yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
Yes but if I use my Sd card as internal storage, it is encrypted too so I have no unencrypted storage. Is this right?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Sounds right. Try a USB-OTG flash drive or USB-OTG adapter with a regular flash drive? I know [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] said at least on some tested devices that USB-OTG devices work, but might not on all Android devices currently.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ruuu:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] Sorry to disturb you directly. But as you're the OP, you might know better. Is there any way to install OTA updates on a Samsung phone (Note5 ) via Flashfire. If so, please let me know.

PS- I searched the thread but didn't find anything helpful completely. If in near future there will be chances of installing OTA via flashfire then too let us know.

Thanks!

---------- Post added at 04:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:50 PM ----------

[/COLOR [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] Sorry to disturb you directly. But as you're the OP, you might know better. Is there any way to install OTA updates on a Samsung phone (Note5 ) via Flashfire. If so, please let me know.

PS- I searched the thread but didn't find anything helpful completely. If in near future there will be chances of installing OTA via flashfire then too let us know.

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] :
Ok, thank you for your help
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] adam_99:
Hi,

I've Nexus 5 running 4.4.4 Stock rooted with towelroot and my bootloader is still locked.

Can I use FlashFire to flash the 6.0.1 OTA image (from here), flash Xposed and leave the device rooted?

I read that it's not possible rooting 6.0.1 without custom recovery and unlocked bootloader.

I'm trying to avoid wiping the data...

Thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
You read wrong. It takes 2 simple things to root a Nexus 5 and towelroot isn't one of them. 'fastboot OEM unlock' and cfar for Nexus 5. All done. No custom recovery needed whatsoever, that's how I did it ages ago. Why on earth are you still on 4.4.4 lol. And no you can't, as their is no ota from 4.4.4 to 6.0.1. the oldest build you can flash from is a lollipop one. If you want M you'll have to flash factory image and you might as well unlock your bootloader then.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] adam_99:
I don't really know why I'm still on 4.4.4 :)

I've used towelroot on my 4.4.4 so I know it's outdated.

I said I want to avoid unlocking the bootloader, that's why I asked. I thought that maybe with FlashFire I can flash the OTA and gain back root without changing the recovery and unlocking the bootloader.

About the new OTA images the Google released, is it not meant to be flashed on any build? It's full OTA images so it's just like factory image buy no wiping (Am I right?)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
An ota is an ota, it still checks for the previous version. The full ota's are for people that can't wait for the incremental ones afaik. Honestly I'd just bite the bullet and do it. At worst it'll cause you to need a few hours to configure all your apps again. And with the potential issues of the N5 no longer getting official updates you're going to have to do it anyway :) shortest pain: unlock bootloader, flash factory image and you're set for every future updates :)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ja_som:
By the way, if you update from 4 to 6 it IS highly recommended to do a factory reset. So in my opinion, it is best for you to backup your device, via fastboot unlock the bootloader, flash complete factory image, root it (flash TWRP, then SuperSU)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] adam_99:
This is a real pain to do a factory reset, I'm working with the phone daily so I cant do it right now.

Also, I don't want to unlock the bootloader cause I'm afraid to lose my warranty.

I asked on Google forums about the update and it seems to be OK (here)

So I'm confused. I'm sure it's better wiping all and starting from the beginning but I'm trying to do it without.

I've a notification about OTA for 5.0.1 since it came out :) so maybe I can go from 4.4.4 to 5.0.1 and then to 6.0.1

But still I'm afraid losing the root.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skooter32:
Hey chainfire am using motog 2015 and am trying to make a bk up but Everytime a try and select the command it doesn't show up on the page where the flash button is a know ave already told about this i cant giv screenshot for rhis problem because it dont show what a mean
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Google won't void your warranty because of an unlocked bootloader, the easy bootloader unlock is one of the main benefits of it. Just unlock it, fastboot flash factory image, then store the su beta zip on the device and the twrp image. Then fastboot boot the recovery and flash the su beta and you'll be rooted again with stock recovery at that point. Install flashfire and from that point on you're good to go, you can then tell ff to flash twrp and Jeep stock recovery for ota purposes. Note: if you're going to use xposed which modifies system, I suggest you keep a copy of the stock system.img image on the device too. You're going to need to flash it prior to applying the ota every time.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] adam_99:
I don't have any Google warranty, it's the store (actually the importer) which I'm afraid. I thing Google is much easier on that point.

