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Bootloader and OTA's

Hi!
I have a question:
If I'll just unlock the bootloader (no root or recovery), will I be able to install OTA updates?
If yes, can I root it and still install OTA's?
I'm ok with having to reroot, but can I install OTA's while I have a custom recovery and root?
Thank you!
EDIT:
Thanks to ollie_o I found a solution, see below for details

I was wondering the same - I've had one small OTA update when I first turned the phone on, but nothing since I unlocked the bootloader - has there been a December security update yet?
Can anyone confirm what the most recent OS version / security update is?
Mine's running the LMY48B build (Oct 7) with the November security update (2015-11-01)

Found out the solution!
benjymous said:
I was wondering the same - I've had one small OTA update when I first turned the phone on, but nothing since I unlocked the bootloader - has there been a December security update yet?
Can anyone confirm what the most recent OS version / security update is?
Mine's running the LMY48B build (Oct 7) with the November security update (2015-11-01)
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Thanks to olli_o, I was able to find the answer:
You can't update with root, I don't know about unlocked bootloader, but you can install updates manually even if you are rooted. You just need to re-install the root after each update
Link to guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wileyfox-swift/general/rom-wileyfox-swift-t3267037
:good: Thank you olli_o :good:

New Updates Thread

This is the new updates thread. Thanks to @norbarb for the original thread. Norbarb no longer has the Note 4 and has moved on...
Note: All updates here will factory reset your phone. Back up your data!
Let your phone cool between updates, extended overheating will kill your device.
Official Aug security update Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
SS-N910AUCS2EQG1-to-S2EQH1-UP.zip
Don't be ungrateful. If you download the file, hit "Thanks" below.
The details
Release date: Aug 28, 2017
Android version: 6.0.1
Security patch level (SPL): Aug 1, 2017
Baseband version: N910AUCS2EQH1
Kernel version: 3.10.408932341
Build number: MMB29M.N910AUCS2EQH1
Build fingerprint: 6.0.1/MMB29M/N910AUCS2EQH1
Previous version required: N910AUCS2EQG1
File size: 27MB
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Official security updates
S2EQG1-to-S2EQH1
S2EQF1-to-S2EQG1
S2EQE1-to-S2EQF1
S2EQD1 to S2EQE1
S2EPK5 to S2EQD1
S2EPK4 to S2EPK5
S2EPK3 to S2EPK4
S2EPK2 to S2EPK3
U2EPK1 to S2EPK2
S2EPH7 to U2EPK1
U2EPH5 to U2EPK1
Marshmellow Official At&t updates :
EPH5 to EPH7
DOI9-to-EPH5
DOI7 to EPH5
DOI6-to-EPH5
ODIN FILES to skip individual updates, if you are behind...
ODIN FILE N910AUCS2EQF1
ODIN
Installation :
Download files you need form links above.
Backup your phone data, all data will be erase.
Put all desire files on SD-CARD
Restart phone in recovery mode '"Volume UP + Home button+ Power"
Choose from menu load update from sd-card
Choose desire file and update.
Follow direction for all files you need to update to.
You don't need to reboot all the way true for every update. When phone restart just hold Volume UP plus Home button. This will get you back to recovery.
ODIN Directions: (Warning, read up on ODIN before doing this... You can seriously mess up your phone if you do things wrong.)
1: Install Samsung drivers on your computer.
2: Run Odin tool as Administrator on your PC.
3: Reboot your device into download mode. To do it, hold down the Volume down+Home+Power simultaneously for about 5 sec until Android warning sign appears on the screen. Hit Volume up to continue.
4: While in odin mode, connect your device to PC via the USB port. Make sure that your device is connected to Odin by looking at the ID:COM section.
5: Click on each of the BL, AP, CP and CSC buttons, and make sure the appropriate ODIN file is in each of those categories.
6: Do NOT change any of the check marks. Make sure Repartition is NOT checked.
7: Click START. When this process has finished, you'll be notified in Odin (succeeded 1 / failed 0) and your phone's screen will go blank.
8: Unplug your phone and reboot. At this point your phone should boot up with the new version you just installed.

