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Does OTA volume fix remove root?

If you've received the OTA update only, please comment.
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Yes it does. You will need to re-root then re-flash CWM

And if I'm just using the stock ROM, just rooted?
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It will still remove root, so you just need to re-root afterwards. You won't lose any data though as it doesn't re-lock fastboot or anything. Literally took 2 minutes.

Is there a guide to rerooting without unlocking fastboot, as I assume this differs from the original rooting process for this phone using the modified img and bat file?

CJSnet said:
Is there a guide to rerooting without unlocking fastboot, as I assume this differs from the original rooting process for this phone using the modified img and bat file?
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Unfortunately no, you'll need the bootloader unlocked for the superboot method until there is a better root solution available

KiNG OMaR said:
Unfortunately no, you'll need the bootloader unlocked for the superboot method until there is a better root solution available
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What I meant is that this OTA does not lock the bootloader. The bootloader is therefore unlocked. All I'm asking for is a step-by-step guide to rerooting from that state, with it unlocked.

Hmm this is weird. I was prompted to install the OTA fix. I just have the stock Google ROM, rooted and that's it. It rebooted, showed the wireframe hexagon animation for a second, and went to an android with a /!\ exclamation mark. I had to remove the battery.
Now I can't update and it has disappeared from the update page in phone settings. Check for update doesn't bring it back.
Is there a place to download the update patch?

Same thing happened to mine. I just found a zip of the update here and flashed it via CWM. You will still need to re-root and re-flash CWM.

ferris2375 said:
Same thing happened to mine. I just found a zip of the update here and flashed it via CWM. You will still need to re-root and re-flash CWM.
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And here it is! Just rename to update.zip and place in the SD Card root folder, then reboot into recovery and install update.zip:
http://android.clients.google.com/p....signed-yakju-ITL41F-from-ITL41D.11bbbccb.zip

Hi guys, i need to learn something.
I use Bigxie [ROM] [OTA] [GSM] Android 4.2.2 JDQ39: Rooted Busybox Deodexed
and want to update 4.3 with similar;
Fireb33 [ROM] [JB] [JWR66Y] Galaxy Nexus 4.3 stock (deodexed, rooted, busybox)
So do I need to vipe anything or just download and flash via Twrp?
And better for me is: can i just download an "update.zip" (for same root-busybox-deodexed stock rom) instead a huge rom file?
Will i lose any data with any way?

Rooted and Unlocked can't install OTA update

So I'm running the stock OS and now it won't install the OTA update. I'm unlocked and rooted and the update downloads, then the phone reboots. I see the install starts and runs for about 3 seconds and then it stops with the red triangle exclamation point.
What's going on, anyone else having this issue?

How many times per day does this thread need to be made?
You're either going to have to flash just the update via fastboot on your own, or unroot and accept the OTA normally.

Well I appreciate the answer, sorry to be a bother...
Anyway, is this the way it's always going to be since I'm rooted and unlocked? Where will I be able to download the OTA updates so I can flash manually with fastboot?

It won't work if you have ClockworkMod's recovery, you need the stock recovery.
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105437 said:
So I'm running the stock OS and now it won't install the OTA update. I'm unlocked and rooted and the update downloads, then the phone reboots. I see the install starts and runs for about 3 seconds and then it stops with the red triangle exclamation point.
What's going on, anyone else having this issue?
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Dowload from http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html. It needs 7Zip to uncompress the file. Once decompressed it has a file with no extension, decrompress that again and you will have the several file.
The just power the phone off and power back on with the volume up and down pressed. Same as when you rooted it.
Then run these commands:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxkk6.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot update image-yakju-icl53f.zip
This will not wipe your phone!
You will need to root it again.
This is what I just did and works prefectly!

Root and unlocked bootloader shouldn't prevent you from installing if you still have stock recovery. If you have ClockworkMod recovery instead, you can use that to flash it manually. If your phone downloaded the update zip, it should be located in /cache.
You'll probably have to re-root after applying the update, regardless of how you install it.

Thanks for the replies guys! I guess I'd like to stay unlocked & rooted and be able to get OTA updates. Is there any risk in doing this? If not, how do I uninstall CWM?
Thanks again!

105437 said:
Thanks for the replies guys! I guess I'd like to stay unlocked & rooted and be able to get OTA updates. Is there any risk in doing this? If not, how do I uninstall CWM?
Thanks again!
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I believe that in rom manager you should be able to set the recovery back to the default.

Bad Liar said:
I believe that in rom manager you should be able to set the recovery back to the default.
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ROM Manager only has the option to flash ClockworkMod, not stock recovery. But the stock recovery can be extracted from the Google factory images and flashed with fastboot.

