Just did the software update today and it all went smooth after unfreezing all original apps I had originally froze with TiBu. I noticed that I lost root after the update, which I thought was no big deal until I tried to re-root. I tried the ADB method, SuperOneClick, and also thecubed's way with no success. Don't know if it is just me or if lg/verizon changed something in the update. When doing the ADB method I am stuck at pushing rageagainstthecage. I get the "Permission failed to copy..." message, but doing "adb usb" and "adb root" no longer fixes this. Also, "adb root" shows "adbd cannot run as root in production builds". Anyone else having trouble after the new software update?
I lost root, too. I've only been able to try SuperOneClick so far, but I haven't been able to get root back yet either.
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I am on the same boat...
I cant root either with SuperOneClick version 1.7 or 1.9.5
Am going to try with the latest and greatest version today
Yeah, I'd suggest no one update if they want to keep root. I've seen this on my last phone (Eris) and it took the devs literally months to figure it out.
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I have tried the newest version of SuperOneClick and it does not work either. Hopefully someone will figure this out soon as I really miss having root.
Daaaamn that sucks y'all. **** could be months before ifs fixed depending on how secure they made it.
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Oh no. .. I lost root too... on dyin
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majorpay said:
Yeah, I'd suggest no one update if they want to keep root. I've seen this on my last phone (Eris) and it took the devs literally months to figure it out.
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An Eris user!
OT: I never had root to begin with, I've downgraded to V4 yet it discontinues to let me have root.
i never did the update, but have you tried the gingerbreak app?
Lost Root after OTA too using superoneclick 2.1.1 failed
I know probably lots are in the same boat by browsing the forums and I'm assuming the following data has already been provided but on the off chance it has not :: here was my failure (see attachments screenshots) :: and specs::
Phone LG Revolution
Model :: VS910 4G
Android version : 2.2.2
Baseband version :
VS910ZV6-M7X30-AABBQMLYM
Kernel Verion
2.6.32.9-perf
[email protected] #1
Build Number
VS910ZV6
SW Version
VS910ZV6
Interesting note is that after the update, my inductive charging stopped working properly on the rooted phone. It was working fine prior to the update. I have two phones, one rooted one not. It would state that I have removed my phone off the charging pad as the phone is sitting there on the charge pad. the pad states that it is still in charging mode but all charging stopped on the phone. I also notice that the USB port is behaving strangely too. Unrooted the LG but it still behave the same from the update. I haven't been able to root it again yet.
Yup Software Update Loses Root and R/W File System
I restored back down to v4 (from the v6 update), wiped the phone. And still cant mount the File System as R/W
Tried Super One Click 2.2.1, Z4 1.3.0 both failed for the same reason (both exploits)
Super User and Root Explorer both crash whenever they try to remount the File System.
If anyone finds a way to unlock, let me know.
I am personally gonna put back v6 for now, but i dont like feel inhibited.
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Interesting note is that after the update, my inductive charging stopped working properly on the rooted phone. It was working fine prior to the update. I have two phones, one rooted one not. It would state that I have removed my phone off the charging pad as the phone is sitting there on the charge pad. the pad states that it is still in charging mode but all charging stopped on the phone. I also notice that the USB port is behaving strangely too. Unrooted the LG but it still behave the same from the update. I haven't been able to root it again yet.
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My USB was acting strangely too, until I lost it totally (as posted in another thread). I used to be able to do an extended battery pull and it would come back...now nothing. I hope this isn't happening to yours too.
I backed up my data then did a hard reset. The USB restarted again. I noticed a few apps that VZN has triggers this so I testing it from that point. Those apps shouldn't/ didn't affect the USB prior to the update.
So http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1211295 explains how to downgrade after the update to then root, but since this has been figured out has all progress on developing a way to root the phone after the update stopped? I still like some of the features with the stock rom after the update and am wondering if anyone is working on a new exploit still, or if downgrading is the only fix on the horizon?
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So http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1211295 explains how to downgrade after the update to then root, but since this has been figured out has all progress on developing a way to root the phone after the update stopped? I still like some of the features with the stock rom after the update and am wondering if anyone is working on a new exploit still, or if downgrading is the only fix on the horizon?
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A little birdie told me that someone is working on a fix. No time frame and no guarantees, but one is being worked on.
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A little birdie told me that someone is working on a fix. No time frame and no guarantees, but one is being worked on.
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Oh snap
I tossed my Crap, Revolted and moved out of my Home.
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Wish I could root, got my phone when the update was already on it
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Got the firmware today.. when it loaded it ran the entire progress bar and later said that it failed.. however in the settings it say jh7 and additional attempts to update says no updates available. Also.. after the update the superuser app is still installed and appears that root is still there. Any thoughts?
