Database Users

Ok, so what's the real word on the OTA for rooted users?

None of these random workarounds posted in the dev section by random users who just seem to be guessing at things. Is there any word from a real dev working on allowing currently rooted users to install the OTA without un-rooting or flashing things through fastboot? Either by modifying the .zip itself or by creating a method to flash the provided .zip? I'm tired of seeing posts that read along the lines of "Oh, do this in post X then this in post Y and it SHOULD work, but if it doesn't check post Z and hope things work after that."

Download the nandroid backup that was posted. Restore it using Clockwork, then while still in recovery, choose mounts, and then mount /system, then flash the superuser zip from Koush's rooting tutorial, then you will have the OTA stock + rooted + stock recovery + stock boot + everything.
This is how I was able to upgrade.

Anderdroid said:
Download the nandroid backup that was posted. Restore it using Clockwork, then while still in recovery, choose mounts, and then mount /system, then flash the superuser zip from Koush's rooting tutorial, then you will have the OTA stock + rooted + stock recovery + stock boot + everything.
This is how I was able to upgrade.
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Yes, but I don't want stock recovery. I want to keep ClockworkMod.

Anderdroid said:
Download the nandroid backup that was posted. Restore it using Clockwork, then while still in recovery, choose mounts, and then mount /system, then flash the superuser zip from Koush's rooting tutorial, then you will have the OTA stock + rooted + stock recovery + stock boot + everything.
This is how I was able to upgrade.
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Will that wipe everything?

rashad1 said:
Will that wipe everything?
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Yes. You're restoring a nandroid.

Read this post, pretty much you're rerooting again and another step so it doesn't keep going back to stock recovery. Easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10029098&postcount=2

nxt said:
Read this post, pretty much you're rerooting again and another step so it doesn't keep going back to stock recovery. Easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10029098&postcount=2
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Lemmie reemphasize what I said earlier...
TheBiles said:
None of these random workarounds posted in the dev section by random users who just seem to be guessing at things. Is there any word from a real dev working on allowing currently rooted users to install the OTA without un-rooting or flashing things through fastboot? Either by modifying the .zip itself or by creating a method to flash the provided .zip? I'm tired of seeing posts that read along the lines of "Oh, do this in post X then this in post Y and it SHOULD work, but if it doesn't check post Z and hope things work after that."
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TheBiles said:
Lemmie reemphasize what I said earlier...
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Well you know what? It only takes a minute or two and it's done.

TheBiles said:
Yes, but I don't want stock recovery. I want to keep ClockworkMod.
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From the nandroid backup OP:
"Edit: According to xda member Luxferro the new update introduced /etc/install-recovery which may have not been in 2.3, but anyways, it runs this on bootup, and if the MD5 of the recovery doesn't match what is expected, it reflashes the stock recovery back over, so if you dont want the stock recovery to be flashed everytime you boot if your on clockwork or another non stock rom, just rename it to prevent it from running on boot. And for those of you who want to return your phone back to stock this nandroid will do that for you since it also flashes the stock recovery."

Just wipe and flash Paul's Gingerbread ROM.

TheBiles said:
Lemmie reemphasize what I said earlier...
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Pretty much every time you flash an OTA update you're gonna lose root.
If someone took the time to modify the OTA update so you don't lose root, then it's not an OTA update anymore

irishrally said:
Just wipe and flash Paul's Gingerbread ROM.
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Ended up doing this.
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I9023 recovery problem

I have a NS I9023. It was on stock 2.3.6 with locked bootloader and stock recovery.
I flashed the official ICS ROM which is working fine. But I am not able to see recovery. It's a problem many have reported but I have not come across a solution.
Can somebody please help. I would like to goback to 2.3.6 and wait for the OTA for my device.
Thanks.

You can flash the stock recovery image from 2.3.6 using fastboot and install 2.3.6 using signed update zips from google
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Got back to 2.3.6 lock and stock. Phew....

I had to go through the same process for the same reason. After this journey through ICS on the NS, I'm really looking forward to the OTA for our i9023.

