i recently bought a t-mobile nexus one. if i go into "about my phone" it says that i have system 2.2 installed. i have tried going through all of the steps in the newby section but cannot seem to get it past 2.2. am i doing something wrong?
Do you want to root and install a custom rom / rooted stock rom or stay on the official path? Have you tried the #*CHECKIN*# or whatever it is to force a client side request for an official update?
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I am a noob.
I followed some instructions to prepare my N1 for the OTA 2.3.3 update and messed some things up. I cleared EVERYTHING from Clokwork recovery, but, then phone would not boot anymore. So I manually loaded a Cyan 6.1 and GApps zip and got the phoen to load. Finally ran clockwork, rom manager, backed it up. Then I downloaded the stock image FR91 from ROM manager, clear cache/data and rebooted. Phone updated from 2.2 to 2.2.2. Now I have all my apps back and stock ROM, but superuser will not work. I cannot flash clockwork now, and cannot use ROm manager. Titanium prompted me to update superuser binary thru a zip file, but it will not run. Now, I tried to access recovery thru bootloader, but it just give me the Android with the ! and nothing more.
Alos, ROM manager keeps saying my phoen is not rooted, but when I bought it (used) it had Cyanogen 6.1. I know it's rooted, I get the unlocked boot screen, but why the problems now? How can I regain superuser functions to use ROm manager again?
Thanks in advance.
This is what happens when people don't read and don't understand what they're doing.
ROOT is a user in OPERATING SYSTEM = Android OS.
LOCK is a property of BOOTLOADER = a program that boots the phone.
Stock = NOT ROOTED, until you root it.
UNLOCKED = allows you to flash ROMs and other partitions directly from bootloader.
The 2 have no relation whatsoever, besides one - being UNLOCKED makes it easier to gain ROOT.
This has been discussed here a zillion of times. Do yourself and XDA a favor, please, and invest some time in reading Wiki - it points to several 101's (things to know) and guides.
So in my case I have unrooted the phone and should research on how to root again?
Thanks for the reply. I suppose I just confused myself.
So if I root again this will/will not affect the OTA update?
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Wiki contains rooting guide.
Rooting won't affect OTA.
Custom recovery will affect OTA, unless signature checking is turned off in it.
You will have to root it.
A stock rooted rom will get the OTA. It will update as long as you don't remove stuff from stock. Like Amazon, twitter.
Please read the wiki.
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I'd posted a few questions I have on customizing my Streak 7, but have continued looking for information from other sources as well. I'm finding a number of "How to Root" guides, but I can't tell for sure which would work on my Streak and which wouldn't because the version/build numbers don't seem to be matching.
The unit I have is a WiFi only unit I purchased thru Amazon. It has Android version number 2.2.2, Kernel 2.6.32.9 and Build 15799.
* Most of the instructs I've found appear to apply to units that came with 2.2.1, and are either "Pre-OTA Rooted Stock ROM," "Pre-OTA Unrooted Stock ROM" and "Unrooted OTA Stock ROM." Since my unit came with 2.2.2 already installed, it doesn't sound like it would fit into the "Pre-OTA" categories, but since it didn't get an OTA upgrade, it doesn't look like it would fit in the "Unrooted OTA Stock ROM" option either. Am I misunderstanding the different classifcations? If not, does anyone know where instructions for rooting Streak 7 that came with 2.2.2 already installed?
* The primary reason I want to root the unit is so I can get rid of some unwanted pre-installed programs and so (hopefully) so I can assign default browser and email programs to the buttons on the "email/app list/browser" widget at the bottom centre of the Home screen. Once I have done those things, is it possible to then re-root it? Or will it just stay unrooted until the next time the unit is upgraded? If/when there's another upgrading to the Android version, will the programs I deleted still be deleted, or will I need to do that again?
Thank you for any assistance you can offer!
Kriselda Jarsaxa
You should make a nandroid dump, all the previous roms are modified nandroid dumps.
Also if you somehow delete something important you can recover it without having to contact dell
get fastboot working and flash clockworkmod recovery. Dj_steves rom is based off 2.2.2 and has all the crap removed as well as some kernel goodness. 2.2.2 has yet to be rooted manually. you have too flash one of the pre rooted roms. good luck
Dears,
I have a Nexus One that some months back I root follow some steps on this forums. All work perfect. But now, to get more easy updates I think in go back to like when I buy with the official OS and can receive and install directly the OTA updates because now not use too much the rooted advantages.
Exist a method to do this?
