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Little confusion on ota and un-forevet

Ok, so I did the root from 2.2 down to 2.1 with unrevoked, and added forever, but im still a little confused as to wether I can accept the 2.2 ota, and stay rooted, im sure I have read about it before, but I would like some real info.
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You can take the OTA and maintain root with Unrevoked forever. UF turns the security permissions off, so it does not matter what you flash you always have root access.
Although in the future I would recommend not taking anymore OTAs since they often patch these holes with each new release. It is conceivable that they could release an update to turn the security permissions back on and plug current exploits to gain root. It is always best to wait for the rooted version of an update to be released. With Froyo the rooted versions were out before the official OTA came out.
To answer your question simply, yes you can take the current OTA after Unrevoked Forever and maintain root. Furthermore, there is little risk anymore since a method to root Froyo has finally been discovered.
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Ok, well i downloaded the ota froyo, started the install, did the unpacking pic, then after that it seems to be stuck at android with a white triangle and exclamation point that is yellow, so know what, pull battery and forget that or uh what.

tomh1979 said:
Ok, well i downloaded the ota froyo, started the install, did the unpacking pic, then after that it seems to be stuck at android with a white triangle and exclamation point that is yellow, so know what, pull battery and forget that or uh what.
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probably have to do a battery pull at that point. If you are using a custom recovery, the OTA won't work. I just used the RUU to do it. Otherwise, you need to find the stock recovery image (not sure where its posted) to use the OTA. The RUU is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746705
To gain root after updating, you need to install a custom recovery. If you go to the Unrevoked Forever web page, they have some recoveries in PC36IMG.zip format. The Amon RA one didn't work for me, but ClockworkMod does flash fine. One you have the custom recovery, you need to download a rooted rom. Netarchy has a completely stock one posted around here somewhere. That's the one I used. You can also use any custom ROMs once you have the recovery. You're supposed to be able to use the fastboot method to install a custom recovery, but I didn't have success doing that (though I didn't really work with it for very long). Hope that helps.

yeah i pulled the battery, and everything went back fine, so i guess at this point just get rid of that idea, and stick to custom rom then right.

tomh1979 said:
yeah i pulled the battery, and everything went back fine, so i guess at this point just get rid of that idea, and stick to custom rom then right.
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You can, or you can download the stock rooted 2.2. Or if you want to be thorough, you can run the 2.2 RUU, then install a custom recovery image, then flash the rooted 2.2 or custom 2.2 ROM. Probably recommend the 2.2 RUU as it will update your radios for you without you having to find and flash them individually. But that's just me.

[Q] Unrevoked expert needed

Trying to get what I thought was a simple question answered, but no luck so far, in some other threads, and other forums.
I am s-off via unrevoked forever (for a long time now). I have only ever taken Sprint OTA updates via unrevoked's recommended method of first reverting to a stock recovery, then taking the OTA, then reverting to a CWM recovery, and re-applying su.
Never had any issue with staying rooted this way.
Along comes GB. So, I flash back to stock recovery, take the 1st GB update, no problem. I then re-flash CWM recovery, and reapply su, no problem. I'm rooted again, still s-off, all my root apps still work fine, and I'm running Sprint GB.
Along comes the 2nd GB update (maintenance release). I try to flash the stock recovery, it appears to flash ok. But, if I try to boot into it, I just get the triangle-exclamation (which I think means no recovery is present). And, I cannot take the OTA. It errors out.
I can re-flash CWM recovery with no problem, and boot back into it, either though ROM Manager, or a volumeDown-Power cycle. s-off is still there, root apps still work, so I'm rooted.
I am, however, at hboot 2.16, I guess since I took that first OTA.
So, I'm at hboot 2.16, with s-off, and rooted, with CWM recovery.
So, why can't I flash that stock recovery in order to be able to take that 2nd GB OTA?
Thanks.

dude...f***ing AWESOME ROM!! i had no idea that you could do that with the evo!!
watch the video in my sig....will answer a few question! k thx!!

Why don't you flash the update from the forum like most people do, or possibly user one of the infinitely better roms available at this time that integrate the update, like synergy, mik's, misfits, ect.ect.ect.

