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How to install update.zip WITHOUT power button

So I am trying to install update.zip to root my vibrant but the power button is broken with JI6 z4mod patched kernel. I am trying to root the phone and I have the update.zip in both sdcard and sdcard/sd folders. I am looking for a way to install update.zip in recovery mode without power button.
Is this possible using ADB on a nonrooted device? I have already tried this without success....
Also, I can't use adb remount since I dont have root access.
Code:
adb shell recovery --update=sdcard/update.zip

Anyone out there found a solution to this? The power button on my Nexus One is completely shot, and luck would have it that I voided my warranty to replace a smashed digitizer shortly before it started to act up, so no love from HTC.
I get by with WidgetLocker, which allows wake-via-trackball, so I haven't yet sprung the US$50 to buy a replacement power button/upper circuit board on eBay. I wanted to apply the Gingerbread update.zip to my phone, but I haven't yet found a way to do that without having to use the power button somewhere in the procedure.
Advice?
Google Nexus One
Android 2.2.2 FRG83G
Rooted using SuperOneClick v1.7
Thanks!

you don't "install a update.zip"
You leave it on your external SD Card that you mount on your computer. and thts that.
Okay read your question one more time..
Here's what you do.
This rooting method doesn't require you to go into Recovery at all.
Use a program called "super one click root" it some-how which idk, puts a superuser app on your app drawer, and if the superuser app is there, your rooted. so try that. I'll edit this post if i find the link. hold up.
found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Are you able to
adb reboot recovery

s15274n said:
Are you able to
adb reboot recovery
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That will work to get into recovery, but then how does he select anything in the menu?

Ahh, so simple, yet I neglected.... This seems tough
I am not familiar with this mod z4 kernel... Is there not a revert?

Why don't you root with super one click, then use rom manager from koush to install a new kernel?
No power button needed. (I think)
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Is the physical power button broken, or is it software broken?
If it's software wouldn't an odin to jfd fix it? To access d/l mode without power button, run "adb reboot download".
If its the physical button...i don't know if this works on stock recovery but I was able to use the back button to select in clockwork red. I didn't have the stock recovery long enough to remember if it works on it.
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Yeah, if you are stuck on a kernel with bad button mapping then you should probably just odin out.

jamaroufi said:
Why don't you root with super one click, then use rom manager from koush to install a new kernel?
No power button needed. (I think)
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Agreed, I think through ROM manager you have to select flash rom or something to that effect, but it will let you flash any .zip including a new kernel

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Wow I created this thread 4 months ago. Great to see the community has evolved and a lot of folks are here to help

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I'm mad I didnt notice the OP date smh....hope it worked out for you.
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jamesd86 said:
::facepalm::
I'm mad I didnt notice the OP date smh....hope it worked out for you.
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same lol i thought this was a recent thread.

haha, it's alright, glad you didn't create a new thread. It's all consolidated in here now

[Q] What step am I missing CWM

Hey guys.
Sooooo sorry if i am missing something obvious.. Im trying to do a backup after a fresh rooted .605 from Tom Tools thread.
Rooted fine. (see superuser)
Downloaded Rom Manager
Clicked Flash Clockworkmod Recovery
Chose Droid X
Said it did
Reboot into recovery just boots back to the OS.
Is there something between here and there I need to do?

just downloaded bootstrapper for droidx....now it boots to a black screen.

mrhunters said:
just downloaded bootstrapper for droidx....now it boots to a black screen.
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You must use Droid 2 Bootatrapper instead of the Droid X version.
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ok thanks. got that , got into recovery... now the camera button doesnt (or any other button) select an option. i can just toggle up and down using vol keys

looks like my camera button is broken and I just called to find out my warranty expires in 6 days! I'm not usually a lucky person so that is pretty lucky for me
Will revisit this with the new phone

ok so this might have to be a new thread but.
I unrooted since it will be going back on Monday.
I need to get rid of SU and from what i read i have to sbf or use maderstcok - OTA 2.3.340 update.zip
Both guides NEED the camera button......
Is there another way?

