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Don't start new thread!Post your questions HERE.

For all new people and everyone else,post your questions here instead of starting new thread.This way you can find what you looking for quickly.And please read this thread before posting new questions.This is a good way to save space and keep things organized.Thanx.

questions don't go in the development forum.

Is anyone working on making a rom that allows a user to pause/skip/play music using the inline headphone controls? Seems kinda stupid Samsung has the button activate the call log no matter what app is open...

infamousjax said:
questions don't go in the development forum.
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Root and development questions should.There is a questions thread on XDA in MT3GS forum(thats where i got the idea from),it was started by administrator to keep things clean and organized and it works.Why should i or someone else start a whole new thread if we just need one question answered?

juryduty said:
Is anyone working on making a rom that allows a user to pause/skip/play music using the inline headphone controls? Seems kinda stupid Samsung has the button activate the call log no matter what app is open...
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Good question,i haven't used my earphones yet.They don't work on modded roms or stock too?

Is it safe to remove the SD card when in Clockwork Recovery? I don't see an "unmount" option anywhere.

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Is it safe to remove the SD card when in Clockwork Recovery? I don't see an "unmount" option anywhere.
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Yeah i haven't had no problems with it,but you would be better of turning off the phone and doing it.Reason for that is,if you pull out sdcard while Clockwork recovery,put some files on sdcard and put it back in-Clockwork will not see those files unless you reboot the phone into Clockwork.So yeah,you can pull out sdcard while in Clockwork but you will still need to power off the phone for Clockwork to see new files.

lviv73 said:
Good question,i haven't used my earphones yet.They don't work on modded roms or stock too?
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I've tried all of the ones up on this forum and they all go right to the call log when you press the button on the headphones that came with the phone. I tried using the ones that came from my Palm Pre but that didn't work either. One click goes to call log (always), 2nd click calls the top number in your call log. Long press does voice command. Doesn't matter if you have the music app open at all...

but if everyone posts their question inside the same thread......... it makes it harder to search for each individual question!

I did try asking the question in the thread of the rom but it kinda got hidden away amidst the talk of those having trouble flashing it.....
Anyway I'm looking for the stock voicemail app that came with the phone I looked in a few rom threads and found the apps theyposted as being all the removed stock stuff but I didn't see the voicemail app in any of those can anyone tell me how to get this please?
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lviv73 said:
Yeah i haven't had no problems with it,but you would be better of turning off the phone and doing it.Reason for that is,if you pull out sdcard while Clockwork recovery,put some files on sdcard and put it back in-Clockwork will not see those files unless you reboot the phone into Clockwork.So yeah,you can pull out sdcard while in Clockwork but you will still need to power off the phone for Clockwork to see new files.
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When I was in Clockwork I pulled the SD card out, put some files on it and put it back in and it saw the new files.
How do you turn the phone off from Clockwork? Holding power doesn't seem to do anything and I don't see a power off option.

I've never had to turn phone off while in cwm but I'm gonna say you'll likely have to pull the battery
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J3ff said:
but if everyone posts their question inside the same thread......... it makes it harder to search for each individual question!
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This should be general root questions or questions about the phone.If you need questions answered about rooting the phone or about certain rom than you should post it in that thread.

Will the new update destroy my root access and if it does will I be able to root again.
Also I still have a stock kernel and I have deleted like sprint hotspot and the sprint apps

ragnarokx said:
When I was in Clockwork I pulled the SD card out, put some files on it and put it back in and it saw the new files.
How do you turn the phone off from Clockwork? Holding power doesn't seem to do anything and I don't see a power off option.
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Maybe in new version they fixed that,im gonna give it a try and see if it works on my phone,i know that in last version it did not.But yeah its safe to remove sd while in Clockwork

namelessbanana said:
Will the new update destroy my root access and if it does will I be able to root again.
Also I still have a stock kernel and I have deleted like sprint hotspot and the sprint apps
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It will destroy your root if you do over the air update,if you update in clockwork then it shouldn't.?Now will we be able to reroot again after ota update?I dont know,im wondering about that myself.You should search DI18 update thread.

