April update 2016

[callanish]

Just got mine. West Coast U.S.A

 

[Easton091]

Got mine at 3pm est in michigan

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[B. Diddy]

Re: OTA link for April security patch?

He needs the OTA file, not the factory image.

Oh, I see. My mistake!

Anyway, I just got my OTA notification, which seems sooner than usual for me.

 

[UncleBiscuits79]

Except..... The Galaxy S7 got their April update the day after it was announced the April Patch was available.

Hi, I am actually trying to find the article again but I am sure I read somewhere that the Galaxy Update does NOT include all of the security updates for april, but some of the most critical. It was one of the sites that was talking about each issue fixed in the April update.

 

[renegad3]

Doesn't flashing wipe your data? What method do you, or anyone reading, use to back up and restore your data when flashing?

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You can apply factory images without wiping user data very simply.

If you follow the directions within the flashall .bat or .sh, simply omit the -w flag.

IE: fastboot update image-angler-mhc19q.zip

 

[Lepa79]

Doesn't flashing wipe your data? What method do you, or anyone reading, use to back up and restore your data when flashing?

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No it does not. I flash every image. 2 things need to happen to be able to flash without losing data:
1. You need to have an unlocked boatloader. The 1st time you unlock your boat loader, your data will be wiped no way around it. So every Nexus I get, 1st thing I do is unlock boat loader. You do it once and never again.

2. When you download the image and extract the zipped files, you would want to flash all BUT the userdata image file. That is the file that wipes your phone clean and you ONLY flash it if you do want to start fresh.

Its that simple. You have unlocked boot loader and not flashing userdata image file then you are golden.

Here is the high level process:
Flash bootloader image
reboot bootloader
flash radio image
reboot bootloader
flash boot image
erase cache
flash cache image
flash recovery image
flash system image
flash vendor image
Do NOT flash userdata image if you don't want to wipe your data
Do flash userdata image if you want to start fresh
reboot
You are done. Now smile.

 

[mustang02]

No it does not. I flash every image. 2 things need to happen to be able to flash without losing data:
1. You need to have an unlocked boatloader. The 1st time you unlock your boat loader, your data will be wiped no way around it. So every Nexus I get, 1st thing I do is unlock boat loader. You do it once and never again.

2. When you download the image and extract the zipped files, you would want to flash all BUT the userdata image file. That is the file that wipes your phone clean and you ONLY flash it if you do want to start fresh.

Its that simple. You have unlocked boot loader and not flashing userdata image file then you are golden.

Here is the high level process:
Flash bootloader image
reboot bootloader
flash radio image
reboot bootloader
flash boot image
erase cache
flash cache image
flash recovery image
flash system image
flash vendor image
Do NOT flash userdata image if you don't want to wipe your data
Do flash userdata image if you want to start fresh
reboot
You are done. Now smile.

Yes it does unless you edit it like you've just shown. So the correct answer, yes it will overwrite without modification to the zip file contents.

 

[08BlackWRX]

Got mine yesterday around 5pm EST. Got February, March and April OTA all in one week lol

 

[hallux]

No it does not. I flash every image. 2 things need to happen to be able to flash without losing data:
1. You need to have an unlocked boatloader. The 1st time you unlock your boat loader, your data will be wiped no way around it. So every Nexus I get, 1st thing I do is unlock boat loader. You do it once and never again.

Correct, that little bit of info is often left out when people say "just flash it, you can do it without wiping the data". Side note, some of us on corporate email can't even have an unlock bootloader (based on corporate policy), if we did we wouldn't be allowed to get email. So, those of us that need or use that, we have to wait for OTA.

 

[Jona005]

I got my Nexus 6p last Friday and now have gotten the Feb, Mar, and April updates. I feel lucky, lol

 

[Lepa79]

Correct, that little bit of info is often left out when people say "just flash it, you can do it without wiping the data". Side note, some of us on corporate email can't even have an unlock bootloader (based on corporate policy), if we did we wouldn't be allowed to get email. So, those of us that need or use that, we have to wait for OTA.

That's stinks. Interesting to hear that some companies have policies against unlocked boot loader. I use Good for my work email and no issues with my unlocked boat loader.

 

[mustang02]

Correct, that little bit of info is often left out when people say "just flash it, you can do it without wiping the data". Side note, some of us on corporate email can't even have an unlock bootloader (based on corporate policy), if we did we wouldn't be allowed to get email. So, those of us that need or use that, we have to wait for OTA.

Rootcloak fixes a lot of those issues. My Corp email can't tell I'm rooted.

 

[soma4society]

Correct, that little bit of info is often left out when people say "just flash it, you can do it without wiping the data". Side note, some of us on corporate email can't even have an unlock bootloader (based on corporate policy), if we did we wouldn't be allowed to get email. So, those of us that need or use that, we have to wait for OTA.

Point.

But the big picture is this: Nexus devices will get their updates really quick. But due to the way Google handles rollouts it's not equally fast for everyone. So, for those that just have to have the latest patch right away, there IS an option that will work (without losing data)...and it will work for the vast majority of users. If eliminating that extra two or three week wait is that important to someone, they should take some ownership of their device and follow the (reasonably simple) flashing steps.

Nexus 6P

 

[pyro530]

Got mine yesterday around 3PM EST. Located in Florida, not that it matters.

 

[dty06]

Got mine last night. I'm on Fi, if that matters.

Things seem better after this update. Not that I've had much time to really test it, but the battery life seems better than it did.

 

[only1canoli]

Got mine yesterday

Yup

 

[terminator y2k]

Any thoughts if this update will improve battery life ??? I read that it can take approx 2 weeks or so before the phone gets "adjusted" to the update and thus bringing the phone back to "normal". Any thoughts on this ??

*6P 64gb Graphite (AT&T)*
*iPad Air 2 64gb Space Gray (AT&T)*

 

[redduc900]

You can find the OTA in *.zip format for sideloading here...

MHC19I --> MHC19Q
Official Stock Firmware - Post #3

And when sideloading, the bootloader doesn't need to be unlocked, and nothing is wiped.

 

[Sullie714]

Got the OTA yesterday and thankfully it has fixed the Data toggle problem. I can toggle off data now and be assured that the phone is definitely not using data. It's possible this issue may have only affected Project FI users, regardless, glad it is no more.

 

[jbergsing]

No it does not. I flash every image. 2 things need to happen to be able to flash without losing data:
1. You need to have an unlocked boatloader. The 1st time you unlock your boat loader, your data will be wiped no way around it. So every Nexus I get, 1st thing I do is unlock boat loader. You do it once and never again.

2. When you download the image and extract the zipped files, you would want to flash all BUT the userdata image file. That is the file that wipes your phone clean and you ONLY flash it if you do want to start fresh.

Its that simple. You have unlocked boot loader and not flashing userdata image file then you are golden.

Here is the high level process:
Flash bootloader image
reboot bootloader
flash radio image
reboot bootloader
flash boot image
erase cache
flash cache image
flash recovery image
flash system image
flash vendor image
Do NOT flash userdata image if you don't want to wipe your data
Do flash userdata image if you want to start fresh
reboot
You are done. Now smile.

Where can I find instructions on how to do this? I've never flashed the updates before, only sideloaded the OTAs. TIA.