Soft brick because of AT&T update? - LG G Flex

Just got a update for my LG G Flex D950 from AT&T. I didn't think twice, and hit update. Now my phone will only go to TWRP. I'm using TWRP v2.8.6.0 any suggestions? All I've done is root it, it has the original ROM it came with.

mine is also soft bricked

I was not rooted and the update installed fine. Just curious what it was....
Edit:
Oh wait this explains everything
(Not really, not at all actually)
http://www.att.com/esupport/softwareUpdateArticle.jsp?sid=KB423840&cv=820
Update summary**
Effective September 17, 2015, AT&T released a software update for the LG G Flex (D950). This update will be available via Firmware Over The Air (FOTA)*using a Wi-Fi connection.****
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What's changing?
Device security improvements
What to expect after the update**
Although there should be no impacts to settings or data, we recommend that you back up your important files and media prior to upgrading the software.

bryanizmir said:
I was not rooted and the update installed fine. Just curious what it was....
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My mom, uncle, and I all have the same phone, the only difference is mine is rooted with TWRP, so something with it being rooted, or with TWRP has screwed it up, and I have no idea which it is

try the steps here. scroll down to the terminal commands and that will get you going.
http://www.androidayos.com/2014/10/0...download-mode/
(How to Fix bricked LG G2 stuck in Recovery after taking OTA update
If you have LG G2 rooted and installed with TWRP recovery then suddenly and automatic OTA update came around but then its too late that your phone just stuck in TWRP Recovery. If you bricked your phone after doing an OTA Update with root and TWRP installed and happens that it stuck at recovery. This can be fixed either by installing the official firmware via flashtool using the KDZ file but sometimes your phone can’t boot into Download mode and it won’t connect to the computer, so this could be a very frustrating situation.
Before doing anything else you may first try this, this has been reportedly worked on some LG G2 users at Androidcentral forum and thanks to the folks at XDA-developers for this workaround.
On your TWRP terminal command type this codes.
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
then hit enter
type
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc
Then hit enter and reboot.)

I have the same problem. Rooted/TWRM and soft brick.

I get to terminal window, but no keyboard

tap on select when in terminal
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That should open the keyboard

I don't have select, I have home, back and the icon that put me in the terminal window from the folders

Do you see this?

Full phone

Sonny beach, trying it now

Got it, now how do I get that software update to go away?

Your phone should keep the update... at least mine did

Mine didn't, in fact it just bricked again, because I accidentally hit the update again

Hi Guys, I have the same problem although I have CWM instead of TWRP. I got the D950 ATT version rooted on stock 4.4.2 and the updated came up on my phone yesterday but I kept on clicking remind me later. Until last night I noticed my phone was booted on CWM and when I tried to reboot, it just went back again to recovery. Also tried restoring from my backup, goes normally and completes but after reboot it just goes back to CWM again. I hope there is someone who can help coz I have pictures and files I need from it...

Those same commands should work. Those are Linux commands for the base system

Texas_Dave said:
Those same commands should work. Those are Linux commands for the base system
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I guess you are right, although I did it via fastboot it still worked and got all my files back. Thanks for the quick reply. And by the way the update notification is still active, do you think I still have to unroot before installing the update or would it be ok not to unroot and just defrost all the bloatwares that came with the stock OS then accept the update? I am just afraid that it might brick my phone if I went through with it...

I'm still soft bricking twice a day, because they force the update when I'm not looking. If someone has a way to unroot or better get rid of that fota crap, I sure would like to know how

Texas_Dave said:
I'm still soft bricking twice a day, because they force the update when I'm not looking. If someone has a way to unroot or better get rid of that fota crap, I sure would like to know how
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I just wish IOroot had a way to support the G flex on android 4.4.2 so we do not have to go back to JB just to root. At least from KK we only have to do this new software update, then root the device, install recovery and we are good to go. I guess that would be too much to ask right now on a low activity device like ours. For now all I did to stop the update nag, I froze the software update file from Titanium backup rebooted and now the nag is silenced for a while until we get news that it's ok to do the update on our rooted devices running KK.

