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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.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH L710) from Sprint that I rooted a few months ago. I'm not too familiar with rooting, but knew I needed to do it to utilize the Wifi Tether app I wanted to use. It's worked pretty well ever since, only have to re-start the wifi app sometimes to make it actually connect.
For the past week I've been getting tons of pop-ups advising that there's a new update I should accept and install. I would assume this is Jellybean. So, I have a few questions:
1. If I'm already rooted and I accept this, will it delete my root?
2. I have SuperUser v. 3.1.3 which has a check box "temp unroot" If I check this box then allow the over the air update, will it allow me to go back and uncheck this box after the uprade to JB, thus restoring my root?
3. I researched apps in the Playstore and came across one from Voodoo called "OTA RootKeeper" if I use this, (or can I even use it on this device?) will it allow me to simply accept the OTA upgrade and then it'll re-root the phone afterwards?
4. How can I disable the OTA pop-up notice?
Please excuse my elementary questions... I know enough to read a basic set of instructions to get the root on the device (I've previously rooted a few Evo's and unrooted one all successfully), I also know how to Google questions I have and tried using the search feature here, but didn't really see answers to the questions I have.
I'd appreciate the assistance!!
It's not jb, but if your stock rooted just use root keeper and temporary unroot.
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Take the update. But if you have a custom recovery it may fail to need stock recovery. But it won't harm your device.
Sent from Pluto.
Speedin07si said:
It's not jb, but if your stock rooted just use root keeper and temporary unroot.
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Take the update. But if you have a custom recovery it may fail to need stock recovery. But it won't harm your device.
Sent from Pluto.
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Speedin07si said:
It's not jb, but if your stock rooted just use root keeper and temporary unroot.
Sent from Pluto.
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Take the update. But if you have a custom recovery it may fail to need stock recovery. But it won't harm your device.
Sent from Pluto.
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The update they want me to load isn't JB? It's pretty big, like 85MB... Any idea what it is then? Think I can simply accept it and it'll install or will I need to check the temp unroot box in SuperUser first?
JE1058 said:
The update they want me to load isn't JB? It's pretty big, like 85MB... Any idea what it is then? Think I can simply accept it and it'll install or will I need to check the temp unroot box in SuperUser first?
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its the li3 update. Would temp unroot. you need stock recovery too with no altered system files. Would be easier to use one of the ones from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099 or here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923
Once rooted, you cannot accept OTA updates due to having a custom recovery. You can get rid of the notification, without installing anything or losing root, two ways (that I know of). The easiest is by accepting the OTA and letting it fail.
Possibly the hardest/riskiest is to edit your build.prop and change everything that references the older build to the newer one, ie changing all LG8 references to LI3.
Updating is, once rooted, based upon preference. You should always investigate the changes from one version to the next, & decide if those address issue(s) you may have experienced. Updates will generally address one, or all, of the following: kernel performance (could impact battery life, hardware performanc, etc.), baseband performance (could impact cellular reception, network speeds, wifi performance, bluetooth, etc.), firmware updates (could impact overall hardware performance & functionality), &/or system software updates (could impact hardware/software performance, user interface).
The beauty of being rooted is that you have the choice of addressing all of the above at once, or being selective and updating only the items that address what you want them to. For example, you can choose to update your kernel only, or to just flash a new baseband & update your modem.
I choose to run a custom ROM based on the LG8 software build, paired with the leaked LIF baseband & firmware, and the stock LI3 kernel. I've found this combo to give me the best battery life, cellular & wifi performance, hardware performance, and stable day-to-day UI.
If you absolutely just have to have the latest of everything, use one of the methods described in the previous posts.
Good luck, and have fun!
EDIT: PRL can be updated regardless of root status...just an FYI...
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What if I haven't rooted yet? Is this update safe to accept, or will it interfere with current root methods? Thanks in advance.
RN-Dude said:
What if I haven't rooted yet? Is this update safe to accept, or will it interfere with current root methods? Thanks in advance.
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You can accept the ota, root methods wont change
i also got the update but i am rooted i tried to install and it just went into recovery mode and nothing else happened. how do i get the pop up to come back up
I am getting a new Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH L710) this week. I will probably get the update notification too when I connect it to the internet. Can I apply the OTA and then do root?
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I am getting a new Samsung Galaxy S3 (SPH L710) this week. I will probably get the update notification too when I connect it to the internet. Can I apply the OTA and then do root?
