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[Q] Help with rooting (long rant)

Hello people
I'm a user of the Arc s and who has spent over 5 hrs trying to root my phone but with no luck,
I've tried every way of rooting I could find but they ether don't work or I couldn't download the required files.
Meaning when I try and download the flashtools, A i don't know which one if the correct link because theres like 600 links or something and, B the person who uploaded the files had to use a server with a 1 download a hr limet and I'm NOT paying anything or signing up to the hosting place.
When I try one of the easy ways, like the one click app way they don't do anything, like i get cmd popping up for like 2 seconds then closing but nothing happens.
Just so you guys know, I'm not a noob. I have done these things before on different phones, but A it's been a long time scenes I've rooted anything before and B my Arc needs to be rooted in a very strange way which I've never seen before.
So the bottom line is i need help, can anyone help? anything would be useful.

Flashtool has 3 links on the main page ...
http://androxyde.github.com/
All 3 worked fine for me. Let's start there

What build are you on? If it is .62/69 then the one click method its never going to work.
If on .42 then the one click will work
if on ics the easy rooting will work add I have used them both.
Flashtools look for version .7.0.1
When using three one click rooting phone needs to be powered on. Connect via usb run file via PC then follow the promts on screen.
I an not in front of PC so cant post links.
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I think im on build 4.1.K.0.5 if that helps

alex ainsley said:
I think im on build 4.1.K.0.5 if that helps
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Sorry not sure what this is... Is it gb 2.3.4
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oh I throught you ment somthing els, I'm on ice 4.0.3

ics sorry, dam auto correct

You can use the easy rooting method with ics,I have used it my self.
Look in Dev section for past by doomlord follow his instructions carefully.
You phone switched on with debug enabled and connectEd in mtp mode.
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Ok i will do that later. one thing I would like to add is that in all the time I've been using android, I've never had to do anything with unlocking bootloaders.
but I'll come to that after I'm rooted.

Ok well I'm just having bad day,
I've tryed this one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601038
and It doesn't work, I just get waiting for device and nothing happens. I've waited like 30min with nothing. and yes I have got usb debugging on and unknown sources on aswell.
Any ideas on what can be wrong?

ok I've had a bit more luck, I've found the newer version of the program and now it runs through the process but it just fails, I don't get root when the program sas it's fished :S.
now whats going wrong?

Ok I've changed tack, I've tried the flashtools metherd but when I try that it gives me another ******* error. It can't mount the system.
I'm really stuck HELP?
I'm my time of using android I've never had a device this hard to root in my life !!!

alex ainsley said:
ok I've had a bit more luck, I've found the newer version of the program and now it runs through the process but it just fails, I don't get root when the program sas it's fished :S.
now whats going wrong?
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newer version of the program?? link me the link, let me check
if you are on ICS, the link you posted before should work for you, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601038, i don't think there is any newer version.. are you on stock ICS firmware 4.1.A.0.562 ?

imkid5359 said:
newer version of the program?? link me the link, let me check
if you are on ICS, the link you posted before should work for you, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601038, i don't think there is any newer version.. are you on stock ICS firmware 4.1.A.0.562 ?
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Everyone is quoting these firmware numbers and I don't know where I can check my version ???
also the one click root also gives me a lot of errors + the can't mount system :S.

alex ainsley said:
Everyone is quoting these firmware numbers and I don't know where I can check my version ???
also the one click root also gives me a lot of errors + the can't mount system :S.
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sorry I forgot to send you the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320350

All those numbers are found in phone settings scroll to bottom and select about phone there you will find the build number which is the firmware
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It almost sounds like your on GB... seriously. Press Menu - Settings - About (scroll to the bottom you'll have the version of Android you're running)

Ok well I know for a fact I'm on ics and I'm on the latest version of Sony official ics.

Then the following method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330314
works like a charm and it's easy as hell.

Thats the one I tried at the start. I still get the can't mount system error.
Theres probably something simple that I'm missing but I have no clue what it could be.

Hard-bricked my phone - how was it possible?