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[Q] Rooted Moto X, OTA update today causing boot loop

Hi, I used PwnMyMoto-1.4.3-TMobile.apk to get root on my T-mobile Moto X.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2444957
Today, there was an OTA update that downloaded and said it would install. Now the phone is stuck in a boot loop. It boots OK but about 45 seconds after loading it shuts down and reboots. I'm guessing its because the PwnMyMoto removed the stock recovery or altered it to be unable to install the OTA update. However I guess the phone still sees the downloaded OTA update and wants to install it, so it reboots the phone to try to install.
I can't post in the PwnMyMoto thread because I'm too new to XDA
I have froze the ota apk to try to prevent this
small update. I used the T-mobile bundle here to get stock recovery.img and put that on my phone (because PwnMyMoto removes it) and then the OTA update installed. I guess instead I could have removed the downloaded update if I knew where it was!! After the OTA I lost root
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ghost_rcica/list.php
emerica243 said:
I have froze the ota apk to try to prevent this
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what do you mean by this? Can you tell me how to do that?
jackashe said:
what do you mean by this? Can you tell me how to do that?
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Freezing a particular app can be done using Titanium Backup. Its available for download on play store. Titanium Backup requires root permissions. Freezing an app will leave the app on your phone but it wont work cuz its frozen lol... the app wont be uninstalled. this way if you decide later that you need the app then you can just unfreeze it and use it.
OK, I have TB and I know it supports freeze. I didn't realize you could freeze the OTA capability as a separate program. However given that I already downloaded the update, its too late to freeze.
jackashe said:
small update. I used the T-mobile bundle here to get stock recovery.img and put that on my phone (because PwnMyMoto removes it) and then the OTA update installed. I guess instead I could have removed the downloaded update if I knew where it was!! After the OTA I lost root
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ghost_rcica/list.php
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sorry if i or many people would have seeen this earlier we could have stopped you. Always be patient next time because you may have lost root forever now. Not that we know a patch will come through to allow us to maintain root in 4.3, but jcase said he proabbly wouldn't make a rot for 4.3 because it could be a pain and he doens't want to waste any of the exploits he knows of. You could always figure out a way your phone is bad and go exchange it and root again and don't take OTA until someone has figured out something to do to maintain root. It would be worth it for me.
You always have the option to unlock your bootloader with the T-Mobile version. I plan on unlocking the Dev edition I will be buying and then buying a SquareTrade warranty and that will cover any issues I might ever have including breaking/water damage.
jackashe said:
small update. I used the T-mobile bundle here to get stock recovery.img and put that on my phone (because PwnMyMoto removes it) and then the OTA update installed. I guess instead I could have removed the downloaded update if I knew where it was!! After the OTA I lost root
http://sbf.droid-developers.org/ghost_rcica/list.php
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FSRBIKER said:
You always have the option to unlock your bootloader with the T-Mobile version. I plan on unlocking the Dev edition I will be buying and then buying a SquareTrade warranty and that will cover any issues I might ever have including breaking/water damage.
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Yup I almost unlocked the boot loader but instead I was able to flash stock recovery. I wish android itself was smart enough to not try to install OTA when recovery was gone. I finally read through the jcase thread and I think I might have been able to delete the downloaded OTA by running:
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
But I didn't try that. I also don't know what exactly that would have erased.
I will certainly look into a SquareTrade warranty!
Argh, I'm having the same problem. I have a Sprint version with unlocked bootloader and PwnMyMoto 1.1. Began after OTA update today. I have about 20 seconds after booting up that I'm able to do things on the phone before it goes into a loop; I've tried uninstalling the camera and disabling the gallery, which I thought were the two things that were updated. Safe mode doesn't work, nor does trying to enter recovery through fastboot. I've even tried factory resetting the phone from settings, but it can't do this before the power-down process begins. I haven't had any success with working through adb and the command prompt on this phone (device not found). At this point, I'm SOL and out of ideas with a bricked phone. Any other ideas?
UPDATE... Tried the fastboot erase cache & userdata; essentially performed a hard reset of device. Not the most convenient thing, but at least I have a working phone now.
so if we freeze updater and ota, we should be covered?