gbh62 said:
Trying to get what I thought was a simple question answered, but no luck so far, in some other threads, and other forums.
I am s-off via unrevoked forever (for a long time now). I have only ever taken Sprint OTA updates via unrevoked's recommended method of first reverting to a stock recovery, then taking the OTA, then reverting to a CWM recovery, and re-applying su.
Never had any issue with staying rooted this way.
Along comes GB. So, I flash back to stock recovery, take the 1st GB update, no problem. I then re-flash CWM recovery, and reapply su, no problem. I'm rooted again, still s-off, all my root apps still work fine, and I'm running Sprint GB.
Along comes the 2nd GB update (maintenance release). I try to flash the stock recovery, it appears to flash ok. But, if I try to boot into it, I just get the triangle-exclamation (which I think means no recovery is present). And, I cannot take the OTA. It errors out.
I can re-flash CWM recovery with no problem, and boot back into it, either though ROM Manager, or a volumeDown-Power cycle. s-off is still there, root apps still work, so I'm rooted.
I am, however, at hboot 2.16, I guess since I took that first OTA.
So, I'm at hboot 2.16, with s-off, and rooted, with CWM recovery.
So, why can't I flash that stock recovery in order to be able to take that 2nd GB OTA?
Thanks.
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fYI - you posted in the wrong section and you are going to get flamed... Also if you rooted your Evo to flash roms why do you unflash them to take OTA updates when they are all over xda development. My friend you are only asking for trouble and it seems to of found you....
My goodness people do some damn research before doing anything.. Quite sure you have a good reason for rooting then unrooting to flash something thats on every page in xda... Quite sure you have your reasons

cg 112358 said:
dude...f***ing AWESOME ROM!! i had no idea that you could do that with the evo!!
watch the video in my sig....will answer a few question! k thx!!
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Love the video. I already Thanked You. Please can you tell me where the XXXDA site is...

I Am no Expert with unrevoked but I am fimilar with it when you say your were trying to flash a stock recovery and got the triangle with an explanation mark that is what i believe is a stock recovery and it is looking for a pass card in the sdcard slot that techs use to reflash rom as to the second update you said you have hboot2.16 with s-off that is more than likely why your are getting the error the second update unroots the phone and returns the phone to s-on and will not let you root so be glad the second update failed as some of the others have said just install one the stock rooted updates and all will be fine and you will still have root

Sorry 4G peeps
Unrevoked needs to go 3D. come join the fun, and help us with our root

rvajuggalo said:
Unrevoked needs to go 3D. come join the fun, and help us with our root
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1. You posted in the wrong section
2. You posted in the wrong device

Unroot to accept update

Hi,
I have a rooted Sprint GS3, running the stock ROM with just one or two root based apps. Do I need to unroot to accept the OTA update? If so, how do I go about doing that?

TheSapient said:
Hi,
I have a rooted Sprint GS3, running the stock ROM with just one or two root based apps. Do I need to unroot to accept the OTA update? If so, how do I go about doing that?
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if you would like to run a 4.3 stock ROM, there are a couple in the development section that you can choose from without having to run the 4.3 boot loader that contains KNOX. That way you don't have to go through the unroot process to accept the OTA.

jdelano said:
if you would like to run a 4.3 stock ROM, there are a couple in the development section that you can choose from without having to run the 4.3 boot loader that contains KNOX. That way you don't have to go through the unroot process to accept the OTA.
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Thanks. I think the preference is to accept the OTA. If we need to unroot, we'll do that if we can figure out how. Sorry for being a little vague. I'm trying to help someone else out.

ok, you can go here Restore to unrooted MD4 follow that and you're good to go

I was stock rooted with clockwork recovery.
Took the OTA without unrooting with no problems at all, just had to re-root when it was done.

dotNETProgrammer said:
I was stock rooted with clockwork recovery.
Took the OTA without unrooting with no problems at all, just had to re-root when it was done.
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Really? I thought it was always a bad idea with a custom recovery. Maybe we will try it rooted as well. Thanks.

Every other time I've tried it would download, but just wouldn't flash the OTA.
This time, it did. Surprised me.

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I got the update notification today when i woke up and when i clicked the restart and install it went to recovery mode, i panicked and clicked reboot (honestly still dont know what to do),
and restarted the phone without updating
I'm running stock 4.1.2 with just 2 root apps (superuser) and tatanium backup, how can i update ?
thanks

mjkubba said:
I got the update notification today when i woke up and when i clicked the restart and install it went to recovery mode, i panicked and clicked reboot (honestly still dont know what to do),
and restarted the phone without updating
I'm running stock 4.1.2 with just 2 root apps (superuser) and tatanium backup, how can i update ?
thanks
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Relax . You do not have to update. You do not have to lose Root. Check out THIS thread. It will explain a few things to you in detail about Updates, and how to stop the update nag. If you want to update to the latest TW 4.3 Stock Rooted, check out the thread HERE. Just make sure you read, and read again before doing anything. Also make sure to download the correct Rom. There are several versions on the thread.

