Every time I try to do the over the air update from ICS to JB on my AT&T Skyrocket when the phone restarts I get stuck at the TWRP bootloader (from when I rooted it). When I tell it to restart and the phone boots it tells me the update was unsuccessful. What am I doing wrong? More importantly, will I have to restore the original bootloader to update? If that's the case where can I find it? Will I have to backup everything and then just restore it to factory defaults?
If you're updating stock roms over the air, you have to be on stock, unrooted, with the stock recovery. However, that being said, there is no official JB rom for the skyrocket either through ota or through Kies. It's likely that it is reading that there is a minor update for ICS available. If you really want it, there is a thread for it somewhere around here. I believe that there may even be a flashable zip there.
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If you're updating stock roms over the air, you have to be on stock, unrooted, with the stock recovery. However, that being said, there is no official JB rom for the skyrocket either through ota or through Kies. It's likely that it is reading that there is a minor update for ICS available. If you really want it, there is a thread for it somewhere around here. I believe that there may even be a flashable zip there.
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That's what I was afraid of. I can't find the original, and to be honest I forgot how to do it it's been so long since I've messed with it. On the other hand, if it's not JB then I'm not too worried about it and will let it ride until it is available. For my edification, do you know where I could find the proper stock recovery?
Check out the stickies. A member by the username of Vincom has a few with some really good info contained within them. In one of them, there is a link for Samsungs downloads page where you can find all the stock Odin flashable tars. Those will bring you back to 100% stock with recovery.
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If the skyrocket is rooted can you still get ota updates? If so How? I am new to this. And also what is the current OTA update?
If its just rooted yes and it'll remove your root if you are on a custom ROM then it'll tell you you have one but it wont download
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If your phone is rooted when an OTA update is released, you won't be able to download it. Unfortunately one have to be on stock to be able to download it, with bloat included and everything.
It told me I had a update but said server was down then I went back to it today and it says my phone is up to date
From what I understand if you are rooted with stock recovery you can take the ota update. If you are rooted with cwm recovery than you cannot take the ota. The beautiful thing I think is than even if you are rooted with cwm, and an ota releases (that you for some wild reason can't wait to have) its easy as pie to flash back to stock. At that point you should be able to take the ota. Heck maybe even just flashing the stock recovery itself would do the trick.....I dunno
As for current ota, most of us seem to have gotten stuck with 2.3.5. But there were quite a few folks who received the 2.3.6 update.
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cdshepherd is correct. I was on stock 2.3.5 with stock 3e recovery... and was fully rooted. I was able to take the ATT OTA 2.3.6 update and kept superuser root access.
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cdshepherd is correct. I was on stock 2.3.5 with stock 3e recovery... and was fully rooted. I was able to take the ATT OTA 2.3.6 update and kept superuser root access.
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+1. I got 2.3.6 and kept root access, too. I'm also on stock recovery.
If you are not SO interrested in OTA
cdshepherd is correct, but, when 2.3.6 came out a few weeks ago, several folks were able to get it posted somewhere as a RAR file. you might look around if you are just dying to have it.. I think it was back around 11/21/2011 when I saw it the first time. About 290mb if I recall correctly.
Good luck!
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I was rooted and still allowed the OTA update 2.3.6.. and still have root access
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Ok people heres the deal. To take an ota update you can be rooted but . You need to have stock recovery, and all bloatware intact. It can be frozen but not deleted. And no one knows yet if the 4.0 ota will remove root. 2.3.6 ota did not. So we can hope.
if anyone gets the rumored new update coming tonight/tomarrow, and takes it succesfully. make sure your rooted, and have adb setup, and access to a computer..then please pm me. thanks.
TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AN OTA. YOU CAN BE BOOTED. BUT YOU MUST:
have stock recovery...it can flashed with odin. see here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19760508
you must also have all bloatware. INTACT.and i suggest NOT FROZEN.
if you lose root .....you can easily re-root. with odin. by flashing cwm recovery.tar in doin......then booting to cwm recovery and flashing...the superuser.zip...see here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19223405
I forgot to get back to you a few days ago, sorry (I was busy, new kid on the way and working on the house like crazy). When I did get a chance to look at my phone, the update was gone.
I will see what I can do with this update, but I am not going to install it till everyone else has I need my phone too much to let ATT screw it up, I will however, try to get the download.
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TO BE ABLE TO TAKE AN OTA. YOU CAN BE ROOTED. BUT YOU MUST:
have stock recovery...it can flashed with odin.... you must also have all bloatware INTACT (NOT FROZEN)...
you must also not have removed any of ciq.