not sure about the other suspect apk with is fota.apk. I rename otacerts.apk as well. I may be a little paranoid about this but bricking is definitely not an option
jayboyyyy said:
sorry if i or many people would have seeen this earlier we could have stopped you. Always be patient next time because you may have lost root forever now. Not that we know a patch will come through to allow us to maintain root in 4.3, but jcase said he proabbly wouldn't make a rot for 4.3 because it could be a pain and he doens't want to waste any of the exploits he knows of. You could always figure out a way your phone is bad and go exchange it and root again and don't take OTA until someone has figured out something to do to maintain root. It would be worth it for me.
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Yeah, root is great... I guess I'll just have to keep fingers crossed that jcase works on 4.2.2 post OTA but since it hasn't even been pushed to all carriers maybe it won't happen. Yes, I should have NOT gotten the OTA, but once it had downloaded my phone was totally unusable until I restored recovery and it installed itself.
jackashe said:
Yeah, root is great... I guess I'll just have to keep fingers crossed that jcase works on 4.2.2 post OTA but since it hasn't even been pushed to all carriers maybe it won't happen. Yes, I should have NOT gotten the OTA, but once it had downloaded my phone was totally unusable until I restored recovery and it installed itself.
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Curious have you tried to reroot, and for future reference I believe ota are usually in cache under the previous build # for Verizon at least.
shane1 said:
Curious have you tried to reroot, and for future reference I believe ota are usually in cache under the previous build # for Verizon at least.
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I did try rooting again using PwnMyMoto-1.4.3-TMobile.apk but it failed to install (since one of the exploits it used is patched)
I have t-Mobile but how would I get to the cache? My phone would boot for about 45 seconds and in that time-frame I could adb shell into the phone but could not find the path for the OTA update. Do you mean it would be in /cache/some-build/ or so?
Yes in cache and you would have to attempt from a PC , which might not have been possible because the phone kept rebooting. Also I am sry for your loss
Would ota root keeper do anything for us?
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IncredibleHulk6 said:
Argh, I'm having the same problem. I have a Sprint version with unlocked bootloader and PwnMyMoto 1.1. Began after OTA update today. I have about 20 seconds after booting up that I'm able to do things on the phone before it goes into a loop; I've tried uninstalling the camera and disabling the gallery, which I thought were the two things that were updated. Safe mode doesn't work, nor does trying to enter recovery through fastboot. I've even tried factory resetting the phone from settings, but it can't do this before the power-down process begins. I haven't had any success with working through adb and the command prompt on this phone (device not found). At this point, I'm SOL and out of ideas with a bricked phone. Any other ideas?
UPDATE... Tried the fastboot erase cache & userdata; essentially performed a hard reset of device. Not the most convenient thing, but at least I have a working phone now.
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Can you please tell me how you did this? Thanks in advance
Perhaps this thread helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46179190#post46179190
Erk, after getting into the same post-Root update loop, I flashed back to stock using the recipe here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46175635&postcount=8
I now have 13.9.0Q2.X-116-X-17-51 installed.
When I go to System updates to update to the OTA update 13.0Q2.X-116-X-17-54, I get told that I am already updated to the latest version.
Any help would be much appreciated!
jayboyyyy said:
sorry if i or many people would have seeen this earlier we could have stopped you. Always be patient next time because you may have lost root forever now. Not that we know a patch will come through to allow us to maintain root in 4.3, but jcase said he proabbly wouldn't make a rot for 4.3 because it could be a pain and he doens't want to waste any of the exploits he knows of. You could always figure out a way your phone is bad and go exchange it and root again and don't take OTA until someone has figured out something to do to maintain root. It would be worth it for me.
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manfly9884 said:
Can you please tell me how you did this? Thanks in advance
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You have to make sure you have downloaded & installed the Android SDK and the latest Motorola Android drivers to your computer. On your phone, shut it down before it has the chance to re-enter the boot loop cycle. Then press the down button simultaneously with the power button for a few seconds and release the down button a split second before releasing the power button. This enters the bootloader (you may have to try it a few times to get it). Plug your phone into the computer and open a command prompt on the computer; type "fastboot erase cache", hit enter, type " fastboot erase userdata" and hit enter. You'll see confirmation in the command prompt and your phone will reboot as factory reset.

