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Caution: Wait on 2.2 or risk losing ROOT

I've seen this mentioned in a couple of random posts, but just as a word of warning to any owners of rooted EVOs:
Flashing the forthcoming 2.2/Froyo OTA from Sprint will certainly UN-ROOT your phone! It's anybody's guess how long it will be before one of the devs here finds a new root method, and I have every confidence that it will be a short time before it's done. Nevertheless, remember what happened to the iPhone with 3.1.3. Lots of users lost their jailbreak/unlock PERMANENTLY. I think the standard word of warning to root users still applies: DO NOT flash an un-rooted ROM unless you don't want root access anymore. Wait for either a rooting method or a rooted stock ROM to be released.
I hope this saves a few headaches in the community.

SilverZero said:
I've seen this mentioned in a couple of random posts, but just as a word of warning to any owners of rooted EVOs:
Flashing the forthcoming 2.2/Froyo OTA from Sprint will certainly UN-ROOT your phone! It's anybody's guess how long it will be before one of the devs here finds a new root method, and I have every confidence that it will be a short time before it's done. Nevertheless, remember what happened to the iPhone with 3.1.3. Lots of users lost their jailbreak/unlock PERMANENTLY. I think the standard word of warning to root users still applies: DO NOT flash an un-rooted ROM unless you don't want root access anymore. Wait for either a rooting method or a rooted stock ROM to be released.
I hope this saves a few headaches in the community.
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Nice try but it wont people will still take the OTA and come here sobbing tears !

Mad06STi said:
Well, he's got a pretty good educated guess going there.
People who ALREADY have root most likely have the HBOOT and recovery partitions that make getting a froyo+sense+root image on their phones easy. The "hard" part isn't figuring out how to get root into the image. The hard part is figuring out how to gain root on a phone that's stock (and locked down) so that new images can be put on.
The rooting procedure for 1.32 and 1.47 is already known. It is NOT known for new official 2.2 releases. HTC most definitely plugged up the original exploits and a new one has to be found, and that most definitely will take longer than just cooking up the rom.
I'm with PikkonX on this. You're better off rooting your 1.32/1.47 phones and waiting significantly less time for a prerooted official froyo rom than you are taking the OTA, locking your phone down, and waiting for a clever dev to locate an exploit. Finding the exploit is the unknown here.
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^ my thoughts from the "Froyo Tomorrow?" thread.
Either way I'm sure you'll get root eventually. But it breaks down into two scenarios:
1) Wait on OTA 2.2 for an unknown time (probably timescale of days) and get a 2.2+root rom.
2) Get OTA 2.2 as soon as it drops, probably enjoy it, but live without root for an unknown (possibly long) time.

Mad06STi said:
^ my thoughts from the "Froyo Tomorrow?" thread.
Either way I'm sure you'll get root eventually. But it breaks down into two scenarios:
1) Wait on OTA 2.2 for an unknown time (probably timescale of days) and get a 2.2+root rom.
2) Get OTA 2.2 as soon as it drops, probably enjoy it, but live without root for an unknown (possibly long) time.
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Exactly. But I guess you said it more concisely.

Do the OTA updates replace a recovery image? I've been on tmo until now and never accepted an OTA update from them, so I honestly don't know.
If they dont, I'd assume it'd be pretty safe, or pretty quick to get root/su back, wouldnt it?

I just hope they update the PRI so that you can flash it over a full-rooted phone and Sprint will never know the difference.

OTA 1.47 replaced just about everything, including hboot and recovery.
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It replaced HBOOT?
Jeez, ok, I'm glad I asked.

SilverZero said:
Nevertheless, remember what happened to the iPhone with 3.1.3. Lots of users lost their jailbreak/unlock PERMANENTLY.
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No we didn't, the JB for 3.1.3 was released when iOS4 came out. They just didn't want to risk Apple closing up the hole with 4. (Nitpicking, I know.. but thought I'd mention that.)

