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OTA Benefits? Unrevoked4Eva?

"EXCUSE ME" If Someone Else Has Something Similar Posted, But I Got Tired Of Reading A Thousand Posts Just To "ALMOST" Get My Question Answered!!
Anyway I Know The Last "OTA" Sent Out From Sprint or HTC (Whoever- Sent It Out) *BROKE* My Ability To Access The "Clockwork Recovery" Menu-Screen!
Since Then I Turned Security From "On to Off" With "Unrevoked-4ever" But I've Read That Even After Flashing "Unrevoked-4ever" It's Possible For Them To Send Me Another "OTA" & Re-break My Root Access!!
Does Anyone Know If What I Read Is "TRUE or Bull-Sh#%".... Am I Really "Unrevoked-4ever"???
1 More Thing What's The Benefits Of A OTA???
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DISABLE OTA UPDATES!!!!
To disable OTA updates that will patch this exploit, (after rooting and booted after creating a nandroid backup) run the following commands from Command Prompt.
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
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adb remount
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adb shell
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mv /system/etc/security/otacerts.zip /system/etc/security/otacerts.zip.bak
After doing this, the OTA updates WILL still download, BUT they will not pass signature checks to flash because of the code you just entered.
Did you do this when you rooted your phone? ^^
Pulled this from [Guide] How to Root Sprint 2.1 CDMA Hero

Twolazyg said:
DISABLE OTA UPDATES!!!!
To disable OTA updates that will patch this exploit, (after rooting and booted after creating a nandroid backup) run the following commands from Command Prompt.
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
Code:
adb remount
Code:
adb shell
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mv /system/etc/security/otacerts.zip /system/etc/security/otacerts.zip.bak
After doing this, the OTA updates WILL still download, BUT they will not pass signature checks to flash because of the code you just entered.
Did you do this when you rooted your phone? ^^
Pulled this from [Guide] How to Root Sprint 2.1 CDMA Hero
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No... To Tell You The Truth I Rooted With "Universal Androot" Because I Was Somewhat *NEW* To The Whole "ADB/SDK/ROOT" Thing, But Since I've Probably Learned 20X More Then I Did! But As Far As "ADB" Goes I'm Still Kind Of Scared To Try Out!! Although I Have A Wireless ADB App Installed On My Phone, Does That Work, Or I Should Say Will That Work For The Command You Suggested? Also Thanx For Your Help!!
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PMGRANDS said:
No... To Tell You The Truth I Rooted With "Universal Androot" Because I Was Somewhat *NEW* To The Whole "ADB/SDK/ROOT" Thing, But Since I've Probably Learned 20X More Then I Did! But As Far As "ADB" Goes I'm Still Kind Of Scared To Try Out!! Although I Have A Wireless ADB App Installed On My Phone, Does That Work, Or I Should Say Will That Work For The Command You Suggested? Also Thanx For Your Help!!
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I've never used an app to root my phone, I followed a guide and did it right the first time. Here is the guide thread. What is the wireless ADB app you're using? Try terminal emulator with the commands, or take 15 min and un-root your phone, then re-root using this guide, that may solve the other issue you're having with the wigets and icons being odd. Let me know how this works for you.

PMGRANDS said:
No... To Tell You The Truth I Rooted With "Universal Androot" Because I Was Somewhat *NEW* To The Whole "ADB/SDK/ROOT" Thing, But Since I've Probably Learned 20X More Then I Did! But As Far As "ADB" Goes I'm Still Kind Of Scared To Try Out!! Although I Have A Wireless ADB App Installed On My Phone, Does That Work, Or I Should Say Will That Work For The Command You Suggested? Also Thanx For Your Help!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
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If you search android Dev section I've posted how to install adb in like 15 min also in the same thread its another guide as well either way you can have adb in 15 or 20 min tops real simple and the commands he posted will work fine I'm mobile @ work so I can't link but good luck
Root-Hack-Mod-Always™

Twolazyg said:
I've never used an app to root my phone, I followed a guide and did it right the first time. Here is the guide thread. What is the wireless ADB app you're using? Try terminal emulator with the commands, or take 15 min and un-root your phone, then re-root using this guide, that may solve the other issue you're having with the wigets and icons being odd. Let me know how this works for you.
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Okay, I Think I Just Might Do That... Also As Far As The App I Have, It's Called "ADB Wireless", But I Also Have "Terminal Emulator"!! Which One Would You Use?? "Terminal Emulator" Guess That's Why You Posted It Obviously??.... Lol!! 1 More Thing What's The Benefits Of The OTA's?? Seems Like They Only Eff-Up Root Access!! And Thanx Once Again 4 Your Help!!
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laie1472 said:
If you search android Dev section I've posted how to install adb in like 15 min also in the same thread its another guide as well either way you can have adb in 15 or 20 min tops real simple and the commands he posted will work fine I'm mobile @ work so I can't link but good luck
Root-Hack-Mod-Always™
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Thank You!!
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Flash recovery with adb

Really didn't want to start a new topic, but couldn't find an answer anywhere. I'm trying to flash dg's recovery with adb. When ever I try to push the file I get permission denied. I have su working with adb, and adb is working correctly. What am I doing wrong? Thanks to any one that can help.
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I am having the same exact problem you are. I am running windows 7 and even tried cmd and run as admin but that didn't work either. Anyway yea any help would be appreciated. Also yes my phone is rooted and in Debug Mode when trying to push recovery.img.