[Q] Need help updating to 4.4 from VS98010B

Hello everyone:
This will be my second post here, so please be gentle...
As you can see, I have the VS98010B FW, and although I've spent a whole day searching in this forum (an others) how to even get the 12B FW to at least get started with the update, have failed in every attempt...
I'm on Mac, but have tried the Upgrade Assistant on Windows, and it doesn't even recognise it. The OTA update doesn't work either, so I'm stuck.
So please: what do I have to do to upgrade my phone???
Forgot to mention that I did a Factory Reset, but some how kept root access.
Thanks in advanced for your help,
Rober7 said:
Hello everyone:
This will be my second post here, so please be gentle...
As you can see, I have the VS98010B FW, and although I've spent a whole day searching in this forum (an others) how to even get the 12B FW to at least get started with the update, have failed in every attempt...
I'm on Mac, but have tried the Upgrade Assistant on Windows, and it doesn't even recognise it. The OTA update doesn't work either, so I'm stuck.
So please: what do I have to do to upgrade my phone???
Forgot to mention that I did a Factory Reset, but some how kept root access.
Thanks in advanced for your help,
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If you have access to a windows machine, wipe it back to stock and let it take the OTA, you can root it with ioroot25 afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
A factory reset just wipes the /data directory, it doesn't touch /system where your root apps are (su, busybox)
mjones73 said:
If you have access to a windows machine, wipe it back to stock and let it take the OTA, you can root it with ioroot25 afterwards.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
A factory reset just wipes the /data directory, it doesn't touch /system where your root apps are (su, busybox)
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Thanks for replying! Took my time to reply back because I was following the tutorial you pointed (trying to do it on VB from Mac, but that's a whole other story), and finally got to do it right (now have the 11A FW)
BUT, when I hit the "Check New" to update, it hangs there for a minute and then says "Download Unsuccessful"...
I must clear out as well that I'm using it with another carrier (Orange) outside US.
Rober7 said:
Thanks for replying! Took my time to reply back because I was following the tutorial you pointed (trying to do it on VB from Mac, but that's a whole other story), and finally got to do it right (now have the 11A FW)
BUT, when I hit the "Check New" to update, it hangs there for a minute and then says "Download Unsuccessful"...
I must clear out as well that I'm using it with another carrier (Orange) outside US.
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That is your issue then... you have to be on Verizon to get the OTA
To update you should try using Windows and use the Verizon LG Software Upgrade assistant software, it should prompt you to install it when you connect your phone to a PC. If it doesn't, open My Computer and look for a CD-ROM drive associates with your phone and run it.
acejavelin said:
That is your issue then... you have to be on Verizon to get the OTA
To update you should try using Windows and use the Verizon LG Software Upgrade assistant software, it should prompt you to install it when you connect your phone to a PC. If it doesn't, open My Computer and look for a CD-ROM drive associates with your phone and run it.
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First off, thanks for helping out as well. I tried that, but it doesn't see it. Today I upgraded to VS98012B, and followed this tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699123 to force the OTA update.
Everything was fine until after the reboot: it said: "Softwareupdate fail!"
I'm getting a little bit frustrated with this... Is there a flashable version of the official KK?
Found this tutorial, which I followed to be finally on KitKat!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699123&highlight=software+update+fail
Although, do not flash anything until you have EVERYTHING on your internal drive!!! if not, you'll end up having to know the term "sideloading"...

