[TUT] Get the 21 OTA Update and keep ROOT - Eee Pad Transformer General

:beer:This is very simple.
1) Get Root first in v.19
2) Go there and read what is about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17117779
3) Download from market Voodo OTA RootKeeper.
4) Install Voodo OTA RootKeeper and run the application and make a backup of your root.
5) Go to settings/about tablet/system firmware update/check update
6) Follow regular update procedure
7) After reboot open Voodo OTA RootKeeper and restore root.
8) Be happy with the new updated tablet and with working root.
Thanks to supercurio for his tools and application.
This has been done on TF101 US v19 B80 series
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goodoane said:
:beer:This is very simple.
1) Get Root first in v.19
2) Go there and read what is about it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17117779
3) Download from market Voodo OTA RootKeeper.
4) Install Voodo OTA RootKeeper and run the application and make a backup of your root.
5) Go to settings/about tablet/system firmware update/check update
6) Follow regular update procedure
7) After reboot open Voodo OTA RootKeeper and restore root.
8) Be happy with the new updated tablet and with working root.
Thanks to supercurio for his tools and application.
This has been done on TF101 US v19 B80 series
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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that is just pure craziness... whatever works though... but if you dont flash a custom rom there's always a chance u can lose root with asus's updates and such... pretty smart peeps if they wanna lock it down gonna be hard to get back in.. i dont flash **** unless it comes through a dev first just to be safe....
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or just flash a rom that has been updated to the 21 base firmware.. like revolver.

KingDavid63 said:
that is just pure craziness... whatever works though... but if you dont flash a custom rom there's always a chance u can lose root with asus's updates and such... pretty smart peeps if they wanna lock it down gonna be hard to get back in.. i dont flash **** unless it comes through a dev first just to be safe....
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OTA Rootkeeper will only not work if the complete /system partition is wiped. At the moment this is not the case with current OTA updates.

Can you apply this method and update a rom in specifc prime rom. Thanks in advance

Worked as advertised on my B70. I had frozen DMClient using Titanium Backup so it didn't keep bugging me about the update. However when I thawed it out while applying the above procedure the transfomer told me I had an update and to click the notification in the bar, but there wasn't one (notification). A reboot brought things back the way they should be and I was able to click on the notification and complete the process.
Could I request the OP keep this thread up to date as to whether it is effective on future updates where ASUS tries to take away root (thinking particularly of possible ICS).

I will keep this update if we gonna have new updates.
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Re root incredible after ota?

