I have a stock, unrooted v500. My 4.4 update arrived OTA and is waiting for me to install it. What is the best way to do this?
Should I back up first? Should I clear cache first? Should I remove the SD card first? Should I do a factory reset after?
Any tips?
Thanks.
opti1 said:
I have a stock, unrooted v500. My 4.4 update arrived OTA and is waiting for me to install it. What is the best way to do this?
Should I back up first? Should I clear cache first? Should I remove the SD card first? Should I do a factory reset after?
Any tips?
Thanks.
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I suggest you unmount sd card and remove it before you update to kit Kat . Many users including me are having sd card unmount issues where the sd card unmount itself automatically sometimes on kit Kat 4.4.2. To fix this I have to reboot the device. My G Pad is never rooted. And is using Stock kit Kat 4.4.2 update from LG.
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Just in case I always do factory reset after.
I also did the update via OTA.
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I bought the Galaxy Nexus a week ago and I updated it to 4.0.4. I also used the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit found on this forum to perform the 1-click install too unlock the bootaloder and root the phone.
Today I got the message of the new 4.1 update and phone downloaded it. Now I am worried to restart the phone and update since I heard that I could brick the phone because I could have another recovery. I don't know if I have another recovery and for sure I know that I haven't touched any system file or kernel.
What I would like to have is the new JB 4.1 on my phone without wipe anything and have all the benefits of the "1-click install".
As you have noticed I am still noob on this root things.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
Just flash one of the many jb roms available on this forum and voila you will be on jelly bean. Make sure you backup and do a full wipe cause it's a new base. You don't need the ota unless you are planning on unrooting your phone.
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eqjunkie829 said:
Just flash one of the many jb roms available on this forum and voila you will be on jelly bean. Make sure you backup and do a full wipe cause it's a new base. You don't need the ota unless you are planning on unrooting your phone.
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Where can I find the JB rom? You said I should wipe the configs but I don't want to reconfigure again the phone, but apparently I am understanding that this is the only way?
So I should turn off the phone without restarting it. Open the recovery (How can I do this?), do the 3 wipes (data, cache and dalvik) and then install the rom by putting the .zip on the internal memory of the phone?
Should I put the .zip rom now that the phone is on?
Sorry but I repeat that I am very noob.
Thanks in advance.
Garret88 said:
I bought the Galaxy Nexus a week ago and I updated it to 4.0.4. I also used the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit found on this forum to perform the 1-click install too unlock the bootaloder and root the phone.
Today I got the message of the new 4.1 update and phone downloaded it. Now I am worried to restart the phone and update since I heard that I could brick the phone because I could have another recovery. I don't know if I have another recovery and for sure I know that I haven't touched any system file or kernel.
What I would like to have is the new JB 4.1 on my phone without wipe anything and have all the benefits of the "1-click install".
As you have noticed I am still noob on this root things.
Thanks in advance for your reply.
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The update will not install if you have a different recovery, you have to flash back the stock recovery and then update to use OTA. After this you'll have to root your phone again.
OR you could flash a pre-rooted rom like eqjunkie829 proposed.
Edit: To keep the stuff you have on the phone flash stock recovery do an OTA update and re-root. If you don't plan on flashing stuff and only want root there is really no need to flash a custom recovery.
kongo.. said:
The update will not install if you have a different recovery, you have to flash back the stock recovery and then update to use OTA. After this you'll have to root your phone again.
OR you could flash a pre-rooted rom like eqjunkie829 proposed.
Edit: To keep the stuff you have on the phone flash stock recovery do an OTA update and re-root. If you don't plan on flashing stuff and only want root there is really no need to flash a custom recovery.
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As I said I did the "1-click for all" option on the Galaxy nexus toolkit. This means that I have another recovery and I cannot install the update.
So the first option is gone.
At this point, if I want to perform the last option, I should turn off the phone, connect the phone in the fastboot mode and use th galaxy nexus toolkit to reinstall the stock recovery. Then I turn on the phone and the update will install. After this I have to re-eneter the phone in the fastboot mode and root the phone always with the galaxy nexus toolkit.
