Does root prevent OTA updates ? - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everybody !
Au said in the title, i'd like to know wether rooting the device prevent us to do OTA updates or not.
Thx !
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Not sure, I don't think it should.

No, just rooting will not prevent you from getting OTA updates, just don't change the bootloader. However when and if you get an OTA update, it might remove the root.

So I have rooted and flashed twrp recovery. Does this change my bootloader?
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Demonlinx said:
So I have rooted and flashed twrp recovery. Does this change my bootloader?
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you will not get OTA's

How would I go back so that when the time comes I can ota?
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Demonlinx said:
How would I go back so that when the time comes I can ota?
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You will need to flash the stock firmware file to go back to stock.

But I'm still on stock firmware, I just rooted and flashed twrp, I haven't flashed any roms. Shouldn't I still be able to get the ota?
And with IO Root, which is the way i rooted my phone, doesn't it bypass the bootloader and leave it locked?
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No you should not
Demonlinx said:
But I'm still on stock firmware, I just rooted and flashed twrp, I haven't flashed any roms. Shouldn't I still be able to get the ota?
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I suggest you should download the latest firmware kdz file and flash via flashtool. You cannot update over the OTA. My friends have get hard brick their phones because they have rooted and flashed TWRP. Be careful,

Well on Sprint it worked fine. Can you link me to the file? And is getting back to stock the same?
The Sprint forum doesn't have a thread on returning to stock
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Help Needed

Please I need help, lost sound after flashing modem. What do I do now? If I have to flash old official firmware do I gave to unroot before? Am on old bootloader.
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peepee999 said:
Please I need help, lost sound after flashing modem. What do I do now? If I have to flash old official firmware do I gave to unroot before? Am on old bootloader.
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flash your stock old firmware
samersh72 said:
flash your stock old firmware
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Already got it working. Thanks anyways
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[Q] Installing 4.4.2 via OTA

When the download finish it says reboot to install, when the phone gets to recovery mode installing the update it says error installing update, what should i do?
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Are you on 100% stock MK2 unrooted? If you are on a custom ROM or have a custom recovery with root it will not install the zip as it checks to see if your phone has any modified files.
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The phone isnt rooted and it has the stock recovery, as u said how can i check if there are some modified files?
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Did you delete, froze any apps that came with the phone? Did you install hotspot or anything that modified the system?
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I havent deleted any app, the hostpot is the original app from sprint
But i still dont know why it wont update
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If you really want to update to kit kat then just odin mk2 .tar and do a fresh install again and just try the download again.
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I will lose all my data but i will think so
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Alfred1516 said:
I will lose all my data but i will think so
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You won't lose your data. A stock tar install does not erase data unless you do a factory reset.
Ok then i will have to wait for the update.zip from Sammobile firmware
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[Q] Stock recovery missing!!!

I have an AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 SGH-I337 rooted. I tried to flash a custom recovery with Rom Manager, Rom installer, Safestrap and Odin in that order. All my attempts failed because the boot loader is locked and now the stock recovery its gone. My question is: If I flash a stock ROM like out of the box (NB1 OTA) in ODIN that return my phone back to original settings and with the stock recovery too? Thanks in advance!!!
Yes, your only Odin right now is to flash the full Odin tar file
See the second post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50667360
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Thanks for the info. Then after I flash a full Odin tar file the stock recovery it's back? ?
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leo_skatan said:
Thanks for the info. Then after I flash a full Odin tar file the stock recovery it's back? ?
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Yes, it'll put the stock recovery back on
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Thank you very much for your time and your answers. Hope you have an excellent day. ☺
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leo_skatan said:
Thank you very much for your time and your answers. Hope you have an excellent day. ☺
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You're welcome
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If possible to flash a full stock rom with Odin making a downgrade to Jelly Bean and then unlock the bootloader to install Clockworkmod???
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leo_skatan said:
If possible to flash a full stock rom with Odin making a downgrade to Jelly Bean and then unlock the bootloader to install Clockworkmod???
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No you can't go backwards with bootloaders. I assume since you weren't able to do custom recovery you're on a newer firmware nc1? If so you can root with towel root then only use safestrap as a means for recovery. But you'll only be able to install touchwiz based roms.
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Thanks a lot for the info. Have a nice day. ☺
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How to upgrade!

