I accepted the OTA for NC5 for my phone awhile ago and I would like to get warranty service on it because the screen is flickering. Does anyone know how to unroot the NC5? I rooted using safe strap and downgrading the system sans kernel and re updated with the rooted version of 4.4.2 I searched and could not find any guides and I was not able to find any original stock OTA upgrades to re flash Verizon OTA that they sent out before. Does anyone have any locations or ideas on how to undo the root? For giggles I did try the whole get rid of supersu from the system folder and uninstall supersu.ya that works for all but 5 minutes until you factory reset and it is built in. So I at least gave it the college try... :angel: Any suggestions or possible solutions?
brandonpa said:
I accepted the OTA for NC5 for my phone awhile ago and I would like to get warranty service on it because the screen is flickering. Does anyone know how to unroot the NC5? I rooted using safe strap and downgrading the system sans kernel and re updated with the rooted version of 4.4.2 I searched and could not find any guides and I was not able to find any original stock OTA upgrades to re flash Verizon OTA that they sent out before. Does anyone have any locations or ideas on how to undo the root? For giggles I did try the whole get rid of supersu from the system folder and uninstall supersu.ya that works for all but 5 minutes until you factory reset and it is built in. So I at least gave it the college try... :angel: Any suggestions or possible solutions?
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Flash a factory stock ROM image using Odin.
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Im on MI1 and it won't allow me to install the new OTA. Keeps failing. Ive reset my phone, odined to the original stock and still the OTA fails. Help please
@kiilajoe are you still rooted? I had to unroot before it would take. I also had to completely remove SS. Not sure if you have recovery installed or not. There are a few people saying that OTA service is unavailable at this time as well. Update has not shown up in Kies yet so that is not an option. Not sure if a emergency recovery would work for you or not but could give it a try also. When you went back to stock did all the native apps reinstall. I had to go through MyApps in play store and manually install everything prior to upgrade.
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You can ODIN back to stock 4.2.2 with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2484726 its non destructive so it will not wipe your device. However you will lose root. Then you can take the OTA with out issue.
I need some help from you experts...
My GS4 was rooted, and working great. My wife decided to try and update my phone for me, grrrrrrr.
Now I am not rooted, and it can't seem to get it done again. Also anytime I try to update it ends with an error. When I saw this, I attempted to use Odin to flash back to a stock OS. No luck. I did a factory reset and tried again, no luck. Still when I power up, the screen says "custom". I can't get back to the absolute bare bones factory OS for the life of me! I was trying to do that so I could again root the phone.
How do I get back to the absolute stock OS so that I could sell or trade the phone?
How do I get it back to stock so I could root it again? What options do I have to root these days, Odin doesn't like me right now! I am guessing I don't have the most up to date file. Mine is probably 6 months old.
Any help is much appreciated.
mark35z said:
I need some help from you experts...
My GS4 was rooted, and working great. My wife decided to try and update my phone for me, grrrrrrr.
Now I am not rooted, and it can't seem to get it done again. Also anytime I try to update it ends with an error. When I saw this, I attempted to use Odin to flash back to a stock OS. No luck. I did a factory reset and tried again, no luck. Still when I power up, the screen says "custom". I can't get back to the absolute bare bones factory OS for the life of me! I was trying to do that so I could again root the phone.
How do I get back to the absolute stock OS so that I could sell or trade the phone?
How do I get it back to stock so I could root it again? What options do I have to root these days, Odin doesn't like me right now! I am guessing I don't have the most up to date file. Mine is probably 6 months old.
Any help is much appreciated.
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If you are now on mj7 there is a now a no data wipe tar in Android dev.
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Need help with Re Root as well
I need a little assistance in re-rooting my phone as well. I had SuperSU on my phone and had root access. I selected the "Unroot" button in SuperSu and boy that was a mistake.I thought that this one button was a super "undo" button.
To my understanding, in order to uninstall Safestrap (I bought the phone from the store with ME7 installed ), I need to have root access. I can't seem to find the tutorial I used on how to root the phone with the the MI1 build.
