Rooted phone and next OTA update (2.1?)

[bishop7262]

I took the plunge and rooted my phone. Was wanting to know that when the next update is release, supposedly 2.1, what happens when I update my phone. Do I need to root my phone again, can I update to the newest release, or will the rooted phone remain intact?

Also I downloaded Adfree and it still shows the ad at the bottom of Shopsavvy. Does Adfree work for that particular app?

TIA

[jinx10000]

There are tons of posts about this.

If you want to keep root do not accept an OTA update, because it will very likely remove it and patch it so that you cannot reroot it using the same exploit.

Do a search for otacerts.zip to get more advanced instructions as to how to prevent an unauthorized OTA update. (Doubt if this will happen but who knows.)

[tktouch12]

what if i just want to upgrade, keep my apps/ files, and become unrooted?

[Droidlicous]

what if i just want to upgrade, keep my apps/ files, and become unrooted?

+1 This is what I wanna know, I really don't think anyone has an answer yet.

[Xerozix]

As long as your apps don't require root, you should be fine.

Before you upgrade, you should remove busybox and the super permissions app, then hit the big upgrade button.

[lschmitt]

If I wanted to try the unofficial 2.1, do I have to root my Droid to install 2.1?

[SwordOfWar]

If I wanted to try the unofficial 2.1, do I have to root my Droid to install 2.1?

Yes because the unofficial 2.1 is not signed. Meaning it was ripped off and an unrooted phone will not recognize this file as a legit, real, official update.

Any custom ROM or modified ROm needs a rooted phone. Only official releases by Verizon/google will work on an unrooted phone.

I personally don't know why anyone would want to give up their root access unless they were returning the phone for a replacement or something.

Root basically gives you the freedom to do 95% (the other 5% might not need root) of the kool stuff people post on here.

The otacerts hack is risky and unnecessary anymore, as the latest SPRecovery image blocks ota updates by default, unless allowed through an option in the recovery screen.