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I just used an automated program to root my phone. I was sick of running into websites on a daily basis that used flash, and hated every other browser out there so I rooted my Nexus 4 to get the stock browser from the Gnex. I am new at this though, and didn't realize rooting my phone could potentially interfere with OTA updates. How can I check to see if the automatic rooting tool I used kept the stock recovery, or changed it to a custom one?
This is exactly why I hate these toolkits...
Boot into recovery, check what it says. If it only shows you an android with a triangle, it's probably stock. If it's anything else (eg TWRP or Clockwork Recovery) then it's a custom.
You can be on Stock Rom with No Mods Unlocked Rooted with a Custom Recovery and you will get the ota update and it will install fine.
The ota update link will be posted here before you get on your device so it's good to have a custom recovery so you can just flash it. It will also protect you from losing root and your custom recovery
To check if you have a custom recovery with the phone off press and hold power and volume down then when in bootloader press volume down till you see recovery press power button if you get a android laying down that's stock recovery
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ryfly65 said:
I just used an automated program to root my phone. I was sick of running into websites on a daily basis that used flash, and hated every other browser out there so I rooted my Nexus 4 to get the stock browser from the Gnex. I am new at this though, and didn't realize rooting my phone could potentially interfere with OTA updates. How can I check to see if the automatic rooting tool I used kept the stock recovery, or changed it to a custom one?
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Rooting doesn't interfere with OTA updates. You are still able to update even with a custom recovery, and it actually makes things easier because you don't have to flash a custom recovery and then root after each update if you have a custom recovery. Custom recoveries offer many more options than regular as well.
For your original question, just power down your phone and turn it back on by holding both volume up and down while holding the power button. This will bring you to the bootloader. From there, navigate to recovery using the arrow keys and push power. If it's a custom recovery you'll know, and if it's stock, you'll just see an android.
It's recommended not to use automated programs to root because you don't learn anything, by the way, although it makes things much easier.
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^^^^^ that's what I said
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spaceman860 said:
^^^^^ that's what I said
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Haha, I thought I was the first reply
You need to hold volume up and down along with the power button to boot into the bootloader with this phone though
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hoponpop said:
Haha, I thought I was the first reply
You need to hold volume up and down along with the power button to boot into the bootloader with this phone though
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No you don't that's for galaxy nexus for the n4 its just the down button
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spaceman860 said:
No you don't that's for galaxy nexus for the n4 its just the down button
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You're right. My bad, lol
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I went into Recovery Mode and it is showing a dead Android with a red triangle. I'm not quite sure what that means.
ryfly65 said:
I went into Recovery Mode and it is showing a dead Android with a red triangle. I'm not quite sure what that means.
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That's the stock recovery. You have to press volume up and power to see the menu.
El Daddy said:
That's the stock recovery. You have to press volume up and power to see the menu.
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Do you mean when it shows the dead Android with the triangle? Or before that?
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Do you mean when it shows the dead Android with the triangle? Or before that?
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When it is showing. You can't do much with stock recovery though. Wipe data, clear cache, adb sideload. That's about it.
El Daddy said:
When it is showing. You can't do much with stock recovery though. Wipe data, clear cache, adb sideload. That's about it.
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Ah, okay gotcha. The reason I asked if I have stock is because I read an article that not having the stock recovery, or altering files in the /system folder may interfere with OTA updates if the checksum fails. I did change the browser in the /system folder though. I renamed two files to get the stock browser in there and working. I just hope that won't affect the OTAs.
ryfly65 said:
Ah, okay gotcha. The reason I asked if I have stock is because I read an article that not having the stock recovery, or altering files in the /system folder may interfere with OTA updates if the checksum fails. I did change the browser in the /system folder though. I renamed two files to get the stock browser in there and working. I just hope that won't affect the OTAs.
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That will definitely affect OTA's. Anything modified in /system will abort the OTA. You can read more info in my OTA help-desk thread in my signature.
El Daddy said:
That will definitely affect OTA's. Anything modified in /system will abort the OTA. You can read more info in my OTA help-desk thread in my signature.
