Help! Phone refuses to unroot. - One (M8) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey!
I have to send my phone back to AT&T because the microphone isn't working. I had an unlocked boot loader and was rooted with TWRP and Arhd. I got back to stock yesterday by restoring a stock nandroid I had made in TWRP before I flashed ARHD, flashing a stock recovery, and relocking my boot loader. However, Super su refuses to leave my app drawer. I do the perma unroot option in the menu and it works until I restart the phone. Then it shows back up. It might be that I need a stock kernel but I don't know
Please help! Thanks!

You probably need to do unroot with twrp installed since it relies on a custom recovery to write to system partitions
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exad said:
You probably need to do unroot with twrp installed since it relies on a custom recovery to write to system partitions
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So I need to unlock the bootloader and flash TWRP again and then it will work? Once I do that, do I just do the regular perma unroot in super su?

xeron72548 said:
So I need to unlock the bootloader and flash TWRP again and then it will work? Once I do that, do I just do the regular perma unroot in super su?
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Yes, then reboot then flash stock recovery and relock

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Yes, then reboot then flash stock recovery and relock
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Why does my kernel say that?

xeron72548 said:
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Why does my kernel say that?
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I can't seem to find a stock kernel any where either. I tried restoring from a stock nandroid and this kernel still stayed. Helo?

I thought you already returned to stock. Is your kernel not stock?
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exad said:
I thought you already returned to stock. Is your kernel not stock?
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I don't think it is now that I am looking at it. Apparently everything else is stock about my phone but that

Extract it from the firmware and flash it
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exad said:
Extract it from the firmware and flash it
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I'm far from that expertise. Do you know where I can find one already done?

xeron72548 said:
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Why does my kernel say that?
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I've never flashed another ROM or a custom kernel and this is what my kernel shows.
I am unlocked and rooted on stock.
3.4.0-gb52e55d
[email protected]#1
SMP PREEMPT
Pretty sure you are on the stock kernel Xeron.
This might be of interest to you. Someone in another thread had to use it to get rid of SU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321585

jmjm003 said:
I've never flashed another ROM or a custom kernel and this is what my kernel shows.
I am unlocked and rooted on stock.
3.4.0-gb52e55d
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Pretty sure you are on the stock kernel Xeron.
This might be of interest to you. Someone in another thread had to use it to get rid of SU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321585
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Thanks for this! I actually ran the tool and while it did get rid of SU from popping back up, my kernel stayed the same. But at least now I know that is isn't a custom kernel. Thanks!

Why would su change your kernel?
Sorry I think I missed one of your posts earlier. I was at work and distracted while trying to help you. Su is just administrative access. The application only manages what apps can and cannot have administrative access.
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exad said:
Why would su change your kernel?
Sorry I think I missed one of your posts earlier. I was at work and distracted while trying to help you. Su is just administrative access. The application only manages what apps can and cannot have administrative access.
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I have no idea how or why SU would change it. However, do you know how to get back out of it and have a normal kernel name?

What's wrong with your kernel name? Looks like a nice kernel name to me.
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[UTILITY]One Root for WFS Windows/Mac l OP Updated [6/1/12]

