Have a Sim-Free Sensation XE.
I started rooting using the XDA guide linked from Androidforums. So far I have s-ff, and installed the backup when the handset decided there was the ICS update after a manual search said there wasnt.
I've read a thread on android forums about bricking if rooted then doing the OTA. Have I gone too far to OTA without bricking, or do I need to undo what I've done so far, and if so how do I reinstall the stock recovery?
Many thanks.
Any one able to advise me please?
Many thanks.
nx1977 said:
Have a Sim-Free Sensation XE.
I started rooting using the XDA guide linked from Androidforums. So far I have s-ff, and installed the backup when the handset decided there was the ICS update after a manual search said there wasnt.
I've read a thread on android forums about bricking if rooted then doing the OTA. Have I gone too far to OTA without bricking, or do I need to undo what I've done so far, and if so how do I reinstall the stock recovery?
Many thanks.
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Just unroot using the option for permanent unroot in the SuperSU app.
Flash the stock recovery (Download here).
Then check for updates & install it.
Thanks.
So my only option is to complete the root?
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Just got a Sensation this last Sat, my first Android phone, and am interested in rooting it. Never done this on any phone and am a little confused as many guides are for people who want to flash roms. For now, I would just like to root in order to get rid of some preinstalled apps. Is there a guide that has the minimal steps needed to just root? Also, does rooting do anything to my settings or apps that are there now?
MANTI5 said:
Just got a Sensation this last Sat, my first Android phone, and am interested in rooting it. Never done this on any phone and am a little confused as many guides are for people who want to flash roms. For now, I would just like to root in order to get rid of some preinstalled apps. Is there a guide that has the minimal steps needed to just root? Also, does rooting do anything to my settings or apps that are there now?
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Follow steps one to three on the first post of this.. and that is it
Ok, didn't quite understand the guide here but found a video that made it easy and now I'm rooted. Will this keep me from receiving updates? When I get updates will this unroot the phone? Also, which apps are safe to remove without messing anything up?
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MANTI5 said:
Ok, didn't quite understand the guide here but found a video that made it easy and now I'm rooted. Will this keep me from receiving updates? When I get updates will this unroot the phone? Also, which apps are safe to remove without messing anything up?
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Hello and welcome to the forums.
To property receive OTA updates you need a stock recovery - that's a must! We cannot predict what HTC is going to update next so if you delete a package that is going to be updated - yeah, this may cause troubles. So deleting kinda anything as root may cause a OTA update to fail. I suggest that you buy a application that does a backup when uninstalling a package. I'm using Root Uninstaller Pro to "freeze" some apps just in case HTC releases a OTA that needs one of those disabled apps.
In case you have any other questions feel free to ask.
Jackos said:
Hello and welcome to the forums.
To property receive OTA updates you need a stock recovery - that's a must! We cannot predict what HTC is going to update next so if you delete a package that is going to be updated - yeah, this may cause troubles. So deleting kinda anything as root may cause a OTA update to fail. I suggest that you buy a application that does a backup when uninstalling a package. I'm using Root Uninstaller Pro to "freeze" some apps just in case HTC releases a OTA that needs one of those disabled apps.
In case you have any other questions feel free to ask.
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If you are running the stock ROM you can just update OTA right? I'm not running a stock ROM so i dont have any OTA at all, but just curious...
I'm running stock rom, nothing changed except it's rooted. Are you saying I won't get any OTA updates from HTC? Would I get them if I took the phone in to a T-Mobile store, say when ICS is released or would it still not update because it's rooted?
MANTI5 said:
Ok, didn't quite understand the guide here but found a video that made it easy and now I'm rooted. Will this keep me from receiving updates? When I get updates will this unroot the phone? Also, which apps are safe to remove without messing anything up?
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what video did you follow?
Not sure of it's exact location because I didn't bookmark it, but it was on youtube.
Anyone know the answer to my last question?
to find your answer boot into recovery on your phone, if you see it orange or blue with lots of options and on top it says CWM custom recovery, then no you will not receive OTA's, but to be honest thats ok, usually we root users get OTA leaks before its even released, expamle ICS some one is already working on ICS port so we will see ICS before even official release is even out
and if your rooted i found best way to remove bloat is to use titanium backup
back up the apps you want to remove in there and from the same app there is an option to uninstall it
Ok, got TB. Is there a list somwhere of apps that are safe to remove from the sensation? Also, when ICS is released, will putting it on my phone myself erase anything I currently have or not work at all if I start removing apps? Sorry for all the questions, this is my first smartphone.
I need to upgrade my wifes phone to the newest version. If i do a sidelod will I need to root the phone again? whats the easiest thing to do? Her phone is currently rooted with stock rom
Thnks
Install this one from recovery if she wants to stay completely stock. This is the ONLY true gingerbread stock 2.47 ROM out there. All others have modifications. It is already rooted. Backup before updating.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192372
Sideload? You don't sideload a ROM when upgrading. Only when installing apps. And you shouldn't need to sideload anything anymore, especially if you are rooted.
