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[G2 General] matt21484:
So does anyone know what the update contains? I haven't rooted at all, but don't want to lock myself out of a root down the road by updating now. I couldn't find a change log or anything
[G2 General] BlueHarford:
if you have issues. return to stock.

do this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2448960

install update then root again
[G2 General] MetalMonkey:
One more for the record. Only thing I've done is the Chinese root and the OTA did not break my root.

Still desperate for wifi tethering if anyone knows how to get that going. Thx
[G2 General] mosif:
Is there a standalone flashable stock recovery available somewhere? People keep mentioning that they flashed from TWRP back to the stock recovery and accepted the OTA, but I'm not seeing a flashable stock recovery anywhere or are they just referring to a full factory reset with the LG Flash tool?
[G2 General] Viper76269:
i already heard that the update doesn't break root, or prevent you from flashing TWRP
[G2 General] usefulidiot127:
For what it's worth, the only difference I've noticed is that my data signal seems a bit worse :eek:

Maybe I'm just being paranoid.
[G2 General] jayochs:
hahaha guys i was FREAKING OUT!

so i froze that app for the update, ok? so i'm thinking i'm fine, which in the end i was.

out of nowhere after lunch im at my desk at work and i check my phone..went from 72% to 50% in like, an hour..im like wtf? then i look at my bars...NO SIGNAL. i'm like, um, wtf? i usually get amazing 4g reception.

so i'm freaking out bc a second later, i start getting a force close over and over and it wouldn't stop and i'm like OMG. i bet it tried to push the OTA, failed, and now i'm thinking verizon like blacklisted my pohne for being rooted hahahahaha

after like 5 factory resets and a nandroid and still nothing, i'm freaking out.

finally i goto check one of my coworkers phones..shes like, oh did you see that the network is down?

i'm like ALSKDJFSALJGSKADJHGSADKJHGSKJ

so yeah, turns out there's a HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE widespread outage on the Jersey Shore down here, and it's been out for like 4 hours now. almost no signal, barely getting 1 bar of 1x, and 3g/4g completely down. not good lol
[G2 General] hellbringer626:
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that.
[G2 General] CaptainElwood:
I don't know if it means much but I ran antutu just before I updated and got 34k... after the update just under 26k. Came in just barely ahead of the HTC one

Yeah pretty sure something's up I've done a couple reboots and tested after each and the highest I've got is 28k
[G2 General] usefulidiot127:
33900 for me after update.
[G2 General] sonofskywalker3:
So I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I restored to stock with the VZW instructions, took the OTA update, added my google account, enabled usb debugging, and ran the root.bat, but it's having errors when it tries to remount as RW, and therefor can't copy SU in. I am following these instructions, is there a new method that works, or what am I doing wrong?
[G2 General] jaben2:
Not sure if it was you who I was talking to in IRC but, what I had the same problem. It wouldn't right the su permissions, would install the su app, but couldn't gain root permissions.

I restored to factory before the OTA rooted, used rootkeeper, updated, then restored root. No issues for me that way..
[G2 General] usefulidiot127:
Based on my experience, you CANNOT perform that root method after taking the OTA update. It seems to have broken it. I had to reflash to stock again and root before accepting the OTA. I was then able to retain root and take the OTA.
[G2 General] BlueHarford:
Not true, I restored to stock. Updated the ota, then used the adb root method. Worked fine. Then tirestore my stuff back
[G2 General] sonofskywalker3:
I see they've posted a newer version that works with the ota.
[G2 General] EVOme:
Anyone know why some of us still cannot take the update?
[G2 General] BlueHarford:
i've posted it 3 times.

go back to stock using the stock restore method. update your phone and use the non-chinese root method and it works
[G2 General] EVOme:
Thanks, but F that. I went back to stock once due to Chinese breach. Re-rooted with new method. Not doing it again especially with no details on what the update was even for.
[G2 General] luckysnafu:
I am rooted and installed TWRP recovery but reverted back to the stock recovery before accepting the VZW OTA update. I'm now stuck in a boot loop and I can't get ADB to recognize my device when plugged in via USB. When I plug in my phone it shows the following:

Fastboot mode started

udc_start()

-reset-

-portcharge-

-reset-

-portcharge-

fastboot: processing comands

Any idea why this is happening and how I can get my phone to boot normally?
[G2 General] csimo:
Follow this guide: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
[G2 General] cmbtswmr:
So more importantly, does anyone know what this OTA does?

