Can't OTA - X 2014 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I had TWRP installed and SuperSU on my phone and, then, I received the OTA.
In order to update, I've flashed the stock recovery and used supersu full unroot (BUT... I still have Xposed installed).
I can't OTA upgrade.
Do I have to uninstall Xposed? If so, how do I do it?
Or, what else do I have to do for the OTA to work?
Thank you.

Flash the stock system.img and it would hurt to flash the stock boot.img as well. As long as you haven't messed with the modem or anything that should be all you need to do.
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The stock system.img is from kitkat, that could mess up a lot of things, like Xposed, which could make it not boot anymore.
Or am I wrong?

You can get the full 5.0 images here http://www.graffixnyc.com/motox.php. Flash the stock 5.0 system, recovery, and boot images. That's the only way to get rid of Xposed and you shouldn't have any trouble with bootloops or anything. Then take the OTA.
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dustin_b said:
You can get the full 5.0 images here http://www.graffixnyc.com/motox.php. Flash the stock 5.0 system, recovery, and boot images. That's the only way to get rid of Xposed and you shouldn't have any trouble with bootloops or anything. Then take the OTA.
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Thank you! I will do that.

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[Q] OTA Updates on Rooted XT1095 (Stock Recovery)

I recently followed this guide to root my XT1095. All I did was unlock my bootloader and boot the image...I did not (intentionally) alter my recovery, nor did I install a custom ROM. Will I still receive OTA update notifications and, if so, are they safe to apply?
Dan Again said:
I recently followed this guide to root my XT1095. All I did was unlock my bootloader and boot the image...I did not (intentionally) alter my recovery, nor did I install a custom ROM. Will I still receive OTA update notifications and, if so, are they safe to apply?
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If you are running a custom recovery TWRP for example, I doubt that you will get OTA updates. I believe you need the stock recovery to be able to install OTA updates.
grneyez said:
If you are running a custom recovery TWRP for example, I doubt that you will get OTA updates. I believe you need the stock recovery to be able to install OTA updates.
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I'm a little confused by your response. As I said in my original question, I did not (intentionally) alter my recovery. Did the method that I used achieve root alter my recovery for me?
If you did not install a custom recovery than you should be able to get OTA updates. Check to see what recovery you have.
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I'm a little confused by your response. As I said in my original question, I did not (intentionally) alter my recovery. Did the method that I used achieve root alter my recovery for me?
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As long as you don't make any changes to /system, you *should* be good to go for updates. If you didn't intentionally flash a custom recovery then you still have the stock one.
If you're rooted OTAs won't work. In KitKat and lower they just performed checksums on each file before updating, so the altered root files were left untouched and the update installed. In Lollipop and up (at least for Nexus devices), it does a total checksum and if /system has been altered in any way (including for root) OTA's won't install.
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If you did not install a custom recovery than you should be able to get OTA updates. Check to see what recovery you have.
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Thanks for all the responses, guys. I booted into recovery and saw this, so I think my recovery is still stock. One quick question: when I boot into fastboot and select "Recovery", I get a dead Android and a "No Command" prompt - I had to follow these steps to actually get there. Why is that?
I'd like to try out Xposed now that it's available for my device, and I see that requires a custom recovery. If I install a custom recovery (TWRP, for instance) and use it to flash Xposed, can I then revert back to stock recovery and continue to receive OTA updates?
Dan Again said:
Thanks for all the responses, guys. I booted into recovery and saw this, so I think my recovery is still stock. One quick question: when I boot into fastboot and select "Recovery", I get a dead Android and a "No Command" prompt - I had to follow these steps to actually get there. Why is that?
I'd like to try out Xposed now that it's available for my device, and I see that requires a custom recovery. If I install a custom recovery (TWRP, for instance) and use it to flash Xposed, can I then revert back to stock recovery and continue to receive OTA updates?
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If you modified your system with Xposed you won't be able to install OTA updates. Even if you return yo stock recovery.
To install an OTA you need three things. 1. Unaltered system, 2.no root and 3. stock recovery
juliospinoza said:
If you modified your system with Xposed you won't be able to install OTA updates. Even if you return yo stock recovery.
To install an OTA you need three things. 1. Unaltered system, 2.no root and 3. stock recovery
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Fair enough. So let's say that I install a custom recovery and then Xposed. Will there be a way that I can manually upgrade to new stock OS versions as they come out for my phone?
Dan Again said:
Fair enough. So let's say that I install a custom recovery and then Xposed. Will there be a way that I can manually upgrade to new stock OS versions as they come out for my phone?
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You can always flash a ROM or custom ROM via fast boot, but you will loss all your settings, apps etc because you are flashing an entire new system... The OTA only patches
The only way back is to flash your stock ROM if you can get a hold of it.
floepie said:
The only way back is to flash your stock ROM if you can get a hold of it.
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So, funny story - this weekend I accidentally wiped my OS and had to flash stock ROM to get back up and running. See: here. Good resource for others who might be looking for Moto X 2014 stock Lollipop firmware...definitely saved that on my computer
juliospinoza said:
If you modified your system with Xposed you won't be able to install OTA updates. Even if you return yo stock recovery.
To install an OTA you need three things. 1. Unaltered system, 2.no root and 3. stock recovery
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Isn't there any way to uninstall Xposed, revert back to original recovery and remove root--all in order to install OTA without completely loosing user data and apps installed?
yurkennis said:
Isn't there any way to uninstall Xposed, revert back to original recovery and remove root--all in order to install OTA without completely loosing user data and apps installed?
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yes
just flash via fastboot
1. recovery (stock)
2. system
if your phone is 5.0 xt1095 and you didn't flash modems you should be able to receive OTA.
Repeat of Question
I'm not sure I completely understand what I need to do to get updated to 5.1. I have an XT1095 that I only rooted, no custom recovery. I downloaded the OTA for 5.1 last night and tried to update. Got an error and it did not update. A quick google search seems to state, as well as earlier in this thread, that I can not update if I am rooted. I would prefer not completely start over on my phone (wipe) and would like to just apply the update. Can I just "unroot" my phone and apply the update or do I have to go back to the beginning (with a stock recovery) before the update will take?
I know enough about all this to have followed the directions to accomplish the root about 7 months ago. Since then not played with any system files! The only reason I rooted was so I could use the full capabilities of Greenify. Any opinions on that would be appreciated as well. Thanks!
jhworth8 said:
I'm not sure I completely understand what I need to do to get updated to 5.1. I have an XT1095 that I only rooted, no custom recovery. I downloaded the OTA for 5.1 last night and tried to update. Got an error and it did not update. A quick google search seems to state, as well as earlier in this thread, that I can not update if I am rooted. I would prefer not completely start over on my phone (wipe) and would like to just apply the update. Can I just "unroot" my phone and apply the update or do I have to go back to the beginning (with a stock recovery) before the update will take?
I know enough about all this to have followed the directions to accomplish the root about 7 months ago. Since then not played with any system files! The only reason I rooted was so I could use the full capabilities of Greenify. Any opinions on that would be appreciated as well. Thanks!
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Try reading, the post literally before yours tells you what to do, lol.
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AGISCI said:
Try reading, the post literally before yours tells you what to do, lol.
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I take it that flashing the recovery and the system.img files to the phone will not erase all the apps, photos, music, etc.?
summit15 said:
I take it that flashing the recovery and the system.img files to the phone will not erase all the apps, photos, music, etc.?
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Correct, it won't erase those things.
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so if i am just rooted, and custom recovery, could I unroot (via supersu app) and flash stock recovery and be good to go? or am i missing something?
yamahakid said:
so if i am just rooted, and custom recovery, could I unroot (via supersu app) and flash stock recovery and be good to go? or am i missing something?
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It's more difficult with Lollipop: updates now "look for" a completely stock unmodified unrooted system. So you'll have to flash a stock image of the current build and then take the OTA.

