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How would you go about unrooting a Captivate?
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Use the galaxy s one click root/unroot program. Search the xda forums for the link.
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Would using ODIN to flash back to stock and using the Master Clear remove root?
Bunkered said:
Would using ODIN to flash back to stock and using the Master Clear remove root?
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ODIN back to stock will remove everything and put it back to the state that the phone was in when you took it out of the box. You will, however, still have some file system stuff hanging around from before. You'd have to clear your SD card of that information. But you should be unrooted and back to normal.
So if I were to use ODIN, could I still use Titanium Backup to get all my apps and games back? Because I want to go back to stock without root, but still have my apps and the info for them too.
nope - titanium backup needs root to work
Why the concern about root?
I just feel like going back to stock for a while, no real reason.
Bunkered said:
I just feel like going back to stock for a while, no real reason.
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Unless you've really made some major changes, i.e. new ROM, Kernal, radio, you are at stock. You could just flash to stock, root, re-apply through TB and you still are at the base of the phone settings.
So TB will still have my stuff even if I do the flash? Or do I need to save the backup to my computer?
Bunkered said:
So TB will still have my stuff even if I do the flash? Or do I need to save the backup to my computer?
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Save back up to your computer if you are going to master clear. If just odin flash not necessary
If you're still wondering about this, I unrooted using the root file found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Then, I unrooted using the unroot.zip file found in the Galaxy one click root/unroot rar file. In both cases, you copy the file to your phone's root directory and then rename it to update.zip and follow the procedures in the thread linked above. Linke for the galaxy one click root/unroot is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739304&highlight=root/unroot
Obviously possible but I am trying to root my buddies CAptivate and NOTHING is working. What am I missing. TRied z4, cant use because AT&T blocks 3rd arty installs, tried superone click and does nothing, tried the other one click and it sits on the little blue screen saying my phone should be rebooting but my phone just sits there ? Tried the "update.zip" method and tells me "bad E-siganture"
can someone please HELP!!!
Pc has current drivers installed and has degugging checked
1: search for esignature problems, there is a way around this. (simple)
2: use sideload wonder machine from android central to load z4root.
3:use z4root
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What are his specs?
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[APP]SuperOneClick v1.7 (Root, Unroot, Enable Non-Market App) - xda-developers
use the 1.7 version posted
it works use it.
pinoyplaya said:
What are his specs?
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Its a captivate running 2.2 froyo . I'll try the abover methods later today after I get done with the kids bday party. Gotta have the phone back to him on Mon
doesnt matter what your specs are.
use the link i posted above .
use version 1.7
TRusselo said:
doesnt matter what your specs are.
use the link i posted above .use version 1.7
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Thank you. I finally got this to work as far as I have the Super User app installed on the phone. I thought if I had this then the phone is def rooted yet when I try to delete ATT bloat ware it still won't let me.
Is this only because its still running the factory 2.2 froyo. Will the full SU benefits be there one I flash whatever ROM he wants on Monday ?
And what is the best rom for the cap ? I have the Eris running a GB rom that I love but I'm sure this phone is different
go to the market, download titanium backup. use that to uninstall, unwanted bloat...you cannot use the native package installer/uninstaller to remove system apps.
studacris said:
go to the market, download titanium backup. use that to uninstall, unwanted bloat...you cannot use the native package installer/uninstaller to remove system apps.
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Tried using Astro and E Strongs both and niether worked and they are non native. I'll give TBU a try.
Tbu is the most popular app users use to remove apps. And it worked for me do I hope it can work for you
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TB did the job.
What ROM do most cap users seem to like these days that stable and quick.
stable and quick
stick with froyo based roms. especially if you have to ask
besides that,,, research research.
there is no best.
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TB did the job.
What ROM do most cap users seem to like these days that stable and quick.
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My personal preference... Firefly.
The Gingerbread ROMs are still Beta.
ok i have to agree... firefly...
