The problem is that I want to root my LG G3 D855 32gb, is there any way i can root but still be able to OTA update it?(Sorry for my bad English)
Update: I found an app called Towelroot, some people said that they can still update after root, anyone who used it can tell me if that's real cause I don't want to brick my phone or something like that.THANKS
If you want to root, do it now. OTAs can break root or patch the vulnerability. Never take an OTA until it's been confirmed safe or rootable.
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For most people, OTA doesn't work after rooting. But there are some who claimed that they can OTA after rooting, and root was even preserved after the OTA.
Ota Update to 10g save my purple drake root,not problems.
oska3 said:
Ota Update to 10g save my purple drake root,not problems.
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TobyKurogane said:
The problem is that I want to root my LG G3 D855 32gb, is there any way i can root but still be able to OTA update it?(Sorry for my bad English)
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I used towelroot an i had two times OTA update without any problems.
LG G3 D855 32gb
TobyKurogane said:
The problem is that I want to root my LG G3 D855 32gb, is there any way i can root but still be able to OTA update it?(Sorry for my bad English)
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You can root and then unroot to be safe to take the OTA update. There are some guides on how to go back to stock around here. One could be using the LG PC Suite and the other one, flashing a .kdz file.
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I've read that if you freeze certain apps,you can update while rooted. Can anybody please help me?
Dcm210 said:
I've read that if you freeze certain apps,you can update while rooted. Can anybody please help me?
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what are you updating to?
deadenz said:
what are you updating to?
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sorry I should have been more specific. I know if you get the AT&T stock update,it will not update if rooted. If you are rooted you can't update. its10p update right?
Dcm210 said:
sorry I should have been more specific. I know if you get the AT&T stock update,it will not update if rooted. If you are rooted you can't update. its10p update right?
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as far as I know an update won't work unless your completely stock but I don't know the workaround to keep root even if there is one. and I don't think 10p is rootable at the moment, could be wrong tho.
deadenz said:
as far as I know an update won't work unless your completely stock but I don't know the workaround to keep root even if there is one. and I don't think 10p is rootable at the moment, could be wrong tho.
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Its ok
I posted twice here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603353&page=3
and nobody responded thats why I created a new thread. I appreciate you trying though.
in another thread I read someone had purchased the phone with 10p already installed.. in order for them to get root they have to return to stock with 10g or 10k
SuperSU has an OTA survival mode that worked for me when I tried the update. I don't remember if it's included in the free version, though. There's also Voodoo that worked the last time I tried it on my E970.
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Hey everyone
Looks like my F400K has an update available, although I can't apply it as I've rooted my G3
Does anyone know how I can apply this update? I've tried using PC Suite however it says no update is available.
Any help would be great!
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antigravity said:
Hey everyone
Looks like my F400K has an update available, although I can't apply it as I've rooted my G3
Does anyone know how I can apply this update? I've tried using PC Suite however it says no update is available.
Any help would be great!
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I would say you would need to unroot and/or find a modified package you can flash through recovery on a rooted device. If you want to return to stock there are the required files in the Dev forum.
antigravity said:
Hey everyone
Looks like my F400K has an update available, although I can't apply it as I've rooted my G3
Does anyone know how I can apply this update? I've tried using PC Suite however it says no update is available.
Any help would be great!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2771401
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Thanks guys - I saw that thread, but as far as I can tell, that will wipe my device? Was hoping to unroot my phone somehow without losing everything
Have you tried super su.... It has a setting for survival mode to use like that but don't know if it will work or not.....think you need pro for though
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Epix4G said:
Have you tried super su.... It has a setting for survival mode to use like that but don't know if it will work or not.....think you need pro for though
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Depends if have a custom recovery or original oem recovery, may conflict if the original recovery does not exist...
Jhon998 said:
Depends if have a custom recovery or original oem recovery, may conflict if the original recovery does not exist...