[Q] XT1092 Going from 5.0 (rooted, TWRP recovery) to 5.1

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

Can't update to new OTA, HELP PLS!

Hello!
I have. XT1097 5.0.1
22.21.25.victara_tefla.tefla.en.01 tefla
LXE22.45-25
Just got a notification for an update OTA 23.11.14.en.01
but i had TWRP and always get update error, sadly i did not backup recovery.img but i've tried "TEFLA_XT1097_5.0.1_LXE22.46-25_cid12_CFC.xml" recovery.img but gives update error
What can i do? anybody has 22.21.25.victara_tefla.tefla.en.01 tefla recovery.img?
fellhound said:
Hello!
I have. XT1097 5.0.1
22.21.25.victara_tefla.tefla.en.01 tefla
LXE22.45-25
Just got a notification for an update OTA 23.11.14.en.01
but i had TWRP and always get update error, sadly i did not backup recovery.img but i've tried "TEFLA_XT1097_5.0.1_LXE22.46-25_cid12_CFC.xml" recovery.img but gives update error
What can i do? anybody has 22.21.25.victara_tefla.tefla.en.01 tefla recovery.img?
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Are you rooted? Have you installed stuff like xposed?
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Are you rooted? Have you installed stuff like xposed?
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Yes, rooted with xposed, also teamwin custom recovery i never backed up my recovery.bin so i can't go back too
That is why it fails. You have to uninstall xposed, unroot, and make sure that nothing is modified in the phone. It has to be 100% stock firmware, no modifications.
You will most likely need to flash system and recovery.
My recommendation, backup everything. Then flash the full 5.1 image:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/3uulcrk3rheh/VICTARA_TEFLA_XT1097_5.1_LPE23.32-14_cid12_CFC.xml.zip
Flash everything in this file, and erase cache and userdata. When done your phone will be on 5.1.
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adb sideload issue

