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This is going to be simply a collection of links with important points...Please read ALL directions and comments carefully...as no one is responsible for any damage to your phone.
NOTE 1: IF YOU ARE UNROOTED AND ALREADY UPDATED WITH OTA, YOU CAN STILL USE THE PROCESSES BELOW TO ROOT AND FLASH RECOVERY.
>> Rooting Samsung Fascinate
>> Flashing Clockwork Recovery
NOTE 2: IF YOU ARE ROOTED AND WANT TO KEEP ROOT, DO NOT INSTALL VERIZON OTA UPDATE. WAIT FOR DEVELOPERS TO POST A ROOTED UPDATE.
If something went wrong and you did not have recovery installed, use Odin to restore system to stock >> Odin Restore files to get you to stock
If something went wrong, but you are still able to get into clockwork recovery >> Stock Nandroid Image
NOTE 3: IF YOU ARE ROOTED, HAVE LAGFIX AND APPS REMOVED, DO NOT INSTALL VERIZON OTA UPDATE. YOU WILL RUN INTO ISSUES. YOU NEED TO COMPLETELY GO BACK TO STOCK, THEN UPDATE. YOU WILL LOSE ROOT.
If you want to stop the OTA update notification, use this file which provides simple edits...but be careful as it may make further updates more difficult >> SCH-I500.DI01 Update
UPDATED:
OTA Update with Root and Busybox >> DH12 to DI01 update with root and busybox
Please post corrections and I will update the OP...I see too many people messing up their devices. Just want to help.
My path.
1) Stock with root mentioned in this dev section
2)restored CW backup
3)used CW to install the update mentioned in this thread.
No problems so far.
After reading this thread again I went to stock and stock kernel. Rooted and gold again.
I think that CPU Scale app causes the Fascinate to shut down, so if you use it and getting them.... remove the app or let me know if you fixed.
Thanks!!!
Now, here is something I didn't try yet. I am still stock (not rooted), ran the OTA...and with all people having issues, I am scared to root. I want to try but I think I will wait and see if anyone else does this.
tats_06 said:
This is going to be simply a collection of links with important points...
>> Rooting Samsung Fascinate
>> Flashing Clockwork Recovery
NOTE 1: IF YOU ARE ROOTED AND WANT TO KEEP ROOT, DO NOT INSTALL VERIZON OTA UPDATE. WAIT FOR DEVELOPERS TO POST A ROOTED UPDATE.
If something went wrong and you did not have recovery installed, use Odin to restore system to stock >> Odin Restore files to get you to stock
If something went wrong, but you are still able to get into clockwork recovery >> Stock Nandroid Image
NOTE 2: IF YOU ARE ROOTED, HAVE LAGFIX AND APPS REMOVED, DO NOT INSTALL VERIZON OTA UPDATE. YOU WILL RUN INTO ISSUES. YOU NEED TO COMPLETELY GO BACK TO STOCK, THEN UPDATE. YOU WILL LOSE ROOT.
If you don't care about root and want to install the OTA update manually >> SCH-I500.DI01 Update
Please post corrections and I will update the OP...I see too many people messing up their devices. Just want to help.
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I thought the post about doing the OTA manually would allow you to keep root, seeing that it's a stripped down version.
Let me clarify that. If that's the case, I can update the OP.
Restored, updated and Rerooted
All is well. No problems so far.
Guys, pay attention to that update file. It is only updating modem.bin, and then updating your version number so you don't get nagged for an update. There are many more patches/updates in this fix than just modem.bin, and by doing only modem.bin you make it a bit more difficult on yourself to update down the road.
If that's all you want, go ahead and use it, but in no way did JT intend for this to get distributed as "this is what you should use if you have root" update.
Read before using, that's all I ask.
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Guys, pay attention to that update file. It is only updating modem.bin, and then updating your version number so you don't get nagged for an update. There are many more patches/updates in this fix than just modem.bin, and by doing only modem.bin you make it a bit more difficult on yourself to update down the road.
If that's all you want, go ahead and use it, but in no way did JT intend for this to get distributed as "this is what you should use if you have root" update.
Read before using, that's all I ask.
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Thanks for heads up...first post updated.
Bump.... Back to top till this gets stickied!
