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[Q] rooted nexus s and ota update

I just received the ota for 2.3.4 . Im wondering if my rooted phone will update correctly, Im still rooted on 2.3.2 stock rom, now my issue is that when i rooted the phone i didnt rename the recovery img or whatever it is your suppose to do... I never lost root, i just couldn't boot into recovery.( it was my first time rooting and im surprised it didn't brick in the first place so i didn't wanna go back in and F it up anymore)
now i know if i let the update install i will loose the root, i'm not really worried about that I just want to know if it will install correctly? and also if it does will my phone basically be like a new nexus s out of the box? like will i loose all my data,pics, music all that good stuff??

Just update it manually..and no u won't lose anything..!!
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soggyflakes said:
I just received the ota for 2.3.4 . Im wondering if my rooted phone will update correctly, Im still rooted on 2.3.2 stock rom, now my issue is that when i rooted the phone i didnt rename the recovery img or whatever it is your suppose to do... I never lost root, i just couldn't boot into recovery.( it was my first time rooting and im surprised it didn't brick in the first place so i didn't wanna go back in and F it up anymore)
now i know if i let the update install i will loose the root, i'm not really worried about that I just want to know if it will install correctly? and also if it does will my phone basically be like a new nexus s out of the box? like will i loose all my data,pics, music all that good stuff??
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If you do the OTA, you will lose root. Do it manually.
I mean seriously, you've managed to root your phone. The idea of puttiing the 2 files in your sd card (the 2.3.4 update zip file and the su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip file) shouldn't sound too hard to do.
After flashing the update via clockwork recovery...
(Note: if you try and install it via Rom Manager it will reboot by itself after installing the update. Therefore, losing root. So I suggest doing it manually: powering down and going into recovery mode.)
Instead of pressing on reboot you would then go and flashing the other file (su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip) that's already in there.
Once that's done you can reboot.
(This maintain permanent root.)
Download and install Root Explorer app from Android Market
Open Root Explorer and navigate to etc directory
Tap on the gray box that says Mount R/W
Tap and hold on the file install-recovery.sh and rename this file to install-recovery.sh.old
Once renamed, download and install the app called ROM Manager from Android Market
Once installed, open ROM Manager app and choose Flash ClockworkMod Recovery option.
Now you have 2.3.4 and permanent root. Don't make it harder than what it seems.
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Ok lets say for retard purposes I wanted to loose root, updating would install correctly? I'm asking because I plan on getting the sensation when it comes out and I think it would be easier selling a stock phone.
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can anyone confirm that the update will install correctly with no errors ??

Yes it will install fine and remove root for you.

soggyflakes said:
can anyone confirm that the update will install correctly with no errors ??
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Yes. You will lose root and be completely stock.
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I am new to the nexus as I just switched mtg epic for a nexus 4g. Is there any workaround for facebook contact synching issues? I cannot add facebook to my accounts and synch menu. Still living the phone though
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rickthrust said:
I am new to the nexus as I just switched mtg epic for a nexus 4g. Is there any workaround for facebook contact synching issues? I cannot add facebook to my accounts and synch menu. Still living the phone though
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First of all welcome to the Nexus S threads!
Did you download the facebook app?
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I cannot update my phone with OTA, my phone is rooted.
And I do not really know what to do, I bought my phone rooted, second hand.

If your phone is Rooted, it will not take the OTA update, you have to be Stock!

linushsu said:
I cannot update my phone with OTA, my phone is rooted.
And I do not really know what to do, I bought my phone rooted, second hand.
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Rooted you say, eh?!
What are you running? Does it have clockwork recovery, Install rom manager and it should say your latest recovery.
What model do you have? What android version are you running?
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Updating and Rooted?

hey,
I have the G2X and its rooted. When t mobile comes out with the update for the 2.3 can i still up date?? If i can will it stay rooted or will it go back to unrooted? If it goes back and i do the same thing to root it again?
thanks

You can have it rooted, being you have no custom ROMs , it will unroot the phone, and yes you can do the same to root it.

Updates have been known to close root exploits. There's no guarantee that you will be able to re-root right away. Your best bet is to wait for a pre rooted flashable version. I'm sure one will be available she same day the OTA's begin rolling out.
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will 2.3.6 OTA kill root?

