Hey everyone, I am thinking of Rooting my Oneplus one and installing Adaway. I know that I wont lose OTA updates by Rooting, but will I get the OTA updates if I install Adaway? (Because Adaway changes system files)
I am at Stock ROM/ Stock Kernel
As far as I know, AdAway will not interfere with OTA's, and there is no reason it should--OTA's are not ads and OTA's do not discriminate against phones with AdAway installed.
Maybe you haven't been reading the news, but there's never gonna be any updates for this phone anyway, so don't worry about it. Just kidding.
At worst, you can always remove it.
pbergonzi said:
As far as I know, AdAway will not interfere with OTA's, and there is no reason it should--OTA's are not ads and OTA's do not discriminate against phones with AdAway installed.
Maybe you haven't been reading the news, but there's never gonna be any updates for this phone anyway, so don't worry about it. Just kidding.
At worst, you can always remove it.
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I don't think you're understanding the reasoning behind the question. It doesn't matter that OTA's aren't ads. OTA's do discriminate against phones with modified system files, and seeing as Adaway changes system files there's good reason to worry that it will interfere with the OTA updates.
Redicus said:
Hey everyone, I am thinking of Rooting my Oneplus one and installing Adaway. I know that I wont lose OTA updates by Rooting, but will I get the OTA updates if I install Adaway? (Because Adaway changes system files)
I am at Stock ROM/ Stock Kernel
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I use Adaway, I disable it before I take an update, just to be safe. So I can't tell you whether or not it actually interferes because I never let it get to that point.
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Thanks for clarification and solution.
when you have root and unlock bootloader, and custom recovery, you will not get OTA
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havlaz said:
when you have root and unlock bootloader, and custom recovery, you will not get OTA
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Unlocked bootloader and custom recovery is no problem
Root might be a problem, supersu let's you unroot the phone
I personally just flash or restore stock system
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when you have root and unlock bootloader, and custom recovery, you will not get OTA
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That's completely incorrect. Having an unlocked bootloader, root, and custom recovery have absolutely no effect on OTA updates. You can even flash an OTA with TWRP recovery.
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For the Nexus 5, how can I install an OTA update without losing root?
I believe there are different ways to do this, Can some share what works? With or without a custom recovery installed. Thanks.
(For this who haven't heard, an update is rumored for 11/13, FWIW)
pseudoware said:
For the Nexus 5, how can I install an OTA update without losing root?
I believe there are different ways to do this, Can some share what works? With or without a custom recovery installed. Thanks.
(For this who haven't heard, an update is rumored for 11/13, FWIW)
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Check if OTA Rootkeeper https://play.google.com/store/search?q=ota rootkeeper is 4.4 compatible or maybe a similar app. If it isn`t rerooting with CF Auto Root will take 2 minutes bro.
-Edit- enable root survival mode after installing a OTA if you use superSU in the superSU settings menu
.... i'm sorry, but i have to ask why bother with the OTA updates if one has a custom recovery installed? can almost bet money on someone having a flashable image here of the stock ROM within hours of one being released.
elementaldragon said:
.... i'm sorry, but i have to ask why bother with the OTA updates if one has a custom recovery installed? can almost bet money on someone having a flashable image here of the stock ROM within hours of one being released.
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True, but some are still on the stock rom, recovery and kernel and only want root.
pseudoware said:
For the Nexus 5, how can I install an OTA update without losing root?
I believe there are different ways to do this, Can some share what works? With or without a custom recovery installed. Thanks.
(For this who haven't heard, an update is rumored for 11/13, FWIW)
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Who cares when it's so easy to root.
Thanks for the replies. Which N5 sub-forum is the most likely place where someone would post the updated flashable stock image, when available?
pseudoware said:
Thanks for the replies. Which N5 sub-forum is the most likely place where someone would post the updated flashable stock image, when available?
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Chuck this out in the general forum, it's stikied. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46290762
jd1639 said:
Who cares when it's so easy to root.
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But wouldn't one lose their data if they used CF-Auto Root again?
When I did the process, it wiped my phone.
Or is it that once the bootloader is unlocked it never wipes the phone again? Meaning it's just a simple matter of running CF auto root after OTA update and nothing else will be changed?
Still have the doubt
I know this information has to be somewhere in this forum, but I have searched and haven't found it. The question is, if I install an update with TWRP, will I lose root as well? If so, is there a way to get it back without wiping everything?
I think the answer is in what the previous post says, that once the bootloader is unlocked, there is no forced wipe anymore. I'm not sure, though.
Actually, the only thing I want is to be able to update to stock unaltered ROMs without losing root (and without a full wipe, of course), I don't care if I have to flash it manually or if I have to install TWRP or if it's ok with OTAs.
Thanks.
