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No update via OTA or Kies

Anytime I try to update my phone via OTA, it says connection failed (done so since I bought the phone in June). When I try to update via Kies, it says "This is the latest firmware" Current version: PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT); Latest firmware version PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT). I know there have been several updates as I'm on I747UCLG1. I was rooted, but reverted in attempt to exchange out my phone due to battery issues (which were instantly gone after returning to stock). My girlfriend also has the AT&T S3 which has always been stock and is having the same issues. Does anyone know why this is happening or a simple way to update (simple enough to explain to someone who is not tech savvy over the phone)? I just don't know why the phones show there isnt an update when there has been several.

Jaydawgx7 said:
Anytime I try to update my phone via OTA, it says connection failed (done so since I bought the phone in June). When I try to update via Kies, it says "This is the latest firmware" Current version: PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT); Latest firmware version PDA:LG1 / PHONE:LG1 / CSC:LG1 (ATT). I know there have been several updates as I'm on I747UCLG1. I was rooted, but reverted in attempt to exchange out my phone due to battery issues (which were instantly gone after returning to stock). My girlfriend also has the AT&T S3 which has always been stock and is having the same issues. Does anyone know why this is happening or a simple way to update (simple enough to explain to someone who is not tech savvy over the phone)? I just don't know why the phones show there isnt an update when there has been several.
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The update after UCLG1 hasn't made it to kies. It's a staggered rollout it seems. Either that or it's been pulled.

I have the exact same issue. My phone says the server is unavailable OTA, and Kies says I have the latest firmware. I took my phone to an AT&T store, and the guys were clueless. My friend got the update on his phone and it's really no big deal, but just keep your fingers crossed it doesn't do this when Jelly Bean comes out.
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I had the same issue, LG1 would only show up, couldnt get the LH9 to even show up via OTA, kept telling its is up to date.
So I ended up just grabbing the stock LH9 update.zip that gunnyman put up in another thread and just used that on the stock recovery to update it to LH9.
Dixit

dixit said:
I had the same issue, LG1 would only show up, couldnt get the LH9 to even show up via OTA, kept telling its is up to date.
So I ended up just grabbing the stock LH9 update.zip that gunnyman put up in another thread and just used that on the stock recovery to update it to LH9.
Dixit
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Do you mind giving me instructions or linking me to the thread on how to do that?
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I just had a crazy idea. I have quite a bit of bloatware and pre installed apps disabled. Can that be the problem and is messing up the update?
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Vanillamarble said:
Do you mind giving me instructions or linking me to the thread on how to do that?
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I just had a crazy idea. I have quite a bit of bloatware and pre installed apps disabled. Can that be the problem and is messing up the update?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31714056&postcount=23
Thats the post to where gunnyman put the original OTA update.
Take that file, rename it to update.zip and copy it to the root of the internal storage. Then boot into STOCK recovery, not CWM (if you have CWM, you will have to put it back to STOCK recovery) and choose update via zip file, and choose that zip file, it will update just like the OTA does and be identical to stock OTA update. Then you done.
Dixit

Do I need to be rooted for this to work? I know you can do this same procedure unrooted with the Jelly Bean leak.
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Vanillamarble said:
Do I need to be rooted for this to work? I know you can do this same procedure unrooted with the Jelly Bean leak.
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If you are asking me, then no. You need to be on stock recovery and you cannot have any FROZEN apps via Titanium Backup as the update itself is an offset patch, so it cannot find the file (because you froze it) then it will fail.
Dixit

I downloaded the file and renamed it to update.zip. I saved it my internal SD card, and it's not showing up in stock recovery. Did I do something wrong? Oh yeah, if I update this way, can I still connect to Kies or will my device be "modified"?
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Vanillamarble said:
I downloaded the file and renamed it to update.zip. I saved it my internal SD card, and it's not showing up in stock recovery. Did I do something wrong? Oh yeah, if I update this way, can I still connect to Kies or will my device be "modified"?
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I dont think it will work on internal, I cant remember though. I believe I put it on my External SD as I have one in there. If you have one, put it in there and it should work. It will not show "modified" on status, that only shows up if you are rooted.
Dixit

