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So finally the blaze has been confirmed along with others to get ICS which I knew would and am glad I haven't messed around with root or anything else so the update works and makes this phone even better!
Rooting shouldn't affect the process of updating or the update itself.
Anyway, I'm glad to see that this is happening.
appu1232 said:
Rooting shouldn't affect the process of updating or the update itself.
Anyway, I'm glad to see that this is happening.
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I was under the impression if you changed the kernel you wouldn't receive OTA updates. The process is reversible, but just saying.
That being said, I'll continue my streak, and bet you $10 we don't see ICS from Samsung within the next 3 months.
Oh yeah, I forgot..... this may not be the case anymore, but I remember back in the 2.1-2.2 days that people were always looking for someone that had a phone on 2.1 that received the OTA update to 2.2 to not install it until they had a log thingamajiggie running, as it helped people do their magic with the official rom.
I'm no wizard but if this is desirable to anyone who wants to work on roms for this phone whenever they decide to push ICS to us, lemme know, and lemme know how to do it.
I had to unroot and restore everything to get the ota 2.2 update to work back when I had my Motorola...
So I had an xt926 rooted and unlocked with a 4.2.2 version of PAC, I have a backup of the phone in this state. My phone broke and i got a new one but it came with 9.18 on it, and I rolled back to 9.16 hoping to reopen the hole for motopocalypse, but i guess it doesn't work that way. So my question is, should i just let my phone update, and hope for a new way to unlock to come along, or should i keep 9.16 on it and again hope for a new way to come along? I would really like to get my old phone setup back, anyways thanks for any input or help.
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So I had an xt926 rooted and unlocked with a 4.2.2 version of PAC, I have a backup of the phone in this state. My phone broke and i got a new one but it came with 9.18 on it, and I rolled back to 9.16 hoping to reopen the hole for motopocalypse, but i guess it doesn't work that way. So my question is, should i just let my phone update, and hope for a new way to unlock to come along, or should i keep 9.16 on it and again hope for a new way to come along? I would really like to get my old phone setup back, anyways thanks for any input or help.
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Since your phone already had the update, you might as well go back to it, and re-root with Motochopper 1.1. If you hold your breath for an unlock to come out, you might pass out.
hi guys,
i read somewhere in this site that you have to unroot to get the 4.4.1 OTA... does this mean that stock android will never get updated?...or is this update not officially launched by google to the masses but just to the developers? pls im new to android and would like to know what the deal is here.
also i have no problem unrooting but i heard that you will stop getting OTA's and will have to side load all new updates everytime and you will also void your warranty...which im in two minds about
No you dont need to be unrooted to update your android version.
You need to have the stock recovery and rom. The update isnt available for everyone yet
you will get a update notification just wait
ayush88 said:
hi guys,
i read somewhere in this site that you have to unroot to get the 4.4.1 OTA... does this mean that stock android will never get updated?...or is this update not officially launched by google to the masses but just to the developers? pls im new to android and would like to know what the deal is here.
also i have no problem unrooting but i heard that you will stop getting OTA's and will have to side load all new updates everytime and you will also void your warranty...which im in two minds about
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You technically voided your warranty when you rooted. But no big deal.
You can download the update and sideload on your own, or wait for the OTA to come to you. If all you have is root, stock recovery and no system mods it will update on its own.
ayush88 said:
hi guys,
i read somewhere in this site that you have to unroot to get the 4.4.1 OTA... does this mean that stock android will never get updated?...or is this update not officially launched by google to the masses but just to the developers? pls im new to android and would like to know what the deal is here.
also i have no problem unrooting but i heard that you will stop getting OTA's and will have to side load all new updates everytime and you will also void your warranty...which im in two minds about
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Hi do not worry. Those posts really do not apply to you yet. You have a phone that is stock meaning, you bought it and using it. If you keep it like that you never have to worry about update. Google will automatically push the update to your phone by next week. Incidentally the phone is also a developer phone, so people usually play around with it. Root, custom roms, kernels etc. Now for these enthusiasts to get the update, they have to unroot, ,to stock just like your phone. After getting the update they will start messing with it again:laugh: this forum being the developers forum of the Internet is the reason why you are seeing all those posts.
