Hello everyone, I'm tring to go back to stock but im having some troubles. My device is s-off unlocked got supercid and twrp. I flashed the ics ruu went without an error. But now im trying to flash an ota through recovery but keep getting the same assert fail every time.
I tried to change the updater-script first 2 line from the top but when flashing i got an installation aborted error.
Should i keep trying to make it work or just restore it all from a backup ?
When applying an OTA you must work your way up with each OTA made available for your device. The reason for this is that one OS may have something that the next expects to find when updating.
So, if going from 4.0 to 4.2.2 it will fail since the OTA for 4.2.2 is expecting to find stuff that was given to the device during the 4.1.2 OTA and since the updater-script cannot verify it's matches it ultimately just aborts.
Goes with the saying, "baby steps".
Modding.MyMind said:
When applying an OTA you must work your way up with each OTA made available for your device. The reason for this is that one OS may have something that the next expects to find when updating.
So, if going from 4.0 to 4.2.2 it will fail since the OTA for 4.2.2 is expecting to find stuff that was given to the device during the 4.1.2 OTA and since the updater-script cannot verify it's matches it ultimately just aborts.
Goes with the saying, "baby steps".
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Thank you for your explaining reply m8. Have a good day.
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OK, I got the message to update my Xoom to ICS (yeah!!!!) tried to update then during reboot got the Android logo and ! screen (**** for I was rooted). Tried to unroot my device and almost bricked my device..got Failed Image SOS 0x0002. through fast recovery (iguess!!) i was trying different thinkgs. I got the xoom to HRI39. I am now unable to update to HRI66 to get to the rest of the updates.
Any Ideas!!!! Thanks
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When I try to update to HRI66 I am able to download of course but when the xoom reboots I get the Android Mascot and !.
Worst case, i would recommend re-flashing images from http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/ (appears you can directly flash HRI66) and try to go from there. Edit: Should also probably point out that this will wipe your tablet, but if your having issues with almost bricking the thing...
Thanks for the info..... Was able to flash my Xoom to HLK75D and update it all the way to ICS!!!! Now to figure out the best way to Root it again ;-)
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Thanks for the info..... Was able to flash my Xoom to HLK75D and update it all the way to ICS!!!! Now to figure out the best way to Root it again ;-)
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Well, try installing a rom like Team EOS's Nightlies/Stable or Cyanogenmod 9 or AOKP. They are pre-rooted and they are always updated, so you won't have to worry about un-rooting just to get the latest version of android.
It might be worth mentioning that Hulu+ doesn't work so well on these roms. The Hulu+ app says its DRM.
Ok, thanks I will have to look at the procedure on how to do just that.
Is there a rooted Verizon 4g rom
Hi i got jb update via ota i downloaded it a then click on restart and install its started to install then android lying with exclamation mark came stays there and reboot but i am still on 4.0.4
Help
Seems like you are going into recovery
is it happening by itself?
You could try a flashable stock JB firmwares, try this if you want its just like OTA firmware but you do it by yourself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1784497
just now noticed my bootloader is unlocked .. could that be the problem.. am new to nexus s .. please guide me how to root nexus s and best custom rom for it.. since is a non warranty one i dont want to take risk and brick it
No. You're new. Read the stickies .. how to etc. You can basically learn all you need by just reading those.
I am relatively new to the rooting experience but am a big fan of the benefits. I only do basic stuff and am too paranoid to try flashing ROMs or anything too advanced. I recently downloaded the most recent update and it didn't go as I had anticipated.
I was taken to the reboot screen as if I was using Clockwork Mod. It asked me questions that I had to answer in order to proceed but the choices were strange. It would ask me, "do you want to install this unfamiliar zip?" and the answers would be, "No, No, No, No, No, No, Yes, No, No, No, Go Back." I picked yes for the 3 different choices and it completed the install.
