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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gtxaspec:
Does anyone else have issues where FlashFire does not detect any .zip files? Doesn't detect OTA, and when I browse to the .zip files, whether it's on /data or on /sdcard or in any folder, FlashFire always lists the folder as empty, despite root browser showing the .zip files, in the same folder.. Unable to use this program because of this. FlashFire granted root access obviously via SuperSU. Running NRD90T.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] simplepinoi177:
Help requested...

anyone (or [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] would be great!) wanna take a stab at my problem please?:( If anything, even a glance would be appreciated.:fingers-crossed: You can find it here...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skiely666:
Flashed 7.1.1 no problems also EverRoot no problem.

I don't think this is an OTA, it's a full firmware package so you won't find it under zips & ota's.

Edit: I forgot I downloaded the firmware from the site duh..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Midomad:
Is there a way to flash the ota without wiping anything?(apps)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skiely666:
Yes just make sure data is unchecked.

You must have an untampered system before it will flash.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Midomad:
I have october stock factory image with elementalX kernel and root+some apps installed as system app like pixel launcher and walls apk.

So you think i'm good?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skiely666:
No you must flash stock system first thats all I know about the OTA route or it won't flash or just download the full package & flash it it's the easiest way..

The OTA thing has been explained multiple times in this thread, I don't go that route I flash the full package route here

https://developer.android.com/preview/download.html#flash
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yungprince:
please can flashfire flash an ota update on mtk phone running on 5.1 lollipop

At all i need your help on this please, before I go ahead..

please can flashfire flash an ota update on mtk phone running on 5.1 lollipop (infinix hot note 2gb ram)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zoppa:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]

Flashfire is really great! Thanks!

Please add landscape mode, then it's perfect.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ZacksBuilds:
Hey guys! I'm trying to flash the latest Dev preview for 7.1 and I'm currently on Purenexus and I choose flash ota, select it, wipe, and ever root for keeping the recovery. I hit flash and it will say loading and fade to black then nothing. I've waited 5mins so far and I usually have to force reboot by holding the power button
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
You have Magisk installed?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ZacksBuilds:
Yeah assuming that's the culprit, how would I uninstall magisk?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
http://xdaforums.com/apps/magisk/official-magisk-v7-universal-systemless-t3473445/post68966662

Download and flash Magisk Uninstaller
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
This is not a magisk advertising thread. Post those links via pm or point them to the forum search.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] lvnatic:
I'm on a rooted s7 edge international exynos variant (g935f), running the stock Rom. I downloaded a newer firmware that I wish to update to, without wiping anything. Can anyone please instruct me on the right procedure using flashfire? What files should I flash, if there are any settings that I should check and so on. Would appreciate it a lot, thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] grep_i:
Are you sure it is a flashable OTA for your version of Android, if not the zip won't be detected.

Normal zip files are not visible with flashfire is my experience.

If I enter a folder in flashfire with flashable zip files and just normal zip files I created myself I only see the flashable zip files.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jkuhl27:
How do I join beta
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
It is not more necessary. Since version 50 the app is publicly available in PlayStore
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] simplepinoi177:
hey guys (and [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION])!

can any of you guys take a crack at this weird IO issue? it'll be right here. Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dtriguero:
Try cygwin its basically Linux for windows after u get it setup place ur file in the cygwin path then open a CMD window and cd to cygwin path and run

cat intsd* > anything.tgz ( anything=name u want)

That should combine them for u to edit. I don't believe it will mess with the originals only read/combine to the new file much like RAR does with .rar files but would make copies of originals somewhere else like a folder on desktop.

then since u said are 1g a piece use

split -v 1G -d intsdcard.tgz anything.tgz (anything=name used above)

To resplit after u edit what u need. it should create the new files which would be something like intsdcard1,intadcard2,etc

this way it won't try and write over ur original files

Move the new files somewhere like desktop and rename accordingly back to the original name of the back up files so recovery or flashfire recognize them like shown in ur pic intsd.tgz,intsd0002.tgz, ect.

Also is ur /data partition encrypted now since updated maybe that's why shows the write error claiming no space flashfire may not be able to read or should say write to it if is encrypted because I believe the internal sd is actually part of the /data partition

sent from my SGH-M919 BadAss TinkerToy
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] simplepinoi177:
Thank You

OMG dtriguero! Thank you SO much! You are the best! Can't thank you enough... If xda had a :bowing down: emoji, I would use it, but this is all they got so... :victory:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] brotbuexe:
Today I tried upgrading the system rom on S7 (exynos) to a current version, coming from MMB29K.G930FXXU1APEQ (May 2016) to G930FXXS1BPJ1 (Oct. 2016).

