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The new 2.1 update has just come out for my milestone. But if I update will I lose my root. I rooted with easyroot and If I lose my root can I re-root?
Thanks in advance
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What exactly is in this update, does anyone know? At 34MB~ it can't be FroYo so I really don't know what to expect but why would they bother with such a small update when FroYo is supposed to be coming this month?
bamp for also broken root needing a solution.
want to keep the enhancements the update delivered.
Dyonas said:
What exactly is in this update, does anyone know? At 34MB~ it can't be FroYo so I really don't know what to expect but why would they bother with such a small update when FroYo is supposed to be coming this month?
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it supposed to be coming till the end of the year not this month.
its just some enhancements update. nothing special(2.2 is due on the Q4 of this year). if you update it i think you can root it again.
to be on the safe side just do a nandroid backup.
when i updated i could no longer reroot my milestone as i kept getting the "E:EOCD marker occurs after start of EOCD E:signature verification failed" error is someone knows how to fix it that would be great but for now i recommend not update to this update as there seems to be very little difference apart from the fact i have no root now
Why not flashing the vulnerable recovery first via RSD lite Tool? http://android.doshaska.net/rootable
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it supposed to be coming till the end of the year not this month.
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There was a Twitter post by O2 Germany that said by the end of September. I'm going by that as it's more official than endless rumours and gossip.
Dyonas said:
There was a Twitter post by O2 Germany that said by the end of September. I'm going by that as it's more official than endless rumours and gossip.
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Nothing cant be more official by Motorola Europe.....Its not a rumour.It was moto's statement that milestone will get the upgrade by the end of the year.-
Dyonas said:
There was a Twitter post by O2 Germany that said by the end of September. I'm going by that as it's more official than endless rumours and gossip.
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*sigh*
https://supportforums.motorola.com/community/manager/softwareupgrades
Ugh. Look, I know what the Motorola update page says but that only says planned for Q4. What's to stop it being released sooner? Nothing.
Jesus christ the update that is rolling out consists of bug fixes and a more overall stable 2.1 image.
You probably wont see froyo this year .... got.s page has a internal source that says that they even haven.t started to work on froyo .....
You get the ecd error because your vulnerable recovery isn.t installed and you need to flash a new sbf file.
mousiope said:
Jesus christ the update that is rolling out consists of bug fixes and a more overall stable 2.1 image.
You probably wont see froyo this year .... got.s page has a internal source that says that they even haven.t started to work on froyo .....
You get the ecd error because your vulnerable recovery isn.t installed and you need to flash a new sbf file.
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Do they need to start working on FroYo? Aside from the bootloader and the radio are there any differences that would require a totally new version than the Droid has?
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Do they need to start working on FroYo? Aside from the bootloader and the radio are there any differences that would require a totally new version than the Droid has?
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u loose the point...the only reason for all this, is that moto want to sell milestone 2 and xt720 first which both of handsets have froyo out of the box.Thats the reason why they have announce that they ll comlete the update even on q4 for some countries.(i am talking about froyo btw)
For sure dont expect froyo on milestone before december.
Looks like they are releasing an update to our Hero's.....don't get to excited it just bug fixes but better than nothing.
Source Link:
http://support.sprint.com/support/article/Find_and_update_the_software_version_on_your_HTC_Hero/case-gb746811-20091009-155624?&INTNAV=SUP:HDIA
I wonder if there is much of a performance boost for those running stock derived 2.1 ROMs?
At least we know Sprint isn't ignoring us. It'll take a lot for me to go back to stock, though. Do we know if this will kill your root access like the last update did?
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I wonder if there is much of a performance boost for those running stock derived 2.1 ROMs?
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"Description of enhancements/fixes
-This update improves overall performance of the device."
Since that is the only enhancement/Fix listed I sure hope it would be a noticeable boost.
will this make us loose our roots or roms or anything? I am using NFX-Hero would like the update but don't want to mess up anything that i have done.
Awfully vague description they've provided about today's update. But, not surprising coming from Sprint...
Has HTC posted any elaborations on their website?
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will this make us loose our roots or roms or anything? I am using NFX-Hero would like the update but don't want to mess up anything that i have done.
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ummmm i would not be the first to try.....I will wait till the devs take a look at it.
teedo757 said:
"Description of enhancements/fixes
-This update improves overall performance of the device."
