I have a nexus s and I used ota to update to ICS 4.0.3
After this, via a software on my PC (don't remember the name) I unlocked the bootloader. And then ran the root command from the same software. Once this finished, I ran a root check, but it showed that My phone was not rooted. After a few days, my phone wouldn't boot at all and remain on Samsung logo. I gave it to a service center and they reinstalled gingerbread 2.3.3 for me. Now when I try to ota to ics, and then reboot, the phone doesn't boot. (Green android with question mark). Pulling the battery revolts it into gingerbread.
How do I ota?
And is there any oneclick to root it?
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You can find the following reference thread. One-Click method is listed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1067813
Problem solved.
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I rooted my Inspire 4G using buddy's 1 click, and it worked fine. I went to update my phone and it said it had this update OTA_Ace_Cingular_US_1_84_502_11-1_80_502_3_P_release_186225z4g9g65j9b7kolus. I tried to install it and Rom Manager starts the process and the I end up with a black screen with a triangle with a ! in it and a little green android standing in front. I can get the phone to restart (power button or removing battery) but the phone still says that I have to install the update. Do I need it? Or how do I install it.
If your rooted tue otas wont work
Just flash this. Its the Ota's rooted. I recommend the sl version so you can have sideloading available.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
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If your rooted tue otas wont work
Just flash this. Its the Ota's rooted. I recommend the sl version so you can have sideloading available.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
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this worked great for me thanks
I am trying to root my EVO. I once had it rooted and unrooted it...i think...with unrEVOked. I wanted to root the phone and install a custom rom again but I cant seem to get it to root.
I have tried unrEVOked(and followed all the easy steps to root on a forum....more then once), and once I got the initial screen were it sais to plug the phone in and make sure it has USBdebugging on, I do just that and nothing happens. so....
I tried to use Simple Root .1. Once again, found a forum on how to root with this program and followed the steps...more then once...and still no luck. With Simple Root I watched a video and in the video the prompt screen said that it was pushing a file to the phone and then it is suppose to go to the HBOOT screen....which does not happen on my phone, it skips that step and tells me to go to step 2, but I haven't completed step 1 yet....
I really dont know if me rooting the phone befor is causing this, but if anybody has any advice it would be greatly appreciated.
Thank
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If you're on the OTA gingerbread update then you won't be able to root.
I have not updated yet. It asked me to but i was about to root so didn't feel the need to update the HTC software.....
So you're not on 2.3? I don't have an evo, but the rroot process was pretty easy for me using unrevoked. USB debugging on, set to charge only. (Fastboot off, if that's an option in settings>power.)
when i first got the phone i rooted it with unrevoked and yea, it was easy....
But yes i actually am on 2.3.3.... Dont know if that is gingerbread or not...
here is my software info...
Android Version -2.3.3
Baseband Version -2.15.00.05.02
Kernel -2.6.35.10-g4e39384 [email protected] #1
Build number -4.22.651.2 CL60865 release-keys
Software number -4.22.651.2
Browser version -WebKit/533.1
PRI version -2.15_003
PRL Version -60680
Today, I randomly checked to see if there was a HTC update, and there was and it said that 2.3 (Gingerbread) 4.24.651.1 was available.....I dont know if any of that helps....
Can you get into recovery? What is the status of your hboot security?
Power off. Pull battery for 1 min. Hold volume down. Press power.
Report here if S on or S off please.
Try going into recovery.
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Try moving over to the EVO 4G forum for Q&A...
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lil_bono said:
Can you get into recovery? What is the status of your hboot security?
Power off. Pull battery for 1 min. Hold volume down. Press power.
Report here if S on or S off please.
Try going into recovery.
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HBOOT = s-off
as far as recovery, it shows a phone with a red triangle with an exclamation point.....
Good news! You are still rooted! (technicaly, S-off is not root, but just as good) Jump over to the EVO 4G forums and start reading! And asking questions here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=652
You can flash a recovery that will allow you to, in turn, flash whatever ROM you would like...
I suggest Amon-Ra recovery.
Good luck!
