ok there is already a few threads about this, but i just want to make a simple guide for everyone......
DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR BRICKING YOUR PHONE, CAUSING WW3, OR AN ALIEN INVASION
1.) Make sure you have the fastboot drives installed (if not get it here), AND HAVE A BACK-UP VIA RECOVERY
2.) Then proceed to Sony's Official Website and follow the steps CAREFULLY, to get your unlock code.
3.) After all of that Is said and done your device MAY (like mine) bootloop but dont worry just restore your back-up from earlier and it should boot thats what i did and im unlocked running 2.3.3 GBTweaked v7.1 from when i was locked.
Update the grammar, add pics. Your good to go.
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unlocking r800x
thatd be great if i could get fastboot.exe to register as a command flashtool tells me oem remote unlock failed i downloaded all the nessary files from sony followed the instructions still locked bootloader any ideas? and yes i checked my unlock sent for request twice same key came back in my email so its not the unlock key
Same here. It wont let me unlock. I wounder if I need to point to the cmd to cd c:/ first??
So it recognizes the device correctly but yet fails to unlock. I am updating the sdk in hopes that's the issue.
Now I'm stuck at waiting for device this is bull
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Also, when you use fastboot on osx you don't need to install drivers. In terminal just CD to the platform-tools within the mac adt bundle and use the command ./fastboot rather than fastboot.exe
That's what I did was change the directory to the folder with fastboot and if you download the new sdk and Sony drivers it should work (I did this because my old sdk was screwed up so I just got a fresh file)
P.S. I downloaded omnius and it had all the files and drivers for my phone.. if on windows 7 type in search device maneger and click it find Google adb interface and right click . Update driver software and direct it to the root omnius folder and hit OK it should install the drivers and the unlock should go as planed
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Never mind I got it now. Some how I had written the wrong code. I copied what was sent to me but when I went back to check it again it was different. ????
Stock kernel with overclock works great with gbtweaked btw
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chick3n564 said:
Stock kernel with overclock works great with gbtweaked btw
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Yes it does I love it but want the features of JB
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So is there a way to check if you successfully unlocked your bootlader? I followed all the steps correctly but didn't get any type of message saying your bootloader is now unlocked. I want to flash CM10 already I just want to double check before flashing anything.
LAcube said:
So is there a way to check if you successfully unlocked your bootlader? I followed all the steps correctly but didn't get any type of message saying your bootloader is now unlocked. I want to flash CM10 already I just want to double check before flashing anything.
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While phone is off plugin your usb to pc while holding the search button. If your LED doesnt go blue on the power button then it didnt work.
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LAcube said:
So is there a way to check if you successfully unlocked your bootlader? I followed all the steps correctly but didn't get any type of message saying your bootloader is now unlocked. I want to flash CM10 already I just want to double check before flashing anything.
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If you want to check, either
A) Put in the code again. It'll give you an error saying it's already unlocked
B) Get ROM Toolbox, and try to overclock. If it goes over 1024, then it is unlocked.
DubleJayJ said:
If you want to check, either
A) Put in the code again. It'll give you an error saying it's already unlocked
B) Get ROM Toolbox, and try to overclock. If it goes over 1024, then it is unlocked.
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B. Is only on custom kernels. If he has a custom kernel, he is unlocked.
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JunDavis said:
B. Is only on custom kernels. If he has a custom kernel, he is unlocked.
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Not true. As soon as I unlocked my bootloader(test point), I was still on Cola ROM with stock kernel. I didn't believe it, and I went into ROM Toolbox, checked it and I was overclocked at 1.8. Luckily, I checked otherwise I could of killed my phone.
If you open the fastboot command prompt and type fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar secure
That should tell you.... Y= locked
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JunDavis said:
While phone is off plugin your usb to pc while holding the search button. If your LED doesnt go blue on the power button then it didnt work.
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There is more to it than just that....the poster above me adds more detail....I know this because I plug my phone in holding search and get the blue light and i know my BL is still locked......you still have to the command to check it.
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brsingr said:
There is more to it than just that....the poster above me adds more detail....I know this because I plug my phone in holding search and get the blue light and i know my BL is still locked......you still have to the command to check it
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It is impossible to get a blue LED light without unlocking the bootloader on R800i. Maybe it's different for R800x, strange.
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Unlocking bootloader
While trying to unlock the bootloader using the sony site I type in *#*#7378423#*#* I get into service info then configuration there is no option for rooting status there is only a meid:, meid software version: 0 , available speech codes:blah blah , working band/s: no available speech codec.
