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please help

So I tried Un rooting my phone (sprint) well now I get stuck at the "x" and when I try to boot into recovery I Just get an android guy and a triangle with an exclamation mark in it, is there anything I can do?

thats the stock recovery. you can flash clockwork recovery via fastboot. or flash an official stock update.zip through the stock recovery.

simms22 said:
thats the stock recovery. you can flash clockwork recovery via fastboot. or flash an official stock update.zip through the stock recovery.
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really? well it isnt giving me any options, if you could give me instruction it would be highly apperciated

castro08 said:
really? well it isnt giving me any options, if you could give me instruction it would be highly apperciated
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How about you tell us exactly what you have done so far and we will help get you finished. There are guides that give you step by step instructions.
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Rem3Dy, it's fine haha. I'll just post it here, np
go here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nex...Recovery_Image
and download the 4.0.0.2 recovery image and save it to some directory on ur computer
then follow these steps:
1. Open up command prompt/terminal and plug in phone to computer
2. Type "adb reboot bootloader"
3. It will take you to fastboot mode. Now type "fastboot erase recovery"
4. Then type fastboot "flash recovery ____.img"
( ____ is the name of the recovery img file)
5. Now it will flash and once it says "OKAY" then scroll down using volume down into recovery and see what happens
It should work.

mathkid95 said:
Rem3Dy, it's fine haha. I'll just post it here, np
go here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nex...Recovery_Image
and download the 4.0.0.2 recovery image and save it to some directory on ur computer
then follow these steps:
1. Open up command prompt/terminal and plug in phone to computer
2. Type "adb reboot bootloader"
3. It will take you to fastboot mode. Now type "fastboot erase recovery"
4. Then type fastboot "flash recovery ____.img"
( ____ is the name of the recovery img file)
5. Now it will flash and once it says "OKAY" then scroll down using volume down into recovery and see what happens
It should work.
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thank you guys I got it to work, I was stepping out so I panic, but once in fast boot mode i plugged in a different usb hub and it mounted so I just ran a one click root thanks guys for taking your time and helping

Cool, glad it works!

I was stopped at a stop light and didn't have time to find a link
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Well thanks guys I knew it wasn't that bad I'm just so used to the epic I was confused lol
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Unlocked and rooted N7 fully wiped without ROM and USB Deb..

Hello,
i had forgot downloading SmoothRom before wiping (Factory Reset, Dalvik/Cache..) my Wifi N7 without enabled USB-Debugging.
Now I don't know how to flash it, i really need your help...
i tried it with the option Flash Stock+Unroot (Soft-Bricked/Bootloop) in Wug`s toolkit but now after that the tablet insn't able to boot like before and i lost the recovery. Sorry for my bad english.

AW: Unlocked and rooted N7 fully wiped without ROM and USB Deb..
if you can enter fastboot mode just follow the instructions in one of the stickies in q&a
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u could flash a recovery using fastboot, and could push your rom from pc using adb straight after.
fastboot flash xxx
adb push xxx yyy
are the commands you will need
this may help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796

indoh said:
u could flash a recovery using fastboot, and could push your rom from pc using adb straight after.
fastboot flash xxx
adb push xxx yyy
are the commands you will need
this may help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
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how do i use adb without enabled usb-debug?

Power off nexus.
Hold power and volume down at same time.
You should now see a green Android lying on its back.
Download:
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/grouper/openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-grouper.img
Put that in your fastboot folder in pc. (In your SDK/Platform Tools)
Right click in your fastboot folder whilst holding shift. And click "open command prompt here"
Now Type:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-grouper.img
If all goes well carry on:
Power off nexus
Power on whilst holding volume down.
Should be at green android laying on back again.
Use volume till you see "Enter Recovery"
Enter TWRP.
Go to Advanced, "Mount USB"
Now, download a ROM of your choice. Stock or Custom
Copy it to your Nexus on PC.
Go back to TWRP on nexus, go to "Install"
Find the ROM
Flash
Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache.
Reboot
BOOM !!

