Hi All,
Did a quick search and couldn't find anything about this.
Basically I've successfully downgraded to ICS and rooted then OTA'd back to current firmware. (I am locked)
I want to factory reset the tab to maintain stablity / remove the junk. However I want to maintain root. I've googled and apparantly FR doesn't loose root.
But I wanted to confirm. Do I need to temp unroot on OTA or just leave it rooted? And can anyone confirm this maintains root?
Regards
KinetiClutch said:
Hi All,
Did a quick search and couldn't find anything about this.
Basically I've successfully downgraded to ICS and rooted then OTA'd back to current firmware. (I am locked)
I want to factory reset the tab to maintain stablity / remove the junk. However I want to maintain root. I've googled and apparantly FR doesn't loose root.
But I wanted to confirm. Do I need to temp unroot on OTA or just leave it rooted? And can anyone confirm this maintains root?
Regards
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I didn't touch a thing and did a factory reset, root was maintained. Just remember to have the OTA backup in place, you can leave it rooted.
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I would like to update to the latest firmware. I have not updated since I rooted a while back. I am still on firmware 8.6.5.6 and would like to update to the latest.
What is the best way to proceed?
Obviously, I don't want to break anything in the process of updating. I would like to keep my root or reroot at the very least. Although the only real reason I rooted in the first place was to boost my clock speeds. So I am even willing to unroot if that's the best/easiest way.
Thanks!
So guys, the thing is, I plan to buy this phone soon, and a small, stupid question popped in my mind. I'm no n00b but as Samsung doesn't allow OTA updates to rooted users, does Huawei also apply the same mechanism? So to update, do we have to unroot and reflash stock recovery?
raystriker said:
So guys, the thing is, I plan to buy this phone soon, and a small, stupid question popped in my mind. I'm no n00b but as Samsung doesn't allow OTA updates to rooted users, does Huawei also apply the same mechanism? So to update, do we have to unroot and reflash stock recovery?
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Yes, the stock recovery is needed for all updates
raystriker said:
So guys, the thing is, I plan to buy this phone soon, and a small, stupid question popped in my mind. I'm no n00b but as Samsung doesn't allow OTA updates to rooted users, does Huawei also apply the same mechanism? So to update, do we have to unroot and reflash stock recovery?
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I'm rooted and on stock (Russian) recovery - reverted from CWM - and I got the update without any problems. So no need to relock, unroot etc to get official OTA updates.
So no need to un-root right? That's good.
Yeah but you need to reflash the stock recovery
Hello, I have a Verizon SM-P905V that I rooted and I'm now wondering about going back to stock in order to upgrade software.
When I rooted my tablet, I used an app called "Uninstall" to uninstall SDM and Knox and all the other bloatware rather than Titanium Backup and now I cannot restore these (lesson learned!) and if I try going to the "Software Update" tab in my settings it just crashes.
So my question is: If I do a data factory reset will these apps be restored? I don't care if it unroots my device. I'd prefer it be unrooted since I'll probably trade it in here in a couple months.
If it doesn't root however, does anyone know the process for unrooting this device and can link me to the method they used?
Thank you!
TwiggieSmalls said:
Hello, I have a Verizon SM-P905V that I rooted and I'm now wondering about going back to stock in order to upgrade software....
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What version is your cuurent firmware?
Cherrs,
Russ
If you lose your phone or it gets stolen;
With rooted phone, a person can install a new rom and use it right?
W/out root, your phone can be bricked permanently if someone tries to factory reset? Via google or samsung account. Also, you can't use odin to install any ROMs?
Or has the security on the newest android phones like s7 now have better security even when a phone is rooted?
I'm on a verge of trying to decide if I should root my S7 or not.
2545 said:
If you lose your phone or it gets stolen;
With rooted phone, a person can install a new rom and use it right?
W/out root, your phone can be bricked permanently if someone tries to factory reset? Via google or samsung account. Also, you can't use odin to install any ROMs?
Or has the security on the newest android phones like s7 now have better security even when a phone is rooted?
I'm on a verge of trying to decide if I should root my S7 or not.
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1. He can either way wipe data. Root or no root. The question is can he skip the factory reset protection. There are ways to skip it. But this again has nothing to do with root on the phone.
2. There is currently no permanent brick. There are blog posts which suggests something like this would come in new android versions.
Hi Guys,
i have some questions concerning rooting. I have a stock Galaxy S7 (SM-G930F) with T-Mobile branding. I would like to install a Custom ROM because my battery life is so bad but i love this phone (for example because of its water resistance and the fact that my hobby is diving ).
So my plan is:
1. root my device and install a custom Nougat ROM (to change the screen resolution)
2. when the official update is out i want to go back to stock Firmware
3. now my question: Is it possible to receive OTA Updates after getting back to stock firmware?
I know know is set to 0x1 after a root and im going to lose my varranty but thats no problem, i would only like to receive OTA Updates after going back to stock firmware.
Thank you for your help!
Greetings from Munich and have a great new Year 2017
Hi!
As long as your device is stock, recovery included, you should receive the ota no problem. So flashing stock firmware and recovery should do the trick. :good:
Don't accept an ota if you do happen to get an update notification, if you are not completely stock. It will fail.
Last resort too, is flashing an updated version manually. If that's possible for your device.
Good luck!
I posted i thought but don't see it i rooted an LG ls675 with king root removed a couple preinstalled apps sprint zone and 2 amazon apps I mistakenly tried ota failed found out this unrooted my phone and tried another ota that failed also running stock installed a root browser titanium bu busy box ect do i need to remove these apps or will i have to do factory reset to get this update running 5.1.1