I have a mytouch 1.2, and currently i'm not ready to run another ROM besides stock (waiting for T-mobile push - i'm only waiting until the end of july), but i would like to go ahead and install the Amon_RA 1.7.0G recovery.
I've got my goldcard made, the sappimg.zip ready on it, but i just can't bring myself to flash a new ROM and wiping just yet.
harm or or? or is it pretty much pointless to do the recovery and nothing else?
I'm pretty sure the update from Tmo flashes their ROM, radio and recovery image, so when they push Eclair, froyo, whatever, you'll be 100% back to stock.
Anywho, the ROM should be leaked as an update.zip before it's pushed out to everyone, it can be flashed from either the stock recovery or a custom recovery image.
If I was you I'd just root it not, flash CM, and see what happens in about a months time...
Thats true, tho i didnt want to root get setup on cm then having to unroot, wipe get to the OTA update. Then realize i dont like it and go back to rooting and cm. I figure measure twice, cut once...
Why don't you want root? Cm is leaps and bounds better than any stock rom
Well, i will root. I was going to root last month, until i heard official rom was coming..
Hi All,
im running an nexus one (unlocked bootloader) with a custom recovery (amon ra). Recently i got the message that there is an OTA update available.
Even though i knew that custom recoveries don't support OTA i accepted to try out what happens.
The nexus one rebooted but there was no update installed (N1 stayed at FRG83).
After that, i downloaded the update manually and put it on my sd card as update.zip.
When i went to recovery i was surprised that the amon ra recovery was gone, i could only get into the stock recovery. via stock recovery i installed the FRG83D update which worked fine.
So did my first try to install the OTA wipe the custom recovery and revert it back to stock? Does this mean that i can directly install future OTA updates since i have stock recovery now?
Yes and yes.
There is no problem flashing OTAs through custom recovery if you turn off signature verification.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9380296#post9380296
Jack_R1 said:
Yes and yes.
There is no problem flashing OTAs through custom recovery if you turn off signature verification.
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oh ok i didn't know that.
i don't really need a custom recovery, just wanted to get rid of the vodafone firmware. so if i got you right, i now should have stock recovery and FRG83D (US), then i'm perfectly happy.
khaytsus said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9380296#post9380296
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thanks. the thread cleared up everything for me.
Could someone please point me in the direction of where I can get the Evo 4G 4.22 stock recovery image?
Stock recovery is no recovery,what exactly are you looking for?
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I am rooted and have CWM installed. I am looking to put back the stock 4.22 recovery so I may install the the 4.24 OTA update.
I like to keep my Rom stock and prefer to install updates via OTA.
If you take the 4.24 OTA you will no longer be "rooted" Look for one of the rooted ROMs and flash it
Yeah,what he said
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I am using the Unrevoked root method and no update (3.70,4.22) to date has unrooted my phone.
I have simply been restoring the current version of the stock recovery, which I have previously found on the internets, and then running the OTA update as normal. Once done I install CWM and the latest SU updates. Works great.
I would like to perfrom this method once agian to install the 4.24 update and all I need is the 4.22 stock recovery.
If you don't want to be rooted anymore, then just accept the OTA - it'll override your current recovery with the stock recovery, which is actually a lack of recovery.
But as others have said, you won't be able to root again unless you've ran unrevoked or unrevoked forever and remain s-off. In that case, you'll have to flash a recovery and then flash the rooted version. So if you want to stay rooted, you might as well go ahead and do that. You should be able to just wipe cache and dalvik and install, so the end result will be the same but you'll be rooted.
I hope that made sense...
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
kc8emd said:
Could someone please point me in the direction of where I can get the Evo 4G 4.22 stock recovery?
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You probably want this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133379
This is the actual update, but rooted, so you can keep your CWM recovery, get the latest update that was made OTA, but remain rooted. You don't want to just accept the OTA if prompted, your root will go away.
Once you've downloaded it (and the radio update as well), follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14933526&postcount=31
Thats the problem. I cannot install the OTA 4.24 update with CWM installed, nor can I install the update manually, via renaming and then update method, as it will error out during install.
OTA updates will only install if the proper stock verion of recovery in installed, hence I really need the 4.22 recovery.
Installing OTA updates when using Unrevoked does not change S-OFF, it only overwrites SU which can be easily reinstalled. I know as I rooted my evo way back when it was version 3.26 using unrevoked 3 and have installed every OTA update since using this method and still have S-OFF
Thanks, but I do not need to go that route. My method will update as normal and I wont have to wipe my phone.
dmolavi said:
You probably want this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133379
This is the actual update, but rooted, so you can keep your CWM recovery, get the latest update that was made OTA, but remain rooted. You don't want to just accept the OTA if prompted, your root will go away.
Once you've downloaded it (and the radio update as well), follow the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14933526&postcount=31
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kc8emd said:
Thanks, but I do not need to go that route. My method will update as normal and I wont have to wipe my phone.
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And you won't be rooted anymore. There are only about 3 thousand posts telling people this, and most AFTER they found out the hard way. There are stock Rooted ROMS based on the recovery, as in STOCK! but still rooted, and up to date.
BTW, there are also a lot of posts detailing how the OTA made their phones worse, but if you want to be a hard head, go ahead and bury yourself, but don't come back crying when you figure out.
how come every other incompetent noob can manage to get their phone back to stock and permanently locked/unrooted, yet I cannot manage this feat intentionally?
if I intentionally flash the 4.22 zip from shipped-roms will this eliminate my root and recovery?
well install the 4.22 update from recovery didn't work... it aborted with some error.
ARGHHH!!! SOMEONE HELP ME LOCK MY PHONE PLEASE!!!