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your last bullet (not have removed any CIQ) means anyone wanting to take update CANNOT have the UCLA3 rom/kernel/modem installed as well... correct? (ATT OTA, cd's, or yours since all of these have CIQ removed already). Do we need to be on a stock UCKJ2 like we did for last week's OTA to work... or will stock UCKK1 (your stock CWM KK1) accept update? If not, is there a UCKJ2 CWM rom/kernel zip package?
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your last bullet (not have removed any CIQ) means anyone wanting to take update CANNOT have the UCLA3 rom/kernel/modem installed as well... correct? (ATT OTA, cd's, or yours since all of these have CIQ removed already). Do we need to be on a stock UCKJ2 like we did for last week's OTA to work... or will stock UCKK1 (your stock CWM KK1) accept update? If not, is there a UCKJ2 CWM rom/kernel zip package?
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no i mean if your on kk1 or kj2 and tamper with the ciq files. it may prevent you from recieving it..... or mabye not..since ucla3 is ciq free.... hard to say . but i removed that from the op. hoping this update works lol with no data issues. but im sure there will be some bugs
if i had a skyrocket id probobly odin the kj2 stock tar, and wait for the ota...once atleast one person confirmed it was pushing out.
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I'm restoring my phone to stock now, and will wait for an OTA
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Making a nandroid backup as I type this.
Flashed back to stock recovery in anticipation, but no update just yet....as of about 10:30pm Eastern time...
I've been checking still nothing.
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Updated my phone to the latest ROM over OTA. Since then, my gps takes forever to get a lock and even then, loses GPS connection frequently. Anyways, I'd like to downgrade my phone to that version. In the meantime I'll root this phone and try out the new jelly bean ROM.
So the question is, does anyone know where I can get a download of that specific ROM?
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Updated my phone to the latest ROM over OTA. Since then, my gps takes forever to get a lock and even then, loses GPS connection frequently. Anyways, I'd like to downgrade my phone to that version. In the meantime I'll root this phone and try out the new jelly bean ROM.
So the question is, does anyone know where I can get a download of that specific ROM?
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Are you talking about the odin package for G7?
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Are you talking about the odin package for G7?
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Preferably cloclwork but odin will do. So far, I can only find the radio packages only. I'd like the entire ROM since this is affecting GPS.
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Preferably cloclwork but odin will do. So far, I can only find the radio packages only. I'd like the entire ROM since this is affecting GPS.
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there are no full packages of stock roms for clockwork. The closest you can get would CleanRom by scrosler which runs amazingly smooth. If not, then you would have to go to invisiblek's goo.im account. he has the full odin flashable packages
1 - if you are rooted, you should not take any ota updates. Potentially this can brick your phone.
2 - for different modem builds, just download whichever version youd like (rootzwiki) and flash.
3 - for return to stock roms (unrooted), well, just follow one of the how-to sticky threads in the forum. Once youre back to stock then can receive ota without problems
download gps fix from playstore.
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1 - if you are rooted, you should not take any ota updates. Potentially this can brick your phone.
2 - for different modem builds, just download whichever version youd like (rootzwiki) and flash.
3 - for return to stock roms (unrooted), well, just follow one of the how-to sticky threads in the forum. Once youre back to stock then can receive ota without problems
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Taking a OTA when rooted will not brick the phone at all, you will just lose your root and will have to redo it. If you wanna go back to pure stock you can follow droidsytles post in section 6 and odin back to G1 then ota upto G7. Its really simple the way droidstyle explains it and only takes about 8 mins give or take.
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Taking a OTA when rooted will not brick the phone at all, you will just lose your root and will have to redo it. If you wanna go back to pure stock you can follow droidsytles post in section 6 and odin back to G1 then ota upto G7. Its really simple the way droidstyle explains it and only takes about 8 mins give or take.
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Thanks. Worked a charm.
Over the past month or so I have tried several times to update my S3 with the Jelly Bean update from Verizon. Each time I try it I get a message that the software failed to install.
O I need to unroot the phone and lock the bootloader in order to update? Anyone else had this problem? Right now I am on Android version 4.0.4 and I think the update is 4.1.2.
I believe for the official update you have to be unrooted and have a locked bootloader unless you do it from kies where it can revert it complete to stock and unroot it.
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I believe for the official update you have to be unrooted and have a locked bootloader unless you do it from kies where it can revert it complete to stock and unroot it.
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You are 100% correct. Update will fail due to custom recovery. OP, why not download one of the many JB ROMS from the development section and flash it? Not only will it update your phone, it will be much better than stock as well as easier to install.