Also, has anyone who never rooted taken the OTA and tried to root after?

Thanks in advance.
[G2 General] luckysnafu:
I got my phone back thanks to the link csimo posted. I was able to get ADB working by holding down volume up while plugging in the usb cable. Update was unsuccessful is what my phone said so I'm guessing it will try again.
[G2 General] imhowie:
I've noticed that knock-on is a lot more responsive. It's much easier and consistent to use now.

Also, when I unlock the phone, the home screen comes in more smoothly. It used to come in and then get squished by the front buttons. Now it comes in already adjusted for the buttons.

These are welcome improvements for me!
[G2 General] alhadee12:
Which provider is the update coming in on. I check for an update earlier today and nothing was there on my AT&T version.
[G2 General] beddachedda:
For those of us rooted / TWRP'd, is there an easy way to stop the OTA update notifications?
[G2 General] csimo:
Just use Titanium Backup or some other app to freeze the "Software update" app and you won't have to worry about receiving any OTA.
[G2 General] beddachedda:
Great, thanks.
[G2 General] deeznuts:
Just Verizon and highly doubt 5 days after release LG sends out a software update ONLY to Verizon and is released same day, lol! It's a Verizon update by Verizon purely to lock down Verizon device, that amazing network. Zero info on actual "update" outside of purely just locking down the device so i'm sure that's all it was for.
[G2 General] Lesser Version:
THIS ^^^
[G2 General] hd-renegade:
Can I ask a nob question what is TWRP ???
[G2 General] jayochs:
team win recovery project...it's a recovery like clockworkmod..i like it better than cwm
[G2 General] hd-renegade:
Thank you. I just had not heard of Team Win Recovery Project, but have seen TWRP many times.
[G2 General] csimo:
I don't know what the Verizon update included, but if the main purpose was to lock down the G2 it was a massive fail on their part. The new version can be rooted in about 30 seconds. It's possible they did more to secure the bootloader, but since the old one hadn't been compromised it really doesn't matter.

I have no inside info, but a pretty knowledgeable person told me that the G2 radios were causing some kind of problem on the VZW network... thus the reason for the fast, but minor update. I don't know if that's true or not but it sounds reasonable. Verizon doesn't move very fast with updates so something must have been pretty important for them to move that fast.

-Joe
[G2 General] Gasaraki-:
I did the Chinese root and I was able to update just fine.
[G2 General] mzimand:
Me too and I just updated using Scott's Verizon Stock rooted Rom
[G2 General] BlueHarford:
Nothing Was locked down witb this update. I'm updated. Rooted fine. Read more threads someone posted what was fixed. A bunch of meaningless ****
[G2 General] cmbtswmr:
.

Thanks for the reply. Have you noticed an increased drain on the battery then?
[G2 General] mzimand:
I have noticed that my battery is draining much faster since update
[G2 General] cmbtswmr:
So then using this root method would force the OTA update?
[G2 General] mzimand:
I manually updated to the ota by flashing the modem,boot and Rom. I used Scott's Rom and boot image for Verizon and there is a thread with all the modems and I flashed the 11A version.

Do not get me wrong my phone is running great it just seems my battery is draining a little faster then before the ota. It may just need a day to settle
[G2 General] cmbtswmr:
Thanks!

I have to imagine, it's simply not letting the screen sensors fall into a deep sleep so the "knock knock" is more responsive, hence the increased battery drain.

