So I waste half of my data plan (which isn't supposed to be charged for OTAU anyway) and when it reboots it gets to 25% and says failed. And then I don't get the update, and my phone is still a half-working piece of ****.
Why does it do this? Is it because of root?
Do you know which update it is?
I don't know, but it's about 19.2MB and it eats my data (of course it does, you NEVER trust anything ATT says) and I can't use mobile data at all after trying it without rediculous overage fees.
I'm just worried I won't be able to get the GB update when it does come out...
Naphthoylindole said:
I don't know, but it's about 19.2MB and it eats my data (of course it does, you NEVER trust anything ATT says) and I can't use mobile data at all after trying it without rediculous overage fees.
I'm just worried I won't be able to get the GB update when it does come out...
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When GB comes out, if it really does, it won't be such a small update.
Check with AT&T 'cos OTA updates are not supposed to be charged, and you can talk to them and have them rolled back if you are sure they are from OTA update.
had the same problem use gtg unbrick it restores with out root and update will install you cant just unroot because it will do the same the udate is the h1 modem
So just wait for the GB update since it's the only thing that matters and then backup, unbrick, and update?
Also, you're saying that this is caused by root, correct?
And if it is caused by root, I'm pretty sure just doing a factory reset would fix it, and take a lot less time.
I had the same issue when I used the ucke3 firmware in Odin to return to stock because it was already rooted. You can unroot it using superoneclick then but it will probably still fail. Or you could flash, in Odin, uckd5 which is not already rooted that's what I did. Once I returned to stock I also did a factory reset and the update went thru perfectly.
yes it is caused by root and no a factory reset will wipe data but i think it doesnt effect root not sure about that though
jerrycoffman45 said:
yes it is caused by root and no a factory reset will wipe data but i think it doesnt effect root not sure about that though
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I'm 100% sure it does...
Alright thanks everyone.
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I'm still new to this and I was hoping that someone could give me some help. The phone is a rooted tbolt running stock.
I grabbed the ota update this morning. The phone reboots and starts installing the update but I get the exclamation mark with the droid guy about 40% of the way through. I power cycled the phone after the error and everything came up normally. It took a few minutes, but then the phone rebooted to try and install the update again (and fails at 40%). Seems to be a pretty annoying loop.
Has anyone else experienced this and is there any way for me to tell the phone to stop trying to update?
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I'm still new to this and I was hoping that someone could give me some help. The phone is a rooted tbolt running stock.
I grabbed the ota update this morning. The phone reboots and starts installing the update but I get the exclamation mark with the droid guy about 40% of the way through. I power cycled the phone after the error and everything came up normally. It took a few minutes, but then the phone rebooted to try and install the update again (and fails at 40%). Seems to be a pretty annoying loop.
Has anyone else experienced this and is there any way for me to tell the phone to stop trying to update?
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It's because your rooted. Th OTA can't install with the clockworkmod recovery installed. Grab the rooted OTA (google it I don't have a link) and flash that and flash the kernel via bootloader.
Sent from my rooted stock OTA MR2 Thunderbolt
After reading about the update I'm not entirely sure that I want it. Is there any way to stop the phone from trying to install the update now?
install a rom thats the main reason we root the phone in the first place
Do you have a nandroid backup? Revert to that if you do. Otherwise, the only way to get rid of that is probably going to be to flash to full RUU over again (you'll be back to 100% stock and lose data and root)
Boot into clockwork recovery and wipe cache ONLY. Might work I'm not sure, but it definitely won't hurt.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
JBO1018 said:
Boot into clockwork recovery and wipe cache ONLY. Might work I'm not sure, but it definitely won't hurt.
Sent from my HTC Thunderbolt
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Yessir, causes the update to fail before the reboot. Thanks so much!
No prob and by the way for future reference don't flash official updates over rooted phones. It's known to cause issues. Just wait for someone to post a rooted version of the update.
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i am confused whether i should reset my phone before downloading the ota update of ics? I know u dont have to and ota updates do not generally wipe any apps or data but i was wondering if resetiing ur phone will make a big difference?if so in what is it different to just downloading the ota without resetting the phone?
And finally...IS RESETTING WORTH IT? if it doesnt make tht much of a difference i would rather not reset.
Thanks guys.
How about waiting until the OTA is actually out? At this point, nobody knows.
Personally, I'm going to install from scratch. It's a major jump in versions, and I've messed a lot with my NS since I got it in January.
