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[Q] OTA update breaking root

Hello
I have rooted my Galaxy Note II and installed CWM for the recovery. I am also running a stock ROM. There is a new OTA update, and before I am going to do it, quick question: when I update, will I still have root access or will it break it somehow? I'm running the Stock 4.1.1

Flash stock recovery..so u can get ota then just root again..rooting takes 3 seconds
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twanskys204 said:
Flash stock recovery..so u can get ota then just root again..rooting takes 3 seconds
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Thank you

twanskys204 said:
Flash stock recovery..so u can get ota then just root again..rooting takes 3 seconds
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The update did not work for some reason. Is there anything else that would need to be changed in order for the update to work?

U have stock recovery?
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twanskys204 said:
U have stock recovery?
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Yes I do.

K run triangle away.....flash stock rom again....factory reset then u should get it
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root retained throgh OTA
Tyhuffman99 said:
Hello
I have rooted my Galaxy Note II and installed CWM for the recovery. I am also running a stock ROM. There is a new OTA update, and before I am going to do it, quick question: when I update, will I still have root access or will it break it somehow? I'm running the Stock 4.1.1
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Hello,
I too had root, CWM recovery and stock ROM on my note 2 and was able to successfully take the OTA update to 4.1.2 and retain root access. I obviously have a stock recovery now after the upgrade but root is still present! I did have SuperSU (paid for version) that has the Survive OTA update mode and it worked like a charm! One thing to note is that it was not obvious at first that root was retained.
Immediately after the update, my root access failed when trying to use Titanium backup. Also, other apps requiring root access were failing as well. So, I went into SuperSU and ticked the "enable Super User" mode off and then on again and rebooted the phone.
After the reboot I noticed that Titanium Backup had root access and then verified the rest of my apps were working as well.
Three cheers to the creators of these wonderful programs.....I'm very glad I paid for the updates and got the added functionality!!
Good luck to all and hopefully it works as well for you as it did for me!!

[Q] Is it safe to unroot my Note II while TriangleAway tracker is running?

So I was reading around the web - particularly on Droid-Life that the Verizon Note II now has been updated to fix the Exynos-related bug. Now, I'm on the international LTE model - GT-N7105 - and sooner or later I will receive the update as well. Now, as stated in the article linked earlier , a rooted user tried downloading the update and failed. So there's the backstory.
Now, as for my question. I will obviously have to unroot (which I am looking to do anyways) but here's the thing. I rooted using the ExynosAbuse apk from Chainfire. That makes the status in Settings -> About device set to "Custom", thereby preventing me from receiving OTA updates. ExynosAbuse has an unroot button. When pressed, it tells you to reboot to complete the process and then to reboot around 10 minutes later since it might reset the status to "Normal". Well, it doesn't do that for me.
So I used another tool by Chainfire; TriangleAway to set my ODIN flash counter back to 0 (in case it was causing anything; didn't check.)
Now, I used TriangleAway get around the "Modified" thing. Experimented with the 'Allow tracker to run' feature and ended up getting my flash counter to be 0 and my system status to say normal.
When the update arrives, I will probably have to unroot. However, as previously stated, my system status will go Modified when I do. So here's the question (and TL;DR):
TL;DR: I am having TriangleAway set to allow the tracker to run in order to have my system status "Normal" and I want to unroot in order to receive the update that has started rolling out. However, disabling the tracker and unrooting will set my device status to "Custom". That will prevent me from receiving the update. What do I do?
Additional info: I have not flashed ANYTHING custom - I only rooted for a few Xposed tweaks.
Thanks for your time.

Flash stock rom and then update.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Flash stock rom and then update.
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Sorry, I'm really a noob at this. Doing so will wipe my phone, right? Also, can I use Mobile Odin for this?

iPTPenguin said:
Sorry, I'm really a noob at this. Doing so will wipe my phone, right? Also, can I use Mobile Odin for this?
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Yes and I see no reason why the phone would be wiped.
Why not flash that update yourself btw?

Mother_Teresa said:
Why not flash that update yourself btw?
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What do you mean?

iPTPenguin said:
What do you mean?
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1. Download the correct firmware update from sammobile.com
2. Update your firmware thru Odin
And you will have a fresh firmware with Status Normal.

badong09 said:
1. Download the correct firmware update from sammobile.com
2. Update your firmware thru Odin
And you will have a fresh firmware with Status Normal.
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Okay, so to clear this up:
- Will flashing the latest firmware in Odin (or Heimdall, which I'll be using; OSX...) wipe my phone? Will it though the flash counter?
- Can it be done through Mobile Odin without keeping root? Will using Mobile Odin to update my firmware wipe my phone?
Thanks for your patience with me, guys.