Thx a lot for the August security patch.

Quick question, it's been awhile since I flashed updates from recovery. My son is using my old Note 4 without a SIM, so these updates are my path to keeping him up to date on security. If I flash from recovery the two latest security updates (he's on June), I'll wipe his phone, right? Will ODIN for these zips avoiding wiping him, or do I just have to have him backup/restore first?

stoobie-doo said:
Quick question, it's been awhile since I flashed updates from recovery. My son is using my old Note 4 without a SIM, so these updates are my path to keeping him up to date on security. If I flash from recovery the two latest security updates (he's on June), I'll wipe his phone, right? Will ODIN for these zips avoiding wiping him, or do I just have to have him backup/restore first?
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Odin will wipe everything, so you will need to backup first. Only way to save everything is by the incremental OTA updates

My N910A is a bit behind in updates it looks like. I've unboxed it and its on Android 5.1.1 with baseband version N910AUCU2DOI3, 3.10.40-5613584 kernel, patch level 2016-02-01.
What upgrade path should I take if I want to reach marshmallow? I'm not sure what can be skipped.

vendicarsi said:
My N910A is a bit behind in updates it looks like. I've unboxed it and its on Android 5.1.1 with baseband version N910AUCU2DOI3, 3.10.40-5613584 kernel, patch level 2016-02-01.
What upgrade path should I take if I want to reach marshmallow? I'm not sure what can be skipped.
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Use the Odin link, and that gets you within one or two updates. Let the phone cool for an hour between updates.

If we get an update it will be an I update (we're on h now), and it will have the blueborne Bluetooth bug fix.
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/09/25/samsung-rolls-security-patches-fix-blueborne-vulnerability/
Unfortunately, I'm not seeing a S2EQI1 file on the server yet...
I hope AT&T is not leaving us with a major Bluetooth bug. Note 4 is near end of life.

Links forU2EPK1 to S2EPK2 and S2EPK2 to S2EPK3 do not work anymore
Hey guys,
I'm currently on N910AUCU2EPK1 baseband version and would like to update to newer versions.
I've already dowloaded all the most recent ones except the S2EPK2 and S2EPK3 and therefore cannot install them since I would first need to download and install the S2EPK2 and S2EPK3.
The download pages are not working anymore.
would really appreciate if you could help me on this matter.
Thanks for all your support

Utmost Thanks!
From a very old (and annoying) member still clinging to his Note 4 with removable battery (on my third battery now) I thank you so much for keeping my AT&T updated here in the United Arab Emirates....

Verizon has released the latest Note 4 security patches. Hopefully att won't be too far behind. https://www.sammobile.com/2017/09/21/galaxy-note-4-blueborne-patch-released-verizon/
I still cannot find any files on the ATT server.. Verizon's update is U2CQI2. I've tried many variants to no avail. Att is generally slower with patches. This is a good sign though, that a patch should be in the works... If/when I find it, I'll post it.

We got to be hopefull. At&T has delayed September update for most phones.

just got a update from att N910AUCS2EQE1

peterson65 said:
just got a update from att N910AUCS2EQE1
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this was May update. when did u get that!

mmaku said:
this was May update. when did u get that!
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just got it yesterday? wtf att is way behind in pushing updates
OK today it updated to N910AUCS2EQF1

peterson65 said:
just got it yesterday? wtf att is way behind in pushing updates
OK today it updated to N910AUCS2EQF1
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that is still way back. the latest update is QH1

The security update is a factory reset
The security update is a factory reset?!
I thought it was only a security update - wtf
my entire data partition is wiped
i want to die

Only updates given to att users, OTA (over the air), with att active service will preserve your data. Downloading and applying the update wipes your data. We've searched for a work around, to no avail. Sorry you lost your data. Without att service, we can't do anything else

