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Hello. I was rooting my Nexus 7 today and decided to do my Nexus 4 too, fresh out of the box I plugged it into my PC and went to work. Now I downloaded the Nexus 4 toolkit and unlocked my boot loader and rooted, hoping to flash some CM10 on it, I decided to boot into recovery, only to find that I have the stock one. So I did the step in the toolkit that supposedly makes the custom recovery stick and it doesn't work. I can get past the step to make it stick but then when I try to put CWM on it it doesn't let me. I'm confused on what to do here...
My Nexus 7 was fine, but now I have problem after problem with this.
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Your first problem is you used a toolkit.
Android has a built in recovery, recovery feature and that's what your hitting.
Go to clockworks website if that is what you choose to use and download the correct recovery. Then go download a ROM. CM10.1 or whatever, even just a rooted deodexed stock ROM is fine. Put it on your phone.
Google Fastboot.exe download it from a reputable site, it'll probably link you somewhere here.
Take the downloaded fastboot file and drop it into your Windows folder.
Now boot your phone into the bootloader (I'm unsure on the key combinations since I have a Galaxy Nexus.)
Type "fastboot devices" (without the quotes of course)
You should get a response with a bunch of numbers, that's what you want. If its blank you need to install drivers.
Once you get a response, locate your clockwork file. It should be nameed something like:
Clockwork-touch-recovery-(version number).img (it must be a IMG file as you do NOT want a zip file.
Type this command:
Fastboot flash recovery (recovery file name as mentioned above)
You should get a few lines of code showing it as complete. Select boot into recovery from the phone and flash your ROM.. Be sure to include GAPPS if the ROM you choose doesn't have it.
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altimax98 said:
Your first problem is you used a toolkit.
Android has a built in recovery, recovery feature and that's what your hitting.
Go to clockworks website if that is what you choose to use and download the correct recovery. Then go download a ROM. CM10.1 or whatever, even just a rooted deodexed stock ROM is fine. Put it on your phone.
Google Fastboot.exe download it from a reputable site, it'll probably link you somewhere here.
Take the downloaded fastboot file and drop it into your Windows folder.
Now boot your phone into the bootloader (I'm unsure on the key combinations since I have a Galaxy Nexus.)
Type "fastboot devices" (without the quotes of course)
You should get a response with a bunch of numbers, that's what you want. If its blank you need to install drivers.
Once you get a response, locate your clockwork file. It should be nameed something like:
Clockwork-touch-recovery-(version number).img (it must be a IMG file as you do NOT want a zip file.
Type this command:
Fastboot flash recovery (recovery file name as mentioned above)
You should get a few lines of code showing it as complete. Select boot into recovery from the phone and flash your ROM.. Be sure to include GAPPS if the ROM you choose doesn't have it.
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Thanks. I'll try that. I always thought toolkits were better than anything else. Though I've only ever used them on my Nexus devices, on my old phones I did it differently
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Orange_furball said:
Thanks. I'll try that. I always thought toolkits were better than anything else. Though I've only ever used them on my Nexus devices, on my old phones I did it differently
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Not better at all.
Toolkit is like walking into a university campus blindedly, it will carry you from the entrance to where you need to be. But what happens if it's relocated? You don't know where it is, and then you ask questions to the people in your surroundings to help.
Doing it yourself is like having a map and you are able to analyze the situation and then you will know what to do without asking questions. You'll ask questions, but you'll feel more comfortable as you know what's going on.
You get the point. It's not fun flashing and doing things to your phone blindedly, then mistakenly saying your phone is bricked when it isn't and they don't know how to do fastboot restore.
zephiK said:
Not better at all.
Toolkit is like walking into a university campus blindedly, it will carry you from the entrance to where you need to be. But what happens if it's relocated? You don't know where it is, and then you ask questions to the people in your surroundings to help.
Doing it yourself is like having a map and you are able to analyze the situation and then you will know what to do without asking questions. You'll ask questions, but you'll feel more comfortable as you know what's going on.
You get the point. It's not fun flashing and doing things to your phone blindedly, then mistakenly saying your phone is bricked when it isn't and they don't know how to do fastboot restore.
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That makes sense. I usually try things myself but I was feeling lazy.
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Orange_furball said:
That makes sense. I usually try things myself but I was feeling lazy.
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No problem. I've used Toolkits before but only on HTC devices where getting S-Off required a lot of lines of code and messing one up meant a bricked device.
Nothing is easier then getting a Nexus device rooted. Once your setup you can usually go from stock/locked to rooted/unlocked/custom rom in under 5 minutes.
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Orange_furball said:
That makes sense. I usually try things myself but I was feeling lazy.
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Laziness gets people in to awkward positions and tend to make really bad situations and soft brick their phone. Nor necessarily during using the toolkit but what they do to their phone afterwards. Thinking and reading are imperative
I completely agree with the post above. If it's a long process then by all means use the toolkit but the nexus is simple as if is. If people can't manually unlock their bootloader then they don't deserve access to tinker with their phone, to me it's like a exam. Pass it, you get bootloader unlock. Fail, repeat
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I got it resolved. Thanks everyone, I just had to use the Samsung ADB drivers, the use command prompt to flash CWM:good:
Cool.. Glad to hear it all worked out for you
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I been at it all day guess I should just wait till something comes out for 4.2.2?
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If you don't know how to search on forums, there is something called "Google".
