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Nexus 6 boots into TWRP when trying to install system update?

I recently rooted my Nexus 6 and a few days ago I got the notification for the January security patches. When the phone downloads them and reboots, instead of showing the Android Mike update screen it boots into TWRP. I've poked around in the TWRP settings and checked the logs and I've had no luck. I did some research as well and haven't come across anyone else having this issue. This doesn't happen on my GS2 when I install a Cyanogenmod update. Why is this happening and how can I fix it? Thanks!

You cannot apply Google OTA updates with a custom recovery. Replace your recovery with the stock version and try again.

Not just custom recovery - any system change such as root will stop the OTA. Depending on how you rooted, you might be able to unoot using the built-in SuperSU function (I'm guessing Supersu?) but more likely than not it still won't work.
The simplest thing to do is forget about the OTA entirely. Download the full ROM from Google, unzip it, unzip the zip inside the zip, and there you'll find system.img, which you can flash in Fastboot, then reroot. Done.

sonic2kk said:
I recently rooted my Nexus 6 and a few days ago I got the notification for the January security patches. When the phone downloads them and reboots, instead of showing the Android Mike update screen it boots into TWRP. I've poked around in the TWRP settings and checked the logs and I've had no luck. I did some research as well and haven't come across anyone else having this issue. This doesn't happen on my GS2 when I install a Cyanogenmod update. Why is this happening and how can I fix it? Thanks!
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How did TWRP ended on your phone in the first place?

istperson said:
How did TWRP ended on your phone in the first place?
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I installed TWRP.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

sonic2kk said:
I installed TWRP.
Thanks for the suggestions everyone!
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Oh, then as other people said, if you want OTA then totally unroot it, then reflash system of the current version, and flash stock recovery. But it's much better when a new version arrives, just download it, flash system and boot, reroot it, clear cache and dalvik. This way you'll have your updated Android days or even weeks before the OTA.

Offical OTA problem update - repeat same notification - patch

Hi guys,
since some weeks I've got a problem with OTA official update.
To make a long story short: by doing the small update (9mb) of patches attached, when the device restarts, the same notification will continue to return the same update.
The installation is recognized as correctly when is done, but when reboot, if I do "search for updates", always returns this, which I have already done several times, as I never did before... but I did!
Is there any way to solve? I tried to delete cache and data from the app "system update", but it doesn't work.
Apart from the hassle of always receiving this notification, I would not like this "missed" update prevent me from receiving other important updates, such as the next update to Android Pie.
At the moment I've got a CTL-L29 8.1.0.156 (C432).
Can you help me?

lorreca said:
Hi guys,
since some weeks I've got a problem with OTA official update.
To make a long story short: by doing the small update (9mb) of patches attached, when the device restarts, the same notification will continue to return the same update.
The installation is recognized as correctly when is done, but when reboot, if I do "search for updates", always returns this, which I have already done several times, as I never did before... but I did!
Is there any way to solve? I tried to delete cache and data from the app "system update", but it doesn't work.
Apart from the hassle of always receiving this notification, I would not like this "missed" update prevent me from receiving other important updates, such as the next update to Android Pie.
At the moment I've got a CTL-L29 8.1.0.156 (C432).
Can you help me?
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sounds like a bad update.. you could restore via erecovery

lorreca said:
Hi guys,
since some weeks I've got a problem with OTA official update.
To make a long story short: by doing the small update (9mb) of patches attached, when the device restarts, the same notification will continue to return the same update.
The installation is recognized as correctly when is done, but when reboot, if I do "search for updates", always returns this, which I have already done several times, as I never did before... but I did!
Is there any way to solve? I tried to delete cache and data from the app "system update", but it doesn't work.
Apart from the hassle of always receiving this notification, I would not like this "missed" update prevent me from receiving other important updates, such as the next update to Android Pie.
At the moment I've got a CTL-L29 8.1.0.156 (C432).
Can you help me?
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Have you Factory Reset it?