[Q] Root T-Mobile LG Optimus L90

So i have been furiously searching for ways to root my LG L90 from T-Mobile, but so far it has been a PAIN
I have tried TowelRoot... Failed
Some asian program called RootGenius... Failed
and other tutorials using ADB like adb reboot recovery.
None of those have worked, BUT i am proud to say that i now CAN access my L90 from ADB, before it said that it was offline and now its labeled as "device" as its supposed to. So now i can browse the root but of course not modify anything (because im still not rooted). So i know im a step close to rooting and im wondering if anyone has something that can help finish this painful process thanks to T-Mobile.
Also, i would like to add that when i run the commands:
adb shell
adb reboot recovery
The recovery loading screen flashes for like 2 seconds and continues to boot normally. Its like its blocked somehow. Any way to "bypass" this or force it to go into recovery?
xr34p3rx said:
So i have been furiously searching for ways to root my LG L90 from T-Mobile, but so far it has been a PAIN
I have tried TowelRoot... Failed
Some asian program called RootGenius... Failed
and other tutorials using ADB like adb reboot recovery.
None of those have worked, BUT i am proud to say that i now CAN access my L90 from ADB, before it said that it was offline and now its labeled as "device" as its supposed to. So now i can browse the root but of course not modify anything (because im still not rooted). So i know im a step close to rooting and im wondering if anyone has something that can help finish this painful process thanks to T-Mobile.
Also, i would like to add that when i run the commands:
adb shell
adb reboot recovery
The recovery loading screen flashes for like 2 seconds and continues to boot normally. Its like its blocked somehow. Any way to "bypass" this or force it to go into recovery?
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Follow this tutorial here. Flash the v10c stock kdz then root with towelroot, there is no way at the moment to root v10e so you need to downgrade to v10c.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2803479
after flashing 10c rom, how do you stop the phone from automatically downloading the 10e update?
I want to disable that auto update
link626 said:
after flashing 10c rom, how do you stop the phone from automatically downloading the 10e update?
I want to disable that auto update
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Heres a link to the fota kill apk, copy it to your /system/app, folder then reboot, if it downloads it one more time e hich it may just delete it from /cache folder and after deleting it go back and select install the update, it'll count down but just does nothig when it hits zero then reboot one more time, should take care of it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1579154
I have a d405n and software version v10d-eur. I had no problem rooting this version with purpledragon lite. Succeded on first attempt.
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To stop auto update: got settings, about phone, update center, unselect autoupdate.
Is there any root method for d410?

HELP!! Phone will only boot into recovery!

Don't know what just happened, but here's the best I can explain and hopefully someone smarter than me can figure it out!
My G2 is rooted and running stock 4.4.2 version 24A and I have TWRP 2.7.0.0. I think, besides the hotspot hack, the only thing I had done to it is quarantine LG SetupWizard with App Quarantine. My phone has been trying to push through updates for months, but it never does it successfully becasue of root. Just now, I tried something different to see if I could get the OTA update to install...it was tring to install 26A. I took SetupWizzard out of quarantine and in Superuser I checked OTA survival. After it downloaded the OTA and rebooted it went straight to recovery. From recovery I tried to reboot to system, but it went straight into recovery. So, I restored the backup I made yesterday and tried to reboot back to system again and still it's going to recovery. Any ideas??
Fixed!
Found this thread after a search and reading a thread on the G3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Tsip85 said:
Don't know what just happened, but here's the best I can explain and hopefully someone smarter than me can figure it out!
My G2 is rooted and running stock 4.4.2 version 24A and I have TWRP 2.7.0.0. I think, besides the hotspot hack, the only thing I had done to it is quarantine LG SetupWizard with App Quarantine. My phone has been trying to push through updates for months, but it never does it successfully becasue of root. Just now, I tried something different to see if I could get the OTA update to install...it was tring to install 26A. I took SetupWizzard out of quarantine and in Superuser I checked OTA survival. After it downloaded the OTA and rebooted it went straight to recovery. From recovery I tried to reboot to system, but it went straight into recovery. So, I restored the backup I made yesterday and tried to reboot back to system again and still it's going to recovery. Any ideas??
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The reason why this is happening is you are trying to install the update OTA with a custom recovery. The way these OTA updates work is the OS downloads the file and stores it in a secure location. It has an auto-run updating sequence to allow the OS to update in the regular recovery. Because you have TWRP, TWRP has no idea where to find the file to update the device and therefore, does nothing. However, when you boot up the phone again, it realizes the phone has not yet been updated and goes back into recovery to make sure the update goes through. It is a continuous cycle that therefore never completes it's self. To fix this, run these instructions:
Because the G2 does not have an external SD card, you should do this: use TWRP's awesome "terminal command" option to run the following: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
You need to get this PERFECTLY or else you will destroy your phone. Hope this helps.
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The reason why this is happening is you are trying to install the update OTA with a custom recovery. The way these OTA updates work is the OS downloads the file and stores it in a secure location. It has an auto-run updating sequence to allow the OS to update in the regular recovery. Because you have TWRP, TWRP has no idea where to find the file to update the device and therefore, does nothing. However, when you boot up the phone again, it realizes the phone has not yet been updated and goes back into recovery to make sure the update goes through. It is a continuous cycle that therefore never completes it's self. To fix this, run these instructions:
Because the G2 does not have an external SD card, you should do this: use TWRP's awesome "terminal command" option to run the following: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
You need to get this PERFECTLY or else you will destroy your phone. Hope this helps.
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Thank you. I started searching for a solution and found a thread that had those exact instructions. And this little lesson has now led me to searching for something that will let me quickly and easily switch recoveries if I want to take an OTA.
Tsip85 said:
Thank you. I started searching for a solution and found a thread that had those exact instructions. And this little lesson has now led me to searching for something that will let me quickly and easily switch recoveries if I want to take an OTA.
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Glad it helped. As for a recovery switcher, you might want to consider using a simple one of the Play Store. They are convenient and easy to use. This thread is really great: http://www.xda-developers.com/simple-recovery-switcher/
Hope this helps.
Tsip85 said:
Thank you. I started searching for a solution and found a thread that had those exact instructions. And this little lesson has now led me to searching for something that will let me quickly and easily switch recoveries if I want to take an OTA.
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Would you mind sharing that link I need to find my bosses g2 please help
chazla86 said:
Would you mind sharing that link I need to find my bosses g2 please help
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Yes...check the link I posted on the second post.