Here is my first Utility I made myself that will root your device in 30 seconds literally.
BIG THANKS TO TERA TIKE!!
He helped me with my scripting
ALSO michimartini FOR CONVERTING IT TO MAC!!!
I here present you:
One Root for WFS
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This utility is now the fastest root utitlity in the wildfire s forum.
Screenshots:
Videos:
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Download:
Windows:
One Root 1.3: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58745804/files/One%20Root%20for%20WFS.zip
One Root 1.5: http://tinyurl.com/7rb83j3
Mac:
One Root 1.5: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jsay7nfkm22neex/One%20Root%20for%20WFS%20%28Mac%29.zip
Whats New?
Version 1.5
*Added Busybox
*Support for Mac OS
Version 1.3
*Fixed adb pushed where it will fail at startup
*Added new color
*Removed reboot command
*Added recovery
Version 1.0 (Not Released to Public)
*Added command to reboot into fastboot
*Added command to boot into recovery
Marvelc compatable??
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Marvelc compatable??
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Yes, all models of the wfs
If this works, thou shallt deserve all sorts of praises.
I'll give it a try tomorrow, see how it goes
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rezo609 said:
Here is my first Utility I made myself that will root your device in 30 seconds literally.
I here present you:
One Root for WFS
This utility is now the fastest root utitlity in the wildfire s forum.
Screenshots:
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Thanks mate, great tool!!!
Can i have a little more info please?
No need to be s-off?
also works on 2.2.401.3 ?
really on all wfs models?
Dont like to mess up wifes phone as she needs it
Edit : nvm , i just had to test it and wow unlocked and rooted! Great job !!!
It works great, thanks a lot
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omnomnomkimiiee said:
It works great, thanks a lot
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Np and should I add busybox in version 1.5?
Including busybox would definitely make it more noob-friendly
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Does this wipe the phone or would it just root?? I wanna sneak it onto my sisters phone since she complains of low internal memory but I can't increase it without root..
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noneabove said:
Does this wipe the phone or would it just root?? I wanna sneak it onto my sisters phone since she complains of low internal memory but I can't increase it without root..
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It roots without wipe but if you unlock bootloader to do this, unlocking bootloader will wipe data.
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rezo609 said:
It roots without wipe but if you unlock bootloader to do this, unlocking bootloader will wipe data.
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Ahhh shoot you need bootloader unlocked ? friggggg XD
noneabove said:
Ahhh shoot you need bootloader unlocked ? friggggg XD
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My wife her phone was stock and I used this and was rooted.
Yea because it was already s-off
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rezo609 said:
Yea because it was already s-off
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No, it was not s-off yet, I just used your program and have root and unlocked it and is still s-Off
Valorster said:
No, it was not s-off yet, I just used your program and have root and unlocked it and is still s-Off
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This doesn't unlock bootloader
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rezo609 said:
This doesn't unlock bootloader
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yes your right lol, sry was confused about something else lol
So I went stock with ruu a few weeks ago and the root I used messed up super user and won't allow me to update the binary. Could I reroot with this? Or is that not possible?
rejectedsup said:
So I went stock with ruu a few weeks ago and the root I used messed up super user and won't allow me to update the binary. Could I reroot with this? Or is that not possible?
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I think you're going to have to reflash stock, then re-root.
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[ROM] 6.01.605.05 Stock OTA ROM (6/27/2012)

So after a long wait and a lot of people asking about it. Here is the full 6.01.605.05 Verizon Wireless OTA. Packaged with the new kernel. The only thing that has been done to it is it is rooted, busybox installed and init.d support enabled. This ROM is still odexed and I've uploaded 2 versions.
1 is full stock with all the apps as if you just got it (with the exception of SU being added.
The other has most of the VZW apps removed.
Feel free to use this ROM as you wish. Use it as a base or whatever. There may be add-ons at some point but I'm not promising them
credits:
HTC
Google
ChainsDD
I suppose Big Red too.
Also thanks to Orange Terror for performing the system pull and saving me some time
Downloads
6.01.605.05_VWZ_OTA-full
6.01.605.05_VWZ_OTA-stripped
As always..... I am not responsible for anything that may happen to your phone by using this.
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Just in case
YES..... GSM WORKS, SO DON'T ASK.
Thanks for share~
Nice - maybe this will help solve the weird shut-down/boot problem my wife's phone just started doing today. I can't stand all that VZW bloat (wish that ICS was out for this phone).
Would you mind breaking GSM support? I don't need it, and I already miss the complaints.
J/K
I've really been enjoying Condemned, but I'll have to try this.
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Does the camera work?
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Nice, will test this out!
Addons from Andy's bonestock should work for this right?
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jehelmer said:
Addons from Andy's bonestock should work for this right?
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Some of them may, others may not completely. Different stock bases.
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where did you get that wallpaper? I like it
Hi can I Flash this to my boot loader? ...What I mean is put in the root of SD card then power volume down key, ? I downloaded the file . but it doesn't say P.....zip something. pls. reply. thank you
http://m-support.verizonwireless.com/system_update/htc_incredible_2.html
Verizon page regarding update. Doesn't say much though about what's new.
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hatyrei said:
Hi can I Flash this to my boot loader? ...What I mean is put in the root of SD card then power volume down key, ? I downloaded the file . but it doesn't say P.....zip something. pls. reply. thank you
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Flash in recovery like you would any other Rom.
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thenaut said:
where did you get that wallpaper? I like it
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I think on zedge, maybe? So far I haven't been able to find it on my SD card though lol. If I find it I'll post it for you.
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CondemnedSoul said:
Flash in recovery like you would any other Rom.
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ummmmmmmmm, I already returned to stock. by flashing that P.zip(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599767) thing in the dev area I guess I don't have the CMW anymore but my phone still says S-OFF. So is't still possible for me to obtain this?
hatyrei said:
ummmmmmmmm, I already returned to stock. by flashing that P.zip(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599767) thing in the dev area I guess I don't have the CMW anymore but my phone still says S-OFF. So is't still possible for me to obtain this?
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Flash Su and install cwm or one of the touch recoveries.... I can't post links right now for step by step instructions or where to find them, but they aren't hard to find and search works wonders
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CondemnedSoul said:
Flash Su and install cwm or one of the touch recoveries.... I can't post links right now for step by step instructions or where to find them, but they aren't hard to find and search works wonders
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Ummm... I think I can't flash SU. without CMW., sorry for the trouble.
hatyrei said:
Ummm... I think I can't flash SU. without CMW., sorry for the trouble.
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My mistake.... Install recovery .... Recovery threads will tell you how.
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Thanks for this CS. It is always nice to run stock. It would be great to see some add-ons at some point if you get a chance, but no big deal if you don't get to them. Thanks for the ROM.
Im going to try this for a while...I prefer stock ROM's.
Maybe try to get rid of some more bloatware as well - ill post the findings. lol.