You ask, Google gives the answer. Easy stuff
I am backing up my n7 and setting to factory everything, including locked bootloader just to prove its possible
Code:
C:\temp\nex7>fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.1.0-grouper.img
sending 'recovery' (7182 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.951s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.760s]
finished. total time: 2.718s
flashing recovery works fine
Code:
C:\temp\nex7>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
su
[email protected]:/ #
yep. rooting works just like every other nexus device on any version.
Rooting via Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.2 for 4.2.2
Hey all,
It seems like the OP may not have too much experience like me based on his post count. The responders on the other hand seem like guru's.
Well I did some troubleshooting after 4.2.2 to try to get the rooting to work (yes, i used google search). Just for the record I'm new to all this, but I've been doing a lot of goog'ling and figured the time I spent troubleshooting may be of help to other novices.
Apparently the rooting issue is well known if you're using the Nexus Root Toolkit v1.6.2 to try and do your rooting. There's a fix available which is described on the main webpage (between the red lines)
google wugfresh for homepage (I can't post links yet)
Just download the zip file and unzip in the folder described, overwriting what's already there there. Make sure your drivers are working . They were acting really finicky for me when using the toolkit but I finally troubleshooted it. If you're having issues you may want to try the newest PdaNet driver, although I didn't have to. Once your drivers are fine, select the Android "any" option and hit root with Custom Recovery checked. I dunno about everyone else but my Custom Recovery was gone/messed-up after upgrading to 4.2.2
If you don't use Nexus Root Toolkit, I recommend it for the less computer savvy ppl out there, like me. Hopefully they'll come out with an update.
Hope this helps.
One newB question I have is can I install my 4.2.1 custom ROMs after upgrading to 4.2.2? I'm not sure if there's some kind of firmware component of 4.2.2 that'll render my Nexus 7 incompatible with the 4.2.1 custom ROMs out there. If it's not okay is it possible to downgrade back down to 4.2.1 from a factory image and then install these custom ROM's?
Thanks ahead of time.
Here's a tip, it seems like your a noob with the nexus 7. In order to mod this thing you should familiarize yourself with command prompt.
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jesus people hate noobs here, why doesnt some just show them how to get adb and fastboot going, instruct on how to properly instal the adt and jdk bundles inc path etc. there are no easy tutorials for noobs, if people are expect to learn then teach them, dont forget we were all noobs once.
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This might help. Go to this link and download the 4.1.2 (JZO54K) image for nexus7 wifi only if that's the one you got and downgrade everything to that and then root and download and install Chainfires SuperSU and SuperSU-Pro from the market and after you install that open SuperSU and check mark Survival Mode and then do the OTA update and you will still have root. Yes you can downgrade. I had to downgrade back to 4.2.1 and do what i said above. You have to have SuperSU Pro installed to use survival mode. its worth the price it cost.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasi
After downloading the correct images from the link above
Follow these instructions
Nexus 7 Back to Stock
Step 1. fastboot erase boot
Step 2. fastboot format cache
Step 3. fastboot erase recovery
Step 4. fastboot format system
Step 5. fastboot format userdata
Step 6. fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-grouper-x.xx.img
Step 7. fastboot reboot-bootloader
Step 8. fastboot -w update image-nameofzip.zip
Step 9. fastboot reboot-bootloader
After you downgrade your device doing all the steps above then go and root the nexus 7 and install SuperSU and SuperSU-Pro check mark survival mode in superSU and Install busybox also from the google playstore and then do the ota update.
Unlock Boot Loader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Lock Boot Loader
fastboot oem lock
fastboot reboot-bootloader
I was 4.2.1 would this still work?
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gastonwalpole said:
jesus people hate noobs here, why doesnt some just show them how to get adb and fastboot going, instruct on how to properly instal the adt and jdk bundles inc path etc. there are no easy tutorials for noobs, if people are expect to learn then teach them, dont forget we were all noobs once.
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We don't like noobs because we don't like seeing the same posts over and over and over. I remember when I was a noob, I had no help. I wasn't a member of xda so I learned everything on my own, lots of soft bricks, lots of Googling, and lots of sleepless nights. That's how everyone should learn. You learn more by figuring it out yourself, not being told how. This guy has been told how to root in about every thread he's posted but wont listen. Look at the 5 other posts he's posted, you'll understand why we're annoyed.
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lol
fastboot oem unlock it
fastboot flash a custom recovery
then in that recovery flash the supersu zip from chainfire's thread. I just did this from fully stock and now its rooted
Class_of_punk26 said:
I been at it all day guess I should just wait till something comes out for 4.2.2?
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I dunno whats all this fuss about, root 4.2.2 via Nexus 7 toolkit.
I checked today, installed stock 4.2.1, and ota to 4.2.2 than rooted via Nexus 7 toolkit. Select 2nd option, and 2nd option again "install root and busy box". :good:
markj338 said:
lol
fastboot oem unlock it
fastboot flash a custom recovery
then in that recovery flash the supersu zip from chainfire's thread. I just did this from fully stock and now its rooted
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Sorry i was just trying to help.
AndroidSmitty said:
Sorry i was just trying to help.
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Hey I wasn't hating on you
I was just saying that if the OP already has 4.2.2 its easy to do it by flashing the supersu zip.
spitfire2425 said:
We don't like noobs because we don't like seeing the same posts over and over and over. I remember when I was a noob, I had no help. I wasn't a member of xda so I learned everything on my own, lots of soft bricks, lots of Googling, and lots of sleepless nights. That's how everyone should learn. You learn more by figuring it out yourself, not being told how. This guy has been told how to root in about every thread he's posted but wont listen. Look at the 5 other posts he's posted, you'll understand why we're annoyed.
