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[Q] Do I need to unroot to get the OTA GB update?

Bit of a noob question, but do I need to unroot my g2x before the 2.3.3 update? I'm not running any ROM's I just rooted to freeze the bloatware. Will I brick my phone if I run the OTA update without unrooting?

geenaleigh said:
Bit of a noob question, but do I need to unroot my g2x before the 2.3.3 update? I'm not running any ROM's I just rooted to freeze the bloatware. Will I brick my phone if I run the OTA update without unrooting?
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Some ppl are unrooting, but the update will remove it anyway. Head over the General section for more detailed info.

geenaleigh said:
Bit of a noob question, but do I need to unroot my g2x before the 2.3.3 update? I'm not running any ROM's I just rooted to freeze the bloatware. Will I brick my phone if I run the OTA update without unrooting?
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No need to unroot, its safe to run the OTA without urooting. I had my phone rooted with stock recovery and I ran the OTA just fine with the LG tool. Now whether you want to wait for OTA or run the LG tool is a different question. Most people will want to stay away from LG tool and wait for the OTA.

chompipe said:
No need to unroot, its safe to run the OTA without urooting. I had my phone rooted with stock recovery and I ran the OTA just fine with the LG tool. Now whether you want to wait for OTA or run the LG tool is a different question. Most people will want to stay away from LG tool and wait for the OTA.
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Has the OTA update been pushed to everyone yet? I just loaded the stock 2.2 ROM and back to stock recovery, and it still says I'm up to date (still rooted)

Sam issue for me. Still reads... You have the current version.
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Ajj915 said:
Sam issue for me. Still reads... You have the current version.
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Did you get the OTA update yet? Nothing for me.

[Q] Has anyone still not gotten the OTA?

Am I the only one who has still not gotten the OTA? I called a service rep and he said the rollout doesn't end until August 31, so they can't do anything until it officially ends. Has anyone had any luck getting them to push to update out to them?

This is a cluster @?!#. TMobile nor LG has any clue as to what's going on. Before I updated I talked a Rep. They said use LG updater...I believe they pulled the ota due to it bricking devices. Look in the dev section. There is some posts that cover some of this. Imo the only thing good out of the update was the baseband.
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According to T-Mobile support website the OTA is completed as of August 10 and you have to use the LG updater. I used it with no issues.
https://t-mobile.jive-mobile.com:443/#jive-document?content=/api/core/v1/documents/2362

Thanks. I've been weary of using the lg updater because of all the phone-bricking horror stories, but I guess I'll have to give it a shot.

Thank you Ph. I was fishing for that link to post.
I did the updater on 3 phones no issues. If your rooted you will lose it. Don't remember about cwm. But nvflash will work. Look for xboarders stock total and flash it if you need root. Folow the instructions...any questions please ask.
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Yea just make sure to follow the instructions on LG's site for updating. Especially make sure you download and install the drivers they have posted. And while the updater is running don't get impatient and unplug anything. Just let it do it's thing until its done.

alias503 said:
Thank you Ph. I was fishing for that link to post.
I did the updater on 3 phones no issues. If your rooted you will lose it. Don't remember about cwm. But nvflash will work. Look for xboarders stock total and flash it if you need root. Folow the instructions...any questions please ask.
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Yea the update overwrites cwm recovery and you lose root. After the update just reflash cwm and then flash your rom of choice.

coocookuhchoo said:
Am I the only one who has still not gotten the OTA? I called a service rep and he said the rollout doesn't end until August 31, so they can't do anything until it officially ends. Has anyone had any luck getting them to push to update out to them?
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I talked to a Tmo rep on August 12th, as soon as I found out they ended the roll out. The rep told me to use the LG updater also (which I did without a hitch), but he told me that if I wanted it OTA he would put my IMEI on a list which consisted of phones that will eventually get the roll out. He told me it was up to Google to send them out from here on out and that it could take months for them to send it out. I don't know if he was talking out of his ass, or just pushing me towards the LG updater, I'm just sayin'..

Google has no part in our update process.
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I am starting to think that tmo is getting a "short timer" attitude. The hold time is getting longer, reps seem to not really care any more. And all of the post that have filled this forum about call made to customer service. The hole pointing fingers at LG and Google about who is responsible for up dates. I use to love tmo but I really believe it is turnning into at&t.
Any how coocoo how did your update turn out? Any one else have questions?

I also used the LG updater with no problem. Like Ph said, be patient and don't unplug anything until it's done doing its thing.
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I still havent updated because im very happy with how my froyo rom is set up. I would like the new baseband though. If i use the lg updater and then re-root and restore my rom will the baseband stick? I know that doing a nandroid also backs up the baseband or it did with the G1 atleast. Also is the new baseband worth it?