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That would be the easiest way. Get all the updates, then root once. But, you will need to use one of the previously mentioned methods for all future updates, like JB. When you get to that point, I have found the easiest way to do it is to get rid of the notification by letting the update fail, then waiting for one of the nice people here to offer a rooted version of the update w/kernel (odex, not deodex, unless you plan on developing stuff yourself) and an AIO (all-in-one) firmware update like here. You can just flash those through CWM or TWRP.
jmdatcs said:
That would be the easiest way. Get all the updates, then root once. But, you will need to use one of the previously mentioned methods for all future updates, like JB. When you get to that point, I have found the easiest way to do it is to get rid of the notification by letting the update fail, then waiting for one of the nice people here to offer a rooted version of the update w/kernel (odex, not deodex, unless you plan on developing stuff yourself) and an AIO (all-in-one) firmware update like here. You can just flash those through CWM or TWRP.
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@jmdatcs: Thanks a lot for the reply. I will apply all updates and then will do the root using qbking77 method which I guess is the easiest or should I use the qcom toolkit?
I do not want to flash any custom ROM right away as it has ICS by default. I will get the custom ROM for Jellybean once its available, through CWM or TWRP as you mentioned.
qbking77 rocks. I've learned so much from watching his videos. You can't go wrong in applying any of his methods.
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Wait, why did the update work on my rooted phone? It did get rid of the root but I just rooted it back.
esqueue said:
Wait, why did the update work on my rooted phone? It did get rid of the root but I just rooted it back.
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You had stock recovery. That's the only way an OTA will take, & you lose root when it installs.
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Hey I just got an update notification....it says it is 81 mb....Is this jb? ....Should I accept?....and if so can I use a non stock recovery?
Edit: Had to join the party!!!!
Pulling out my Anaconda on your Moma
Should I flash a leak or is it better to go back to stock recovery to update OTA?
I'm not sure on what to do... please help...
So I rooted my s3 and kept the stock rom. I'm not the as well versed as many of you are in all this and just want to get my phone working faster (it seems like it's not down/up loading as fast as it should be so I think it needs the update but I just rooted the phone and wish I knew about the update cuz then I would have waited... anyways... what should I do now??? is it better to unroot, temp unroot and get stock recovery (which is confusing to me on how to do it...) or should I flash a leak (I think that's what people in the forums are referring to anyway...)????????
Please help...
Mahalo for your patience as well if you have to send me to elementary school
or if there's a link to a forum you know of that already answers this question I'd greatly appreciate stirring me in the right direction...
koloheboi said:
I'm not sure on what to do... please help...
So I rooted my s3 and kept the stock rom. I'm not the as well versed as many of you are in all this and just want to get my phone working faster (it seems like it's not down/up loading as fast as it should be so I think it needs the update but I just rooted the phone and wish I knew about the update cuz then I would have waited... anyways... what should I do now??? is it better to unroot, temp unroot and get stock recovery (which is confusing to me on how to do it...) or should I flash a leak (I think that's what people in the forums are referring to anyway...)????????
Please help...
Mahalo for your patience as well if you have to send me to elementary school
or if there's a link to a forum you know of that already answers this question I'd greatly appreciate stirring me in the right direction...
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You obviously didn't search, which can be forgiven since you didn't create a new topic, but rather chose an appropriate one to post your question in; however you didn't even take the time to read any of the 17 posts on this thread!
Read post 6 in this thread. I already provided a very full & detailed answer for you.
After you've read it, should you still have any questions, let me know.
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DrgnRebrn said:
You obviously didn't search, which can be forgiven since you didn't create a new topic, but rather chose an appropriate one to post your question in; however you didn't even take the time to read any of the 17 posts on this thread!
Read post 6 in this thread. I already provided a very full & detailed answer for you.
After you've read it, should you still have any questions, let me know.
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Thnx man... so I like what u said and so where do I find link to download the necessary things to set my phone how u set up ur phone?
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I searched and couldn't find an answer, maybe I'm just a bad searcher. I'm using the rt66 root injected stock rom and this morning I checked "software update" under "about phone" and it started downloading a 330+ mb file. I'm assuming this is the JB update that was just released, will it install correctly or should I stop the download? I don't want to brick my phone and I can wait until I'm home to update. Thanks.
kingston73 said:
I searched and couldn't find an answer, maybe I'm just a bad searcher. I'm using the rt66 root injected stock rom and this morning I checked "software update" under "about phone" and it started downloading a 330+ mb file. I'm assuming this is the JB update that was just released, will it install correctly or should I stop the download? I don't want to brick my phone and I can wait until I'm home to update. Thanks.
