Rooted Android - You really don't need to do this anymore

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > Rooted Android - You really don't need to do this anymore

Lowclock: Oct 26, 2005

I'm looking to upgrade Android on my rooted 2012 Nexus 7. It's currently on 4.2 with clockwork recovery and superSU, and it would be nice if I could upgrade it without having to backup/restore everything I have installed. If I try to upgrade using the standard system update thing, clockwork notifies me when it reboots and asks if I want to install it but then it won't go through the upgrade with some error message that I can't check right now because I don't have my charger with me. What's the easiest way to do this?

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Lowclock: Oct 26, 2005

Just look up your phone/tablet on the xda-developers forum. If what you need isn't on there you're probably SOL. Usually it's something like Unlock Bootloader > Install Recovery > Install new ROM (if you want) and OpenGapps or similar > Install Magisk (the actual root thingy).

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