my phone recently updated OTA to the latest 2.11.605.9 update, I then downgraded to 2.11.605.5 so I could use revolutionary to gain s-ff and root. I have everything working and currently running Gingeritis 3d latest version.
Question is, the vcast media manager pops up everytime i plug my thunderbolt into the pc, I have checked "do not display when connected" but it does anyway, my main question is why? I am not running anything stock so why is this still popping up? I figure it was part of the OTA update but since I flashed a custom rom shouldn't that have removed such things?
Just curious, everything works just thought the purpose of custom roms/kernals was to get away from verizon bloatware.
Thanks
smoody said:
my phone recently updated OTA to the latest 2.11.605.9 update, I then downgraded to 2.11.605.5 so I could use revolutionary to gain s-ff and root. I have everything working and currently running Gingeritis 3d latest version.
Question is, the vcast media manager pops up everytime i plug my thunderbolt into the pc, I have checked "do not display when connected" but it does anyway, my main question is why? I am not running anything stock so why is this still popping up? I figure it was part of the OTA update but since I flashed a custom rom shouldn't that have removed such things?
Just curious, everything works just thought the purpose of custom roms/kernals was to get away from verizon bloatware.
Thanks
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On root directory go into "Etc" and delete the file cd????. I don't remember the name, but it is the only file that starts "cd".
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I'm using the default ROM for my One X and I'd like to update it (I haven't since I got it 6 month ago); do I need to re-lock the bootloader and unroot it before I can use the OTA update? Also it's been a while since I even fiddled with my phones software so I forgot anything else I may have done, is there a way I can check to see what else has been done and if it's safe to update it?
Currently I have:
Android Version: 4.0.3
HTC Sense Version: 4.0
Software Number: 1.73.631.1
HTC SDK API Level: 4.11
HTC Extension Version: HTCExtension_403_1_HA_4
What firmware are u on currently for starters
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I added the info to the original post
bman3k said:
do I need to re-lock the bootloader and unroot it before I can use the OTA update?
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Your phone should be factory default before performing OTA updates or results may be unexpected.
Most OTA updates are patch file based and require the files to be exactly what is expected.
There have been known issues with root being detected and the OTA failing.
Rooted phones progressing with an update but root lost after the update.
System files being modified and the OTA failing.
Recovery must be factory; not TWRP or CWM.
CID and MID must suit OTA.
The only modification I would consider safe through all OTA's so far has been SuperCID.
If you have any interest in rooting and flashing custom ROMs, I would suggest rooting and unlocking the bootloader now, while you are on 1.73, and not updating via OTA. The latest 2.20 update will also update your hboot, which plugs the holes by which kernels and radios can be flashed from recovery.
Since you're with att you can expect the jelly bean update any time from now till the end of the world which isn't fun waiting for .. I'd suggest if you were rooted download goo manager flash twrp....than flash a solid ics Rom if your prefer ice sense or you can go venture into the jb realms
omario8484 said:
Since you're with att you can expect the jelly bean update any time from now till the end of the world which isn't fun waiting for .. I'd suggest if you were rooted download goo manager flash twrp....than flash a solid ics Rom if your prefer ice sense or you can go venture into the jb realms
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Agree. If you are already BL unlocked and rooted, why go through the hassle of relocking the BL and returning to stock, just to wait for the OTA?
Just flash a JB ROM, as there are already stock and custom JB ROMs posted in Development.
Plus, until the OTA actually hits, we don't know if it will even be rootable. They have plugged the existing root exploits with every successive AT&T OTA for this phone so far. No reason to think any different for the JB update.
Just flash a JB ROM and stay rooted.
Ya I really like viper xl v3 . Just apply fix listed on op and you should be good to go
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Stock OTA is not WORTH IT IMO, been there
Reselling the phone is probably the only reason i'd revert to stock.
Ok, so I tried to flash Android Revolution HD 18.0 instead of going back to stock. I used TWRP, but it said "unable to read zip file" and the flash failed, now my phone won't start up it just shows the HTC screen with "this build is for development purposes..." and continuously turns on and off.