I have a factory xperia play R800x
phone software version 1243-3001_4.0.2.E.0.5.7
Will I have to send my phone out to unlock the bootloader?
gunz1 said:
While trying to unlock the bootloader using the sony site I type in *#*#7378423#*#* I get into service info then configuration there is no option for rooting status there is only a meid:, meid software version: 0 , available speech codes:blah blah , working band/s: no available speech codec.
I have a factory xperia play R800x
phone software version 1243-3001_4.0.2.E.0.5.7
Will I have to send my phone out to unlock the bootloader?
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Nope just follow Sony's instructions except for the root status check as said Verizon just hid that to give their customers false hope about unlocking...so like I said just follow the guide and you should get unlocked
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So I can't root my nexus s I don't know why I have had all the great androids since day one but this baby wont budge. Will any of those one.click apps work never tried one?
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dskyers said:
So I can't root my nexus s I don't know why I have had all the great androids since day one but this baby wont budge. Will any of those one.click apps work never tried one?
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There's no one click method I know of for the Nexus S.
What do you mean you can't root & it won't budge? This phone is about as easy they come (without some one click app): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865
Install the android sdk on your computer.
Put the su.zip file on your sdcard partition of the phone.
Put the phone in fastboot mode.
Fastboot flash the recovery.
Select recovery.
Select install zip from sdcard.
Flash it.
Reboot.
You're done.
If your computer doesn't recognize the phone while it's in the bootloader, you gotta install the google Nexus S drivers or the one from PDAnet. That was where I got stuck at 1st when I tried rooting. Fastboot couldn't find my phone because I had the generic windows drivers.
Also if you have PDANet on, turn it off before putting your phone in fastboot mode.
Actually there is a one click method...brb with it
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/easy-one-click-root-for-nexus-s-full-guide/
Or search superboot nexus s
Here on xda
Either will work PC or mac.
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Actually there is a one click method...brb with it
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/easy-one-click-root-for-nexus-s-full-guide/
Or search superboot nexus s
Here on xda
Either will work PC or mac.
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Interesting. So the steps on the referenced one-click method you posted are:
1) put your phone in fastboot
2) do the fastboot oem unlock command manually.
3) run a batch file that contains two lines (fastboot-windows.exe flash boot boot.superboot.img & fastboot-windows.exe reboot).
I guess that's easier than putting your phone in fastboot directly and typing in a command to flash clockwork, then selecting a zip file to install from clockwork, but not much.
The drawbacks here are of course that it's superboot, and that it requires you to unlock the bootloader. I guess it's useful if you're really noob, but it only saves you typing one command.
The noob part is very true. However I prefer my bootloader unlocked anyhow.
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The noob part is very true. However I prefer my bootloader unlocked anyhow.
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Why do you prefer it unlocked?
I like the unlocked lock! No seriously custom roms etc.
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main reason i think there is no one click root is because its so simple to do on this phone
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I like the unlocked lock! No seriously custom roms etc.
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You do not need an unlocked bootloader (currently) to use custom roms, or to root, or to flash clockwork recovery, etc...
On day one that wasn't a known entity.
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On day one that wasn't a known entity.
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Of course, but since you contradicted my statement earlier that one disadvantage to the posted method here was that it had you unlock the bootloader by replying that you like having yours unlocked, I was trying to pin down if there was an advantage to unlocking the bootloader that had been discovered that I hadn't heard yet.
There's indication on git for our phone that the next update includes a change to the bootloader being able to use the fastboot boot command while locked. Unknown what that will actually do in terms of just fastboot flashing clockwork to apply root and custom roms.
I c wut u did there. I'm not sure how the update is going to affect things ATM. I keep it unlocked for "in case sh*t" happens. Never know what an update will bring in changes to rom management.
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Hi!
I'm about to put my SNS up where the sun don't shine..
I've followed this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
But when i come to part 2 i have some problems.. The Command Prompt hangs at < Waiting for Device > and nothing happens from here.
All drivers are installed as they should. What would be wrong?
Phones info:
Baseband: I9020XXKD1
Version: GRJ22
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-ge382d80
[email protected] #1
Please help my phone to survive
What operating system are you using? If you're using windows going to device manager and see what it says for android devices.
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What operating system are you using? If you're using windows going to device manager and see what it says for android devices.
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I'm using Windows 7 x64 Ultimate - And it says what it should:
When phone is turned on normally:
Android Composite ADB Interface
Phone in Fast-Boot:
Android Bootloader Interface
Nothing should be wrong there..
i would try another usb cable. they have been know to not work. also make sure that your android sdk has been updated fully before starting step 2
Installing PDAnet had proven time and time again to be the easiest and most foolproof method of getting the correct up to date drivers installed. Please try that. Install PDAnet on your machine and follow the prompts. Then try again.
