I upgraded to loli then wanted to remove bloatware so i installed stock firmware here installed toweltroot, installed root browser removed bloatware, removed root using supersu, cleared cach and tried to download updates using the about phone icon now ever time it says install was interrupted . i dont want to use custom roms i just want to use factory firmware without the bloatware. is this possible?
does this thread do what i want to accomplish?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att...w-to-update-to-g870aoc5-5-0-keeproot-t3083841
What you want is not possible. Once you modify the stock firmware, you won't be able to take OTA updates. Along with that, OTA updates will automatically add back all the bloatware. You need to run a modified rooted ROM. Try the MUNIZ method listed in the General S5 forums that you posted this thread in.
bloatware can be disabled in lollypop without root.
http://i.imgur.com/LxGakH7.jpg
I did it now running 5.0 with bloatware removed
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So I just finished up rooting my Sprint Hero, and cleaned out all the apps I didn't want. Was my main goal, so i feel accomplished. Now my question is, when the eclair update rolls out from sprint, will i be able to just update through the update service? or will that ruin the root and reinstall all the apps i was finally able to remove? Thanks for the info.
if you update from sprint you will loose root if the exploit is still present you can root but i dont think thats the case. But you can always use the RUU to flash to stock 1.5 and gain root again. When the update comes out I assure you we will have a cooked 2.1 rom with SU built in.
Thanks, just what I needed to know.
A friend rooted his 2.2 installation to install some additional apps which requires root, e.g. a firewall. He now wants to upgrade to 2.3.3, and still keep his apps/settings/messages without a manual backup.
Will it work to just flash the OTA zips found here? We're aware that he will loose root.
I'm considering getting a GS3 on AT&T soon. I know you can root and install a modded .apk of Google Wallet so I can use that with my phone. I want to stay on the stock ROM for now. Here are my questions:
1. Do I need to unlock in order to install Google Wallet?
2. If the only thing I change after rooting is installing Google Wallet (not removing bloatware, not messing w/ build.prop, etc), can I still get official Kies or OTA updates, or will that mess up the phone?
3. If I can't get the official updates, do pre-rooted "official" updates usually get posted pretty quick on XDA?
Thanks!
this forum is for the i9305, not the AT&T Galaxy S3.
You'll need to make sure the software status is "normal". Post in the correct forum for further assistance
darnocs1 said:
I'm considering getting a GS3 on AT&T soon. I know you can root and install a modded .apk of Google Wallet so I can use that with my phone. I want to stay on the stock ROM for now. Here are my questions:
1. Do I need to unlock in order to install Google Wallet?
2. If the only thing I change after rooting is installing Google Wallet (not removing bloatware, not messing w/ build.prop, etc), can I still get official Kies or OTA updates, or will that mess up the phone?
3. If I can't get the official updates, do pre-rooted "official" updates usually get posted pretty quick on XDA?
Thanks!
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Here's some of my opinion:
1. If google wallet is not originally fitted in your phone, you can install a modified wallet apk after rooting your phone, as the apk needs to be pushed into the /system/app folder. I don't think there's things to do with unlocking.
2. Don't worry about messing your phone up, root simply gives you higher control over your phone, if you don't mess your phone up, no one will. (but keep your eyes on some unknown app that requires root access, virus etc.) You will not get Kies or OTA update once you rooted your phone, regardless other changes.
3. But it's not a problem at all, simply use Odin to flash the firmware you like to update for, as long as you stay with stock firmware for your phone, I'd say there is nearly no risk.
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I am rooted on 4.4.2 on the N900A Note 3 for AT&T and I disabled the OTA notifications a long time ago to prevent breaking root and upgrading to 4.4.4. Now that the Lollipop update is available I would like to re-enable the OTA but when I go to the Application Manager then the Turned Off section, the AT&T Software update is listed but the Turn off button is greyed out and I can't turn it back on. Any suggestions? Please!
Did you freezed the app by using App Quarantine or another root app to disable it? I just re-enabled mine using App Quarantine.
Did you use Titanium Backup or something to freeze it? If so try unfreezing it there. Unless you Odin back to full stock the update will likely fail anyway though, even if you've unrooted. I would wait a day or two, there's a theoretical chance that the method of having root on 4.4.4 will work again (Be on a version Safestrap supports, flash a prerooted version of the ROM through that, then update the low level stuff via Odin)
Thank you both for replying... I have no idea what I did. I have Titanium Backup installed but I do not see a freeze feature. If I used a different app to freeze it will App Quarantine still unfreeze it? If so I'll try that. I no longer need root.
Even if you unfreeze it'll still likely fail out somewhere around 27% for ever being rooted, even if you unroot. You'll almost certainly have to Odin back to stock and take the OTAs in between, may as well wait for someone to post the Odin files for L so you can do it in one step I figure. If you do want to defrost it should work with anything that has that capability, for Titanium you click on the specific package and it should be the middle of the top row on the default Backup Properties tab, says Defrost
I can say neoman is absolutely correct. My phone is rooted and has 4.4.2. It downloaded the Lollipop 5.0 update today from AT&T but failed during installing. Main reason I rooted the phone was to overcome their Kitkat external SD Card issue. Now they fixed the issue with Lollipop but I can't update. I blame them on that .
I wonder if updating to 4.4.4 first will allow me to update to 5.0? The reason is I don't want to lose any current data or apps or settings. I still have a copy of the 4.4.4 downloaded ota earlier but never installed.
Bottomline is I want to update to 5.0 without losing data.
You'll absolutely have to Odin back to stock NC2 before trying to update to 5.0
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You'll absolutely have to Odin back to stock NC2 before trying to update to 5.0
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Is there an external download source for the Lollipop ROM to install via ODIN yet?
You can also Odin to stock NL1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2999317
Typically if you're careful and you know everything you did with root, you can reverse and update... I did this a few times
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I have a rooted phone, running KK- the only thing I have done is freeze a few apps and install the hotspot provision apk. BEFORE I do anything, I like to check with people who know. Check my plan:
Unfreeze everything frozen (including updater)
Accept OTA update (this will update me to 5.0)
I will loose root in the process..
Root phone using new root process
Install 39a Hotspot Provision APK to allow hot spot
Is it really that simple? I just feel like I'm missing something...
You will need to put the stock Hot Spot files back in, reboot before you can take the OTA. Also, before you look at the process to re-root, make sure you have the latest USB drivers from LG.
Just to check... I don't have to uproot first right?