In the phone information show Android version 2.3.3 baseband version 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04 and Build number GRI40.
Any idea?
I already receive a OTA message to update to 2.3.4 but when say install the phone tell me that go to restart, after restart show me the Android System Recovery and a lot of options ( reboot, USB-ms..., etc, etc) and a error like not found one file (I not remember the name).
Is best unroot? Or exist any easy method to put the 2.3.4 (or latest version in the future) without need backup all the data, wait a lot to update, etc?
The OTA updates are simple and I never need backup the info before update.
Any help are welcome because Im lost :S
THANKS!
If I'm understanding you correctly. You want to go back to stock and receive updates through via google? If thats what you want to do.
Follow the instructions here. It will restore your phone to the original ROM it shipped with. Shortly after setting your phone back up you should receive updates fairly quickly. Last time I did it I was back up to current in a couple hours.
Thanks, but when say:
"Only if downgrading to stock builds older than FRG33, ONLY FOR AMOLED DEVICES - Revert HBOOT to older version.
******* WARNING - DOWNGRADING HBOOT ON SLCD DEVICE WILL BRICK IT !!! ******* EPF30 Attention - Amoled vs SLCD"
How I know what is my version of phone? I can know if is AMOLED?
Thanks!
If you use the FRG33 file it doesn't matter...
Just in-case you still want to know, you can check which screen you have by typing dmesg in a terminal emulator and scanning the results. AMOLED screen will show up as samsung_oled_panel SLCD will show up as something else...
Thanks!
Exist a easy method to get, for example now, the 2.3.4 version of Android without lost information, in simple steps for my Nexus One and without unroot the device?
Third option in this post, but without the first step:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13909618&postcount=2
Thanks guys!, I already downgrade to 2.1.1 and update by OTA to 2.3.4... Now think in root again ajajajaja. But now is more easy using the recovery that I have installed, its OK?
Yes it's a lot easier to root using recovery...
One extra doubt: after start with 2.3.4 the phone not have any information (like new one), but I found on my Market that exist a list of all my already downloaded applications as "installed" but on the phone not found this applications. The sync are active, but these applicaton not are autoinstalled again on the phone automatically and show as installed (that prevent that I can install again...) Any idea?
hey guys i just gotta a new software update on my htc one and i just realized that you cannot update your device if rooted because each time i try and install the new update it just boots into recovery which im not sure if thats suppose to happen or not. Anyways i tried this app called voodoo ota rootkeeper but each time i push protect root it just restarts my phone instead of giving me the option to temporarily un-root. Is there any other way how i can update my phone Thanks.
i am kinda confused what you are trying to achieve, you are rooted on a stock rom, but you want to update the ota, is that correct? my guess is that you have changed some system or other files (or changed kernel, or put a custom recovery) if anything of the previous is true, you'd have to go back to complete stock and then install the ota... or just get a custom rom there are 4.2 out there you know.
When you unlock the bootloader, some HTC apps are automatically deleted. If you're trying to install an official OTA, it will check for those apps and abort the install if they're not there. The only way to install it will be to get those apps back, or restore from an NAND backup that has them.
Or, alternatively, use one of the custom ROMs from either these forums or the HTC One International forums. They're way better anyway, and are running on Android 4.2.2.
yeah all i wanna do is upgrade to 4.2 so i gusse the best thing to do is just install a custom rom then and sorry sorta new to all this stuff
If all you want is 4.2 then you would need to flash either trickdroid or arhd latest version, I don't think 4.2 is even officially released yet as an ota anyway
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alright thanks. but what is OTA exactly I just downloaded this app (voodoo OTA rootkeeper) from the google play store which was suppose to let me temporarily un-root my phone so i could update to the new software
I recently bought a galaxy S6 and realised that it was rooted. I want to unroot it so that i can update to marshmallow. Currently im running on 5.1.1 and baseband version is G920AUCU3BOI2. Im trying to look for an AT&T stock firmware but i cant find one. i managed to find this through one of here threads :theandroidsoul.com/download-galaxy-s6-stock-firmware
Can i used this to unroot my phone and directly go to marshmallow? and also since im not in the US will my phone be locked? i mean will i still be able to have network service where i am.
Desperate to unroot my phone
Last year, when I unrooted, I ended up flashing the firmware again to wipe out root and go back to official status.
Look in the S6 general forum for a build of BOI2 and flash it, then use the software updater in settings (or try smart switch) to update.
Another option is to goto best buy and have the Samsung people restore the software and update it. (haven't done this, not sure how root will impact their flashing)
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