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I dont think it will work on internal, I cant remember though. I believe I put it on my External SD as I have one in there. If you have one, put it in there and it should work. It will not show "modified" on status, that only shows up if you are rooted.
Dixit
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Ok thanks. I've been to lazy to go out and buy an SD card lately. When Jelly Bean comes out, this means I will be able to get it through Kies right?
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Vanillamarble said:
Ok thanks. I've been to lazy to go out and buy an SD card lately. When Jelly Bean comes out, this means I will be able to get it through Kies right?
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Yes. This is an ORIGINAL STOCK update, its not modified in any way shape or form, so dont worry, its not going to affect your future updatability. That only gets affected when you are rooted. Updates like this one where its patch offset based, the update will fail due to when you root most people freeze apps. That fails automatically on patch offset updates.
Jellybean may be a full udpate which Kies will do.
Dixit

Thank you so much Dixit. You really helped me out. I did what you said and the update was installed no problem.
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Vanillamarble said:
Thank you so much Dixit. You really helped me out. I did what you said and the update was installed no problem.
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Nice......... good to hear.

Will rooting Note 2 disable OTA?

Hi
My N7100 has a strange problem.
I switch on wifi, then go to about phone and then software update
Then I click check for updates.
Earlier when no update was available, the phone used to simply say "latest already installed or something like that"
Now it keeps doing "Checking for updates" and this goes on for more than 10 minutes. After that I pressed cancel.
I restarted phone, but no use
I am on stock rom, stock kernel. My phone is rooted though using dr. Ketan's method and I have also reset the flash counter.

Same here....got no clue
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I've got the same thing. I just put it down to been rooted.
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So, does this mean, if you root your phone OTA updates are KAPUT??
I did not see this in the rooting threads. I think then we need to add this info, that if you root your phone, update through mobile ODIN only

Since rooters are facing this problem, I have changed the title to reflect the same.

Rooting is a modification in firmware, and OTA can not recognize modified firmwares. If you've rooted without a custom recovery, may be removing root from supersu (or any super user management tool) can fix this problem.

Mine showed 2 different OTA messages after rooting: The first one: "The phone has been modified, etc..." then I used Triangle Away (it always shows 1 in the flash counter though) and now it's stuck in "Searching for updates".
Unfortunately I can't find the stock rom for my country (Honduras). I want to go back to 4.1.1

Of course, sure. Rooting will Disable OTA update. If you wanna get OTA update back, just go to Samsung-update.com
, download the latest firmware with your country name, if your country is not found, choose the nearest country, and then flash it with Odin, then OTA update will available back.
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Flashing the firmware over Odin won't bring your ota back as you binary will still show custom there is a away to get the Samsung firmware back but up must use triangle away first to get the counter to 1
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088809 this should help out
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userdefind said:
Flashing the firmware over Odin won't bring your ota back as you binary will still show custom there is a away to get the Samsung firmware back but up must use triangle away first to get the counter to 1
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I think as long as you're rooted you can't use OTA updates on Samsung. I got triangle away, status normal, rooted and the same thing happened to me when trying OTA.... so best way to just flash each new update via Odin. Since there is no data loss involved, it is ok. And then root again (it is a 3 minute operation anyway)

dalanik said:
I think as long as you're rooted you can't use OTA updates on Samsung. I got triangle away, status normal, rooted and the same thing happened to me when trying OTA.... so best way to just flash each new update via Odin. Since there is no data loss involved, it is ok. And then root again (it is a 3 minute operation anyway)
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Yes if your rooted you can't do it. And your right it would be a lot faster just to flash the update via Odin. But if your just having a bad time with a rooted phone for some messed reason. Then that fourm will help u get back to stock as you can be.
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Thanks everyone for the information. I want to go back to 4.1.1 mostly because 4.1.2 has a very annoying auto-rotate bug (the screen gets stuck in landscape or portrait after a while) I also wanted to recover the OTA feature but it's not a big deal now.
Envoyé depuis mon GT-N7100

