I rooted but decided to go back to factory since i really only rooted to get rid of the bloatware. I used bubby's one click to root an then used his s-on tool and the RUU method to return to factory settings. All went smoothly, and bloatware is still gone. Now my phone finally received the update notification so I switched to WiFi and downloaded it. Started installing it and when the phone reboots at the beginning of the install it just goes to a black screen. I let it sit for almost an hour and nothing changed so I did a battery pull and rebooted. Phone works perfectly but I cannot get it to complete the update. Always ends in a black screen and frozen phone. Any ideas?
I could be wrong but if you went completely back to stock I would think that you would still have all the blaotware and that leads me to think you are still rooted, which is fine, but then you wouldn't need the update from your provider. I think that is causing the issue since the rom you installed when you rooted the phone already made the necessary updates to your phone.
I would skip the update you are trying to install and wait for another rom to come out that strikes your fancy!
If you want a stock rooted ROM with all the current updates...
Flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
I used the instructions in the bubby one click method to return to stock. I just installed a terminal emulator and when I open it up I have $ and not #. So I shouldn't be root correct?
tefuzz said:
I used the instructions in the bubby one click method to return to stock. I just installed a terminal emulator and when I open it up I have $ and not #. So I shouldn't be root correct?
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You have to type:
su
at the # prompt to test if you're rooted.
Terminal emulator always starts at the # prompt when first opened.
If you're getting an update fail and the bloatware is not present, then you aren't completely bone stock.
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Scott_S said:
You have to type:
su
at the # prompt to test if you're rooted.
Terminal emulator always starts at the # prompt when first opened.
If you're getting an update fail and the bloatware is not present, then you aren't completely bone stock.
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Ok, i just opened up terminal emulator and put in SU; it popped up asking to allow superuser to have superuser permissions...So i guess I'm still root? I guess I'll just flash to the ROM in the other thread with the HSUPA update already?
tefuzz said:
Ok, i just opened up terminal emulator and put in SU; it popped up asking to allow superuser to have superuser permissions...So i guess I'm still root? I guess I'll just flash to the ROM in the other thread with the HSUPA update already?
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Yup, you're still rooted.
Just flash the updated rom, as you mentioned. It'll save you a lot of trouble, as you'll end up in the same place anyway... with the update and no bloatware.
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Scott_S said:
Yup, you're still rooted.
Just flash the updated rom, as you mentioned. It'll save you a lot of trouble, as you'll end up in the same place anyway... with the update and no bloatware.
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Ok one more question...superuser is the only app left from before. I uninstalled the others since I was under the impression that I was stock again. Do I need to re-run the one click from the beginning so that I have everything there before I can flash the ROM?
Check if your still s-off. If you are you can go ahead and flash the updated rom
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I rooted my phone and s-off, and I tried to return it to stock. When I used the factory Rom, it seems Alittle laggy and it keeps on saying I dont have mobile data when I have 1 out of 5 bars. My phone is also still s-off and any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Did you use the RUU to return to stock? Worked fine for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
Yes i did but now i'm trying to get my s-on, maybe that has something to do with it.
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Yes i did but now i'm trying to get my s-on, maybe that has something to do with it.
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I'm running stock with s-off and no problems.
Well I did the temproot then turned s-on, then installed stock software. Also reset the phone when it came back up and now everything is running 100% better and gets awesome upload and download speeds for some reason. 3mb download and .79 upload. Thanks for trying guys but maybe this forum can help someone else in the future.
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What steps are used to turn it back on.
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Start here if your unrooted!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
So i went through the hole root process with the GOLDCARD to get it at least temp rooted. Once you get to the temp root shell in step (step)3.7(dot) that states
"Launch Terminal Emulator again in the phone, it Force Closes. Launch a another time, and you'll have a temp root shell."
Start here if your already rooted or temp root!!
Go to this link and put the steps in your command promt, also from you ace-hack-kit-v002 folder navigate to "tools/win" or "tools/mac" to get to the adb file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11486587&postcount=27
I used the 3rd one and when you do the process su will respond with su su not found, but keep going it's fine. Once you complete that your s-on and should say on top of the boot loader.
After that i used the stock ruu from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
then when it came back up, i just returned it to factory settings through SD & phone storage.
I'm not sure if there are great instructions lol but if you have trouble, just let me know and i'll help you out or try to make more sence of it.
