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If I root my phone and Tmo sends an OTA update, will my phone still be rooted?
I don't believe you have to reset the flash count for this. But you do need to flash unrooted stock ROM first. Then get the OTA update. After that root again.
Thank you for the response.
I had another phone I rooted and when Tmo tried to push the update, Recovery mode caught it. I could never get the phone out of recovery mode after that. I got rid of the phone.
I don't want that to happen again obviously and why I asked the question. Seems to me, returning to stock, the rerooting might be more trouble than it's worth unless I had some compelling reason to do so.
JosephL said:
Thank you for the response.
I had another phone I rooted and when Tmo tried to push the update, Recovery mode caught it. I could never get the phone out of recovery mode after that. I got rid of the phone.
I don't want that to happen again obviously and why I asked the question. Seems to me, returning to stock, the rerooting might be more trouble than it's worth unless I had some compelling reason to do so.
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Here is the easiest method of managing root with this device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957720
I like managing the background auto start processes to make my devices run much more smoothly. Which is why I like to root. Back up is another reason.
At this point I believe staying stock while rooted right now would help in the process of unrooting for updates.
There is going to be at least two or more updates. First update to get our multi-window, Swift Key Flow keyboard and other stuff that should of been in our Note 2 devices. Another update that will be enabling our LTE radio (when T-Mobile rolls out LTE). Jelly Bean 4.2 Android OS update should be updated somewhere in between these other updates (possibly at the same time as the enabling LTE update). So you are correct in thinking first before rooting.
JaguarXT said:
So you are correct in thinking first before rooting.
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Uh huh. I see a stock ROM in my future.
Thanks.
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At this point I believe staying stock while rooted. right now would help in the process of unrooting for updates.
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So you are saying, root but leave stock. Will the updates require me to unroot to receive them if I leave it stock?
Correct
Root and leave stock just my idea. Makes things easier when unrooting. But that is just my idea.
Always make a backup stock rom to unroot with. Or you can use the stock rom from this thread here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...FIRMWARE] SGH-T889 Factory Image (Unmodified) This is gold here.
After each OTA update you should make a backup of your stock rom as your latest stock rom. We should have a latest version of stock rom posted in our forum. But always best to use your latest backup image for stock rom. Again: This is gold here.
Read the thread that I gave you above.
But yes, unrooting before you can take OTA update. Take OTA update. Then root again.
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But yes, unrooting before you can take OTA update. Take OTA update. Then root again.
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According to this guy all I need to do is flash the stock recovery, then I can take the update, then just flash Clockwork recovery once the update is taken and by what I think he's saying I don't have to unroot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VVyQRdsnaA&feature=channel&list=UL
Does this sound right?
Flashing stock rom will unroot your Galaxy Note 2. Basically put your Galaxy Note 2 back in to the same unmodified state that you bought it. Then OTA update. Then root.
Yes, I would take the OTA updates for now. They are important.
Also remember to backup your stock rom after OTA update. This will be the new stock rom for you to flash when you need to.
Sorry that I didn't explain what the process of unrooting was with GN2. Didn't have time, while with family. That is why I gave you the links.
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Flashing stock rom will unroot your Galaxy Note 2. Basically put your Galaxy Note 2 back in to the same unmodified state that you bought it. Then OTA update. Then root.
Yes, I would take the OTA updates for now. They are important.
Also remember to backup your stock rom after OTA update. This will be the new stock rom for you to flash when you need to.
Sorry that I didn't explain what the process of unrooting was with GN2. Didn't have time, while with family. That is why I gave you the links.
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would voodoo rootkeeper work for unrooting a stock rom, taking the ota update, then using voodoo again to regain root?
the only thing ive done to my phone is root, but i still want the ota updates for multi-window, etc later on.
JosephL said:
Thank you for the response.
I had another phone I rooted and when Tmo tried to push the update, Recovery mode caught it. I could never get the phone out of recovery mode after that. I got rid of the phone.
I don't want that to happen again obviously and why I asked the question. Seems to me, returning to stock, the rerooting might be more trouble than it's worth unless I had some compelling reason to do so.
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I dont have this phone yet but I know in most android you can disable updates in the settings so you dont run into those kinda problems
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JaguarXT said:
Flashing stock rom will unroot your Galaxy Note 2. Basically put your Galaxy Note 2 back in to the same unmodified state that you bought it. Then OTA update. Then root.
