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Will flashing CWM recovery affect getting an OTA?

My understanding is that recovery stays in a separate partition and whatever you do to it does not affect getting an OTA, is that right?
Also, what if my phone is rooted using the Zerg exploit or whatever method, can I still get an OTA?
So basically I think my questions is, what ultimately decides whether my phone can get an OTA, or not?

if you are on stock ROM, you will get it just fine
but you might loose ROOT after it finish the upgrade
if you are on Custom ROM, you wont get OTA

You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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mikeyinid said:
You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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You can flash stock recovery using odin
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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I'm sure within a couple days there will be a custom rom with the new features. that's an assumption but its always been like that on other phones I have had. Hopefully that's the case with this phone also.

I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?

513263337 said:
I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?
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you will get the notification for the ota, your phone will download it but when it boots into recovery to flash it and its not the stock recovery, it will just give an error and you will probably have to pull the battery to reboot. i did this on the nexus s. if i remember right i never got the ota notififcation again either after it failed.

I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...

I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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jasontx said:
I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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It goes to data/cache if I remember right. And there will be rooted roms posted within hours of the ota so its really nothing to even worry about
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513263337 said:
I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...
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There is a stock recovery posted in the dev section you can flash in Odin
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Found that and it works. Thanks!

you can keep your phone more up to date by flashing roms as opposed to waiting for an OTA. galaxy s4g is still stuck on froyo. Epic 4g just got gingerbread.

Has has anyone received the update?
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jasontx said:
Has has anyone received the update?
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Not yet. I went back to stock last night just in case so I hope its today like Tmobile said
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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?

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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?
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They tweeted it a while back. Today our phone and the amaze are suppose to get an update
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Last I heard it was the 13th, oh well who knows lol
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What is the update supposed to do or fix?

Update is launching today!

The latest update for the Epic Touch is launching today(12/7). Some people are already getting the OTA.

The first member who gets the update please post it
Thanks

That's the best news I've heard since earlier....(facepalm)
The bummer is we already have it so until there's a .tar we will still have the modem issue
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I think jmejiaa from the other thread has received the update. I have already asked him to post the update.
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So if you are on a custom ROM, will the update push / prompt? Or do you have to go back to stock?
Does it matter if the custom ROM is EG30 or EK02 based?

xhadudkenx said:
I think jmejiaa from the other thread has received the update. I have already asked him to post the update.
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Oh no, I don't have it. Sorry if it seemed like I did.
I'd be glad to grab the update if I am pointed towards some instructions on how to do that. My phone is not rooted it that matters.

bralkan said:
So if you are on a custom ROM, will the update push / prompt? Or do you have to go back to stock?
Does it matter if the custom ROM is EG30 or EK02 based?
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You won't get an OTA on a custom ROM
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Question: I'm rooted and on Calkulin's Rom. Should I accept OTA update when I receive it?
Does this Unroot or brick my phone?

Will I still get the update even if I did the qbking manual update? 100% stock not rooted.
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I think the bottom line is, if you have anything but stock EG30 on your phone (ROM, kernel and modem) the update will download but the install will fail. I doubt it will brick your phone as the update probably does version checks before it starts the install process.
Same goes for people with the EG31 modem. You folks will have to wait for a TAR leak.

Dchibro said:
Same goes for people with the EG31 modem. You folks will have to wait for a TAR leak.
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theres no proof of that eg31 was provided by a sprint tester so that would mean his phone wouldnt take the ota either? we will just have to wait and see! but you do have to be on a stock not rooted phone and currently the only way to get back to completely stocl is with the eg31 tar

So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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toprock23 said:
So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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there isn't a Odin of eg30 tar
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toprock23 said:
So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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not necessarily it will be posted as soon as it hits so no need really unless your going to stay stock or something!

toprock23 said:
So im guessing a factory restore odin of eg30 is in order.
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Not possible

maddoggin said:
not necessarily it will be posted as soon as it hits so no need really unless your going to stay stock or something!
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Oh oh, I don't mind waiting then. I was going to odin my phone with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420

toprock23 said:
Oh oh, I don't mind waiting then. I was going to odin my phone with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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unfortunately that wont work to get update, its not original sam-firmware tar

If anyone is on stock EG31, gets the update pushed to them and it works - please let us know

just went to stock eg31, flashed the odin tar, no luck!

expertzero1 said:
just went to stock eg31, flashed the odin tar, no luck!
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Yea we'll just have to wait it out then and stick w/ stock kernels for now. So far i haven't gotten a single LOS since flashing it. It's def a bummer tho, I wanna go back to those fancy kernels.

