Hello guys,, I'm a new user of G2, and have rooted it after a week when I bought it. I've searched similar following question but seems like I can't find the exactly answer I'm looking for..
So, first of all, please excuse me because I'm still new with G2..
I'm currently on Stock 4.2.2 JB v.20e rooted G2 and I'm still about to install a custom recovery into it. I decided to stay in JB since I found there are still some minor problems in KitKat firmware... My questions are:
1. If I already installed CWM or TWRP, and when I want to get back to Stock firmware, will the custom recovery disappeared or will it stay there?
2. I've read in some cases, update to KitKat from a rooted Stock JB via OTA could cause a bootloop. So if I back to purely Stock, it means the root access will be vanished right? can I update to KitKat via OTA safely after I back to Stock firmware?
thanks a lot in advance guys..
It depends on how you "restore" back to stock. If you make a backup in the recovery and restore from there, then no, the recovery will not disappear. But if you flash the stock image with adb or fastboot or whatever it's called (I think it may be called download mode) , then yes, the recovery will be gone.
It's my understanding that if you are on Jb, rooted with no mods other than root, then you can take the ota and you will have rooted kitkat. But don't quote me on that. Google some more.
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I never got the original ICS update OTA, after trying every troubleshooting suggestion ASUS had to offer I finally just said screw it and rooted my TF101 and installed the ROM manually from here. Now, strangely enough, I am getting the latest one OTA with the option to postpone only 3 times, I'm not concerned with losing root or anything, I just don't want to brick my tablet. Is it safe to take the update?
Do you have CWM installed?
It generally is a bad idea to install official OTA's on a rooted device. If you're running a normal Asus Rom modified to keep root you might want to just flash ARHD while you're at it
Thats what I thought, thanks for confirming that for me. What exactly is ARHD? I do have CWM installed.
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Anyone have any issues trying to update with the stock ROM and recovery (not rooted either)? My wife's will download the update and reboot where it shows the android guy and the progress bar that gets to about 1/3 the way across, then get the Android guy with the Exclamation point in the triangle. Tried it twice.
Anyone else getting this?
Just so I have it straight ...
I have the same issue. I have an updated to ICS and rooted the device (no custom ROM) TF101. I have CWM installed.
I have the option to update the firmware ....
1) should I unroot and install the OTA update? Then re-root?
2) Go ahead and install regardless
3) Then I can install the ARWD?
4) some other option ????
I have looked and I haven't found a clear answer.
toolmanz said:
I have the same issue. I have an updated to ICS and rooted the device (no custom ROM) TF101. I have CWM installed.
I have the option to update the firmware ....
1) should I unroot and install the OTA update? Then re-root?
2) Go ahead and install regardless
3) Then I can install the ARWD?
4) some other option ????
I have looked and I haven't found a clear answer.
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I'm rooted and I just downloaded and installed the update fine. Stock ota ics and stock recovery. Rooted with vipermod too before the update.
toolmanz said:
I have the same issue. I have an updated to ICS and rooted the device (no custom ROM) TF101. I have CWM installed.
I have the option to update the firmware ....
1) should I unroot and install the OTA update? Then re-root?
2) Go ahead and install regardless
3) Then I can install the ARWD?
4) some other option ????
I have looked and I haven't found a clear answer.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1545965
This is what I did with mine. It updates everything but your recovery since you have a custom one on yours. This was the easiest thing with CWM installed with the stock ICS ROM
Thanks folks! I have my answer.
So I have an AT&T galaxy s4 and I rooted and installed TWRP recovery. I want to revert my s4 completely back to stock as in remove twrp recovery and unroot. Ive been trying to look for a way to get stock recovery back on my s4 but cant seem to find the answer. Please help me out!!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40976805
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cloud628 said:
So I have an AT&T galaxy s4 and I rooted and installed TWRP recovery. I want to revert my s4 completely back to stock as in remove twrp recovery and unroot. Ive been trying to look for a way to get stock recovery back on my s4 but cant seem to find the answer. Please help me out!!!!!
