Hi all,
I just received my new ZenWatch 3 today. I turned it on, set it up, and unlocked the bootloader.
From there, I flashed the MWG68 stock images so I could update to the latest AW 1.5 version (I had no intention of upgrading to AW 2.0). I also flashed TWRP so I could later edit the build.prop and disable OTA updates.
However, the watch no longer boots. Instead, it boots directly to recovery. I have tried wiping, flashing the stock images, flashing the 2.0 OTA, flashing the custom ROM, but nothing seems to work. I have full TWRP and fastboot access, but I can't get the watch to boot. Should I also attempt to flash the second half of the MWF76 stock images?
I'm at a loss here. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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SS111 said:
Hi all,
I just received my new ZenWatch 3 today. I turned it on, set it up, and unlocked the bootloader.
From there, I flashed the MWG68 stock images so I could update to the latest AW 1.5 version (I had no intention of upgrading to AW 2.0). I also flashed TWRP so I could later edit the build.prop and disable OTA updates.Thanks.
However, the watch no longer boots. Instead, it boots directly to recovery. I have tried wiping, flashing the stock images, flashing the 2.0 OTA, flashing the custom ROM, but nothing seems to work. I have full TWRP and fastboot access, but I can't get the watch to boot. Should I also attempt to flash the second half of the MWF76 stock images? - I'm at a loss here. Any help is appreciated.
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1: Whenever you unlock the bootloader you have to re-lock
it before flashing any roms.
2: You MUST do a full wipe and factory reset in TWRP before
flashing any roms. (especially for watches)
I flashed the same rom and twrp as you have 3 days ago
and I had no issues with flashing it It's an excellent rom.
Also you do not need to edit the build-prop file to disable
OTA updates and notifications.
Since the rom is pre-rooted it will not allow OTA updates
and will not notify you about any. (just like cell phones)
Good luck,
Have a great day!
Misterjunky said:
1: Whenever you unlock the bootloader you have to re-lock
it before flashing any roms.
2: You MUST do a full wipe and factory reset in TWRP before
flashing any roms. (especially for watches)
I flashed the same rom and twrp as you have 3 days ago
and I had no issues with flashing it It's an excellent rom.
Also you do not need to edit the build-prop file to disable
OTA updates and notifications.
Since the rom is pre-rooted it will not allow OTA updates
and will not notify you about any. (just like cell phones)
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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Hi, thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, even after locking the bootloader, doing a full wipe, and then flashing the ROM it still boots straight into TWRP after reboot. Should I try flashing the stock images with the stock recovery?
Ah, good news! I got it to boot. Apparently the stock recovery is needed as well. Only flashing the system.img and boot.img without the stock recovery.img causes it to bootloop. Thanks again for taking the time to respond to me.
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Hello everyone,
as a beginner in flashing roms/kernels, I flashed the dt2w (which is present on this forum) on my HTC One Mini 2. When I tried to reboot it, the screen was all blac. You could tell the thing was running, because of the vibration and sounds, but no image at all.
That's why I now need the stock kernel (original one?) and I don't know where to find it, neither if I have saved it somewhere, which I will flash using fastboot/adb.
Thank you
Linkalex1 said:
Hello everyone,
as a beginner in flashing roms/kernels, I flashed the dt2w (which is present on this forum) on my HTC One Mini 2. When I tried to reboot it, the screen was all blac. You could tell the thing was running, because of the vibration and sounds, but no image at all.
That's why I now need the stock kernel (original one?) and I don't know where to find it, neither if I have saved it somewhere, which I will flash using fastboot/adb.
Thank you
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I believe someone has posted the stock boot.img somewhere(I can't seem to find it). You can also take the boot.img from the Stock Rom here
I am doing so right now, but will I be able to do the official upgrades? And is this a ROM or a kernel? Thank you
Linkalex1 said:
I am doing so right now, but will I be able to do the official upgrades? And is this a ROM or a kernel? Thank you
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No , you won't be able to install official updates once you unlock your bootloader. But you can do so manually by flashing it through stock recovery with a relocked one. Just make sure you backup everything in the phone storage if you do it since it is wiped if every time you reunlock the bootloader.
csoulr666 said:
No , you won't be able to install official updates once you unlock your bootloader. But you can do so manually by flashing it through stock recovery with a relocked one. Just make sure you backup everything in the phone storage if you do it since it is wiped if every time you reunlock the bootloader.
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How can I flash an OTA manually?
I've got an OTA (OTA_M8_MINI_UL_K44_SENSE60_Vodafone_CH-DE_2.18.166.2-2.18.166.1_release_448149.zip) but I am not able to install it.
