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[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PhilipPeake:
This has always worked perfectly with my nexus 5.

The whole point is that it will flash the OTA patches correctly with a "systemless" root.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
A Nexus 5 is a very different beast from a Note 5.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PhilipPeake:
I agree it's very different, but I am talking about a NEXUS 6p.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Apologies. It had looked to me like you were commenting on the previous conversation that was about a note 5.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Exile1975:
Sure, but the errors you're getting tell me that the system was either modified, or mounted r/w. It's your choice, but I guarantee that the full ota will fix it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PhilipPeake:
Not sure what you mean by a "full OTA". Google only send out patches, not full loads.

Those are available from Google on the web.

I may just do a full re-install (minus wipe) to see what happens, but I will have to wait a while for the next OTA patch to see if that works.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Exile1975:
The last sentence I quoted is exactly what I mean.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PhilipPeake:
Not at all helpful. Stop playing games. If you have something useful to say, say it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Exile1975:
OK, let me reiterate what I've already said, you need to flash the full ota because the error you got indicates unexpected contents which means even tho you used systemless su, you still modified the system.

https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/ota
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
No he doesn't need to flash the full ota, going by the error the boot image doesn't match up, not system. Something that can easily be fixed by simply flashing the ota that matches the system build. If that doesn't work he still doesn't need to flash it. Flashing simply the system image itself will be enough to let the ota pass.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ipdev:
I ran into a similar problem on both my nexus 5 (marshmallow) and 9 (nPreview) a few months ago. I'll look back in my notes and let you know.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PhilipPeake:
Again, not helpful.

OTA = Over The Air

As I said, Google only send patches OTA so not idea what you are talking about when you say "full OTA".

However, the URL you so kindly provided answers that question.

Poor terminology (Google's, not yours).
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] webfrm:
Drag order of Flash

To install a ROM the instructions were to drag the wipe command in Flashfire to be the first item. Yet the box with the wipe command won't drag other than to be removed from the chain of commands. Even if I reverse the commands (with Wipe being the last thing I choose in the + entry it still comes up listed as the last item. Why can't I drag the order so the wipe occurs first not last?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
It's a flick sideways to remove and a long press to pick up to change order. When the action is selected to move within the order, the background changes slightly.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] greatestofdanes:
Is "modem" the same thing as "radio"? And what are the drawbacks of using FlashFire to flash the boot loader?

I'm looking for a way to update everything, including modem/radio and bootloader on a rooted 5X, but I don't want to have to unlock my bootloader to do it because that would wipe out everything. From what I've read, I also can't get OTA updates if my phone is rooted.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Yes, modem/radio/baseband all refer to the same thing. Someone else will have to address the bootloader, I don't have time at the moment, gotta go.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] CrashOverride93:
HI all!, I used FlashFire 0.52 for backing up my device partitions and it worked perfect. But, could I flash the Xposed (.zip) Framework to my device?

My device: LG K10 (K420) // Android 5.1.1 // ARM (32 bits)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Most likely - others have on other devices. Use the search field at the top right (immediately above the top post of the page) for "Xposed" and you should find what options to set/not set in order to work correctly. As always, have everything backed up to a safe place in case things don't go as planned.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] stokholm:
I updated my Nexus 6P for the first time to the August security patch, using the full OTA. It even updated the bootloader - I'm impressed.

But how exactly does flashing the full OTA work different from flashing the factory image?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Even the full ota requires the previous system version I think, a factory image doesn't
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
The full ota need only stock recovery. Already factory image require an unlocked bootloader
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] VMZ:
My phone is being repaired, and I really need to have a few files from FlashFire backups (as I don't have them elsewhere), but for the life of me I can't extract the partitions... Is it possible?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] PalmCentro:
Try nandroid manager from the play store, it works with all nandroid backups not sure if it'll work with FF backups.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] VMZ:
Thanks, I will try that if I can't find a way to do it on a desktop!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
So I've only quickly tested this. I run on a *nix machine so if you are using windows or Mac, you'll have to translate commands.

