[How-to]flash Android M Preview -without- wiping your Userdata or Force Encrypt
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kronikings
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I've followed the Tutorial to flash Android M without data wipe, but after the reboot, the Phone asked me to restore all Apps & data from the lates Google Online Backup?!
As I have to do this now I wanted to ask if I then should flash the whole Android M instead of the listed images from this thread or is there nothing important missing?
Thanx for any support!
As I have to do this now I wanted to ask if I then should flash the whole Android M instead of the listed images from this thread or is there nothing important missing?
Thanx for any support!
kronikings
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kronikings
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Anyone have any idea why I can't change my default launcher from Google Now Launcher to NOVA? It doesn't ask me or let me manually do it in the apps....
Nevermind, I was able to do it within nova settings....
Nevermind, I was able to do it within nova settings....
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kronikings
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You don't activate it, it's coded into Android M....
If I'm already on android m, is it possible to flash the no encrypt boot image to remove encryption?
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kronikings
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I was in the same boat and I had to format data and start over, i don't think you have any options other than that. The boot image keeps you from encrypting, it doesn't decrypt...
:'(
Also what impact will that have on future updates? At google IO google talked about releasing updates on a regular basis for the n6. I wonder if the next update will have hardware encryption support....
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33Google just released the M preview for the Nexus 6 and I see some guys having some issues with flashing the preview, So what I did is just modify on the kernel not to encrypt the device during the first boot
and here is the simplest way to flash the preview
1-Download the preview factory image http://developer.android.com/preview/download.html
2-download this modified version of the stock M boot img https://goo.gl/SFWpMO
3-unpack the M preview .tgz file in your fastboot/adb folder and you will get the radio file and the bootloader file and the image-shamu-MPZ44Q.zip file
4-go to TWRP backup your ROM then wipe cache/dalvic/data/system ( watch out don't wipe the internal storage)
5-boot into bootloader and flash the bootloader : fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-shamu-moto-apq8084-71.11.img
6-fastboot reboot-bootloader
7-flash the radio file : fastboot flash radio radio-shamu-D4.01-9625-05.16+FSG-9625-02.94.img
8-fastboot reboot-bootloader
9-Unpack the image-shamu-MPZ44Q.zip file
10-you need just system.img from this file
11-flash the system : fastboot flash system system.img
12-flash the modified boot img that you downloaded in step 2 : fastboot flash boot boot-noencryption.img/B]
13-fastboot reboot
You also use NRT for flashing the M Preview if you prefer but flash the noencrption boot img instead of the stock img in order to avoid encrypting your device
It won't take time to boot but it's really important to wipe from twrp before flashing and as always try this on your own risk6
Not to make you feel like you are being ganged up on, but the OP did answer your question in the very first sentence of the initial post in this thread. Had you taken the time to read the very first sentence after entering the thread, you would have had your answer.
I don't want to sound like an ass but this forum is completely SWAMPED with people who can't seem to be bothered by reading a single OP thoroughly. I'd argue that if everyone on this forum took an additional 10-20 seconds to properly read/comprehend a thread's initial post, over 75% of the posts on this entire forum wouldn't exist.3
Did you even read anything at all?
He has modified so it does not force encrypt for those who have unencrypted internal SD cards.2
