Guys help me ,
I have Motorola Atrix 4g running with froyo 2.2.2 ... Yesterday I receive notice via OTA that gingerbread ready to download ... After download finish I'm install the package but the package failed .. Stuck at android logo with triangle .. Why can someone help me ... I'm running rooted froyo 2.2.2 Asia version ...
Once you root you dont get updates ota anymore, you get them here at XDA.
WiredPirate said:
Once you root you dont get updates ota anymore, you get them here at XDA.
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So i need to unroot isn't? Tq bro for info ...
You can do an OTA update any time you want, you just have to have a stock version running on your phone. When you do an OTA update it checks and verifies your phone to see if everything is there that needs to be there. If you're running a non stock ROM, it'll fail. If you're running a Fruitcake, it'll fail. If you want to OTA, which...there are other ways to upgrade, but...if you WANT to OTA, flash the Froyo .sbf to get back to stock. Since you're on Froyo. Or you can flash the Gingerbread .sbf to upgrade that way, or...do it online at the website.
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You can do an OTA update any time you want, you just have to have a stock version running on your phone. When you do an OTA update it checks and verifies your phone to see if everything is there that needs to be there. If you're running a non stock ROM, it'll fail. If you're running a Fruitcake, it'll fail. If you want to OTA, which...there are other ways to upgrade, but...if you WANT to OTA, flash the Froyo .sbf to get back to stock. Since you're on Froyo. Or you can flash the Gingerbread .sbf to upgrade that way, or...do it online at the website.
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thanks for the info .. but im running stock ROM froyo 2.2.2 just rooted only ...
esag21 said:
thanks for the info .. but im running stock ROM froyo 2.2.2 just rooted only ...
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Then unroot .. Then update should work,, If u used Gringerbreak.apk there was option to unroot in setting of app..
XRange said:
Then unroot .. Then update should work,, If u used Gringerbreak.apk there was option to unroot in setting of app..
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yup im using Gringerbreak.apk tu root .. can u teach me how to unroot .. i can find the option that yours said ..
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i was rooted and i still got the OTA update for gingerbread... i had no problem installing... just needed to re-root
thedawg03 said:
i was rooted and i still got the OTA update for gingerbread... i had no problem installing... just needed to re-root
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same like me ..i got the OTA .. but failed to install it .. stuck at andriod robot with triangle ... .. i need tu pull out batt in oder to turn back the phone ... any solution ??
thedawg03 said:
i was rooted and i still got the OTA update for gingerbread... i had no problem installing... just needed to re-root
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No guarentee you will be able to root again after each ota, its just a general RULE of all custom firmware, once you root/jailbreak/whatever your device, you no longer get updates from official sources, you get them from custom sources same as you got root. Of course you CAN do whatever you want but that doesnt mean you arent gonna f*** something up. For example: the first three updates for the Atrix you would have been f***ed accepting the ota beofre running "retain root" software. Just fyi, you may have only lost root accepting the ota (this time), but you still did it wrong. Read and learn. Follow the rule for all devices, or you WILL without a doubt eventually cause yourself more trouble than if you just did it the right way the first time! And the right way, again, is: Once you root you dont accept ota updates, you get your updates here at XDA.
thedawg03 said:
i was rooted and i still got the OTA update for gingerbread... i had no problem installing... just needed to re-root
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same here.
Related
I would like to remind ppl, because many of you didn't think about...
If you will apply, 2.1 OTA update, on your 1.5, you will LOOSE ability to root. Don't be fools, and wait until you get "official" rooted 2.1, then flash it by yourself.
Please someone make it more clear if possible...
...But 2.1 official cannot be rooted, after update.
So turn off your Update check on your phone, and wait until there will be 2.1 rooted.
P.S
Looks like there is possibility to downgrade from OTA 2.1!! Omg
May I ask why HEOR upgraded to official 2.1 OTA couldn't be rooted??
It is temporary unable or permanently??
Can you substantiate this claim? Proof that the instantroot method (using the package installer's privileges) does not work on 2.1 for instance?
@iholleh
It's not possible to root at the moment, it could be quite a while before someone figures out how to root it if its already on a device, however if its looked at enough I'm sure they will do it. when its officially released it will be rooted very quickly to be flashed as a zip.
good to know...thanks for hte info!
duck0 said:
Can you substantiate this claim? Proof that the instantroot method (using the package installer's privileges) does not work on 2.1 for instance?
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The problem is you can't say one way or the other.. so if root is important to you then you are better off waiting.
Sent from my HTC Hero
Wezternator said:
@iholleh
It's not possible to root at the moment, it could be quite a while before someone figures out how to root it if its already on a device, however if its looked at enough I'm sure they will do it. when its officially released it will be rooted very quickly to be flashed as a zip.
