Is my upgrade:(bootloader/kernal/root and maybe my rom) plan look right?

[Greensystemsgo]

Good afternoon folks, sorry for what may appear to be a silly question but I wanted to confirm I understood what I needed to do before I committed.

I have a Verizon XL, DePixel8 and SuperSu'd the week they came out. Currently running ElementalX 3.18.31-ElementalX-0.05 with SuperSU 2.79. This is android 7.1 with security patch from October 5th. Looks like to update the kernal I need to flash TWRP. BUT if I need to go through that dont I need to put the stock kernal back on?

Is this what I need to do?
-Backup my stuffs
-factory reset
-Flash Stock firmware kernal bootloader and then twrp
-factory reset/clear cache and all that good stuff for good measure?
-TWRP RC1
-At this point, Its fine, I COULD tryPure Nexus or some other rom on here but I would at the very least like to patch the security vulnerabilities. So....?
-Activate/install SuperSU

Then I am back in business?

Side note, Certain apps, like stupid snapchat recognize the hankypanky going on, but sometimes doesnt. It literally sometimes works. Is this fixed in later updates/supersu/roms? Or are we waiting for xposed? or Am i missing something?

 

[BDogg718]

Good afternoon folks, sorry for what may appear to be a silly question but I wanted to confirm I understood what I needed to do before I committed.

I have a Verizon XL, DePixel8 and SuperSu'd the week they came out. Currently running ElementalX 3.18.31-ElementalX-0.05 with SuperSU 2.79. This is android 7.1 with security patch from October 5th. Looks like to update the kernal I need to flash TWRP. BUT if I need to go through that dont I need to put the stock kernal back on?

Is this what I need to do?
-Backup my stuffs
-factory reset
-Flash Stock firmware kernal bootloader and then twrp
-factory reset/clear cache and all that good stuff for good measure?
-TWRP RC1
-At this point, Its fine, I COULD tryPure Nexus or some other rom on here but I would at the very least like to patch the security vulnerabilities. So....?
-Activate/install SuperSU

Then I am back in business?

Side note, Certain apps, like stupid snapchat recognize the hankypanky going on, but sometimes doesnt. It literally sometimes works. Is this fixed in later updates/supersu/roms? Or are we waiting for xposed? or Am i missing something?

So, your bootloader is Unlocked? If so you can flash the newest 7.1.1 .imgs from Google via fastboot. It wont re-lock ur bootloader. From there flash TWRP and flash any Rom you like. All ROMs keep pretty up to date on the security patches. RR included. Which is here

 

[Greensystemsgo]

So, your bootloader is Unlocked? If so you can flash the newest 7.1.1 .imgs from Google via fastboot. It wont re-lock ur bootloader. From there flash TWRP and flash any Rom you like. All ROMs keep pretty up to date on the security patches. RR included. Which is here

Really? So i guess my issue is with Elemental-X then stating it needs TWRP to be updated. Does that mean I should just dump Elemental-X? OR update Elemental-X Manually over fastboot and not on the phone itself? This is my screen so It looks like it is unlocked.

I will look at your Rom recommendation, I know it will overwrite my existing kernel which I dont care about I just though I needed to revert it back to stock BEFORE I update it.

So, I have an unlocked bootloader, BUT no recovery, so basically everything is done over fastboot which is what I am used to, all TWRP does is add a nice graphical interface to it? But doesnt modify the bootloader persay? So really I dont even NEED TWRP but it may be nice. Really I could just stick a rom on there via fastboot and be on my merry way? I think that was where my confusion was stemming from. I read your roms page and sounds like a solid option. Thankyou!

 

[BDogg718]

Really? So i guess my issue is with Elemental-X then stating it needs TWRP to be updated. Does that mean I should just dump Elemental-X? OR update Elemental-X Manually over fastboot and not on the phone itself? This is my screen so It looks like it is unlocked.

I will look at your Rom recommendation, I know it will overwrite my existing kernel which I dont care about I just though I needed to revert it back to stock BEFORE I update it.

So, I have an unlocked bootloader, BUT no recovery, so basically everything is done over fastboot which is what I am used to, all TWRP does is add a nice graphical interface to it? But doesnt modify the bootloader persay? So really I dont even NEED TWRP but it may be nice. Really I could just stick a rom on there via fastboot and be on my merry way? I think that was where my confusion was stemming from. I read your roms page and sounds like a solid option. Thankyou!

No my friend, U def still need TWRP. Fastboot and TWRP are 2 very different things. Follow TWRP instructions for installation. You want to flash TWRP RC1.

 

[Greensystemsgo]

Sorry for not being clear, I was accidentally using bootloader and twrp interchangeably.

Heres how I did it;

- Backup my junk
- Factory reset
- Flash NMF26V-vendor.img via fastboot
- Boot into twrp via fastboot
- Clear Cache
- Flash rom via twrp
- Clear cache
- Flash twrp via twrp
- Flash su via twrp
- Clear Cache
- Factory reset
- Profit.