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Spitfire, it may have occurred to you that not everybody wants to go through that process, reinventing the wheel. Granted, the best way to learn something is doing it and making mistakes, but not always so for someone who just wants to get the job done rather than understand. This is why people here create guides.
If noobs annoy you so much, just let it go and do something else. Leave those with a better temperament to help them.
What's really annoying about this cat is that he has a minimum of 5 threads that he opened for the same issue.
you think thats acceptable behavior?
gastonwalpole said:
jesus people hate noobs here, why doesnt some just show them how to get adb and fastboot going, instruct on how to properly instal the adt and jdk bundles inc path etc. there are no easy tutorials for noobs, if people are expect to learn then teach them, dont forget we were all noobs once.
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You've probably noticed by now that ROM devs and kernel devs rarely step in over here. There's a reason for that - what they do takes serious amounts of time (usually apart from their day jobs or studies) - and for every one of them there are literally hundreds of less skilled folks asking questions. If they tried to help, they simply wouldn't accomplish their positive contributions.
The other difficulties are:
(1) Forums organize info into a horrible format for learning
(2) The pace of technological change tends to invalidate even valuable posts rather quickly.
That first assertion (1) is made even worse by a flood of posts that scroll valuable (non-stickied) threads off to infinity.
Paradoxically, newbs that insist on creating their own threads for issues that closely resemble the issues covered in other threads are actually, yes, making the site worse for others - especially other newbs that seem to avoid using search.
In the case of this particular OP, he had threads closed and was issued a warning by a mod for exactly the behavior being repeated again here.
Well, if YOU want to create a tutorial, I would encourage you to do so ... & also try to get a mod to sticky the thing.
But don't come in here and say "somebody besides me should do this for the newbs". That's just lame.
The easiest way for beginners is to use Wug's toolkit. All you have to do it update the adb files in the install directory and it will all work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37989110&postcount=1650 <-- Look there
im not an expert yet mate, just started using xda, what i know ive researched, its hard for noobs to find the info required, i dont understand why it has to be so hard for people, if info already exist here why doesnt anyone point them in the right direction, i just dont want others to go through what i went through, people dont talk to each other with respect here, id like to see if they are that up front face to face. once im more confident i will help others dont worry about that, i am trying to already.
cheers
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So for the past weeks I've been looking in to flashing PA ROM on my nexus 4 , Honestly I'm kind of nervous that I will end up Bricking it... its completely Stock ATM . I noticed a few people saying not to use a toolkit, but to me it seems a lot easier, even to get it back to stock if I needed to . So how many have used a toolkit ? Any Problems Major issues ?
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yes
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Did you use this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
Toolkits aren't bad it's when people use them but have no idea what it is doing that is bad.
Your phone goes into a bootloop then you don't know how to fix it. If you don't know the 6 partitions in the Google.imgs how to use adb or fastboot don't use a toolkit
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469909
The Dangers of Tool Kits and One Click Root Methods + Mini Rant
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g2uzer said:
Did you use this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
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I used Mr Skip's and it worked really well, most important thing to get right is installing the drivers on your PC, I donated to him cause it has so many options and worked so well
Never have and never will. Once you learn fastboot it's too much fun playing in the command prompt lol.
spaceman860 said:
Toolkits aren't bad it's when people use them but have no idea what it is doing that is bad.
Your phone goes into a bootloop then you don't know how to fix it. If you don't know the 6 partitions in the Google.imgs how to use adb or fastboot don't use a toolkit
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1469909
The Dangers of Tool Kits and One Click Root Methods + Mini Rant
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Yeah I have read about phone going in to bootloop and it seems like a easy fix from what I read, the only phone I have rooted was a g2x thru a kit, so yeah I'm mostly a noobie, I've done a lot of reading but I usually ask my friend to do it for me since he knows A LOT more than me , I seen him unlock,rooot a few phones with out kits,,but to me it seems a lot more steps and there for more chances of me messing something up, so the only possibility you have thru rootkit is your phone going to boot loop ?
I have read mrskip but seems that this one looks easier (I think so )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
g2uzer said:
Yeah I have read about phone going in to bootloop and it seems like a easy fix from what I read, the only phone I have rooted was a g2x thru a kit, so yeah I'm mostly a noobie, I've done a lot of reading but I usually ask my friend to do it for me since he knows A LOT more than me , I seen him unlock,rooot a few phones with out kits,,but to me it seems a lot more steps and there for more chances of me messing something up, so the only possibility you have thru rootkit is your phone going to boot loop ?
I have read mrskip but seems that this one looks easier (I think so )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
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After you install the drivers its this simple
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then flash the SU.zip in recovery
Done
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spaceman860 said:
After you install the drivers its this simple
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then flash the SU.zip in recovery
Done
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i disagree with you..
instead of using "done", id use "profit" :silly:
spaceman860 said:
After you install the drivers its this simple
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then flash the SU.zip in recovery
Done
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Good i found this thread, ill get an n4 soon and just wanted to check things out. I am comfortable with fastboot, and ADB(done everything with one v).
So its like this right?
fastboot oem unlock (cant believe its this simple, you have to use an unlock token to unlock an HTC boot loader)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img same with the one v
Root by flashing zip.
After that simply enjoy flashing. Am i right? Also, do you need to flash kernels while changing ROMs like on hTC phones?
Just read, someone mentioned that if you don't know the 6 partitions you better not flash. Which 6 partitions?
