Did you lose root with B&N update?

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Just wondering if anyone who was running rooted stock with any of the reported methods to block updates (e.g. build.prop edit, OTAcerts renaming, DB tinkering) got the update and lost root anyway.
I run CM7, but know a few people who are still on rooted stock. It would be nice to know if, once the new stock OS is rooted, we can employ similar measures to prevent further minor updates and loss of root.
Please note that I am asking about anyone who got the update without wanting it despite measures to block it...I understand that anyone who voluntarily updates will lose root.

Originally Posted by xdajunkman

Just wondering if anyone who was running rooted stock with any of the reported methods to block updates (e.g. build.prop edit, OTAcerts renaming, DB tinkering) got the update and lost root anyway.
I run CM7, but know a few people who are still on rooted stock. It would be nice to know if, once the new stock OS is rooted, we can employ similar measures to prevent further minor updates and loss of root.
Please note that I am asking about anyone who got the update without wanting it despite measures to block it...I understand that anyone who voluntarily updates will lose root.

Yes, I lost root. No,OTAcerts renaming and DB tinkering weren't of any use at all. I don't know about build.prop, but IIUC, that only works after the update has been out a little while, and can't prevent *new* updates like the one that unrooted my nook yesterday.

Unless a reliable method of blocking updates can be found, I may have to go to a custom mod. CM7 is great, but the sleep issue worries me. Maybe, now that an official version of Froyo is out, Nookie-Froyo devs can canabalize drivers, kernels etc and give us a fully functional flash tablet without the sleep of death or the fear of auto-updates?

My Nook was plugged in all morning and nothing was pushed even though i did not take any update prevention measures (other than TI backup all my apps as soon as I saw the update).

I did the DB tweak and as of 5 minutes ago no update pushed on my rooted stock. I just tweaked my router to try and make sure it stays blocked in case the DB tweak really isn't enough. But my router tweaks assume the update server for the classic nook is the same one used for the color.

Does anyone know what server they push the updates from so I can block it for sure?

Originally Posted by jhitesma

I did the DB tweak and as of 5 minutes ago no update pushed on my rooted stock. I just tweaked my router to try and make sure it stays blocked in case the DB tweak really isn't enough. But my router tweaks assume the update server for the classic nook is the same one used for the color.

Does anyone know what server they push the updates from so I can block it for sure?

No, nobody knows..... Same question with 1.0.1 and 1.1.0. Blocking from build.prop is the only reliable method.

Follow-up question to those of you who lost root. Did you also lose access to the applications you had installed as root? I understand that these will no longer be tied to the market for updating, just wondering if they are still installed and accessible.

Thanks.

Hopefully people backed up before this update was shipped. I suspect it will be rooted pretty quickly so even if you lose root it will only be for a few days.

Originally Posted by xxiworld

Unless a reliable method of blocking updates can be found, I may have to go to a custom mod. CM7 is great, but the sleep issue worries me.

You can't have a sleep issue if you don't go to sleep. There is no Sleep of Death in CM7.

Originally Posted by RoboRay

You can't have a sleep issue if you don't go to sleep. There is no Sleep of Death in CM7.

That itself is the issue. It doesn't sleep, hence in constantly drains the battery.

I used this method. Don't know how effective it is.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=937584