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[Q] Nexus One OTA Question

Hello guys,
I have a stock Nexus One that received two updates, the first one was 2.2 which updated since the first boot, and the second one is the 2.2.1 (FRG83D). Now Google started the 2.3 OTA roll out (see http://bit.ly/hUlpUy) but I didn't get yet the 2.2.2 update yet. Will my phone accept the 2.3 one even if I didn't update to 2.2.2 yet?
Thanks in advance!

Was your phone bought directly from Google or through a carrier? The only phones that i know of that haven't received 2.2.2 yet are the ones tied to carriers like Vodafone, and if that is the case you'd have a long wait to receive 2.3.3 anyway.

Well yes. I bought it from Vodafone Italy. I understand, but it would update anyways right? Even if I would wait a little longer I mean? And will it have to update first to 2.2.2 or it just can jump to 2.3.3?
Thanks for your response.

And by the way it is not locked to vodafone (branded). It's unlocked.

Type *#*#checkin#*#* into the dialer. Your phone will then force check for the update.
More info here

Yeah I do this every now and then

I also have the Nexus One which in the end came from Vodafone! (However much i regret this now) So I am also still on 2.2.1 waiting for Vodafone to still push 2.2.2!
I have attempted to flash 2.2.2 to my phone using ClockWorkMod etc but that didn't work out and it ended up just looping the Nexus logo on startup so had to recover it all, I attempted that a few times as well but with no luck! So in the end I still have the carrier version of stock android!
I'm hoping that someone on here manages to source the Nexus One 2.3.3 OTA file from the Google servers and can whack up some instructions on how we can flash that over because I'm sick of waiting on Vodafone! Will it be possible for me to go from 2.2.1 straight to 2.3.3? Or do I have to get 2.2.2?
I don't think anyone has received the Nexus One 2.3.3 OTA yet so whether Google have actually put it up for release yet is another thing!

The OTA is not pushed by Vodafone. I've bought my N1 from Italy (vodafone) and I use it in Egypt, and I could receive all the previous OTAs without any issue. Now my question was simple. Do I have to update to the versions before 2.3.3 or it can just update from 2.2.1 to 2.3.3? (note there are 3 versions in the middle).
Thanks.

You guys have lots of options and should really come post in the Nexus One section of the forum.
If you are on Vodafone firmware phones, and hitting up *#*#checkin#*#* daily, then you are going to wear out your device before Voda actually gets around to releasing the OTA!
I imagine that Voda will either OTA 2.2.2 sometime and then 2.3.3 later, or will skip 2.2.2 and find a way to roll it into the 2.3.3 update later. There's also the possibility that they never intend to update the Nexus One again. After all there's not much profit in it for them as Nexus users make up a tiny percentage of their customers. My advice would be to go custom.
Options include Rooting and flashing a stock, non-voda firmware, which fails for a lot of people (including me), or flashing a custom/stock 2.2.2 (which worked for me) which will then allow future OTA direct from Google, or go the custom route and flash a CM7 ROM so that you never have to worry about OTA again

Thanks DirkGently1 for the info. I would like to do the same thing you did with your phone (flashing a stock 2.2.2) so I could get OTAs directly from google?
Thanks in advance!

I would also like to receive my OTA's from Google, I have attempted the flashing of a stock 2.2.2 ROM which is what failed for me, maybe this is the same non vodafone firmware you've just mentioned which didn't work for you?
Any instructions and files as to how you managed to flash yours to 2.2.2 to get updates from Google?

tomrobbo26 said:
I would also like to receive my OTA's from Google, I have attempted the flashing of a stock 2.2.2 ROM which is what failed for me, maybe this is the same non vodafone firmware you've just mentioned which didn't work for you?
Any instructions and files as to how you managed to flash yours to 2.2.2 to get updates from Google?
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All the usual stock ROM/passimg.zip methods failed for me. Either installing the OTA to get updated to the most recent build, or updating manually, would fail. So i used THIS ROM which is a stock, rooted, 2.2.2 that will be able to receive OTA direct from Google.
If you can't install that for some reason then you probably can't install any ROM using the normal methods. In that case your only option would be to unlock your Bootloader and use Fastboot. HTC always seems to honour warranties regardless so i wouldn't let that worry you.