If you have removed any sprint apps the OTA won't even work. If you've not removed any and are running a stock sprint that's already rooted and clockwork is installed then there is a zip file floating around here that will allow u to just install it with clockworkmod. Other then that you CAN root after the di18 update if u decide to go the "start from scratch" route.
Personally I went back to complete stock using odin and the di07 tar file. I then rooted and installed clockwork recovery. From there I flashed the signed zip file that can also be found in a thread here (sorry for not posting links and all its not as easy when using the app but all threads are pretty appropriately titled shouldn't be too hard) that got me to the di18 and the rest is history
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Question RE: OTA updates and root
Hey guys, finally jumped ship from ATT and got an Epic the other day. Kinda funny I was running DZO's Froyo on my Kaiser and now I am back to Eclair, but whatever..it's still night and day difference!
My question is regarding updates and if I can just jump into a new ROM. I have successfully 1-click-rooted and clockworked my phone. It shows Eclair DG17, Kernel 2.6.29. I tried to do an OTA update to get latest, but phone says its up to date, even though Sprints site says an update is available and DI07 is latest..
Where do I go from here?

Well ur still running stock from what I gathered in ur explanation so if u wanted to get to the latest update u can grab it from Firon's thread about the "non-stock" update. In that same thread he has the file available for those that are still on stock and just simply rooted with clockworkmod (you would fall under that) once ur on that latest update you can look at the different threads for roms and kernals
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jfg69 said:
Hey guys, finally jumped ship from ATT and got an Epic the other day. Kinda funny I was running DZO's Froyo on my Kaiser and now I am back to Eclair, but whatever..it's still night and day difference!
My question is regarding updates and if I can just jump into a new ROM. I have successfully 1-click-rooted and clockworked my phone. It shows Eclair DG17, Kernel 2.6.29. I tried to do an OTA update to get latest, but phone says its up to date, even though Sprints site says an update is available and DI07 is latest..
Where do I go from here?
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Flash your phone to stock kernel and stock rom(DG27) using Odin(factory restore)Then do sprint's ota update(make sure your phone is charged at least half way or it won't update),that should update your phone to DI17 or DI18(not sure wich one,probably DI18).
Oh,you can go to settings "About phone",System updates","Android update" to see if your update is downloading.

[update] Beta OTA

The OTA beta version was posted on XDA earlier today and removed by XDA. I am sure there are legal reasons they can't host a thread with a link to the files.
Plenty of us still have the file and may share info about it. The OTA patches exploits to root methods currently known. Join the irc and help us crack the root. Id be happy to share any file i have for you to use.
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Thanks!
10char

hopefully this won't get pulled down too
MOD EDIT: Pulled down.

You might as well take it down. It's against forum rules i believe.
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Is this file tied to an IMEI? Or is the update file for any phone?

unfortunate

We don't know yet if its IMEI or sig checking I think I read that it is running checks against sigs. Also I think they only used imei to push the OTA to the phones not to lock that particular update to that particular phone
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Sorry for the newbie question, but how do I use this update?

rename the zip to update.zip and put it in the root directory of your sd card, then boot into recovery and load it. If it fails the check you may need to reflash the original sbf first.

what do you mean rename the zip? are you referring to the file name or are you referring to a specific file? and also do we need to extract the file?

In the accompanying message it said something along the lines of 'who can use this uppate/ any atrix.'
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need help. did alll the steps corectly, then it says finding update package, opening update package, verifying update package, failed to read footer from /sdcard/update.zip (is a directory) signature verification failed, installation aborted. am i doing something wrong?

Has anyone tried putting the update file into their cache along with the ctc or cbc (don't remember what the file ext is) and tried hitting the update button in the phone to see if it recgonizes the update as though it actually came OTA?
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Any known new bugs as of this update?

I am referring to the .zip file of the update that is available in the 3rd post.
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As far as copying to the cache goes, I did not try that but renaming to update.zip and updating through recovery worked fine after I re-flashed to the stock sbf. It took a little bit longer to go through the initial boot process after the update than it did flashing an sbf file, but seems to be smoother overall so far, I only have about an hour on it though.

diedemus said:
I am referring to the .zip file of the update that is available in the 3rd post.
As far as copying to the cache goes, I did not try that but renaming to update.zip and updating through recovery worked fine after I re-flashed to the stock sbf. It took a little bit longer to go through the initial boot process after the update than it did flashing an sbf file, but seems to be smoother overall so far, I only have about an hour on it though.
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I've renamed the file to update.zip and have put it into the sdcard directory and then rebooted but have not noticed anything updating. I've also tried sdcard-ext directory. Can you explain a little as how you got this file to work? I am not rooted, and have not done any mods so I am on the original sbf.
Thanks for your help.

