovery, only to find out, there is no working recovery. Only CWM, which required an earlier version of my bootloader.
So, what next. Restore stock? Downloaded the firmware, found out it was the earlier version of my device, because Asus removed the 4.3-EU version from their website.
So, I downloaded the .47-EU version, opened it. Saw there were no images, merely plain files meant for /system and an updater-script.
I ended up attempting to package my own system.img after that. Created an ext4 image on my computer, moved the files there. Followed the instructions in updater-script, which were mostly symlinks and stuff.
In the end of the updater-script they flashed blob to /staging and boot.img to /boot.
So, I flashed my custom system.img to /system.
Flashed boot
Flashed the blob
And beyond that point, I ended up in a bootloop of my bootloader. I could not hold down volume to enter fastboot or anything. All I could do was watch the asus logo as it constantly rebooted. (And ofcourse, no way to turn it off other than waiting for the battery to die)
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Since you are unlocked, you can try to flash the recovery (extract it first) of the US version 1.7, should be the same as wwe. Or just even try to flash the whole us update manually. And later change back to the wwe version when it comes available. The 47 update was only a minor ota for 4.2 so no image of recovery or bootloader there.
Sad story. What would have been the safe thing to do, if others wish to root their devices?
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Since you are unlocked, you can try to flash the recovery (extract it first) of the US version 1.7, should be the same as wwe. Or just even try to flash the whole us update manually. And later change back to the wwe version when it comes available. The 47 update was only a minor ota for 4.2 so no image of recovery or bootloader there.
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I still had the original recovery flashed, I never overwrote it actually. I needed a custom recovery (such as CWM, TWRP).
Flashing an US update is not possible alltogether, there are some minor differences with hardware compitability and such.
Problem is, I could've downloaded the .47 update, but I had already updated to 4.3 (BL 10.26.1.7)
Ikkerens said:
I still had the original recovery flashed, I never overwrote it actually. I needed a custom recovery (such as CWM, TWRP).
Flashing an US update is not possible alltogether, there are some minor differences with hardware compitability and such.
Problem is, I could've downloaded the .47 update, but I had already updated to 4.3 (BL 10.26.1.7)
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I don't know if it isn't possible. On the TF700 it was only a line in the build.prop file that made the difference.
I would try it because now you have nothing and when it works you have the us version yes, but at least it works.
pelago said:
Sad story. What would have been the safe thing to do, if others wish to root their devices?
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This guide worked fine for me; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516215
It's only about what you do with the root ^^
Snah001 said:
I don't know if it isn't possible. On the TF700 it was only a line in the build.prop file that made the difference.
I would try it because now you have nothing and when it works you have the us version yes, but at least it works.
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Already too late, it has been RMA'd, and then, I had nothing to flash it with.
Ikkerens said:
This guide worked fine for me; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516215
It's only about what you do with the root ^^
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Well I meant, what should a root user do to try and protect themselves against bricking their device like you did? Is it a matter of making sure that CWM or TWRP is on the device as a recovery partition? And are those available on TF701T yet?
Oh dear. That's a lot gone wrong.
Cwm is available and that works.
It's made by drgravy. I use it in my unbrick tut.
All i can say is, root --> cwm --> backup.
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
That CWM wouldn't boot for me :/
Hi everyone, so this isn't necessarily a Nexus 6 specific question but more of a Nexus question, I just currently own and use my Nexus 6 as a daily driver, hence why I'm posting in this thread. So you know how Nexus devices can be modified to run ROMs other than factory Google Android using custom recovery? Well I was wondering if the same can be done with Google Nexus factory images through a custom recovery. I've searched for this question everywhere and can't find any sources. The closest I found was that you can flash the whole factory Nexus image through a desktop terminal and android sdk tools, but what if I was to pull only the bootloader, boot, and system images, then using a custom recovery wipe all partitions except internal storage and flash these pulled images from the factory Nexus image for the respective Nexus device. Would this result in a soft brick or would it actually install the factory Nexus image. And if it won't work this way, why not. What makes the factory Nexus images different from custom ROMs in terms of installation. I know flashing those images using terminal commands via a desktop is the go to way to flash between factory Nexus images manually, but what about doing this without the assistance of a desktop or laptop? Is that possible. If not then why not?
you can only flash any of the .img files via fastboot, while youre in the recovery. twrp can flash boot.img files(kernels), but thats it.
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Hi everyone, so this isn't necessarily a Nexus 6 specific question but more of a Nexus question, I just currently own and use my Nexus 6 as a daily driver, hence why I'm posting in this thread. So you know how Nexus devices can be modified to run ROMs other than factory Google Android using custom recovery? Well I was wondering if the same can be done with Google Nexus factory images through a custom recovery. I've searched for this question everywhere and can't find any sources. The closest I found was that you can flash the whole factory Nexus image through a desktop terminal and android sdk tools, but what if I was to pull only the bootloader, boot, and system images, then using a custom recovery wipe all partitions except internal storage and flash these pulled images from the factory Nexus image for the respective Nexus device. Would this result in a soft brick or would it actually install the factory Nexus image. And if it won't work this way, why not. What makes the factory Nexus images different from custom ROMs in terms of installation. I know flashing those images using terminal commands via a desktop is the go to way to flash between factory Nexus images manually, but what about doing this without the assistance of a desktop or laptop? Is that possible. If not then why not?
