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Help with 4.1.2

Hi guys this is the first time i have rooted and flashed a device. I managed rooting my N7 and flashing PA Rom and Motley kernel. Now I want to flash back to stock rom and update to 4.1.2 via OTA or directly flash the official 4.1.2 pure stock. However I still want to maintain root and CWM. Is this possible? Can someone please help me out with details as kind of a noob. I even want to understand how Titanium Backup works. If i backup my apps and then do a factory reset while flashing a new rom how does the backup remain if everything is lost in factory reset. Thanks a lot for helping.

jshashwat93 said:
Hi guys this is the first time i have rooted and flashed a device. I managed rooting my N7 and flashing PA Rom and Motley kernel. Now I want to flash back to stock rom and update to 4.1.2 via OTA or directly flash the official 4.1.2 pure stock. However I still want to maintain root and CWM. Is this possible? Can someone please help me out with details as kind of a noob. I even want to understand how Titanium Backup works. If i backup my apps and then do a factory reset while flashing a new rom how does the backup remain if everything is lost in factory reset. Thanks a lot for helping.
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Do it manually like I did, its just as quick as the OTA, you keep all your files and I didn't loose root, was done in 5 mins.
Heres the thread to the manual tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929424
Hope this helps mate

Wilks3y said:
Do it manually like I did, its just as quick as the OTA, you keep all your files and I didn't loose root, was done in 5 mins.
Heres the thread to the manual tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929424
Hope this helps mate
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Can I flash this over a custom ROM or does it have to be stock rom?

jshashwat93 said:
Can I flash this over a custom ROM or does it have to be stock rom?
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Good question, That I couldn't tell you mate because I don't use custom ROM's. I shouldn't see why not, give it a go and let us know the results?

Wilks3y said:
Good question, That I couldn't tell you mate because I don't use custom ROM's. I shouldn't see why not, give it a go and let us know the results?
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The update can only be applied to a completely stock rom, if you have made any changes to the rom(build.prop edits,etc) the zip will fail to flash
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

bombadier said:
The update can only be applied to a completely stock rom, if you have made any changes to the rom(build.prop edits,etc) the zip will fail to flash
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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Thanks a lot. So how do i revert to stock?

jshashwat93 said:
Thanks a lot. So how do i revert to stock?
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You need a stock RUU, but I'm not sure where to find those. Once you have the stock RUU, adb push the update and your all strawberries and cream

The update will fail if build.prop is modifed and most custom roms modify that. So it would be safer to flash stock image and sideload the update.
Or else wait for the custom ROM developer to incorporate those changes.

I want to stock root my att lg g2. How?

As the title says, can someone kindly point me to the thread for rooting this phone (att) and keeping stock.
Thanks
Sent from my LG-D800 using xda app-developers app

nabril15 said:
As the title says, can someone kindly point me to the thread for rooting this phone (att) and keeping stock.
Thanks
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In this very subforum.. Did you even look?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440163

i did a quick search and didnt dig too much. My apologies and thank you.

in the root thread, I didnt read any mention of adding recovery. Does it do that? Or is that a separate install?

nabril15 said:
in the root thread, I didnt read any mention of adding recovery. Does it do that? Or is that a separate install?
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TWRP's page has information. Admittedly, I did dig around for a day before I got my G2 to put stuff together to root it, so, there's no one-stop-shop for it all.
Just follow the instructions. After you root, you use the command on the page. Get the latest .img file, do not attempt to get the latest file, which is a zip, and unzip it or something. And of course, get the recovery for your phone.
And type carefully.
http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/197

my phone keeps telling me that there is an update from att for the phone of 55mb or so. I've tried to download it several times, but it times out apparently after 10% or so.
Do I do that update BEFORE I root? Or can I do it after? I am currently on JB 4.2.2 build JDQ39B
EDIT - I found my answer in another thread. OTA after root = problems. I will retry the update and then root. Is there a way way push the update from the pc somehow?

nabril15 said:
my phone keeps telling me that there is an update from att for the phone of 55mb or so. I've tried to download it several times, but it times out apparently after 10% or so.
Do I do that update BEFORE I root? Or can I do it after? I am currently on JB 4.2.2 build JDQ39B
EDIT - I found my answer in another thread. OTA after root = problems. I will retry the update and then root. Is there a way way push the update from the pc somehow?
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Not that I have heard of....have you seen any stock Roms for your carrier with the ota also? The ota has problems with custom recoveries....

remember to make a nandroid backup of your stock rom.. just in case
u'll never know when u need it later :good:

zekurosu said:
remember to make a nandroid backup of your stock rom.. just in case
u'll never know when u need it later :good:
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agreed. How do I do that if I dont have recovery installed?

unfortunately need a custom recovery for that ... i'd recommend TWRP

Go back to stock without losing ROOT

HI everyone I would like to go back to completely stock without losing my root. I know there is a thread to go back to stock and I have done it before and I lost my root. I just want to go back to a completely stock ROM ?
Thank you in advance

3thman said:
HI everyone I would like to go back to completely stock without losing my root. I know there is a thread to go back to stock and I have done it before and I lost my root. I just want to go back to a completely stock ROM ?
Thank you in advance
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Just use the flash tool and then use the all in one kit that will flash twrp. Then boot into recovery and press reboot. It should prompt you to root.
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3thman said:
HI everyone I would like to go back to completely stock without losing my root. I know there is a thread to go back to stock and I have done it before and I lost my root. I just want to go back to a completely stock ROM ?
Thank you in advance
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Root takes seconds with ioroot after flashing the kdz - what's the big deal?

How t re-lock the device again?

Hi guys,
I did root my device recently, is there any way to re-lock it again as I need to bring it back to the company?

Flash the latest firmware using Odin or initialize using smart switch. This will wipe the the data on the phone.

Stop making a post on this, multiple threads here that talk about fixing this.

Thank you qwewqa. Onw question more more please, how can I have a backup copy of my stock rom that I currently have? Something different than titanium backup please.
Thanks again

sleman111112 said:
Thank you qwewqa. Onw question more more please, how can I have a backup copy of my stock rom that I currently have? Something different than titanium backup please.
Thanks again
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Do you mean the rooted rom or the rom you have after the reset. You could backup using flashfire if rooted. Smart switch works for non rooted devices and rooted devices but will not backup app data.

Bump to top. When I flashed latest firmware it still shows the pad lock and custom
Any ideas? If possible to go completely stock?

tyrone1 said:
Bump to top. When I flashed latest firmware it still shows the pad lock and custom
Any ideas? If possible to go completely stock?
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Did you try reading post #2?
Re-flash the original firmware. It won't be rooted if successful. Therefore it would be completely stock again.

unroot

hello
is there any guide how to unroot the x compact.? it´s on rooted stock android 7.1
my phone needs a repair, so i need to unroot it
thanks

skwal83 said:
hello
is there any guide how to unroot the x compact.? it´s on rooted stock android 7.1
my phone needs a repair, so i need to unroot it
thanks
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I can't remember 7.1 too good... What method did you use to Root?

i used this one
https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/how-to/android-pay-safety-net-rooted-unlocked-t3610342

skwal83 said:
i used this one
https://forum.xda-developers.com/x-compact/how-to/android-pay-safety-net-rooted-unlocked-t3610342
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If you need to save your data, you can flash the original boot img, and you will be unrooted, but, you will have to undo any system mods, or the phone won't boot. Best thing to do is back up whatever you want saved, and flash stock rom with Emma, or Flashtool. Then, you can relock bootloader if you want, also...