Am I right?
Garret88 said:
As I said I did the "1-click for all" option on the Galaxy nexus toolkit. This means that I have another recovery and I cannot install the update.
So the first option is gone.
At this point, if I want to perform the last option, I should turn off the phone, connect the phone in the fastboot mode and use th galaxy nexus toolkit to reinstall the stock recovery. Then I turn on the phone and the update will install. After this I have to re-eneter the phone in the fastboot mode and root the phone always with the galaxy nexus toolkit.
Am I right?
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Looks right to me.
Just wondering if i flash from 4.2.1 official back down to 4.1 official will i have to format my phone or will I lose anything on my phone if i am already rooted with my bootloader unlocked??
Thanks in advance for answers
Yes, data lost
To memory, a downgrade does require a wipe and if it's back to official, you will loose your root access. It isn't too difficult to get it back though. I recommend using Titanium Backup to backup your app+data and memorize/write down your settings so you can put them back into the phone later.
I really need help my phone is an SGH I747M and it's rooted. But I want to unroot it without installing the stock firmware. I already have jelly bean telus,and I don't want to do a recovery with Kies. And I can't do a backup because I only have 2 gb on my Ex sd card and internal sd card. Also what would happen if I just un installed the superuser app? Also could I update the phone with Kies even if the phone is rooted?
Unrooting and Updating to Jelly Bean
Jacobxx2012 said:
I really need help my phone is an SGH I747M and it's rooted. But I want to unroot it without installing the stock firmware. I already have jelly bean telus,and I don't want to do a recovery with Kies. And I can't do a backup because I only have 2 gb on my Ex sd card and internal sd card. Also what would happen if I just un installed the superuser app? Also could I update the phone with Kies even if the phone is rooted?
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Hi Jacob, I was looking for instructions on an AT&T update to Jelly Bean [SGH I747] and wanted to do it without Kies to retain root and came across Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper which seems like it might do what you want. I just started looking here for instructions on how to do the update without using Kies as this was where I landed after my first search. I'd heard it can be done using Odin but I'm not well-versed enough (about .01 degrees above newb and still searching.
All I've done so far is just root this phone, my Atrix which I sold I unlocked the bootloader, but haven't done that yet on this phone and wasn't planning to. Can anyone steer me toward a thread for an upgrade to Jelly Bean (I I dloaded the official AT&T release and thought that I could use Rootkeeper to protect root as I've heard using Kies at all would at least remove the possiblility of getting it back for me but thought it might be possible the way I described. I was hoping I could find out if that was true and if anyone could help steer me toward the right thread for the update. Thanks --ct
do NOT attempt to unlock this phone's bootloader. only the verizon versions need that and attempting to do so on this phone WILL result in a hard brick.
if you would like to do an OTA update, voodoo ota rootkeeper would most likely be your solution.
sent from my I747
Thank you
Jacobxx2012 said:
I really need help my phone is an SGH I747M and it's rooted. But I want to unroot it without installing the stock firmware. I already have jelly bean telus,and I don't want to do a recovery with Kies. And I can't do a backup because I only have 2 gb on my Ex sd card and internal sd card. Also what would happen if I just un installed the superuser app? Also could I update the phone with Kies even if the phone is rooted?
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cehf said:
do NOT attempt to unlock this phone's bootloader. only the verizon versions need that and attempting to do so on this phone WILL result in a hard brick.
if you would like to do an OTA update, voodoo ota rootkeeper would most likely be your solution.
sent from my I747
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Thanks cehf. That is good news as all I could find about Kies was discouraging but even thought it is call "ota" rootkeeper that it would work with it. And that if you didn't bother to wait for the results of the work being done to address the problems and just did the OTA update anyway that you'd lose root with no immediate chance of regaining it. So in this case I haven't really done anything except download the pieces. So I just need to use Voodoo first, then bring Kies up to speed, do the update and then unprotect root and delete the backup?:good:
cluetrain said:
Thanks cehf. That is good news as all I could find about Kies was discouraging but even thought it is call "ota" rootkeeper that it would work with it. And that if you didn't bother to wait for the results of the work being done to address the problems and just did the OTA update anyway that you'd lose root with no immediate chance of regaining it. So in this case I haven't really done anything except download the pieces. So I just need to use Voodoo first, then bring Kies up to speed, do the update and then unprotect root and delete the backup?:good:
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That's an option, yes.
