Hi Guys. I'm having a Nexus 7 2013 (wifi only). It is rooted. (Stock ROM)
I have a question. Is that being rooted doesn't allow you to update your device via integrated system update? Or that doesn't matter. And your device can pe update via(system update) no matter if you are rooted or not. Thank you.
I wondered that all the time.
I also have the same question. On my phone(pantech vega racer 2), rooting doesn't affect OTA. But still not sure about the N7
Rooted or not, unlocked or locked, it shouldn't affect you from downloading or installing OTAs. What matters is if you have stock recovery or a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM). If you're on stock recovery you should be fine and can install the update normally. If you have a custom recovery you'll still receive and be able to download the update but it might fail towards the end of the installation although I've seen that users were able to successfully install OTAs even with a custom recovery.
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Maybe a noobish question, but im sorry
As the title says : if i root the phone, will i be able to recieve updates OTA ?
edit : and same question : if i get cwr (for nandroid backups) will i be able to recieve OTA updates?
Thanks guys
So long as you're running the stock rom, you should still get OTA updates. They may or may not break root, but you'll have to risk that. If you're running a custom ROM, then you probably will not get OTA updates, but you can of course update your ROM as per the developer builds.
You will remove root if you install an OTA, and I have heard of people actually bricking their phones installing an OTA with root.
installing CWM will break OTA even if you're on the stock ROM because it flashes in stock recovery, not CWM.
...and from the mixed responses you can tell that it wasn't really a noob question. (all answers were partially correct, btw).
The update will still get pushed to your phone, based on the build version of your phone. The custom recovery will fail to install, at which point you can simply install it yourself by performing a manual flash via recovery.
Depending on the extent of the update, you may or may not lose root, and possibly even your custom recovery. Your best option is to manually flash an update, then the su.zip, and I've also put together flashable a script to prevent your custom recovery from reverting to stock at your next boot (I'll post it when I get chance). Flash all the files while in CWM, and you're golden!
I have reached maximum thanks-per-day, otherwise i would give a thanks to all of you..
So, i still have few questions :
1) If i root, get custom CWM, but stock rom, will i still be able to SEE ota update, and to DL it over the OTA (not flash it)?
2) Can i brick my device with flashing ota , while rooted and with custom CWM ?
Thanks in advance
-yes it will still show up.
-it won't brick your device, but the update will fail, and you'll have to pull battery to gay back into the os.
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I have a noob question:
I unlocked my bootloader and rooted my gsm nexus. However I would like to be able to receive and install any updates OTA- basically stay as stock as possible with root. My plan was to leave the stock recovery in place. If I need to do a backup or reflash su.zip (after an update to regain root) I was planning on running rom manager and using it to flash CWM. I realize that this CWM would not survive a reboot as the startup script will reflash the stock recovery.
Will this work and does it make sense?
thanks
quick bump- basically I want to know what will prevent an OTA update from installing
Edit I realized there was a flaw in my logic. After an OTA update I will lose root and then be unable to flash the recovery via rom manager. I guess will have to resort to fastboot after OTA
Hi, i got my nexus flo a week ago. This is my first nexus device.I have some queries. I have unlocked the bootloader, installed twrp and rooted the device.
Will that prevent me getting OTA?
Also, does having unlocked bootloader and custom recovery cause failure to update the software?
(Not just the JSS15R but future updates to kitkat as well)
Also what is the odex and deodex in this thread? which one should i flash?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383059
littleromeo said:
Hi, i got my nexus flo a week ago. This is my first nexus device.I have some queries. I have unlocked the bootloader, installed twrp and rooted the device.
Will that prevent me getting OTA?
Also, does having unlocked bootloader and custom recovery cause failure to update the software?
(Not just the JSS15R but future updates to kitkat as well)
Also what is the odex and deodex in this thread? which one should i flash?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383059
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Odex vs deodex: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200349
If I understand well, updates will 'fail' with custom recovery, whereas the update is flashed the firmware version number shows the old version. Explained in the guides somewhere.
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
littleromeo said:
Hi, i got my nexus flo a week ago. This is my first nexus device.I have some queries. I have unlocked the bootloader, installed twrp and rooted the device.