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Maybe this is what you mean:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3066052
what make a factory image different than custom roms.. for one(very important), its format. roms are built in a flashable .zip form, factory images are built into .img form.
simms22 said:
what make a factory image different than custom roms.. for one(very important), its format. roms are built in a flashable .zip form, factory images are built into .img form.
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That answers my question, thank you. Would creating a zip file from these image files be flashable with twrp or cwm recovery?
Syndrome666 said:
That answers my question, thank you. Would creating a zip file from these image files be flashable with twrp or cwm recovery?
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Did you even look at the link I posted before?
Evolution_Tech said:
Did you even look at the link I posted before?
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Not sure how I missed it. Just read it, makes sense now, thank you.
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That answers my question, thank you. Would creating a zip file from these image files be flashable with twrp or cwm recovery?
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yes, as thats how i flashed m, through a 800mb+ flashable zip
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yes, as thats how i flashed m, through a 800mb+ flashable zip
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So I could take the Android m preview 2 build, extract bootloader, boot, radio, and system images, bundle them into a zip file using root explorer, place them into / directory, reboot to twrp and flash the Android m zip?
Syndrome666 said:
So I could take the Android m preview 2 build, extract bootloader, boot, radio, and system images, bundle them into a zip file using root explorer, place them into / directory, reboot to twrp and flash the Android m zip?
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yes(well, i really dont know using root explorer), and you dont have to do it. as someone has already made the bootloader, radio, boot.img, and full system+boot.img(rom)
simms22 said:
yes, and you dont have to do it. as someone has already made the bootloader, radio, boot.img, and full system+boot.img(rom)
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Well they probably bundle the stock encrypted boot image with it. I always source a noencrypy boot and just flash through terminal, but I'll definitely give this a try as it's pretty cool and I was always wondering if this was possible with custom recovery. Thanks again
Syndrome666 said:
Well they probably bundle the stock encrypted boot image with it. I always source a noencrypy boot and just flash through terminal, but I'll definitely give this a try as it's pretty cool and I was always wondering if this was possible with custom recovery. Thanks again
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yup, its possible. except i flashed a custom kernel, despair
The system partition was deleted and the phone has TWRP. The mac recognizes the ADB device and the MTP. Tried toggling the MTP, no success. Currently android file transfer fails every time due to a missing MD5 file in the android 6.0.1 zip, although all that is being attempted is a drag and drop. ADB sideload says it has completed but no files appear on the phone to flash, or in the file explorer, and so does ADB push. Tried re-downloading the rom, rebooting the phone and everything else.
Any help is appreciated.
evan7899 said:
The system partition was deleted and the phone has TWRP. The mac recognizes the ADB device and the MTP. Tried toggling the MTP, no success. Currently android file transfer fails every time due to a missing MD5 file in the android 6.0.1 zip, although all that is being attempted is a drag and drop. ADB sideload says it has completed but no files appear on the phone to flash, or in the file explorer, and so does ADB push. Tried re-downloading the rom, rebooting the phone and everything else.
Any help is appreciated.
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flash the factory image, reflash twrp, reflash your ROM and SuperSU.
simms22 said:
flash the factory image, reflash twrp, reflash your ROM and SuperSU.
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That is what is being attempted. All data has been wiped from the phone and there is an issue getting the ROM and a new TWRP to the phone. The only available computer is a mac and Android File transfer keeps reporting a MD5 file error whenever the rom is tried to be moved over.
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That is what is being attempted. All data has been wiped from the phone and there is an issue getting the ROM and a new TWRP to the phone. The only available computer is a mac and Android File transfer keeps reporting a MD5 file error whenever the rom is tried to be moved over.
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thats not how you flash a factory image. you boot into the bootloader, and use fastboot to flash it, via your computer. you dont download it to your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008
simms22 said:
thats not how you flash a factory image. you boot into the bootloader, and use fastboot to flash it, via your computer. you dont download it to your phone http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008
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The factory image is the .TGZ file? Or one in there. I am accustomed to just flashing zip files from TWRP on a OnePlus One but this is a friends Nexus 6 and in a very odd state.
evan7899 said:
The factory image is the .TGZ file? Or one in there. I am accustomed to just flashing zip files from TWRP on a OnePlus One but this is a friends Nexus 6 and in a very odd state.
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yup, its a .tgz file. download it, "unzip" it, then flash each partition separately instead of all together using fastboot. its the only way to get everything back. then you can flash twrp after, and SuperSU.
simms22 said:
yup, its a .tgz file. download it, "unzip" it, then flash each partition separately instead of all together using fastboot. its the only way to get everything back. then you can flash twrp after, and SuperSU.