Since that is the only enhancement/Fix listed I sure hope it would be a noticeable boost.
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also...
should be fixing the gps reboot issues and sluggish dialer performance
anyone able to update yet?
The rom-makers will be able to integrate this into their roms, right? I'll just wait for the updated roms to come out.
When I click the link all it takes me to is the sprint information on the update... the link on the sprint page takes me to the 2.27.651.6 Ruu download... Sprint is so lame.... Why post an update if your website hasn't made it available??
Neo31697 said:
will this make us loose our roots or roms or anything? I am using NFX-Hero would like the update but don't want to mess up anything that i have done.
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If you update you will lose it all. The update (in your case) should come from infiniteFX, especially since he was one of the earlier proponents of building off of the .6 versus .5 build.
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If you update you will lose it all. The update (in your case) should come from infiniteFX, especially since he was one of the earlier proponents of building off of the .6 versus .5 build.
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yeah i would never update to an MR from Sprint until a dev has taken it apart and ensured root access.
Visionikz03 said:
yeah i would never update to an MR from Sprint until a dev has taken it apart and ensured root access.
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You have one of the coolest signatures i have seen. +1 for you lol
anyone get prompted for the update yet? i keep probing but comes up nothing...
If I could get a hold of this I would gladly try it, i can't get it over the air or online. I've installed darchstar's S-OFF hboot and it persisted through 2 runs of the 2.27.651.6 RUU, so not having root wouldn't worry me.
to hell with sprint, im pissed about this update. we didn't need it, what we needed was a sense froyo. what a waste of a good opportunity.
I find it interesting that they give different reasons for the update for each different phone. I ruued back to stock .5 kernel and did the .6 update and will adb pull the update off my hero if I get it. In case anyone gets it the update is stored in /cache. You'll probably already know this but you can download it and not apply it.
Anyone know if there is a new radio in this update?
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still can't fetch this update... anyone else?
I've heard rumors that Verizon will be sending over the air (OTA) updates around July 6 or July 7.
However, I am really getting sick of the bloatware and HTC Sense on the phone and would like to remove it as soon as possible.
Do rooted phones receive OTA updates? Can the OTA updates mess up the root?
Will it be more difficult to root after the OTA update?
Best thing to do is root now. The devs are extremely good at getting the newest ota in a rooted and flashable form when its released.
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/agree - if you are going to root, might as well root now before applying an OTA
The other thing is that these rumors (and that's all they are) will just keep you in limbo forever while you don't take any action because you are waiting on something that isn't even real. So screw the rumors and just do what you want today and make the most of it.
Best option is to root, it may be rumored to be out then, but VZW is really bad about getting out updates.
Root + custom roms/kernels out now are still better than what the OTA will offer.
Root now. Root now. Root. Now.
Is there a deodexed version of the stock Rom? I can't find it.
7/6 now? First it was 6/30, now 7/6? I'll be surprised if it happens.
Gnoop said:
7/6 now? First it was 6/30, now 7/6? I'll be surprised if it happens.
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7/7 is when our mobile hotspots are supposed to go inactive, and they were going to do this with an update, even if it is just an update to remove unlimited hotspot
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joshnichols189 said:
7/7 is when our mobile hotspots are supposed to go inactive, and they were going to do this with an update, even if it is just an update to remove unlimited hotspot
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Ah right. Brain not fully functional today. I was thinking of the supposed Gingerbread OTA rumors floating around.
drdiatom said:
I've heard rumors that Verizon will be sending over the air (OTA) updates around July 6 or July 7.
However, I am really getting sick of the bloatware and HTC Sense on the phone and would like to remove it as soon as possible.
Do rooted phones receive OTA updates? Can the OTA updates mess up the root?
Will it be more difficult to root after the OTA update?
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1. Don't listen to rumors about the next release date of official updates for our phone.
2. Rooted phones running custom ROMs don't receive OTA updates.
3. An unrooted phone that receives the next OTA update may or may not have to wait for a new rooting method.
Hope this helps
The reasons above were why I went ahead and rooted my phone. I wasn't having any problems with it but didn't want to get locked out of rooting in case the coming update f*ed our phones like their previous one did.
Root now. Been rooted since the day after I bought the device and absolutely no problems for me.
drdiatom said:
I've heard rumors that Verizon will be sending over the air (OTA) updates around July 6 or July 7.
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where did u read about ota on july 6/7??
