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°confirmed° Voodoo can restore root on 98.30.1 update

Started by doomwolf , Dec 19 2013 07:37 AM

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#1 doomwolf

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 07:37 AM

I used voodoo ota to backup my root. I was brave enough to try and update. I can confirm it is safe!

I used samurai root from locked 98.18.78.

Rooted

Saved root through voodoo ota.

Updated to 98.30.1.

Was scared to see voodoo said I was not rooted ahhh. Pressed restore root. Crossed fingers. Boom root restored!!!

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 07:38 AM

Note you must first backup su in voodoo duhhhh

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 07:48 AM

Awesome!!!!.....I'm glad that worked for you...:):) .... Its been pretty hit and miss for others.... The more people we see having success using voodoo ... The more hope there is for others..... :):) However....... (See posts below)

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 07:49 AM

Just keep in mind that you are on a one way road with no more gas stations...... you run out of gas, that's all she wrote....


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Posted 19 December 2013 - 08:29 AM

Yea, this isn't a great strategy.  Sure you maintain root through this update.  If you FXZ, root's gone permanently.  It's all well and good to say you won't ever have to do that, but, even non-rooted users have issues from time to time that are fixed with an FXZ.


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Posted 19 December 2013 - 09:44 AM

I edited the title to prevent confusion. Some may have not read it thoroughly and assumed we have found root for .30


Edited by livinginkaos, 19 December 2013 - 09:46 AM.
Changed note to not

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 11:02 AM

Fxz is fastbooting?

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 11:07 AM

Fxz is fastbooting?

yes

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 02:43 PM

dang i suck....


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Posted 19 December 2013 - 04:04 PM

It's all good.

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Posted 19 December 2013 - 04:09 PM

Yeah, it's worked for some people, but other people haven't had any luck.  Glad that you got it, though.


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Posted 21 December 2013 - 11:19 PM

So like I used system cleaner root to test it see if I get storage back. Now I'm getting Android is Upgrading every time I reboot. Its wiping my dalvik cache every time now. Its really annoying. Even after uninstall. If I reflashed a system.IMG I would lose root but would voodoo ota save me? Idk this stupid constant wipe is just a nuisance I suppose. Sucks

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Posted 22 December 2013 - 01:40 AM

So like I used system cleaner root to test it see if I get storage back. Now I'm getting Android is Upgrading every time I reboot. Its wiping my dalvik cache every time now. Its really annoying. Even after uninstall. If I reflashed a system.IMG I would lose root but would voodoo ota save me? Idk this stupid constant wipe is just a nuisance I suppose. Sucks

...and this is why you don't update when there's no root. 

 

If you can't find the file and delete and you decide to re-flash, you're hosed.  Voodoo might work, but it might not.


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Posted 22 December 2013 - 05:27 AM

Voodoo will NOT work! You will lose root permanently if you flash the system partition. End of story.

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Posted 22 December 2013 - 08:14 AM

Thanks anyway I could find this file that is bugging the crap out of me using catalog. That crap software cleared my dalvik cache now my cache is cleared every boot

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Posted 22 December 2013 - 08:15 AM

Catlog*

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Posted 22 December 2013 - 08:22 AM

Don't flash system again..... There is a way to fix that (I had the same problem a while ago)...... I'm looking thru my "stuff" to "dig up" my solution to that......

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Posted 22 December 2013 - 11:12 AM

If you help me I will buy you a drink hehe. I'd also donate to Samurai for helping root my device but he has no link :(


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Posted 22 December 2013 - 12:40 PM

I can't find my "record" of what I did to fix...... But.... You can start by using a root file explorer and manually searching for and deleting any files related to that app (I would start in /data) .... Also manually delete / cache AND /data/dalvik cache...... Then reboot..... It WILL say android is upgrading on reboot this time..... But doing this should take care of it after that.....

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Posted 22 December 2013 - 12:51 PM

Solved. I renamed my otacerts.zip.bak back to .zip

Ran through the Catlog and noticed an error.. completly forgot about it....

Thanks for giving me some intel though! :coffee:


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