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There isn't a custom recovery.....hasn't been posted yet at least ...
No one has even said if bootloader is locked or not
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Epix4G said:
There isn't a custom recovery.....hasn't been posted yet at least ...
No one has even said if bootloader is locked or not
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If it has......... not for sure.
lol
I've tried without OTA survival mode, with OTA survival mode, and even went as far as to fully unroot. Still said that the device is suspected of rooting after several reboots...
Try a factory reset next, see if that is enough, otherwise the only option will be to reflash the stock rom. Please keep us updated.
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Listening in. Many of us will have the same problem.
Yes there's a new software update just released too. Hide my root doesn't work.
poczynek said:
Yes there's a new software update just released too. Hide my root doesn't work.
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What model number?
400k
If you´re using towelroot or installing busybox those will leave pretty lot of files behind in system etc.
I imagine those left behind will possibly make an update a bit harder.
Model 400S received minor OTA though I'm rooted
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Generally it's not root that stops a ota it's the missing or frozen system files etc
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Now that I think of it, that could be my issue, I've made a few modifications and froze certain apps. That explains why a full unroot wouldn't work. I'll have to do a full backup and restore later. I'm just hoping that the OTA fixes the Chromecast crashing issues.
To unroot do. Uninstall allt root stuff and unroot with supersu, unfreeze. Use LG support tool to reinstall firmware to get rid of busybox stuff. I tried this last night and all my software is still there but my system I reinstalled. Should... Be able to take ota
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To unroot do. Uninstall allt root stuff and unroot with supersu, unfreeze. Use LG support tool to reinstall firmware to get rid of busybox stuff. I tried this last night and all my software is still there but my system I reinstalled. Should... Be able to take ota
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Was this via the repair option, the one that said "remove update errors" or similar?
I'm still using stock unrooted, but I'm wondering if I root my G Pad only without flashing a custom recovery and ROM, will I still be able to update via OTA like usual or I have to unroot first!
Thank you very much in advance!
Fullmetal Jun said:
I'm still using stock unrooted, but I'm wondering if I root my G Pad only without flashing a custom recovery and ROM, will I still be able to update via OTA like usual or I have to unroot first!
Thank you very much in advance!
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In the past several people have reported problems when taking an OTA update with a rooted G-Pad. Rather than risk it, I have always done a completely clean update with a wipe of the device using the LG Tool Upgrade Recovery with my V500. Once that completes I re-root the device and continue on.
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In the past several people have reported problems when taking an OTA update with a rooted G-Pad. Rather than risk it, I have always done a completely clean update with a wipe of the device using the LG Tool Upgrade Recovery with my V500. Once that completes I re-root the device and continue on.
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Even if you don't have a custom recovery installed? Because I saw that some people with root only updated their G Pads ota with no problems with only root removed afterwards! They may have lied however!
I think this ota update with root problem applies to most android phones, right?
Thanks for your help
Fullmetal Jun said:
I'm still using stock unrooted, but I'm wondering if I root my G Pad only without flashing a custom recovery and ROM, will I still be able to update via OTA like usual or I have to unroot first!
Thank you very much in advance!
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In my case, I have root on stock recovery, and always do the updates via OTA, without any problems, and without losing root after that!
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Hugo-PT said:
In my case, I have root on stock recovery, and always do the updates via OTA, without any problems, and without losing root after that!
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Excellent, it is good to hear that root without changing recovery could work when taking an OTA update. I was only quoting what I had read, not what I had personally experienced. If it were to fail I would assume you could always use the LG Tool and do an upgrade recovery to reimage the entire tablet.
I did the latest OTA update (while drunk) and it updated fine and I still had root when I woke in a panic the next day wondering if I had soft bricked it.
Tachikoma_kun said:
I did the latest OTA update (while drunk) and it updated fine and I still had root when I woke in a panic the next day wondering if I had soft bricked it.
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Rock on! Now that's Happy Flashing...