Yes, I would take the OTA updates for now. They are important.
Also remember to backup your stock rom after OTA update. This will be the new stock rom for you to flash when you need to.
Sorry that I didn't explain what the process of unrooting was with GN2. Didn't have time, while with family. That is why I gave you the links.
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when you install custom roms doesnt that make ota s moot? or does the device still retain updated functionality when using custom rooted rom ?
It all depends on what is going with the OTA. Some OTA updates might enable hardware that was otherwise dormant. LTE sure would be nice...
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heiNey said:
would voodoo rootkeeper work for unrooting a stock rom, taking the ota update, then using voodoo again to regain root?
the only thing ive done to my phone is root, but i still want the ota updates for multi-window, etc later on.
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No, Voodoo rootkeeper would not work here. Not needed either.
When you root Galaxy Note 2 it sets a "Modified" status to your Galaxy Note 2. As long as your Galaxy Note 2 status is set to "Modified" then you can't get OTA updates. This is why you have to flash Stock ROM back into your GN2. I am hoping and believing that you don't have to reset the flash count for this. At least that was not the case with Sprint OTA update version. The OTA updater just checks if you are unmodified or modified. If you are modified then the updater will tell you that you can't update because you are "Modified". Again this is the reason for flashing the Stock unrooted ROM. Once you flash Stock ROM then you will have "Unmodified" status. That is when you will be able to get OTA updates.
Please get the Stock recovering ROM and be ready to flash it when OTA update is ready.
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I dont have this phone yet but I know in most android you can disable updates in the settings so you dont run into those kinda problems
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when you install custom roms doesnt that make ota s moot? or does the device still retain updated functionality when using custom rooted rom ?
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Yes, root disables the updates through the status of "Modified". In fact when you try to update it says that you can't update because your GN2 is "Modified". But there are reasons that people want OTA updates: If you want your Multi-window feature, Swift Key Flow keyboard w/ S pen write to text, etc then you want the OTA update. If you want the LTE enable when T-Mobile rolls out LTE, then you want OTA update at that time And I can go on....
That is why people are asking these very good questions.
And in either case, within 24 hrs of any updates being released we'll have that rom in a .zip here on xda pre-rooted and ready to flash. I don't mess with counters, rooting/unrooting, etc... It'll be here!
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And in either case, within 24 hrs of any updates being released we'll have that rom in a .zip here on xda pre-rooted and ready to flash. I don't mess with counters, rooting/unrooting, etc... It'll be here!
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Firstly messing with counters is mostly likely not needed. So that should not be a worry. Just to be noted.
Secondly, I hope that you are correct on that. But I been there thinking that community would do so but didn't. And least not for a while. And when they did found ways around to root again, it was not the way we wanted it. So I learned to not to put all my eggs in one basket.
Flashing Stock recovery ROM, taking the OTA updates, then root again is one of the baskets that all should have. If you don't need then no harm done. But if need and don't have it then harm done. A solution to the problem until another solution comes by.
heiNey said:
would voodoo rootkeeper work for unrooting a stock rom, taking the ota update, then using voodoo again to regain root?
the only thing ive done to my phone is root, but i still want the ota updates for multi-window, etc later on.
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I was wondering this as well. In the past I have had success with getting updates and using apps that required root by simply using the Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper app, but I don't know if it will work on this particular phone or not.
I suppose it's worth a shot to at least try when an update rolls around because if it works it's a lot easier than flashing back to stock and re-rooting again.
*Edit: Ah never mind, saw JaguarXT's reply saying it won't work. In that case I think I will hold off rooting the Note II for the time being.
JaguarXT said:
No, Voodoo rootkeeper would not work here. Not needed either.
When you root Galaxy Note 2 it sets a "Modified" status to your Galaxy Note 2. As long as your Galaxy Note 2 status is set to "Modified" then you can't get OTA updates. This is why you have to flash Stock ROM back into your GN2. I am hoping and believing that you don't have to reset the flash count for this. At least that was not the case with Sprint OTA update version. The OTA updater just checks if you are unmodified or modified. If you are modified then the updater will tell you that you can't update because you are "Modified". Again this is the reason for flashing the Stock unrooted ROM. Once you flash Stock ROM then you will have "Unmodified" status. That is when you will be able to get OTA updates.
