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[Q] How to Update to 2.2.20.a955 with Root

Hi all,
I am kind of new to the whole Android scene. I need a little help updating my phone. I recently rooted it on 2.2.19.a955. I uninstalled several stock apps, 3G Wifi Hotspot, the Amazon stuff, and something else. I was able to reinstall everything but the 3G Wifi Hotspot. Can't seem to find an apk or recover it or anything.
When I tried to update, it gives me an error saying that it is unable to update.
I am not sure what it is. I think the missing apps or the root is preventing me from updating.
Please help!
Thanks.
-Kevin

Im having the same issue
I also removed some of the bloat and when my OTA update failed I reinstalled all of it from the system dump found in another thread on this forum (it won't let me post a link). I checked all my permissions and made sure they were 644 but my update is still failing on Mynet.apk. I have checked it; it is there and its permissions are 644. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.
darkonion said:
Hi all,
I am kind of new to the whole Android scene. I need a little help updating my phone. I recently rooted it on 2.2.19.a955. I uninstalled several stock apps, 3G Wifi Hotspot, the Amazon stuff, and something else. I was able to reinstall everything but the 3G Wifi Hotspot. Can't seem to find an apk or recover it or anything.
When I tried to update, it gives me an error saying that it is unable to update.
I am not sure what it is. I think the missing apps or the root is preventing me from updating.
Please help!
Thanks.
-Kevin
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darkonion said:
Hi all,
I am kind of new to the whole Android scene. I need a little help updating my phone. I recently rooted it on 2.2.19.a955. I uninstalled several stock apps, 3G Wifi Hotspot, the Amazon stuff, and something else. I was able to reinstall everything but the 3G Wifi Hotspot. Can't seem to find an apk or recover it or anything.
When I tried to update, it gives me an error saying that it is unable to update.
I am not sure what it is. I think the missing apps or the root is preventing me from updating.
Please help!
Thanks.
-Kevin
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You could always just flash back to the stock system with the .sbf released in "The Bomb" you probably used to root. Once you do that youve lost root but back to stock then do the OTA update, re-root, and also have your bloat back... Its a little lengthy but Google and your sd card have most everything backed up for you anyway.

cryptkpr said:
I also removed some of the bloat and when my OTA update failed I reinstalled all of it from the system dump found in another thread on this forum (it won't let me post a link). I checked all my permissions and made sure they were 644 but my update is still failing on Mynet.apk. I have checked it; it is there and its permissions are 644. Any ideas? Thanks in advance for any help.
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Is system dump the 128MB file off of rapidshare?
RammiKan said:
You could always just flash back to the stock system with the .sbf released in "The Bomb" you probably used to root. Once you do that youve lost root but back to stock then do the OTA update, re-root, and also have your bloat back... Its a little lengthy but Google and your sd card have most everything backed up for you anyway.
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I have the SBF. I am just not sure how to flash it back onto my phone. I really don't have that much stuff. I've only installed a few programs. Not a big deal.

darkonion said:
Is system dump the 128MB file off of rapidshare
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Yes that's the one I used to restore my apk's but its still hanging on Mynet.apk

cryptkpr said:
Yes that's the one I used to restore my apk's but its still hanging on Mynet.apk
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I think that's the one I need to reinstall...

Still having trouble figuring out how to install mynet.apk. I downloaded the file, but I am unsure what to do now.

You have to use adb to install system apps. So, something like:
- put Mynet.apk in your sdk tools folder
- Open command prompt
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb remount
- adb push Mynet.apk /system/app/Mynet.apk
- adb remount

As a note, I updated to 2.2.20 with root but without removing apps.
If you do use the snf from The Bomb, what is that other file out of curiosity?

Thanks Karnovaran.
Is there anything I need to do with the opek file? I followed your steps generally and I am still not getting anything.
So... I followed your directions. I put Mynet.apk in the folder. Ran ADB, copied the file to the sdcard. Mounted. Ran rageagainstthecage. Copied the Mynet.apk to the apps folder on the system. Same with the odex file, and remounted, and exited, but still nothing...

