Hi all,

I've rooted my samsung galaxy s2 recently and was wondering if I am able to update the firmware while the device is rooted?
Or would I have to unroot then upgrade?

thanks.

You don't have to unroot but as soon as you use the normal firmware update you loose the root and would have to reroot your Galaxy s2.


Hope that helps

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makes sense but doesnt there have to be a rooting method for the latest update thats installed??
im new to android so i have several questions myself and this was one of em..

cheers

Not entirely correct. Once your rooted, you can update the firmware. Just boot your phone into bootloader mode and make sure the firmware is on the root of your sd card, and it should install automatically. You shouldnt lose root after doing this, as I ve updated my firmware a few times and its never happened.

Only by flashing a stock ROM should you lose root.

I got a notification to update. Keep in mind that my phone is also rooted. When I update, it automatically proceeds to the boatloader screen. I have no idea what do do from here. I actually don't care if I lose my root or not. I would like to update to the new android version that is available to me.

Yep. But first you need wipe dalvik cashe and wipe system/data

You cannot update unless you flash the system.

your recovery should not be modified if you want your update to be successfully applied