Here is the stock recovery that was pulled from the newest ota.
http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/520717/stockrecovery-img.html
This can be flashed with fastboot and the latest ota can be installed as normal. You can then flash TWRP or CLOCKWORKMOD recovery back when finished.
Paulb787
Tried this - didn't work....
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Tried this - didn't work....
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It works I just did it. Flash stock recovery reboot the phone a download the update. what happened?
YOU MUST BE ON STOCK ROM
I THINK THIS IS WHAT I NEED!
Someone help please! Lol.
I'm currently S-OFF and rooted on stock rom. I want to remove S-OFF and root if possible and update to the latest OTA. I am also using TWRP as custom recovery. Can I flash this and then update via the OTA and accomplish what I want?!
bracketslash said:
I THINK THIS IS WHAT I NEED!
Someone help please! Lol.
I'm currently S-OFF and rooted on stock rom. I want to remove S-OFF and root if possible and update to the latest OTA. I am also using TWRP as custom recovery. Can I flash this and then update via the OTA and accomplish what I want?!
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Leave S-Off, the OTA neither affects or is affected by the S-Off.
You just need the stock recovery to flash.
Yes.. u don't need to take it back to s-on.
Get back to stock Rom (may be on it now if you haven't flashed any roms)
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery "name of file".img
reboot and flash the ota from settings menu
bracketslash said:
I THINK THIS IS WHAT I NEED!
Someone help please! Lol.
I'm currently S-OFF and rooted on stock rom. I want to remove S-OFF and root if possible and update to the latest OTA. I am also using TWRP as custom recovery. Can I flash this and then update via the OTA and accomplish what I want?!
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Does this affect root? Or if I flash the stock recovery will I be able to get the OTA update with root?
dadams312 said:
Does this affect root? Or if I flash the stock recovery will I be able to get the OTA update with root?
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Pleade take the trouble to look two posts above yours.
hgoldner said:
Pleade take the trouble to look two posts above yours.
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Thanks, but that said something about S-Off...is that not different than root?
dadams312 said:
Does this affect root? Or if I flash the stock recovery will I be able to get the OTA update with root?
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If you read this thread, or any of the other threads here regarding this, you'd have your answer. I'm not doing your reading for you.
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Don't ever take any OTA upgrades. Live by this rule, never lose root.
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Don't ever take any OTA upgrades. Live by this rule, never lose root.
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If you have S-off, this OTA (nor any OTA I have ever heard of) won't take away your ability to root it again.
You will not loose root or s-off. It has been verified! this OTA is safe and was finished before we even had s-off. I do agree not to take an ota until the developers look at it to make sure you wont loose the ability to s-off or root. It is not the case here. If you are on the stock rom you will be fine.
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Don't ever take any OTA upgrades. Live by this rule, never lose root.
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MultiDev said:
If you have S-off, this OTA (nor any OTA I have ever heard of) will take away your ability to root it again.
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it can be confusing for new users when seeing conflicting posts. nabbed is correct, though. from my reading it's confirmed by those who bring us s-off
never want to take OTA.. it can be pulled and flashed.. no reason to risk losing s-off permanently. and yes it is very possible from an OTA
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it can be confusing for new users when seeing conflicting posts. nabbed is correct, though. from my reading it's confirmed by those who bring us s-off
never want to take OTA.. it can be pulled and flashed.. no reason to risk losing s-off permanently. and yes it is very possible from an OTA
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From a theoretical perspectives its possible for OTA remove S-off. However, as I said, this OTA will not take away S-Off. Keep in mind there are legit S-Off phones out there that would be ruined by such an OTA.
Also, I have never heard of that ever happening, i.e. an OTA S-on'ing a device. If you know this has happened before, please link me to a source.
As far as I know, no OTA has ever caused an S-On. Losing root yes, but that can be easily fixed if you have S-off.
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From a theoretical perspectives its possible for OTA remove S-off. However, as I said, this OTA will not take away S-Off. Keep in mind there are legit S-Off phones out there that would be ruined by such an OTA.
Also, I have never heard of that ever happening, i.e. an OTA S-on'ing a device. If you know this has happened before, please link me to a source.
As far as I know, no OTA has ever caused an S-On. Losing root yes, but that can be easily fixed if you have S-off.
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Wasn't trying to call you out or anything, just pointing out conflicting information. As the majority are in the do not flash OTA group.
I will ask someone who works on S-OFF to confirm that this is actually something to worry about.
andybones said:
Wasn't trying to call you out or anything, just pointing out conflicting information. As the majority are in the do not flash OTA group.
I will ask someone who works on S-OFF to confirm that this is actually something to worry about.
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No worries. Didn't meant to sound mean or anything. I have heard the same thing. "Never flash an OTA, ever." ...And if you are S-on, that is true as the OTA could remove root and/or make it more difficult to root/S-off. However, I have never heard of an OTA turning an S-Off device back to S-off.