Joe333x said:
I still havent updated because im very happy with how my froyo rom is set up. I would like the new baseband though. If i use the lg updater and then re-root and restore my rom will the baseband stick? I know that doing a nandroid also backs up the baseband or it did with the G1 atleast. Also is the new baseband worth it?
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Flashing and backing up and restoring roms won't touch your baseband so nothing to worry about there. As for updating and "re-rooting" the update will restore stock recovery so after updating you need to reflash clockworkmod recovery using the nvflash tool. Then you either restore one of your backups or flash a rom, even flash back to froyo. The baseband will stay updated. If you want stock 2.3.3 but rooted then there is a rooted version in the dev section. The stock 2.3.3 update can't be rooted with superoneclick.

Yea man its simple u could do what Ph said, if u like ur froyo rom that much just back it up, then flash stock recovery back on, I didn't unroot the update will overrite that, then update, so like I said make a nandroid, then flash stock recovery with tgagunmans one click flasher (super easy) don't worry about unrooting its how I did it basically u really just need the stock recovery image people weren't doing that and getting bricks, now Ph said he did it without touching recovery but just to be safe flash back to stock, so after that just update then after the update restore ur froyo backup and bamm!!! U will have new baseband and root again just like that whole process takes 15 minutes, the baseband stays on ur phone it cannot be erased nor flashed unless using lg update so once u have it ur golden

sarni84 said:
Yea man its simple u could do what Ph said, if u like ur froyo rom that much just back it up, then flash stock recovery back on, I didn't unroot the update will overrite that, then update, so like I said make a nandroid, then flash stock recovery with tgagunmans one click flasher (super easy) don't worry about unrooting its how I did it basically u really just need the stock recovery image people weren't doing that and getting bricks, now Ph said he did it without touching recovery but just to be safe flash back to stock, so after that just update then after the update restore ur froyo backup and bamm!!! U will have new baseband and root again just like that whole process takes 15 minutes, the baseband stays on ur phone it cannot be erased nor flashed unless using lg update so once u have it ur golden
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dude you are one the most helpful ppl on this forum and i really appreciate it. i hate the phillies but i may make an exception for you. thanks again for that help right there, will be doing this tonight

The ota update being stopped is a lie. My friend bought his 4 days ago from radio shack. It was on 2.2 over night he got the 2.3 ota.
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Did a factory data reset with cwm then restored stock recovery. Updated with lg updater, flashed cwm recovery restored my nandroid of my froyo rom and booted up. Now i have my same rom with the new baseband. Thanks guys. The last phone i had rooted was a G1 and flashing nandroids could also restore the radio so i figured the same would happen with the G2x.

[Q] I have rooted LG G2X 2.2 Froyo. How can I upgrage to 2.3 Gingerbread?

Dear Moderators/Members.
I am having LG G2X rooted with Super One Click. How can I upgrade to 2.3 Gingerbread. I tried to manually update from LG’s Mobile Support site but failed. I think the reason is my phone is rooted not original, right?
Thanks. Any help is appreciated!
P.S. Please delete this thread (Maybe not a right forum for question?): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1269190

hungvoivan said:
I am having LG G2X rooted with Super One Click. How can I upgrade to 2.3 Gingerbread. I tried to manually update from LG’s Mobile Support site but failed. I think the reason is my phone is rooted not original, right?
Thanks. Any help is appreciated!
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Being rooted should not affect the updater. What will affect it is if you deleted any system files or changed them since rooting. If you have deleted or changed system files and you want to use the LG Updater you need to return to stock rom first. Or you can use the KDZ method to flash the new GB rom with new baseband. The new baseband improves the phones performance quite a bit.
If you don't care about getting the new baseband you can just flash the stock rooted rom available in the development section. You will have GB but the March baseband.

jboxer said:
Being rooted should not affect the updater. What will affect it is if you deleted any system files or changed them since rooting. If you have deleted or changed system files and you want to use the LG Updater you need to return to stock rom first. Or you can use the KDZ method to flash the new GB rom with new baseband. The new baseband improves the phones performance quite a bit.
If you don't care about getting the new baseband you can just flash the stock rooted rom available in the development section. You will have GB but the March baseband.
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This also included bloatware, if removed can prevent update..
Could also try:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16362191
If this works it will give you updated baseband and put you at stock 2.3.3
Good luck hope this helps..
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Thank you, all! I'll give it a try.

MisfitX said:
This also included bloatware, if removed can prevent update..
Could also try:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16362191
If this works it will give you updated baseband and put you at stock 2.3.3
Good luck hope this helps..
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All bloatware are "system files." So my original answer covered that. Bloat Freezer should be used to disable bloat instead of deleting it. Freezing them doesn't interfere with OTA updates.

Actually the LG updater doesn't care whats going on in system.
When I used the updater, I was running CWM and Eagle'sBlood Froyo, and I was able to update successfully. All I had to do afterwards was re-flash CWM.
I'm pretty sure all the LG updater cares about is that your firmware is v10f.

thanasisc4 said:
Actually the LG updater doesn't care whats going on in system.
When I used the updater, I was running CWM and Eagle'sBlood Froyo, and I was able to update successfully. All I had to do afterwards was re-flash CWM.
I'm pretty sure all the LG updater cares about is that your firmware is v10f.
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You sure you didn't use the KDZ method? That would not care. But the LG Updater certainly does check many things before allowing a flash, among them checking md5 checksums for all the files in the previous rom to make sure they are all there and as delivered.