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How about waiting until the OTA is actually out? At this point, nobody knows.
Personally, I'm going to install from scratch. It's a major jump in versions, and I've messed a lot with my NS since I got it in January.
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yea good point, anyway ive decided im just gona download from scratch as well but backing up all my apps and data properly first so i can restore later without havinng to mess my phone out with the huge change in version.
I'll be installing from scratch to guess thats the safe way
here i am already flashed to stock and waiting for the update..
Is it safe to accept the ota (when it actually comes...) with an unlocked bootloader?
just use the one click root tool by kennethpenn, work perfectly thanks. use titanium back to do a backup of all the app and system then took out all the att bloatware. i have few questions at this point.
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will i be able to get OTA updates from att? what will happen to all the bloatware that i deleted? would they appear again?
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what happens if i do a factory reset on the phone? would i brick the phone? under normal condition that will erase all apps i installed and return it to factory setting, that means all the att bloatware will be back? will i lost root?
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what other things i can do after i root the phone at this point?
thank you for your help
no one can help me with those questions??? anyone???
i am sure a lot of people have the same question.
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will i be able to get OTA updates from att? what will happen to all the bloatware that i deleted? would they appear again?
I'm not 100% sure on this, but as long as you're running an actual AT&T ROM (not an Asian or Rogers ROM), you'll be notified of the OTA's. Now, if you're not using the stock Recovery image (that is, if you've installed CWM Recovery), you won't be able to apply the update. OTA updates get applied via the stock Recovery image.
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what happens if i do a factory reset on the phone? would i brick the phone? under normal condition that will erase all apps i installed and return it to factory setting, that means all the att bloatware will be back? will i lost root?
If you do a factory reset from CWM or within the phone's UI, you're fine. Root will remain in place, and you won't brick it. It just clears the user data from the phone, and should leave "sdcard" intact. However, I'm not 100% sure what happens if you do a factory reset from the bootloader. So just don't do it that way, unless someone else can confirm that it's okay.
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what other things i can do after i root the phone at this point?
You ca use apps like AutoKiller to change your memory management, for one. That's about all I'm doing with root right now. If we ever get custom kernels, you'll be able to overclock your CPU. If you search the Play Store for "root," you'd doubtlessly find some other root apps that you may be interested in.
Hope this helps!
Don't ever ever ever install an OTA on any rooted Android device. At the least, it won't work anyway, or you will lose root. At the worst, you will be stuck in a bootloop. Updated ROMs (based on the OTA's, but rooted, and safe to flash) usually get posted in Development soon after the OTA's go out. That is what you want to install.
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However, I'm not 100% sure what happens if you do a factory reset from the bootloader. So just don't do it that way, unless someone else can confirm that it's okay.
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I can confirm that it's OK. My phone was rooted and stuck in a boot loop. I did a factory reset. It was reset and still rooted after the fact. So you can do it.
thank you all
redpoint73 said:
Don't ever ever ever install an OTA on any rooted Android device. At the least, it won't work anyway, or you will lose root. At the worst, you will be stuck in a bootloop. Updated ROMs (based on the OTA's, but rooted, and safe to flash) usually get posted in Development soon after the OTA's go out. That is what you want to install.
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Just to clarify, pre-rooted versions of the official ROMs (which often get posted on XDA, as I mentioned) may need unlocked bootloader to install, so this will possibly not be an option for a while. Although there may be alternate safe ways to update (but not OTA). For instance, a leaked 1.83 firmware version is already available as an RUU in the Development subforum. Apparently, its okay to install via RUU, then re-root.
In general, the safe thing to do is to read up on here when updates are released, and see if there is a safe way to update on a rooted phone.
Recently I unlocked bootloader, installed twrp and succesfully rooted my device, but while I was tinkering with my device I accidentally wipe all data, partition, etc in TWRP now I guess I wiped out everything including OS !!!
How can I restore ? Do I need to flash new hammerhead image ?
Right now I'm following this tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
It'll be great if anyone of you can point me right way.
You can just flash any custom rom using this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2575150
Or
Follow the thread you posted to restore a factory image..
But restoring a factory image will unroot your device..
You have twrp so the first thing you did was make a nandroid, right? Live and learn.
Thanks for the help, I just flashed new image. Everything works good except wifi, random drops + slow speed.
I contacted google for replacement and they send me RMA form. Unrooted the phone, bootlocker locked + flag reset.
