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[Q] Rooted Vibrant + T-Mobile Update = Brick?

I just recieved the T-Mobile update an hour and my phone is stuck on the vibrant screen. It was rooted and practically deleted almost every stock app that came with the phone. Is the update still installing or is my phone bricked for good?

VictorHD said:
I just recieved the T-Mobile update an hour and my phone is stuck on the vibrant screen. It was rooted and practically deleted almost every stock app that came with the phone. Is the update still installing or is my phone bricked for good?
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There's 1 sticky post in this forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458
EASY WAY TO GET THE JI6 UPDATE
It leads to the following post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492
Barring that if you're leery to use Odin, call TMO.

Will any of those methods restore my phone without losing any information on it?

rubberwheels said:
Will any of those methods restore my phone without losing any information on it?
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You could try making a Nandroid and then restoring only the data portion.
It all depends on what the OTA update did to your phone.

Well I'm stuck on the Vibrant Logo screen. Can you tell me how to do that? just restore the data portion?

rubberwheels said:
Will any of those methods restore my phone without losing any information on it?
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I had the same problem. I had OCLF on my phone and I had un-lag-fixed and unrooted with it in anticipation of the JI6 update. When I ran the OTA, it bricked my phone anyway. I had to use Odin to get back to stock and that sounds like what you need to do too.
When I Odin'd back to stock, I still had all my videos, photos, and a bunch of files and stuff for apps, but I still needed to reinstall all the apps and redo all the settings/configurations.

oh man cause I used AK Notepad and basically my life is on that. Will those be erased too? and texts?

trunkstar1 said:
When I Odin'd back to stock, I still had all my videos, photos, and a bunch of files and stuff for apps, but I still needed to reinstall all the apps and redo all the settings/configurations.
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Odin from stock wipes out the existing applications (and replaces all the bloatware too), so they needed to be reinstalled. Once reinstalled from Market, and reinstalling Titanium Backup, I was able to restore from the /sdcard the backups I had made previously.
There was some work involved with getting the system back to what I had, but I didn't lose any data.

d01100100 said:
Odin from stock wipes out the existing applications (and replaces all the bloatware too), so they needed to be reinstalled. Once reinstalled from Market, and reinstalling Titanium Backup, I was able to restore from the /sdcard the backups I had made previously.
There was some work involved with getting the system back to what I had, but I didn't lose any data.
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This is the same as me running a nanoid restore from clockwork.

if i were you i would back the notes up to you sd card, and when the time comes to up date your phone or do anything just remove your sd card and you will be fine. or you can even transfer the pictures and notes to your pc

Vannagan said:
if i were you i would back the notes up to you sd card, and when the time comes to up date your phone or do anything just remove your sd card and you will be fine. or you can even transfer the pictures and notes to your pc
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Where are the AKNotepad notes kept? so i can use adb pull to grab them.

I'm back to stock and it didn't erase any if my pictures, music, files, etc. but since I received the update already back when I was rooted, does that mean I won't be getting the update at all anymore? Or do I have to wait again for another roll-out?
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VictorHD said:
I'm back to stock and it didn't erase any if my pictures, music, files, etc. but since I received the update already back when I was rooted, does that mean I won't be getting the update at all anymore? Or do I have to wait again for another roll-out?
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How you get back to stock? without losing all those data?

Are you guys just really impatient or something with the update. Mine stayed on the Vibrant screen for a while, but I just let it go and it worked out just fine. Mine was rooted and with the Ryan Lag fix.
I guess there is always the possibility that individual experiences can differ.

GenTsoChkn said:
Are you guys just really impatient or something with the update. Mine stayed on the Vibrant screen for a while, but I just let it go and it worked out just fine. Mine was rooted and with the Ryan Lag fix.
I guess there is always the possibility that individual experiences can differ.
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How long did you leave it on the vibrant screen?

rubberwheels said:
How you get back to stock? without losing all those data?
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I followed the instructions on another website. I tried the one they gave me here but it didn't work for me.
Type the following on the Google search bar:
Cyanogenmod how to recover soft brick
It should be the first link there and should look something like this:
[HOWTO] Recover from a"soft brick" on your Vibrant
I can't post link because I'm new here. Hope it helps.
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rubberwheels said:
How long did you leave it on the vibrant screen?
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Keep in mind that I didn't have AK Notepad so I don't know if they get deleted. If I were you I'd back up all the notes; e-mail them to yourself or something.
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Hey, I used odin and the ji6 tar file. Phone works and no data was erased! I think I have the latest ota update.
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For those get soft brick, Go to recovery mode, "clear user data", then "reinstall package". This method works for me
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t-mobile update = brick
I got the update earlier tonight, update installed and phone rebooted stayed at Vibrant screen. left it alone for an hour stayed the same. called TMO now i wai for replacement.