Is it possible to re root the incredible after you apply the OTA or is it still broken?
if you have s-off, its just update, place the recovery image on the sd card, reboot into into hboot, and hit yes to upgrade and then itll flash the custom recovery and all is good
I am curious of this too. As mine is s-on and now I can't reroot. It gets to the part where it says it is "waiting for root" and never goes any further.
as of right now unrevoked will not work after the latest update is applied.
Do NOT update if you want to keep root....
If your running a rom built with the latest version this update won't come to you anyway.
If you see the update then you are using a rom that is built with old code.... tell the rom developer to update his shiat! If HTC can come out with updates faster then your rom developer can.... should you be using his rom?
And I assume there is no other way to root other than unrevoked?????? Surely the developers of unrevoked are working on finding the loop hole? I hope anyway. I miss my root apps that I had on my droid!
You can root without unrevockeds method. I can't remeber the exact procedure as i dont even know what i did wholly. But it involved unrooting but leaving the app and su. Upgrading to the proper baseband. Receiving the ota then pushing su again. I did this a few months ago though right after the 2.2 ota update. Took me like 3 hours to achieve root. If your interested i can try to repeat my method tomorrow and report back.
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or just downgrade.. reroot, have s-off, then update, then reroot
I like the downgrade idea. But I come from the motorola droid so I know the procedures are a lot different. I am not a noob by any means on rooting but I am to this phone. Could you please walk me through it and point me in the direction of the files??
Man I wish I read this thread before doing the OTA manually. I upgraded the OTA last night and my phone had S-on. Everything was ok, until I tried to install the payload zip and Superuser zip from Clockwork afterward. Before I did that, I was able to boot in the phone after the OTA even with Clockwork but after applying those 2 zip files, my phone will go in a loop after the droid animation and back to the HTC screen and forever stuck in reboot. I was so freaked out but with clockwork I just flashed wipe everything and installed Virtuous 3.1. Everything is working fine now, but if you do the OTA, do not install SU and payload in Clockwork
So you can do the OTA on a rooted phone running a custom rom?
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So you can do the OTA on a rooted phone running a custom rom?
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Not sure if the 10/13 build of Virtuous 3.1 already have the OTA or not. At this point, I kind of don't really care, just glad I have my phone up and running again. Plus unless you really want Bloatware, most of the changes don't seem to be that signficiant. Here's the change log
* Updated Flash Player with security enhancements
* Visual Voice Mail Wifi improvements and removal of incorrect service messages and post-call notifications
* Better support for Yahoo IMAP e-mail
* Update to Slacker Radio app
* You can attach files larger than 5MB
* Updated Cox POP3 e-mail settings
* Updated Comcast POP3 e-mail settings
* Play YouTube videos in the YouTube app (that's new?)
* Seamlessly switch between portrait/landscape in Google Maps
* Search key and other buttons displayed in the correct order (what's the wrong order?)
* VCAST app lets you bill apps to your Verizon account
Yeah. Lots of Bloatware. I just flashed the 10/13 "almost"stock ROM over my previous ROM and everything works fine. Battery life is great with the new stock kernel. I'm not using setcpu. Quadrant speed is lower but the phone is very fast. BT connects much better although I find BT volume to be low. 3G is very stable. I had to go back into ADB and remove VCast, VVM etc but that's not too big a deal.
ok so i have s-off and cant reroot using the unrevoked3. it hangs at the waiting for root screen. can i just apply the clockworkmod update zip and call it a day to get root again
I can't seem to get a clear answer on this: Do I need to have the stock recovery to successfully install this OTA? I have S-OFF and Clockworkmod, and so far I haven't figured out for sure if I should accept the OTA through the dialog, or if I can apply it through ROM Manager, or if I can apply it through Clockworkmod. Can anyone clear this up for me?
thevoiceless said:
I can't seem to get a clear answer on this: Do I need to have the stock recovery to successfully install this OTA? I have S-OFF and Clockworkmod, and so far I haven't figured out for sure if I should accept the OTA through the dialog, or if I can apply it through ROM Manager, or if I can apply it through Clockworkmod. Can anyone clear this up for me?
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The update will go through HBOOT, you can update with clockwork and s-off. though it seems from what i've read in this thread if you do you will no longer be rooted.
I remeber what i did for the 2.2 update. What i did was restore the stock recovery but leave su and superuser. This makes the phone look stock without root. Then take the ota. Reflash clockworkmod. Su and superuser apk should still be there. Then use a super usr app. Im pretty sure thats what i did to reroot
Edit. This process assumes that su and superuser.apk are on the phone and not removed.
Sent from Conical. 07
I have s-off but not Su or root. How do I reroot
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If anybody wants the stock recovery ill find and post it.
Sent from Conical. 07
morph3k said:
The update will go through HBOOT, you can update with clockwork and s-off. though it seems from what i've read in this thread if you do you will no longer be rooted.
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So then do I need to reinstall the bloat apps that it will look for? And can't I just use unrevoked to re-root?
linuxmotion said:
If anybody wants the stock recovery ill find and post it.
Sent from Conical. 07
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If you could that would be great. Thanks.
Cary