Can someone explain this to me as to why https://android.googleapis.com/pack...amu-ota-LMY48I-from-LMY47Z-superblock-fix.zip gives me the following error shown in the attach picture?
Looks like it should match correctly but sideload is errorring out saying otherwise
C:\Users\Double\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell getprop ro.build.fingerprint
google/shamu/shamu:5.1.1/LMY47Z/1860966:user/release-keys
C:\Users\Double\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>
Do it from stock recovery. It's kinda broken in twrp because twrp was build with a build.prop with old user keys so it won't let you flash it. All the Ota zip will see is those old user keys and kill it every time. Stock recovery will work.
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david279 said:
Do it from stock recovery. It's kinda broken in twrp because twrp was build with a build.prop with old user keys so it won't let you flash it. All the Ota zip will see is those old user keys and kill it every time. Stock recovery will work.
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I'm having the same problem with TWRP and the TMO LYZ28J update. How do I get back to stock recovery? Is it just a matter of uninstalling TWRP and reinstalling it when I'm done?
JimSmith94 said:
I'm having the same problem with TWRP and the TMO LYZ28J update. How do I get back to stock recovery? Is it just a matter of uninstalling TWRP and reinstalling it when I'm done?
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Install the stock recovery in fastboot, you can download it from the factory images or just search for it
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JimSmith94 said:
I'm having the same problem with TWRP and the TMO LYZ28J update. How do I get back to stock recovery? Is it just a matter of uninstalling TWRP and reinstalling it when I'm done?
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If you have TWRP, chances are your rom would be modified in some way so the OTA Won't work anyway.
danarama said:
If you have TWRP, chances are your rom would be modified in some way so the OTA Won't work anyway.
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I'm stock rooted, are you saying that won't work? What's the proper way to install this update without losing data?
I'm used to flashing updates from recovery, so this whole sideload thing is new to me.
JimSmith94 said:
I'm stock rooted, are you saying that won't work? What's the proper way to install this update without losing data?
I'm used to flashing updates from recovery, so this whole sideload thing is new to me.
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Correct, root is a modification. An OTA will not flash unless the rom and kernel are 100% as expected.. This is regardless of whether the OTA zip is flahsed in adb sideload or as an OTA natively.
If there is a J factory image available, fastboot flash the system.img and boot.img and you're updated.
If there is not, do the above but with the version the OTA expects. .. Then flash the OTA
danarama said:
If there is a J factory image available, fastboot flash the system.img and boot.img and you're updated.
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There is an LYZ28J factory image available, here > https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
danarama said:
Correct, root is a modification. An OTA will not flash unless the rom and kernel are 100% as expected.. This is regardless of whether the OTA zip is flahsed in adb sideload or as an OTA natively.
If there is a J factory image available, fastboot flash the system.img and boot.img and you're updated.
If there is not, do the above but with the version the OTA expects. .. Then flash the OTA
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Thanks for the info! Since Google says they will release these updates monthly, I'm hoping to find a simple, painless, and repeatable method to do these updates. Will flashing your suggestions lose root or data?
JimSmith94 said:
Thanks for the info! Since Google says they will release these updates monthly, I'm hoping to find a simple, painless, and repeatable method to do these updates. Will flashing your suggestions lose root or data?
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It will lose root, but you just flash supersu from recovery
I had to flash the stock recovery back on and then did the OTA update. :-/ I really like my full system backups that TWRP does though..
doublejz said:
I had to flash the stock recovery back on and then did the OTA update. :-/ I really like my full system backups that TWRP does though..
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Just flash the system.img then

Install latest OTA?

I have a VZW XT1096 that is rooted, unlocked and has TWRP. The update downloaded to my phone but the last time I tried to install an update it put my phone into a boot loop. Do I need to flash the stock recovery or is there more to it? Thanks!
GatorsUF said:
I have a VZW XT1096 that is rooted, unlocked and has TWRP. The update downloaded to my phone but the last time I tried to install an update it put my phone into a boot loop. Do I need to flash the stock recovery or is there more to it? Thanks!
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There is more to it. You have to be 100% unmodified to take an OTA. So no root, xposed, busybox, modifications... your best bet if you modified a lot would be to flash your stock system and recovery images then take the OTA.
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AGISCI said:
There is more to it. You have to be 100% unmodified to take an OTA. So no root, xposed, busybox, modifications... your best bet if you modified a lot would be to flash your stock system and recovery images then take the OTA.
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Any idea where to find the stock .51 images? If it just like nexus where you fastboot flash each partition in bootloader mode?
GatorsUF said:
Any idea where to find the stock .51 images? If it just like nexus where you fastboot flash each partition in bootloader mode?
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http://www.filefactory.com/file/5hj...ZON_XT1096_5.1_LPE23.32-25-3_cid2_CFC.xml.zip
Yes, the process is just like flashing them on the nexus.
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