I've already tried flashing a stock kernel (the boot.img from the link you've posted), I've flashed a stock recovery (M8_MINI_UL_Stock_Recovery_2.19.401.2.img) and I've relocked the bootloader.
But when I get the update notification and try to update, the phone goes to the stock recovery and the update proceeds but after about one quarter of the progress bar, it stops and shows the red exclamation mark (!).
I've also tried flashing the kernel and the recovery which are included in the OTA update, but still the same error.
Do you have an idea how I can manage to successfully update?
TomTomGo! said:
How can I flash an OTA manually?
I've got an OTA (OTA_M8_MINI_UL_K44_SENSE60_Vodafone_CH-DE_2.18.166.2-2.18.166.1_release_448149.zip) but I am not able to install it.
I've already tried flashing a stock kernel (the boot.img from the link you've posted), I've flashed a stock recovery (M8_MINI_UL_Stock_Recovery_2.19.401.2.img) and I've relocked the bootloader.
But when I get the update notification and try to update, the phone goes to the stock recovery and the update proceeds but after about one quarter of the progress bar, it stops and shows the red exclamation mark (!).
I've also tried flashing the kernel and the recovery which are included in the OTA update, but still the same error.
Do you have an idea how I can manage to successfully update?
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I managed to do it, but it was a really dirty method. What I did was find the firmware.zip file from the Firmware I got from here, locked the bootloader and then flashed it via the bootloader(renaming it to PXXXIMG.zip,check exact file name before proceeding). Make sure you find the firmware of the OTA, or just get the firmware.zip from it.
This gets messy because it will result in you reunlocking the bootloader(which I assume you probably will) which will in turn wipe the internal storage completely. So backup up the Internal Storage AND your SD card before you proceed.
csoulr666 said:
I managed to do it, but it was a really dirty method. What I did was find the firmware.zip file from the Firmware I got from here, locked the bootloader and then flashed it via the bootloader(renaming it to PXXXIMG.zip,check exact file name before proceeding). Make sure you find the firmware of the OTA, or just get the firmware.zip from it.
This gets messy because it will result in you reunlocking the bootloader(which I assume you probably will) which will in turn wipe the internal storage completely. So backup up the Internal Storage AND your SD card before you proceed.
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I've tried what you did. Seemed to update Bootloader, Recovery and Radio.
Then I rebooted, again got the update notification and tried to install it.
Bit still the same error, software update still fails.
My phone is rooted running a stock 5.1 ROM.
I just got a prompt to install a system update with a security patch, etc so I clicked to install but it gets stuck in TWRP recovery instead of installing the update.
So now every time my phone boots up it restarts trying to install that update.
EDIT: Ok, after a couple reboots the update cancelled on its own. Now I'm wondering if there's any way I can still install this update without it getting stuck in TWRP.
kloan said:
My phone is rooted running a stock 5.1 ROM.
I just got a prompt to install a system update with a security patch, etc so I clicked to install but it gets stuck in TWRP recovery instead of installing the update.
So now every time my phone boots up it restarts trying to install that update.
EDIT: Ok, after a couple reboots the update cancelled on its own. Now I'm wondering if there's any way I can still install this update without it getting stuck in TWRP.
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In twrp erase cache. That will erase the update file that downloaded.
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Thanks yep that's what I did so it boots fine again. I read in another thread some issues people are having with installing this update if their phone is rooted so I'm just gonna skip it. I've grown tired of all the hoop jumping Android requires.
kloan said:
Thanks yep that's what I did so it boots fine again. I read in another thread some issues people are having with installing this update if their phone is rooted so I'm just gonna skip it. I've grown tired of all the hoop jumping Android requires.
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If you have a custom recovery, you can flash this rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/development/rom-xt1095-flashable-stock-rom-t3185945
It has the latest stagefright patch now, and it has OTA disabled to prevent bricking issues for people that have downgraded systems or systems that are modified with root/xposed/busybox/etc.
Before I do that, will I have to reinstall my apps or change all of the system settings again? Sorry, it's been a while since I flashed a ROM, I can't remember what's affected.
You shouldn't need to factory reset considering this is a stock rom and you are coming from the same android version. 5.1 to 5.1. But the fact that your phone had issues before may be an issue. You can try it without factory reset since it won't cause any damage to see if it works.
As far as what is modified, it should only be system apps. Anything you installed or configured should remain the same as long as you don't factory reset.
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You have to go back to stock rom first to ensure you have system partition 100% stock. You can just flash the system.img and recovery.img, then apply the OTA. If you want to do it from twrp, you dont need flash the recovery.img and apply the zip file from romracer.
