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Hey, thanks for your reply, VDub. I found voodoo ota rootkeeper on the store, which unroots you temporarily while you update and let you reroot after. So I tried the official OTA update. It downloads, then the install begins, but the phone reboots suddenly, and displays "software update failed...

Thanks for your quick reply, VDub2174. It's really appreciated. When you say "general rule of thumb", do you mean that there is a chance that I get to officially update and stay root? Also, if I'm ready to lose root privilege, is it safe to update the official way or is there a non negligible...

Hi all, I have a newbie question, and I couldn't find the answer in the forum. I rooted my SGS2 as soon as I got it, mainly to get rid of ads, and samsung bloatwares, using Odin. I just rooted and kept the stock ICS 4.0.3 that came with my phone. But it was like one year ago, and I have...