A few months ago my g pad was root and I successful updated it to kitkat via ota update. But recently it showed up another update on the tablet and when I tried update it, it failed giving an error. I think if u are running kitkat and are rooted then ota update won't work.
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Excellent, it is good to hear that root without changing recovery could work when taking an OTA update. I was only quoting what I had read, not what I had personally experienced. If it were to fail I would assume you could always use the LG Tool and do an upgrade recovery to reimage the entire tablet.
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Thanks for your feedback guys! The G Pad community is awesome! I'm happy I bought this excellent tablet with awesome specs! Nothing can beat its value for money and great design!
I rooted with towelroot and hope I receive future updates! Never thought towelroot would make rooting so easy as with my previous phones, had to do some steps while connected to pc.
I have rooted 815 with 10b eur software and it seems like the new 10c update might help with the bluetooth issues. I tried to update before root but no update available in my country at that time. Now how could I update my phone to 10c the easiest way? I assume I would have to reset and reroot the phone in the process. Or can I just ota and reroot?
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Searching for a fast method. dont want to revert the whole root process
Anyone?
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I have rooted 815 with 10b eur software and it seems like the new 10c update might help with the bluetooth issues. I tried to update before root but no update available in my country at that time. Now how could I update my phone to 10c the easiest way? I assume I would have to reset and reroot the phone in the process. Or can I just ota and reroot?
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No need to do a fullwipe/factory reset.
You get the latest KDZ and flash it - if you do it right you should not loose any data.
But you will loose root for sure and you need to reroot.
As far as I read OTA won't work on rooted phones and unrooting seems not enough - you must either flash a KDZ or use LG Bridge for the Update.
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Anyone?
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Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3107848
And flash your root again.
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Hello guys
I will receive my zf2 on monday, but im kinda lost with the root and OTA. Could you help me with my concerns?
1) I saw that exists 3 methods of root. Each of them has differences about future OTA updates.
NOTE:
If you root via METHOD 1 you can update SuperSu app as well as update binaries but PLEASE DON'T apply any OTA update as the phone WILL GET STUCK IN A BOOTLOOP...Manually flash the firmware via adb...
If you root via METHOD 2 you CAN UPDATE VIA OTA/NO BOOTLOOPS BUT YOU HAVE TO UNROOT FIRST BEFORE APPLYING OTA
If you root via METHOD 3 you CAN UPDATE VIA OTA/NO BOOTLOOPS AND UN-ROOTING BEFORE APPLYING ANY OTA IS NOT NECESSARY.
If I root using method 3, will I have no headache when receveing and installing future OTAs? WIth a rooted phone, will I be able to install them without further bootloops and unrooting before doing it? ( So method 3 is the easiest of them,right?)
2) About the Bloatwares that are pre-installed on zf2, Its safer to freeze them than uninstalling?
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Root with method 3 is fine, you can OTA.
But, you delete any Bloatware, the ota will fail.
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Root with method 3 is fine, you can OTA.
But, you delete any Bloatware, the ota will fail.
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Right, at first I used method 3 and uninstalled a lot of bloatware but the next OTA failed because it didn't find files to patch...
Now I still use method 3 but just disabled the app I don't want/use, and OTA work fine, did it 2 times already.
Its safer to update the cellphone, than aplly root, or the inverse?
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Its safer to update the cellphone, than aplly root, or the inverse?
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it's always safer to unroot first just in case asus changes something that could cause a bootloop even when using method 3.personally I prefer to unroot, remove busybox and xposed then update.
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luisoman2000 said:
it's always safer to unroot first just in case asus changes something that could cause a bootloop even when using method 3.personally I prefer to unroot, remove busybox and xposed then update.
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But my cellphone is new, I didn't update yet. What you suggest?
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operatorsof said:
But my cellphone is new, I didn't update yet. What you suggest?
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simple, update via ota. after you update to the latest ota you can root.
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