.156 had 3 patch updates to it, so I would suggest to install until they go away. Not sure how many times you have seen this?

fregor said:
.156 had 3 patch updates to it, so I would suggest to install until they go away. Not sure how many times you have seen this?
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I already updated several times...

oxfordmark said:
Have you Factory Reset it?
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I would like to avoid to do a factory reset and set all the phone again. If when stable 9.0 Pie arrived I won't be able to update because of this, so I will do a factory reset.

fuzziion said:
sounds like a bad update.. you could restore via erecovery
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Have you got a link for the guide?

lorreca said:
I already updated several times...
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Wich patch are you on then? .157 is out as well, so you could just wait until you get that one.

fregor said:
Wich patch Are you om then? .157 is out as well, so you could just wait until you get that one.
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I should already have received the september Google patch, but nothing at the moment...

fregor said:
Wich patch are you on then? .157 is out as well, so you could just wait until you get that one.
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157? Country?
I'm on 156 (patch3) in Croatia and there is no update when I check...

install magisk with both checkboxes activated

lorreca said:
Have you got a link for the guide?
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Turn off your phone hold volume up + power until your phone boot to erecovery after that it's pretty simple just click on restore and follow the instructions

i had the exact same issue. i don't recall exactly, since i tried multiple different things, but i either did a factory reset or reflashed the entire .156 from firmware finder to get the update to stick.
i did rebrand to C432 and had twrp installed if you're in the same boat.

Danchibald said:
157? Country?
I'm on 156 (patch3) in Croatia and there is no update when I check...
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Norway, C432
Looks like .159 is just around the corner as well.

I'm also on C432 but latest i recieved is 156 (patch3)... nothing further

IceFoxX said:
install magisk with both checkboxes activated
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With Magisk I will lost OTA update...

fuzziion said:
Turn off your phone hold volume up + power until your phone boot to erecovery after that it's pretty simple just click on restore and follow the instructions
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Ah ok, is like to do a factory reset right?
Im going to wait for 10 november (pie release) and of doesnt receive the OTA i will do that

bravo261 said:
i had the exact same issue. i don't recall exactly, since i tried multiple different things, but i either did a factory reset or reflashed the entire .156 from firmware finder to get the update to stick.
i did rebrand to C432 and had twrp installed if you're in the same boat.
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I'm already on C432 (rebrended from demo/retail) but I would prefer to keep stock with OTA until root for Pie coming. Then i will root again.

lorreca said:
With Magisk I will lost OTA update...
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Yeah got the same issue..uninstall magisk.. install magisk manager activate both checkboxes ( keep force encryption + keep dm verity (without keep dm verity you will lose the patches)) download the zip and flash magisk with twrp and you will still have patch03
Sadly i dont know the source anymore

lorreca said:
I'm already on C432 (rebrended from demo/retail) but I would prefer to keep stock with OTA until root for Pie coming. Then i will root again.
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i'm not talking about root. i'm suggesting you perform a factory reset with the stock recovery, and if that doesn't work, then install twrp and use hurupdater with the firmware files to really go back to the freshest install. using hurupdater will install the stock recovery as well. that got my updates to finally stick

Note 8 T-Mob downgrade after update to Pie Beta

Hey All, any chance of getting a step by step to downgrade back to CRK1 or latest Oreo build. I attempted to do so, using the firmware from SamMobile, and it failed during the "Updating System" step with an "Error!" message at 32%. Odin had registered a pass. I installed the Ap, Bl, Cp, and the clean CSC. There was only 30ish percent of battery remaining if that would make a difference. I also had the December update installed when I updated to the DLR6 version.

pzzamakr1999 said:
Hey All, any chance of getting a step by step to downgrade back to CRK1 or latest Oreo build. I attempted to do so, using the firmware from SamMobile, and it failed during the "Updating System" step with an "Error!" message at 32%. Odin had registered a pass. I installed the Ap, Bl, Cp, and the clean CSC. There was only 30ish percent of battery remaining if that would make a difference. I also had the December update installed when I updated to the DLR6 version.
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logs from odin? Or any error code or anything?

Nothing from Odin at all. Odin registered it as a Pass. And I'm unsure how I would pull logs from the phone. Once the "Error!" appears during update, the phone will enter a bootloop unless I hold down the power button to enter Recovery. I was able to successfully enter Recovery, reinstall the Pie Beta Update from my SD card, and the phone works fine again. However, I do use Samsung Pay, and I've noticed that service has suffered considerably, so I'd like to go back to Oreo for the moment.