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I am completely stock with stock recovery; unlocked, and rooted. The only two things I did was put browser.apk, and ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk into the /systems folder, and then I renamed BrowserProviderProxy.apk, and BrowserProviderProxy.odex. I just just put a "1" in front of both names. It was part of the instructions to install the stock browser from the Galaxy Nexus phone onto my Nexus 4.
In order to receive the update, would I just have to name those two apps back to their original name? Or would I also have to remove the apps I put in there as well?
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So I am completely stock with stock recovery, unlocked, and rooted. The only two things I did was put browser.apk, and ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk into the /systems folder, and then I renamed BrowserProviderProxy.apk, and BrowserProviderProxy.odex. I just just put a "1" in front of both names. It was part of the instructions to install the stock browser from the Galaxy Nexus phone onto my Nexus 4.
In order to receive the update, would I just have to name those two apps back to their original name? Or would I also have to remove the apps I put in there as well?
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You should be OK just changing them back. Additions to /system are fine too. If it does end up falling you can just flash the system image with fastboot
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Hey guys
I thought I'd just let you all know that my ambition to get 4.3 and lack of knowledge, led to my phone getting bricked today. I'm so devastated. I was following efrant's guide and flashed everything correctly and then as usual I lost half my storage and I followed the other guide to restoring the lost storage, once again i followed everything but i didn't get the storage back, then i did some cmd commands like the guide did. Next thing you know I may have done something wrong and I was at the bootloader screen and I couldn't reboot or go to recovery. Read and read nothing helped, called Google and they couldn't help me. I am now getting a replacement. SO there you go guys, just the greed of getting 4.3 caused me to brick my phone as well as my lack of knowledge I guess. Can't complain. Thought I'd share this with you all.
Div
P.S Moderators if this isn't suitable you guys can delete it no harsh feelings
Hey don't feel bad we all learn the hard way at some point. 4.3 is a minor update not worth it.
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If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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Just flash the stock android image again, after all you have access to the bootloader, everything is fine
teambestyrandy said:
If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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fabrizziop said:
Just flash the stock android image again, after all you have access to the bootloader, everything is fine
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This. You're totally not bricked.
Please follow the instructions in this thread:
[HOW-TO] How to flash a factory image / return to stock / unlock / root #
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
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Yeah, Nexus is hard to brick.
What is the best way to brick the Nexus 4? Maybe trying to flash HTC bootloader on it?
Fataldesain said:
Hey don't feel bad we all learn the hard way at some point. 4.3 is a minor update not worth it.
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it's totally worth it
nqk said:
Yeah, Nexus is hard to brick.
What is the best way to brick the Nexus 4? Maybe trying to flash HTC bootloader on it?
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Perhaps
Code:
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
Thats not greedy, your just too excited for 4.3
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If you can still access bootlader just download the toolkit and download the 4.2.2 image and flash it back to stock via toolkit...
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So I tried doing this but, in the command prompt window that opens up with the toolkit when unrooting and going to stock it says
Archive not found recovery.sig
Archive not found system.sig etc.
and it fails....
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So I tried doing this but, in the command prompt window that opens up with the toolkit when unrooting and going to stock it says
Archive not found recovery.sig
Archive not found system.sig etc.
and it fails....
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In this particular situation i wont recommend you using a toolkit. Is much esier with a good guide if it fails with the toolkit (btw while i flashed 4.3 factory image the cmd told me also about "missing recovery and system.sig" but now ive got a fully working 4.3 ROM on my N4.
You can do it via ADB. You just setup ADB on your computer. And put all the files from the factory image in the "platform-tools" adb folder. If your phone is in the bootloader menu and its recognized by your computer you just run a file that is called "flash-all.bat" and it should flash the 4.2/4.3 image on your phone. Thats how i did it a few hours ago.
Have a look at this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
But remember all the files in this guide are for the Nexus 7 so use the N4 factory images and the proper commands for your device (i mean the last step of this guide which shows various commands. you shouldnt use them becuz they are for the N7 and the proper commands for the N4 are written in the "flash-all.sh" use those commands or use the "flash-all.bat" which is included in the 4.3 factory image [i dont know if its included in the 4.2. f.i.]. All those files have to be in the "platform-tools" folder in order to let the .batch file do its job.
I hope u understood what i wrote. If not let me know.
