[Q] Messed up root coz of OTA update?? - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
Well my friend had his phone rooted, he got an OTA Update, I warned him not to do an OTA update if his phone is rooted as it may mess things up, he's still an android n00b lol. Anyways he's seeking for help as he got the following error messages
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I predict the solution is to re-root/re-flash CWM?? He was on CWM 6.4 btw
Also should I advice him to delete the OTA files via root explorer??
Thanks in advance

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ehab78 said:
I predict the solution is to re-root/re-flash CWM?? He was on CWM 6.4 btw
Also should I advice him to delete the OTA files via root explorer??
Thanks in advance
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I think you are confused, he used CF Root 6.4 which gives CWM 5.5
The OTA files should have gone now as they have been used.
Yes re-root will give root permissions again.

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All that message means is that the cwm manager app won't work directly with that version of recovery.....our at least some of the features won't work.
If he boss into recovery with 3 button combo all features will be there.
I have this due to the fact I stick with the old recovery that doesn't use blobs to create nandroid backups, so in conclusion, nothing to worry about at all

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Thanks for the reply....but making nandroid backups is very important for him...will he still be able to do it??
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2

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ehab78 said:
Thanks for the reply....but making nandroid backups is very important for him...will he still be able to do it??
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk 2
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Yes he will

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Kangburra said:
I think you are confused, he used CF Root 6.4 which gives CWM 5.5
The OTA files should have gone now as they have been used.
Yes re-root will give root permissions again.
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No No...i'm not confused at all, I know that CF-Root 6.4 gives CWM 5.5
so the ota files are not there forever? they go once an update is made?? hmmmm never knew that

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Kangburra said:
I think you are confused, he used CF Root 6.4 which gives CWM 5.5
The OTA files should have gone now as they have been used.
Yes re-root will give root permissions again.
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slaphead20 said:
Yes he will
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Great...thanks a lot slaphead20