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soham_sss said:
Good i found this thread, ill get an n4 soon and just wanted to check things out. I am comfortable with fastboot, and ADB(done everything with one v).
So its like this right?
fastboot oem unlock (cant believe its this simple, you have to use an unlock token to unlock an HTC boot loader)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img same with the one v
Root by flashing zip.
After that simply enjoy flashing. Am i right? Also, do you need to flash kernels while changing ROMs like on hTC phones?
Just read, someone mentioned that if you don't know the 6 partitions you better not flash. Which 6 partitions?
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yup, thats it. fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flash a custom recovery, flash a custom rom or the su binaries via your new custom recovery, then reboot and profit. you dont have to flash kernels since all custom roms include them. but, you can and should flash custom kernels to better your device
simms22 said:
yup, thats it. fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flash a custom recovery, flash a custom rom or the su binaries via your new custom recovery, then reboot and profit. you dont have to flash kernels since all custom roms include them. but, you can and should flash custom kernels to better your device
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Is there a updated video doing it this method? ( not using any rootkit) I'm more of a visual learner
Can't seem to find one.
After unlocking every thing I know how to flash ROMs, just the unlocking is what got me nervous .
Thanks
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g2uzer said:
Is there a updated video doing it this method? ( not using any rootkit) I'm more of a visual learner
Can't seem to find one.
After unlocking every thing I know how to flash ROMs, just the unlocking is what got me nervous .
Thanks
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I'd like a video of this too.
Can you brick your phone while unlocking? Or just while flashing?
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So for the past weeks I've been looking in to flashing PA ROM on my nexus 4 , Honestly I'm kind of nervous that I will end up Bricking it... its completely Stock ATM . I noticed a few people saying not to use a toolkit, but to me it seems a lot easier, even to get it back to stock if I needed to . So how many have used a toolkit ? Any Problems Major issues ?
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use the nexus 4 toolkit by msskip..
its the best one so far and very easy to use...and dont worry abt bricking..
post if any issues,,.
No toolkit. It's important to know how to use fastboot.
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Unlocking the bootloader and rooting for new users
The only thing I've ever used toolkit for in the past is restoring my Nexus devices to a factory image and the only reason I did that is because I didn't care to figure out how to decompile those things. But yeah, just like others have said above it is extremely easy to root a nexus device. Since my N4 already has the bootloader unlocked I can't really give you a real video anyway so I will give you an very detailed instruction list.
Before you start, install the N4 drivers. More simply, you can download and install the clockworkmod universal adb drivers from kouch. Everything below assumes that drivers are installed and working.
1. Get your supplies - download a custom recovery (most these days prefer TWRP and for simplification, today, so will you) You will also need a superSU.zip which I will also provide below. You will notice that it is a bit old but it can be updated easily once you reboot back into android. Lastly, but most importantly you will need the fastboot interface which will be in the mini_adb.zip file that I have also provided on mediafire. Keep in mind that there are a lot of tools in that folder that could be useful for you at some point down the road but today all you need is fastboot.
Link to Team Win Recovery for mako
MediaFire link to Superuser.zip
Mediafire link to miniadb_inc.zip
2. Set up your environment - first you need to unzip miniadb_inc.zip and for the sake of making things easier take the folder inside of the same name and drop it into the root of your C: drive. Again, to make things easier, go ahead and drop the twrp.img into the miniadb_inc folder. If you don't follow these instructions exactly then my commands won't work as written.
3. Turn off your phone and boot into the bootloader. To do this, when the phone is off hold down the power, vol-up, and vol-down buttons simultaneously until the phone viabrates once. You should see a picture of an Android lying on it's back with it's front opened up and a big start button on top. Connect your phone and then set it aside for a moment and open command prompt on your PC. Input the following commands:
Code:
cd /
cd /miniadb_inc
this changes your active directory to the miniadb_inc folder. Next input this command:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
this sends the command to your phone to unlock the bootloader. At this time you should look at your phone and see a prompt regarding unlocking the bootloader. Click accept to unlock the bootloader or if you're freaking out too much to continue at the moment you can click that you don't accept the terms and then click the power button and boot back into android and go about your day.
If you were bold enough to get to this point then you will now need to boot back into android anyway. Your phone will have reset and these instructions assume that you aren't flashing a custom ROM at this time so go ahead and take a minute to sign in and get things like you want them. While you're booted into Android take a moment to transfer superuser.zip to your SD partition on your phone. When you're done get back to the bootloader like you did earlier and input the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
this command tells your computer to push the twrp recovery that you downloaded earlier to your phone and to flash it, effectively removing the stock recovery from your device.
4. Using the volume keys scroll through the bootloader options until you see recovery at the top of your phone and then click the power key to confirm. This will boot you into TWRP for the first time. Now select the install button in TWRP and then find the superuser.zip file that you put on your phone in the previous step.
5. Select the reboot button and your phone should reboot back into Android and will now be rooted! Update the su binary within the SuperSU app and update SuperSU through the Play Store like any other app. Congratulations, you're done!
6. Profit. :laugh:
sparkplugDev said:
The only thing I've ever used toolkit for in the past is restoring my Nexus devices to a factory image and the only reason I did that is because I didn't care to figure out how to decompile those things. But yeah, just like others have said above it is extremely easy to root a nexus device. Since my N4 already has the bootloader unlocked I can't really give you a real video anyway so I will give you an very detailed instruction list.
