I have a rooted S3 with CWM at my recovery image and the OTA update came out and everytime i try to update, the update downloads but when the phone reboots into recovery/download mode, it fails right there and doesnt install the update. How can go ahead and make this happen and fix the issue that I have. Im afraid i might have to unroot and then update. HELPPPP!!!!
Drew
Its your recovery, not the root. But you will lose root, most likely. Use ota rootkeeper from the market to back up and restore root. Also, you will need to go back to 3e recovery (stock recovery). Out, just flash the cwm lh9 zip in the general section
I had a very similar issue after rooting. After searching through a ton of the posts under Mr. Robinsons Sticky on rooting, these are the steps that I used.
1.Go to Google Play and download OTA Rootkeeper,
2.Run it and choose the Option to protect root AND then choose the disable root phone option.
3.Then go to Settings -- About Device -- Software Update and download the update.
4.Once the update finishes installing the phone will reboot.
5. Open OTA Rootkeeper and re-enable root
this is what worked for me.
Here's a thread with the OTA in a zip you can flash right from CWM without losing root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31802808
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Okay, so I installed Clockword Recovery and ROM Manager so that I could get Jellybean early. And it was awesome. But now I'm getting bugged about the OTA update, and I kinda want that. Ofcourse, Clockwork Mod Recovery won't let me install OTA, so how can I go back to stock recovery? Because I dislike the idea of not having OTA updates anymore...
Hopefully before you get hundreds of rude entitled responses you should check out some of the stickies on the various forums. I believe there is one with a title that matches exactly what you are looking for
If not having stock recovery is the only problem (and there are a number of other reasons an OTA update could fail to install), you can definitely use ClockworkMod to install it.
If the update has already been downloaded to the phone, the zip file will be stored in /cache. Just boot into CWM and flash it. If the update hasn't been downloaded, grab zip file yourself (take a look at the OTA update URLs thread) and flash it using CWM.
If you're rooted, don't forget to also flash SuperSU before you reboot, or use some other method to maintain root. OTA updates will remove root regardless of how they are installed unless you take care.
Sorry if this questions is noobish,
But I rooted my Sprint GS3 w/ CWM and want to know if theres a way to flash the OTA's without it wiping all my data? I had the original Evo before and everytime I flashed an update it erased all my apps and data, but that was also using custom roms. I'm content with the GS3 stock rom, just don't want to lose all my data.
504chris said:
Sorry if this questions is noobish,
But I rooted my Sprint GS3 w/ CWM and want to know if theres a way to flash the OTA's without it wiping all my data? I had the original Evo before and everytime I flashed an update it erased all my apps and data, but that was also using custom roms. I'm content with the GS3 stock rom, just don't want to lose all my data.
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DL Voodoo OTA rootkeeper from the Market
What I did was use Voodoo OTA rootkeeper to temperarily unroot the phone. Then I reflashed the stock recovery. (look here for the stock recovery file to odin to your phone) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923&highlight=stock+recovery
Once I did that the OTA download would install.
Then you can rerun Voodoo to reroot your phone. You can also reinstall CWM if needed. I haven't bothered yet so I am running root with stock recovery.
poit said:
What I did was use Voodoo OTA rootkeeper to temperarily unroot the phone. Then I reflashed the stock recovery. (look here for the stock recovery file to odin to your phone) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923&highlight=stock+recovery
Once I did that the OTA download would install.
Then you can rerun Voodoo to reroot your phone. You can also reinstall CWM if needed. I haven't bothered yet so I am running root with stock recovery.
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I'm gonna try that. But Superuser has a temp unroot option and survive OTA option....that should work right? Or is Voodoo better?
poit said:
What I did was use Voodoo OTA rootkeeper to temperarily unroot the phone. Then I reflashed the stock recovery. (look here for the stock recovery file to odin to your phone) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923&highlight=stock+recovery
Once I did that the OTA download would install.
Then you can rerun Voodoo to reroot your phone. You can also reinstall CWM if needed. I haven't bothered yet so I am running root with stock recovery.
