So I have an HTC One A9 and considering rooting it. Ideally I'd like to use vanilla Android and get Nexus-like updates. This is probably a dumb question but does rooting a phone give you vanilla Android and timely OS updates? Or are you just swapping HTC's s/w and updates with something like CM? Do Google's OTA updates roll out to rooted phones or do you have to wait for TWRP or CyanogenMod to create custom ROMs for your particular phone model?
Thanks!
Rooting does not help with getting updates, and if you root you will not get stock updates nor Google nexus like updates; If you root and load CM / LOS, then you can manually update pretty much weekly. There are hardly any roms for the A9, so you may be better off keeping it stock IMHO.
Related
Now that Froyo has been released, if I install the official version from HTC I cannot root my phone and go back to my original ROM if I need to, for warranty purposes. I would prefer the stock official version, as I am not interested in trying to deal with any problems that the custom ROM's may have. So my question is how long do you think it may be, until we will be able to root Android 2.2?
What about checking all the rooted Android 2.2 ROMs in this forum?
Question.
My understanding if I'm on stock ROM and over the air Froyo comes from ATT I'll be able to upgrade preserving all settings/applications etc.
Is there such a possibility with current ROMs from community? That is upgrading OS in place while preserving both applications and settings?
Why would you want to go back to the broken crappy Samsung bull?
Sent from my Captivate.
he doesnt. thats the point. he wants a comunity rom with convienience of att ota updates. well as of right now i dont believe there is. it is usually recomended to flash back to stock. there were early cognition/sre roms that didn't wipe data but right now working with froyo leaks each rom my be built off a diferent build. add in the variable of mods tweeks and hacks and there is no telling what data on your phone will cause a problem. some devs offer update scripts for updating to a newer version of there own rom if you have the previous version but most roms at the moment wipe data.
You are better off upgrading from stock. Your playing with fire if you update a ROM OTA and the ROM you are using has some pretty heavy customizations, different kernel, or different modem.
emuneee said:
You are better off upgrading from stock. Your playing with fire if you update a ROM OTA and the ROM you are using has some pretty heavy customizations, different kernel, or different modem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Everybody misunderstood what I wanted to do. I want to upgrade to custom ROM and continue upgrading to the same type of ROM but upgrading in place while preserving all the settings. I don't want to have OTA ATT upgrades, I want upgrades in place for custom ROM. I just don't understand how ATT can do that with OTA upgrade and yes none of custom ROMs available here can not do the same thing.
artisticcheese said:
Everybody misunderstood what I wanted to do. I want to upgrade to custom ROM and continue upgrading to the same type of ROM but upgrading in place while preserving all the settings. I don't want to have OTA ATT upgrades, I want upgrades in place for custom ROM. I just don't understand how ATT can do that with OTA upgrade and yes none of custom ROMs available here can not do the same thing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
its harder to do without SOURCE available for our particular device. what we have right now is messy and hacked together. if samsung would just release source for the captivate we would have this in place already. i seem to remember no-wipe updates available on 2.1 roms
The Asian WWE for Gingerbread DesireHD was released a few weeks ago and just yesterday the Telus Gingerbread OTA update went out so it is likely that we'll see a US AT&T Gingerbread update for the Inspire very soon.
Now the caution:
So far, there is no known way to get root once these updates are installed. HTC has officially announced that they plan to make their ROMs more open in the future, but, since these updates are already in the pipeline and being pushed to other markets, it may be awhile before official HTC policy catches up with ROMs in the wild. The current crop of ROMs, if installed via OTA updates, will LOCK YOUR DEVICE against being able to root. Until devs figure out how to work around the holes HTC has plugged, DON'T APPLY ANY OTA UPDATES!
This only applies to users of stock roms on non-S-OFF devices. If you already are rooted with S-OFF, then you probably are running a custom ROM and don't have to worry. Even if you are running a relatively stock ROM with S-OFF, you'll probably be OK, but if you have yet to root your device, BEWARE; don't accept any OTA updates until devs have figured this out.
ATTN1 has confirmed this and posted as such in his twitter feed:
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#voldpatched
Gene Poole said:
The Asian WWE for Gingerbread DesireHD was released a few weeks ago and just yesterday the Telus Gingerbread OTA update went out so it is likely that we'll see a US AT&T Gingerbread update for the Inspire very soon.
Now the caution:
So far, there is no known way to get root once these updates are installed. HTC has officially announced that they plan to make their ROMs more open in the future, but, since these updates are already in the pipeline and being pushed to other markets, it may be awhile before official HTC policy catches up with ROMs in the wild. The current crop of ROMs, if installed via OTA updates, will LOCK YOUR DEVICE against being able to root. Until devs figure out how to work around the holes HTC has plugged, DON'T APPLY ANY OTA UPDATES!
This only applies to users of stock roms on non-S-OFF devices. If you already are rooted with S-OFF, then you probably are running a custom ROM and don't have to worry. Even if you are running a relatively stock ROM with S-OFF, you'll probably be OK, but if you have yet to root your device, BEWARE; don't accept any OTA updates until devs have figured this out.
ATTN1 has confirmed this and posted as such in his twitter feed:
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23voldpatched
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dought we will have to worry about this as ATT will have to approve of it first and it will be awhile before that happens.After talking to a few old friends it will be a few months till we see the update.
Why would anyone with a rooted Inspire want to get the OTA update anyways? There are plenty of roms out there that already have Gingerbread that don't make you wait for it.. Maybe I am missing something.
Well, those people don't have to worry since the OTA update will most likely fail, but if you aren't rooted and apply an update like these, then you won't have the option to root anymore (until and if devs come up with a solution).
Zelendel is probably right though about AT&T dragging their feet on this one. It probably won't be an issue for months.
I was rooted but then i unrooted because of ics.. update.i like the custom roms and all but my question is. will i have to wait for motorola to upgrade to ics? and then roms will come out meaning i have to be unrooted and factory sealed.or will i have to wait for the nexus to come out so they can port the source to the xoom? meaning i have to be root and in someones custom rom.
ICS will be open source, so custom roms will probably start pouring out in November because I'm pretty sure Google won't release the source until they release the first ICS devices. I would bet anything that Motorola updates us, eventually, though, it's more likely that custom ICS roms will be available first which will at least require clockwork recovery and unlocking the bootloader.
champers said:
ICS will be open source, so custom roms will probably start pouring out in November because I'm pretty sure Google won't release the source until they release the first ICS devices. I would bet anything that Motorola updates us, eventually, though, it's more likely that custom ICS roms will be available first which will at least require clockwork recovery and unlocking the bootloader.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Based on what various tech blogs have reported, Google will release the ICS source a couple weeks after the Galaxy Nexus comes out, so mid- to late November is a good bet for when custom ROMs will start showing up. And "pouring out" is probably a good description for what will happen, seeing as it's a brand-new version of Android and everyone will have ideas on things to tweak
If you are waiting around for an ICS OTA update, you might want to just reroot and install a custom rom and enjoy your Xoom to the fullest while you wait...it will be a little while.
Hi, i own galaxy note LTE N7105, and decided I want to root. one thing though that bugs me, is people complaining over inability to update to new official OTA updates, since I want to keep my Note up to date with the manufacturer, I would really liked it if I can update.
Also, I want to root without flashing custom firmware. Can it be possible? Thank you.
edit : I own non carrier phones, So it is not locked.