Why is my OTA 5.0.1 update failing to install?

Drew5316

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OTA 5.0.1 update fails to install

Twice today, I've received notice of the OTA update for 5.0.1. Each time, I download and restart as stating in the instructions, but each time, it has rebooted, I receive the droid laying on it's back with a red triangle around an exclamation mark. Any ideas on how to get this to work without resetting the phone?

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Drew
 
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Re: OTA 5.0.1 update fails to install

Is your phone rooted? If so you can't update it with the OTA version. If it's not rooted, then a factory reset and then update maybe your only option. Backup what you need cause the factory reset will wipe your phone.
 

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Re: OTA 5.0.1 update fails to install

Not rooted, just stock from the Play Store. I sent a bug report to Google. Would really like to not reset, but maybe it will have to be. Thanks for the reply.

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Re: OTA 5.0.1 update fails to install

Ha! What a ride.... From the bug report, the Google Android Hardware support staff said that my phone would have to be replaced, and they needed my shipping address. I sent it, along with my Google Play receipt for the phone, then got a message in the afternoon stating that the engineers had created another update (to the update). It was true as when I went to download it, it was 33MB vs 13MB in the original update. This time, everything went smoothly. I haven't tested it in-depth, but it appears to be working just fine from a casual use POV. Just goes to show you, if you document the errors, play nice and send in bug reports (instead of just 8!tch!ng), things will get fixed. It's a two-way street. Google needs quality user feedback as much as we need their well-behaved services and technical expertise.

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Re: OTA 5.0.1 update fails to install

I have the same issue ,but I am rooted. Now the phone said is up to date. I have done all my update with the phone rooted and no issues until today.

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Re: OTA 5.0.1 update fails to install

Lollipop updates differently and checks to see if any modification has been done as rooting the phone, if so, the OTA update will fail.

Your choices are to unroot or to flash the factory image.
 

Leandro Santos2

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Do not blame rooted devices on this one!:mad:

My N5 is as delivered and got same problem. With the 13Mb update it was dead. Cleaning the cached (suggested by Google support) made it even worst. No rebooting.:'(
Had to use the recovery mode to get phone back (5.0).:)

After few hours I got a new update, this time 33Mb. So Google, despite not releasing a single note, identified the problem and fixed it.:mad:
 

Dave Brzeczek

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I am having this same problem. I bought my phone on eBay...I know I know... :confused:

But how do I know if my phone is rooted or not?

I've tried the update multiple times. It's a 5xxMB file so I'm not sure what is going on. I've thought about just factory resetting it, but I'm not sure that would work. Any suggestions?

Thanks!
 

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