1: If i root my shield, can it stil do OTA updates and only need a reroot after each update?
2: if 1 doesnt work, is there then a way to unroot it completly to do the OTA update?
andsa said:
1: If i root my shield, can it stil do OTA updates and only need a reroot after each update?
2: if 1 doesnt work, is there then a way to unroot it completly to do the OTA update?
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You might have to uninstall custom recovery and put stock back on but cwm has been able to handle stock updates in the past just haven't tried it on the shield. You'll have to reroot. Supersu has an option for a full unroot as well.
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hexitnow said:
You might have to uninstall custom recovery and put stock back on but cwm has been able to handle stock updates in the past just haven't tried it on the shield. You'll have to reroot. Supersu has an option for a full unroot as well.
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1: No idea what cwm means
2: The unroot with supersu didnt work at all on my galaxy s4. so im unsure if it will work on the shield.
andsa said:
1: No idea what cwm means
2: The unroot with supersu didnt work at all on my galaxy s4. so im unsure if it will work on the shield.
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Something must have happened because the unroot option worked fine on my Verizon s4. Cwm is clockwork mod recovery. Unroot option does work on shield or at least it has on both of mine.
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andsa said:
1: If i root my shield, can it stil do OTA updates and only need a reroot after each update?
2: if 1 doesnt work, is there then a way to unroot it completly to do the OTA update?
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1.- In my experience CWM does not install my otas so i was getting always errors, but you dont need CWM on your device because there aren't roms and they aren't flasheable files on android development so in my opinion you don't needed (I dont needed)
2.- I had to return to 100% out of the box to get again all the otas installed just because of the error i told you on number 1 so i suggest you not to use a custom recovery if you want to install some mods or some addons to android just use xposed framework
psycho1200 said:
1.- In my experience CWM does not install my otas so i was getting always errors, but you dont need CWM on your device because there aren't roms and they aren't flasheable files on android development so in my opinion you don't needed (I dont needed)
2.- I had to return to 100% out of the box to get again all the otas installed just because of the error i told you on number 1 so i suggest you not to use a custom recovery if you want to install some mods or some addons to android just use xposed framework
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I have a feeling there will be a need for cwm soon
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Iv used triangle away. U install it after root and then u can ota update again. Working on samsung galaxy anyhow
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What's CWM?
andsa said:
What's CWM?
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Clockwork mod recovery
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So here's the deal. I'm running CM9Alpha13. And while I love having my phone rooted and playing around with it, I was really only interested in getting ICS for my phone. No I know I'll miss Francisco.Franco's kernels and I'll miss Koush's awesome ROMs but I just really want a stable ICS.
So my question is how long before I can root my ICS if I do the official downgrade to GB and Upgrade to ICS?
Any guestimate would be great!
Thanks in advance.
Jon
I am sure it wont take long...just give the devs a day or so to play with things and get everything worked out.
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I'm wondering about this too... I need a stable one but I need it to be rooted too...
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S67I9Q0L
EDIT: flashable with CWM.
+ read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20395808&postcount=25
Chamb' said:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S67I9Q0L
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This is a su-update.zip file flashable with CWM
it did the trick for me, just simply flashed it and now have working root
Anyone else confirmed this working?
EDIT: Oh, and mirrors please?
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20395808&postcount=25
Chamb' said:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S67I9Q0L
EDIT: flashable with CWM.
+ read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20395808&postcount=25
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rooted~
but superuser fc...
FLyTula said:
So my question is how long before I can root my ICS if I do the official downgrade to GB and Upgrade to ICS?
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While we're at it, is there a downgrading/upgrading guide somewhere?
fromthestars said:
This is a su-update.zip file flashable with CWM
it did the trick for me, just simply flashed it and now have working root
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Confirmed that this worked on Google issued phone (same as T-Mobile version). The following is the order I used to come from CM9 Alpha 11:
1. Backup using Titanium, reboot to recovery.
2. Use CWM to flash stock 2.3.6.
3. Use CWM to flash stock ICS 4.0.3.
4. Wipe all user data.
5. Install the linked superuser through CWM (I had previous tried older and newer versions, which did not work).
6. Reboot phone, go through setup, download Titanium, and restore. Phone is definitely rooted (otherwise Titanium is unusable). I did not try to update the su binaries and will avoid doing so.
any way to root with something like superoneclick?
I'd like to avoid flashing custom stuff on it. just need root.
xd4d3v said:
any way to root with something like superoneclick?
I'd like to avoid flashing custom stuff on it. just need root.
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Then fastboot boot recovery and flash the latest su zip. Even if you flashed the custom recovery it would be overwritten when you boot up the os.
Naturally, I am rooted on 2.3.5, if I do this update, will I lose root access and/or will I not be able to update do to my skyrocket being rooted?
pillzburydoughboy said:
Naturally, I am rooted on 2.3.5, if I do this update, will I lose root access and/or will I not be able to update do to my skyrocket being rooted?
