I got my C6506 yesterday and even though I had read some threads, I installed the .253 OTA before rooting. Once I had installed all my apps and had everything running I realized I need to root .434 and THEN upgrade to .253. Since I don't want to unlock my bootloader before backing up my TA, I guess I'm screwed and will have to set up everything again.
Sony's backup app is not letting me backup my apps, but I don't think it would be able to backup settings anyway, would it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299092
havanahjoe said:
I got my C6506 yesterday and even though I had read some threads, I installed the .253 OTA before rooting. Once I had installed all my apps and had everything running I realized I need to root .434 and THEN upgrade to .253. Since I don't want to unlock my bootloader before backing up my TA, I guess I'm screwed and will have to set up everything again.
Sony's backup app is not letting me backup my apps, but I don't think it would be able to backup settings anyway, would it?
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you may try the way I get updated to 253 OTA without losing root.
good luck
I did the something similar to you. I rooted 434 then updated to 253 and lost root.
I ended up downgrading to 434 using Flashtool. Then rooting 434 using the Bin4ry tool. Installed OTA Rootkeeper from Play store. Use OTA Rootkeeper to hide root. Applied 253 using OTA. Restore root using OTA Rootkeeper. The phone is now running 253 still rooted.
Then used Titanium Pro to delete user & system cache, and this seems to resolve the battery drain issue after 253 upgrade.
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I am a kind of noob so that I was looking for the easiest way of rooting.
I was rooted via Zergrush, stuck with stock rom and all bloatwares frozen via Titanium backup.
Today, I got a OTA update message. I thought I would lose root after OTA,
so I deleted all the apps that need SU permission except Titanium Backup.
Update was no problem. Rom was updated to 2.3.6 and I got Wifi Calling.
But I still have SU and Titanium backup working, all bloatwares are frozen.
Is this normal? or I just got lucky?
yeah i still have Superuser on my phone too after OTA but you dont have root access
down load root checker from the market and see if it says you have root.. i doubt it will
I still have root access. See the attached image.
xianzai2000 said:
I am a kind of noob so that I was looking for the easiest way of rooting.
I was rooted via Zergrush, stuck with stock rom and all bloatwares frozen via Titanium backup.
Today, I got a OTA update message. I thought I would lose root after OTA,
so I deleted all the apps that need SU permission except Titanium Backup.
Update was no problem. Rom was updated to 2.3.6 and I got Wifi Calling.
But I still have SU and Titanium backup working, all bloatwares are frozen.
Is this normal? or I just got lucky?
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All my bloatware is frozen as well however i lost root after updating. I cannot fathom that your phone properly updated and still has root.
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Lost root on mine after update.
I wanted to upgrade my rooted arc from .42 to .62 through OTA
but i read on the forums that you will need to re-flash with flash tool a .42 rom root if i have uninstalled system apps.
what does it mean by "uninstalled system apps"?
does it mean like deleting stuff with titanium back up?
or like replacing files (ex.adding notification widgets onto the status bar)
piggybomb said:
I wanted to upgrade my rooted arc from .42 to .62 through OTA
but i read on the forums that you will need to re-flash with flash tool a .42 rom root if i have uninstalled system apps.
what does it mean by "uninstalled system apps"?
does it mean like deleting stuff with titanium back up?
or like replacing files (ex.adding notification widgets onto the status bar)
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You can't do ota if you deleted system apps.
Thatswhy you need "like stock" before update.
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system apps means any apps that you where unable to uninstall without root like timescape the sony launcher ETC...
Its best to flash a clean version of .42 root it then do the OTA to .62 then customize to your hearts content.
but be aware that the OTA to .62 seems to be picky and may still fail a couple of times on a clean .42 phone.
SL_Don said:
system apps means any apps that you where unable to uninstall without root like timescape the sony launcher ETC...
Its best to flash a clean version of .42 root it then do the OTA to .62 then customize to your hearts content.
but be aware that the OTA to .62 seems to be picky and may still fail a couple of times on a clean .42 phone.
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Thx for the info
i guess i'll just wait for ics or gb2.3.7
or will i have to flash a clean version for any update?
@piggybomb
If you want to Update thru OTA you need to flash again .42 then root it ,Update thru OTA you get .62 rooted ,but the thing no changes ,better to wait Ice cream Sandwich much better ..Coming soon
That's the question. I have an Arc S with .58 firmware (downgrade from .62 because I wanted to root). I tried to OTA but I wasn't able to, apparently beause I don't have a generic firmware.
1) Is it worth to downgrade to .42, root and then update to .62? I ask this because the ICS is rolling out. Will I be able to root OTA to ICS, though I've a rooted phone?
2) Is it possible to update my rooted phone to .62 with PCCompanion?
3) In any case of updating (via OTA or via PCCompanion) will I loose my sdcard data?
Addition: I've installed an app called CWM Auto Installer and made a Nandroid backup. After the update to .62 firmware will I be able to restore this backup and use it without any problems?
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1. I say yes because you can have root access even though ICS is coming out. Also you can't update OTA to ICS, they're going to make you update to ICS through PC Companion
2. Yes, but if you update through PC Companion, you will lose root access.
3. No, it shouldn't affect your SD card data
4. I believe you can, but don't take my word for it.
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additionally it is best if you put all apps that you moved to the sd card back to phone so that you can put them in sd after flashing to ICS
Hey,
Xperia M dual user here. Recently got the update to 4.3 Jelly Bean. I updated and of course lost the root. Now, I took a backup TA when I was rooted in 4.2.2. I am going to install CWM and try some custom roms. So can I still use the same BackupTA or do I have to create a new one after I upgraded to 4.3?