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IIRC I tried the same thing, it just gave me an error message, didn't actually update anything. You can try of course, I don't think it'll work. Also, if you're already root, you should probably install CWMRecovery or TWRP Recovery and make a backup of your phone, just so you can feel safe about it.
I would make a backup, go ahead and try the update. It'll probably fail and not harm your phone, or update properly. Good luck, and post back with results if you can, I'd like to know what happens
Thanks for the reply. I already have twrp and a nandroid backup. I think I'll wait until I get home to try and apply the update.
Use voodoo ota rootkeeper.
Go to my firmware/ota thread for instructions. Stickied in development.
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kingston73 said:
Thanks for the reply. I already have twrp and a nandroid backup. I think I'll wait until I get home to try and apply the update.
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Just to let you know for when you get home from work, your update will fail. You're going to need to have Stock Recovery. There is a flashable floating around here somewhere.
The OTA will check for /system integrity. Meaning that it will look for all the /system/apps that are supposed to be there (meaning if you've deleted any bloat and not just froze it-fail), stock recovery, and NO ROOT (hence the OTA Rootkeeper). If any 1 of those are not as they should be, the OTA will fail.
Thanks for the reply again. So the easiest thing for me to do is first install root keeper and then find and flash the stock recovery. The only thing I've done is flash the root66 and then installed twrp, I haven't frozen any apps or deleted anything.
DocHoliday77 said:
Use voodoo ota rootkeeper.
Go to my firmware/ota thread for instructions. Stickied in development.
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Doc, I was reading your instructions in your firmware/OTA thread, it looks like you recommend mobile odin pro which I already have. If I follow your instructions for that method it should give me the OTA, correct? Thanks for that entire thread, very informative.
Could someone be so kind to help me...I am rooted with a stock rom, but I have added Photosphere and Keyboard 4.2, so I guess not technically 100% stock. I am selling my GS3 and I want to get rid of root, and put back to 100% factory condition including this new 4.1 JB update. What's the easiest way to do this?
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Could someone be so kind to help me...I am rooted with a stock rom, but I have added Photosphere and Keyboard 4.2, so I guess not technically 100% stock. I am selling my GS3 and I want to get rid of root, and put back to 100% factory condition including this new 4.1 JB update. What's the easiest way to do this?
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flash back stock ICS and update from that.
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I can't update, recovery turns on instead
Thanks for the help. An FYI for anybody else wondering, if you have the root66 root injected rom on your phone the OTA will work and install. I just did it, weird thing is initially it said it failed but when I rebooted I have 4.1.1 and google now. Restored root using root keeper, easy process overall.:good:
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I searched and couldn't find an answer, maybe I'm just a bad searcher. I'm using the rt66 root injected stock rom and this morning I checked "software update" under "about phone" and it started downloading a 330+ mb file. I'm assuming this is the JB update that was just released, will it install correctly or should I stop the download? I don't want to brick my phone and I can wait until I'm home to update. Thanks.
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I've been told that its fine too do it, youll just lose root access, but mine had failed when I was rooted, so I just odined back to stock. Also, its recommended that you do a factory reset after the update. Had problems with Wifi calling myself, before I performed a Factory Reset. The root66 file for JB should be up soon. Its says uploading
agtitan said:
Could someone be so kind to help me...I am rooted with a stock rom, but I have added Photosphere and Keyboard 4.2, so I guess not technically 100% stock. I am selling my GS3 and I want to get rid of root, and put back to 100% factory condition including this new 4.1 JB update. What's the easiest way to do this?
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If you update via Kies and then do a factory reset, you should get what you're looking for.
Completely stock, no root.
Try it out.
OTAs have always worked for me while rooted, but many people report otherwise.
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Oh and imo kies sucks! Most others agree.
But to each his own. I cant be much help for kies problems though just fyi.
I really just think all other methods are much more reliable.
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OTAs have always worked for me while rooted, but many people report otherwise.
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Oh and imo kies sucks! Most others agree.
But to each his own. I cant be much help for kies problems though just fyi.
I really just think all other methods are much more reliable.
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I agree, Kies does suck, but it's the only way I've found to update and keep the ROM completely stock if the OTA fails. It updates via download mode, so it shouldn't matter if you're rooted, or even if you have a custom recovery.
I tried updating to JB using the OTA this morning, and it failed, but Kies worked fine.
Thsts whst the full fw Im hosting is for. You can flash it via odin if the ota fails. Just a better way imo. Glad you got it regardless though!