James62370 said:
I've renamed the file to update.zip and have put it into the sdcard directory and then rebooted but have not noticed anything updating. I've also tried sdcard-ext directory. Can you explain a little as how you got this file to work? I am not rooted, and have not done any mods so I am on the original sbf.
Thanks for your help.
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Place the file in the root of your sdcard ext them reboot in recovery mode and I believe it will either update or prompt for if you want to run update.zip from sdcard
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James62370 said:
I've renamed the file to update.zip and have put it into the sdcard directory and then rebooted but have not noticed anything updating. I've also tried sdcard-ext directory. Can you explain a little as how you got this file to work? I am not rooted, and have not done any mods so I am on the original sbf.
Thanks for your help.
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When you reboot your phone hold the volume down button until you see the Fastboot text at the top of the phone, then hit the volume down button until you see it say Android Recovery, hit the volume up key to load into recovery, once you see the android guy and the triangle tap the lower right portion of the screen, from there you will have the recovery menu, at this point you can use volume up/down to select and then tap the ok at the bottom left

drock212 said:
Place the file in the root of your sdcard ext them reboot in recovery mode and I believe it will either update or prompt for if you want to run update.zip from sdcard
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How do you reboot into recovery mode?

I'm thinking Moto is watching this forum very carefully to gauge the success of their root access lock-down efforts (I know I would). The only counter an open forum like this has is to delay posting of any new root access methods until after Moto's offical release of the ATRIX Update software. Time is on our side, not Moto's - their release process is long and expensive with little return in $$$. I know that devs are just starting to look at this, and a new root method is wishful thinking at this point, but just had to throw in my 2 cents.

Xoom 3G update rolling out.(Update) Get it here.

Looks like its about that time. Hopefully someone can post the file for everyone.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/08/0...idLife+(droid+life)&utm_content=Google+Reader
Update: Get the file here

debosmebo said:
Looks like its about that time. Hopefully someone can post the file for everyone.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/08/0...idLife+(droid+life)&utm_content=Google+Reader
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The file is linked to in that post, am I missing something?
Edit: the post was updated to add the link. Get it here.

hmm still no update for me, been checking every hour

Man I'm afraid to apply the update zip. Someone let me know how it goes

I just checked and got the update, which is surprising, because it seemed like I was one of the last to get 3.1.

it works.
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Man I'm afraid to apply the update zip. Someone let me know how it goes
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I updated with the usb host cable and it worked fine. Haven't noticed any bugs yet.

will it unroot your device? What happens if you are running Tiamit Kernel 1.4?

I tryied to flash it in CWR but it is giving me errors. Rooted U.S 3g xoom stock rom and kernal.
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My wife was just using mine when an update came through. She accepted it, but now it shows a white triangle with a gold exclamation point in it, along with the android guy next to it.
Is this normal?
edit: I am rooted with a 3g/wifi Verizon model, running Tiamat 1.4.

This is US only, is it not?

I think so, but not 100% sure.

i was the last to get the first OTA, and looks like now one of the first to get this one. dont really care yet.

I got it. I used Clockwork to do a reboot and everything is back to normal.
Now I just have to keep my wife from using it unsupervised.

FYI: Unsecured boot image: http://goo.gl/2e22j
Flash via fastboot. You will still need to install the super user stuff manually.

Is this usable on stock root 3.1?
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hay guys I found this file over at My Droid Life and if you have CWR all you have you do is unzip and put the file in your CWR backup folder and restore. I have confirmed that it will not delete any of your apps or folders it just gives you honeycomb 3.2. ok, it wont let me upload the file but you can find it here, follow the instructions at the bottom. if you already have CWR just unzip and restore.
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...-update-your-3g-xoom-3-2-directions-file.html

So we can use the first file and restore from cwm? Of course I assume use the third paragraph.
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yeah the third paragraph, just download the update zip, extract it, put it in CWR backup and restore. It looks like I may be having some issues with sd card support, it shows up under storage but apps that use the sd card do not show it.

