I got all excited and mistakenly deleted a few stock apps shortly after I rooted and updated to JB several months ago..before I started freezing them with Titanium...and now I'm not able to take the OTA 4.1.2 update. I'm Voodoo'd up and have Safestrap and all that and did the temp unroot in Voodoo and uninstalled recovery in Safestrap yet I believe the fact that a few stock apps are missing is causing my problem.
So, what would be the least painful way to restore the stock bloatware for 4.1.1, still retain root, and allow the 4.1.2 update to install? I've read a million threads but I'm still not seeing the clearest path quite yet. Thanks.
**edit**
I've gone through and found what I think are most all the apps I deleted..so now the question is it possible to obtain those versions and put them into the system folder?
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Audible
MC3
NFL Mobile
Real Racing 2
Slacker Radio
Youtube (system version)
Zappos
If your on 4.1.1 just use mats util to flash ICS stock reroot and protect with voodo then update. Be careful because unless u already have root you can not (as far as I know) go back to ICS after 4.1.2 and get root again if u mess up. So make backups and good luck. Also check this out if u did not update yet
droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/13644-keep-root-and-ability-to-downgrade/
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Hi All,
Newbe with a Asus TF101 and I have to say it's been an adventure !
Originally I found a posting how to root my tablet and it worked great until an update notice appeared and locked up my system. After much panic stricken hunting around I found this site and was able to update the tablet to ICS 4.0.3 which is even better then before and runs great.
Now another update notice is appearing again......
[Q] How can I check that this update is ok to use or since I've installed a custom ROM I won't be able to use any of these updates from Asus ?
thanks,
Don't update if you have CWM or custom roms installed( root is fine in most cases). If you do want to update, return your tf to stock first.
Thanks for the reply.....
I was thinking that given my last update experience. Is there a way to turn off the update notices so I don't accidentally update ?
Stop DM Client running in the settings menu. That'll stop your notifications, at least until you reboot and then you'll have to stop it again. You might be able to freeze it using Titanium but I haven't tried it so I can't confirm it won't cause any problems.
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I rooted my asus transformer pad tf300t two months ago. Lately my tablet has been promting me about an available update from Asus. I have my doubt about updating my rooted tablet using an official update, so I did a bit of research. And it seems that normally we are adviced to NEVER update directly from a rooted tablet...
Is that true? Do we need to reflash to get rid of the root first before we update?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
1. Remember to get your /system/apps and /system/lib back to stock state before any OTA update.
2. Make sure apps (especially those that came with the stock, however irrelevant e.g. Netflix) have not been frozen / uninstalled with Titanium Backup or other applications. Sometimes some stock apps (even after factory reset) don't match SHA1 sums. Replace modified apks in /system/app to those that originally come with your stock version of tablet as found in About Tablet.
3. You will need a build.prop that hasn't been modified too! Look around to see if you can find one for your SKU.
4. If you have Chainfire 3D installed, you'll have to uninstall the 3D driver, wipe data and cache for the Chainfire 3D app, and uninstall it before update.
In any case, just go for it.
I did that naively. Update failed miserably (worry not, boots back into your pre-update state!). Looked for a way to put the update file manually into /cache partition, update still failed cause of modified/frozen apks.
Added default apks from some dropbox shared link somewhere on these forums, update still failed due to the Chainfire OpenGL driver issue.
On correcting that problem though, update booted to Jelly Bean!
Oh, and if you wish to keep root after update, remember to change Superuser app to SuperSu, then install OTA Rootkeeper from Google Play, save root. Temporary unroot just to be safe (possibly not essential). Then update!
Hi,
I deleted some apps with Root Uninstaller, and now cannot do OTA update.
Is there a way to download stock apps? Om still on 9.4.3.26 firmware back from April, but it is very buggy - crushes all the time - really need to update it. Please let me know were I can find stock Apps
Thanks
I tried to do some digging, but the firmware just looks a bit dated for any meaningful results to show up. A few build.prop dropbox links have been taken down now that it isn't much used. Even the Asus support site doesn't have a US SKU image of the .26.
I guess your best shot may be to try one of the manual upgrades to .29 and then to V10.4.2.9, or to unlock your bootloader. However, I have not done a manual upgrade yet so I wouldn't know the troubleshooting bit. These instructions seem simple though.
This morning, I got a message on my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD (2 days old) that Verizon had pushed an update (0.7.2.en.US) and wanted my permission to install it. What is this? Jelly Bean? What version?
The phone came with ICS 4.0.4 and I immediately rooted it and installed Voodoo OTA RootKeeper, so there's that. Will I lose root if I let this update install? I installed JB on my tablet and it broke many of my utilities so I backed it out. Also, JB is hard to root without unlocking the bootloader, which I don't want to do.
permutations said:
This morning, I got a message on my Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD (2 days old) that Verizon had pushed an update (0.7.2.en.US) and wanted my permission to install it. What is this? Jelly Bean? What version?
The phone came with ICS 4.0.4 and I immediately rooted it and installed Voodoo OTA RootKeeper, so there's that. Will I lose root if I let this update install? I installed JB on my tablet and it broke many of my utilities so I backed it out. Also, JB is hard to root without unlocking the bootloader, which I don't want to do.
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Its not jelly bean. Its just a security update. You will lose root when you upgrade. ( I believe?)
I just read on another forum that it fixes some Smart Action bugs. I've encountered those, so I'll let it install. Someone else said he was rooted and it wouldn't install, so... I guess I'll see. It's trying to install now.
Well, that was a mistake. It did not fix my Smart Actions problem. As far as I can tell, all it did was take away my root access. Voodoo OTA RootKeeper is not able to get it back
No harm done - I just rooted again, the way I did the first time.
I've had this update since Monday. Not bragging but it's interesting how the updates rollout to different regions.
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HI this maybe a noob type question but I'm gonna ask it anyway. I rooted and installed safestrap with custom rom, well I just had to have JB because I found a rom that I really like and wanted to use. Well I did my research and followed directions to a T and now for some reason my root ability is gone. My Razr shows that it was rooted ad in the 0/1 you see on the stock recovery and I installed Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and saved rooting before I installed JB. Now that I have done all of this I can no longer install safestrap (it just force closes) like my hubby's unrooted Razr does and Voodoo doesn't show that it is rooted anymore. Is there anything I can do to fix this or am I stuck waiting for root abilities for JB. I have looked and researched for rooting for JB but not finding anything. Any help is welcome and thanks in advance.
Abie
HI this maybe a noob type question but I'm gonna ask it anyway. I rooted and installed safestrap with custom rom, well I just had to have JB because I found a rom that I really like and wanted to use. Well I did my research and followed directions to a T and now for some reason my root ability is gone. My Razr shows that it was rooted ad in the 0/1 you see on the stock recovery and I installed Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and saved rooting before I installed JB. Now that I have done all of this I can no longer install safestrap (it just force closes) like my hubby's unrooted Razr does and Voodoo doesn't show that it is rooted anymore. Is there anything I can do to fix this or am I stuck waiting for root abilities for JB. I have looked and researched for rooting for JB but not finding anything. Any help is welcome and thanks in advance.
Abie