Help new update wont install

I have my rooted transformer and am trying to update but stow a quarter way throught the install and gives me an android Guy with a triangle with a "!" Sign in it... stock everything just rooted please help
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Fixed!!!!! I used Brks Asus transformer rootkit script to root which installs an insecure bootimage to work and this is what caused the problem, I just plugged my trandormer in and restored my original files then the update went on fine first try!!!! Thanks for the help!!!!
Did you install Clemsyn/Blades OC kernel? More than likely this is causing your problem.......
I'm getting the same error. Running 3.2 stock but rooted, no modified kernel. Only thing I modified was the Netflix patch which doesn't seem like it's needed now. Is there a flash able zip for this new update?
You can't update the normal way after rooting.
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magicdave26 said:
You can't update the normal way after rooting.
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Actually, thats not true. I was running on stock 8.6.5.6 rooted, and was able to update sucessfully. I verified the update in the settings. I have also verified with root checker that i am no longer rooted, as i was before the update. I bought my transformer only a few weeks ago. It came with 3.1 and i updated to 3.2 before rooting. Wonder if that or the rooting method has something to do with why i was able to update while rooted.
I rooted using the method in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125714
oilerseberle14 said:
I have my rooted transformer and am trying to update but stow a quarter way throught the install and gives me an android Guy with a triangle with a "!" Sign in it... stock everything just rooted please help
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Same happened to me. As I understand it just rooting doesn't prevent future OTA updates, hence why I was prompted to download this latest, but why it now after failing it tells me there is no longer an update available is beyond me. I can only think ASUS has pulled it for some reason.
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Taomyn said:
Same happened to me. As I understand it just rooting doesn't prevent future OTA updates, hence why I was prompted to download this latest, but why it now after failing it tells me there is no longer an update available is beyond me. I can only think ASUS has pulled it for some reason.
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You only get it offered the once. Your device is then marked as updated at Asus end. If it didn't work because you were rooted, then tough...
cavsoldier19d said:
Actually, thats not true. I was running on stock 8.6.5.6 rooted, and was able to update sucessfully. I verified the update in the settings. I have also verified with root checker that i am no longer rooted, as i was before the update. I bought my transformer only a few weeks ago. It came with 3.1 and i updated to 3.2 before rooting. Wonder if that or the rooting method has something to do with why i was able to update while rooted.
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Hmm interesting.
Which method did you use to root it?
Maybe we can pin point why the updates are failing for some people after rooting. I would like to root mine if it was 100% that the OTA updates would still work, even if I had to root it again after each one.
magicdave26 said:
Hmm interesting.
Which method did you use to root it?
Maybe we can pin point why the updates are failing for some people after rooting. I would like to root mine if it was 100% that the OTA updates would still work, even if I had to root it again after each one.
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I'm having problems with OTA updates and have used Brk's ASUS Transformer HC3.2 RootKit Script to root my device.
I probably did something very stupid...in which I factory reset the device, but noticed that "superuser" is still installed in the apps list. I'm wondering now if i have to re root the device to uninstall superuser and then do another factory reset and then see if the OTA update works? suggestions appreciated