mrhunters said:
ok so this might have to be a new thread but.
I unrooted since it will be going back on Monday.
I need to get rid of SU and from what i read i have to sbf or use maderstcok - OTA 2.3.340 update.zip
Both guides NEED the camera button......
Is there another way?
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You shouldn't need the camera button to SBF.
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you need it to get to stock boot loader....
at least thats what the guide says.?

mrhunters said:
you need it to get to stock boot loader....
at least thats what the guide says.?
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If on Gingerbread, holding both volume keys and pressing the power button gets you into bootloader mode. I believe it's different if you're on Froyo.
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that worked... sbf'ing as i type this.

[Hard/Soft Reset] How To Guide

Motorola FLIPSIDE MB508 hard reset
To perform a Factory Data Reset
1. Open the Applications TrayÂ
2. Touch Settings
3. Scroll down and touch Privacy
4. Scroll down and touch Factory Data ResetÂ
5. Touch Reset Phone
If you are unable to navigate through the menu to perform a factory data reset, you can follow the steps outlined below:
1. Power off your phone
2. On the hardware keyboard
3. Hold the X key and then hold the power button
4. When you see the Moto symbol you can release the power key
5. Hold the X key until you see a triangle with an exclamation point
6. Press the key labeled Fn (lower left corner of the keyboard in landscape, upper left in portrait) and the T key at the same time
7. You will now see a menu on the screen
8. Use the hardware keyboard cursor keys (lower left in portrait mode) to move the blue highlight to the various selections. You want to highlight "wipe data/factory reset"
9. Press the return key (to the right of the OK key with the phone in portrait mode) on the hardware keyboard to select the option that is highlighted.
10. Use the cursor keys to highlight YES from the next menu.
11. Press the return key to complete the selection
12. The phone will begin to reset. WAIT until it says it is complete
13. When it is complete you will see the the menu again, select "Reboot system now" with the cursor keys
14. Press the return key to reboot the phone.
Enjoy

using custom recovery will provide more useful functions

phapsubongtoi said:
using custom recovery will provide more useful functions
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Not for those of us unlucky ones (maybe I'm the only one) that the custom recovery will NOT work for. No matter what I try, it wont mount data/recovery, so no backup can be made or flashing a custom rom. Plus I have a new problem. Had to rsd the sbf back and now I can't even gain root on the phone.

What os are u on now? Also what methods have you tried?
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roketteere said:
What os are u on now? Also what methods have you tried?
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I've got the froyo on it. When trying to root, I've used the method that worked for me originally, superoneclick. It just keeps not responding on my windows 7 machine but didn't use to. As for the recovery, I did exactly as laidaxins post but it would give me that above error on the phone. I have tried getting help from laidaxin and winsuk to no avail. I even tried getting ahold of romracer to build a proper recovery since I can donate my flipside for the cause, but haven't gotten a response from him at all.

Use z4root go to 4shared.com and search for it there. Then download and install it. Make sure usb debugging is on and unknown sources is checked. Then run z4root and let it sit. Let me know if that works for you.
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roketteere said:
Use z4root go to 4shared.com and search for it there. Then download and install it. Make sure usb debugging is on and unknown sources is checked. Then run z4root and let it sit. Let me know if that works for you.
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Gotta be a member to download.
Edit: found the apk here on xda. Doesn't work. At step acquiring root shell, it just closes out. Upon reboot, no superuser. Wasn't meant to be I guess. It was rooted at one time, but guess it just got tired of being told who the boss is.

Just join its free lol
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roketteere said:
Just join its free lol
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Lol. As I said tho I found it but it doesn't work. :thumbdown:

pre4speed said:
Lol. As I said tho I found it but it doesn't work. :thumbdown:
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super one click is the easiest way to root ( i used the newest version and 100 % success)
and u must root before install any custom recovery

phapsubongtoi said:
super one click is the easiest way to root ( i used the newest version and 100 % success)
and u must root before install any custom recovery
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That didn't work either like it did in the past on my win 7 machine. The program stops responding on killing daemon server.