[Q] Get This Phone Stock Again?

Hi there, I got this phone a couple weeks back and am loving it, however, I just rooted my phone, and changed the boot animation, messed around with a couple of other settings, and went to try and get them back to normal, and came to the slow realisation that I should have backed stuff up beforehand...
Now, I wondered if you guys could tell me how to get this phone back to how it came out of the box (unrooted, stock bootscreen, no apps installed etc.)
I rooted it without unlocking the bootloader using the "Gingerbreak" apk.
I'm pretty new to android, so please, please use small words?
Thanks
EDIT: I used "Root Tools" to change the boot animation

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048422
[GUIDE]Using flashtool to recover Play
Did you try factory reset and SEUS?
Otherwise. Above should do it.

NielDK said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048422
[GUIDE]Using flashtool to recover Play
Did you try factory reset and SEUS?
Otherwise. Above should do it.
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Does this require unlocked bootloader?
And I tried factory reset, didnt give me back programs, and SEUS was no use at all, just told me I had the latest software and to go away :/

I believe SEUS have the option to reinstall.
Anyways. Flashtool should work on locked device. Only perhaps possible issue reported is with Hongkong models.

NielDK said:
I believe SEUS have the option to reinstall.
Anyways. Flashtool should work on locked device. Only perhaps possible issue reported is with Hongkong models.
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no flashtools doesn't work on locked XP, I tried it. try this, it should restore everything:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/supp...ay?cc=gb&lc=en
just follow it through, and it will reset everything. I already used it twice.

Well the flash tools worked a treat, everything is stock, and I had a locked bootloader. thanks a lot for your help!
Sent from my R800i using XDA App

McGinty13 said:
Well the flash tools worked a treat, everything is stock, and I had a locked bootloader. thanks a lot for your help!
Sent from my R800i using XDA App
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Happy this is now confirmed, thanks for reporting back!
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

Really? which image did you used? I used the generic UK and it always asks me to reboot the phone into bootloader. can you try out SE tools?
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[Q] Question about rooting.

This is my second phone, before i had the HTC Tattoo which were lot's of rooting guide's, custom recovery's and ROM's.
I've rooted mine before on 2.3.2 with Gingerbreak, but i wanted the new android version 2.3.3. So i unrooted my phone with gingerbreak and installed the new android version.
And now i want to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174160
Freeing up some space and memory.
but i need root again.
What is the best way to root my phone?
I found this way? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043630
But does it delete all my stuff? And do i need to unroot it if i want to install a software update?
Thanks.
Rivalo

Rivalo said:
This is my second phone, before i had the HTC Tattoo which were lot's of rooting guide's, custom recovery's and ROM's.
I've rooted mine before on 2.3.2 with Gingerbreak, but i wanted the new android version 2.3.3. So i unrooted my phone with gingerbreak and installed the new android version.
And now i want to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174160
Freeing up some space and memory.
but i need root again.
What is the best way to root my phone?
I found this way? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043630
But does it delete all my stuff? And do i need to unroot it if i want to install a software update?
Thanks.
Rivalo
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Do you have an unlocked bootloader? the method you posted requires it rooting will not stop you getting official updates, but unlocking your bootloader will, If you try to flash an OTA update with an unlocked bootloader, you will brick your device, bootloaders can now be relocked though, allowing you to flash OTA updates, you can also unroot, simply by removing SU from /system/xbin/

AndroHero said:
Do you have an unlocked bootloader? the method you posted requires it rooting will not stop you getting official updates, but unlocking your bootloader will, If you try to flash an OTA update with an unlocked bootloader, you will brick your device, bootloaders can now be relocked though, allowing you to flash OTA updates, you can also unroot, simply by removing SU from /system/xbin/
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Nope i don't have an unlocked bootloader.

No problem, if you have an locked bootloader, check out this thread for a tutorial on how to root 2.3.3, you will loose all data during the process though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116090

AndroHero said:
No problem, if you have an locked bootloader, check out this thread for a tutorial on how to root 2.3.3, you will loose all data during the process though
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116090
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Meh
How do i backup everything? And restore?