Before you start, install the N4 drivers. More simply, you can download and install the clockworkmod universal adb drivers from kouch. Everything below assumes that drivers are installed and working.
1. Get your supplies - download a custom recovery (most these days prefer TWRP and for simplification, today, so will you) You will also need a superSU.zip which I will also provide below. You will notice that it is a bit old but it can be updated easily once you reboot back into android. Lastly, but most importantly you will need the fastboot interface which will be in the mini_adb.zip file that I have also provided on mediafire. Keep in mind that there are a lot of tools in that folder that could be useful for you at some point down the road but today all you need is fastboot.
Link to Team Win Recovery for mako
MediaFire link to Superuser.zip
Mediafire link to miniadb_inc.zip
2. Set up your environment - first you need to unzip miniadb_inc.zip and for the sake of making things easier take the folder inside of the same name and drop it into the root of your C: drive. Again, to make things easier, go ahead and drop the twrp.img into the miniadb_inc folder. If you don't follow these instructions exactly then my commands won't work as written.
3. Turn off your phone and boot into the bootloader. To do this, when the phone is off hold down the power, vol-up, and vol-down buttons simultaneously until the phone viabrates once. You should see a picture of an Android lying on it's back with it's front opened up and a big start button on top. Connect your phone and then set it aside for a moment and open command prompt on your PC. Input the following commands:
Code:
cd /
cd /miniadb_inc
this changes your active directory to the miniadb_inc folder. Next input this command:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
this sends the command to your phone to unlock the bootloader. At this time you should look at your phone and see a prompt regarding unlocking the bootloader. Click accept to unlock the bootloader or if you're freaking out too much to continue at the moment you can click that you don't accept the terms and then click the power button and boot back into android and go about your day.
If you were bold enough to get to this point then you will now need to boot back into android anyway. Your phone will have reset and these instructions assume that you aren't flashing a custom ROM at this time so go ahead and take a minute to sign in and get things like you want them. While you're booted into Android take a moment to transfer superuser.zip to your SD partition on your phone. When you're done get back to the bootloader like you did earlier and input the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
this command tells your computer to push the twrp recovery that you downloaded earlier to your phone and to flash it, effectively removing the stock recovery from your device.
4. Using the volume keys scroll through the bootloader options until you see recovery at the top of your phone and then click the power key to confirm. This will boot you into TWRP for the first time. Now select the install button in TWRP and then find the superuser.zip file that you put on your phone in the previous step.
5. Select the reboot button and your phone should reboot back into Android and will now be rooted! Update the su binary within the SuperSU app and update SuperSU through the Play Store like any other app. Congratulations, you're done!
6. Profit. :laugh:
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Thanks a lot ! When I get home I'm going to read this for the 3rd time .
So if I want to go back completely stock I can use a toolkit ?
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g2uzer said:
Thanks a lot ! When I get home I'm going to read this for the 3rd time .
So if I want to go back completely stock I can use a toolkit ?
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Yeah, like I said, the toolkit makes it a lot easier to flash a factory image and frankly, I think it's safer. Less room for mistakes. The less you toy around with flashing the bootloader and the radio, the better chance you have of not bricking your device. Fortunately, when your bootloader is unlocked, as long as you aren't doing anything crazy, you will have a hard time bricking your device. If you have any further questions while you're working on it shoot me a PM and I will try to help. Good Luck!
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The only thing I've ever used toolkit for in the past is restoring my Nexus devices to a factory image and the only reason I did that is because I didn't care to figure out how to decompile those things. But yeah, just like others have said above it is extremely easy to root a nexus device. Since my N4 already has the bootloader unlocked I can't really give you a real video anyway so I will give you an very detailed instruction list.
Before you start, install the N4 drivers. More simply, you can download and install the clockworkmod universal adb drivers from kouch. Everything below assumes that drivers are installed and working.
1. Get your supplies - download a custom recovery (most these days prefer TWRP and for simplification, today, so will you) You will also need a superSU.zip which I will also provide below. You will notice that it is a bit old but it can be updated easily once you reboot back into android. Lastly, but most importantly you will need the fastboot interface which will be in the mini_adb.zip file that I have also provided on mediafire. Keep in mind that there are a lot of tools in that folder that could be useful for you at some point down the road but today all you need is fastboot.
Link to Team Win Recovery for mako
MediaFire link to Superuser.zip
Mediafire link to miniadb_inc.zip
2. Set up your environment - first you need to unzip miniadb_inc.zip and for the sake of making things easier take the folder inside of the same name and drop it into the root of your C: drive. Again, to make things easier, go ahead and drop the twrp.img into the miniadb_inc folder. If you don't follow these instructions exactly then my commands won't work as written.
3. Turn off your phone and boot into the bootloader. To do this, when the phone is off hold down the power, vol-up, and vol-down buttons simultaneously until the phone viabrates once. You should see a picture of an Android lying on it's back with it's front opened up and a big start button on top. Connect your phone and then set it aside for a moment and open command prompt on your PC. Input the following commands:
Code:
cd /
cd /miniadb_inc
this changes your active directory to the miniadb_inc folder. Next input this command:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
this sends the command to your phone to unlock the bootloader. At this time you should look at your phone and see a prompt regarding unlocking the bootloader. Click accept to unlock the bootloader or if you're freaking out too much to continue at the moment you can click that you don't accept the terms and then click the power button and boot back into android and go about your day.