For me knocking 3 times is preferred to the extra battery drain.
[G2 General] spruce_rd:
From the responses, I'm glad I didn't upgrade yet. Don't fix what's not broken, Verizon.
[G2 General] bos1:
Now that this has been out for a few days, has anyone who accepted it noticed any real difference?
[G2 General] toki08:
.apk file names

Do you know the name of the actual .apk file for "Software Update" so I can rename it using ADB? (Would that do the same thing as freezing it?) I'm still playing with the idea of doing root activities via ADB to avoid tripping the root checker.

Someone posted a picture that showed the files "LGFOTA.apk" and "LGFOTA.odex". I wonder if those are the software update app files.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.
[G2 General] cmbtswmr:
+1

Would really love to get some feedback from the community on this one.

Specifically did the battery usage settle down or is it still draining noticeably faster?
[G2 General] mzimand:
Battery seems to have gotten better after a couple days
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick12484:
I'm sure there isn't a way, but I figured asking wouldn't hurt. Has anyone found a way to remove the annoying text and lock icon on the lockscreen? I noticed that the AT&T version doesn't have it all, and the Verizon version has just the lock icon. I just find the "Swipe in any direction to unlock" text obnoxious lol. I could live with the lock icon, it's just the text mostly. Trivial I know lol if anyone has noticed a setting I've missed let me know. Thank you :D
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Z-Man™:
Glad I'm not the only one who hated that. I hope someone figures it out.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 2mustange:
I also am wondering if there is a way to get rid of this. It is quite annoying me since it is like right there in the middle of the screen
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mannequin:
(T-Mo) G2 lockscreen is a bit of a mess, yes. not to mention that some of the swiping effects inverse the color randomly (and appear black) for no reason. to use a custom lockscreen wouldn't be a good idea either because then you lose the double tap to power it off from the lockscreen. i presume we would need an xposed module mod for all this.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insistents:
Hi, i used to have a samsung wave but the screen is dead in piece, my friend gave me his nearly brand new samsung galaxy ace (From koodo), i swapped the sim card from my old phone and used the change phone service from my provider (Telus), but it doest work half the time, my network power alway keep playing from 0 bar to 4 bar, even at 0 bar it could work, and even at 4 bar it could not work, i noticed that everytime i leave my house i loose my network even if im getting better network outside, or if my wifi is on, and i decide to turn it off, it would also mess with the network and make it stop working again, when it doesnt work, it would just fail to send txt, and when i try to call, there is just nothing that happen and suddenly i hear a bip and call is closed, the only thing i can do to fix is to reset the phone, but then it will happen again soon, no matter what. :(

I had data enabled for like 5 hour, nothing was downloading or anything and then my provider sent me a msg saying that ive spend 10$ on data... Phone wasent even doing anything... And when I try to check the network lock by dialing the code, I'm getting a error "connection problem or invalid MMI code"

I tried the official rom and a bunch of unofficial one like CM, but none would fix the problem. I unlocked the phone using the bml5 method. An im currently on the ultimatum rom.

Anyone could have an idea to stop this to happen?

Thanks :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltingSnowman:
Maybe before unlocking it you should had to try flashing a branded Telus rom with ODIN. Give a try to my advice and give feedback :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insistents:
I just noticed something that could be vital... The plastic shape of the koodo and telus sim card is the same, but the koodo gold thing behind the sim card is twice the size of the one of telus, does that matter?

Otherwise, should i use the stock koodo rom or telus one? But where can i get them?....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insistents:
So i contacted telus, they said they do have hard problem to connect to my sim card, and a faulty sim card would also cause the messing between 0-4 bars. I guess i will first try to get a new sim,
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] insistents:
So ive changed the sim card but it didnt helped at all, next i should try to put it back to original rom, but i have no idea where i could get a rom from koodo, where can i find those?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeltingSnowman:
All the rom from carriers and not are available on sammobile.com. You need to register to the site in order to download the rom but you can browse rom without log in.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RashaYad:
I am holding off on rooting my VZ G2, but have a question on a tweak I want to make. While the back buttons are one of the reasons I picked up the phone (something has to differentiate it from others), I find them a little annoying, especially the 3-second power hold to access the power menu.