Check the sticky that has the stock roms. Post four in Genes thread that I linked doesn't even have the bloat removed. I ran it for several weeks, so I know it is as stock rooted as you can get.
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I keep forgetting about that 1.
what is the sure way to root thunderbolt on the latest OTA, i was rooted before but lost root on the update i waited a few weeks before rooting again and now im searching if there is a way to root the device atm?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401959 you need to go here you have to downgrade. Then you can use revolutionary
thank you for your support, after i downgrade how do i update and keep root?
You dont. Just run the downgraded. Or flash a custom rom if u want root. The radios from the upgrade are available in the dev section as well. If u want them. Supposidly better handoff betweeen 4g and 3g with the new radio
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thank you for your support, after i downgrade how do i update and keep root?
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I know a little late on the scene and don't know if you figured this out but..
If you mean by "update", running the stock 605.9 then..
-after downgrading to 605.5 using the provided link
-root with revolutionary
-at that point you can flash the "rooted" version of 605.9 or any other ROM as mentioned before, this will allow you to keep root and prevent Big Red from trying to push the OTA
Hi, all.
Want to prepare for ICS update....
It been a long time since I messed with the phone 9 month or so....LOL
Have S-OFF, CWM, rooted, but still on stock ROM, since I use my HD2.
I remember seeing somewhere a thread with instruction on how to switch back to stock recovery.... one of the requirements of flushing ICS OTA.
Now I searched everywhere and can't find it....
Would you be so kind to point me to it?
Thanks in advance!
Get it from any RUU and flash via fastboot
but you'll need an RUU anyway as you need to 100% stock to use the ota
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I'd do a Nandroid Backup of the stock rom. I think this is the easiest way to restore stock rom if you need.
Tester30 said:
Hi, all.
Want to prepare for ICS update....
It been a long time since I messed with the phone 9 month or so....LOL
Have S-OFF, CWM, rooted, but still on stock ROM, since I use my HD2.
I remember seeing somewhere a thread with instruction on how to switch back to stock recovery.... one of the requirements of flushing ICS OTA.
Now I searched everywhere and can't find it....
Would you be so kind to point me to it?
Thanks in advance!
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Shoot throw me in the same boot! I tried reading mikes guide for updating and I think its probably 100x simpler just doing the OTA and calling it a day. I'm not sure how much I'll personally be going back to this phone as I've crossed over to the SGSII now but seeing how HTC is putting out that limiting "one" phone I suspect this will be my last HTC phone for awhile.
I'm not dissing mikes ARHD rom either but I'm looking for the simplest of simplest instructions (other than OTA) like:
1. D/L (only) this one file/ROM and CWM/4EXT and flash.
2. ???
3. Profit.
Hi,
I have got this LG optimus G2X from Wind, unlocked, and rooted. The thing is that I am still using 2.2, and for the longest time I have been waiting for an update, yet nothing seems to appear. I was looking around and I found this guide:
http://www.lg-phones.org/how-to-flas...ngerbread.html
To my knowledge it seems pretty legit, but the links are old, and I can no longer get the files I need to perform the upgrade. Do you guys advice me to perform such an upgrade, or should I go for custom ROMs (not a big fan)?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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mald55 said:
Hi,
I have got this LG optimus G2X from Wind, unlocked, and rooted. The thing is that I am still using 2.2, and for the longest time I have been waiting for an update, yet nothing seems to appear. I was looking around and I found this guide:
http://www.lg-phones.org/how-to-flas...ngerbread.html
To my knowledge it seems pretty legit, but the links are old, and I can no longer get the files I need to perform the upgrade. Do you guys advice me to perform such an upgrade, or should I go for custom ROMs (not a big fan)?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
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Welcome to the forum!
You have to do some reading to avoid bricking your wind G2X. To update from stock froyo(2.2) you can proceed two directions:
1. Install custom recovery to be safe and then backup your current Froyo ROM, then finally choose your preferred ROM from development section. This procedure will not update your baseband (you probably have the June wind baseband).
Clockwork recovery flash guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
2: Updating from stock Froyo to official gingerbread using lg update tool. This procedure will update your baseband to the latest July one, however you will get all t-mobile bloatwares with that stock gingerbread ROM.
Proceed to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332350
Option 2 requires stock recovery/ROM. You have those at the moment (i assume), so if you haven't rooted your device yet then give it a shot to have the July baseband.
With both option i would prefer to flash clockwork recovery first, make a backup then if you go with option2 flash back the stock recovery(how toguide is in option 1's link).
You might also wanna use some application/settings/call logs/contacts backup tool which requires root, like titanium backup/my backup. For those to work root your device using one click root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Make your preferred backup with any of those above mentioned applications, then if you go with option 2, then use super one click to unroot your phone before proceed.
Please take the time to read the instructions, since a couple of folks had issues updating wind handsets to the July baseband.
Good luck!
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