n/m

Wilks3y said:
Power off nexus.
Hold power and volume down at same time.
You should now see a green Android lying on its back.
Download:
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/grouper/openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-grouper.img
Put that in your fastboot folder in pc. (In your SDK/Platform Tools)
Right click in your fastboot folder whilst holding shift. And click "open command prompt here"
Now Type:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.4.0-grouper.img
If all goes well carry on:
Power off nexus
Power on whilst holding volume down.
Should be at green android laying on back again.
Use volume till you see "Enter Recovery"
Enter TWRP.
Go to Advanced, "Mount USB"
Now, download a ROM of your choice. Stock or Custom
Copy it to your Nexus on PC.
Go back to TWRP on nexus, go to "Install"
Find the ROM
Flash
Wipe Cache and Dalvik Cache.
Reboot
BOOM !!
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Ok, thanks.
Now i got TWRP but i don't know what Mount USB means, i can't find it in Advanced...

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Ethested said:
Ok, thanks.
Now i got TWRP but i don't know what Mount USB means, i can't find it in Advanced...
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because you cant 'Mount' something that doesnt exist?
just adb push the rom zip

Pirateghost said:
because you cant 'Mount' something that doesnt exist?
just adb push the rom zip
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Or ADB sideload using that option in recovery.
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AW: Unlocked and rooted N7 fully wiped without ROM and USB Deb..
u can use adb while your phone is in recovery. if it does not find it, check advanced options for a setting called adb daemon or similar...
use adb push just as i told you in my other post... or look in my link i posted.... everything is explained there... goddamn, lazy people...
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Ok, now it works, i did it with "adb sideload ROM.zip"

Please help! Stuck on

Please help, I downloaded ChameleonOS Rom for Mako and I was on PA. I did a backup in TWRP and after I wiped data and cache I tried tp flash CHAOS ROm. It said success but it won't boot passed Google and If I try to restore PA it says failed and now I have no rom to flash to boot up and also I can't turn on debug to use ADB.

Zehlek said:
Please help, I downloaded ChameleonOS Rom for Mako and I was on PA. I did a backup in TWRP and after I wiped data and cache I tried tp flash CHAOS ROm. It said success but it won't boot passed Google and If I try to restore PA it says failed and now I have no rom to flash to boot up and also I can't turn on debug to use ADB.
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i'm not on twrp at the moment but you may be able to try this
you may also try the nexus toolkit

Nexus 4 toolkit says device not found when trying to push file to device. It shows serial under fastboot mode but not ADB Mode. Is that because I can't turn on debug?

Zehlek said:
Nexus 4 toolkit says device not found when trying to push file to device. It shows serial under fastboot mode but not ADB Mode. Is that because I can't turn on debug?
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hmm... can you try setting the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot? might be able to get you back to square one.
if you can get into twrp you might be able to run adb commands from the recovery even if you didnt have it enabled before using the toolkit.

efan3719 said:
hmm... can you try setting the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot? might be able to get you back to square one.
if you can get into twrp you might be able to run adb commands from the recovery even if you didnt have it enabled before using the toolkit.
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That might work, how do I set the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot?

Zehlek said:
That might work, how do I set the current status to "Soft-Bricked/Bootloop" and do the Flash Stock + Unroot?
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On the main screen of the nexus tool kit there is a radio button option you can click for it.
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not sure what you're trying to do, but if you just want to get the device up and running again..
- Download recovery with sideload
- Go into fastboot
- Use CMD to navigate to your Nexus Toolkit folder,
- Execute " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ", assuming the image you downloaded was renamed to recovery
- Go into recovery, choose flash with sideload
- Back to CMD, type "adb-toolkit sideload *zipnamehere.zip*" , assuming your adb is named adb-toolkit
reboot, profit.