Don't be surprised if Verizon delays the OTA and extends the free mobile hotspot yet again. I say root.
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only thing that sucks is that rootiong on the thunderbolt requires wiping your phone= setting up the damn phone again...
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only thing that sucks is that rootiong on the thunderbolt requires wiping your phone= setting up the damn phone again...
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Honestly, its the downgrade you have to do that sucks. I really don't want to start zombies vs plants all over.
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Ah right. Brain not fully functional today. I was thinking of the supposed Gingerbread OTA rumors floating around.
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It is very possible that the Gingerbread does in fact silently bring the hotspot removal update as well. Seeing as how they were promised around the same time period this sounds to be true.
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2. Rooted phones running custom ROMs don't receive OTA updates.
3. An unrooted phone that receives the next OTA update may or may not have to wait for a new rooting method.
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2. Correction: Rooted phones still recieve OTA updates but under no circumstance should you accept the update; always cancel or you will not be able to boot your OS again.
3. According to the root method for the Thunderbolt posted by jcase, it doesn't matter what update you're on because during the root process you fully downgrade to a pre-stock RUU. A new unsupported update will not affect this and you will always be able to use that root method no matter what update you are on.
PhillyCheez said:
Honestly, its the downgrade you have to do that sucks. I really don't want to start zombies vs plants all over.
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During the root method by jcase that last part of the process is that you reupdate to a rooted stock ROM. And I also confirmed that you can even flash the rooted MR2 update as well (currently the latest update for the Thunderbolt of which I am personally using right now).
I highly suggest rooting the phone before the updates.
I personally love having purchased System App Remover from the Market. $2 for a fantastic App back-up and a seamless app remover.
I use it to remove bloatware or other silly apps that sometimes are put on ROMs or added tweaks.
Seriously couldn't be happier since I rooted my phone.
I would would always root before OTA, sometimes am update makes it hard to root again for a while.
Also I don't know how CWR works on this phone but on all my old devices it would automatically block OTA updates.
altimax98 said:
I would would always root before OTA, sometimes am update makes it hard to root again for a while.
Also I don't know how CWR works on this phone but on all my old devices it would automatically block OTA updates.
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It still does
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Hi, I really need some help cause i am new in this (i owned htc desire g7 bravo),
I have bought htc one x at&t mobile. Hopefully by the next week it would be here. I was thinking to root it so I can delete all at&t crap apps. After some search I found out that at&t models always get the updates with a big delay time. So I want to find a stock rom (clean from branded carrier apps). I forgot to mention I live in Greece.
Most important for me is:
1)Greek language and keyboard
2)upgrades “on air”
3)stable and fast (stock sounds perfect)
4)of course choosing north American type means I wand better battery life so it’s going without saying that battery life is important
Any suggestions? I look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237 but no luck. Saying at&t on stock roms means there are at&t apps right?? Thanks a lot in advance!
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Hi, I really need some help cause i am new in this (i owned htc desire g7 bravo),
I have bought htc one x at&t mobile. Hopefully by the next week it would be here. I was thinking to root it so I can delete all at&t crap apps. After some search I found out that at&t models always get the updates with a big delay time. So I want to find a stock rom (clean from branded carrier apps). I forgot to mention I live in Greece.
Most important for me is:
1)Greek language and keyboard
2)upgrades “on air”
3)stable and fast (stock sounds perfect)
4)of course choosing north American type means I wand better battery life so it’s going without saying that battery life is important
Any suggestions? I look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237 but no luck. Saying at&t on stock roms means there are at&t apps right?? Thanks a lot in advance!
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A rooted stock rom is probably your best bet. Custom roms usually remove the OTA function for obvious reasons. Once rooted, the bloatware is easy to remove.
I think you have to load the Greek keyboard separately but I don't know. I think there is one rom with all the languages turned on but it's not stock.
iElvis said:
A rooted stock rom is probably your best bet. Custom roms usually remove the OTA function for obvious reasons. Once rooted, the bloatware is easy to remove.
I think you have to load the Greek keyboard separately but I don't know. I think there is one rom with all the languages turned on but it's not stock.
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So if i get it right i should look "Stock Rooted (Odexed/De-Odexed)"?? (not the "CLOSED" it is different)!
Anything on "Stock Rooted (Odexed/De-Odexed)" says telstra at&t and rogers does not suit me right?