Will that prevent me getting OTA?
Also, does having unlocked bootloader and custom recovery cause failure to update the software?
(Not just the JSS15R but future updates to kitkat as well)
Also what is the odex and deodex in this thread? which one should i flash?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383059
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Unlocked bootloader has no direct negative effect on ota installs.
With an unlocked bootloader you might do further actions which can affect the ota like modify or delete /system files. You might install an enhancement like apm. Those, among others, would prevent the ota update from completing.
Now normally root by itself would not prevent an ota update, but there was an issue with SuperSU v 1.51 and earlier which did prevent the ota install from completing. This was fixed in SuperSU v1.55 and above.
Installing twrp will not block the ota.
The ota will disable root and overwrite custom recovery by default.
If you would like to prevent that behavior, the easiest way is to
copy the ota update.zip and supersu update.zip to your virtual sdcard
boot into twrp
install ota update.zip
immediately (prior to reboot) re-install supersu
sfhub said:
Unlocked bootloader has no direct negative effect on ota installs.
With an unlocked bootloader you might do further actions which can affect the ota like modify or delete /system files. You might install an enhancement like apm. Those, among others, would prevent the ota update from completing.
Now normally root by itself would not prevent an ota update, but there was an issue with SuperSU v 1.51 and earlier which did prevent the ota install from completing. This was fixed in SuperSU v1.55 and above.
Installing twrp will not block the ota.
The ota will disable root and overwrite custom recovery by default.
If you would like to prevent that behavior, the easiest way is to
copy the ota update.zip and supersu update.zip to your virtual sdcard
boot into twrp
install ota update.zip
immediately (prior to reboot) re-install supersu
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Thank you for the guide, updated to JSS15R. There were no touchscreen problems for me before the update and everything is just like before even after update. Hope someone comes up with a changelog soon.
Hi,
I am on E980 ATT 4.1.2 stock. I have unrooted and also installed CWM 6.0.4.7.
I haven't yet gotten a notification for an upgrade to KK, but I am wondering.
#1 If I upgrade over the air, will it brick my phone since it's rooted and has a custom recovery?
#2 If I do want to upgrade, what's the best method for upgrading and will I have to unroot and remote CWM?
Thanks
badnaam said:
Hi,
I am on E980 ATT 4.1.2 stock. I have unrooted and also installed CWM 6.0.4.7.
I haven't yet gotten a notification for an upgrade to KK, but I am wondering.
#1 If I upgrade over the air, will it brick my phone since it's rooted and has a custom recovery?
#2 If I do want to upgrade, what's the best method for upgrading and will I have to unroot and remote CWM?
Thanks
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Hi there,
several manufacturers and providers do not send or cannot send the updates because of certain rooting means.
If you see the window with message: "No updates available for your device." or "The latest updates have already been installed.", then you will receive the updates inspite of root access.
But you must flash a stock recovery before or even flash the whole stock ROM. Via custom recovery and rooted ROM stock updates cannot succeed.
Mine was rooted with stock recovery and the upgrade process went fine this week. Since you're on CWM recovery I'd say don't do it. When the last upgrade came out and I was running a custom recovery and it boot looped my phone (as well as everyone else's phones).
As best I know your only option is to restore phone to stock and take upgrade, then root, install recovery and all your apps/settings. Its a beeyotch right?
Hello,
I messed up my Note 8 and recently was able to reinstall 4.1.2 stock, I tried connecting to Kies and it doesn't work. I wanted to update to the newest software then root. Since that wasn't working I rooted via Odin then attempted to flash twrp so I could flash a custom rom. Root works but the custom recovery doesn't stick... I tried unticking reboot in odin and the system still reboots into standard recovery.
I tried using the toolkit and its stuck on waiting on debug even though debug is clicked.
Can anyone help me install a custom recovery via odin or another way?
If you have the at&t sgh-i467 version - there is not a custom recovery for it because it has a locked bootlader.
Additionally, the newest 4.4.2 ota update has not been rooted as of yet - so if you must have root, don't install the ota.
The original mf1 rom is rootable, but again there is no customers recovery due to the locked bootloader.
This only applies to the at&t in version...
use Odin
Need help?