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In this particular situation i wont recommend you using a toolkit. Is much esier with a good guide if it fails with the toolkit (btw while i flashed 4.3 factory image the cmd told me also about "missing recovery and system.sig" but now ive got a fully working 4.3 ROM on my N4.
You can do it via ADB. You just setup ADB on your computer. And put all the files from the factory image in the "platform-tools" adb folder. If your phone is in the bootloader menu and its recognized by your computer you just run a file that is called "flash-all.bat" and it should flash the 4.2/4.3 image on your phone. Thats how i did it a few hours ago.
Have a look at this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796
But remember all the files in this guide are for the Nexus 7 so use the N4 factory images and the proper commands for your device (i mean the last step of this guide which shows various commands. you shouldnt use them becuz they are for the N7 and the proper commands for the N4 are written in the "flash-all.sh" use those commands or use the "flash-all.bat" which is included in the 4.3 factory image [i dont know if its included in the 4.2. f.i.]. All those files have to be in the "platform-tools" folder in order to let the .batch file do its job.
I hope u understood what i wrote. If not let me know.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It WORKED! I realised that I didn't flash the zip, I was flashing the the individual images in the zip and that wasn't working. THANK YOU, I couldn't even sleep knowing I potentially bricked my phone
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THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! It WORKED! I realised that I didn't flash the zip, I was flashing the the individual images in the zip and that wasn't working. THANK YOU, I couldn't even sleep knowing I potentially bricked my phone
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Glad to know that it helped you mate
What about content on phone
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
leiftorem said:
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
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Is your bootloader unlocked? Was your phone 100% stock before updating? How did you update? Can you reach bootloader by holding power and volume down button?
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TToivanen said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Was your phone 100% stock before updating? How did you update? Can you reach bootloader by holding power and volume down button?
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My phone was stock, it is locked in all mathers I can reach the bootloader...
And I have ADB installed....
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leiftorem said:
My phone was stock, it is locked in all mathers I can reach the bootloader...
And I have ADB installed....
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I can see my phone listet under "Advanced Utility, but I cannot seem to pull the files from my phone!
I am getting really frustrated here now!
Anyone??
leiftorem said:
I have also a phone that is dead after the upgrade. It was just "looping" on the "Updating Apps" screen, so I turned it off, now it won't start. When the "Nexus X" apperas, it just loops on this screen and nothing happens...
I would very much like to keep pictures and texts before resetting the phone! Can I do that in any way??
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Flash ClockworkMod or TWRP and using one of them wipe cache, dalvik cache and data (not storage). Apps and settings will be gone, but your music and pictures will still be there.
Mr. Kostik said:
Flash ClockworkMod or TWRP and using one of them wipe cache, dalvik cache and data (not storage). Apps and settings will be gone, but your music and pictures will still be there.
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This sounds GREAT! Where can I download them! And, will my texts be gone?? (That is not the worst thing, still annoying...)
leiftorem said:
This sounds GREAT! Where can I download them! And, will my texts be gone?? (That is not the worst thing, still annoying...)
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Oh well you should look in one of those threads on how to root and so on, flashing a recovery using a toolkit should also work. Texts will be gone.
Or from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Note that some users indicate that they can't get past the X on boot. If this happens to you, reboot into the bootloader and select recovery. Then, when you see the Android with the red exclamation mark, hold power and press volume up to take you to the menu. Wipe cache. If that still doesn't work, boot back into recovery and do a factory reset.
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But at some point you'd need a custom recovery anyway.
Hi so my lg g2 d801 is stuck on the lg boot logo and when i try going to recovery mode (twrp) it just turns into a black screen. Any idea how to get out of this please?
and when i connect the phone to the computer it pops up all these drives for some reason. really scared don't want to think that my phone just became paperweight
CrazzyBoy265 said:
and when i connect the phone to the computer it pops up all these drives for some reason. really scared don't want to think that my phone just became paperweight
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check this thread out. I had the same thing.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
this reverts you completely back to stock. You will lose all your data but you did back up regularly, right?
(edit) you only have to hold the volume UP key while plugging in the USB on a D801 to get into download mode.
Make sure you've disconnected usb when attempting to enter recovery. Hope the silence means you've sorted it out!
mooserov said:
check this thread out. I had the same thing.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
this reverts you completely back to stock. You will lose all your data but you did back up regularly, right?
