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Guardian

Guardian

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I just got an OTA asking to install and I am not sure if it is safe to install. What should I do?

I have:
Apex 1.0
Bootloader 30.01
System: 2.3.15

I heard that I need to update somehow to use the new Apex anyways.

Thanks for the help guys. I am just a little nervous.
 
If the OTA got pushed to your phone, you should be able to simply allow it to install. After that hit me up for z4root and you'll be on your way to the latest and greatest APEX.
 
That update will fail. You need to roll back to a stock backup w/o removed apps, not deodexed to install the ota. Apex is deodexed with bloat removed so it will fail.

Do you create a backup (nandroid) of your stock setup before you removed apps or installed a rom?

If not, you'll need to sbf back to stock (2.3.15), the take the ota.
 
Guardian said:
I just got an OTA asking to install and I am not sure if it is safe to install. What should I do?

I have:
Apex 1.0
Bootloader 30.01
System: 2.3.15

I heard that I need to update somehow to use the new Apex anyways.

Thanks for the help guys. I am just a little nervous.
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with apex 1.0 installed you will prob get a failed installation ,if you do you will either have to restore a backup you made before you installed apex and if you dont have the backup then you will have to flash the sbf then ota then reroot and install apex 1.3.1
 
colchiro said:
That update will fail. You need to roll back to a stock backup w/o removed apps, not deodexed to install the ota. Apex is deodexed with bloat removed so it will fail.

Do you create a backup (nandroid) of your stock setup before you removed apps or installed a rom?

If not, you'll need to sbf back to stock (2.3.15), the take the ota.
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lol beat me to it while i was typing!:p
 
colchiro said:
That update will fail. You need to roll back to a stock backup w/o removed apps, not deodexed to install the ota. Apex is deodexed with bloat removed so it will fail.

Do you create a backup (nandroid) of your stock setup before you removed apps or installed a rom?

If not, you'll need to sbf back to stock (2.3.15), the take the ota.
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I have a backup before I used Flyx, but I am afraid that it is only the 2.2 leaked version. Is that still ok?
 
colchiro said:
That update will fail. You need to roll back to a stock backup w/o removed apps, not deodexed to install the ota. Apex is deodexed with bloat removed so it will fail.

Do you create a backup (nandroid) of your stock setup before you removed apps or installed a rom?

If not, you'll need to sbf back to stock (2.3.15), the take the ota.
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Not entirely true. My wife's phone was deodexed and it installed fine. I would just let it install. Should go smoothly and only take about 5 mins max. After that you may be stuck at the droid eye, but just pull your battery. I have noticed that these phones all behave differently, but I am just letting you know how we updated one of our phones.
 
You need version 2.3.15 that has no bloat removed and is not deodexed.

If you you don't have a stock/standard version, no OTA.
 
You gents are really nice. Thank you so much. I will be sure to thank each of your posts after this works.

Any chance you can link me to the correct drivers or should I just google it?
 
Just curious as to why the battery needs to be at 80% to sbf if it remains connected to the pc. Wouldn't it continue to charge throughout the process?

Edit: I just read that it doesn't charge in recovery. Well isn't that just silly. haha
 
Guardian said:
Just curious as to why the battery needs to be at 80% to sbf if it remains connected to the pc. Wouldn't it continue to charge throughout the process?
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yes but not as fast and if your batt dies during this you are out of luck!just a precaution
 
If everything goes well, you could get by with 30% battery, but if it dies during the flash, you have an expensive paperweight.

Usually people that flash, usually do so b/c they have issues, that's why they want you to have a lot of battery.
 
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