exb0 said:
not sure what you're trying to do, but if you just want to get the device up and running again..
- Download recovery with sideload
- Go into fastboot
- Use CMD to navigate to your Nexus Toolkit folder,
- Execute " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ", assuming the image you downloaded was renamed to recovery
- Go into recovery, choose flash with sideload
- Back to CMD, type "adb-toolkit sideload *zipnamehere.zip*" , assuming your adb is named adb-toolkit
reboot, profit.
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This guy sounds like he knows what he's doing.
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exb0 said:
not sure what you're trying to do, but if you just want to get the device up and running again..
- Download recovery with sideload
- Go into fastboot
- Use CMD to navigate to your Nexus Toolkit folder,
- Execute " fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ", assuming the image you downloaded was renamed to recovery
- Go into recovery, choose flash with sideload
- Back to CMD, type "adb-toolkit sideload *zipnamehere.zip*" , assuming your adb is named adb-toolkit
reboot, profit.
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It says fastboot is not recognized as an internal command

In twrp, it keeps saying starting adb sideload feature

i posted this in another thread. try this...
1. First make sure that you have fastboot driver installed.
2. Power down your Nexus 4 (hold the power button until it shuts off) before rebooting into fastboot mode. You can do this by holding down the the Volume Down and Power buttons simultaneously.
3. Connect your device to your computer. Open up a terminal or command prompt, and navigate to the folder containing the fastboot program.
4. Type fastboot devices into the command line, and you should then see your device’s ID, which means fastboot is setup correctly. if not, check to make sure Google Nexus 4 drivers are installed correctly.
5. now open Nexus 4 toolkit and Flash Google Factory stock Rom. Once you are back to stock continue on from there...
Good Luck!

Zehlek said:
It says fastboot is not recognized as an internal command
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my bad, it's fastboot-toolkit. But since you have a recovery with sideload already, just download a rom that's working, put it in your nexus 4 toolkit folder, rename it to flash.zip, and type in CMD
"adb-toolkit sideload flash.zip"

Thank you all for your help. What I had to end up doing was extracting the factory image and flash boot, system, and use data IMG files manually with nexus 4 toolkit. My Nexus 4 is alive. Again thank you all very much
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Zehlek said:
Thank you all for your help. What I had to end up doing was extracting the factory image and flash boot, system, and use data IMG files manually with nexus 4 toolkit. My Nexus 4 is alive. Again thank you all very much
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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Glad to here it. My heart sank when I read your issue. Happy to see it resolved.
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efan3719 said:
Glad to here it. My heart sank when I read your issue. Happy to see it resolved.
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Thank you. I was beginning to panic when I saw there nothing working that would transfer a rom to my sdcard. Again thank you for all your help
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Messed up mako(Resolved)

I just used toolkit to root new nexus clicked option 8 one click. Everything went fine it rebooted into Google and now its stuck. USB debugging is no longer active, how can I push a file to phone to get boot. Please help. Is there a free node channel for N4 discussion. Thanks.
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anoymonos said:
I just used toolkit to root new nexus clicked option 8 one click. Everything went fine it rebooted into Google and now its stuck. USB debugging is no longer active, how can I push a file to phone to get boot. Please help. Is there a free node channel for N4 discussion. Thanks.
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Hold the power for about 10 seconds to turn it off, wait 10 seconds and press volume down and power button to get into the bootloader. If you have a windows pc try this link http://download.chainfire.eu/297/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-mako-occam-nexus4.zip to get root. Unzip the downloaded file and click root-windows. That should work.

----- CF-Auto-Root-mako-occam-nexus4 -----
Please make sure your device is in bootloader/fastboot mode before continuing.
***WARNING*** ALL YOUR DATA *MAY* BE WIPED ! ***WARNING***
We are going to run the "OEM UNLOCK" command on your device. If your device
was not previously unlocked, this will wipe all your data !
After the unlock, CF-Auto-Root will boot. You should see a big red Android
on your device's screen.
Press Ctrl+C followed by Y to cancel !
Press any key to continue . . .
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
It may take a minute or so for the red Android to appear. If it doesn't show up
at all, there may be a problem.
Press any key to continue . . .
gee2012 said:
Hold the power for about 10 seconds to turn it off, wait 10 seconds and press volume down and power button to get into the bootloader. If you have a windows pc try this link http://download.chainfire.eu/297/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-mako-occam-nexus4.zip to get root. Unzip the downloaded file and click root-windows. That should work.
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any other suggestions

