i received my replacement n4 and now I'm supposed to return my scratched n4. should i flash back stock ROM stock recovery and unroot before i ship it?
yes flash stock image, unroot and oem lock it. its better to be sure rather than sorry later. use the nexus root toolkit as it has all the functionalists.
Yes. Try to revert as much modifications as possible since you don't want Google to find out.
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In searching through the Development threads about rooting, I didn't really see a concise answer to this.
If I root using a method from Development - say SuperRoot from paulobrien, can I unroot back to stock say for warranty purposes? I'm all for rooting and trying the ROMs already out for us (thank you to those that have gotten this ball rolling fast already!!), but I've seen some low build quality issues from friends and want the ability to return this if necessary.
Google already has the factory images posted. Been up for a while. Flash em and relock bootloader
Download the stock Nexus 7 image and go into the recovery mode on your Nexus 7. Then extract the stock image file and the scripts inside the same archive. Use these scripts to restore back to stock, and use fastboot oem lock to lock it up when you're done.
Now it'll be exactly as it was from Google.
Even if you return to root, google can still detect that the device has been rooted.
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elias0441 said:
Even if you return to root, google can still detect that the device has been rooted.
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When you stock and lock, there won't won't be warranty issues.
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Hi I got my replacement nexus 4 and I need to return my faulty one so I am wondering the steps to make my rooted nexus 4 back to stock. I can unroot, relock bootloader and install stock recovery. Is that all I need?
comc49 said:
Hi I got my replacement nexus 4 and I need to return my faulty one so I am wondering the steps to make my rooted nexus 4 back to stock. I can unroot, relock bootloader and install stock recovery. Is that all I need?
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Sounds about right. I just sent back my RMA and that's what I did. I downloaded a copy of the factory image that someone had posted here, restored everything to stock, rebooted to sign in (for "appearances") and sent it back.
Don't do what I did, though, and forget to include the RMA form they send you. Fortunately, it's on the shipping label and reference number.
Hello,
Being new to the Nexus series I am curious to know how things work with OTA. I never got those one that SGSII. So I've looked through a few threads and I do not see a clear answer to the question of "do you lose root after OTA update? Assuming your stock rooted nothing else changed. No custom recovery. If you do lose root. How do you get it back? Can you just use one of the toolkits to fix it? Do you have to wait until the devs figure out HOW to root this particular version again? Again someone without a custom recovery just a stock rooted phone. Thanks for your help. I'm just debating in staying stock without a recovery. I tried several roms and now I'm back to stock and I kinda like it....
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jcnbama said:
Hello,
Being new to the Nexus series I am curious to know how things work with OTA. I never got those one that SGSII. So I've looked through a few threads and I do not see a clear answer to the question of "do you lose root after OTA update? Assuming your stock rooted nothing else changed. No custom recovery. If you do lose root. How do you get it back? Can you just use one of the toolkits to fix it? Do you have to wait until the devs figure out HOW to root this particular version again? Again someone without a custom recovery just a stock rooted phone. Thanks for your help. I'm just debating in staying stock without a recovery. I tried several roms and now I'm back to stock and I kinda like it....
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If you have stock and a custom recovery then your custom recovery might be able to keep root for you. Alternatively you could try OTA rootkeeper but that is not guaranteed to work. I was rooted stock with a custom recovery when I received the 4.2.2 update and it installed fine through my recovery but after that I lost root and my custom recovery.
You can use voodo root keeper from play store, it saves root and can be restored after update. It has worked every time I have used it :thumbup:
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Gigabitex2 said:
You can use voodo root keeper from play store, it saves root and can be restored after update. It has worked every time I have used it :thumbup:
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Great! That seems easy lol. I guess that works across multiple Android versions?
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It has worked on my nexus7 from version 4.1 to 4.2.2 and on my n4 I've used it for 4.2, 4.2.1 and 4.2.2. Just remember to save root/ unroot before update and restore after you receive ota. Hopefully it will work for keylime but only time will tell.
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After rooting this device, will I still be able get the regular official updates from Google automatically? And if I get an update, will it remove the root and I have to root again?
If I install a custom ROM, can I be able to come back to official ROM?
Are there any tweaked version of the official camera app and what is the best camera app for nexus 4?
Thanks for your help
S
You have to have the stock recovery to receive official updates, but when you root you install a custom recovery and therefore will not receive official updates. The answer to the second question is just that you won't get any official updates until you uninstall root and flash the factory IMG. And yes you can easily flash back to stock after installing a custom ROM but make sure to back up your data as it will all be wiped. The last question I don't know the answer to. I like the stock camera and its simplicity, but if you want something more "professional" I would suggest looking in the play store.
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You have to have the stock recovery to receive official updates, but when you root you install a custom recovery and therefore will not receive official updates.
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I believe that you can still recieve an ota if you have a custom recovery installed. It will overwrite it though.
Read here for more info about ota info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
good morning -- just like you to know the beauty of this forum is the ability to find all the answers to your questions by searching. First off updates do not exactly come once a week but they will with custom roms. As well any update that Google puts out you will easily be able to flash here.
There are ways to maintain root in most cases especially with using SuperSu I believe. I am not 100% on that but I have read of this in passing. Its just easier to me to flash the updated rooted version
Tweaked versions of the may be found in the apps section but again a search would of told you so.
Basically what I am saying is enjoy your time here but think of it like this what ever question you may think you have has been asked 100x before so just take some time look it up and gain some knowledge about android, rooting and N4 :good:
sany said:
After rooting this device, will I still be able get the regular official updates from Google automatically? And if I get an update, will it remove the root and I have to root again?
If I install a custom ROM, can I be able to come back to official ROM?
Are there any tweaked version of the official camera app and what is the best camera app for nexus 4?
Thanks for your help
S
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You have to have the stock recovery to receive official updates, but when you root you install a custom recovery and therefore will not receive official updates. The answer to the second question is just that you won't get any official updates until you uninstall root and flash the factory IMG. And yes you can easily flash back to stock after installing a custom ROM but make sure to back up your data as it will all be wiped. The last question I don't know the answer to. I like the stock camera and its simplicity, but if you want something more "professional" I would suggest looking in the play store.
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chromium96 said:
I believe that you can still recieve an ota if you have a custom recovery installed. It will overwrite it though.
Read here for more info about ota info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
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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
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Thanks all for the responses.
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I have the liquid smooth custom ROM (which installed a custom kernel) on my nexus 4 but now I have the erge to go back to OTA and stock..... I looked at the other threads and none gave me a good explanation on how to do so. I am pretty much done with custom ROMs so please help me.
P.S My nexus 4 is rooted with unlocked bootloader... Also I'm not exactly an expert with all things android.
You don't get OTA updates with a custom ROM/kernel unless the developer provides them. If you want to return to stock just download the factory images from here:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#occam
And flash them. You will lose all your data!!! Then you'll get the latest OTA at first boot/internet connection required/.
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