Shanghai.Knight said:
Only updates given to att users, OTA (over the air), with att active service will preserve your data. Downloading and applying the update wipes your data. We've searched for a work around, to no avail. Sorry you lost your data. Without att service, we can't do anything else
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This really needs to be more obvious in your OP.
Recommendation:
Official Aug security update Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
SS-N910AUCS2EQG1-to-S2EQH1-UP.zip
>> THIS FILE FACTORY RESETS YOUR PHONE <<
Don't be ungrateful. If you download the file, hit "Thanks" below.
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"Official Aug security update" gives no indication that it's going to wipe your phone. I have had to stop using this phone immediately and I'm going to end up paying a hardware engineer to remove the internal memory in a soldering oven and build a USB adapter for it so that I can recover the data that this "security update" formatted over.
Don't call something an "update" if it's a factory reset. This is bananas.

delugeofspam said:
This really needs to be more obvious in your OP. .
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I feel terrible that you've lost important data. You'll notice the original update thread op never mentioned this either. We've probably taken this fact for granted
I've taken your suggestion and updated the op. to highlight this.
Always, always back up your data in multiple locations.
Good luck.

Shanghai.Knight said:
I feel terrible that you've lost important data. You'll notice the original update thread op never mentioned this either. We've probably taken this fact for granted
I've taken your suggestion and updated the op. to highlight this.
Always, always back up your data in multiple locations.
Good luck.
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I just "thanked" this post and the OP. I appreciate what you're doing here. I'll figure this out, I'm resourceful!

Android 9 Pie update

Soooo.....I just bought this phone, unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk.
Today, I got a system update notification saying Android Pie is ready to download.
Anybody else getting this and if so, I have to go back to 100% stock in order to upgrade right? Then unlock BL again?

Mine isn't showing the update yet. I've got the TA-1068. Not unlocked or anything.
It is possible someone jumped the gun, releasing it too early, and they pulled it so can't download it.

Not yet available on my nokia 6.1. I think we are a couple of weeks away from the update.

Ozonethegreat said:
Soooo.....I just bought this phone, unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk.
Today, I got a system update notification saying Android Pie is ready to download.
Anybody else getting this and if so, I have to go back to 100% stock in order to upgrade right? Then unlock BL again?
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Which TA....?

Ozonethegreat said:
Soooo.....I just bought this phone, unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk.
Today, I got a system update notification saying Android Pie is ready to download.
Anybody else getting this and if so, I have to go back to 100% stock in order to upgrade right? Then unlock BL again?
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What security update level of android 8.1 are you on?
Good luck getting 100% back to stock.
I have a TA-1045 and I unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk on the July patch of android 8.1. I get update prompts for the August security update, but the update won't install. I tried completely removing Magisk, but it stills fails with "Installation Failed". I don't think anyone has a stock recovery image (at least for TA-1045) to restore
At this point if you flash twrp/magisk you have no way of restoring to stock and accepting OTA updates. You will be stuck on the update you are on until someone figures out a way to take OTA updates or someone gets a hold of stock firmware images for your device (none yet for TA-1045)

EricH7001 said:
Which TA....?
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TA-1045

prg318 said:
What security update level of android 8.1 are you on?
Good luck getting 100% back to stock.
I have a TA-1045 and I unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk on the July patch of android 8.1. I get update prompts for the August security update, but the update won't install. I tried completely removing Magisk, but it stills fails with "Installation Failed". I don't think anyone has a stock recovery image (at least for TA-1045) to restore
At this point if you flash twrp/magisk you have no way of restoring to stock and accepting OTA updates. You will be stuck on the update you are on until someone figures out a way to take OTA updates or someone gets a hold of stock firmware images for your device (none yet for TA-1045)
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I'm on the June 1st level

prg318 said:
What security update level of android 8.1 are you on?
Good luck getting 100% back to stock.
I have a TA-1045 and I unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk on the July patch of android 8.1. I get update prompts for the August security update, but the update won't install. I tried completely removing Magisk, but it stills fails with "Installation Failed". I don't think anyone has a stock recovery image (at least for TA-1045) to restore
At this point if you flash twrp/magisk you have no way of restoring to stock and accepting OTA updates. You will be stuck on the update you are on until someone figures out a way to take OTA updates or someone gets a hold of stock firmware images for your device (none yet for TA-1045)
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I've was able to get back to stock recovery, system and vendor using the 1043 images and my phone still shows as a 1045. So even if removing magisk, it fails, cause I'm getting the installation failed as well. I'm curious if removing magisk and relocking the bootloader will help?