AndroHero said:
Do you have an unlocked bootloader? the method you posted requires it rooting will not stop you getting official updates, but unlocking your bootloader will, If you try to flash an OTA update with an unlocked bootloader, you will brick your device, bootloaders can now be relocked though, allowing you to flash OTA updates, you can also unroot, simply by removing SU from /system/xbin/
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OTA Wasn't even possible here.
I needed to connect it to my PC.

Rivalo said:
OTA Wasn't even possible here.
I needed to connect it to my PC.
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If you flash the uk generic 2.3.2 (from the link AndroHero posted here) then when you do the ota update it will search for the uk generic 2.3.3 which is available so ota will be possible.
As far as backing up you can try MyBackup Pro you will need the paid version tho.
Or use the free MyPhoneExplorer Client to back up your text messages, call logs e.t.c (cannot back up app data with MyPhoneExplorer Client)
Also found App List Backup quite useful as well. Or just look through the free backup apps on the market here

Can I just ask a quick question if I hard reset my phone will I lose root
Sorry if its a stupid question
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-josh- said:
Can I just ask a quick question if I hard reset my phone will I lose root
Sorry if its a stupid question
Sent from my R800i using XDA App
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Yes the factory reset will wipe everything apps, texts e.t.c including root. Sd card data will be fine though

Mozza2k11 said:
If you flash the uk generic 2.3.2 (from the link AndroHero posted here) then when you do the ota update it will search for the uk generic 2.3.3 which is available so ota will be possible.
As far as backing up you can try MyBackup Pro you will need the paid version tho.
Or use the free MyPhoneExplorer Client to back up your text messages, call logs e.t.c (cannot back up app data with MyPhoneExplorer Client)
Also found App List Backup quite useful as well. Or just look through the free backup apps on the market here
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Ehmm i don't have an UK version.
I'm from the Netherlands and i don't know what firmware version i have.
If it's build-number its .145

Btw now that i've rooted my Xperia Play and updated it over OTA to 2.3.3 can I in future update it to a newer version without losing my root?

Ok next error:
I saved my Apps with ApptoSD.
Later i made a backup of all my apps in MyBackup Pro.
How can I get my saved apps on SD back? I can't find them in de APP launcher, App2SD can't find them? Wtf has happened to all those apps? I can restore them with MyBackup Pro but I can do them only by one because the Xperia Play has ****ty internal memory but a huge SD card...

And now it spontaneous rebooted for the second time...

Rivalo said:
Ehmm i don't have an UK version.
I'm from the Netherlands and i don't know what firmware version i have.
If it's build-number its .145
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It does not matter since you will be flashing the uk 2.3.2 (in the guides). So any updates will be the uk updates not netherlands.
Rivalo said:
Btw now that i've rooted my Xperia Play and updated it over OTA to 2.3.3 can I in future update it to a newer version without losing my root?
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If you freeze bloat then you can use ota again when 2.3.4 arrives. If you uninstall anything you will have to reinstall it before you can use ota. Ota needs all the bloat still present on the phone or else it will fail. So i plan to unfreeze my bloat when 2.3.4 arrives and use ota in hopes of keeping root. We dont know if root will be kept when using ota to update to 2.3.4 but i cannot see why it would not work. We will see in october
Rivalo said:
Ok next error:
I saved my Apps with ApptoSD.
Later i made a backup of all my apps in MyBackup Pro.
How can I get my saved apps on SD back? I can't find them in de APP launcher, App2SD can't find them? Wtf has happened to all those apps? I can restore them with MyBackup Pro but I can do them only by one because the Xperia Play has ****ty internal memory but a huge SD card...
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Never used apps2sd so i cannot comment sorry. Not used my backup pro either but if you can restore them one by one then unfortunately that might be the only way to get the apps data back. Google your apps2sd problem and my backup pro problem and see if other people have had the same problems.
Rivalo said:
And now it spontaneous rebooted for the second time...
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Did you tick the clear user data box when flashing 2.3.2? If you did and it random reboots still you might want to try reflashing 2.3.2, do root then ota again or use SEUS to install a clean 2.3.3 then downgrade to 2.3.2 > root > ota to 2.3.3.

