I am currently running a SMG925V with 5.0.2
baseband G925VVRU2OAF1
3.10.61 Wednesday June 17 Kernel
I'm hoping a root option will come around. If I take the update to what ever it is next, will I hurt my chances of finding a root option?
Septaric said:
I am currently running a SMG925V with 5.0.2
baseband G925VVRU2OAF1
3.10.61 Wednesday June 17 Kernel
I'm hoping a root option will come around. If I take the update to what ever it is next, will I hurt my chances of finding a root option?
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The root exploit was patched in this build. And this build onward prevents downgrading. I personally believe that sometime in the future a new root exploit will be found, but since there is no knowing if or when that will happen, I recommend you take the ota
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I know there may be another similar thread, but there has not yet been a consensus on what we should do. Maybe if there are any Dev's here that can give insight to what new users should be doing with our primes (as far as rooting) , so that we can get the most use out of the primes later? (just asking, kindly of course!)
The Dilemma is, should those who still are on the original firmware, or happen to receive a prime with the original firmware (11/12? 11/22?)should we all be trying to root first before the OTA?
Without taking these OTA's, we cannot get our primes patched obviously- but if we do root the original firmware successfully, we cannot take any OTA updates since it will break root.
I just don't know how to proceed, and I am sure there are others whom are also confused.... The benefits of root will certainly become ovious later on- I would suspect, but is it worth not updating our devices to find out later???
Update your device..lol there will be root soon enough..this device Just dropped so dev. Hasnt even kicked in yet. you will miss out on patches and optimization and performance increases if u dont update. at least initially. no roms or anything is out yet and wont be for a lil bit. no real need to rush to root or possibly brick device from anxiousness. sit back, enjoy the prime as is. in a couple weeks, Ice cream sandwich will drop Ota. thats the ver. You really Want to root anyways. this device does hold tons of potential once root is achieved again. razorclaw root didn't work on my device before or after first Ota. so might as well update.
demandarin said:
Update your device..lol there will be root soon enough..this device Just dropped so dev. Hasnt even kicked in yet. you will miss out on patches and optimization and performance increases if u dont update. at least initially. no roms or anything is out yet and wont be for a lil bit. no real need to rush to root or possibly brick device from anxiousness. sit back, enjoy the prime as is. in a couple weeks, Ice cream sandwich will drop Ota. thats the ver. You really Want to root anyways. this device does hold tons of potential once root is achieved again. razorclaw root didn't work on my device before or after first Ota. so might as well update.
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Thats where im at too...assuming I get mine soon and it doesn't get delayed till the next run.
What is the purpose of today's firmware update? Does anybody knows. It takes a while for the update process. I just dont see anything different. Thanks for reading.
I am very interested in a large OTA update for reasons found here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24205166#post24205166
Maybe its a Kernal push update with other bugs. I can't hardly wait for the custom build for this release to come out.
If you don't mind me asking, what's the build number after the update?
Wave.
wave12345 said:
I am very interested in a large OTA update for reasons found here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24205166#post24205166
Maybe its a Kernal push update with other bugs. I can't hardly wait for the custom build for this release to come out.
If you don't mind me asking, what's the build number after the update?
Wave.
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today's update build was 9.4.2.21
I'm guessing this update isn't the hyped updated we've heard about, because in .21 face unlock is nowhere to be found
That update is set to roll out officially tomorrow anyways, so no harm done
battery stats in settings among other things, theres a thread in general on it
So this mornining I received the message to update my phone to KitKat, but when I installed it, nothing happened. Am I stupid for thinking it would update a stock root? I used the chainfire automatic root method. How do I obtain KitKat and root? Thank you in advance guys.
It's best to update via PC and Odin. I doubt they'll have that file ready for a bit though. You probably want to wait anyway since I don't believe there is a root method available yet since it just dropped.
My G3 is rooted with stump root and this is the first time I've rooted my phone. When Lg rolls out the update would I have to unroot my device before updating or will I be fine updating it even though the phone is rooted?
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My G3 is rooted with stump root and this is the first time I've rooted my phone. When Lg rolls out the update would I have to unroot my device before updating or will I be fine updating it even though the phone is rooted?