I guess I'll have to root my 2.2.1 Rom before being able to flash it with the rom you suggested...

I can't root it!!

omarfouad said:
I can't root it!!
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What method did you try? For me SuperOneClick works like a champ as long as 1) Your device drivers are installed properly on your pc* and 2) You enable USB Debugging and then turn off the phone/plug in to pc/start SOC and select 'Root'/Turn phone back on when you see the 'waiting for device..' prompt/wait until completed.
*Nexus one driver pack can be found around here somewhere. I believe they came from the SDK.
The wiki is a great source of N1 info... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746544

My version is 2.2.1. Is there something that can root it yet?

omarfouad said:
My version is 2.2.1. Is there something that can root it yet?
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Yes, SOC as mentioned above.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

[Q] How to update phone after rooting

Hi everibody,
tried searching for the result but couldn't find any answer... Also, I'm guessin it would wipe off all my data, rite?
- Software Version: 1.28.707.2
- Android Version: 2.3.3
- Baseband Version: 10.43.9007.00U_10.11.9007.19_M
Note: I tried to do the update once but my phone showed an "error" screen (yellow exclamation mark inside a triangle) and hung.
Any help is appreciated.

As far as i am led to believe you cannot update if you are rooted,(more advance users feel free to correct me!). I think you have to restore using the ruu.exe back to stock 2.3.3 unrooted to do the update!

yes this is correct, I do believe there is a way to accept the update while rooted and get it to work but once its applied it will break root anyway... if you want to stay rooted then might as well flash one of the stock rooted 2.3.4 roms available in the dev forum... the ones for the US aren't out yet. hope this helps

You might want to check this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16734103&postcount=342
I haven't tried it myself.
If you do try it, I would love to hear back from you after as to how it went.

When I had my g2x I was running eaglesblood and when the T-Mobile update finally got released it gave me the notification to update but I didn't. It may work both ways
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA Premium App

The only way I have received ay updates is if I was running the stock ROM. If you are running a custom ROM you will have to wait until the Dev makes the update. I have accepted some updates holding my breath to not lose root and I have been lucky so far.

I've tried and done successfully without RUU, just with OTA package, Buck767 pointed to my post with guide how to do it

Most of the devs edit out the update option in the build.prop as it is not necessary if you are hoping to stay rooted and s-off. You may simply edit it back in but I certainly wouldn't take that chance of accepting an update accidentally.

thanks for all the replies guys... was bz the past few days... will be trying poduy's method soon... btw, i'm running on stock...
update: just tried poduy's method... but my fone can't seem to update... all versions still remain... tried it twice... after updating, it says update successful... anybody has any clue?

[Q] Restoring 2.3.3 to stock

Okay. So, newbie to the entire android scene. As the video will tell you.
I bought a Evo Shift 4g, it has 2.3.3, I see now that there is NO perm-root for this phone. However, I started following this guide; (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932153) using the Froyo Method(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1185243), rather than visionary+ or z4 (Neither worked)
But, now im knee-deep in the guide, where I have already flashed the first file. And the MD5 didnt match. How sad, So I decided to give it a few more swings. After Shift-Root(8).zip, I decided to throw in the towel.
(The entire process actually had me Mount the SD on PC, delete, recopy, disconnect, re-install BusyBox, then use commands)
So now im trying to flash back the original. And that MD5 doesnt match either. After like 7 times. So as the guide says, it seems my phone will brick if I turn it off. So now im just looking for a complete restore, back to 2.3.3 original unrooted, I know that makes my contacts disappear, but they are all synced from my google. So im not too worried. Just hoping thats possible for 2.3.3.
My question, What is the next step I should take ?
[SOLVED]Just turned it off, its fine. No damage. Everything in tact.
Hopefully another newbie sees this thread and his heart rate will decrease just a little.

