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How to update from stock root 4.1.1 to current?

I'm sure this has been addressed but I can't seem to find a definitive answer. I am bone stock (stock recovery and no custom rom) with just root on AT&T.
There are no missing deleted apps, as I replaced them previously but I still have never been able to do any of the OTA updates. It's starts and then fails.
Is there a way to unroot and the do an OTA update? I am trying to avoid Odin so I dont have to wipe everything and then have to start all over and adjust settings to my liking an also reinstall all of my apps.
I seen there is an option in the Super User app to "completely unroot and uninstall". Will choosing this option allow me to finally do OTA?
I've never installed a custom recovery or a custom rom so I don't know why OTA's always fail. At this point, I dont really care about having root since the only reason I previously wanted it was to remove at&t bloatware but I'd rather have OTA's at this point.
Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated! Please speak slowly and in layman's terms as I am an old fart that is still a bit of a n00b, lol.
Thanks!!
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n01un0 said:
I'm sure this has been addressed but I can't seem to find a definitive answer. I am bone stock (stock recovery and no custom rom) with just root on AT&T.
There are no missing deleted apps, as I replaced them previously but I still have never been able to do any of the OTA updates. It's starts and then fails.
Is there a way to unroot and the do an OTA update? I am trying to avoid Odin so I dont have to wipe everything and then have to start all over and adjust settings to my liking an also reinstall all of my apps.
I seen there is an option in the Super User app to "completely unroot and uninstall". Will choosing this option allow me to finally do OTA?
I've never installed a custom recovery or a custom rom so I don't know why OTA's always fail. At this point, I dont really care about having root since the only reason I previously wanted it was to remove at&t bloatware but I'd rather have OTA's at this point.
Any advice or direction would be greatly appreciated! Please speak slowly and in layman's terms as I am an old fart that is still a bit of a n00b, lol.
Thanks!!
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If you are on stock and have a valid AT&T SIM card in the device with full access to Wi-Fi and the AT&T network, you should be able to get an OTA update. Root could, however, indeed prevent an OTA update so your best bet may be to unroot. You could unroot and uninstall SuperSU from the SuperSU app just as you suggested. This should do it. However, if it doesn't and you would really want to avoid Odin and custom recovery, then you could do a 2-step manual update to 4.3 via stock recovery - first to 4.1.2 and then to 4.3. This will naturally update your phone to (full) stock 4.3 and we can then see if the phone will take the Kit-Kat OTA update from there.
You can see the instructions for the 2-step update via stock recovery in the thread below ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387423
1) Download the 2 zip files under update412.zip and update43.zip respectively to your computer
2) Copy the zip files to a good quality (micro) SD card
3) Place the card in your phone and boot to recovery mode by simultaneously holding down the Volume Up, Home and Power buttons
4) Hold the buttons until you see a blue message flash across the screen. Then release the Power button but continue to hold the Volume Up and Home button until you see the Android image appear. Then release the buttons
5) Use the volume up/down key to scroll to <mount from external storage> and the power button to select
6) Navigate to the first zip file (update412.zip) and install. Wait for installation to finish and your phone to reboot.
7) Complete set up. Check your phone settings. Then power off and reboot to recovery again.
8) Repeat the process for the second update file.

Well I tried the unroot feature in SuperSU and then uninstalled it.
I then tried the OTA update again and as usual, it failed about 30-40% in.
Ive never installed a custom recovery or a ROM so I don't get it. All I did was use Mr.Robinsons thread/directions on "how to root without tripping...." just for root only in the sticky.
I give up.:banghead:
Thank you though for responding. I may try the alternative way you suggested when I get time tomorrow and see what happens. Either that or screw it, im stuck with 4.1.1 and now I don't even have root. :banghead:
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n01un0 said:
Well I tried the unroot feature in SuperSU and then uninstalled it.
I then tried the OTA update again and as usual, it failed about 30-40% in.
Ive never installed a custom recovery or a ROM so I don't get it. All I did was use Mr.Robinsons thread/directions on "how to root without tripping...." just for root only in the sticky.
I give up.:banghead:
Thank you though for responding. I may try the alternative way you suggested when I get time tomorrow and see what happens. Either that or screw it, im stuck with 4.1.1 and now I don't even have root. :banghead:
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There have been several reports of failed OTA update so you may not be alone here. The process I advised is sure to take you to 4.3 JB without hassle. There is, of course, a manual update process from 4.3JB to 4.4.2 Kit-Kat (the latest OS). You will, however, require custom recovery for this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788357