The FF backups are lz4 compressed files so you'll need the lz4 application on the computer to decompress. They are also broken into 1024 MiB chunks so if there are multiple sequential files (e.g. data.tlz4, data.0002.tlz4, data.0003.tlz4), then they need to be combined before uncompressing. To do this on a *nix machine is simple with the cat command (concatenate). It's really important that the files are reassembled from lowest to highest:

cat data.tlz4 data.0002.tlz4 data.0003.tlz4 > data.partition.tlz4

Now decompress the resulting file "data.partition.tlz4" using lz4:

lz4 -d data.partition.tlz4 data.partition.decompressed.tar

This results in a tar archive called data.partition.decompressed.tar. Extract the archive and you should have the file you are looking for.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] foosion:
When flashing an OTA to stock on a Nexus, should Mount /system read/write be checked? I'm not sure I understand "Doing this only once may break future OTAs".
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Google has checks preventing incremental OTA installs on top of a modified system. Mounting the system r/w can trigger the check. So no, don't check mount system r/w.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] VMZ:
Sweet, it didn't even cross my mind to combine the files first before decompressing, thank you muchly!

EDIT: Yes, it was a success, just had to get backported liblz4-1 for precise first. Thanks again!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] foosion:
It seems to be checked by default in the latest version (0.52). I didn't think it was checked by default in prior versions, but I could be misremembering.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skiely666:
Anybody know why the new nexus launcher.zip won't flash with flashfire or have a workaround? I tried& it failed..

The error flashed up on the screen too quickly so I couldn't read it..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
There's a log in the flashfire directory.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skiely666:
If anybody's interested.. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx5JbEpIW520dldUbXowRnJMVEk/view?usp=drivesdk

Labs won't let me upload a file.

I can't decipher the problem..

http://pastebin.com/uEiAgS37
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Would you mind uploading it to pastebin then link here. The problem is your asking people to blindly download a file onto their device.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ths180:
Hello together,

how is it possible for flashfire to get file based access to the data partition on a Samsung Galaxy S7? By default it is encrypted. Twrp only gets access through wipe and disable encryption.

With dd commands and a copy of my data partition I can't mount it and access files.

Please give me a hint.

Thank you very much,

Michael
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Moatssm77:
Guys i need help i used flash fire to flash xposed v86 sdk 22 arm 64 on my lg g4 h818p and i still having the same proplem the xposed is not active and the xposed isnot installed please helllllllllllllp
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Log? It's in the FF folder. Upload the log to pastebin and provide a link here.

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It looks to me that the system partition is read only. Did you check the box to mount system r/w?

[OUT] minzip: Can't create containing directory for "/system/app/WallpaperPickerGooglePrebuilt/WallpaperPickerGooglePrebuilt.apk": Read-only file system
[OUT] minzip: Extracted 0 file(s)

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I don't know for sure but I suspect using root access it gets what it needs to decrypt before starting the process.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] skiely666:
It looks to me that the system partition is read only. Did you check the box to mount system r/w?

That did the trick, thank you sir..
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Glad it worked.

Most women don't like being called sir ;)
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ths180:
[MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION]: How do you get access on the encrypted /data partition with flashfire?

TWRP only gets access through wipe and format.

But with flashfire I can backup my data file based!

Please help!

Thank you
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] gooouuuz:
hi can iflash modium and bootloader for note3 using flashfire if yes .how? thanks

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hi can iflash modeum and bootloader for note3 9005 using flashfire if yes how? thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] dlkile:
I agree, that the quote should not be the complete post, just the pertinent part for the response.

However, there are some who never quote anybody, I waste time trying to figure out what they are trying to say and to who they are saying it..

Do you know anybody like this?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Elveneleven:
Hi, is it possible to flash. Img Files like twrp.img directly with this app without having a zip package?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] bjbirch:
Try flashify (root) app from the google play store
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Elveneleven:
Thanks, but that was not the question.

[MENTION=6218818]bjbirch[/MENTION] no offense mate, but your answer is not helpful for me.

I have Flashify, Rashr and Twrp manager and some other tools tested. But I don't want to have several tools for the same purpose installed. And if i can get a tool from chainfire I'll use this which much more convenience and confidence, cause i can rely on his long year development skills and abilities. So chainfires tools are ever toplisted on my personal app list. So please can anyone just answer the question without pointing to other apps? That would help me a lot better. [emoji2]
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Etnoy:
Alright, so I've been reading up a bit on FlashFire now that my usb port is partially broken/unreliable on my SM-G900F Galaxy S5. I want to restore the system to stock for warranty repair, however the only guides I find are using ODIN over the USB port. I'm not sure if that's a good idea given that the connection can be broken at any point in the flashing process. Perhaps it's a better idea to use FlashFire?

