First, this is not an extensive guide.
Second, credit goes to -ViperBoy- for suggesting this to me on Twitter.
Here goes...
Disclaimer- This has only been tested with rooted .33 and I'm not responsible if you screw something up and/or iron jellyfish eat your junk. DO NOT RUN ICS OTA BEFORE ROOTING AGAIN AND RUNNING VOODOO ROOT KEEPER! This has not been tested with an unrooted ICS ROM being reverted back to .33 HC ROM.
Background- If you are getting the yellow triangle it is probably because you are rooted and have deleted a system app. Don't know why Asus counts bloat as system apps...but whatever.
Solution- go to Asus website and download the current version/region firmware. BE CAREFUL HERE (as of this writing the latest is .33 HC so you can still root it, but that may change). Unzip it and put the zip file into the root of the SD Card on you're TFP (the zip inside the zip... I'll elaborate more tomorrow to clarify. If you are confused here wait).
Then run it. This will un root you, but rest assured you can re root again before doing the jump to ICS. Now after restoring and rooting, Go to the market and get the voodoo root keeper app and run it. Then run the ICS ota and then restore root...profit.(I'll fix this all up tomorrow with links and such to make it pretty.)
Thanks again -ViperBoy- for taking one for the team!
Going to sleep now. Will come back to this tomorrow to clean up formatting and such. Tweet me if you have questions, it will alert my phone. @Techronico
I'm on unrooted ICS (went from rooted .33 -> ICS, forgot to use rootkeeper) and want to try this method to gain root. Will see...
How exactly do you "run it" again? I have the zip (from inside the zip) on the root of SD card and no idea what to do next.
Same here... If you're going to make a guide, please make it clear. This is ONE of the many ways that I've tried it, with no success!
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Better Guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437285
Was Figured out last night during the update.
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I bought a brand new photon 4g and upon activating it.. I made the mistake of accepting the OTA 45.3.6 because now, despite all my efforts to root the device using AIO's, torpedo method, and even using the relatively new method that apparently works well with the Photon
@ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235376
Im about ready to give up. Ive had plenty of experience rooting and flashing my HTC Hero CDMA and Samsung Epic however, i was not expecting this.
It seems the main problem with the AIO's is that they are outdated and I am only receiving error messages upon clicking the batch file (yes i have debugging while USB on)
If anybody could help me or give me an alternative rooting method I would be greatful. Would unlocking the bootloader before trying to root make a difference? Again any help would be super appreciated because I've ready the forums and used TFSE and im still coming up stock.
So I'm really new to the Photon too (came from an Evo4G), and had updated to the latest OTA as well. I just rooted using this method, it worked great:
[ROOT] Photon Torpedo, dockless root access
More specifically, I followed the directions here. Note: I did get an error message near the end of that process, but just kept going, and it worked just fine.
I haven't unlocked the bootloader, so someone else will have to chime in for advice on that....
That worked! And I happened to find another set of directions that made things even easier:
For anyone who will have this problem in the future, check out :
http://codehenge.net/blog/2011/08/rooting-a-motorola-photon-without-a-dock/
Great site rooted my photon in 10 minutes.
androidenous said:
Great site rooted my photon in 10 minutes.
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I was running Scott's ICS 3.5 (Didn't like 4.5, was a little buggy for daily driver.) I wanted to try out the OTA, so I downloaded the RUU and after several hours of frustration got it installed and running. I realized that the only difference I could see as a non-power user was that the OTA didn't have power saving features and did have lots of bloat. So I re-unlocked, and tried to install the new MIUI that looks pretty, but I have been to chicken to do the wire trick, and MIUI requres S-OFF. So I downloaded Nils' Business 6.0, and got it up and running flawlessy but I didn't have root. After upgrading my Amon Ra to 3.14 AND 3.15, still no joy. Tried SuperSU first and then SuperUser. I have no clue what to try next. I have reflashed Nils' several times thinking maybe it was a bad flash. I just don't know.
Sorry for the rambling post, but I've been spending hours just to try to get root, which you all know should just be a few buttons.
Try going into SuperSU and allow it to update binaries when it asks..
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i haz contributed
but yea supersu or superuser fashable zips should work... and custom (most 99%) roms have super su so something in going wrong on your end.
Tachi91 said:
i haz contributed
but yea supersu or superuser fashable zips should work... and custom (most 99%) roms have super su so something in going wrong on your end.
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You, sir, have won for the day....
Edited the pic because I didn't see that offensive crap at the bottom lol
Boot into recovery, wipe everything three times (at least) cache, dalvik. Ruu again, reinstall recovery, reflash root. Try a battery pull after and reboot. Then try custom rom.
Yeah When I said I tried SuperSU and SuperUser, I meant that they tried to update and failed because they did not have root access. I do not have time left tonight to wipe and RUU and all, but I will post my results when I can get that done.
Thanks for the fast replies!