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Sorry this is very simple but everything is going wrong...flashing the system.img exceeded partition limits. Do I rename files or just type them as is. Sorry many guides are contradicting and I'm very confused.
EDIT: The phone isnt being recognized by the computer in fastboot mode.
evan7899 said:
Sorry this is very simple but everything is going wrong...flashing the system.img exceeded partition limits. Do I rename files or just type them as is. Sorry many guides are contradicting and I'm very confused.
EDIT: The phone isnt being recognized by the computer in fastboot mode.
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just type in the names, like system.img or boot.img.
and did you install the driver for adb.fastboot?
simms22 said:
just type in the names, like system.img or boot.img.
and did you install the driver for adb.fastboot?
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This is on a mac and ADB was recognizing the device beforehand but fastboot is not. I am not sure if he has the fastboot drivers installed. I will check that
evan7899 said:
This is on a mac and ADB was recognizing the device beforehand but fastboot is not. I am not sure if he has the fastboot drivers installed. I will check that
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honestly, I wouldn't know what you need on a Mac to get it working :angel:
simms22 said:
honestly, I wouldn't know what you need on a Mac to get it working :angel:
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Yup thats my same issue. On my PC it could have been done easily but I'll keep trying. Thanks for all of the help!
evan7899 said:
Yup thats my same issue. On my PC it could have been done easily but I'll keep trying. Thanks for all of the help!
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maybe this will help? http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-...-mac-os-x-send-commands-your-htc-one-0151178/
You need to run sudo fastboot insertcomand on Mac. good luck.
simms22 said:
maybe this will help? http://htc-one.wonderhowto.com/how-...-mac-os-x-send-commands-your-htc-one-0151178/
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Thanks but we have tired that. Due to distance this has all had to be over the phone which hasnt helped either. I will update this with how we got it working when we do.
I was curious, is there anyway to flash the firmware and modem through fastboot instead of TWRP? I accidentally downloaded the OP3 firmware instead of OP3T and then flashed it and well you know how that goes. Thankfully this phone almost impossible to brick even when doing the worst. It shows up in the computer and my bootloader is unlocked, and i was wondering, instead of losing everything and following the unbrick guide if there are actually commands or ways to flash it through fastboot so i don't have to fully wipe the phone? I have TWRP backups that are from yesterday on the phone, so if there was a way to restore that at the very least if i did have to do the full flash then thats fine too. I guess if the unbrick tool didn't wipe out internal storage or something thats fine. Any help is appreciated.
M3drvr said:
I was curious, is there anyway to flash the firmware and modem through fastboot instead of TWRP? I accidentally downloaded the OP3 firmware instead of OP3T and then flashed it and well you know how that goes. Thankfully this phone almost impossible to brick even when doing the worst. It shows up in the computer and my bootloader is unlocked, and i was wondering, instead of losing everything and following the unbrick guide if there are actually commands or ways to flash it through fastboot so i don't have to fully wipe the phone? I have TWRP backups that are from yesterday on the phone, so if there was a way to restore that at the very least if i did have to do the full flash then thats fine too. I guess if the unbrick tool didn't wipe out internal storage or something thats fine. Any help is appreciated.
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If you're experienced, you can actually flash each individual partition image file back to each partition on your phone using fastboot flash file partition. So yes, if you know what you're doing you could just restore the firmware partitions and you should be back on track. However if you accidentally flash to the wrong partitions you could potentially brick your phone. ?
pitrus- said:
If you're experienced, you can actually flash each individual partition image file back to each partition on your phone using fastboot flash file partition. So yes, if you know what you're doing you could just restore the firmware partitions and you should be back on track. However if you accidentally flash to the wrong partitions you could potentially brick your phone.
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I'm perfectly comfortable flashing partitions. Done it many times with old HTC's and Nexus's. I just need to know what the actual names of the files are that i'd need to extract from the zips is the other thing.
M3drvr said:
I'm perfectly comfortable flashing partitions. Done it many times with old HTC's and Nexus's. I just need to know what the actual names of the files are that i'd need to extract from the zips is the other thing.
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Well, I've never really had to do this on the 3t. Last was on an old Huawei mediapad, but you can Google all the partition dumps in the latest full OTA zip, some are self explaining.
hey @M3drvr,
i have now the same problem as you had. i flashed accidentally the wrong firmware file for my op3t and it stucks now at the oneplus booting screen. how did you solved your issue back then? any help is appreciated.
the solution for my problem is to flash the correct firmware via pc - but i dont know how..
mcdachpappe said:
hey @M3drvr,
i have now the same problem as you had. i flashed accidentally the wrong firmware file for my op3t and it stucks now at the oneplus booting screen. how did you solved your issue back then? any help is appreciated.
the solution for my problem is to flash the correct firmware via pc - but i dont know how..
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With the unbrick tool in the general section.