Guest opensauce Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 okay couple of things 1) if you see okay on droid boot until adb confirms finished-it's still doing rom 2) permission error is to do with how the file system is mounted, I have solved this with NextApp SDFix Permission Fix Reboot busybox smart install should now work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Desolutional Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 okay couple of things 1) if you see okay on droid boot until adb confirms finished-it's still doing rom 2) permission error is to do with how the file system is mounted, I have solved this with NextApp SDFix Permission Fix Reboot busybox smart install should now work Does this mean /system can be mounted as R/W too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 So... I met with Tesco today!See the post in this forum. :)P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamie_ Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 So... I met with Tesco today! See the post in this forum. :) P You gonna update the root for this new OTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 You gonna update the root for this new OTAWhen I get it!P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest opensauce Posted January 16, 2015 Report Share Posted January 16, 2015 Does this mean /system can be mounted as R/W too? Yes and edit default.prop and you can adb shell SU Root explorer a useful tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arnookie Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Will root effect update? Should we wait for new root and will we need to somehow go back to original unrooted rom to update? Do you see no way of unlocking boot loader Paul after your meeting with tesco? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Desolutional Posted January 17, 2015 Report Share Posted January 17, 2015 Will root effect update? Should we wait for new root and will we need to somehow go back to original unrooted rom to update? Do you see no way of unlocking boot loader Paul after your meeting with tesco? Best practice is to wait until Paul provides an updated /system image (though I'm faffing about with Linux dd and cat at the moment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Still no OTA here, if anyone gets the OTA zip URL please share it! :)P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arnookie Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 will do paul if it ever shows up. :0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest glossywhite Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Linux, ettercap-GTK and Wireshark (oh, and I had better not forget Google) are our friends:http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/05/ettercap-tutorial/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest speakeasy Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Received the OTA but (predictably) it wouldn't install. I'll wait in breathless antici . . . . . . . . . . . . pation for a solution from your good self. Also, much kudos to you for you arranging to meet with the hudl team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Desolutional Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Received the OTA but (predictably) it wouldn't install. I'll wait in breathless antici . . . . . . . . . . . . pation for a solution from your good self. Also, much kudos to you for you arranging to meet with the hudl team. Even if you update you will lose root. I suppose you could try reflashing the original rooted image and uninstalling root and SuperSU, then updating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sorc Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) Linux, ettercap-GTK and Wireshark (oh, and I had better not forget Google) are our friends:http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/05/ettercap-tutorial/ Not quite, actually. Tesco's update server is HTTPS so you will have to do SSL MITM, create root certificates, import them onto the device and all that. I forget the name but there's one SSL MITM proxy that makes it very easy and doesn't require wireshark. I did it a few months ago and noticed that it was phoning home to Tesco every time you woke the tablet up. Edited January 20, 2015 by sorc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest speakeasy Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Even if you update you will lose root. I suppose you could try reflashing the original rooted image and uninstalling root and SuperSU, then updating. I'm patient. I'm happy to wait for a new image. Any time today would be great :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seanspotatobusiness Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 I didn't root so now I have the update but I want to root so I'm also awaiting the new image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Squelch Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Here is an interesting factoid. I had previously rooted using Pauls image, and then installed the tools I wanted that required root. Later, and to pre-empt the Jan 5th update, I factory reset. However, I did reinstall SuperSU, esexplorer et al, and found I still had root priviledges. Having become accustomed to it, I never gave it a second thought. I now have the update, and naturally enough root is gone, but no other ill effects. The point is, that root priveldges persisted after the reset without me realising the importance of that. Maybe someone else could verify that? I only wish I been mindful to check the filesystem as root when the update alert came in. I hope this information is helpful to those that are able to do more with it. Edited January 21, 2015 by Squelch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest targetbsp Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 A factory reset won't take out root. It wipes user data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Desolutional Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 A factory reset won't take out root. It wipes user data. Yep, and when you actually "get rid of root", what you're doing is deleting the "permanent" apps inside the /system directory. The /system directory is never wiped when doing a factory reset. If you break anything in /system, a factory reset won't help. That's why you should never uninstall any system apps on the Hudl 2 if you're planning on updating it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I just got the OTA.Downloading it now ready to inspect - hudl2_ota_20141009.191216_v1.1.2rc1-20150106.154003_v1.2.0rc5.zip :)P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest r00tmydevices Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Hi. Purchased a Hudl 2 over a month ago with intension of rooting and using Android for the first time. Fully charged tablet, switched on, started going through initial set-up process, connected to wifi then came to an abrupt stop on the 'updates are available' screen as the only option is to tap 'download'. Switched tablet off then on. Came to same screen. At this stage I am unsure of the software version number the tablet currently has and my concern was if I went ahead and updated the software, that it may prevent me from being able to root. Will be using a Windows 7 desktop PC to perform my first, of many I hope, root! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Depends when we are talking about and if you have every actually finished the initial hudl2 setup process? Any new hudl2 that's setup from this week, will automatically receive the latest OTA update as the final part of the whole hudl2 setup process AFAIK. As such, would need to wait for an updated manipulated system image from Paul or another before you could gain root. :ninja: Edited January 21, 2015 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) Just to clarify for the curious - I've been running the rooted system image supplied by Paul in this post - allowed the hudl2 to download and attempt to install the latest OTA update, this fails in my case due to 'build.prop' integrity check - I'd changed the dpi to 240. On android update screen selected 'Reboot system' and I'm back fully working to where I was before, still have valid root / configuration etc just not on the latest build. I'm not in any form of OTA update loop! :ninja: Edited January 21, 2015 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest r00tmydevices Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Depends when we are talking about and if you have every actually finished the initial hudl2 setup process? Any new hudl2 that's setup from this week, will automatically receive the latest OTA update as the final part of the whole hudl2 setup process AFAIK. As such, would need to wait for an updated manipulated system image from Paul or another before you could gain root. :ninja: Thanks for the prompt reply. Can't seem to find exact date that my Hudl 2 was purchased but from memory was around mid December. I've never completed the initial setup. I twice switched it off when I reached 'download' updates screen and not switched it on since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PaulOBrien Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 New update rooted, image uploading now.If you are on a previous release the process is to accept and apply the OTA, then re-root as you did originally.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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