Thanks all. I don't think it's going to matter since when I reboot into recovery I do not have the option to "flash zip from sd card". I got it rooted, installed rom manager and flashed clockwork but to no avail. This all seemed to go so smoothly when I did our eris phones.
I have his "wireless tether" working and was able to delete a ton of ATT bloatware but I think he's going to stuck with the stock ATT 2.2 ota rom.
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Thanks all. I don't think it's going to matter since when I reboot into recovery I do not have the option to "flash zip from sd card". I got it rooted, installed rom manager and flashed clockwork but to no avail. This all seemed to go so smoothly when I did our eris phones.
I have his "wireless tether" working and was able to delete a ton of ATT bloatware but I think he's going to stuck with the stock ATT 2.2 ota rom.
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As you have already been told in this thread you need to make sure you have modified your 3e recovery to allow cwm to work.
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Check out TRusello's signature "3e recovery fix" also after you boot into recovery from rom manager you have to "reinstall packages" twice, then you will see all the options...
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Thanks all. I don't think it's going to matter since when I reboot into recovery I do not have the option to "flash zip from sd card". I got it rooted, installed rom manager and flashed clockwork but to no avail. This all seemed to go so smoothly when I did our eris phones.
I have his "wireless tether" working and was able to delete a ton of ATT bloatware but I think he's going to stuck with the stock ATT 2.2 ota rom.
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you need to reinstall packages in recovery twice.
also you need the to fix 3e recovery before you can flash the cwm .zip.
look @ the stickies in the general section. there is a thread on working around 3e recovery. it contains a link to a batch script that'll fix it
there is also odin(tethered) that can replace the kernel with one that has cwm baked in
and sgs kernel flasher in the market that can do the same from the phone as long as it's rooted.
bit.ly is great...
3e fix in my sig 100 hits to-date (dirty version)
3e fix in the 3e thread 1 hit (cleaner version)
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TRusselo said:
bit.ly is great...
3e fix in my sig 100 hits to-date (dirty version)
3e fix in the 3e thread 1 hit (cleaner version)
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Lmfao. that's awesome.
The dirty version is hilarious.
So, when I got my first Captivate, I got into my epic Android zone with all the ROMs and all that good stuff and managed to mess all that up royally. Well I got my new one and made myself keep it at stock 2.2, but rooted (in case any cool apps came about needing root and CWM wouldn't flash correctly, got a bunch of E: errors so I am assuming that I don't have CWM installed anywhere). So, with this in mind, whenever (or should I say if they ever) they push the OTA update for gingerbread or allow non market apps (preferably both) do I need to be unrooted (meaning will they shut off my device once root is detected on from the OTA or will it just not be pushed because I'm rooted) or will it just push over my current ROM, possible recovery?, etc.?
EDIT: So, does the unroot function of superoneclick work or no?
Anyone care to touch this?
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for another stock update, just my two cents.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
When I had my rooted D1 I tried the OTA to see what would happen. I received in error saying that it did not work. I don't think it will work with a rooted phone????
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No it is easier to flash updates of your favorite rom if rooted. ; )
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mcord11758 said:
No it is easier to flash updates of your favorite rom if rooted. ; )
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Sorry, but I'm keeping it stock man...
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Sorry, but I'm keeping it stock man...
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I know was just being a smuck. I don't think it matters if updating through kies
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okachowwa said:
Sorry, but I'm keeping it stock man...
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If you are rooted the OTA will fail, but then OTA from Att always fails. OTA updates are not safe to begin with but that is just my 2 cents
zelendel said:
If you are rooted the OTA will fail, but then OTA from Att always fails. OTA updates are not safe to begin with but that is just my 2 cents
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But, if it's through kies will it work?
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But, if it's through kies will it work?
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To be honest I am not sure. As I only run stock long enough to,find the info to get a custom rom. If I remember right it wipes the device kinda like Odin when flashing so you may be ok.