Does anyone know where this activity is located? What I am wanting to do is set the "Hold Menu" option in Nova to the power button activity, but can not find it. Maybe it isn't accessible without root, but I figured I would throw it out there.

Thanks,

RY
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoyceBabu:
I followed the rooting guide and rooted my new Nexus 4 phone. But when I looking for apps to install on a rooted phone, I stumbled upon a blog post that said that rooting is a huge security risk that allows any installed application to gain root privilege. Is this correct? Is there anything special that I must do to secure root access? I already have SuperSU (free) installed.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptir:
The simple answer is that you're already fairly secure with SuperSU or SuperUser. The reality is a bit more complicated though. SuperSU (and SuperUser) are designed to prompt you to provide access to any applications that request root. Any application that 1) does not request root access or 2) is denied root access by the user when prompted, will not have access to root privileges. In theory, I imagine an application could find some obscure exploit in the SuperSU code and get around the access blocking provided by SuperSU, but I think that is fairly unlikely and would be patched quickly after the exploit was found.

As long as you're careful about what you provide root access to (and only provide root access to apps that you think need root, not every app that you think you trust that asks for access) then you should be fine.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoyceBabu:
Thanks raptir. I have one more question. Now that I have rooted the phone, can I block the su binary and enable it only when I need to provide another application with root access? If I do that, will the already approved applications too loose root access?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptir:
You could completely unroot the phone which would require you to go through the rooting process again. You could also use a "temp unroot" option like Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper allows, but it wouldn't add anything to security since all it does is move the su binary, not disable it completely. A malicious app could still be written to move the binary back to the proper location.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
You can go into SuperSU or SuperUser app and remove "root" access to any apps you have granted "root" to.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoyceBabu:
Actually, my question was not that. I wanted to retain root access for the apps that I have already given. But no new app should be able to get root access, so that a malicious app will not exploit any security vulnerability of SuperSU as raptir mentioned.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baseballfanz:
Gotcha! Any new app will ask for root permission. You can deny them.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raptir:
Yeah, I threw that part in about the potential for an app to circumvent the security just as a disclaimer. As far as I know it has never happened, and it may not even be possible.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barraclough0205:
I have twrp installed, I had cmw and a nandroid backup of 4.2.2

Restored it to the nandroid. Phone asks for install, reboot and it boots to recovery.

Is there a way to get ota without it kicking into cmw.

I tried twrp as well and it just reboots into that.

I dont want it to show.

Im trying to sell the phone and it will not go back to stock. So this is my only option.

I have a hboot 1.54, i do not have s off, but i have an unlocked bootloader and i have root.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danielr18:
OTA wont work on non stock phones
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Syther101:
I'm currently in the same boat as yourself. To make use of OTA updates your phone needs to be:

1. Running a stock unrooted ROM

2. Running the stock bootloader

Seeing as you don't have S-OFF your only option will most likely be using a RUU if you can find one for your carrier. If not you might be lucky with a stock Nandroid but older backups won't work as the older touchscreen drivers aren't compatible sadly.

Tbh custom ROMs will be updated a lot faster than pretty much any stock ROM. If you need to return to stock for whatever reason your best bet would be to wait for a leaked RUU or a new Hboot exploit I think.

Edit: If you need the device to be on the latest stock ROM for selling you could try and find the latest stock ROM for your device/carrier and just flash that with TWRP. But TWRP will always be on the device until you can do one of the things I said above.

Syther101
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mathrania:
Stock recovery is required for ota to work
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeevan:
No need for RUUs! After flashing your nandroid, fastboot flash stockRecovery.img. Check mike1986's stock Sense ROM for a link to the stock recovery if you don't have it in your nandroid. Now you should be able to apply the OTA. Then flash CWM/TWRP and your custom ROM back.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barraclough0205:
Thanks i found a stock recovery flashed that and the ota updates are working now. Im selling the phone and going back to the iphone (let the bashing commense).