I opened Flashfire, selected the SM-G930F_1_20161011110140_2x6hgp9i7r_fac.zip and just started the flash.

It looked fine but at the reboot I ended up in the stock recovery saying something about dmverity verification failed.

What have I done wrong?

I saw that flashfire did not select the modem partition (protected partition). Should I have flashed the modem partition too?

I ended up flashing the zip through odin, doing a cf autoroot through odin, installed the flashfire app and just restored the data partition from the last backup I did before the flash.

As I remember last time in May the flash run through, I lost root but I could reroot with cf autoroot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcmm11:
Pretty sure you can't apply OTA over Pure Nexus. You should get the full factory image and use that. It will wipe your phone so make sure you have backups. You can get factory image here https://developer.android.com/preview/download.html#device-preview
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] iestynapmwg:
I'm having trouble with mounting /system while flashing. It seems whether or not the "Mount /system read/write" option is checked, any attempt to mount /system during the flashing process results in an error "device or resource busy". /system then remains read-only, and any attempts to write files there during the flashing fail.

I have found that certain zips do flash correctly, and all of these specifically remount /system as rw in updater-script or update-binary. I have also managed to work around zips that fail by unzipping them, editing the install scripts to add a similar remount command, rezip everything and then flash that. Obviously a bit of a hassle. Isn't this what the "Mount /system read/write" option is supposed to do, though? Or am i misunderstanding its purpose? Or is this mount option failing (regardless of the setting) because /system is already mounted, and i'm missing something that's supposed to unmount it before flashing begins?

I have also tried manually remounting /system rw before running Flashfire, but this results in the phone locking up with a black screen until i pull the battery.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yungprince:
I need a reply on this please ...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Make a nandroid backup, try it and find out.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ewindar:
OTA Update

I have a LG G3 D855

with android 6.0 V30d

Rooted and TWRP installed

and now there is an update available for it:

V30e

289.19 MB

I want to update my phone without losing root and TWRP.

and the only way I know is using FlashFire.

but the problem is that the FlashFire does not recognize it.:(

I changed the file name to "dlpkgfile.zip" and "dlpkgfile.img" but again it didn't recongnize!!!:(

is there any solution? (not necessarily using FlashFire).

Can I just install it using TWRP?

Do I have to wipe anything before the installation?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] [Lemmy]:
same thing happened to me, with the latest firmware update for my S6 edge. Right now i'm running the recovery through smartswitch to unbrick it. after that, titanium backup to the rescue...

NOT fun.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Pandarawr:
Flashfire Can't mount the system

Hey! I tried to install Xposed, but for some reason FlashFire Can't mount the system even tho I literally installed a custom script to debloat my sm-g935f minutes before trying to install Xposed.... any idea why?

Thanks in advance,

-Ricky

Zeeland, Netherlands EU
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Yeah, forum/topic search would tell you? Untick 'mount system r/w', done.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] since i've switched to my 6P, i've got a question in regards to the backups FF makes. As i understand it the device is default encrypted on partition basis. My device is also protected with fingerprints & additional pin (NO pin during boot). How does this affect booting the device after restoring FF's backup should i need to restore?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] zaurikk:
Develop, you here? Please read that( http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=68892953&postcount=4416
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ohmster:
I really love this new app Flashfire and think it's absolutely incredible. I'm considering it as a replacement for TWRP but I don't think I'm ready to go that far yet. I did use it to make a normal backup and I see it can be restored from system system and I believe it can be restored from recovery by flashing be single zip file called TWRP.zip. All of this is well and good and I'm really impressed.

One thing that appears to be missing and it may be a minor issue is the ability to delete existing backups that I no longer wish to keep. Is there a way to delete existing backups through the app itself?

Thank you for your help guys and a special thanks to Chainfire who is in my opinion a legend in this world. Anyone know about how to delete existing backups? A manuel procedure with file manager or from within Flashfire itself? Thanks guys!

EDIT: since I have an audience I can't help but asking one more question. I hear and understand that it is possible to update an OTA update on marshmallow by using this application. Previously on my Moto X pure Edition I had to remove root, remove Xposed, and restore the system to original stock before I could take the OTA. Then we do everything to get the phone back the way I like. From what I understand, with Flashfire application, this app all you need do is download the update and run the Flashfire application, it will do the rest and you really get your update without having to destroy the system you carefully built. Can anyone with experience comment on this please? Thank you, thank you very much.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] grep_i:
No there's no way to remove files from the app you would have to use a file explorer app to do it graphical or terminal app to do it on command line on or adb shell to do it from command line from a computer.