If you were bold enough to get to this point then you will now need to boot back into android anyway. Your phone will have reset and these instructions assume that you aren't flashing a custom ROM at this time so go ahead and take a minute to sign in and get things like you want them. While you're booted into Android take a moment to transfer superuser.zip to your SD partition on your phone. When you're done get back to the bootloader like you did earlier and input the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
this command tells your computer to push the twrp recovery that you downloaded earlier to your phone and to flash it, effectively removing the stock recovery from your device.
4. Using the volume keys scroll through the bootloader options until you see recovery at the top of your phone and then click the power key to confirm. This will boot you into TWRP for the first time. Now select the install button in TWRP and then find the superuser.zip file that you put on your phone in the previous step.
5. Select the reboot button and your phone should reboot back into Android and will now be rooted! Update the su binary within the SuperSU app and update SuperSU through the Play Store like any other app. Congratulations, you're done!
6. Profit. :laugh:
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Superb, all this I know already as I did this with one v
But, I read in some tutorial that if you don't reboot to stock recovery and data reset your phone AFTER you've unlocked the boot loader, you will end up with a soft brick? Is it true?
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I've been playing g with androids for a long time and dozens of devices. Personally have never used a toolkit and its hard for me to recommend or knock them.
My view is a toolkit teaches you nothing
If a toolkit was made so was another method
Everyone will have an issue with something at some point, so the more you learn now the less freaking out latter
Learning to do thongs yourself will always be safer, I mean yes manually typing a dd command can be dangerous but if you know what you are doing you know when to be cautious, there will always be an example for either argument on this, but I truly can't see a reason to believe a tool kit is safer
But I'm a to each their own sorta guy, but also one who feels the need to learn as much as possible so will promote as much manually methods for anything in life and will do my best to stay away from auto-just-about-anything.... Just a my $.02
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Hello
My phone tells me that it is ready to update to Kit Kat.
Before I install Kit Kat I would like to learn how to go back to Jelly Bean if things go t1ts-up.
So, I would like to learn how to root my phone?
I would also like to learn how to backup everything including the Jelly Bean operating system, and I would like to know how to revert my phone back to Jelly Bean?
Please forgive my ignorance, but this whole process genuinely scares me. I have only ever rooted my Samsung Ace phone once and the experience left a bitter taste in my mouth.
I did manage to root my phone. I also thought that I had created a backup but when I tested the backup I discovered that my phone got wiped and I ended up with a brick. I eventually found an official Samsung ROM but it wasn't the one I wanted and it caused a few problems, especially with the Bluetooth feature.
I hope you can understand or appreciate my apprehension with even contemplating such a task on my expensive Nexus 4.
Cheers muchly
the lemming said:
Hello
My phone tells me that it is ready to update to Kit Kat.
Before I install Kit Kat I would like to learn how to go back to Jelly Bean if things go t1ts-up.
So, I would like to learn how to root my phone?
I would also like to learn how to backup everything including the Jelly Bean operating system, and I would like to know how to revert my phone back to Jelly Bean?
Please forgive my ignorance, but this whole process genuinely scares me. I have only ever rooted my Samsung Ace phone once and the experience left a bitter taste in my mouth.
I did manage to root my phone. I also thought that I had created a backup but when I tested the backup I discovered that my phone got wiped and I ended up with a brick. I eventually found an official Samsung ROM but it wasn't the one I wanted and it caused a few problems, especially with the Bluetooth feature.
I hope you can understand or appreciate my apprehension with even contemplating such a task on my expensive Nexus 4.
Cheers muchly
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You might want to check out the Wugfresh's toolkit if you are not incline with technical stuff. The toolkit is in the Development section.
Hello
I have no idea what Wugfresh's tool-kit is.
Sorry
the lemming said:
Hello
I have no idea what Wugfresh's tool-kit is.
Sorry
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I would suggest that you study up and follow this guide here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
I was like you when I first got the nexus. Didn't know what to do and the steps seems to be so complicated. Hell..I even took couple of days to finally succeed in installing the drivers. And for me I think it is better to learn the basics of using adb before trying out the toolkits. If you start with toolkits and you will later on rely entirely on the toolkits. This is not good as some problems, the toolkits might not be able to solve it for you.
Btw, look into original android development for wug's toolkits. It is pinned there. Should be easy to find.
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You seem to be taking interest in Rooting and stuffs. I would suggest you to get handy with a few ADB and FASTBOOT commands and you won't need any toolkit ever in Life !!!
Its very very very easy in Nexus Devices.
Here is my attempt to make you learn :-
1. Say Bye Bye to your phone OS version.
2. Open Command Prompt or Terminal.(Assuming, you have SDK & Drivers installed)
Code:
adb devices
It shall return you the device id.
3. Reboot to BootLoader
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
4. Check for your device's recognition in FastBoot Mode.
Code:
fastboot devices
5. I assume you have all the files(Factory Image tar.gz extracted to a folder)
just type :-
Code:
flash-all.bat
BOOM...
You are now on stock KitKat !
Now, To get a Custom Recovery (IMHO go with TWRP),
1. Download latest recovery from the official website.
2. Type when in FastBoot Mode.
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-mako.img
(Or whatever the name is)
3. Reboot your device.
Now, to get the ROOT ACCESS, after booting up the device,
1. Download the latest UPDATE-SuperSU zip from here.
2. Keep it somewhere in DEVICE STORAGE.
3. open TWRP RECOVERY
4. FLASH that ZIP
5. HIT THANKS !
Have Fun ...