I was on the nexusbeam 3.0 rom, flashed back to stock 2.3.6, lost root and cwm, flashed the OTA via the stock recovery and then flashed cwm via fastboot and su.zip via cwm, no problems.
did anyone try that?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396959
I follow this guide and then install CWM by Rom Manager and it working now

After flashing ics4.03 ur recovery and boptloader are overwriten by rom itself. So if u want to access cwm u have to flash cwm everytime. Tats what im doing atm... sad
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tonylee83 said:
After flashing ics4.03 ur recovery and boptloader are overwriten by rom itself. So if u want to access cwm u have to flash cwm everytime. Tats what im doing atm... sad
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AOSP roms flash recovery on reboot. To stop this (with root) use whatever explorer/editor you have available to rename/delete the /etc/install-recover.sh
Then flash CWM and it's permanent.

The recovery screen is actually there. Use a flashlight and flash it at the black screen.

wittereus said:
The recovery screen is actually there. Use a flashlight and flash it at the black screen.
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What he said. It seems that some people with 9023 can't see the recovery because its too dark, many are remembering button sequence to go through it

athani said:
Got back to 2.3.6 lock and stock. Phew....
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Can you explain to me how to do that? I'm not liking ICS with all the bugs and would like to revert to stock. Can you help me? I have i9023.

Aequilibrium said:
Can you explain to me how to do that? I'm not liking ICS with all the bugs and would like to revert to stock. Can you help me? I have i9023.
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You will have to unlock boot loader. Then use fast boot to flash custom rom. Then flash stock rom using the custom rom. You may then lock the boot loader if you like.

athani said:
You will have to unlock boot loader. Then use fast boot to flash custom rom. Then flash stock rom using the custom rom. You may then lock the boot loader if you like.
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Make that custom recovery in the previous post.

i dont se a ****!! I really need to get back to gb my wifi is not working!

Easy path from 3.2 stock rooted(w CWM) to ICS stock rooted

Sorry for the question if it has been answered already, I didnt keep up with the Android news for a while and now Im super confused.
I have an A500 3.2 with a rooted stock ROM. I also have the bootloader, I guess the name is CWM that I helped me install the rom from the mem stick.
Now since the ICS for A500 is avaiable what is the easiest path to upgrade my device.
I thougt is just a matter of finding the right binary file for the rooted stock version and use the CWM to load that.... But after browsing the forum i got super confused with the multitude of roms and bootloaders and utilities for cleaning partitions etc...
I'd really appreciate a good answer here. Can i just load a rom file(which one?) in my old CWM? Do i need to upgrade the bootloader? (how?) I dont care about the data on the device, that can go away...
Thanks in advance!!!

since you're still on HC bootloader, your easiest method would be to flash a ROM that works on both bootloaders like flexreaper
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517181
just wipe data, system, etc and flash the new ROM in CWM recovery
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strra said:
since you're still on HC bootloader, your easiest method would be to flash a ROM that works on both bootloaders like flexreaper
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517181
just wipe data, system, etc and flash the new ROM in CWM recovery
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That assumes you don't want to go to a new bootloader though.

How can I remove/replace CWM with aN ICS bootloader? And why a bootloader whould care about the host OS in the first place?!

danix said:
How can I remove/replace CWM with aN ICS bootloader? And why a bootloader whould care about the host OS in the first place?!
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CWM is not the bootloader. It is the recovery application.
The best way is to follow the instructions civato put in this post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25381131
You'll end up with a rooted tab running the ICS bootloader and CWM 1.7.2. After that flash Flexreaper RF1_rv3 using CWM and you're good to go. Remember it's best to make sure you have all the needed files on your SDcard BEFORE you begin (the ROM etc.)
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Rooting from Linux without CWM?

I want to root my N7 directly from Linux, but I don't want to replace recovery with CWM. I like CWM on my phone, but I understand it won't allow OTA stock upgrades which I expect will be important for a while on the N7.
I've already unlocked the bootloader, but I haven't seen any instructions for rooting from Linux without replacing the standard recovery with CWM.

Can't you just flash CWM, root, and then reflash stock recovery?

sray1 said:
... but I understand it won't allow OTA stock upgrades which I expect will be important for a while on the N7.
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There won't be any OTA that is not quickly (if not before it is released) will be available is a flashable download on XDA and other forums.
You are not going to miss anything.
You can as already posted, reflash the stock recovery, but again, whats the point.

rohan32 said:
Can't you just flash CWM, root, and then reflash stock recovery?
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Where would I find the stock recovery?

