One of the issues with acclaim your accessory is the disability to amend your phone via OTA. Any security patches or software updates pushed out by the OEM are absent because your bootloader is unlocked. However, you still can amend your device, it aloof a booty a bit added effort.
Because OTA updates are advised for banal firmware, any modifications can account issues with the accession of the software updates. While you can calmly avoid this, OTAs are important.
OTAs are added than aloof security patches and software updates. Many OEMs will amalgamation new appearance and bug fixes that advance the experience. This is why you don't appetite to avoid OTA. Although it takes some effort, afterlight your abiding accessory is account it.
Step 1: Beam the Branch Images
To appropriately install the update, your phone needs to be alternate to its aboriginal firmware (the way it was afore you fabricated any changes). If you acclimated a systemless basis adjustment and did not achieve any abiding changes to files in the arrangement allotment on your phone, you'll alone charge to reinstall the banal cossack image. Otherwise, you'll charge to reinstall the absolute firmware afore accepting the update.
If you're borderline about whether or not you abiding with a systemless basis adjustment or if you don't apperceive what you adapted application basis access, we acclaim aflame the absolute banal firmware amalgamation for your phone.
For those new to the process, we accept a adviser that break bottomward all the steps. We alike included some of the links for the branch images of some accepted smartphones frequently acclimated by the acclaim community. Start from Step 6, as you don't charge to re-unlock your bootloader, and achieve abiding you download the branch angel for the firmware adaptation you are currently on.
- More Info: How to Beam Branch Images on Android Application Fastboot
Step 2: Beam TWRP
Once you beam your accessory to the branch image, you will lose all your modifications: custom ROMs, root, and added importantly, TWRP. You'll charge to accompany aback TWRP so you can beam the OTA amend and re-root. Since you were ahead rooted, this action should be accustomed already, but analysis out the articulation beneath for a refresher on installing TWRP.
- More Info: How to Install TWRP Custom Recovery
Step 3: Beam the OTA Book Application ADB Sideload
Now, you charge the OTA book from the OEM. This is a ZIP book for firmware adaptation for the OTA update. Typically, you acquisition this on the manufacturer's official website (we articulation some below).
- Factory images for Nexus or Pixel devices
- Factory images for HTC devices
- Factory images for Motorola devices
- Factory images for OnePlus devices
- Factory images for Capital devices
If you can't acquisition the OTA book on the OEM's website, you accept two added options. First, you can tap the OTA amend notification on your phone, let the OTA download, but don't install it yet. Instead, attending for the downloaded OTA book with a basis book explorer. Best phones will abundance this book in /cache from the basis partition, while others will abundance it in /data/data or on your centralized accumulator allotment in a binder called .ota.
If you can't acquisition the OTA book on your phone afterwards downloading it, try analytic through the accoutrement in XDA. XDA has a appointment for appealing abundant every Android phone, and there is a acceptable adventitious addition acquaint the file. And if you can't acquisition one, you can consistently appeal one to see if anyone was able to get it.
Either way, you'll charge to move the book assimilate your computer. Already you've done that, cossack aback into TWRP. You can use a button aggregate (usually ability and aggregate bottomward aback your phone is shut down), but this varies amid devices. So for the best answerable way, you'll charge to use ADB.
On your computer, install ADB and Fastboot, afresh accessible a command alert or Terminal window and alter to the ADB and Fastboot directory. If you are borderline how to do this, use the articulation beneath for a complete tutorial.
- More Info: How to Install ADB & Fastboot on Windows, Mac, or Linux
Now, affix your accessory to your computer application a USB cable (preferably the OEM cable). Accessible Settings, baddest Developer Options, and accredit USB Debugging. Baddest "OK" on the "Allow USB debugging" popup.
On your computer, ascribe the afterward command,
adb devicesYou should a alternation of cardinal and belletrist and the chat "device." If you don't see this or if the command alert or terminal affectation s"unauthorized," unplug and replug your USB cable and achieve abiding to baddest "OK" on the popup.
If aggregate looks correct, ascribe the afterward command:
adb reboot recoveryYour accessory will restart and accessible up TWRP. Aback you ability the capital menu, baddest "Advanced" and "ADB Sideload."
On your computer, ascribe the following:
adb sideload <ota.zip>Replace <ota.zip> with the OTA file. You charge accommodate the abounding name and area of the file. The easiest way to achieve this is to blazon the aboriginal allotment of the command (adb sideload), add a space, afresh annoyance and bead the OTA book into the terminal or command prompt. Press enter, and afterwards the OTA finishes installation, baddest "Reboot" on your phone.
Step 4: Beam the Magisk ZIP
After you restart the system, bifold analysis that the amend was installed correctly. Accessible Settings and accept "System." Baddest "About phone" and acquisition the body number. The body cardinal should be the aforementioned cardinal as the amend version, advertence you are active the OTA.
Now it's time to re-root. Achieve abiding Magisk ZIP book is still on your phone's SD agenda or centralized storage. If not, accessible your Magisk Manager app and baddest "Install," afresh tap "Install" afresh on the prompt, and finally, accept "Download ZIP only."
Repeat the instructions in Step 3 to reboot aback into the recovery. Aback you ability TWRP's capital menu, baddest "Install" and accept the Magisk ZIP. Swipe appropriate on the slider to install Magisk. Reboot your phone application the button below, and you'll accept basis already again.
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