Noob needs help with XT1096 on Verizon network w/ TWRP and keeps getting OTA prompt

Since there are not too many stable ROMs available on the XT1096 that support CDMA (I am using Verizon's network). I decided I would unlock my bootloader, flash TWRP and root the stock firmware. Well, the past few days I guess I did not update my phone all the way before doing this since I just got it not even a week ago and keep getting prompts to install an OTA. This will obviously not work with TWRP and when I flashed TWRP I selected to modify the system so the stock firmware would not rewrite recovery on boot. This has become a complete pain in the ass for me. Accidently I selected to install the OTA since it is always in my notifications and when it happened it would obviously fail in TWRP but then it would boot back into the ROM and then power cycle back into TWRP. The only way to stop it was to do a factory reset which is not what I would like to do every time I accidently select to install this OTA. So my questions to you awesome people who know more about this device are. 1. is there a way I can enable the to option to where I will always have a stock recovery and then I can just fastboot boot into TWRP if needed? Or is there another way where I can just possibly stop this OTA all together even though the prompt already says it's downloaded and waiting for me to hit install. Like can I just go into rootexplorrer and delete or modify a few system files that'll stop the phone for looking for OTAs? I don't reallyl care about the OTA since it's obviously not 6.0 since VZW got boned on that one. Looks like it's just some security patches.
I'm sure this is probably a really stupid and simple question, so I apologize in advance. But thank you SO MUCH to anyone who decides to help me out. I will appreciate it GREATLY!!!
aeb401 said:
Since there are not too many stable ROMs available on the XT1096 that support CDMA (I am using Verizon's network). I decided I would unlock my bootloader, flash TWRP and root the stock firmware. Well, the past few days I guess I did not update my phone all the way before doing this since I just got it not even a week ago and keep getting prompts to install an OTA. This will obviously not work with TWRP and when I flashed TWRP I selected to modify the system so the stock firmware would not rewrite recovery on boot. This has become a complete pain in the ass for me. Accidently I selected to install the OTA since it is always in my notifications and when it happened it would obviously fail in TWRP but then it would boot back into the ROM and then power cycle back into TWRP. The only way to stop it was to do a factory reset which is not what I would like to do every time I accidently select to install this OTA. So my questions to you awesome people who know more about this device are. 1. is there a way I can enable the to option to where I will always have a stock recovery and then I can just fastboot boot into TWRP if needed? Or is there another way where I can just possibly stop this OTA all together even though the prompt already says it's downloaded and waiting for me to hit install. Like can I just go into rootexplorrer and delete or modify a few system files that'll stop the phone for looking for OTAs? I don't reallyl care about the OTA since it's obviously not 6.0 since VZW got boned on that one. Looks like it's just some security patches.
I'm sure this is probably a really stupid and simple question, so I apologize in advance. But thank you SO MUCH to anyone who decides to help me out. I will appreciate it GREATLY!!!
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Try using your favorite applications manager for root and freeze MotorolaOTA. This will prevent the update from being downloaded and you won't get messages about installing the OTA update.

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