OTA not working then disappear all of the sudden

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Hi
I bought a tf300 a week ago, and when i turned it on the very first time, i got the ota message saying firmware is available. Since i wanted to root it first, i have decided to do it after root and voodoo root keeper.

After root i pressed on the update from the settings notification then it rebooted by itself and i got the robot icon with a big warning sign, then a msg popped up saying that update failed.

I did some research i figured it may failed when i removed some useless stock apk. Ok, no problem, i did a factory reset and redo again, the second time i didnt remove anything and it still failed.

I did a factory reset again, now i didnt even get the ota message from the notification!! I even went to the settings and did a manual check, nothing!

Fyii am using ww version 17

So is there any way to do an update without screwing up the root, or is there any way tosolve the ota problem??

Originally Posted by redjersey

Hi
I bought a tf300 a week ago, and when i turned it on the very first time, i got the ota message saying firmware is available. Since i wanted to root it first, i have decided to do it after root and voodoo root keeper.

After root i pressed on the update from the settings notification then it rebooted by itself and i got the robot icon with a big warning sign, then a msg popped up saying that update failed.

I did some research i figured it may failed when i removed some useless stock apk. Ok, no problem, i did a factory reset and redo again, the second time i didnt remove anything and it still failed.

I did a factory reset again, now i didnt even get the ota message from the notification!! I even went to the settings and did a manual check, nothing!

Fyii am using ww version 17

So is there any way to do an update without screwing up the root, or is there any way tosolve the ota problem??

A factory reset probably doesn't update /system, so your OTA update problem will still be present.

I guess you've done something more than just rooted and used OTA rootkeeper.
Something to do with /system.
Have you installed busybox? Removed system apps? Tweaked any files (like build.prop) in /system?
If you deleted system apps and did not do a backup you probably need to get them from another .17 WW (remember to check permissions after restoring).

You probably need to restore all that to the stock state (and a factory reset may not do the job).

THEN you can use OTA rootkeeper to backup root and do the OTA.

But I'm no expert.

Oh, and by the way - Can someone please chime in if they need something from .17 WW to do create a WW downgrade method?
Like
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/system.img
or something

Originally Posted by redjersey

I did some research i figured it may failed when i removed some useless stock apk. Ok, no problem, i did a factory reset and redo again, the second time i didnt remove anything and it still failed.

Not to sound mean, but you obviously have unrealistic expectations for what a factory reset does. It basically just erases all data you've accumulated. It doesn't actually return your device to the way it was out of the box (unless all you've done is install apps and accumulate data). A factory reset can't add something that isn't actually there, like the "useless stock apk" you removed. You can factory reset your tablet as many times as you want. That apk isn't coming back because it is no longer on the tablet.

Likewise, when you do update to .29, if you do a factory reset, you will not revert to .17 just because it came like that from the factory. After the factory reset, you would still be on .29. Your data and apps will just be gone

For more information about factory resets, check out these articles:

http://www.androidcentral.com/androi...eset-questions
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-z-f-factory-reset

On the other hand, if you tell us which apk you removed and whatever other tweaks you've done, someone can post the apk here along with replacement files for anything else you've changed. Then, you can put that stuff back, factory reset again, and try the update one more time.

Hi,

I didn't know that factory reset won't recover the apps that I removed. But now this may explains why the OTA doesn't work

I did removed some apps like the kindle, some apps I don't even remember the name!

So to recover to the original ww .17 (the one that has all the stocks apk), should I follow this guide:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1645029

or I have to find out which stock app is missing and ask for the apk?

?
please advise.

Originally Posted by redjersey

Hi,

I didn't know that factory reset won't recover the apps that I removed. But now this may explains why the OTA doesn't work

I did removed some apps like the kindle, some apps I don't even remember the name!

So to recover to the original ww .17 (the one that has all the stocks apk), should I follow this guide:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1645029

or I have to find out which stock app is missing and ask for the apk?

?
please advise.