I have mobile odin pro so even after flashing I don't need to re root
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tsk1979 said:
So, does this mean, if you root your phone OTA updates are KAPUT??
I did not see this in the rooting threads. I think then we need to add this info, that if you root your phone, update through mobile ODIN only
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Its mentioned allready in different threads that when u root youd loose your ota update function
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firez_hn said:
Mine showed 2 different OTA messages after rooting: The first one: "The phone has been modified, etc..." then I used Triangle Away (it always shows 1 in the flash counter though) and now it's stuck in "Searching for updates".
Unfortunately I can't find the stock rom for my country (Honduras). I want to go back to 4.1.1
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After u reset your flash counter and reboot you still have a custom recovery that makes flash counter raise to 1 back again x) if u want to keep flash counter zero and still root u should get prerooted stock roms, there could be other options but i dont know abt that
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Yeah... Rooting means losing OTA's
but after all, u could just use mobile odin and download the update from sammobile.
i never really used ota 2 be honest.
good luck

I tested this Awhile ago, But it was with the official rooted firmware flashed via odin, as long that the system is flagged as official OTA works just fine while rooted.

[Q] Will I lose OTA if I root?

I am thinking of rooting so I can move some apss in the sd card. I am going to keep the stock rom, just root. Now if I do that, wil I lose the OTA updates? I am expecting 4.3 to hit my device any day now, and I dont want to lose it.

yes u can't update thru OTA
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OTA
Is there a way to install OTA updates by other method ?

ivbsd1 said:
Is there a way to install OTA updates by other method ?
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Yes via Odin and the firmware. sammobile.com/firmware

chemicalrage said:
Yes via Odin and the firmware. sammobile.com/firmware
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But in this way I loss my applications and data, correct ?
BTW - sammobile.com/firmware link does not work.

Yes you lose all your apps if you don't make a backup first through cwm or something..
And sammobile.com/firmware works just fine. Just download your firmware of your phone and flash via Odin.
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ivbsd1 said:
But in this way I loss my applications and data, correct ?
BTW - sammobile.com/firmware link does not work.
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Sorry its http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
& they are currently upgrading their website to 3.0 So expect some glitches for a few days.

[Q] Need help upgrading Android if possible?

I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 GT-N5110 wifi version using CF-Auto-Root. It is running Android 4.1.2 and now that the new tablets have come out ie; 8.4" tab, note 12.1 2014 edition etc., I don't think there's much hope for Samsung to update the OS as the device has been out for approx 14 months.
So anyway I rooted because I was low on memory and wanted to move some apps to ext SD card. However being on Android 4.1.2 I believe is the reason I still cannot do this. Any apps I have downloaded from the Play Store won't let me do this. I have read online that this feature was added in higher version of Android. From what I have read 4.3 is more stable than 4.2.2.
Wondering if there is any way I can get Android 4.3 on my device? I have read a bit about 'cyanogenMod's' and 'clockwork recovery' and don't really understand much about it yet.
Is there any way for me to re-root my device so that I will have Android 4.3? If so, would I have to un-root it first before rooting again?
This Note 8 tablet is the second device I rooted. The first was my S3 phone which was great after rooting as I just wanted to freeze the bloatware using Titanium Backup Pro which I did. Love it. But with the Note 8, rooting it has not achieved what I need so far. Hoping someone can help this almost newbie!!

There is no 4.3 for our device the only thing that is out there right now is the ported version of 4.3 made available to us by @ykkfive found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642647 there are some rumors that we might get Kit-Kat 4.4 so IMHO I think they are going to bypass 4.3 all together for our device, but again those are just rumors.
As far as custom recovery goes I would suggest you look into Philz recovery made available to us by @Phil3759 found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201860
Hoping this help
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Unroot and push 4.2.2, all your issues will be solved. I tried custom ROMs and found stock 4.2.2 works just fine, without Google Music Player update or just disable it all together.
PS, use saferoot.zip next time... it does not require flashing, and will not break your device from using OTA or Kies for firmware updates.
Now you need to run triangle away to clear your flash counter before removing root.