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Thx bro! I just upgraded to 2.1 OTA and trying to downgrade to 1.5, failed however...
Wait for good news
I think we need to make clear. What to do if.
I installed the first package (First OTA, PART 1, Youtube App update)?
Like I heard in develop, if I installed part 1 update, this stupid youtube update, i need downgrade.
I don't really understand why, and how to do that. I think many of noobs like me are interested, what to do now.
I have promted by my phone that 2.1 update is realeased, and I did not downlnoad it, because I would like to have root, to install in a future Android 2.2, etc.
If so, and i have Firmware build number 2.73.405.93, or 2.73.405.94, or 2.73.405.95. What should I do?
Please someone, write step by step action guide.
(Downgrade, root, install rooted 2.1?) If so, how exactly?
I also understand that, there is 100000000000 of guides out there, but IMHO we need new one for a while.
Situation with "not installed" OTA part 1 is little bit easier? Normal ROOT, and install for coocked, and rooted official 2.1?
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The problem is you can't say one way or the other.. so if root is important to you then you are better off waiting.
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I guess so, but how likely is it that the hero's 2.1 firmware is different in this regard from anything else? A quick google confirmed that the InstantRoot method works on nexus one and motorola droid.
Edit: But a little longer google had me wondering if it does work on 2.1 again. Sorry, I should check more carefully. If anyone has tried it do step up.
Check out dev. section. Looks like there is way to downgrade.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
shadow_fi said:
Check out dev. section. Looks like there is way to downgrade.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
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Correct, just run the RUU
can confirm, this works ...
What if I want to root it up to 2.2 (Froyo) that would be fine because it is like you are upgrading to newer firmware?
Hi i just have a stupid question :
i'm quite lost with all the stuffs about the 2.1 update :
i have a 1.5 stock rooted rom on my hero.
i would like to update to 2.1 but keep the root thing.
and i want not to wipe my phone
So what i undestand is :
- if i update : i'm not root anymore and won't be able to do it with the 2.1
- if i want to be 2.1+root i have to use a full rom (rooted) to have both but i have to wipe my phone.
Is that right ?
Is there or will it be a way to have an update (not wiping phone), in 2.1, and with root maintained from my 1.5 ??
Thanx for help.. i don't what to do with this ota update...
Ciao
Fred
frederikk said:
Hi i just have a stupid question :
i'm quite lost with all the stuffs about the 2.1 update :
i have a 1.5 stock rooted rom on my hero.
i would like to update to 2.1 but keep the root thing.
and i want not to wipe my phone
So what i undestand is :
- if i update : i'm not root anymore and won't be able to do it with the 2.1
- if i want to be 2.1+root i have to use a full rom (rooted) to have both but i have to wipe my phone.
Is that right ?
Is there or will it be a way to have an update (not wiping phone), in 2.1, and with root maintained from my 1.5 ??
Thanx for help.. i don't what to do with this ota update...
Ciao
Fred
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No... You are going to have to root.
But you can just back-up with something like MyBackUp-Pro
Ok but i silo bave to root what? The 2.1 updated phone? But i understood or is not possible yet ? For the backup dors à android one is ok?
Thanx
Ciao
Fred
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andrewb84uk said:
Correct, just run the RUU
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what do you meen visit dev section?what is dev section?thanks.
frederikk said:
Ok but i will bave to root what ? The 2.1 updated phone? But i understood or is not possible yet ? For the backup dors à android one is ok?
Thanx
Ciao
Fred
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I think i don't understand.
I'm with 1.5 rooted phone. If i update, i will be with a 2.1 phone non rooted. But is it possible to root the 2.1 ? I already have the boot menu with ramon ra recovery. So the update won't touch it ?
But in fact i change the date to june 2011 on my phone yesterday.. and i have no update notification
Ciao
Fred
shadow_fi said:
I would like to remind ppl, because many of you didn't think about...
If you will apply, 2.1 OTA update, on your 1.5, you will LOOSE ability to root. Don't be fools, and wait until you get "official" rooted 2.1, then flash it by yourself.
Please someone make it more clear if possible...
...But 2.1 official cannot be rooted, after update.
So turn off your Update check on your phone, and wait until there will be 2.1 rooted.
P.S
Looks like there is possibility to downgrade from OTA 2.1!! Omg
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I might be out of subject and truely I know nothing about rooting but I know by fact that downgrading from official 2.1 to official 1.5 took about 15 minutes to proceed on my unlocked Hero today..
So i was following those announcements about the froyo official update leak, so I went ahead and downloaded it to my Epic 4G, now they are saying that Sprint announced that the leaked update is not approved and therefore shoukd not be downloaded, I want to unroot my phone, but will it unroot it back to the Eclair version successfully or am I going to have problems with the phone?. I've read about the one click rooting and unrooting, but is it really safe to do so?