I appreciate the heads up, but if done correctly, it does work and has worked great for me the past few OTA updates.
I am aware of all the potential problems and am not the only one successfully installing OTA updates on a rooted evo and staying rooted.
HipKat said:
And you won't be rooted anymore. There are only about 3 thousand posts telling people this, and most AFTER they found out the hard way. There are stock Rooted ROMS based on the recovery, as in STOCK! but still rooted, and up to date.
BTW, there are also a lot of posts detailing how the OTA made their phones worse, but if you want to be a hard head, go ahead and bury yourself, but don't come back crying when you figure out.
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Bottom line is if you change back to S-ON, and apply the OTA you lose root forever (or until Unrevoked finds a new backdoor). If you leave S-OFF then you can downgrade, and reload a recovery. The stock ROM's you'll find here (ex. Sprint Lover's) are stock, and rooted. They pretty much the same thing you get over the air. Don't be a lid..
I downloaded a from shipped roms the last rom for my evo and downloaded the s-on tool. Ran the tool then connected my phone to the computer and ran the RUU i donloaded. Fully stock unrooted locked phone
I am a noob
First learn the correct terminology for what you are tying to achieve. There is no 4.22 recovery that you can just flash, there is a 4.22 ROM and a 4.22 RUU.
Then check out the WIKI and FAQs these both contain the info you are looking for .
Not trying to be mean. Just do some research before you mess up your phone and come here asking for stuff that doesn't exist.
4.22 ROM = just the ROM
4.22 RUU = .exe that runs on your PC to FLASH your PHONE with new radio, recovery, hboot, rom, etc
exabrial said:
well install the 4.22 update from recovery didn't work... it aborted with some error.
ARGHHH!!! SOMEONE HELP ME LOCK MY PHONE PLEASE!!!
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http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=android&model=Supersonic
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
cddmh said:
I downloaded a from shipped roms the last rom for my evo and downloaded the s-on tool. Ran the tool then connected my phone to the computer and ran the RUU i donloaded. Fully stock unrooted locked phone
I am a noob
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Well said
This is what you want to do to get to the latest OTA STOCK no root
* if you leave S-Off you can re-root *
The 4.2 ota zip keeps failing, I went back to stock with the toolkit and rooted and flashed recovery. Its team wins which I've never used and I know how to use it but don't like it, is there a way to get CWM instead cause I think the issue is with this recovery or something because other people are successfully flashing the 4.2 ota zip.
C-4Nati said:
The 4.2 ota zip keeps failing, I went back to stock with the toolkit and rooted and flashed recovery. Its team wins which I've never used and I know how to use it but don't like it, is there a way to get CWM instead cause I think the issue is with this recovery or something because other people are successfully flashing the 4.2 ota zip.
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If you are using mskip's toolkit, it will allow you to flash CWM onto your N7. You can flash the upgrade via CWM.
You should check the md5 of your downloaded image to make sure your download didn't get corrupted.
Hey guys!
I saw last week that I had an OTA notification to update to 4.4.3 (currently running 4.4.2 KOT49H). I downloaded it and when I rebooted to install I figured out that I had TWRP 2.7 installed and that I couldn't install OTA updates with a custom recovery
So, I'm asking, is it possible to flash stock recovery back with odin and then install the OTA? And can someone please direct me to where I could get the stock recovery for 4.4.2?
All I've found in restoring the recovery is flashing a factory image (which would completely wipe my device), but hopefully that's not the only way
Thanks!
dragancla said:
Hey guys!
I saw last week that I had an OTA notification to update to 4.4.3 (currently running 4.4.2 KOT49H). I downloaded it and when I rebooted to install I figured out that I had TWRP 2.7 installed and that I couldn't install OTA updates with a custom recovery
So, I'm asking, is it possible to flash stock recovery back with odin and then install the OTA? And can someone please direct me to where I could get the stock recovery for 4.4.2?
All I've found in restoring the recovery is flashing a factory image (which would completely wipe my device), but hopefully that's not the only way
Thanks!
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EDIT: Nevermind, found everything I needed with Unified Android Toolkit. If anyone needs the stock recovery, here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1x5zbfo426lc0x5/recovery-stock-kot49h-razor.img
Now, another thing disturbs me: when I tried to update, it just showed me an icon with a broken down Droid and the text Error! beneath it. I'm not soft-bricked or anything, just that I couldn't update. Could it be because I flashed another kernel?
Razor is the 2013 model. You might want to mention that before people here download your link and ruin their grouper or tilapia....
Why wouldn't you just download the stock images straight from Google? You didn't need to downgrade anything and you don't use Odin with a nexus....
Sent from my Nexus 5
dragancla said:
EDIT: Nevermind, found everything I needed with Unified Android Toolkit. If anyone needs the stock recovery, here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1x5zbfo426lc0x5/recovery-stock-kot49h-razor.img
Now, another thing disturbs me: when I tried to update, it just showed me an icon with a broken down Droid and the text Error! beneath it. I'm not soft-bricked or anything, just that I couldn't update. Could it be because I flashed another kernel?
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Possibly...
Any modifications you may have made to your Nexus 7 (other then rooting and a Custom Recovery installed) will almost certainly cause an OTA to fail... as an OTA first runs a checksum verification test on all system files to ensure they are the original system files.
If they've been modified by the user, they cannot be 'patched', ie. updated... so the OTA aborts with no changes made.
Anyway... you really should be posting your question(s) here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7-2013
...as the Razor recovery you posted clearly identifies your device as a second generation Nexus 7(2013), and as @Pirateghost points out, posting that recovery in this forum could potentially mess up other peoples devices, if they were to flash it.
Rgrds,
Ged.