Hiya - I would have posted this as a reply in the "Root the OTA updated RUU with gingerbreak thread" here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057104
But unfortunately things have changed here recently and since I have < 10 posts I can't reply in that thread directly, so I'll go ahead and discuss my findings in here.
I returned to stock a while ago because I didn't like the radio, gps and sound differences. I like the stock ROM fine enough, but I would like root on my phone to remove the ATT bloat, use Titanium Backup, etc.
Since I rooted my phone a while ago, I already had S-OFF, so that wasn't a problem. I received the OTA update a while ago. Today I used gingerbreak 1.2 (via adb push) to root the phone. The rooting went well - Superuser was installed. I went ahead and installed busybox and that seems to have worked, but the root itself isn't stable.
For instance, every time I try to run Titanium Backup and it asks Superuser for permission, Superuser crashes.
I also get the same result when I run term emulator and attempt to issue a simple SU command:
"the application Superuser (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
So it doesn't seem like this method is going to work so well for me after all in order to achieve my goal of a stock rom with no bloat. Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, is there a workaround? I don't assume so because I don't see one in the thread, but still I thought it prudent to bring this to your attention.
Thanks!
randomprecision said:
Hiya - I would have posted this as a reply in the "Root the OTA updated RUU with gingerbreak thread" here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057104
But unfortunately things have changed here recently and since I have < 10 posts I can't reply in that thread directly, so I'll go ahead and discuss my findings in here.
I returned to stock a while ago because I didn't like the radio, gps and sound differences. I like the stock ROM fine enough, but I would like root on my phone to remove the ATT bloat, use Titanium Backup, etc.
Since I rooted my phone a while ago, I already had S-OFF, so that wasn't a problem. I received the OTA update a while ago. Today I used gingerbreak 1.2 (via adb push) to root the phone. The rooting went well - Superuser was installed. I went ahead and installed busybox and that seems to have worked, but the root itself isn't stable.
For instance, every time I try to run Titanium Backup and it asks Superuser for permission, Superuser crashes.
I also get the same result when I run term emulator and attempt to issue a simple SU command:
"the application Superuser (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
So it doesn't seem like this method is going to work so well for me after all in order to achieve my goal of a stock rom with no bloat. Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, is there a workaround? I don't assume so because I don't see one in the thread, but still I thought it prudent to bring this to your attention.
Thanks!
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I did see that once, open the superuser.apk then pen the app again as a temp workaround, once they get permission they tend to work. If it persists, I believe you can update the su binaries and that should resolve it. I think it has to do with the version of su that gingerbreak installs. Someone who has dealt with this problem could probably better answer it, but this may help.
once gingerbroken can cwm be installed?
churro7 said:
once gingerbroken can cwm be installed?
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As long as you have s-off, yes.
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id10terrordfw said:
I did see that once, open the superuser.apk then pen the app again as a temp workaround, once they get permission they tend to work. If it persists, I believe you can update the su binaries and that should resolve it. I think it has to do with the version of su that gingerbreak installs. Someone who has dealt with this problem could probably better answer it, but this may help.
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I did that and SU still crashes whenever an application asks for root access or su is invoked from terminal. I even installed the latest superuser binary from the market.
The bonus is that I can at least enter custom APN settings, so that's nice.
randomprecision said:
I did that and SU still crashes whenever an application asks for root access or su is invoked from terminal. I even installed the latest superuser binary from the market.
The bonus is that I can at least enter custom APN settings, so that's nice.
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Do you have CWM Recovery?
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Do you have CWM Recovery?
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I have CWM flashed from when I first rooted the phone, but when I select recovery it just gives me the exclamation point over the phone.
bump - anyone get anywhere closer with this in testing? Thanks!
randomprecision said:
I have CWM flashed from when I first rooted the phone, but when I select recovery it just gives me the exclamation point over the phone.
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Now that sounds like the recovery.img has been corrupted. Even without root, if recovery.img is fine it will boot cwm. I hate to say it, but I would RUU to stock and start the process over, and verify that you have CWM before proceeding, as my method does not have a recovery.img to flash.
The other option would be to try attn1's pd98img.zip of the Inspire 1.84 RUU in the dev section, that may also work, then let you flash CWM recovery from ROM Manager.