Larry2999 said:
There have been several reports of failed OTA update so you may not be alone here. The process I advised is sure to take you to 4.3 JB without hassle. There is, of course, a manual update process from 4.3JB to 4.4.2 Kit-Kat (the latest OS). You will, however, require custom recovery for this ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788357
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Well I finally was able to update via OTA. I had to actually use Kies and reinstall firmware and then go through all the updates, starting from scratch and took forever. What an absolute pain in the ass. Plus, after all this work to go from 4.1 to 4.4..........I can't see where it was worth it. I am now going through the tedious task of setting up all the settings and widgets and everything else the way it was or the way I like. So much for Kies actually backing up and "restoring" anything.
I have a couple of questions though....
1. Now that I am on 4.4..........how do I root this version (that works). I was reading the thread saying to use towelroot but it's not confirmed if this is still working after I guess you do the OTA after a certain date and it's now patched. I DO NOT want to install custom roms or anything else. All I want is root so that I can remove the AT&T crapware that is now even worse with this phone on 4.4.
2. I have a battery percentage that is in the LEFT upper corner that I can not figure out what program or app it is associated with and I can not get rid of it. This is not the % indicator that is part of Android and next to the battery icon on the right which is on and is okay, this is one the left.
3. I hate the new PIN lockscreen because the keypad/numbers are so small compared to old version. Any way to fix this?

n01un0 said:
Well I finally was able to update via OTA. I had to actually use Kies and reinstall firmware and then go through all the updates, starting from scratch and took forever. What an absolute pain in the ass. Plus, after all this work to go from 4.1 to 4.4..........I can't see where it was worth it. I am now going through the tedious task of setting up all the settings and widgets and everything else the way it was or the way I like. So much for Kies actually backing up and "restoring" anything.
I have a couple of questions though....
1. Now that I am on 4.4..........how do I root this version (that works). I was reading the thread saying to use towelroot but it's not confirmed if this is still working after I guess you do the OTA after a certain date and it's now patched. I DO NOT want to install custom roms or anything else. All I want is root so that I can remove the AT&T crapware that is now even worse with this phone on 4.4.
2. I have a battery percentage that is in the LEFT upper corner that I can not figure out what program or app it is associated with and I can not get rid of it. This is not the % indicator that is part of Android and next to the battery icon on the right which is on and is okay, this is one the left.
3. I hate the new PIN lockscreen because the keypad/numbers are so small compared to old version. Any way to fix this?
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Glad to know you were finally able to update. To try to answer your questions ....
1. Towelroot indeed comes well recommended for rooting on Kit Kat. You could, however, first try CF Auto Root which is one of the simplest approaches to rooting. If this doesn't work, you could try Option 2 in the thread below ... The thread also contains instructions to CF Auto Root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538991
2. I'm not sure what that battery indicator is. I run 4.4.2 also on my S3 but I cant see this. Can you try a reset to see if it would go away?
3. You can try removing this from settings.

Im glad you asked this...
I too noticed Im on 4.1.1 stock but rooted. I wondered if you could go to 4.4.2 as my phone tried to OTA update on its own last week and failed. I did not know if it was worth it to try or not another way. About the only thing I see that would want me to try is Google Wallet now working with S3 on 4.4.2 without having to jump through all kinds of hoops, mine used to work fine, but now GW will not open up all the way. Im not sure its worth doing if I have to re setup all my crap as I will be upgrading my phone whenever I want, just holding out to see if the Nexus 6 will be out end of the year and on AT&T..Im not liking that all the new phones are getting so freakin big, the S3 is just right and I dont want to have to end up with a damn Note sized phone but that is a whole other discussion

If you're still on 4.1.1, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, UNLOCK YOUR PHONE IF HASN'T ALREADY
otherwise you'll regret it
then the rest, tbh, you don't need to unroot at all to upgrade, just flash the firmware in ODIN or recovery..
edit: nvm it seems like you've already upgrade yours to KitKat

can't update to 4.4.2 OTA

Hello, my phone recently notified me that a 4.4.2 android OTA update is available (i have a AT&T SGH-i747) however once it reboots, it will get to about 29% complete, then i get the "Update failed" message, and it reboots back into android (4.3) and i was wondering how i could get it to work?
(i'm using stock rom, i've NEVER flashed anything on it before, only thing i've done is root it to use titanium backup, however i used the saferoot thing so as to not flip the knox security stuff)

You need to unroot.

audit13 said:
You need to unroot.
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do i have to do something special to do that? or can i just click the "Full unroot" button in the SuperSU settings tab to unroot my phone

