Root System Update on a rooted Ellipsis 7?

[flaxton]

I rooted my Ellipsis 7 (thanks to this forum) and it is wanting to do a System Update. Do I need to unroot first, or is it safe/okay to proceed with the System Update? I have another Ellipsis 7 that is not rooted, and I'm applying the update there right now. They don't tell you ahead of time what it is exactly.

Thanks!

Fred

 

[flaxton]

OK, the unrooted Ellipsis 7 finished updates. On the "About tablet" page, here is the change:

SW Version
went from
MV7A_31D18_422
to
MV7A_31D26_422

No other changes, even Android stayed at 4.2.2.

So I don't know what the update was about, and they didn't say, but was disappointed it didn't bump to Android 4.3.

I still need advice on my rooted Ellipsis 7 - it is safe to upgrade?

Thanks!

Fred

 

[dfgas]

I did not unroot and now mine is not useable, it partially did the update but other than that the screen won't stay on for anything now.

I wish there is a way to fix what i have done but i don't think there is...

Maybe if i had a copy of your system on the rooted one but idk.

 

[flaxton]

I've been holding off on mine, glad I did. I'll wait and see if there are any more replies.

Has anyone unrooted, and then applied the update?

 

[smoats29]

I unrooted mine and while it did update it gave me a heck of a time. Mainly the update package wouldn't download and the notification wouldn't go away.

Eventually I just took it to my verizon store and they were able to get it updated. Then I came home and rooted it again with Kingo Root.

 

[flaxton]

How did you unroot? I tried running Kingo Root again, but it doesn't see my tablet this time. This is on a Mac with VMWare and the tablet in USB developer mode, connected directly via USB, and with the USB device connected to a Windows 8 virtual machine.

I may have to break down and find a real Windows machine. The daily reminders to update are grating on me.

 

[flaxton]

When I couldn't get Kingo Root to connect (yes, I tried a real Windows machine) I installed and ran Universal Unroot and that unrooted.

Then I ran the System Update and it completed fine. Whew!

 

[smoats29]

How did you unroot? I tried running Kingo Root again, but it doesn't see my tablet this time. This is on a Mac with VMWare and the tablet in USB developer mode, connected directly via USB, and with the USB device connected to a Windows 8 virtual machine.

I may have to break down and find a real Windows machine. The daily reminders to update are grating on me.

I had this happen once before try this:

Make sure USB Debugging is enabled and that it's set to connect as a camera not media. If that doesn't work disable USB debugging and then re-enable it while connected to the pc with Kingo Root running.

 

[flaxton]

I had this happen once before try this:

Make sure USB Debugging is enabled and that it's set to connect as a camera not media. If that doesn't work disable USB debugging and then re-enable it while connected to the pc with Kingo Root running.

I will try that when I get a chance. I used Universal Unroot (app) to unroot, and then did the system update with no problem.

Can't say I've noticed much different! I wish they would really fix the storage space crazy divisions. It really burns when I have a 16 GB SDCARD with nothing on it...and can't use it for apps. And then they only give 1 GB for apps, even though I have 4 GB internal storage free.

Whose idea was that? Insane.

 

[Bendinging]

Keep us posted on what happened with yours. I had mine rooted and did the 4.4 update which made my device unuseable (black backlit screen, no response). Luckily, I had a couple of days left on my warranty through Verizon so I sent it to them. I received it back today unrooted with 4.4 installed on it. I'm surprised they didn't say anything about it being rooted, I figured it would've given them a great excuse to blow me off. Oddly, the enclosed letter said they found nothing wrong and couldn't replicate the problem but they obviously did something. Now I need to figured out how to root 4.4 because I'm getting error #9 when I try to use Framaroot...