[Q] Scared...Can i get some help pleas. - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys/gals
i just tried updating with the OTA update and i ran the retain root v2 while doing it and followed all the steps listed on it. i pressed install on the phone. the phone rebooted but now it has been stuck on a screen with a droid on it and a triangle with a "!" inside of it? am i bricked? any way of fixing this?
Please help and thanks in advanced.

i think thats the recovery screen, try tapping the screen right above the search button.

well it was sitting there for about 30 mins not doing anything so i decided to do a batt pull...its up and running again but not updated. still rooted.

legion21 said:
i think thats the recovery screen, try tapping the screen right above the search button.
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^ yes do this, It will tell you where the update is hanging up and give you the option to reboot. Wish I would have known that when it happened to me the first couple times. Would have saved me a few battery pulls.
Anyway the update is probably hung up from a mod (webtop perhaps?). Undo whatever mods you have and run the update again. If all else fails you could flash the 4.1.26 sbf then update.

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getting "data wipe fail" after installing stock rom via odin

Ive flashed back to the stock rom many many times after playing with roms here and wanting to go back. Almost every time before I did I would use a zip through clockwork that wipes everything and I did this time too but for some reason after odin installs the stock firmware successfully the phone reboots as usual then goes through its checks and it always fails to wipe data. So my biggest issue is the phone is unusuable until I can do this because it boots to the tmobile screen and then the screen goes black but the phone is on as the capacative keys at the bottom still light up when touched. Any help on this would be great but its looking like Im going to have to get another one.
pablo1215 said:
Ive flashed back to the stock rom many many times after playing with roms here and wanting to go back. Almost every time before I did I would use a zip through clockwork that wipes everything and I did this time too but for some reason after odin installs the stock firmware successfully the phone reboots as usual then goes through its checks and it always fails to wipe data. So my biggest issue is the phone is unusuable until I can do this because it boots to the tmobile screen and then the screen goes black but the phone is on as the capacative keys at the bottom still light up when touched. Any help on this would be great but its looking like Im going to have to get another one.
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Are you sure you didn't get this after you installed the Voodoo lag fix??? You will have to read through this, but it looks like there's a fix in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=781456
Got to page three and read from there.
You are correct. I finally narrowed it down because I had done several updates through clockwork today but that was it. I am reading through forums to see about a fix, good thing I have other phones to play with too.
i got the same thing. did you figure it out?
menacetwosociety said:
i got the same thing. did you figure it out?
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I hope someone answered you.
It messed up because I flashed the Vibrant Voodo Lag-fix w/OC-Optimized 2.6.29 Kernel - Beta4 9/19/2010
To disable, simply place a new folder in the "Voodoo" folder on your SDcard (the internal one) name it "disable lagfix" (e.g /sdcard/Voodoo/disable lagfix") no extention just that exact name and reboot. After your phone boots and you check that your /data partition is again RFS you can re-apply any other kernel you were using.
now redo the stock kernel and stock rom via odin and you should be fine.
yea im having same issue, how do you put the folder in if the phone doesn't show anything, just a black screen?!
I have same problem
How can i add the folder if the screen is black?
please help
thanks
update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8698655&postcount=150
this fixed my problem
gottijr said:
I have same problem
How can i add the folder if the screen is black?
please help
thanks
update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8698655&postcount=150
this fixed my problem
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Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!! This fixed my mess up too.
how can i do it with my vibrant turn black after booting ?
yep, this fixed me right up... once i realized i needed odin 1.3 to do it... but it did work and all is well...
thanx this worked for me as well