I have same problem like yours, how can i solved it? my device is SE WT19i

Happened to me as well - but I also ran into problems initially trying to do the image upgrades, because I had ended up changing a couple values in the build.prop file (wifi scan time, and disabling the boot animation). I'm assuming changes like that would cause the OTA update to fail, if doing it manually fails as well?
Also remember when trying to resolve my issue, reading through other people who went through similar sequences.
Had unlocked/rooted. Tried OTA - got the red warning symbol.
Tried installing the zip from sdcard through CWM but ran into various warnings/errors because of minor tweaks that either they had done, or something that had been installed had done.

Try mskip's GNex Toolkit. Super easy to use and everything explained in the thread. The guy's a genius!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Think option 10 will reflash stock recovery.
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+1. GNex Toolkit made my life worth living, I got the OTA 4.0.4 update (IMM76I), and I'm rooted and unlocked.

I also highly recommend GNex Toolkit. It has an option to restore the factory recovery and also helps you to get root again after update.
Voodoo OTA Root Keeper only helps partially.

ceribaen said:
Happened to me as well - but I also ran into problems initially trying to do the image upgrades, because I had ended up changing a couple values in the build.prop file (wifi scan time, and disabling the boot animation). I'm assuming changes like that would cause the OTA update to fail, if doing it manually fails as well?
Also remember when trying to resolve my issue, reading through other people who went through similar sequences.
Had unlocked/rooted. Tried OTA - got the red warning symbol.
Tried installing the zip from sdcard through CWM but ran into various warnings/errors because of minor tweaks that either they had done, or something that had been installed had done.
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Each if those warnings that you are getting is because something is not stock. You will need to download the appropriate stock file for each of those warnings. I have already posted the stock build.prop and boot image in the main IMM76I update thread. If you need others, instructions can be found in the update link in my signature.
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philipdeane said:
Try mskip's GNex Toolkit. Super easy to use and everything explained in the thread. The guy's a genius!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Think option 10 will reflash stock recovery.
Dark Tapatalk (GSM Galaxy Nexus)
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bingefister said:
+1. GNex Toolkit made my life worth living, I got the OTA 4.0.4 update (IMM76I), and I'm rooted and unlocked.
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toxaris said:
I also highly recommend GNex Toolkit. It has an option to restore the factory recovery and also helps you to get root again after update.
Voodoo OTA Root Keeper only helps partially.
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All of you guys recommending using a toolkit: do you even understand the OP's issue? I don't think so, otherwise you would know that a toolkit won't do what he needs done.
My opinion:
On an unrelated note: you need to figure out how to do things manually before you start using toolkits, otherwise you will never learn anything. There is a reason they teach you long division in school before letting you use a calculator...
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[Q] 4.0.4 OTA for stock recovery (locked bootloader) ?

Hello,
is there an OTA package which i can flash with a stock recovery (my phone i locked, i don't like to have an unlocked bootloader)?
I am on 4.0.2 right now...

No, you need to be rooted or unlocked to flash the OTA package. Just wait for the official one, it will probably be pushed sometime during easter
I'm still waiting for the OTA aswell

I was pretty sure that the OTA process just downloads a file which will be flashed via the stock recovery. So if someone would have this stock OTA package (update.zip) i can just place in the internal storage and reboot into stock recovery. At least on my HTC Hero at 1.5 -> 1.6 it was working this way...must have remembered something wrong there...

bluefisch200 said:
Hello,
is there an OTA package which i can flash with a stock recovery (my phone i locked, i don't like to have an unlocked bootloader)?
I am on 4.0.2 right now...
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Haven't tried it myself (since I am rooted and unlocked) but I recon that you can unlock (and loose ALL your data), root, flash the onetime CWM Recovery, flash the 4.0.4 stock image (by which you will loose root), relock (and loose ALL your data again).
At the end you would be completely stock again. That can all be done through the GNEX toolkit by Mskip that can be found here: Link.
You can download the official Google image from here: Link

bluefisch200 said:
I was pretty sure that the OTA process just downloads a file which will be flashed via the stock recovery. So if someone would have this stock OTA package (update.zip) i can just place in the internal storage and reboot into stock recovery. At least on my HTC Hero at 1.5 -> 1.6 it was working this way...must have remembered something wrong there...
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that was probably right with the htc hero, also on my htc desire..because the ota package was picked by the stock recovery from the sdcard
but the stock recovery on our galaxy nexus with ics, expect the ota to be on the /cache partition..without root u can't write in that partition, only the os itself can write there

bluefisch200 said:
Hello,
is there an OTA package which i can flash with a stock recovery (my phone i locked, i don't like to have an unlocked bootloader)?
I am on 4.0.2 right now...
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If you are on yakju, root using this method (note you only need temp root, so only do up to step 6), then place the update file from here to /cache and reboot into stock recovery and flash.

