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I'm doing this from work, so I'll have to clean this up later.
Standard Disclaimers Apply. I have personally tested this on my device multiple times.
WHAT DOES THE LG2 OTA UPDATE CONTAIN?
Simply put? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Well mostly nothing, I can't fully confirm that. But I can confirm two things:
1. Removes universal search from Google Quick Search (i.e. search apps, contacts, or anything besides web)
2. Limits your Wifi and 3G horribly (made my SGS3 reject my work wifi for being too weak, with 1-2 bars)
WHAT AM I PROVIDING HERE THEN?
Well, anyone who has received the notification for the OTA knows just how frustrating it is! This should get rid of that, while also updating your modem. Any other 'patching' is removed, as well as the Google Quick Search crippling.
And most importantly, this will flash through CWM no matter what you've changed or removed, so long as you're on LF9.
HOW TO USE:
1. Do not accept OTA update.
2. Download my file to your SD card.
3. Boot into CWM.
4. Flash my file.
5. Reboot phone.
6. Accept OTA update.
7. Reboot phone once OTA fails.
DOWNLOAD HERE
Custom LG2 for Custom ROMS
This is awesome!
Side question: what does this mean for future OTA's? Will subsequent "custom updates" be needed from here on out? Thanks!
Worked perfect! Thanks! :laugh:
Thanks again for the update! But my paranoid just wants to confirm I get everything flashed correctly...
I accidentally clicked "Update later" when I got prompted (step 6) because I wanted to check the device info. Now I don't get prompted to install the OTA anymore even though I didn't go through the process of downloading it. Should I be seeing the old baseband (LF9) or should that also be LG2?
Thanks!
MinimalistChris said:
Thanks again for the update! But my paranoid just wants to confirm I get everything flashed correctly...
I accidentally clicked "Update later" when I got prompted (step 6) because I wanted to check the device info. Now I don't get prompted to install the OTA anymore even though I didn't go through the process of downloading it. Should I be seeing the old baseband (LF9) or should that also be LG2?
Thanks!
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The baseband is the modem, so LG2. If it's gone, then congrats. Everything else is in place. The only reason the notification remains in the first place, is because the update didn't go through the Android updater.
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RandomKing said:
The baseband is the modem, so LG2. If it's gone, then congrats. Everything else is in place. The only reason the notification remains in the first place, is because the update didn't go through the Android updater.
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Awesome! I figured everything was fine... I just get paranoid about these things
Thank you for the clarification and the dev work!
Must be on LF9... Have the script do those checks?
Don't i recall us going through this before on the OG Epic? =P
hoffman1984 said:
Must be on LF9... Have the script do those checks?
Don't i recall us going through this before on the OG Epic? =P
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I could remove it easily... but for compatibility and making users happy i left it that way. ;-)
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RandomKing,
Thanks for the good work. I have my daughter's S3 still on a stock rom and might for a while till I find something really stable for her. What's the issue of using your file on a stock ROM? Will it just not work?
Jettubby said:
RandomKing,
Thanks for the good work. I have my daughter's S3 still on a stock rom and might for a while till I find something really stable for her. What's the issue of using your file on a stock ROM? Will it just not work?
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No issue.
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RandomKing said:
No issue.
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Have you tested this on a stock ROM? So it will work?
I have flashed new ROMs but I still have the Baseband version of L710VPLEN.... I assume I need to flash both OTA updates in order to change my Baseband. If I'm not mistaken, flashing those updates will update my Baseband, but will also un-root my phone. Is there a way to update the baseband without losing root? I have tried to find the answers in the posts here, but I am unable to. Thank you in advance
does anyone have or can post LF9 Modem.zip?? i flashed the new LG2 modem but it killed my 3g speeds...please any help will be appreciated...