Im on stock rooted 2.3.4
My phone is trying to go 2.3.6
I currently have no interest in this and as of 10pm tonight i am leaving on vaca for 4 days. directly after work (3pm) i am going to dmv where i will prob rot for about 3 hours.
My main question is at least this. If i just take the update to stop the constant nagging its doing to me (like i am doing to this forum right now) will i lose my root? I CANT lose root right now because without tethering I will be FORCED to actually talk with my girlfreind while away instead of tethering her phone and letting her play on the web. This to me is like having my nuts squeezed in a vice!
If I take the update and my phone screws up I will have NO time to redo it until I get back. If it wasnt of this kind of importance I would have already tried the update and just restored if it didnt work. I have an image of my phone in CMR BUUUUUUUUUUUUT I have had CMR break down on me before trying to restore and cant risk it. Dont want to have to press later for 4 days lol.
Thanks

If you want to be on 2.3.6 save yourself the trouble and flash a rooted version.
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Rem3Dy said:
If you want to be on 2.3.6 save yourself the trouble and flash a rooted version.
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i just want to stop the nagger

tevil said:
i just want to stop the nagger
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Its simple. Either take the update and then flash superuser from cwm to gain root again or just flash the update in cwm.
Ether way your bootloader will not be changed neither will your recovery.
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if i flash it in CWR will it remove the root or does it stay there. also i have been looking for the update somewhere and havent had luck.
I see one 2.3.6 rom that was pulled for the 9020a and one update for i think the 9023
if you have a 9020a update link i can install from CWM i would appreciate it. Tried using search funtion.
thanks

i let the ota through and didn't loose root. did you check here for what you're looking for:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062

What happens if I let T-Mobile push ICS to my rooted phone?

I've asked this question as part of another question in another thread, but never got an answer...
I have a T-Mobile Sensation 4G that's rooted and has an unlocked bootloader.
There is no custom ROM on it right now, it's still the original Android 2.3.4 with Sense 3.0.
When T-Mobile pushes out the ICS update. What happens to my phone if I allow it to load?
Will my phone still be rooted? Will the bootloader still be unlocked?
Or will my phone revert to a locked and unrooted state?
Or is there potential for damage?
I'd like the official ICS update because it will include a working T-Mobile Wifi calling app for ICS. But I would like to keep my phone rooted.
Thanks in advance for any answers and advice on this!

harru said:
I've asked this question as part of another question in another thread, but never got an answer...
I have a T-Mobile Sensation 4G that's rooted and has an unlocked bootloader.
There is no custom ROM on it right now, it's still the original Android 2.3.4 with Sense 3.0.
When T-Mobile pushes out the ICS update. What happens to my phone if I allow it to load?
Will my phone still be rooted? Will the bootloader still be unlocked?
Or will my phone revert to a locked and unrooted state?
Or is there potential for damage?
I'd like the official ICS update because it will include a working T-Mobile Wifi calling app for ICS. But I would like to keep my phone rooted.
Thanks in advance for any answers and advice on this!
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Are u s-off? By rooted do u mean with custom recovery an superuser installed?
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If you are S-off or HTC Dev unlocked then no you will not go back S-on or be relocked.
You will lose root, but go to here for a guide on how to root the nee ICS ROM.
Now as far as if you being rooted there is some that say need to un root before updating. And there is some that say it does not matter. I am still trying to learn more about this myself, so to be safe I suggest you un root before you update.

T-Macgnolia said:
Now as far as if you being rooted there is some that say need to un root before updating. And there is some that say it does not matter. I am still trying to learn more about this myself, so to be safe I suggest you un root before you update.
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+1 on that. I have a stock un-rooted backup just for that purpose. Nobody seems to have a definitive answer so it's better to be safe. IMHO, I don't think it would be an issue though.

no problem
i have done s off months ago with revolutionary
and yesterday i flashed an ruu with ics
after this i have a "locked" bootloader but i am still soff and i flashed an eng hboot for ics and all is working fine!
with or without the engeneering hboot

They won't and can't when u root it turns off updates
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Its a complete load of BS that your phone won't get updates if its rooted. All you need is stock rom and stock recovery. To preserve your root use voodoo ota root keeper. Backup root before update, then as long as your s off, flash stock recovery in boot loader, reboot, get the update, flash an unlocked 3.32 firmware from development section firmware thread then flash a custom recovery in bootloader then restore root using the app and flash root tools from mikes stock rom thread in clockwork mod or 4ext which contains su binaries, busy box etc. Which should give you root back.
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What happens if you are S-OFF? Do OTA updates check for S-OFF? All I have done is S-Off'ed my phone but not changed my stock ROM. Not rooted either.