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Bump.... Back to top till this gets stickied!
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Thanks! I just reported it too to request for sticky.
Just thought I would menetion that phone is auto updating the software once it is downloaded to phone at night I woke up this morning and just reposed at work when I went to use wireless tether it wouldn't work looked at my phone and realized it had been auto updated time to go back to stock and reroot
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azalvarez03 said:
Just thought I would menetion that phone is auto updating the software once it is downloaded to phone at night I woke up this morning and just reposed at work when I went to use wireless tether it wouldn't work looked at my phone and realized it had been auto updated time to go back to stock and reroot
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Do you have to go back to stock first before rooting? Or can you just run the root OVER the update? Thanks.
tats_06 said:
Do you have to go back to stock first before rooting? Or can you just run the root OVER the update? Thanks.
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I don't think the update blocks root. you should be able to install the OTA as long as your not rooted, then once it is installed go ahead and root your device.
Ok...looks like root went thru...working on cwm recovery now.
OK, recovery installed successfully...running a backup right now.
Should I test restoring? Or should I assume I am safe?
Rooting after OTA update.
Can someone give a diffinative answer please. Can we root after the OTA update or does the update block root?
lukaro said:
Can someone give a diffinative answer please. Can we root after the OTA update or does the update block root?
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If you have CWM installed, you always have root via adb, which means you can get your root apps working.
If you're not running CWM, I don't know. Someone who's tried rage.bin post-update could tell you.
lukaro said:
Can someone give a diffinative answer please. Can we root after the OTA update or does the update block root?
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Yes you can root after update, I did it fine, but had to attempt it twice, the first try it hung, so had to do a battery pull, and then the second time it worked fine.
Nothing in the update seems worth it to return to stock (I've removed so many stock apps already.)
I'm having the Force Close loop issue. My CWR seems to be missing, as all I can access is Android system recovery <2e> with the options of:
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Using the Odin method didn't work for me, on multiple tries. My SD card appears to be wiped clean and I can't enter debug mode.
Is there anything short of a miracle that I can do to fix my phone? I've seen a few posts with people saying they had similar problems as mine, but there was never and explanation of how or if they fixed there phone.
Thanks in advance
I got my THunderbolt on day 1, and rooted it when the instructions were first released for Mac users back at android central.
I wanna update to the latest update (software+radio?)that was just recently let out a week or two ago.
Anyway I could do this and retain root?
BiggyLittlez said:
I got my THunderbolt on day 1, and rooted it when the instructions were first released for Mac users back at android central.
I wanna update to the latest update (software+radio?)that was just recently let out a week or two ago.
Anyway I could do this and retain root?
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I think you could just do a battery pull trick instead of having to go through the adb thing and you should be able to retain root if u download one of the devs rom of the leak
sparta31 said:
I think you could just do a battery pull trick instead of having to go through the adb thing and you should be able to retain root if u download one of the devs rom of the leak
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What are you talking about?
All he has to do is download a rom which uses the GB leak as a base and flash it. This is just the base leak with root, probably what you are looking for. Read before you flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082001
Here's my question - I'm running a stock Thunderbolt with the original software (not rooted), and I want to try the OTA update out. Has the OTA update been rooted for non-root users, as in, would I be able to root it afterwards, being as my phone is completely stock right now?
I don't want to be on GB, I want the most recent update that was let out over OTA.
The most recent update has issues, actually, far more than the Gingerbread leak. Random reboots are a very prevalent issue. If you aren't rooted, and you don't want to install a ROM and just install that software, simply check for an update under your settings menu.
If you are rooted, you need to look more into flashing a ROM, and what goes along with the process. Almost all ROM's released have root access, so that isn't an issue.
RandomlyWatts said:
The most recent update has issues, actually, far more than the Gingerbread leak. Random reboots are a very prevalent issue. If you aren't rooted, and you don't want to install a ROM and just install that software, simply check for an update under your settings menu.
If you are rooted, you need to look more into flashing a ROM, and what goes along with the process. Almost all ROM's released have root access, so that isn't an issue.
