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Root Nexus 7 won't update to 4.3 :(

If you don't have stock recovery, use this app Android Root Toolkit, to flash it easily, then try to update again. If that doesn't work then...

OTA Verifier

This app will tell you what went wrong. The update zip that your N7 pulled down is located in /cache/

When you located it, long press it to choose it and run it.

It will give you a detailed log that will be copied to the clipboard.

Post it here so we can further assist.

I'm subscribed to this thread so I can be of further assistance personally. If I can't help you, I'll call the big guns.

jmar
 
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Well I tried all the methods you recommended, and I guess due to my tablet not being rooted none of them worked:

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So at this point I don't know whether I should root the tablet or do a factory reset.
 
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Any way to just stop it updating? Mine's rooted and has also failed but keeps downloading the update when I least expect it. I've tried using auto run manager to stop anything with 'update' in framework services but that doesn't have any effect. The machine's running fine so I don't see any need to change it or flash the update in another way 'cos I'd have to go through the hassle of putting all my apps and data back on afterwards
 
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Well I tried all the methods you recommended, and I guess due to my tablet not being rooted none of them worked:

2v1knio.png

So at this point I don't know whether I should root the tablet or do a factory reset.

Sorry I'm a little late to this thread, but you've got to navigate down to the particular OTA .zip file that's typically inside the /cache folder and long-press on that to select and analyze.

Let me know if you guys have any questions about OTA Verifier.

Thanks!
 
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I was rooted on 4.2.2, and when I saw the OTA for 4.3 was waiting I thought I'd give it a shot, fully expecting a validation error...but it installed without a problem! Unfortunately, it appears I've lost root as the result of it, and several of my root apps are now non-functional. For example, SuperSU tells me I need to re-root in order for it to start working again.

So, will the procedure outlined at the link in Colchiro's post above (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376881) enable me to have a fully rooted 4.3 even if I'm not coming from 4.2.2, or will there be problems if I flash it as indicated from my current state?
 
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I was rooted on 4.2.2, and when I saw the OTA for 4.3 was waiting I thought I'd give it a shot, fully expecting a validation error...but it installed without a problem! Unfortunately, it appears I've lost root as the result of it, and several of my root apps are now non-functional. For example, SuperSU tells me I need to re-root in order for it to start working again.

So, will the procedure outlined at the link in Colchiro's post above (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376881) enable me to have a fully rooted 4.3 even if I'm not coming from 4.2.2, or will there be problems if I flash it as indicated from my current state?
Just flash the newest SuperSU in recovery and you'll be good to go. :)
 
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Problem is I can't access the /cache folder at all. Says it's secured against browsing, and that I'll have to copy it to my SD card to select it. Which is obviously impossible to do.

Are you rooted or were you rooted in the past (i.e., you've somehow lost root)?

If the OTA is failing to install and you were rooted, then you must have installed something that changed things on the device that the OTA's updater-script is looking / checking for...

Not being rooted would explain why you can't view the /cache folder...

If you were not/ever rooted and the OTA is failing to install...well, that's a tough nut to crack...:thinking:

Also, is your bootloader unlocked?
 
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I am willing to bet it is the ASUS keyboard that is tripping the OTA. It seems to be frozen for some users, even if you never froze it. I will dig around and see if there is a way to unfreeze it.

Scary, what do you think?

jmar

I think we figured out that the disabled keyboard was not an issue...

Not sure why an OTA would/could fail on a stock setup :thinking:...
 
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I am willing to bet it is the ASUS keyboard that is tripping the OTA. It seems to be frozen for some users, even if you never froze it. I will dig around and see if there is a way to unfreeze it.

Scary, what do you think?

jmar

I think we figured out that the disabled keyboard was not an issue...

Not sure why an OTA would/could fail on a stock setup :thinking:...

What's funny is that I bought it with Android 4.1 installed, and it updated to 4.2 with absolutely no issue. I've never done anything with this tablet other than perform a factory reset twice, so I don't know why it can't update to 4.3. :thinking:
 
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What's funny is that I bought it with Android 4.1 installed, and it updated to 4.2 with absolutely no issue. I've never done anything with this tablet other than perform a factory reset twice, so I don't know why it can't update to 4.3. :thinking:

Well, you could try to run my OTA Verifier app against the OTA file, but since you're not rooted, you obviously can't navigate to the /cache directory where it get's downloaded.

I could make you a simple fake-ota.zip file that you could use to have OTA Verifier scan again to see if it will identify something that you might be able to fix (I'm not sure though, because anything that it might find will probably require root to fix--catch-22, etc.).

Lemme know if you want me to post that .zip here--it's pretty simple to create (you're a first gen, wifi, Nexus 7, right?).

Cheers!
 
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