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If i root my G2x can i still receive OTA updates?

If i root my phone BUT keep the stock rom, can i still receive OTA updates?
If i can get OTA updates, will it fail at any point because i am "rooted"?
How do I root?
thanks

Aestetics said:
If i root my phone BUT keep the stock rom, can i still receive OTA updates?
If i can get OTA updates, will it fail at any point because i am "rooted"?
How do I root?
thanks
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Root but left stock = OTA update
Rooted but change any system files or install other rom = NO OTA update
[Note: You can backup rom first in CWM and go back to stock at any time you want.]
How to root = look at my signature for link

I ota updated this weekend from Eaglesblood 2.4, which is cm 2.37. I just wanted the new baseband. Now, it did wipe my phone completely stock, even erased my nv flashed cwm.
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Aestetics said:
If i root my phone BUT keep the stock rom, can i still receive OTA updates?
If i can get OTA updates, will it fail at any point because i am "rooted"?
How do I root?
thanks
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Yes, but installing a new ROM will deactivate OTA's. Either way, rooting and installing a ROM is always newer than OTA's either way.

Will i be able to update to ICS?

Hey guys i have a TF101G still on original Asus android honeycomb 3.2.1. I'm waiting for the OTA ICS update, but i was wondering if i will be able to do it, beacuse i rooted the tab with nachoroot.
I just have Superuser, no clockwork, no modded roms etc.
Thanks for any help

Are you asking if you can install the official Asus update via OTA? If so, I don't see why not but you'll have to wait for them to release it. If rooting is the only thing you've done then OTA updates should install fine but you will lose root after the upgrade. I would recommend you wait for a custom tf101g rom to come out.

ambertx said:
Are you asking if you can install the official Asus update via OTA? If so, I don't see why not but you'll have to wait for them to release it. If rooting is the only thing you've done then OTA updates should install fine but you will lose root after the upgrade. I would recommend you wait for a custom tf101g rom to come out.
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So long as you did not remove (or freeze) any pre-installed apps and still have stock recovery it should update. You may want to grab the VooDoo OTA Rootkeeper to back up your root and then run it after the update to restore root. You will probably have to use Titanium Backup to restore permissions to SuperUser. The other option is to do NachoRoot (or ViperMod Option 1) after the ICS update.

[Q] Motoroot after OTA update?

I accepted the OTA update, and wanted to know if I can just use motoroot to re-gain root access. I unrooted to accept the OTA update using motoroot.

Probably. I didn't even unroot before installing the update
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It worked!
Leviathan205 said:
I accepted the OTA update, and wanted to know if I can just use motoroot to re-gain root access. I unrooted to accept the OTA update using motoroot.
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I used Motoroot v1.1 apk, and everything worked fine post OTA update. I never rooted with pwnmymoto, so it seems like you're fine as long as you retained stock recovery. Entitlement check did not change, and the adblocker is back working just fine!

[Q]Cannot OTA updates after rooting

I have had an issue where I cannot receive OTA updates. Whenever I check for updates the reply is: Software up to date as of <date,time>
I have rooted my tablet using the fastboot method however I originally accidentally flashed the OS to blank and softbricked my tablet. After installing the 5.0.1 factory image and installing it using fastboot, I then used CWM recovery to install SuperSU.zip to root the device, after doing this I could receive OTA updates. When I went to install them CWM aborted the update. I booted normally and selected "Clear update data", rebooted and now it always says that the device is up to date despite being on the 5.0.1 factory image.
My question is how can I go about getting OTA updates again? Also, will this involve further tweaking of files which may be risky as I have already messed everything up once.
Thank you.
EDIT: I have only just realised the grammatical error in the title but I can't change it now.

Just for clarification, are you trying to flash/sideload the OTA or are you attempting to use the tablet's built-in updater?

Nvidia pulled the 5.1 update. 5.0.1 is up to date.
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You can't get an OTA while rooted .. This is a very basic principle/consequence of rooting. There is no new 5.1 update since it was pulled a few months ago. I'm still waiting for it to get fixed but we might just get M at this rate. Rooting isn't risky if you understand what you are doing and what you shouldn't do. If you are responsible with the "power" of having a rooted device then I wouldn't worry about it.

I am waiting for the ability to flash the new OTA that was pushed on 29th. But yeah cannot pull and download the OTA while rooted.

Good evening, look nere: https://youtu.be/bT82lX40fuc

I just downloaded and installed while rooted with TWRP installed, no problem. I did have to re-flash TWRP and root, but TWRP had no trouble with the auto update.
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Install the OTA update on rooted P8max?

Hi,
my P8max is rooted with SuperSU and I had TWRP installed. Now the recent b211 OTA released, and I would like to install it. Since my phone was modified, I won't get an update over EMUI, but I downloaded is elsewhere.
I would love to keep everything setup as it is and avoid the wipe. I flashed back the P8max stock recovery to install the update as local update. Now my question is, will I experience any trouble because I have a rooted phone with SuperSU?
If so, would it be enough to just unroot the phone with the SuperSU settings button "unroot", or is a wipe unavoidable?
Best regards
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You have to be on Stock recovery and no root.
if you got an error while installing OTA,
follow this guide to return to full stock unmodified rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8max/help/official-rom-download-links-t3206144 then install OTA update.

For those who say that must unroot to see the ota update i say that their rong...i have root and yesterday the ota notification show me that an update is waiting.I will not update because i see that its not stable yet.

Yep, got the notification too, even though I'm rooted and on a custom recovery.
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You will get notified, but installing it will fail because recovery checks your system partition if its modified or not.