pzzamakr1999 said:
Nothing from Odin at all. Odin registered it as a Pass. And I'm unsure how I would pull logs from the phone. Once the "Error!" appears during update, the phone will enter a bootloop unless I hold down the power button to enter Recovery. I was able to successfully enter Recovery, reinstall the Pie Beta Update from my SD card, and the phone works fine again. However, I do use Samsung Pay, and I've noticed that service has suffered considerably, so I'd like to go back to Oreo for the moment.
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I wouldnt be suprised if samsung locked going back same what they did with nougat/oreo . I cant help u, sry

pzzamakr1999 said:
Hey All, any chance of getting a step by step to downgrade back to CRK1 or latest Oreo build. I attempted to do so, using the firmware from SamMobile, and it failed during the "Updating System" step with an "Error!" message at 32%. Odin had registered a pass. I installed the Ap, Bl, Cp, and the clean CSC. There was only 30ish percent of battery remaining if that would make a difference. I also had the December update installed when I updated to the DLR6 version.
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Which ODIN are you using? Make sure you're using the modded 3.13.1. Try this: Uncheck the auto-reboot option on ODIN. Flash the Oreo firmware and let it finish. Once it's done, manually reboot into recovery and perform a factory reset. Then boot into the OS.
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I wouldnt be suprised if samsung locked going back same what they did with nougat/oreo . I cant help u, sry
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That only happens when they update the bootloader version. It has nothing to do with the OS version. The Pie leaks are still on the v5 bootloader.

Ok, I will give that a try. I will admit, I'm really enjoying Pie, and its user interface tweaks. I just may forego Samsung Pay and wait until Pie is out of Beta.
On that note, is there any way to install the old radio and use the Oreo radio rather than the one bundled with Pie, assuming that Pie has a new radio bundled. Because that is kinda the Beta killer.
And last comment, once Pie is out of Beta, what will I have to do to upgrade to the "Release" version. Will it be an Odin install, or should an OTA take care of it?

pzzamakr1999 said:
Ok, I will give that a try. I will admit, I'm really enjoying Pie, and its user interface tweaks. I just may forego Samsung Pay and wait until Pie is out of Beta.
On that note, is there any way to install the old radio and use the Oreo radio rather than the one bundled with Pie, assuming that Pie has a new radio bundled. Because that is kinda the Beta killer.
And last comment, once Pie is out of Beta, what will I have to do to upgrade to the "Release" version. Will it be an Odin install, or should an OTA take care of it?
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Also check the USB port, use the older USB port this has happened to me or PC and see the phone is probably not compatible with newest USB port....
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pzzamakr1999 said:
Ok, I will give that a try. I will admit, I'm really enjoying Pie, and its user interface tweaks. I just may forego Samsung Pay and wait until Pie is out of Beta.
On that note, is there any way to install the old radio and use the Oreo radio rather than the one bundled with Pie, assuming that Pie has a new radio bundled. Because that is kinda the Beta killer.
And last comment, once Pie is out of Beta, what will I have to do to upgrade to the "Release" version. Will it be an Odin install, or should an OTA take care of it?
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What issues are you having with Spay? It seems to work for everyone else, me included.
No, you can't flash a different radio.
Not sure yet what will be required when when the official drops. Won't know until it drops.

So the Pay app opens fine, and it authenticates the card without issue. It will also allow me to put my fingerprint in, and then have the countdown start. However, it doesn't seem to enable the mag spoofer or the nfc chip, and when put next to a mag reader or Pay system, nothing happens. The countdown will continue, and will restart if I ask it to. But again, the phone doesnt seem to do anything.

pzzamakr1999 said:
So the Pay app opens fine, and it authenticates the card without issue. It will also allow me to put my fingerprint in, and then have the countdown start. However, it doesn't seem to enable the mag spoofer or the nfc chip, and when put next to a mag reader or Pay system, nothing happens. The countdown will continue, and will restart if I ask it to. But again, the phone doesnt seem to do anything.
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Weird. I'll have to try it. I thought it was working, but now I'm not sure. I use my Gear S3 so often to pay, now I'm not sure LOL.

Update on the effort to revert back to CRK1.
Used the modified Odin, and un-checked auto-reboot. Phone remained in Download mode.
I could not figure out a way to go from Download mode to recovery mode directly. If someone knows how to do this, it would be appreciated if you could let me know.
However, rather than the "Error!" message, I received a "Erasing" message. Than the phone rebooted, and just kept rebooting, going from T-Mobile splash screen to Samsung and back over and over, with some optimizing apps screens thrown in for good measure.
So I tried again with auto-reboot on, and this time received the "Error!" message, and was able to go into recovery once that happened.
The odd thing is, nothing on my phone was changed, other than having to redo the Samsung biometrics for security. All of my apps and accounts and emails were already there, undeleted.