Really need some help here

This is my 2nd post now. Didnt get any answers on my other one. So this is the deal, i got my phone on factory .26 and used gladroot to get to .52 with my root.
Everything has been find now the new update came out .83. I try to dl and install it from my phone and it reboots on install and the green android guy and an explamation point pop up. I have to restart after that and the phone is back to normal but with no update.
Can i have detailed instructions on how to update and get the root again?
Do i have to flash? and how do i go about doing that? please give me insight. THanks
wishb0n3 said:
This is my 2nd post now. Didnt get any answers on my other one. So this is the deal, i got my phone on factory .26 and used gladroot to get to .52 with my root.
Everything has been find now the new update came out .83. I try to dl and install it from my phone and it reboots on install and the green android guy and an explamation point pop up. I have to restart after that and the phone is back to normal but with no update.
Can i have detailed instructions on how to update and get the root again?
Do i have to flash? and how do i go about doing that? please give me insight. THanks
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umm its normal for it to show the android guy with the ! with int he triangle. jsut let it install and get root again with ginger break. let it finish do not interrupt it while it is updating. let it reboot by it self.
There are numerous threads in development that tell you how to flash to the 1.57 sbf file. Then I went to the motorola website and did the update to 1.83 from there.
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sal2708 said:
umm its normal for it to show the android guy with the ! with int he triangle. jsut let it install and get root again with ginger break. let it finish do not interrupt it while it is updating. let it reboot by it self.
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So its normal it just sits and android and !?? it doesnt show a progress bar or anything.. so just leave it ? i have been looking how to flash but im not really understanding it.. do i have to flash back or what?
Ok so i showed a progress bar for a couple seconds, now its at a triangle with ! in it and the green android guy. So you are telling me this is normal? I should just leave my phone like this? it will finish on my own? or what? please let me know thanks alot.
i guess ill give it 5 minutes.. no progress yet.. please let me know if this is normal or its not going to update?
wishb0n3 said:
Ok so i showed a progress bar for a couple seconds, now its at a triangle with ! in it and the green android guy. So you are telling me this is normal? I should just leave my phone like this? it will finish on my own? or what? please let me know thanks alot.
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when i did the update on my with the .zip file that was floating around i just flashed it, anf it had the android guy with the ! int he traingle.
it was showing ******************************** as it updated. then eventually just rebooted and went on to the motorola with dual core boot image. let it there for a while and see what happenes
sal2708 said:
when i did the update on my with the .zip file that was floating around i just flashed it, anf it had the android guy with the ! int he traingle.
it was showing ******************************** as it updated. then eventually just rebooted and went on to the motorola with dual core boot image. let it there for a while and see what happenes
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The thing is i rooted my atrix sraight from factory to .52. So im rooted on .52 right now with gladroot.. Im trying to update straight from my phone to the new update.. without flashing or antyhing. I download it and install it.. it showed a open box with a bar for 2 seconds and went to the triangle and green guy. Hasnt moved or done antyhing since.. there is no *************** etc... any advice?
wishb0n3 said:
The thing is i rooted my atrix sraight from factory to .52. So im rooted on .52 right now with gladroot.. Im trying to update straight from my phone to the new update.. without flashing or antyhing. I download it and install it.. it showed a open box with a bar for 2 seconds and went to the triangle and green guy. Hasnt moved or done antyhing since.. there is no *************** etc... any advice?
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funny. mine updated. alright then lets do this the hard wa
Well, still nothing its not updating.. just stuck at the !triangle green android guy screen... can anyone tell me what to do so i can upgrade to .83? much appreciated..
Ok emailed you and all.
Got a question, do i have to flash it back? i had trouble flashing last time if anyone can guide me through it, if its needed. Will be very grateful once im on the update and rooted. Coming from iphone so this is all foreign to me lol.
use this guide to get back to 1.2.6 then ota to 57 then ota to 82 then use gingerbrick to root
sal2708 said:
umm its normal for it to show the android guy with the ! with int he triangle. jsut let it install and get root again with ginger break. let it finish do not interrupt it while it is updating. let it reboot by it self.
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No it's not!
The triangle an "!" mean it's crapped out!
CaelanT said:
No it's not!
The triangle an "!" mean it's crapped out!
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have you tried accessing the android recovery? its there, tis also there when you are doing a upgrade, its normal for it to show up when your doing and upgrade in any android device!
I had the same problem. I ended up downloading the update frontiers the.motorola websiteand istalling it from my pc. Took 30 min but it worked. I was rooted on 1.57. Lost root but got it back with gingerbreak
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SolidHelix said:
I had the same problem. I ended up downloading the update frontiers the.motorola websiteand istalling it from my pc. Took 30 min but it worked. I was rooted on 1.57. Lost root but got it back with gingerbreak
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Whats the website man? ill try it out.. the way you wrote it doesnt add up lol
Ok.. well i did what you said. i went to the motorola website.. updateded my phone took about a half hour.. phone restarted and all then it said update failed or something. But i look and it says its updated... so is it all good? do i have to use gingerbreak now?

[Q] Help!!! ugrent!!!