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THANKS, your advice to reflash stock recovery seems to have worked. after i reflashed stock recovery, i had to manually flash the LG2 to LG8 update file since i had already tried to accept it as an OTA last nite and failed bc of CWM. i didnt use Voodoo, Superuser's temp unroot and survive OTA options seem to have worked, except now SU doesnt allow me to toggle those 2 options on/off anymore. But SU still allows me to toggle SU permissions for apps on/off
Thanks for helping out an Android noob. I recently rooted and installed CWM recovery. This is my first OTA update since doing so and I haven't been able to find any clear instructions on what to do.
I assume there are a few options - I'd love to hear what they are and what advantages/disadvantages each has. I'm assuming I can unroot and go totally stock but I'm not really sure how to flash a stock recovery. I've also read that using OTA Rootkeeper is a great way to temp unroot then reroot after the OTA. I'm a little confused since I see a similar option in the SuperUser app - does that work as well?
I also am wondering if there will be a CWM flashable package in the near future that we can use and if it's worth waiting for something like that?
Thanks again.
There's a thread here discussing the OTA and how people are installing it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893036
I am running rooted stock (without CWM) and I simply used Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and then did the update. Since you have CWM, I think you've got a few additional steps.
rickwood said:
There's a thread here discussing the OTA and how people are installing it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893036
I am running rooted stock (without CWM) and I simply used Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and then did the update. Since you have CWM, I think you've got a few additional steps.
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Thanks but I've been following that thread - there aren't any instructions just comments on personal situations. I'm sure there are many like me who need a bit of a guide for this specific situation. It definitely sounds easier without CWM - I'm surprised I can't find any clear instructions on how to revert to stock recovery.
You can get the OTA as long as your are running a stock ROM! or worst case scenario you just have to update through Kies!!
Use odin to install stock rooted image and recovery. Then get voodoo ota rootkeeper from the play store. Run it to preserve root. Check for software update. Install update. Restore root with rootkeeper. Reinstall custom recovery. Done.
kjpedro said:
You can get the OTA as long as your are running a stock ROM! or worst case scenario you just have to update through Kies!!
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From what I understand you need to unroot to get the OTA - though Kies might be a workaround.
I'm specifically talking about rooted WITH CWM. You cannot get the OTA without stock recovery (based on what I've read).
gunnyman said:
Use odin to install stock rooted image and recovery. Then get voodoo ota rootkeeper from the play store. Run it to preserve root. Check for software update. Install update. Restore root with rootkeeper. Reinstall custom recovery. Done.
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Thanks gunny! Do you lose apps/settings when flashing back to stock rooted/recovery or is everything preserved?
Surprising to me nothing was lost.
I rooted the phone then update came, I like the sound of some of the updates so I want to take on the updates.
I came across this post..
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941546
Did I read it right? If I apply this file, I wont have to keep on rooting/unrooting to take on updates? Or can I reset counter using triangle method?
Just dl voodoo ota root keeper from the play store, temp unroot accept the ota update and reroot using the app works perfectly
Either way will take you to the latest update. If you use triangle method, just follow instructions to reroot
and ota rootkeeper wont install stock recovery for you. it also wont replace any system files you may have messed wit. still too many chances for the ota to fail
-my 2 cents
evoer said:
Just dl voodoo ota root keeper from the play store, temp unroot accept the ota update and reroot using the app works perfectly
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it says useless with: samsung phones updated via Kies or Odin..... I used Odin, so I guess it wont work
Download Freeza's ALL IN ONE zip and install through recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743923
It's the latest update and you wont lose root.
I'm on ALJC. I used the toolkit to root with custom recovery and busybox. Then along came the MA7 update and I want to apply it via OTA.
So, using the Toolkit, I then flashed stock recovery, used Triangle Away to reset the flash counter, used SuperSU Pro to unroot. Then I let the update download. When the phone boots to apply the update the phone gets about 1/4 of the way through and the Android falls over dead with the nasty triangle-of-death.
I've checked many posts to try to determine if I'm missing a step or doing something out-of-sequence. In any case, any tips on what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
I went ahead and flashed stock and did a double OTA update and re-installed everything. Now I'm at MA7.