Actually I may be wrong. The original OTA was pretty small, I'm basing my opinion on a PC36IMG
file I have here that has stock hboot and recovery images. Who knows where I actually got it from, though.
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Mad06STi said:
Actually I may be wrong. The original OTA was pretty small, I'm basing my opinion on a PC36IMG
file I have here that has stock hboot and recovery images. Who knows where I actually got it from, though.
Sent from my EGO using XDA App
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Well, from what I've gathered, it generally takes less time to see a fully rooted stock rom than an actual process to root that said rom altogether. If people could just wait for the rooted rom they'd save themselves much heartache.
But of course, tomorrow we'll see millions of threads about how they lost their root and how they didn't know this would happen and how unrevoked doesn't work for them and blah blah blah. Oh well, sucks for them.
Btw- What does apple, the iPhone, and ios4 have to do with froyo and the evo? There are absolutely no connections between them.

It is going to be hard to resist the temptation of updating but I'll heed your advice and hold on DC 323 until a rooted ROM is made available.
There I said it.

I get the best of both worlds.
I'll stick to my CM6 on my Evo till a rooted stock comes out but my wife won't let me root her Evo........so I'll update it as soon as it comes out and play with hers till I get a rooted version on mine.

bluebeast213 said:
I get the best of both worlds.
I'll stick to my CM6 on my Evo till a rooted stock comes out but my wife won't let me root her Evo........so I'll update it as soon as it comes out and play with hers till I get a rooted version on mine.
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I'm on the same boat lol.
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Same here, sorta. Mom is not gonna like reinstalling her apps though.

Sporkman said:
Nice try but it wont people will still take the OTA and come here sobbing tears !
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Sad but true

Posted this in another thread, posting it here as well just in case.
So, i'm not very good with all this rooting crap, but just so i could get a few apps working(wireless tether), i used unrevoked 3, and as far as i know, you can't really use any of the good roms with it. Anyways, i could care less about rom's, i just want to be able to use apps like wireless tether(oh well if the update breaks it), or shootme(i take a lot of screenshots :X), how does this affect me? I mean, what do i do if i update and can't root again, but at the same time can't use a 2.2 rom because i have the lazy mans root method? Any insight would be great, all this has me fairly worried .

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jd9900 said:
Same here, sorta. Mom is not gonna like reinstalling her apps though.
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Titanium Backup?
But seriously....when then push the OTA surely it wouldn't wipe people's data?

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Epic truth!

Be Prepared: gingerbread will break all one click roots

OK, this is a public service announcement, after having tested stock EE03 with all forms of one click roots, using rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and GingerBreak, and the prognosis is:
We have come to the end of an era for one click roots. It's over, and the exploits have been patched.
So, for official gingerbread, I predict that the only way to root it, will be to odin/heimdall a rooted kernel and/or cwm. The current trend has been to flash a rooted kernel for other samsung devices.
Of course, there could be some chance that somebody will provide another exploit that'll give us adb rooting capability... but honestly, I doubt it will happen. Hopefully I can be proven wrong.
Anyways, I wanted to give users a heads up, before the inevitable flood of "why isn't this working for me" threads emerge whenever official gingerbread is released.
I had spent many hours getting ready to release a new all in one root and recovery, going so far as to make a new cwm and rooted kernel for it, to only discover the effort will be moot very soon.
Well, at least you can't say that I didn't give a warning.
Edit: just so you know, the cwm 3.1.0.1 thread has been updated as an odin flashable tar, so that clockwork can be applied, no matter what... you can find it in the dev section.

Sounds like the pre-rooted ROMs are OK then.

