Hi, I'm new here and i'd like to know, if i root my phone, can i officially update it or not? Will i lose root?
Thank you.
PedroAlex10 said:
Hi, I'm new here and i'd like to know, if i root my phone, can i officially update it or not? Will i lose root?
Thank you.
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I don't think it would be good to update your phoen with it rooted but you could always try and if it messes up you have a community of developers/users here to help you!
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You would also likely loose root if it does work. I'm not sure cause I don't use stock. I'm running cloudy g2 3.3 and it runs perfect and fast.
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Hey Guys,
If anyone can lead me in the right direction for root once I receive my phone tomorrow I'd appreciate it. If I receive the MI9 build it would be easy but I was wondering if there is a root (and if so please supply the link) for the MJ7 build that recently came out?
Thank you in advance! Appreciate it!
There is an app out there that at the moment is taboo on XDA, as people are nervous about it collecting your phone's IMEI. Plenty of info in the general section along with a thread on their response. Plus the app has a Facebook page. Read up, see what you think, and make a decision
I'm personally waiting it out for now until I see more info. I took the MJ7 OTA to see if it'd help, and it seems to have at least some. I'd like to at least clean up the stock rom but i can live with it a bit longer.
http://www.kingoapp.com/android-root/devices.htm
This can root and unroot your device flawlessly.
Find your device
(N9006 works for Verizon as well)
Download the sketchy software.
While downloading this one click root method. And it installs drivers.
Take a look at these two threads.
Realize there is nothing to worry about. And join the thousands of us who are rooted with out any problems on mj7. (Or whatever the ota was. )
proudly sent from that young 5.7 incher.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522602
proudly sent from that young 5.7 incher.
barrackOBAMA said:
http://www.kingoapp.com/android-root/devices.htm
This can root and unroot your device flawlessly.
Find your device
(N9006 works for Verizon as well)
Download the sketchy software.
While downloading this one click root method. And it installs drivers.
Take a look at these two threads.
Realize there is nothing to worry about. And join the thousands of us who are rooted with out any problems on mj7. (Or whatever the ota was. )
proudly sent from that young 5.7 incher.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522602
proudly sent from that young 5.7 incher.
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So you're saying upgrade to the latest OTA even if phone doesn't come with it and then do this method to root? Do you have this done on yours if you don't mind me asking?
How can I stop the VZW update? I have been on Eclipse for a few weeks and I went back to stock and it will not stop OTA updating... Any help is appreciated. I dont want to loose root/recovery etc.
Freeze or disable MotorolaOTA.
A quick search would've given you the same answer...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2675760
Posted not 10 minutes before yours
lolthx
mroneeyedboh said:
lolthx
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:fingers-crossed:......
Also you can put it on Airplane mode to stop the download so you can root or freeze the 3c_ota.apk if you had just went back to stock.
Hi everyone,
I have just bought a refurbished S7 edge from eBay and it turns out it is an American AT&T handset. It is unlocked and works with my GiffGaff Sim card but I have a few questions I'm hoping y'all could help me with (joke - I'm not American!)
The phone is full of AT&T bloatware and other stuff, can I get rid of it so that I have a clean, unaffiliated phone? I would rather not root it if possible as I'm not really that tech savvy.
Certain features, such as WiFi calling, don't work as they require a live AT&T account, which I don't have. Can I bypass this?
The other thing I'm worried about is whether or not I'll be able to receive any OTA updates? It feels a bit like I'm in limbo with this phone!
Thanks.
There's a guide here to install g935u firmware. I did it and it has zero bloatware. Also I'm in Ireland and the at&t firmware wasn't getting 4g in a lot of places, but with the u firmware I get it everywhere I would with a European handset.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/updated-935u-935a-live-links-pi3-t3501686
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
robertputt said:
There's a guide here to install g935u firmware. I did it and it has zero bloatware. Also I'm in Ireland and the at&t firmware wasn't getting 4g in a lot of places, but with the u firmware I get it everywhere I would with a European handset.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/updated-935u-935a-live-links-pi3-t3501686
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
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Great, hopefully all is not lost. Thanks for your help.