After the phone rebooted there was a message saying that the update had failed. I called my brother who has an unrooted phone and checked to see that I in fact do have the update. I am wondering if this is what will happen each time I get an update and if there is anything I should be worried about. The phone is still rooted and I don't notice anything different, but I am just paranoid that rooting my phone will make it so I am unable to install the jellybean update next month. Thanks for the advice in advance!
that sounds like CWM or it might be the factory download mode but either way i dont think you should have to do that for a factory update
So you are on stock, but rooted? Usually the rule of thumb is not not accept the OTA updates, but rather flash one of the stock, rooted roms when an update comes out. You might wnat to try something like the root66 rom, if not somehting like Synergy or CleanRom, which are still stock-based.
As far as this particular issue, as far as I knew, the OTA updates will usually always install. The problem is that they will sometimes revert back to un-rooted, and sometimes will even block the root exploit so you're stuck.
update will fail if you are using a custom recovery, i.e. cwm
wwjdd44 said:
update will fail if you are using a custom recovery, i.e. cwm
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Is there any way to remove clockwork mod? I don't really need it.
Hey guys, I have the TF700T and, unfortunately, was over-eager and rooted & unlocked it the day I bought it. Now it seems that I am not receiving OTA updates and I am quite disappointed. What are the basic steps that I can take to either un-do the lock so I can receive updates, or manually push through the update? I admit, I probably am more of a noob with Android than most of you. What should my next move be??
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Hey guys, I have the TF700T and, unfortunately, was over-eager and rooted & unlocked it the day I bought it. Now it seems that I am not receiving OTA updates and I am quite disappointed. What are the basic steps that I can take to either un-do the lock so I can receive updates, or manually push through the update? I admit, I probably am more of a noob with Android than most of you. What should my next move be??
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I'm assuming you still have stock recovery even though you unlocked the tablet. You can't re-lock the tablet so you'll eventually want to start using a custom recovery. However, don't install a custom recovery yet because the firmware upgrades are going to wipe custom recovery every time.
This should help you get started with the upgrade process using only the stock recovery:
Pre-upgrade:
0) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED -- Take the time to make nvflash accessible and make backups so that you'll be able to recover from a brick situation. This is the ONLY chance you have to do this before upgrading to .30:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901479
0.25) Performing the upgrades shouldn't affect your apps and data, but back them up if you want to just in case.
0.5) Make sure your tablet is charged 60% or higher or is plugged in.
Simple Upgrade Process:
1) Download "Voodoo OTA RootKeeper" from the market to back up your root.
2) Follow these instructions to update to .30:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1755576
3) Reboot the tablet 2 times or so to make sure the .30 update finishes completely -- it updates the camera firmware and some other stuff.
4) Run RootKeeper again and verify you can still restore root. If you have to, re-root and use RootKeeper to back it up. Restoring a backed-up root is is currently the only way to root on Jelly Bean, so this is your LAST chance.
5) Download the appropriate Jelly Bean OTA update zip from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1915079
6) Repeat the instructions in step 2, except you can just directly rename the file you downloaded in step 5 (there's no "zip within a zip").
7) After the upgrade is complete, run RootKeeper again and restore root.
8) Install the custom recovery of your choice (edit: when a working one becomes available).
recovery works in JB?
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recovery works in JB?
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sorry my mistake, there isn't one that's working yet.
i tried the manual method and it wont work
i did what the instructions said and in the end when android logo and status bar come out, shortly it display android with red triangle indicating that it failed. it says "ID verification failed." does anyone successfully update their TF700 using this method?
Bzktz said:
Hey guys, I have the TF700T and, unfortunately, was over-eager and rooted & unlocked it the day I bought it. Now it seems that I am not receiving OTA updates and I am quite disappointed. What are the basic steps that I can take to either un-do the lock so I can receive updates, or manually push through the update? I admit, I probably am more of a noob with Android than most of you. What should my next move be??
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If you are still on 26 the first thing i recommend you is to use the NvFlash tool (from the Development forum) so you can recover your device from any soft brick, then update to 30 and JB. Unlocking avoid your warranty so NvFlash tool is a wise thing to go with.
