Finally moving to an S7 (verizon) and wanted to know if I should take the OTA's when my phone arrives or keep as-is and root immediately.
Do later updates prevent rooting? I guess this largely depends on what version it ships with...
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Hey guys. First off, I'm new (this is my first post) so if I say/ do something wrong, please be considerate.
So I read somewhere that the new version of Android, Android L, might be coming out as early as December for the Samsung Galaxy S5. Earlier this year I got a Galaxy S5 and as it is my first Android, I wanted it to be the best it could. After a while I decided that it would be a good idea to root it, but as it is a Verizon model, it didn't look like I was going to be able to since the bootloader is locked. Luckily once towelroot came out I was able to root it, thankfully.
A month or two later, an OTA update came out, for Kitkat 4.4.3, and after several tries at installing it, I figured out the hard way that once you root your phone, OTA updates don't work anymore.
With all this being said, I'm a little concerned that I wont be able to get the next version of android on my phone. Even if it does come out in an OTA update, I know I wont be able to install it and since the bootloader is locked, I wont be able to flash it onto my phone.
Is there any hope that I'll be able to get Android L, or am I going to be stuck with Kitkat 4.4.2?
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Hey guys. First off, I'm new (this is my first post) so if I say/ do something wrong, please be considerate.
So I read somewhere that the new version of Android, Android L, might be coming out as early as December for the Samsung Galaxy S5. Earlier this year I got a Galaxy S5 and as it is my first Android, I wanted it to be the best it could. After a while I decided that it would be a good idea to root it, but as it is a Verizon model, it didn't look like I was going to be able to since the bootloader is locked. Luckily once towelroot came out I was able to root it, thankfully.
A month or two later, an OTA update came out, for Kitkat 4.4.3, and after several tries at installing it, I figured out the hard way that once you root your phone, OTA updates don't work anymore.
With all this being said, I'm a little concerned that I wont be able to get the next version of android on my phone. Even if it does come out in an OTA update, I know I wont be able to install it and since the bootloader is locked, I wont be able to flash it onto my phone.
Is there any hope that I'll be able to get Android L, or am I going to be stuck with Kitkat 4.4.2?
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I don't know anything about L coming out but you can get all the updates you want. All the info you need is in threads here and in the general forum. You can always odin back to stock and take OTA updates. Or you can install which ever version you want via odin and then root from there.
Edit: In reading an article a while ago over @ techradar, I think we'll be seeing L sooner than you think. The thinking seems to go that when the Note 4 drops with L on it, Sammy will push it to their top tier phones right away after that...
I broke my (rooted) phone and verizon is sending me a brand new replacement.
When it arrives I want to root it, since it shouldn't have the latest OTA updates on it.
But I am wary of just immediately following the instructions here without activating it first, because I am not sure what the OS version is.
If by some chance they shipped it to me with OG5 on it I will brick it when I try to root it.
Is there a way to tell what the current OS is without activating it? Don't want to download the OTA unintentionally once it's activated.
Never mind, the phone just arrived and it already had OE1 on it.
So with select SK LG G5's already getting the Nougat update to play with I can only assume that the rest of us will see it at some point sooner rather then later.... with that said... I will be getting my H830 next week and would like to root it.
For those that have already rooted theirs, and turned off updates... what are your plans when Nougat rolls out?
Remove root and take the OTA update?
Thoughts?
What's up everyone.
So I recently purchased a S8 from T-Mobile. I received an update however I am not sure if I should update. Due to at some point whenever it becomes available I would like to gain root and custom recovery. I'm afraid if I update I may update to a firmware that disables something that will allow me to gain root. I know it's still early and we may not know just yet. However it's getting annoying. Anyone have any suggestion?
update. we have copied of those firmwares. they ones it came with for preorders.
Will I have to wait for a developer to build an oreo room and get the bugs ironed out? (No, I cannot build it myself) or is there any chance that there will be an easy way to upgrade to oreo and keep root access intact?
It will take a Dev to port it. Taking the upgrade, if available, will erase root and custom recovery.
That said, a Dev can take the system.img and other partitions and and edit them to port it to this phone.
When I had a note 4 there were ports to the note 5, S6, S7 and note 7, Lollipop, Marshmallow, Nougat . There may even be one now for the S8.
Don't hold your breath.
Bottom line: You need to be rooted and someone needs to build a custom rom based on Oreo.
V20 is expected to get Oreo in the first quarter of 2018:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgv20/comments/7gckad/the_g5_is_apparently_getting_oreo_before_the_v20/
Hopefully some devs will be around to root it, or provide a path from rooted machines to update without losing root.
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V20 is expected to get Oreo in the first quarter of 2018:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lgv20/comments/7gckad/the_g5_is_apparently_getting_oreo_before_the_v20/
Hopefully some devs will be around to root it, or provide a path from rooted machines to update without losing root.
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YES!! (Hopefully) I have an unlocked AT&T version (not on AT&T) and I haven't got ANY updates, I ordered a AT&T GoPhone SIM, hopefully when I pop it in, I will get the updates