Hi Guys,
I managed to hard-brick my phone somehow. I sent it back to HTC already, but I just don't want to do it again. Can anyone figure out what did I do wrong?
Here is the story:
1, I've rooted the phone. I tried with the one-click root first, it did not work, but the other method involving unlocking the bootloader through htcdev.com and flashing CWM (endeavoru) and SuperSU worked.
2, I wanted to install my cmdsp update, which worked already in several devices (Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7, Galaxy S III). I flashed the exact version which was in the thread (that one is created from the Galaxy Nexus CM9 distro (maguro)).
3, The device booted, but then got frozen on the UI. I hesitated what to do next.
4, I thought that maguro is not binary compatible with my device, so I downloaded CM10 from this thread, extracted the necessary files and created an update.zip for this device, then flashed it.
5, It got flashed nicely, but then the phone did not boot anymore.
It had 100% battery before, but long-pressing power button did not do anything. No way to get into hboot mode, and the device is not recognized as an USB device if plugged into a mac (sorry, no windows at home). The led does not even light up if I plug it to the charger.
So, the question is: what did I do so wrong that it got hard-bricked. I might get another device from HTC, I might need to pay for that, I don't know, but I do not want to repeat this mistake.

Do not flash other phone's **** into ur phone..
No human can take horse's penis in ass
Same way phone doesn't take other phone's **** into own..
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sumeshd said:
Do not flash other phone's **** into ur phone..
No human can take horse's penis in ass
Same way phone doesn't take other phone's **** into own..
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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This is an update.zip, I flashed it to many other ARM-based device with no problem (ICS, JB).

Because you don't read and experiment, that's why.

Laurentius26 said:
Because you don't read and experiment, that's why.
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Don't read what? The doc of the update.zip that I made myself? This update.zip installs some libs into the /system partition. What can go wrong about it?

You got the SAME responses on the SAME thread you started in the at&t, rogers, telestra One XL forum. Tho your story didnt add up over there. Looks like u just need to come to terms with it amigo:beer:
#2 - CRAP Flashing doesnt pay

dlux.hu said:
This is an update.zip, I flashed it to many other ARM-based device with no problem (ICS, JB).
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Almost every Android has an ARM architecture CPU, doesn't mean you can flash whatever you want onto every phone.
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Because you overwrote your hboot when flashing the device?

Try running the JB Firmware Flasher.
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Actually I'm very interrested in what you flashed exactly?
With a S-ON device it should not be possible to flash anything that will hard-brick your device. So maybe you could post it for me?
EDIT: The ZIP you are linking to in your other thread could never have hard-bricked your phone. On a S-ON device it is impossible to flash onto a protected partition. So something else must have happened!

It is indeed possible to hard rbick an son device only by simply flashing a rom and boot.img meant for your device.
Recently it happened in the one x community when an (anonymous) developer released a rom and several people got bricked because of it.
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TToivanen said:
It is indeed possible to hard rbick an son device only by simply flashing a rom and boot.img meant for your device.
Recently it happened in the one x community when an (anonymous) developer released a rom and several people got bricked because of it.
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There is no boot.img in the ZIP he links to, only libraries and an APK file. I highly doubt that could hard-brick a S-ON device, but who knows.

For the desperate LG Escape owners...

Not sure where to post a victory message! After scouring the net over my truly new LG Escape P870, actually newly released to the world in mid-September, for rooting information, I somehow landed on Bin4ry's thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460.
I am extremely happy to say that version 15 did the job! I wanted to post this in his thread, but I'm not allowed to because I'm new.
So for anybody enjoying using this great phone, there's hope. And it's EASY!
Peace, tinkicker.

I tried Bin4ry's as well but it did''t work for me. It kept giving me errors (i tried it like 10 times). I tried both methods (for tabs and the normal) I wanted to post on Bin4ry's and give him the output that I got but I couldnt post on that thread (new user) . Then I found a site, which I am not able to post the link to because xda doesn't let me( new user), but if you google "LG Esteem OneClickRoot" it is the first result that comes up. I tried that one, it also gave me errors and restarted my phone, I thought It didnt work but when I went and looked in the installed apps, for my surprise there was a new app - "superSU". So I opened a terminal typed su and there it was the coveted # sign . Now I need to find how to install a new recovery.

Hey guys, just got this phone today. Tried both of those methods with no luck so I figured why not try the method that worked on the recently ported ICS 4.0.4 for the LG Thrill.
You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31963526&postcount=532
The version 1.6 worked for me. The only problem I had was there was an error reading a file, second time through it worked with 0 errors.
Also there is an update to our firmware from P87010c to P87010f not sure what the difference is.