anoymonos said:
----- CF-Auto-Root-mako-occam-nexus4 -----
Please make sure your device is in bootloader/fastboot mode before continuing.
***WARNING*** ALL YOUR DATA *MAY* BE WIPED ! ***WARNING***
We are going to run the "OEM UNLOCK" command on your device. If your device
was not previously unlocked, this will wipe all your data !
After the unlock, CF-Auto-Root will boot. You should see a big red Android
on your device's screen.
Press Ctrl+C followed by Y to cancel !
Press any key to continue . . .
The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.
It may take a minute or so for the red Android to appear. If it doesn't show up
at all, there may be a problem.
Press any key to continue . . .
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That is what you are supposed to see, don`t worry about it and just press any button. If the bootloader is allreay unlocked you will not loose data. And don`t use Toolkits anymore

gee2012 said:
That is what you are supposed to see, don`t worry about it and just press any button. If the bootloader is allreay unlocked you will not loose data. And don`t use Toolkits anymore
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ya but no red andriod appeared it just stayed in fastboot mode

anoymonos said:
ya but no red andriod appeared it just stayed in fastboot mode
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Close CF Auto root, disconnect and reconnect usb and open CF Auto root again and try again.
If that doesn`t work flash TWRP recovery from here http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/mako/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-mako.img in fastboot and flash this superSU zip http://download.chainfire.eu/331/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.32.zip in recovery

I tried that and nada.I even try to flash factory img through fast boot and get error
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anoymonos said:
I tried that and nada.I even try to flash factory img through fast boot and get error
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Do a data factory reset in recovery, wipe cache and reboot. And try rooting again after you enabled usb debugging.

anoymonos said:
I tried that and nada.I even try to flash factory img through fast boot and get error
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Might help to know what error and which img file (specifically), I would just pull down TWRP 2.5.0.0 (specifically for mako):
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img
Boot into recovery (wipe/format and flash up new rom, etc), or if you instead get an error note the specific error.
PS: If you have no rom/etc due to erasure, you can 'adb push' the zip files to /sdcard while in recovery.

C:\sdk>fastboot flash bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img
unknown partition 'bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img'
C:\sdk>
kbeezie said:
Might help to know what error and which img file (specifically), I would just pull down TWRP 2.5.0.0 (specifically for mako):
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img
Boot into recovery (wipe/format and flash up new rom, etc), or if you instead get an error note the specific error.
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anoymonos said:
C:\sdk>fastboot flash bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img
unknown partition 'bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img'
C:\sdk>
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First off, bootloader isn't a "recovery", second you're missing a parameter
fastboot [action] [partition] [file]
You were basically telling it to flash nothing onto a partition named bootloader-make-makoz10o.img which course doesn't exist.

anoymonos said:
C:\sdk>fastboot flash bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img
unknown partition 'bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'bootloader-mako-makoz10o.img'
C:\sdk>
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Dude why you are flasing a bootloader!

kbeezie said:
First off, bootloader isn't a "recovery", second you're missing a parameter
fastboot [action] [partition] [file]
You were basically telling it to flash nothing onto a partition named bootloader-make-makoz10o.img which course doesn't exist.
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i have folled this link and am syuck at flashing bootloader.http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...3923-guide-nexus-4-factory-image-restore.html
basically all i can access is fastboot

This is why you don't use a bootloader. Just do it the old fashion way.
You don't need to flash a bootloader. Just fastboot flash stock Google images and start over
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occam
Also please change the title, your phone isn't bricked. You just messed up due to taking a shortcut route aka toolkit.

