have a galaxy nexus jdq39 running android 4.2 completely stock
im looking for something like android 6.0 MRA58RR OTA files.
i want minimum android 5.1 on the phone.
its a verizon phone
can root a phone easy of course with kingroot or supersu but new to recovery, roms, kernels.......
please help
in the end though, i dont want the phone rooted
Tyrant46290 said:
have a galaxy nexus jdq39 running android 4.2 completely stock
im looking for something like android 6.0 MRA58RR OTA files.
i want minimum android 5.1 on the phone.
its a verizon phone
can root a phone easy of course with kingroot or supersu but new to recovery, roms, kernels.......
please help
in the end though, i dont want the phone rooted
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You can't install a custom ROM without being rooted. After you manage to root your phone you should find plenty of tutorials on the forums on how to install a custom recovery and flash ROMs.
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Okay, I am in the same boat as many others here. I am running a rooted stock 4.4 with the Elemental 2.3 kernel, along with the two dalvik/bionic hacks and naturally xposed with all sorts of modules. My recovery is TWRP 2.6.1.0., and my device is a 2013 N7 wi-fi model. I think I used Wug's toolkit to root.
I have the OTA 4.4 > 4.4.2 .zip file. What is the easiest way to go about updating to this, and then getting back root and everything else? I have seen reports of people actually flashing the OTA using TWRP, but then some people have problems. Does a person have to force an unroot first, and then go through ADB sideloading from pc/console? Is there a way to flash this with either TWRP or one of the Phil/touch recovery setups?
I know that the kernel is untouched with this OTA, and that I will have to re-root and then re-install xposed. I also know that AppOps is broken with the 4.4.2 release, hopefully something they will sort out. Does it make sense to redo the two hacks for dalvik and bionic?
Anyone have a tried and tested way to update and get back to full root as easily as possible?
I'm in the same situation too, but would installing a custom Rom with 4.2.2 on not solve it if you were happy to flash custom?
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BigPickle80 said:
I'm in the same situation too, but would installing a custom Rom with 4.2.2 on not solve it if you were happy to flash custom?
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The beauty of the Nexus 7 is that you can stick with the stock rom and nowadays still get all the goodies you want with xposed and other tweaks that accomplish the same thing as most hotrod roms. I want HDMI out, which I have lost on other devices after going to a CM based build.
So a couple of days ago I got a GS3 running the OTA stock 4.3. I wasn't sure if I wanted to use it because I find Touch Wiz kind of clunky. So I decided I would try out Cyanogenmod. I installed it via their new handy installer (as the sprint GS3 is one of the compatible devices). All went well and I got Cyanogenmod 10.2 running smoothly. Now I want to activate the device, but apparently you can't activate a rooted device on sprint. So now i need to get it back to stock 4.3 and I can only seem to find solutions to his problem for devices that have not gotten the 4.3 OTA update and are still running 4.1.2. On the Cyanogenmod installer guide says:
You may perform a full backup from recovery, after flashing recovery (you will have to do this manually, at the moment) and then copy it off the device, if you don't have an external sdcard. If you've already run the installer, you will have to find stock images and flash them using fastboot or Odin.
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My problem Is I can't locate any stock 4.3 images with which to try this. If I can get my hands on a stock 4.3 image, would the process be just going into the bootloader and using Odin to flash the 4.3 image?
Can anyone help me out?
You only need to be on a stock tw rom, even if you are rooted it should activate. There are a couple in the development section.
metalfan78 said:
You only need to be on a stock tw rom, even if you are rooted it should activate. There are a couple in the development section.
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I see, do you know of any any good 4.3 based tw roms? All the ones I'm finding are based on 4.1. Also, do I need to do anything special to flash from Cyanogenmod 10.2 to a touchwiz rom (as Cyanogenmod is AOSP)? I already have ClockworkMod recovery installed.
Nothing special, flash like anything else
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2541900
[STOCK ROM] Stock 4.3 MK3 ROM [ROOTED/UNROOTED]
have a rooted s3. It's I747 running 4.04. I wanna update to the latest ios, but when I hit software update nothing happens at all. How do I fix this? ThanksI really want kit Kat but if I can't do that yet I atleast want the latest version. Has to be done over the air, don’t have a working computer right now.