Superoneclick doesn't always work. That's why I recommend using other options. Also there is a one click root for the Droid x Droid 2 etc on droidforums I have used it on many different Motorola's with a lot of success.
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roketteere said:
Superoneclick doesn't always work. That's why I recommend using other options. Also there is a one click root for the Droid x Droid 2 etc on droidforums I have used it on many different Motorola's with a lot of success.
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Would it be droidforums.com?

Yes
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[Q] Custom Recovery or Stock Recovery?

I just used an automated program to root my phone. I was sick of running into websites on a daily basis that used flash, and hated every other browser out there so I rooted my Nexus 4 to get the stock browser from the Gnex. I am new at this though, and didn't realize rooting my phone could potentially interfere with OTA updates. How can I check to see if the automatic rooting tool I used kept the stock recovery, or changed it to a custom one?

This is exactly why I hate these toolkits...
Boot into recovery, check what it says. If it only shows you an android with a triangle, it's probably stock. If it's anything else (eg TWRP or Clockwork Recovery) then it's a custom.

You can be on Stock Rom with No Mods Unlocked Rooted with a Custom Recovery and you will get the ota update and it will install fine.
The ota update link will be posted here before you get on your device so it's good to have a custom recovery so you can just flash it. It will also protect you from losing root and your custom recovery
To check if you have a custom recovery with the phone off press and hold power and volume down then when in bootloader press volume down till you see recovery press power button if you get a android laying down that's stock recovery
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ryfly65 said:
I just used an automated program to root my phone. I was sick of running into websites on a daily basis that used flash, and hated every other browser out there so I rooted my Nexus 4 to get the stock browser from the Gnex. I am new at this though, and didn't realize rooting my phone could potentially interfere with OTA updates. How can I check to see if the automatic rooting tool I used kept the stock recovery, or changed it to a custom one?
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Rooting doesn't interfere with OTA updates. You are still able to update even with a custom recovery, and it actually makes things easier because you don't have to flash a custom recovery and then root after each update if you have a custom recovery. Custom recoveries offer many more options than regular as well.
For your original question, just power down your phone and turn it back on by holding both volume up and down while holding the power button. This will bring you to the bootloader. From there, navigate to recovery using the arrow keys and push power. If it's a custom recovery you'll know, and if it's stock, you'll just see an android.
It's recommended not to use automated programs to root because you don't learn anything, by the way, although it makes things much easier.
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^^^^^ that's what I said
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spaceman860 said:
^^^^^ that's what I said
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Haha, I thought I was the first reply
You need to hold volume up and down along with the power button to boot into the bootloader with this phone though
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hoponpop said:
Haha, I thought I was the first reply
You need to hold volume up and down along with the power button to boot into the bootloader with this phone though
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No you don't that's for galaxy nexus for the n4 its just the down button
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spaceman860 said:
No you don't that's for galaxy nexus for the n4 its just the down button
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You're right. My bad, lol
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I went into Recovery Mode and it is showing a dead Android with a red triangle. I'm not quite sure what that means.

ryfly65 said:
I went into Recovery Mode and it is showing a dead Android with a red triangle. I'm not quite sure what that means.
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That's the stock recovery. You have to press volume up and power to see the menu.

El Daddy said:
That's the stock recovery. You have to press volume up and power to see the menu.
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Do you mean when it shows the dead Android with the triangle? Or before that?

ryfly65 said:
Do you mean when it shows the dead Android with the triangle? Or before that?
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When it is showing. You can't do much with stock recovery though. Wipe data, clear cache, adb sideload. That's about it.

El Daddy said:
When it is showing. You can't do much with stock recovery though. Wipe data, clear cache, adb sideload. That's about it.
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Ah, okay gotcha. The reason I asked if I have stock is because I read an article that not having the stock recovery, or altering files in the /system folder may interfere with OTA updates if the checksum fails. I did change the browser in the /system folder though. I renamed two files to get the stock browser in there and working. I just hope that won't affect the OTAs.

ryfly65 said:
Ah, okay gotcha. The reason I asked if I have stock is because I read an article that not having the stock recovery, or altering files in the /system folder may interfere with OTA updates if the checksum fails. I did change the browser in the /system folder though. I renamed two files to get the stock browser in there and working. I just hope that won't affect the OTAs.
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That will definitely affect OTA's. Anything modified in /system will abort the OTA. You can read more info in my OTA help-desk thread in my signature.