I guess I will need to unlock the bootloader in the end...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Sure you do, I bought mine 2nd hand. They bought through NL play sure. Notified Google of the change they changed warranty. Ultimately you can even contact Google directly for warranty.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] adam_99:
I'm not from the US nor Europe.

I's working different. When I have a problem I contact the official importer.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Robert_X:
I hope to install the update to Android 6 on my HTC M8s (rooted with TWRP), for which it seems necessary to use FlashFire . That is, I might try to go back unrooted, but I do not have the stock recovery, HTC does not give it(!), and I cannot find it on the web either.

But after installing FlashFire on my phone I ran into the warning about HTC, which seems very scary. So far I have not found any usage on HTC. I do not dare to move on without any assertion that would work at all. Besides, I am not very experienced on this matter.

So basically 2 questions.

1. Does FlashFire work at all on HTC? Has anyone already used it there (for this purpose)? On which models? Did you have S-off? (Almost nobody I guess.)

2. Is it safe to just try? Can I be confident that if I use backup from FlashFire, that I will be able to restore if necessary. I have seen the instructions below. But which method should I use best? https://flashfire.chainfire.eu/actions/backup/
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
Question.

Anyone succeed with adb backup on a Samsung SM-T230nu(android 4.4.2) or Amazon firePhone (android 4.4.4) ?

http://pastebin.com/HG1vfVuN

http://pastebin.com/fQ3Vi8ST

I have backed up and restored both from sd/internal storage. Both give errors with adb backup.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] e2zippo:
I'm sorry if this has been asked before, I tried searching but couldn't come up with a proper answer.

I have a rooted Nexus 5x with unlocked bootloader and I'm running stock with May security patch right now. I've modified /system since I'm running Xposed.

And I'm getting pestered by the system update notification for June.

I get that I can't just flash the OTA via flashfire, but is it possible to flash the latest factory image AND keep all my settings somehow, root Xposed TWRP and so on? What would be the easiest way?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Do it all in go. sequence order

1 Reflash may system.img, 2 add zip/ota action, 3 add superSU zip, 4 add xposed zip (disable mount system, afaik). If you already have twrp, ff will make a backup of it before applying the ota and will restore if afterwards.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] coriolanus89:
I've got an error.

Nexus 5x on Project Fi, Running DP3 NPD35K, upgrading via OTA to NPD56N on Flashfire v0.50. Rooted via CFAutoroot. Still with stock recovery, etc. Only root app I'm running at the moment is Adaway, flashed using Flashfire. Using 9.74GB of 24.89GB according to the system app.

I launch Flashfire, it detects the OTA package, and then I press the flash button. When it reboots I'm still on NPD35K. No loss of functionality so far (about 24 hours).

pastebin.com/KgF7kWLj

The last few lines lines of the log:

[OUT] Loading from [/sutmp/ramdisk.packed] ...
[OUT]
[OUT] Saving to [/sutmp/boot.img] ...
[OUT]
[OUT] magic: [ANDROID!]
[OUT] kernel: [10627767] (10629120) @ 0x00008000
[OUT] ramdisk: [1475599] (1478656) @ 0x02000000
[OUT] second: [0] (0) @ 0x00f00000
[OUT] tags: @ 0x01e00000
[OUT] page size: 4096
[OUT] unused: [0x00000000] [0x00000105]
[OUT] dtb(?): [0] (0)
[OUT] name: []
[OUT] command line: [console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.hardware=bullhead boot_cpus=0-5 lpm_levels.sleep_disabled=1 msm_poweroff.download_mode=0]
[OUT] extra command line: []
[OUT] id: [0x012527d9aea87e55618d71069c0f10ab08bf2838000000000000000000000000]
[OUT]
[ERR] dd: writing '/dev/block/mmcblk0p37': No space left on device
[ERR] 8193+0 records in
[ERR] 8192+0 records out
[ERR] 33554432 bytes (32.0MB) copied, 0.096809 seconds, 330.5MB/s
[ERR] 2957+0 records in
[ERR] 2957+0 records out
[ERR] 12111872 bytes (11.6MB) copied, 0.208888 seconds, 55.3MB/s
[UI] - Done !
[OUT] ui_print
[UI]
[UI] Rebooting...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] CptanPanic:
I am on a Nexus 5X, on N-preview 4.