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ALL roms have root access since you have to be rooted to flash a rom... and the Random reboots are only an issue with the newest ginergerbread radio and gingerbread roms becuase they are an ALPHA release and arent stable yet. if you want the latest software and radio without GB then do the first update from this list --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13093559&postcount=1 and install a custom rom that is based of the newest software update (1.13.605.7) such as das bamf 1.6.3. if you want a more stock look then install one closer to stock. heres a list for you to look around --> http://www.thunderboltforums.com/fo...-thunderbolt-roms-list-updated-5-16-11-a.html easiest way to install a rom is with rom manager from the market and install from sd card. hope this helps i remember struggling with this stuff so i know it can be frustrating.
Help.
So, my boss asks me to root his thunderbolt, so I do. Then, he goes and tries to install an OTA update on the thunderbolt and wonders why it won't work. I get into work this morning and he says, "I need you to unroot my phone so I can install OTA updates"???
I'm very confused, but hey, he wants it unrooted. Problem is, I can pull the battery, startup like normal, boot into the rooted OS and immediately the thing shuts down and tries to install the OTA update he installed.
This results in the android guy and the triangle with an exclamation point in it showing and I can't go any further.
ADB DOES see the device when I do adb devices.
How do I push the stock ROM back on to the phone and have it update that back to stock?
Help.
WHY he wants the phone unrooted or even decided to update it with an OTA ROM is beyond me.
Please and thank you in advance.
Wrong section but if the bootloader still has s-off, I would install custom recovery again and flash the rooted ota rom.
Have you tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009423
You should be able to flash the latest ota by booting into bootloader. If adb is working then I believe you can...
adb reboot bootloader
here is a link to the file you will need with instructions...
how to flash the latest ota
1. I realized too late it was the wrong section, apologies.
2. I don't need to flash a ROOTED ROM, he wants this device back to being stock UNROOTED.
Can I, using recovery, flash PG05IMG_MR1_no_hboot.zip over what is there now and go back to unroot and stock?
I use an Evo and can do almost anything on that, but the thunderbolt is a little new to me. Not my device, shouldn't have offered to root it for my boss without knowing he was going to try to install an OTA update.
Any help with unrooting and reflashing the Stock OTA would be very helpful.
It's one of the big issues with running stock rooted. Nothing stopping it from trying to update itself and screw the pooch
Honestly, if he wants OTAs just for the latest goodies/stability and battery improvements he'd be better off with something cooked... Just my opinion though
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sanjsrik said:
2. I don't need to flash a ROOTED ROM, he wants this device back to being stock UNROOTED.
Any help with unrooting and reflashing the Stock OTA would be very helpful.
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Hmmm - not sure why you didn't just use the link that I provided? I will quote from there...
Code:
Using this RUU will wipe all data on your device!
Please make a backup of all sensitive data before
proceeding. Similarly, you will [B]LOOSE ROOT IF
YOU FLASH THIS[/B]. It is unclear right now
whether or not this version is easily rootable.
[B]PROCEED WITH CAUTION[/B]
This is not a link to a rooted rom.
thepolishguy said:
Hmmm - not sure why you didn't just use the link that I provided? I will quote from there...
Code:
Using this RUU will wipe all data on your device!
Please make a backup of all sensitive data before
proceeding. Similarly, you will [B]LOOSE ROOT IF
YOU FLASH THIS[/B]. It is unclear right now
whether or not this version is easily rootable.
[B]PROCEED WITH CAUTION[/B]
This is not a link to a rooted rom. It is a link to the full unrooted ota ruu that has been put in a flashable (from hboot) PG05IMG.zip.
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Update: Worked like a charm.
Thanks, polishguy, that wasn't clear originally, will follow your link. Much appreciated.
sanjsrik said:
Thanks, polishguy, that wasn't clear originally, will follow your link. Much appreciated.
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No problem. It wasn't clear originally bc I am not sure how XDA views links to "this sort of file". As in a "Romeo Uniform Uniform"
thepolishguy said:
No problem. It wasn't clear originally bc I am not sure how XDA views links to "this sort of file". As in a "Romeo Uniform Uniform"
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I would guess it's fine considering there are an abundance of RUU links in the dev section.
Hey, I'm rooted and s-off, running (firmware, I think) 2.06.605.1 710RD. I've been ignoring the software update Verizon sent out a while ago by pressing the home button on my phone whenever the update popup appears, but I'd like to make it go away for good, and the best way to do that is to update.