You wanna send phone for warranty ?
If no then forget about counter and flash latest stock firmware.
And flashing stock rom via odin won't delete anything.
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UtkarshGupta said:
You wanna send phone for warranty ?
If no then forget about counter and flash latest stock firmware.
And flashing stock rom via odin won't delete anything.
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Awesome, one last thing, if I used ExynosAbuse to root (the exploit which this update patches), and I use Mobile Odin's "EverRoot" feature, do you think it will still work? Thanks

Yeah but mobile odin can't flash tar images. You gotta flash via pc odin.
Then can root via cf auto root.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Yeah but mobile odin can't flash tar images. You gotta flash via pc odin.
Then can root via cf auto root.
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Not done downloading the latest stock image from sammobile but it downloads as a zip. Is this a flashable zip or is it a zip containing the tar file? If it is flashable, I can just use mobile odin, right?
[edit] it was mentioned that Mobile Odin does not support .tar.md5 files. It says that it does in the description?

It contains *.tar.md5
It isn't flushable via mobile Odin.
Only pc Odin.
Make sure your version is dll7 or ubdll3
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So version 4.1.2 finally came out in my region.

And my phone is rooted so I can't update via the phone itself. This is my first android phone and I am not sure what to do in this instance. Do I have to unroot, update via phone, and then root again? Or is there a way to just update the device and root again without needing to unroot it to begin with?
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Anyone? I really don't want to go with the process of unrooting if I don't have to.
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Yeah.
this is XXXDDDAAA

mobiousblack said:
Anyone? I really don't want to go with the process of unrooting if I don't have to.
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I use Kies to upgrade to 4.1.2 from a 4.1.1 root device. I just put the phone to 100% charging, and launch the upate from Kies. It's a long process, there is one rather quick download, about a minute without any activities, a windows UAC message, and another very slow download (about 2hours), and finally, a firmware copy on phone and upgrading. After that, i root again using CF-autoroot. I don't wipe or unroot before, and don't loose data after.

spidermoon said:
I use Kies to upgrade to 4.1.2 from a 4.1.1 root device. I just put the phone to 100% charging, and launch the upate from Kies. It's a long process, there is one rather quick download, about a minute without any activities, a windows UAC message, and another very slow download (about 2hours), and finally, a firmware copy on phone and upgrading. After that, i root again using CF-autoroot. I don't wipe or unroot before, and don't loose data after.
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Thanks! I'll do that.
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You can't update via kies if you are rooted because your device status is modified and your binary is counted so you have many choice try mobile odin pro from playstore the best
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hannarecord said:
You can't update via kies if you are rooted because your device status is modified and your binary is counted so you have many choice try mobile odin pro from playstore the best
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So Odin pro will allow me to update my rooted device?
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Yes. Download the entire ROM for your region and then flash it using Mobile Odin Pro. You can also set the option to root the ROM after flash since when you flash a stock ROM you lose root. There are threads specific for Mobile Odin where you can get more details. All the best...
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hannarecord said:
You can't update via kies if you are rooted because your device status is modified and your binary is counted so you have many choice try mobile odin pro from playstore the best
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OTA is not possible with root, but you can update with Kies desktop even with a root phone, like i do. For me, it's the best choice, i have a branded Orange phone, and the 4.1.2 rom is the one provided by Orange, with their start/stop animation, wallpaper and system apps (TV/Deezer and so on). The only backdraw is that you must wait for your carrier to make the rom, the Orange France 4.1.2 came only last week. But finally it came, and i'm happy with the 4.1.2, no battery drain bug, i guess the exynos bug is patched, multi-window and notification toogle button editing. Not a revolution but a nice update.

note 2 not upgrading

I got an ota update of 4.3 and I downloaded the 700 firmware! But when installing it, when went to DL mode and on 35% approx., some error occurred and phone booted up back with 4.1.2! and now checking OTA updates says that the phone is running on latest update!

szzlgupta said:
I got an ota update of 4.3 and I downloaded the 700 firmware! But when installing it, when went to DL mode and on 35% approx., some error occurred and phone booted up back with 4.1.2! and now checking OTA updates says that the phone is running on latest update!
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The best way to get the update is through odin flash download the tar file to pc and flash using odin in download mode the official from india is available at sammobile firmware section
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shhbz said:
The best way to get the update is through odin flash download the tar file to pc and flash using odin in download mode the official from india is available at sammobile firmware section
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Anyway to get update from Kies directly?