Two things:
One: the current version is 4.2.2. If you are running 4.1, there is an update available
Two: Samsung stated that there will be an update to KK for our devices.
There has never been a 4.3 ROM for our device, nor is there a compelling reason to have one. Plenty of KK ROMs in the development section though, although I really didn't care for any of the ones I tried. The only way I know to root this device is with CF Autoroot, and that is also what worked for me. I am not sure why it did not work for you. Once you root, you can do everything you've been able to do with your S3.

Thank you for the helpful replies.
@gooberdude I guess the first thing I need to do from what you're saying is use Triangle Away to reset the counter. Then to unroot. No clue how to do this, but I guess I've got a lot of searching to do to find out. Any help would be appreciated!
You mention to 'push' 4.2.2. It is not available either over the air or through kies. So, how do I do this? Again help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

Yes use triangle away to reset counter then if you not already have done so download and install Odin 1.85
Next search the stock firmware for your model here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
Get your Note into download mode ( Press and keep holding the Volume Down, Home and Power ) and connect it to your PC, Odin should "see" it the first slot under ID:slot should turn a different color if so you are in good shape, now put the Firmware you download from above mentioned site click PDA*button and select the downloaded .tar.md5 file, Important: In Odin, make sure Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options are enabled. Also, ensure that the Re-partition checkbox is not enabled and hit start and let Odin do the rest and you should be up and running in no time
Hoping this helps
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Next search the stock firmware for your model here http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
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Which country do I choose? (I am in Canada) Do I pick any of the english speaking ones who have 4.2.2?
i used Odin 3.07 is that the right one? ....Still looking at the rest of your post instructions. Thanks!

Festivale26 said:
Which country do I choose? (I am in Canada) Do I pick any of the english speaking ones who have 4.2.2?
i used Odin 3.07 is that the right one? ....Still looking at the rest of your post instructions. Thanks!
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You can also check here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N5110 look for XAR "cellular south" from what i read this is the "US-version" or look for BTU "United Kingdom" both should work as long as it is for GT-N5110 you should be good.
As far as Odin goes I have used 1.85 and that worked for me really well, if 3.07 worked for you then that is great and I would stick with that
Hoping this helps
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Harjan112 said:
You can also check here http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-N5110 look for XAR "cellular south" from what i read this is the "US-version" or look for BTU "United Kingdom" both should work as long as it is for GT-N5110 you should be good.
As far as Odin goes I have used 1.85 and that worked for me really well, if 3.07 worked for you then that is great and I would stick with that
Hoping this helps
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Thanks for all the help. I will try this tomorrow. Too tired tonight. Thanks again!

Festivale26 said:
Thanks for all the help. I will try this tomorrow. Too tired tonight. Thanks again!
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So I've been doing a lot of searching and reading online before doing more to my Note 8 tablet. Cause if I knew then what I know now I wouldn't have rooted it.
Anyway, I have seen a YouTube video of how you can unroot your phone (tablet - any Android) using Super SU. I assume I should use Triange Away first then do that. Then there are 3 files I need to remove: /system/bin/su + /system/xbin/su + /system/app/Superuser.apk.
Then of course remove any apps that I installed that required root access like Greenify, Busybox Free, Multiwindow Manager etc.
So if I do that it sounds like I will be back to a warrantied fully stock Note 8.
SO MY QUESTION THEN: How do I upgrade my firmware to 4.2.2 and if I do will I be voiding the 2 year warranty I have bearing in mind I will have unrooted my device?