You also need stock recovery and, preferably, all of the ATT apps on your phone. I have read that removing too many ATT apps will prevent the OTA update from completing.
I have never tried removing root that way so I cannot comment.
You should also make note of the fact that it is possible to have something go wrong during the OTA process which may result in the loss of your data. I recommend at least backing everything up to your external SD card and removing the SD card during the OTA update process.

like i said, i only rooted to use titanium backup to restore a backup for a game save, that's all i've ever done (so if that undid stock recovery, or removed AT&T apps without me telling it to, then how would i fix that)

In that case, just unroot and then run the OTA update. Titanium backup would not alter the recovery or remove apps.

well, i have 5 hours to wait before doing so, after unrooting (using the saferoot unroot.bat file, then using supersu's unroot after that to finish the process as the saferoot program said to do) i went to click check for updates, and instead got "Your device is running the latest version" and "you may check again in 5 Hours 0 Minuties" which i'm assuming is because it failed last night when i tried to update it?

So everything is completely stock? Does it say custom on the download screen or anywhere in the About section of the phone.

audit13 said:
So everything is completely stock? Does it say custom on the download screen or anywhere in the About section of the phone.
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nope, doesn't say custom anywhere on the about phone screen, will check the download mode now

logoster said:
nope, doesn't say custom anywhere on the about phone screen, will check the download mode now
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sorry for double post, just checked download mode, says i'm completely stock and official
also thought i'd mention that the check again later timer is going down, it's at 4 hrs and 3 minutes

You could also try booting into recovery and wiping cache and Dalvik. Don't wipe data.

nope, still has a timer, but it's fine as it is going down, i have about 2hrs and 47 Mins left according to it

Sorry for double post again, but timer finished, and update worked flawlessly, so unrooting did work, thanks
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[Q] Download Lollipop but don't want to install it.

Hi. I downloaded Lollipop but have not installed it yet and don't want to. I didn't know it was Lollipop I was downloading. How do I get rid of the possibility of it installing? I keep having to delay it for 24 hours. Do I have to do a factory data reset?

What version of anroud are you on and are you rooted? If so you can simply go to the /cache folder and delete the .cfg file file.
If you reboot before doing that the update will be installed.

I'm on 4.4.2 and not rooted. If I do a factory data reset before I install Lollipop would that get rid of the download ?

"Luke" don't fight it, grab the lollipop and feel the Force.
The force never tasted better.
Pp.

What is your reason for not wanting to update? Anything particular?

Rhino_7 said:
I'm on 4.4.2 and not rooted. If I do a factory data reset before I install Lollipop would that get rid of the download ?
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From what I know , when you try a factory reset it will reboot your phone to recovery and perform the reset there. It may successfully do so, or it may immediately install the update in recovery. I can't say for sure.
If it is absolutely necessary for you to avoid this update, backup your files, download a firmware from Sammobile that matches your current 4.4.2, very carefully reset to download mode (you will only have one shot at this) and Odin that old firmware into your system. Hopefully that will overwrite all your files and remove the update. On the first boot enter recovery and do a reset. That is the most likely solution I can think of which may have a remote chance of working.
Another possibility is that if your firmware has a date before Jun 5 2014, you can run towel root version 3 to root it (doesn't require a reboot) then go to the cache directory and delete the update file. Of course all of this should be done before rebooting. This should work but you will end up with a rooted system.
Finally if your were forced to take the update you can almost downgrade it back to 4.4.2.

Thanks. I just did a factory data reset and it worked fine.
The reason is I like the phone now just as it is. No WiFi issues,great battery life,ect. From what i have read even though Lollipop is a big update there is nothing new that makes me want to have it.
Anyone want to try and convince me?
Android updates seem to always be buggy. I "might" try it later.

I went straight up Kies update and the phone never ran smoother.
Running stock /rooted / debloated and everything works the way it's supposed to.
No bells, no whistles, no exposed, just straight up touchwiz.
Knox shmox, never gave it a second thought after the warranty ran out.
Pp.

(Un)successful TWRP install with Imageprep?