Updating to official ICS from custom ICS

Okay, so I've searched and searched, but it's difficult to put into words my question:
I have a rooted Epic 4g touch running Calkulin's E4GT ICS rom v1.5 and Android Version 4.0.3. I don't use the root that much anymore, and the official Ice Cream Sandwich update is gonna be rolled out soon. Is it possible for me to update to the official Ice Cream Sandwich OTA update or do I have to unroot and do some other things before I can do that?
If worst comes to worst, I'll just stick with it being rooted. I just don't want to lose everything just to update to the official rom.
Thanks!

EL29 or no OTA update
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The simple answer is, don't take the OTA but rather wait a day or so until one of the Devs have it rooted and ready to flash.

Esoteric68 said:
The simple answer is, don't take the OTA but rather wait a day or so until one of the Devs have it rooted and ready to flash.
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Simpler answer IMO: Download sfhub's FF18 Odin OC and apply, unless you're waiting for a debloated version to be done. (I believe these are even already available...)

Esoteric68 said:
The simple answer is, don't take the OTA but rather wait a day or so until one of the Devs have it rooted and ready to flash.
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That makes sense to do it that way. Just wondering though. Do you know what would happen if someone tried to do an OTA update in this kind of way? Where you are going from unofficial to official?

gnasty15 said:
That makes sense to do it that way. Just wondering though. Do you know what would happen if someone tried to do an OTA update in this kind of way? Where you are going from unofficial to official?
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I believe if you're on anything other than stock EL29 the OTA would simply failed when you tried to apply it. Nothing major just a minor inconvenience.

I'm running sfhub's rooted FF18. Is there any benefit to flashing back to EL29 and then taking the OTA or will it be identical?

chiefplt said:
I'm running sfhub's rooted FF18. Is there any benefit to flashing back to EL29 and then taking the OTA or will it be identical?
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No one knows for sure if there are any differences between the leaked FF18 and OTA. Just stay where you are and wait for people to get OTA so then you can decide if there are any changes you wanna odin back to El29 or not.

But can you still have EL29 stock but with root and still get the Stock FF18 update?
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cob11341 said:
But can you still have EL29 stock but with root and still get the Stock FF18 update?
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I believe so but you will lose root. Also if you have any stock apps removed, update will fail.

BluesRulez said:
I believe so but you will lose root. Also if you have any stock apps removed, update will fail.
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What if I uninstalled all the Sprint Bloatware, I think it will still work, won't it?
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Fc09 is the latest build for gingerbread, but i'm good on el29 is what I keep reading? Because my phone won't update at all. I just unrooted back to stock el29 as it says in qbking77's how to unroot//unbrick video.
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GiantJay said:
Fc09 is the latest build for gingerbread, but i'm good on el29 is what I keep reading? Because my phone won't update at all. I just unrooted back to stock el29 as it says in qbking77's how to unroot//unbrick video.
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yes EL29 is the latest GB, that update made my location services nearly useless. are you trying to update to ICS? if you are, it has not been released just yet.

scott_0 said:
yes EL29 is the latest GB, that update made my location services nearly useless. are you trying to update to ICS? if you are, it has not been released just yet.
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Yes I unrooted to get the official update that supposedly comes out starting tomorrow. My GPS is horrible too if that's what you are talking about.
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cob11341 said:
What if I uninstalled all the Sprint Bloatware, I think it will still work, won't it?
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I had a nandroid backup of stock EL29 w/ root and rogue cwm. So I restored backup(all apps and widgets present just like I had)
And then..
I just removed customer recovery and root using Auto Root Package

GiantJay said:
Fc09 is the latest build for gingerbread, but i'm good on el29 is what I keep reading?
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LOL FC09 is not a firmware for this phone. Thats the Epic 4G.

RainMotorsports said:
LOL FC09 is not a firmware for this phone. Thats the Epic 4G.
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That's what I thought, some guy on the sprint Facebook page showed a link to all the updates and it said fc09 at the top. So either sprint misprinted or this guy had the wrong phone all together. The build below it was el29 though? I'm going to go look at it again.
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just to make sure, there should be no reason why i can't update with my rooted el29, correct?

GiantJay said:
That's what I thought, some guy on the sprint Facebook page showed a link to all the updates and it said fc09 at the top. So either sprint misprinted or this guy had the wrong phone all together. The build below it was el29 though? I'm going to go look at it again.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592994 Thats FC09 for the Epic.
All builds leaked to XDA this year were ICS.