Festivale26 said:
SO MY QUESTION THEN: How do I upgrade my firmware to 4.2.2 and if I do will I be voiding the 2 year warranty I have bearing in mind I will have unrooted my device?
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If you download a stock Rom and flash it with Odin from one of those sites I mentioned before you will be on 4.2.2 it will flash a full stock firmware, and therefore you do not have to "upgrade" your firmware, so in short if you use triangle away and flash a stock Rom your Note will be like the day you first broke the seal and took it out of the box.
Now if you decide to get 4.1.2 then you could "update" to 4.2.2 by going to... settings...about device...software update...update and let the device look for an update and let it install.
Hoping this helps
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Wha??? If you have stock ROM and it is rooted... run trianagle away, and have it clear out your counter. Once cleared you can verify then do a factory reset after you boot to home screen. Once reset, you will have a clean like new OS load. then you can push an OTA with settings, about device, check for updates. If you flashed

Of course you have to USE triangle away but isn't that what I already had stated above when I said go the Odin way and flash a stock Rom?
And also generally speaking, a factory reset does not always erase data stored on the internal or external sd card. This data must be manually erased by formatting the sd cards.
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Wha??? If you have stock ROM and it is rooted... run trianagle away, and have it clear out your counter. Once cleared you can verify then do a factory reset after you boot to home screen. Once reset, you will have a clean like new OS load. then you can push an OTA with settings, about device, check for updates. If you flashed
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I rooted using CF-Auto-Root so that I could use apps like app2sd to free up some space on the internal 16gb (9 or 10 gb available to user) by moving apps to ext sd card. I did not add a mod or recovery or anything else after rooting. I am in Canada and there are no OTA updates available for the Note 8. So I am stuck at Android 4.1.2. After I rooted I realized that what I really need is at least Android 4.2.2 in order to move apps to ext SD card.
So, ideally, what I'd really like to do is unroot my device after using Triange Away, delete the 3 leftover files I mentioned earlier, and then delete any apps that require root. I have a warranty until February 2016 and I'd really like to be able to use it if necessary as I've heard that some have had battery issues after several months use. ANYWAY, is there any way I can stay unrooted, and yet upgrade the OS to 4.2.2 (which does not seem to be available here in Canadan-I guess we're stuck at 4.1.2. Even if 4.4.2 KitKat becomes available it will not help me with my low storage issue as KitKat stops apps from writing to ext SD Card. SO, I really prefer to have 4.2.2.
I am assuming all the instructions everyone has offered me above all have me remain rooted? Would I be able to remain rooted, upgrade to 4.2.2 then use Triangle Away and unroot?
Sorry for the long winded post, just wanted to clarify a few things.

The ONLY way for you to get 4.2.2 if you are not able to get an O.T.A..... is too USE triangle away as @gooberdude has stated AND donwload and Flash a 4.2.2 Stock Rom with Odin from one of the site that I gave you above, you will NOT be rooted after you flash the Stock Rom and you should not have any warranty issues at all.
Hoping this will clear things up
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@Harjan112 Yes thanks! That answers my question!

Harjan112 said:
Of course you have to USE triangle away but isn't that what I already had stated above when I said go the Odin way and flash a stock Rom?
And also generally speaking, a factory reset does not always erase data stored on the internal or external sd card. This data must be manually erased by formatting the sd cards.
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I know a factory reset will not erase SD storage... As for that, really there should not be any thing there the system needs to operate. So what ever is on SD is not important to the OS.
As for getting root without flashing... Saferoot.zip. I have it installed and never had to use Triangle away. the nice thing about it, is that OTA and Kies will allow firmware updates. So, when updates become available, I'll be able to update.
If the OP would backup the important stuff he needs, and just do a factory reset, he should have a near factory untouched OS. This will allow OTA and Kies to function. Then all he needs to do is set USB debug in developer options and run saferoot.zip from a windows pc or laptop. As an option install rootcloak and substrate apps to truly hide root from apps that may detect it. Once done your rooted device will be just as upgradable as a factory device.

Festivale26 said:
@Harjan112 Yes thanks! That answers my question!
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So have you tried flashing already? I have the same problem in Brazil, OTA / Kies never detects an update to 4.1.2... And I don't even rooted or anything that could impact the process.