The first update that came out for captivate, I was rooted and it worked. Worked for many others. Then the update to 2.2 came out and those who were stock rooted lost root. Its just best to be stock with update. Those that had failed updates, the majority used dg's odin package to go back to stock. That's what I remember in the "let's figure this out" thread.
boborone said:
The first update that came out for captivate, I was rooted and it worked. Worked for many others. Then the update to 2.2 came out and those who were stock rooted lost root. Its just best to be stock with update. Those that had failed updates, the majority used dg's odin package to go back to stock. That's what I remember in the "let's figure this out" thread.
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Does the unroot function from Superoneclick work? Or is there an unroot thing through adb because odin doesn't work with my computer
Use heimdall stock package. No problems that I know of.
boborone said:
Use heimdall stock package. No problems that I know of.
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I don't want to get back to stock, just unroot...
Money is on you'll just lose root.
okachowwa said:
I don't want to get back to stock, just unroot...
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Don't know man. I think one click root has an unroot button. Never used it though.
dan_maran said:
Money is on you'll just lose root.
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i was running 2.2 then used the kies to get 2.3.5 and all my programs were still on my phone but i lost root.
Updated for NAE. When the NAE tar.md5 comes out you can just flash it directly rather than doing all this.
This will update everything (firmware, modem, bootloader, ROM, recovery, etc) to NAE. As long as you're coming from stock or mostly stock, this should work, and you will still have all your data and apps. It will also probably work coming from another MF9, MJA, or MK2 based ROM, but you may have problems (in which case you can just wipe data. The whole process should take less than 30 minutes, not counting the time it takes to download the stock tar.md5 image. I recommend starting it now (link in Step 2) so it will be ready when you need it. This will NOT work if you've already tried to take the NAE OTA and it failed because you weren't fully stock.
You will need odin. It can be downloaded from this thread. Alternatively, if you're using OS X or Linux, I found that Heimdall works very well in place of odin. There are a few extra steps involved though, but if you install Heimdall Frontend then you don't have to mess with the terminal.
Step 1: Backup your current ROM with TWRP, CWM, or Philz.
Step 2: Download the MK2 tar.md5 from sammobile. Sammobile is pretty slow to download, but I found a mirror and a second mirror. I also made a torrent that might be faster (please seed if you use it to speed it up for everyone). Flashing this with odin does NOT wipe data. You can verify it by opening it in an a program that supports tar and looking at the files within it; those are the partitions it overwrites. This will give you stock MK2 recovery, bootloader, modem, firmware, and software.
Step 3: Use odin to flash it over your current ROM. To do this, you need to first put the phone into download mode. Power it off completely, then press and hold volume down, home, and power. Then connect it to your computer.
In odin, I just left default odin settings checked. Make sure that you add the tar.md5 in the PDA slot and apply it. Reboot and verify that your data is all there. You can still easily revert to the backup you made in Step 1 if things aren't right.
Step 4: Put the MK2 to NAE OTA on your external sd card (not internal). You don't need to rename it.
Power the phone off completely. Then press and hold home, volume up, and power to get into stock recovery. Navigate to where you put the OTA zip on your external sd card and flash it. It will reboot a couple times during the update, including one time where it seems like it's booted up and done before it powers off again. You'll know it's done when you get a popup notification saying it completed successfully. All your data and apps should still be there.
Note: From this point on, performing any of these steps will set the Knox flag. So if you just purchased the phone (within your return window) or are having issues and may need a replacement, you may want hold off on root. Sprint may or may not check for this during a warranty replacement. Insurance replacements should be fine.
Step 5: Go back into download mode and flash CF Auto Root through odin. You should now have root, and knox will not complain. You'll need to re-download the SuperSU app from the Play Store though. Open the app and let it update the su binary to the newest version.
Step 6: Flash TWRP (or CWM or Philz) through odin (it didn't work for me with goo manager). Optionally reboot into recovery to make sure it actually stuck.
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As long as you're coming from stock or mostly stock, this should work, and you will still have all your data and apps. It will also probably work coming from another MF9 based ROM, but you may have problems (in which case you can just wipe data. See note at the end if you're using Titanium Backup). The whole process should take less than 30 minutes. It will NOT work if you've already tried to take the MJA OTA and it failed.