One more update on the S-Pay. After reinstalling the Update.zip from my SD card in Recovery, iIt does seem like there may have been a change. It is now doing the vibrate thing, which I don't think it was doing before. I will put it to the test later this week.

Downgrade Successful
Performed Factory Reset from Phone menus. (not doing so kept resulting in an unauthorized factory reset prompt)
Performed Factory Reset from Recovery Menu.
Cleared Cache through Recovery Menu
Used Patched Odin
Kept Auto-Restart Checked
Used SamMobile CRK1
Phone restarted successfully.

pzzamakr1999 said:
Performed Factory Reset from Phone menus. (not doing so kept resulting in an unauthorized factory reset prompt)
Performed Factory Reset from Recovery Menu.
Cleared Cache through Recovery Menu
Used Patched Odin
Kept Auto-Restart Checked
Used SamMobile CRK1
Phone restarted successfully.
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Yes! I'm sorry I thought I told you to try a factory reset. You have to factory reset when downgrading. Otherwise bootloop city. Sorry I wasn't more clear, I could've saved you some frustration.
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I just went back and re-read my posts. I never said try a factroy reset first. Grrr...I'm so sorry!

Mr. Orange 645 said:
Yes! I'm sorry I thought I told you to try a factory reset. You have to factory reset when downgrading. Otherwise bootloop city. Sorry I wasn't more clear, I could've saved you some frustration.
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I just went back and re-read my posts. I never said try a factroy reset first. Grrr...I'm so sorry!
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No worries, and I did very much appreciate the help. I should have realized that that should come first. I was a bit frustrated and wasn't thinking logically. It was actually the "fixing apps" message you get when you upgrade that clued me in I wasn't properly resetting the phone prior to install.
Regardless, its all good, and now that I know how to do it, I'll be more inclined to try these out in the future.

Any specific reason for the downgrade? Anything not working?

Camera issues on pie beta
My ar emoji not working on this pie update and sometimes force closes any1 else having this issue

Fitted2 said:
My ar emoji not working on this pie update and sometimes force closes any1 else having this issue
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Yes

Mr. Orange 645 said:
Yes
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You downgraded because no AR emoji? And what force closes are you having?

dami00976 said:
You downgraded because no AR emoji? And what force closes are you having?
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I never said I downgraded.

Not getting system updates anymore

I am facing a problem with receiving system updates.
for November and December i received them fine and I just had to do the trick where I install it in an inactive slot from magisk to make it work
but this month i got the update and i kept trying to install it but always it shows "Installation failed". and now i can't see it anymore.
I also believe I did not receive the feature drop too.
anyone has any idea why i am not receiving it anymore ? or how can i solve the issue.
I attached two pics to show the problem

alawii_shark said:
I am facing a problem with receiving system updates.
for November and December i received them fine and I just had to do the trick where I install it in an inactive slot from magisk to make it work
but this month i got the update and i kept trying to install it but always it shows "Installation failed". and now i can't see it anymore.
I also believe I did not receive the feature drop too.
anyone has any idea why i am not receiving it anymore ? or how can i solve the issue.
I attached two pics to show the problem
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OTA is a crapshoot.
Best bet is to flash factory image without wipe and re-root afterwards.

ilal2ielli said:
OTA is a crapshoot.
Best bet is to flash factory image without wipe and re-root afterwards.
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Absolutely agree!! @Badger50 has posted a great tutorial recently.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-4-xl/how-to/january-images-t4030919/post81409523

alawii_shark said:
I am facing a problem with receiving system updates.
for November and December i received them fine and I just had to do the trick where I install it in an inactive slot from magisk to make it work
but this month i got the update and i kept trying to install it but always it shows "Installation failed". and now i can't see it anymore.
I also believe I did not receive the feature drop too.
anyone has any idea why i am not receiving it anymore ? or how can i solve the issue.
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As other's have stated, just d/l the full image and fastboot flash it. I like to extract the boot image first and patch it with Magisk, and then transfer it into my ADB folder on the PC. After fastboot flashing the image, I force it back to the fastboot menu and flash the patched boot.img before booting into System for the first time. You get pretty good (and fast) once you've done it a few times. Bonus: there are no delays, and you can skip all those "I don't have the February update yet, do you huh?" threads.