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Ok, so I tried to flash Android Revolution HD 18.0 instead of going back to stock. I used TWRP, but it said "unable to read zip file" and the flash failed, now my phone won't start up it just shows the HTC screen with "this build is for development purposes..." and continuously turns on and off.
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Ok you're really lucky you didn't just brick your phone.... You want to stay in the att one x forums.... Notice theres a title diff. You're lucky it didn't succesfully flash or your phone would be dead... That's an international one x rom
bman3k said:
Ok, so I tried to flash Android Revolution HD 18.0 instead of going back to stock. I used TWRP, but it said "unable to read zip file" and the flash failed, now my phone won't start up it just shows the HTC screen with "this build is for development purposes..." and continuously turns on and off.
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Stick to the ROM's in our forum, I never heard of anything like that ROM for our phone sorry. Lucky you didn't brick it
O damn I feel very stupid now...
Can someone recommend me a JB ROM?
Also how would I even install one now? The AR HD one was the only ROM I had on my SD card
Edit: I figured out the Mount function in TWRP, so I know how to add new ROMs now
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O damn I feel very stupid now...
Can someone recommend me a JB ROM? Also how would I even install one now? The AR HD one was the only ROM I had on my SD card
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Try them all, they are all good, the time it takes to ask for other peoples opinions you could have test driven them all yourself.
Are you looking for jb sense?
omario8484 said:
Are you looking for jb sense?
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I'm just going to try a couple like wrecker suggested now that I've figured out how to flash ROM's properly
Thanks for your guys' helps
Is there a way to back up my apps/texts and stuff when flashing ROM's? I totally forgot about that and lost all of it, I didn't have anything particularly important, but it'd be a hassle to redownload everything everytime. I had Titanium Backup, but that's not a recovery for if you reflash right?
bman3k said:
I'm just going to try a couple like wrecker suggested now that I've figured out how to flash ROM's properly
Thanks for your guys' helps
Is there a way to back up my apps/texts and stuff when flashing ROM's? I totally forgot about that and lost all of it, I didn't have anything particularly important, but it'd be a hassle to redownload everything everytime. I had Titanium Backup, but that's not a recovery for if you reflash right?
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Funny that you bring titanium up...titanium helps you back up apps it also backs up your app data...and for sms just download something from the market here's one download the app super backup and you can backup your sms
So I installed Cyanogen 10.0.0 but it didn't come with Google Play so I installed Gapps as well; now I keep getting the "Android Keyboard ASOP has stopped working" and I can't do anything. I've tried multiple versions of Gapps but they all give the error. I've also tried installing a keyboard apk on it's own but I am still unable to type anything.
Edit: Also when I downloaded Google Play as an apk separately it would crash immediately, but when I installed it from Gapps it was ok.
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So I installed Cyanogen 10.0.0 but it didn't come with Google Play so I installed Gapps as well; now I keep getting the "Android Keyboard ASOP has stopped working" and I can't do anything. I've tried multiple versions of Gapps but they all give the error. I've also tried installing a keyboard apk on it's own but I am still unable to type anything.
Edit: Also when I downloaded Google Play as an apk separately it would crash immediately, but when I installed it from Gapps it was ok.
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You did a full wipe before hand right?
I did the factory, system, cache and dalvik cache wipes
Edit: I got it to work, not really sure what I did different =/
Hi, as the title states, yesterday I received a notification from Verizon that a new update is ready to be installed. I can only defer it for 5 days, which I did. I'm running TouchWiz Eclipse ROM 1.0. I went ahead and renamed SMD.apk to SMD.bak, because I read somewhere that's what I needed to do to prevent Verizon from pushing updates.
What I wanted to do is confirm that what I did would work (as in prevent Verizon from updating my awesome ROM and thus bricking my device). Also, I think the update is already downloaded and just ready to be installed. Will that affect anything? Would renaming SMD.apk still prevent it from being installed, or is that only to prevent it from being downloaded?? Please halp!!
Cheers,
ED
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Hi, as the title states, yesterday I received a notification from Verizon that a new update is ready to be installed. I can only defer it for 5 days, which I did. I'm running TouchWiz Eclipse ROM 1.0. I went ahead and renamed SMD.apk to SMD.bak, because I read somewhere that's what I needed to do to prevent Verizon from pushing updates.