Sorry if this is in the wrong section but I updated my phone to the latest OTA fw that was just released by VZ, Software version says 1.13.605.7 and kernel is 2.6.32.21-gb05544a [email protected] #1 (whatever that is)
Andriod version is at 2.2.1 and I would love to be able to root my phone and install one of the gingerbread ROMs but have not seen any ways to do this...... please advise. Thanks!
Search here or Google it. Instructions everywhere. One piece of advice: stay away from the "one click" method. The best way isn't as easy if you are new, but read up and you'll learn.
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ILMF said:
Search here or Google it. Instructions everywhere. One piece of advice: stay away from the "one click" method. The best way isn't as easy if you are new, but read up and you'll learn.
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Yea I've been searching and all I've found is for the previous software version, not the new OTA version....
I used to have a droid inc and it was super easy to root... without the need for ADB. It just seems like a PITA to setup ADB and risk bricking the phone... and I'm on win7 x64 to further complicate things. I'm not new to this but I just want to find a simple way to load a different ROM on my phone to get rid of the bloatware and to help save battery life.
Using adb is actually quite easy. And the whole process is less than an hour. I know its usually Google but this time youtube is your friend. Just look up how to set up adb and then you are just some copy and pastes away from a rooted thunderbolt.
As far as trying to root the new version, just backup and downgrade since the process wipes data anyway.
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Yea I've been searching and all I've found is for the previous software version, not the new OTA version....
I used to have a droid inc and it was super easy to root... without the need for ADB. It just seems like a PITA to setup ADB and risk bricking the phone... and I'm on win7 x64 to further complicate things. I'm not new to this but I just want to find a simple way to load a different ROM on my phone to get rid of the bloatware and to help save battery life.
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I'm on x64 win7 too. Just download HTC sync, install the drivers with it and quit the install before you install the app (drivers install first, then you are prompted to install sync). No easy button with this phone IMO, but if you take the time, its worth it. No risk on bricking it if you've done it before. Just cut and paste the commands and go slow. No unrevoked for this baby yet.
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ILMF said:
I'm on x64 win7 too. Just download HTC sync, install the drivers with it and quit the install before you install the app (drivers install first, then you are prompted to install sync). No easy button with this phone IMO, but if you take the time, its worth it. No risk on bricking it if you've done it before. Just cut and paste the commands and go slow. No unrevoked for this baby yet.
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Do you have to cut and paste the commands line by line, or can you copy the whole block of commands?
tekhna said:
Do you have to cut and paste the commands line by line, or can you copy the whole block of commands?
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Line by line...
Is there a process for going from unrooted MR2 back to unrooted MR1?
pmcall said:
Is there a process for going from unrooted MR2 back to unrooted MR1?
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No expert here, but how did you get on MR2 without root? Also why downgrade?
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ILMF said:
No expert here, but how did you get on MR2 without root? Also why downgrade?
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The first part of this post with the MR2 update is for unrooted users:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...2-links-to-stock-unrooted-custom-rooted-roms/
knave68 said:
The first part of this post with the MR2 update is for unrooted users:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...2-links-to-stock-unrooted-custom-rooted-roms/
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So after applying the MR2, is there a way to root it and setup a gingerbread ROM? Obviously I'd have to root first...
If you follow the thread and do it line by line plainjane will be installed which is rooted debate stock on mr2. From there you can flash any gb rom
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Ok this is irritating I've been trying to get this TB to show up in ADB but it wont show up... I have all the drivers installed and debugging mode enabled.. what am I missing? I've changed USB ports and cables rebooted phone nothing.......
The good news is that I got the MR2 update done but for the life of me I can't seem to get the thunderbolt to show up in ADB..
I'm on windows 7 ultimate x64...... HELP! Thanks guys!
got it to work... finally after 4 hours of messing with it....
enkrypt3d said:
got it to work... finally after 4 hours of messing with it....
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what did you end up doing? I am using the same build and it will not root for anything.
LBJM said:
what did you end up doing? I am using the same build and it will not root for anything.
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Well the phone never showed up in the device list in the GUI - it would only show up in the command line... I had to install the correct USB driver and rebooted several times... And be sure the phone is in charge only mode instead of disk drive mode... and make sure there are no devices that dont have the drivers installed in device manager.. After all that, i was able to follow the step by step guide linked above. Which took a while and there are many steps so be careful! when you do the "dd" command thats where you can really brick your phone. Good luck!