Is this zip suppose to end the update pop....I did it but am still getting the update pop up
hunterbeav said:
Is this zip suppose to end the update pop....I did it but am still getting the update pop up
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Yes, the update popup should be gone after you flash this
klarthur said:
I have flashed new ROMs but I still have the Baseband version of L710VPLEN.... I assume I need to flash both OTA updates in order to change my Baseband. If I'm not mistaken, flashing those updates will update my Baseband, but will also un-root my phone. Is there a way to update the baseband without losing root? I have tried to find the answers in the posts here, but I am unable to. Thank you in advance
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You shouldn't lose root by updating baseband. I didn't, make sure your use the team epic link for guidance http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/team-epics-root-from-recovery.html just in case you do...
baseband only link...care of Blazer Rom post...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746184&page=166
Naddict said:
You shouldn't lose root by updating baseband. I didn't, make sure your use the team epic link for guidance http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/team-epics-root-from-recovery.html just in case you do...
baseband only link...care of Blazer Rom post...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746184&page=166
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worked for me perfectly!
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Jettubby said:
Have you tested this on a stock ROM? So it will work?
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I just tested it on stock, rooted, works fine
joeyhdownsouth said:
worked for me perfectly!
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I just tested it on stock, rooted, works fine
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Thanks for that clarification. I understand that this zip kills the update nag but does it also update the baseband to LG2 where people are having wifi and 3G issues? If so it would be nice to just have a nag killer zip? Or edit the build.prop to show LG2 so that the system thinks its updated?
MinimalistChris said:
Thanks again for the update! But my paranoid just wants to confirm I get everything flashed correctly...
I accidentally clicked "Update later" when I got prompted (step 6) because I wanted to check the device info. Now I don't get prompted to install the OTA anymore even though I didn't go through the process of downloading it. Should I be seeing the old baseband (LF9) or should that also be LG2?
Thanks!
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I did zip but still showing Lf9 baseband....no more pop ups though...is that right?
Thanks for this :thumbup:
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I have a rooted Galaxy S3 with stock rom.
I keep getting a pop up for a system update, but cant update.
Please tell me how to manually update, and (where) I can find the latest stock updated software
Thanks
Voodoo8648 said:
I have a rooted Galaxy S3 with stock rom.
I keep getting a pop up for a system update, but cant update.
Please tell me how to manually update, and (where) I can find the latest stock updated software
Thanks
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Take a look in the android dev sections to this forum. If you ever update once rooted, you should be flashing a new ROM (clean or dirty flashing) to receive the next update. Running stock ROM in between a Sammy update and while having the older ROM without the newest update will yield that result.
Xontic said:
Take a look in the android dev sections to this forum. If you ever update once rooted, you should be flashing a new ROM (clean or dirty flashing) to receive the next update. Running stock ROM in between a Sammy update and while having the older ROM without the newest update will yield that result.
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I dont know what any of that means.. I just want to update my phone. This cant be brain surgery.
Voodoo8648 said:
I dont know what any of that means.. I just want to update my phone. This cant be brain surgery.
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This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?
Xontic said:
This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?
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Wonderful question. I would LOVE to unroot my phone :good:
lol, well if you want to read up on installing a custom ROM, then that is your ticket to experiencing the world of rooted phone glory. If not, I recommend looking up the unroot method...
Xontic said:
This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?
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There are plenty of reasons for rooting but remaining stock (such as: tethering, Droid wall, Titanium Backup to allow me to backup and restore app data, removing bloat, etc).
I have flashed custom rooms in the past on my Evo but right now I am happy with my S3 at stock.
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Xontic said:
lol, well if you want to read up on installing a custom ROM, then that is your ticket to experiencing the world of rooted phone glory. If not, I recommend looking up the unroot method...
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Oh, okay, Thanks for the help!
Voodoo8648 said:
I have a rooted Galaxy S3 with stock rom.
I keep getting a pop up for a system update, but cant update.
Please tell me how to manually update, and (where) I can find the latest stock updated software
Thanks
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I was in the same boat at you. I put it off for a while but finally decided to update tonight. I followed the steps posted here.