What I wanted to do is confirm that what I did would work (as in prevent Verizon from updating my awesome ROM and thus bricking my device). Also, I think the update is already downloaded and just ready to be installed. Will that affect anything? Would renaming SMD.apk still prevent it from being installed, or is that only to prevent it from being downloaded?? Please halp!!
Cheers,
ED
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Best way to check is to go into Settings/About Phone/Software Update. If it force closes then you're all set. Renaming or uninstalling "smd 1.0" causes the phone to not actively poll for future OTAs from that moment on. Using a file explorer, check in /cache and delete the update.zip for VRBMF1 cuz you deferred the OTA which means it saved to your phone already.
I checked Settings>About device but there's no Check for upgrade option. I assume it was taken out as part of the ROM. I went ahead and deleted some sort of fupgrade in /cache. Then went and wiped cache in recovery and fixed permissions just to top it off. I think I'm good!! Thanks
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I checked Settings>About device but there's no Check for upgrade option. I assume it was taken out as part of the ROM. I went ahead and deleted some sort of fupgrade in /cache. Then went and wiped cache in recovery and fixed permissions just to top it off. I think I'm good!! Thanks
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i think eclipse is aosp not touchwiz , iam running the same thing but its aosp eclispe here the link to verified
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142267 if it is you will never have problems of verizon trying to push ota updates
xavierxxx2p said:
i think eclipse is aosp not touchwiz , iam running the same thing but its aosp eclispe here the link to verified
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142267 if it is you will never have problems of verizon trying to push ota updates
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There is a touchwiz version, it just wasn't updated in awhile and it's pretty buried in the development section.
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Hi everyone, new guy here.
I'm rooted and currently running 9.18.79 with Verizon. I'm trying to install the 9.18.94 OTA update, but it fails everytime. After I select "Install Now" it reboots and starts to install, but then I get the Android robot on its back with the red triangle. The phone then reboots again and I get a message that says the software update failed. What's the secret to updating when rooted (while also making sure to still have root access afterward)?
Thanks...
filmfanatic09 said:
Hi everyone, new guy here.
I'm rooted and currently running 9.18.79 with Verizon. I'm trying to install the 9.18.94 OTA update, but it fails everytime. After I select "Install Now" it reboots and starts to install, but then I get the Android robot on its back with the red triangle. The phone then reboots again and I get a message that says the software update failed. What's the secret to updating when rooted (while also making sure to still have root access afterward)?
Thanks...
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You cannot be rooted or you must hide root w/ voodoo or super su. Also you must use stock recovery.
the update will not actually fail if you are rooted, although it may report failing.
if it actually fails, you can obviously see it doesnt go through the process, then there is some other factor causing it to fail.
some things that would cause it to fail all together are: non stock recovery, freezing any bloat, removing any bloat, pretty much any modifications to the stock software other than rooting will cause it to fail.
once you have any system deficiencies fixed, use voodoo from the market to protect root and temp unroot before taking the update.
if you cant figure out what you did to the system to fix it, you may want to re-flash using the proper utility for your current system, re-root, protect and temp unroot through voodoo, then try the update again.
Thanks for the replies.
The primary reason I rooted in the first place was to remove a ton of unwanted bloatware, so at this point it's not even close to resembling the stock software. What are my options? Do I really have to re-install everything I deleted, or is it possible to flash the whole system back to stock?
filmfanatic09 said:
Thanks for the replies.
The primary reason I rooted in the first place was to remove a ton of unwanted bloatware, so at this point it's not even close to resembling the stock software. What are my options? Do I really have to re-install everything I deleted, or is it possible to flash the whole system back to stock?
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you can flash the hole system using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474393 get the 1.33 version to match what you are on or the 1.34 to go right to the version you are trying to upgrade to. either is fine.
Hey guys I have a random stupid question. My phone is rooted and I have safestrap recovery installed but I haven't messed with it in a while. I have a few roms on it but I for some reason I can't remember I have just been using the stock rom. I've been getting prompted for system update for a long time now but it errors out when I install it (probably because of being rooted). How can I manually install the latest "stock rom". What is the actual name for the stock rom? Right now I'm running 9.16.6.XT926.Verizon.en.US which is android version 4.1.2. Since I haven't messed with it in over a year I would imagine there's quite a few updates to the one I'm running. So basically my question is what is the official name for the stock rom (I keep wanting to call it firmware but I'm pretty sure thats not it) and where can I get the latest and greatest. Thanks!
