I've seen a few mentions if this, but never a straight answer (sorry if I just missed something similar to my post.) After a root, what is needed to perform an OTA update? (given that Samsung's eventually comes out) Will I need to unroot? Will it just work? I'm a noob for android, coming from WM.
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From what I've read, and been told, just simply un root, and perform the OTA!
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Also forgot to add this: if I unroot, will I still have my unlocked market sources? (Ability to sideload, w/e you call it...)
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You do not need to unroot to recieve OTA updates. However when you recieve one it will unroot on it's own. Yes you will remove your unlocked market access, I am fairly certain that you need to be rooted to use this. I could be wrong about the later. There aren't any OTA updates at the moment so don't unroot prematurely. Just keep and eye on the forums and you will know when an OTA update is available and what you should do from there.
I've been keeping my eyes out, but thanks for the heads up. If I lose non-market access, will it uninstall my third-party apps?
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your apps will stay as they've already been installed..
Another quick question here, can you just unroot if you're using a different kernel (SRE) to get the OTA patch?
Thanks
Until we get a push it's hard to know if it'll work or not. Stay tuned to xda, I am.
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I rooted my KFHD and installed market.. It didn't update to play store yet, and am not able to install the app (error says already installed).. Should I just wait for an update to market and see if it gets upgraded? Or should I try to un install - reinstall?
Your comments appreciated...
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Did you use the method and apk's in this thread? Did you sign in to your google account?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893410
I'm wondering if, after the new update, anyone's had a bricked device? I unrooted before since I was afraid of that, but if no one got problems so far, its safe to root once again... Besides would love to know of someone was able to avoid the update somehow. It has officially been releases a while ago (you can look into amazon's update software page)
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Nope, my device was rooted when I got the ota, but I did not get bricked. I just re rooted with the qemu tool.
did u have gplay installed?
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Yes, and I can still install just fine from it.
One las question, did ypu have a custom launcher and no problem?? If so, Im ready to stay rooted
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No problems with custom launchers but the update does remove them. So you have to reinstall after the update
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onemeila said:
No problems with custom launchers but the update does remove them. So you have to reinstall after the update
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Not correct, I still have Nova Launcher as default after update.
Personally, anything I had placed in system was removed for me. This included Nova launcher, Swype, and the Vending.apk for gplay. I just rerooted and put them all back, and everything else I had as retained.
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TheDoolster said:
Yes, and I can still install just fine from it.
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I just got mine, and once it was booted up, it clearly did an auto upgrade to 7.2.1. I got the QEMU root tool but the Kindle is never recognized when I plug it into the computer.
Any ideas why that's happening?
Today my Kindle Fire HD auto updated to 7.3 but after that I lost audio through speakers. Before this update my KFTT was rooted and then after update I lost root also. Please help.
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Of course you'd lose root. Everybody knows that when you update via OTA you lose root, that's the first rule. The only way to be smart about it is to use Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper from the Play Store, or disable OTA updates. You can do both of these things after rooting.
As for the audio, I don't know. Try to root again on 7.3.0, and flash 7.2.3, see if that brings it back. Otherwise, go on Play Store, install Beats Audio Drivers and use that instead.
Thanks I did a factory reset and then rooted using qemu method. Now working very smooth without any issues.
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Hello,
I have a 2012 nexus seven, do android 4.3 will work on it using normal android system upgrade from settings? Because it says that there isn't any update available.
And can I root the device normally afterwards?
And my data will be saved?
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Machlev said:
Hello,
I have a 2012 nexus seven, do android 4.3 will work on it using normal android system upgrade from settings? Because it says that there isn't any update available.
And can I root the device normally afterwards?
And my data will be saved?
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Over the air updates often take time to roll out. Give it time and the update will come.
Of course, you can root and flash a custom ROM based on 4.3, but unless you already have an unlocked bootloader, you will lose your data.
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mikeyd85 said:
Over the air updates often take time to roll out. Give it time and the update will come.
Of course, you can root and flash a custom ROM based on 4.3, but unless you already have an unlocked bootloader, you will lose your data.
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I have rooted my n7 without unlocking my bootloader. I'm using stock ROM. So my data will be saved?
