[SOLVED] Latest beta OTA (NPD90G) won't stop booting to recovery

[Gromlakh]

Just signed up for the beta program a couple of days ago, downloaded/installed Preview 4 with no issues. I recall it booting back to TWRP, a script ran in TWRP, and then the phone rebooted back to system. Everything was OK at that point, other than I lost root and TWRP. I reflashed TWRP with fastboot, SuperSU via TWRP, and now I'm back in business.

I got the notification a few minutes ago that Preview 5 was now available for me to install. It downloaded, rebooted to TWRP...and nothing. The script didn't run this time like it did last time. Plus, every time I try to boot back to system it goes right back into recovery.

...help?

 

[mike102871]

Same thing for me. I had to run the preview 4 twrp zip

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[mrjiggywiggy]

Just signed up for the beta program a couple of days ago, downloaded/installed Preview 4 with no issues. I recall it booting back to TWRP, a script ran in TWRP, and then the phone rebooted back to system. Everything was OK at that point, other than I lost root and TWRP. I reflashed TWRP with fastboot, SuperSU via TWRP, and now I'm back in business.

I got the notification a few minutes ago that Preview 5 was now available for me to install. It downloaded, rebooted to TWRP...and nothing. The script didn't run this time like it did last time. Plus, every time I try to boot back to system it goes right back into recovery.

...help?

You could flash the stock recovery from a factory image then follow the instructions on this page to flash the OTA which will preserve data, but if you don't care about data you could flash the factory image fromthis page. If you don't need the device ASAP you could also wait for RatchetPanda to upload a flashable system on this thread, but IDK how long that'll be (although he's generally pretty fast).

 

[Gromlakh]

Good news: got the phone to boot by going to bootloader first, then telling it to boot to system from there. So the phone works again, but the update didn't stick.

Will try flashing stock recovery in a bit. Thanks!

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[Gromlakh]

You could flash the stock recovery from a factory image then follow the instructions on this page to flash the OTA which will preserve data, but if you don't care about data you could flash the factory image fromthis page. If you don't need the device ASAP you could also wait for RatchetPanda to upload a flashable system on this thread, but IDK how long that'll be (although he's generally pretty fast).

One quick question: I have the phone booted back up now, and I can get back to recovery (TWRP) whenever I want. The OTA flash instructions from the first link say to use stock recovery + adb sideload to flash. Can I just flash the OTA from TWRP and not mess with stock recovery? I would assume yes, but I figured I'd at least ask the dumb question first before my phone starts bootlooping on me after a bad flash.

EDIT: Never mind, found the answer: apparently not.

 

[simms22]

One quick question: I have the phone booted back up now, and I can get back to recovery (TWRP) whenever I want. The OTA flash instructions from the first link say to use stock recovery + adb sideload to flash. Can I just flash the OTA from TWRP and not mess with stock recovery? I would assume yes, but I figured I'd at least ask the dumb question first before my phone starts bootlooping on me after a bad flash.

EDIT: Never mind, found the answer: apparently not.

nope

 

[Gromlakh]

Problem ultimately solved by flashing the zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/android-n-preview-5-beta-npd90g-t3421459 (method 1). Everything is working just fine now.