Android N borrows Chrome OS code for “seamless“ update installation

We go on a deep dive into Android's new Chrome OS-inspired partition system.

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mewmew[/url]":3grvyqrv]This sounds like it might make rooting a more difficult thing to accomplish.

I'm not sure it will make the process of rooting any more difficult. I assume that the OS remains relatively unscathed in this dual-partition update process. I am curious about how this process will affect rooted phones. As is, most OS updates (all of them I've ever encountered) fail to apply to a rooted phone. The process of effectively un-rooting (which often requires flashing the system and cache partitions), updating, and re-rooting is a pain. With the new Nexus update schedule (which I'm generally happy about), this process needs to be done at least once every month (which gets really old). Nothing about this process makes me think that the process would be any different, other than the fact that the wait for the update won't be as painfully long. That "updating apps" wait is hideous.

This.

My current update process for my rooted N6 is to see the OTA notice, ignore it, download and extract the latest factory images, flash everything but /data, and re-root. Having an offline /system partition does not sound like an improvement given that OTA updates will still fail integrity checks.