(edit) you only have to hold the volume UP key while plugging in the USB on a D801 to get into download mode.
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im confused so im fashing stock rom normally?
yep. the phone will be the same as when you took it out of the box. What did you do to get to this point?
mooserov said:
yep. the phone will be the same as when you took it out of the box. What did you do to get to this point?
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i felt like going back to stock from (was on cm11 nightlie) so i went on flashify and for some reason i tried restoring twrp and when it rebooted it messed it up bad -.-
I am able to get into TWRP to flash a ROM. I have tried the Stock Sprint Root ZV8 and it just reboots into TWRP. I was unable to get it to work with the LG Flash Tools.
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I am able to get into TWRP to flash a ROM. I have tried the Stock Sprint Root ZV8 and it just reboots into TWRP. I was unable to get it to work with the LG Flash Tools.
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well im downloading the rom as i write this hope it works for me. Do you got the same issue as i do?
CrazzyBoy265 said:
well im downloading the rom as i write this hope it works for me. Do you got the same issue as i do?
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You have to get your phone in DOWNLOAD mode then use the thread posted above to get back to stock
RubbleTea said:
You have to get your phone in DOWNLOAD mode then use the thread posted above to get back to stock
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ok i pressed up and down volume key its not doing anything am i doing something wrong?
CrazzyBoy265 said:
ok i pressed up and down volume key its not doing anything am i doing something wrong?
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You hold vol up and plug in to PC.....or hold vol down and power same time.....nothing?
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You hold vol up and plug in to PC.....or hold vol down and power same time.....nothing?
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worked perfectly with the volume up thing im unpacking the rom right now
i followed every step but when its unpacking the it says extract file error. Any ideas?
CrazzyBoy265 said:
i followed every step but when its unpacking the it says extract file error. Any ideas?
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If you're trying to unpack the ROM try redownloading the rom.
You're saying that you have CM installed? I had this exact problem and I had PA installed.. it was a mess. I had to sideload the original ROM because to flash with that program your build.prop has to be the original information when you received the phone or else the program will throw a "different phone model"
Do you have the LG usb drivers? Install all proper USB drivers and try to sideload an original ROM.
BTW do you have any backups? Restoring also gets you out of this mess
never mind i opened the wrong folder thanks for everything guys it worked perfectly ^.^
xxxrichievxxx said:
If you're trying to unpack the ROM try redownloading the rom.
You're saying that you have CM installed? I had this exact problem and I had PA installed.. it was a mess. I had to sideload the original ROM because to flash with that program your build.prop has to be the original information when you received the phone or else the program will throw a "different phone model"
Do you have the LG usb drivers? Install all proper USB drivers and try to sideload an original ROM.
BTW do you have any backups? Restoring also gets you out of this mess
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It worked perfectly but i guess i have to root my phone again so i think i lost all my backups from flashify
Didn't lose my root but now I've got some screen burn in because the phone wouldn't stay off.
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LCD screen burn in
MerlinOfLore said:
Didn't lose my root but now I've got some screen burn in because the phone wouldn't stay off.
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In case you don't know, you can supposedly get rid of it by displaying an all-white screen (with display brightness turned down to preserve bulb life).
MerlinOfLore said:
Didn't lose my root but now I've got some screen burn in because the phone wouldn't stay off.
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Really I found out how to turn my phone off when it was messed up I'm sorry to hear about that though
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Per Droid-Life:
http://www.droid-life.com/2014/12/02/android-5-0-1-headed-to-aosp-as-build-lrx22c/
I'm ready!
I've got five candles lit and Kenny G on in the background, plus I'm wearing my fancy silk robe.
So yeah, I'm ready ☺
SilkyJohnson said:
I've got five candles lit and Kenny G on in the background, plus I'm wearing my fancy silk robe.
So yeah, I'm ready ☺
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I laughed way to hard for that.
SilkyJohnson said:
I've got five candles lit and Kenny G on in the background, plus I'm wearing my fancy silk robe.
So yeah, I'm ready ☺
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Lmao!
This is why we get "Nexus". We are the bleeding edge
I just get my device today and then rooted it immediately to find out there is an update coming out. I wonder how the OTA is going to do when I'm rooted????
tee00max said:
I just get my device today and then rooted it immediately to find out there is an update coming out. I wonder how the OTA is going to do when I'm rooted????