I think the Bonsai MasterKey unlocker *may* soon work on gingerbread devices. It flashes a recovery image which then let's you flash a rooted rom. We have also made Heimdal available in win32, win64, linux, and osx configurations.
Heimdall will alow you to eb13 and an EC05 modem togetther. I assume it would do a gb modem at same time as well.
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DRockstar said:
OK, this is a public service announcement, after having tested stock EE03 with all forms of one click roots, using rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and GingerBreak, and the prognosis is:
We have come to the end of an era for one click roots. It's over, and the exploits have been patched.
So, for official gingerbread, I predict that the only way to root it, will be to odin/heimdall a rooted kernel and/or cwm. The current trend has been to flash a rooted kernel for other samsung devices.
Of course, there could be some chance that somebody will provide another exploit that'll give us adb rooting capability... but honestly, I doubt it will happen. Hopefully I can be proven wrong.
Anyways, I wanted to give users a heads up, before the inevitable flood of "why isn't this working for me" threads emerge whenever official gingerbread is released.
I had spent many hours getting ready to release a new all in one root and recovery, going so far as to make a new cwm and rooted kernel for it, to only discover the effort will be moot very soon.
Well, at least you can't say that I didn't give a warning.
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maybe I missed something here but I'm running the EE03 build and I'm rooted.
CWM 3.0.2.5 (from EC05) allowed me to flash EE03 that included a rooted kernel. again, I apologize if I missed something in your post. Not trying to sound ignorant.

daddymikey1975 said:
maybe I missed something here but I'm running the EE03 build and I'm rooted.
CWM 3.0.2.5 (from EC05) allowed me to flash EE03 that included a rooted kernel. again, I apologize if I missed something in your post. Not trying to sound ignorant.
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ACS prerooted the Gingerbread leak. He is talking about one-clicking the Gingerbread OTA.

There has never been, and will never be, an exploit free piece of complex software (like an OS). It can't be done. Whether the exploits are found, and how practical they are to use, may push people to do pre-rooted kernels and such, but that doesn't make an on-the-fly rooting impossible, just not easy or appealing.

Like you have said, worst case is we have to wait for someone to post a prerooted version of the stock rom.
What concerns me is that all the backup and recovery options I have found require root to work. I'd like to install the new Gingerbread when it comes out, but I'll have to wait for root one way or the other

poit said:
Like you have said, worst case is we have to wait for someone to post a prerooted version of the stock rom.
What concerns me is that all the backup and recovery options I have found require root to work. I'd like to install the new Gingerbread when it comes out, but I'll have to wait for root one way or the other
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I thought the paid MyBackup Pro works unrooted?

kennyglass123 said:
I thought the paid MyBackup Pro works unrooted?
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it does, however, some of the features require root permissions IIRC.

DRockstar said:
It's over, and the exploits have been patched.
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Has it been confirmed that EE03's vold is patched against CVE-2011-1823, or is it just that the present GingerBreak doesn't work? They claim in the exploit README that offset/indexes may have to be adjusted on some devices.

So are you saying we should wait before we OTA, when or if the OTA comes?

Gingerbread can be rooted with gingerbreak. Just like every other device
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Yes we know that wdm. It's just a warning the OP is trying to tell everyone.
atleast people better know.

Shoulon said:
Yes we know that wdm. It's just a warning the OP is trying to tell everyone.
atleast people better know.
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I was answering a question. People don't know. Look at the post above you
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Whosdaman said:
Gingerbread can be rooted with gingerbreak. Just like every other device
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Not true. Gingerbreak did not work on the EE03 leak.

theimpaler747 said:
Not true. Gingerbreak did not work on the EE03 leak.
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Hmm, interesting..
[sig]I'm close to rooting, i have to wait for a replacement [sig]

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With a 100th thanks...

theimpaler747 said:
Not true. Gingerbreak did not work on the EE03 leak.
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Do you have the tar so we can test it?
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mkasick said:
Has it been confirmed that EE03's vold is patched against CVE-2011-1823,
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Well it appears so, sort of. It looks like vold may not be patched with the array bounds check, but libsysutils.so is patched to ignore netlink messages from user processes, so the exploit commands can't be sent to vold. Bummer.

Well that sucks! Hopefully Gingerbreak creators can find a way to exploit around the patch. Otherwise, the Epic is doomed!