Mobe1969 said:
Mine isn't showing the update yet. I've got the TA-1068. Not unlocked or anything.
It is possible someone jumped the gun, releasing it too early, and they pulled it so can't download it.
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That makes sense cause I keep getting installation failure and not sure if it even downloaded.

Ozonethegreat said:
I've was able to get back to stock recovery, system and vendor using the 1043 images and my phone still shows as a 1045. So even if removing magisk, it fails, cause I'm getting the installation failed as well. I'm curious if removing magisk and relocking the bootloader will help?
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Since earlier today, I was able to flash my phone with the WW images and my phone still shows up as TA-1045, radio works and everything. The Pie update isn't showing up for me yet, but I was able to update to the august update this way

prg318 said:
Since earlier today, I was able to flash my phone with the WW images and my phone still shows up as TA-1045, radio works and everything. The Pie update isn't showing up for me yet, but I was able to update to the august update this way
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Are the WW images the chinese version I seen floating around here? If not, where did you get them?

Ozonethegreat said:
Are the WW images the chinese version I seen floating around here? If not, where did you get them?
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Nope - don't think its Chinse - it appears to be a "global" or international version. I don't really notice a difference from my original stock.
I got it from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/no...-to-flash-global-firmware-pl2-222e-0-t3831764
And was able to flash the "extracted version" with fastboot. I used some fastboot instructions that I found for a chinese rom and changed the filenames to match the worldwide filenames and it worked without the OST tool

Ozonethegreat said:
That makes sense cause I keep getting installation failure and not sure if it even downloaded.
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Can you locate the downloaded OTA and post it here?

Ozonethegreat said:
Soooo.....I just bought this phone, unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk.
Today, I got a system update notification saying Android Pie is ready to download.
Anybody else getting this and if so, I have to go back to 100% stock in order to upgrade right? Then unlock BL again?
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Were you able to update to Android pie?

Danny1976 said:
Were you able to update to Android pie?
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No I have not been able to. I don't even know where to look to see if the OTA even downloaded...

Ozonethegreat said:
Soooo.....I just bought this phone, unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk.
Today, I got a system update notification saying Android Pie is ready to download.
Anybody else getting this and if so, I have to go back to 100% stock in order to upgrade right? Then unlock BL again?
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Can you check under system partition and look for Data/OTA
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Ozonethegreat said:
No I have not been able to. I don't even know where to look to see if the OTA even downloaded...
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Check system partition under data/ota.

Ozonethegreat said:
No I have not been able to. I don't even know where to look to see if the OTA even downloaded...
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You should have pulled the OTA link from a logcat so the rest of us can download the update files and upgrade ourselves :/

I guess this OTA is a fake. No one with a Nokia 6.1 has reported getting an Android Pie notification. It's super rare that just one single person will get it.

Danny1976 said:
I guess this OTA is a fake. No one with a Nokia 6.1 has reported getting an Android Pie notification. It's super rare that just one single person will get it.
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This. Unless OP is an insider and just dun goof'd, then I fail to see this as legit.
Slightly off-topic:
I was on the June security patch on my 6.1 until yesterday. I received an OTA notification while half asleep and got all excited thinking it was the Pie update, but no, it was the July security patch. What's interesting is that immediately after installing I received the notification for the August security patch, and promptly installed that. May just be me being lucky, but that almost imples that HMD are trying to push out the latest security updates to devices as a way of preparing for Pie maybe?

neowlchaz said:
This. Unless OP is an insider and just dun goof'd, then I fail to see this as legit.
Slightly off-topic:
I was on the June security patch on my 6.1 until yesterday. I received an OTA notification while half asleep and got all excited thinking it was the Pie update, but no, it was the July security patch. What's interesting is that immediately after installing I received the notification for the August security patch, and promptly installed that. May just be me being lucky, but that almost imples that HMD are trying to push out the latest security updates to devices as a way of preparing for Pie maybe?
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I got the July update in July and then I got the August update on August. I don't know why yours took a while to update. Mine and other that I know, get the update for the month the same month.