Not gonna install twrp again, leaving it as is so who ever buys it can do all that later if they wish or enjoy all stock goodness
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yzvolkan:
Micro SD card out of the system software to the factory installed version of Samsung Galay Tab 10.1 tablet android ROM is there on the internet?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] edwin3210:
For those planning to use cm10.2 nightlies, plz backup all your internal SDCARD contents before installing cm10.2! my internal sdcard were wiped clean after installing this and this really got me crazy, all my backups!!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joooe:
Not a problem with CM10.2.

It's your problem to take care of your backups. Basic stuff.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Are you sure?

Did you validate this with general > sticky roll-up thread > "flashed 4.2? Can't find /sdcard data?"

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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sriram231092:
after installing cm 10.2 nothing gets wiped. it creates a new folder "O." all your data will be in it. happened to me.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jrp:
I upgraded, I found that Orange had disappeared, and I have to search for the phone network to get it back, so this seems to be a retrograde step.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] mniko:
In Club Image site they are giving settings for different operators

http://www.clubimate.com/t-JASJARSETTINGS.aspx
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jrp:
Thanks. These are for the internet, etc, not the basic network. They are already built in to the new image.
[Nokia Lumia 920] jeremythelee:
My new lumia 925 is showing the day of the week in German on the lock screen. Everything else was changed to english. I've tried restarting and doing a factory reset. But it's still showing in German. Anyone know where to change this setting?
[Nokia Lumia 920] jeremythelee:
Disregard I figured it out.

For those of you who run into this issue. Under Language + Region you must change the country/region to United States. You'd think changing the language to English would you know.. change the language to English.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] besttt:
-welcome my friend please by request suport and ray urushi kernel iam so glad who develop kernel with no limits:o

EDIT AT ARC S TESTED 2 HOURS AT 1.8 WORKS PERFECT NO REBOOTS NO LAGS NO HIGH TEMPERATURE
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Magician23:
Good job my friend. But why the wifi modules are separate and not inside the kernel?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] besttt:
nust be separate because kernel does not must big size and second we will have many problems
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] 3andala:
[MENTION=5092317]Dark Raven[/MENTION] [MENTION=4696863]besttt[/MENTION]

I suggest to make copy of the thread to Arc/S Forum as others

Thank u for ur hard work

Cheers
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] soxxo:
One question..

Is it safe? Coz OC from 1.0 (1.4) to 1.8 is a lot..or not?

Sent from International Space Station
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dark Raven:
I will make it also for Pro and Ray soon.

I will do that. :)

For GB are kernels with OC up to 2.0 :E. But i don't recommend always set to 1.8, I use 1.6 and I think it's enough.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] besttt:
for arc s 1.8 if kernel is good yes tested by me 24 hours only 1.8:laugh:

at arc i think 1.6 its enough above cause reboots

the same at neo v 1.6 is enough

i dont know for neo and hallon

1.4 is nothing:( 1.6 is something:) 1.8 is everything:victory:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dilesh Perera:
guys any chance for FM ? as now FM is stuck where no audio while app and channel scan ok .

https://github.com/M66B/cm-xtended/issues/1
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] 3andala:
+ 1 wish FM Radio works in the future [MENTION=5092317]Dark Raven[/MENTION]

Thnx in advance
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mikeioannina:
link of the kernel source?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] voyteckst:
LX kernel sources (mentioned in the first post), but slightly modified to have more ram and oc.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] MarioJerkovic:
Is posible to make this kernel for CM 10
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dark Raven:
https://github.com/DarkkRaven/msm7x30-3.4.x-nAa

Not by me.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] aliutak:
Now i use Dark Xperia using Legacy Kernel but wifi not working. Guve me kernel for wifi working.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dark Raven:
Install WiFi modules...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] siankatabg:
Kernel is stable with this PMEM size? If its good i will try this in my cm10 kernel :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Dark Raven:
I think yes, I posted this kernel on Polish android forum about month ago and I get noticed only about reebots in OC over 1.6
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] siankatabg:
Thx.Now Im testing with 3mb more than your size(im using 1C00000).Will see how its now and if its stable i will try your size. :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] mido_fedo:
thanks my bro kernel working good here