G935U firmware works fine outside USA, except it seems doesnt have Wifi Call.
I am using an unlocked S7Edge AT&T variant with 935U firmware in Hong Kong for three months
everything works fine.
That's interesting to know, thanks. What about OTA updates, can you receive them?
swifthalf said:
That's interesting to know, thanks. What about OTA updates, can you receive them?
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Ota updates work fine. Don't really need WiFi calling. Well I don't use it anyway. Phone runs 20 times faster. At&t bloatware really slows phone down.
robertputt said:
There's a guide here to install g935u firmware. I did it and it has zero bloatware. Also I'm in Ireland and the at&t firmware wasn't getting 4g in a lot of places, but with the u firmware I get it everywhere I would with a European handset.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/updated-935u-935a-live-links-pi3-t3501686
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-s7-edge/how-to/samsung-sm-935u-firmware-install-guide-t3411451
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Thank you I am going to try this right now
Lets say for example you use one of the existing tutorials to unlock the bootloader and root a Nokia 5 running on Nougat, is it possible to then upgrade to Oreo (Or Pie when it rolls out) while keeping the root/unlock? Usually phones don't accept updates when they detect they've been rooted, or the update will remove the root, something like that.
Note that I don't own this phone, I just like to know things before I get mine.
You can root with android 8 but can't upgrade from 7 to 8
Check my tut. https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-5/how-to/root-nokia-5-android-8-1-t3831303 for rooting android 8
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Also notice that i you OTA to 8 whẹn having twrp installed, you will get stuck in recovery
alwaysbest said:
You can root with android 8 but can't upgrade from 7 to 8
Check my tut. https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-5/how-to/root-nokia-5-android-8-1-t3831303 for rooting android 8
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Also notice that i you OTA to 8 whẹn having twrp installed, you will get stuck in recovery
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What happens if the Pie update rolls out and I update? Will it brick my phone? And if it does, how can I update my phone?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-5/how-to/guide-how-to-downgrade-official-oreo-to-t3746007
alwaysbest said:
You can root with android 8 but can't upgrade from 7 to 8
Check my tut. https://forum.xda-developers.com/nokia-5/how-to/root-nokia-5-android-8-1-t3831303 for rooting android 8
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Also notice that i you OTA to 8 whẹn having twrp installed, you will get stuck in recovery
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What are you saying? You CAN upgrade from 7 to 8 as long as your bootloader is unlocked and you're using stock recovery. However you will have to root again after upgrading, since the upgrade process will overwrite your root
Oh and sometimes you may brick your phone and have to flash ost
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What happens if the Pie update rolls out and I update? Will it brick my phone? And if it does, how can I update my phone?
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When Pie rolls out you wait for the new method of rooting the phone.
New update has dropped. Version P-MR2-RC001-RZR-190914.3123 and brings the phone up to September 5th for security updates.
I have the update pending but I don't want to download just yet to ensure compatibility with Arter97's kernel. If the WiFi is really better then I might jump on regardless because that's my primary issue at this point. Can anyone confirm either the kernel works or the WiFi is noticably better?
OTA-URL:
https://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota-api/razer_aura_cheryl2/741344047df2f17f6adbe97f7e45a9471037da6f.zip Global
AlexBodewig said:
I have the update pending but I don't want to download just yet to ensure compatibility with Arter97's kernel. If the WiFi is really better then I might jump on regardless because that's my primary issue at this point. Can anyone confirm either the kernel works or the WiFi is noticably better?
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Compatibility hasn't been confirmed yet, but previous discussions with someone who had an AT&T version that was on a July update had issues with arter97's kernel on September's update. The kernel seemed to be incompatible as it failed to boot and also switched the phone back to the old slot afterwards.
Extracted payload.bin:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bmPGWDAD3DtqNAMrDn0IGfGLB_HyFVeH
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This seems to be a differential update, as the boot.img is 1/4 of the normal size. I thought, I could patch it with magisk... [emoji53]
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Extracted payload.bin:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bmPGWDAD3DtqNAMrDn0IGfGLB_HyFVeH
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This seems to be a differential update, as the boot.img is 1/4 of the normal size. I thought, I could patch it with magisk... [emoji53]
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It seems to be the case as the images are rather small. I'm not sure what to do now that I'm on Havoc OS GSI. Is there a possible way to patch stuffs other than system (such as vendor)?