I still haven't received the PIE on my S9

Is this normal? It's 20 feb already. The attached screenshot shows that it's still on the june 1 security update.
Samsung support has only responded once and stated that the distribution process has started at 16 jan 2019. All my friends and acquaintances have received the update but not me and I'm manually checking for updates daily. (I have also tried installing smartswitch on my pc, and it still displays that my phone is updated)
Is it possible that I have encountered a bug?

knasiotis said:
Is this normal? It's 20 feb already. The attached screenshot shows that it's still on the june 1 security update.
Samsung support has only responded once and stated that the distribution process has started at 16 jan 2019. All my friends and acquaintances have received the update but not me and I'm manually checking for updates daily. (I have also tried installing smartswitch on my pc, and it still displays that my phone is updated)
Is it possible that I have encountered a bug?
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Check sammobile for updated firmware, flash with ODIN
Instructions on the sammobile download page or all over this forum

*Detection* said:
Check sammobile for updated firmware, flash with ODIN
Instructions on the sammobile download page or all over this forum
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Since sammobile has a speedwall, Is there any platform where I can download the update faster?

knasiotis said:
Since sammobile has a speedwall, Is there any platform where I can download the update faster?
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https://samfrew.com/model/SM-G960F/

There's also www.updato.com

You can also use the smart switch desktop app to do it. I used it to downgrade my s9 from pie beta to official oreo.

Root Pixel 3XL via OTA/Magisk (and March 2020 OTA)

I've been using the lazy method of rooting my 3XL from an arriving OTA.
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/tutorials.html
It works great, the problem is the OTA arriving. As was well publicized the December one never arrived, but the January one did. However, I never got the February so I'm still on January. I don't know if that was widespread. Finally, its now March 8 and I haven't gotten the March OTA., which is available on the factory image site. If I didn't get February automatically (and I do poll) I have to wonder if I will get March.
Is there a way to get the phone to treat a manually downloaded OTA the same way as one that was auto distributed? I know about the other ways to update and patch, but I like the OTA method.

kmandel said:
I've been using the lazy method of rooting my 3XL from an arriving OTA.
https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/tutorials.html
It works great, the problem is the OTA arriving. As was well publicized the December one never arrived, but the January one did. However, I never got the February so I'm still on January. I don't know if that was widespread. Finally, its now March 8 and I haven't gotten the March OTA., which is available on the factory image site. If I didn't get February automatically (and I do poll) I have to wonder if I will get March.
Is there a way to get the phone to treat a manually downloaded OTA the same way as one that was auto distributed? I know about the other ways to update and patch, but I like the OTA method.
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Your phone won't apply the OTA with a modified boot image (magisk modifies it).
If you want to get updates you'll need to manually flash the full system image with the -w removed from the bat file. Head over to the guides portion of the forum for instructions.

ffchampmt said:
Your phone won't apply the OTA with a modified boot image (magisk modifies it).
If you want to get updates you'll need to manually flash the full system image with the -w removed from the bat file. Head over to the guides portion of the forum for instructions.
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If you look at the url at the top of the thread you will see that first you do is "Magisk Manager → Uninstall → Restore Images" before triggering the OTA install.
It does work fine, I've done it twice. The problem is that Google didn't download the OTA in December or February, and so far in March (though its early).

kmandel said:
If you look at the url at the top of the thread you will see that first you do is "Magisk Manager → Uninstall → Restore Images" before triggering the OTA install.
It does work fine, I've done it twice. The problem is that Google didn't download the OTA in December or February, and so far in March (though its early).
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I did the Jan OTA update with Magisk and it worked great. I got tired of waiting for the Feb and Mar OTA's so I flashed the full Mar image yesterday. There's another thread with others having the same issue of not getting the OTA https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-3-xl/help/preparing-update-t4060613

This is happening to a lot of us. If you time it right you will see it say Preparing to update.....if you manually check before it has tried.
The preparing goes away and then it is stuck on you are up to date. Google found a way to pre check for root I think.