El Daddy said:
That will definitely affect OTA's. Anything modified in /system will abort the OTA. You can read more info in my OTA help-desk thread in my signature.
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I am completely stock with stock recovery; unlocked, and rooted. The only two things I did was put browser.apk, and ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk into the /systems folder, and then I renamed BrowserProviderProxy.apk, and BrowserProviderProxy.odex. I just just put a "1" in front of both names. It was part of the instructions to install the stock browser from the Galaxy Nexus phone onto my Nexus 4.
In order to receive the update, would I just have to name those two apps back to their original name? Or would I also have to remove the apps I put in there as well?

ryfly65 said:
So I am completely stock with stock recovery, unlocked, and rooted. The only two things I did was put browser.apk, and ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk into the /systems folder, and then I renamed BrowserProviderProxy.apk, and BrowserProviderProxy.odex. I just just put a "1" in front of both names. It was part of the instructions to install the stock browser from the Galaxy Nexus phone onto my Nexus 4.
In order to receive the update, would I just have to name those two apps back to their original name? Or would I also have to remove the apps I put in there as well?
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You should be OK just changing them back. Additions to /system are fine too. If it does end up falling you can just flash the system image with fastboot
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Sprint 4.4.2 is here.

Before downloading the OTA from the below link, please take note:
1. This is an OTA update (not the full firmware). This means that...
2. You should read the whole OP of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2639102
3. I am not taking responsibility for bricked devices.
4. This ZIP is not flashable via TWRP/CWM/PhilZ...stock recovery is required.
Here is the download link: http://goo.gl/D14Q5X
Thanks to nomad 64 for this.

I went through the update on my device. As it has been noted before, stock recovery is required. However, I did keep root through the process...woot!

Can I flash just stock recovery without flashing anything else, and if yes were can I find it
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nomad64 said:
Ditto. I am putting it on my server now to help mirror.
I went through the update on my device. As it has been noted before, stock recovery is required. However, I did keep root through the process...woot!
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Just curious... how did you root? unlock your bootloader and use customer recovery and SuperUS? or did you use SlapMyMoto? if Slap... I've seen reports of still having root, but write protection being enabled again so you can't do anything with /system and the like..

I'm on Verizon not Sprint but I still consider this progress, happy and a little jealous of you guys!
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charlie-n said:
Can I flash just stock recovery without flashing anything else, and if yes were can I find it
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Yes. Reference the "Returning to Stock" section of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603358. You have to download the whole firmware package for sprint, which sucks because you only need one file. After you have done what you need to do with TWRP/CWM, reboot your phone into the bootloader, then simply run
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
KidJoe said:
Just curious... how did you root? unlock your bootloader and use customer recovery and SuperUS? or did you use SlapMyMoto? if Slap... I've seen reports of still having root, but write protection being enabled again so you can't do anything with /system and the like..
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I unlocked my bootloader and flashed SuperSU. I live life on the edge!
At the time of the upgrade, I had flashed stock recovery and unfrozen Sprint Zone. I had also completely removed Xposed (uninstalled modules, disabled Xposed, and flashed Xposed-disaper.zip). I still had other root apps installed when I took the upgrade (TitaniumBackup and ROM Toolbox Pro). I have verified that they still work post-upgrade without additional work on my end.

If someone gets a copy of the ota zip faster than i upload it please message me a copy of your link and i will update the original post with it.