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Got the firmware today.. when it loaded it ran the entire progress bar and later said that it failed.. however in the settings it say jh7 and additional attempts to update says no updates available. Also.. after the update the superuser app is still installed and appears that root is still there. Any thoughts?
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I take it back.. after changing clock and checking again the update is available again...
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You have to unroot before you can do a ota upgrade. Rooting is suppose to block ota upgrades because a ota upgrade would remove superuser.
I read somewhere that people have had to flash back to complete original. I've rooted and removed AT&T crapware. Also, being new to the Android platform I need some guidance on how to go back to factory orig. I've heard of odin.. but base on my limited research I haven't seen if it is available to mac. I am familiar with Unix/Linux.. they are my primary OS'.. but messing with a phone OS is just a different animal altogether.
I had to redo the phone but the update never showed up.. So what I did was just flash the update from samfirmware and it is working even though I have to redo everything...
HTH,
Charlie
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You have to unroot before you can do a ota upgrade. Rooting is suppose to block ota upgrades because a ota upgrade would remove superuser.
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My phone is rooted and I updated without issue.
Well i just tred to update mine this morning, i finally got past the communication errors. The download went fine, but when it was installing it went from 0 to 50% percent in about a second and then said update failed and rebooted.
I'm on the stock JF6 rom, however i used odin to get there.
My Sim card and sd were left in, however my sd is blank
And i don't know what any other info i can post to be helpful
2.1 update
just did the update with one click root loaded.went though with no problems phone is faster with less lag.also i can still use as wi fi hot spot. new Quikoffice,Media hub,Mobile Video and you tube. well this may mean no 2.2?
I also did the ota update with root installed, allowed 3rd apps, with wireless tethering, and it went through fine for me but I still have poor gps, did not seem to do anything for the gps except removed the option to enter lbs test mode. Anyone know how to get to the lbs test mode after update?
Samsung Mini-Kies Updater
If anyone is having troubles with Mini Kies (I had the problem where the application crashed, using Win 7 x64), I'd recommend using the regular Samsung Kies application. I was unable to do the JH7 update even after restoring to complete stock with Odin (50% update failed error). This was easy, and now I am fully in JH7, and so far the GPS lock is much, much faster.
We've heard that you can root the LG Optimus 2X with Z4Root. Is it permanent or temporary?
No supporting evidence just yet, but rooting this phone should be a piece of cake.
I used Z4root on two samples of the 2X, no issues what so ever. These were however pre-release roms, but I couldn't imagine any differences from the final release.
And yes, it's permanent. I had some app testing to do and tried Z4root just for fun and it worked like a charm.
//Dave
Cool. I have already ordered one. Is the root reversible? E.g. can one root an unroot as if nothing happened?
I'm holding the 2x in my hand right now and unrooted it. (didn't try adb on it for confirmation but tried clocksync, which refused access (superuser has disappeared as well). Rerooting at the moment.
Once again this is a pre relase rom so I can't guarantee that the final ROM will have the same functionality.
//Dave
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I'm holding the 2x in my hand right now and unrooted it. (didn't try adb on it for confirmation but tried clocksync, which refused access (superuser has disappeared as well). Rerooting at the moment.
Once again this is a pre relase rom so I can't guarantee that the final ROM will have the same functionality.
//Dave
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Thanks. Can't wait to get my hands on one.
Good news dave. My understanding is that the main issues with the Optimus 2x so far have been regarding the massive amount of bloat apps as well as some instability in day to day operations (browser and messaging seems to crash from time to time).
Are you experiencing these? Would you be able to remove some of the bloat apps and see if it breaks anything in the LG rom?
UHOH!
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Good news dave. My understanding is that the main issues with the Optimus 2x so far have been regarding the massive amount of bloat apps as well as some instability in day to day operations (browser and messaging seems to crash from time to time).
Are you experiencing these? Would you be able to remove some of the bloat apps and see if it breaks anything in the LG rom?
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I'll take a look at it, I've got an early version of the 2x which I'll try to push the new system dump to. I've rooted it and while using adb shell it looks like I've bricked it! uhoh!
Bricking a pre-production version of the best phone on the planet isn't quite what I wanted to do! I'm stuck in a boot loop and I manage to get a limited connection when booting it into the bootloader. However, probably because of pre-production status, the bootloader will let me go up and down using the volume keys, but it won't let me select any of the options!
When in the bootloader, I do have some type of recognized connection via the PC. DDMS recognizes the phone, ADB doesn't let me access it.
I'll chill on doing anything to the "good" phone for now (hope you understand)... but if I get the bricked one started, I'm back in the game .
Feel free giving me tips or trix to get it up and running.
from a somewhat uneasy Dave
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Feel free giving me tips or trix to get it up and running.
from a somewhat uneasy Dave
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Have you tried using the power button or one of the other buttons to select an option in the bootmenu?
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Have you tried using the power button or one of the other buttons to select an option in the bootmenu?