I was able to flash my phone using the files from the RootzWiki bomb. Flashed it successfully. Now it doesn't have a connection to the Verizon network. No data service. Not sure about phone service though.

darkonion said:
I was able to flash my phone using the files from the RootzWiki bomb. Flashed it successfully. Now it doesn't have a connection to the Verizon network. No data service. Not sure about phone service though.
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You probably need to dial *22899 from your phone before it will get back on the Verizon network.

Does the ota contain something that is really needed. I am debating if I want to unroot just for the ota. Hopefully some one figure away to give us an update that remains rooted.

pc747 said:
Does the ota contain something that is really needed. I am debating if I want to unroot just for the ota. Hopefully some one figure away to give us an update that remains rooted.
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my answer is in droidlife
DROID 2 Receiving Minor Update, Now Allows for User Initiation
On 08.21.10, In News, by Kellex
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If you own a Droid 2, you should be receiving a minor update over the next couple of days and in fact, there is a pretty good chance that you have already been prompted to install it. The update, although minor, does fix a couple of things which will enhance your D2 experience…
Improvements:
+ Enabled text and picture message scrolling.
+ Streamlined set up of Visual Voice Mail feature.
+ Improved contact sync with Corporate Exchange categories
and groups.
+ View accurate contact pictures when reviewing Recent Call Log.
On a related note, it looks like Verizon may be allowing user initiated updates for their new Droid family member. If you check out their update installation instructions, there are now 2 types of software loading: user initiated and server initiated. We also just received this shot which shows that manual updates could start as early as last night, and OTA server initiated updates will start on the 24th if users have not already gone through the process…
After the update you will be running version 2.2.20.en.us.
Via: Verizon Wireless
Cheers Mitch and Shawn!

2.2.20 is root-able, so if you really want it you can do the sbf flash and grab the update before rooting. I don't think we'll be seeing any custom updates for the D2. Let's just thank our lucky stars the sbf showed up.

ITGuy11 said:
You probably need to dial *22899 from your phone before it will get back on the Verizon network.
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Darn, wish I knew that before I factory resetted my phone. Do you know this for a fact?

Yes a factory reset is necessary...I just flashed my phone this morning with the sbf and I connected to verizon network but it would not connect to any data connection 3g or 1x, nothing so a factory reset took place and it works almost better than before for some reason lol..my internet connection seems to be more stable and reception is a little better and I've done* 22899 before I rooted and flashed back and this time around its just working better idk..but back to the topic at hand if u* 22899 it will connect you to verizon network but no 3g or anything

JonandRoid said:
Yes a factory reset is necessary...I just flashed my phone this morning with the sbf and I connected to verizon network but it would not connect to any data connection 3g or 1x, nothing so a factory reset took place and it works almost better than before for some reason lol..my internet connection seems to be more stable and reception is a little better and I've done* 22899 before I rooted and flashed back and this time around its just working better idk..but back to the topic at hand if u* 22899 it will connect you to verizon network but no 3g or anything
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Did you try *228? Maybe might have been a better way to go. But thank you for trying.

If you can't update or anything flash an sbf. Isn't hard.

If you are rooted and need to sbf, I used the droid bootstrap recovery to wipe my cache and data, then flashed the sbf from the bootloader (turn the phone all the way off, and hold the up arrow as you power on). Made it a lot easier, and fixed all the errors I was having
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[Q] update 2.1.0-2.2.3 LOST ROOT??

I did the update just now and thought everything went well. This is my first time. Someone else put infused 2.1.0 on phone and everything that goes along with that. I followed the directions in beginning of post to manually do the update. Now all my root apps are telling me i'm not rooted. I rebooted, took battery out and back in. I have read entire Infused post and no one has had this issue? Before i started i went into ROM manager and made a back up first.
Not sure what to do now??
i APPOLOGIZE if i posted this originally in wrong place.

