I have a GS4 which just got the NG6 update. My phone is now a mess. Several weeks ago I took the update and then reverted back to the NC5 software, restored a nandroid and all was good. Then, VZW pushed the OTA again (without my permission). My question is if I go back to NC5 and then switch to Hyperdrive ROM, will VZW still be able to update my phone? I don't want to go through all the trouble to downgrade, re-root, and customize another ROM just to be prompted to update again.
Any advise would be welcome. Thanks so much!
Hi,
No, if you flash a custom rom, you will not get updates from your carrier. You only get updated if you're on a stock rom.
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Hi, my family has multiple Verizon Galaxy SIIIs that were supposed to receive OTA updates about a week ago, but for whatever reason, as I cannot pinpoint the exact cause, none of them will install the update.
Each phone has:
Been rooted, by means of flashing a custom stock ROM through Odin
Had numerous stock applications frozen with Titanium, but we've tried unfreezing all of them prior to trying again with no effect
So I'm assuming it's that the phone's rooted. Is there any way to apply the update manually without unlocking the bootloader (ie. using the stock recovery or Odin to flash the update) and still have the possibility of keeping root?
Yes, the entire updated rom's are available in the development section. The latest being the vrlhd.
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AvataroftheSun said:
Hi, my family has multiple Verizon Galaxy SIIIs that were supposed to receive OTA updates about a week ago, but for whatever reason, as I cannot pinpoint the exact cause, none of them will install the update.
Each phone has:
Been rooted, by means of flashing a custom stock ROM through Odin
Had numerous stock applications frozen with Titanium, but we've tried unfreezing all of them prior to trying again with no effect
So I'm assuming it's that the phone's rooted. Is there any way to apply the update manually without unlocking the bootloader (ie. using the stock recovery or Odin to flash the update) and still have the possibility of keeping root?
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I had to Odin back to stock and go get a new SIM card from Verizon... Got the OTA instantly after the new sim was put in... It's a known issue
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annoyingduck said:
Yes, the entire updated rom's are available in the development section. The latest being the vrlhd.
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Mm, checked those out, and scrosler says that the bootloader needs to be unlocked, and doesn't provide any other information on how to flash it properly (Odin vs. custom recovery). Though if it's stock, it shouldn't matter...
I odin'd back to root66 and it took the update as soon as i checked for it. (and I dont even live in Verizon coverage)
Hi all,
I recently rooted and installed a custom recovery per Jay Dogg's guide in the Galaxy S Relay. Development forum. I kept my stock ROM by choice and recently ready up on the recent Jelly Bean OTA update (MC5). I'd like to update but the official OTA update states you can't be rooted. I downloaded the update via Settings/About phone/update. Upon choosing to update, the phone rebooted to my custom recovery. It stated the certificate on the package was invalid so I backed off and just rebooted. I'm guessing my options are :
- Revert to an unrooted stock ROM, update to 4.2 (MC5) and re-root.
- Attempt to apply the official OTA update via custom recovery despite its complaints of certificate issues.
- Apply a non-stock or ripped ROM (not preferred at this point)
Can someone help me? I would like to avoid the hassle of unrooting, but that's probably my best option as far as I can tell. Any feedback is appreciated. I'm happy with the stock ROM's stability for now and don't really want to deal with the bluetooth / camera issues present builds of custom ROMs have.
Hello all,
My Photon Q is rooted with the stock ICS ROM. I'd like to update it to at least JB cause I have a few apps that require 4.1. I've been away from the mod company for a while - what's the best way to update while keeping my current apps and settings? I have an OTA pending, if it would be easier to unroot, update via OTA, and root back (but not sure if unroofing would factory reset the phone).
Thanks for any and all help!
Kenneth196 said:
Hello all,
My Photon Q is rooted with the stock ICS ROM. I'd like to update it to at least JB cause I have a few apps that require 4.1. I've been away from the mod company for a while - what's the best way to update while keeping my current apps and settings? I have an OTA pending, if it would be easier to unroot, update via OTA, and root back (but not sure if unroofing would factory reset the phone).