Welcome to the Flashing Fraternity !!! LOL
miku3191 said:
You seem to be taking interest in Rooting and stuffs. I would suggest you to get handy with a few ADB and FASTBOOT commands and you won't need any toolkit ever in Life !!!
BOOM...
You are now on stock KitKat !
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Hello
Thank you for replying but I fear that I will not be following your advice at the moment.
I initially asked how to ROOT my phone so that I can learn how to do backups and recoveries. My phone is ready for the Over The Air official upgrade.
I want to take things one step at a time rather than causing problems by blindly following code.
Sorry
the lemming said:
Hello
Thank you for replying but I fear that I will not be following your advice at the moment.
I initially asked how to ROOT my phone so that I can learn how to do backups and recoveries. My phone is ready for the Over The Air official upgrade.
I want to take things one step at a time rather than causing problems by blindly following code.
Sorry
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If you want official OTA update of KitKat you should update it, and after that unlock bootloader and root phone. That way nothing will go wrong.
If you unlock bootloader and root your phone OTA update will cause problems like stuck in bootloop(your phone will be stuck on nexus logo and it will never boot into android)
If you want to learn about rooting I suggest you this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2367406
this is excelent tutorial how to root your nexus 4 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2018179
and if you are more comfortable to hear and see somebody do it you can check out this page it have video of full process and pictures for every step http://nexus4root.com/nexus-4-root/how-to-root-nexus-4-windowsmac-osxlinuxubuntu/
Good luck!:cyclops:
miku3191 said:
You seem to be taking interest in Rooting and stuffs. I would suggest you to get handy with a few ADB and FASTBOOT commands and you won't need any toolkit ever in Life !!!
Its very very very easy in Nexus Devices.
Good luck!:cyclops:
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This process is an absolute nightmare.
All I want to do is back-up my Jelly Bean phone operating system and have it safe in case the OTA Kit Kat goes wrong. I thought that this was sensible and safe practice before doing any updates, especially something as serious as a system update?
I have now tried several Tutorials on how to root my phone and all I have succeeded in doing is wiping my phone clean and returning it to Factory Settings. The latest Tutorial was here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
I followed the following advice to this point
1) All of the files that are required, need to be in one (i.e., the same) directory. It does not matter what it is called, but all the files need to be in there, with NO subfolders. EVERYTHING needs to be extracted into this one directory;
2) Download the attachment from the end of this post and extract the contents to the directory created in step 1. (Latest version for Windows is here). Note: if all you want to do is unlock your bootloader, skip to step 7 in this section (C).
7) Reboot your device into bootloader mode (by turning it off, hold volume down, and press and hold power) and plug it into your computer;
8) Open a command prompt in the same directory (i.e., make sure you are in the same directory as your files are located). You can hold the shift key when you are in the folder in Windows explorer and right-click in a blank spot and it will open a command prompt.
I then get to the bit about rooting
E. Optional -- Root
If you want to get root access follow the steps below. (And no, this will not flash a custom recovery, and not, it will not make you "not stock".) Unlocked bootloader required. See steps above.
1) Download (to your computer) the latest version of CWM (from here) or TWRP (from here) for your device;
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/developers/mako?name=Google Nexus 4
And when I click the link I am blinded by options. This is a nightmare.
Could somebody please cut through all this hyperbole and just explain how I get ROOT?
I have been at this for 24 hours solid.
the lemming said:
This process is an absolute nightmare.
All I want to do is back-up my Jelly Bean phone operating system and have it safe in case the OTA Kit Kat goes wrong. I thought that this was sensible and safe practice before doing any updates, especially something as serious as a system update?
I have now tried several Tutorials on how to root my phone and all I have succeeded in doing is wiping my phone clean and returning it to Factory Settings. The latest Tutorial was here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
I followed the following advice to this point
1) All of the files that are required, need to be in one (i.e., the same) directory. It does not matter what it is called, but all the files need to be in there, with NO subfolders. EVERYTHING needs to be extracted into this one directory;
2) Download the attachment from the end of this post and extract the contents to the directory created in step 1. (Latest version for Windows is here). Note: if all you want to do is unlock your bootloader, skip to step 7 in this section (C).
7) Reboot your device into bootloader mode (by turning it off, hold volume down, and press and hold power) and plug it into your computer;
8) Open a command prompt in the same directory (i.e., make sure you are in the same directory as your files are located). You can hold the shift key when you are in the folder in Windows explorer and right-click in a blank spot and it will open a command prompt.
I then get to the bit about rooting
E. Optional -- Root
If you want to get root access follow the steps below. (And no, this will not flash a custom recovery, and not, it will not make you "not stock".) Unlocked bootloader required. See steps above.
1) Download (to your computer) the latest version of CWM (from here) or TWRP (from here) for your device;
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/developers/mako?name=Google Nexus 4
And when I click the link I am blinded by options. This is a nightmare.
Could somebody please cut through all this hyperbole and just explain how I get ROOT?
I have been at this for 24 hours solid.
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The point you are missing is that your fear is clouding your ability to simply read and comprehend the proper steps to take. My friend rooting your phone with a toolkit is a simple task but you ask what is Wugs toolkit instead of taking the time to search for it an read up. YOu do not want to root your phone but to have someone do it for you. I used to do this for people back in the days where I would log into their pc and root their phones from my home.
My friend its simple your bootloader is unlocked and now all you need to do is push a recovery over to your phone. Now go to the TWRP thread and download the image file and follow the instructions given to you to flash the recovery. I fear if following these simple directions are too much for you maybe you should simply leave your phone alone before the next step is you calling Google with an issue or having to buy another phone...