Hmm, sorry I don't know. Fix permissions maybe, if you can? Stupid little things like making sure usb debugging is on?
Just a heads up, questions belong in a different section ("Q&A for Thrill" if it exists, or general I think), they take that stuff pretty seriously around here, and if you end up reading and learning here for a while, you'll understand why!

switch to your ADB directory (or at a command line if you already set your environment variables) and type adb root then try again. It might work

Komodo Rogue said:
Hmm, sorry I don't know. Fix permissions maybe, if you can? Stupid little things like making sure usb debugging is on?
Just a heads up, questions belong in a different section ("Q&A for Thrill" if it exists, or general I think), they take that stuff pretty seriously around here, and if you end up reading and learning here for a while, you'll understand why!
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I dont think we have a q&a as of right now lol....I dont even know if we have a moderator
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Sorry if this is the wrong section. No q/a for the thrill. And i didn't know if the general forum was the place for adb question. Again sorry my fault. Thanks for all replays but im still stuck with the same thing.

adb root didn't work. Said adbd cannot run as root in production builds. Also I do have USB Debugging enabled as well as Rooted the device. As for fixing permissions I would need CWM First to be able to get to that option

malickie said:
adb root didn't work. Said adbd cannot run as root in production builds. Also I do have USB Debugging enabled as well as Rooted the device. As for fixing permissions I would need CWM First to be able to get to that option
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Do this:
open command prompt and type:
adb shell
su (click allow on phone if prompted)
chmod 777 /data
ls -l (then look at the data directory and it's permissions should now be drwxrwxrwx)
Try it again after that. It's because the /data directory is not set to R/W by default.

timbrendelaz said:
Do this:
open command prompt and type:
adb shell
su (click allow on phone if prompted)
chmod 777 /data
ls -l (then look at the data directory and it's permissions should now be drwxrwxrwx)
Try it again after that. It's because the /data directory is not set to R/W by default.
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Thank You, that did it .

malickie said:
Thank You, that did it .
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Cool beans

Thanks so much!!!

00mred00 said:
I dont think we have a q&a as of right now lol....I dont even know if we have a moderator
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It says Mr. Clown is the moderator, and his sticky says not to ask questions. I don't know if I've actually seen him on here though, so I see where you're coming from, the thrill isn't getting much traffic! But you're right, no q&a section.
fn1046 said:
Sorry if this is the wrong section. No q/a for the thrill. And i didn't know if the general forum was the place for adb question. Again sorry my fault. Thanks for all replays but im still stuck with the same thing.
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Oh hey no worries mate. I really couldn't care less, considering how empty Thrill Development is, and I would have came to the same conclusion as you. All I meant to do was give you a heads up that some people get angry about that kind of thing

Well my issue is i cannot get the recovery.img pushed to the phone...ive downloaded it and don't know where to place it for it to send...when i do adb push recovery.img/data it just gives me a list of all the adb commands. I was gonna try to use root explorer and manually push it but i dont know where to place it...any suggestions?

Put the recovery.img in your android-sdk tools folder before you try to push
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Hey can one of you guys possibly upload a stock recovery backup. I think mine is borked as I tried to go back to stock and it keeps going into clockworkmod recovery when setting up factory defaults in the stock rom. It would be much appreciated.
thanks

[Q] Wiped out ROM and SDCard on Kindle Fire2. Now what?

I wiped out the CM10.1 ROM on my Kindle Fire2. I was going to put the updated ROM on it, but I wiped DATA also. Now what?

wakko222 said:
I wiped out the CM10.1 ROM on my Kindle Fire2. I was going to put the updated ROM on it, but I wiped DATA also. Now what?
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what have you tried, what os are you using?

fmkilo said:
what have you tried, what os are you using?
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Using Windows Vista. I can't find the files that I put on the sdcard. They were under /sdcard, but there is no sdcard under install on TWRP.

wakko222 said:
Using Windows Vista. I can't find the files that I put on the sdcard. They were under /sdcard, but there is no sdcard under install on TWRP.
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1: you are dumb for using windows.
2: get a linux live distro or some kind of linux.
Can you use adb in twrp?

