Is there a legit root method that can be done without a computer?if so, what is it?
Cjay1518 said:
Is there a legit root method that can be done without a computer?if so, what is it?
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Framaroot. Link is in the root guide.
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Cjay1518 said:
Is there a legit root method that can be done without a computer?if so, what is it?
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framaroot using the gandalf exploit worked great for me, it's in the app store. There have been reports of issues if you stay on stock, none if you plan on flashing a rom. I however have had no issues running stock with it either.
EDIT: What he said, lol.
HPTesla said:
framaroot using the gandalf exploit worked great for me, it's in the app store. There have been reports of issues if you stay on stock, none if you plan on flashing a rom. I however have had no issues running stock with it either.
EDIT: What he said, lol.
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Will I be able to flash roms? Just asking Cuz you mentioned you are still on a stock ROM.
Cjay1518 said:
Will I be able to flash roms? Just asking Cuz you mentioned you are still on a stock ROM.
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Only if you unlock also. All in the root guide.
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Cjay1518 said:
Will I be able to flash roms? Just asking Cuz you mentioned you are still on a stock ROM.
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Again, lol, what he said. I was simply saying that IF you stay with stock you may have issues rooting that way - but I haven't. I stayed with stock because it has given me the most stable performance/battery life but with this phone people tend to have very different experiences. Not something to be concerned by, simply means you will have to test for yourself and see what works best for you/your needs. I still flash roms(Just flashed newest Vanir with Linaro Matr1x kernel - and boy is it fast!), but always have a stock nandroid backup to fall back to. The rooting guide will explain all of this but framaroot will give you root accesss, and an app called freegee will unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery(clockworkmod or twrp). At that point, I advise everyone to make a full backup in recovery(and to copy that backup to a pc for safe keeping) - then you are free to download and flash roms, kernels, mods, etc - to your hearts content. Anything goes wrong or doesnt work properly, you can just go back into recovery and restore your backup.
Framaroot was the bees knees for me. Used it at least 9 months ago and I've never had an issue.
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I'm the guy that originally tried framaroot on our phone and I didn't have any issues running stock. Framaroot from the root guide, freegee from the play store, choose recovery, boom
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Ok, I've flashed the Leaked ICS ROM and tried to root it several different ways.
First, I tried UnlockRoot. It does not work.
Next, I tried SuperOneClick. It didn't work for me. I have heard that it did for lots of other people.
Then, I tried TPSparkyRoot. It did successfully root my phone. But, when I reboot my phone after the process, I get the "Security Error" message and have to follow the Unbricking Guide to get my phone back to working order.
My question to the community is: Has anybody had this problem before and if so, does anybody have any better rooting methods?
The best rooting method is just to install the pre-rooted CWM-flashable ICS leak that HO!NO! put out. You're already doing hardcore stuff to your phone anyway, so next time you unbrick, just install RomManager and CWM and flash the .zip you want.
How is the CWM Flashable version on battery life?
It's the same thing as the ICS leak. I'd say relatively poor battery life, personally.
Use doomlords root method. Myself and many others have had great success with it where other methods failed .
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Hutch89 said:
Use doomlords root method. Myself and many others have had great success with it where other methods failed .
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Do you happen to have a link to a tutorial for Doomlord Root?
Also, I tried to install CWM and ended up bricking my phone again. Any suggestions on that?
EDIT: I found Doomlord v4... It didn't work for me.
I believe USB debugging must be checked and its also very important that you have allowed installation of non-market apps, otherwise the program cannot install super user...
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Yup, I made sure those were both checked. No dice.
When I try to install CWM through ROM Manager, it bricks...
I figured it out! I had to make my own root script.
Here it is: LINK
mattman86 said:
I figured it out! I had to make my own root script.
Here it is: LINK
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Only because I'm not sure how to use this method, any idea if anyone is working on a super one click method or another easier method???
THanks
So I have rooted my phone. There are two things I'd like to do. First I would like to be able to tether my phone and secondly I would like to delete some of the bloatware apps.Can anyone point me to the place to go to learn how to do these things? Thanks.
edit: (I have figured out how to remove bloatware since the original post using Titanium.)