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matt2053 said:
Installing PDAnet had proven time and time again to be the easiest and most foolproof method of getting the correct up to date drivers installed. Please try that. Install PDAnet on your machine and follow the prompts. Then try again.
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truth!
here is their site http://www.junefabrics.com/android/index.php install the free version onto your computer then just follow the on screen instructions. itll install the proper driver for you.
Tried another cable, and using PDAnet - still hangs at Waiting for device...
Does ADB work?
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I am having same problem, so I can relate, but not unhappy with stock. I also can not find anything wrong even on device manager everything looks like out ought to work.
I tried adb fastboot devices and my phone is supposed to show up, but didn't. You might try yours as well, probably get same result.
Makes me think still a problem with the driver.
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Does ADB work?
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No idea, i actually don't know what ADB actually is and does?
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No idea, i actually don't know what ADB actually is and does?
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It is a Command Line Interface application that comes packaged with the Android SDK, just like fastboot. ADB is used to interface with your device while it is booted normally, and fastboot interfaces with your device at the bootloader level.
With your phone booted up into Android, plug in USB and do "fastboot devices". What happens?
But before you do that, let me ask: are you sure when you were having trouble with fastboot that you had the phone in bootloader? You have to hold volume up + power until you see a screen that says FASTBOOT MODE at the top with a lot of other text. You can only use fastboot commands such as "fastboot oem unlock" when the phone is in bootloader.
matt2053 said:
It is a Command Line Interface application that comes packaged with the Android SDK, just like fastboot. ADB is used to interface with your device while it is booted normally, and fastboot interfaces with your device at the bootloader level.
With your phone booted up into Android, plug in USB and do "fastboot devices". What happens?
But before you do that, let me ask: are you sure when you were having trouble with fastboot that you had the phone in bootloader? You have to hold volume up + power until you see a screen that says FASTBOOT MODE at the top with a lot of other text. You can only use fastboot commands such as "fastboot oem unlock" when the phone is in bootloader.
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I am sure i'm in fastboot, and not Android system
The ADB finds a Device - Screenshot added..
If you are not sure what adb is, I am wondering what method you are using to root?
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q711179 said:
If you are not sure what adb is, I am wondering what method you are using to root?
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I am following the guide i'm linking to in first post
Sorry, but using phone and didn't catch the first post after reading few of the others. Since we having same problem I will try it tuesday, which is my next day off work and let you know how out goes.
If you do get this resolved, let me know how you did out.
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Possible problem
So I checked on my device manager and the android device driver says; Android ADB Interface, rather than Android Bootloader Interface.
Anyone that can help me change it to the correct one as I can use ADB to get phone to bootloader but when I type bootloader devices my phone is not found.
Thanks in advance.
Figured it out (maybe lucky guess)
I moved a copy of bootloader from tools folder to platform tools then opened a terminal from that window and it worked.
Bootloader unlocked and on way to full root.
When I saw the port for ICS come out I got really excited and flashed it right away. Then I realized for whatever reason I didnt have SU permissions so I couldn't tether to my computer. I was disappointed but I thought, "no biggie, I'll just restore from my back up." When I flashed my back up the SU app was in my app drawer but I still couldn't tether. As a matter of fact I can't do anything that requires SU but the bootloader still reads unlocked. WTF?
I can't flash a new recovery either. I tried installing from ROM manager, I tried pushing it from my computer but I can't get to the recovery any more. ROM manager says that I have CWM 5.0.2.0 currently installed but I can't get to it at all. Again, WTF?
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^clearly the phone is working perfectly fine with the stock ROM from the back up but obviously I want my SU back.
Root your phone and read the development thread versus making blog posts.
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Flash this http://www.tylerwatt12.com/XDA/ics/root_and_theme.zip and please post in right section
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Thanks for not answering my questions. The bootloader is unlocked but I don't have root and I don't have access to recovery mode even tho ROM Manager says I have Clockwork Mod 5.0.2.0 currently installed. I cannot access the recovery mode AT ALL. I cannot flash or push a new recovery but it fully boots into Gingerbread w/o any issues. What is wrong with my phone and how do I fix it.
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Try from rom manager to reinstall a previous recovery version.
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That doesn't work either. It goes through the prompts but it doesn't actually reboot do the installation.