Any other has ota updates and don't mess with bootloader or anything else??They are just rooted nad stock right?
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So if i get it right i should look "Stock Rooted (Odexed/De-Odexed)"?? (not the "CLOSED" it is different)!
Anything on "Stock Rooted (Odexed/De-Odexed)" says telstra at&t and rogers does not suit me right?
Any other has ota updates and don't mess with bootloader or anything else??They are just rooted nad stock right?
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The stock rooted roms should work on any One XL--they are usually debranded. But they are not all exactly the same--I would review the OP to be sure.
Only downside of stock rooted... You take the att ota, you break root access!!
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InflatedTitan said:
Only downside of stock rooted... You take the att ota, you break root access!!
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That's not good! Any way to avoid that? I just rooted 2 days ago!
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ToxicWaste said:
That's not good! Any way to avoid that?
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Yes. Don't take the OTA.
Be patient and wait a few days for the devs to update their roms.
It's simply the downside of being rooted and rommed.
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Yes. Don't take the OTA.
Be patient and wait a few days for the devs to update their roms.
It's simply the downside of being rooted and rommed.
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Yes.
On any Android device if you are rooted, don't update by OTA.
Its really that simple. How many times does this need to be said?
At a minimum, you will lose root. At the worst, you will not be able to root again (depending on what was changed in the OTA) or get stuck in a bootloop (or otherwise not be able to boot).
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Yes. Don't take the OTA.
Be patient and wait a few days for the devs to update their roms.
It's simply the downside of being rooted and rommed.
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I was simply asking since I'm STOCK rooted, I haven't loaded a different Rom at all as I'd like to explore the phone stock rooted first. I should've mentioned I was stock rooted.
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ToxicWaste said:
I was simply asking since I'm STOCK rooted, I haven't loaded a different Rom at all as I'd like to explore the phone stock rooted first. I should've mentioned I was stock rooted.
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Definitely understandable bro. I recommend everyone to enjoy that honeymoon period of a new phone first, then customize the hell out of it. Nothing wrong with your doing, but like others have said don't take an update OTA if your stock. Just pop back in when you ready to really see what this phone is capable of
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I was simply asking since I'm STOCK rooted, I haven't loaded a different Rom at all as I'd like to explore the phone stock rooted first. I should've mentioned I was stock rooted.
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Even if you are on the stock ROM and rooted, you should not ever ever ever install an OTA, for the reasons I've stated in post 8 above.
If you want to install a new firmware version, they almost always get posted in Development in pre-rooted, but otherwise stock form, very soon after the OTA starts rolling out (sometimes even before the OTA, in case of a leak). Those are safe to install.
Thanks for the the explanations, guys.
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I've taken OTAs on my stock rooted Nexus 7 without any problems. But Nexus devices are a special case--I would never recommend trying it on anything else.
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I've taken OTAs on my stock rooted Nexus 7 without any problems. But Nexus devices are a special case--I would never recommend trying it on anything else.
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Sure, there are exceptions. Apps like OTA Rootkeeper sometimes work too (but don't think it ever has on the One X) to keep root after an OTA.
I was giving the "short story" rule for n00bs to go by. The "long story" is not to accept an OTA unless you have researched in advance that it will work (such as from other users here); or you intend to be the guinea pig and live the with the consequences, whatever they may be.
Too many folks here jumped on the 2.20 OTA when it first rolled out, then came on here crying "Ohhh sh1t I lost root, and its not rootable".
"Don't ever OTA on a rooted device" is a good rule to live by, unless you reearch on here and learn otherwise. On the huge majority of devices, the OTA will not even install on a rooted device, anyway. And rooted versions of the latest firmwares always get posted here. So there is really no reason to gamble and take the OTA.
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Even if you are on the stock ROM and rooted, you should not ever ever ever install an OTA, for the reasons I've stated in post 8 above.
If you want to install a new firmware version, they almost always get posted in Development in pre-rooted, but otherwise stock form, very soon after the OTA starts rolling out (sometimes even before the OTA, in case of a leak). Those are safe to install.
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I don't quite understand, I mean the 2.20 firmware is rootable now, is this still unrootable even there's a way to root it?
And also I'm expecting the stock jelly bean rom which is said to be rolling out this month, and I don't care losing root for couple of weeks, do I have to do anything before I install the OTA? Or should I just install the RUU instead?