Now you are sitting on a Ferrari phone, using it as a Honda. Some day in the future you will let it run at indy500
ayush88 said:
hi guys,
i read somewhere in this site that you have to unroot to get the 4.4.1 OTA... does this mean that stock android will never get updated?...or is this update not officially launched by google to the masses but just to the developers? pls im new to android and would like to know what the deal is here.
also i have no problem unrooting but i heard that you will stop getting OTA's and will have to side load all new updates everytime and you will also void your warranty...which im in two minds about
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Did you mean to ask "do you need to root to get the 4.4.1 OTA"?? If not, your question doesn't seem to add up....
You definitely do NOT need to root to get the OTA. You can wait for the update to be pushed out, or, if you are impatient, you can sideload using ADB or install from recovery.
If you are rooted, as the other folks explained, you may need to get back to stock before you can install 4.4.1
To add to this, I only rooted my Nexus 5 so I could use BetterBatteryStats and some other monitoring apps. Is there any way to go back from TWRP to stock recovery without wiping data/losing root?
I'm quite happy with everything stock and don't plan on doing any mods.
Also, I sideloaded 4.4.1, but would I have gotten the OTA with TWRP?
mmmmBACON said:
To add to this, I only rooted my Nexus 5 so I could use BetterBatteryStats and some other monitoring apps. Is there any way to go back from TWRP to stock recovery without wiping data/losing root?
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Yes, get the recovery.img from the factory image and: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. That'll put the stock recovery back on your device
donentl are
thnks alot you guys!!
this really helped me out!
i know i am new to android right now and dont know the ins and outs of this os completely... i really liked a reply which said i am sitting on a ferrarri and using it like a honda..lol...i will run it like a veyron in some time but for now my car comes with a "L" sign and a speed limiter on it
thnks again you guys!
I swear I've read somewhere that to get the full effects of NE5, one needs to update the bootloader. Just rom/kernel/modem not enough. I've been on RODT ND2 for a while but have decided to move to something a little more recent. Is there a way to update the bootloader without utilizing a full-unmodded OTA style .tar?
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I swear I've read somewhere that to get the full effects of NE5, one needs to update the bootloader. Just rom/kernel/modem not enough. I've been on RODT ND2 for a while but have decided to move to something a little more recent. Is there a way to update the bootloader without utilizing a full-unmodded OTA style .tar?
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To be honest, I don't think there's a stand alone zip for the Bootloader all on its own. But being on the previous build of Android, why not just flash the NE5 tar and start out completely fresh?
Yes, seems like alot of work, but I personally do it once a month, at least. If not more.
For me, Continuously testing things left and right, sometimes restoring backup just doesn't water my mind as a fresh start.
So I'll just flash the stock tar. Fire up CF-root, flash recovery and go from there. May be your best bet. Specially coming from. ND2
Kinda what I figured, I just didn't want to have to download yet another large file. Thanks though.
I'm currently on NI1, and I just had a update notice. It's about 392mb in size. Didn't see anything about any updates so figured I'd post.
Did you take the update? Did it install? If so what is the firmware listed as?
Since it is 392mb I would assume it is an update, rather than a full version increment? Probably still 4.4.2 Let is know
It's almost done downloading now at 81%. I'll post back with a version once installed.
Are you rooted right now? If so it may not install, or try and fail. If you are rooted immediately after it finishes downloading you can copy the update file to your sdcard/external sdcard and upload it to a file sharing site. If it is in fact a newer version of firmware you could make devs happy. If you need to know how/where the update is located I can help you out
BEFORE IT INSTALLS open up a file browser (if rooted possibly) and navigate to \cache\fota\2400258.cfg. Should be the name or something similar. Long press on it and choose copy. Then navigate to you sdcard and paste it where you can find it. Then upload it to a sharing site.
