Warning: The New Verizon OTA has a bootloader in it.

[redskinsfan]

No, unless you use ota rootkeeper to preserve root before the ota and then restore after. That's what I did and I have both the ota and root.


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[droidstyle]

No, unless you use ota rootkeeper to preserve root before the ota and then restore after. That's what I did and I have both the ota and root.


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you still have root but your bootloader is locked

 

[redskinsfan]

That's right, but I didn't have it unlocked in the first place.

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[duglas]

Man this really sucks.. I went to the Verizon store on Friday and bought a Note 2 and the salesman installed the OTA update when I was there.. I actually looked on this site before I left to get the phone to make sure I could root it and install a custom ROM..

Hopefully it can be cracked and we can root it again....

 

[Surething900]

Question

Fixes the exynos exploit, locks the bootloader, and updates the radio. Possibly some other minor patches looking at the patch file sizes.

Stay away from the ota unless you use the safe one I created in another thread. Ignore AdamOutler's comment in this thread as it turned out to be wrong and people got locked up in the process.

Adry, I updated my device 2 days ago and thats EXACTLY what happened. Didnt see your post in time. Bootloader is completely LOCKED on my Photon Q. I only used my unlocked bootloader to wifi tether and Titanium backup. Didnt care about anything else. I read about guys factory resetting their phones with No Luck, so I wasnt gonna try that.

Is their a way to revert back to previous OTA (whatever that was)??? If I cant revert I'm selling Photon Q, then buy another Photon Q that hasnt updated. Simple as that.

 

[adrynalyne]

Sorry, I don't know anything about the Photon Q.

 

[mi7chy]

I, unfortunately, have to get my GN2 exchanged for display issue. If I happen to end up with the new firmware can't I just ODIN back to the previous stock image and boot loader and all is fine?

 

[adrynalyne]

I, unfortunately, have to get my GN2 exchanged for display issue. If I happen to end up with the new firmware can't I just ODIN back to the previous stock image and boot loader and all is fine?

No.

 

[larry_thagr81]

Stock recovery question

Don't be shocked if you end up with a locked device.

If you care about an unlocked bootloader, you may want to pass on it.

Does using the updated boot loader baseline and stock pit restore the stock recovery? I had to use those two files to restore my VZW GN2 back to working condition because I tried to create a backup with clockwork mod using a locked bootloader.

 

[adrynalyne]

Does using the updated boot loader baseline and stock pit restore the stock recovery? I had to use those two files to restore my VZW GN2 back to working condition because I tried to create a backup with clockwork mod using a locked bootloader.

Not if your booloader is locked with the new update.

 

[Gamer_Girl]

I've tried updating several times and have already updated TWRP but it continues to fail. The log says something about NFC but I'm not really sure what it's referring to. The only thing I can think is that the Google Wallet workaround may have something to do with it. Anyone else having this problem? Thanks =)

Installing '/sdcard/safe_update.zip'...
Checking for MD5 file...
Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found.
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p13 at /system: Device or resource busy
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p14 at /preload: Device or resource busy
Verifying current system...
Verifying current preload...
file "/system/app/Nfc.apk" doesn't have any of expected sha1 sums; checking cache
failed to stat "/cache/saved.file": No such file or directory
failed to load cache file
script aborted: assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/Nfc.apk", "39a1fd01ba6c55508d4ebf2a241a6c184743ee12", "1511440748c4a50d994ce62844abad6b90fc6bc4")
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/app/Nfc.apk", "39a1fd01ba6c55508d4ebf2a241a6c184743ee12", "1511440748c4a50d994ce62844abad6b90fc6bc4")
E:Error in /sdcard/safe_update.zip
(Status 7)
Error flashing zip '/sdcard/safe_update.zip'
Updating partition details...
Iata backup size is 2680MB, size: 10575MB, used: 7031MB, free: 3567MB, in data/media: 4350MB.
I:Set page: 'flash_done'
I:Set page: 'clear_vars'
I:Set page: 'install'
I:Set page: 'flash_confirm'
I:Set page: 'flash_zip'
I:Set page: 'flash_zip'

 

[Homeuser66]

Don't be shocked if you end up with a locked device.

If you care about an unlocked bootloader, you may want to pass on it.

Can I ROOT my device without flashing my ROM and not be affected by this at all? I want to be able to use Titanium Back up when I need to or is this an answer for a different forum?

I also heard, you can only divert this OTA update a few times, then it will force the update regardless and it cold brick your device.

 

[mike7728]

I went ahead and took the ota and used the jailbreak method to unlock and reroot worked fine for me

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[dorkfish2425]

Noob here just fyi.

So Ive been reading up for the past week on all things root, and im still swapmed. and if this has already been answered please direct me to the thread. I happened to read about the OTA warning the day after I updated to vramc3. UGH.
My gut says no, but is there any way to downgrade from vrmac3 without having rooted before? I know previous version have been unlocked -thank you adam - but not sure if there is anything I can do at this point.

Ive tried downloading the lastest update of CASUAL, but every link i have found either on XDA or anywhere on google, has been broken.
And yes i have been through http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066 multiple times looking for any hint of a new update.
Once again, sorry if this has been answered already, and thank you Adam for all the hard work and the eventual fixes. We all know your the man to turn to when it comes to stickin it to Big Red.

 

[eakeller]

So Ive been reading up for the past week on all things root, and im still swapmed. and if this has already been answered please direct me to the thread. I happened to read about the OTA warning the day after I updated to vramc3. UGH.
My gut says no, but is there any way to downgrade from vrmac3 without having rooted before? I know previous version have been unlocked -thank you adam - but not sure if there is anything I can do at this point.

Ive tried downloading the lastest update of CASUAL, but every link i have found either on XDA or anywhere on google, has been broken.
And yes i have been through http://http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272066 multiple times looking for any hint of a new update.
Once again, sorry if this has been answered already, and thank you Adam for all the hard work and the eventual fixes. We all know your the man to turn to when it comes to stickin it to Big Red.

Casual should work on the latest OTA. If you continue to have problems locating the software, let me know and I can package up a download for you.

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[dorkfish2425]

Ok cool. I think the host site has just been down, but if it's not up sometime today I may need you to send or link a patch. Thanks again.
*update*
the host site is back up, but can you link to the newest version? the newest link i can find is for version 492, but i think there is a 543? not sure tho.

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[shangrila500]

Ok cool. I think the host site has just been down, but if it's not up sometime today I may need you to send or link a patch. Thanks again.
*update*
the host site is back up, but can you link to the newest version? the newest link i can find is for version 492, but i think there is a 543? not sure tho.

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The latest version of Casual is R515b, it is in the OP on the No You Verizon jailbreak page.

Here is the link to it:

http://d-h.st/vNS

Thats is the version that works with the newest VRAMC3 update. If there is a newer version than that one I havent seen anything about it, and even if there is it doesn't really matter as long as this one works for you. This one was made for the VRAMC3 update and any newer versions would likelu be tweaks to the UI or tweaks to a few other things but like I said before, as long as this version works and unlocks your phone there isnt any reason to worry about looking for a newer version.


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[dorkfish2425]

Got it. Finally got 515b and unlocked after trying 25 diff sugesstions for driver issues. And then the one thing they told me NOT to do, worked for me. Lol

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