Ever used Google search? Or YouTube it tether note 2
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labrat1974 said:
So I have rooted my phone. There are two things I'd like to do. First I would like to be able to tether my phone and secondly I would like to delete some of the bloatware apps.Can anyone point me to the place to go to learn how to do these things? Thanks.
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Both of the thing you want to do will be availble with a new custom ROM. Install TWRP, download a new rom into your SD card, back up, wipe then flash your new rom, all in TWRP and in that order.
CleanROM is a really good suggestion, really close to stock and it has all the things you want by default.
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zacharyt86 said:
CleanROM is a really good suggestion, really close to stock and it has all the things you want by default.
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Ok. If I download the clean rom but then do a factory reset won't it delete the clean rom zip? An a factory reset wont delete my backup? I don't have TWRP, I have CWM can I use this? And thanks for any help.
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Ever used Google search? Or YouTube it tether note 2
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Yes I have done searches and have only found that running a rom is the only solution that I have found, and since I like the stock rom on the Note 2 I was trying to avoid flashing a rom ( I have had bad experiences in the past with flashing rom's) but if that's the only way to get tether i'll do it. I should have been more clear in the original post. I was hoping someone had something like FoxFi running.
labrat1974 said:
Yes I have done searches and have only found that running a rom is the only solution that I have found, and since I like the stock rom on the Note 2 I was trying to avoid flashing a rom ( I have had bad experiences in the past with flashing rom's) but if that's the only way to get tether i'll do it. I should have been more clear in the original post. I was hoping someone had something like FoxFi running.
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You can gain tether by installing a zip file after you root the phone. And yes you can stay on stock to do so.
But you won't have any of the benefits of a custom ROM. Per say, battery life, OC, bloat removed etc. But if your rooted already then you can try and find that zip is floating around somewhere here on XDA SEARCH!
Just my 2 cents...
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Use Foxfi. Its only a couple of dollars for the License. It works on all The roms I've had on my Gnote2(stock,custom). And your right about titanium backup to get rid of bloatware. I bought a Pro key from them also. Well worth it.
Just Follwing the guide.
To setup use tethering use the mod by mostyle . http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2000851
And to remove bloat app use MrRobinson to remove it in TWRP. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1997329
spock2012 said:
Use Foxfi. Its only a couple of dollars for the License. It works on all The roms I've had on my Gnote2(stock,custom). And your right about titanium backup to get rid of bloatware. I bought a Pro key from them also. Well worth it.
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I don't know what i'm doing wrong but Foxfi isn't working for me. But I've solved the problem by flashing CleanRom. I really like the 5x6 screen. and so far everything seems to be working well. Thanks everyone for all your advice.
labrat1974 said:
Ok. If I download the clean rom but then do a factory reset won't it delete the clean rom zip? An a factory reset wont delete my backup? I don't have TWRP, I have CWM can I use this? And thanks for any help.
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I'm not sure about CWM on this phone, I haven't used it since I got my GNII because of the lack of support for external SD cards. Any reason in particular that you don't wanna use TWRP?
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zacharyt86 said:
I'm not sure about CWM on this phone, I haven't used it since I got my GNII because of the lack of support for external SD cards. Any reason in particular that you don't wanna use TWRP?
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What do you mean lack of support for sd cards? I am able to backup and restore just fine with it to my external card.
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labrat1974 said:
I don't know what i'm doing wrong but Foxfi isn't working for me. But I've solved the problem by flashing CleanRom. I really like the 5x6 screen. and so far everything seems to be working well. Thanks everyone for all your advice.
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Glad you found your solution, I was in your boat regarding flashing a new rom, but I'm glad I did it afterward.
I did a search and couldn't find an answer. I got the OTA (Thanks to my wife, while I still sleeping) I did get it rooted and knox disabled. Don't care about the knox flag because my warranty is already gone. So now my question is do any of the 4.3-4.4 ROMS work (Skynote, Ditto etc)? Can I flash TWRP with goo manager?
Thanks in advance!
Geeve
geeve420 said:
I did a search and couldn't find an answer. I got the OTA (Thanks to my wife, while I still sleeping) I did get it rooted and knox disabled. Don't care about the knox flag because my warranty is already gone. So now my question is do any of the 4.3-4.4 ROMS work (Skynote, Ditto etc)? Can I flash TWRP with goo manager?
Thanks in advance!