You can update your baseband by flashing a properly packaged official baseband zip, or flash from recovery tool (my preference), like the one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29820376. There are also unofficial, or leaked basebands, available to flash from all-in-one zips, such as the one here: http://goo.im/devs/freeza/Galaxy-S-fre3-LIGFirmwareModemAIO.zip.
As far as the build version goes, that does not have to match your baseband (modem). Most of the ICS ROMs are LG8, although there are some LI3 ICS ROMs to choose from. There's also a leaked build of Jellybean, builds LIF & LIG, with a third leak LIH reportedly coming out tomorrow. Once rooted, you can update your build version by flashing the ROM of your choice, based upon the build of your choice.
One of the top developers, and probably the greatest asset to this community, is freeza. He explained the difference very well here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32095775
That's a long-winded response, but I hope it answered your original question, and helps you out.
Have fun!
Edit: Once you're rooted, you'll still receive OTA update notifications, which will continually annoy you until you choose to update and reboot. Once you reboot, the update will fail because of your custom recovery (you will NOT lose root) and the notification will go away....until the next OTA...
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m20120 said:
I was in the same boat at you. I put it off for a while but finally decided to update tonight. I followed the steps posted here.
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Excuse me for my stupidity but I'm new to android. I'm also using the sprint variant of the s3 and have it rooted with stock rom. However my build number is IMM76D.L710VPALF9. I'm assuming the last 3 are the update versions. What is the current version and how do I update to it?
Also, I'm rooted with Clockwork mod 5.5.0.4. How do I upgrade this to version 6.0.1.2? Will I have to unroot then root again?
Thanks for clearing anything you can up. Don't mean to pirate the OP but I figured I'd post in this thread rather than make a new one. Thanks again.
johnnygabe89 said:
Excuse me for my stupidity but I'm new to android. I'm also using the sprint variant of the s3 and have it rooted with stock rom. However my build number is IMM76D.L710VPALF9. I'm assuming the last 3 are the update versions. What is the current version and how do I update to it?
Also, I'm rooted with Clockwork mod 5.5.0.4. How do I upgrade this to version 6.0.1.2? Will I have to unroot then root again?
Thanks for clearing anything you can up. Don't mean to pirate the OP but I figured I'd post in this thread rather than make a new one. Thanks again.
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You can flash a new recovery using ODIN, or Mobile ODIN. I use Mobile ODIN. There's a thread on recoveries here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31894089
As far as the versions, see my previous post on this thread.
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Can anyone tell me how to just UNROOT?
Maybe step by step instructions and where to get the software?
Thanks
Voodoo8648 said:
Can anyone tell me how to just UNROOT?
Maybe step by step instructions and where to get the software?
Thanks
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There is a link to a video of the unroot process in this post.
I just discovered a reason NOT to unroot...
I just found out that I can tether free wifi hotspot!
Zoing!:victory:
Voodoo8648 said:
I just discovered a reason NOT to unroot...
I just found out that I can tether free wifi hotspot!
Zoing!:victory:
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That is one of the reasons that I am rooted... so I can use WiFi Tether. I do not it much. Hardly any data at all. But when I am in a spot and need a wireless connection and I only have my phone it comes in handy.
Some other reasons:
- DroidWall: Lets me block individual apps from accessing the internet.
- AddFree: Block ads in some apps.
why would you do that?
Xontic said:
This might be a foolish question, but why root your phone to leave it as is?
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so you don't have to pay Sprint 12 dollars a month to teather.
Hey guys, first time Android user here.
I got my phone on release day...a few weeks later I decided to root it. Went very smoothly with no issues, then I accepted an update and lost the root so now when I try to root again I always end up with all kinds of stop errors. Anyone have any thoughts on why that might be? Ive tried restoring my phone to factory settings and rooting but it makes no difference, always blows up with error after error.
Saying you reset to factory settings, did you ODIN back to stock?
jeeper11 said:
Saying you reset to factory settings, did you ODIN back to stock?