fmkilo said:
1: you are dumb for using windows.
2: get a linux live distro or some kind of linux.
Can you use adb in twrp?
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No, nothing happens when I use mount?

wakko222 said:
No, nothing happens when I use mount?
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I'm not talking about using the mount usb storage function, as it doesn't work on devices with a /data/media sdcard. In your command prompt, please type adb devices whilst in twrp. If you need, you can join us on IRC Freenode.net #kf2-dev

fmkilo said:
I'm not talking about using the mount usb storage function, as it doesn't work on devices with a /data/media sdcard. In your command prompt, please type adb devices whilst in twrp. If you need, you can join us on IRC Freenode.net #kf2-dev
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Will try that and get back to you later.

wakko222 said:
Will try that and get back to you later.
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any progress?

wakko222 said:
I wiped out the CM10.1 ROM on my Kindle Fire2. I was going to put the updated ROM on it, but I wiped DATA also. Now what?
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There are a couple of options for automated reloading of the stock Kindle firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035047
Good Luck!

Slimepuppy said:
There are a couple of options for automated reloading of the stock Kindle firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035047
Good Luck!
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Still working on it. There doesn't seem to be a connection with TWRP. It actually said Kindle Fire 2, but with a yellow question mark. ADB devices show nothing when running TWRP.

Is it possible to push files even if adb says there is nothing connected?

Delete
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I think something worked. I let it go past the recovery screen and it acts like it is connected to windows even though it didn't boot.

Get a factory cable and flash it in

I hear the device connect up on Windows but adb devices doesn't show anything.
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Sideload
wakko222 said:
Still working on it. There doesn't seem to be a connection with TWRP. It actually said Kindle Fire 2, but with a yellow question mark. ADB devices show nothing when running TWRP.
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Turns out that the sideload feature works rather well in Linux.
Went into TWRP/ Advanced/ Sideload, did an ./adb sideload cm10.1**-otter.zip the the gapps***.zip and it booted right up.

Removing System Apps

I'm rooted and am trying to mount the system to remove bloatware apps... However everytime Titanium Backup removes it and I reboot it's still there...
Anyone have any ideas?

System is protected: you can't modify it while the phone is booted. You'll have to make a zip or whatever to delete it in recovery.

You have to be kidding me...
I've spent all day long trying to root this bastard phone and that didn't work then I managed it and now I can't disable, remove any apps ?
So much for HTC being dev friendly

fkofilee said:
You have to be kidding me...
I've spent all day long trying to root this bastard phone and that didn't work then I managed it and now I can't disable, remove any apps ?
So much for HTC being dev friendly
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It seriously took you all day to root? What went wrong?

Did you try just freezing the app instead?

Brand new trick from HTC?Didn't have it in hox+
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afilopou said:
Brand new trick from HTC?Didn't have it in hox+
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So you can no longer go into ES explorer, mount root/system go to system > apps and delete whatever you want ?
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk 2

The recovery flashed but wouldnt boot , managed to get round it when i discovered POB with his superboot Thank god for the desire C
Then i realised that i couldnt flash anything because I manged to install 6.0.2.8 as a boot img, and 6.0.3.0 as a proper recovery.
Then i didnt have any files on the device to flash boohoo so i managed to get ADB sideload working through the AIO One Toolkit... And managed to flash AHRD finally getting a working device,
As you see Im a seasoned vet at these things but the HTC One has been the first device that has stumped me....
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The apps issue is not unkwown for HTC however they havent done this for a while.... Back with the G2 they did exactly the same thing and yes ive frozen them but there should be away to remove system apps for us through root.... But i cant remember how, Throwing it into ADB Shell and requesting SU along with a Remount works fine but still would like to remove the apps.
Im also looking for someone with a locked phone... (Sim Locked) i have a theory and it worked on the Desire C Anyone wanna help?

fkofilee said:
I'm rooted and am trying to mount the system to remove bloatware apps... However everytime Titanium Backup removes it and I reboot it's still there...
Anyone have any ideas?
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Delete the apps with titanium and power off the phone. Don't do a restart.

Already tried that ^_^

You need to flash a custom kernel with a modified ramdisk to disable system protection Without doing that you're like deleting an app on windows with deepfreeze on it

Is that the only solution?
There are so many bloated useless and intrusive (cr)apps on this phone it's unbelievable.