Would I be able to do the "stock odin method" using flashfire instead? I.e. removing custom recovery and putting the stock samsung software back in?

Thanks!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
If the file has target partition name as "recovery.img" or "twrp.img" yes you can go on "flash firmware package" and choose the file
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Paolonicus:
Hello. Kindy forgive my ignorance. I was so used to Odin on pc. I didn't perform any firmware flash yet. I would like to ask if there is any option to keep my current recovery? I have seen that it can root (Inject SuperSU) while it performs the flash, but where can I find the option for keeping TWRP Recovery?

Im on Galaxy S5 SM-G900F 6.01. Marshmallow.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
After selecting some action, is in reboot options
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Erik Rye:
Hello, I'm asking for help with fastboot flashable backup. FF v0.52 and my device is nexus 6p running dp5 (rooted SU 2.76, *un*encrypted)

FF freezes for 15min+ while 'scanning' Data.

Boot, recovery, system, vendor and oem show as backed up so assuming that is the 1.2gb zip that gets saved in the FF>Fastboot folder

Here is the log:

http://pastebin.com/kd7Ey0wF

http://pastebin.com/Da2jSSpa

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] roirraW "edor" ehT:
Hi, have you tried adjusting how many CPU cores FlashFire uses in its Settings? Mainly lowering the amount to either half of the available cores or just a single core, to prevent overheating?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yuansmart:
I flashed zip files on my mt6582 device running andeoid 5.1 it flashed successfully but when i look at the system of my phone the files on the zip that i flashed not there.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Erik Rye:
changing available cores from half (default) to single didn't work. Also tried all cores but still freezes on data, even after changing the compression from lzip (fast) to gzip (best). Never overheats regardless of settings, btw.

It's not an internal storage issue since I have 45gb avail, but going to change storage location from internal to adb. Maybe that will work?

Thanks for the tip!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Have you looked at the log? It's in the FF folder. If you don't see anything, upload it to pastebin and provide a link here.

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The freezing on /data thing makes me wonder if there is a corruption on that partition. I *think* there is a fsck command that can be run via adb. If you decide to pursue this idea, check in your device forum for coaching. I thought I remember reading some people have trouble with corruption on the 6p.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Erik Rye:
Backup/restore using Twrp works just fine. Would that be possible if /data partition was corrupted? I've flashed from N back to MM and back to N the last couple days, and everything is working fine except this glitch with FF backups.

I will look into /data being [ahem] corrupted, though, and the fscklog.

Thanks for your insight!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ESANEST:
I updated my Nexus 6p to august ota and all right, through zip/ota files, without write system and maintaining root.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yuansmart:
my logs

Successfully flashed flashable sound mod but not installed in my phone systmem. This is my log. Log is very long so iupload 6 logs
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
What is everyone's issue with using pastebin?

I'm not downloading your files, ect so I'm going to guess. Did you check the box to mount system read/write?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ashyx:
Not sure what you're asking here. I'm assuming you're asking how Flashfire has access to the encrypted Data partition and TWRP doesn't?

Any app has access if it has root as the OS decrypts it on the fly.

TWRP can't because it doesn't have the encryption keys to decrypt like the OS does.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] pkelly517:
OT, and I'll stop after the comment.

I'm surprised that TWRP can't decrypt. As I watched the progression by [MENTION=5480152]followmsi[/MENTION] in his excellent efforts to get TWRP working with encrypted data partitions on the Pixel C, I thought he and [MENTION=2489052]NYCHitman1[/MENTION] were working on accomplishments of the N5X and N6P. Now I'm even more impressed by what the two of them accomplished. High five to both of them.

I decrypted my N5X as I had it before TWRP was even available for the device. My ignorance often amazes me.

Edit: Fix mention of NYCHitman1
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] I7210I:
nexus 6P with root and twrp only, what should i need to choose to update firmware and to stay with the root?

thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
I'm assuming you downloaded a full factory image as opposed to an incremental OTA. Use "Flash firmware package" and find the zip you downloaded. A pop-up will display showing what partitions will be flashed. If you want to keep your data, make sure the checkbox next to "data" is deselected. You'll want to uncheck recovery to keep TWRP. Make sure "EverRoot" is enabled to keep root on your device after the flash.

