yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
Hello, [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]! I have a noob question, which seems to be unanswered, or very poorly explained on the forum....

I am running Noble Nougat on my galaxy S6, which is an S8 port custom ROM. I would like to restore my old lollipop ROM, as I am not satisfied with the NNE performance. I have a nandroid backup (TWRP) on a flashdrive, my question is if I will be able to restore that ROM.... and if not, how can I restore it? Thank you in advance!!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
If it's a twrp nandroid backup you restore it with twrp, end of story. Not with flashfire. It's that simple.

Sent from my Nexus 6P with Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] culiacanazo:
Of freaking course! They were both made by the one and only Chainfire The Great, why wouldn't it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Chainfire:
I found the cause for this issue, I hope to fix it for next release :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
Thanks for the answer, thougb my concern is that it might go wrong because it is a jump from nougat to lollipop. Do you think or know if that could cause any problem?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Not if you do it right. Wipe system, both caches (cache+dalvik) and both data's (data and user data) then restore. Should go just fine. I'd is recommend asking the twrp folks or something. You're in the wrong topic. Twrp nandroid restoring had nothing to do with flashfire.

Sent from my Nexus 6P with Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
You really should be asking in your device forum. The unknowns might include what you backed up (I doubt you backed up the bootloader) and whether the remaining N bits will work without problem with the LP restore.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
I backed up the whole thing. Boot too, even tho I believe that refers to the kernel...I will give it a try...I just don't want to brick my device man.... can you actually backup bootloader with twrp? Lol...sorry for dpamming this post with these twrp related questions, but the reason I came here was indeed because flashfire seems powerful when it comes to...well....flashing lol
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcmm11:
No you can't backup bootloader with TWRP. Bootloader will probably not cause any problems (same for radio). Just wipe system, data, cache then restore nandroids -you should be fine.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
I apologize for the extreme delay. Finally got time today to do some testing. (Mute point now. Seems to be corrected in B1.)

Using 0.73-20171001124337-B1 I have no problems. (multiple tests)

(Even successfully flash the auto OTA when google erred out on some google app updates.)

Using 0.73-20170921123305 I still get force close. (multiple tests)

Installing 0.73-20171001124337-B1, I can run the same auto OTA with no problems.

From my last test. (force close with FlashFire-v0.73-20170921123305.apk - successful after installing FlashFire-v0.73-20171001124337-B1.apk)

logcat (no filter)

https://pastebin.com/Yjq1J0cA

com.google.android.gms.update.storage.xml

https://pastebin.com/NRSYN2R3

update.xml

https://pastebin.com/38R889es

terminal log

https://pastebin.com/AMwtGjU5

steps and files used

https://pastebin.com/67sRz9VN

Now all of the above may have been a waste of time but, I can definitely say what changes were made in B1 solved my issue.

Thank you. :) :good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] lynxdog:
Just installed on a Rooted Vodafone Smart Ultra 7 (VDF700).

Everything works perfectly. No Issues.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] glenndj:
Ah great! Thanks for the speedy response! Looking forward to it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skiely666:
Just updated to October 5 security patch 008 with flashfire v0.73 + magisk 14.2 no problems.

Pixel XL full firmware package

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Taomyn:
I just received the October OTAs on my Nexus 6p and Nexus 9, both stock on September updates and rooted with Magisk 14.2, but FlashFire could not detect the OTA even though it's been downloaded. I flashed the full image onto my 6p but I have left my 9 waiting to update.

Not sure what extra info to give seeing as I haven't even attempted to flash, nor do I know where the OTA file would or could be stored, what it's called, to let you know in case it is now located elsewhere.

The last OTA in September worked fine for both devices.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Is there a way to safetly flash a new radio/modem and/or bootloader with flashfire. In the past I wound up with a black screen and a soft brick.

Looking to flash the modem/radio for the Nexus 6 using the Factory Image, and to flash from the factory image for the Pixel C.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
On page 600, Chainfire talks about this, you should read
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pkelly517:
Weird. I'm on page 121. I guess I'll look in another 24,000 posts or so.

Post numbers are far more effective than pages.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
Normally the update was named update.zip

Can you look in /data/ota_package/

Happen to be named update_s.zip by chance ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] culiacanazo:
Kinda depends on what you're using
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Taomyn:
Yes, that's exactly right on my Nexus 9, it's in that directory and is called that - update_s.zip
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Thanks, read, tried flashing radio protected partition, and... that did not work! Bootlooping. Will flash factory image again using ADB.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
That should be the ota.

(Name change something new from our google friends?)

Edit :

Manually flashing the ota worked for me on my n9.

