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[Q] EI22 ota on rooted phone?

Just a quick question... My epic is rooted and i got the EI22 ota notice today. if I attempt to accept the ota update what will happen? Currently running 2.2.1 Froyo DK28. Thanks!

I personally would unroot first. Never take an OTA update on a rooted phone. Best case you lose root, worst case, bricked device. Not worth the risk, at least for me.
Unrooting and rerooting is easy enough. Do you have a custom ROM installed? If so the OTA update likely would fail anyway.

chzeckmate said:
Just a quick question... My epic is rooted and i got the EI22 ota notice today. if I attempt to accept the ota update what will happen? Currently running 2.2.1 Froyo DK28. Thanks!
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why would u want to do so? there is stock system dump that u can just use restore from cwm. thats what i did and it stayed rooted.
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balagyi said:
why would u want to do so? there is stock system dump that u can just use restore from cwm. thats what i did and it stayed rooted.
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Can you please elaborate? What is the procedure?

You are rooted, do you have Clockwork Mod installed? If so you can just grab the factory image from here when it shows up - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SPH-D700-Official_Roms
Probably worth buying Titanium backup from the market to backup your apps and data first, then you could even just Odin the new version if you had to and restore.

chzeckmate said:
Can you please elaborate? What is the procedure?
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go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337222
this is instructions from OP
- download system dump file
- unzip the whole folder to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ (assuming you have CWM)
- if you are on EXT4, install the gotorfs.zip through CWM first
- and from CWM, do a Back Up/Restore, and select restore
from there do a restore.
** this will wipe off everything. so make TB for apps and Go SMS for sms backup which I did.
EDIT:
if you want EI22 modem:
- Odin modem to EC05
- and flash the zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339401) through CWM
*** make sure you Odin EC05 before flashing EI22 modem. otherwise, it won't work.
enjoy

Can I do OTA 4.0 update with Rogue recovery?

I just got the OTA ICS update sent to my phone. As of now it is rooted but on stock rom. My question is I have team Rogue custom recovery. Is that the same as clockwork mod and do I need to restore it back to stock recovery before I accept the ota update? thanks!

You can use sfhub's auto root tool to check if your ROM is compliant. If it isn't, it will fail the update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728

Why don't you just use sfhub's one click FF18 with root. You need to be on stock el29 to accept the update. If not it will fail.
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cphil99 said:
I just got the OTA ICS update sent to my phone. As of now it is rooted but on stock rom. My question is I have team Rogue custom recovery. Is that the same as clockwork mod and do I need to restore it back to stock recovery before I accept the ota update? thanks!
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Thanks for the help. I was able to revert back to stock recovery but now when trying to update either ota or manual it gets stuck on the triangle with the android a few seconds into the update. I've tried renaming the file to "update" as instructed in the video and not renaming. Same result. Any suggestions guys?

cphil99 said:
Thanks for the help. I was able to revert back to stock recovery but now when trying to update either ota or manual it gets stuck on the triangle with the android a few seconds into the update. I've tried renaming the file to "update" as instructed in the video and not renaming. Same result. Any suggestions guys?
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I'm having the same issue.
Edit: I got it. I installed it in the folder not the root of the sd card.
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cphil99 said:
Thanks for the help. I was able to revert back to stock recovery but now when trying to update either ota or manual it gets stuck on the triangle with the android a few seconds into the update. I've tried renaming the file to "update" as instructed in the video and not renaming. Same result. Any suggestions guys?
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If you get the the triangle, press the "Menu" capacitative button and it will show the log.
Most likely you modified or removed some ROM file or your update.zip is corrupt.
Usually folks remove some bloat way back when and forgot they did it.
If you are still rooted, you could run Auto Root Option E, OTA Compliance Check EL29->FF18 and it will tell you everything that will cause the OTA update to fail.
As an aside, the previous posters are correct and it is probably easier if you just use the FF18 ODIN OneClick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
The Official FF18 OTA will not run under CWM or CWM-Rogue because when it goes to verify the integrity of the kernel, it will find it is different than what it was expecting.
I have a rooted FF18 OTA that will install from CWM if you want to go that route:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771799

I got it!
sfhub said:
If you get the the triangle, press the "Menu" capacitative button and it will show the log.
Most likely you modified or removed some ROM file or your update.zip is corrupt.
Usually folks remove some bloat way back when and forgot they did it.
If you are still rooted, you could run Auto Root Option E, OTA Compliance Check EL29->FF18 and it will tell you everything that will cause the OTA update to fail.
As an aside, the previous posters are correct and it is probably easier if you just use the FF18 ODIN OneClick.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
The Official FF18 OTA will not run under CWM or CWM-Rogue because when it goes to verify the integrity of the kernel, it will find it is different than what it was expecting.
I have a rooted FF18 OTA that will install from CWM if you want to go that route:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771799
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That did it! I just downloaded and ran the new Odin file and it worked like a charm with no loss of data. Thank you so much for you help!