Just went through the motions (Including accessing nvflash)
no worries, I bricked it on purpose and then unbricked it just to make sure. nvflash is rad!
the new JB update, Forget the benchmarks, I don't even care what they say at this point, this is the best user experience I've had on this thing so far and it's just going to get better. at least with nvflash I can still load unsigned bootloaders, that's all I need for native linux experimentation.
yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of flash I will fear no bricking, for blob.bin art with me. :good:
Thank you very much for the response. I am up to #5 in the process but now I am stuck. I renamed the file and stuck it on my sd card. However I am getting nothing when I then boot in recovery. It tells me SD Installation aborted, and gives me the Red Triangle. What am I doing wrong here?
I'm on a verizon SCH-I535 running android 4.1.2 (baseband I535VRBMF1, kernel 3.0.31-1152558, build jzo54k.i535vrbmf1, hardware version i535.10). I rooted the device a couple years ago, and have rejected OTA updates, ever since I received the 4.1.2 one (in fact, I used a file manager, to rename some files, so I wouldnt get the pop-up telling me there was an OTA update anymore). Everything is, as it was required to be, in order to get root access on 4.1.2, I just followed the instructions I found on xda.
Now that android 4.4.2 is available, and there is an easy root for it, what is the easiest way for me to move from where I am to 4.4.2 rooted? Am I supposed to follow the instructions in the "Reset your phone in order to return to Verizon" sticky? If so, how do I know if my bootloader is 'locked' or 'unlocked'? Alternatively to these instructions I was thinking of doing a "full unroot" with superSU then simply doing an OTA update, but wasnt sure if that would introduce issues.
Finally, in terms of doing a backup, I downloaded an app called "online nandroid" which supposedly saved a backup to my sd card. But my sd card is tiny, and the backup went really quick, so what exactly is it backing up? Is it enough of a backup that if I want to do a full restore back to exactly the state my phone is in now later, I can do that, or do I need a different tool for that?
loonytoon500 said:
I'm on a verizon SCH-I535 running android 4.1.2 (baseband I535VRBMF1, kernel 3.0.31-1152558, build jzo54k.i535vrbmf1, hardware version i535.10). I rooted the device a couple years ago, and have rejected OTA updates, ever since I received the 4.1.2 one (in fact, I used a file manager, to rename some files, so I wouldnt get the pop-up telling me there was an OTA update anymore). Everything is, as it was required to be, in order to get root access on 4.1.2, I just followed the instructions I found on xda.
Now that android 4.4.2 is available, and there is an easy root for it, what is the easiest way for me to move from where I am to 4.4.2 rooted? Am I supposed to follow the instructions in the "Reset your phone in order to return to Verizon" sticky? If so, how do I know if my bootloader is 'locked' or 'unlocked'? Alternatively to these instructions I was thinking of doing a "full unroot" with superSU then simply doing an OTA update, but wasnt sure if that would introduce issues.
Finally, in terms of doing a backup, I downloaded an app called "online nandroid" which supposedly saved a backup to my sd card. But my sd card is tiny, and the backup went really quick, so what exactly is it backing up? Is it enough of a backup that if I want to do a full restore back to exactly the state my phone is in now later, I can do that, or do I need a different tool for that?
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In order to move to the 4.4.2 update you'll have to unroot, but keep in mind if you do your bootloader will be PERMANENTLY locked, no going back
The backup of stock is normally somewhere between 2-3gb or more, it didn't do the full backup. I highly doubt it's a full backup. Once you take the OTA to 4.4.2 your stuck and there is no going back
Your best bet is to install a custom recovery, cwm, twrp or philz or similar. If you want to take the OTA your free to but once again there's no custom roms after that. No CM or AOSP after you take the OTA
From my S3 running BlissStalk
ShapesBlue said:
In order to move to the 4.4.2 update you'll have to unroot, but keep in mind if you do your bootloader will be PERMANENTLY locked, no going back
The backup of stock is normally somewhere between 2-3gb or more, it didn't do the full backup. I highly doubt it's a full backup. Once you take the OTA to 4.4.2 your stuck and there is no going back
Your best bet is to install a custom recovery, cwm, twrp or philz or similar. If you want to take the OTA your free to but once again there's no custom roms after that. No CM or AOSP after you take the OTA
From my S3 running BlissStalk
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Thank you for your response.