[Q] Rooting CLI5

I just upgraded from a samsung captivate to to the i747. I am familiar with the rooting process and flashing roms. However with this device I noticed I have CLI5 installed on it. I can find very little about this build. Can I root this with the standard methods? Or is this one I will have to wait on for a while. This is an AT&T phone.
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Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963790
[2012.10.30][SGH-I747/M] CF-Auto-Root v1.0
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I may have to try it, I'm afraid of borking my new phone, since this is a new enough release, know body has any info on if any current methods work. lol
You can flash CWM with ODIN and then flash SuperSU or Superuser. It will increase your download count but that can be fixed with Triangle Away from Chainfire.
woodydog said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963790
[2012.10.30][SGH-I747/M] CF-Auto-Root v1.0
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So this method should work with with auto root? Will this replace the kernal or just give me CWM with root access?
hondaprelude88 said:
I may have to try it, I'm afraid of borking my new phone, since this is a new enough release, know body has any info on if any current methods work. lol
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If anything it just wouldn't root it. I don't think it could harm anything but its your phone do it at your own risk
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hondaprelude88 said:
So this method should work with with auto root? Will this replace the kernal or just give me CWM with root access?
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The process does not install a kernel and when it is done, you'll be left with stock recovery with root.
You can flash cmw through odin and then SuperSU. It work for me.
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nakedninja42 said:
The process does not install a kernel and when it is done, you'll be left with stock recovery with root.
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This sounds like what I want, I don't plan on flashing different roms, well not at this time anyway.
hondaprelude88 said:
I just upgraded from a samsung captivate to to the i747. I am familiar with the rooting process and flashing roms. However with this device I noticed I have CLI5 installed on it. I can find very little about this build. Can I root this with the standard methods? Or is this one I will have to wait on for a while. This is an AT&T phone.
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So just to confirm you bought a brand new GS3 on AT&T and out of the box it had UCLI5 build?? Please confirm.
mobilehavoc said:
So just to confirm you bought a brand new GS3 on AT&T and out of the box it had UCLI5 build?? Please confirm.
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This is correct, I have had this phone for four days, this is how it came out of the box.
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You can flash cmw through odin and then SuperSU. It work for me.
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Are you running cli5?
LI5 is new to us. Latest until now was LH9.
Yes im running UCLI5
I flashed cwm through odin then use Super SU
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darth_twins said:
Yes im running UCLI5
I flashed cwm through odin then use Super SU
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Do you have a link to the instructions you used? The ones I have found have your flashing a different kernal.
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No..you dont have to flashed any kernel...just use odin to flash cwm..then use cwm to flash supersu.
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http://db.tt/FpFhOSTg
I flashed this through cwm.
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Nevermind
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Any idea if this will get pushed out to us via Kies.
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woodydog said:
Try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963790
[2012.10.30][SGH-I747/M] CF-Auto-Root v1.0
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Used this method tonight, it installed super user, worked perfectly. The used Triangle away to reset the flash counter. Thanks everyone

Device status show modified help

My Device status show modified but the weirdest part I have not root the device hence I can't perform a software update via kies and my intention is not to root the phone can anyone help me thanks
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This can happen if you have an SD card that has rooting tools from an older device in it. Try taking your card out, or wiping it.
still not working
I have tried not working
rchrd725 said:
My Device status show modified but the weirdest part I have not root the device hence I can't perform a software update via kies and my intention is not to root the phone can anyone help me thanks
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It is also show when you use custom os or ur bootloader is unlock.
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jalu147 said:
It is also show when you use custom os or ur bootloader is unlock.
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Install an app from that requires root, if the app requests root and you press allow and the app works you`re rooted. What recovery do you have, samsung or CWM?
Phones don`t modify themselves, people modify phones
@jalu147 Samsung bootloaders are always unlocked, unlike HTC.
gee2012 said:
Install an app from that requires root, if the app requests root and you press allow and the app works you`re rooted. What recovery do you have, samsung or CWM?
Phones don`t modify themselves, people modify phones
@jalu147 Samsung bootloaders are always unlocked, unlike HTC.
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i've flashed prerooted odexed stock rom and i have this problem (modified status)
and OTA tells me that ur device's been modified thus u aint upto the future updates OMG plz pple what should i do to fix this??
regards
drahmed86 said:
i've flashed prerooted odexed stock rom and i have this problem (modified status)
and OTA tells me that ur device's been modified thus u aint upto the future updates OMG plz pple what should i do to fix this??
regards
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Reset the binary flash counter with Triangle Away and flash the stock rom rom with Odin, after that do a data/factory reset and after the reboot your status should say Normal again.
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It is also show when you use custom os or ur bootloader is unlock.
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Thanks but the phone is fresh no unlock made unless something happens on it own
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It can be also that the country code does not match your Samsung account region. I had once same when flashing other countries ROM.
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N7100 Software Modified
Yes, I am having the same issue, the N7100 is showing that the software has been modified, but it is a stock ROM with no flash. It is from another country though since N7100 is not sold generic in US. Any advice on how to get around it and update?
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Try taking you sd card out. I had one that did that to me. Dont understand why but it did.