Nope. No KDZ method.
I had CWM, and EBFroyo, which is heavily stripped compared to stock.
The LG updater is very lax.

[Q] If your phone is rooted can you still get the ota updates? And One more ?

If the skyrocket is rooted can you still get ota updates? If so How? I am new to this. And also what is the current OTA update?

If its just rooted yes and it'll remove your root if you are on a custom ROM then it'll tell you you have one but it wont download
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If your phone is rooted when an OTA update is released, you won't be able to download it. Unfortunately one have to be on stock to be able to download it, with bloat included and everything.

It told me I had a update but said server was down then I went back to it today and it says my phone is up to date

From what I understand if you are rooted with stock recovery you can take the ota update. If you are rooted with cwm recovery than you cannot take the ota. The beautiful thing I think is than even if you are rooted with cwm, and an ota releases (that you for some wild reason can't wait to have) its easy as pie to flash back to stock. At that point you should be able to take the ota. Heck maybe even just flashing the stock recovery itself would do the trick.....I dunno
As for current ota, most of us seem to have gotten stuck with 2.3.5. But there were quite a few folks who received the 2.3.6 update.
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cdshepherd is correct. I was on stock 2.3.5 with stock 3e recovery... and was fully rooted. I was able to take the ATT OTA 2.3.6 update and kept superuser root access.

DoctorQMM said:
cdshepherd is correct. I was on stock 2.3.5 with stock 3e recovery... and was fully rooted. I was able to take the ATT OTA 2.3.6 update and kept superuser root access.
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+1. I got 2.3.6 and kept root access, too. I'm also on stock recovery.

If you are not SO interrested in OTA
cdshepherd is correct, but, when 2.3.6 came out a few weeks ago, several folks were able to get it posted somewhere as a RAR file. you might look around if you are just dying to have it.. I think it was back around 11/21/2011 when I saw it the first time. About 290mb if I recall correctly.
Good luck!
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I was rooted and still allowed the OTA update 2.3.6.. and still have root access
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Ok people heres the deal. To take an ota update you can be rooted but . You need to have stock recovery, and all bloatware intact. It can be frozen but not deleted. And no one knows yet if the 4.0 ota will remove root. 2.3.6 ota did not. So we can hope.

If you recieve a new update..tonight/tomarrow

if anyone gets the rumored new update coming tonight/tomarrow, and takes it succesfully. make sure your rooted, and have adb setup, and access to a computer..then please pm me. thanks.
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AN OTA. YOU CAN BE BOOTED. BUT YOU MUST:
have stock recovery...it can flashed with odin. see here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19760508
you must also have all bloatware. INTACT.and i suggest NOT FROZEN.
if you lose root .....you can easily re-root. with odin. by flashing cwm recovery.tar in doin......then booting to cwm recovery and flashing...the superuser.zip...see here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19223405

I forgot to get back to you a few days ago, sorry (I was busy, new kid on the way and working on the house like crazy). When I did get a chance to look at my phone, the update was gone.
I will see what I can do with this update, but I am not going to install it till everyone else has I need my phone too much to let ATT screw it up, I will however, try to get the download.

silver03wrx said:
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AN OTA. YOU CAN BE ROOTED. BUT YOU MUST:
have stock recovery...it can flashed with odin.... you must also have all bloatware INTACT (NOT FROZEN)...
you must also not have removed any of ciq.
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your last bullet (not have removed any CIQ) means anyone wanting to take update CANNOT have the UCLA3 rom/kernel/modem installed as well... correct? (ATT OTA, cd's, or yours since all of these have CIQ removed already). Do we need to be on a stock UCKJ2 like we did for last week's OTA to work... or will stock UCKK1 (your stock CWM KK1) accept update? If not, is there a UCKJ2 CWM rom/kernel zip package?

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your last bullet (not have removed any CIQ) means anyone wanting to take update CANNOT have the UCLA3 rom/kernel/modem installed as well... correct? (ATT OTA, cd's, or yours since all of these have CIQ removed already). Do we need to be on a stock UCKJ2 like we did for last week's OTA to work... or will stock UCKK1 (your stock CWM KK1) accept update? If not, is there a UCKJ2 CWM rom/kernel zip package?
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no i mean if your on kk1 or kj2 and tamper with the ciq files. it may prevent you from recieving it..... or mabye not..since ucla3 is ciq free.... hard to say . but i removed that from the op. hoping this update works lol with no data issues. but im sure there will be some bugs

if i had a skyrocket id probobly odin the kj2 stock tar, and wait for the ota...once atleast one person confirmed it was pushing out.

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I'm restoring my phone to stock now, and will wait for an OTA
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Making a nandroid backup as I type this.

Flashed back to stock recovery in anticipation, but no update just yet....as of about 10:30pm Eastern time...

I've been checking still nothing.
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