Hi, here is my story.
I bought a Neo network free and I made update OTA from 2.3.3. at 2.3.4 and I got a brick Neo after this. To unbrick it, a friend flashed a new 2.3.3 ftf and after I used the X10 flash tool to repair the loader. After this I rooted with DooMLord_v4_ROOT. All good so far.
After this I got the message that is available a new update. To not repeat again the story I made the update with SE software update trought PC.
Now I have 2.3.4. on my Neo, in the applications menu I have Superuser and done the update, but my phone is not rooted. If I try to install any app what need root permisions I get the message that my phone is not rooted. I had installed AD free app before update to 2.3.4., now is there but is not running. Same the Auto app 2 SD (need root permisions).
I tried SuperOneClick v2.3.3, again DooMLord_v4_ROOT, Gingerbreak and all failed to root my phone.
How can I root my Neo without downgrade the FW and upgrade again?
Thanks.
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Hey guys I woke up this morning with a update from at&t so i tried to install it, the phone reboots and then says Signature verification failed installation aborted. My Galaxy S 3 is currently rooted. Anyone else have this problem?
It's much easier to flash a rooted stock ROM containing the OTA. There is at least one in the development section with more to follow.
THE HARDER (BUT NOT HARD) WAY:If installing the latest OTA update, you need the latest version of cwm for AT&T phones for the OTA to install. It's in the development section. You may also need voodoo OTA root keeper app to backup your root. The OTA WILL break your root.
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Sweet thanks for the help, I flashed back to stock rom, got the update and rooted back to what I had before. It only took 10 mins to do
Hi guys.
My sister has a s3 (4.0.4). She wanted me to update it. (OTA not available). The phone is on 3 (UK). So i plugged it in kies and started to update it. After it had finished i turned the phone on and to my surprise it was asking for an unlock code! I was confused because it was working before the update. What made it even worse was that it hadnt updated to jellybean rather it was still 4.0.4. I was baffled.
So i decided to root it then do an unlock. This worked fine however i don't want the root for my sister as she is not into all this stuff. So i checked online if i could unroot. The only option i found was to a factory reset!. I can't do that as my sister will kill me. So now I'm stuck. Kies won't recognise my phone because its rooted. So what do i do??? I cant update it till its unrooted so I'm stuck.
Can you please tell me if there is any way round this. And how can i get jelly bean?.
Thanks.
keep it rooted and hide the root apps from the app drawer, that way your sister won't use them / mess the phone up.
Only other way is a factory reset + stock reflash i guess. :/
Well if you reeeally want to unroot, then install triangleaway first and do the "traditional steps of removing the binary count".. and then just flash a firmware from sammobile.com
Cheers!
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mzr07 said:
Hi guys.
My sister has a s3 (4.0.4). She wanted me to update it. (OTA not available). The phone is on 3 (UK). So i plugged it in kies and started to update it. After it had finished i turned the phone on and to my surprise it was asking for an unlock code! I was confused because it was working before the update. What made it even worse was that it hadnt updated to jellybean rather it was still 4.0.4. I was baffled.
So i decided to root it then do an unlock. This worked fine however i don't want the root for my sister as she is not into all this stuff. So i checked online if i could unroot. The only option i found was to a factory reset!. I can't do that as my sister will kill me. So now I'm stuck. Kies won't recognise my phone because its rooted. So what do i do??? I cant update it till its unrooted so I'm stuck.
Can you please tell me if there is any way round this. And how can i get jelly bean?.
Thanks.
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Rooting doesnt stop KIES from recognising your phone. It doesnt stop you from updating via KIES. After updating you will lose the root. You are doing something wrong. Also ...your phone is carrier locked so after the update you will have to unlock it again. There are different ways /software for unlocking ....choose a permanent way.....then flashing will not affect your unlock status
Cheers
If you don't want to be rooted, buy an unlock code from your network.
The software methods all require root.
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There is no reason to suddenly need an unlock code after a firmware update...
I would check the right version if the Rom you installed.
Unroot is not very complicated, it's mainly erasing the su binary in /system/bin I think and uninstalling super user app.
Hi,
I could only find people asking for rooting 14.1.B.2.257, but no statement if root is kept if I simply update an already rooted device.
Do I need Rootkeeper, will it just stay rooted without me taking additional steps or is it currently not possible to keep root?
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Yes, as long as you update OTA (Over The Air) and not through PC Companion. Change the CDA to a country that has received the OTA.