Thanks for the help, I just flashed new image. Everything works good except wifi, random drops + slow speed.
I contacted google for replacement and they send me RMA form. Unrooted the phone, bootlocker locked + flag reset.
Huh? You're doing an RMA why?
sent from my hammerhead
albertpaulp said:
Thanks for the help, I just flashed new image. Everything works good except wifi, random drops + slow speed.
I contacted google for replacement and they send me RMA form. Unrooted the phone, bootlocker locked + flag reset.
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Why are you rma'ing it. Was wifi messed up before you erased everything?
jd1639 said:
Why are you rma'ing it. Was wifi messed up before you erased everything?
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Before rooting wifi problem was rarely occur now after rooting problem arise more frequently, now even after unrooting wifi is super slow sometimes not even connecting. I hate RMAing but seems like no other way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586410
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You have twrp so the first thing you did was make a nandroid, right? Live and learn.
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Awesome advice. I made a nandroid of my N5 first thing after getting all my apps straight. Playing with flashing a rom in TWRP I did a manual "wipe data" which proceded to wipe out the entire SDCARD in the process including my nandroid. Sooooo.... Yes, make a nandroid but also back it up to your computer or dropbox right away.
albertpaulp said:
Before rooting wifi problem was rarely occur now after rooting problem arise more frequently, now even after unrooting wifi is super slow sometimes not even connecting. I hate RMAing but seems like no other way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586410
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Don't RMA it, there's nothing wrong with the hardware. All you have to do is reflash the factory image. If you didn't know what you were doing, you shouldn't have been messing around with your phone in the first place. Reflash your phone back to its factory state and next time do your homework before you start tinkering. People like you are going to cause Google to change their return policy so that returns are much more heavily scrutinized.
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Don't RMA it, there's nothing wrong with the hardware. All you have to do is reflash the factory image. If you didn't know what you were doing, you shouldn't have been messing around with your phone in the first place. Reflash your phone back to its factory state and next time do your homework before you start tinkering. People like you are going to cause Google to change their return policy so that returns are much more heavily scrutinized.
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Before rooting wifi problem was rarely occur now after rooting problem arise more frequently, now even after unrooting wifi is super slow sometimes not even connecting. I hate RMAing but seems like no other way.
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You know how to read right ? also I did reflashed to stock image and unrooted + locked bootloader but problem persists, what do you propose I do now ? I started loving my phone now I'm getting new one, it's hard for me too, it's like adopting a son.
I just purchased a new S6 today from Best Buy. I was lucky to get a OE2 version, saw it on the box labe before I bought it. I would like to root and install a ROM but I want to wait until my 14 day return period is over in case I'm not satisfied and decide to do something else. The prompt to update pops up constantly. It's very annoying and I'm concerned I may accidently tap the update button. I'm coming from a S4. On the S4 I was able to use Root Explorer to rename a couple of system files to stop the request for updates. Since I'm putting off rooting until after 14 days that method is not possible. I cannot uncheck to automatically upgrade because when I go to system update I only get the "update ready to install" message. I tried booting to recovery and wiping system cache but that had no effect. Any suggestions? Thanks
I used titanium backup to freeze mine but I know that requires root access... Before I had that I would constantly keep my phone in airplane mode and set mobile data limit low so it wouldn't dl it... Just an FYI I'm on a rooted gs6.. Still no exposed for our phones, it's for 5.1.1 and there's the risk for stage fright as its not patched on the root able version.
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I used titanium backup to freeze mine but I know that requires root access... Before I had that I would constantly keep my phone in airplane mode and set mobile data limit low so it wouldn't dl it... Just an FYI I'm on a rooted gs6.. Still no exposed for our phones, it's for 5.1.1 and there's the risk for stage fright as its not patched on the root able version.
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Thank you very much for the reply. Someone on another forum suggested I do a factory reset, don't enter any user information during initial setup and disable auto check for updates. I tried that but apparently you can no longer stop checking for firmware updates. So I said screw it and rooted last night. I can always Odin back to stock if I decide not to keep the S6.
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Thank you very much for the reply. Someone on another forum suggested I do a factory reset, don't enter any user information during initial setup and disable auto check for updates. I tried that but apparently you can no longer stop checking for firmware updates. So I said screw it and rooted last night. I can always Odin back to stock if I decide not to keep the S6.
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The smartest thing to do would be to root, freeze the SDM, then, If you no longer want the device, unroot using Odin