Unroot Captivate and Vibrant

**Bill Swan** · 03-19-2011, 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by extorian

Given that the system firmware isn't actually changed when rooting, I wonder if OTA updates will still work as normal without the need to unroot.

In the past 20 minutes I installed an OTA update without unrooting. Software went from 2.1 (T959..something with J in it) to 2.1-update1 T959UVKA2.

**Bill Swan** · 03-19-2011, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by extorian

As you're not installing a different ROM, OTA updates *should* still work. When a phone receives an update it checks the existing ROM to see if the update is valid for your phone or not. As the existing ROM hasn't changed it should still work. We've yet to see this though, as there haven't been any updates yet.

I was surprised to see notification of an update this morning, but had to wait to get home and back things up before proceeding. And again, it worked.

**extorian** · 03-19-2011, 07:27 AM

Originally Posted by Bill Swan

In the past 20 minutes I installed an OTA update without unrooting. Software went from 2.1 (T959..something with J in it) to 2.1-update1 T959UVKA2.

That seems so long ago

Here in the UK we went from 2.1 to 2.1-update 1, to 2.2 (end of October I think), to 2.2.1 (December), and it's said that 2.3 will start rolling out here before the end of the month.

I was rooted on 2.1 (no custom ROM, just the SU apk), and it updated to 2.2 fine. However it's the custom ROMs and updating those that concern me, as most updates are incremental.