Clockwork Mod won't stick

I'm trying to flash Clockwork Mod onto a friend's TMO S3 with Odin. I was able to do this successfully with my TMO S3, both are running UVALH2.
Odin says the flash was successful, I restart the phone and try to boot into the custom recovery but it keeps taking me to the stock recovery. I tried a few more times with the same results.
Am I missing something?

Try the no tripping the flash counter method found in the stickies found in the dev section.
You should be able to get around your problem with this method.
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kpizzle said:
I'm trying to flash Clockwork Mod onto a friend's TMO S3 with Odin. I was able to do this successfully with my TMO S3, both are running UVALH2.
Odin says the flash was successful, I restart the phone and try to boot into the custom recovery but it keeps taking me to the stock recovery. I tried a few more times with the same results.
Am I missing something?
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The UVALH2 update includes two files that will overwrite recovery every reboot
You can fix this issue by renaming the following files using root explorer
Rename:
/system/recovery-from-boot.p to /system/recovery-from-boot.p.bak
and
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh to /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
Once you've done that, reflash CWM through ROM Manager and recovery will stick

ingenious247 said:
The UVALH2 update includes two files that will overwrite recovery every reboot
You can fix this issue by renaming the following files using root explorer
Rename:
/system/recovery-from-boot.p to /system/recovery-from-boot.p.bak
and
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh to /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
Once you've done that, reflash CWM through ROM Manager and recovery will stick
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You are the man!!!

there's a little "thanks" button on my post.. feel free to click it
and no problem, glad to help!

ingenious247 said:
The UVALH2 update includes two files that will overwrite recovery every reboot
You can fix this issue by renaming the following files using root explorer
Rename:
/system/recovery-from-boot.p to /system/recovery-from-boot.p.bak
and
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh to /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
Once you've done that, reflash CWM through ROM Manager and recovery will stick
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So I just realized something. I can't even attain root access, how can I edit these files?

Can flash mrRobinson's LH2 w/root and you will have full LH2 stock with root. It is an Odin package and only flashes /system partition so no /data loss.

kpizzle said:
So I just realized something. I can't even attain root access, how can I edit these files?
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Flash CWM through Odin, but turn off the auto reboot in Odin
That way it won't overwrite it
Then power down when it's done, and boot into recovery, Flash Superuser

Will i still be able to receive JB OTA update when the time comes, if i rename these two files and flash CWM through ROM manager?

arthaz28 said:
Will i still be able to receive JB OTA update when the time comes, if i rename these two files and flash CWM through ROM manager?
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No, you cannot receive OTA updates unless you are on stock recovery.
So you would have to Odin back to stock before accepting the update, which is simple enough.
Or just wait for someone to take the update and make a flashable zip file which will happen pretty quickly once the OTA comes out

ingenious247 said:
No, you cannot receive OTA updates unless you are on stock recovery.
So you would have to Odin back to stock before accepting the update, which is simple enough.
Or just wait for someone to take the update and make a flashable zip file which will happen pretty quickly once the OTA comes out
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You don't need stock recovery for any reason at all. Not anymore.

I never said you needed it. I was answering the question that was asked.
And if you don't want to flash a modified version of a stock ROM, then yes, you do need stock recovery. Some of us don't like deodexed ROMs and care to choose what we debloat.

ingenious247 said:
I never said you needed it. I was answering the question that was asked.
And if you don't want to flash a modified version of a stock ROM, then yes, you do need stock recovery. Some of us don't like deodexed ROMs and care to choose what we debloat.
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Thank you sir!
After I was rooted, I created a backup using CWM. So, if the update comes out, I can just flash my backup stock ROM again using CWM rand I should be able to receive the OTA update, right?
(sorry I am a noob and still learning about this whole rooting, custom ROM, etc stuff)

arthaz28 said:
Thank you sir!
After I was rooted, I created a backup using CWM. So, if the update comes out, I can just flash my backup stock ROM again using CWM rand I should be able to receive the OTA update, right?
(sorry I am a noob and still learning about this whole rooting, custom ROM, etc stuff)
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No, you would have to Odin back to stock which would overwrite CWM with stock recovery. If you're not familiar with Odin read up on it, it's really easy to use. Just make sure you get it from the correct thread for your phone model and you'll be fine.
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Can't update OTA my rooted AT&T S3

I know this is a nook question but could the fact that I am rooted with clockwork mod recovery be preventing my update?
I download the OTA update and reboot recovery and start the update then it says something about could not update do to signature or something like that.
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Because you are rooted it wont wont. It requires the stock samsung recovery to apply that update OTA. So either you put the stock samsung recovery and then apply that OTA update, or you download the CWM flashable version of that update thats available in the other forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896773
Im assuming you mean the AT&T LH9 update
Dixit

Actually, root has nothing to do with it. Its all about the stock recovery.