The thing is, I'd like to do it without the hassle of unrooting and going back to s-on (if I even need to do that) to update, then getting s-off and root again. I heard it's possible if you flash a pre-rooted ROM of the update through a custom recovery, and I found a pre-rooted, updated rom a while ago on the forum, but now I can't find it. The update is called HTC6435LVW_2.07.605.1-2.06.605.1.
First of all, will this work?
Secondly, I'm going to keep searching for the 2.07 rom, but can anyone let me know if they have a link to the thread?
Thanks for your help.
Edit 2: To all who saw my first edit, I have confirmed that this is the TTY update, not the 4.2.2 update. However, I think the 4.2.2 update will be available after I flash the 2.07 update, so please let me know if flashing a pre-rooted rom still works for entire OS updates (and if there even is a pre-rooted rom for 4.2.2 yet).
Edit 3: Wow, I should have finished reading xda's article on the subject before I edited last time. Apparently there's already a pre-rooted rom for the 4.2.2 update, so that won't be a problem. Ok, that should be all.
If anyone is interested, I saw this posted today. A small OTA update released by AT&T today.
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-pushes-out-update-htc-one-m8-brings-android-444-and-hd-voice
scott500 said:
If anyone is interested, I saw this posted today. A small OTA update released by AT&T today.
http://www.androidcentral.com/att-pushes-out-update-htc-one-m8-brings-android-444-and-hd-voice
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This is merely a rumor. The ATT link is to the old May 2014 update.
Pay no attention.
The link to the att sight yes is for old 1.58 build, does not mean there isnt an update coming...as its being reported with a build number by more and more sights, could just be a rumour but it could also be rolling out.
Well, they finally released the update today. Finally have 4.4.4. On my m8. Now to wait for lollipop
Does anybody know where the OTAPkg file gets downloaded to? I'm trying to preserve the file and not have to download it again and again after a fail update. Thanks.
Edit: n/m found it, it's under the FUMO folder within the internal SD.
Please save a copy. We need it for a custom rom
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johnnyutah22 said:
Please save a copy. We need it for a custom rom
Sent from my HTC One_M8 using XDA Free mobile app
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I'm lost. I installed the 4.4.4 OTA, installed the latest CM12 nightly, and now I have no cell service nor options to select/enter an apn. Under apn it states "access point names not available for this user" HElP?!
ALSO, what custom roms can I run using this 4.4.4 OTA?!
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I'm lost. I installed the 4.4.4 OTA, installed the latest CM12 nightly, and now I have no cell service nor options to select/enter an apn. Under apn it states "access point names not available for this user" HElP?!
ALSO, what custom roms can I run using this 4.4.4 OTA?!
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I can't help you with CM12, but I just installed Viper One and it seems to work fine.
I updated to the 4.4.4 via OTA yesterday, and Viper installed without a hitch.
NB: Make a Nandroid Backup before flashing please.
Whats the best way to update my girlfriend's rooted M8? Currently running 4.4.2 rooted S-ON. Can she just take OTA and then will have to re-root?
I'm S-OFF on my phone so I haven't had to deal with this. Already updated my firmware months ago and have been running 4.4.4 roms.
Thanks!!
Downloading it now.
You'll have to re-flash stock recovery, take the OTA update, then restore twrp (or other custom recovery) and re-root.
Could someone help me with the OTA update. I'm on stock 4.4.2 rooted and s-off. I placed back all the at&t crap in systems and tried my best to restore everything back to stock even recovery. I'm still getting a red triangle approx like 1/4 the way during the update. What sucks is that I have to download the whole update file again and it's 800+megs versus the prior updates which were a lot smaller. It's just very time consuming and would like to find out the root of the issue is.
I've done so many mods on the phone like the HK mod and various other ones. I'm trying to think back now to see if there is anything else and now I'm stuck. I don't want to restore my stock nandroid cause I would have to install everything all over again which would suck big time. I uninstall the drivers for viper4android, xposed, and even reverted the host file back from adaway. I just feel like there might be something within the system files that isn't suppose to be there. I even got rid of the att boot logo and sound but I had restored that back to stock as well. Please help if you could. Thanks.
Also is there anyway to flash twrp without using a pc? I tried flashify but it doesn't seem to be working cause it would revert back to the fastboot no matter what.