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Lollipop checks to see if ANY system files are modified. If yes, it fails. Before, you could just put stock recovery back on and pretty much call it a day. I will just flash the factory image, boot up and take the OTA - then immediately go back into fastboot and put recovery, root and an unencrypted kernel right back on. Lollipop's app restore functionality I kind of like, so I can be back up and running pretty quick.
Or you could try to restore only data through recovery, but that's risky when jumping versions. I won't do it.
P.S. I think any proper Nexus owner should always have the latest stock image downloaded to their computer. If you ever need to save your ass it's just a click away. Plus, come downgrade time you're ready to go when you get off work ?
P.P.S. use Google Remote Desktop and leave your home computer on the developer page. That's what I did on the N5 when our images got released. That puppy was downloaded and ready to go the second I walked in the door.
tee00max said:
I just get my device today and then rooted it immediately to find out there is an update coming out. I wonder how the OTA is going to do when I'm rooted????
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If you have a custom recovery you'll have to do a system wipe before you can flash the OTA.
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Looks like factory images are starting to go up:
"Update: *And just like that, Android 5.0.1 factory images have gone live for a handful of devices, including the Nexus 9, Nexus 7 (2013) WiFi, and Nexus 10. Basically, we are looking at the WiFi devices. *You can grab individual image fileshere."
-per Droid-Life
SilkyJohnson said:
Lollipop checks to see if ANY system files are modified. If yes, it fails. Before, you could just put stock recovery back on and pretty much call it a day. I will just flash the factory image, boot up and take the OTA - then immediately go back into fastboot and put recovery, root and an unencrypted kernel right back on. Lollipop's app restore functionality I kind of like, so I can be back up and running pretty quick.
Or you could try to restore only data through recovery, but that's risky when jumping versions. I won't do it.
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Can we only flash boot.img and System.img? would this fix root and replace any modded system files?
iboj007 said:
Can we only flash boot.img and System.img? would this fix root and replace any modded system files?
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Hey, I'd give it a try! In theory I'd say it could.
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P.S. I think any proper Nexus owner should always have the latest stock image downloaded to their computer. If you ever need to save your ass it's just a click away. Plus, come downgrade time you're ready to go when you get off work ?
P.P.S. use Google Remote Desktop and leave your home computer on the developer page. That's what I did on the N5 when our images got released. That puppy was downloaded and ready to go the second I walked in the door.
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For Sureeee. It seems i have had a few more issues with this phone in which having the factory images and fastboot have been a godsend.
crashercarlton said:
For Sureeee. It seems i have had a few more issues with this phone in which having the factory images and fastboot have been a godsend.
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Agreed.
I can't get ADB to work after unlocking, but fastboot works like a champ and that's all I really use. I use ADB to reboot into BL ? I haven't cared or missed it enough to troubleshoot and fix.
Just refreshed the Dev page and it seems everything recent has been updated, minus the N5/6.
I have faith ?
jbdan said:
Lmao!
This is why we get "Nexus". We are the bleeding edge
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Yup. I feel like I did when I first got my Galaxy Nexus and updates were fat and furious.
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SilkyJohnson said:
Lollipop checks to see if ANY system files are modified. If yes, it fails. Before, you could just put stock recovery back on and pretty much call it a day. I will just flash the factory image, boot up and take the OTA - then immediately go back into fastboot and put recovery, root and an unencrypted kernel right back on. Lollipop's app restore functionality I kind of like, so I can be back up and running pretty quick.
Or you could try to restore only data through recovery, but that's risky when jumping versions. I won't do it.
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If you have a custom recovery you'll have to do a system wipe before you can flash the OTA.
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Right now I am running stock recovery. All I have is the bootloader unlocked and have root access.
I'll wait for a TWRP flashable zip :fingerscrossed:
tee00max said:
Right now I am running stock recovery. All I have is the bootloader unlocked and have root access.
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It'll fail with root now.
looks like they're posting wifi only for now
indianajonze said:
looks like they're posting wifi only for now
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Typical Googs.