/data/ota_package/update_s.zip
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] leeboski44:
Things I have discovered over the last few years... :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

Hello all...

I recently discovered through trial and error something pretty neat that might be old news to most of you Im sure. It happened the other day after I did my usual CLEAN install and root process that I feel is mastered...something strange happened.

Once rooted, I started replacing all S7 apps with S8 apps using a root explorer. Once I was content with my S72s8 modding I decided to use FlashFire 0.73 to:

1.Delete System Data

2.Clear Cache partition

3.Format Cache Partition

4.Flash Engineering boot for S7Flat once again

5.Clear Dalvik/Cache

6.Reboot Normal

Nooooow, I discovered that all of my modding that I did to my system partition was now part of my ROM. So, when things went south and I needed to Factory reset...All of my modding was still there!!!!! I didnt need to do a full CLEAN install.

My question is...can I/if I can? How do I make a backup of this information using Flashfire? My goal is to save this "ROM" to my SD card so that if and when I decide to do a CLEAN install I can simply reflash this and get back to my basics.:silly:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] minhducsun2002:
Well, I'm just afraid that since FlashFire use root while flashing, updating SuperSU with it may operate on files being accessed :D therefore it comes with a possibility of bootloop…
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Plenty of people including myself have flashed a SuperSu zip as part of the queue. If the process you follow won't bootloop in recovery, then there's no reason for it to bootloop with FF.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] minhducsun2002:
Thanks. So I would have to try out if that cause bootloop. It wouldn't harm much since I have preconfigured system images and won't have to re-root from stock. By the way, I can't get a custom recovery myself, so...I can't verify if bootloop won't happen after flashing like that (through it seems to be harmless). :o:o

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Also, I have another question to ask. I've got an old Nexus 7 (2012) with LineageOS currently running. Running FlashFire to flash the stock system and boot image seems to be not working. I got lots of error lines while flashing the system image (the boot image was fine, though). And... that's an expected result: bootloop. I cannot get to a computer now, at least for a while... so can anyone please give me some advice?

Thanks much.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MultiKoopa:
Done entirely through FlashFire, I updated from September to October Security Patch on my Nexus 6P (Android 8.0.0), using the 42 MB OTA file downloaded from the phone's system menu.

I rebooted, and still had custom recovery, magisk, systemless hosts file, and root access.

and Magisk Hide still worked, passed SafetyNet check!

awesome!

Don't think this has ever properly worked for me before.

FlashFire and Magisk, I love it!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] m.atif:
Is it possible to add ota support for Xiaomi Mi A1,

App detected ota but cannot extract update engine from boot/recovery . Xiaomi Mi A1 has A/B partitions.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bgboii:
can you tell the steps that you did to do this? ive been trying to update mine but it just keeps going to a black screen and then i have to turn it back on. thank you!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
https://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433/post73782481
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bgboii:
I did that but still does the black screen that only helped when I jumped from August update to September 017
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] coolhandz:
OK. Some i'm using a Pixel XL (rooted) and trying to install latest OTA. Downloaded OTA and FlashFire is going nuts trying to install (keeps opening repeatedly). Anyway, before i hit ok, i just wanted to confirm a few things.

After doing some research, it seems like I have to un-tick the box for "Mount namespace seperation" in the SuperSU app. Is this correct?

Another person has informed me to turn off EverRoot injection in the FlashFire app which doesn't seem to me like it would be correct. Any clarification on that would be great.

I think that's it. It looks like FlashFire set up everything else on its' own.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] minhducsun2002:
So, does flashing SuperSU with Magisk installed overwrite Magisk itself without uninstallation zip?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
No. You must uninstall one properly before flashing the other. Since the boot image is modified when rooted, you can not reroot again without having a clean boot image. Properly unrooting will achieve that state.

"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment." - Will Rogers
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MultiKoopa:
Sorry, meant to get back to you earlier

I attached an image with the same steps I used. I chose to reboot into Recovery to make sure it stayed as TWRP. up to you if you wanna do the same.

Oh, also, FlashFire didn't detect the OTA, so I had to grab the file myself

On my Nexus 6P, it was here: /data/ota_package
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bgboii:
Why is the file name different? I downloaded the ota from the Google ota site.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] OldBaldy:
Different manufactures have different file naming conventions. Moto uses the version you're coming FROM as the update file name. Don't ask why, even they don't know.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MultiKoopa:
That's the full OTA image you downloaded, which is over 1 GB. My file I used is the 42 MB file the phone downloaded when I checked for updates through the system menu. Small OTA update file.