Root your A500 after 3.2 OTA update and losing root..

I couldn't live without a Rooted A500 for ad-hoc support to tether to my iPhone 3GS.
I did everything in this order.
*********** Read Instruction Carefully **********
1.
Downgrade from 3.2 to 3.0.1
I used method 1 from this thread:
Here
2.
ROOT 3.0.1
I used this thread but there are other ways:
Here
3.
Install ROOTED 3.2 custom ROM of your chioce.
I used Taboonay 2.1. I downloaded the ROM right to the A500 and then copied it to the SD card using 'File Manager HD'.
Instructions here:
Here
Works Great on my A500 and only took an hour to complete. And Taboonay already has Ad-hoc fix.

Nah, too troublesome.

I rather wait for root to be available for 3.2

Did it the same way, works like a charm
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bazsh said:
I rather wait for root to be available for 3.2
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Going to be a long wait then, as I don't think anyone's working on it.

Me too I wait as the method is pain in the ***.
There is always someone working on this kind of stuff........

Pain in the a**?
If you say that this root is hard work and complicated... ever thought about getting an iPad?
Sent from my [email protected] 1.4GHz

DerTeufel said:
Pain in the a**?
If you say that this root is hard work and complicated... ever thought about getting an iPad?
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Some people just want everything handed to them on a silver platter...

i dont think anyone is working for 3.2 root now, people just will make downgrading much easier, as the exploit is already found, /...

not trying to flame but why would u update just to go back...... why wouldn't you just flash a custom 3.2 rom and be done with it lol
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hatefuel19 said:
not trying to flame but why would u update just to go back...... why wouldn't you just flash a custom 3.2 rom and be done with it lol
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Updated to stock 3.2 only to find that they can't live with that. I think.
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Johnny0906 said:
Nah, too troublesome.
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I like your attitude. haha. After waited like 2 months, and finally got the stock 3.2 from one of our friends here, and then has to go through all these back to a custom ROM, that seems too much

Why would anyone that goes here downgrade then take an official update that has no root...smh
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BrianDigital said:
Why would anyone that goes here downgrade then take an official update that has no root...smh
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That's a good question!
If your tablet needs to be rooted, and you updated yours to v3.2 from 3.0.1 via OTA, you'll loose the root privilege. - That's the answer.
So, to be able to get his tablet rooted, either downgrade and install his/her chosen ROM (already root).
And that's what I did on my A500 when I updated to 3.2 via OTA. I have to downgrade back to 3.0.1 and installed my chose ROM.
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My A500 Rocks!
Thor Transformer Revolver 3.5 Port v4.1

I updated my A500 before I realized I cannot root the device with the new update. Now I have to downgrade it. I look at the tutorial on how to downgrade but I am confused since I am new to this. When I download the package from the tutorial post to downgrade, do I download it directly to my tablet or my PC? At instruction #3 it says use and editor to edit the UID number. Is this file keep on the tablet or the PC? Like I said I am a little bit confuse here. If anyone can provide me some help it will be great.

hatefuel19 said:
not trying to flame but why would u update just to go back...... why wouldn't you just flash a custom 3.2 rom and be done with it lol
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Because custom ROMs are buggy as hell. I'd rather have full functionality than not be able to use Bluetooth or volume in a set of games or some other minor annoying bugs.
The update just hit the US. I'm sure that will give people the opportunity to work on root for 3.2.

@max8176
The downgrade has to be done over your computer. You only need to connect your tablet to the computer when the software tells you to.
You also edit that file on your computer.
After your downgrade you have do the next steps (root, flash new rooted or custom rom) on your tablet.
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@DerTeufel
Thanks, I figured it out. Have another question. After I downgraded back to 3.01. Will I be able to update through Acer? I went to system and check for any update and it said my system is up-to-date. Does that mean I won't be able to do auto update from Acer?