[Q] how to flash twrp after update VFW 4.4.2

my phone is bootloader unlock, does it mean I can flash the third part recovery like TWRP, and use it?

MY guess yes..
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allen_ho said:
my phone is bootloader unlock, does it mean I can flash the third part recovery like TWRP, and use it?
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TWRP will not work on the OTA, yet. However, there is a working CWM in the HD forum. I flashed it to my M and have zero issues with it.

RikRong said:
TWRP will not work on the OTA, yet. However, there is a working CWM in the HD forum. I flashed it to my M and have zero issues with it.
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I flashed the CWM recovery too...it does boot to recovery
but it seems to be some problem with CM11 package, the assert check shows my device ID is empty so the recovery just abort the installation.
I want to flash CM11-m6 snapshot....any ideas?

falleny said:
I flashed the CWM recovery too...it does boot to recovery
but it seems to be some problem with CM11 package, the assert check shows my device ID is empty so the recovery just abort the installation.
I want to flash CM11-m6 snapshot....any ideas?
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CM11 won't work if you've updated. Apparently, the boot loader is updated and the ROMs haven't been updated for it.
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RikRong said:
CM11 won't work if you've updated. Apparently, the boot loader is updated and the ROMs haven't been updated for it.
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Bad news...Looks like i will be stucked in full bloated stock rom for sometime...thank u

falleny said:
Bad news...Looks like i will be stucked in full bloated stock rom for sometime...thank u
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You have an unlocked BL, just flash SU to get root, and delete/freeze apps. That's pretty much what I did and used Xposed on top of that.

I haven't tried it yet, buy couldn't you just rsd back to an earlier build then flash your custom ROM?
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I fastboot flash the lastest CWM recovery, but it didn't work for the CM 4.4.2 ROM, and twrp, it didn't work again. why? does the VFW rom change something?

allen_ho said:
I fastboot flash the lastest CWM recovery, but it didn't work for the CM 4.4.2 ROM, and twrp, it didn't work again. why? does the VFW rom change something?
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None of the ROMs have been updated to work with the new recovery. Just give it time.

RikRong said:
None of the ROMs have been updated to work with the new recovery. Just give it time.
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what's that mean?
do you mean the third part recovery didn't work cause the VFW rom?

allen_ho said:
what's that mean?
do you mean the third part recovery didn't work cause the VFW rom?
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It means that none of the ROMs out right now will work with the new CWM. Also, quit trying flash TWRP. TWRP is not compatible with the new KK, yet.

Got it, many thanks

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My xt907 Has the OTA 4.4 update and an unlocked BL. I don't have a custom recovery installed anymore. Is it possible to flash SU or superuser and get root with fastboot. If so. Please help! Thanks. I'm ok with flashing CWN if need be. I just want root to install a Xposed and remove bloatware.

Ahoalton said:
My xt907 Has the OTA 4.4 update and an unlocked BL. I don't have a custom recovery installed anymore. Is it possible to flash SU or superuser and get root with fastboot. If so. Please help! Thanks. I'm ok with flashing CWN if need be. I just want root to install a Xposed and remove bloatware.
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I'm pretty sure you can use fastboot/ADB to sideload zips, though I'm not super familiar with the commands so I wouldn't know how to explain it to you.

I am familiar enough with the commands, but I am unable to find the zips to flash. any help would be great.
Thanks,

Egg all over the face
I was one of the people who thought it would be cool to update to the OTA immediately without waiting and reading... I got the CWM recovery going and rooted stock 4.2.2 , but I really cant wait for TWRP to get updated so I can get back to my Rom, or really any supported Rom would be better then stock. I have only myself to blame.

Eclipse00 said:
I was one of the people who thought it would be cool to update to the OTA immediately without waiting and reading... I got the CWM recovery going and rooted stock 4.2.2 , but I really cant wait for TWRP to get updated so I can get back to my Rom, or really any supported Rom would be better then stock. I have only myself to blame.
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Looks like the new TWRP is here, but still needs one tweak. Please follow this thread for updates.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53189684

TWRP for KitKat Bootloader
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img