Geeve
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I haven't flashed TWRP thru goo manager but I have thru ODIN. You can get it from here.
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lteatt
I just got done flashing SKY NOTE 4.3 Edition MJ4-4.3 (AT&T Leak).
I can confirm twrp installs from goomanager as thats how I installed it and successfully flashed an aroma addon (just a mod NOT a rom) with no issues
Did you thank your Developer today?
Thanks to both of you! Getting goo now. Not sure if I am brave enough to flash a ROM yet though till i can see what others have done.
Geeve
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geeve420 said:
Thanks to both of you! Getting goo now. Not sure if I am brave enough to flash a ROM yet though till i can see what others have done.
Geeve
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I'm not brave enough yet to rom either but I can confirm Xposed installs perfectly and gearbox works just enough that pie controls work.
If you do that don't turn ANYTHING else in gearbox on. Use Wanam to mod out with as its built for the note 2.
Did you thank your Developer today?
Thanks Jspex! Looking into them now
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geeve420 said:
I did a search and couldn't find an answer. I got the OTA (Thanks to my wife, while I still sleeping) I did get it rooted and knox disabled. Don't care about the knox flag because my warranty is already gone. So now my question is do any of the 4.3-4.4 ROMS work (Skynote, Ditto etc)? Can I flash TWRP with goo manager?
Thanks in advance!
Geeve
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I decided to be the sacrificial lamb and I can confirm that yes definitively you can go from stock 4.3 OTA to a custom 4.3 ROM. I updated to 4.3 OTA (dumb) and just now successfully flashed Ditto 3.1.1.
1. Root 4.3 OTA
2. Flash TWRP
3. Flash custom rom.
4. Run SuperSU
Some additional notes:
Did a dirty flash the first go around. The device didn't boot. Used the pull battery method to get into recovery (probably not necessary but oh well). Reflashed the rom this time using full wipe in AROMA (not in TWRP) and the device booted like a charm (even got an OTA Ditto 3.2 update bonus!).
Additionally AROMA didn't delete my data so I got to keep all my data from 4.3 OTA.
Last note my baseband is still MK6. I guess that's good because Ditto is still on MK5.
Lots of people have done this. What's so scary?
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JediMasterX V2 runs great on 4.3 bootloader. If you took the OTA to get to 4.3 then you are ready to go with JediMasterX just download the zip and follow the instructions in the OP.
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joe3681 said:
Lots of people have done this. What's so scary?
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If you knew this information already, it would have been helpful of you to share this information with the group instead of chiming in after the fact.
Just read this but a quick read anywhere around here would've been an answer
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Thanks everyone!!
Why it was scary is when I posted there was a lot going on. I hadn't seen where someone had taken the update, then flashed a ROM. I had seen a lot about the leak but not MK6. There were quite a few folks having trouble restoring backups, soft bricking etc. and it was due to the locked down boot loader being hostile to changes. I just didn't want a soft brick and have to use my Infuse till I could get it back up.
As far as what I have read so far, no one has been able to get back to MK6 after downgrading or roming and the backups of the stock MK6 aren't working. The reason I asked is because not much was being said about how ROMs were acting with the locked bootloader. No one was talking about steps to take if you have the MK6 update to ROM.
I have since flashed and I am running Sky Note Air Vaniila now and all is well. Just wanted to see what troubles if any others were having to help keep ducks in a row That way when folks want to ROM they know which ones work with the new Bootloader.
Geeve
Anybody taken the same update? Universal root isn't working for me, it's saying it's a read only system. Any help??
((PROBLEM FIXED!!!)) HAVE PHONE ROOTED BEFORE, THEN USE TITANIUM BACKUP TO FREEZE AT&T APPS. Then update...enjoy still having root!
Try to flash again the older version with lg flash tool and root then.
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Won't take the update if you are rooted. Already tried.
Waiting for root safe confirmation before accepting an update that includes nothing more than Roms here have had for a while?
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you should never take an update unless you're SURE it can be rooted. I bought an s4 in the store and before I left the worker updated my phone for me to, and it turns out that update is what locked down the bootloader and to this day if you have that firmware you still can't unlock the bootloader.. so before anyone accepts updates research first or you might end up with a stock phone, forever.