Right but most of these folks who are rooted will have done so by flashing CWM and then injecting the root zip or flashing a rooted rom. But yes it doesnt have anything to do with the root itself, it fails because the recovery isnt the stock recovery.
Best option for him would be to use the CWM flashable one I linked.

How cod I flash back the stock recovery and will I lose root if I do?
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If you apply the OTA update via the stock recovery then yes you will lose root. There is a thread that has the stock recovery image file you could flash back. But again, if the LH9 is the update you looking for, then why not just use the CWM flashable ZIP on the thread I linked earlier? You are not giving much specifics if that is the update you are attempting to apply.
Dixit

I'm not sure which update it is I just know I was prompted to download an OTA update and it failed. I have not had the time I used to with my s1 to keep up to date with all that's going on with rooms and stock updates and what not. By the way what is the most stable roms out there right now? I would like to try a jelly bean Rom if they have any, also don't want to lose any features of stock.
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trying to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2 manually

so i downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1, i sim unlocked my phome and i installed the root thing, both with odin.
now i want to upgrade to 4.1.2, so i have this link to a 4.1.2 zip file, not the same as the other odin files which were like md5 or something that i used with PDA with odin, here is this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
specific download link
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997375
it is on the first post of that forum, it says
update412.zip
now my question is how to i use the zip file to update, it says something about mobile odin but there are no real instructions to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
also will i loose my downloaded files and my root?
also how to update to 4.3 after i update to 4.1.2
thanks for all your help!!!!

cnile said:
so i downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1, i sim unlocked my phome and i installed the root thing, both with odin.
now i want to upgrade to 4.1.2, so i have this link to a 4.1.2 zip file, not the same as the other odin files which were like md5 or something that i used with PDA with odin, here is this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
specific download link
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997375
it is on the first post of that forum, it says
update412.zip
now my question is how to i use the zip file to update, it says something about mobile odin but there are no real instructions to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
also will i loose my downloaded files and my root?
also how to update to 4.3 after i update to 4.1.2
thanks for all your help!!!!
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You don't have to update to 4.1.2 to update to 4.3.
If you go with a custom ROM, you will keep root. Although, if you flash stock ROM with Odin, you will lose it.
Mobile Odin can be used to flash (don't interrupt it), if you wish to go that route. No special instructions.
You can also flash using Odin (PC version), once again, don't interrupt it. You'll have to unzip and use the PDA file.
Finally, if you wanna flash a custom ROM, you can install TWRP, which you can get from GooManager on the Play Store (menu then install recovery). That will let you flash a custom ROM in recovery.
Now before you do any of that, please take the time to read and fully understand what you are doing, w/e option you choose to go with.
GL!

BWolf56 said:
You don't have to update to 4.1.2 to update to 4.3.
If you go with a custom ROM, you will keep root. Although, if you flash stock ROM with Odin, you will lose it.
Mobile Odin can be used to flash (don't interrupt it), if you wish to go that route. No special instructions.
You can also flash using Odin (PC version), once again, don't interrupt it. You'll have to unzip and use the PDA file.
Finally, if you wanna flash a custom ROM, you can install TWRP, which you can get from GooManager on the Play Store (menu then install recovery). That will let you flash a custom ROM in recovery.
Now before you do any of that, please take the time to read and fully understand what you are doing, w/e option you choose to go with.
GL!
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Well I would want stock 4.3 the thing is I cannot find download for it. Do you know where to get it?
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cnile said:
Well I would want stock 4.3 the thing is I cannot find download for it. Do you know where to get it?
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Did you look in the stickied?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33570269#post33570269

cnile said:
so i downgraded from 4.1.2 to 4.1.1, i sim unlocked my phome and i installed the root thing, both with odin.
now i want to upgrade to 4.1.2, so i have this link to a 4.1.2 zip file, not the same as the other odin files which were like md5 or something that i used with PDA with odin, here is this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
specific download link
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23060877489997375
it is on the first post of that forum, it says
update412.zip
now my question is how to i use the zip file to update, it says something about mobile odin but there are no real instructions to update from 4.1.1 to 4.1.2
also will i loose my downloaded files and my root?
also how to update to 4.3 after i update to 4.1.2
thanks for all your help!!!!
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You can only flash the zips via recovery. Download both zip files to your PC and copy to a good quality micro SD card. Place the card in your phone and boot your phone to recovery mode. First you flash the 4.1.2 zip, then reboot to recovery again and repeat the process with the 4.3 zip.
Yes, you will lose root and you may lose your downloaded files which is why you need to do a back-up before updating. Once you have updated to 4.3, you can re-root your phone.