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No sir, just used the reset tool built into the phone....are you saying I need to find the stock firmware and load it through ODIN first?
I would strongly suggest using the ODIN method back to to stock, and then start your rooting process again
Odin to stock, rooted LG1
Dl OTA root keeper from market, using it to back up root
Let the ota update do its thing
Restore root with root keeper
mrhaley30705 said:
Odin to stock, rooted LG1
Dl OTA root keeper from market, using it to back up root
Let the ota update do its thing
Restore root with root keeper
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Is this the name of the correct file that will work? root69_ATT_I747UCALG1.tar
Ive used this before and its one of the ones that caused my phone to pop up with stop errors.
That is a pre-rooted firmware.you need one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 to go completely back to stock, just make ure you grab the one for your provider
jeeper11 said:
That is a pre-rooted firmware.you need one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 to go completely back to stock, just make ure you grab the one for your provider
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Ok thanks for the help so far. Im downloading the file now but the next question is once I install this and the phone is fully stock which file should I use to root?
If you are AT&T THEN use the one you mentioned above, if not use the appropriate one for you,
jeeper11 said:
If you are AT&T THEN use the one you mentioned above, if not use the appropriate one for you,
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Thanks guys. Will try it now.
Lato9905 said:
Thanks guys. Will try it now.
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Ok just finished step number one (flashing stock rom) and its the same outcome that ive been getting. As soon as the phone comes on this error pops up unfortunately the process android.process.acore has stopped and it just pops up every ten seconds.
Try clearing you contacts cache, under application manager.
That helped me when I got this error. Never got it again.
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scav1180 said:
Try clearing you contacts cache, under application manager.
That helped me when I got this error. Never got it again.
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Yep you are correct. Just did it and fixed my issues, now rooted again and working. Thanks for the help gentlemen.
Dang.... Wish this conversation was 2 days ago. I had the same exact error after trying to get root, I had to pull battery and do factory reset from stock recovery then flash stock with root and flash the OTA to end up where I wanted to be! . Oh well we live and learn right!
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Don't want the OTA right now?
Tired of deferring the update?
How can you stop it or get rid of it before or after it downloads to the device?
Answer:
M7vzw OTA Killer - Flash in Recovery
Enjoy! :good:
santod040 said:
Don't want the OTA right now?
Tired of deferring the update?
How can you stop it or get rid of it before or after it downloads to the device?
Answer:
M7vzw OTA Killer - Flash in Recovery
Enjoy! :good:
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Awesome thanks! Is there a way to get OTAs back after flashing this? Just curious.
Cares said:
Awesome thanks! Is there a way to get OTAs back after flashing this? Just curious.
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Flash my full odex stock rom...they won't apply to much else anyhow.
santod040 said:
Flash my full odex stock rom...they won't apply to much else anyhow.
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I am going to flash this with Bonestock. Shouldn't be a problem right?
Cares said:
I am going to flash this with Bonestock. Shouldn't be a problem right?
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You can flash this on any rom.
santod040 said:
Flash my full odex stock rom...they won't apply to much else anyhow.
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which rom of yours is full odex stock?? i;d love to try it
sant0d, you are da best. Not that I need this, but you've done a lot to ontribute to this model phone. So thank you.
This work with your KitKat ROMs too?
I just went through and flashed your Odex Debloated KitKat ROM, and downloaded this to block the OTA from happening. However, I just noticed the last update of this is from December. Is it still OK to flash this on top of the KitKat ROM, or is that going to muck up things? (Or did you already "bake" it in by getting rid of some of the stuff in the debloat process?).
Thanks again!
Robert
Robertjm said:
I just went through and flashed your Odex Debloated KitKat ROM, and downloaded this to block the OTA from happening. However, I just noticed the last update of this is from December. Is it still OK to flash this on top of the KitKat ROM, or is that going to muck up things? (Or did you already "bake" it in by getting rid of some of the stuff in the debloat process?).