After selecting OTA zip file to flash, select the ever root option and choose what you want, preserve installed recovery or inject SuperSU after OTA update are some of the choices you can make.

Choose wisely and flash.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ohmster:
Manual backup file removal. Okay, got ya!

I have no OTA at this time to flash but I remember my first go 'round with rooted Marshmallow. I did the download and had no idea of where it went, then tried the update. BIG mistake, the phone would reboot, enter TWRP, fail at the flash, (Some message of altered file system.) reboot, and would keep doing this. No way to make it stop, the phone would reboot forever until I did a search on Google to find the OTA zip and delete it. It was "update.zip" or something like that, located in the root file system somewhere. All I could do is delete it, not copy or move it anywhere at all by forcing the phone into TWRP recovery to use the internal file manager.

So if I understand correctly, I do the flash and have to pick the OTA, even if I do not know where it is? I heard that FlashFire knows where to look or is made for this. I guess I can ask at the time to find it. And there will be options to preserver or inject root. Will FlashFire supply the new root to inject or must I download it from somewhere? And your comment, "Choose wisely", is there some inherent danger in doing this? Would you recommend a fresh TWRP backup to restore in case of failure?

Anything you can answer would be great. Have you done this? How did you keep root? If you have gone as far as you can with answers, thanks a lot, appreciate it much. Thank you!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] grep_i:
I don't know about your device but for my device you can download the OTA update from google developers site, this way you can place it anywhere on your devices sdcard.

I do not know if flashfire can find the OTA on it's own but I guess if you find it on your device you can select it in the flashfire browser choose for Filesystem root.

See screenshot

Inject root is an option that's embedded in flashfire so you don't have to download it yourself but if you want to be sure you flash the latest version you can add your own downloaded version to the flash queue.

Modifying your device and flashing OTA and root can always cause problems so it is wise to have a backup just in case although I never do this myself I will advice you to do it especially as all this is new to you.

Better safe than sorry.

I never did the OTA with flashfire but at the next update (November update) I'm going to try the OTA update, normally I flash factory image and this time I'm going to make a backup as flashing the OTA is new to me and I don't know what to expect yet.

How I keep root is by reflashing superSU after updating by factory image.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ohmster:
Formal Polite Request to Developer & Team

Chainfire and Team,

I am absolutely fascinated with this new app, FlashFire and am experimenting with it now. I have been waiting for something to come along that would permit a reasonable effort to apply an OTA to a Marshmallow device and it looks like my prayers have been answered. I am astounded how rich the features of this wonderful app are and this blew away my wildest expectations. Gentlemen, thank you. Thank you very much.

I love this app and plan to explore ALL of it. But, I really need/want an offline pdf manual. I do computer work, Android, networks, etc., for extra money and I am astounded that so many people have no computer at all and "just use the phone" for Internet, email, Facebook, printing, everything. Or they use the hotspot or tether for their laptop. If they run into a contingency in FireFlash, they have no way to get online and view the manual.

I personally tried to make one from the site, using Adobe "Convert web page to PDF" and then saving page one, and appending each page afterwards. It was coming out great and even had an index to click on. But then I see 12 categories and inside each are 16 pages! This is likely a 100 page manual that I would have to produce by snagging page after page on the FlashFire Website, appending each page to the stack.

I am more than happy to donate the labor, but I do not have access to all of the pages. Would Chainfire and the FlashFire team please, please consider producing and download from site, an offline pdf "FlashFire Manual?

If you give me access to the pages, sequentially named if possible to do this in one operations, I would be very happy to produce the manual and send it to you for editing and download on the FlashFire website. I will take no credit nor watermark any pages. I love and believe in this app and want to help.

Is something like this possible or would you consider it, please? Reach me on XDA and I will do the work if you will permit it. Thank you gentlemen. Thank you so much for such a fantastic and long overdue app for Android. :fingers-crossed:

If the FlashFire team cannot put time into an offline manual, I will make my own, a little at a time. But I will not have the bandwidth to distribute it unless I can zip it up and attache it to a post.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Vaira:
You actually did nothing wrong. Nothing that could have caused dm verity failed / bootlooping into recovery!

I reported the same for the S6 on 6th of October already.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=69009303&postcount=4489

Fact is that recent flashfire version has a problem with Samsung Galaxy S6 and S7 flashing an official firmware. It always fails at dm verity and boot loops into recovery all the time

Previous versions had not that issue.

What's most frustrating is that it seemingly is of no interest to fix, not even a reply...... it has worked before and I have paid for the app...