I do not care about custom ROMS, I am ok with the stock android OS, as long as I can get root. If the OTA update permanently locks my bootloader I am ok with that.
That said, I want to ensure I dont have any incidents when I do the OTA update. (that I dont brick my device. or make things more difficult for myself.) It doesnt look like I currently have a custom recovery (I tried to boot into custom recovery but the phone simply boots normally. I can however boot into stock android recovery). Also, my bootloader is currently unlocked.
Given that I dont currently have a custom recovery, and that my bootloader is currently unlocked, will that present any issue if I simply do a full unroot using superSU, and then take the OTA update? I used triangle away earlier today to reset my flash counter to 0 (it was 1 before).
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Thank you for your response.
I do not care about custom ROMS, I am ok with the stock android OS, as long as I can get root. If the OTA update permanently locks my bootloader I am ok with that.
That said, I want to ensure I dont have any incidents when I do the OTA update. (that I dont brick my device. or make things more difficult for myself.) It doesnt look like I currently have a custom recovery (I tried to boot into custom recovery but the phone simply boots normally. I can however boot into stock android recovery). Also, my bootloader is currently unlocked.
Given that I dont currently have a custom recovery, and that my bootloader is currently unlocked, will that present any issue if I simply do a full unroot using superSU, and then take the OTA update? I used triangle away earlier today to reset my flash counter to 0 (it was 1 before).
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It shouldn't but the OTA will lock in back up
From my S3 running BlissStalk
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It shouldn't but the OTA will lock in back up
From my S3 running BlissStalk
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Ok, i unrooted, and tried to take the OTA update, but a quarter of the way through the update, the update fails/stops, and it shows a lying android, with a red exclamation triangle over it; then the phone simply reboots and says "sorry, there was a problem updating your SAMSUNG SCH-I535. No changes were made." I read something about how this could be the case if I froze some stock apps, but how do I check if any stock apps are frozen? I dont remember doing so but its certainly possible.
What course of action do you recommend? It sounds like I will need to go through the process of rerooting again. I've read I can reflash the 4.1.2 stock rom and then do the OTA update, but I dont want to wipe data. The no wipe version is linked to here, but the firmware links there appears to be broken.
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Ok, i unrooted, and tried to take the OTA update, but a quarter of the way through the update, the update fails/stops, and it shows a lying android, with a red exclamation triangle over it; then the phone simply reboots and says "sorry, there was a problem updating your SAMSUNG SCH-I535. No changes were made." I read something about how this could be the case if I froze some stock apps, but how do I check if any stock apps are frozen? I dont remember doing so but its certainly possible.
What course of action do you recommend? It sounds like I will need to go through the process of rerooting again. I've read I can reflash the 4.1.2 stock rom and then do the OTA update, but I dont want to wipe data. The no wipe version is linked to here, but the firmware links there appears to be broken.
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After all the reading I've done in order to take the OTA you have to unroot. I don't know the complete process as I am not on any OTA
From my S3 running BlissStalk
Even if you dont care about custom ROMs right now you may in the future when there are no updates released for the phone or you want to sell it and could have gotten a higher price with the lower system version. Before you update try some of the ROMs out and see if there are some you like and if you dont like any then update.
That being said I have updated using ODIN and the firmware I got from this site. look around and you will find the stuff you need.
i ended up flashing a 4.1.1 stock no wipe rom i found and after that i could take the ota updates (had to do multiple in a row).
out of curiosity couldn't the devs find a way to unlock the bootloader via some hackery in the future?
loonytoon500 said:
i ended up flashing a 4.1.1 stock no wipe rom i found and after that i could take the ota updates (had to do multiple in a row).
out of curiosity couldn't the devs find a way to unlock the bootloader via some hackery in the future?
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Sure it's possible, but unlikely. To put into perspective, I don't believe there has been a bootloader unlock for Verizon Notes 2-4 and Galaxy S4-5 (which would allow one to natively run AOSP without Safestrap) so the likelihood is low.
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