I'm kind of surprised that you were having problems with unrevoked. That is probably because you somehow upgraded to 2.3.3. Unrevoked used the initial exploit of rageagainstthecage, and this was blocked in 2.3.3. However, you obviously used unrevoked some time BEFORE you received 2.3.3. Either way, just reflash a recovery pc36img.zip version of Amon Ra found here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026
then download a ROM, I suggest MikG or Synergy to the root of your SD card and flash via recovery.
THANKS lil_bono. i really appreciate your help...
Ok so i went to the HBOOT screen and clicked recovery and it failed....so is a flashrecovery different or am i going to still run into the same problem of it giving me that red triangle??
Youre welcome. Yes. Flashed recovery can be of different types and is what you need. It will have locally packaged commands instead of the stock adb connection only. Head over to the EVO forums and start searching and reading.
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So I upgraded to official pics 4.0.3 but lost root and cwm in the process. Ive been running it for 2 weeks and want to flash a custom rom, How do I gain root and install cwm recovery? Also, do I need different adb drivers because my PC no longer recognizes the nexus s?
Thanks
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wendellc said:
So I upgraded to official pics 4.0.3 but lost root and cwm in the process. Ive been running it for 2 weeks and want to flash a custom rom, How do I gain root and install cwm recovery? Also, do I need different adb drivers because my PC no longer recognizes the nexus s?
Thanks
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There are many threads - please look and search, to many threads are being created with the same topic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396804&highlight=cwm
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20456900
still stuck with my nexus coming up with a exclamation on my device, it shows up as android1.0. when trying to update and using the nexus s drivers I found on another posts and still not working. I am stuck on fastboot and cannot go any further.
until i can get my phone recognized properly when in fastboot, any tutorial on root is useless.
Anyone had this android 1.0 issue resolved? another poster on a thread said it might be the usb port on the phone itself, i highly doubt that is the issue with my phone. My nexus is recognized when booted in its normal state.
Looking for quick help, but will continue searching. another thread said try pdanet and will give it a try.
Thanks
got it! pda net worked.
I generally don't root my phones but I needed to increase the size of my SD cache so I rooted it.
I have read the threads on what to do if you have rooted and installed a new rom but I only did a portion of this process.
To root the phone, I followed the guide on this forum and completed the following:
Enabled USB Debugging and Unknown Sources (Phone)
Double-clicked "RootDebugfs" on PC with phone connected to computer using OEM USB cable. It ran to completion.
Installed - ez_unlock.apk and rom_manager.apk
At this point SuperUser was supposed to install but it didn't. I downloaded and installed Superuser, updated the Superuser binaries, and I was rooted. I confirmed this with Root Checker.
I never unlocked the phone with Ez-Unlocker
I never used Rom-Manager either.
I did install SD Speed Increase and increased the SD cache size from 128kb to 1024 kb.
Now there is a Verizon update that I should probably get. In the near future I will need to update to Jelly Bean.
What do I need to do to install these Verizon updates?
If you're rooted, stock recovery and not unlocked you can take any OTA but it will break root. But as far as I've seen you can root again.
If you're unlocked with custom recovery you need to flash back to full locked stock and stock recovery to accept OTA.
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As long as u have stock recovery then just take the ota and re root. If u don't have stock recovery the gym flash it with ez recovery app. That's how I updated my phone this morning
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You could also just wait until someone creates a flashable zip and flash through CWM or TWRP.
Thank you for the replies.
I did not change anything regarding recovery. I only did whats indicated in my initial post.
If I do the OTA update will I just root again using the same process I did initially?
If so, is that just "double-click "RootDebugfs" on PC with phone connected to computer using OEM USB cable and run it to completion."?
I appreciate the support provided and appreciate all responses.
chinook9 said:
Thank you for the replies.
I did not change anything regarding recovery. I only did whats indicated in my initial post.
If I do the OTA update will I just root again using the same process I did initially?
If so, is that just "double-click "RootDebugfs" on PC with phone connected to computer using OEM USB cable and run it to completion."?
I appreciate the support provided and appreciate all responses.
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Exactly. That's how I did it.
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Just be aware that it's not unheard of for the root exploit to get blocked in the new OTA. It doesn't sound like that has happened here, but just FYI. That's part of why the common mantra is to just wait for someone to post a rooted version of the stock rom... or go with a custom rom (shout out to CleanRom here).