If you follow that guide it is entirely possible that you will never OTA again (without losing root).
Here is a list of /system/app on DE .17:
ls -l /system/app

 total 198484
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          7254338 Mar 13 10:06 AWS.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           222324 Mar 13 10:06 AppLocker.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            74768 Mar 13 10:06 AppLocker.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            17164 Mar 13 10:06 ApplicationsProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            24208 Mar 13 10:06 ApplicationsProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           696463 Mar 13 10:06 AsusDayScene.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           113680 Mar 13 10:06 AsusDayScene.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2846054 Mar 13 10:06 AsusReader.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1440784 Mar 13 10:06 AsusReader.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           267925 Mar 13 10:06 AsusSetupWizard.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            21880 Mar 13 10:06 AsusSetupWizard.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           104481 Mar 13 10:06 BackupRestoreConfirmation.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             9176 Mar 13 10:06 BackupRestoreConfirmation.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           541053 Mar 13 10:06 BatteryWidget.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            10320 Mar 13 10:06 BatteryWidget.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           328365 Mar 13 10:06 Bluetooth.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           231408 Mar 13 10:06 Bluetooth.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1720953 Mar 13 10:06 Browser.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           780608 Mar 13 10:06 Browser.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           143456 Mar 13 10:06 CMClient.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           714376 Mar 13 10:06 CMClient.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            91317 Mar 13 10:06 Calculator.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           131808 Mar 13 10:06 Calculator.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           749785 Mar 13 10:06 Calendar.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           657696 Mar 13 10:06 Calendar.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            68695 Mar 13 10:06 CalendarProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           264360 Mar 13 10:06 CalendarProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2259859 Mar 13 10:06 Camera.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           319280 Mar 13 10:06 Camera.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           109097 Mar 13 10:06 CertInstaller.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            44712 Mar 13 10:06 CertInstaller.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           179585 Mar 13 10:06 ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2003668 Mar 13 10:06 Contacts.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2081984 Mar 13 10:06 Contacts.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            47918 Mar 13 10:06 ContactsProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1287464 Mar 13 10:06 ContactsProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           167779 Mar 13 10:06 DMClient.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           668904 Mar 13 10:06 DMClient.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           988823 Mar 13 10:06 DataBackup.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           153864 Mar 13 10:06 DataBackup.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             8646 Mar 13 10:06 DefaultContainerService.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            14512 Mar 13 10:06 DefaultContainerService.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           438671 Mar 13 10:06 DeskClock.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            93968 Mar 13 10:06 DeskClock.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            63769 Mar 13 10:06 Dictionary.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           431312 Mar 13 10:06 Dictionary.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           159326 Mar 13 10:06 DownloadProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           175856 Mar 13 10:06 DownloadProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           143816 Mar 13 10:06 DownloadProviderUi.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            41048 Mar 13 10:06 DownloadProviderUi.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            24774 Mar 13 10:06 DrmProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            12784 Mar 13 10:06 DrmProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2063139 Mar 13 10:06 Email.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1962264 Mar 13 10:06 Email.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            35515 Mar 13 10:06 EmailWidget.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             9376 Mar 13 10:06 EmailWidget.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           157088 Mar 13 10:06 Exchange.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1394744 Mar 13 10:06 Exchange.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           850288 Mar 13 10:06 FaceLock.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            17446 Mar 13 10:06 FacebookPoster.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            25808 Mar 13 10:06 FacebookPoster.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           365540 Mar 13 10:06 FileManager2.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           210216 Mar 13 10:06 FileManager2.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           412904 Mar 13 10:06 Galaxy4.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            18608 Mar 13 10:06 Galaxy4.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1469566 Mar 13 10:06 Gallery2.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           843008 Mar 13 10:06 Gallery2.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1543855 Mar 13 10:06 GenieWidget.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           127220 Mar 13 10:06 GlowballDemoInstaller.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2833377 Mar 13 10:06 Gmail.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            84610 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleBackupTransport.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           143789 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           158309 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           254095 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleFeedback.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          4051474 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleLoginService.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            97883 Mar 13 10:06 GooglePartnerSetup.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           718816 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2931560 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleServicesFramework.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          4336443 Mar 13 10:06 GoogleTTS.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             8354 Mar 13 10:06 HTMLViewer.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             6968 Mar 13 10:06 HTMLViewer.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            39965 Mar 13 10:06 HoloSpiralWallpaper.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            21496 Mar 13 10:06 HoloSpiralWallpaper.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             6750 Mar 13 10:06 KeyBoxProvision.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            15880 Mar 13 10:06 KeyBoxProvision.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             7873 Mar 13 10:06 KeyChain.