Thanks for any and all help!
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Unrooting doesn't reset the phone, but for safety, make a full nandroid backup of your phone's current state via recovery.
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Thanks!
hey there,
I have a rooted One Mini which runs on Android 4.3 at the moment. A few days ago, I have recieved the update info for Kitkat 4.4.2.
Now I know that I can not use the regular update on a rooted phone and for the time beeing, I don't even feel the need to upgrade. However, I was wondering about the general problem:
First, I thought about doing a full backup (Nandroid), then flashing back to stock, getting the official update and then flashing the nandroid backup back. However, I realized that makes no sense, since a nandroid backup contains all partitions and therefore would simply overwrite the updated system...right?
Now the question is: what is the most convenient way to stay updated on a rooted phone? Do I really need to flash back to stock, do the update and then go through the root process again each time?
thanks for any info and clarifying!
brokaaa
normally the devs here are much faster in providing an updated ROM then many carriers are with giving you an OTA
I'd go back to stock and take the update. 4.3 was a mistake in my opinion. Att skipped it completely and went from 4.2.2 to 4.4.2 all in one update. Lol or just flash cm11 which is a better choice yet seeing as its already pretty stable and very fast.
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I have a verizon htc one m8. When I go to settings > software update > check new, it always comes back with a "download unsuccessful" error and it says "we were not able to download this update. to retry, go to settings > software update". I have also tried updating via the htc sync manager but when i try to update, it says something like live update server is not reachable or something. my htc is rooted and bootloader unlocked + s-off. i have read somewhere that having a custom recovery makes it impossible for ota so i flashed the stock recovery and tried it but to no avail. also when i first rooted my phone i did a backup immediately before i started deleting all the bloatware and apps that i didn't want. and when i restored to that first backup it still doesnt work. another thing is that i currently live in india and i bought my phone from the states. that's all the information i can think of. any help would be greatly appreciated.
raymanluk said:
I have a verizon htc one m8. When I go to settings > software update > check new, it always comes back with a "download unsuccessful" error and it says "we were not able to download this update. to retry, go to settings > software update". I have also tried updating via the htc sync manager but when i try to update, it says something like live update server is not reachable or something. my htc is rooted and bootloader unlocked + s-off. i have read somewhere that having a custom recovery makes it impossible for ota so i flashed the stock recovery and tried it but to no avail. also when i first rooted my phone i did a backup immediately before i started deleting all the bloatware and apps that i didn't want. and when i restored to that first backup it still doesnt work. another thing is that i currently live in india and i bought my phone from the states. that's all the information i can think of. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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In order to accept the OTA you need to have the stock recovery along with an unrooted stock ROM with NO system modifications, that includes removed bloatware.
So pretty much you need to flash an unrooted stock ROM then revert to stock recovery. If you're just looking for the firmware however, there is a thread in the Development section of the Verizon M8 forum for that.
S1L3nTShaDoWz said:
In order to accept the OTA you need to have the stock recovery along with an unrooted stock ROM with NO system modifications, that includes removed bloatware.
So pretty much you need to flash an unrooted stock ROM then revert to stock recovery. If you're just looking for the firmware however, there is a thread in the Development section of the Verizon M8 forum for that.
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Can be rooted.
A US OTA update won't download to your phone in India. But why OTA??? Download and flash the 4.4.3 firmware, then flash a rom of your choosing. If you want pure VZW stock, scrosler has a stock rooted rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2874699
Even better, flash his CleanROM 2.0
Thank you to all that replied. I think my problem is that my phone was bought from the states and I'm using it in India, just like berndblb said, Anyways, thanks to dottat I've flashed the new update into my phone through fastboot. So happy to be running the new firmware. Anyways thank you everyone who took their time to reply.