Step 1: Backup your current ROM with TWRP, CWM, or another recovery.
Step 2: Download the MF9 tar.md5 from sammobile (here is a fast mirror: http://goo.gl/gky86G, sourced from here). This one does NOT wipe data. You can verify it by opening it in an a program that supports tar and looking at the files within it; those are the partitions it overwrites.
Step 3: Use odin to flash it over your current MF9 ROM. Reboot and verify that your data is all there. You can still easily revert to the backup you made in Step 1 if things aren't right.
Step 4: Put the OTA on your external sd card (not internal). Power the phone off completely. Then press and hold home, volume up, and power to get into stock recovery. Navigate to where you put the OTA zip on your external sd card and flash it. It will reboot a couple times during the update, including one time where it seems like it's booted up and done before it powers off again. You'll know it's done when you get a popup notification saying it completed successfully. All your data and apps should still be there.
Step 5: Go back into download mode and flash CF Auto Root through odin. You should now have root, and knox will not complain. You'll need to re-download the SuperSU app from the Play Store though. Open the app and let it update the su binary to the newest version.
Step 6: Flash TWRP (or CWM) through odin (it didn't work for me with goo manager). Optionally reboot into recovery to make sure it actually stuck.
It seems that with all the issues with the new firmware, that it's actually worth the trouble to do it the "official" way to make sure it works, especially since it's trivial to get root back. Follow these steps and you should be fine.
NOTE: For those who want to wipe data anyway (or have to because they're having problems), Titanium Backup is currently not working properly with MJA. The workaround is to manually install your apps from the Play Store and then restore just the data from Titanium Backup. Restoring the apps themselves through Titanium Backup causes problems at the moment.
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You WILL Knox Warranty Void with this method.
Is there a workaround for tripping Knox?
Not yet. A method will probably be developed, but it will involve flashing a custom kernel that doesn't require the new bootloader. The version of MJA would have to have this kernel included. The stock kernel seems to not boot without the new bootloader. You will have to keep using a custom kernel from that point onward.
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Not yet. A method will probably be developed, but it will involve flashing a custom kernel that doesn't require the new bootloader. The version of MJA would have to have this kernel included. The stock kernel seems to not boot without the new bootloader. You will have to keep using a custom kernel from that point onward.
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Sorry, where do I find the OTA MJA update?
For those of us new to Odin, can we get a screenshot of what should and shouldn't be checked?
Edit: Nothing NEEDS to be checked.
Checking Auto Reboot does just that, but doesn't seem to work for me.
Checking R.Flash Time resets a counter, not a big deal, either.
The rest uncheck.
Anyways, that all worked. I tried combining the Odin'ing of CF Root and recovery, until I saw that the CF-Auto-Root restores the old recovery as one of the steps...
with this method do we get the mja modem?
if the option available to go back to aosp 4.3 if we dont like it? 4.2 tw?
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Sorry, where do I find the OTA MJA update?
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To be more specific, where is the OTA downloaded to?
I would like help with the file location also. Thanks.
FOUND IT in the Cache folder. You must allow root permissions in your file explorer.
Can I follow these steps if I have TWRP instead of stock recovery?
Also, what update for to apply?
After reading in this forum, non stop since Oct. 28, I took the plunge and did the dirty deed late last night with the downloadable OTA, after restoring to stock.
I woke up this morning and the Keebler elves hooked me up. I was fully rooted and all I had to do was reinstall Clockwork.
Mobile ODIN and SuperUser's Keep root are what's happening.
I have been looking for any glitches this morning but this thing runs perfect. I did see a security warning once that I assume is the Knox thingy I read so much about. Other than that, I'm gravy.
Now, can someone remind me why I upgraded?
I mean, what did I gain by leaping to 4.3? Is there something under the hood I ain't seeing?
Bonefishbf3 said:
To be more specific, where is the OTA downloaded to?
I would like help with the file location also. Thanks.