NO JOY!!!
Okay...I'm stupid. Rooted phone...one wrong move with a system file...yep. Brick.
Fortunately I was 1 day shy of my hardware warranty expiration so new phone. But...now Bin4ry's app no longer works for me! It will NOT root this new Escape!
Tomorrow I'll try MikesTooLz's and see what happens.

Look at your system info, did you get the newer software version? The v10f or P87010f is the update, the one on my phone that I rooted with wkparks method is v10c or P87010c.
If it's the updated version can't say for sure but the link I posted above worked on 2 LG phones that I have, may work on yours.

I suspected the software update--it's the F version--might be the culprit but I didn't know what the original was so I couldn't be sure.
So what can I do? Wait on someone to cover the F update? Could I download the older version, root, and then upgrade again?

Did you try the method posted in the link I provided? You may have to run it 2 times to get it to work. Also some have reported better results with version 1.2 of the root script vs 1.6
What exactly is going wrong? Can you give me a screenshot of the cmd prompt? I will do what I can to help, I have the update ready to go but haven't done it because I want to make sure I have root. haha
Downgrading isn't really possible because the only KDZ I can find is the v10f which I posted in a thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33752762
I'm slowly working on this phone so hopefully we can get a custom recovery going and everything no promises though but, I won't be happy till I can put a custom rom on this phone.

Urabewe, it worked!
I could NOT download v1.6. It would appear to download, virus scan would run, and browser would lock up. When I checked my "extract to" folder, the bin and files folders were there, but none of the .bat files had extracted. I was able to correctly download and extract v1.2, so I ran it, and my phone is now rooted. Thank you for the info!
It ran the first time and failed. Ran the second like you said I might have to, and it completed correctly.
I have the update ready to go but haven't done it because I want to make sure I have root. haha
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Does that mean you were waiting to root your phone to see if I bricked mine? LOL!
Now...everybody talks about "install a new recovery". Can somebody point me to or describe the correct procedure/routine/script that I need to follow in order to set my phone up safely like it should be? What apps do I need to fulfill all the correct steps? Yes, I've messed around with a tablet root for a year, but I'm no developer. As far as the technicalities go, I'm pure NOOB. Windows, I understand. Linux, I'm learning. I don't know how to be safe about this and I can't afford to buy another phone if I screw up (wife is watching me closely).
Urabewe, thanks for the help!

Awesome glad it worked. No wasn't waiting for you to brick, just confirm root was possible, and this is nice to know I may just upgrade later then.
Recovery is not possible right now, bootloader is locked and only thing we can get into is download mode which has nothing to do with custom recoveries. Slowly working on it so anything I find will be posted.
Any info I find will be posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33752762 so keep an eye out there.
Sent from my LG-P870 using xda premium

has anyone tried any of the one click methods? ive found 3/4 different ones out there.

One Clicks...
I tried two specifically meant for LG phones, and I had no luck with them. I succeeded with Urabewe's posted links though. And yes, as I posted in their thread, v10f IS rootable. Once I figure out how to take screencaps again, or better take live video of the screen, I will get it as more proof. Now to see if ROMs will be possible soon....

I can't rooting my terminal, other method easy?
Enviado desde mi LG-P870 usando Tapatalk 2

General walkthrough posted in the other thread. Hope it helps.
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I'm having trouble finding firmware v10f I'm guessing there isn't a way to root v10i that v18 file and the 1.2 I newness they reboot it but no root it just says mounted permission denied are you root?
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Yes, I am rooted with firmware 10f.
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Can u find the firmware for me? Or help I'm stuck on v10i I want to downgrade....
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tman1992 said:
Can u find the firmware for me? Or help I'm stuck on v10i I want to downgrade....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1976116
This is the version v10f
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Man are you talking bout the link on page 1 its broken just says forbbiden.....
Its broken... hold on ill look again the only file I can find is a .tot that says its the kdz but I didn't use it.. I can't find 10f anywhere all I need is the firmware
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Thought I would share with everyone how to root Version 10i of the LG Escape.
How to Root Version v10i
Run LG Spectrum ICS Root script (Windows version) Batch file.
Takes about a minute
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jtcbmy

Is there a root method for SGH-l317m yet?