Thanks again!
Robert
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It should still work fine on KK.
But the debloated rom already has the OTA stuff removed.
Look in Settings > see anywhere to even check for a software update? No you won't...
It's already been removed.
santod040 said:
It should still work fine on KK.
But the debloated rom already has the OTA stuff removed.
Look in Settings > see anywhere to even check for a software update? No you won't...
It's already been removed.
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Thank you so much!!!!! Finally something that actually works to get rid of the OTA Thank you so much Santod045 you are the best!
Oh yeah. Will this still work with sense 6.0?
Sent from my HTC ONE.
onthehole said:
Oh yeah. Will this still work with sense 6.0?
Sent from my HTC ONE.
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Yes, it should work just fine.
santod040 said:
Yes, it should work just fine.
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It does indeed!
Thank you very Much :good:
Stock Un-Rooted HTC One..?
My husbands phone (which he refused to let me root when we had the chance, has been giving him a lot of grief with this latest OTA. It keeps downloading, attempting to install, and there errors 410 update failed, and exits software update. When I checked his phone after the latest attempt by the phone to install 4.4.3 to see if the download was still ON his device, it had disappeared with the failure of the update.
My question is, he's just sick of getting the prompt, error, and reboot - as a temp fix, can I push this OTA Killer onto his phone even though it isn't rooted and have it work, or do I need to find a signed RUU of the 4.4.3 and flash in bootloader (as I was originally planning on doing, but came across this...)
Thanks in advance!!!
xenacick said:
My husbands phone (which he refused to let me root when we had the chance, has been giving him a lot of grief with this latest OTA. It keeps downloading, attempting to install, and there errors 410 update failed, and exits software update. When I checked his phone after the latest attempt by the phone to install 4.4.3 to see if the download was still ON his device, it had disappeared with the failure of the update.
My question is, he's just sick of getting the prompt, error, and reboot - as a temp fix, can I push this OTA Killer onto his phone even though it isn't rooted and have it work, or do I need to find a signed RUU of the 4.4.3 and flash in bootloader (as I was originally planning on doing, but came across this...)
Thanks in advance!!!
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If he has a custom recovery installed, then it will work. Have you tried downloading the OTAzip to his SD card and running the ota directly from stock recovery?
Get into recovery, select install update from SD, select OTAzip.
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Uzephi said:
If he has a custom recovery installed, then it will work. Have you tried downloading the OTAzip to his SD card and running the ota directly from stock recovery?
Get into recovery, select install update from SD, select OTAzip.
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NO, no custom recovery installed, everything is 100% stock. He spent a good part of 3 hours with tech support with Verizon and HTC and they were both dumbfounded....go figure!
Problem is because it's a virtual SD, I have no way of verifying (without root) that it's even downloaded to the virtual one on the M7. Would it hurt anything to take a shot at it from stock recovery.....?
Or is there a link someone could suggest to a download to the OTApkg file?
xenacick said:
NO, no custom recovery installed, everything is 100% stock. He spent a good part of 3 hours with tech support with Verizon and HTC and they were both dumbfounded....go figure!
Problem is because it's a virtual SD, I have no way of verifying (without root) that it's even downloaded to the virtual one on the M7. Would it hurt anything to take a shot at it from stock recovery.....?
Or is there a link someone could suggest to a download to the OTApkg file?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55244412
@dottat uploaded it to his android file host account.
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would this help my problem??