Rivalo said:
Ok next error:
I saved my Apps with ApptoSD.
Later i made a backup of all my apps in MyBackup Pro.
How can I get my saved apps on SD back? I can't find them in de APP launcher, App2SD can't find them? Wtf has happened to all those apps? I can restore them with MyBackup Pro but I can do them only by one because the Xperia Play has ****ty internal memory but a huge SD card...
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You have to reinstall my backup pro and click on restore...specify the path to the backup if required...
Note takes a while to restore so be patient
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Thanks all,
Everything is fixed.
Deleted all installed apps on SD before flash (.android_secure)
And restored it with MyBackup.
Tomorrow i'm going to backup all the bloat and delete it. So i can restore it when i need it.
But freezing is maybe also a good idea. With this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174160 i got 245 Free mb on internal and that's enough.

Firmware update downloaded.

I just recieved a firmware download on my wifi 32 gb note. Did not install it yet but want to know if others did?

I can't yet because of root. I need access to my computer.

crystalstylez said:
I just recieved a firmware download on my wifi 32 gb note. Did not install it yet but want to know if others did?
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Installed it...

I got it also. 16gb u.s. Wifi version. it was installing & updating android apps as I left out for work.
Any changelog on what was changed or added?

I want to install it but will a root method be made for it. I am not near a computer to use the zedomax root method. Anyone had root while installing this?
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suppose I will be able to tell you soon. It would not install originally because of CWM recovery. I flashed the stock and it is installing via Kies now. Will report back whether or not I get root back.

I downloaded and installed, not rooted 16gb.
It said it was bug fixes and about 50mbs or so.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 10.1

Downloading it now. Will install shortly.
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Installed, must have wiped cache as all apps went through the updating process. No noticeable differences or problems. Seems to be a tick faster but that's probably just my perception.

I got a notice this morning about the update being downloaded, I don't have root yet, so I installed it.

californiarailroader said:
I got a notice this morning about the update being downloaded, I don't have root yet, so I installed it.
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I hope one of the fixes is making bookmarks appear quicker in the stock browser.

cmunho said:
I downloaded and installed, not rooted 16gb.
It said it was bug fixes and about 50mbs or so.
Sent from my Galaxy Note 10.1
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I wonder exactly which bugs. I hope that folder & keyboard bug got fixed. the one where they open by themselves when going to homescreen from certain apps or whatever. it was getting irritating having to constantly close them. Lol

Barsky said:
suppose I will be able to tell you soon. It would not install originally because of CWM recovery. I flashed the stock and it is installing via Kies now. Will report back whether or not I get root back.
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OK, as expected, lost root. Odin flashed the original cwm recovery back. reinstalled the original root file and and back to being rooted.
Still 4.0.4.

All you had to do was use voodoo ota rootkeeper to backup n restore root file. access to computer not needed.

I was previously rooted with CMW Recovery [N8013]. I then flashed stock [N8000] firmware and the update failed. I have not used kies before, will that install the update correctly? Thanks

vanillanesquik said:
I was previously rooted with CMW Recovery [N8013]. I then flashed stock [N8000] firmware and the update failed. I have not used kies before, will that install the update correctly? Thanks
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Yes kies will work although you will lose root.
Sent from my awesome Note 10.1

mitchellvii said:
Yes kies will work although you will lose root.
Sent from my awesome Note 10.1
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I used OTA rootkeeper as specified above. If that does not restore root I can re-do the Odin. Thanks

Barsky said:
suppose I will be able to tell you soon. It would not install originally because of CWM recovery. I flashed the stock and it is installing via Kies now. Will report back whether or not I get root back.
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How did you flash back to stock? I didn't think we had a completely stock 8013 image yet. I tried reimaging via the root injected stock file, but it did not remove CWM, so the update won't load.

ye i just did it and i lost root but the first thing i noticed that is working faster. also the snote app was update you can upload your own template finally. when choosiing a background on the window pop up touch the little square image on the top right corner and it lets you choose from images in your gallery.

tmaurice said:
How did you flash back to stock? I didn't think we had a completely stock 8013 image yet. I tried reimaging via the root injected stock file, but it did not remove CWM, so the update won't load.
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Here it is-
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote10.1/recovery/N8000_StockRecovery.tar

californiarailroader said:
Here it is-
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/GalaxyNote10.1/recovery/N8000_StockRecovery.tar
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Thanks - I saw that link a couple of days ago, but didn't use it because it's the N8000 and we've got the 8013 here in the States.

[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.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

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.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium

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.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium
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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.

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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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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!