System update?

[kenryan]

I just want to also confirm that this does work. My process was:

1. Change file extension of all the apk's I turned off by renaming them when i rooted back to have .apk file extensions (ie, blockbuster.off changed back to blockbuster.apk)
2. Download and install OTA Rootkeeper
3. Backup root with OTA Rootkeeper
4. Take OTA update, let phone reboot
5. After rebooting with the OTA applied, restored root with OTA Rootkeeper
6. Change all apk's i don't want back to a .off file extension
7. rebooted the phone just to make sure everything stayed, and it's good

Bummer. Didn't work for me.

I did your step 1 after your step 3, and I didn't have any apk's I didn't want so step 6 didn't apply.
No brickage, Rootkeeper just doesn't seem to be able to restore root.

Guess I'll wait until someone breaks it (soon I hope)...

 

[Jeffyo]

I got it too just in case. Lucky I double checked on rooting before I let the update screw me. Still on 2.3.3. But it's great cause I'm rooted!

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[Jeffyo]

way to take one for the team

****! Thanks for doing the bad thing for us all. I was able to fail my update so I could keep root and avoid this whole thing. I've got rootkeeper installed but it sounds like it's hit or miss.

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[duck on quack]

I managed to avoid the automatic download (which only gives you 20 seconds to avoid) the first time, but apparently missed it shortly after. Thankfully, it said the update had been downloaded but it allowed me to postpone the installation for an hour.

At this point I rooted and froze the Blur "Updater" and "Upgrader" apps as someone mentioned in another thread.

Weird thing is... in /cache, I can see the downloaded file, but it's named Blur_Version.4.5.601.A955.Verizon.en.US.zip. Isn't 4.5.601 the version I'm currently on, and 4.5.622 is the new scary update? Doesn't make any sense that it would be named 601 instead of 622...

Regardless, by freezing those two apps the I can't even manually update through settings, so I assume I'm safe.

 

[Modred189]

Holy speedbump batman! I, unfortunately, hit the update button before thinking about root. But I might be glad I did. It gave a significant speed increase. the Wifi wake issue seems gone too.

Is there a changelog somewhere?

 

[themib]

I managed to avoid the automatic download (which only gives you 20 seconds to avoid) the first time, but apparently missed it shortly after. Thankfully, it said the update had been downloaded but it allowed me to postpone the installation for an hour.

At this point I rooted and froze the Blur "Updater" and "Upgrader" apps as someone mentioned in another thread.

Weird thing is... in /cache, I can see the downloaded file, but it's named Blur_Version.4.5.601.A955.Verizon.en.US.zip. Isn't 4.5.601 the version I'm currently on, and 4.5.622 is the new scary update? Doesn't make any sense that it would be named 601 instead of 622...

Regardless, by freezing those two apps the I can't even manually update through settings, so I assume I'm safe.

the name refers to the version its replacing

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[thebove]

I got the notice for the update this morning, but I haven't applied it yet. I have one question about the RootKeeper method if anyone could answer it for me, that would be great. If you do the RootKeeper method with the OTA update, does the WiFi Tether app still work? I remember with the Gingerbread update you had to do a little hacking to get it to work right. I'm currently running WiFi Tether version 3.1-beta6. WiFi Tethering is my #1 reason to root, so I want to make sure that won't be broken if I do this.

I'm using Barnacle instead of WiFi Tether, which has it's own set of quirkiness, so I don't know if will help your or not, but FWIW using the method I posted I'm still able to use Barnacle.

 

[UrbanBounca]

I have an idea, but I'm not sure whether it will work. This is the backup file for SU before I accepted the .621 update. You can place it in your /system file, then after downloading and installing SU, you can download and install Voodoo Root Keeper to see if it will allow you to restore root using my backup.

http://db.tt/lI5rD6KH

 

[themib]

you can not change system, unless your rooted, that is what rooted does.

 

[UrbanBounca]

I didn't know if you could move a file to /system or not.

 

[themib]

not directly, maybe some trick with ADB

 

[Qrror]

Hi friends! I accidentally upgraded my Droid 2 to 621 is there any way to get root on the 621?

 

[Jeffyo]

Hi friends! I accidentally upgraded my Droid 2 to 621 is there any way to get root on the 621?

Sorry but not right now. There was a way posted on phandroid you can check into but looked fairly complicated. You know how to use Linux?

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[Qrror]

Thanks for the answer.

There was a way posted on phandroid you can check into but looked fairly complicated.

It is for D2? Or for D2G?

You know how to use Linux?

Yes, of course. I often work in such distributions, as Mint and Ubuntu.

In general, is there any work in this direction?

 

[Jeffyo]

Root method

Thanks for the answer.

It is for D2? Or for D2G?

Yes, of course. I often work in such distributions, as Mint and Ubuntu.

In general, is there any work in this direction?

Appears to be for all Motorola Droid devices.

[url]http://phandroid.com/2012/04/20/motorola-devices-get-universal-root-method/

T[/URL]his is what I saw. The method is in the XDA forums. NEW Root method for Motorola Android Phones - xda-developerset us know how it works if at all.