Got my canada rogers note 2 today and i know its kinda soon but has anyone tried any of them other methods for example the sprint root, to root their SGH-l317m?
EDIT: Solved root Acquired
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970162

turilo said:
Got my canada rogers note 2 today and i know its kinda soon but has anyone tried any of them other methods for example the sprint root, to root their SGH-l317m?
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Hell yea bro!
Heres a root video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8&feature=plcp
Heres how to unroot/ unbrick : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZiO8vfrME&feature=plcp
-All variants by the way. the dude happens to be rooting a sprint one xD

Hmm you try it on the sgh-l317m model?
Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2

Doesn't look like mskip has added i317 model yet.
I flashed CWM 6 for i317 and installed superSU 0.97 via CWM. It seemed to do the trick.
Be wary that the phone not only counts flash attempts, but also has a flag for whether the phone has been modified. If the phone is flagged you will lose the ability to do OTA updates.

Oogar said:
Doesn't look like mskip has added i317 model yet.
I flashed CWM 6 for i317 and installed superSU 0.97 via CWM. It seemed to do the trick.
Be wary that the phone not only counts flash attempts, but also has a flag for whether the phone has been modified. If the phone is flagged you will lose the ability to do OTA updates.
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Ah nice where may I find these? So your fully rooted now? What phone you have and carrier
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could you post your *#1234# ???? i would like to get the firmwares for samsung-updates.com

turilo said:
ah nice where may i find these? So your fully rooted now? What phone you have and carrier
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i'm with Rogers, but from my limited knowledge the big three Canadian carriers are using the i317 model?
You can grab the i317 cwm recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901196 - scroll down to "first upload(2012/09/23)"
you can grab supersu cwm flash zip from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 - third link under download
again i warn you that you can't ota update after this, but getting rid of rogers bloatware through titanium backup was much more worth it for me for the time being :d.
Perhaps you can tell me this, are there any ota updates out of the box? Or is it updated already?
somean said:
could you post your *#1234# ???? I would like to get the firmwares for samsung-updates.com
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ap: I317mvlalj2
cp: I317mvlalj2
csc: I317moyaalj2

Oogar said:
Doesn't look like mskip has added i317 model yet.
I flashed CWM 6 for i317 and installed superSU 0.97 via CWM. It seemed to do the trick.
Be wary that the phone not only counts flash attempts, but also has a flag for whether the phone has been modified. If the phone is flagged you will lose the ability to do OTA updates.
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nice!! looks like we have root for the sgh-l317m also all went well for me m8! im now rooted!:laugh:

Oogar said:
ap: I317mvlalj2
cp: I317mvlalj2
csc: I317moyaalj2
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thanks, weve added all canadian vatiants to the 'monitored' list, as soon as sammy with carriers will push the firmwares to servers we will report and publish them
thanks

SoMean said:
thanks, weve added all canadian vatiants to the 'monitored' list, as soon as sammy with carriers will push the firmwares to servers we will report and publish them
thanks
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Awesome! That's great to hear . Looking forward to it.

turilo said:
nice!! looks like we have root for the sgh-l317m also all went well for me m8! im now rooted!:laugh:
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Would you recommend this root process, or do you think it best to wait for mskip to post an update to add 317 support to his tools? I have rooted many an android tablet, but have never had to deal with a phone before. Why no OTA updates after achieving root? I noticed people passing their #1234# on, does this mean that we are overwriting our EFI partitions which hold some of our unique identifier number, etc. As I said, I'm not used to the phone partition structure, or the use of odin, but have spent quite a bit of time in adb and cwm.
Cheers
EDIT: Sorry, I just reread your post and noticed the quote about the 'modify flag', and then being denied OTA updates. Stupid me, I then decided to go to the source, Triangle Away, and found out it is related to the counter in a hidden boot block. Ignore basically everything I had asked, I know better than to post without searching first. Sorry.

I just got mine from Rogers today. Am with Virgin, and since Virgin is owned by Bell (or Virgin uses Bell network), I took my sim from iphone and put it in GN2 and it worked instantly.
Let me know if you need any info...
Im an anroid noob, so need to do some research before I root. I dont have ANY bloatware, so thats not an issue.

savethehumans said:
I just got mine from Rogers today. Am with Virgin, and since Virgin is owned by Bell (or Virgin uses Bell network), I took my sim from iphone and put it in GN2 and it worked instantly.
Let me know if you need any info...
Im an anroid noob, so need to do some research before I root. I dont have ANY bloatware, so thats not an issue.
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You SIM unlocked your Rogers unit first....right?