I have Bricked my phone edditing system folder permissions...
REGREATED ROOTING EVER SINCE
Any way to fix it its simply the phone keeps rebooting with a red light blinking and the M sign dual core stuck
Ive tried 2 methods but they didnt work!! :'(
Rsd method
and the abd method i didnt fully understand because im still nubbish
sbf should fix this, after flash is complete if it still bootloops your probably using a service sbf so will need to enter android recovery and manually clear data etc. to do this hold volume down while turning on device, then keep pressing it till it says android recovery, press volume up, then you have to tap the bottom right corner to show the options when the android logo appears
Hi all I am in the same boat I followed the briefmobile instructions http://briefmobile.com/download-android-2-3-4-gingerbread-for-motorola-atrix-4g
Tried the Android recovery deleting cash and installing from SD but I keep getting failed authentication (or something like that)
Can anybody help or post a topic that can lead me in the right direction
ears1991 said:
sbf should fix this, after flash is complete if it still bootloops your probably using a service sbf so will need to enter android recovery and manually clear data etc. to do this hold volume down while turning on device, then keep pressing it till it says android recovery, press volume up, then you have to tap the bottom right corner to show the options when the android logo appears
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Ive done this and it hasnt worked 0.0
heyhey24 said:
Ive done this and it hasnt worked 0.0
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which sbf are you using?
ears1991 said:
which sbf are you using?
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stock US att 1.8.3 with 2.2.2 froyo installed a couple of root apps
heyhey24 said:
stock US att 1.8.3 with 2.2.2 froyo installed a couple of root apps
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download and try: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IJC7SGJZ or http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0AH1MQDS
Id be suprised if neither worked
do i still get ota updates?
Also im longing to try the gingerbread atrix leak so do you think you could help me with that?
yes you will still get ota updates
i wouldnt recommend you trying the gingerbread stuff without doing A LOT of reading first, id just wait for it to arrive ota personally rather than risk messing your phone up again
What I don't get is that people edit random things and break their phones. Why did you change the permissions?
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Question do you use Android Recovery or RSD or Fastboot? with the 1.8.3 file
I tried it cause I got the unlock and bootloader without any issue. so i was daring.....
you speak the truth lol
yea its comming this month anyway an the moth is have over
Not to sounds lik an idiot but can you tell me how to sbf because i think im doing it badly or something using rsq or something like that
http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-system-boot-file-sbf-leaked
scroll down for guide
dario3040 said:
What I don't get is that people edit random things and break their phones. Why did you change the permissions?
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because i needed it for emoji but i guess i screwed up huh? lol
OmniMoAK said:
Question do you use Android Recovery or RSD or Fastboot? with the 1.8.3 file
I tried it cause I got the unlock and bootloader without any issue. so i was daring.....
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...RSD and tried using android recovery to restore
RSD dosent recognize my phone ...
nevermind E-FAIL on my part
THANK YOU ALL YOU AMAZING AND TALENTED PEOPLE ON THE FORUMS IF ANYTHING GOES WRONG DURING THE PROCESS ILL CONTACT YOU LOVE YOU GUYS N THANKS FOR LETTING ME INTO MY NEW HACK HOME ... ANDROID AND XDA
OK new problem now I am out of battery, and I cant do anything to charge it. So the only thing I can do is in Android recovery but I cant find a update.zip file that will authenticate. Any ideas on how to get the battery charged? and where to get a update.zip that will work?
please help I know I may of hijacked this thread but it is a similar situation.

UPDATED - [HOW-TO] SBF back to stock Froyo, Update to P3Droids Pre-Rooted GB Update

