I thought these ROMs had Verizon OTA disabled. I did my friend's phone and he is getting bugged with upgrade requests. One got in and clobbered him, but we restored a backup. How do I disable OTA?
I am not sure if this will work but I've heard it will. Edit your build.prop in /system to say whatever the latest ota is trying to upgrade to and it should trick the phone into thinking its already up to date.
I think the line is ro.build.version.release=...
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You can also rename your otocerts file with a root explorer
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I've heard that you can't do an ota firmware update if you're rooted (is this true?) If so, am I still able to do maintenance releases? Sprint just sent out a new one. http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/240535#240535
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If your rooted you never do a ota or yours losing root
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Never ever do an OTA, if you're rooted.
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That's what I thought. I just wanted to make sure >.> thanks!
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So the general consensus is not to do a OTA update if rooted because you will lose root.
OK, what if I dont mind losing root.
I am rooted (ive used the unrEVOked 3.21: one-click root for Froyo method).
And I have never installed any custom ROMs.
(i.e. I am running on Stock. Not rooted Stock ROM! Just rooted Stock. Im not even sure if there is a difference but just wanted to say it so its clear.)
Wouldnt it be possible to be rooted , perform on OTA update (which will make me lose root), then root again (or wait however long until a new root method is discovered for the current software version)?
Please advise.
newtonetienne said:
Wouldnt it be possible to be rooted , perform on OTA update (which will make me lose root), then root again (or wait however long until a new root method is discovered for the current software version)?
Please advise.
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That is based on the assumption that there will be a guaranteed method to regain root user access on the device. It could take hours, days, weeks, months, or even never.
I would recommend flashing the stock 3.70 update for root users here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874251
Now you still have the update, but you have retained root user access.
Some feedback, in case others find it helpful.
So while rooted, I decided to accept the 3.70 OTA update. The phone downloaded, rebooted, then tried to install it. It failed.
In case others don't know, I believe it failed because a custom recovery was recognized, Clockworkmod. (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Nevertheless, since I wanted the 3.7 OTA update (i.e. actually through update and not flashed) my only option was to set s-on then unroot. The procedures to set s-on and unroot from unrevoked website worked flawlessly.
Afterwards, I tried to apply the OTA, and this time it installed.
So I am now unrooted, and with 3.70 OTA. In a few days I'm going to try the new unrevoked v3.31. Hopefully it will root me.
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newtonetienne said:
Some feedback, in case others find it helpful.
So while rooted, I decided to accept the 3.70 OTA update. The phone downloaded, rebooted, then tried to install it. It failed.
In case others don't know, I believe it failed because a custom recovery was recognized, Clockworkmod. (please correct me if I'm wrong).
Nevertheless, since I wanted the 3.7 OTA update my only option was to set s-on then unroot. The procedures to set s-on and unroot from unrevoked website worked flawlessly.
Afterwards, I tried to apply the OTA, and this time it installed.
So I am now unrooted, and with 3.70 OTA. In a few days I'm going to try the new unrevoked v3.31. Hopefully it will root me.
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You are late to the party. If you waited like a couple hours you would have saved a lot of time.
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novanosis85 said:
You are late to the party. If you waited like a couple hours you would have saved a lot of time.
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Sorry novanosis85, i think my last post was a bit unclear.
I wanted to unroot, so I could apply the OTA update.
I guess I was trying to provide some feedback for others who may have similar questions like i did. Namely...
1. can I apply OTA when rooted? what i discovered was, "no" because the update process will discovery a custom recovery.
2. whats is required to be able to apply the OTA? s-on, and unroot procedure, then apply OTA. Update will indeed be applied but you will be unrooted.
Again, I hope this helps others.
dont dooo it! ull lose root
Wheres the guy with the zombie thread pic when you need him? I thought another ota was out
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My SGS2 got a software update from t-mobile, and when i try to install it, it goes to the clock work recovery mod. How do i update my phone? Thanks for the help!
I believe you need stock recovery to do the OTA update. If you're rooted, it's probably just better to grab one of the updated roms from the development forum and flash it. That's what I did instead of going through the hassle of un-rooting and updating.
khoadpham said:
My SGS2 got a software update from t-mobile, and when i try to install it, it goes to the clock work recovery mod. How do i update my phone? Thanks for the help!
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Judging by the fact that you have CWM, I'm assuming you have a custom rom. If that's the case, you can prevent the update notices by using ANY root file explorer ( I use ES as its free on the market) and backup/delete both /system/app/ wssysync apk's. The nagging update will be gone ;-)
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Son has a Evo Design 4g, it is rooted, there is a system update for it, so we snagged it but when it is installing the update it fails and the battery has to be removed.
Could this be caused by being rooted??
Yes. Never accept OTA update on a rooted phone.
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Ahhhhh, thank you...
A more forward-looking response might be "if you want the latest OTA, you will have to wait for a developer to prepare a rooted version of it that you can flash." (or if you want the latest version right now no matter what, you could just nuke the phone, unroot, start over etc, but I assume you rooted for a reason and want to keep root.)
Anyway, you might be able to go back to wherever you found root in the first place and see if any of those guys have incorporated the update into their latest ROMs.
Hi there,
I have a Sprint EPIC 4G Touch that is rooted. My phone is prompted me to for an OTA update to 4..0.4. I'm assuming that my phone will brick if I click update. Will it? Can I somehow stop this stupid prompting and wait for the OTA rooted version? I do like sprint roms... yeah I know.. I just want it rooted and have ICS too.
Thanks all!!
allow the update and then just reroot
Really?
bush2088 said:
allow the update and then just reroot
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Will I lose all my apps and stuff or will it just return me to upgraded stuff? sorry, I know this is dumb questioning.
The OTA will not brick your phone because it does not wipe. Once you have it upgraded the process of rooting does not delete data either.
If you attempt to download the update, during the installation process, it will fail and bump you back where you were.
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SkippyDogg said:
If you attempt to download the update, during the installation process, it will fail and bump you back where you were.
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I rerooted el29 did a manual upgrade download the official rename it update.zip place it on your sd card
Boot to recovery choose apply update from sd card
Back up your apps with titanium or my backup our find you one
Do not back up system apps
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You can stop the notification by disabling system updates with titanium backup. The worst that can happen if you download it is it won't install. If all you did was root and didn't add CWM or delete any uninstallable apps the update should install. The rooted OTA is already available from sfhub in the dev section and the stock rooted FF18 Rom has has been out for two months. We just didn't know it was the official until a week ago. Most of the custom ICS roms are now based on FF18.
hey guys i updated my og with the new software that just came. root and bootl. is gone. cant use the old method now... any ideas how to root?
I'm in the same boat....binarys root method no longer works. I do not believe this is a fix for this yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2053880
Might be worthwhile to check that out, also you could always restore to stock
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Well not really want to go to stock. Then jb update soon too. How you guys find a way to root
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Never heard about the root for jelly bean (Bet never checked since last summer though).
Anyway, according to some old info, for rooting JB you need unlocked bootloader or the root must be implemented into rom either
I'm trying to flash old software and again some problems lol. So how can I get the kdz file in the updater? I have the stock file In my downloads but don't find it trough the kdz.
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JB update "soon" could mean anything, i would not put much hope in that...
also try this
run "msxml.msi" in the KDZ updater folder before running "KDZ_FW_UPD.exe"
bahh
bahhh!!! so the only way to get it back to stock is the LGNPST 2.2.3 ??? damn can someone post it?? i went to the og chat but cant type there... or should i wait till there comes a new way of root? sooo sad that i lost my root!!!!!!!!!!!! now cant get it back in stock!!! cand just do it with kdz updater or?