efrant said:
If you are on yakju, root using this method (note you only need temp root, so only do up to step 6), then place the update file from here to /cache and reboot into stock recovery and flash.
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Thank you
Btw. it's easier to just root the OS (go above step 6) instead of only go to 6...for the cp command you will need busybox...i have seen "cat" somewhere but i couldn't figure out how it works...but i seems to be that you can copy files without installing busybox since cat is supported from android at stock...

bluefisch200 said:
Thank you
Btw. it's easier to just root the OS (go above step 6) instead of only go to 6...for the cp command you will need busybox...i have seen "cat" somewhere but i couldn't figure out how it works...but i seems to be that you can copy files without installing busybox since cat is supported from android at stock...
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Correct, that is why I used cat in my directions instead of cp, as you would not have busybox installed if you are not root...

I'm still on 4.0.1
Is there any way to force an OTA update to 4.0.2 or 4.0.4 without rooting. Or manually install an update with a .zip update through stock recovery rather than CWM. I am unable to get any OTA updates it says my system is up to date which it clearly isnt.

Merio90 said:
Is there any way to force an OTA update to 4.0.2 or 4.0.4 without rooting. Or manually install an update with a .zip update through stock recovery rather than CWM. I am unable to get any OTA updates it says my system is up to date which it clearly isnt.
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No..................
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[Q] Re-Root After 4.1.2 Upgrade?

I have an unlocked I9250 Galaxy Nexus that was rooted. I recently upgraded to 4.1.2 using the automatic update. I had Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper installed which worked for the last upgrade, so I didn't even think about it. But I lost my root. Is there a way to re-root without losing any settings or data? When I boot into recovery I see the android with a red exclamation point. I assume My custom recovery was removed with the upgrade. Thanks!

I know this isn't answering your question, but I wanted to mention that I, too, had Voodoo OTA RootKeeper installed when I updated to 4.1.2 and it worked perfectly. I was on stock 4.1.1.
Sent from my rooted GSM Galaxy Nexus

Was I supposed to run the rootkeeper app prior to upgrading? I did not do that. Although I would think that it would have saved the superuser file from the previous run. I'm not sure how it works. either way, I definitely am not rooted anymore and not sure what to do. I'm not even sure if there are tools to root 4.1.2, or if the old toolkit works the same with this upgrade.
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I know this isn't answering your question, but I wanted to mention that I, too, had Voodoo OTA RootKeeper installed when I updated to 4.1.2 and it worked perfectly. I was on stock 4.1.1.
Sent from my rooted GSM Galaxy Nexus
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Hmm good question. All I did was open it prior to the update to verify that all of the checkboxes under "Status" were filled in and su was protected.
After the update downloaded, rebooting took me into ClockworkMod Recovery where I had to give the ok to install the new file.
The only thing I needed to do after updating was flash ClockworkMod Recovery again. Everything else was fine.
As for rooting your new stock 4.1.2, here's a good place to start. You shouldn't loose your data assuming the bootloader is still unlocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
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download the superuser or supersu zip
download cwm or twrp recovery image
boot into fastboot mode
fastboot boot cwmortwrp.img
flash the superuser or supersu.zip
done.

Zepius said:
download the superuser or supersu zip
download cwm or twrp recovery image
boot into fastboot mode
fastboot boot cwmortwrp.img
flash the superuser or supersu.zip
done.
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This.
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Thanks everyone. Will doing this require a factory reset or any internal data loss? Or does that only occur when unlocking the phone?

prattleon said:
Thanks everyone. Will doing this require a factory reset or any internal data loss? Or does that only occur when unlocking the phone?
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only when unlocking the phone, flashing userdata.img in fastboot, or using fastboot erase userdata

Unlocking & Root N7 (2013) on Kit Kat?

Hey everyone, Im new here, just got the Nexus 7 2013 Asus.
I updated to Kit Kat right away, I tried using that root toolkit thing or whatever... it got my tablet unlocked but it would stay stuck on a message that it was trying to boot some .img file when I clicked root...
Long story short, I restored 2 times and I guess that doesnt work with Kit Kat yet... and I relocked my tablet. Anyway know how I can correctly unlock and root my new Nexus 7 on Kit Kat?