Not rooted on this S4. The update went through and it was updated to NJ1 4.4.4
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Not rooted on this S4. The update went through and it was updated to NJ1 4.4.4
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Thanks, hopefully SOMEONE will pull it soon.
Yeah. Been having random issues with my phone since the previous. All seems to be good now. The update does add a few new programa. Nothing worth using except maybe keeper. But so far so good.
Phones definitely a lot snappier now.!
I would love to see a screenshot of the about to confirm.
There you go.
Update failed on my rooted device
I just tried it, It failed to update and I lost root.
Here is a screen of the few apps it put on once completed. It also added a kids mode app.
If ANYBODY is rooted it most likely WILL FAIL. It is only 300+ MB sobitbis not a complete ROM and most like just has mostly PATCH files inside. I would recommend users that are rooted WAIT until a dev can do something with it, and check it out. Each update has locked our phones down harder.
On that note if ANYONE is rooted and downloads it, do NOT install it. But go to the location I listed above to pull the file from the phone and upload it to a sharing site. Then a dev can look into it first and incorporate it for our rooted phones WITHOUT updating the bootloader
After looking around the forums it looks like Samsung has pushed a few updates to phones ( S4 getting 4.4.4, S3 4.4.2 patch files, and the Note has gotten an update as well). I think these updates are probably going to be the final updates before they phase out old devices and possibly start porting 5.0 on our device (S4). I really wish there wasn't new At&t bloat, but hopefully these are new services that phase out all the old outdated bloat At&t had in the past :good: also to each his own I just never use those apps.
Thanks for posting this, I would've enjoyed this if I hadn't already flashed Goldenfinger and nandroided all my apps over... to lazy to use Safestrap again.
DON'T INSTALL IF YOU'RE ROOTED!
Nice. Wasn't doubting the OP. I see att has updated their support page to reflect the NJ4 update.
RockRatt said:
Are you rooted right now? If so it may not install, or try and fail. If you are rooted immediately after it finishes downloading you can copy the update file to your sdcard/external sdcard and upload it to a file sharing site. If it is in fact a newer version of firmware you could make devs happy. If you need to know how/where the update is located I can help you out
BEFORE IT INSTALLS open up a file browser (if rooted possibly) and navigate to \cache\fota\2400258.cfg. Should be the name or something similar. Long press on it and choose copy. Then navigate to you sdcard and paste it where you can find it. Then upload it to a sharing site.
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If no one else does, I will try when I get to work tomorrow. We have numerous S4's that people traded in for the S5. I can see if I am able to root one and do the update using your instructions. If not I can check to see if onw of our Kiosks can allow me to pull the update. Not sure if they have that one yet for self updating. Will let you know in the AM.
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If no one else does, I will try when I get to work tomorrow. We have numerous S4's that people traded in for the S5. I can see if I am able to root one and do the update using your instructions. If not I can check to see if onw of our Kiosks can allow me to pull the update. Not sure if they have that one yet for self updating. Will let you know in the AM.
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Thanks. Hopefully a dev can create a ROM for us all
Rooted S4
RockRatt said:
Thanks. Hopefully a dev can create a ROM for us all
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Wish I had read this before. I am rooted so it said install interrupted after download. So do I have to unroot and return to stock? I am on NI1 4.4.2. Maybe you or someone can get copy for us to install it by. Let us know what to do if rooted to get the OTA. Thanks
Downloading now. I'll post when done. Rolled back to NB1 before updating so this is a 489MB download.
guut13 said:
Downloading now. I'll post when done. Rolled back to NB1 before updating so this is a 489MB download.
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Guess I will roll back to NB1 also Friday. Got NB1 downloading now. Do I need to wipe or Anything before I flash file in Odin 3.09????