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I'm on a 4.2 ROM and I cannot get the OTA Update message out of my status bar asking me to install 4.2. How do I get rid of it? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Its for 4.2.1
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I got it once, but when I tried to install it, it failed (and the notification disappears btw). Can anyone tell me if its because of a custom kernel that the ota installation fails? Is there any way to force it? Where is the ota zip stored?
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Right. But if I update is it going to brick and/or unroot my phone? These are things I do not want to happen so I would like to know before I go ahead with it.
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Obviously flashing an OTA is going to unroot your phone (assuming it even installs). But it won't lock your bootloader so it will take 5 seconds to re root.
I'd rather not deal with it but I guess I'll probably have to anyway. I was just wondering if there is anyway to get rid of the message without installing it? Maybe flashing a 4.1.2 ROM?
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I'd rather not deal with it but I guess I'll probably have to anyway. I was just wondering if there is anyway to get rid of the message without installing it? Maybe flashing a 4.1.2 ROM?
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huh....if you flash a custom rom, no OTA update should ever appear. Nor could you ever run a official OTA update.
bk201doesntexist said:
huh....if you flash a custom rom, no OTA update should ever appear. Nor could you ever run a official OTA update.
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Actually a notification for the ota can show up if your running a custom ROM, and you can run it, but as soon as it tries to install through recovery, it just fails/aborts.
I had it happen to me awhile back when I was running Pa
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OTA 4.2 to 4.2?
I have gsm maguro which I recently flashed stock 4.2 takju from 4.1.2 yakju.
I did not expect to be looking at an OTA update notice wanting me to update to 4.2 (which I am already on).
I would have thoght the update manager would check the build and version of my phone before offering update. Could it be that because I did an official OTA update from 4.1.1 yakju to 4.1.2 yakju that I am marked down as being on 4.1.2 now, and so is now offering 4.2 without checking the current build and version I am running.
I would like to know how to get rid of that update notification from my status bar if I can, or if I should do the update anyway. At the moment I have unlocked bootlocker but no root. I can not remember if OTA would wipe my apps and data, am guessing no as bootlocker already unlocked?
Some expert advice would come in handy. You know what an expert is yeah? X is an unknown quantity and a spurt is a drip under pressure.
Hmm, what to do. Nexus wizards, please advise. I have started downloading the 4.2.1 factory image anyways but I would still like to know what would be recommended in the situation I was in. I am fairly new, though I have learned to flash stock roms with adb, and have stuck with stock roms for the moment while I get the hang of things. Not sure if I get updates from google now or from Samsung. Am guessing google, but then why would google not offer to update me to 4.2.1 seeing as it is now out rather than to 4.2?
Shtrangeness.:cyclops:
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Its for 4.2.1
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When this gentleman says "Its for 4.2.1" I am guessing that he is saying the update which reads
"This software will upgrade your Galaxy Nexus to Android 4.2 Jellybean..." is actually the 4.2 to 4.2.1 OTA update, just not marked properly?
I just love it when things are marked incorrectly, makes life so much less confusing? They should always do that to keep me in a continuous state of bewliderment. New google policy, mark every file with the name of the file which preceeds it, except on Sundays, when they should be marked in any manner whatsoever.
Thanks for the answer bloke. You are the bees knees. I did kind of have an inkling that it might be 4.2.1. Crazy boyz and girlz. Just mad. Somewhere between irrational, nearly right, not correct, and just plain silly.
i'm running 4.1.
and since a few days ago, my nexus is saying the update is ready and i should update.. i guess it's 4.2?
anyway, last time i updated like this, i lost my root..
so what's the easiest way to accept this system update but still keep my root?
The easiest way is just to flash a rooted stock 4.2 ROM. I don't know why people are so dependent on OTA when they're XDA members...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
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Install an ap called "OTA rootkeeper" by Voodoo, run it and give it root permissions.
Then it'll do what it says (I last used it on a GN about the 4.0.1 update, should still work though).
I tried this process earlier today, i mean, JOP40C -> JOP40D through OTA, worked fine..
Rooted it in like 1 min. Still got the stock recovery on too. To an unlocked user, i don't see the point of protecting root with app X or Y.
Sent from my i9250
Make sure you have a unlocked bootloader, the rest is non-issue.....
Beamed from my Grouper.
063_XOBX said:
The easiest way is just to flash a rooted stock 4.2 ROM. I don't know why people are so dependent on OTA when they're XDA members...
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agree with others just flash a rom which is 4.2 there are a few in the developers section which are pure 4.2 or look at rasbeanjelly which is pure 4.2 with a few nice tweaks.
The custom roms are often ahead of the google ones they had the date fixed in the contacts app before google pushed a fix