Got a 781u1 ...would updating ota make rooting potentially harder if a rom were to come out?
how about if I gain root THEN update? would it undo root?
first thing is to check is whether you can unlock your bootloader, up until now the subject of rooting is moot if you can't, unless you get it unlocked as a paid service.
I'm not sure if updates will come while rooted, they won't if you flash TWRP. assuming they did come the boot.img most likely would be flashed on a major update breaking root.
you'd just have to extract and patch the boot.img again from a downloaded copy of the update and then flash that via Odin.
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Hello,
I searched for the answer and didn't find it so... I need to upgrade OS on my phone to the latest OTA.
I have a VZW Dev. ed. MotoX, unlocked, rooted, running TWRP. It is stock, aside from the tethering hack.
Given that I managed to unlock, root and install TWRP, I'm sure I could manage it again, if I have to install a stock recovery again (yuck), but I;m hoping there may be an easier way, perhaps one that involves simply clicking a link on my phone or some such similar. I recall with the GNex, these usually popped up shortly after the OTA became available. Is something similar for the MotoX likely to show up, or is our community just too small?
Is there a 1 click upgrade yet? Is there likely to be one, or do I need to roll up my sleeves with this device and revert to stock, apply OTA, then re-install TWRP and root? What a PITA. What's the easiest way?
Thanks!
vespadaddy said:
Hello,
I searched for the answer and didn't find it so... I need to upgrade OS on my phone to the latest OTA.
I have a VZW Dev. ed. MotoX, unlocked, rooted, running TWRP. It is stock, aside from the tethering hack.
Given that I managed to unlock, root and install TWRP, I'm sure I could manage it again, if I have to install a stock recovery again (yuck), but I;m hoping there may be an easier way, perhaps one that involves simply clicking a link on my phone or some such similar. I recall with the GNex, these usually popped up shortly after the OTA became available. Is something similar for the MotoX likely to show up, or is our community just too small?
Is there a 1 click upgrade yet? Is there likely to be one, or do I need to roll up my sleeves with this device and revert to stock, apply OTA, then re-install TWRP and root? What a PITA. What's the easiest way?
Thanks!
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use fastboot to flash stock recovery on your phone, undo the tethering hack, and take the OTA.
Since you have a Dev Edition with unlocked bootloader, Root and Write Protection Disable survive. You can leave stock recovery on there, unless you really need the features of TWRP like backup, etc. Then you just have to do any NEW hacks for tethering (for 4.4.2 its different than 4.4). Or you can use wifi tether for root app instead of hacks.
There was talk about repackaging the OTA to be installed via TWRP or CWM, but I don't recall the thread containing an actual zip, and think they were mostly talking about what needs to be done. Since its easy enough with the Dev Edition to update, its likely not worth the work repacking it, since it wont work for those with LOCKED bootloaders.
vespadaddy said:
Hello,
I searched for the answer and didn't find it so... I need to upgrade OS on my phone to the latest OTA.
I have a VZW Dev. ed. MotoX, unlocked, rooted, running TWRP. It is stock, aside from the tethering hack.
Given that I managed to unlock, root and install TWRP, I'm sure I could manage it again, if I have to install a stock recovery again (yuck), but I;m hoping there may be an easier way, perhaps one that involves simply clicking a link on my phone or some such similar. I recall with the GNex, these usually popped up shortly after the OTA became available. Is something similar for the MotoX likely to show up, or is our community just too small?
Is there a 1 click upgrade yet? Is there likely to be one, or do I need to roll up my sleeves with this device and revert to stock, apply OTA, then re-install TWRP and root? What a PITA. What's the easiest way?
Thanks!
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I pretty much did what was described below and maintained TWRP and root. Note: you must enter TWRP and exit after the update to reinstall SU.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50639372&postcount=25
except I chose not to flash the following...
fastboot flash logo logo.bin
fastboot erase customize
fastboot erase clogo
Whether it makes sense or not my goal is to not "upgrade" my bootloader or GPT until absolutely necessary as they can't be downgraded. The risks associated with doing this are hotly debated so understand what you are getting into if you choose to do this to your phone.
Reverted thether hack.
Recovery tool worked for me on moto x dev. flashed stock recovery. Took ota 442. Flashed twrp. kept root and stuff. no need for a computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334554
I have an xt1053 with unlocked bootloader, root, and TWRP. When Lollipop is released for moto x, will I lose all that and have to unlock again? What are the risks of updating?
Maybe, probably, who knows. I make it a point to never accept OTAs. Within a day or two devs will capture it, work it over, and release a version that is safe to flash. Just be patient one it's released.