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I did the "Casual" TWRP Recovery and Root for my AT&T S4 and love it. I booted into recovery and flashed a backup image of my stock device and saved the 3.56 GB nandoid file on both the internal and external SD and put another copy of my original phone image or nandroid or backup or whatever flavor you want to call it, on my PC.
I've frozen 37 phone functions with Titanium Backup and dodged a bullet. I heard there was another over the airwaves update from AT&T a couple days ago, and I am pleased to see it never appeared on my S4. I couldn't be happier. I have yet to try any custom roms as cyanogenmod doesn't seem to be getting any love lately, plus I would not want to give up the universal remote in the on board "watch on" app.
Why do you want to undo TWRP custom recovery and lose root? Titanium Backup needs root. Did you flash a custom rom without going into recovery first and making a backup of your stock handset once you got root and TWRP?
In any case I think there is an Odin thread you need to read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40976805
fukenbiker said:
I did the "Casual" TWRP Recovery and Root for my AT&T S4 and love it. I booted into recovery and flashed a backup image of my stock device and saved the 3.56 GB nandoid file on both the internal and external SD and put another copy of my original phone image or nandroid or backup or whatever flavor you want to call it, on my PC.
I've frozen 37 phone functions with Titanium Backup and dodged a bullet. I heard there was another over the airwaves update from AT&T a couple days ago, and I am pleased to see it never appeared on my S4. I couldn't be happier. I have yet to try any custom roms as cyanogenmod doesn't seem to be getting any love lately, plus I would not want to give up the universal remote in the on board "watch on" app.
Why do you want to undo TWRP custom recovery and lose root? Titanium Backup needs root. Did you flash a custom rom without going into recovery first and making a backup of your stock handset once you got root and TWRP?
In any case I think there is an Odin thread you need to read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40976805
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well.....Theres nothing wrong with TWRP recovery and root, its just that I have no need for it. I have tried a few custom roms and none offer battery life better than that of the stock TW software so I decided to just stay stock. As you said like 2 days ago at&t rolled out another OTA, however I dont think my phone installed it. It booted into TWRP and it started installing a zip. I wasnt sure if that was the OTA or not. I just dont need the TWRP and root as of now and its kind of a hastle in my current state to flash the new OTA's instead of having it automatically install via stock recovery.
Hello all,
I am currently using CWM Recovery (non-touch), and have my phone rooted, with a custom ROM yadda yadda. I'm not too sure what official firmware I'm on, but it isn't that latest, I know that much. I've been wanting to take the official OTA (I have a backup of the stock rooted ROM i can go back to). However, I'm not sure if anything bad will happen if I do, so I guess a few questions..
1) Will I lose root (probably, I know)
2) Will I lose my recovery? (probably, again)
3) Will taking an OTA, with a custom recovery have any negative effects? Or will the OTA overwrite the CWM recovery?
Also, is rooting 12B and installing a custom recovery a pain in the ass on the newest OTA? I'll do some research myself on this last question right now.
Thanks!
Check out all threads titled "bootloop after taking ota" it will answer all your questions ?
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am i sol if i'mr rooted on the att g2 and have stock recovery?? also i'm on scotts clean rom and i don't see the option to update the phone........
paniro187 said:
am i sol if i'mr rooted on the att g2 and have stock recovery?? also i'm on scotts clean rom and i don't see the option to update the phone........
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You'll probably be better off if you wait for a flashable zip to be available for your phone. With people are having stability issues and the risk of losing root, there's should be no rush to update yet. I'd suggest just flashing TWRP and making backups at this point. Try FreeGee on the play store. If you really want the KitKat experience, try out some of the ROMs already available - they are getting more stable every week.
paniro187 said:
am i sol if i'mr rooted on the att g2 and have stock recovery?? also i'm on scotts clean rom and i don't see the option to update the phone........
