I have Verizon Nexus 6 which came with LMY47E system but as it is well known LMY47I is now officially available. but with older radio. I'm already unlocked and rooted and have latest version of TWRP recovery installed instead of stock recovery. So my question is can I extract system.img and flash using TWRP install option and get newer system but keeping original radio and user data without data wipe? Should I wipe any cashe before flashing to avoid possible problems?
Anything else I should flash to make sure I will be able to use phone without problems while keeping root and unlocked bootloader or i will have to do unlocking and rooting again? Any help is appreciated
Fastboot flash system and boot and you'll be good.
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david279 said:
Fastboot flash system and boot and you'll be good.
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Thanks for quick reply. So I can't use TWRP recovery? Flashing boot will not wipe root and bootloader?
It's a lot easier to just flash system and boot in fastboot. Flashing system will erase root but after you flash system and boot go directly into recovery and flash Su.
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What's on I that's not on E that you need? The changes are miniscule
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DebianDog said:
What's on I that's not on E that you need? The changes are miniscule
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Hoping that it might fix my WiFi issue
olegausa said:
Hoping that it might fix my WiFi issue
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Don't think so. http://www.androidpolice.com/androi....0_r1-to-android-5.1.0_r3-AOSP-changelog.html
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I isn't meant for you E is
Any build posted on the factory images page for the Nexus 6 is meant for any Nexus 6 device.
slider112 said:
Any build posted on the factory images page for the Nexus 6 is meant for any Nexus 6 device.
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That's exactly how I understand and that's why I"m asking if it's possible to do the upgrade using TWRP recovery by flashing just one IMG file at a time in specific sequence and than restarting the phone while still keeping current radio and data plus SuperSU at the end
You can't flash the IMG files in twrp. You'll need to use fastboot. Just flashed whichever files you need. I usually flash everything but recovery and then just reroot. Takes about 10 minutes.
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Flashed 5.1 OTA last night.
This morning, trying to reinstall TWRP.
Command prompt screen on PC, did usual "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.0-shamu.img"
Appears to execute properly.
Reboot device. Then when booting to recovery, it's still stock recovery.
Any suggestions welcome.
Flash twrp, go into recovery then root. It will stick after.
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david279 said:
Flash twrp, go into recovery then root. It will stick after.
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Thanks, but after flashing twrp, when I boot to recovery, it's stock recovery. I can not flash SuperSU from stock recovery.
Don't reboot after you flash it Go straight into recovery from the bootloader. When you reboot it wipes the recovery and replaces it with stock.
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Don't reboot after you flash it Go straight into recovery from the bootloader. When you reboot it wipes the recovery and replaces it with stock.
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Thank you kind sir! I learned something today, and that's always a good way to start the day.
I'm glad that it was "user error" and not something with 5.1.
Hit the thanks button
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Hit the thanks button
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I will later. I've exceeded my quota already today.
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Don't reboot after you flash it Go straight into recovery from the bootloader. When you reboot it wipes the recovery and replaces it with stock.
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Thanks for this! I've looked through a bunch of guides and for some reason all of them just say to reboot after flashing twrp.
Not sticking n my shamu running 7.0
Edit: sorted with different root zip
jimbomodder said:
Not sticking n my shamu running 7.0
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Note many devices will replace your custom recovery automatically during first boot. To prevent this, use Google to find the proper key combo to enter recovery. After typing fastboot reboot, hold the key combo and boot to TWRP. Once TWRP is booted, TWRP will patch the stock ROM to prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP.
https://twrp.me/devices/motorolanexus6.html
Read a few threads, I'm still confused. I'm using the XT1092 (India).
RIght now I have 5.0 (LXE22.46-19) , rooted and using TWRP recovery.
From what I understand, I need to flash the stock recovery, un-root and get the OTA.
After flashing stock recovery, how do I un-root? Can I just open the SuperSU app and click un-root and uninstall BusyBox? Will the OTA work this way?
If not, how should I proceed?
Nope, it will fail. Firstly do the full unroot on SuperSU. Then boot into fastboot mode and flash stock system images and stock recovery.
Now you can boot into your device and update twice. Firstly a small update followed by the 5.1 update.
Thanks a lot for clearing it. Will I lose any data in the flashing process?
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Shubham.3.96 said:
Thanks a lot for clearing it. Will I lose any data in the flashing process?
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If you only flash the system partition, no data will be lost. If you format the data partition... Yes data will be lost. Just fastboot flash system, don't do a full flash.
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Thanks a lot, both of you.