Sorry but thats my honest opinion....
Edit: Boot into bootloader and check to see if its says unlocked. If so then all thats left is flashing a recovery
the lemming said:
This process is an absolute nightmare.
And when I click the link I am blinded by options. This is a nightmare.
Could somebody please cut through all this hyperbole and just explain how I get ROOT?
I have been at this for 24 hours solid.
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Reading your posts, I understand your frustration. Here are my suggestions, 1) step away from your PC for a few minutes or an hour or get a cup of water, 2) put the phone aside, 3) read and re-read the information in Google Nexus 4 threads just to get the knowledge first and then start working on your phone. You will be doing fine. BTW, you should have a back up phone that you can use while working on your Nexus 4.
playya said:
Edit: Boot into bootloader and check to see if its says unlocked. If so then all thats left is flashing a recovery
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Thank you for this useful bit of information.
the lemming said:
Thank you for this useful bit of information.
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You got it man I know but sometimes the truth hurts... You have been given all the information laid out for you in the posts above. If this is still too difficult for you your only other task is to actually have somebody do it for you this is nothing more than simply reading and taking your time. I tell you this with all sincerity I would rather see you stop now than later see another thread created by you saying possibly bricked
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playya said:
You got it man I know but sometimes the truth hurts... You have been given all the information laid out for you in the posts above. If this is still too difficult for you your only other task is to actually have somebody do it for you this is nothing more than simply reading and taking your time. I tell you this with all sincerity I would rather see you stop now than later see another thread created by you saying possibly bricked
Take care
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the lemming said:
And when I click the link I am blinded by options. This is a nightmare.
Could somebody please cut through all this hyperbole and just explain how I get ROOT?
I have been at this for 24 hours solid.
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I trust that you have read the entire guide from that link you post. To get you see this clearly. Rooting is very easy. You just have to:
1. Install driver, download platform-tools (if you don't wanna download the entire android sdk) and SuperSU I trust that all the links are given in that guide.
2. Make sure you device is detected in adb. Copy SuperSU.zip into your device.
3. Unlock your device.
4. Push recovery. fastboot flash recovery recovery name.img
5. Reboot into recovery and flash SuperSu.zip
6. Reboot. Done.
Really..this is all it takes to perform a simple rooting. But if you're not the one who likes to read..and try to understand the steps. I suggest you not to mess with your device. You are more likely to brick it than make it better. The truth hurts but it is for your own good. Unless you prove me wrong. Then you are awesome instead
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I have this shinny new powerful phone and I have no idea what to do with it. I've never got too deep into cell phones. But I want to get the most out of this phone. I pay a lot to be able to use it and I want to get the most enjoyment out of it. I've had it a while now and I haven't really done much to it.
I want to get rid of programs that is just taking up space. I want to get the best apps, learn about the phone. Customize it in cool ways.
Should I root it? Am I too much of a noob and or have too good of a phone to even need to worry about it?
Will you guys hold my hand and walk me through this phone or link me to some "lg g2 starter guide" threads to really have fun with this phone?
Thanks
Aye! First of all, welcome to the G2 community!
It's 4 in the morning for me right now, can we 'go for a walk' after I get my sleep?
Just wanted to reply so you won't feel lost and lonely, been there, done that.
In the meantime, enjoy your G2 first for what it is right now.
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I feel the exact same way! Except I've had the phone for one month now.
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Thanks. I bought my phone about two weeks ago. Switched from sprint to verizon after 7 years with sprint
honestly the phone is fast enough by itself with amazing battery, but if you like to get into flashing things first off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 this will teach you how to install TWRP. after that just download a rom of your choosing, more than likely the developer already root the rom for you so you dont need to do it. enjoy from there. make sure you know how to enter TWRP the hard button way... for tmobile is hold down and power button, once LG logo flash quickly let go and press the two button again. thats tmobile though.
I'm a bit of noob to the whole custom ROMS thing as well. I was just wondering what is a good program to make a back up before rooting and installing new ROMS?
TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) and CWM (Clockwork Mod) both have backup utilities baked in. The stock full system backup will be quite large. Aside from being a best practice, it's too large to archive on the device, in my opinion. I would recommend offloading it to your PC and learn how to put it back using ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and the TWRP sideload feature in the event of a soft brick condition. Recommend you also backup and save your EFS/IMEI.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451390
First step, ioroot.
Read and re-read on how to root and flash if you've never rooted or flash ROMS before to reduce to risk of bricking.
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G1_enthusiast said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 this will teach you how to install TWRP. after that just download a rom of your choosing.
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Hi. As someone who has very little understanding about this stuff, I'm struggling to get any use out of that guide. Is anyone else finding this?
For example:
"Ok, so if you look in the download page for your device and you are getting a zip file, this is a flashable zip, but it cannot be treated the same as an IMG file in this guide. You need to flash an older one that is a .img file, and then use that to flash the newer zip."
I have no idea how to do what it says in that last sentence, or what it even means.
Then where it starts describing option one, I don't understand what it's telling me to do. What does it mean to "push" the loki patch and the img? Where am I supposed to type that stuff in the code box?
I figured I'd just get my g2 rooted and back it up, then start reading about the stuff I didn't understand. But just getting started seems really complicated, and I'm struggling find the info I need to understand that guide. Is there a more detailed, baby step guide for idiots out there? Or can someone just quickly explain the things I mentioned about that guide?
Thanks for replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45692679. If you need root, try this guide.
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