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Can you update firmware and stay rooted

Hi all,
I have rooted my n2.
My question is with the new update coming to 4.2, is it possible to update my firmware even though I am rooted as when I click check for updates on the phone it says I cant as I am rooted.
Will I have to un root and then upgraded (when it finaly arrives) then root again?
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seesor said:
Hi all,
I have rooted my n2.
My question is with the new update coming to 4.2, is it possible to update my firmware even though I am rooted as when I click check for updates on the phone it says I cant as I am rooted.
Will I have to un root and then upgraded (when it finaly arrives) then root again?
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Don't complicate things Just download lates ROM from http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and flash with Odin. Then root again, it is a 3 minute process.... you won't loose any settings, data or apps.

U can update using mobile Odin when the new 4.2 firmware when its available via samMobile. It will keep the root. I hv been using it to update the last few times.

rlfy said:
U can update using mobile Odin when the new 4.2 firmware when its available via samMobile. It will keep the root. I hv been using it to update the last few times.
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Hi all, i am total noob in android phones and the note 2 (was an ardent BB fan over many years).
Quick question if you guys don't mind.
I have Mobile Odin and I have rooted me phone; what I'm absolutely unsure of is, the new 4.2 firmware when it's available, where do I head to to download it? Do i save it as a zip file in the ext SD card and install it via Mobile Odin from there? If not, please advise the how-to please.
Many thanks for helping out this total noob.
Thanks

seesor said:
Hi all,
I have rooted my n2.
My question is with the new update coming to 4.2, is it possible to update my firmware even though I am rooted as when I click check for updates on the phone it says I cant as I am rooted.
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The thread is right there at the beginning with a sticky. Dr.Ketan thread

is the new update flashable with TWRP? Or just with odin? Whats with root? do i have to unroot the n2 -> flash -> root again?

creonx said:
is the new update flashable with TWRP? Or just with odin? Whats with root? do i have to unroot the n2 -> flash -> root again?
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If you flash with mobile Odin, there is option to keep the root. If you flash with Odin, you must root again, which is a 3 minute process, so IMHO is not a big deal. I dunno about TWRP since I don't have custom recovery, I don't want my counter raising

DexDJ said:
Hi all, i am total noob in android phones and the note 2 (was an ardent BB fan over many years).
Quick question if you guys don't mind.
I have Mobile Odin and I have rooted me phone; what I'm absolutely unsure of is, the new 4.2 firmware when it's available, where do I head to to download it? Do i save it as a zip file in the ext SD card and install it via Mobile Odin from there? If not, please advise the how-to please.
Many thanks for helping out this total noob.
Thanks
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U can download the firmware fr sammobile when it's available, save it to ur SD card n flash using MobileOdin.

rlfy said:
U can download the firmware fr sammobile when it's available, save it to ur SD card n flash using MobileOdin.
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Many thanks for the advice mate! Cheers

Isn't there an option in Mobile Odin (paid version) to do exactly this ?

I guess SuperSU pro has OTA survival mode, that protects root access if you use the official Samsung OTA update. Full ROM flashes via PC Odin will not preserve root, Mobile ODIN will preserve root if you select the option.

I thought that samsung disables ota updates for rooted or "Modified" systems?
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Chillerhippie said:
I thought that samsung disables ota updates for rooted or "Modified" systems?
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TriangleAway has a workaround for that.

iPTPenguin said:
TriangleAway has a workaround for that.
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Shame it wont fix mine because of my boot loader...
Is there anyway of putting the default bootloader back on without having to reinstall? Ive got cwm touch at the mo.
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[Q] Is there someone got the Kitkat update in India for c6502?

"Sony mobile" indian website showed up with the kitkat update, but no OTA and same old 4.3 in update service.
Someone please confirm if they are getting kitkat update on their c6502 in India .
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paplu3 said:
"Sony mobile" indian website showed up with the kitkat update, but no OTA and same old 4.3 in update service.
Someone please confirm if they are getting kitkat update on their c6502 in India .
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i'm eagerly awaiting for update to release in india....i keep checking after every hour or two...but nothing yet:silly:
damn it sony ........ y u no release the update in india yet

Lets hope we get bug free version first
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Haven't got it
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Not yet
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got tired of waiting. i just flashed kitkat ftf.

no...just waiting :crying:

seriously its just pissing me off. been waiting for a week now no update in India.