ATM I have to go the long way as you did which means PC Odin, re-flash TWRP, re-apply root flashing supersu... recent FF version is unusable for me
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] doclorenzo:
Same here with two or three flashes with stock roms over the last past months. Bought flashfire, and its unusable. Galaxy S7 edge.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] alkanbw:
Same here. Bought flashfire and is still unusable on Galaxy s7. I can't even restoring backup. I wrote two times and attached my logs - but no response.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NotATreoFan:
[Android 4.2+][ROOT][2016.09.19] FlashFire v0.53

Although I haven't attempted a restore yet, I was at least able to backup my V20 with Flashfire. A good sign since the current TWRP release fails at md5 generation.

Once we have the stock files for the V20, I'll take a shot.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kylemd:
Hey guys,

First time Flashfire user here, did a mobile search and couldn't find anything so sorry if this has been asked prior.

Where are the backup zips saved to? Buggered if i can find it (using ES Explorer and MiXplorer), and now it's taking up the entirety of the user data space :cyclops:

Using a 4.4.4 ROM on an unknown Android head unit. Wish I could provide more details but I don't know any more, hence why I'm taking the backup :laugh:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] jcmm11:
Maybe you should try looking in the directory named Flashfire :eek:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Nah, that would not be it.[emoji12]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kylemd:
I would if there was one! :laugh: I'll adb in and see if I can find it that way
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Where are you looking. Did you mount System and data?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kylemd:
By default the head unit has it's internal memory mapped as /internal_sd and symlinked to /sdcard.

When you ask if I've mounted them, do you mean as RW? In which case, no. Should I be? It successfully completes the backup, just the file doesn't appear anywhere. I'm still losing space though so it's somewhere...I'm assuming it'd be putting the backup in /sdcard right?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
I'm lost. What phone do you have?

It should be in /SDCARD/FlashFire
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kylemd:
It's not a phone, it's a Android head unit :)

Running 4.4.4. Specs are in this post.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
If you backed up by adb, the backup is saved in the same location as the adb binary
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xbizkuit:
Same here mate!

Need help, thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Pandarawr:
Hey man! I managed to fix it. mark the top option when you're in the flash option menu. and unmark the pre-marked middle one. It solves the unable to mount problem and let's you flash Xposed without any problems. Hope this helped!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] xbizkuit:
Done!!! :good:

Just installed wanam custom xposed framework v86.1 onto my S7 edge

Thank you very much! :laugh:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Pandarawr:
anytime!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Alxoom33:
Sorry, I'm not at all familiar with that device. Not even sure that flashfire is compatible. Is it rooted with SuperSU?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ogisha:
Anybody have any experience with xposed installation with FlashFire on Asus ZenPad 8 z380c?

Thank you.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kylemd:
Indeed it is :) running the latest version
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] barclac:
Hi,ive never used FlashFire before,just would like to know,when backing up which one do I use,i want to backup my current custom ROM,thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Tap on one and it'll show you which partitions will be backed up.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] npolite:
Hi All,

I have a 5th gen Fire and last year installed FlashFire. I'd like to install Cyanogenmod but now the app crashes. I also tried a factory reset but that didn't help. I've attached the logs, if anyone could help I would appreciate it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Tin_Man_0:
Acutally, upgrading SU is a perfectly noteworthy reason.

With that in mind, I did come across an issue. It seem that my G935T with Android 6.01, it doesn't seem to mater which build, will trigger some security that says I have contact my vendor and that there might be a charge for repairs. You may be familiar with this screen. It happens right at power-on before any logos. I have tried and tried to get SU 2.78 R1 or 2 or 3 (stateless) on my phone in all the ways I can think of, including your latest build of Flashfire. Am I just banging my head against the wall?

O! and in addition, not directly related to SU, but just Flashfire. I have backed up my phone using several methods from flashfire and this is after many different complete wipes and factory resets including stock odin flashes and then flash AP root tar file and root scripts followed by a fresh boot and a complete negative to all agreements and skipping all options and even debloated the damn thing. If I open flashfire and click on the menu bar and select backups. I can see that it enumerated my backups off my SD card. If I highlight any one of the backups and click on the checkbox on the top right hand corner Flashfire will close immediately every time. I can choose restore from the + menu on the main screen, but if I go the route I just mentioned, it crashes every time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dodobila:
Hello. I can't install latest ota on my galaxy S6. It doesn't find the update zip until I try ,,install now" from settings and reboot-manually adding the file doesn't work (FF doesn't see it in /data/fota folder, but it is there ) After that it finds the file, I start flashing it, everything seems OK but after restart the update is still available. Am I supposed to do something else?

Ps: English is not my 1-st language. Thanks!

Padtebin link of log : http://pastebin.com/VdFVQvLA