shhbz said:
The best way to get the update is through odin flash download the tar file to pc and flash using odin in download mode the official from india is available at sammobile firmware section
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The only issue with odin update is that it cleans the internal memory! And I don't want that, I have alot of data in that.
Yes, I can copy that and paste later but then it ****s up whatsapp files and images and sometimes the android folder :/
Ps, phone is not rooted! Any way to get the update without wiping the internal?

szzlgupta said:
The only issue with odin update is that it cleans the internal memory! And I don't want that, I have alot of data in that.
Yes, I can copy that and paste later but then it ****s up whatsapp files and images and sometimes the android folder :/
Ps, phone is not rooted! Any way to get the update without wiping the internal?
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Since is a base update it will clean internal backup ur app using titanium backup n u lose nothing
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shhbz said:
Since is a base update it will clean internal backup ur app using titanium backup n u lose nothing
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I said my phone is non rooted! I can't take backup with Titanium Backup :|

szzlgupta said:
I said my phone is non rooted! I can't take backup with Titanium Backup :|
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well then no option to backup app proceed with odin skip your comment was on phn via tapatalk

shhbz said:
well then no option to backup app proceed with odin skip your comment was on phn via tapatalk
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I'm gonna try updating through kies first, because that does not deletes the data on internal memory! Then ill use odin, if necessary!

szzlgupta said:
I'm gonna try updating through kies first, because that does not deletes the data on internal memory! Then ill use odin, if necessary!
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yep u can but i somehow hate kies and its shiity update procedure,best of luck:good:

shhbz said:
yep u can but i somehow hate kies and its shiity update procedure,best of luck:good:
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Yeah I know, when 4.1.2 update came for my other phone, Samsung Galaxy S Advance, I used Odin only to update instead of Kies!

[Q] relock bootloader for 4.3

I'm finding it difficult to simply find a tutorial to relock the bootloader for my sgh-i317. I've failed several times to update to 4.3 but read since my phone is rooted I need to relock/flash to stock and try again. I understand I can use Odin which I did to root but I'm new to this and don't know where to find the appropriate file so I can attempt to update via OTA. Any help is appreciated...

J03-84 said:
I'm finding it difficult to simply find a tutorial to relock the bootloader for my sgh-i317. I've failed several times to update to 4.3 but read since my phone is rooted I need to relock/flash to stock and try again. I understand I can use Odin which I did to root but I'm new to this and don't know where to find the appropriate file so I can attempt to update via OTA. Any help is appreciated...
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This will erase EVERYTHING on your phone so use kies to back up messages,pics, etc BEFORE you begin!!
Go to sammobile and dl the stock firmware then dl this.
Have $3 on your google play account for triangleaway.
Then follow these steps
1.flash the stock firmware with odin
2. flash chainfire autoroot and update supersu in the play store
3. purchase and install triangle away (pay for it and support these awesome developers, dont be that guy), run counter reset and reboot
4. in supersu unroot
5.boot into stock recovery and factory reset and wipe cache and delvik cache and reboot.
6. on you phone go to settings>about phone> software update and run the ota update.
That should do it as you have gone completely back to stock, reset your counter and have stock recovery. This is what i had to do to get the ota to 4.3 yesterday/

U can always grab the firmware from sammobile.com type ur model number and download it and use odin to flash
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jester12345 said:
U can always grab the firmware from sammobile.com type ur model number and download it and use odin to flash
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my knox counter is at 1 everything else is stock and official. How do i reset knox?

There is no way so far to reset the konx counter. It sucks but no fix for that at the moment
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jester12345 said:
There is no way so far to reset the konx counter. It sucks but no fix for that at the moment
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This ....^^^^^^.....
Knox persists well below the partition level ....Likely on the EMMC...
A JTAG won't even fix it....g
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J03-84 said:
I'm finding it difficult to simply find a tutorial to relock the bootloader for my sgh-i317. I've failed several times to update to 4.3 but read since my phone is rooted I need to relock/flash to stock and try again. I understand I can use Odin which I did to root but I'm new to this and don't know where to find the appropriate file so I can attempt to update via OTA. Any help is appreciated...
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So were you able to OTA?

http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com
These guys can downgrade your BL...and then you can update to official Knox infested glory....
See services under the Samsung section....g
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