I just tried unrooting and then re - rooting but that didn't work and I think that actually wiped my phone completely. I don't even know where an SD card would get into this thing.
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Use adb on your computer and push a clockworkmod recovery.img. And we are trying to help u no need for the sarcasm
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I'm sorry but I'm just really frustrated right now. Nothing I have tried has worked. Maybe its my commands? To push that recovery image what would I type?
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I also I can't download that zip you linked to. Every time I try it just says failed.
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obsydian2k7 said:
I'm sorry but I'm just really frustrated right now. Nothing I have tried has worked. Maybe its my commands? To push that recovery image what would I type?
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I get it
Fastboot flash recovery recovery-xxxxxxxxx.img and hit enter
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Esteway.619 said:
I get it
Fastboot flash recovery recovery-xxxxxxxxx.img and hit enter
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Get cwm image from here CWM Recovery
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relock the phone then unlock it again i had the same problem
I tried relocking and unlocking again then pushed the recovery I just (finally) downloaded but it didn't work. Terminal says error cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo4g.img'
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obsydian2k7 said:
I tried relocking and unlocking again then pushed the recovery I just (finally) downloaded but it didn't work. Terminal says error cannot load 'recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo4g.img'
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Is that the right name of the recovery img? Try renaming it to just recovery and see if that works.
Edit: make sure your phone is in debugging mode. And uninstall then reinstall the drivers on your computer
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Esteway.619 said:
Is that the right name of the recovery img? Try renaming it to just recovery and see if that works.
Edit: make sure your phone is in debugging mode. And uninstall then reinstall the drivers on your computer
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manually go into recovery with volume down and power flash the su.zip and u should be good to go that wat I did
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No suggestions have worked so far. It does not matter what the recovery image name is, whenever I try the flash it Terminal says that it cannot load "***.img" or if I try an install command it says that it cannot find "***.zip" I'm on a snow leopard iMac so I don't need drivers n such.
Let me pose the question like this, what would I do to completely restore the phone to factory condition and try to root it again? Like I said before, the bootloader says that it is unlocked but I do not have any root privileges, could not access the recovery I had before nor install a new recovery after having locked the unlocked the phone's bootloader again.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13773677&postcount=1
go to the link above and follow the directions for returning to stock.
find yourself a one-click root method on XDA that includes superuser, busybox, and CWM.
EDIT: Also, double check the md5 sum for the CWM .zip. use
Code:
md5 recovery-aaaaaa.img
in the terminal and make sure the output matches whatever is given on the CWM site. if they dont have one up, ask for it
NS4g one-click root app:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2jx8xtx2602hi23
this will:
unlock the bootloader
install cwm 5.0.2.0
root
No commands, no messing with pushing files manually, etc. This thing has already saved me from major headaches while restoring my phone once and I've only had it for 3 weeks lol
hp420 said:
NS4g one-click root app:
http://www.mediafire.com/?2jx8xtx2602hi23
this will:
unlock the bootloader
install cwm 5.0.2.0
root
No commands, no messing with pushing files manually, etc. This thing has already saved me from major headaches while restoring my phone once and I've only had it for 3 weeks lol
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im assuming this is for windows. he said he has a mac so that wouldnt work for him. here this is for mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129759 just copy and past everything thats there in terminal
Esteway.619 said:
im assuming this is for windows. he said he has a mac so that wouldnt work for him. here this is for mac http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129759 just copy and past everything thats there in terminal
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I missed that...my mistake
I have my first android device, the nexus 4, and I rooted it. I used the Nexus toolkit, being new to android and rooting and all. I now need to send my phone back to Google and I can't relock the bootloader! I managed to unroot it but now I just need to relock it and get rid of the padlock. I have tried everything that I have found online and nothing has worked!
I am really becoming annoyed with this! Can anyone help please?!
Thanks, LJ.
It should be an easy thing to do from fastboot. I think the command is something like fastboot oem lock. The toolkit should be able to do this action also. Once that command is complete then reboot fastboot and it should be completed.
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That is exactly the command.
fastboot oem lock
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Being "new to android and rooting and all" is the biggest reason not to use a toolkit. You just press a button, have no to little idea what exactly happens to your phone and then go "pls my phone doesnt work and is eating my cat pls help" when something goes wrong...
Sure, everything seems easier when you use a toolkit, but you end up having no idea what to do when the toolkit fails
Just sayin'.
vanmarek said:
Being "new to android and rooting and all" is the biggest reason not to use a toolkit. You just press a button, have no to little idea what exactly happens to your phone and then go "pls my phone doesnt work and is eating my cat pls help" when something goes wrong...