Thanks!
zoozoo243 said:
Hey,
Xperia M dual user here. Recently got the update to 4.3 Jelly Bean. I updated and of course lost the root. Now, I took a backup TA when I was rooted in 4.2.2. I am going to install CWM and try some custom roms. So can I still use the same BackupTA or do I have to create a new one after I upgraded to 4.3?
Thanks!
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If you have taken a backup in 4.2.2 then restore it in 4.2.2 only to relock the bootloader and then upgrade to 4.3. Then take backup of ta again then do whatever you to do with your mobile.
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If you have taken a backup in 4.2.2 then restore it in 4.2.2 only to relock the bootloader and then upgrade to 4.3. Then take backup of ta again then do whatever you to do with your mobile.
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Just for clarification, so I can only relock my bootloader in 4.2.2 because I took my BackupTA on 4.2.2. I will not be able to relock my bootloader in 4.3 with the BackupTA took in 4.2.2. Did I get it right?
Also, the problem is 4.3 doesn't have any rooting method without unlocking bootloader. I have to take a backupTA before unlocking for which I need root. So kind of in a catch 22 situation here.
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Just for clarification, so I can only relock my bootloader in 4.2.2 because I took my BackupTA on 4.2.2. I will not be able to relock my bootloader in 4.3 with the BackupTA took in 4.2.2. Did I get it right?
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Well that's what I had read somewhere. Not sure where exactly. Its always preferable to restore TA Backup on the same version which it was backed up.
zoozoo243 said:
Also, the problem is 4.3 doesn't have any rooting method without unlocking bootloader. I have to take a backupTA before unlocking for which I need root. So kind of in a catch 22 situation here.
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You are wrong mate. There is a working method to root 4.3 without unlocking Bootloader but that requires you to be in 4.2.2 + Fully rooted + locked Bootloader + Access to Windows PC along with USB Cables and Drivers.
Search In Android Development Section. The current version for the mod is v1.2
Although not recommended, you can restore your TA backup in any firmware version. Sometimes when you restore a backup taken in an old firmware version you get a bootloop that can be easily fixed by flashing the stock kernel again with FlashTool...
I'm saying that because I did something similar: before developing Nicki Root, I took a TA backup in rooted 4.2.2, unlocked bootloader, flashed 4.3 and rooted it by using CWM and then I restored TA backup I took in 4.2.2 and everything worked fine. I already did this procedure at least 5 times and it worked all of them, the only attempt I got a bootloop was after restoring TA backup while running a custom kernel, fixed by flashing stock kernel again
Another tip: create a TA backup with bootloader already unlocked too, if you ever need to unlock it again you can simply restore that backup, without needing to use fastboot and without wiping data partition
mbc07 said:
Although not recommended, you can restore your TA backup in any firmware version. Sometimes when you restore a backup taken in an old firmware version you get a bootloop that can be easily fixed by flashing the stock kernel again with FlashTool...
I'm saying that because I did something similar: before developing Nicki Root, I took a TA backup in rooted 4.2.2, unlocked bootloader, flashed 4.3 and rooted it by using CWM and then I restored TA backup I took in 4.2.2 and everything worked fine. I already did this procedure at least 5 times and it worked all of them, the only attempt I got a bootloop was after restoring TA backup while running a custom kernel, fixed by flashing stock kernel again
Another tip: create a TA backup with bootloader already unlocked too, if you ever need to unlock it again you can simply restore that backup, without needing to use fastboot and without wiping data partition
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Thank you for pointing this out. I wrote what I head read before. Got new thing to learn today.
mbc07 said:
Although not recommended, you can restore your TA backup in any firmware version. Sometimes when you restore a backup taken in an old firmware version you get a bootloop that can be easily fixed by flashing the stock kernel again with FlashTool...
I'm saying that because I did something similar: before developing Nicki Root, I took a TA backup in rooted 4.2.2, unlocked bootloader, flashed 4.3 and rooted it by using CWM and then I restored TA backup I took in 4.2.2 and everything worked fine. I already did this procedure at least 5 times and it worked all of them, the only attempt I got a bootloop was after restoring TA backup while running a custom kernel, fixed by flashing stock kernel again
Another tip: create a TA backup with bootloader already unlocked too, if you ever need to unlock it again you can simply restore that backup, without needing to use fastboot and without wiping data partition
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Hey that's a great idea! The phone will not reset at all.
You can restore your TA backup in any firmware as long as it is stock rom
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Ah, I see. Thanks a lot guys!
You can restore it in any stock rom with stock kernel. I have restore ta 4.1 to 4.3 many times without problems
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I just recently rooted the question is will I still get the 5.0 update when it comes out
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Yes you can. You will lose root.
It's not that simple. If you still have the stock recovery, and haven't deleted any of the built-in apps / bloatware, then the OTA will probably work. If you've installed TWRP, or deleted bloatware, the OTA may fail to run. Or, worst case, the OTA will attempt to install but soft-brick your phone.
It's never a good idea to accept an OTA if you're rooted. Either restore to stock, then take the OTA, or wait for a rooted version of lollipop to install. If you accept the 5.0 OTA, you'll lose root, and it could be a long time before 5.0 can be rooted on this phone.