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I am currently rooted and do not show the "Modified" status. I am also able to check for OTA updates. I believe it is bad information like this which is allowing people to feel it's OK to run amok with their phones. I feel this promotes the "need" for ROMs when most users could simply sit down with a launcher and customize it exactly the way they want it without a custom ROM. Now if I was getting some amazing battery life, or additional functionality that I can't live without, I might look at a ROM or two, but this isn't a Nexus, and stock\rooted\personalized works for me.
For those wanting to ROOT only, and that would be my recommendation, follow these instructions and STOP where he says STOP HERE.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560
Here is a couple of screen shots of what I was talking about. After stock recovery ROM no more "Modified" and can accept updates. Only after rooting get "Modified". Right I am rooted for backup and for AutoStarts app. But I did tried methods and know what works.
This is the method I know and tried of going back to stock and ready for OTA.
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mdt73 said:
Now if I was getting some amazing battery life, or additional functionality that I can't live without, I might look at a ROM or two, but this isn't a Nexus, and stock\rooted\personalized works for me.
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That's exactly where I am in all this. I plan NO custom roms because I'm sick of my phone not working.
I just want to do a few things that require root on the stock rom and for the things I want, I don't need a custom recovery.
Hi All,
Root --> Custom TWM recovery using Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit v3.0.0
278 MB sprint OTA update fails on 4.1.1
Unrooted, and Flashed Stock Rom via Odin.
Now 278 MB OTA update still fails.
1. Don't know how to make the phone go back to stock without losing all my apps so the OTA update will succeed.
2. Don't really care how I install the update, just want the latest Sprint update.
Searched all over forums, no clear indication in found threads on:
A. Which is latest Stock Sprint Firmware ROM to force update or flash manually?
B. How to recover back to stock (so OTA succeeds).
C. What will latest update push my version to, is it 4.1.2?
Any help guise?
Re: Android 4.1.1 Note 2 -> OTA update fails
Lcstyle said:
Hi All,
Root --> Custom TWM recovery using Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Toolkit v3.0.0
278 MB sprint OTA update fails on 4.1.1
Unrooted, and Flashed Stock Rom via Odin.
Now 278 MB OTA update still fails.
1. Don't know how to make the phone go back to stock without losing all my apps so the OTA update will succeed.
2. Don't really care how I install the update, just want the latest Sprint update.
Searched all over forums, no clear indication in found threads on:
A. Which is latest Stock Sprint Firmware ROM to force update or flash manually?
B. How to recover back to stock (so OTA succeeds).
C. What will latest update push my version to, is it 4.1.2?
Any help guise?
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You will never be able to ota without being completely stock .... stock recovery and all
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Epix4G said:
You will never be able to ota without being completely stock .... stock recovery and all
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Not exactly true. I was able to install the previous OTA while rooted, but had to have the factory recovery to do it.
(by the way, I am also having the same issue. Sprint told me it was because of a conflict with google and some of their proprietary software in the ROM, and that it is happening a lot.)
I am in the same boat. I want to update but dont want to fully install original rom just to update. I dont want to loose all my apps and settings I have.
Just got my layout the way I like it. I tried ota keeper and that did not work. Any know how I can ota while keeping my apps and settings.
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I'm looking to do the same on my Sprint GN2. Ever since the update came out, I've just been hitting "skip install" which pops up several times a day.
So I rooted my Note II but I left the stock ROM on the phone, and AT&T just pushed a big OTA update. What steps do I need to be able to install an OTA update now? After a bit of research, it seems I need to unroot? I've just never had to do this before because I usually just use custom ROMs, but on the Note I wanted to leave the stock ROM in place.
rtatum said:
So I rooted my Note II but I left the stock ROM on the phone, and AT&T just pushed a big OTA update. What steps do I need to be able to install an OTA update now? After a bit of research, it seems I need to unroot? I've just never had to do this before because I usually just use custom ROMs, but on the Note I wanted to leave the stock ROM in place.
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I used MrRobinsons' root injected ROM which was UCAMA4 (I think) and left the recovery alone, used the root access app that I bought to keep root. I did not remove any AT&T apps and was able to update to UCAMC3 without any problems. And the app that I bought kept my root access.
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I used MrRobinsons' root injected ROM which was UCAMA4 (I think) and left the recovery alone, used the root access app that I bought to keep root. I did not remove any AT&T apps and was able to update to UCAMC3 without any problems. And the app that I bought kept my root access.