The phone IS rootable as of today!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255043
Flash from 2.3.3 to 2.2 and then go through the steps to root the phone!
Have fun!

official ics ota update on three UK

hey everybody,sorry im new to this forum,my first time to post a question.
i have a rooted htc sensation which i have rooted about 5 months ago. i tried to flash a custom ics rom but reverted back to stock android 2.3.4.
now the ota update for three Uk has rolled out but you need to install the HTC twitter client system update first before proceeding to the ics update package.
i have downloaded the twitter system update package but it would not completely install. there is a white triangle with exclamation in the middle with a blue android logo on the side. i have tried twice,but failed. therefore i couldnt proceed to the ics ota update process.
any ideas on this??
thanks

Wrong place. Try q & a.
Sent from my Sensation 4G using XDA

Don't really know about this twitter update, why don't you try flashing the appropriate RUU

euphoria1925 said:
there is a white triangle with exclamation in the middle with a blue android logo on the side. i have tried twice,but failed. therefore i couldnt proceed to the ics ota update process.
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I take it you still have a custom recovery installed? If so, you won't be able to flash an OTA update as OTA's require the stock recovery.
Just get a Gingerbread official RUU for your phone and run the OTA again, should be processed successfully with a stock recovery installed allowing you to install the next OTA update which will be ICS.
Hope this helps, if it does, I'd appriciate a 'Thanks'.

Hi
I am getting the same problem as this, however i am running the stock rom i never flashed any new rom after i rooted my phone.
Any ideas?
Sorry dont know what sort of information you guys need to know
I have a HTC Sensation I brought from Three in UK
I followed the guide to root and unlock it on your website, then all i did was delete a lot of the app three clutter the phone with.
Thank you for any help

[Q] HTC Hero bricked when rooting

Hi,
I'm not sure if I'm asking in the right place. Please advise me if I need to post it elsewhere.
I was trying to root my HTC Hero with firmware version 3.36.405.1 (latest, came from factory with it). I tried using Android Universal Root and z4root. I've used these methods before, but I had my phone serviced some time ago and they changed the board, so it came with a new board and the firmware above (the latest from HTC as far as I know. I had never tried to root this new board. I wanted to install a new version of android (2.2 or later) so my wife could sync her music back and forth with her new Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0 7.
After several tries (Universal Root said the phone was rooted, but after that I couldn't do anything that needed su and root checker always tells me it isn't rooted; z4root never seemed to complete the task), one of those times (z4root) the phone was stuck in rebooting in z4root and I left the app (pressed back button) and it rebooted the phone. And now it doesn't start. I gets to a screen with an image of the phone and a red triangle and an exclamation mark. I can only leave this screen by removing the battery.
I already tried to erase the device using the volume down + power button method (several times) and I also tied to flash new firmware using the same method and placing the new firmware in the sdcard root and renaming it to one of the filenames that the phone tries to find when I use the method below. I even tried to flash it using the RUU downloaded from HTC, but the only firmware available from HTC is below my firmware version and it refuses to flash because the version doesn't match.
I tried to search several forums (xda was one of those) and used Google to try to find the correct RUU file, but couldn't find anything that would work. And I couldn't even find any original ROMs to flash using the volume down + power button method because all the ones I've found are not HTC original files and, after loading them, the phone refuses them. (At least I believe that's the reason.)
Did I really brick my phone forever? Can someone help me? If I take it to HTC, probably they can do something about it, but I can't go there because it's out of warranty now and they'd probably discover that I was trying to root the phone, charge me and do nothing.
Any advice? Can you get me the RUU program file I need?
Thanks in advance.
Jojobach