Then I'm gonna wait and see if anyone else has issues first.
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Here are detailed instructions for how to update manually and with full stock: http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...unrooted-with-locked-or-unlocked-bootloaders/

[Q] Can you install the 4.1.2 OTA on an unlocked phone with CWM installed?

I got the ota the other day and debated installing it because my M is rooted and the bootloader is unlocked and I have flashed ClockworkMod recovery. I searched for a while to see what others were saying and didn't really find anything of note so I decided to go ahead and run the install. When the phone rebooted into recovery and tried to install the update, it gave me the following Error: E: Failed to verify whole-file signature. Then there was an option to apply unsigned update (or zip, I can't remember the wording exactly). I chose not to do this and went back in the recovery menu and rebooted back into system. The phone booted normally and then immediately rebooted on its own back into recovery to try to install the update again, ending in the same results. This happened 2-3 more times before I finally formatted the Cache Partition through cwm which ended the bootloop (not sure that you can really describe that as a bootloop since it was actually doing what it thought it should be). My question is this, is it safe to go ahead and install the unsigned update via CWM? I have also since seen threads stating that if you had removed some of the bloatware apps, that the update would fail. I have removed many of these unneeded apps, should I reinstall them? I have seen a link or two to the bloat apks...

Having a unlocked bootloader doesn't matter. You just need to be stock 4.1.1 bloatware and all.

what he said^
you can update it with cwm but you have to have all the crapware that came stock still present.

Do you have to unroot first to get it to install? I have TWRP recovery on mine and can't get the update to install.
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bobcheeks said:
Do you have to unroot first to get it to install? I have TWRP recovery on mine and can't get the update to install.
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No. You don't have to unroot. You must have modified something else.
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antp121 said:
what he said^
you can update it with cwm but you have to have all the crapware that came stock still present.
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So if I restore the bloatware, it is ok to choose the "install unsigned zip"?
Thanks for the quick reply, you guys rock!

bwat1009 said:
So if I restore the bloatware, it is ok to choose the "install unsigned zip"?
Thanks for the quick reply, you guys rock!
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If its all there, yep. It'll be fine
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antp121 said:
If its all there, yep. It'll be fine
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Well I tried it and it failed the check for the Amazon MP3 app. I reinstalled it from the play store but according to another post I found later this doesn't work because it isn't installed to the /system/app directory. The only way around this that I have seen is to use the RAZR M utility to return back to out of box status and start over. Not worth it to me but if anyone has another idea, I am all ears...

bwat1009 said:
Well I tried it and it failed the check for the Amazon MP3 app. I reinstalled it from the play store but according to another post I found later this doesn't work because it isn't installed to the /system/app directory. The only way around this that I have seen is to use the RAZR M utility to return back to out of box status and start over. Not worth it to me but if anyone has another idea, I am all ears...
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I RSDed back to 4.1.1 because mine hung on the clock app. I had installed the 4.2 clock.

bwat1009 said:
Well I tried it and it failed the check for the Amazon MP3 app. I reinstalled it from the play store but according to another post I found later this doesn't work because it isn't installed to the /system/app directory. The only way around this that I have seen is to use the RAZR M utility to return back to out of box status and start over. Not worth it to me but if anyone has another idea, I am all ears...
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You could try grabbing the apk from /data/app and moving it to /system...
Or grab it from one of the many /system dumps around here...
Someone should turn the OTA into a flashable zip from CWM/TWRP that doesn't check for that.
I may do that...

sloosecannon said:
You could try grabbing the apk from /data/app and moving it to /system...
Or grab it from one of the many /system dumps around here...
Someone should turn the OTA into a flashable zip from CWM/TWRP that doesn't check for that.
I may do that...
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I had the same thought about moving the apk to the system/app directory and did just that. My expectation was that I would still get the error but for a different app since I just tested with the one that had been throwing the error but it didn't change, still gave the error for the amazon mp3 app even though it was successfully installed in the correct directory. Thanks for the thought though. If you could turn it into a flashable zip, I would be much appreciated. I would love to do that myself but I have no idea how. I know just enough through trial and error (and a lot of forum reading) to be dangerous...