I always look at the updater script in the package before I update. This script contains a bunch of asserts that check the integrity of certain files before it will apply the update. If you can get the update package just open " \META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script" with notepad and that will show everything that's happening when the update occurs including the file asserts it makes. If you've modified these files then it will not update. 8.6.5.6 initially didn't work for me but by checking the script I found the problem was my srs_processing.cfg file because I tried to fix my speaker balance and this was a file that the script asserted. After restoring the original file I was able to update with stock recovery even though I had modified other system files. As long as the specific files the update checks are ok the update will proceed.
aSIMULAtor said:
I'm having problems with OTA updates and have used Brk's ASUS Transformer HC3.2 RootKit Script to root my device.
I probably did something very stupid...in which I factory reset the device, but noticed that "superuser" is still installed in the apps list. I'm wondering now if i have to re root the device to uninstall superuser and then do another factory reset and then see if the OTA update works? suggestions appreciated
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You need to UnRoot it, I don't think factory reset makes any difference to rooting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198303
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Hmm interesting.
Which method did you use to root it?
Maybe we can pin point why the updates are failing for some people after rooting. I would like to root mine if it was 100% that the OTA updates would still work, even if I had to root it again after each one.
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The above post about altering certain files appears it might have something to do with it. I rooted using this method... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198303
But it was V2 when i used it. It is now currently V4.
You can re-download the update if you clear your DMClient cache.
Follow the instructions in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1106054.html
I had the error with the Android + exclamation mark so I unrooted (reflashed both the stock ROM AND the stock recovery - to get rid of clockworkmod) then cleared the DMClient cache and was I able to update OTA.
As far as I am aware the OTA will not install if you have clockwork Mod flashed for recovery. But if you have rooted without flashing over stock recovery ie clockwork mod not installed the OTA should work but you will lose root by updating.
DT39 said:
As far as I am aware the OTA will not install if you have clockwork Mod flashed for recovery. But if you have rooted without flashing over stock recovery ie clockwork mod not installed the OTA should work but you will lose root by updating.
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Good point. I did not have clockwork mod recovery installed. Had stock recovery, stock ROM rooted.
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I used brk's rootkit script and just restored the original bootimage and it installed perfect let me know if it worked for you guys as well
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I tried flashing back original boot and recovery image, update still failed, and now it fota won't come back. Cleared DMClient cache and hard reset. Guess I'm out of luck until someone releases a flashable version of the update?
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I tried flashing back original boot and recovery image, update still failed, and now it fota won't come back. Cleared DMClient cache and hard reset. Guess I'm out of luck until someone releases a flashable version of the update?
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Same thing happened to me. Tried all the above, and can't get the update to come back.
Have any of you changed original system files whilst rooted? That's why it was failing for me. I managed to get the update again but it failed. I got it once more after it rebooted but took a copy first, unrooting made no difference. Unlike the downloadable firmwares from the ftp site which I checked out, the update script checks the integrity of a ton of files mainly the system apps that cannot be changed without root. If any have changed the script aborts.
Unfortunately even though I had backed up all of them with Titanium Backup, it wouldn't restore them and TB just hung. I tried all its options but nothing helped - a little worrying.
In the end I copied off the TB backup directory to a USB stick and used the NVflash recovery to restore back to factory. I then performed the upgrade again to both the tablet and dock without issues. Four hours later I have it almost back to where I want it.
Hope this helps some of you, even though it's not the best process, but the update imho is worth it
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Problems seeing any OTA update