I recently read a post, I don't know where now, but it had to do with a hidden Trojan/malware. That was started in 2013... After reading, thinking back to when this really started affecting me Feb,26, 2015. I noticed some strange things mentioned in my service log from around that date. The post mentioned how it places a high tracker in some obscure app. Unfortunately I got the bug, BAD!!! So not knowing about this until I made it worse by plugging my phone into my computer... I'm sure you can figure out the rest. My everything is screwed now. My HTC one m7, is the only device I can use period, now. I tried to root, and couldn't. Then downloaded another root checker, and it said my device was already rooted. Is there anything I can do(on my knees begging). This has to be the worst inter-web experience ever. Any and all ideas, advice, similar problems, links, and time are greatly appreciated. Thank you
Hey Guys,
I'm trying to apply the OTA update to move to KitKat but I've tried it twice now and both times before it even starts doing anything on the installation after turning off, I get a dead android icon with a red triangle and an exclamation point. I figured this issue was due to me removing some packages to uninstall bloat but I restored all the ones I backed up and I'm not sure if I'm missing something. I'm rooted using the saferoot on 98.30.1.XT907.Verizon.en.US. How can I get my phone to update? I'm aware that I'll lose root but it's not imperative for me. I really only use it to get rid of ads using AdAway. Thanks in advance!
Is there a way to get the apk's for all the system installed apps that come with the Droid RAZR M? I could go through and install the ones I'm missing that way. I thought I backed up any ones that I was removing so that this wouldn't happen when a new OTA came out but apparently not.
Your best bet will likely be to RSD back to stock and then take the OTA.
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Coronado is dead said:
Your best bet will likely be to RSD back to stock and then take the OTA.
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So I would just want to use RSDLite from here - http://www.4shared.com/zip/uOa2HVb9/RSDLite616.html
And then download the same version of Android I have now (98.30.1.XT907.Verizon.en.US) from here - http://sbf.droid-developers.org/phone.php?device=8 and install that?
You could flash the new firmware right away.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52755934&postcount=229.
lem22 said:
You could flash the new firmware right away.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52755934&postcount=229.
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Would that do a factory reset in the process? I just want to know if I need to backup my pictures before hand. I haven't had a problem with doing OTA's and losing pictures but I guess if there's some in there I want to keep I should back them up anyways. I don't really use my phone for many pictures though.
Using the linked files it shouldn't delete user data (wipe), but some system settings will get reset.
Please see this thread.
gjriehl said:
Hey Guys,
I'm trying to apply the OTA update to move to KitKat but I've tried it twice now and both times before it even starts doing anything on the installation after turning off, I get a dead android icon with a red triangle and an exclamation point. I figured this issue was due to me removing some packages to uninstall bloat but I restored all the ones I backed up and I'm not sure if I'm missing something. I'm rooted using the saferoot on 98.30.1.XT907.Verizon.en.US. How can I get my phone to update? I'm aware that I'll lose root but it's not imperative for me. I really only use it to get rid of ads using AdAway. Thanks in advance!
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I would use house of moto. It reflashed the system, boot.img, etc, and I kept all of my data. When it booted up, I took the update just fine. Here's a link to the forum: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/28162-house-of-moto-22/
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lem22 said:
You could flash the new firmware right away.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52755934&postcount=229.
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Well I went this route and it worked great. Thanks!
gjriehl said:
Well I went this route and it worked great. Thanks!
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So we can follow the instructions for this coming from any rom?
romma1 said:
So we can follow the instructions for this coming from any rom?
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I'm not sure on that. I was on the stock rom to begin with but I had removed some bloat (thought I had backups for everything but I guess not) and after restoring it all it wouldn't install. Tried it twice to no avail. Then just grabbed the KK update zip file and RSD'ed it over and it was done in about 5-10 min. Phone was running slow while Google Play went and downloaded updates for all my apps but it's running beautifully now.
romma1 said:
So we can follow the instructions for this coming from any rom?
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Yes, as long it's the same or a newer system version you're flashing: You can restore your version, you can upgrade it to a newer one, but to downgrade the bootloader has to be unlocked.
lem22 said:
Yes, as long it's the same or a newer system version you're flashing: You can restore your version, you can upgrade it to a newer one, but to downgrade the bootloader has to be unlocked.
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I am unlocked. Thank you...
Truth be told, I never tried to downgrade from KitKat, so maybe there's something different now, but I believe it works, just as a downgrade from JB to ICS.