Alright. I don't need to change the CDA (whatever this is), my phone is already telling me to update for a few days.
Am I doing something wrong? The Update always fails after a few seconds. I rooted using vRoot and the only change I made was switching the boot animation which I already tried to replace with the original one.
I too have the same problem with OTA update. i'm rooted nothing else it downloads then goes into installation but it doesn't and it tells me that I couldn't install. any idea guys. is vroot working on .257 yet..?
jaime4272 said:
I too have the same problem with OTA update. i'm rooted nothing else it downloads then goes into installation but it doesn't and it tells me that I couldn't install. any idea guys. is vroot working on .257 yet..?
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Hi,
There seems to be the same conversation over a few similar threads...
Anyway, I also am in the same situation.
I received the OTA, so I installed Voodoo OTA keeper and tried to install the update.
C6802, originally HK, changed buildprop to Vietnam over 2 months ago.. updated a few times and have been using this .532 for a while now.
As you describe, after download of update, start the update procedure, phone reboots in update mode, but after about 5 seconds, it reboots again into the normal boot mode and sequences, failing the update.
I know connecting it to the PC Companion and upgrading it would solve the update error, but my main interest, as yours probably is too, is to keep the root, so that there is no hassle of having to unlock the bootloader and flashing backwards and forwards...
My .532 Vietnam firmware is too good (with root) to think about updating, because short of this update bringing increased battery life that is purely amazing, it will not bring any benefits to me. I am one of those lucky ones with no screen issues what so ever..
jewelkobayashi said:
Hi,
There seems to be the same conversation over a few similar threads...
Anyway, I also am in the same situation.
I received the OTA, so I installed Voodoo OTA keeper and tried to install the update.
C6802, originally HK, changed buildprop to Vietnam over 2 months ago.. updated a few times and have been using this .532 for a while now.
As you describe, after download of update, start the update procedure, phone reboots in update mode, but after about 5 seconds, it reboots again into the normal boot mode and sequences, failing the update.
I know connecting it to the PC Companion and upgrading it would solve the update error, but my main interest, as yours probably is too, is to keep the root, so that there is no hassle of having to unlock the bootloader and flashing backwards and forwards...
My .532 Vietnam firmware is too good (with root) to think about updating, because short of this update bringing increased battery life that is purely amazing, it will not bring any benefits to me. I am one of those lucky ones with no screen issues what so ever..
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I also have what you describe, but even updating via the PC Companion did not help. But it seems keeping root is a little tricky and I have no screen issues either, so I think I will just hold off on this update...
I also have the same problem (failed ota update)
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I have the same problem. v14.1.B.1.510 but the OTA downloads, switches off the phone, tries to install but fails. I've used vRoot to get rooted as soon as I unboxed this phone. so does this mean I can't update, ever??
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I can't guarantee this will work but try to temporarily un-root the phone with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper.
Unroot with voodoo didn't work
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keratos said:
Unroot with voodoo didn't work
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Try to unroot from the SuperSU app.
Unroot with superSU didn't work either. the Unroot worked but not in the way this OTA needs, it appears
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Hi guys,
I have searched the forums for the answer to this but without success.
I bought my Z ultra (C6802) a few months ago. Rooted it using Kingo and updated to 14.1.B.2.257 and everything was fine so I was happy. My Bootloader is still locked however I have root.
Now a few weeks back I've seen an OTA flash up offering the 14.2.A.0.290 (4.3) update. I finally decided I'd go with the OTA update, however after trying to let it do its thing, it doesn't upgrade properly and after rebooting etc gives me an error saying "Could not install new software update. Try again."
I have tried a couple of things to get this working:
1. Tried clearing the data for update centre and redownloading.
2. Tried temp unrooting using OTA rootkeeper.
Neither of these make any difference.
I think after rooting that I uninstalled a couple of default Sony apps that were no longer needed (very carefully). Could this be the reason for the OTA failing?
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
You have to update using PC Companion. You'll lose root though, but you'd lose that either way, so just update through PCC and root it again.
LordManhattan said:
You have to update using PC Companion. You'll lose root though, but you'd lose that either way, so just update through PCC and root it again.
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before updating back up the TA partition
as @LordManhattan said you will lose root though. if you want to keep a locked BL you cant get root using the PCC way, you have to flash FTFs and recoveries etc, see the thread in the general section for locked BL
YES. Backup your TA partition!
Ok thanks for the responses guys. I've already backed up my TA partition before, but will try flashing using PC companion later.
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