Would I be able to unroot my phone by installing manual ota update? Or would that just mess up my phone?
There's already a guide on how to unroot your phone on here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=652419
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I just realized the links aren't in that thread anymore. You can find almost exactly the same thread over at AndroidForums.
http://androidforums.com/all-things...ot-thread-apps-roms-updated-05-06-2010-a.html
you WANT to unroot? if so, read and have fun...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695593
tenzomonk said:
you WANT to unroot? if so, read and have fun...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695593
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Sorry, but that is bad advice right there.
It's OK if people want to roll back to a factory configuration, but there is simply no good reason to over-write a 1.47 (or 1.49 S-OFF) bootloader with a bootloader that will possibly prevent root forever in order to do that.
Keep your options open, even if you want a "factory" phone.
Once again, there is nothing "new" about the so-called "official RUU" - it is THE SAME THING AS LEAK-V3.
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meh... it's exactly what he asked. my guess is it's "going back to the store."
perhaps you should clarify for him then... as in your post, the bolded red text may lead him to install leak 3. better advice?
oh well... to each their own.
edit: had options been asked for, then those would have been presented.
in any case... so i'm out
danny01327 said:
Would I be able to unroot my phone by installing manual ota update? Or would that just mess up my phone?
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If you want a plain phone then just go with JCase's "Plain Jane" Rom, if you really want to lose root for some reason then I guess you could flash the new 2.1 RUU but I'm not entirely sure why you would want to lose root though. Then again I'm not you and that's not my phone so good luck in whatever decision you decide
I just did the long and somewhat confusing process of unrooting. The reason I asked was to find a simple way to unroot because my trackball broke and I needed to use my warranty. It worked and I am already back with root on my "like-new" Droid Eris again!
This topic should be a sticky. For those whom want their facory warranty back for the sake of obtaining replacement phone. [STICKY]"How To Unroot Your Eris". This would be exelent. Note to moderator, this would be much appreciated.
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I am wanting to try a few things on my G1 before I get the mytouch 3g in a couple of days, but I have a friend that wants to buy it from me, but he isnt that tech savvy so I was going to put it back to the normal Tmobile rom, but I want to know if that is at all possible, since it is already rooted or is it once rooted always rooted? I try to stick to lurking but this is just something I am worried about because when I got my G1 it was already rooted so I know nothing about whats what on it, I knew everything about all the other phones that I had because I had done all the modifying myself. I am just cautious thats all. Thanks this is an excellent forum.
repeat after me: "Search is my friend".
go back to RC29 then wait to see if it updates
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repeat after me: "Search is my friend".
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Like I said I searched for everything I could think of and didnt find any information about going back to the original rom, about unrooting yes but not about the original rom.
ImTheOne said:
Like I said I searched for everything I could think of and didnt find any information about going back to the original rom, about unrooting yes but not about the original rom.
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No big deal...but I don't see anything in the OP about searching...but the short answer is yes, you can...just (as the above post states) reapply the RC29 image. I just did this on my wifes G1 to send it back as a warranty exchange.
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Look at the stickied post with the label "***Informative Threads***" There is a link in there called "UNROOT, get phone to STOCK firmware"
After you follow the directions in the UNROOT thread and reload the original bootloader and RC29, flash to Cupcake. It will pick up the CRC1 update much faster that way, IIRC. I've uploaded Cupcake to my mediafire account.
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=8d05282eb68bc06484e7dd3ec6e24165f54d6a80f0f2e9dbce018c8114394287
i downloaded my G1 to rc 29 but now i dont feel like rooting the damn thing so can my Downgraded rc29 get the OTA updates i came from RC30 and i still didnt get the update so can anybody answer this for me
liljay18 said:
i downloaded my G1 to rc 29 but now i dont feel like rooting the damn thing so can my Downgraded rc29 get the OTA updates i came from RC30 and i still didnt get the update so can anybody answer this for me
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yea you'll get the updates eventually ... but may i ask why wouldn't you want to root your phone? ... rooted phone >>> unrooted phone IMO
see i would but im too lazy to do the steps i mean im so used to WM that it just seems like a pain to do all the typeing and work i mean if theres an easy way i would do it in a fly
liljay18 said:
see i would but im too lazy to do the steps i mean im so used to WM that it just seems like a pain to do all the typeing and work i mean if theres an easy way i would do it in a fly
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Look in my sig to a link for the OTA Cupcake build. You can apply this directly to RC29 to upgrade to CRB43.
As for rooting... I posted a couple of links for you in another thread, IIRC. Just look over those threads...I know exactly what you're thinking. Before the G1, I had an Excalibur and I could flash that thing blindfolded. Not to mention editing the registry and all the other hacks... I was used to it.
It took me about 1 week to understand enough about the G1 to be ready to root it. Obviously, not rushing into anything is a good idea considering you can totally screw your phone up if you do something blatantly wrong. But you'll realize that bricking your phone is actually fairly difficult once you realize what it takes to do so.
