Questions about the new updates on Z Ultra!

Hello,

I bought a Z Ultra 2 days ago. After I activated it I have been prompted with 2 notifications: 1 that was asking me to update to the latest android and one that was asking me to update for the latest Xperia software update. First, I did the update for Android. Second, I did the update for Xperia software. My first question is: I did good by updating both - or I should've updated only the Android and not also the Xperia software? One of them changed the looks of my homescreen, the size of icons and not only, but I am not sure which one.

I am thinking of making a reset to factory settings and to do only the Android update and forget about the Xperia update. Would it be ok to do that? Which one changed the looks of my phone?

Thank you.

How rooting and stock firmware updates work on Moto X Play?

So, I'm coming from a "dead" Sammy Galaxy S3. I want to know of you, Moto users, how are these things no Moto X Play. I mean..
In my dead S3, I rooted using Odin and, when stock updates still existed, I was unable to update on phone and had to use Odin to flash the whole rom. After this, the root access disappear and I had to root it again using Odin.

How this things works on Motorola devices? I have already learned how to root the X Play but, after rooting, how do I update my stock firmware when any update become available? Do I have to update in the phone in the stock method (like a dream :fingers-crossed:) or Motorola devices got a flashing tool such as Odin?

Thanks since now

Xposed Installer won't Install Updates

Hello xda members. I have had this problem with getting the update for xposed framework. It's an error that states that it had failed to create a recovery for /system/bin/app_process. I have the Huawei Y536A1 currently running the stock ROM 4.3. As I go to install updates a window pops up saying that it failed to create the backup and it goes on.

[GUIDE] Flash updates on rooted device

DISCLAIMER:
before doing anything to your device do a backup, im not responsable for any damage to your device

all needed files: http://www.mediafire.com/download/d9.../Desire610.zip

1) from device open xposed app and uninstall the framework ( you will install it back when the update is finished)

2) now extract debuggerd from the zip i provided and transfer it to your phone, copy it to system>bin folder with a filemanager ( i used root browser) overwrite the existing one and give permissions rwxr-xr-x

3) now put adb folder (extract it because is zipped) to disk c in your pc and put there the stock recovery

4) power off your device, then with power and lower volume key reboot it do fastboot mode

5) connect your phone to usb. over adb folder hold shift and right click it, choose open the command window here

6) a window will pop up write there: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img wait until its done

7) now reboot and finally flash the update

8) now you need twrp and root back. for twrp redo all the 3-4-5-6 steps ( put the twrp recovery in the adb folder)

9) for root download from xda the flashable zip of supersu and flash it with recovery ( before that remove any updates of supersu if you have any)

10) open xposed and install the framework back

11)done.

my english is bad so if you dont understand something let me know :)

Update failed, flashed stock, now no updates

So the lollipop update failed on my phone, so I flashed back to stock. Now the update won't show up. Is this normal, did l get pushed to the end of the line for the update?

Can't download updates after 5.1

Just updated to 5.1 lollipop. When I try to update any app from the play store the download begins, I watch the progress bar star moving across and the download arrow up in my notification bar animated. Sometimes it gets to 40% sometimes to 90% but then the download arrow in the notification bar disappears and the progress bar stays stuck.

Cyanogenmod updates break functionality

When i install some cm nightlies my device becomes unuseable. Do i have to do every update in order? I have my tab at 4.4.4 and i updated to 5.1 and i keep getting pop ups of apps crashing to the point where i cant do anything. They pop up about every half second. I get com.google.process.gapps has stopped working as well as email, gmail, google play services, etc. I installed lollipop gapps and it still happened. Ive had the same problem on my s5. How can i update without this happening?

How to install monthly Nexus firmware updates without starting over?

Usually when a new Android OS version is released, I'll just start over from scratch by manually flashing the seven image files using fastboot. I then install the unencrypt kernel/boot image and also root.

Now that these security updates are coming out every month, is there an easier way in my specific situation to install the update only without having to start from scratch every time like above?

App updates disappear from Play Store after changing DPI?