Running 5.1 now
Hello everyone,
My Nexus 6 has TWRP installed without any ROM (had CM12.1, but removed it). Now I want to flash my stock Lollipop 5.1.1 ROM, which is a .tgz file (thus, I can't flash using TWRP as it only supports .zip). Also, fastboot is not working in TWRP. What should I do to flash stock rom and unroot my device?
bunny26 said:
Hello everyone,
My Nexus 6 has TWRP installed without any ROM (had CM12.1, but removed it). Now I want to flash my stock Lollipop 5.1.1 ROM, which is a .tgz file (thus, I can't flash using TWRP as it only supports .zip). Also, fastboot is not working in TWRP. What should I do to flash stock rom and unroot my device?
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Either use ADB or Nexus Root Toolkit. Easiest way in my opinion is to use the latter, pretty much just one click. Just use the flash stock plus unroot option.
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Othoric said:
Either use ADB or Nexus Root Toolkit. Easiest way in my opinion is to use the latter, pretty much just one click. Just use the flash stock plus unroot option.
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But it needs fastboot enabled, which is not there in twrp recovery.
bunny26 said:
But it needs fastboot enabled, which is not there in twrp recovery.
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Fastboot is done in bootloader. Not recovery(TWRP).
prdog1 said:
Fastboot is done in bootloader. Not recovery(TWRP).
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It takes forever to load in bootloader mode
bunny26 said:
It takes forever to load in bootloader mode
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What are you loading. The TGZ not gonna go. Have to unzip the images. Once know how to do it the flashing is only 3-5 minutes depending on how fast you can type.
bunny26 said:
Hello everyone,
My Nexus 6 has TWRP installed without any ROM (had CM12.1, but removed it). Now I want to flash my stock Lollipop 5.1.1 ROM, which is a .tgz file (thus, I can't flash using TWRP as it only supports .zip). Also, fastboot is not working in TWRP. What should I do to flash stock rom and unroot my device?
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May I ask why you removed cm12.1?
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Hi! I'm new to the Nexus 6 and I'm currently running stock Android 6.0 MRA58K with an unlocked bootloader. I'm interested in installing TWRP and flashing Chroma, but I'm getting a little confused. My main concern is with the new verified boot security features and all the talk of Chainfire's system-less root.
What is the best way that I should install TWRP and Chroma without messing up my device?
Thanks!
You could use fastboot to flash twrp, then reboot to recovery and flash ROM/gapps. Assuming your familiar with adb/fastboot.
Some good references in wugs NRT thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-9-8-t2947452
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blueyes said:
You could use fastboot to flash twrp, then reboot to recovery and flash ROM/gapps. Assuming your familiar with adb/fastboot.
Some good references in wugs NRT thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-9-8-t2947452
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Thanks! I did a lot of digging and figured it all out, but yeah I did all that same stuff. Android is starting right now haha
hello, all
I want to root my Nexus 6 (version 6.0.1 build MMB29V T-Mobile) and install CM13.
I only have a Mac and there are no instructionals that I can find that fit this build and version. The last one that i found was techfanatic's method via Androidrootz but that only works for unlocking bootloader.
can someone show me where to find the best tutorial for this? my real need is really just flashing a recovery onto my phone and i can take it from there.
Thanks for any help
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this is to flash TWRP
https://twrp.me/devices/motorolanexus6.html
this is for CM
https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_shamu
not sure if the above will help on a Mac though as have never used one before.
thanks dude I'll definitely try this out
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guitarology said:
thanks dude I'll definitely try this out
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Rooting MMB29V and other MM builds is the same.
Make sure your bootloader is unlocked.
Flash TWRP recovery with the command:
fastboot flash recovery *insertfilenamehere*.img
Then, boot into TWRP, flash the SuperSU 2.69 ZIP and reboot.
Your phone will be rebooted, however technically there is no need to reboot either.
Just flash TWRP, wipe data/reset and flash CM13 and then Gapps.
Reboot system and enjoy.
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Rooting MMB29V and other MM builds is the same.
Make sure your bootloader is unlocked.
Flash TWRP recovery with the command:
fastboot flash recovery *insertfilenamehere*.img
Then, boot into TWRP, flash the SuperSU 2.69 ZIP and reboot.
Your phone will be rebooted, however technically there is no need to reboot either.
Just flash TWRP, wipe data/reset and flash CM13 and then Gapps.
Reboot system and enjoy.
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thank you. can this method be used with a mac?
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guitarology said:
thank you. can this method be used with a mac?
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The commands on Mac and Windows are the same as far as I know.
Everything will work fine provided you have ADB and Fastboot setup correctly.
thanks dude^^ ?
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