JB 4.20 available

[bjs229]

Do you have OTA installed and giving you 4 checks? Rooted and backed up SU? If so super user will allow me to update the binaries.

[bjs229]

Can't post pics. Damn.

[JayJ]

Ran into the same problem. Can you detail exactly what you did?

I simply placed a copy of the Asus keyboard (XT9IME.apk) in the following file path...

/system/app

Booted into recovery and flashed the update, it flashed fine and I'm now running 4.2.

Here is a copy of the XT9IME.apk in my Dropbox.

[km75sr]

Ran into the same problem. Can you detail exactly what you did?

I simply placed a copy of the Asus keyboard (XT9IME.apk) in the following file path...

/system/app

Booted into recovery and flashed the update, it flashed fine and I'm now running 4.2.

Here is a copy of the XT9IME.apk in my Dropbox.

Thanks. Going to try it now.
Update. Got it to work. Thanks a lot.

[birdastrompgman]

To reiterate, Super SU asks if I want to update binaries when I open it, and the 'Installation failed!'

Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper show only the '/system supports root protection' box checked.  The hangup is Super SU binaries not updating.

I tried Super SU's Reinstall option to clean for reinstallation from Google Play.  It said it would exit the program if successful.  It didn't and wasn't.

I uninstalled Super SU and reinstalled it.  Instead of leaving me at an uninstall or open choice in Google Play, it left me at an update or open choice.  Update failed.

[birdastrompgman]

I installed Superuser, since Super SU wouldn't update.  That resulted in the first check box also being checked in Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper.  Two attempts at rooting (using the Root button in the 1.5.5 toolkit) failed to gain root.  I've tried running Busybox, but it fails since the system isn't rooted.

[S.Prime]

Go to www.skipsoft.net and download the latest version of the "Nexus 7 Toolkit", it claims to support 4.2. The developer is actively supporting the Nexus 7 and I really like his approach.

[ddooley]

Not rooted, the ota popped up and installed without a hitch, no problems.

[wpb1960]

Anyway to force update yet for us non-rooted folks ?

[loociddreemr]

Did anyone else lose the camera app with the update?

[birdastrompgman]

Thumbs up, Prime!  That Nexus 7 Toolkit did the job for me.  Once I'd lost root, that's a cited reason for SuperSU failing to update its binary file(s).  I'd also possibly created a conflict with Superuser and SuperSU binaries. 

I rooted in bits and spurts, initially rooting with Superuser.  Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper only protects with SuperSU, so even though I was rooted with Superuser, I only had three checked boxes in Rootkeeper, and Busybox (which was already installed) wouldn't install its apps.  So, I cleared as many remnants of SuperSU as I could, removed Superuser and Busybox.  The Nexus 7 Toolkit pushed SuperSU and Busybox on my N7, and i finally got rooted again. 

Since my Bootloader was always unlocked, I didn't lose any data, pictures, etc.

[CBers]

Glad you're now sorted birdastrompgman.

[JayJ]

Thanks. Going to try it now.
Update. Got it to work. Thanks a lot.

Glad it worked for you...

[birdastrompgman]

Thanks CBers,

I was confident I'd regain root, because the users here were my team. Thanks to you all for your support and suggestions.

[S.Prime]

@ bird

Glad it worked out. Skip has actively supported the evolution of the Nexus 7 with his toolkit. Also, I think your problem lay with the conflicts between superuser and super su, but notably I have used superuser successfully with OTA Rootkeeper on other devices.