WorldIRC said:
You SIM unlocked your Rogers unit first....right?
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****, I meant BELL, not Rogers. No need for the unlock, because virgin is owned by Bell.
Wow cant believe I said Rogers. Sorry!

savethehumans said:
****, I meant BELL, not Rogers. No need for the unlock, because virgin is owned by Bell.
Wow cant believe I said Rogers. Sorry!
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Hello Everyone i would like to know is it best to wait before rooting that Variant of Note 2 device
I got mine from Telus yesterday, an i try to learn a thing or 2 since i come from an Iphone.
If there's a post for newbies i would love to take a look Thanks
Thank You

OK just so im sure....
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-recovery-i317.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
then again
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-root-note2.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
Then that should root and install supersu?
LMAO, I looked at 3 different root methods and now am not sure what you guys did in this thread to root your i317...and im a droid noob.

savethehumans said:
OK just so im sure....
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-recovery-i317.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
then again
-Reboot device to download mode
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab (cwm6-root-note2.tar.md5)
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
Then that should root and install supersu?
LMAO, I looked at 3 different root methods and now am not sure what you guys did in this thread to root your i317...and im a droid noob.
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The second part no! Do the first part you mentioned. But put superuser97.zip in root of phone first! Then reboot into cwm vol up/home and power together then let go at boot screen. Then flash the superuser97.zip via cwm done
I'll post proper instructions tomorrow your right can be confusing for the average noob
Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2

turilo said:
The second part no! Do the first part you mentioned. But put superuser97.zip in root of phone first! Then reboot into cwm vol up/home and power together then let go at boot screen. Then flash the superuser97.zip via cwm done
I'll post proper instructions tomorrow your right can be confusing for the average noob
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Thanks that worked perfect.
I did actually do the second part (before you replied) but just reflashed with recovery and all is well. ...I think.
Is there a good FAQ somewhere? I have looked at a couple but they seem device specific. My questions are regarding the actual root then ROMs. I would imagine that since a ROM changes the entire OS, it must change the root? Or once the stock rom is rooted, they all are? Stupid noob questions, that im sure a FAQ would answer.
Cheers, and thanks again!

amzi said:
Hell yea bro!
Heres a root video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6BweCW5ck8&feature=plcp
Heres how to unroot/ unbrick : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaZiO8vfrME&feature=plcp
-All variants by the way. the dude happens to be rooting a sprint one xD
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Yea thats mskip great work and tool kit! hes adding our devices into his toolkit as we speak

Hi turilo,
I apologize for the noob questions - I'm new to the Andriod ecosystem and I just got a Note 2 (Rogers) and have a couple of questions.
1. You rooted your device and what exactly did that accomplish? It appears you were able to get rid of the Rogers bloatware. So all the red colored Rogers app icons and software are gone? What else is the benefit of rooting your device in particular? Is it faster and the battery lasts longer? Please be as specific as you can.
2. Did your device retain all the TouchWiz and S-pen funtionality after being rooted? In other words rooting did not make your phone a pure Andriod system? I also have a Google Nexus 7 and can see differences in the OS compared to the Note 2, so I'm assuming the differences are "enhancements" (depending on your perspective ofcourse ) that Samsung put in.
3. As someone else mentioned, now that you will not be able to get updates OTA, does this mean that when Samsung releases the update to allow multi window or any other update for their software, you won't get that automatically? Is this not something to be concerned about? I would want to get any updates to the S-pen or TouchWiz for instance.
4. Does the above also mean that when Android 4.1.2 becomes available, you will have to update your device manually using some archane process? ie, you won't be able to do this simply from the Settings menu and click on update software?
5. Last noob question - for Andriod idiots like me (I'm a little bit techy - I jailbroke my iPhone back in the day, but would rather not root my Andriod phone unless the benefits outweigh the disadvantages - get rid of Rogers bloatware, keep the Touch Wiz and S-Pen functionality, improved battery life, faster processing etc), can you point to a link that explains how to do this for Andriod dummies?
Thanks!

[Q] Not getting OTA

Hey guys. I've had my Zenfone 2 for almost 2 month now. I'll include a screenshot of my current version, but basically I'm on 2.13 but there is already a 2.18 but it never finds any when I search for them. Am I not doing something?
Thanks

Mohamed1993 said:
Hey guys. I've had my Zenfone 2 for almost 2 month now. I'll include a screenshot of my current version, but basically I'm on 2.13 but there is already a 2.18 but it never finds any when I search for them. Am I not doing something?
Thanks
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Have you rooted you Zenfone? You can always update it manually if not but downloading the OTA updates and putting them on the SD card.