@gooberdude I like your idea of using safe root but I don't understand what 'flashing' means nor what cloakroom is although I am guessing it's an app? Also what are substrate apps? @fmachado2906 as I said I don't know what flashing means.
Why does Samsung send some countries an update but not others? It's frustrating.
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Festivale26 said:
@gooberdude I like your idea of using safe root but I don't understand what 'flashing' means nor what cloakroom is although I am guessing it's an app? Also what are substrate apps? @fmachado2906 as I said I don't know what flashing means.
Why does Samsung send some countries an update but not others? It's frustrating.
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@Festivale26 flashing = downloading the firmware, opening Odin, setting up the firmware there and clicking on Start, not necessarily in this same order =)
By the way I'm tired of waiting, just downloading 4.2.2 and will try later.. I'll let you know how it went.

[Q] Question - Just Rooted Tab 10.1, how do I update going forward?

Hello
Thanks to this forum, I was able to Root my Tab Pro 10.1 and edit my permissions.xml so Apps can use my SD card.
Now that I am rooted, what happens if Samsung pushes a update? Are they any apps that help preserve root over a update (I used to use Voodoo Root Keeper on my old Asus Tablet).
Or do we update and have to wait for a new root method?
Sorry if this has been asked before, I appreciate any advice.
Thanks
Jason

jericko said:
Hello
Thanks to this forum, I was able to Root my Tab Pro 10.1 and edit my permissions.xml so Apps can use my SD card.
Now that I am rooted, what happens if Samsung pushes a update? Are they any apps that help preserve root over a update (I used to use Voodoo Root Keeper on my old Asus Tablet).
Or do we update and have to wait for a new root method?
Sorry if this has been asked before, I appreciate any advice.
Thanks
Jason
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I don't think you'll be able to do an ota update. When I have my rooted Tab Pro 12.2 check for updates, I get this message, "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." Hopefully SamMobile http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ has the update soon after the ota. Then download for your region and try to root again. It'll be a first for me too.

jericko said:
Hello
Thanks to this forum, I was able to Root my Tab Pro 10.1 and edit my permissions.xml so Apps can use my SD card.
Now that I am rooted, what happens if Samsung pushes a update? Are they any apps that help preserve root over a update (I used to use Voodoo Root Keeper on my old Asus Tablet).
Or do we update and have to wait for a new root method?
Sorry if this has been asked before, I appreciate any advice.
Thanks
Jason
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First of, you should never have to root again. The scary part is over. You should however install TWRP. Then when a new ROM gets released, you do a TWRP backup, and flash the new ROM . No muss, no fuss. You should also be using Titanium Backup on a regular basis so that you always have a current backup of your apps and data. Much faster, easier and SAFER than an OTA backup from the manufacturer.
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Jerryo100 said:
I don't think you'll be able to do an ota update. When I have my rooted Tab Pro 12.2 check for updates, I get this message, "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available." Hopefully SamMobile http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ has the update soon after the ota. Then download for your region and try to root again. It'll be a first for me too.
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aybesea69 said:
First of, you should never have to root again. The scary part is over. You should however install TWRP. Then when a new ROM gets released, you do a TWRP backup, and flash the new ROM . No muss, no fuss. You should also be using Titanium Backup on a regular basis so that you always have a current backup of your apps and data. Much faster, easier and SAFER than an OTA backup from the manufacturer.
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Hello Aybesea69, are there just stock ROMS of the OTA released?
I am familiar with TWRP, TB and flashing.

If you're feeling adventurous, there's this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2776206
It's still in the early stages, but looks promising.

I was only able to update using Kies, not OTA. Root was gone.
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jaegorith said:
I was only able to update using Kies, not OTA. Root was gone.
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So you were rooted, and updated using Kies? Then you lost root? Were you able to re-root?

jericko said:
So you were rooted, and updated using Kies? Then you lost root? Were you able to re-root?
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Sorry, I haven't tried to re-root. I'm going to wait until custom ROMs are available. But yes to your other questions. While my device was rooted, whenever I checked for updates from the tablet, I kept getting the error message that my device is modified and no updates were available. So I installed Kies on my PC to check for updates. Kies found the latest update and installed it successfully. I lost root once the update completed.
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