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            27824 Mar 13 10:06 KeyChain.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           111768 Mar 13 10:06 Keyboard.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            26704 Mar 13 10:06 Keyboard.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          3386305 Mar 13 10:06 Kindle-OEM.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           125646 Mar 13 10:06 LatinImeDictionaryPack.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          6157306 Mar 13 10:06 LatinImeGoogle.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0         19011862 Mar 13 10:06 Launcher2.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           513960 Mar 13 10:06 Launcher2.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1140536 Mar 13 10:06 LiveWallpapers.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            86056 Mar 13 10:06 LiveWallpapers.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           128364 Mar 13 10:06 LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            23088 Mar 13 10:06 LiveWallpapersPicker.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1412636 Mar 13 10:06 MEar.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          7522186 Mar 13 10:06 Maps.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            13351 Mar 13 10:06 MarketUpdater.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            21140 Mar 13 10:06 MediaProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           127008 Mar 13 10:06 MediaProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           500443 Mar 13 10:06 MediaUploader.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           950655 Mar 13 10:06 Mms.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           601072 Mar 13 10:06 Mms.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          5240716 Mar 13 10:06 Music2.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            59442 Mar 13 10:06 MusicFX.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            84056 Mar 13 10:06 MusicFX.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          8147249 Mar 13 10:06 MyCloud.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           530130 Mar 13 10:06 MyNet.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           611072 Mar 13 10:06 MyNet.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1127878 Mar 13 10:06 MyWater.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            59440 Mar 13 10:06 MyWater.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          3724830 Mar 13 10:06 MyWater2.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           118808 Mar 13 10:06 MyWater2.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          3584302 Mar 13 10:06 MyZine.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            68152 Mar 13 10:06 MyZine.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1448847 Mar 13 10:06 NVIDIATegraZone.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           270653 Mar 13 10:06 NetworkLocation.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             8366 Mar 13 10:06 NvCPLSvc.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            18672 Mar 13 10:06 NvCPLSvc.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            44092 Mar 13 10:06 PCSyncLauncher.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            18968 Mar 13 10:06 PCSyncLauncher.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          4407551 Mar 13 10:06 PRAndroid.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           182145 Mar 13 10:06 PackageInstaller.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            29696 Mar 13 10:06 PackageInstaller.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2177616 Mar 13 10:06 Phone.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           606904 Mar 13 10:06 Phone.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          3708455 Mar 13 10:06 Phonesky.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1952535 Mar 13 10:06 PixWe.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          5196107 Mar 13 10:06 PlusOne.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          4850510 Mar 13 10:06 PolarisOffice.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            36749 Mar 13 10:06 QuickSearch.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             4584 Mar 13 10:06 QuickSearch.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          6340590 Mar 13 10:06 Settings.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1119696 Mar 13 10:06 Settings.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            20361 Mar 13 10:06 SettingsProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            60640 Mar 13 10:06 SettingsProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2464776 Mar 13 10:06 SetupWizard.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             2600 Mar 13 10:06 SharedStorageBackup.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             4272 Mar 13 10:06 SharedStorageBackup.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           100018 Mar 13 10:06 SoundRecorder.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            55472 Mar 13 10:06 SoundRecorder.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          4186610 Mar 13 10:06 StrAsus.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           288315 Mar 13 10:06 Street.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          9855809 Mar 13 10:06 Supernote.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1285972 Mar 13 10:06 SystemUI.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           428808 Mar 13 10:06 SystemUI.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           222557 Mar 13 10:06 TagGoogle.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2240693 Mar 13 10:06 Talk.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           181581 Mar 13 10:06 TaskManager.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            47040 Mar 13 10:06 TaskManager.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            13599 Mar 13 10:06 TelephonyProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            93872 Mar 13 10:06 TelephonyProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            79273 Mar 13 10:06 UpdateLauncher.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            32784 Mar 13 10:06 UpdateLauncher.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             3534 Mar 13 10:06 UserDictionaryProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            14912 Mar 13 10:06 UserDictionaryProvider.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           736530 Mar 13 10:06 Vibe2.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           183752 Mar 13 10:06 Vibe2.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          5860398 Mar 13 10:06 VideoEditorGoogle.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2417532 Mar 13 10:06 VoiceSearch.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            46613 Mar 13 10:06 VpnDialogs.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             9224 Mar 13 10:06 VpnDialogs.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          6162460 Mar 13 10:06 Weather.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           104928 Mar 13 10:06 Weather.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          1871526 Mar 13 10:06 XT9IME.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           565288 Mar 13 10:06 XT9IME.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          3286905 Mar 13 10:06 YouTube.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             8909 Mar 13 10:06 YoutubeSearch.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0             1856 Mar 13 10:06 YoutubeSearch.odex
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0          2776431 Mar 13 10:06 ZinioReader.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0            14653 Mar 13 10:06 ZinioSettingsProvider.apk
-rw-r--r--    1 0        0           794315 Mar 13 10:06 talkback.apk

But there are no guarantees the ones you need are here.