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Update will remove root and will fail if you have CWM installed, it requires stock recovery to apply (this is of course if you go the official update route).
Return to stock recovery
So how do I return to stock recovery from cwm? I'm not so concerned about this update, but I'd like to use stock ics when it comes out. ( keeping root, of course)
Jobuca said:
So how do I return to stock recovery from cwm? I'm not so concerned about this update, but I'd like to use stock ics when it comes out. ( keeping root, of course)
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Flash stock recovery with ODIN, make sure there is not a kernel in the .tar or the flash counter will trip.
Another question and sorry if I sound like a newb! Will I easily be able to reroot my phone?
pillzburydoughboy said:
Another question and sorry if I sound like a newb! Will I easily be able to reroot my phone?
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1 click unroot, 1 click root
pillzburydoughboy said:
Another question and sorry if I sound like a newb! Will I easily be able to reroot my phone?
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If you get familiar with ODIN (and heed the same warning I posted above) all you end up having to do is flash CWM recovery and then install superuser via an update zip file. You may have to flash it "2 - 3 times to get it to complete without error" I am not sure why it does that but I followed the instructions around here somewhere.
Many thanks to you guys! I had the same question.
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My Note 10.1 is rooted - Quite simply in fact - Will I be able to receive OTA updates if rooted (then I will just lose root upon accepting) or do I need to have the stock recovery to get these?
u can. u just need to flash back to stock recovery, download "ota root keeper" to restore ur root after ota update
omnia1994 said:
u can. u just need to flash back to stock recovery, download "ota root keeper" to restore ur root after ota update
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so I DO need to flash the stock? wondering if I should even leave this thing rooted...Pretty good on it's own
terrapin69 said:
so I DO need to flash the stock? wondering if I should even leave this thing rooted...Pretty good on it's own
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depends own urself. i root it to restore my apps from my motorola xoom, and to use apps that requires rooting like titanium backup, adfree etc
yeah - me too actually - dont really mess with the CPU or anything - Thanks
omnia1994 said:
u can. u just need to flash back to stock recovery, download "ota root keeper" to restore ur root after ota update
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finally, got ppl answer to this question.
:highfive: thanks mate...
but, actually, what thing has make this note 10.1 differs from N7000 ? why can't do the update with the custom CWM installed ?
Does this apply only for OTA update ? or if we download the firmware and want to flash via ODIN, we do still need to flash back to stock recovery first before do the firmware update via ODIN ?
Thanks,
Sent from the corner of this rounded earth.
I manually sideloaded 4.4.2 onto my nexus 5 all was good and root appeared to be working as nova,lightflow,adblock all asked for permission upon reauthentication. However when i went into supersu it prompted for a updated. Which I continued as normal but it fails. Even after reboot.
I've even tried using cf-autoroot again to no luck.
Whats the best solution for me.
Nexus 5 - 4.4.2 KOT49H from 4.4 KRT16M
Root : Supersu by chainfire using cf-autoroot.
Nova launcher seems to be able to use root as does lightflow and root explorer.
Adblock asks but cannot change the files it needs.
Any extra information needed I will gladly produce
Try flashing su zip? - https://mega.co.nz/#!xk92nAZI!t2-Mhj_BbBMlYVj6OLC6xT2ycAMixnETqnUdqFXkr9w
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Ben36 said:
Try flashing su zip?
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I don't have a custom recovery and sideloading this fails.
brichardson1991 said:
I don't have a custom recovery and sideloading this fails.
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use fastboot to flash a custom recovery?
basic stuff man.
Zepius said:
use fastboot to flash a custom recovery?
basic stuff man.
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I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?
brichardson1991 said:
I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?
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custom recoveries in themselves do not stop a OTA. what stops a OTA is the fact that people do system mods and that breaks the OTA.
as for which is best, that falls under best rom/kernel type stuff. pick one.
brichardson1991 said:
I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?
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OTA only check the system partiiton, custom recovery won't spoil OTA.
and stock recovery = no recovery
I prefer TWRP.
If you currently have root access, download teh TWRP app from the Play Store and it'll install itself
brichardson1991 said:
I thought not having a custom recovery was the way to ensure OTA updates?
But if I'm not going to be getting OTA then I'll go for it.
Whats the best one for Nexus 5, as i used to use Clockworkmod on Galaxy S2 but i've read TWRP is better ?
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You can't have ANY modification. Recovery, Kernel, Binaries(Xposed), factory apps all have to be in tact for the official OTA to work. You'll need to find to flashable version, or flash clean back to absolute stock.
Decimation said:
You can't have ANY modification. Recovery, Kernel, Binaries(Xposed), factory apps all have to be in tact for the official OTA to work. You'll need to find to flashable version, or flash clean back to absolute stock.
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So I flashed TWRP using the app.
and now supersu is up to date.
So in future all OTA updates won't work and i will just have to sideload them like i did with these 2 ?