Hey, I am having a problem with my B70 TF101 Transformer. I am not seeing any available OTA updates at all. ICS may not be out yet for me, but I don't even see the .21 update.
Here's some background, everything was fine and I was running a rooted Transformer. I installed Busybox off the market and it proceeded to remove root and make everything stop working (wireless, bluetooth, a number of other things).
I ran these steps:
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417006)
Update. trippmcnealy had success with a tweak to this. If it doesn't work you might want to follow his method.
1) Download http://www.multiupload.com/X65RBVD2MB
2) Unzip so you have just have "WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19.zip". Keep this zipped and copy to root of external SD.
3) Put another copy of the same file on your external SD card and name it "EP101_SDUPDATE.zip"
4) Put both files "EP101_SDUPDATE.zip" and "WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19.zip" on the root of your internal SD card.
5) Power down your TF
6) Power up into recovery - by pressing the power button and volume down button. Then press volume up when instructed by the screen.
7) You should now see the Android guy with some gears turning. This is good, actually this is GREAT! This will go on for a minute or so and then the device will reboot on its own. It will then go to the boot screen and you should see a bar showing you the progress of the update.
8) Once it has completed, install RazorClaw and root your device.
It allowed me to recover root and I am running .19 once more. Everything currently works beautifully, except I do not have any OTA updates available.
My concerns are twofold: I used WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19.zip as suggested, however I am in the US. I am wondering if that has an impact. I am also wondering if I don't see any updates because it THINKS I have .21 already completed somehow?
Any ideas?
I think 8.6.6.xx is for 3G version and the last version is 8.6.6.23. What tablet do you have?... Is only wifi or 3G version?..
For 3G no update yet.
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It's a TF101, WiFi only, no 3G.
A screenshot --> i.imgur.com/mecln.png
You do have a custom rom on your tablet, you need to get the original update 8.6.5.21(US or WW) from asus web page and flash to stock. Then you will be able to get the OTA ICS rom.
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If you currently have WW_8.6.5.21 can you flash to US_8.6.5.21 or would that cause a problem. I have not been able to find that answered for the TF101
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I'm confused as to how I got a custom ROM without root access at the time. Following those steps again with 8.6.5.21 is what I've been trying and it never sees the update. I put the file on both the internal and external SD in the root with two files named correctly.
I am downloading these zip files right off of ASUS' support site.
same problem with my B50 TF101
rooted with Possible fix for lost root with 8.6.5.21 steps
stuck in WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19.
Couldn't flash to WW_8.6.5.21 or US_8.6.5.21 or US_8.6.5.13
Help please!:
thanks
bgkid88 said:
same problem with my B50 TF101
rooted with Possible fix for lost root with 8.6.5.21 steps
stuck in WW_epad-user-8.6.6.19.
Couldn't flash to WW_8.6.5.21 or US_8.6.5.21 or US_8.6.5.13
Help please!:
thanks
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Look for the NVFLASH for your device to go back to 8.6.5.13, then do the update.
goodoane said:
I think 8.6.6.xx is for 3G version and the last version is 8.6.6.23. What tablet do you have?... Is only wifi or 3G version?..
For 3G no update yet.
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Sorry for the stupid question
You mean I have to switch to wifi to get the ics update or it is not available for 3g devices?
hapahopi said:
Look for the NVFLASH for your device to go back to 8.6.5.13, then do the update.
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Thank you very much indeed
followed your advice ;
nvflash & updated to us 9.2.1.11
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Can b rooted with viperMod
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hairpower said:
Sorry for the stupid question
You mean I have to switch to wifi to get the ics update or it is not available for 3g devices?
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Is not available for 3g version devices is only for wifi devices and OTG is only for 8.6.5.21 version.
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Well, now that the thread derailment is over. For anyone who is reading this looking for help in a similar situation, here is what I did:
- I installed RecoveryInstaller.apk (Google'd for it) so I could get CWM on the Tablet.
- I then upgraded to 8.6.5.21 with that. I lost root (and CWM), but did not see any OTA updates.
- I sort of gave up at this point, since I assume it's past recovering without wiping my tablet AGAIN (had to wipe it when I did the upgrade which got me into this mess).
- I then found an upgrade to ICS which does not kill root, so I re-installed CWM with RecoveryInstaller and then flashed to ICS with that. I probably still won't see OTA updates, but I have CWM and root so I can just flash them manually if needed.
Not an elegant solution, but I lost no data and my Android tablet appears to be running just fine.