My question is a genuine one. Has anyone actually shown that at some point an OTA has S-on'ed a device?
After installing the OTA then flashing twrp again I lost root. No biggy just had to flash super su again. Im not one to contribute to placebo but the speed of this build is very noticeable. Just see how much quicker the multitasking button works.
Only thing I'm noticing is my gestures aren't working anymore hmmm....
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After installing the OTA then flashing twrp again I lost root. No biggy just had to flash super su again. Im not one to contribute to placebo but the speed of this build is very noticeable. Just see how much quicker the multitasking button works.
Only thing I'm noticing is my gestures aren't working anymore hmmm....
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Failed for me :-| All I've done is installed the EPS mod and power saver mod...I flashed for permanent root (installs to system directory). Is there any way for me to get it to work?
Thanks much for the stock image. Worked like a champ, flashed, reboot and update, reflash TWRP. All good to go.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Hi all,
I have searched the web, but haven't found an exact answer to my question.
I have a Nexus 5, currently on 4.4.2 (KOT49H). I am unlocked, rooted + Xposed and have TWRP. I want to update to 4.4.4 preferably OTA, officially. I would like to be able to use OTA updates from now on if possible.
Currently, if I disable Xposed, and use Suvival Mode in SuperSU and try to install the OTA update, TWRP intervenes and doesn't let me.
I would like to replace TWRP with the stock recovery so I can update OTA in the future. I don't want to wipe the phone to achieve this if possible. If this isn't possible, could someone step through how to update to 4.4.4 with TWRP installed — I'm on a mac also.
Flash the stock recovery image in fastboot
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jd1639 said:
Flash the stock recovery image in fastboot
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Where can I find the stock recovery? Is that this: *w*w*w*.developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
providedbike said:
Where can I find the stock recovery? Is that this: *w*w*w*.developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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Yes, extract the image and then the zip file
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OTA is the least compatible and hardest way to update. Why do you want to use this method? It's the worst option available to you.
rootSU said:
OTA is the least compatible and hardest way to update. Why do you want to use this method? It's the worst option available to you.
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Because it would seem easier for me—AFAIK. Although this didn't work, this workflow sounds appealing to me every time an update comes out:
- Disable Xposed
- Enable Survival Mode in SuperSU
- Install OTA update
- Re-enable Xposed, done.
No USB, no computer, no terminal.
Is there another way to achieve this?
providedbike said:
Because it would seem easier for me—AFAIK. Although this didn't work, this workflow sounds appealing to me every time an update comes out:
- Disable Xposed
- Enable Survival Mode in SuperSU
- Install OTA update
- Re-enable Xposed, done.
No USB, no computer, no terminal.
Is there another way to achieve this?
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Running a rooting rom without a custom recovery is dangerous IMHO.
Without having to lose custom recovery
1) Download latest rooted stock ROM
2) Flash
3) Enable Xposed
rootSU said:
Running a rooting rom without a custom recovery is dangerous IMHO.
Without having to lose custom recovery
1) Download latest rooted stock ROM
2) Flash
3) Enable Xposed
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Does this apply for the stock rom? I'm rooted, but still stock...
providedbike said:
Does this apply for the stock rom? I'm rooted, but still stock...
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Yes, whenever there is a new stock ROM, someone makes a rooted stock flashable zip of it. Also if you make any small changes to system, sometimes like adblocking, OTA will fail but flashable zip of rom will just override all that bs.
latest 4.4.4 rooted stock rom is in a thread which you can find i the resources section of the sticky-roll-up thread. You can get there via my signature.
That way, you can take a nandroid backup so if anything goes wrong after the update, you can do a full restore, where as with OTA you will not be able to with stock recovery.
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Yes, whenever there is a new stock ROM, someone makes a rooted stock flashable zip of it. Also if you make any small changes to system, sometimes like adblocking, OTA will fail but flashable zip of rom will just override all that bs.
latest 4.4.4 rooted stock rom is in a thread which you can find i the resources section of the sticky-roll-up thread. You can get there via my signature.
That way, you can take a nandroid backup so if anything goes wrong after the update, you can do a full restore, where as with OTA you will not be able to with stock recovery.
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Ok great that's very helpful, thanks!
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Ok great that's very helpful, thanks!
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No problem.
I just think that way is easier....I wouldn't want you putting extra work in, if you dont have to. It also gives you more freedom to work with mods in the future too, or kernels etc
rootSU said:
No problem.
I just think that way is easier....I wouldn't want you putting extra work in, if you dont have to. It also gives you more freedom to work with mods in the future too, or kernels etc
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Yep it's all good. For some reason, I had this little fear of the fact it's an official stock rom, that's been "toyed" with. But of course that makes no sense really, considering I'm willing to install many third party apps and processes that could easily alter/mess my phone up.