The Goal:
I'm trying to get as bone stock as possible in order to return the phone. I don't like the phone and I am very unhappy that I can only use TW based ROMS. I'm within my 14 day trial period but unfortunately it ends tomorrow.
I'm downloading a stock ROM right now that I will flash via Odin once I manage to re root the phone and uninstall safestrap but I'm lost on how to root the phone again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If you are now on mj7 there is a now a no data wipe tar in Android dev.
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you loose root with that not gain root. That's if we are talking about the same one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507217
it was the only no data wipe tar I could find for MJ7.
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xAgonizex said:
I need a little assistance in re-rooting my phone as well. I had SuperSU on my phone and had root access. I selected the "Unroot" button in SuperSu and boy that was a mistake.I thought that this one button was a super "undo" button.
To my understanding, in order to uninstall Safestrap (I bought the phone from the store with ME7 installed ), I need to have root access. I can't seem to find the tutorial I used on how to root the phone with the the MI1 build.
The Goal:
I'm trying to get as bone stock as possible in order to return the phone. I don't like the phone and I am very unhappy that I can only use TW based ROMS. I'm within my 14 day trial period but unfortunately it ends tomorrow.
I'm downloading a stock ROM right now that I will flash via Odin once I manage to re root the phone and uninstall safestrap but I'm lost on how to root the phone again.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You don't need root to flash with odin.
azraell33 said:
you loose root with that not gain root. That's if we are talking about the same one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507217
it was the only no data wipe tar I could find for MJ7.
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Correct, that is where I was referring and yes he would not have root, one of his questions was how he gets back to stock OS to trade etc...
If he is mj7 that seems to me to be his only option if he doesn't want to lose data.
There is this which would really take it back to factory for mj7 wiping everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253
But he wasn't really specific about which firmware he was on so that's the best answer I can give him at the moment.
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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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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Please save a copy. We need it for a custom rom
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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?!
bford152 said:
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?
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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.
Okay here's my tale of woe..
I rooted my phone last year - but at some point - took an update and lost root.
Though the phone still displays the "custom" boot screen with the padlock.
I tried to take the Lollipop update through the OTA but it fails and I get the "laying on his back" failed Android dude...
The phone DID take the first update.
I have: wiped cache in recovery, wiped data and cache in download manager.
No luck.
I have tried loading the NC5 kernel back on (via Odin 3.09) - but that makes the phone 100% unstable...reboots every 3 minutes..no access to apps - they lock and reboot etc etc.
Loaded the NG6 kernel back on to re-stabilize the phone and tried to Kies the update.
Kies downloads the update then when it tries to apply it the phone boots into "download mode"
I have been advised to:
I had the same custom boot screen--even after unrooting. Tried using Triangle Away to reset the binary count, but the count was already at 0. So ultimately I had to re-flash the NC5 kernel via Odin to get things truly back to being recognized as stock.
Then updates started rolling in for NG6, then NK1. Finally the two-part update for Lollipop.
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and - of course that doesn't work. NC5 won't let the phone run long enough to take an update..
It has been said:
Try to flash the OC1 with the pit file
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But I haven't found the stock OC1 file anywhere to even try and begin to get it loaded.
Honestly - I'm not even really concerned about rooting right now. I'd really just like to get the phone back to a stock configuration and kernel and lollipop.
Developer mode is enabled. Obviously both Kies and Odin talk to the phone with no problems.
Any ideas ?
Thanks, Dan
Get your phone to 4.4.2, use the verizon software upgrade assistant program preloaded on your phone to update. I had this exact same problem and that's how I got to 5.0.1
You WILL lose root. And there's no method to root 5.0 right now, and people have been saying that there might never be. You also won't be able to downgrade, or at least there's no method to do so at the moment, so you will be stuck with lollipop for a while, maybe forever.
Yes.
Maybe I need to clarify.
I do not care about root at this point. I just want to get the phone back to a stock state and take the Lollipop update.
I'm curious as to why I will never be able to update beyond Lollipop.