First all, are you sure you're running the Infused.v2.2.3?? Beacuse if you are, then you're rooted.
If not, then you can simply root your phone again.
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Yes, under setting>about phone i was running 2.1.0 and now says the update worked and i am running 2.2.3 infused. I was rooted before update now all my root apps are being denied by SU. SU was in app drarer before update and all was well. SU still in app drawrer but now not working. I installed Root Checker from mkt and it does see SU 3.0 on phone but says i never got rooted or it was done wrong. I can get a log from that app if you will be able to make heads or tails of it. I tried to install busybox and it just fails causes it says i'm not rooted. so i'm confused...i uninstalled updates to SU, that didn't work...i have looked at all the SU settings and as far as i can tell i have it set right...
as far as rooting again?? I didn't do it the first time...someone did it for me..can someone give me a link for the best way to do that...and if i have to do that..can i just do it on top of what i have now and not lose anything? I read that rooting an infuse running GB is not or close to not possible? am i wrong? I hope so.

Well, I'm dumb

I just got my Xoom back from the 4G upgrade yesterday. I decided I would take a shot at rooting and overclocking it for the first time since now I didn't have to worry whether Motorola would care about the voided warranty.
So, I rooted using the universal root kit and everything was working swell. Well, except one problem - I couldn't download anything from the market. Instead of looking more into it, and see if there was a way to fix it, I just decided to unroot.
Surprise, surprise - I went all the way back down to 3.01 without knowing the consequences. Not only did I lose my 4G connectivity, but also 3G. Now, it shows me having full bars, but it's just not connecting. My Wi-Fi works fine.
So, now I've been hunting and trying frantically to get back up to 3.2.2 and get my internet back. I've tried using the stock/rooted version that Solarnz provided, but alas, I still have no connectivity.
I've tried looking around on the forum, and I've tried a couple of methods that still didn't help. Has anyone heard of a sure fire way to correct this problem yet? I think I'm practically screwed, since my 3G won't even work when I'm down on 3.01, so I won't be able to get an upgrade to 3.2.2 later on (if the stock image is released).

Might want to look around some more:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294821
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18243360&postcount=10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18353730&postcount=2
Just a few links to check out.

scsa20 said:
Might want to look around some more:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294821
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18243360&postcount=10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18353730&postcount=2
Just a few links to check out.
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Well, I tried some of those methods already. I just tried manually updating to HLK75D this morning and I still don't have either 3G or 4G connectivity.
My kernel version still doesn't have the "ltedc" part that it had before I went through all this mess. Every time I go into the mobile network settings, I still don't have the LTE option and "Activate Device" is always available, even after I activate over Wi-Fi.

Ok try this. Its working with any android device. But I never try on honeycomb.
Open Market and download "Astro file manager".
Open astro>preferences>enable browsing download.
Restat u xoom, just for me
Enjoy
Update: ops....u about "market "download problem.....
Did u try do simple cache clean from application> manage aplication?

avetny said:
Ok try this. Its working with any android device. But I never try on honeycomb.
Open Market and download "Astro file manager".
Open astro>preferences>enable browsing download.
Restat u xoom, just for me
Enjoy
Update: ops....u about "market "download problem.....
Did u try do simple cache clean from application> manage aplication?
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Well, I'm not entirely sure how that would help with my lack of 3G/4G connectivity. If I would have known about that method to fix the market problem prior to flashing back down to 3.01 from 3.2.2, that could have saved me a lot of trouble.

[Q] "Half-rooted" sensation?

Hello. I have an HTC Sensation 4G (T-Mo, ICS 4.0.3) which I took to a repair place about 25 miles away that roots phones. They told me 90 minutes, then come pick it up, took about 5 hours, they said they had to download all kinds of apps on their computer. I pick it up, bring it home, find a couple "root checkers" in Google Play, they both say "not rooted". Doing the vol down and power button thing, said unlocked bootloader as well as Clockwork Recovery was showing. I called the place, and they walked me thru how to re-install the superuser.zip. Still no luck, so I took the phone back to the place today, took them maybe 15 minutes. There was a SuperUser icon in my apps, as well as Superuser SU, and Supruser Whitelist. Both root checks says it's rooted as far as I can see. Still having a hard time installing apps that need root, like aSreenshot, told me I'm not rooted, as well as BusyBox an app told me it needed. Also a couple tethering apps that need root aren't working that I downloaded. I don't feel like calling or going back to the store without some more knowledge what to tell them. I attached a few screencaps that show it's supposedly rooted, and a BusyBox error screen. Any advice will be appreciated, thanks much.
AH, think I got it working (so far), I'm trying to delete this, but won't let me. I updated a couple things, still root needed apps wouldn't work, then I downloaded Titanium Backup, did nothing but grant it S.U. privs, it installed OK that I can see, and now BusyBox installed right giving me options, and aScreenshot is working! So some progress and hope!