~$ mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (ro,seclabel)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,seclabel,nosuid,relatime,size=922512k,nr_inodes=230628,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,seclabel,relatime,mode=600)
none on /dev/cpuctl type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpu)
none on /dev/cpuset type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpuset,noprefix,release_agent=/sbin/cpuset_release_agent)
adb on /dev/usb-ffs/adb type functionfs (rw,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime,gid=3009,hidepid=2)sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,seclabel,relatime)
selinuxfs on /sys/fs/selinux type selinuxfs (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,seclabel,relatime)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,seclabel,relatime)
none on /acct type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpuacct)
tmpfs on /mnt type tmpfs (rw,seclabel,relatime,size=922512k,nr_inodes=230628,mode=755,gid=1000)
/dev/fuse on /mnt/runtime/default/emulated type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other)
/dev/fuse on /mnt/runtime/read/emulated type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other)
/dev/fuse on /mnt/runtime/write/emulated type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other)
/dev/block/vold/public:8,1 on /mnt/media_rw/DF29-13E4 type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,uid=1023,gid=1023,fmask=0007,dmask=0007,allow_utime=0020,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
none on /config type configfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/system on /system type ext4 (ro,seclabel,noatime,data=ordered,inode_readahead_blks=8)
/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/vendor on /vendor type ext4 (ro,seclabel,noatime,data=ordered,inode_readahead_blks=8)
/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/cache on /cache type ext4 (rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,noauto_da_alloc,errors=panic,data=ordered)
/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/persist on /persist type ext4 (rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,relatime,nodelalloc,errors=panic,data=ordered)
/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modem on /firmware type vfat (ro,context=u:object_r:firmware_file:s0,noatime,uid=1000,gid=1000,fmask=0337,dmask=0227,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=lower,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/block/dm-0 on /data type ext4 (rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,noauto_da_alloc,errors=panic,data=ordered,inode_readahead_blks=8)
/dev/block/loop0 on /su type ext4 (rw,seclabel,noatime,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /storage type tmpfs (rw,seclabel,relatime,size=922512k,nr_inodes=230628,mode=755,gid=1000)
/dev/fuse on /storage/emulated type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_other)
tmpfs on /storage/self type tmpfs (rw,seclabel,relatime,size=922512k,nr_inodes=230628,mode=755,gid=1000)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] m@nish123:
Is flashfire support mediatek devices too ? like meizu devices etc ?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Rick1684:
I have a quick question. Can a backup made from flash fire of the system partition be "unzipped" or converted to a standard form, such as a zip?. Basically I want to pull the /system folder out of the ff backup file.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] maly82:
I can confirm this app works with moto g 2015. I flashed 3 different ROMs without using recovery - only this app. As well as open gapps.

Backup option is not working as well as viewing partitions in app on my device however.

My device is XT1542 UK variant. It's flagged as experimental, but it does job done.

Keep up good work.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Jstame:
You can extract the system image from the ff backup. I change the compression to Gzip in settings when I do backups. GZIP is just covered by a lot more apps. You can extract the system file from the system.gz backup then rename it to "system.img". Once you have the raw image you can unpack that if you have the right tools. I just started playing around with trying to get the actual system folder directly only using my android device like Im able to do with twrp backups so not sure about other options yet...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
It works perfectly on my MT6753 with stock Lollipop or CM12.1, but not on stock Marshmallow
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] thierry2064:
Flashfire not installing Xposed with S7 latest update

I installed Xposed with Flashwire a few weeks ago, all went well. But after installing the latest Galaxy S7 OTA, I had to reroot my phone and tried to install the same Xposed files, but although it seemed to flash, Xposed was telling it was not installed or inactive. Tried uninstall and reinstall many times with no success.