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I don't quite understand, I mean the 2.20 firmware is rootable now, is this still unrootable even there's a way to root it?
And also I'm expecting the stock jelly bean rom which is said to be rolling out this month, and I don't care losing root for couple of weeks, do I have to do anything before I install the OTA? Or should I just install the RUU instead?
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What happened was that people who took the OTA lost root, and it was months before someone found an exploit. That may happen again with JB if you take it.
It might take the devs a few days to a week to update their roms. Just be patient.
If you absolutely can't wait, you should be stock before taking an OTA.
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And also I'm expecting the stock jelly bean rom which is said to be rolling out this month, and I don't care losing root for couple of weeks, do I have to do anything before I install the OTA? Or should I just install the RUU instead?
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Neither. As I already said, it will show up in a pre-rooted, TWRP flashable, but otherwise stock ROM in the Development subforum. It usually takes about a day before a dev gets ahold of the OTA file, and posts a pre-rooted version of it. Just flash that. And the way the OTAs roll out, you'll probably see the pre-rooted version on XDA before you even get the OTA notification.
You should just erase from your brain the concept of accepting the OTA.
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Neither. As I already said, it will show up in a pre-rooted, TWRP flashable, but otherwise stock ROM in the Development subforum. It usually takes about a day before a dev gets ahold of the OTA file, and posts a pre-rooted version of it. Just flash that. And the way the OTAs roll out, you'll probably see the pre-rooted version on XDA before you even get the OTA notification.
You should just erase from your brain the concept of accepting the OTA.
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But I don't think there's a pre rooted ROM for HOXL here, or I can't find one, anyway if it comes out that'll be great I'll definitely flash that
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But I don't think there's a pre rooted ROM for HOXL here, or I can't find one, anyway if it comes out that'll be great I'll definitely flash that
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There's nothing for JB because it hasn't been released yet. There are rooted versions of many of the other firmware versions in the development section; just look in the compilation thread at the top, which has them all listed.
So,i was lucky i started it before i get the phone on hands! I really thought that at&t takes a lot of time to give ota but it is not so long time!(max a month i think) I think JB hasn't pop up not even for htc(no-carrier branded)phones,always talking about s4 version or 4g as it is called. All stock rooted roms i check seemed good but most of times it was still branded. So to sum up i think i will stay with the stock rom till jb pops up,then i will root the phone deleting all at&t apps...!(only way i know to delete rom's apps is with at least root acces right is there any other?)
I think it is needed to be said againe that even if you have stock rom and ota pops up you dont't do the update but you get the update from xda cause stock root rom+ota can cause problems!
Silly question (i think) unrooting and then ota is as dengarous as stock root rom and ota????(it sounds ok and you avoid re-installing your apps)
All i need (FOR NOW OF COURSE) is a clear rom and get the original "hTC_bootup_one" and "hTC_downanimation" zip files to the right place to avoid at&t meeting every time i go to menu and every time i power my up phone!
Verizon is rolling out Stagefright OTA patch for Galaxy S5. I installed and tested the patch. My phone is stock/un-rooted, and appears to be working fine after the patch.
What android version?
G900VVRU2BOG5 is the new update VZ rolling out...
I have captured the update.zip OTA ..
Let me know if some needs for research. .
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JavaManRules-GS4 said:
G900VVRU2BOG5 is the new update VZ rolling out...
I have captured the update.zip OTA ..
Let me know if some needs for research. .
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I think you missed posting in a couple hundred other threads...
Or you can just use viper4android, kill stagefright, and tell Verizon, "Thanks, but no thanks--I'm in this for _me_ now."
I am not entirely sure what that means, but man, the day when this contract ends cannot come soon enough.
What version of android OS are we at now with all these updates? Is it still 5.0???
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What version of android OS are we at now with all these updates? Is it still 5.0???
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5.0.2 I think... but does this mean the OE1 unrootable phone is fixed? Can the G900Vs with this build be rooted now?
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What version of android OS are we at now with all these updates? Is it still 5.0???
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Pretty sure it's still 5.0. I don't think the S5 will be getting any more updates, it's at the end of its software cycle since 5.0, this update was only released for the stagefright fix.
AXMWBS said:
5.0.2 I think... but does this mean the OE1 unrootable phone is fixed? Can the G900Vs with this build be rooted now?
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No. Verizon's own custom OE1 is the reason that it's not rootable. Once you have the OE1 Kernel or higher, you cannot root unless they find another exploit. I doubt they will considering it's an older phone that's already being phased out in terms of support.