I successfully unlocked my bootloader, installed twrp and rooted with magisk then tried installing a rom, carbon rom to be precise... now my phone wont boot up at all just showing a black screen and it only goes into fastboot mode, how would I go about fixing it please
bodomfan said:
I successfully unlocked my bootloader, installed twrp and rooted, but tried installing a rom, carbon rom to be precise... now my phone wont boot up at all just showing a black screen and it only goes into fastboot mode, how would I go about fixing it please
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Did you ask in the carbon thread?
Chances are it was a wipe issue.
Did you wipe in stock or aosp recovery?
You can always get back to stock by flashing the stock firmware.
I did this via booting twrp then flashing to both slots.
So unlock storage in twrp, then go flash the ROM, reboot recovery and it'll change slot.
Then flash it again.
Then reboot
Should boot
If not boot to recovery again (not twrp) and wipe system and data.
Should work then..
I didn't have that issue when carbon myself
If push comes to shove there's a tool to get back to stock @meffles has suggested it a few times but I've not used it myself, although he has and he swears by it.
Probably a good way to go and won't be hard.
dladz said:
Did you ask in the carbon thread?
Chances are it was a wipe issue.
Did you wipe in stock or aosp recovery?
You can always get back to stock by flashing the stock firmware.
I did this via booting twrp then flashing to both slots.
So unlock storage in twrp, then go flash the ROM, reboot recovery and it'll change slot.
Then flash it again.
Then reboot
Should boot
If not boot to recovery again (not twrp) and wipe system and data.
Should work then..
I didn't have that issue when carbon myself
If push comes to shove there's a tool to get back to stock @meffles has suggested it a few times but I've not used it myself, although he has and he swears by it.
Probably a good way to go and won't be hard.
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What is the tool for stock please, can you link me to it
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8-pro/how-to/op8pro-unbrick-tool-to-restore-device-t4084953
meffles said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8-pro/how-to/op8pro-unbrick-tool-to-restore-device-t4084953
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Do they even have 14? Would it work to downgrade?
Never used it myself.
dladz said:
Do they even have 14? Would it work to downgrade?
Never used it myself.
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Don't think so but you can go to any version using this tool (depending on whichever version you choose to download).
But yes, you can go back to android 10 from 11 no problem.
I'll have a look, thank you
I'm downloading the newest version
meffles said:
Don't think so but you can go to any version using this tool (depending on whichever version you choose to download).
But yes, you can go back to android 10 from 11 no problem.
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Thanks man, that sounds like the ticket.
Cheers.
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bodomfan said:
I'm downloading the newest version
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Oxygen downloader has 10.5.14 available for download.
Just incase you can't find it
dladz said:
Oxygen downloader has 10.5.14 available for download.
Just incase you can't find it
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My phone is still in fastboot mode, downloading tool now
meffles said:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8-pro/how-to/op8pro-unbrick-tool-to-restore-device-t4084953
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It's not showing my phone
bodomfan said:
It's not showing my phone
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Never used this one pal.
Meffles is your man or check in the thread..
Don't you connect in EDL mode?
Think it's like a lower level recovery mode that you get to without having the cable connected. The screen will be blank..
Then connect and if should show..
Least that's my loose understanding of it.
What does the thread say??
Ps: looks like the application has stopped responding..
Make sure you have ran it as an administrator and that all pre requisites are installed that the application requires..
bodomfan said:
It's not showing my phone
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Turn your phone off, and make sure you don't have any cables connected. Hold volume up + volume down for 20 seconds, then plug in the usbc cable whilst still holding the volume buttons. You should see it spring into life. If not, then you need to check your drivers, which is covered in the link I provided you with.
I've taken it to a shop for repair
meffles said:
Turn your phone off, and make sure you don't have any cables connected. Hold volume up + volume down for 20 seconds, then plug in the usbc cable whilst still holding the volume buttons. You should see it spring into life. If not, then you need to check your drivers, which is covered in the link I provided you with.
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Only the volume buttons?
bodomfan said:
Only the volume buttons?
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Correct.
meffles said:
Correct.
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If only I saw this before I paid for a repair lol
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bodomfan said:
If only I saw this before I paid for a repair lol
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Ah dude, you should have waited man .
dladz said:
Ah dude, you should have waited man .
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I know, darn