Same situation here I think... stock rom (never changed it yet), rooted, unlocked, s-off. Downloaded OTA then realized I needed to flash original recovery back. Did that, now AT&T sw update is of course telling me to wait 24 hours to check again. Any way around that?
jeremyenos said:
Same situation here I think... stock rom (never changed it yet), rooted, unlocked, s-off. Downloaded OTA then realized I needed to flash original recovery back. Did that, now AT&T sw update is of course telling me to wait 24 hours to check again. Any way around that?
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Yeah just manually change the date one day ahead and try it again. It might take a couple of secs for it to prompt that there is an update.
I just posted a pre-rooted ruu in the dev section.
Backup data in twrp to your ext sd. Flash ruu via sd card method. Flash twrp using the free app flashify. Reboot to twrp and restore data.
No pc required.
Just make sure you backup files on internal.
volcalstone said:
Could someone help me with the OTA update. I'm on stock 4.4.2 rooted and s-off. I placed back all the at&t crap in systems and tried my best to restore everything back to stock even recovery. I'm still getting a red triangle approx like 1/4 the way during the update. What sucks is that I have to download the whole update file again and it's 800+megs versus the prior updates which were a lot smaller. It's just very time consuming and would like to find out the root of the issue is.
I've done so many mods on the phone like the HK mod and various other ones. I'm trying to think back now to see if there is anything else and now I'm stuck. I don't want to restore my stock nandroid cause I would have to install everything all over again which would suck big time. I uninstall the drivers for viper4android, xposed, and even reverted the host file back from adaway. I just feel like there might be something within the system files that isn't suppose to be there. I even got rid of the att boot logo and sound but I had restored that back to stock as well. Please help if you could. Thanks.
Also is there anyway to flash twrp without using a pc? I tried flashify but it doesn't seem to be working cause it would revert back to the fastboot no matter what.
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There's a boot loader flashable twrp in the dev section posted by jball
dottat said:
I just posted a pre-rooted ruu in the dev section.
Backup data in twrp to your ext sd. Flash ruu via sd card method. Flash twrp using the free app flashify. Reboot to twrp and restore data.
No pc required.
Just make sure you backup files on internal.
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I noticed that flashify also will install CWM or Philz. Is your method specific to TWRP or can you use the others. The reason I ask is because I currently use Philz and would need that to restore my backup.
johnnyutah22 said:
I noticed that flashify also will install CWM or Philz. Is your method specific to TWRP or can you use the others. The reason I ask is because I currently use Philz and would need that to restore my backup.
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You can flash whichever you use.
I thought I read where this update would include the EYE Experience. Did I read that wrong or do I just not know how to use my camera anymore?
volcalstone said:
Could someone help me with the OTA update. I'm on stock 4.4.2 rooted and s-off. I placed back all the at&t crap in systems and tried my best to restore everything back to stock even recovery. I'm still getting a red triangle approx like 1/4 the way during the update. What sucks is that I have to download the whole update file again and it's 800+megs versus the prior updates which were a lot smaller. It's just very time consuming and would like to find out the root of the issue is.
I've done so many mods on the phone like the HK mod and various other ones. I'm trying to think back now to see if there is anything else and now I'm stuck. I don't want to restore my stock nandroid cause I would have to install everything all over again which would suck big time. I uninstall the drivers for viper4android, xposed, and even reverted the host file back from adaway. I just feel like there might be something within the system files that isn't suppose to be there. I even got rid of the att boot logo and sound but I had restored that back to stock as well. Please help if you could. Thanks.
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I don't think root changes are the issue; as typically it will fail before it even goes into recovery with a message that the system has been modified. It might just be a bad download.
Setting up your phone again is really not that bad a proposition; especially if you use Titanium to restore apps. And it will also restore your Xposed installer and modules. Using Titanium, I can easily be up and fully configured again in about a half hour after a factory reset or RUU. Although, of course this will depend on the amount of customization in settings, etc.
You might consider updating with the new RUU (relocking bootloader required if s-on). Not only will this bypass the OTA install issue you are having, but makes for a cleaner install. Yes, you will have to set the phone up again; and you will also need to backup any data on internal storage, as it will be wiped by RUU.