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Machlev said:
I have rooted my n7 without unlocking my bootloader. I'm using stock ROM. So my data will be saved?
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You'll lose root, but so long as you made no changes to the preinstalled /system portion of the ROM, the OTA should run without killing any of your data.
Rirere said:
You'll lose root, but so long as you made no changes to the preinstalled /system portion of the ROM, the OTA should run without killing any of your data.
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OK, so tomorrow morning/afternoon I'll see the update?
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It can take a lot longer than that, several days or a few weeks sometimes.
I just installed the factory image on my Nexus 7, but this will delete all your data...
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You'll lose root, but so long as you made no changes to the preinstalled /system portion of the ROM, the OTA should run without killing any of your data.
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If he has Superuser he can download OTA Root Keeper off Google Play to keep root when he installs the OTA or if he uses SuperSU instead, the pro (paid) version has an option to protect root.
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Got the 4.3 upgrade OTA this morning but had to use the old trick.... "Google Services Framework > Force stop > clear data" to make it show up.
johnny15 said:
Got the 4.3 upgrade OTA this morning but had to use the old trick.... "Google Services Framework > Force stop > clear data" to make it show up.
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Been doing that all day no luck here.
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This is why it pays to have an unlocked bootloader.
You would be running 4.3, rooted, and no loss of data if you did.
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If he has Superuser he can download OTA Root Keeper off Google Play to keep root when he installs the OTA
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Not at this stage, it seems.
"It means preserving root with OTA Root Keeper won't be possible anymore as new rooting techniques rely on more than just a setuid su binary in /system."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
roshea66 said:
Not at this stage, it seems.
"It means preserving root with OTA Root Keeper won't be possible anymore as new rooting techniques rely on more than just a setuid su binary in /system."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
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Yeah you are right. They updated their app to show it at the moment does not have 4.3 support. Rooting a Nexus device is easy enough, though, that I would not worry about it.
OTA link for Nakasi is posted over the OTA repository
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phonic said:
This is why it pays to have an unlocked bootloader.
You would be running 4.3, rooted, and no loss of data if you did.
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Fastboot oem unlock is the first I do when I get home with a new nexus device lol. Of course this thing has seen less than an few hours of stock ROMs in the past year lol.
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Just updated my nexus 7 via. OTA.
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Finally got the update this evening! Had a notification to say it'd downloaded and was ready to install, but I was in the middle of fixing a Play Store issue which meant removing and reinstating my Google account...
Of course, this meant that the notification disappeared and I'm still stuck on 4.2.2 with the manual update via 'About tablet' not working.
If it's downloaded, can I assume that it's still somewhere on my device? If not, will I possibly have to wait days or weeks to receive the update again?!
I'm not rooted by the way.
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Finally got the update this evening! Had a notification to say it'd downloaded and was ready to install, but I was in the middle of fixing a Play Store issue which meant removing and reinstating my Google account...
Of course, this meant that the notification disappeared and I'm still stuck on 4.2.2 with the manual update via 'About tablet' not working.
If it's downloaded, can I assume that it's still somewhere on my device? If not, will I possibly have to wait days or weeks to receive the update again?!
I'm not rooted by the way.
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Check your cache folder, should be there.
johnny15 said:
Got the 4.3 upgrade OTA this morning but had to use the old trick.... "Google Services Framework > Force stop > clear data" to make it show up.
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4 Days have passed and still no upgrade
What do I do? And I have rooted using motochopper without unlocking boot loader, so my data will be saved?
Should I use this?: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-to-android-4-3-jwr66v-and-root-it-right-now/
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Hey guys I have an unlocked bootloader and rooted device on 4.2.2. Just received ota update notification. If I proceed with the update will it keep root? When I updated via ota the past few times it kept root but with 4.3 I am unsure as I don't want to brick my device
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rkanwar said:
Hey guys I have an unlocked bootloader and rooted device on 4.2.2. Just received ota update notification. If I proceed with the update will it keep root? When I updated via ota the past few times it kept root but with 4.3 I am unsure as I don't want to brick my device
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No, not unless you install one of the 4.3 zips floating around XDA via custom TWRP recovery.
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