Your other option is to find your carrier's stock ROM here (pre-rooted) and flash it through Odin.
Remember to make a backup first.
Jacobxx2012 said:
I really need help my phone is an SGH I747M and it's rooted. But I want to unroot it without installing the stock firmware. I already have jelly bean telus,and I don't want to do a recovery with Kies. And I can't do a backup because I only have 2 gb on my Ex sd card and internal sd card. Also what would happen if I just un installed the superuser app? Also could I update the phone with Kies even if the phone is rooted?
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I have used the Voodoo OTA on a Motorola Atrix to unroot before applying an update, then using it to re-root. Worked like a charm. Haven't had a chance to try it on my S3 yet.
i checked the SuperSU app, there is an option says FULL UNROOT, im not sure if it will work
other than that, the only unroot method i know is flash stock rom in odin
I've unrooted, done a factory wipe several times and each time my install for the 4.4.2 OTA update fails at 28%. When I press the menu button to see the reason why I get the following error (sorry for potato quality). It says that the AT&T Smart Wi-Fi apk has unexpected contents, but I don't even have that app and I never uninstalled it either. When I go to the Play Store I can download it and it still isn't a system app. As I said, I've done several factory wipes and I was hoping that would fix it since I hate doing wipes. Any ideas?
Follow enewman17's thread in General section.
DocHoliday77 said:
Follow enewman17's thread in General section.
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Thanks! Followed it and I now have 4.4.2. Clicking your Thanks button right now
Any way to update from 4.3 to 4.4.2 without having to install TWRP/CWM/etc? I used CF-Auto-Root since 4.0 and updated to 4.1 and 4.3 without any problems. I don't really want to deal with custom ROMs or bootloaders or anything extra. I'd just like to update to 4.4 stock + SuperSU and nothing more.
Ark42 said:
Any way to update from 4.3 to 4.4.2 without having to install TWRP/CWM/etc? I used CF-Auto-Root since 4.0 and updated to 4.1 and 4.3 without any problems. I don't really want to deal with custom ROMs or bootloaders or anything extra. I'd just like to update to 4.4 stock + SuperSU and nothing more.
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get to stock 4.3 with odin flashable file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660 then use the stock ota file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788012, flash it in stock recovery from external sd card, bootloader will be upgraded using this method and you may not be able to downgrade to 4.3 after this ,but it will be stock as you wanted, use towelroot apk from towelroot.com to root 4.4.2 , install superusersu from play store and update binaries
tejajuloori said:
get to stock 4.3 with odin flashable file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2722660 then use the stock ota file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788012, flash it in stock recovery from external sd card, bootloader will be upgraded using this method and you may not be able to downgrade to 4.3 after this ,but it will be stock as you wanted, use towelroot apk from towelroot.com to root 4.4.2 , install superusersu from play store and update binaries
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Well thanks for trying, but this method wipes all your data, which is kinda something I'd want to avoid...
You may be out of luck then. Why not backup using titanium backup, and/or a nandroid, and copy your internal sd content to a computer. Then update and copy sd data back and restore apps with titanium? Sure its a little extra time and effort, but you'd probably be done sooner than finding an alternative.
Just got a replacement SM-P605V from Verizon as old one screen busted.
Current OS is 4.4.2 and rooted with TowelRoot. I see that Sammobile has 4.4.3 available through Kies install. If I choose to do so, would I lose root, and also would it factory reset my tablet? (I know I can re-root, but wasn't sure if doing either the upgrade or re- root wipes data.)
Thanks in advance.