Please, let me know if downgrade will leave all the data, programs and settings on the tablet or if it will wipe it clean.

mikemol said:
Please, let me know if downgrade will leave all the data, programs and settings on the tablet or if it will wipe it clean.
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no just did it this morning for myself, keeps everything however the 3.0.1 downgrade file (one I used, don't know if there's a 3.1 ) is horribly mangled and there's force closes out the butt but its just enough to get root and install CWM as long as you have iconiaroot app and Acer recovery installer from market installed already as I don't think the keyboard will be usable
I did the second easy method though where you just place the stock rom update.zip file on SD card and install on boot, I believe the one you do connected to your computer will wipe everything
sent from my Acer Iconia A500 beast of a tablet via XDA app

DerTeufel said:
Did it the same way, works like a charm
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Sorry to bug - Do you have 3G support using the custom ROM? Heard a lot of the ROMS are only written for the A500 without 3G radio?
Want to downgrade then install custom 3.2 rooted, but need to make sure it is compatible with the A501 (3G radio)
Thanks

Xoom modders and xoom pro's

Got a brand new Xoom coming, gave my old Xoom to a family member, after buying the Xoom family edition I realized it wasn't as good as the original Xoom (IMO)
So in anycase, I have a brand new Xoom WIFI model coming
I've rooted and rom'd many phones, was big into with my EVO and my GSII which I currently have.
Never rooted or rom'd the Xoom.
The brand new one will have honeycomb on it, which I'm sure there will be an OTA update to ICS.
after reading some info on rom's here, I think my best bet is to go with the EOS rom..
Looks great
where do I start? should I let the OTA update happen when I first get it?
Root it, then rom it?
Can someone show the way possibly? What thread is the info on how to root/rom
THANKS!!

fastfed said:
Got a brand new Xoom coming, gave my old Xoom to a family member, after buying the Xoom family edition I realized it wasn't as good as the original Xoom (IMO)
So in anycase, I have a brand new Xoom WIFI model coming
I've rooted and rom'd many phones, was big into with my EVO and my GSII which I currently have.
Never rooted or rom'd the Xoom.
The brand new one will have honeycomb on it, which I'm sure there will be an OTA update to ICS.
after reading some info on rom's here, I think my best bet is to go with the EOS rom..
Looks great
where do I start? should I let the OTA update happen when I first get it?
Root it, then rom it?
Can someone show the way possibly? What thread is the info on how to root/rom
THANKS!!
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-------FYI This should be in Q&A-------
To answer your question though:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209341

fastfed said:
Got a brand new Xoom coming, gave my old Xoom to a family member, after buying the Xoom family edition I realized it wasn't as good as the original Xoom (IMO)
So in anycase, I have a brand new Xoom WIFI model coming
I've rooted and rom'd many phones, was big into with my EVO and my GSII which I currently have.
Never rooted or rom'd the Xoom.
The brand new one will have honeycomb on it, which I'm sure there will be an OTA update to ICS.
after reading some info on rom's here, I think my best bet is to go with the EOS rom..
Looks great
where do I start? should I let the OTA update happen when I first get it?
Root it, then rom it?
Can someone show the way possibly? What thread is the info on how to root/rom
THANKS!!
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You can do it however you want.
My advice to you would be to OTA it first, see for yourself if it's good enough the way it is then.
If you think you really can't live without voiding your warranty and have to be rooted, you can still o it just as easily as you would on HC.
Like I said, try it out a couple of days without root, and then decide for yourself
If you want to root, I recommend using the Universal Root tool (look at the development section)
And flash the touch recovery from Team Rogue and one of the EOS roms.
To be fair, the latter is just preference, but you won't be disappointed if you follow my advice
Anyway,
Best of luck!