Dang it! Where's the AT&T one! First to get the phone, last to get the update.

jeffgt14 said:
Dang it! Where's the AT&T one! First to get the phone, last to get the update.
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You won't be the last Verizon will haha
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nomad64 said:
I unlocked my bootloader and flashed SuperSU. I live life on the edge! .
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Cool. That is what I expected, and even if you lost root, you can just redo the custom recovery & SuperSU to get root back.

nomad64 said:
Yes. Reference the "Returning to Stock" section of this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603358. You have to download the whole firmware package for sprint, which sucks because you only need one file. After you have done what you need to do with TWRP/CWM, reboot your phone into the bootloader, then simply run
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fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot
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Just to confirm, this won't delete anything from the phone, just go back to stock recovery, correct?

Thanks for posting this just updated my phone
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At the risk of sounding like a newbie, what are the steps to perform the update. I am coming from a Galaxy S4 and have only did OTA updates as they came. I just got this Moto X about 3 weeks ago during the $299 off contract price (couldn't resist). I would love to go ahead and do the update. My Moto X is stock, unrooted. Thanks

kbboykin said:
At the risk of sounding like a newbie, what are the steps to perform the update. I am coming from a Galaxy S4 and have only did OTA updates as they came. I just got this Moto X about 3 weeks ago during the $299 off contract price (couldn't resist). I would love to go ahead and do the update. My Moto X is stock, unrooted. Thanks
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Settings - about phone - software update
MOTO X Slapped

[email protected] said:
Settings - about phone - software update
MOTO X Slapped
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That, I know. I am asking about this file in the OP initial post, manually updating.

shaya4207 said:
Just to confirm, this won't delete anything from the phone, just go back to stock recovery, correct?
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Correct. It will put you back on stock recovery and reboot your phone. Nothing in your /system or /sdcard will be touched. This is what I did to get back to stock recovery.

kbboykin said:
That, I know. I am asking about this file in the OP initial post, manually updating.
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You need to have a completely stock system and the stock recovery installed. I manually flashed with super user still installed just fine but everything has to be completely stock straight out the box. To manually update you just download the zip in the OP.
1 boot into boot loader by holding volume down and power button
2 use volume key to scroll down to recovery press volume key up will put you into stock recovery with the red triangle.
3 to get to the menu screen in stock recovery you must hold volume key up then press power
4 choose to install from SD card and navigate to where the zip downloaded in this screen power button is used to select your choice. I moved the zip to the root of my SD but it usually will be found in downloads.
5 push power button to install ota manually. Be patient it will take a minute
I had it abort on me first try cause I forgot to change my fonts back to stock so be sure you are bone stock no tweaks or even V4A installed with STOCK RECOVERY.
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dandan2980 said:
You need to have a completely stock system and the stock recovery installed. I manually flashed with super user still installed just fine but everything has to be completely stock straight out the box. To manually update you just download the zip in the OP.
1 boot into boot loader by holding volume down and power button
2 use volume key to scroll down to recovery press volume key up will put you into stock recovery with the red triangle.
3 to get to the menu screen in stock recovery you must hold volume key up then press power
4 choose to install from SD card and navigate to where the zip downloaded in this screen power button is used to select your choice. I moved the zip to the root of my SD but it usually will be found in downloads.
5 push power button to install ota manually. Be patient it will take a minute
I had it abort on me first try cause I forgot to change my fonts back to stock so be sure you are bone stock no tweaks or even V4A installed with STOCK RECOVERY.
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Thanks, this is what I was looking for. I am completely stock except for apps dl'd from Play Store and Amazon.

kbboykin said:
Thanks, this is what I was looking for. I am completely stock except for apps dl'd from Play Store and Amazon.
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That's OK with the apps from the play store and amazon just things like exposed modules and viper 4 android have to be uninstalled basically anything that modifies your system cannot be installed. I did have Super user installed when I applied the ota with no problems though
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dandan2980 said:
That's OK with the apps from the play store and amazon just things like exposed modules and viper 4 android have to be uninstalled basically anything that modifies your system cannot be installed. I did have Super user installed when I applied the ota with no problems though
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SuperSU or Superuser, and what version if SuperSU. Last time I checked, SuperSU installed another system file incase the daemon method needed to be used.