[WARNING] OTA2 will fix root exploit!

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As writen by the Lenovo Staff in the lenovo Forum:

1. OTA2 will fix the root exploit of OTA1. It is unacceptable to our enterprise customers deploying a business tool like ThinkPad Tablet to have a known root exploit - so we have no choice but to fix the exploit. My advice to anyone who wants to keep root, is to stay on OTA1. Fixing the root exploit took less than a day - it is not (and never has been) the reason for OTA2 delays. Nobody within Lenovo will have anything more to say about rooting the ThinkPad Tablet, so please don't ask any follow-up questions about this - or at least don't expect any answers. Thank you in advance for understanding this.

2. OTA2 delays are being caused by various issues found during testing. We are trying hard to get OTA2 done right and everyone within Lenovo understands how many important fixes are in it. Bsnf will probably have more to say about this tomorrow - whether OTA2 will release this week, or if there will be another delay while we fix a last-minute issue found during testing. We apologize for the delay.

The full thread can be found here:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-...658231/page/17

So no ota2 for me!

Prefer bugs than not be able to root my tablet.

Originally Posted by quyTam

So no ota2 for me!

Prefer bugs than not be able to root my tablet.

Well if you have cwr and can flash unsigned zips, then both should be possible after some modifying

Remember, the stock ROM overwrites the recovery ROM at every boot!! The new OTA will re-enable that feature...

Originally Posted by Logxen

Remember, the stock ROM overwrites the recovery ROM at every boot!! The new OTA will re-enable that feature...

I meant modifying before flashing. But thanks for making it clear for everyone.

This is extremely lousy. I am regretting buying one of these now. What are the chances it gets rooted again? Unfortunately I updated to the OTA2 before seeing this.

Originally Posted by FearTheCron

This is extremely lousy. I am regretting buying one of these now. What are the chances it gets rooted again? Unfortunately I updated to the OTA2 before seeing this.

Hu? Where did you get OTA2? I can't find it on the lenovo servers.

I didn't realize that the OTA2 wasn't out yet. I just hit the auto update and assumed that it was the ota 2 update. I am on build "ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0037_0075_US". I will try the root exploit and see if it works. Hopefully someone can modify the ota update to maintain root.

According to a post over in the Lenovo forums it is, but those on root will not get the update OTA naturally.

TS

That was released in Nov 2011:
see http://download.lenovo.com/slates/think/tablet1/

You are still on OTA1 - relax and root away!

Originally Posted by FearTheCron

I didn't realize that the OTA2 wasn't out yet. I just hit the auto update and assumed that it was the ota 2 update. I am on build "ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0037_0075_US". I will try the root exploit and see if it works. Hopefully someone can modify the ota update to maintain root.