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Well -ALL- I did was root, install clockwork recovery, and Super SU. So I'm wondering what I need to do to be able to install an OTA update now, because I currently cannot.
It is my understanding that you must leave the recovery stock. I have also read that you must leave the AT&T apps in there but I am not sure about that. So if you want the update go back to stock then update then change your recovery.
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It is my understanding that you must leave the recovery stock. I have also read that you must leave the AT&T apps in there but I am not sure about that. So if you want the update go back to stock then update then change your recovery.
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Well it's been a while since I've messed with this, so I just need to find instructions on how to return to stock.
Edit: Found a thread to remove root and factory reset, but my OTA update still won't install.
Edit2: Goes to the AT&T Updating progress screen and fails at about 25% and then reboots and starts up as normal.
rtatum said:
So I rooted my Note II but I left the stock ROM on the phone, and AT&T just pushed a big OTA update. What steps do I need to be able to install an OTA update now? After a bit of research, it seems I need to unroot? I've just never had to do this before because I usually just use custom ROMs, but on the Note I wanted to leave the stock ROM in place.
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I don't have a solution to your problem, but I am very curious which AT&T update you are referring to.
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I don't have a solution to your problem, but I am very curious which AT&T update you are referring to.
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Me too. Whatever it is it isn't a major upgrade. . .
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I don't have a solution to your problem, but I am very curious which AT&T update you are referring to.
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No idea, it's a ~65mb update that just came up yesterday for me. I was looking to reset my phone back to factory anyways lately, so I just decided to do it now on account of there being an update. Since it's not working anyways, I might just re-root and flash a custom ROM, but then I lose S-Pen functionality, but I don't use the pen much these days anyways.
The update has two possibilities...
Either it's the latest UCAMC3 update for UCAMA4.....or...
If updating from the UCAMA4 to C3....and the update has an interrupt...or errors....it "can" complete the update process and show a finished status...but will prompt the user again later and download the update again....minus the updater files placed to cache....because they already exist...
I've had this happen twice in so many months as I returned to stock for various reasons...
The file size is roughly 65 meg.....while the complete update is 68.86 meg..
Just take the update...as it's the UCAMC3 minus the updater...g
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Same problem here. I just made a thread asking on a fix. So I'll let u know if I get one. And I'll check back here to see if u do
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So the story is about 9 months ago my Galaxy note 4's USB port got messed up. I cannot charge my phone without using an external battery cradle, nor can I connect my phone to computer and sync/odin. I am stuck on a rooted BOB7 rom specifically the noterized rom stable 3. I know I cannot jump from BOB7 to COK1 etc... via flashing. I was wondering if the jump to marshmallow from lollipop would work.
Hmmm. let's see. I think you might be in a bad situation. You can't install ota updates if you're rooted and/or have a custom recovery. So those are the two biggest hurdles. You can use supersu to unroot so do that first. Next you will need to see if you can get a flashable stock OB7 recovery and flash it. Another thing that may be a problem is the debloated rom you're currently running. That may or may not cause problems with downloading and installing the ota's. I can make a flashable zip for you for the stock recovery but you first will need to download and flash my stock OB7 rom. Look for it here in the Sprint N4 forums.
Steps to success:
1. Download and flash stock rooted OB7 rom.
2. Use SuperSu app to unroot and uninstall supersu
3. Find a flashable stock OB7 recovery (I will provide if needed)
4. Do a factory reset by rebooting to the stock recovery
5. Once phone boots up, setup accounts, etc per usual and go to settings/system update and check for updates.
6. Let the update download and try to install it. You should have success. If it is successful then follow update instructions and once your phone is fully updated then you should check for updates again until you are fully updated to the latest MM 6.0 ota.
PM me if you need a flashable stock OB7 recovery or other help.
Good luck.
Thank you
Thank you very much tx_dbs_tx, you are a life saver! I have been stuck for the past 9 months.
tx_dbs_tx said:
Hmmm. let's see. I think you might be in a bad situation. You can't install ota updates if you're rooted and/or have a custom recovery. So those are the two biggest hurdles. You can use supersu to unroot so do that first. Next you will need to see if you can get a flashable stock OB7 recovery and flash it. Another thing that may be a problem is the debloated rom you're currently running. That may or may not cause problems with downloading and installing the ota's. I can make a flashable zip for you for the stock recovery but you first will need to download and flash my stock OB7 rom. Look for it here in the Sprint N4 forums.