Sure, everything seems easier when you use a toolkit, but you end up having no idea what to do when the toolkit fails
Just sayin'.
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this.
and for any nexus device, rooting the right way is just as easy if not easier than a toolkit. the only difference is that youll need to read up a little, get familiar. im mean how easy is this to root..
1. fastboot oem unlock
2. fastboot flash a custom recovery
3. flash either the su binaries or a custom rom
4. reboot and profit.
then to lock the bootloader just fastboot oem lock.
thats all that is needed for any nexus.
I have been using a nexus as well. Download nexus toolkit v2.0 it does it all. I flashed half a dozen ROMs and unrooted and relocked bootloader and re rooted it
Download it and enjoy
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abhijitsohoni said:
I have been using a nexus as well. Download nexus toolkit v2.0 it does it all. I flashed half a dozen ROMs and unrooted and relocked bootloader and re rooted it
Download it and enjoy
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I have tried using the toolkit v2.0 but still no success I am really becoming annoyed about this!
LJGDY said:
I have tried using the toolkit v2.0 but still no success I am really becoming annoyed about this!
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Are you getting any commands to work when you are in fastboot? Like fastboot reboot or flashing a recovery img? I'm just wondering if you have fastboot setup correctly. If you can do those other commands, relocking shouldn't be an issue.
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eqjunkie829 said:
Are you getting any commands to work when you are in fastboot? Like fastboot reboot or flashing a recovery img? I'm just wondering if you have fastboot setup correctly. If you can do those other commands, relocking shouldn't be an issue.
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I have also followed efrans guide, step by step, and was typing all commands into the command prompt. The phone was responding too. When I booted it up, I was stock rom again but the boot loader would not lock. Strange! :/
LJGDY said:
I have also followed efrans guide, step by step, and was typing all commands into the command prompt. The phone was responding too. When I booted it up, I was stock rom again but the boot loader would not lock. Strange! :/
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Follow that guide but instead of entering the first command for returning to stock now just type in "fastboot oem lock"
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LJGDY said:
I have my first android device, the nexus 4, and I rooted it. I used the Nexus toolkit, being new to android and rooting and all. I now need to send my phone back to Google and I can't relock the bootloader! I managed to unroot it but now I just need to relock it and get rid of the padlock. I have tried everything that I have found online and nothing has worked!
I am really becoming annoyed with this! Can anyone help please?!
Thanks, LJ.
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Trickster Mod has an option to Lock/UnLock your Bootloader as long as you are rooted and you use a kernel which supports such extravagances. (i.e.Franco-r210, for example)
I'd recommend getting familiar to fastboot would be the best option, too. If it's not working, what is the exact error or is there none?
You could try this app to lock it, too, if the phone is still rooted
Hi
i stupidly dropped my nexus 4 on the floor and the screen completely smashed, the buttons work fine, but my phone is locked so whenever i connect to my laptop it wont backup my files.
Is there anyway i can backup my pictures and videos?
Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated, as i have some memoroable pictures stored on there?
Thanks
mr cazorla
Do you have USB debugging enabled? If so you can pull your picture folder via adb.
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NEXUS 4
morbe said:
do you have usb debugging enabled? If so you can pull your picture folder via adb.
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hi
no its not enabled as my phone has not been rooted
phone doesn't need to be rooted to enable usb debugging.
CAZORLA said:
hi
no its not enabled as my phone has not been rooted
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As goofball2k said, you don't need to root your device to enable USB debugging. In your case though, you can't enable it due to the broken screen.
When your screen is locked and you connect your phone to the pc, does it show the phone? If it does it will probably show no folders inside. Right?
What you need to do is unlock the bootloader, flash a custom recovery and then in the recovery you will be able to use adb pull command.
To do all that you can read efrant's guide (unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery) in this forum, or you can use a toolkit like this guy in your same situation: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177440
I would recommend efrant's guide as it teaches you the basics on how to use adb and fastboot to flash anything you like.
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Unlocking his bootloader will wipe the device though. He's SOL unless it's already unlocked.
DrFredPhD said:
Unlocking his bootloader will wipe the device though. He's SOL unless it's already unlocked.
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True, but I think that with "boot unlocker" you can unlock the bootloader without wipe
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Another solution would be to make a backup image of the entire phone memory (see the bootloader unlock sticky thread), but he needs to set a password for the desktop backup first.
Morbe said:
True, but I think that with "boot unlocker" you can unlock the bootloader without wipe
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It needs root to work and he can't unlock his device to use an app even if he had root.