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I had the same problem. I cleaned cache and was able boot properly. But now my phone asks me to update every 2 minutes and it is annoying the crap out of me. If I unroot and remove TWRP, will I be able to update to this OTA.
Okay, I haven't been able to update since LMY48I. Back then I was on stock recovery. Re-locking bootloader and all but still was not able to take OTA (always came up with dead android guy with "Error"). I'll skip the (probably) irrelevant stuff since then and give you the current situation:
Currently unlocked, rooted, with custom recovery. Still on LMY48I. I can't take OTAs obviously, and have tried flashing OTA updates manually with no luck and have tried flashing the entire Marshmallow image and that will not work either (sideload or flashing from internal storage in recovery). Sideload comes up with Closed error (device DOES show up in device list and I can do other things). Flashing from within recovery just says "Failed".
Please help me get to Marshamallow!
Edit: On Project Fi by the way.
Edit 2: Also, I've tried the flash-all script.
Now it says the device is corrupted when I boot up. I can still access recovery. Any help walking me through getting all of the correct firmware and latest build on would be much appreciated.
Thank you.
Edit: Looks like i'm good. I flashed each .img individually. I'm super curious why flash-all, sideload, and flashing from device wouldn't work though.
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......./I flashed each .img individually. I'm super curious why flash-all, sideload, and flashing from device wouldn't work though.
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Flashall.bat stops; only m-bootloader and m-radio are flash. Google's fault. You did the right thing by extracting the images and fasbiot flash them.
You cannot sideload the full factory image or flash from storage. Only fastboot
And just to clarify, you can't take an OTA (sideloading or otherwise) if your phone is rooted, have a custom recovery or a custom kernel (or any other modification to the system). The state of the bootloader (locked or unlocked) does not affect the ability to take an OTA update.
I got an OTA update notification several months ago and wanted to update but realized it won't work as long as I have TWRP Recovery.
Now I decided to install the update. Therefore I flashed a stock recovery (M8_MINI_UL_Stock_Recovery_2.19.401.2.img).
When trying to update, the phone goes to the stock recovery and the update proceeds but after about one quarter of the progress bar, it stops and shows the red exclamation mark (!).
I have stock rom, stock recovery, unlocked bootloader, dt2w kernel.
Do I need to reflash the stock kernel and if so, where can I get it and how can I do it (fastboot flash boot.img?)?
Is it also really required to relock the bootloader in order to succeed in updating and if so, how can I do it?
Regards
So far I've tried flashing original kernel, original recovery and relocking but the update still fails.
I also took the firmware.zip included in the OTA and flashed it via h-boot. Seemed to update bootloader, recovery and radio.
Then I rebooted, again got the update notification and tried to install it.
But still the same error. Any ideas?
I just unlocked my bootloader using Sunshine and then I flashed twrp and when I went to reboot my phone twrp asked if I want to install SU so i hit yes and it went through its process and now my phone will not boot. Is there anything I can do?
Edit: Thanks for the responses TheSt33v fixed my problem.
Hopefully you unlocked the bootloader before taking the latest OTA to marshmallow?
He couldn't have used Sunshine on Marshmallow. He had to be on Lollipop.
ylevanSnavely said:
I just unlocked my bootloader using Sunshine and then I flashed twrp and when I went to reboot my phone twrp asked if I want to install SU so i hit yes and it went through its process and now my phone will not boot. Is there anything I can do?
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Go to the development section of the Droid Turbo forum and pick out the rom you want. If you downloaded a stock lollipop rom, download SuperSU from here: https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/supersu/download/zip/SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip. If you downloaded the stock marshmallow rom, download this version of supersu in addition to the one above: https://download.chainfire.eu/751/SuperSU/. If you downloaded a CM-based rom, you don't need supersu. Boot into TWRP. Use TWRP to wipe system, cache and dalvik cache (this will not wipe any of your apps, pictures, or other user data). Plug your phone into your computer and transfer both the rom and supersu(s) that you downloaded to the phone. If you are installing a stock lollipop rom, flash the rom followed by the supersu package. If you are installing the marshmallow stock rom, flash in the order of rom, older version of supsersu, newer version of supersu. If you are installing a CM-based rom, just flash that.
The first boot can take a very long time. Be patient. Wait at least 10 minutes before you give up. Also, if you're installing a different version of android than the version that is currently on there, you'll need to wipe your data with a factory reset first. So if you need to back things up, I would recommend putting the stock lollipop on there first, backing everything up, and then installing whatever you want afterwards.