Steps to success:
1. Download and flash stock rooted OB7 rom.
2. Use SuperSu app to unroot and uninstall supersu
3. Find a flashable stock OB7 recovery (I will provide if needed)
4. Do a factory reset by rebooting to the stock recovery
5. Once phone boots up, setup accounts, etc per usual and go to settings/system update and check for updates.
6. Let the update download and try to install it. You should have success. If it is successful then follow update instructions and once your phone is fully updated then you should check for updates again until you are fully updated to the latest MM 6.0 ota.
PM me if you need a flashable stock OB7 recovery or other help.
Good luck.
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Is there a chance of doing the same on OG5? Using OBAR
So i am on bob7. I know a long time ago i did not uograde for a reason (dunno what that reason was now though).. so my question now is. . Is there a reason to upgrade or a reason NOT to upgrade to MM?
cheryl
Can someone confirm with me, that sending picture messages won't go through. Or is it just me?
cherylbaker said:
So i am on bob7. I know a long time ago i did not uograde for a reason (dunno what that reason was now though).. so my question now is. . Is there a reason to upgrade or a reason NOT to upgrade to MM?
cheryl
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Sorry for the late reply Cheryl. There is no reason not to update your software to Marshmallow 6.0. Typically updates bring improved performance and battery life as well as other software optimizations which are always better than previous software builds. You should backup your photo's etc before installing any update just in case. If you're one of those who doesn't like change and is content with your phone with it's current software then you don't have to update the software as long as there isn't a critical update that would prevent something from working on your phone unless you take the update. If everything works and your happy then you can leave it as is. But if you are interested in improved battery life and overall performance as well as new security features and policies of android, then by all means update your software the first chance you get. there are no drawbacks that i have noticed or read from any other users. Marshmallow is a go! :good:
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So i am on bob7. I know a long time ago i did not uograde for a reason (dunno what that reason was now though).. so my question now is. . Is there a reason to upgrade or a reason NOT to upgrade to MM?
cheryl
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OB7 is the newest bootloader that can be downgraded to kitkat.
on kitkat it's a lot easier to retrieve your MSL number, and at the time there was no xposed for Samsung lolly
Sterist said:
OB7 is the newest bootloader that can be downgraded to kitkat.
on kitkat it's a lot easier to retrieve your MSL number, and at the time there was no xposed for Samsung lolly
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So that was it. You cannot downgrade to kk? I am sure at the time that was important but i havnt had any interest in downgrading b4 so doubt i will now. I know bob7 was the most popular for roms at the time also but honestly i am past my flashaholic phase and just want to havebrhe best phone i can.
Is there hot spot and root for mm? Hotspot is probably the only thing i really care about and even that isn't as important these days
cheryl
cherylbaker said:
So that was it. You cannot downgrade to kk? I am sure at the time that was important but i havnt had any interest in downgrading b4 so doubt i will now. I know bob7 was the most popular for roms at the time also but honestly i am past my flashaholic phase and just want to havebrhe best phone i can.
Is there hot spot and root for mm? Hotspot is probably the only thing i really care about and even that isn't as important these days
cheryl
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if you don't have your MSL, and don't know where to find/how to get Galaxy Tools, and you still have a while left on contract, it wouldn't hurt to downgrade and grab your MSL first then jump straight to MM
Does anyone have a link to a stock OB7 recovery? All that I find are the odin variants.
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Does anyone have a link to a stock OB7 recovery? All that I find are the odin variants.
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I don't know how to extract it from a .tar but I know it can be acquired it like this:
1. full backup in TWRP
2. copy the backup to pc for safekeeping
3. odin full OB7 stock tar
4. without flashing TWRP, root using CF auto root*
5. install Flashify from Google Play
6. backup recovery
7. copy the backup to pc for uploading
*I don't know which version (if applicable) as I never use that method to root. sorry
obviously you wouldn't be able to do this yourself, you would need someone on the forum with OB7 bootloader to do this, and honestly, without knowing how to extract / find it in the.tar I still think that would take a lot less time and effort than this method lol
I was rooted on OB7 with chainfire and the stock recovery image or whatever, it's been several years, well I used superSU and unrooted the phone and it still wouldn't let me do OTA. So tonight I downloaded the OF5 Rom and updated through Odin, Now it's telling me my device status is official and it's currently downloading the next update... The issue I am wondering about now is... Since it will OTA, I want to put UN7 on my phone and I don't want to update past PJ1, will it let me stop the updates?