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.....this is a joke, right?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] akenis:
Pixel XL rooted with SU 2.82-SR3 and 1.08 suhide and stock recovery on Sept build and notification for Oct security patches. I was all set to go back to stock (I think I mounted system at one point) and try the new Magisk root method which now has an OTA mechanism. But the Pixel 2XL will be coming soon, and I read about using FF to take the annoying OTA. Thought this would be easier than getting the PC out ...

It looks like FF intercepts the OTA notification and attempts to download. It's stuck there. If I uninstall FF and try to use system update prompts it doesn't give a download only option.. just download and install. It obviously fails. Read above about trying to manually flash from /data/ota_package. But I don't see an update zip there just:

care_map.txt

compatibility.zip

metadata

payload_properties.txt

Would be neat to get FF to work and remove the nag until XL2 arrives!

btw why is the OTA image at google so large compared to the one the phone is trying to download? Should I just grab that and use FF to install?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fiverings:
Hi, I have used flashfire on my N6, but now I have a pixel xl. It's rooted, new twrp (9/25) & install twrp.

I have super su 5 and suhide 109. I'm unclear as to what I check & what I leave unchecked.

I downloaded the new ota update from Google and it brings up a screen in ff with system data, 3rd party apps, & Dalvik cache already checked to wipe. Then I think I'm supposed to diable everoot. When I opened it up there were 4 choices on everoot slot, 1. Inject su. 2.enable adb. 3. Preserve recovery. 4. Diable setup wizard.

I don't want to make a mistake, so could someone help me out with this. I'm running 8.0 opr1.

Just need to know these few things.

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bgboii:
Ah that makes sense. I never get a ota notification. Would be nice though.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MultiKoopa:
You've got a Nexus 6P, too?

You can now manually check for updates and it will ACTUALLY give you the update if it's available, regardless of rollout timing
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] akenis:
Why is the OTA file so small in comparison to the OTA download from Google. My OTA_package folder doesn't have the right zip for some reason. I just have:

care_map.txt

compatibility.zip

metadata

payload_properties.txt
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Because as said, one's a full ota that patches regardless of the previous system version, the other one's an incremental version that requires a specific previous system build that only contains updates between the old and new build.

Sent from my Nexus 6P with Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bgboii:
That's awesome didn't know that thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] MultiKoopa:
Well the OTA image from Google is basically like a full factory image, but it doesn't wipe your userdata

Not sure why you don't have the OTA. Did you check for an update?

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No problem :')
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BearOfXDA:
Have there been successful reports for flashing an Oreo OTA package for the Nexus 5X?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kukubau:
How would one flash oeminfo partition on a Huawei P9 to change the region, for example from L19C432 to L19C185?

Ty.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
[MENTION=8208450]BearOfXDA[/MENTION]

Manually fashing the OTA always worked fine for me.

(I had some weird issue with the auto OTA option. Fixed in the test version.)

The latest OTA was named update_s.zip (at least for me) so ff did not see it.

Manually flashed it with out error.

Note:

I used the same setup as the auto OTA does except, I use SR5 so I flashed that instead of using EverRoot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Veid71:
Question, I've got a pixel XL on 7.1.2 and flashfire has a hard time reading my internal storage sometimes it comes up with half the stuff in it, sometimes it comes up with nothing, and sometimes it comes up with everything any ideas on if there's anything I can do to fix it? I've attached a screenshot to show there's no download folder for me for some reason but I definitely have one with stuff I'd like to flash
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] brandon79:
I'm using a galaxy s7 Verizon and flashfire just shows a black screen when flashing something or making a backup or restoring a backup all it shows is flashfire at the top of my screen the rest is black, it still does what it is supposed to just wondering about the black screen is all if there is anyway to fix it
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fiverings:
Are you using a file manager? I use es file explorer pro, but they have a free one. And it always opens up on downloads.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Veid71:
Yeah I use FX do I have to have it on open or something when I use it?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fiverings:
No, are you taping ota or install firmware, also try taping the down arrow and tap internal storage to see if it makes a difference. Also why are you still on nougat, you should install Oreo. Use your PC and install lastest factory version, the one that ends in .008. remember to edit out the -w from the flash-all bat file so you don't lose internal storage.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] urquiagal:
{sigh} Last night Malwarebytes warned me that FlashFire contained trojan.rootnik.jck. I've had both for a while, so I'm guessing the latest MWB db update caught it. I uninstalled/reinstalled FF from the play store, and then MWB started crashing. I had to uninstall/reinstall MWB to get it to work again. I love FF, but I've uninstalled it for now. I hope someday I can bring it back.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Veid71:
Because Oreo is too new there's not enough development for it yet imo plus nougat works :) and install farmware and it always goes into internal storage automatically
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] master64nl:
Please can anyone help me. My S7 is bricked. What did I do. I want to flash the latest firmeware for the Netherlands G950FXXU1AQI7_G950FOXM1AQI7_PHN .zip with FlashFire. I did this more than once. First I hit the + button fot WIPE and the + button again to select the zip. After it was fished, it reboots and than I get this screen and nothing is working anymore. No button combinations. Nothing at all. What can I do?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] abdyasar:
Phone g930(s7) and the firmware is g950(s8). I think you bricked your phone.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SuperSandro2000:
If Odin does not work your screwed
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Yes, try to flash the correct S7 firmware with Odin.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] master64nl:
Aaaah f**k :mad: I put the wrong firmware in. That is the new firmware for my new phone. Oh what a dom ash I am :mad: I promised my wife my S7 so quickly a new flash. She is killing me :(