What problem are you having exactly?
before you did the OTA where you already rooted?
did you end up getting it rooted?
- i found this thread a little bit ago its for rooted
users only and they have already rooted,deodexed
the new 1.70.605 mr2 update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160374
is this a different version than the one you were
trying to get rooted?
No i wasn't rooted b4 the OTA update... after i was rooted i updated to the MR2.5 baseband update and now my baseband version is 1.39.00.0528w, 0.01.69.0602w_1 (not sure what that 2nd part is)
Build # is 2.01.605.0
I'm running gingerth3ory 4.5.1 now and it works great....
what part are you stuck with? You cant get it to show up in ADB?
enkrypt3d said:
No i wasn't rooted b4 the OTA update... after i was rooted i updated to the MR2.5 baseband update and now my baseband version is 1.39.00.0528w, 0.01.69.0602w_1 (not sure what that 2nd part is)
Build # is 2.01.605.0
I'm running gingerth3ory 4.5.1 now and it works great....
what part are you stuck with? You cant get it to show up in ADB?
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ahh cool good to hear you figured it out
I wasn't stuck anywhere I'm currently running
bamf remix 1.8.6 and last night i flashed to the
official mr2 radio. 1.39.00.0627r and so far
it's running good.
the 2nd part you weren't sure of is the LTE radio
So I just picked up a skyrocket and I went to update OTA and it downloaded the update and when it went to restart to install the update the phone booted into clockwork. I wasnt able to find a thread for this specific device about it so I am asking here now. MOD if there is one please point me in the right direction. I did notice that there is no att bloatware on the device. Thanks.
Terminal editor, type su, press enter, see what happens.
Other clues: presence of Superuser app.
You have a custom recovery also which will need to be ODINed away.
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Yes, it does have superuser. As far as Terminal editor/ODINed i'll be honest I have no idea what you are talking about. First sammy device that I have had long enough to keep and want to keep. Use to HTC branded devices. But thank you I think it is rooted because of the superuser app.
Questions should be posted in Q&A. Moved.
Side note: I recommend you read a lot before you mess with it. Although this device seems to be very difficult to hardbrick misusing ODIN can lead to one.
Cheers
Go to market download root checker. Run it. If a super user prompt appears, that's a good sign.
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occupational_hazard said:
Go to market download root checker. Run it. If a super user prompt appears, that's a good sign.
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Yes it does, superuser prompt comes up. I really would just rather have this back to completly stock running 2.3.6 until the 4.0 update rolls out. Not sure which is better. Rooted or unrooted????? Also am not sure if it has ODIN....I tried to boot into recovery to run ODIN3 and upgrade to 4.0.4 but when trying to power on into bootloader it just vibrates and will not boot until I release the volume up rocker. Other than curiosity the phone works and performs flawlessly. With superuser being installed and after installing titanium I am sure it is rooted. Still not sure what ODIN is (like I said used to the HTC branded phones and never cared about root) Thanks for all the information. Also I am not sure if I will be able to update to 4.0 when the OTA update rolls out, im not concerned about it being rooted or not (have not found a reason to have rooted yet). Anyone know if it can be updated OTA even though it has root?
didozer said:
Yes it does, superuser prompt comes up. I really would just rather have this back to completly stock running 2.3.6 until the 4.0 update rolls out. Not sure which is better. Rooted or unrooted????? Also am not sure if it has ODIN....I tried to boot into recovery to run ODIN3 and upgrade to 4.0.4 but when trying to power on into bootloader it just vibrates and will not boot until I release the volume up rocker. Other than curiosity the phone works and performs flawlessly. With superuser being installed and after installing titanium I am sure it is rooted. Still not sure what ODIN is (like I said used to the HTC branded phones and never cared about root) Thanks for all the information. Also I am not sure if I will be able to update to 4.0 when the OTA update rolls out, im not concerned about it being rooted or not (have not found a reason to have rooted yet). Anyone know if it can be updated OTA even though it has root?
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Ota will not work with cwm...you need the stock recovery to do an ota......rooted I don't believe matters
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StolenVW said:
Ota will not work with cwm...you need the stock recovery to do an ota......rooted I don't believe matters
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Can I download and install via sd card when the update is available. Only time I have used cwm is on my wifes old eris.
didozer said:
Can I download and install via sd card when the update is available. Only time I have used cwm is on my wifes old eris.