masands said:
What happens if you are S-OFF? Do OTA updates check for S-OFF? All I have done is S-Off'ed my phone but not changed my stock ROM. Not rooted either.
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S-off makes no difference either. The update will not check for it. All it looks for is modified rom or recovery.
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No wonr get pushed why people think when a update is out your phone will crash
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craven667 said:
No wonr get pushed why people think when a update is out your phone will crash
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Well I can promise you that my phone updated to ics from stock gb with root and I managed to restore it after the update. Its recovery that will stop it installing. This page holds tons of instructions on ota updates but halfway down it says that ONLY correct CID, Recovery and stock rom are needed.
http://www.htcsensationforum.com/htc-sensation-rooting/how-to-downgrade-upgrade-gb-lt-gt-ics-a-tutorial/
But I'm just saying its possible, if anyone wants to try it then go ahead the information's all there but if your not confident that you know what your doing then try something else or unroot it.
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I think its a few that scares people saying update broke there phone so they unroot and son but don't know there safer skipping update till devs get at it and keep clockwork but that's just me wont ever install stock bloat again
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craven667 said:
I think its a few that scares people saying update broke there phone so they unroot and son but don't know there safer skipping update till devs get at it and keep clockwork but that's just me wont ever install stock bloat again
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Well its hardly bloat, its a recovery, and its the only recovery that can apply official updates. And thats the only reason it would ever be used over clockworkmod or 4ext unless you wanted to stay 100% stock. But all custom recoveries stop an official update being installed that's why you need stock recovery if you wanna receive official updates.
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last time i had an update was that htc watch app or whatever and i had to get my phone back to stock before i could update, im not that much of an advance user to know ways to keep root and all that during updates.

Just so I am clear as I am thinknig of just waiting for the official t-mobile update (using t-mobile brand phone but no on their network) now given my phone died recently after flashing ARHD and I am not sure if it's just hardware coincidence or something with the firmware or ROM.
So after I got my phone back from repair...I now have S-off, rooted, clockwork mod, and SuperCID. So if I want to just get the OTA update for ICS when it comes out...what do I need to do? Do you guys mean removing clockwork recovery? How do I put the old recovery back? And also, someone told me I need to change the CID back to the Tmobile one?
Hope to get some clarification here. thanks

Try this page there's various guides on downgrading etc. It tells you step by step what you need to do, just follow the one relevant to what your trying to do. http://www.htcsensationforum.com/ht...to-downgrade-upgrade-gb-lt-gt-ics-a-tutorial/
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sparx180 said:
Try this page there's various guides on downgrading etc. It tells you step by step what you need to do, just follow the one relevant to what your trying to do. http://www.htcsensationforum.com/ht...to-downgrade-upgrade-gb-lt-gt-ics-a-tutorial/
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Thanks...I read through that. Just a little confused about flashing the recovery...on one site..someone posted the "stock_recovery_ and "cwm_recovery"...are there only one version of "stock_recovery" or does it go by the brand of the phone? Is U.S. T-mobile recovery different than other HTC sensation recovery?

newr said:
Thanks...I read through that. Just a little confused about flashing the recovery...on one site..someone posted the "stock_recovery_ and "cwm_recovery"...are there only one version of "stock_recovery" or does it go by the brand of the phone? Is U.S. T-mobile recovery different than other HTC sensation recovery?
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All stock recovery should be the same.
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I read the instructions but am a little confused about one part. They talk about if I want to stay rooted after ICS update... I need to root the GB ROM first (done)...the flash recovery...change CID back to T-mobile...
Then run OTA update....then it talks about flashing custom recovery. But I thought it said the new HBOOT is locked so custom recovery is not possible. So how could one flash custom recovery after ICS update as suggested.
Also, regarding flashing stock recovery....on one of the links, there's a stock_PMG58IMG file....so it doesn't matter if mine is US-T mobile? I can just flash any stock recovery as there's only one?

newr said:
Then run OTA update....then it talks about flashing custom recovery. But I thought it said the new HBOOT is locked so custom recovery is not possible. So how could one flash custom recovery after ICS update as suggested.
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If you're s-off then you can flash recovery with a locked bootloader.
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(SOLVED)[Q] how to tell if phone is already rooted.....

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