You can root S4 though. Big difference between unlocking boot loader and rooting lol
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I wasn't talking about root. I was talking about the boot loader
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deadenz said:
I wasn't talking about root. I was talking about the boot loader
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That's what he's saying, basically the OP's problem differs slightly from yours in that although your phone was updated there was was still a means to root your phone even after losing the ability to unlock you boot loader. Meanwhile after updating the OP can't even get root. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though...
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That's what he's saying, basically the OP's problem differs slightly from yours in that although your phone was updated there was was still a means to root your phone even after losing the ability to unlock you boot loader. Meanwhile after updating the OP can't even get root. Someone correct me if I'm wrong though...
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that was my whole point. don't take updates unless you research first and make sure there is a root method.
deadenz said:
that was my whole point. don't take updates unless you research first and make sure there is a root method.
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I can CONFIRM 100% that you CAN UPDATE to 10p once you are rooted and use TITANIUM BACKUP to FREEZE the AT&T APPS. Tried twice...worked flawlessly both times. Hope I helped someone.:good:
I just rooted and updated to the P version. Kept root. I don't even have TBU installed, either, so freezing ATT apps is not a variable necessarily.
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How can I force my phone to download this update if I'm rooted and on T-Mobile?
It doesn't matter if you freeze the apps. It matters if the apps are uninstalled.
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Neroga said:
It doesn't matter if you freeze the apps. It matters if the apps are uninstalled.
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I never uninstalled them, only tried without being frozen, then with. Only updated with freezing. Not sure about uninstalling them.
Root sticks after the update. Your recovery must be stock, not CWM or TWRP. I didn't need to freeze anything, though I never deleted/disabled anything prior to the update.
What about the OP's question: Can anyone root AFTER taking the update? I assume his phone was not rooted prior to the update.
I just tried this myself on my "clean" phone and can confirm the univ root method does not work any more after the 10p update.
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I'm having the same problem, hopefully somebody figures out a way way around this, I hate not being rooted.
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jreed3786 said:
Won't take the update if you are rooted. Already tried.
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looks like if your rooted but do not freeze, uninstall, or modify apps in any way that it will in fact update. Then after update go in and freeze the apps.
bailey37821 said:
looks like if your rooted but do not freeze, uninstall, or modify apps in any way that it will in fact update. Then after update go in and freeze the apps.
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You might be on to something here! Definitely going to try tomorrow...even though I'm updated at the moment, and rooted!
well I had the similar issue as the OP. I was rooted, running CWM recovery and had removed most of the AT&T stock apps. I saw the update available and like a fool I accepted the update and then was stuck in CWM recovery boot loop. Nothing worked to get out of the loop so I decided to reflash with stock TOT file. Then I took the 10p update and found the Universal Root file not working (I updated before rooting).
I need to have root... so next try I reflash stock TOT file, root with Universal Root, accept update to 10p and all is good. I can once again remove AT&T stock apps, disable carrier-iq, use Freegees to go back to custom recovery, etc, etc, etc... all good now! :good:
Ok, so here is my issue. For the sake of time, i want to make this question as simple as possible.
I've been putting it off, but now that kit kat is here, i need to get the ball rolling with twrp and my phone. Basically, i am on zv7, rooted stock. I have not been able to install twrp on my phone, and I need someone who would be merciful enough to help me out, to explain to me how to install it on stock zv7, and get kit kat, as i dont want to unroot. I have yet to find instructions online that would be able to help me with my particular situation... Any help would be appreciated.... Thank you for your time guys.
mcluvin1065 said:
Ok, so here is my issue. For the sake of time, i want to make this question as simple as possible.
I've been putting it off, but now that kit kat is here, i need to get the ball rolling with twrp and my phone. Basically, i am on zv7, rooted stock. I have not been able to install twrp on my phone, and I need someone who would be merciful enough to help me out, to explain to me how to install it on stock zv7, and get kit kat, as i dont want to unroot. I have yet to find instructions online that would be able to help me with my particular situation... Any help would be appreciated.... Thank you for your time guys.
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You can update with stock rooted. Why are you not on at least ZVA? You don't need a custom recovery to be rooted. You can be rooted and have stock recovery, but any time you take an OTA update you lose the root and have to rerun ioroot.