Voodoo OTA RootKeeper + Atrix 4.5.141 OTA upgrade

OK I did not find this easily here, so am posting as a new thread - mods please delete if appropriate.
I had a rooted Atrix running 4.5.91 for ages, no issues. In looking for how to upgrade I came across a thread with the usual complicated series of steps and a side-note about OTA RootKeeper (find in Market).
So backed up (TBPro). Installed OTA RootKeeper. Unrooted. Verifyied it had. Re-rooted, to make sure it worked!
Then Unrooted and accepted the OTA upgrade.
Updated with no issues.
Restored root with no issues. All previously superusered apps still working fine, etc.
I did not find anything describing this very simple process anywhere, so thought I'd post.
(Only casualty of the upgrade is WeatherBug Elite which seems to be unable to connect - off to investigate now as mail, internet and everything else working fine).
Doesnt work
It's rootkeer doesn't keeps rot for atrix
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It's rootkeer doesn't keeps rot for atrix
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That is not true.
I actually posted that it worked for me in one of the other rooting threads. I did a little different than OP. I didn't unroot for the update. The OTA broke my root and I restored it using the app.
Installed Voodoo. Chose to backup (protect or whatever the option was) the root. Installed OTA. Went into Voodoo and restored root. It worked without any problems. Works as long as you have root before doing the update so I'm not sure what you mean that it doesn't keep the root because it worked for me and OP. I have the ATT version in case it matters.
Worked like a charm for my phone. If you google, you can find specific instructions on the web about the process of how to do it (since the app itself gives no instructions).
Are you guys using the stock recovery with this or have an alternative flashed? I have cwm flashed on mine so I don't think the ota will work. Am I correct?
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i have bootloader unlocked, rooted and CWM flashed.i installed voodoo OTA keeper , saved the all the root stuff with that app then did temp un-root and installed OTA, when it finished installing i just went to the app and hit re-root and it worked.. checked it with root checker
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Are you guys using the stock recovery with this or have an alternative flashed? I have cwm flashed on mine so I don't think the ota will work. Am I correct?
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Should work the recovery is its on part of the flash storage on the phone so i don't believe it matters much to the phone once you get cwm on there when updating through OTAs.
broke wifi
I was rooted. Hid the root, uninstalled superuser. Did OTA. Unhid root and reinstalled superuser.
Now my wifi disconnects about every 20 minutes for a few seconds then reconnects.
Can't find a fix.
Atrix 4G Unrootable after OTA Rootkeeper
OK, technicially it is still rooted, but it loses Shell Root. OTA Keeper. After I re-root or restore root with OTA Rootkeeper, all the check marks are checked off in the Status of Voodoo OTA RootKeer EXCEPT Root permission granted. Superuser app installed, Device roote, Filesyste supports root protection and Protecte su copy available are all checked, but the device does not allow permission to important apps I need and are the main reasons I root my phone. I couldn't care less about ROMs and fancy cosmetics. I need functionaity that this OTA Rootkeeper has cost me. I have tried reflashing, restoring to factory settings everything, and I still can't fully root my phone. superoneclick hangs at step #7, manual root gets an error message "device full" all because this OTA rootkeeper app has completely locked out other root methods and has an incomplete re-root method.
and that is the truth.
My Atrix was rooted using SuperOneClick. I have system version 4.5.91, Android version 2.3.4. Bootloader not unlocked. No CWM or any special ROMS installed.
I've been getting the constant nagging of the 2.3.6 update, but I don't want to lose root. I have ota rootkeeper app, and it looks like the instructions from the OP are simple enough.
My question is, is my situation similar enough to the OP's so I can go ahead with the update? I rooted my phone mainly to use Barnacle Wifi Tether, so definitely want to keep using that after the update.