Doesn't matter I guess - the phone will have been replaced by then - but still...why ?
Thanks, Dan
CyrusKhane said:
Get your phone to 4.4.2, use the verizon software upgrade assistant program preloaded on your phone to update. I had this exact same problem and that's how I got to 5.0.1
You WILL lose root. And there's no method to root 5.0 right now, and people have been saying that there might never be. You also won't be able to downgrade, or at least there's no method to do so at the moment, so you will be stuck with lollipop for a while, maybe forever.
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I've downloaded (3) different 4.4.2 Firmwares.
FNK1
FNC5 (No Wipe)
FNG6 (No Wipe)
Any opinion on which one is best ?
Did you download these manually or OTA? When I re-flashed the NC5 kernel, I received NG6 then NK1 then the 2-part Lollipop updates all OTA back-to-back.
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I would use the ng6. That's what I was running.
Rip Syntaxx said:
Did you download these manually or OTA? When I re-flashed the NC5 kernel, I received NG6 then NK1 then the 2-part Lollipop updates all OTA back-to-back.
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Manually - from these (XDA) forums.
danielzink said:
Manually - from these (XDA) forums.
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Hmm... I'm not sure if it makes a difference to download OTA instead of manually. I would think it's worth a shot flashing NC5 (if it will let you downgrade) and using the software update feature to update OTA the rest of the way.
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Got it finally !
started out by flashing (FNG6 (No Wipe)) in Odin 3.09
That got me to regular boots with no "custom" screen showing the lock symbol.
Then I had to take OTA updates to FNK1 then the OTA preliminary Lollipop update then (OTA) finally Lollipop itself.
No root - but that's OK.
It took about an hour and a couple shutdowns to get things running smoothly but it's all good now.
Thanks everyone for their help.
I am making this thread because I took the OC1 update while rooted and I am asking more experienced members what I should do next.
I mistakenly took the OTA because I had read somewhere that some users upgraded from 4.3 to 4.4 with root from the OTA. I was wrong.
The OC1 OTA removed my root and prevented me from upgrading to LP. I have flashed other kernels and tried everything. I have read every thread in this forum on the topic and I see it mentioned that if I did take the OTA that I no longer had root, but I have found nothing else.
It is my understanding that after taking the OTA that I'll never have root again. Is there at least some way to get my phone completely back to stock and on LP?
Yeah I know it was a rookie mistake and I shouldn't have been so rash but I am here now and I don't know what to do, even after sifting through all the threads about Verizon's LP OTA.
Thank you for all of your help in advance.
I'm pretty sure you can just odin flash back to nc5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
Jawadbz said:
I'm pretty sure you can just odin flash back to nc5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
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This causes a boot loop.
However, I was actually able to towelroot on NC5 before the phone restarted, so I am now rooted again! When I encountered this boot loop the first time, I just went back to NK1 instead of trying to towelroot in-between reboots.
I probably could have also cleared cache before reverting back to NC5. Thanks for the help!
If the LP update failed then you were not on OC1. There were two updates. The first was still KitKat NK4. The second was OC1. Those that were rooted were able to take NK4 but the OC1 tended to fail. So there is probably still hope.
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I had a similar issue , but I flashed the stock 5.0 ROM using Odin on my computer, but now when I try to flash back to NK1 it softbricks it.
I was able to to flash it back to the stock 5.0 ROM using Odin. I guess there's no downgrading after I did what I did....
Yep, Stuck on the new Lollipop. No root insofar as I know of.
sucks
My replacement s4 came with 5.0.1 on it. Very disappointed with it!!! It's driving me crazy. I can't even see a notification in the top bar smh. All it says is Verizon wireless. I miss root and roms so bad (
So just to be clear.
There is literally nothing i can do to downgrade if i have taken the OC1 OTA on the SCH-I545???
No going back to Kitkat on Verizon S4??
And no root?
dovedescent7 said:
So just to be clear.
There is literally nothing i can do to downgrade if i have taken the OC1 OTA on the SCH-I545???
No going back to Kitkat on Verizon S4??
And no root?
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