Ok.. I bought my Nexus S with 2.3.1 installed. I rooted it shortly after deciding I would keep the phone for awhile. According to all the guides I looked through, Clockwork Recovery won't stick unless that one file is renamed..
Well, come to find out, when I tried accepting the OTA update for 2.3.4, I somehow lost stock recovery and have Clockwork still installed. I've been running the stock software, stock kernel, with the bootloader unlocked and superuser installed. I never renamed the file in order to keep my stock recovery, just in case, but somehow still lost it.
I want to update my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.4 but I don't want to lose my app data and whatnot so I want to know if it is possible to install the OTA updates via Clockwork.. I managed to find the zip file for the update that will bring my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.3 and then the zip file for 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 from Google.
I don't want to flash a ROM, just looking to keep everything mostly stock but with root. I've searched for an answer but must be looking up the wrong terms, as I can't seem to find any info on doing this under the circumstances
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!!
Phone: i9020t
Android: 2.3.1
Baseband: I9020XXJK8
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-g7f1638a / [email protected] #1
Build: GRH78
hkt03 said:
Ok.. I bought my Nexus S with 2.3.1 installed. I rooted it shortly after deciding I would keep the phone for awhile. According to all the guides I looked through, Clockwork Recovery won't stick unless that one file is renamed..
Well, come to find out, when I tried accepting the OTA update for 2.3.4, I somehow lost stock recovery and have Clockwork still installed. I've been running the stock software, stock kernel, with the bootloader unlocked and superuser installed. I never renamed the file in order to keep my stock recovery, just in case, but somehow still lost it.
I want to update my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.4 but I don't want to lose my app data and whatnot so I want to know if it is possible to install the OTA updates via Clockwork.. I managed to find the zip file for the update that will bring my phone from 2.3.1 to 2.3.3 and then the zip file for 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 from Google.
I don't want to flash a ROM, just looking to keep everything mostly stock but with root. I've searched for an answer but must be looking up the wrong terms, as I can't seem to find any info on doing this under the circumstances
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!!
Phone: i9020t
Android: 2.3.1
Baseband: I9020XXJK8
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-g7f1638a / [email protected] #1
Build: GRH78
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Yes, you can install the OTA with CWM.
Why don't you just install a stock, rooted rom.
It is just the stock rom, rooted and packed in zip ready to be flashed in clockwork rec.
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deeren said:
Why don't you just install a stock, rooted rom.
It is just the stock rom, rooted and packed in zip ready to be flashed in clockwork rec.
Sent from my Nexus S using Tapatalk
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Don't really feel like setting up my phone again and losing my app data.. I didn't mind too much with my G1, but I've got so much junk on my NS that I don't want to lose. Just want to update like normal..
i guess you have two options update:
1 - you could flash original ota from cwm, but you will lose the root and cwm recovery, then you will need to root again, but to root in 2.3.4, you will need to unlock booloader, and that gonna make you lose everything...
2 - you also could try to flash stock, deodexed and rooted zip, but i really don't know if it gonna work (although i don't see why it wouldn't)...
thiagodark said:
i guess you have two options update:
1 - you could flash original ota from cwm, but you will lose the root and cwm recovery, then you will need to root again, but to root in 2.3.4, you will need to unlock booloader, and that gonna make you lose everything...
2 - you also could try to flash stock, deodexed and rooted zip, but i really don't know if it gonna work (although i don't see why it wouldn't)...
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My bootloader has been unlocked, flashing the ota doesn't lock it back up does it? I always thought I only lost root access, but not lock up the bootloader
hkt03 said:
My bootloader has been unlocked, flashing the ota doesn't lock it back up does it? I always thought I only lost root access, but not lock up the bootloader
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well, if your bootloader is unlocked you don't have any problem at all! =o)
since you said that you rooted in 2.3.1, i thought you followed the guide to make it without unlocking bootloder.
with unlocked bootloader, that's what i would do:
- reboot in recovery (cwm recovery)
- nandroid backup
- wipe cache / dalvik-cache
- flash official zip OTA for your specific model. you can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056062
- boot and see if everything is okay
after that, you will lose root and cwm recovery! now you have to root just like you had done before (flashing cwm from bootload and applying su file).
hope it can helps!
Hey,
I'm a little confused right now, and just want some clarification on a few things since I know if I do this wrong, my phone might get bricked in the process.