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You are 100% correct. Update will fail due to custom recovery. OP, why not download one of the many JB ROMS from the development section and flash it? Not only will it update your phone, it will be much better than stock as well as easier to install.
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I have not yet ventured into flashing other ROMS but am certainly willing to give it a try. I know there are many available but can you suggest one or two that i can try.
Really tough to suggest a ROM, there are a lot of different options depending on what you are looking for. Clean ROM is pretty much stock that has been optimized, I would probably start there since you have only done stock. You can then make a nandroid and flash other ROMS and see which one you like the best.
Just remember, read all of the stickies so that you have everything backed up in case something goes wrong. It takes less time to read and learn it before you have a problem and then don't have what you need to fix it nor the know-how.
Okay, so I download a ROM zip file. I copy it to me microSD card. I have TWRP on my phone. I assume I just go into recovery mode, wipe the cache and Dalvik cache and then just install the zip via TWRP. Is that all I need to do?
Never mind. I just flashed the Jelly_Beans10 ROM and it works fine.
So like the title says I have been out of the ROM game for a little bit. Every couple of months I check in and see whats new and flash something else.
I was on the Jelly Beans ROM (Build 16 I think) and Android 4.1. I did some searching last night as was going to try flashing Gummy ROM…bad idea. I am guessing I needed something prior to jumping up to a 4.4 base. I booted to recovery and wiped everything and tried to flash with no luck. So the phone would not boot and I could only get into recovery and download mode. I did not have my micro SD adapter in order to get jelly beans back on it to flash so I ended up having to use odin to flash a stock rooted 4.1 image. Finally got everything back up and running but I still want to try some of the 4.4 ROMs. So what exactly do I need first in order to flash one? (Modem maybe)…if you know for sure why that happened and what I need to do please let me know. Thanks!
My Current "About Phone" Info...
Android Version - 4.1.2
Baseband version - I535VRBMB1
Jelly Beans - Build 20
P.S. I have tried doing the research and nothing I have found has been clear but one thing I came across is the official 4.3 update was bad news and broke the root methods? So should I stay away from 4.3 ROMs and is the old root method blocked in 4.4 as well or is that a different case since it wasn't actually released for our phone. If that makes sense lol
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So like the title says I have been out of the ROM game for a little bit. Every couple of months I check in and see whats new and flash something else.
I was on the Jelly Beans ROM (Build 16 I think) and Android 4.1. I did some searching last night as was going to try flashing Gummy ROM…bad idea. I am guessing I needed something prior to jumping up to a 4.4 base. I booted to recovery and wiped everything and tried to flash with no luck. So the phone would not boot and I could only get into recovery and download mode. I did not have my micro SD adapter in order to get jelly beans back on it to flash so I ended up having to use odin to flash a stock rooted 4.1 image. Finally got everything back up and running but I still want to try some of the 4.4 ROMs. So what exactly do I need first in order to flash one? (Modem maybe)…if you know for sure why that happened and what I need to do please let me know. Thanks!
P.S. I have tried doing the research and nothing I have found has been clear but one thing I came across is the official 4.3 update was bad news and broke the root methods? So should I stay away from 4.3 ROMs and is the old root method blocked in 4.4 as well or is that a different case since it wasn't actually released for our phone. If that makes sense lol
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Can't tell you exactly why that happened, but it shouldve worked.
You're right though, stay away from the stock Ota 4.3 update. I'm happy you read first because so many people don't. My guess is your firmware was a little too old. Try to flash the mf1 firmware aio and then try gummy.
To be clear, you can still use any custom rom, even the 4.3 ones, just stay away from the stock rom or anything having to do with 4.3 ML1 firmware
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Can't tell you exactly why that happened, but it shouldve worked.
You're right though, stay away from the stock Ota 4.3 update. I'm happy you read first because so many people don't. My guess is your firmware was a little too old. Try to flash the mf1 firmware aio and then try gummy.
To be clear, you can still use any custom rom, even the 4.3 ones, just stay away from the stock rom or anything having to do with 4.3 ML1 firmware
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Thanks for the quick reply. What do you mean try to flash the MF1 firmware...does that mean a 4.2 ROM?
I think I saw the new jellyBeans/alliance ROM was 4.3...or maybe it was something else..either way it would be ok to flash the 4.3 ROM? and if I wanted I could go back to a 4.1 Rom then..
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Thanks for the quick reply. What do you mean try to flash the MF1 firmware...does that mean a 4.2 ROM?
I think I saw the new jellyBeans/alliance ROM was 4.3...or maybe it was something else..either way it would be ok to flash the 4.3 ROM? and if I wanted I could go back to a 4.1 Rom then..