Start here. This is the procedure I shared on xda.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26285977
However, the only difference in your case is your rom. Download this: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/wingray
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2

I have used it in past and never had any issues with this model good select!!! cheers

ok if I root, I can UNROOT again, correct ??
I'm gonna root it and put the latest EOS on there.
what is the most stable EOS rom, anyone know?
THANKS

The most stable would be EOS 2.0.

fastfed said:
ok if I root, I can UNROOT again, correct ??
I'm gonna root it and put the latest EOS on there.
what is the most stable EOS rom, anyone know?
THANKS
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I know it might seems strange at first, but I am going to say that the most stable ROM is either the Bugless Beast or the latest EOS nightlies
I know it sounds ridiculous but I have the feeling they're more stable at the moment than EOS 2.0.0
Edit: yes you can always unroot, but I really can't see the advantages of doing that once you've already had the balls and time to root it

EOS is a good choice, been rocking that on my Xoom for a while now. There is lagg but I believe that is something to do with my tablet for some reason. Another one you can always try is AOKP as they do their roms for the Xoom and from experience on my gnexus they are excellent .
Ota update first then rock the rom on your tab.
Yes you can always restore and remove the root no worries
J
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

thanks all.
Rooted and put EOS107 nightly on it.
It's rock solid, and fast as @#%@#$^%

fastfed said:
ok if I root, I can UNROOT again, correct ??
THANKS
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Oooh, No! You will never be able to UNROOT again. Sorry bro.
(I could not resist)
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EOS for sure.
Running stable 2.0 right now, found nightly 107 a bit buggy for me. Before that was on nightly 92.
I also use mjmocha's blacked out gapps package.
I've tried all the roms available for the xoom, and keep running back to EOS. Can't wait for stable 3.0.
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Eun-Hjzjined said:
EOS for sure.
Running stable 2.0 right now, found nightly 107 a bit buggy for me. Before that was on nightly 92.
I also use mjmocha's blacked out gapps package.
I've tried all the roms available for the xoom, and keep running back to EOS. Can't wait for stable 3.0.
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Mjamocha's Black Coffee Gapps huh? .... good choice my friend!

Eun-Hjzjined said:
EOS for sure.
Running stable 2.0 right now, found nightly 107 a bit buggy for me. Before that was on nightly 92.
I also use mjmocha's blacked out gapps package.
I've tried all the roms available for the xoom, and keep running back to EOS. Can't wait for stable 3.0.
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Where is the thread for eos 2.0, I'd like to putthat on instead
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fastfed said:
Where is the thread for eos 2.0, I'd like to putthat on instead
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Download Goo Manager from market and check the supported roms. EOS builds are all in there.
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Should I update to Android 4.0 ?

I have the international Galaxy Note.
It was rooted.
Now I just received the update to Android 4.0 (ICS) and it has already download the updated OS. However, after the download, it ask whether I want to proceed with the installation. I have NOT install it yet because I was not sure if I should do it.
Then I came here to check out the review of how people like the ICS and found out that some people advise not to do it because of some type of bug.
Since I download the ICS OTA (over the air), is it safe to go ahead and install it or the problem is due to people install it with Kies instead of OTA.
What is your advice and what should I do at this moment? I don't mind reformat the whole phone and start from scratch. I just want it to be a safe update that would provide good battery life and performance.
Thanks.

Earthbrain said:
I have the international Galaxy Note.
It was rooted.
Now I just received the update to Android 4.0 (ICS) and it has already download the updated OS. However, after the download, it ask whether I want to proceed with the installation. I have NOT install it yet because I was not sure if I should do it.
Then I came here to check out the review of how people like the ICS and found out that some people advise not to do it because of some type of bug.
Since I download the ICS OTA (over the air), is it safe to go ahead and install it or the problem is due to people install it with Kies instead of OTA.
What is your advice and what should I do at this moment? I don't mind reformat the whole phone and start from scratch. I just want it to be a safe update that would provide good battery life and performance.
Thanks.
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Gingerbread is better than ics regarding battery life. All of us here running on ics are on the edge, if you dont do it right, well hello superbrick bug. Its up to you.

^ agree.
But in ics, the firmware itself is safe if you dont disturb the recovery. people said factory reset in Settings is safe. But, i know your phone is still new, dont risk yourself..
on the other side, i used DXLP9 version of ics and my battery is fine..