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5.0.2 I think... but does this mean the OE1 unrootable phone is fixed? Can the G900Vs with this build be rooted now?
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You forgot "Am I currently dreaming? ? Bfkddg? ? "
So... no carbon rom.... Do I need to take my phone back since I still have about 9 days and get something different, or deal with it...?
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So... no carbon rom.... Do I need to take my phone back since I still have about 9 days and get something different, or deal with it...?
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If it doesn't already exist for this phone, it won't in the future.
ldeveraux said:
If it doesn't already exist for this phone, it won't in the future.
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It does exist, but my phone cant be rooted now...
Which brings me to my next question...
As of today, which Verizon Phones can be rooted still?
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So... no carbon rom.... Do I need to take my phone back since I still have about 9 days and get something different, or deal with it...?
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Take it back. You have a "new" phone that basically has no support for it anymore. If you have something to use currently other than the S5, I'd consider waiting till the new Google Nexus 5 or 6 2015 edition coming out this year. That should have root and an unlocked bootloader (Google wouldn't stand for Verizon locking down their phone).
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It does exist, but my phone cant be rooted now...
Which brings me to my next question...
As of today, which Verizon Phones can be rooted still?
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You would have to find a phone you like, go to that forum, and check. I believe any phone with an unlocked bootloader can always be rooted? And I'm pretty sure the Google nexus 5/6 (the old ones) will always be rootable.
I'm jumping ship from Samsung (I wanted to move to the Note at one point, but Samsung screwed up big time with their phones trying to make it like an iPhone, and with Samsung/Verizon in bed with locking up root/bootloader).
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If it doesn't already exist for this phone, it won't in the future.
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Spartan117H3 said:
Take it back. You have a "new" phone that basically has no support for it anymore. If you have something to use currently other than the S5, I'd consider waiting till the new Google Nexus 5 or 6 2015 edition coming out this year. That should have root and an unlocked bootloader (Google wouldn't stand for Verizon locking down their phone).
You would have to find a phone you like, go to that forum, and check. I believe any phone with an unlocked bootloader can always be rooted? And I'm pretty sure the Google nexus 5/6 (the old ones) will always be rootable.
I'm jumping ship from Samsung (I wanted to move to the Note at one point, but Samsung screwed up big time with their phones trying to make it like an iPhone, and with Samsung/Verizon in bed with locking up root/bootloader).
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What about the HTC One M8 and M9. Are they rootable? I just want to be able to customize more than my wallpaper and font.. I want themes and color schemes and message skins that aren't apps because that drains my battery.
AXMWBS said:
What about the HTC One M8 and M9. Are they rootable? I just want to be able to customize more than my wallpaper and font.. I want themes and color schemes and message skins that aren't apps because that drains my battery.
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There's a search bar at the top of XDA where you can enter a device. It also allows you to specify which carrier as well. This is from the M9 forum. Says you need a JAVA card which is expensive, but it unlocks the phone/allows root. You can also donate (usually $20-60) users to do it for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...t-s-off-how-root-s-off-verizon-m9-20-t3123178
I have no idea about the M8, seems to be the same, have to have S-OFF or whatever the heck that means. Do research yourself if you want the phone.
I don't think I saw anyone ask this yet...
If I'm currently rooted with OE1, can i take this update and stay rooted? or will i loose root and not be able to get root again?
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owenrg said:
I don't think I saw anyone ask this yet...
If I'm currently rooted with OE1, can i take this update and stay rooted? or will i loose root and not be able to get root again?
thanks
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Follow the instructions in muniz_ri's thread. He hasn't released the deodexed version though. You should never take ota when rooted, and you should actually have it disabled as soon as you root. One user reported that they ota updated without losing root, but I'd never recommend it.
There is no benefit in disabling it. You have to authorize any update, so it cannot overwrite it on its own. The only reason to disable it is the popup after an update comes out which can be stopped by deleting the update.zip then having the install fail.
Two or three updates ago, I lost the ability to rotate my screen unless an app forces it to rotate, now with this update my phone no longer reads sd cards, and in fact boot loops if there is one inserted. I've done a lot of searching, both when the initial problem manifested, and now with the new problem, but haven't seen anyone with a fix. Any suggestions?
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