Updating Pixel 4 To March 2020 OTA w/Magisk

I went to check for system updates today and my pixel initially started to download the latest patch and then after a couple of seconds went straight to telling me that there is no update available. Anyone else have this issue and/or successfully update to the March 2020 OTA via the process below?
Updating Phone Once Rooted:
- Check for device updates, when found:
- Tap uninstall in 'Magisk Manager'
- Tap restore images
- install OTA (do not reboot)
- Back to magisk, tap install > select install to inactive slot
- When magisk installed, press the reboot button in it. It'll force to the other slot AND you'll be updated AND rooted​
I assume I should be able to go under 'System' -> 'Advanced' and get the OTA under 'System Update'. I've already disabled 'Automatic system updates' under 'Developer Options'. Just making sure google is somehow not blocking the update on rooted devices and that the above steps are correct. Thank you in advance!

Found similar thing on reddit here.

It's very common for unlocked and rooted Pixel phones to not "find" or complete the monthly OTA updates. There must be some sort of check in the OTA process that fails on rooted phones.
You should get familiar with the "sideloading" process of manually flashing OTA images.
Here is a set of instructions that I wrote in my Pixel 3a rooting guide. The process is exactly the same for the Pixel 4 series.
Taking an OTA update should be as easy as the above instructions. However there is another option available to install an OTA update called sideloading. Sometimes the update doesn't appear on the phone in a timely manner and you may want to manually install the update. Other times the OTA update seems to fail for some reason. In the end, you may decide to sideload the OTA instead of trying get it via the update feature on the phone. Surprisingly, it's actually faster to install the update via sideloading than it will be to take the OTA normally. I'll walk through the sideloading steps.....
Optional Step 1 - Uninstall Magisk (so that it restores the stock boot.img). If you find yourself unable to boot into recovery, you will have to restore the stock boot.img. I've run into this issue on some Android 10 images, but not all.
Step 2 - Download to your computer the correct OTA image from here
Step 3 - Connect to your phone via ADB on your computer. You should see the device listed if you type the command "adb devices".
Step 4 - Boot your phone into recovery (type the command "adb reboot recovery").
Step 5 - The phone will have a green android robot with a red sign over it's open access panel. Press the power button and then the volume up button while still holding down the power button.
Step 6 - Select "Apply update from ADB" using the volume buttons to highlight the choice and the power button to select it to enter the sideload mode.
Step 7 - Using your computer, type "adb sideload ota_file.zip" where ota_file.zip is the name of the OTA file you downloaded in step 2.
Step 8 - Once the update finishes, reboot the phone to complete the update process. (See note below about initial boot times).
Step 9 - To obtain root again, please use one of the two root methods listed above
Please note, the initial boot may take quite a while. I've seen the process take upwards of 20 minutes and longer. I think part of the reason it can take so long is that it optimizes the apps during this boot process. The more apps you have, the longer the process may take. When you take a regular OTA update, the phone will change to a screen where is specifically tells you it is optimizing the apps and counts up as the apps are optimized to give you status updates. When you use the the side-load method, it all happens with just the regular boot animation running and without any status updates. Because of this, it is easy to assume something has gone wrong with the boot process while in fact the phone is working through the process normally. If it isn't boot looping (showing the initial power screen before moving back to the boot animation), everything is fine and you just be patient and let the phone complete the process.
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sic0048 said:
It's very common for unlocked and rooted Pixel phones to not "find" or complete the monthly OTA updates. There must be some sort of check in the OTA process that fails on rooted phones.
You should get familiar with the "sideloading" process of manually flashing OTA images.
Here is a set of instructions that I wrote in my Pixel 3a rooting guide. The process is exactly the same for the Pixel 4 series.
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Thanks for the reply! I'm very used to sideloading/dirty flashing the updates, was hoping to use the Magisk method . Seems like google is getting smarter with their updates. I am guessing the current inability to see the OTA is due to the updates with google pay and google wanting to ensure banks it is safe.
I just finished sideloading March's OTA and patching the boot.img and everything seems to work, just a bit more effort than leveraging Magisk.

