Ota coming soon!

[drbveb88]

I was informed today that Verizon is pushing out the new Ota already. If you haven't gotten it you will soon. 2 questions....

1. Do we have to Odin back to stock to receive the update?

2. Will there have to be a new process to root after we accept the ota?

Should this have gone under the Q and A?

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[ali87va]

I was informed today that Verizon is pushing out the new Ota already. If you haven't gotten it you will soon. 2 questions....

1. Do we have to Odin back to stock to receive the update?

2. Will there have to be a new process to root after we accept the ota?

Should this have gone under the Q and A?

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I think this has already been discussed. The nee ota is nothing more than the search feature dumbing down and a new baseband+kernel. I believe you can root this with the current method. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

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[sfobrien]

Why mess up your root? Just give it some time and the devs will probably have the update rooted and ready to flash with Odin !

 

[pkd600]

Can anybody confirm that these will not auto-install?

On my HTC Incredible, I would just hit install later, but the popup would come back every 15 minutes.. very annoying!

 

[nosympathy]

Soon as the update comes out I will have a fully deodexed rooted zipaligned version available.

If I can figuire it out, I will also make an Odin image out of it.

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[drbveb88]

Why mess up your root? Just give it some time and the devs will probably have the update rooted and ready to flash with Odin !

Great point! Thanks

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[neh4pres]

Soon as the update comes out I will have a fully deodexed rooted zipaligned version available.

If I can figuire it out, I will also make an Odin image out of it.

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No thanks, i don't want a dumbed down search. Does anyone?

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[enomele]

No thanks, i don't want a dumbed down search. Does anyone?

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No one does. But literally its as simple as putting the old search apk back into the new rom or ota. Nothing to be worried about

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[enomele]

Double post please delete.

 

[Nightwind Hawk]

I love how Samsung and Verizon take so long to release updates - except when it's to take away the features on your phone. They get those out pretty quickly.

Does this OTA have any benefit??

 

[antispiral]

Any way to block this ota? I have root access

 

[tech9tcv]

Any way to block this ota? I have root access

I don't remember where I read this but you have to freeze FWUpdate.

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[Cruiserdude]

It's been pretty well established how to restore proper search functionality. The real question should be what do the kernel and radios do? Any improvements in reception or battery life? Any improvements in device performance? And most importantly, does this change anything regarding bootloader unlocking research and work-arounds?

 

[pkd600]

I don't remember where I read this but you have to freeze FWUpdate.

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How do you freeze this? I have force stopped it, but for me "disable" is greyed out

 

[Beknatok]

How do you freeze this? I have force stopped it, but for me "disable" is greyed out

You can freeze apps with Titanium Backup.

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[pkd600]

You can freeze apps with Titanium Backup.

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Thanks, didn't even think to do that for some reason. I just froze FWUpgrade, SDM & VZWUpdate in Titanium Backup.. can anyone confirm if there's anything more that needs to be frozen?

 

[papi92]

Here 1. Don't accept it. 2. We can pull radio and kernel and install those.

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[nosympathy]

Update should fail anyway if you don't have a stock recovery. They generally require a stock recovery to update the phone.

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[Schaweet]

It's been pretty well established how to restore proper search functionality. The real question should be what do the kernel and radios do? Any improvements in reception or battery life? Any improvements in device performance? And most importantly, does this change anything regarding bootloader unlocking research and work-arounds?

I consistently get -75 to -85 dbm so I really don't think there is a reception issue with the 4G radio for me. Now the WiFi is awful for me. That could be improved. GPS is sick.... I lock on in about half a second

Sent from my SGS3

 

[invisiblek]

FYI guys, we can still root using the same method after the OTA (VRALG1)