[Q&A] Future projects - need a device badly!!!! topic

Q&A for Future projects - need a device badly!!!!

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[Q] Root and future OTA upgrades !!! topic

Hi folks,

Newbie here and just bought a Note 3 Neo N7505.
It came 4.4.2 out of the box.
I would like some advice on below questions:

(a) How to get a full back up of the original OS (4.4.2) before rooting the device? I guess this is called Nandroid or something. Can this be done without rooting? Is it same as downloading the specific OS from sammob*le.com?

(b) Once I root the device is it possible to receive OTA firmware upgrades in the future if I temporarily unroot it? (let's say 4.4.4 or Android L is released)

Cheers to all - thank you ;)

Watchmaker help. Text box to show 15 min into future? topic

Just wondering if anyone knows how to add a minute text box that will show the minutes time 15 minutes into the future. I'm a supervisor at work and when giving people their 15 minute break it would be extremely helpful to glance at my watch real fast to let them know what time to be back. Possible? Thanks