Nope. Haven't done anything to it. And yes I know but I shouldn't have to manually do it. Know what I mean?

Mohamed1993 said:
Nope. Haven't done anything to it. And yes I know but I shouldn't have to manually do it. Know what I mean?
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OTA's are released in batches gradually, you might be in the last batches of OTA triggers, i would advice to update manually.

rafyvitto said:
OTA's are released in batches gradually, you might be in the last batches of OTA triggers, i would advice to update manually.
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The thing is, I'm not exactly sure which version I can use to update. Can someone guide me to the exact ota for me. Also can I jump straight to 2.18 or do I have to go to 2.15 then 2.17,etc?. Thanks a lot.

So i downloaded WW firmware "UL-Z00A-WW-2.14.40.19-user" from the asus support page and i went to flash it via recovery but it just gives an error. I tried renaming the file to "MOFD_UPDATE" but that also just gave me error. I then was able to get it pass the error screen to show the recovery menu but there is only update via adb AND i noticed it says CN at the very top. I'm confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Go to this link, you just have to download the update and not all the 1gb zip from asus support.
http://www.asus-zenfone.com/p/fota-center.html
For your version it's the 1st one 2.13.40.13 to 2.14.40.19 then next one and go on.
Hope that helps.
P.S. Put it in the internal storage of your phone, just drop it there not in folder. Reboot your phone and you will get a system update notification.

There is a Thread dedicated to this .... I would recommend reading it from top to bottom and analyse each step accordingly!! you would be able to figure it out!!

guiz11 said:
Go to this link, you just have to download the update and not all the 1gb zip from asus support.
http://www.asus-zenfone.com/p/fota-center.html
For your version it's the 1st one 2.13.40.13 to 2.14.40.19 then next one and go on.
Hope that helps.
P.S. Put it in the internal storage of your phone, just drop it there not in folder. Reboot your phone and you will get a system update notification.
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Thanks man. I've been trying this all day yesterday. I download it and put it on the storage, NOT in any folders.(I removed my Micro-SD) I even tried renaming it "UL-Z00A-WW-2.14.40.19-user.zip". Still no pop-ups. Even after restarting.

SBFarooq said:
There is a Thread dedicated to this .... I would recommend reading it from top to bottom and analyse each step accordingly!! you would be able to figure it out!!
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If you could point me in the right direction i would grateful appreciate it. My laptop doesn't have internet access so i'm searching this website on my mobile device. Not as easy to navigate.

Weird, I just try on mine and it ok. When im on pc will post a link to where you can flash the lastest rom
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guiz11 said:
Weird, I just try on mine and it ok. When im on pc will post a link to where you can flash the lastest rom
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Thank you. Idk what else to do.

Please see the following ASUS support site with how to update firmware: http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1009748/
Sincerely
ASUS_USA

Asus_USA said:
Please see the following ASUS support site with how to update firmware: http://www.asus.com/us/support/FAQ/1009748/
Sincerely
ASUS_USA
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Thank you for your help. However I've tried this multiple times but when i disconnect the cable from my phone i never get the popup.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/help/how-to-upgrade-cn-version-to-ww-t3101556
Here the link, very simple and clear just follow it.
You will need adb fastboot, intel android driver set up and 15 sec installer to install adb driver (adb-setup-1.4.2) for your phone.

guiz11 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/help/how-to-upgrade-cn-version-to-ww-t3101556
Here the link, very simple and clear just follow it.
You will need adb fastboot, intel android driver set up and 15 sec installer to install adb driver (adb-setup-1.4.2) for your phone.
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Thank you . I will give this a try.

guiz11 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/help/how-to-upgrade-cn-version-to-ww-t3101556
Here the link, very simple and clear just follow it.
You will need adb fastboot, intel android driver set up and 15 sec installer to install adb driver (adb-setup-1.4.2) for your phone.
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Yeah i did this. I flashed over the recovery,fastboot, and boot files(took it from "old" folder seeing i'm on 2.13.40). It flashed fine, it now says WW in recovery. However i am stillNOT able to get any pop ups for updates after putting the zip files on my internal storage.

No you must flash lastest img. Then go to recovery and apply update via adb I think.
The zip file for lastest rom is about 1gb.
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