i have been rooted for about a day now with a custom rom. i was wondering will i get OTA update for the custom rom or is there a app where i can manually check for the custom rom update. How does the updates work on custom roms. i know when i got the phone i notice in setting you can go to at&t software update and it checks for you.
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I believe Clockwork has some ability to show the latest builds of certain roms but it requires you to launch it up and check manually. Alternatively, CyanogenMod has a notification feature that you can enable.
The easiest way is to just bookmark the forum thread of the mod you're using and check it periodically.
EMoney24 said:
i have been rooted for about a day now with a custom rom. i was wondering will i get OTA update for the custom rom or is there a app where i can manually check for the custom rom update. How does the updates work on custom roms. i know when i got the phone i notice in setting you can go to at&t software update and it checks for you.
Thx
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The at&t software update won't work for custom roms. In fact, I think most dev's disable that feature in their rom cause installing an AT&T ota update over your current setup might screw up the phone.
ROM Manager has a feature that will let you check for ota updates on your favorite custom rom...but thats only if the develepor is using that feature or even aware of it.
Mostly it's just bookmarking or subscribing to your favorite rom threads and check for updates manually.
EMoney24 said:
i have been rooted for about a day now with a custom rom. i was wondering will i get OTA update for the custom rom or is there a app where i can manually check for the custom rom update. How does the updates work on custom roms. i know when i got the phone i notice in setting you can go to at&t software update and it checks for you.
Thx
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Yes just use ROM manager, new updates appear there and lets you flash OTA just like an official update when its available.
If the Rom dev has it set up Rom manager will notify you as well. I remember last year I during thanksgiving dinner I had to excuse myself for a few minutes so I could see what goodies myn had been working on for another device I had.
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Hello everyone.
I am a happy owner of NEXUS S and I wanted to ask if I will ever receive future official updates OTA, has I've unlocked and rooted the same with the superboot MoDaCo (Even used Rom Manager to donwload ClockWorkMod)
Thank You very much
You will receive the update notifications as long as you don't flash a custom rom that has it disabled (which most do). In your current state, you will receive the update but if you choose to accept it, you will lose root and clockwork and will need to re-root again. The best way to update is to wait for a flashable update release on xda where you could update without losing root.
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you will receive the update being rooted long before you would if you were stock and never rooted. when the next OTA comes out, it will be on the forum in the first 3 seconds and you will flash it. but if you were stock you'd be waiting 1 week for the rollout to hit your device.
and you can alwyas go back to stock ROM if you REALLY want to sit there and wait for google to push the update to your phone the official way. otherwise, everybody just manually updates as soon as the link is released.
just ignore the OTA update, as it will usually break the custom ROMs if you try to install them.
wait for the custom ROMs to include the OTA update into their next build
thank You very much for support.
only one question even if it is OT
After manually updated my nexus 2.3.2. to original stock 2.3.3 I've seen that there is an app called BOOK of 0kb that can't be uninstalled. Why? How can I remove it?
that is Google books
it is build in part of the stock ROM
that means it is not using any storage space
thank You very much.
So I got a notification that my system has an update, more specifically System Upgrade 1.84.502.11. Is this something we can install on our rooted and rommed phones? and what would the process be? Or do we just have to wait for new ROMs to come out with the update built into it?
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So I got a notification that my system has an update, more specifically System Upgrade 1.84.502.11. Is this something we can install on our rooted and rommed phones? and what would the process be? Or do we just have to wait for new ROMs to come out with the update built into it?
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SearchSearchSearch....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
By now...all living ROM's have the updates included in one form, fashion or another.
ReadReadRead....
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I have been searching on the forum and Google but no answer. I had a Sprint Galaxy S3 and it was rooted with custom recovery Clockworkmod. After an update was available I could not install the update, failing with the message "verification failed" when trying to apply the official update file. I couldn't find an answer so I went back to stock recovery.
Now I have a verizon S3 and I would like to back up an image of my phone with clockworkmod but I would like to be able to update, especially with the looming jellybean update coming soon. Did I miss a way to install the updates to the official rom with clockworkmod? Or was it simply not possible.
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I have been searching on the forum and Google but no answer. I had a Sprint Galaxy S3 and it was rooted with custom recovery Clockworkmod. After an update was available I could not install the update, failing with the message "verification failed" when trying to apply the official update file. I couldn't find an answer so I went back to stock recovery.
Now I have a verizon S3 and I would like to back up an image of my phone with clockworkmod but I would like to be able to update, especially with the looming jellybean update coming soon. Did I miss a way to install the updates to the official rom with clockworkmod? Or was it simply not possible.