I had something funny happen. I was rooted in the January update. I just decided to check for updates. It always shows there's an update but always fails to download it. This time it downloaded and installed it. All the way to the March update. This unrooted me. I still had Magisk and all my modules but it was disabled.
I've tried the usual methods to reroot it. I downloaded the March update. Extracted the boot image. Patched it in Magisk. Put it on my PC and flashed it. The phone restarted and displayed the Google start up screen and a waiting bar like it was optimizing apps. But when that was done it went to a black screen and never left it. I put the phone down and came back to it over an hour later and it was still black. I had to reflash the stock OTA update.
Anyone know why that happened?

I experienced same exact thing. Looks like it saw the update at first then after a few seconds reverted to No updates available. About to try uninstalling Magisk, if no bueno, then gonna just sideload.

Spookymyo said:
I had something funny happen. I was rooted in the January update. I just decided to check for updates. It always shows there's an update but always fails to download it. This time it downloaded and installed it. All the way to the March update. This unrooted me. I still had Magisk and all my modules but it was disabled.
I've tried the usual methods to reroot it. I downloaded the March update. Extracted the boot image. Patched it in Magisk. Put it on my PC and flashed it. The phone restarted and displayed the Google start up screen and a waiting bar like it was optimizing apps. But when that was done it went to a black screen and never left it. I put the phone down and came back to it over an hour later and it was still black. I had to reflash the stock OTA update.
Anyone know why that happened?
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Did you disable 'Automatic system updates' on the phone? That should still allow the download to occur just not the install. It seems like google got smarter with this update to detect rooted phones.

Gooch4130 said:
Did you disable 'Automatic system updates' on the phone? That should still allow the download to occur just not the install. It seems like google got smarter with this update to detect rooted phones.
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Yes I disabled automatic updates. It didn't do it automatically, I clicked the check for update button. Normally when I do that it says there's a download available and then I know to check online for the flash file. This time it updated without stopping.

FAILED (remote: Failed to write to partition Not Found)
what i am doing wrong ????
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Boot loader is unlocked...
10.0.0 (QQ2A.200305.003, Mar 2020, All carriers except AT&T)
this version i did ota update
i am from germany.

okay, i found a way to root, but how is it with safety net fix ???
anyone an idea ???

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Spookymyo said:
I had something funny happen. I was rooted in the January update. I just decided to check for updates. It always shows there's an update but always fails to download it. This time it downloaded and installed it. All the way to the March update. This unrooted me. I still had Magisk and all my modules but it was disabled.
I've tried the usual methods to reroot it. I downloaded the March update. Extracted the boot image. Patched it in Magisk. Put it on my PC and flashed it. The phone restarted and displayed the Google start up screen and a waiting bar like it was optimizing apps. But when that was done it went to a black screen and never left it. I put the phone down and came back to it over an hour later and it was still black. I had to reflash the stock OTA update.
Anyone know why that happened?
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It installed the OTA for me too, now I'm afraid to restart my phone.

mattcoz said:
It installed the OTA for me too, now I'm afraid to restart my phone.
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I would flash Magisk again before you restart.
I still can't get my phone rooted. I'm not sure what's going on. I wonder if other people have been able to successfully root the March update.

I successfully rooted the March update, using the boot.img method.

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I would flash Magisk again before you restart.
I still can't get my phone rooted. I'm not sure what's going on. I wonder if other people have been able to successfully root the March update.
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I rooted with boot.img method, as well

sruel3216 said:
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I ended up following this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZY8qiz2SZ0
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I got it rooted. It ended up taking a factory reset. It must have been some file interfering with the process. Once I reset my phone the rooting process went without incident.

As I'm searching for a more Phone based update wy, I'm thinking about to use maybe the Implemented OTA Process, but download the OTA-File manually... But for that We must know,how the OTA process is working. Did someone know:
- Where the update stores the download fine (I found a OTA and a OTA_Packge directory in the /Data/ folder)
- is there maybe a setting or information which must be injected somewhere (maybe a txt file)
- after that the ota update could then maybe started by hand
Has someone informations on that? If maybe someone where the ota still works and stil has root could check the files and places?

Chris.C said:
sruel3216 said:
I rooted with boot.img method, as well[/QUOTE
I ended up following this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZY8qiz2SZ0
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Worked like charm!! Thanks!! :good:
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I unlocked the bootloader, sideloaded the August 2020 OTA and flashed the patched boot image. Kept bootlooping, then I restored to the original, booted in, installed Magisk Manager and then flashed the patched image again. Just leaving this here in case it helps someone.