Whoa... too much here to cover in a small space. Since this appears to be your first post I suggest you start reading. You have many options and with just about as many pitfalls.
Is your phone working ok? If so, why worry now. Wait for a future update.
tsp
monnie27 said:
So i was following those announcements about the froyo official update leak, so I went ahead and downloaded it to my Epic 4G, now they are saying that Sprint announced that the leaked update is not approved and therefore shoukd not be downloaded, I want to unroot my phone, but will it unroot it back to the Eclair version successfully or am I going to have problems with the phone?. I've read about the one click rooting and unrooting, but is it really safe to do so?
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Yeah it's my first post here, but i've been reading instructions on how to root and unroot. My phone is working perfectly fine with the leaked update. However, when Sprint releases the official update, will the rooted phones receive the announcememnt and will we be able to update it? lol
tsperez said:
Whoa... too much here to cover in a small space. Since this appears to be your first post I suggest you start reading. You have many options and with just about as many pitfalls.
Is your phone working ok? If so, why worry now. Wait for a future update.
tsp
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rooting your phone does not block official ota updates, flashing custom kernels and roms will. also if you do not delete any sprint apps (nascar, telenav) you should not have any problems upgrading to new updates ota.
All I did was install update.zip of sdcard on my phone nothing else. So is my phone rooted? I have no custom roms or anything just the installed dk28. I'm gonna be able to update ota with this installed right?
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All I did was install update.zip of sdcard on my phone nothing else. So is my phone rooted? I have no custom roms or anything just the installed dk28. I'm gonna be able to update ota with this installed right?
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dk28 would be considered a non stock (ie custom) rom
no you will not get the update ota.
TorelliB said:
All I did was install update.zip of sdcard on my phone nothing else. So is my phone rooted? I have no custom roms or anything just the installed dk28. I'm gonna be able to update ota with this installed right?
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I doubt u are rooted .. you just flashed a new rom thats it. Rooted means you get "superuser" access.. and you can wreak havoc
hardrock121 said:
I doubt u are rooted .. you just flashed a new rom thats it. Rooted means you get "superuser" access.. and you can wreak havoc
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Lots of super fun havoc
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hardrock121 said:
I doubt u are rooted .. you just flashed a new rom thats it. Rooted means you get "superuser" access.. and you can wreak havoc
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so i did the same thing, downloaded the update.zip file, put it in my memory card and updated the phone using the recovery mode, so i'm not rooted just flashed, and wont be able to get the OTA update from Google?, btw im having a bit of troble with the GPS, when i enable it it say im abot 20 blocks away from my actual location, however, when i connect to a wireless network, per say my home network the location is right 0.o
other than that, the phone is working just fine
Hi guys,
Just recieved a nexus s i purchased on ebay (LOVE IT!) coming from a Galaxy S i used to use odin for flashing the latest roms
But one of the things i wanted from having the nexus s was getting updates quick, and what i thought was OTA updates.
i have just gone into "about phone" checked for updates and there are apparently none available. details below
Android Version = 2.3.1
Baseband Version = I9020XXJK8
Kernel version = 2.6.35.7-gf1638a [email protected] #1
Build number = GRH78
so my question is, how do i get to the latest official FW, i thought it would be as easy as clicking check updates, but obviously not
Cheers guys, i have searched btw, and im lost completely
The full ROM to upgrade you to 2.3.4 is available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061445
That should work for any previous build I think - if not use the 2.3.3 ROM and then run the update to 2.3.4.
of course assuming your running stock you could try a checkin and wait for the OTA to reach your handset........
as im on 2.3.1 at the moment, wouldnt there be an OTA already waiting to update to 2.3.3 if the 2.3.4 update has not yet been pushed to this perticular handset?
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as im on 2.3.1 at the moment, wouldnt there be an OTA already waiting to update to 2.3.3 if the 2.3.4 update has not yet been pushed to this perticular handset?
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Yup - should be........how long have you had the phone?
recieved yesterday, so i have been using it for just over 24hours,
im probably being impatiant
ascottuk said:
recieved yesterday, so i have been using it for just over 24hours,
im probably being impatiant
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yeh, once your SIM and handset get registered with Google's servers (which can take a few days) you should get the OTA. if your impatient like me just run the updates manually...
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yeh, once your SIM and handset get registered with Google's servers (which can take a few days) you should get the OTA. if your impatient like me just run the updates manually...
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is there anyway to check if my bootloader is unlocked?
i take flashing manually is just a case of downloading the relevent ota rom, and putting it on the SD card, then start the phone in recovery?
ascottuk said:
is there anyway to check if my bootloader is unlocked?
i take flashing manually is just a case of downloading the relevent ota rom, and putting it on the SD card, then start the phone in recovery?
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boot your phone up while holding onto the volume up button as well and it should load up a screen with a green droid which will show your bootloader state whether it's LOCKED or UNLOCKED.
