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Will flashing CWM recovery affect getting an OTA?

My understanding is that recovery stays in a separate partition and whatever you do to it does not affect getting an OTA, is that right?
Also, what if my phone is rooted using the Zerg exploit or whatever method, can I still get an OTA?
So basically I think my questions is, what ultimately decides whether my phone can get an OTA, or not?

if you are on stock ROM, you will get it just fine
but you might loose ROOT after it finish the upgrade
if you are on Custom ROM, you wont get OTA

You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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mikeyinid said:
You can get the ota even on a custom ROM. As long as you have the stock recovery.
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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You can flash stock recovery using odin
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How would you have a custom ROM with stock recovery? I've never rooted a Samsung phone since this is my first and I'm waiting to root it, so unless Samsung is different I don't see how.
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I'm sure within a couple days there will be a custom rom with the new features. that's an assumption but its always been like that on other phones I have had. Hopefully that's the case with this phone also.

I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?

513263337 said:
I have stock rooted ROM with CWM recovery, is that okay? Or do I have to have a stock recovery?
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you will get the notification for the ota, your phone will download it but when it boots into recovery to flash it and its not the stock recovery, it will just give an error and you will probably have to pull the battery to reboot. i did this on the nexus s. if i remember right i never got the ota notififcation again either after it failed.

I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...

I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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jasontx said:
I wonder where it puts the update after it downloads it. Would be nice to grab it and maybe install without reverting to stock...
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It goes to data/cache if I remember right. And there will be rooted roms posted within hours of the ota so its really nothing to even worry about
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513263337 said:
I know there are methods out there that can flash the entire phone back to stock (kernel, ROM, recovery) but that involves wiping everything. Is there a way to flash back the stock recovery only since I'm already on stock ROM and kernel?
Big thanks...
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There is a stock recovery posted in the dev section you can flash in Odin
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Found that and it works. Thanks!

you can keep your phone more up to date by flashing roms as opposed to waiting for an OTA. galaxy s4g is still stuck on froyo. Epic 4g just got gingerbread.

Has has anyone received the update?
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jasontx said:
Has has anyone received the update?
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Not yet. I went back to stock last night just in case so I hope its today like Tmobile said
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T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?

513263337 said:
T-Mobile said today now? Where did they say this?
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They tweeted it a while back. Today our phone and the amaze are suppose to get an update
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Last I heard it was the 13th, oh well who knows lol
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What is the update supposed to do or fix?

First day with galaxy nexus

Just got my nexus. First thing I did was root and unlock. Then it said there was a update available, but would not install it. Took me straight to cam recovery . Someone please help. I believe I'm supposed to be updating to 4.0.4
*edit. Maybe I'm wrong. Is 4.0.2 the latest version with out romming. Sorry new to the nexus just left a dx2
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If you did anything more than unlocking the bootloader and rooting you can't update with ota anymore.

OK. I thought that might b the problem. Do u know where I can get a link to the latest update?
Thanx
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^ This
Yes, there is a 4.0.4 update. If you want it, then un-root, grab the OTA, and re-root.

Sorry if this has been asked b4. First day in this thread. Should I completely unroot or can I use the app that temporarily unroots
*found the thread with the download. I can just flash threw cwm
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I have never tried the temp un-root, so I do not know anything about it.
If I had to guess, I would say that it does not matter which way you do it.
Someone with more Android knowledge than me will come along and let you know which would be better.

Yeah, you basically have 2 choices, unroot and go back to stock recovery, then wait for the OTA, or flash the 4.0.4 (or even 4.1) update yourself

Thanx. I just flashed the 4.0.4. But had to reroot. Everything seems to working great. Imma give it a lil b4 I jump on a 4.1 rom
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biscuitownz said:
If you did anything more than unlocking the bootloader and rooting you can't update with ota anymore.
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That is not completely true. You can basically go ahead and flash as well (e.g. Jelly Bean) without breaking OTA.
As long as the files you are flashing are all stock (Android Build, Kernel, Radio & RIL, Bootloader), not de-odexed, and you do not permanently install an alternative Recovery (like CWM) and moreover take care that your busybox version is not known for interfering with OTA in some cases (like the Stericson one), you will be able to do a lot more than just unlocking and rooting and the OTA is supposed to still work if everything is done right. :thumbup:
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Unlocked and have recovery...just flash the 4.0.4 radios and a 4.0.4/4.1 ROM. You are done with OTA. Manually flash updates or restore to stock.

ota update

Wanted to know if you will still get ota updates with a stock rooted phone?

