Root [Virgin Mobile] Firmware Update

[kwknott]

If you're not worried about update just hold off and see what Jerry comes up with. He's working on the new build of Victorious and it should have update in it.

 

[dizmatic]

Since ur rebuilding victorious from this, I dnt really need to do all of this update stuff, I can just wait..right?

So I am completely stock and when I restore g60madman's TWRP backup it goes thru the restore process, reboots and is exactly the same as it was before the restore. WTF am i doing wrong?

 

[ewichern]

So I am completely stock and when I restore g60madman's TWRP backup it goes thru the restore process, reboots and is exactly the same as it was before the restore. WTF am i doing wrong?

g60madman's backup is a backup of the stock ROM, so yeah, if you were already stock I imagine your phone would look about the same after you restored from his files. I don't think his images even overwrite /data, so your installed apps might all still be there if you didn't do a factory reset.


Jerry's instructions assume that someone has installed a custom ROM (i.e. Victorious), and therefore needs to go back to stock before receiving the factory update. If you were already stock, I imagine you could skip the g60 restore, so more like:

Note, I have not tested this and don't make any claim that it will work properly--these are just Jerry's instructions with the "restore to stock" steps stripped out:

1. Download update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip and put on your sdcard
2. Backup all your apps with TitaniumBackup (just in case)
3. Do updates in settings
4. Boot into recovery
5. Install the update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip
6. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
7. Reboot system
8. Say yes if prompted to fix root
9. Update everything in settings again?

Again, haven't tested it, but I think that would work.

 

[kwknott]

The backup does not format or write anything to data partition. All your apps, settings and such will remain.

 

[dizmatic]

g60madman's backup is a backup of the stock ROM, so yeah, if you were already stock I imagine your phone would look about the same after you restored from his files. I don't think his images even overwrite /data, so your installed apps might all still be there if you didn't do a factory reset.


Jerry's instructions assume that someone has installed a custom ROM (i.e. Victorious), and therefore needs to go back to stock before receiving the factory update. If you were already stock, I imagine you could skip the g60 restore, so more like:

Note, I have not tested this and don't make any claim that it will work properly--these are just Jerry's instructions with the "restore to stock" steps stripped out:

1. Download update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip and put on your sdcard
2. Backup all your apps with TitaniumBackup (just in case)
3. Do updates in settings
4. Boot into recovery
5. Install the update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip
6. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
7. Reboot system
8. Say yes if prompted to fix root
9. Update everything in settings again?

Again, haven't tested it, but I think that would work.

I tried that and it errors out when i try to install update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip.

Guess I'll just have to wait for a new victorious with the update included.

 

[JerryScript]

I tried that and it errors out when i try to install update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip.

Guess I'll just have to wait for a new victorious with the update included.

What error does it show?

 

[jtpieske02]

g60madman's backup is a backup of the stock ROM, so yeah, if you were already stock I imagine your phone would look about the same after you restored from his files. I don't think his images even overwrite /data, so your installed apps might all still be there if you didn't do a factory reset.


Jerry's instructions assume that someone has installed a custom ROM (i.e. Victorious), and therefore needs to go back to stock before receiving the factory update. If you were already stock, I imagine you could skip the g60 restore, so more like:

Note, I have not tested this and don't make any claim that it will work properly--these are just Jerry's instructions with the "restore to stock" steps stripped out:

1. Download update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip and put on your sdcard
2. Backup all your apps with TitaniumBackup (just in case)
3. Do updates in settings
4. Boot into recovery
5. Install the update_SPH-L300_MC1_to_MG5-no-props.zip
6. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
7. Reboot system
8. Say yes if prompted to fix root
9. Update everything in settings again?

Again, haven't tested it, but I think that would work.

This worked for me like a charm. When I went back to check the firmware update in system it told me it finalized the update and no new updates available. Thanks for the help.