Place the rom in the root directory of your sd card then boot in recovery and install zip from sdcard.
ok checked and its locked, so am i still able to flash from sd?
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ok checked and its locked, so am i still able to flash from sd?
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It depends. If you are looking at staying "stock" then go see the sticky thread for 2.3.4, there is a full ROM version that you can install. It's signed by Google, so the stock recovery will install it. No need to unlock your bootloader
if you wanted to flash zip's (such as the superuser zip update to gain root access) that where signed by other sources, then you would need to unlock the bootloader and replace the recovery with something like Clockwork
Matridom said:
It depends. If you are looking at staying "stock" then go see the sticky thread for 2.3.4, there is a full ROM version that you can install. It's signed by Google, so the stock recovery will install it. No need to unlock your bootloader
if you wanted to flash zip's (such as the superuser zip update to gain root access) that where signed by other sources, then you would need to unlock the bootloader and replace the recovery with something like Clockwork
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many thanks for all your help, appreciate it alot
you have been thanked!
ascottuk said:
many thanks for all your help, appreciate it alot
you have been thanked!
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before you update, i'd love to get a dump of the phone on 2.3.1 that i could use please.
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before you update, i'd love to get a dump of the phone on 2.3.1 that i could use please.
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BTW, i'll receive my Nexus S today.
Before i start unlocking, rooting etc. i'd like to dump my system/bootloaders for emergency.
I know that it's not really necessary but how do i do it.
Ok a little help here guys, My DX is currently running ApeX1.4.0 Froyo and earlier today the Gingerbread update got pushed to my phone, now with my knowledge about rooted phones tells me that rooted phones DONT get official updates OTA and Im kinda freaked out that it will ruin my root or brick my phone at this point its downloaded to my phone and keeps asking me to install it, help me out here people!
If you want to stay rooted than do not install the ota! There hasn't been any method found to root the official version yet
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If you want to stay rooted than do not install the ota! There hasn't been any method found to root the official version yet
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What? No.
Op, it will just try to install, and then fail. Then you're all set. Nothing bad will happen
Thanks Jmoney47,hanone I was getting worried for a second there
Even if you did get it, you can still get back to froyo, but you don't have to worry
Hi people!
I'm thinking about revert my A500 back to pure stock ROM.
But, my plan is get a package from here and remove some kind of bloatware, like the included games, Aupeo, Lumiread and so on. But none of the Acer stuff.
This way, can I be able to still get OTA updates?
Thanks!
If you load a complete stock rom .. and remove anything that acer put on it you will Likely be able to accept the OTA S BUT will not be able to install them.. They check against every app that was pushed by them one missing or frozen . NO GO..
This has been how past updates have worked.. You can freeze apps . ROOT REQUIRED.. then undo your changes to get the ota ..
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If you load a complete stock rom .. and remove anything that acer put on it you will Likely be able to accept the OTA S BUT will not be able to install them.. They check against every app that was pushed by them one missing or frozen . NO GO..
This has been how past updates have worked.. You can freeze apps . ROOT REQUIRED.. then undo your changes to get the ota ..
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Actually, they check the checksums if I'm not mistaken. But erica_renee is correct, if you mess with the stock it will not install the OTA. It might see the OTA and download it, but won't install or it might not even see it.
I rooted on 3.1 to remove bloat before accepting the 3.2 update and the update worked as advertised. It was a waste of time though, the OTA reinstalled the bloat, so you're probably better off with a rooted stock rom if you want the most current version without bloat. I wish I had stayed rooted on 3.1 and flashed a rooted stock 3.2 instead of unrooting for the OTA.
I know this is my first post but please take my word on this, you'll be stuck withthebloat after an OTA.
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Actually, they check the checksums if I'm not mistaken. But erica_renee is correct, if you mess with the stock it will not install the OTA. It might see the OTA and download it, but won't install or it might not even see it.
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Thanks, guy!
erica_renee said:
If you load a complete stock rom .. and remove anything that acer put on it you will Likely be able to accept the OTA S BUT will not be able to install them.. They check against every app that was pushed by them one missing or frozen . NO GO..
This has been how past updates have worked.. You can freeze apps . ROOT REQUIRED.. then undo your changes to get the ota ..
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Nice to know, it's really new to me! Thanks!
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I rooted on 3.1 to remove bloat before accepting the 3.2 update and the update worked as advertised. It was a waste of time though, the OTA reinstalled the bloat, so you're probably better off with a rooted stock rom if you want the most current version without bloat. I wish I had stayed rooted on 3.1 and flashed a rooted stock 3.2 instead of unrooting for the OTA.
I know this is my first post but please take my word on this, you'll be stuck withthebloat after an OTA.
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I know you're right. It's always good be advised, by whoever may be!