Just flash the FTF...
Just like me... And it's 100% safe!
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It's not rooted won't go through all that pain. Waiting for ota
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hem.acharya said:
It's not rooted won't go through all that pain. Waiting for ota
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U can use nut's method .. Its easy besides there is no guarantee ota will preserve root

demonicangell™ said:
U can use nut's method .. Its easy besides there is no guarantee ota will preserve root
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doesn't it format my phone? . dont want to do that too. i have almost 40 gb of data . number of apps and their data. i dont want to wipe them out

hem.acharya said:
doesn't it format my phone? . dont want to do that too. i have almost 40 gb of data . number of apps and their data. i dont want to wipe them out
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no it is like flashing any other normal rom .. u can chose to not wipe data ..dirty flash it . internal memory does not get erased or sd card .
just use titanium backup to backup ur apps incase u have to do a clean install .

not yet
even im wating desprately.i will surely upload the Indian Generic FTF once i get the update through Sony companion

Still no update in India. It looks like they have stopped thier update process for all the Z,zl, zr phones.
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Flash the twainese rom. I flashed on my c6502. Works flawlessly
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may be we will get kitkat along with bug fix version. wait one or two months to get it

akshayjangra said:
Flash the twainese rom. I flashed on my c6502. Works flawlessly
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How to flash ? Help please..

prudhivisekhar said:
How to flash ? Help please..
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Download flashtool. Latest one. Download rom. Which will be in ftf format. Then copy it to firmware folder in flastool/firmware. Open flashtool and connect your phone in flash mode that is volume down while connecting. And flash. Begot doing it back up all data
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coolrevi said:
Download flashtool. Latest one. Download rom. Which will be in ftf format. Then copy it to firmware folder in flastool/firmware. Open flashtool and connect your phone in flash mode that is volume down while connecting. And flash. Begot doing it back up all data
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can u please give me the link of ftf and rom to download please. It will be helpfull..

[Q] How do I get the OTA Kit-Kat with a rooted v 4.1.2 ?

How do I get the OTA Kit-Kat with a rooted v 4.1.2 ? I have SuperSu for the Superuser app and see no option to do a temp unroot (if that will even work for the OTA update).
I have managed to stay out of trouble so far, the OTA update downloads and tries to install - then I get the error "Root suspected" during the beginning of the update process. I can just turn off and on and everything is fine. I would like KitKat, but I'm seeing so many threads saying the At&T Optimus G Pro (E980) with the 4.1.2 ROM is exempt from most of the tricks supplied here for this unit. I don't know how I managed to finally root it, I tried 5 methods then went back to the first one I tried that failed before and it worked the second time. I think it was a wrong ADB version running on my laptop.
Any tried and true methods to get KitKat for this beast and still have root? Thanks.

Flash kk with flashtool and simply root it
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Little more help please...
tomi001 said:
Flash kk with flashtool and simply root it
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How do I flash the AT&T KK ? Is the official ROM here, or where is it downloaded to the phone so I can copy to SD card or PC?
Just to be sure we are on the same page, you are referring to LG Flashtools, correct?
Please take it easy on this newbie! I don't know all the acronyms, to me there is nothing quite simple about it!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760895
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Thanks
tomi001 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2760895
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Thanks for the help! :laugh:

[Q] rooting methods for sm-n7502

I know there are a couple of ways to root the non dual sim version, but as the title goes, is there any method for the dual sim variant? TIA!
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Have you tried root by Chainfire ?
http://download.chainfire.eu/433/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hl3gds-hl3gdsxx-smn7502.zip
Just flash it via Odin as PDA and it should work fine

I'm very much tempted to root as kitkat is nowhere in sight. But just in case kitkat update do come, can I still update OTA?
Factory reset and clearing data is definitely not an option for me.
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bOkz said:
I'm very much tempted to root as kitkat is nowhere in sight. But just in case kitkat update do come, can I still update OTA?
Factory reset and clearing data is definitely not an option for me.
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Once rooted Device status would change from Official to Custom . There is hack to change it back and trick the phone to download OTA but I'm not sure if it would install .
Instead of worrying about all this , I would rather manually flash the firmware via Odin once kitkat is available

rakeshishere said:
Once rooted Device status would change from Official to Custom . There is hack to change it back and trick the phone to download OTA but I'm not sure if it would install .
Instead of worrying about all this , I would rather manually flash the firmware via Odin once kitkat is available
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Yeah that's what I'm actually thinking but will I need to factory reset then?
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bOkz said:
Yeah that's what I'm actually thinking but will I need to factory reset then?
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You can flash without loosing any data and due to KNOX you'll not be able to downgrade the firmware

KingRoot root method 4.4.2

Hi I tried to root my Note II running Android 4.4.2 (N7105XXUFNE3) and it said that failed to root the device but after a while I noticed that it installed a Kinguser app as a system app and whenever i open this Kinguser app and click the root button it also fails ...
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Towelroot?

maksnogin said:
Towelroot?
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No I used KingRoot. And after running it the app KingUser was installed as a system app.
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BLaCk9404 said:
No I used KingRoot. And after running it the app KingUser was installed as a system app.
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You used from pc? Because if I remember well when I rooted my wife's tablet with this I used it from pc and it didn't install anything at device except supersu and the root was successful, 4.4.2 fw version.
The name of this pc application was android_root.exe and I had download it from:
http://www.kingoapp.com/
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vagsvag said:
You used from pc? Because if I remember well when I rooted my wife's tablet with this I used it from pc and it didn't install anything at device except supersu and the root was successful, 4.4.2 fw version.
The name of this pc application was android_root.exe and I had download it from:
http://www.kingoapp.com/
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Yes, i also tried to root it through the PC version of KingRoot but without luck ...