OTA will always break root so you have to re-root. It does not relock your bootloader so you don't have to re-unlock.
If you have an unlocked bootloader there's usually no reason to avoid OTA. only those who have root with locked bootloader avoid OTAs since they risk not getting back root. Unlocked means you can flash custom recovery which means you can get root back.
BUT: You should always revert to stock recovery before taking OTA. doing it while carrying custom recovery will at the very least result in failed OTA, or worse.... So just revert to stock, take ota and thereby losing root, flash custom recover, flash superSU and have root back.
* So obviously this means you shouldn't take OTA unless you have the appropriate stock recovery on hand to flash back to stock.
xt5300 is an HP Pavilion Notebook PC. I think you mean xt1053.
dtg7 said:
xt5300 is an HP Pavilion Notebook PC. I think you mean xt1053.
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Doh! That's what happens when I don't get sleep. Edited to fix. Ty
I've searched and found variations on these questions in other posts, but I didn't come across any pertaining quite to my situation, so I wanted advice before I do something wrong and brick my phone.
I have a Sprint Moto X, unlocked & rooted, running 4.2.2 (I think pre-camera update). I'd like to upgrade to stock Sprint Lollipop (when it comes out) & stay unlocked & rooted.
My understanding of the steps that need to be taken:
1. Unroot my device
2. Re-lock my device
3. Flash TWRP and boot to recovery
4. Flash stock Sprint Lollipop
5. Unlock, then re-root device
Is any of this extraneous, or am I leaving anything out? Do I need to upgrade to KitKat before going to Lollipop?
I also have Xposed installed and I have tweaked the PRL on my device ... this shouldn't complicate the upgrade, right?
Relocking is useless, and unless you know what you're doing, flashing stock updates in custom recovery shouldn't be done. You don't necessarily need to unroot either, just make sure all stock system files are still in place.
Sent from my Moto X
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Relocking is useless, and unless you know what you're doing, flashing stock updates in custom recovery shouldn't be done. You don't necessarily need to unroot either, just make sure all stock system files are still in place.
Sent from my Moto X
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i have a sprint X and if i am going to update this is how i have allways done it with no issues at all.
you can leave your bootloader unlocked that is no a issue. but i always take OTA's and you cant take a OTA with a modded system. so i allways just flash my stock firmware package. that way it removes my custom recovery. Root, and all Xposed changes. Then i take the OTA and just reinstall TWRP, then SuperSU then what ever else you want.
this is the safest way i have found to update, the nice thing about Unlocked Sprint phones is we can easily Root are phones via TWRP and SuperSu.
just my .02 you can do it how ever you like but this is how i am going to do it when the OTA finally comes out if it ever does.
Hello,
I would like to root my phone, but do I also have to unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery? I don't want to install custom roms, and I want to be able to install updates from Google. The phone is also unlocked, but I'm not sure if unlocking the bootloader is a totally different thing. Basically I just want to root to get features such as the notification light and install exposed.
NOTE: This will only work on lollipop, for M preview you need a modified kernel, otherwise it won't boot!
If you only need root then use Chainfire's CF-Auto-Root (https://download.chainfire.eu/628/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-shamu-shamu-nexus6.zip).
To install root, you need to unlock the bootloader (CF-Auto-Root will do it for you if it's locked), but it will wipe you entire phone, and do a factory reset. So backup everything before you root it.
This will leave your stock recovery unchanged.
Thank you. This is exactly what I wanted.
You might want to consider installing twrp also, at least you can do a backup before you start messing around with stuff. Just rooting the phone will allow you to do everything you need /want but if you change something that makes things go south you have no reference point to return to.
Also, just to clarify: You will NOT be able to recieve OTA updates after rooting your phone. Rooting, using custom recovery, custom kernel or anything at all that tampers with the system prevents OTA updates from installing.
If any of the above has occured, the only way to be able to start updating through OTA again is to flash a factory image (or at least relevant parts of one).
Unlocking the bootloader will not affect the ability to update through OTA.
I've been trying like Hell to get OTA updates working on this phone. I finally found that downloading the earliest Oreo release from https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=229118 will get OTA updates finally working. Other ROMs I've downloaded won't give the the option to update or will continuously be unsuccessful. I'm not sure why these ROMs are different. I managed to get OTAs installed up to April, but I simply booted(not flashed) twrp and OTAs refused to install after that. So not only does unrooting or re-flashing the boot.img not fix OTAs, simply booting into a custom recovery will break them. Is this because the recovery and boot partitions are combined on this phone? Is their anyway to root and/or install a custom recovery on this phone without losing OTAs forever?