After installing 4.1.2, I can no longer fastboot back to 4.1.1 or 4.0.6. They put in some sort of backrev check.

bwat1009 said:
I had the same thought about moving the apk to the system/app directory and did just that. My expectation was that I would still get the error but for a different app since I just tested with the one that had been throwing the error but it didn't change, still gave the error for the amazon mp3 app even though it was successfully installed in the correct directory. Thanks for the thought though. If you could turn it into a flashable zip, I would be much appreciated. I would love to do that myself but I have no idea how. I know just enough through trial and error (and a lot of forum reading) to be dangerous...
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There is a 4.1.1 system dump here. Download it, transfer any missing apps in /system/app over to your phone.
The reason you have to have those is that the current one from the playstore will be different, causing the update check to fail and abort.

tehjolly81 said:
After installing 4.1.2, I can no longer fastboot back to 4.1.1 or 4.0.6. They put in some sort of backrev check.
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Have you tried using mattlGroff's DROID RAZR M Utility? Worked for me.
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Snow02 said:
There is a 4.1.1 system dump here. Download it, transfer any missing apps in /system/app over to your phone.
The reason you have to have those is that the current one from the playstore will be different, causing the update check to fail and abort.
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Alright, thanks for the tip and the link, I will give it a try and let you know...

tehjolly81 said:
After installing 4.1.2, I can no longer fastboot back to 4.1.1 or 4.0.6. They put in some sort of backrev check.
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I'm pretty sure you need an unlocked boot loader to downgrade.

netizenmt said:
Have you tried using mattlGroff's DROID RAZR M Utility? Worked for me.
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I did. It fixed an issue where my phone wasn't booting, but it did not revert me to 4.1.1. Just found your comment in the other thread about modifying the xml file.. I'll try that next. Thanks.

patehi nice
Snow02 said:
There is a 4.1.1 system dump here. Download it, transfer any missing apps in /system/app over to your phone.
The reason you have to have those is that the current one from the playstore will be different, causing the update check to fail and abort.
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That worked at getting the system apps that I had removed back into the /syste/app directory and now the update appears to be installing... Will let you know if it works.
*UPDATE*
Well that worked like a charm, update installed successfully, root access maintained, cwm allowed me to prevent reflash of stock recovery so all is right with the world... Thanks you guys!

Snow02 said:
There is a 4.1.1 system dump here. Download it, transfer any missing apps in /system/app over to your phone.
The reason you have to have those is that the current one from the playstore will be different, causing the update check to fail and abort.
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Thank you! I had missing Amazon_IMDb.apk, Facebook.apk, Kindle.apk, PlusOne.apk files. Copied these to my phone and updated successfully!

4.4.2 KK Update Fix.

INFO: Rooted Version of NB4, I was on 4.4.2 Kit Kat leaked. I reverted to MJ5 from the leaked version then updated to NB4 and rooted with kingo.
Thanks to...
@smokeystack76
@Otisrhw
@Jakman85
@Azrael.arach
@Budrweber
UPDATE: 3/30/14
The same method has been confirmed by @Budrweber but instead of using adb, just flash from your ext sd card.
NOTE: ADB SIDELOAD WILL NOT CAUSE A WIPE, BUT PUSHING THE UPDATE FROM EXTERNAL SD WILL WIPE ALL DATA.
Few users have reported unrooting on NB4 after changing files and downloading the OTA and updating normally.
USB DEBUGGING MUST BE ENABLED, if you are this far there is no need for me to explain how to turn it on. If your phone is unresponsive to your computer even though you have installed, re-install via Kies 3. Turn Kies 3 off before running ADB.
First of all, you are going to need an ADB Sideloader and it can be found here.
Install to directory C:\Mini-SDK
We'll come back to ADB later.
Now you're going to need the update file found here.
Rename the file to update. (DO NOT NAME UPDATE.ZIP, JUST "UPDATE".)
Place "UPDATE" into the same directory as your ADB C:\Mini-SDK
Now lets leave ADB and the Update file alone and start replacing the files on your phone!
You'll need the following files.
system/xbin/dexdump (if deleted you can find the file here or you can copy/paste & replace)
system/csc/feature.xml (If deleted find it here.
Delete the original "feature.xml" and rename "feature.xml.bak" to "feature.xml")
Download the fix.zip from this page.
You do not have to reset permissions, I did not how ever do as you feel and works for you.
Step 1 copy the mobicore-presetup.sh to /system/bin
Step 2 copy all the APK files to /system/app.
Now navigate to system/bin
You should have a "ddexe" file, if it is named "ddexe_real", rename it to 'ddexe".
This should fix all the known errors in the process of adb side loading.
If you continue to get more errors use the file dump located here.
UPDATE: app_process is another recurring error, please grab this file from the dump uploaded from @smokeystack76
Now to the fun and most anticipated part of the day...
Volume + button up, power and home button all at the same time. Release once you see Recovery mode.
Navigate to Update from ADB.
Plug up to USB.
Now, when you start windows cmd prompt, you can either start from the ADB folder is located in by control, shift + right clicking or manual cmd.exe in "run" or "search"
Once command prompt is loaded,
Type in the following command.
"CD /D C:/MINI-SDK"
Then if you are in the right directory and you placed the "update" file accordingly... type...
ADB SIDELOAD UPDATE.ZIP(the file name should not have .zip or you will get a "can not read" message.)
and now you should be on your way to 4.4.2 Kit Kat.