From what I read from you, you don't seem to be the tipical geek who is desperate to have the last ROM / Kernel / MOD. You seem happy with your phone. A smart advice in that case would be "don't update it". A few points to consider:
- Yes, you are exposed to the danger of a brick, but only if you start to TOUCH things you are unlikely to do (from what I assume of you). So that risk, in your case, seems non-existant. The risk is, particulary, if you WIPE or FLASH from RECOVERY. ¿Have you ever entered recovery mode?
- If you update to ICS, there will be things you will like, and things you won't. I have not seen battery issues. Perfomance? To be honest, Gingerbread was a little better.
- You will be able to delete a single notification instead ALL of them, just by draging it.
- But on the other hand, with ICS, the USB support is a hell of a lot better. I plug USB flash drives on my cell, with my USB On-The-Go adapter (do not forget the Galaxy Note has an usb HOST port, very similar to a PC). But sometimes, it failed to recognize them. With ICS that problem is gone, and every drive I plug in something, i can use it with no problems. Even USB keyboard and mice! (that's an interesting option). Previously, it would recognized those devices, but not support them.
There are more differents, but these were the most relevant ones. So, there are some PROs and CONs. Eventually, with time, you'll probably end up needing ICS to be able to use a few apps. Google Chrome, for example, requires ICS.
The choice is yours. I would do it, but it is difficult for me trying to be impartial.

I'm on ICS XXLPY and it works fine, battery running almost the same as on gingerbread (maybe even better)
Take your time to think about it, and check more info on forum, to tell you the truth I did it and was lucky cause didn't know you can brick the phone...
Wish you luck with that...
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if you still want to update then use the odin method that is safe and reliable

Since you're already on a rooted gingerbread stock rom, I suggest you go flash the rom in the following link to get a great ice cream sandwich experience
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662802

I have updated both via OTA and Kies in both cases had lots of problems, however after Flashing it with PC Odin everything is working fine, and yes battery is much worst than GB, I have flashed many different kernels finally settling down to Goku but looks like on ICS battery has no remedy.

ICS works fine until u brick the phone..
Wait for the fix..

I think that ICS is amazing, I'm getting battery life almost as gingerbread.
Here is some screenshot to backup it.
I'm on RocketROM v7 - ICS - LQ3 with CF-Root LQ2 Kernel
Best regards,
M.
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Forums always give you horror stories, complaints, etc.
But... I'm on stock GB and have been wondering the same thing; is ICS worth it?
My GB device has good battery and performance. Maybe not the shiny new bells and whistles... but is the trade off / risk worth it?
EDIT: I was a Dell Streak user and familiar with Custom ROMS. I flashed them all. But... they were not perfect. At least my Note on GB is uber stable.

GB N ICS not much different,just done some changes in setting.Wait for jelly bean.
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Install Paranoid Android and be blown away.

ttkyy said:
GB N ICS not much different,just done some changes in setting.Wait for jelly bean.
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You're right when using a touchwiz rom but use a cyanogenmod/aosp based rom and you'll notice a BIG difference. If that doesn't impress you then go a step further and flash the paranoid android rom and as previously mentioned, "you'll be blown away!"
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Att.Fan1982 said:
You're right when using a touchwiz rom but use a cyanogenmod/aosp based rom and you'll notice a BIG difference. If that doesn't impress you then go a step further and flash the paranoid android rom and as previously mentioned, "you'll be blown away!"
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Blown away unless you like Touchwiz and more Stylus functionality, thus reason most of us bought the device...

Go for Paranoid! Don't stay on stock anymore

Updated about 4 weeks ago to 4.03 with Kies with NO problems what so ever,battery life is like it was before...100% top,still get my average of 2-3 days usage depending on what I´m doing:fingers-crossed:,same as before I updated.The only thing annoys me a bit is a few apps that die out on me now and then but I can live with that,all in all depending on what launcher I´m using and what I´m doing I don´t really notice a big difference.