In trying to update a rooted D858HK v20D to v20E, I searched around and found, okay, I need TWRP Recovery installed first.
So I used ImageprepGUI 2.6 and tried to grab the appropriate TWRP from its menu. Then tried to pull it from the Google Drive link in another thread.
Both tries resulted in "successfully" updating Recovery to TWRP, but with a warning that aboot.img wasn't in /data/local/tmp and that the phone would brick, and yet it claimed to be rebooting into recovery... which didn't happen.
So I tried to get into recovery using Titanium Backup's shortcut, but that only results in the dead Android with Red Triangle logo.
What now? I don't want to do the vol-down/power, release, re-press, wipe, wipe method in case, you know, it actually does reset the phone.
I actually manually put aboot.img into /data/local/tmp with 777, but no dice.
There is one other thread that talks about the red triangle and how it's because the recovery isn't the updated version or something, which I don't quite get, though it stands to reason that whatever Imageprep is providing for TWRP should be reasonably compatible with v20D? or is that even an issue?
(a little background on the phone. Purchased with Kitkat, OTA without root to Lollipop. Rooted with oneclick written by avicohh. Never put another recovery on here before.)
**UPDATE**
Successfully updated to V20E manually with LG Flash Tool 2014 But still need to figure out why TWRP won't work right
Thanks very much in advance.

I think the only method available for installing TWRP on the HK LP version is...
(D858HK)LG G3 AutoRec-Lollipop
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=b007.autorecd858hk&hl=en

redduc900 said:
I think the only method available for installing TWRP on the HK LP version is...
(D858HK)LG G3 AutoRec-Lollipop
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=b007.autorecd858hk&hl=en
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OMG that was easy. Evidently, I hadn't searched enough. And the title of the app, ARec sounds more like Auto-Record or something, which seemed suspicious, but yeah, that did the deed SO AMAZINGLY EASILY.
Thanks for taking the time to point out the direct link to the app!!!! (I know some others would say "do a google search for something like" or "this has been asked before". ThankyouThankyou
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Bootloop on LG G Pad II 8.0 LTE (V497)

Hi!
Little background: I've had about every Nexus device that has been released and I've rooted them all, changed all their custom recovery, installed XPosed and fiddled around with ROMs all manually using adb and fastboot (never used a 1-click tool). Of course this is all relatively easy, since you can just go back and flash the original image if you mess something up.
Problem is, I messed up the LG G Pad and I'm kinda stuck. What I did to mess it up:
- No way I'm going without root and there's no way to flash a custom recovery
- Install Kingroot apk, ran it, got root
- Install supersu-me to remove kingroot and replace with SuperSU (the one I usually use and install via a zip in custom recovery)
- Reboot device....bootloop
- Find out the magical sequence to factory reset, do it
- Same bootloop
So it's now just stuck at the LG Life's Good (no it's not!!!) and I can't seem to be able to get adb to work anywhere, I've also gone into download mode, but I can't do much in there.
I'm open to all suggestions

Solution found?
Have you found a solution yet?
WarpedMonkeys said:
Hi!
Little background: I've had about every Nexus device that has been released and I've rooted them all, changed all their custom recovery, installed XPosed and fiddled around with ROMs all manually using adb and fastboot (never used a 1-click tool). Of course this is all relatively easy, since you can just go back and flash the original image if you mess something up.
Problem is, I messed up the LG G Pad and I'm kinda stuck. What I did to mess it up:
- No way I'm going without root and there's no way to flash a custom recovery
- Install Kingroot apk, ran it, got root
- Install supersu-me to remove kingroot and replace with SuperSU (the one I usually use and install via a zip in custom recovery)
- Reboot device....bootloop
- Find out the magical sequence to factory reset, do it
- Same bootloop
So it's now just stuck at the LG Life's Good (no it's not!!!) and I can't seem to be able to get adb to work anywhere, I've also gone into download mode, but I can't do much in there.
I'm open to all suggestions
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Sadly my solution was to send it back. I said it stopped working after a Factory Reset, which isn't totally false. They accepted the RMA and I'm not going to root the new one I received.

Got stuck on my 495. Unfortunately I bought it second hand so I don't know if they will warranty my repair. err.... I'm hoping to find a solution. Did you ever try the LG Bridge software? I've had no luck with it.

PHP:
Hello. To root an lg-v497 simply use the mobile go trial on pc. To reset the tablet if it is in a boot loop simply use the lg support tool. You need to install the v500 driver for it to connect to the tablet. Factory reset will not fix it. You must re-flash firmware in this way.
Of course this may not be of use to many but it is what i have found works best. Hope this helps somebody. I went through that exact same scenario as you did, OP, and that is how i solved it. BUT now i am trying to find a way to crack the bootloader because i want to fix or get rid of 5.0.

Any Chance you could put links to the support tool and the driver? If I have KingRoot on already, should I restart or just uninstall before rooting with Mobile Go?

My account is apparently too new to post the links but just google the lg mobile usb driver and go to lg support page for the tool
To do a fresh flash you go to update recovery in the top menu when connected.You may have to fiddle with it a bit, good luck.
Flash it before using mobilego. Kingroot is a plague and you should get rid of it first.