Hi guys
I'm trying to restore the abilty to do OTA updates on my device. It's a china Android, Hisense U800 (Infinity H6).
I've already done a partition dump for all my partitions on the device. Unfortunately this was after root.
The OTA app must have a method for checking that I've rooted in the past, but I don't know how it does that. (Perhaps similar to KNOX?)
I've unrooted and it doesnt work.
Using Android 4.4.2
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My nt just updated and i thought rooted devices werent supposed to update and i wnet through all the steps of rooting and im running go launcher
Depending on what method you used, you may not have blocked OTA updates.
You can reroot with the SDcard root method though.
Hi all,
Just got this I usually root and install custom firmware, but in the case of this tab I just want to root. my question is if I root the tablet will ota System updates be disabled?
Thanks
Only unlocking the bootloader will shut you out from official system updates
Hi, I recently purchased the GPE Z Ultra on ebay. The seller upgraded it to 5.0 before sending it to me and so far so good. But I am coming from a Note 2, rooted & loaded with a custom ROM (Goodness). I really want to root the Z Ultra but not load any custom rom, don't need it really. I've been reading up in the forum & so far, it looks like I am out of luck in regards to rooting, is this correct? There is no root available for 5.0 & I most likely will not be able to downgrade, root & then update to 5.0, correct? I just want to make sure I understand the current status of root availability and my status (already upgraded to 5.0 & no access to TA from previous version). This is my first nonSamsung Android phone & the rooting/unlocking bootloader is quite new to me, so I'm trying to learn all I can. Thank you all!
Correct. Without unlocking the bootloader, there is no way to root Android 5.0 - previous root methods exploited Android system security holes as opposed to boot process security holes, and so far no one has identified any root access vulnerabilities in Android 5.0.
I'm currently running rooted stock 5.0 OTA, but upgrading was rather painful and my bootloader is unlocked, which is what allowed me to flash a rooted 5.0 system image in the first place. I have a locked TA backup from 4.4.4, but I'm afraid to attempt a relock with it.
Unfortunately, I think you're out of luck if you want to retain your TA partition. Darn chicken and egg problems... You can't backup the TA without root. If a Lollipop vulnerability is discovered, we're likely to hear about it soon afterwards... That's a big "if" though.
Thanks, that's what I thought but wanted to confirm I wasn't missing anything. Hopefully, some sort of exploit will be found. Still getting used to the new Lollipop/GPE version. I like it so far except for missing some additional settings/tweaks I could use via root.
Hi guys,
I've just bought a used HDX7 and it came pre-installed with TWRP and running 4.5.2. As soon as I connect to the internet, it auto download the 4.5.3 image for update. But since I'm running TWRP, I don't know if it's safe to allow the update process to happen or not. I'm pretty new to this thing for now, so I just disable internet connection and posting here for help .
I want to keep the device as it is, with custom recovery, original room with OTA (i don't actually need root since I just used it for books and movies), is this possible?
Thank you so much in advance
Yes, but you will lose all if you let it update from their servers. Block the update and read up on both the development and original development threads. I highly recommend Draxie's tools. Good luck.
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This is my first time trying to root a phone so sorry for noob question
I have build version 34.0.A.1.264 and it says the software it is up to date but I know it's not, Sony website says 34.0.A.2.xxx is available.
So should I try to update my phone or will the .img in the Xperia X root thread work even though it says it is for 34.0.A.1.277 devices ?
Also, will I be able to update OTA without losing root ?
Thank you !
Most OTA updates no longer work with root because they now work on a per-block (instead of per-file) basis, and will not run if any file on any updated partition was changed. You need to unroot and restore the system partition to the exact state it was before rooting, then install the OTA, then reroot. It might be easier to just flash a ROM with the OTA integrated.