RainMotorsports said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592994 Thats FC09 for the Epic.
All builds leaked to XDA this year were ICS.
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Yes I just went back and looked at it.
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Update for sprint samsung epic 4g

Sprint rolled out system update at 3:00 AM EST 4.0.4.0 I think, but did not succeed because im rooted with Odin. Not sure what to do now.
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spades2001 said:
Sprint rolled out system update at 3:00 AM EST 4.0.4.0 I think, but did not succeed because im rooted with Odin. Not sure what to do now.
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? Just being rooted will not stop the update. In fact most paths will let you take the update and brick your phone if you actually did things like removing system apps. Luckily thats usually a soft brick.
Are you on EL29, some other Gingerbread, one of the 4.0.3/4.0.4 leaks or FF18? There hasnt been a "New OTA" in a month. If your not on FF18 and you want FF18 just odin it.

Fh13 update possibly or just sending out ff18 again.? Hmmmm
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it's FF18 update and im on el29. I read more about it and mentioned that adobe flash will not work on ICS build and seen battery drainage from users who updated their phones. I guess I'll wait till the patches roll out if needed. Also can't flash with clockwork recovery installed. It has to be stock recovery.
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spades2001 said:
it's FF18 update and im on el29. I read more about it and mentioned that adobe flash will not work on ICS build and seen battery drainage from users who updated their phones. I guess I'll wait till the patches roll out if needed. Also can't flash with clockwork recovery installed. It has to be stock recovery.
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LOL Flash works fine on ICS, are you sure you were not reading about Jelly Bean? Which still works in just no new installs allowed.
Besides as of today Adobe is supposed to have pulled Flash for ALL phones on all android versions that dont already have it installed
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/14/psa-adobe-halts-new-installs-of-flash-on-android-as-of-tomorrow/
You can flash FF18 OTA, in clockworkmod, or flash the tar in odin that we had 3 weeks prior to the OTA. I flashed a tar/one click earlier for testing and someone else flashed a zip for it in clockwork mod using a safe recovery.
Taking the OTA means you loose root anyways, not sure why people think they want the OTA. With no root exploit youd have to flash an prerooted one in odin.

I tried to flash it with the original update and looked like it was going to update but after the animation showing as a box with a arrow unpacking the update it threw me into the Android with the exclamation screen. Had to battery pull and safe to say that my phone is safe and not bricked.
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spades2001 said:
I tried to flash it with the original update and looked like it was going to update but after the animation showing as a box with a arrow unpacking the update it threw me into the Android with the exclamation screen. Had to battery pull and safe to say that my phone is safe and not bricked.
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Well once again its going to rape you of root and the only way to get root is the same way to get rooted FF18 from where you are. Mind you the update to FF18 is not without its issues. Swype for example you have to delete its data for it to work again. Best bet is to backup your stuff and wipe it.
Zip with Root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771799
http://little-melon.com/sfhub/update_SPH-D710_EL29_to_FF18-rooted-cwm.zip
NoData One Click (same effect as an OTA + Root) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
http://sfhub.rainmotorsports.net/e4gt/SPH-D710.FF18_CL663858_ROOTED_NODATA-oc-sfx.exe

Here it is it prompted me to do it again .... Smh
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Well i did the upgrade to ics and it sucks battery drained fast wifi didnt work but i found a solution what i did was i rooted ff18(ics) then i unrooted and installed gingerbread(el29) and im back to stock not even rooted and now my phone works
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update question

hey guys I'm rooted and just got this update notification, what do i do? if i take it ill loose root? do i unroot and take it and reroot?
thanks
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tammyjustin said:
hey guys I'm rooted and just got this update notification, what do i do? if i take it ill loose root? do i unroot and take it and reroot?
thanks
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Run.. your phone may explode at any moment.
Worse case you will have to re root the phone. Not a biggy tho.. Rooting this thing is exceptionally easy.
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tammyjustin said:
hey guys I'm rooted and just got this update notification, what do i do? if i take it ill loose root? do i unroot and take it and reroot?
thanks
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That's your JB OTA. You can accept and it will install (if you have a stock recovery), or fail (if a custom recovery). If on stock recovery, you will loose root, but can just root again. If on custom recovery, nothing will happen, but you'll continue to receive the notification until you either have a build.prop that matches the latest base, or flash a ROM based on the latest base. Which is my recommendation. Browse the options available in the Android Development thread, choose one of the LJ7 ROMs, flash, and be happy!
ROM - Odexed Blue JB "Holy Grail" LJ7
Baseband - LJ7
Kernel - Stock LJ7
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