So the last 2 times I have updated ota I have gone into a bootloop. I tried complete wipe then flashing kk modem then pa and pa gapps to only be stuck in another boot loop! At this point I'd just like to be able to get a 4.4 rom. How do I do it without bootlooping? Thanks!
Here's my software info!
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Anyone?
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hdjx20 said:
So the last 2 times I have updated ota I have gone into a bootloop. I tried complete wipe then flashing kk modem then pa and pa gapps to only be stuck in another boot loop! At this point I'd just like to be able to get a 4.4 rom. How do I do it without bootlooping? Thanks!
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Do u have custom recovery at moment? Cos of u flash ota with cust rec it will go into bootloop
I do. I have twrp. How can I upgrade to 4.4 or flash a 4.4 rom?
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hdjx20 said:
I do. I have twrp. How can I upgrade to 4.4 or flash a 4.4 rom?
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Download a 4.4 ROM from here, copy it to your phone, then flash it in recovery.
I do that and I get boot loops no matter what I try. Eiither that or it will only boot to recovery
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hdjx20 said:
I do. I have twrp. How can I upgrade to 4.4 or flash a 4.4 rom?
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Do u have any nandroid backups? Either on a usb drive or on your phone?
Yes!
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@hdjx20 You need the KK modem as well. Wipe, then flash modem before or after rom/gapps.
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Trying to go back to kitkat based roms

Ive flashed the d801 20g bootstack before i flash the rom and everytime i do at the end of flash it says loki failed. What does that mean what do i need to do? Please help
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Mr.Wellington said:
Ive flashed the d801 20g bootstack before i flash the rom and everytime i do at the end of flash it says loki failed. What does that mean what do i need to do? Please help
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Use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/d802-bootloader-changer-1-1-jb-kk-lp-t3104380
And then flash a KitKat baseband then you can install KitKat Roms.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
Use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/d802-bootloader-changer-1-1-jb-kk-lp-t3104380
And then flash a KitKat baseband then you can install KitKat Roms.
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I'll try it right now! But do you think the version of twrp has something to do with it?
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Mr.Wellington said:
I'll try it right now! But do you think the version of twrp has something to do with it?
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Possibly, download twrp from blastgator it is bumped and doesn't need loki signature.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
Possibly, download twrp from blastgator it is bumped and doesn't need loki signature.
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Do you have a link for that download?
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Mr.Wellington said:
Do you have a link for that download?
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Here http://blastagator.ddns.net/twrp.html
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
Here http://blastagator.ddns.net/twrp.html
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Ok thanks so much. 1 more thing thou...how do i change from my current twrp to that 1? Do i just flash it?
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Mr.Wellington said:
Ok thanks so much. 1 more thing thou...how do i change from my current twrp to that 1? Do i just flash it?
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Yes flash through twrp.
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tried everything you just said...now im stuck in bootloop and cant get into recovery
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Yes flash through twrp.
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i did everything you said....how u said it.....and still..same thing "loki failed" i even updated twrp to new bumped twrp....idk maybe its because i didnt wipe.? i just wanna get back on kk because lolipop is killing me. i just got back into recovery and flashed the lolipop rom again to get my phone back on. this really sucks
If you really want to go on a KitKat ROM you will have to use the tot method to get to stock KitKat and then root your phone using stumproot/towelroot. Then use autorec for KitKat to install recovery then update recovery with blastgator twrp then install KitKat baseband then you can flash your KitKat ROM. Make sure to do wipe before installing new rom
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Mr.Wellington said:
i did everything you said....how u said it.....and still..same thing "loki failed" i even updated twrp to new bumped twrp....idk maybe its because i didnt wipe.? i just wanna get back on kk because lolipop is killing me. i just got back into recovery and flashed the lolipop rom again to get my phone back on. this really sucks
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Quick question why did you use d801 20g bootstacks?
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
Quick question why did you use d801 20g bootstacks?
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Because i have a tmobile (d801) version lg g2 and becauae it says on all lolipop roms "to go back to kit kat roms flash the 20g bootstacks first"
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Mr.Wellington said:
Because i have a tmobile (d801) version lg g2 and becauae it says on all lolipop roms "to go back to kit kat roms flash the 20g bootstacks first"
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In all honesty, if the method I have provided has not worked then flash back to stock KitKat and follow the guide I typed above.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
In all honesty, if the method I have provided has not worked then flash back to stock KitKat and follow the guide I typed above.
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I think it was the rom i was trying to flash...i did what you said again and flashed the cloudy rom and it worked! Thanks so much bro!!
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Mr.Wellington said:
I think it was the rom i was trying to flash...i did what you said again and flashed the cloudy rom and it worked! Thanks so much bro!!
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No problem.
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