Other solution is boot in recovery and delete it there. Either thru adb while in recovery mode, flashable zip or through file manager(if you're using TWRP). Other than that nope

Hmmm I'm thinking adb through recovery here but how do I got about doing this?

fkofilee said:
Hmmm I'm thinking adb through recovery here but how do I got about doing this?
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the joys of a s-on devices
read up on adb commands...
or use the zip I attached and edit line 18 in this format with the apps you want to get rid of, use a file explorer to get the proper names.
make a backup first in case you mess up something
Code:
delete("/system/app/xxxxx.apk", "/system/app/xxxx.odex", "/data/app/xxxxx.apk");

The best way to remove apps in recovery is through adb:
Code:
adb shell
sysrw
rm /system/app/abc.apk

the simple way is ROM CLEANER, but isn't available yet for the One.
cheers

fkofilee said:
Hmmm I'm thinking adb through recovery here but how do I got about doing this?
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type the following commands.
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /system/app/
ls
rm <insert the name of the apk you want to delete here which can be found in the list shown by the ls command>

Riyal said:
type the following commands.
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /system/app/
ls
rm <insert the name of the apk you want to delete here which can be found in the list shown by the ls command>
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I dont have a One, and dont plan on having one (ever, thanks to this thread! I think I'll stick to Sony, they have instructions to unlocking bootloader on their official website)
BUT, if the system is locked, it should be locked trough ADB too, so I guess what I'd try is install busybox, custom recovery, go into recovery, connected it to the PC (or a mac, but since we're on no-apple forum, I'll assume PC), mounting system there and doing your thing.
You can install busybox and custom recovery right?
Edit: never mind, I should really learn to read. Sometimes I think I'm dyslexic a little, just for words, not letters.
I did not see the 'recovery' part mentioned.
Anywho, mounting system is what you forgot, so at least I said something helpful

ogdobber said:
the joys of a s-on devices
read up on adb commands...
or use the zip I attached and edit line 18 in this format with the apps you want to get rid of, use a file explorer to get the proper names.
make a backup first in case you mess up something
Code:
delete("/system/app/xxxxx.apk", "/system/app/xxxx.odex", "/data/app/xxxxx.apk");
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MacHackz said:
The best way to remove apps in recovery is through adb:
Code:
adb shell
sysrw
rm /system/app/abc.apk
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limx said:
the simple way is ROM CLEANER, but isn't available yet for the One.
cheers
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Riyal said:
type the following commands.
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /system/app/
ls
rm <insert the name of the apk you want to delete here which can be found in the list shown by the ls command>
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issak42 said:
I dont have a One, and dont plan on having one (ever, thanks to this thread! I think I'll stick to Sony, they have instructions to unlocking bootloader on their official website)
BUT, if the system is locked, it should be locked trough ADB too, so I guess what I'd try is install busybox, custom recovery, go into recovery, connected it to the PC (or a mac, but since we're on no-apple forum, I'll assume PC), mounting system there and doing your thing.
You can install busybox and custom recovery right?
Edit: never mind, I should really learn to read. Sometimes I think I'm dyslexic a little, just for words, not letters.
I did not see the 'recovery' part mentioned.
Anywho, mounting system is what you forgot, so at least I said something helpful
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All Wonderful Ideas folks, however i had a go at this last night, it was a fricking nightmare even mounting ADB through recovery

[Q] Im out of options

So I was about to reflash my phone and now Im stuck. I went a bit too fast maybe so now I have TWRP, no roms or backups. Not only that, I cant mount to USB because of stupid Win 8. Anyone have any ideas? Im pretty sure Im not bricked but right now I wish I had an SD card slot
Thanks again
BTW, I have the factory RUU but my computer isnt detecting the phone

aman1127 said:
So I was about to reflash my phone and now Im stuck. I went a bit too fast maybe so now I have TWRP, no roms or backups. Not only that, I cant mount to USB because of stupid Win 8. Anyone have any ideas? Im pretty sure Im not bricked but right now I wish I had an SD card slot
Thanks again
BTW, I have the factory RUU but my computer isnt detecting the phone
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I don't know where they are exactly, but there are "universal" windows 8 ADB drivers floating around XDA that worked for me. I had to push the rom .zip to the phone from ADB in TWRP

Apk07 said:
I don't know where they are exactly, but there are "universal" windows 8 ADB drivers floating around XDA that worked for me. I had to push the rom .zip to the phone from ADB in TWRP
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Thanks for the reply but Im retarded when it comes to ADB. I did it only once. Any page to tell me what to do exactly? Search for some reason is down for me right now.

Ok adb came back to me, like riding a bike. Turns out the image i was trying to flash was off by like a digit so it wouldnt flash. That was a waste of 4 hours

For future reference, the command to put a file onto your phone via adb is: adb push <file location> \sdcard
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decayer177 said:
For future reference, the command to put a file onto your phone via adb is: adb push <file location> \sdcard
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Or
adb push <filename> /sdcard/

bigdaddy619 said:
Or
adb push <filename> /sdcard/
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Like doin stuff in adb or fastboot... Makes me feel smart! LOL
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