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You are going to have to revert to stock, either D80010d or D80010o software package.
This is how I did it and remained rooted, although you will loose root in the first step but you get it right back.
Revert to stock software package D80010d using LG Flash Tools. (see the thread on this in this forum or check youtube for directions)
You can skip this step if you revert to the D80010o software package instead of the D80010d package.
Revert to stock software package D80010o using LG Flash Tools. (see the thread on this in this forum or check youtube for directions)
Once you have the D80010o installed, you need to root using the ioroot22 package. (search for ioroot22 on this forum. Some use ioroot23)
Once you are rooted, you need to contact AT&T through chat and ask them to push the D80010q or the "q" update to you.
Install the "q" update and check that you kept root.
Pull the D80020c KitKat update off of the AT&T server (though wifi) and install it.
Check for root again.
You are done. Reverting to stock will reflash the phone so you will loose everything on it so make sure you have backups of the important files. You will also loose the custom recovery TWRP if you have it installed and you will not be able to reinstall it as there is no way as of now to exploit the KITKAT software for a custom recovery.
Hey guys!
I saw last week that I had an OTA notification to update to 4.4.3 (currently running 4.4.2 KOT49H). I downloaded it and when I rebooted to install I figured out that I had TWRP 2.7 installed and that I couldn't install OTA updates with a custom recovery
So, I'm asking, is it possible to flash stock recovery back with odin and then install the OTA? And can someone please direct me to where I could get the stock recovery for 4.4.2?
All I've found in restoring the recovery is flashing a factory image (which would completely wipe my device), but hopefully that's not the only way
Thanks!
dragancla said:
Hey guys!
I saw last week that I had an OTA notification to update to 4.4.3 (currently running 4.4.2 KOT49H). I downloaded it and when I rebooted to install I figured out that I had TWRP 2.7 installed and that I couldn't install OTA updates with a custom recovery
So, I'm asking, is it possible to flash stock recovery back with odin and then install the OTA? And can someone please direct me to where I could get the stock recovery for 4.4.2?
All I've found in restoring the recovery is flashing a factory image (which would completely wipe my device), but hopefully that's not the only way
Thanks!
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EDIT: Nevermind, found everything I needed with Unified Android Toolkit. If anyone needs the stock recovery, here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1x5zbfo426lc0x5/recovery-stock-kot49h-razor.img
Now, another thing disturbs me: when I tried to update, it just showed me an icon with a broken down Droid and the text Error! beneath it. I'm not soft-bricked or anything, just that I couldn't update. Could it be because I flashed another kernel?
Razor is the 2013 model. You might want to mention that before people here download your link and ruin their grouper or tilapia....
Why wouldn't you just download the stock images straight from Google? You didn't need to downgrade anything and you don't use Odin with a nexus....
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dragancla said:
EDIT: Nevermind, found everything I needed with Unified Android Toolkit. If anyone needs the stock recovery, here it is: http://www.mediafire.com/download/1x5zbfo426lc0x5/recovery-stock-kot49h-razor.img
Now, another thing disturbs me: when I tried to update, it just showed me an icon with a broken down Droid and the text Error! beneath it. I'm not soft-bricked or anything, just that I couldn't update. Could it be because I flashed another kernel?
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Possibly...
Any modifications you may have made to your Nexus 7 (other then rooting and a Custom Recovery installed) will almost certainly cause an OTA to fail... as an OTA first runs a checksum verification test on all system files to ensure they are the original system files.
If they've been modified by the user, they cannot be 'patched', ie. updated... so the OTA aborts with no changes made.
Anyway... you really should be posting your question(s) here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-7-2013
...as the Razor recovery you posted clearly identifies your device as a second generation Nexus 7(2013), and as @Pirateghost points out, posting that recovery in this forum could potentially mess up other peoples devices, if they were to flash it.
Rgrds,
Ged.