I'm yet to make a backup as the current app I use for backup (Migrate) doesn't appear to work properly on this phone (while it worked on my previous one, Xperia XZ Premium), and that Titanium Backup hasn't been updated to be compatible with new features (such as split apks) so some backups can no longer work properly after restoring.
I also need to know if there were any improvements regarding Bluetooth compatibility. Currently I cannot use my bluetooth headset on GSI (only phone calls work), even with a modded overlay (with values changed to undo Razer's crippling of certain features such as aptX).
EDIT: I guess it's not that easy as the payloads are most likely block-based OTAs. These updates do not tolerate any changes on the partitions unlike file-based OTAs that we used to have. We'll have to wait for full factory images to come out and make a list of what we really need to flash from stock updates...
Any issues with the update etc please lmk everyone!
Enjoy it!
Rox598 said:
Any issues with the update etc please lmk everyone!
Enjoy it!
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Not exactly an issue, but can you tell us, when razer will push the factory-image for this new update? That would make things mich easier...
the_brad said:
Not exactly an issue, but can you tell us, when razer will push the factory-image for this new update? That would make things mich easier...
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Wish I knew!
But I can say to them that people are wanting the factory images if no major issues are present I can't see why it wont be up there but that's me.
I tried updating but it gives me an error everytime.
(Using the Deodoxed version)
Can someone help me with this ?
So trying to game plan here. Logic tells me to flash boot, vendor, and system from factory image of current build. Then let the system update itself. Then flash arter kernel, then go into twrp and flash latest magisk zip to get root.
Is this update still Android 9 or is this taking us to android 10?
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the_brad said:
OTA-URL:
https://android.googleapis.com/pack.../741344047df2f17f6adbe97f7e45a9471037da6f.zip Global
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And this .zip file you linked.... Can we flash this in TWRP or is this the standard OTA that needs stock recovery?
mattwheat said:
Is this update still Android 9 or is this taking us to android 10?
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It's this:
is this the standard OTA that needs stock recovery?
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the_brad said:
mattwheat said:
Is this update still Android 9 or is this taking us to android 10?
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It's this:
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I'm trying to read between the lines here Brad but I'm not picking up what you're putting down.
mattwheat said:
Is this update still Android 9 or is this taking us to android 10?
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And this .zip file you linked.... Can we flash this in TWRP or is this the standard OTA that needs stock recovery?
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This is the standard OTA that needs stock recovery & the update is still Android Pie/9
Also, for anyone that's curious, it doesn't seem to fix any of the speaker phone/call quality issues currently present in Android Pie/9 (but weren't present in Oreo). I can't speak to Wi-fi performance improvements, or other fixes mentioned in the update notice, but I am very thankful that Razer has released this OTA with security patches through September of 2019 ? ?. Thank you Razer!
Wifi
The WiFi is fixed for wifi calling I believe if you put this phone into airplane mode and trying wifi calls it would glitch the wifi out before now seems to work
I think I'll wait to install it until someone else who is more educated in this tests it and makes a guide for it to put stock back on and whatever we need to do to make Arter 97 kernel work with it.
Any fixes to the camera apk?
Razer 2 Global MR2 Sept 2019 Release Magisk Root
I got root on MR2 Build Global from this thread on Page 7 Thank to khaled1881 and the The_brad
https://forum.xda-developers.com/razer-phone-2/how-to/help-root-update-mr2-t3973483
new update
AlexBodewig said:
I have the update pending but I don't want to download just yet to ensure compatibility with Arter97's kernel. If the WiFi is really better then I might jump on regardless because that's my primary issue at this point. Can anyone confirm either the kernel works or the WiFi is noticably better?
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i reflashed the stock firmware and ran the update to get the latest security update. I also have arter97 r11 kernel installed and magisk and have it rooted with no problems. Google Pay works as well as I was able to get it to pass the CTC scan.