Right now I'm running stock HTC Sense 3.0 (went to my stock backup from my last ROM) rooted and s-off, with ClockworkMod Recovery
HBOOT 1.17
My end goal is to end up with a device where I can flash CM9, and have it work properly. And I believe I need the android 4.0/sense 3.6 update. Which I cannot get since I got my phone s-off
From what I understand I need to flash the stock recovery to be able to install the ICS OTA update, so my device will actually run CM9.
Where I am stuck here is what file do I need, and do I flash it just like a ROM?
Any help would be hugely appreciated!
Thank you
You need to update the firmware to run any ICS ROM.
Once you update the firmware you can flash CM9 like any other ROM.
OK so I got my nice new shiny one s & proceeded to unlock bootloader, flash TWRP recovery, then root with Super SU. I then start reading about how One S may have crap signal reception. Guess what, mine does. I want to install the OTA update to see if signal improves but obviously couldnt with TWRP flashed so I found the stock recovery and flashed it back to stock. However when I boot to recovery the stock reads that the phone is TAMPERED, and I still cant install the OTA update. I have unrooted with SuperSU aswell.
Any suggestions as to how I can install the update?
Relock bootloader
or just flash the radio you want to use
Thank you guys in advance for your help but I just had a few questions. I am running 4.4.2 currently with the stock rom rooted and unlocked bootloader. I have however issued a few Mods such as extreme power saving and built in tether. Can I just load the 4.4.4 firmware and radios, switch back to stock recovery and take the OTA to 4.4.4 without having to wipe anything or since I have used some mods do I now have to wipe my device and put everything back after getting the 4.4.4 update. The reason I ask is I like having the stock features while just using google now launcher on top of sense. Also would any of you have a recommendation on a ROM to achieve this same thing so I dont have to go through this everytime I want to take the newest OTA if it is not possible to take without wiping.
jpgetter said:
Thank you guys in advance for your help but I just had a few questions. I am running 4.4.2 currently with the stock rom rooted and unlocked bootloader. I have however issued a few Mods such as extreme power saving and built in tether. Can I just load the 4.4.4 firmware and radios, switch back to stock recovery and take the OTA to 4.4.4 without having to wipe anything or since I have used some mods do I now have to wipe my device and put everything back after getting the 4.4.4 update. The reason I ask is I like having the stock features while just using google now launcher on top of sense. Also would any of you have a recommendation on a ROM to achieve this same thing so I dont have to go through this everytime I want to take the newest OTA if it is not possible to take without wiping.
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Flash the ruu here. That will get you to 4.4.3 the easy way and make you 100% stock so you can take the ruu. Then flash twrp and flash su or the rooted Rom of your choosing.
The RUU is one way to go, although I would never update via OTA...
Another would be to flash the firmware and radios from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2723159
And then Scott's rooted stock rom from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2914922
He usually has them up a few hours after a new OTA has been released. Even better - try his stock, debloated CleanROM once it's out.
This way you can keep your recovery. You can even try to just flash the 4.4.4 firmware and radios and see if it runs your current 4.2 ROM ok. But I would not update the rom from version to version without a wipe.
The setup is the price to pay for getting a new and hopefully better Android version.
Hi there !
I have U11 2.31.400 version
-Bootloader Unlocked
-TWRP installed
- Root with Masgik
Now i want get OTA update
-First, NO RUU, i tried Restore NANDoid backup and Flash stock recovery (same version)
(https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15JL3tRWDSVOUKo_revEYtQ_tRcOSJ0vWcvk8a7TK8Hk/edit#gid=1564536856)
-> Not work
-I tried flash stock Firmware ( got 35_RU_Partition_not_support firmware error)
Anyone can tell me how to got OTA with out RUU??
Hi there
I think we're in the same situation.
I also unlocked my phone, installed TWRP and Magisk on stock system and did a NANDroid Backup before doing so.
In order to get the OTA I restored stock recovery (which i had to extract from OTA, since i forgot to back it up) and started OTA.
--> Red Triangle!
Even after restoring stock NANDroid the OTA wouldn't install.
My mistake i think was that i didn't kept the stock system read only when i did the backup in twrp and swiped to allow modifications.
According to some threads here, even mounting the system r/w would break OTA functionality.
So since i also have no RUU for my device, i don't have the chance either to go back to stock. Maybe you did that mistake too.
The only way i can think of now, is to go temporary S-OFF, change CID and MID (to 401 international for example), flash Firmware and run the RUU for it.
But i'm not sure it'll still work after flashing the firmware.
Can anyone maybe confirm this way would work?
Thanks
Edit: Hi, in case you're still having this problem, here's a solution:
Reverting to stock