FOUND IT in the Cache folder. You must allow root permissions in your file explorer.
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Here's a link to the update zip directly from Google's servers: http://android.clients.google.com/p...CSB_user_RP_to_MJA_CSB_user_RP_Update_FWD.zip
You don't have to rename it, just put it on your external SD card and navigate to it in the stock recovery.
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For those of us new to Odin, can we get a screenshot of what should and shouldn't be checked?
Edit: Nothing NEEDS to be checked.
Checking Auto Reboot does just that, but doesn't seem to work for me.
Checking R.Flash Time resets a counter, not a big deal, either.
The rest uncheck.
Anyways, that all worked. I tried combining the Odin'ing of CF Root and recovery, until I saw that the CF-Auto-Root restores the old recovery as one of the steps...
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Just leave the default checked, and it will be fine. The only one that really matters is that re-partion is NOT checked.
Memphisjojo said:
with this method do we get the mja modem?
if the option available to go back to aosp 4.3 if we dont like it? 4.2 tw?
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Yes, you get the MJA modem as well. I believe AOSP 4.3 works fine with the new modem and bootloader, but I haven't tried it.
Bielinsk said:
Can I follow these steps if I have TWRP instead of stock recovery?
Also, what update for to apply?
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The OTA won't apply with TWRP. Follow the steps and you'll get the stock recovery back when you odin to stock MF9. You can then update to TWRP after re-rooting.
Just did the update only issue im having is No WiFi??Any solutions?? Thanks
rob97ss said:
Just did the update only issue im having is No WiFi??Any solutions?? Thanks
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Did you try updating to MJA before this?
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Ingenium13 said:
Did you try updating to MJA before this?
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No.Any ideas??
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rob97ss said:
No.Any ideas??
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Were you coming from stock rooted MF9? Losing wifi is a common problem with anyone who didn't fully take the OTA.
There is a wifi fix in this thread that supposedly will cleanly apply to the stock kernel as well as the custom kernel listed, but I haven't tried it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47030804&postcount=1638
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Ingenium13 said:
Were you coming from stock rooted MF9? Losing wifi is a common problem with anyone who didn't fully take the OTA.
There is a wifi fix in this thread that supposedly will cleanly apply to the stock kernel as well as the custom kernel listed, but I haven't tried it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47030804&postcount=1638
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Thanks buddy.. WiFi fixed..Stock kernel...
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Step 2: Download the MF9 tar.md5 from sammobile (here is a fast mirror: http://goo.gl/gky86G, sourced from here). This one does NOT wipe data. You can verify it by opening it in an a program that supports tar and looking at the files within it; those are the partitions it overwrites. This will give you stock MF9 recovery, bootloader, modem, firmware, and software.
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I had to install this ROM twice via Odin3 to get stock recovery back.
This seems to be the only side affect of flashing to 4.3. I guess it's a Knox thing.
Is there a fix for this?
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SpringerRider said:
This seems to be the only side affect of flashing to 4.3. I guess it's a Knox thing.
Is there a fix for this?
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You could freeze the Knox apps (filter for them in titanium backup). I had no issues with knox until yesterday when I got a notification in the drawer when I used su (but su worked fine when this happened). I just froze all the apps with knox in the name and it's been fine since.
Also, there's a check box somewhere in the Android settings to tell it not to update the Knox list. I unchecked that as well.
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stuck on yellow Sprint Boot Screen after step 3
Help......after running step 3 and using odin I am stuck on the yellow sprint boot screen.
Any Ideas on what to do from here?
1.4 gigs downloading now. will post bloat list after update
Heard all of the plaudits of this update but what is the downside (S4)?
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Downloading now, huge 1.4GB update. Will try to grab the OTA .zip once it's done downloading.
Edit: here's the untouched OTA .cfg, you need to have a mostly stock /system and you'll lose root if you flash it
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzdkih-mC2kxMGZnY3JZUUlFQnc/view?usp=sharing
randun said:
Heard all of the plaudits of this update but what is the downside (S4)?