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Just be aware that it's not unheard of for the root exploit to get blocked in the new OTA. It doesn't sound like that has happened here, but just FYI. That's part of why the common mantra is to just wait for someone to post a rooted version of the stock rom... or go with a custom rom (shout out to CleanRom here).
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Yes you are correct about that. Luckily this didn't happen here. I also re locked the bootloader before I accepted the ota
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Yes you are correct about that. Luckily this didn't happen here. I also re locked the bootloader before I accepted the ota
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Thanks a lot for the information. I'm sure I can handle that. I'm considering not doing the update and then either waiting for the Verizon update to Jelly Bean or find a Jelly Bean ROM and take that route.
Thanks again.
Has any one perhaps used this app
Essentially ist an app that allows you to back up and restore your root access therefore allowing you to take updates over the air and then afterwards allowing to restore your root. I saw a couple videos on you tube but they were all dated months ago I was wondering if any one had any comments or feedback based on there own experience using this tool cause in theory it sounds pretty awesome
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I used it with the most recent jb update on two vzw gs3s. It works as promised. Just make sure your bootloader is still unlocked after the update.
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I used it with the most recent jb update on two vzw gs3s. It works as promised. Just make sure your bootloader is still unlocked after the update.
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is there any chance you could list the steps you did involving ota rootkeeper....i still have ics 4.0.4, stock rooted unlocked. didnt take the jb update cause i didnt want to lose everything....thanks
Both times I used it I was running CM10 stable and CWM touch 6.0.2.3. I then did a full wipe, restored my stock back up, downloaded voodoo and hit "protect root", and then accepted the OTA. It was that easy.
The first phone I carelessly forgot to re-unlock my bootloader using ez-unlock and when I rebooted I got the dreaded triangle. Learned my lesson with the second one. I remember something about having to answer some ?'s during the reboot process about keeping my custom recovery, but I don't remember exactly what they were. The answers were pretty obvious.
Also, I just tried ez unlock now and it says device status unknown. After the update I remember getting that msg too for some reason. I just locked the bootloader and then unlocked it for good measure, making sure to get the "your bootloader has been successfully unlocked“ msg.
Good luck and lmk how it turns out
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So flash or return to stock rooted ics in my case download the app hit protect root and then it says temporary un root then go through the notions of the update and then after it reboots just double check that the boot loader is unlock wit ez unlock before attempting to flash custom roms correct???
Ps after you or I unlocked my boot loader it too says device status unknown so much like you I lock it and then unlock it to be sure
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So flash or return to stock rooted ics in my case download the app hit protect root and then it says temporary un root then go through the notions of the update and then after it reboots just double check that the boot loader is unlock wit ez unlock before attempting to flash custom roms correct???
Ps after you or I unlocked my boot loader it too says device status unknown so much like you I lock it and then unlock it to be sure
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Sorry was to busy watching the Super bowl and didnt have acces to a computer on my last post. Hopefully this is a little easier to follow.
1) Return to stock rooted/unlocked ics (in my case it was the backup I made of my phone straight out of the box)
2) Download the app and when you run it, it should have all but one of the boxes checked (you'll see what I mean when you open the app). Click on "protect root" and the final box should now be checked (indicating that a protected su copy is available)
3) I did not select temp unroot as an option, so I cannot attest to what selecting this will do. Once I selected "protect root", I went and initiated the OTA download. I did this with two gsIII's following the above sequence and had zero problems (well, except for forgetting to re-unclock my bootloader).
4) After the phone has downloaded the update it will ask you if you want to allow CWM (or whatever your recovery is) to install the unsigned.zip - select YES and answer YES to keeping root.
5) Once the phone is done booting up go into ezunlock and re-unlock your bootloader before booting into recovery or rebooting the device.
I think most people will agree that this is kind of a waste of time as their are a number of debloated Stock JB ROMS on this forum that you can flash without having to go through all the hassle of doing all this. I chose to do it as more of a learning tool. This is my first Samsung device having owned and rooted/S-Off''ed two previous HTC devices. I am by no means an expert, but this community has been so helpful to me over the last few years,that I figured it's about time I started spreading the Aloha. Good Luck!