I am running Eclipse v1.3 on my rooted Verizon Note 2. I received a notice of an OTA software push. I deferred the update and attempted to remove the OTA files. Does anyone know the names of the files and where they are located so I may verify their deletion? I "think" I passed the last deferred time and have not yet received the OTA notice. I think I am in the clear, but I want to do what Reagan said, "Trust, but verify!"
Any help is very appreciated.
[I would have posted this in the ROM specific area, but since I am new at this, I was not allowed to post there.]
jturquette said:
I am running Eclipse v1.3 on my rooted Verizon Note 2. I received a notice of an OTA software push. I deferred the update and attempted to remove the OTA files. Does anyone know the names of the files and where they are located so I may verify their deletion? I "think" I passed the last deferred time and have not yet received the OTA notice. I think I am in the clear, but I want to do what Reagan said, "Trust, but verify!"
Any help is very appreciated.
[I would have posted this in the ROM specific area, but since I am new at this, I was not allowed to post there.]
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Looks like Eclipse is up to version 1.4 so it is probably the ROM OTA updater, not Verizon.
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Looks like Eclipse is up to version 1.4 so it is probably the ROM OTA updater, not Verizon.
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There is no ROM updater. It is the ota notification. OP you need to remove "sdm 1.0" I just used a root Explorer and deleted ie but whatever method you prefer. Just get rid of that sdm app
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Let me help you. There is no ROM updater in Eclipse. Which is what the OP is running. Jelly beans and mean beans (and a couple others) does have one, but Eclipse does not (which is again what the OP is asking about). So I'm not sure what your picture of the updater from jellybeans proves?
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Ok so this may have been posted before but I've been searching and can't find anything.
So I got my note 2 when they released and I did the first "root" method available which I think was odin. Not really root with a custom recovery however I don't think. See the following screenshot to see what I'm currently running. Its been fine until now so I never re flashed anything or install twrp or anything.
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Lately its been running slow so I want to fully root and install something along the lines of the latest Clean Rom. I had cleanrom on my Rezound and I love his roms.
Only reason I'm making this thread is because I'm not sure where to start because I don't think I'm stock yet I'm not "really" rooted.
Dont want to mess up my device.
Thanks!!
ufvj217 said:
Ok so this may have been posted before but I've been searching and can't find anything.
So I got my note 2 when they released and I did the first "root" method available which I think was odin. Not really root with a custom recovery however I don't think. See the following screenshot to see what I'm currently running. Its been fine until now so I never re flashed anything or install twrp or anything.
Lately its been running slow so I want to fully root and install something along the lines of the latest Clean Rom. I had cleanrom on my Rezound and I love his roms.
Only reason I'm making this thread is because I'm not sure where to start because I don't think I'm stock yet I'm not "really" rooted.
Dont want to mess up my device.
Thanks!!
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Sounds like you are rooted, but your bootloader is still locked. In order to flash ROMs on Verizon you will need to unlock the bootloader (unless you did that via Odin the first time around). From those screenshots you won't be able to tell if you have unlocked the bootloader...as far as I know the only want to check is to boot into recovery. If you see TWRP or CWM you are set...if you get the stock recovery you need to follow Adam Outler's original unlock method as you are on baseband VRALJB. To access recovery power off the device and then press volume up + power button + home button simultaneously. Whatever boots up will tell you what you need to know.
stary by reading the stickies.
Yea I believe I'm still on the stock recovery.
Hello,
I am new to rooting and never had much success. This is my first successful attempt. I followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-to-root-i545vrufnk1-4-4-2-12-1-2014-t2959613
and now have a rooted 4.4.2 Galaxy S4. SuperSU is installed and claims it disabled knox and Root Checker says I have root. I was able to change the file that disables continuous scrolling successfully but now I have another problem. I keep constantly getting this OTA upgrade notice. I don't know if I should do it or not because I dont know if I will lose root. I would like a bloat free lollipop or other custom rom and am open to suggestions. If you suggest a guide or method the more idiot proof the better because I really can't afford to jack this up.
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On verizon, which hates rooting. Not worried about warranty because I have none. Its a used phone off ebay.
Android 4.4.2
Base I545VRUFNK1
Kernal 3.4.0
Build KOT49H.(Base)
Please dont treat me like I am stupid because I already know I am compared to most of you.
Thanks in advance for helpful criticism and suggestions.
Take a look at:
stang5litre Ediition 5.0 OC1 MDK,SS,FF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/stang5litre-ediition-5-0-t3132555
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Take a look at:
stang5litre Ediition 5.0 OC1 MDK,SS,FF
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/development/stang5litre-ediition-5-0-t3132555
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All that sounds complicated. Im assuming I cant use the MDK instructions since I am on NK1?
Go into a root explorer ..Mount /system as read/write..go to /system/app/
Rename fota.client.apk to fota.client.apk1 and fwupgrade.apk to same but add a 1
Reboot
pretty sure thats how I did it two years ago lol... Dont quote me though google it and read.. galaxys4 stop ota notification. If Im wrong some1 correct me.