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The theme of don't take OTA's has been beat to death. In short, update to L via official OTA roll out, and you can likely kiss root and unlocked boot loaders good bye. You need to make a personal decision here. Either you want Lollipop ASAP, or you want a rooted and unlocked device. If you want the former, you can take the official update. Then you better hope the stock setup is alright with you, because you may never see root, at least for a long time, on Android L. It may take a while for a developer or development team to get a ROM on L, but when that happens, you can have L, with root, and an unlocked bootloader. Get it now or get it later. Your call. If you get it now and don't like the consequences, it was your call. The devs are a lot smarter than me, and I figure they can take out of the official L build what they need for a ROM and leave the stump and bump in place, so I'm staying on Jasmine 3.0 or Beanstown's ROM until they (or some developer) do an L based ROM. L may or may not be an impossible nut to crack, but I don't see where there is enough out there to really say for sure. I'm just saying to err on the side of caution.
One dev in particular, @Chainfire, has done some root things with the L preview. But it is the preview. Read what he has to say about L is for lockdown here.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-l-lockdown/
I wasn't planning on losing my root I just wanted to know if I was able to update and still keep root access but thank you for the post. I now know that if I want to keep root access I won't be able to update OTA.
I am on stock rooted Android 5.0.1, 24B, Lollipop, and have bumped TWRP 2.8.7.0 I know that Andoroid 6.0 is supposed to be headed for the LG G3 in the next few months. I also, know that Verizon is painfully slow to update their phones. I wonder what the best upgrade path might be, for me? 1.) Wait for Verizon OTA, remove root and TWRP and then take the OTA? 2.)Wait for someone to build a rooted stock 6.0 ROM for the Verizon phone, VS985? Any ideas how I can get set, ahead of time, to be in the best position to move to 6.0?
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I am on stock rooted Android 5.0.1, 24B, Lollipop, and have bumped TWRP 2.8.7.0 I know that Andoroid 6.0 is supposed to be headed for the LG G3 in the next few months. I also, know that Verizon is painfully slow to update their phones. I wonder what the best upgrade path might be, for me? 1.) Wait for Verizon OTA, remove root and TWRP and then take the OTA? 2.)Wait for someone to build a rooted stock 6.0 ROM for the Verizon phone, VS985? Any ideas how I can get set, ahead of time, to be in the best position to move to 6.0?
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first and foremost lol, if you see official M for this device before say feb/mar next year, you will be lucky. likely longer.
any rumors to the contrary are plain wrong, i mean this is verizon were talking about lol
at this point we dont know yet when the nexus line is getting the final official. could be next week, could be next month.
verizon cant even start to build the ota until official is released.
1. you never want to take an ota before verifying what they did and didnt break, like root and rollback ability.
so, i would wait for the ota, asses the above, then decide which way to proceed.
2. there is really no way to say which direction is best, until a dev gets a look at the files from the update.
A. nothing you can do ahead of time, and honestly, likely 6mos or more away, i wouldnt even worry about it.
dweezle said:
I am on stock rooted Android 5.0.1, 24B, Lollipop, and have bumped TWRP 2.8.7.0 I know that Andoroid 6.0 is supposed to be headed for the LG G3 in the next few months. I also, know that Verizon is painfully slow to update their phones. I wonder what the best upgrade path might be, for me? 1.) Wait for Verizon OTA, remove root and TWRP and then take the OTA? 2.)Wait for someone to build a rooted stock 6.0 ROM for the Verizon phone, VS985? Any ideas how I can get set, ahead of time, to be in the best position to move to 6.0?
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I agree with @bweN diorD. I would generally go with "2.)Wait for someone to build a rooted stock 6.0 ROM for the Verizon phone, VS985?", in which case you don't have to do anything at all, just wait for it to be available. If for whatever reason that never happens, then I'd go with waiting for the KDZ to be made available (could be days or weeks after the OTA, was only days IIRC for 24B), then flash it using LG Flash Tools 2014, although then you wouldn't be rooted and you might not be able to root it, but you'd be running it until/if someone does release a rooted version or a new root method, if possible.
bweN diorD said:
1. you never want to take an ota before verifying what they did and didnt break, like root and rollback ability.
so, i would wait for the ota, asses the above, then decide which way to proceed.
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Ha! You said "asses".