Root Question About Removed Bloatware and the OTA

[bryan847]

When the OTA Gets released, how will it work with apps that were uninstalled. After CWM came out I made a backup and removed all the bloatware. When the OTA comes out will I have to restore to the backup and then update, or will the removed apps not affect the OTA... I am pretty new to rooting but I understand it... and with the OTA coming soon I just want to be ready.

 

[bryan847]

Bump

 

[Knitewulf]

I think it will be fine, but this thread might have a little bit more information:
http://androidforums.com/droid-3-all-things-root/415101-after-ota-update-will-my-phone-clean.html

 

[glennj]

You may be right, but what I understand from a variety of sources is that when the OTA comes/ it will check for specific versions of varrious pre-installed software (bloatware) and if they are not found in place the OTA will Not install.

That is why people have been freezing bloatware instead of deleting it altogether, so when the OTA checks for versions of bloatware to update it will find them and not abort the update.

Glenn

 

[imnotmikal]

You will need to restore ALL removed stock items before updating, or will end up with a brick.

 

[glennj]

That's what I was afraid of.

This could get really bad !

Still waiting here...

Glenn

 

[redsox985]

I made sure to go in and unfreeze any apps I had frozen, restore bloat with P3Droid's Toolbox, and browse through my /system/app folder for any extension changed to .bak. I had no issues with the leak install, but this could get ugly for anyone who got the soak and was debloated.