I finally installed TWRP and could flash Xposed.

Just posting this because I did no find about this issue elsewhere.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ianmacd:
You now have to untick the option Mount /system read/write when you flash Xposed with FlashFire. You should find that it then works.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kijp15:
Hey guys, Was wondering if Flashfire works on BLU Life One X 2016 Android 5.1? Thank You.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
I was CM12.1 and decided to return to the marshmallow, and FlashFire still not working. Now in addition to restart without completing any action, dalvik cache of some apps is deleted and recompiled. Below are the logs:

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1uvONk-jlRiSGU3a3p0X01sMGs

And with FlashFire running on CM realized that it does not find the file if the folder/file has diacritical accent. I deleted this part and it worked perfectly.

[UI] FlashFire - Â© 2015-2016 - Chainfire
[UI]
[UI] Flashing [/mnt/media_rw/628B-5430/MM beta stock segunda atualizaÃ?Â§Ã?Â£o URBR2016061301/system.img]...
[UI]
[UI] FileNotFoundException: /mnt/media_rw/628B-5430/MM beta stock segunda atualizaÃ?Â§Ã?Â£o URBR2016061301/system.img: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
[EXC] FileNotFoundException: /mnt/media_rw/628B-5430/MM beta stock segunda atualizaÃ?Â§Ã?Â£o URBR2016061301/system.img: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /mnt/media_rw/628B-5430/MM beta stock segunda atualizaÃ?Â§Ã?Â£o URBR2016061301/system.img: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
at libcore.io.IoBridge.open(IoBridge.java:487)
at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(FileInputStream.java:76)
at eu.chainfire.flash.streams.FileInputStreamCompat.<init>(FileInputStreamCompat.java:16)
at eu.chainfire.flash.shell.perform.PerformFirmware.perform(PerformFirmware.java:248)
at eu.chainfire.flash.shell.ShellUIMain.onMainLoop(ShellUIMain.java:616)
at eu.chainfire.libcfsurface.SurfaceHost.run(SurfaceHost.java:115)
at eu.chainfire.flash.shell.ShellUI.main(ShellUI.java:192)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.nativeFinishInit(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit.main(RuntimeInit.java:276)
Caused by: android.system.ErrnoException: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory)
at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method)
at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:186)
at libcore.io.IoBridge.open(IoBridge.java:473)
... 8 more
[UI] Rebooting...
[UI]
[UI] Errors have been detected. Delaying reboot for three minutes in the hope you'll notice. You could reboot manually, of course.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] kijp15:
Hey guys, just wanted to stop by and say that whoever owns a BLU Life One X 2016 Android 5.1 stock, I can can confirm flashfire is working and running Xposed modules.?? Enjoy, credits goes to the awesome developer and keep up the great work, Mahalo (Thank You)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bprtzel:
Finally got Lollipop (5.01) rooted and installed on my S4 i9505 withot tripping KNOX counter (downgraded to Kitkat 4.4.2 + GNF1 kernel, used towel root to root, the flashfire to upgrade to Lollipop together with OTA / ZIP of beta superuser, then flashed correct BL with Odin).

However, now I cannot enable the wifi (it bounces straight back to disable). Tried flashing the Lollipop kernel via Odin too, plus factory reset (from GUI) fr good measure, but still no wifi... I guess I will try flashing the Modems next but might there be another cause for the wifi refusing to switch on? Unexpectedly, when I downgraded to KitKat with the GNF1 kernel I could still get wifi (albeit it would not remember the wifi passwords), even the the firmware was GNG8...

I will also try wiping the cache etc to see if that helps (I assume that gets wiped anyway during the factory reset)... I guess I can always flash the full Lollipop firmware back with Odin but then I lose root and would trigger the KNOX counter if rooting by a different method...

Any advice or suggestions gratefully received...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
This is off-topic for this Flashfire thread. Your phone forum is a great place to get this type of specific help. That said, getting a log when you are trying to turn on the Wi-Fi to post there will speed up getting help. If you're not sure how to get a log, search for "how to logcat" on XDA.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bprtzel:
Thanks - I will do that.