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Yes you can interchange between both of them if you want to.
So go here, read all of the details, and just follow his recommendation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788313
Also don't double post, modify your post in the development section and put "wrong section, mod please delete".
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Yes you can interchange between both of them if you want to.
So go here, read all of the details, and just follow his recommendation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788313
Also don't double post, modify your post in the development section and put "wrong section, mod please delete".
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The reason I have so confused is cause of the link you sent. I read that before and it says..
"You should NOT flash the I535VRUCML1 firmware (or any subsequent releases for that matter). You will brick. This is what vzw/samsung did on the first OTA for the Galaxy S4. They changed the keys they sign the firmware with. This prevents us from 'mis-matching' our firmware like we've been doing all along. We've been leaving aboot (VRUAME6, the african-canadian sock-monkey leaked bootloader) alone and updating everything else. Since they're signing with different keys now, doing this will brick your device. If you update the ENTIRE bootchain (including aboot) you shouldn't brick, but will be stuck with a locked bootloader and any attempt to downgrade (via dd, etc) will brick you as well."
Like i said I have been out for a while and lost track of what firmwares came out and the order of them and which I need to be on to flash a 4.4 ROM. Someone else told me the only reason my first flash failed was because my recovery was older
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Ignore that entire thing I just realized you said to stay away from ML1 and that MF1 is ok..opps
aholeinthewor1d said:
The reason I have so confused is cause of the link you sent. I read that before and it says..
"You should NOT flash the I535VRUCML1 firmware (or any subsequent releases for that matter). You will brick. This is what vzw/samsung did on the first OTA for the Galaxy S4. They changed the keys they sign the firmware with. This prevents us from 'mis-matching' our firmware like we've been doing all along. We've been leaving aboot (VRUAME6, the african-canadian sock-monkey leaked bootloader) alone and updating everything else. Since they're signing with different keys now, doing this will brick your device. If you update the ENTIRE bootchain (including aboot) you shouldn't brick, but will be stuck with a locked bootloader and any attempt to downgrade (via dd, etc) will brick you as well."
Like i said I have been out for a while and lost track of what firmwares came out and the order of them and which I need to be on to flash a 4.4 ROM. Someone else told me the only reason my first flash failed was because my recovery was older
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I see, that actually makes perfect sense.
I think I read you were on the mb1 firmware, that's new enough to not cause problems.
Basically you can't get the ml1 firmware from that thread I linked you. The only ml1 file available is the modem, and that's perfectly safe to flash.
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I see, that actually makes perfect sense.
I think I read you were on the mb1 firmware, that's new enough to not cause problems.
Basically you can't get the ml1 firmware from that thread I linked you. The only ml1 file available is the modem, and that's perfectly safe to flash.
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I think I am getting it... I am on MB1...next was MF1....and then ML1. As long as I have a new recovery I can flash any MF1 based ROM right over MB1...and then I can flash the ML1 modem ONLY. If that is correct let me know..also does it matter if I do MF1 ROM or ML1 modem first?
again just wanted to say thanks for the help I appreciate it
aholeinthewor1d said:
I think I am getting it... I am on MB1...next was MF1....and then ML1. As long as I have a new recovery I can flash any MF1 based ROM right over MB1...and then I can flash the ML1 modem ONLY. If that is correct let me know..also does it matter if I do MF1 ROM or ML1 modem first?
again just wanted to say thanks for the help I appreciate it
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You're close, firmware is completely independent from rom. You can flash any 4.3, 4.4, or 4.1 rom without changing your firmware.
Right now you can flash mf1 aio package, then ml1 modem, or just flash the ml1 modem over your current mb1 firmware.
Basically you aren't required to be on a specific rom build in order to use a specific modem.
Edit: I think you have the right idea, flash any rom you want, then the mf1 aio package, then the ml1 modem. Your firmware sequence is correct.
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You're close, firmware is completely independent from rom. You can flash any 4.3, 4.4, or 4.1 rom without changing your firmware.
Right now you can flash mf1 aio package, then ml1 modem, or just flash the ml1 modem over your current mb1 firmware.
Basically you aren't required to be on a specific rom build in order to use a specific modem.
Edit: I think you have the right idea, flash any rom you want, then the mf1 aio package, then the ml1 modem. Your firmware sequence is correct.
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ah ok...idk why I was thinking the firmware was what the ROMs were based from....so either way ML1 firmware sucks and I stay away...I guess my last questions are...what would be an advantage of going to the MF1 firmware...
and I always used clockworkmod recovery...do you know the option available now? and maybe some features of each