I changed the DPI on my 610 and at the time I had like 6 app updates available including facebook, Twitter, maps, gallery, etc. Once I rebooted with the new dpi, the app updates were gone. When I went back to the original dpi and rebooted the app updates were available again. Any ideas as to why? I'd like to keep my changed dpi because I think the original dpi (240) makes things way too big in that small screen.

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lolipop updates for htc m7

dear all,

I m a user of htc m7, I tried bootloader to update the lollipop but not succeed. my phone is rooted but I don't know the problem why it is not updating as well auto and manually.
in the setting when I check for updates nothing happen.
while doing manually through PC in the end sending updated(0/5.......................) showing and failed after half and hour.
please help me to update lolipop update.
thanks u
please inbox me the solution
sinister5029@gmail.comm

About root: What to do when there are updates?

I am very excited to see that the new Moto X is about to be rooted soon (apparently). I just want root for Adaway, Xposed, and a few other niceties. I have no wish to put a custom ROM on the Pure.

But I have a few basic questions (sorry if this seems noobish), what happens when Motorola sends updates to the phone? In particular, when it gets updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
- Would I need to unroot, install the update, and then root again?
- Would updating get rid of root, and would I need to wait for a new root procedure to be discovered?
- Is there some risk that I would need to re-install all my apps?
- Anything I need to worry about?

Thanks for info on this!

Lg g2 no updates

Hi
I bought used lg g2 and i havent received any updates yet, when I search for updates I get "Your phone is not registered yet".I did factory reset tried new sim card nothing worked.
Android version 4.2.2
Kernel version 3.4.0
Software version: D80210a-TMO-XX
Phone is rooted.
I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina and my carrier is Eronet.

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Lg g2 no updates

Hi
I bought used lg g2 and i havent received any updates yet, when I search for updates I get "Your phone is not registered yet".I did factory reset tried new sim card nothing worked.
Android version 4.2.2
Software version: D80210a-TMO-XX
Phone is rooted.
I live in Bosnia and Herzegovina and my carrier is Eronet.

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HTC M8s - Need help fixing my phone (Can't factory reset or install updates)

Hello (hopefully) friendly xda users,

I will try and be as detailed in the post as I can to make both your lives and mine as painless as possible! :)

So, last week I bought a brand new HTC M8s from the shop. I live in the UK, however I bought the phone in Germany because it was cheaper over there. The phone is unlocked (I didn't buy it on contract, I bought it outright). The phone is on EE, here in the UK (not sure if you need to know that but I'm being detailed).

My previous phone was an IPhone 4 (I know... sorry!) which I’ve had for over 5 years, I bought it at launch back then and haven’t had a new phone since. I'm no longer an Apple user, and have gladly come to the realisation that Apple isn't all that; I feel I can say that here and not get in trouble. :p I've had my eye on the HTC M8 for a while and finely to the plunge; and just bought it.
I had read that you could put a sort of stock google android (Google Play Edition) on the HTC M8, and that is what I had decided on doing. Straight out of the box. I know, all this is throwing up red flags all over the place; new to android, previous apple user, etc. but I ignored those and said to myself "I've jailbroken before, how hard can this rooting business really be". (Boy was I wrong!)

To cut an even longer story short, it all went tits up!

Sorry for all this preamble but I felt it was needed to help give some backroad info on the situation and help you better help me.
So this is how far I got:
I unlocked my bootloader.
My phone is not S-off. (No matter what guide I tried I couldn't get it S-off, I don't know; this could have been the problem.)

This is the sad part of the story:
The next step in the guide was to flash the recovery with a custom one. In the case TWRP.
I copied it all over and then hit recovery. Nothing. My phone just shuts down. "Crap! That's it I killed it." I think.
Anyway, I hard reset my phone and it starts up normally into android. Nothing seems to be wrong. (Feww! That was lucky!)
I try the same process again, same thing. It just turns off; no TWRP, no stock android, nothing.

At this point many hours have past and I'm giving up.

My phone is still working, it's not bricked; I think to myself it could have all gone a lot worse. I just decide to use the google now launcher off the play store and let that be the end of it. (It basically does what I want.)