Chwek13 said:
Wanted to know if you will still get ota updates with a stock rooted phone?
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Yes you will. But you'll lose root and CWM of you accept it.
Edit: if you have superuser paid version it does have ota survival but its not guaranteed to keep root.
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Ok thank u

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Ok thank u
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No problem.
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If you have a custom recovery or if you have removed sprint bloatware it won't go through. Just root us fine though
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On stock rooted Roms and some TW Roms yes. But i usually take the update on my stock rooted Rom. It tries to install and restarts the phone then i get a android with triangle screen. But, i pull the battery and restart and all is fine. No more ota notifications and everything remains the same...
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cd7 said:
On stock rooted Roms and some TW Roms yes. But i usually take the update on my stock rooted Rom. It tries to install and restarts the phone then i get a android with triangle screen. But, i pull the battery and restart and all is fine. No more ota notifications and everything remains the same...
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You know if you read in the general section. There is an ota notification kill. Then you dont have to worry about that. But to each their own.
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Has anyone tried Rootkeeper with this OTA? If so, can you provide feedback on the results?

Update?

I just got the phone and its askin me to update.
now i rooted and unlocked bootloader.
what does this update break?

If the update is v8, and you have v7 installed, i've heard good and bad to if it works. If its the rumored v9, don't install yet.
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Veritass said:
I just got the phone and its askin me to update.
now i rooted and unlocked bootloader.
what does this update break?
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FYI to anyone else. You can't install ANY otas if you've unlocked. You must relock before flashing an OTA.

Shelnutt2 said:
FYI to anyone else. You can't install ANY otas if you've unlocked. You must relock before flashing an OTA.
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Out of curiosity, what would happen if someone tried to update while unlocked?
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If it went through and flashed you would most likely end up with a bricked device

bizzshow26 said:
If it went through and flashed you would most likely end up with a bricked device
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At which point you have to use LGNPST to restore back.
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Yep its a good thing we have that utility

My keyboard it's acting retarded. It is slow to load and locks up and puts the text at the top instead of after the word I just typed. I am using Swype. This has been going on since I got the phone.
Anyways, I am getting to the point. I rebooted my phone and it said "your update is complete" after the boot animation. I was on version 8 and I still am. I wonder what updated. I can't see an app doing that.
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The Jelly Bean update is rumored to be released tomorrow, so look forward to that!

TechNinja49 said:
The Jelly Bean update is rumored to be released tomorrow, so look forward to that!
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Share link plz or where the source came from.
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TechNinja49 said:
The Jelly Bean update is rumored to be released tomorrow, so look forward to that!
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Merry Christmas?

Ill believe it when I see it.
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korea recieved it!

Hey, just got my G today. I rooted using the GAIO tool, and havent learned the terminology for this phone yet. I have also unlocked the bootloader. now for the different updates in on 4.0.4, and there is a option to upgrade to (and I quote) "production-zv7_to_zv8_EMR1_inc" saying it will ensure my device is working at optimal performance. I have nothing but some text messages I could live with losing on it right now. So would I be able to update this with root, as long as I lock the bootloader? and can I have the link to a tool if there is one? I am trying to get a feel for this phone, then I will use what I learned from my Evo 4G to get a couple of decent roms going for people to try (Note: im not an android n00b, just dont want to brick my phone and get yelled at by parents). Also is the "V9" update supposed to be jellybean? Because I think I was mistaken that it was already out. if somebody can help me get the latest version and understand my current tools to use for my phone, it would greatly help me. A system dump would too.
EDIT: keyboard was acting up, so I updated it, and now stuck in CWM, which sucks. I am now installing LGNPST 1.3, and will try to figure out how to use it. I am also downloading the rooted factory images, and will try to convert those to .zip to flash in CWM. any help I would love!

TWRP is the the recovery that works best for the OG.
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Zv8 updated fine for me using survival mode in superSU pro. Good luck and besides for a few phones TWRP is just plain superior.,
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well I got my problem fixed, and I hope we can get a rom or two out soon. I have contacted alot of Devs lately, and might be helping with a few projects either as a tester, or a chef/developer.

Can't update to 4.3

My 2nd phone, the Note 2. Was rooted on 4.1 and I un-rooted it to flash the 4.3 update. I get notifications for the update, But when I download and reboot to install. It shows it's flashing and then it just error and restarts.
Any ideas?

I preface this with I know very little about the subject but I'll take a stab at it. You say you are unrooted, but are you stock? You may still have a custom recovery on your phone which I believe will prevent you from flashing 4.3 OTA. Im really not sure
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mikey123 said:
I preface this with I know very little about the subject but I'll take a stab at it. You say you are unrooted, but are you stock? You may still have a custom recovery on your phone which I believe will prevent you from flashing 4.3 OTA. Im really not sure
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Okay. The phone was rooted with custom recovery on 4.1.2 STOCK. I un rooted and restored stock recovery to UPDATE to 4.3 and Now it FAILS to update.