After an unlock you can manually flash the recovery IMG then just flash the super su zip for root.
Adb fastboot recoveryimage.IMG
Then the super su zip can be flashed once in a custom recovery.
If needed I can do a team viewer with you and get you all set up.
prshosting.org

ta_help said:
Hey everyone, Im new here, just got the Nexus 7 2013 Asus.
I updated to Kit Kat right away, I tried using that root toolkit thing or whatever... it got my tablet unlocked but it would stay stuck on a message that it was trying to boot some .img file when I clicked root...
Long story short, I restored 2 times and I guess that doesnt work with Kit Kat yet... and I relocked my tablet. Anyway know how I can correctly unlock and root my new Nexus 7 on Kit Kat?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2536420
Make sure you download the correct custom recovery for your device (prerequisite 3).
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Unlocked & Rooted N7 on 4.3.1 will it stay so after update to 4.4 ?
prsterero said:
After an unlock you can manually flash the recovery IMG then just flash the super su zip for root.
Adb fastboot recoveryimage.IMG
Then the super su zip can be flashed once in a custom recovery.
If needed I can do a team viewer with you and get you all set up.
prshosting.org
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Dear Experts,
I'm still new at this game, so bear with me please.
I have a LTE N7 on 4.3.1 (JLS361) that is unlocked & rooted.
Now I get tho OTA Update to 4.4 (KRT16S) downloaded & ready to install.
Aside from all those bad things that don't work anymore in 4.4 (eg. FLASH), what will happen ?
Will my N7 revert to a locked & unrooted device ? or will it stay unlocked & rooted ?
Or will it stay unlocked, but unrooted, and I only need to flash the SuperSU ZIP again ?
Thanks for enlightening me.
JMF

fiechterjm said:
Dear Experts,
I'm still new at this game, so bear with me please.
I have a LTE N7 on 4.3.1 (JLS361) that is unlocked & rooted.
Now I get tho OTA Update to 4.4 (KRT16S) downloaded & ready to install.
Aside from all those bad things that don't work anymore in 4.4 (eg. FLASH), what will happen ?
Will my N7 revert to a locked & unrooted device ? or will it stay unlocked & rooted ?
Or will it stay unlocked, but unrooted, and I only need to flash the SuperSU ZIP again ?
Thanks for enlightening me.
JMF
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It will stay unlocked, but unrooted, and you only need to flash the supersu zip again.
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xdhall said:
It will stay unlocked, but unrooted, and you only need to flash the supersu zip again.
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Mine is also unlocked and rooted and want to upgrade to KK.
When you said flash, you meant I had to install TWRP first then flash SU again?
I am curious because when I first rooted my N7, I used the Nexus 7 Toolkit and did not install TWRP. Can't I just use the toolkit again to re-root?

lanwarrior said:
Mine is also unlocked and rooted and want to upgrade to KK.
When you said flash, you meant I had to install TWRP first then flash SU again?
I am curious because when I first rooted my N7, I used the Nexus 7 Toolkit and did not install TWRP. Can't I just use the toolkit again to re-root?
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If you had a TWRP installed and downloaded the superuser binaries when you rooted initially, all you need to do is flash them again by pressing the "install" button in recovery. Based on the way he asked it, I believe that was the context of the question.
If you don't, you should install a custom recovery:
Wi-Fi only: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/flo
LTE: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/deb
Then download the superuser binaries to your N7:
http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip
And flash them by pressing the "install" button in recovery.
Your toolkit might work, but why not just do it yourself?
Full instructions (skip unlocking the bootloader):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2536420
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xdhall said:
If you had a TWRP installed and downloaded the superuser binaries when you rooted initially, all you need to do is flash them again by pressing the "install" button in recovery. Based on the way he asked it, I believe that was the context of the question.
If you don't, you should install a custom recovery.
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I assume there's no other way to re-root other than installing TWRP?

lanwarrior said:
I assume there's no other way to re-root other than installing TWRP?
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You can install another custom recovery, e.g., clockworkmod.
Some toolkits reflash stock recovery after rooting, but that could only useful if you have something like a Samsung or HTC. Absolutely no point on a nexus device.
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xdhall said:
You can install another custom recovery, e.g., clockworkmod.
Some toolkits reflash stock recovery after rooting, but that could only useful if you have something like a Samsung or HTC. Absolutely no point on a nexus device.
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Thanks again for the help, xdhall. Sorry if I sound like a newbie, but I had the Note 8.0, I rooted and I could never get it back to stock. The original stock image for the US Note 8.0 was not available so I was stuck.
Didn't want the same thing happened with the N7, but you brought up a good point... this IS a Nexus device!

Thanks
xdhall said:
It will stay unlocked, but unrooted, and you only need to flash the supersu zip again.
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Thanks xdhall.
That makes it much easier to get back to ROOT then.
Just having to reboot in Recovery Mode and install the latest superSU.zip will be a breeze.
I'll probably wait a few weeks/months to upgrade to 4.4 though, as the comments on the 4.4 release are not that good, and I have several very important (for me) sites that still use Adobe Flash.
Anyway, I'm glad I haven't to start from scratch (backup, unlock, restore, flash recovery, flash superSU), as this is extremely time-consuming and tedious.
Again Thanks & have a nice WE.