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I was rooted on OB7 with chainfire and the stock recovery image or whatever, it's been several years, well I used superSU and unrooted the phone and it still wouldn't let me do OTA. So tonight I downloaded the OF5 Rom and updated through Odin, Now it's telling me my device status is official and it's currently downloading the next update... The issue I am wondering about now is... Since it will OTA, I want to put UN7 on my phone and I don't want to update past PJ1, will it let me stop the updates?
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You got some OTA updates to go to get to PJ1 but there's a better way. You could get the PJ1 stock tar from the stock tar thread in general forum and upgrade through Odin again.
OTA is sequential patch updates. Stock tar is full updates. I'd recommend factory reset before flashing the marshmallow update to save time on initial boot optimization.
To answer your question about stopping the updates, turn off auto update feature in Settings when you get to PJ1. Follow the ROM OP to install once you get to PJ1- however you choose.
Note: Since your bootloader is now updated beyond OB7, keep in mind you cannot use Odin to flash full tars OB7 or lower. You cannot downgrade the bootloader but it's still possible to run older ROMs. I only recommend full stock tars no older than OG5.
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You got some OTA updates to go to get to PJ1 but there's a better way. You could get the PJ1 stock tar from the stock tar thread in general forum and upgrade through Odin again.
OTA is sequential patch updates. Stock tar is full updates. I'd recommend factory reset before flashing the marshmallow update to save time on initial boot optimization.
To answer your question about stopping the updates, turn off auto update feature in Settings when you get to PJ1. Follow the ROM OP to install once you get to PJ1- however you choose.
Note: Since your bootloader is now updated beyond OB7, keep in mind you cannot use Odin to flash full tars OB7 or lower. You cannot downgrade the bootloader but it's still possible to run older ROMs. I only recommend full stock tars no older than OG5.
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So, now I am on PJ1 and I don't know how to put TWRP on my phone, I want to put tx_dbs_tx's UN7 hybrid on my phone and I am having issues both finding and putting TWRP on my phone... and I can't find a download or anything for it...
I've downloaded 2 different versions of twrp and used odin to put them on but I think I am doing something wrong because it isn't booting into twrp
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I was rooted on OB7 with chainfire and the stock recovery image or whatever, it's been several years, well I used superSU and unrooted the phone and it still wouldn't let me do OTA. So tonight I downloaded the OF5 Rom and updated through Odin, Now it's telling me my device status is official and it's currently downloading the next update... The issue I am wondering about now is... Since it will OTA, I want to put UN7 on my phone and I don't want to update past PJ1, will it let me stop the updates?
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and of course I was missing a step... nobody said uncheck auto reboot and it kept keeping the bootloader locked
got it done now and I managed to get the custom rom installed... or at least I think it's working
Curtai said:
and of course I was missing a step... nobody said uncheck auto reboot and it kept keeping the bootloader locked
got it done now and I managed to get the custom rom installed... or at least I think it's working
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Oh your talking about installing twrp? Yeah you have to not let it reboot. And when is done pull battery and boot into recovery to get it to stick. Obviously you figured it out. But just saying. I think earlier versions you didn't need to do that but now you do.
Glad you got it going. How you like the Rom? Running smooth for me.
ROM is good
Well I obviously got it going and didn't read the first couple posts after the install and didn't notice the SMS issue so I had that problem and I can't find a lot of the menu options that I had with the OB7 original I've been running for about 18 months... It's pretty smooth now and I'm wondering how fast it will fill up my internal memory I like that it's almost 20 gigs free.. for a while I was running on less than 6 I need to find an efficient way to use my external SD card... Other than that the options are neat but it seems really bloated all the extra Google apps make me sick even though I never use them... I've got titanium backup and am freezing them and will probably uninstall them soon... I want a small ROM that I can customize myself or apps that are easily removed or whatever half the apps I don't want are in ROM which is a pain to remove or I just don't know how to unless I use TB
Wow that's a novel sorry but yeah that's my ramblings for the next week I guess... Now I'm gonna hit the rack...