Lollipop Being Delivered Today

http://www.verizonwireless.com/dam/support/pdf/system_update/benefits-htc-one-5-13-15.pdf
http://www.verizonwireless.com/support/htc-one-update/
Merry Christmas!!!.
Just stumbled upon this.
Anyone seeing the update yet?
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Anyone seeing the update yet?
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Mo Versi said on twitter that it'd be rolling out tomorrow (Thursday)
Paging Mr. @santod040. You've probably already know this but JIC. Looking forward to his firmware packages. :fingers-crossed:
synisterwolf said:
Paging Mr. @santod040. You've probably already know this but JIC. Looking forward to his firmware packages. :fingers-crossed:
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+1
I got the notification for an update, 1 of 2. About 86 mb, said it was firmware. Working on uploading now to Google drive. I'm on twrp so I can't install it and get the second one yet. I'll try to do so later at work
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I'll be interested in this Time to get hexedit back out!
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Sorry didn't get a screenshot of the actual download window.
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https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8cmkkz4h7TcZll3RHUtMkpKV1E/edit?usp=docslist_api
Firmware. What do I need to do to install it with twrp if anything.
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Looks like just flash the zip? The last line in the update script reads...
write_firmware_image("PACKAGE:firmware.zip", "zip");
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I would usually flash the firmware.zip through fastboot.
Can it be done from my phone or need a pc.
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merlin66676 said:
Can it be done from my phone or need a pc.
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That's what I'm wondering as well
I believe that you would have to be on a computer. Packages like this are made to be flashed through fastboot which requires a computer to do manually. Developers "repackage" them to make them flashable through rooted recoveries.
ccsoccer03 said:
I believe that you would have to be on a computer. Packages like this are made to be flashed through fastboot which requires a computer to do manually. Developers "repackage" them to make them flashable through rooted recoveries.
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That's what I originally figured, I'm waiting on somebody to take the OTA to confirm whether it relocks the boot loader or not.
bdizzle1686 said:
That's what I originally figured, I'm waiting on somebody to take the OTA to confirm whether it relocks the boot loader or not.
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it will lock bootloader but it wont take away s-off.
synisterwolf said:
it will lock bootloader but it wont take away s-off.
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R u certain on this?
synisterwolf said:
it will lock bootloader but it wont take away s-off.
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Also, You have to have stock recovery for the update to even work fyi.
I'm at work and will have time soon to flash this. Might have to revert to stock recovery though first. I'll get back to you, hopefully I can get the actual OTA downloaded and uploaded this evening.
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bdizzle1686 said:
R u certain on this?
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yes. s-off can not go back to on unless you fastboot command it too.
ccsoccer03 said:
Also, You have to have stock recovery for the update to even work fyi.
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this is true. but if the OTA package is installed the first thing it will do is replace hboot and recovery. (thats why sometimes you have to flash the ruu twice, first time will do hboot, recovery, firmware. second will be the rom) if you fastboot flash you dont need stock recovery. it will be installed regardless.
Nevertheless i would wait for Santod040 to do his work. if you flash now, the boot.img will make system non RW and you will loose root. the boot img needs to be modified or removed and its not as easy as unziping the firmware to remove it.
merlin66676 said:
I'm at work and will have time soon to flash this. Might have to revert to stock recovery though first. I'll get back to you, hopefully I can get the actual OTA downloaded and uploaded this evening.
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That would be awesome. I'm already unlocked boot loader and s-off , i thought it would b as simple as flashing stock 4.4.3 Rom and recovery, then taking OTA. And then flashing twrp and supersu , I thought for sure I was right about that, but there are many here who r far more experienced than me here, so please share your findings, it'll b MUCH appreciated!

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