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I sure did, thanx anyways. I've used every button available incl, the touch screen corners, tapping on the selection itself.
//Dave
Z4root doesn't work with my sample
No way to root
pocketAM said:
Z4root doesn't work with my sample
No way to root
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Do you have a preproduction model like Dave or a sales sample?
On mine Z4root simply quits...after saying "Aquiring root shell" ... will try an other version, hope that will work...
Do you have a temporary root? After z4root locks? I tried with a later rom and got the same issue. However after accessing it with ADB shell it clearly has root "#" is showing and I have permissions I otherwise wouldn't have. However it seems like the root is temporary. Weird thing... I'll continue hunting for alternative solutions.
BTW, my other X2 may rest in peace. After a friend helping me out we managed to get the phone into fastboot, the kernel must have been intact, the system was completely wiped. Pushed the system through ADB and rebooted. Now we can't get it into fastboot at all... RIP ;(
//Dave
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Do you have a temporary root? After z4root locks? I tried with a later rom and got the same issue. However after accessing it with ADB shell it clearly has root "#" is showing and I have permissions I otherwise wouldn't have. However it seems like the root is temporary. Weird thing... I'll continue hunting for alternative solutions.
BTW, my other X2 may rest in peace. After a friend helping me out we managed to get the phone into fastboot, the kernel must have been intact, the system was completely wiped. Pushed the system through ADB and rebooted. Now we can't get it into fastboot at all... RIP ;(
//Dave
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Wow, sorry to hear your loss...sad story.
Anyway, I heard that it is possible to root 2.2.1 devices with Super One Click, but I can't get my Optimus 2x connected to adb, somehow Windows 7 doesn't wanna install the downloaded Google USB Drivers...
The reason Z4root doesn't work on firmwares 2.2< is that the exploit it uses to gain root rights has been fixed in those newer versions
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Do you have a preproduction model like Dave or a sales sample?
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sales sample x press
After update OTA to version LS670ZVC, machine is unable to be rooted at this time. I am sure someone is working on it.
I returned this previously rooted phone Saturday feb 12 for replacement due to HW fault. Got new phone home and saw the phone was auto-updating to the LS670ZVC version. Which kept me from using Zroot as I did in the past. Drat! Tried many tricks found on other android forums to try and root.
The skinny of it is, if this update was applied OTA, we are SOL for now. If you updated using LG software via computer, you can root it still. If you haven't updated from version 9, don't do it until an exploit is released.
I have another thread going on this same issue. I have tried using superoneclick. Even though everything looked ok it didn't make a difference. Did a root checker it said busybox was ok and I know that SU is ok. Just looks like they "fixed" the exploit for now...
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Wow, sorry to hear your loss...sad story.
Anyway, I heard that it is possible to root 2.2.1 devices with Super One Click, but I can't get my Optimus 2x connected to adb, somehow Windows 7 doesn't wanna install the downloaded Google USB Drivers...
The reason Z4root doesn't work on firmwares 2.2< is that the exploit it uses to gain root rights has been fixed in those newer versions
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Mmmm, sad about the old one, however I got my second device so I'll unroot my it and then try the SuperOneClick option.. I'll let you know. Once again this is a sample but the rom is dated from 2010-12-14 so it must be quite close to production ROMs.
//Dave
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So I got the 217 OTA release today on my D4. Anyone else? Seems good so far.
--Randall
randallman said:
So I got the 217 OTA release today on my D4. Anyone else? Seems good so far.
--Randall
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It is not available on mine yet.
I got the email, but never got the update. My phone died around lunch and I didn't have a charger until after 5p. I'm wondering if I missed a window.
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I got the email, but never got the update. My phone died around lunch and I didn't have a charger until after 5p. I'm wondering if I missed a window.
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Yeah, I never asked to be on a soak test or anything... so I dunno if I was just randomly chosen or if it was released today... I suppose it doesn't really matter. Either way, it's pretty nice I guess A bit late given the fact that JB is the 'new hotness' now
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Yeah, I never asked to be on a soak test or anything... so I dunno if I was just randomly chosen or if it was released today... I suppose it doesn't really matter. Either way, it's pretty nice I guess A bit late given the fact that JB is the 'new hotness' now
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JB doesn't really mean anything. it's an incremental update and I'd be willing to bet some devs whip together a ROM with it included. There's still a chance we'll get it officially for our phone. A SLIGHT chance, but because its only an incremental update, with no new real requirements, it's a decent possibility.
Moto originally committed to 18 months of updates. We basically have until late next year to get it. By then, Klondike will be out and everyone will hate.
I got the update for mine but didnt do it. Mainly because I am rooted and wanted to see if I can first. Only thing I did was root so I can use wifi teather. I left everything else alone. I used to put diff roms in my original droid and got sick of setting it up again.