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With most custom Roms...being able to do OTA updates is blocked because it could interfere with the rooted Rom you are running...its more or less a safety feature for that purpose. If you want to get the new Jelly Bean OTA update, you will have to flash your device back to unrooted stock and it should work just fine...as long as ur rooted, you wont be able to, if im not mistaken.
Thats true, and there is the whole bootloader thing! Now that we have all hacked away our bootloaders, the OTA just won't happen. Hopefully an easy relock becomes available for the vzws3 before that update is released, but I wouldn't panic - big red will probably release it to us after everyone else has gotten it and out phones are outdated! In general though, within a week or two of an official large release, the amazing devs on this site will have a downloadable version available for us to manually install.
If you have modded your phone, never try to take a OTA update. At the least you will lose root abilities. At the worst, potential bricking of your device.
Usually before, lol, if not just after a OTA, the devs have working release for our devices.
Take it easy, relax.
Hi all,
I recently rooted and installed a custom recovery per Jay Dogg's guide in the Galaxy S Relay. Development forum. I kept my stock ROM by choice and recently ready up on the recent Jelly Bean OTA update (MC5). I'd like to update but the official OTA update states you can't be rooted. I downloaded the update via Settings/About phone/update. Upon choosing to update, the phone rebooted to my custom recovery. It stated the certificate on the package was invalid so I backed off and just rebooted. I'm guessing my options are :
- Revert to an unrooted stock ROM, update to 4.2 (MC5) and re-root.
- Attempt to apply the official OTA update via custom recovery despite its complaints of certificate issues.
- Apply a non-stock or ripped ROM (not preferred at this point)
Can someone help me? I would like to avoid the hassle of unrooting, but that's probably my best option as far as I can tell. Any feedback is appreciated. I'm happy with the stock ROM's stability for now and don't really want to deal with the bluetooth / camera issues present builds of custom ROMs have.
I recently flashed my HTC One M8 with [ROM][4/13/14] GPE for M8VZW. Curently the rom is a little laggy and the camera is really slow. How will I be able to update the rom? Will it update OTA? Any idea when the lag issues will be fixed?
Thanks
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I recently flashed my HTC One M8 with [ROM][4/13/14] GPE for M8VZW. Curently the rom is a little laggy and the camera is really slow. How will I be able to update the rom? Will it update OTA? Any idea when the lag issues will be fixed?
Thanks
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It's all on the ROM developers... I would suggest you post this question in that ROM's thread for best response. Custom ROMs will not update "OTA" since you have a custom recovery on your phone. You will have to rely on the Devs to provide new ROM versions with the OTA updates "embedded" in them. (Though, I think if there is a Firmware update, you can manually apply it once someone posts a process for doing so on S-Off/Unlocked M8's)
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It's all on the ROM developers... I would suggest you post this question in that ROM's thread for best response. Custom ROMs will not update "OTA" since you have a custom recovery on your phone. You will have to rely on the Devs to provide new ROM versions with the OTA updates "embedded" in them. (Though, I think if there is a Firmware update, you can manually apply it once someone posts a process for doing so on S-Off/Unlocked M8's)
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I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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you should not have to if youre just flashing a newer version over the same ROM but just an older version, UNLESS the dev says to wipe, in which case you will have to go through setup all over again.
timothyl88 said:
I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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Ideally, it's always better to do a clean install when you flash any ROM, just to prevent any possible issues from coming up. However, it's not always necessary when you're just flashing an update to a ROM you're already running. Though if the update includes a new version of Android, it's usually highly recommended to do a clean install. And if you're running one ROM and decide to switch to another, a clean install is recommended again, if not absolutely necessary.
I would recommend checking out Titanium Backup or Helium. They're both app backup solutions (if you decide you want to start checking out different ROM's more often, you'll be very happy you have this) that will let you restore your apps and app settings after a clean flash/wipe.
timothyl88 said:
I would post but cant since I just created an account. When flashing an update to the rom will it reset all my settings so I have to go through the setup process again?
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As Abe and sfreemanoh have already stated, that too is up to the Developer. If you are changing ROMs (Example: Have Stock ROM that's S-Off/Rooted and decide to flash ViperOneM8), you really need to Factory Reset your phone. Titanium, Helium, or MyBackup are three ways to save your Application/System data before your wipe.
If you are merely updating your current ROM version (Example: ViperOneM8 v1.0 to v1.5), the Developer should always post what needs to happen. In many cases, if there are just minor updates, the Devs will say it's OK to "Dirty Flash" without a wipe. Sometimes Devs always tell you to wipe and do a clean install. (ViperOne actually has "OTA" update files, which is basically a smaller update file that you can dirty flash.)
Thanks guys for the answers.