Anyway, once you read through the directions and follow them to a T, you'll quickly understand the process and can be more confident. Follow the link below... I found it to be the best guide to Rooting, hands down. However, to make it even easier, download the Cyanogen Recovery, Radio, Haykuro SPL (if you have the PVT board, which you probably do...otherwise just the HardSPL), and new ROM separately and just copy them onto your SD card before you start the process. That way all you'll really do from the guide is run one option from the Root app, which is "Protect your root". Then you can just flash those individual files yourself and be done with it in a matter of 10 minutes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
Once you've read the link and other information, and gathered the three files I mentioned, post any questions here and we'll help you get rooted. I promise you won't regret it.
Hey man I feel you on that. I was nervous to root my G1 because I cam from WM and it was like bing bang boom and your done. I waited about a week or so to finally do it but once its done you wont regret it. And if you are REALLY scared to do it this way you can try the 1 click root, just find the guide for it on here.
I jumped right in with no doubt coming from a wm phone, figured I took the chance and put linux on my computer and never looked back, so I was thrilled to have it on my phone<whole reason of getting the g1> I wanted to see what this bad boy could do right away
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will this cupcake update if t mobile does decide to update it
ok i updated to crc1 would i still be able to downgrade to rc29 when im ready to downgrade
liljay18 said:
ok i updated to crc1 would i still be able to downgrade to rc29 when im ready to downgrade
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Yes... all you have to do to downgrade to RC29 is have dreamimg.nbh on the root of your SD card, enter bootloader and flash it.
Also, yes after installing the file I linked you to, you will receive subsequent updates over the air.
Edit: You need to shrink the font on your sig... it's huge!
liljay18 said:
i downloaded my G1 to rc 29 but now i dont feel like rooting the damn thing so can my Downgraded rc29 get the OTA updates i came from RC30 and i still didnt get the update so can anybody answer this for me
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use the 1 click method, it is cake, it will take like 30 min, and the reason it takes so long is because you are waiting for it to load, I have done 2 of my friends this way. I rooted mine the old fashion long way, but i am glad i did because now i know more about it.
okay guys, I tried to figure this out without bothering yall, but my newb knowledge is limited and I'm confused as hell. I was planning on rooting my phone today after reading about all the information I've been collecting from you guys, but now that I have updated my phone, will Toast's method using those files still allow me to root? Or do I need new files in order to root my phone? I see some files on developer page on new root but I'm confused if those are for phones already rooted or not...ahhhh
so I guess I'm asking is..if you have stock phone with new update applied, how do I go about rooting my evo?
We don't know yet. You should not have updated.
Quick and straight to the point, thanks for your reply. I guess I'm a motherfreakin idiot with the worst timing in the world for things like this. FML
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We don't know yet. You should not have updated.
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quick question; if i root with Toast's method, then install the rooted updated rom that's in the dev section (by Calkulin), that should be fine, right?
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quick question; if i root with Toast's method, then install the rooted updated rom that's in the dev section (by Calkulin), that should be fine, right?
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So in order to fully root and nand unlock stock evo with new update, all I have to do is follow Toast's step 1&2 then apply the new rooted update on developer site? just wanna get things crystal clear so I don't risk bricking my evo..
I don't know or think it has been confirmed to work with the new update yet.
Toast step 1 will root the phone
Toast step 2 will unlock nand
Installing the new rooted update will flash the stock sprint rom without breaking your root.
mizerab1e said:
So in order to fully root and nand unlock stock evo with new update, all I have to do is follow Toast's step 1&2 then apply the new rooted update on developer site? just wanna get things crystal clear so I don't risk bricking my evo..
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No. We don't even know if you can use Toast's method to root it. You can be the guinea pig and post results, though!
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yup.
Toast step 1 will root the phone
Toast step 2 will unlock nand
Installing the new rooted update will flash the stock sprint rom without breaking your root.
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There is some info going around in dev forum saying Toast's method will not work if you have the new OTA update applied on stock EVO saying you will get error messages and stuff although it will not brick your phone which is adding to more confusion..
has anyone successfully rooted their stock evo with new OTA update applied? or do I need to wait until devs come up with new files needed to root the evo?
mizerab1e said:
There is some info going around in dev forum saying Toast's method will not work if you have the new OTA update applied on stock EVO saying you will get error messages and stuff although it will not brick your phone which is adding to more confusion..
has anyone successfully rooted their stock evo with new OTA update applied? or do I need to wait until devs come up with new files needed to root the evo?
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All you have to do is place a file in the root of your SD card and reboot the phone. Try it out and post your results!
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Quick and straight to the point, thanks for your reply. I guess I'm a motherfreakin idiot with the worst timing in the world for things like this. FML
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You and me both my friend, you and me both. Sat there as the update came up and thought, I bet this is going to prevent me from rooting today ...
Yeah, ALL root is broken if you install the OTA.
Okay so I've been digging around and asking questions in dev forum, seems like there is no way for Stock EVO with OTA update to root their EVO yet. What bothers me is that I haven't seen a single post from a dev announcing that they are working on new root methods for Stock EVO with new OTA update.. they seem to be more concerned about fixing the issue around previously rooted EVOs, and I'm afraid we are getting left out... I hope this isn't the case, and hopefully one of our brilliant devs will give the new stock evo with OTA update owners some attention to this matter.