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Hey guys I have a random stupid question. My phone is rooted and I have safestrap recovery installed but I haven't messed with it in a while. I have a few roms on it but I for some reason I can't remember I have just been using the stock rom. I've been getting prompted for system update for a long time now but it errors out when I install it (probably because of being rooted). How can I manually install the latest "stock rom". What is the actual name for the stock rom? Right now I'm running 9.16.6.XT926.Verizon.en.US which is android version 4.1.2. Since I haven't messed with it in over a year I would imagine there's quite a few updates to the one I'm running. So basically my question is what is the official name for the stock rom (I keep wanting to call it firmware but I'm pretty sure thats not it) and where can I get the latest and greatest. Thanks!
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Yeah, the update is probably failing because of something you did with root access. However, before you decide to update, I would unlock your bootloader. You're still on a system version that can be unlocked. Once you're unlocked, you can FXZ to the newest update, flash an aftermarket recovery, and then flash a SU.zip to gain root.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vh04gc3ysgib7i9/VRZ_XT926_9.8.1Q-94-1_CFC.xml.ziphttps://www.dropbox.com/s/vh04gc3ysgib7i9/VRZ_XT926_9.8.1Q-94-1_CFC.xml.zipYou are on the last software version which allowed bootloader unlocking. So if you haven't already done so, you should unlock first. Here's a screenshot showing the current software version. Also included link to the zip.
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I have a verizon htc one m8. When I go to settings > software update > check new, it always comes back with a "download unsuccessful" error and it says "we were not able to download this update. to retry, go to settings > software update". I have also tried updating via the htc sync manager but when i try to update, it says something like live update server is not reachable or something. my htc is rooted and bootloader unlocked + s-off. i have read somewhere that having a custom recovery makes it impossible for ota so i flashed the stock recovery and tried it but to no avail. also when i first rooted my phone i did a backup immediately before i started deleting all the bloatware and apps that i didn't want. and when i restored to that first backup it still doesnt work. another thing is that i currently live in india and i bought my phone from the states. that's all the information i can think of. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have a verizon htc one m8. When I go to settings > software update > check new, it always comes back with a "download unsuccessful" error and it says "we were not able to download this update. to retry, go to settings > software update". I have also tried updating via the htc sync manager but when i try to update, it says something like live update server is not reachable or something. my htc is rooted and bootloader unlocked + s-off. i have read somewhere that having a custom recovery makes it impossible for ota so i flashed the stock recovery and tried it but to no avail. also when i first rooted my phone i did a backup immediately before i started deleting all the bloatware and apps that i didn't want. and when i restored to that first backup it still doesnt work. another thing is that i currently live in india and i bought my phone from the states. that's all the information i can think of. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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In order to accept the OTA you need to have the stock recovery along with an unrooted stock ROM with NO system modifications, that includes removed bloatware.
So pretty much you need to flash an unrooted stock ROM then revert to stock recovery. If you're just looking for the firmware however, there is a thread in the Development section of the Verizon M8 forum for that.
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In order to accept the OTA you need to have the stock recovery along with an unrooted stock ROM with NO system modifications, that includes removed bloatware.
So pretty much you need to flash an unrooted stock ROM then revert to stock recovery. If you're just looking for the firmware however, there is a thread in the Development section of the Verizon M8 forum for that.
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Can be rooted.
A US OTA update won't download to your phone in India. But why OTA??? Download and flash the 4.4.3 firmware, then flash a rom of your choosing. If you want pure VZW stock, scrosler has a stock rooted rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2874699
Even better, flash his CleanROM 2.0
Thank you to all that replied. I think my problem is that my phone was bought from the states and I'm using it in India, just like berndblb said, Anyways, thanks to dottat I've flashed the new update into my phone through fastboot. So happy to be running the new firmware. Anyways thank you everyone who took their time to reply.