prboy1969 said:
Relax . You do not have to update. You do not have to lose Root. Check out THIS thread. It will explain a few things to you in detail about Updates, and how to stop the update nag. If you want to update to the latest TW 4.3 Stock Rooted, check out the thread HERE. Just make sure you read, and read again before doing anything. Also make sure to download the correct Rom. There are several versions on the thread.
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Thanks for the answer.
I actually want to update to stock 4.3, and I was trying to achieve that by getting the OTA update.
And i was wondering if i can still do that?
If I simply can't then I'll just go to CM instead of getting other rooms since I used to have them with my old HTC.
Thanks again

If you want completely Stock Rooted 4.3, it's the second link I posted for you. It's the Stock, Rooted, Factory Rom, with Knox removed. All done by CNexus . Just be sure to read before doing anything. As there are several versions posted. I would highly suggest going this route instead of taking the OTA update. Once you take the OTA you will have Knox, and a different bootloader.
TEAM MiK MikROMs Since 3/13/11

Thanks a lot man, I'm having a problem installing the ROM, I'm getting assert error (status 7) error when trying to install the odexed rom,
I have just updated my CWM to 6.0.4.5
Sorry I cant reply to the thread directly, need 10 posts to be able to do so.
MJ
edit: now it's stuck on boot loop
edit: I downloaded the original recovery rom and installed it from ordin, then updated phone through kies. it's all good now.

ee 4.4.3 ota not working

Hi all, in need of advice. My m8 is currently rooted with twrp and s-on. I flashed stock recovery a while back for an update which I thought was 4.4.3 but turned out it wasn't so went back to twrp. Now update has finally hit I've flashed stock recovery and tried to install ota and its not working, even tho it worked fine for last update (which turned out to be a Firewater patch)
My q is. Can I install it using custom recovery if I have the update zip even tho I'm s-on? Happy with sense so not looking at custom roms for this phone.

houston33 said:
Hi all, in need of advice. My m8 is currently rooted with twrp and s-on. I flashed stock recovery a while back for an update which I thought was 4.4.3 but turned out it wasn't so went back to twrp. Now update has finally hit I've flashed stock recovery and tried to install ota and its not working, even tho it worked fine for last update (which turned out to be a Firewater patch)
My q is. Can I install it using custom recovery if I have the update zip even tho I'm s-on? Happy with sense so not looking at custom roms for this phone.
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Have you removed any stock apps i.e bloatware ??????

None. That's what's really bugging me. It's worked fine last update so only thing I did was put twrp back on so I could use external sd and left everything else as it was so I was ready for update coming.
I even wiped phone and started it from New and I still get the red exclamation.

houston33 said:
None. That's what's really bugging me. It's worked fine last update so only thing I did was put twrp back on so I could use external sd and left everything else as it was so I was ready for update coming.
I even wiped phone and started it from New and I still get the red exclamation.
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Have you still got TWRP installed?
You will need stock recovery

Same issue for me this morning. I have stock recovery and removed xposed. The update aborts shortly thereafter

To try and get further I used an older nandroid backup (1.54.61.5 cid orang001) and stock recovery, it updated itself but not to 4.4.3, it was just to the 1.74, and from there it just will not update.
I have the 4.4.3 correct cid zipped update file from here. Is there no way of restoring it?

can't flash stock recovery (GPE 5.1)

Hey guys, I have got some troubles in flashing stock recovery. Currently my m8 is running Android 5.1 (GPE) and I have rooted it via TWRP. When I tried to flash the stock recovery to get an OTA, it showed the recovery had been flashed successfully. However, when I reboot to recovery, I saw a Red triangle with an exclamation mark says error. This is not my first time to flash stock recovery and it used to work. I have no idea on what is going on at this moment. Need your help.
Android version: 5.1
s-off
unlocked
build number: LMY470.H9

If you get a red triangle in the recovery, that is normal. I have it on my phone as well and the OTA worked successfully.

Vigz said:
If you get a red triangle in the recovery, that is normal. I have it on my phone as well and the OTA worked successfully.
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hey thanks for replying.
I have tried to upgrade my phone under this condition, however, it comes with an error again. (also a red triangle when OTA)
Last time when I flashed the stock recovery, the phone became unrooted. And the OTA worked successfully. But this time even I flash the stock recovery, it is still rooted. I don't know how to deal with it.

I have heard that some of the recent OTAs do not update properly if the phone is rooted. I've never rooted my phone at all so my updates have worked fine. You might need to unroot before you proceed. That can be done via the SuperSU app.

It's a fact that on sense roms ota don't even work when you unroot the rom !
In that case you need a NEVER rooted rom and stock recovery. This came in the picture since lollipop ! Guess its no different for GPE

Vigz said:
I have heard that some of the recent OTAs do not update properly if the phone is rooted. I've never rooted my phone at all so my updates have worked fine. You might need to unroot before you proceed. That can be done via the SuperSU app.
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thanks man! I have unrooted it and now the OTA works