If that's the case I'm fine with that.
For future OTA you can flash the OTA after the download is provided here, then flash SuperSU immediately after. Also just double check if SuperSU is updated so you have the most recent version.
Thats what I did for the 4.4.1 and 4.4.2 OTAs and I never lost root. All done via TWRP
Thanks all. I've sorted it out. Can close this topic now.
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Hey guys I will get my phone this week and I was wondering what these OTA updates are?
When I press update in the options of oneplus, is that it?
I wanna root my phone but I heard OTA updates might not be available.
So, are they available or not? Should I root the phone? I really need it but I don't wanna miss any oficial updates.
I hope I don't lose my root later or something!
OTA updates are Over The Air Updates, and usually they include bug fixes, new functionalities or even a new version of android.
I red in this forum that rooting the OPO does not void the warranty and the phone continues to perform the OTA updates.
Can anyone confirm?
If you change the recovery you may lose the ability to receive the ota updates. But, you're in luck, you can boot into a custom recovery and flash the zip file to gain root access without installing the recovery on the phone itself.
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A couple tutorials floating around and I believe stickied explain this.
cyldman said:
Hey guys I will get my phone this week and I was wondering what these OTA updates are?
When I press update in the options of oneplus, is that it?
I wanna root my phone but I heard OTA updates might not be available.
So, are they available or not? Should I root the phone? I really need it but I don't wanna miss any oficial updates.
I hope I don't lose my root later or something!
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if you root the phone you can flash the updated file or any file for that matter. So to not root your phone to update it to the latest rom to then root your phone and put something completely different on it makes no sense.
Now if you are rooting just to keep stock and root - again you can root and flash stock rom from this forum.. Win Win for you
playya said:
if you root the phone you can flash the updated file or any file for that matter. So to not root your phone to update it to the latest rom to then root your phone and put something completely different on it makes no sense.
Now if you are rooting just to keep stock and root - again you can root and flash stock rom from this forum.. Win Win for you
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Hi,
I want some clarity on how OTA is tied with recovery ? If I put TWRP recovery will I loose the ability for OTA?
Thanks
zaibrockstar said:
Hi,
I want some clarity on how OTA is tied with recovery ? If I put TWRP recovery will I loose the ability for OTA?
Thanks
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From my understanding not with 1+1 but OTA's are generally flashed via stock recovery and not custom ones. Question - what was your other android phone?
playya said:
From my understanding not with 1+1 but OTA's are generally flashed via stock recovery and not custom ones. Question - what was your other android phone?
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I had Nexus 4, Now I am using Nexus 5. I bought OPO to gift to my Dad and wanted to use adfree or adaway and give the phone as it is. But for them to work I need to root access. My understanding is once you put a unlock boot loader and have TWRP, then root it. I will loose OTA. I will not be able to flash the phone every time there is an update as he lives in a different country and I cant travel quite often.
Thanks
zaibrockstar said:
I had Nexus 4, Now I am using Nexus 5. I bought OPO to gift to my Dad and wanted to use adfree or adaway and give the phone as it is. But for them to work I need to root access. My understanding is once you put a unlock boot loader and have TWRP, then root it. I will loose OTA. I will not be able to flash the phone every time there is an update as he lives in a different country and I cant travel quite often.
Thanks
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Then I would go to the thread in general that shows you how to root your phone without unlocking bootloader and use that method . http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/root-unlocking-bootloader-t2820628
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Then I would go to the thread in general that shows you how to root your phone without unlocking bootloader and use that method . http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/root-unlocking-bootloader-t2820628
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Thanks for the info. I had read this, but was not clear.
Instead just run "fastboot boot recovery.img" and flash the supersu zip from there.
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What I have understood is we are just booting into default recovery and flashing the su binary. Is that correct ?
I have one risk in such case. I will not have an Nandriod Backup with default recovery.
Thanks
zaibrockstar said:
Thanks for the info. I had read this, but was not clear.
What I have understood is we are just booting into default recovery and flashing the su binary. Is that correct ?
I have one risk in such case. I will not have an Nandriod Backup with default recovery.
Thanks
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Stock recovery can always be reflashed and you follow the directions as posted to the tee and yes you boot into recovery flash su binary and thats it. To my understanding you will be flashing twrp but instead of it sticking it just flashes for that session so that you can flash the su binary.
I would go to that thread and ask in there directly for those that have done it or google it. This is of course if that is the route you would like to take
I have received the ota & updated on twrp.No problems
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cyldman said:
Hey guys I will get my phone this week and I was wondering what these OTA updates are?
When I press update in the options of oneplus, is that it?
I wanna root my phone but I heard OTA updates might not be available.
So, are they available or not? Should I root the phone? I really need it but I don't wanna miss any oficial updates.
I hope I don't lose my root later or something!
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See this to root without unlocking. http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/root-unlocking-bootloader-t2820628/page4
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