Make sure you do a full backup first!
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] I7210I:
it's ok?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Looks ok to me. I don't think that wipe action is necessary. Is the update.zip a TiBu file? I've had better luck flashing that after a reboot. But I don't think trying will hurt anything.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] I7210I:
i don't know if it's TIBU file, how cani check it?

thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Why are you flashing it if you don't know what it is?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] yuansmart:
Yea i checked the two box
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
Upload the log to pastebin then link to it here.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
TiBu file = Titanium Backup Update. If you do not know what it is, it sure is not one. But explain to me one thing, the factory image is the most up to date? If so, do not have why flash this update.zip
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] I7210I:
sure , there is no problem, i download image from the developer site, and just want to update my device and to save the root and the data+twrp?

that's all?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
The very first action, the flash firmware action is the factory update.

There is a zip flash action listed after the wipe. That's the file (update.zip) I'm asking about.

You're asking for advice flashing a factory update so I'm telling you that if you do not *know* what that file is, I'm wondering why you're flashing it.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] I7210I:
sure i know, but i didn't understand the connection to the TIBU file,
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
TiBu is Titanium Backup (backup/restore app in the Play Store). Some people make a flashable restore of their apps and have that file named "update.zip".

Thus, if it's a titanium backup file, then I would understand why it's being flashed and while I'm not sure it'll work in the same process as the factory update, it's not likely to hurt. My question was to ensure you aren't trying to flash something that will bork the update.

Here's 2 yes/no questions:

1) Is it a TiBu file?

2) If not, do you know what it is?

If both answers are "no", then remove that action and hit flash when your ready.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] NYCHitman1:
TWRP can and does decrypt, but there's a prerequisite for that -- having the proprietary blobs in place to allow it to do so.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] I7210I:
thank you again

it's 1- no 2 - yes
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ths180:
Yes, but Flashfire does the work after reboot in own Linux or something else. And there it has access to the files, too. So how can it have access to the encrypted files?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] hotwheelsfan:
Link for tutorial

Hey I was wondering if you could give me a link for the exact program you used. I also have a LG power and since it doesn't have a TWRP, I need some help. Thanks.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Ch3vr0n:
Ff doesn't run on its own Linux. Once you hit flash, it's loaded into device ram and does all the work from there is what I think chainfire told me when I asked a similar question.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] 1981greg:
Can I flash a bootloader with flash fire
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
FlashFire documentation: Flash bootloaders
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] Vaako:
Hello,

Can someone tell me if I can use FlashFire to upgrade from KitKat 4.4.2 to Lollipop 5.1.1 as I was upgrading via OTG so that all my data & app's stays intact?

The official Samsung firmware file contains the following files:

system.img

cache.img

modem.bin

hidden.img

recovery.img

boot.img

sboot.bin

Which of the above files do I need to flash my rooted phone to keep my data & app's intact?

If you need to know my device is a: Samsung SM-G800F
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] KaMyKaSii:
Yes, you can install all the files in their respective partitions. And add a wipe action for system data
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ashyx:
All of them. Why not just use odin? You're going to have to use it to flash the lollipop bootloader anyway.

Neither will affect your data.
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] brywright:
I have a samsung s7 and rooted

I have the OTA downloaded and waiting to install

using root explorer I can see update.zip in the root\dta\fota folder

When i open flashfire it says detecting OTA for about 10-20 seconds but doesnt find it.

If I click flash OTA and browse to the folder it takes about ten seconds and the doesnt display anything.

I have checked in supersu and flashfire does have root.

Any ideas?

p.s. there is no sdcard/flashfire/ folder so no logs...
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ralex76:
I think there's a bug on the latest version. By using backup action via adb, I can connect to the phone via wifi ( I type : adb connect ip_address) or usb then I type adb backup -f C:\path_to_save\filename.zip ..it seems working but I can't find anywhere the zip file on my pc. I also tried by typing : adb backup go -f filename.zip

Same result, I can't fine any backup on my pc.

Is it a bug or Am I missing something ?

Thanks
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
I think ChainFire's response in this post applies.

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I don't know if this will help. The following is a quote from the online FlashFire documentation:
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ralex76:
I had already read the documentation and It didn't help, same story for the usb cable.....

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the strange thing is my C drive on windows decreases its size over the backup...so it seems saving somewhere, but I can't locate it! How can I do?
[Paid Software Announcement and Discussion] ktmom:
I don't run Windows so... on *nix I use a full path to the directory I want the backup to go. Are you using C:/<path>? Maybe your path is relative to your adb directory?