Do the rooted stock roms get released fairly rapidly after the official one is released?
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Yep it's all good. For some reason, I had this little fear of the fact it's an official stock rom, that's been "toyed" with. But of course that makes no sense really, considering I'm willing to install many third party apps and processes that could easily alter/mess my phone up.
Do the rooted stock roms get released fairly rapidly after the official one is released?
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Yeah. as soon as the factory image is released. Maybe a day or two. Which is before 99% of people even receive the OTA notification
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Yeah. as soon as the factory image is released. Maybe a day or two. Which is before 99% of people even receive the OTA notification
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Perfect, thanks for clearing things up for me.
Just checking, I'll make a backup before I flash, but technically, will all my data still be there if all goes to plan?
providedbike said:
Perfect, thanks for clearing things up for me.
Just checking, I'll make a backup before I flash, but technically, will all my data still be there if all goes to plan?
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Yep. the /data partition is not touched. Just /system and /boot (ROM and Kernel)
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Yep. the /data partition is not touched. Just /system and /boot (ROM and Kernel)
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Great I'll do it tonight
So I wanted to download Netflix and realized I can't. I googled and I found out that devices that you can't install several apps on devices that have been rooted. y device doesn't have root anymore, but I, of course, still can't install Netflix because my device can't be trusted. What kind of dumb shi* is that?
Is there a way to bypass that?
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So I wanted to download Netflix and realized I can't. I googled and I found out that devices that you can't install several apps on devices that have been rooted. y device doesn't have root anymore, but I, of course, still can't install Netflix because my device can't be trusted. What kind of dumb shi* is that?
Is there a way to bypass that?
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When you say it isn't rooted anymore, when you removed root, did you unroot correctly by opening SuperSU settings and choosing "cleanup for unroot and uninstall" or did you just uninstall SuperSU? If you just uninstalled SuperSU, it doesn't work that way, uninstalling the app only removes the app and leaves the su binaries. It's the su binaries that those apps are looking for and keeping you from installing.
Or did you unroot by flashing full stock firmware back on the device? This should have removed root completely.
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ImBadAtThis said:
So I wanted to download Netflix and realized I can't. I googled and I found out that devices that you can't install several apps on devices that have been rooted. y device doesn't have root anymore, but I, of course, still can't install Netflix because my device can't be trusted. What kind of dumb shi* is that?
Is there a way to bypass that?
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Just download the apk from a third party source (like apkmirror) and sideload it.
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When you say it isn't rooted anymore, when you removed root, did you unroot correctly by opening SuperSU settings and choosing "cleanup for unroot and uninstall" or did you just uninstall SuperSU? If you just uninstalled SuperSU, it doesn't work that way, uninstalling the app only removes the app and leaves the su binaries. It's the su binaries that those apps are looking for and keeping you from installing.
Or did you unroot by flashing full stock firmware back on the device? This should have removed root completely.
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No, I don't know what exactly happened, and I updated my firmware. Root is gone, but everything still thinks that I do have root...
ImBadAtThis said:
No, I don't know what exactly happened, and I updated my firmware. Root is gone, but everything still thinks that I do have root...
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When you updated, did you use a PC and flashing software to update, or did you update via OTA? If you did an OTA update, we're you rooted at the time you started the OTA update?.
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Droidriven said:
When you updated, did you use a PC and flashing software to update, or did you update via OTA? If you did an OTA update, we're you rooted at the time you started the OTA update?.
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It was an OTA update, my device was rooted. Doesn't matter anymore, because I've got a virus (many of my files are encrypted and many apps are crashing upon opening.) and will have to delete everything from my phone.
ImBadAtThis said:
It was an OTA update, my device was rooted. Doesn't matter anymore, because I've got a virus (many of my files are encrypted and many apps are crashing upon opening.) and will have to delete everything from my phone.
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You'll have to reflash your full stock firmware via PC.
For future reference, in general, rooted devices and OTA updates don't get along very well.
It's best to have an unmodified system and stock recovery before taking an OTA update and then re-rooting after the update. Basically you need to be on full stock with no root before doing stock OTA update.
Updating via flashing with PC is the safest way to stock update a rooted device.
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Do I? Can't I just erase everything?
Droidriven said:
You'll have to reflash your full stock firmware via PC.
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Ok thanks, but the virus will get removed by erasing everything, right?
ImBadAtThis said:
Ok thanks, but the virus will get removed by erasing everything, right?
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When you flash the stock firmware it will format each partition before it flashes, there should be nothing left behind from before.
Factory resetting in recovery might wipe everything but if your virus got in the system partition then factory reset will not remove it because factory reset does not touch system partition, it only wipes user (/data) partition and user data.
If it got to system you'll need root to delete it or you can reflash stock firnware.
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