Not bad. The system dump is here.
Now you need to post links to this thread in the other thread

Thanks for the step by step. I'll try this tomorrow.
You were on a rooted NB4, correct? You restored to MJ5, updated to NB4, rooted, and then did this?

clownfart said:
Thanks for the step by step. I'll try this tomorrow.
You were on a rooted NB4, correct? You restored to MJ5, updated to NB4, rooted, and then did this?
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Correct.

For anyone trying to find an easy way around this whole update mess. Just go to your local best buy store and talk to one of the Samsung reps. They don't have the kit kat update yet but however they can reflash 4.3 on your phone wiping out all your data (make sure you do a back up from home) and this will let you get the OTA update with no problems. My note 3 has been rooted twice one being last night and it worked. Just make sure your not rooted when you take your phone.

Ciberious42 said:
Correct.
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I think you should mention that in the OP for perfect clarity.
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incisivekeith said:
I think you should mention that in the OP for perfect clarity.
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I did actually...

Ciberious42 said:
I did actually...
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I didn't see in the OP that you rooted the NB4.
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incisivekeith said:
I didn't see in the OP that you rooted the NB4.
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Oh sorry I thought it would have been pretty clear when I mentioned you would be stuck with SU

smokestack76 said:
Not bad. The system dump is here.
Now you need to post links to this thread in the other thread
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How do I flash this?

xuanphucn said:
How do I flash this?
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you don't, it is used by DEV's to make a flashable update

carl1961 said:
you don't, it is used by DEV's to make a flashable update
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Did we have any safe method yet? I want to keep root

xuanphucn said:
Did we have any safe method yet? I want to keep root
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knoxraid
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577273
I am currently updating the UrDroid Stock KitKat

carl1961 said:
knoxraid
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2577273
I am currently updating the UrDroid Stock KitKat
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is this one use the official 4.4.2 or the leak?

Has anyone tried doing an emergency restore (or whatever it's called) through kies first then trying to get the OTA to work without failing?
It seems like it's 50/50 on who's works and who's fails. Am I right?

xuanphucn said:
is this one use the official 4.4.2 or the leak?
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yes custom rom with latest OTA kitkat

Thanks OP. Worked for me. I'm ok with stock on the Note 3 that's why I got a nexus

Ciberious42 said:
Oh sorry I thought it would have been pretty clear when I mentioned you would be stuck with SU
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So did you root with Kingo too when you were on NB4? I didn't want to use Kingo, but I thought what the heck, and used it for quick rooting. Then after the Kitkat update, I realize I have SuperSU as a system app even after factory reset. Apps like CPU-Z reports my devices is rooted when it's not.
Is this the only thing that's not same as pure stock NC2?

hp79 said:
So did you root with Kingo too when you were on NB4? I didn't want to use Kingo, but I thought what the heck, and used it for quick rooting. Then after the Kitkat update, I realize I have SuperSU as a system app even after factory reset. Apps like CPU-Z reports my devices is rooted when it's not.
Is this the only thing that's not same as pure stock NC2?
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you can re-run and use kingo to remove the root

Also if you are weary of the update, back up your files and apps then factory reset. Once you are factory reset, download the OTA but just hit "remind me later".
Do the instructions in the OP and after it installs it tells you that you have an update pending, install the update and it covers any files that may have went missing in the update.zip.
If you wanted to be 200% sure.
I am set at official and with no custom lock and Knox is 0x0.