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Okay so I've been digging around and asking questions in dev forum, seems like there is no way for Stock EVO with OTA update to root their EVO yet. What bothers me is that I haven't seen a single post from a dev announcing that they are working on new root methods for Stock EVO with new OTA update.. they seem to be more concerned about fixing the issue around previously rooted EVOs, and I'm afraid we are getting left out... I hope this isn't the case, and hopefully one of our brilliant devs will give the new stock evo with OTA update owners some attention to this matter.
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They're busy working on the kernel. Everybody was warned not to accept the OTA and those of us that chose to do it have to lie in our beds until the developers get around to it.
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They're busy working on the kernel. Everybody was warned not to accept the OTA and those of us that chose to do it have to lie in our beds until the developers get around to it.
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Seems like that is the case, someone from dev forum suggested that downgrading the OTA to previous one then rooting might wield some fruit, If I can figure out how to do that I'll be more than happy to be a guinea pig for you guys.
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All you have to do is place a file in the root of your SD card and reboot the phone. Try it out and post your results!
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I'm not quite sure which file you're talking about, could you elaborate some more?
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Okay so I've been digging around and asking questions in dev forum, seems like there is no way for Stock EVO with OTA update to root their EVO yet. What bothers me is that I haven't seen a single post from a dev announcing that they are working on new root methods for Stock EVO with new OTA update.. they seem to be more concerned about fixing the issue around previously rooted EVOs, and I'm afraid we are getting left out... I hope this isn't the case, and hopefully one of our brilliant devs will give the new stock evo with OTA update owners some attention to this matter.
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They busted their asses to get root the first time, and, as of right now, every EVO that you buy is capable of being rooted. Only people who update without heeding the warnings are affected, so it is kind of hard to convince a dev to throw down all of their current work to go back and try to solve this AGAIN. It should be a general rule of thumb that you NEVER install manufacturer's updates on any piece of electronics that you are interested in hacking/modifying/changing in any way. 99% of the time they provide some kind of security fixes that are not announced.
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Seems like that is the case, someone from dev forum suggested that downgrading the OTA to previous one then rooting might wield some fruit, If I can figure out how to do that I'll be more than happy to be a guinea pig for you guys.
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It doesn't work. I've already tried it. The bootloader is locked.
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They busted their asses to get root the first time, and, as of right now, every EVO that you buy is capable of being rooted. Only people who update without heeding the warnings are affected, so it is kind of hard to convince a dev to throw down all of their current work to go back and try to solve this AGAIN. It should be a general rule of thumb that you NEVER install manufacturer's updates on any piece of electronics that you are interested in hacking/modifying/changing in any way. 99% of the time they provide some kind of security fixes that are not announced.
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I have no doubt in my mind the devs are doing everything they can to provide us with their brilliant work, I have no one but myself to blame for updating the OTA without heeding their warnings. I'm sure once the devs iron out all the issues with previously rooted system, they will get around to us as they always have. I just wish there was any way I can contribute to putting some light onto this matter for those who made the mistake of updating their OTA..
Yeah, was kicking myself as I knew it was a mistake.
Am willing to try out some ish too, that is if an extra Guinea is needed.
I need to send my phone in for warranty its for a software failure. On there part not unrevoked I did this after it started happening. Well I used the latest unrevoked I cant find how to unroot it. I looked in my apps and all that bull**** its not there what do I do.
meygmoffroad said:
I need to send my phone in for warranty its for a software failure. On there part not unrevoked I did this after it started happening. Well I used the latest unrevoked I cant find how to unroot it. I looked in my apps and all that bull**** its not there what do I do.
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Thanks to Android Forums - I take ZERO credit for this, I'm just putting out the link. These guys are WAY smarter than I am. Read the entire post before you do it.
http://androidforums.com/all-things...ideo-howto-unroot-incredible-downgrading.html
Thank you is installed and did what it is suppose to do. I am new to a phone forum, I am used to minitrucking so give me a break. When I use unrevokes rooting method will I get verizons ota. Will something bad happen if I download it ( I do not plan on downloading any leaks).
meygmoffroad said:
Thank you is installed and did what it is suppose to do. I am new to a phone forum, I am used to minitrucking so give me a break. When I use unrevokes rooting method will I get verizons ota. Will something bad happen if I download it ( I do not plan on downloading any leaks).
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Accepting and installing an ota update will most likely unroot your phone. The inherent risk is that you may never be able to root your phone again. Unrevoked's tool works on the leaked ota, but it may not work on the official one when it is released.
Easiest method ever.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732497
This other person had the same exact question. Run the RUU from your computer and it will revert it back to stock
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I have .76 bootloader.
What's the quickest way to unroot? I didn't see any stickies with this information.
Also, I will probably be replacing this with another evo. Any special requests that I should make? Planning to re root
jhoffy22 said:
I have .76 bootloader.
What's the quickest way to unroot? I didn't see any stickies with this information.
Also, I will probably be replacing this with another evo. Any special requests that I should make? Planning to re root
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have checked out this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141