It's running a stock OS? You may need to unroot and install stock recovery.
audit13 said:
It's running a stock OS? You may need to unroot and install stock recovery.
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How is that done? Will I need a computer?
Sicilianiggy said:
How is that done? Will I need a computer?
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You'll find life much easier if you were using a computer. This way, you'll find a variety of routes to the latest OS. For instance, you could install Kies and use this to update to 4.1.1 and, thereafter, use (stock) recovery to go to 4.1.2 and/or 4.3. At any rate, you'll need Wi-Fi for an OTA update.
You also said you wanted Kit Kat. I'm not aware Kit Kit (4.4.) has been officially released for the S3 i747 yet. There are stories of an impending release but the latest official ROM you'll find is the 4.3 JellyBean.
Hello all, I'm new to this forum and I could really use some help with my phone. I have a rooted AT&T Samsung galaxy S3 running on 4.1.1 stock with cwm. I would like to update to the latest stock OS which is 4.3 but I'm not sure how to do it right. I would prefer to keep all my data but I don't mind losing root. how should I go about updating my device safely?
floatingtrees said:
Hello all, I'm new to this forum and I could really use some help with my phone. I have a rooted AT&T Samsung galaxy S3 running on 4.1.1 stock with cwm. I would like to update to the latest stock OS which is 4.3 but I'm not sure how to do it right. I would prefer to keep all my data but I don't mind losing root. how should I go about updating my device safely?
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If you are rooted then you can flash any 4.3 ROM in the android development and they all have KNOX free bases. You will most likely need to update your baseband to MJB. Enjoy your KNOX free 4.3!!!
floatingtrees said:
Hello all, I'm new to this forum and I could really use some help with my phone. I have a rooted AT&T Samsung galaxy S3 running on 4.1.1 stock with cwm. I would like to update to the latest stock OS which is 4.3 but I'm not sure how to do it right. I would prefer to keep all my data but I don't mind losing root. how should I go about updating my device safely?
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You should first check to see if you can get an OTA update. Some users have reported being able to update OTA to 4.3 even with root. Go to Settings => About Device and check for updates. If you can't get an OTA update, you may try manually updating via cwm via the method posted in the following thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486
Before updating to 4.3, however, I would suggest you ensure you are done with taking advantage of all the opportunities you have at 4.1.1 including free unlock as you would not be able to downgrade the 4.3 bootloader once you've upgraded. If you don't have Samsung Kies installed on your PC, you may install it to back up and restore your data. In other words, you cannot go back to an older version (easily) once you have upgraded.
Haven't messed with a Android Device in since Jelly Bean and I remember you couldn't update to KitKat if you were rooted with out doing some complicated stuff on other devices, wondering if this would be the case with my Tab S 10.5, since I like to root and disable bloatware and what not.
Also does anyone know any GPE based roms or GPE apps I can flash?
If you are rooted you won't get OTA ,that's the case for tablets and phones .
Is your Tab S 10.5 still running Jelly Bean? I would be happy with that !!!
Remember when you go to Kitkat ,no reverse possible !!! Also remember KitKat don't allow to write to SD card,thats why i wish i was on Jelly Bean.
JOSE89178 said:
Haven't messed with a Android Device in since Jelly Bean and I remember you couldn't update to KitKat if you were rooted with out doing some complicated stuff on other devices, wondering if this would be the case with my Tab S 10.5, since I like to root and disable bloatware and what not.
Also does anyone know any GPE based roms or GPE apps I can flash?
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You can still update to lollipop via downloading the stock firmware from sammobile and flashing it via ODIN but you have to reroot And I'm not sure yet if chainfire has released a root.
Kitkat there is a hack to enable sd card access
drmodify said:
You can still update to lollipop via downloading the stock firmware from sammobile and flashing it via ODIN but you have to reroot And I'm not sure yet if chainfire has released a root.
Kitkat there is a hack to enable sd card access
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If I can correct, Twrp recovery should give you root on lollipop. You just need to flash the update supersu zip in twrp I think.