It won't respond on nothing. Is there really nothing to do?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] fubo73:
Can't you enter download mode? If not, there is very little you can do...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] master64nl:
Really, throw away???

And Samsung Service center???
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] SteelSpider:
Does it work in Oneplus 3 ?

Is Oneplus 3 a compatible device ?

Can it be used along with magisk , phhs root method to install otas ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Press power and hold the volume up down bar. See if you can enter the fastboot mode manually. That's all you can do.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] master64nl:
Suddenly I get it in download mode, but directly out. No juice in de battery. Than I tried again with the adapter connected. Than I put via Odin TWRP in it and now trying to get a backup back in it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] master64nl:
I got the backup made with flashfire back but now I want to install the latest firmware: G930FXXU1DQIC_G930FPHN1DQI1_PHN.zip

I did this with flashfire and when it is finished it asked for a pincode. I never put a pincode in it? So back to download mode for TWRP and put the backup back. Data factory reset wont work. I get a fault(something to do with verivy cript???).

This G930FXXU1DQIC_G930FPHN1DQI1_PHN.zip cannot flash with Odin. When I unzip the zip I have 5 files:

AP_G930FXXU1DQIC_CL12246902_QB14907540_REV00_user_low_ship_meta.tar.md5 must this in AP Odin?

BL_G930FXXU1DQIC_CL12246902_QB14907540_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 must this in BL Odin?

CP_G930FXXU1DQIC_CL632348_QB7448054_SIGNED.tar.md5 must this in CP Odin?

CSC_PHN_G930FPHN1DQI1_CL12252549_QB14930373_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5 must this in CSC Odin or the last one (HOME_CSC)?

HOME_CSC_PHN_G930FPHN1DQI1_CL12252549_QB14930373_REV00_user_low_ship.tar.md5
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] culiacanazo:
Charge it fully with the original charger before doing anything else, as booting up takes a long time when flashing original firmware, and i don't know what charging it while it's doing that does other than b keeping it alive and heating it up, and i know (at least custom) recovery take lots of juice, i don't know about download mode.

If you charge it while in Odin, it wouldn't hurt to turn on a fan and face it in its direction.

And for the record, the dude who said "fastboot", we don't get fastboot in Samsungs.

And for that, you might wanna get it up and running first, and then worry about restoring backups, so don't only wipe data and caches (which is what "factory reset" does), but wipe system as well, then try Odin.

And as long as you see life in it, you shouldn't throw it away.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] master64nl:
Yes, it is virgin clean. Pffff everyone thanks for thinking with me.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Well, I'm glad you are on the way to recover the phone. Remember, charge the phone to 100% before you start and then use Odin to flash your rom. BTW, it was me that said fastboot! I have a Nexus... Good luck!

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LOL! I said fastboot. But in fairness, I told him to use Odin... Been flashing on Nexus and Pixel devices for 3+ years...so I am behind in my Samsung lingo. My S4 is long gone. [emoji14]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] master64nl:
Still not so virgin as I thouht is was. Samsung health is not working, security issu and KNOX can not be used, same issu. Is this because I had installed dm-verivy cript on it?

Samsung Health is nagging about a rooted phone but it is not rooted anymore???
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BearOfXDA:
Does the current version support flashing the Nougat bootloader for Nexus 5X?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcmm11:
Just use these

https://xdaforums.com/nexus-5x/general/nexus-5x-flashable-radio-bootloader-t3598004
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] BearOfXDA:
That's very helpful. Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zeugme:
Same here!

Envoyé de mon Pixel en utilisant Tapatalk
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] chandu72:
What are the configuration i have to change to make it work with MIUI properly?