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You need stock recovery. You need to read the stickies for a few days before you do anything.
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Or just keep your phone as is, and wait when ics officially drops, just wait a day and someone will have a flashable zip of it for cwm. Might as well learn the perks of being rooted now and learn your way around the phone
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Its all set now. Had to figure out the whole Odin thing. Ended up just redoing to software using my computer with a one click method. Can't remember who made it but it was from android central but mad by member on here. So thank you to that mamber Kenny something?? Any was have it flashed to 4.0.4 with no bugs. Everything works perfect and so far battery life is great. I must say that so far I am loving this phone. At first I wasn't sure about going away from my vivid but I can't find any reason to have any regrets. Thanks guys I appriciate your help and input.
can u put solved in ur title
I just applied the OTA update (VRLG7) and it seems to have broken root. When running the superuser.apk and attempting to update the binary, I get the following...
"Gaining root access... fail!"
Using the terminal app shows that /system/xbin/su has the "-rwxr-xr-x" permissions, but when I try to execute it, I get a "Permission Denied", but the usual popup that the superuser.apk app shows for granting superuser permissions. I checked the superuser.apk, and the terminal and superuser apps are allowed to have root.
Has anybody run across this? Do I have to re-root it? From what I can remember, rooting it just puts the superuser.apk and su binary in the proper locations....but if they already exist, how would re-rooting it fix it?
Thanks!
Yeah there's a few other threads on this and people were able to re-root and unlock.
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just run the rootdebugfs program and reroot...no biggie!
Thanks for the responses. I left my usb cable at home today, so I will have to wait. I did the update at work, and I'm just kind of stuck for the time being.
Hopefully the reroot will work out for me and life will be good again!!
Thanks!
I am running the ( VRLG7 ) modem since I downloaded it 3 days ago and have not lost root or unlock, Maybe you missed it but one of the #1 rules is to not except OTA updates from Verizon because they will break your root and your unlock and possible brick your phone
Defragger51 said:
I am running the ( VRLG7 ) modem since I downloaded it 3 days ago and have not lost root or unlock, Maybe you missed it but one of the #1 rules is to not except OTA updates from Verizon because they will break your root and your unlock and possible brick your phone
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you wont lose root by flashing a modem...he flashed the entire g7 rom update. this breaks root, no big deal, just need to reroot and unlock. this latest g7 ota update is safe.
Defragger51 said:
I am running the ( VRLG7 ) modem since I downloaded it 3 days ago and have not lost root or unlock, Maybe you missed it but one of the #1 rules is to not except OTA updates from Verizon because they will break your root and your unlock and possible brick your phone
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I stuck to the #1 rule, but everybody here and everwhere said it was safe and you can still root and unlock the bootloader. I figured that since everybody said it was safe, why not.
Like others said, I re-rooted it and it was fine. Last time, I used odin, but this time, used casual. It worked well, but after the root, I went into superuser and did an 'update'. The phone rebooted into the 'lock' screen for a minute, rebooted, and things came up fine. Strange, but it worked. Hopefully, it's not a sign.
You guys notice any better signal resulst from updating to the newest radio?
evolishesh said:
You guys notice any better signal resulst from updating to the newest radio?
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After updating to the new modem, I do not really see any improvement to my signal strength.
yosterwp said:
After updating to the new modem, I do not really see any improvement to my signal strength.
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What about speed? anything new there?
My phone restarted to clockwork and asked me if I wanted to install it. I took a chance and said yes and after holding my breath, clockwork asked me it looks like root might have been lost.. Fix? I said sure and sure enough after rebooting I had the latest update and I was still rooted. It did say update failed but I still have the latest firmware and there is no newest update.
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droidstyle said:
you wont lose root by flashing a modem...he flashed the entire g7 rom update. this breaks root, no big deal, just need to reroot and unlock. this latest g7 ota update is safe.
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I tried to root with this option without any luck after update, is there anything special that need to be done for it to work.... It runs and completes and says it should have root but no SU installed and device reports normal..
hakoreh said:
My phone restarted to clockwork and asked me if I wanted to install it. I took a chance and said yes and after holding my breath, clockwork asked me it looks like root might have been lost.. Fix? I said sure and sure enough after rebooting I had the latest update and I was still rooted. It did say update failed but I still have the latest firmware and there is no newest update.
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What version of Clockwork do you use?
Thanks