Were you rooted when you did the update? If so did was there any issues?
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I got the update for mine but didnt do it. Mainly because I am rooted and wanted to see if I can first. Only thing I did was root so I can use wifi teather. I left everything else alone. I used to put diff roms in my original droid and got sick of setting it up again.
Were you rooted when you did the update? If so did was there any issues?
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I'm not the OP, but I was rooted using the MotoFail exploit and the update applied without issue. I did have to re-acquire root with Razr's Edge, however, but that was painless.
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I got the update for mine but didnt do it. Mainly because I am rooted and wanted to see if I can first. Only thing I did was root so I can use wifi teather. I left everything else alone. I used to put diff roms in my original droid and got sick of setting it up again.
Were you rooted when you did the update? If so did was there any issues?
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I am rooted... I used OTA Rootkeeper to backup and restore root afterwards. I made sure to update the su binary as well from the superuser application as I had read some horror stories about people who lost root and couldn't get it back due to outdated superuser.apk and/or su binaries.
Additionally, my first attempt to install failed... I believe it was because I had added lines to loadpreinstalls.sh and mount_ext3.sh in /system/bin to ensure that the 'adb always root' local.prop file and the su binary was copied back into /data/ and /system/bin respectively every time I booted in case I lost root somehow. I had to remove the extra lines and then start over.
--Randall
Historically, how long before the update is widespread? My phone doesn't see it yet.
Folks, just an FYI.
The full XML.zip of fastboot images for this build has already been released in the development section by Skrillaz_CZ.
This not only means that you dont have to wait for the update at all, but also that we have the best safeguard against any mishaps from modding and flashing possible. You can recover your phone to the current release build no matter what happens using RSD Lite or the fastboot binary and ADB.
Incredibly quick work by Skrillax_CZ to pull this off their server right away like this!
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So I got the 217 OTA release today on my D4. Anyone else? Seems good so far.
--Randall
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Was this a previously owned device? An eBay or other like new used device?
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Hey, I wanted to know if there was a tutorial for updating my droid 4. I couldn't find one on the internet. The problem is that when I go to do a "Software update" [Update to the new ICS] it fails. My phone restarts and goes to the update-dios-thing but 1/2 way into it the logo on my screen changes, my phone starts, and when I unlock my phone it says "Software update failed". Does anyone have a fix? I'd love to hear back! Thanks for reading this!
I would suggest to flash 4.0.4 fastboot files. it's the cleanest way. And wipe all is a recommendation.
My Droid 4 does this also. I got the phone the day it released and rooted it 2 days later. Everything has been fine since then except for getting an update for 6.13.219.en.US a couple of months ago. It constantly fails so I've been ignoring it. But now ICS is out I need to get this figured out. Instructions on flashing the fastboot files? I'm decent with computers but n00b on this kind of stuff.
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I have an update pending resolution of this issue as well. 6.16.217? Just came through a few days ago. Tried temp unroot with voodoo rootkeeper, then unfreeze all apps, then update. This failed. Haven't had much time to try much else.
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Thoughts
I have had the same issues after rooting and running safestrap. One thing to check is to re-enable root if you simply disabled it through ota rootkeeper or something similar. Then download a root file explorer such as root browser lite. Go to cache/recovery/log or last log. Open as a text file and scroll to the bottom. The offending app or issue will be listed. Either unfreeze it, or try to find a replacement. Good luck!
I can't get root back ever since I updated to ICS. Cnat figure how to root it again. Root fails every time. Does anybody know what I need to do in order to root properly.
Thanks,
John
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I took the JB OTA update. Which works great except the phone wont allow me to access my dialpad mid-call sometimes...weird. Anyway, I used Voodoo OTA Root keeper and took the update and restored...all check marks there, but no root. So i decided to wait for an exploit for a lil while and then i got my wish! Which using ubuntu and the terminal and not windows seemed easier to me so i set it up.
Did all the steps and it worked! or so i thought...phone vibrated and came back on with the superuser apk etc. Check with root checker...no root. Not sure where my conflict is coming from now? Not sure if I should Fxz JB 4.1.2 or what, I've been reading some things on that thread, different problems people have had seemingly with the firmware. I didn't think it should matter as far as rooting the phone goes, but one person was saying that using it would stop the exploit from working? Never thought that would be the case, am i missing something?
Also, my phone after i tried both of these keeps asking me to update my superuser binary. First with one superuser app and now with the one that was with the exploit package and i can't seem to do it. Feel like i'm missing something simple here but i'm not sure what it is?
Did you wait for the vibrations and then press a hardware button, like vol up or dn? Others have reported having to go through the exploit more than once to get it rooted. Give it another try. I was able to get root on the second try, but I royally messed up the process the first time.
Embarrassing, but no I forgot the hardware button. Worked like a champ second time lol my advice don't do this late when your not awake, follow all the steps!
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