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Stl Dark Knight said:
You can update with stock rooted. Why are you not on at least ZVA? You don't need a custom recovery to be rooted. You can be rooted and have stock recovery, but any time you take an OTA update you lose the root and have to rerun ioroot.
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Thanks for your response!
My point exactly. I don't want to lose root, and i don't want to reroot. Even if i took the OTA on stock rooted, i'm pretty sure it would break several things I have now as i use alot of apps that require root privilegedes, e.g titanium backup. I realize you don't need to have twrp to be rooted (as i am rooted), but i do need it to safely flash an updated 4.4 zip that would preserve my root privileges, and upgrade me to kitkat...
P. S, i am not on ZVA because when i soft bricked earlier this year, i had to go back to full unrooted stock, and in my rush to reroot, forgot to upgrade to zva before rooting, which is why im on zv7...
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mcluvin1065 said:
Thanks for your response!
My point exactly. I don't want to lose root, and i don't want to reroot. Even if i took the OTA on stock rooted, i'm pretty sure it would break several things I have now as i use alot of apps that require root privilegedes, e.g titanium backup. I realize you don't need to have twrp to be rooted (as i am rooted), but i do need it to safely flash an updated 4.4 zip that would preserve my root privileges, and upgrade me to kitkat...
P. S, i am not on ZVA because when i soft bricked earlier this year, i had to go back to full unrooted stock, and in my rush to reroot, forgot to upgrade to zva before rooting, which is why im on zv7...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2702007
If you follow this method you will not lose root. But, 4.4.2 can be rooted with ioroot25 anyway, and it's easy.
The only way to enter custom recovery will be through a terminal emulator command (see post #2). If you take the OTA, you will lose custom recovery altogether.
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If you follow this method you will not lose root. But, 4.4.2 can be rooted with ioroot25 anyway, and it's easy.
The only way to enter custom recovery will be through a terminal emulator command (see post #2). If you take the OTA, you will lose custom recovery altogether.
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It sounds like it would be easier for me to just take the OTA and reroot then go through this process of getting a custom recovery... Can i take the OTA on stock rooted zv7 without any serious reprocussions?
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It sounds like it would be easier for me to just take the OTA and reroot then go through this process of getting a custom recovery... Can i take the OTA on stock rooted zv7 without any serious reprocussions?
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If I'm not mistaken when you check for updates, you will have to update to zv8, then zva, then it will offer zvc. Check in your updater what it says is available. I don't expect you'll have any issues as long as you haven't modified files/removed system files.
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If I'm not mistaken when you check for updates, you will have to update to zv8, then zva, then it will offer zvc. Check in your updater what it says is available. I don't expect you'll have any issues as long as you haven't modified files/removed system files.
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The only thing i have done is frozen some system apps, and i have X posed installed, as well as g2 xposed....i use root apps, but i dont think ive done anything besides that.... Should i continue?
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mcluvin1065 said:
The only thing i have done is frozen some system apps, and i have X posed installed, as well as g2 xposed....i use root apps, but i dont think ive done anything besides that.... Should i continue?
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No. You will have to unfreeze those apps and completely remove xposed. You might want to flash Youdug's odexed stock rom if you continue to run into snags.
Also: If you are taking the OTA on your phone, you should probably unroot.
Ok, so here is what i did. I updated all the way to zva, but now im not seeing the kitkat update. How do i go about getting kitkat since the update broke root completely?
Just a note for those who want to preserve root while doing an OTA, supersu and superuser have a "survival mode" for people who want to preserve root. I had to factory reset so i couldn't do it, but just something to keep in mind.
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mcluvin1065 said:
Ok, so here is what i did. I updated all the way to zva, but now im not seeing the kitkat update. How do i go about getting kitkat since the update broke root completely?
Just a note for those who want to preserve root while doing an OTA, supersu and superuser have a "survival mode" for people who want to preserve root. I had to factory reset so i couldn't do it, but just something to keep in mind.
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If you're not seeing the update you have a few options. Some say clearing Google services framework data and hitting check for updates repeatedly works. You can install it using the method above, or you can flash autoprime's .tot file using LG flash tool.
You can always re-root with ioroot25 if you need to.
Just want to say thanks to everyone here who took the time to help me out. For those of you who want to know, i decided to root from zva. I used the freegee app to download and install recovery (super easy) and am about to flash cm11 for stock kitkat.