However, the next day my phone tells me it needs to update. I think nothing of it, click download and install. My phone attempts to install the update then restart. Except now when it tries to restart it dose the exact same thing it did when I tried to install TWRP. It just turns off. I restart my phone, it boots into the android; nothing went wrong. I check and sure enough it didn't install the update. Odd I think, I try to update again (this time leaving it for at least 20 mins); same thing again. Just shuts down, no update.
Ok, I then think a factory reset might fix the problem. Both clicking factory reset from within android or the bootloader dose nothing the phone just shuts down.

To sum up the real problem.
I cannot install updates.
And I cannot factory reset my phone.

Here's what with (my limited knowledge and research), I think is wrong. I don't have a recovery...? So I need to reinstall a stock recovery or stock HTC version of the android OS?
I've read you need to use a RUU?

But instead of trying to tackle the situation on my own (like an idiot (like last time)), I'd do it properly this time and ask the XDA forums for help.

Again, I really know nothing about android; at all! So what I've said about recoveries and RUUs could be total crap for all I know! That said I'm not a total noob at computers and am not scared of using CMD prompt or things of that advanced nature. Really I just need someone to guide me through (in the most basic steps (from the beginning)) as to how to fix my phone. Talk to me as if I was a child and not an adult who should have known better!

Thank you in advanced for being to patient, and helping me fix this problem.
Cheers, FillNill

.P.s Just to be clear, I no longer want to turn my HTC m8 into the Google Play Edition, I just want to reset it back to the Sense version of android. So I can install updates and all that.

Directory that updates download to?

My shield tablet has a custom recovery (TWRP). The latest update (3.1.1) downloads, but won't install because of the custom recovery. If I knew where to find the download (or what the name of the update file is so I can search for it), I could manually install it through TWRP. Any help[ would be appreciated. Thank you.

Verizon SIM, T-Mobile ROM, when should I expect OTA updates?

Sorry, i'm not sure how the OTA's work on the Nexus devices, so I have to ask (and haven't found the right discussions which talk about this)...

I have an ATT branded Nexus 6 which has been bootloader unlocked, OEM partition wiped, and flashed with the "for T-Mobile" LYZ28J image. I am using a Verizon SIM in it.

Since there are posts of T-Mobile pushing LYZ28K I was wondering, will get get this OTA? if so when (i.e. does it it matter than I have a Verizon SIM in there when it comes to OTA's? Or do I manually need to load it?

AT&T - No Updates

I have a "manufacturer refurbished" AT&T branded M7 purchased almost a year ago from eBay. I'm not located in the US and the phone hasn't seen any updates (still in an older revision of KitKat from memory). Is that due to the phone not being on the AT&T network?

It's my SO's phone and I've not made it my concern until now with obvious concerns of the Stage Fright exploit known to be in the wild. The phone is rooted with TWRP and is S-ON. I have my own M7 which is S-OFF typically running an ASOP rom (XenonHD currently).

So what are my options here. I know my SO would be OK sticking with something stock and if things go sideways then it's not something I've done ;) On the other hand, going S-OFF and super CID seems to be the easiest path to me.

So what I am asking for:
What's the easiest path to stock on this phone given that I'm not physically in the US with it or even have an AT&T SIM? RUU? If I go the S-OFF route should I flash interim firmware or just the most recent lollipop?

Why did we never get any ROMs or updates?

For its time the Flex was a superb phone at a very good price. Plenty of ram, processing power, etc. It even had IR and a big colored led. How being much, much harder to break than a typical phone is anything but great is beyond me. So how the hell did we not get one single rom? I've seen dinky little /3.5in throwaway phones get at least one rom. What happened?

"Security policy updates" still appears after freezing

I am still getting these even after freezing everything I can see related to Knox. Ideas?

How do I disable OTA software updates w/ root?

I'm rooted on OE2 and I'm not planning on updating. I searched and found that Verizon users can freeze SDM.apk and it'll stop updates but it looks like that apk doesn't exist on the AT&T version. I don't really want to flash a custom ROM, is there any other way to stop these forced updates?