Follow directions to SBF your phone back to stock Froyo
HERE
After you have followed those directions, THIS IS IMPORTANT PEOPLE, go thru the setup, *228 option 1 and all.
Go ahead and do a factory data reset/wipe your phone from Settings>>Privacy>>Factory Data Reset
After wiping the phone re-root with Gingerbreak and instal Tenfar Lin's Recovery.
Tutorials for rooting and installing recovery as well as additional download links/mirrors can be found in the sticky or here:
Root
Recovery
Place the downloaded GB Pre-Rooted file un the root(top of filesystem/not in any folder) of your externad sd card and rename to "update.zip".
Reboot into recovery thru Tenfar's Bootstrap Recovery app and select "Apply SDCARD : update.zip"
NOTE : It will take a long time, about 15 minutes... EDIT: I dont remember how long it takes with the new prerooted version.... I did this at work yesterday...
Reboot your phone. IT WILL BOOTLOOP!!! EDIT: If it bootloops, pull battery, reboot holding power and volume down, use volume down to scroll to stock/built in recovery, press volume down and up at the same time twice until you get the menu, wipe/factory data reset....
The phone will seem to stall at the eye, but give it time... EDIT: I wasnt watching as I was doing this at work....
Eventually you will be at your home screen and all will be well and rooted in the wonderful world of GingerBread!!
ENJOY!!!
UPDATES
GO TO P3DROID'S WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD THE FILES THERE! HE HAS CORRECTED THE "ASSERT FAILED/INSTALLATION ABORTED ERROR"!
Download
UPDATED!!
I will be SBF-ing my phone back to stock and applying P3Droid's new pre-rooted GB update...
I will update this post when I finish...
Been here, Done this, all is well and rooted in the land of GingerBread!!!
Sweet! Downloading Now Thanks
That Only Works If You Rename The Zip File To Update.
Pre-Rooted Only:
http://www.mediafire.com/?ut0ujssdglftfkd
I got the installation aborted status 7 messgae, but it says failed to boot 1 everytime
nitwit said:
I got the installation aborted status 7 messgae, but it says failed to boot 1 everytime
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Have you tried a battery pull and reboot? Make sure you don't have any kind of mod at all and if it still doesn't work, SBF back to bone dry stock, wipe, remove/uninstall any and all apps you may still have and try again...
DAG425 said:
Have you tried a battery pull and reboot? Make sure you don't have any kind of mod at all and if it still doesn't work, SBF back to bone dry stock, wipe, remove/uninstall any and all apps you may still have and try again...
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I cant seem to sbf,
when i hold down the volume down and hit power it flashes the moto logo and then goes black, can't get to the rsd mode
scary stuff, it might be sbf'ing according to rsd, even though I didn't go into rsd mode hmm.
Another Mirror.
Pre-Root Only.
Edit: Installation Aborted (bad)
The Link Update.zip In OP Is Bad.
nitwit said:
I cant seem to sbf,
when i hold down the volume down and hit power it flashes the moto logo and then goes black, can't get to the rsd mode
scary stuff, it might be sbf'ing according to rsd, even though I didn't go into rsd mode hmm.
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Let RSD do what it does and let us know... That is a little scary... I am currently trying to figure out what may have happened to you...
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MikeJ92YJ said:
Another Mirror.
Pre-Root Only.
Edit: Installation Aborted (bad)
The Link Update.zip In OP Is Bad.
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What did you get for the error??? It will say installation aborted and all you have to do is reboot...
DAG425 said:
What did you get for the error??? It will say installation aborted and all you have to do is reboot...
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Downloaded From P3's Site There And It Only Had 1 File In The Zip.
It's Okay I Got Another Download And Now I'm On 2.3
DAG425 said:
Let RSD do what it does and let us know... That is a little scary... I am currently trying to figure out what may have happened to you...
Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk
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Wow, this first time I tried rsd it called the device 'fastboot' rather than the usual Daytona
I tried again after several battery pulls and got to where it called it Daytona and went ahead and flashed and thank you, it worked.
Even scarier was that I could not boot to use the nandroid backup either! I plugged into the wall outlet without the battery, inserted the battery and still had boot failure 1!!
I thought it was supposed to be possible to sbf back to 2.2? I am stuck in a boot loop now....sigh
great, tried again and notice that my error 7 says error in /sdcard/update.zip <sigh>
back to the same issue I think...
Just so EVERYBODY knows, I got the sdcard error and the bootloop issue and I panicked and SBF-ed again!!! After the second sbf I ran the update one more time and got the installation aborted error and sat at a bootloop for a few minutes... let it work... P3Droid himself said that it will abort, and it will bootloop and take some time. As I stated in the How-To, his instructions aren't very detailed and along with my own issues I decided to write the How-To...
I think I finally got this to work, thanks for the help. I was pondering if it would be better to run over the phone with my car or say I had lost it...
DAG425 said:
Just so EVERYBODY knows, I got the sdcard error and the bootloop issue and I panicked and SBF-ed again!!! After the second sbf I ran the update one more time and got the installation aborted error and sat at a bootloop for a few minutes... let it work... P3Droid himself said that it will abort, and it will bootloop and take some time. As I stated in the How-To, his instructions aren't very detailed and along with my own issues I decided to write the How-To...
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I Read The Directions, Had Alil Knowhow Already And In The Process Of Restoring Thanks To MyBackup Root. Gonna De-Bloat And Deodex Next.
With all the seeds we got on the torrent now, ya'll should be able to get the file in just a couple minutes if you got a really fast connection.
MikeJ92YJ said:
I Read The Directions, Had Alil Knowhow Already And In The Process Of Restoring Thanks To MyBackup Root. Gonna De-Bloat And Deodex Next.
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When you get it debloated and deodexed can you upload a copy? I would really like to see this baby run once its deodexed!!!
DAG425 said:
When you get it debloated and deodexed can you upload a copy? I would really like to see this baby run once its deodexed!!!
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I'll See What I Can Do, I'm Fighting The Battery Pulls By Deleting The Bloat.
Went From 170Mb - 228Mb Free Just From The Bloat.
Final Result After Deodex Is 269Mb Free Same As Froyo.
That's A 100Mb Difference, Of Nothing But B/S.
nitwit said:
I think I finally got this to work, thanks for the help. I was pondering if it would be better to run over the phone with my car or say I had lost it...
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LMAO... I think what you had lost was ur patience but i am glad everything worked out OK for u!!!
nitwit said:
I cant seem to sbf,
when i hold down the volume down and hit power it flashes the moto logo and then goes black, can't get to the rsd mode
scary stuff, it might be sbf'ing according to rsd, even though I didn't go into rsd mode hmm.
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hold down both the power and vol down together