zephiK said:
This is why you don't use a bootloader. Just do it the old fashion way.
You don't need to flash a bootloader. Just fastboot flash stock Google images and start over
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occam
Also please change the title, your phone isn't bricked. You just messed up due to taking a shortcut route aka toolkit.
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thats the problem it wont let me flash anything through fastboot

anoymonos said:
thats the problem it wont let me flash anything through fastboot
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Do a data factory reset/ wipe cache in recovery and reboot.

anoymonos said:
thats the problem it wont let me flash anything through fastboot
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You have the proper drivers installed? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051

gee2012 said:
Do a data factory reset/ wipe cache in recovery and reboot.
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i dont have a recovery everything got wiped

zephiK said:
You have the proper drivers installed? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
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yes proper drivers installed. Just unrooted and relocked old nexus 4 for return and then tried to root and unlock new one and it **** on me

It probably will if you use the proper syntax since you have to tell it which partition.
If you go and grab the TWRP 2.5.0.0 recovery image from their website for mako, you can use the following
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
Making sure there are 4 parts as the word recovery is part of the command.
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Thus why you download one and flash. It's nearly impossible to hard brick a Nexus. Just helps not to receive panic. Take a couple breaths and figure out the proper commands.
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[Q] Broken&Locked N4, need your help..!

Hi guys !
I need your help for trying to recover my information from my Nexus 4... (Thanks in advance)
First, my N4 is:
With the screen cracked, so, the bottom half of the screen is not responding to any touch
Locked with a lock pattern (and because of the damaged screen, I can't unlock the phone)
With stock Android
With USB debugging on
Not rooted
With no other modification whatsoever (No custom ROM or recovery mode, etc)
First I tried the obvious, I connected the N4 to my computer expecting a miracle; as the phone is locked, and I can't unlock it, ADB just didn't worked.
I also tried sending a .zip thought "adb sideload" (using the stock recovery mode) to delete the files where the lock pattern is, but an "signature verification error" occurred (because the phone is not rooted, I guess). I've tried to delete the files with "adb -d shell" but (obviously) as ADB is not working, a "device not found" error showed up.
So I guess the question here is... What are my options ? Is there any way I can recover my photos and files ?
Thanks in advance!

Try going into recovery and using adb from there. Turn off the phone then turn it boot into the bootloader using volume down and power. Use the volume rockers to scroll and highlight Recovery mode, then use power to select it. Once in recovery press and hold power, then volume up to enter the menu. Then try "adb devices", and if the phone is recognized you can use what you want.

chromium96 said:
Try going into recovery and using adb from there. Turn off the phone then turn it boot into the bootloader using volume down and power. Use the volume rockers to scroll and highlight Recovery mode, then use power to select it. Once in recovery press and hold power, then volume up to enter the menu. Then try "adb devices", and if the phone is recognized you can use what you want.
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Hi chromium96 !
That didn't work.. :S
Any other idea ?
Thanks for replying !

Flash a custom recovery and boot into it... I think custom recoveries support adb.. If USB debugging is ON and proper drivers are installed on your PC, you can do 'adb pull' for the necessary files
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badhri said:
Flash a custom recovery and boot into it... I think custom recoveries support adb.. If USB debugging is ON and proper drivers are installed on your PC, you can do 'adb pull' for the necessary files
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Is that going to delete all my information ?
Thanks !

AlejandroFloresV said:
Is that going to delete all my information ?
Thanks !
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To flash the recovery you will need to unlock your bootloader which is meant to wipe all your data. However if you flash the recovery right after unlocking the bootloader (no reboot in between) the data should not get wiped.

chromium96 said:
To flash the recovery you will need to unlock your bootloader which is meant to wipe all your data. However if you flash the recovery right after unlocking the bootloader (no reboot in between) the data should not get wiped.
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I don't know if that's true...
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korockinout13 said:
I don't know if that's true...
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It is true. Ive done it successfully on several n4's and its even been talked about a couple times on xda: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266928

Yes.. I have done that too.. It doesn't wipe the data.. Just flash cwm, right after the boot loader unlock..
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