However, I thought confirming that flashfire did allow the update from 4.4.2 (rooted with KNOX warranty 0x0) to 5.01 without tripping KNOX might be worthwhile...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
http://xdaforums.com/general/paid-software/flashfire-t3075433/post66551895#post66551895
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Puneet kapoor:
Can i flash stock downgraded version of rom on my acer z530 using flashfire.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bprtzel:
HorusEyE (post 3164), I have the same problem with WiFi

I tried downgrading to Kitkat 4.4.2 with Odin, rooting with Towel Root (all OK) then upgrading to Lollipop with Mobile Odin pro (failed to complete) so eventually tried with FlashFire - success except no WiFi (but Knox remaining at 0x0). I tried flashing the combined modem files with Odin from my PC and also reflashed the Lollipop kernel and boot loader, plus factory resetting several times but all to no avail....

I will now try your final step and hopefully that will to enable my WiFi switch as it did yours... I will report my success (or failure) when I have had the chance to try the fix. Many thanks! (and thanks to KaMyKaSii for pointing me to this post).

Update: :D:good::good::good::good:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bprtzel:
worked for me too - excellent.

Note sure what the TrustZone is but that was obviously the missing bit!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] samccfl99:
I hate to be a bit off topic, but what I would like to know is hard to find. I am getting a "new" samsung N910T (N4) to replace my G900A (S5), which is paid off now and it is coming with OK2 (5.1.1) rooted with Twrp and custom rom. I thought this phone was supposed to have an unlocked BL like the G900T? I have been told that it does not have the ability to go back to 4.4.4 (not that anyone would want that), but now that PE3 (6.0.1) has come out and can be rooted with Systemless Root, the question is would I be able to Odin between 6.0.1 and 5.1.1? No one seems to know. BL's are a funny thing and Google and Samsung are killing us.

I really wanted a 935F, but could not afford it. Or a N6P would be great, if only they would put a darn sdcard in them. How come they are incapable of doing that???

Anyone? [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]?

THANKS
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
A bit? I'd say a lot. Downgrading has nothing to do with ff, use your device forum.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] samccfl99:
sorry, but [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION] may know about these BL's and please do not tell me to go somewhere where there is no answer. I use and bought FF and on very rare occasions i do ask very difficult complicated questions here since i do not know all the threads he has.

thats rich, go to the device forum. sometimes you are ridiculous even though you do help alot and answer alot of questions here. thats what i have to say. what other place would you suggest i go where there would be an answer? you do not know...so if you do not know the answer to this question, please do not have an attitude. sorry, these are my thoughts. if google and samsung would not screw with the phones like they do and kill dev, everything would be better. not everyone has a nexus or an unlocked BL phone. they are getting rarer and rarer. please do not get offended.

Really I do not like to lose my cool, and I rarely do in threads, but there is absolutely no reason for people to open their mouths and waste their time to tell someone who is asking an impossible question, that they should not be asking it in a particular thread. The answer to this question would not be very long. It was a fairly straight forward simple question about a very small, complicated issue. While this thread has become a Nexus owner's thread, and I am sure they are very happy they have a new great tool to help them thanks to [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION], there still are the simple uses for FF. As for the two people who decided to reply to this WHO WERE NOT THE ORIGINAL POSTER, both of your replies were not necessary and fairly dumb. At least I have the decency not to answer them and just change my original post. My apologizes to [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION], I did not mean to say "I paid for it" that way. I did pay for it when it first came out because I knew it was a donation for his great work. He did answer one of my questions once "in his own special way" :laugh: when he thought the question was dumb, but I did not get offended or make a snide comment (of course not...LOL).

I OWN UP TO WHAT I SAY AND AGAIN, SORRY IF I OFFENDED ANYONE. SO DOES ANYONE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE SIMPLE QUESTION??? LOLOLOL. HAVE A NICE DAY PEOPLE!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] sd_shadow:
you can ask in the correct forum, and mention Chainfire...