I've had this issue a couple of times after unlocking boot loader and rooting. Seemed to right itself after everything was updated. I think I recalled having to re-flash different versions of SU also to fix it. I suppose what I'm saying is that it was normal for me to experience this issue. They should've really checked 'root' before handing you back the phone. Hope all is well now!

Neutrino22 said:
I've had this issue a couple of times after unlocking boot loader and rooting. Seemed to right itself after everything was updated. I think I recalled having to re-flash different versions of SU also to fix it. I suppose what I'm saying is that it was normal for me to experience this issue. They should've really checked 'root' before handing you back the phone. Hope all is well now!
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I'm sure I have it right now, thanks, got Wifi Tether working, AdBlock, BusyBox, Titanium BackUp, and a few others working so far, always asks if I want ti deny/grant root apps, and I can see them listed in the SuperUser folder. Another thing I noticed was USB debugging wasn't on at first, I assume it was set OFF to default after rooting. But I turned it ON right before root started working. I thought USB debugging was only of concern when installing certain apps via USB to your PC and didn't matter otherwise.
FWIW, the guy who rooted my phone told me the Jellybean ROM will be out in about 2 weeks. It's out now, but they have to fix a bug to get the front camera working. Not sure if I wanna play around with ROMs at this point, was hoping to just be able to put root apps in as is.

dannykewl said:
I'm sure I have it right now, thanks, got Wifi Tether working, AdBlock, BusyBox, Titanium BackUp, and a few others working so far, always asks if I want ti deny/grant root apps, and I can see them listed in the SuperUser folder. Another thing I noticed was USB debugging wasn't on at first, I assume it was set OFF to default after rooting. But I turned it ON right before root started working. I thought USB debugging was only of concern when installing certain apps via USB to your PC and didn't matter otherwise.
FWIW, the guy who rooted my phone told me the Jellybean ROM will be out in about 2 weeks. It's out now, but they have to fix a bug to get the front camera working. Not sure if I wanna play around with ROMs at this point, was hoping to just be able to put root apps in as is.
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Some apps require busybox and I think that is why you have to have USB Debugging enabled. The reason for this is busybox is actually like over 200 commands that are used in Unix and it needs USB Debugging inabled to run some of these commands. At least I think that is the reason, but I very well may be wrong.

[Q] Unable to Stream from UltraViolet/flixster

Just upgraded from the Incredible to the S3. Rooted, unlocked, and running Clean ROM. Wanted to play a movie on Flixster, but it detects root. I used to use OTA Rootkeeper to temp unroot, but it says it won't work on the S3 (I still tried, and confirmed that it doesn't).
Any suggestions?

Bramton1 said:
Just upgraded from the Incredible to the S3. Rooted, unlocked, and running Clean ROM. Wanted to play a movie on Flixster, but it detects root. I used to use OTA Rootkeeper to temp unroot, but it says it won't work on the S3 (I still tried, and confirmed that it doesn't).
Any suggestions?
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I have attempted this multiple times as well and here is the basics, it does work, as I am running clean rom 5.0 with root and vodoo ota rootkeeper. I believe the trick is to ensure you temp unroot the device before accessing flixter application. So for instance if you happen to start the flixster app first, which I have a bad habbit of doing, you need to make sure to close out all running processes from flixster to ensure it doesnt detect, believe it is part of the initial startup process for the check, but unsure, either way have tried this on mine and was successful, so figured would try to help, hope it does.

I figured it out. You use SuperSu and disable SuperSu, then restart the phone.
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