[Q] Cant boot into recovery mode

ok heres the deal,
I rooted my droid razr max quite a while ago, and now I just want to get rid of my root and restore back to factory settings. the only reason i rooted in the first place was to get the mobile hotspot, now with verizon you can get it for free. so the problem is when i go to boot into recovery it stops and gives me the "!" with the triangle around it. also my phone asked me to download the new software and i did, and tryed to install it, and it half way through does the same thing. please help me out!
thanks a lot guys!
aball said:
ok heres the deal,
I rooted my droid razr max quite a while ago, and now I just want to get rid of my root and restore back to factory settings. the only reason i rooted in the first place was to get the mobile hotspot, now with verizon you can get it for free. so the problem is when i go to boot into recovery it stops and gives me the "!" with the triangle around it. also my phone asked me to download the new software and i did, and tryed to install it, and it half way through does the same thing. please help me out!
thanks a lot guys!
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When it turns red triangle with "!", you have to press at same time volume up and volume down buttons
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When it turns red triangle with "!", you have to press at same time volume up and volume down buttons
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right on! your a genius. But if i were to just install the new software and not factory reset, it still brings up the white triangle with "!". i just tried this and pressed vol up and dn at same time and it brought up some info...i didn't see what all it said but i did see install aborted. any suggestions about this?
aball said:
right on! your a genius. But if i were to just install the new software and not factory reset, it still brings up the white triangle with "!". i just tried this and pressed vol up and dn at same time and it brought up some info...i didn't see what all it said but i did see install aborted. any suggestions about this?
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Problem is probably, that your phone is rooted. This is why you can not update your phone. I recommen you make factory reset and than update... But for last update don't exist a way to root yet.
Sorry for my ENG
RideR10 said:
Problem is probably, that your phone is rooted. This is why you can not update your phone. I recommen you make factory reset and than update... But for last update don't exist a way to root yet.
Sorry for my ENG
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ya no worries on your ENG! and yes my phone is rooted. i will try factory reset first. I was under the impression that if you instaled the new software it would automaticly remove the root, and i wouldn't have to go through all the pain of setting my phone up and doing all the back ups of everything i need. It should let me install new software, i think. But if this is the only way to get new software i will have to suck it up lol!
Factory reset isn't needed if its just root stopping your update.. Just unroot from your su app if you don't want root. Otherwise use voodoo ota root keeper and backup root and then temp unroot, restore it after the update.
Its an XT912, there is a root method for jb if voodoo fails.
I went to my SU app and I only have the option to temp unroot. How do I permanently unroot?
Depends on your su app. SuperSu has it in settings, scroll down to the cleanup section. Otherwise just temp unroot and forget about it.
If unrooting doesn't help with applying the update, which is quite likely, try the factory reset or finally go the fastboot way.
P.S. Sorry for the delayed reply
no problem, ok here is what i have done: I tried to data wipe/factory reset, and it will not restore back to factory settings, my SU and root is still there and still wont allow me to install software update.
Ouch. Have you tried factory reset from recovery?
elspinat said:
Ouch. Have you tried factory reset from recovery?
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yeah, even after i select the temp unroot option in my SU app. Im lost.

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