How to update ROOTED TF300 to Jelly Bean

i thought when we CHECK for update it only checks for update, so i went to setting and checked for it, after checking it said there's a new update, see notification, and it's downloading, i didn't know that, i thought it will let me choose weather download and install or cancel. so i turned off wifi to stop downloading, now it's 3%. and i can't cancel downloading.
- my tablet is rooted, how do i get root back after the update?
- i disabled a lot of system apps: maps, supernote, browser, mynet, mycloud,... and a lot more that i don't use. i only disabled them, i didn't uninstalled/removed/deleted them. do i need to re-enable them before update?
- i deleted CMClient.apk and CMClient.odex in /system/app for asus device tracker problem, but i have a backup of those files. do i need to copy them back to /system/app?
- i disabled the smart dimmer / dynamic contrast. do i need to enable it now?
- i installed root apps: adfree,...
and how can i cancel the update? will i be able to update again after cancel? i want to turn wifi on, now using my computer typing this.
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UPDATE (8/18/2012 6:24 PM PT): it appears that if you have SuperSU installed (and ran for at least 1 time) and backed up root using Voodoo OTA root keeper before updating, you will be able to restore root after updating. So for those who have a rooted TF300 and want to keep root after updating to Jelly Bean, here's how:
- Your device is rooted and have SuperUser installed (of course)
- Download and install and run SuperSU.
- Download and install Voodoo OTA root keeper and use it to back up root.
- Update
- Use OTA root keeper to restore root.
- Done
Me and some people did not have SuperSU installed, so we lost root after the update, and we're waiting for a way to root our devices. Thank you
[I changed the thread title from "TF300, rooted, how to update to Jelly Bean?" to "How to update ROOTED TF300 to Jelly Bean" ]
Use Voodoo OTA RootKeeper to backup your root access, and restore it after the update.
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You dont need to turn off wifi once it downloads it won't install automatically you have to select and tap on install. You will need to restore the deleted system apps for it to work. Disabled apps can remained disabled, not sure about the smart dimmer I would restore it just in case. Also if you have a modded build.prop you need to restore it to the stock one. So far the only rooted app that made me have boot loops on jb was ezoverclock so you should unnistall before. And if you are using atp tweaks restore to default noop and reboot before upgrading.
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jgaf said:
You dont need to turn off wifi once it downloads it won't install automatically you have to select and tap on install. You will need to restore the deleted system apps for it to work.
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no i didn't deleted system apps, but i disabled them (go to app info - disable), that's a built in feature, do i need to enable them now?
edit my post no need to reenable i have a bunch disabled had no problems
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vap_66 said:
Use Voodoo OTA RootKeeper to backup your root access, and restore it after the update.
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That's not working for me on Jellybean. Voodoo acts like it restores the root, but SuperUser doesn't have root access.
try downloading supersu
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TDMVP73 said:
That's not working for me on Jellybean. Voodoo acts like it restores the root, but SuperUser doesn't have root access.
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so there's no way to get root access back after update?
also how i don't know how to use voodoo root keeper, when i open it i see there are 5 options, 4 options are checked, (the last one protect su copy available not checked), i hit the button (forget the name of the button, but it's the only button to tap), now i see 2 buttons, i don't see any word like restore root? how can i restore root after update? open the app and tap what button?
Once you updgrade you'll see the restore root button when you open rootkeeper. I'm on JB and rooted.
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nooktablet said:
so there's no way to get root access back after update?
also how i don't know how to use voodoo root keeper, when i open it i see there are 5 options, 4 options are checked, (the last one protect su copy available not checked), i hit the button (forget the name of the button, but it's the only button to tap), now i see 2 buttons, i don't see any word like restore root? how can i restore root after update? open the app and tap what button?
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Voodoo didn't restore my root access after updating to Jellybean, so I think its kind of pointless. But when you make a backup of your root access, all the check marks should be highlighted.
TDMVP73 said:
Voodoo didn't restore my root access after updating to Jellybean, so I think its kind of pointless. But when you make a backup of your root access, all the check marks should be highlighted.
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yeah, after i tap the button to back up root, they're all checked, just watched a youtube video and this is normal
but when you restore root it does nothing?
jgaf said:
Once you updgrade you'll see the restore root button when you open rootkeeper. I'm on JB and rooted.
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how did you do that? did you have to download super su or something like you said? i have superuser installed, but i don't know what super su is. also what do you do after you download it? open it and tap something? or it runs in the background and automatically helps keep root?
sorry i'm a noob, thanks for answering my questions
jgaf said:
Once you updgrade you'll see the restore root button when you open rootkeeper. I'm on JB and rooted.
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I backed up my root access before updating to Jellybean and now its gone. Voodoo acts like it restores it, but SuperUser clears doesn't have root access, it won't even update the binary.
TDMVP73 said:
I backed up my root access before updating to Jellybean and now its gone. Voodoo acts like it restores it, but SuperUser clears doesn't have root access, it won't even update the binary.
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Try using SuperSU you can download through market.
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jgaf said:
Try using SuperSU you can download through market.
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so did you have to use supersu?
nooktablet said:
so did you have to use supersu?
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I have always used SuperSU, and ota rootkeeper worked for me fine when restoring root on JB
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jgaf said:
I have always used SuperSU, and ota rootkeeper worked for me fine when restoring root on JB
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Q: Was bootloader unlocked when received OTA update?
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DMardroid said:
Q: Was bootloader unlocked when received OTA update?
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I'm not unlocked AFAIK unlocked devices don't receive OTAs
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Q: Was bootloader unlocked when received OTA update?
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Unlock device will not receive OTA update according to ASUS warning in the Unlock Tools before user decide to unlock or not.
jgaf said:
I have always used SuperSU, and ota rootkeeper worked for me fine when restoring root on JB
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before you replied i went installed the update, now i lost root, because i didn't have supersu installed
now what can i do? we can't downgrade, what can super su help now?
did you backup with ota rootkeeper before updating? If so you should be able to restore root. Then download and run supersu
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