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Some complaints about battery life on other carriers
Wow, that's all. Think you're downloading for S5 so may be difference for S4. Just remember a couple of months ago hearing that S4 users could lose some functionality.
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randun said:
Wow, that's all. Think you're downloading for S5 so may be difference for S4. Just remember a couple of months ago hearing that S4 users could lose some functionality.
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Sorry, not sure about the S4 (this is the s5 forum). There are other complaints about lollipop in general, specifically: notification changes, sound changes and priority mode confusion, memory leaks, etc. I would check the s4 forums for s4 problems. It was released yesterday so there is probably some data from other users.
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Sorry, not sure about the S4 (this is the s5 forum). There are other complaints about lollipop in general, specifically: notification changes, sound changes and priority mode confusion, memory leaks, etc. I would check the s4 forums for s4 problems. It was released yesterday so there is probably some data from other users.
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Gotcha. Yeah, being in the right forum would help. However, the issues you listed are some that I'd heard before. Not sure I want to update since I may be upgrading phone to S6.
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randun said:
Heard all of the plaudits of this update but what is the downside (S4)?
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Why are you asking about the S4 in the S5 section?
Read the whole thread & you'll see that it was a mistake.
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Can someone pull OTA .cfg file and post here please.
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norbarb said:
Can someone pull OTA .cfg file and post here please.
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I'm on it, I'll edit this post in 5 mins it's just finishing uploading
Here it us untouched from my phone
located in /data/fota/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzdkih-mC2kxMGZnY3JZUUlFQnc/view?usp=sharing
Thanks
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I'm on it, I'll edit this post in 5 mins it's just finishing uploading
Here it us untouched from my phone
located in /data/fota/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bzdkih-mC2kxMGZnY3JZUUlFQnc/view?usp=sharing
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Thanks Bro ...
Flashing .cfg
can i flash this .CFG with safetrap, im running the 4.4.4. rooted, can i flash this .cfg without issues? thanks in advance
jrbeato said:
can i flash this .CFG with safetrap, im running the 4.4.4. rooted, can i flash this .cfg without issues? thanks in advance
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You'll 100% definitely lose root if you try and as of right now I'm not sure if there's a way of getting it back, I'm looking into that right now. Also your /system partition has to be mostly stock. So the update process will likely fail.
thanks for sharing the .cfg. I just tried to install in recovery mode (currently 4.4.2/NCE) and it gave me an error and "no command".
i renamed the file to update.zip and placed it on my external sd card
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You'll 100% definitely lose root if you try and as of right now I'm not sure if there's a way of getting it back, I'm looking into that right now. Also your /system partition has to be mostly stock. So the update process will likely fail.
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Thanks man, i don't mind losing the root, and i haven't change anything to be honest, i had to root due to a downgrade/upgrade i did, so i had to install safetrap and restore from the a safetrap backup, i'll make a backup of my system, and try see what happends, (when is done downloading):laugh:
I downloaded the update this morning, but after taking 2 hours to download (super slow WiFi), it said I needed another gig on my internal memory to install the update. Is there a way that I can move the OTA file to the external SD card and apply the update via recovery?
I am stock and unrooted.
Thanks!
lathamc said:
I downloaded the update this morning, but after taking 2 hours to download (super slow WiFi), it said I needed another gig on my internal memory to install the update. Is there a way that I can move the OTA file to the external SD card and apply the update via recovery?
I am stock and unrooted.
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Ditto here....I now have around 3GB free but just a little frustrating since it took what felt like years to download.
I decided to download the .cfg file from above, renamed it to .zip and used recovery to update my phone. I think it worked, but it wiped everything. I've updated this way before, but it never wiped my phone. Is there a reason that it did it this time?
Thanks!
lathamc said:
I decided to download the .cfg file from above, renamed it to .zip and used recovery to update my phone. I think it worked, but it wiped everything. I've updated this way before, but it never wiped my phone. Is there a reason that it did it this time?
Thanks!
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Stock recovery just does that it's no big deal or anything