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Root Rooting after the latest update

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ItsAlwaysMonda

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VM is sending me a replacement phone. Mine has been acting up, and I figure that since my warranty is good for a while longer, I might as well get a new phone. My current one is rooted and s-off. I don't know if I will s-off again, because I like stock and don't know if I will try new ROMs again for a while. But I do want it rooted. If I get this phone, and install the latest OTA first...the one that fixed the texting issue, can I follow the same instructions for rooting? Or would having the latest OTA change anything? Would this affect any steps for achieving s-off too? Or I can follow both guides as I did with my current phone?
 
Also, can I root the phone, and copy everything over with titanium backup, and then activate it, or should I activate it before rooting or anything else?
 
davidmargolin said:
its much better and safer to activate before root but you should be able to do it after...
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Can rooting it first interfere with activation? If it can really cause a problem I'll activate first, I'd just rather do the rooting and everything first because I'd like the phone to be good to go after it's activated.
 
ItsAlwaysMonda said:
Can rooting it first interfere with activation? If it can really cause a problem I'll activate first, I'd just rather do the rooting and everything first because I'd like the phone to be good to go after it's activated.
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you can root first, then flash the stock rom and then activate..
 
I'm sorry guys, for all these questions. I just rooted the new phone. But I realized that since it involves flashing the old stock ROM, it doesn't have the newest update again. Would I still have the new radios from the patch if I installed the patch before rooting? And, can I install the OTA if I'm rooted? I don't remember if I'm not supposed to if I am rooted, or if that is only s-off. I have not done s-off to this phone. In case I can't do the OTA, is there a link to somewhere with the OTA that I can flash even though I'm s-off?
 
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