[Q] Does relocking the bootloader wipe data? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I want my device to be secured. In order to have it secured, I only install the recovery from RomManager when I need it and I let it get restored on reboot.
But the fact is that, as my bootloader is unlocked, a malicious person could do anything using fastboot. So I want to lock back my booloader.
As anyone experienced it? Does relocking wipes data? My device is rooted, would I be able to flash recovery with rommanger when relocked?
Regards.

No it won't wipe data.
Also a xda member made an app to lock and unlock the bootloader without the use of a computer. Here's the link.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
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Rooting and unlocking bootloader..

I'm trying to get CM7 onto my girlfriends Arc. Its 2.3.4 and .62, so I guess I have to flash .42 to be able to root.
The thing I am unsure about is whether you can get CWM recovery in without having to wipe the phone. That is, can I in any way do a nandbackup of the current phone with stock ROM, without having to wipe? Or does flashing a new recovery always come with the added wipe of the phone? At what stage does a wipe necessarily need to occur?
Would be thankful for any help.
In order to install cwm you'll either need root or unlocked bootloader. If you want to take a backup of the .62 I would suggest unlocking your bootloader then using fastboot to boot (rather then flash) a kernel that had cwm integrated with it. That way you can get a perfect nandroid of its current state. However I'm unsure if unlocking via SE will cause you to lose data. I believe SETool and omnius won't cause data loss.
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[Q] Backup in bootloader or recovery mode?

Hi,
I am having this common problem upgrading Nexus 4 to Android 4.4. I will flash a clean stock image, but I would live to recover all my data first.
I cannot start properly the device and I can just reach bootloader mode and recovery mode. Could I backup my device in one of those modes?
(I have stock recovery)
All kind of help will be welcome!
Thank you very much!
wolfyllow said:
Hi,
I am having this common problem upgrading Nexus 4 to Android 4.4. I will flash a clean stock image, but I would live to recover all my data first.
I cannot start properly the device and I can just reach bootloader mode and recovery mode. Could I backup my device in one of those modes?
(I have stock recovery)
All kind of help will be welcome!
Thank you very much!
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So what you're saying is your phone won't boot up but it'll boot into the bootloader? And if you wanna back up in recovery you'll need a custom recovery I recommend clockworkmod
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[Q] Nexus 4 (SOFT BRICKED)

Hi,
I recently bought a Nexus 4 and rooted the device using the WugFresh Toolkit 1.8.0
Everything went fine and ROOT was successful.
Then I installed a custom ROM named LIQUID SMOOTH which when started went into Bootloop mode.
Instead of wiping the Dalvik Cache and Cache, I formatted the phone in a hurry.
I had got a backup of the previous ROM in my Nexus but before I could transfer it to my PC, I wiped the phone completely.
Now I am able to get into only RECOVERY MODE.
Could I get some help for the issue I am facing now?
Thanks in Advance.
You need to flash a ROM. You can either flash the factory images though fastboot, or use adb sideload in a custom recovery to flash a ROM of your choosing.
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Nexus 4
Well I tried the ADB Sideload Option first.
Did not work out.
Tried flashing a ROM, but for the flashing procedure according to WugFresh toolkit, I need to get into bootloader mode.
But I am not able to get into Bootloader mode.
Any idea what to try out next??
Turn off your phone, press volume down + power and hold. That should get you in the bootloader.
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[Q] urgent help!! my device got no os to boot

guys help!!
my nexus 4 got no os to boot up, i accidentally wipe all data, now i can only boot cwrp recovery, anyone can guide me how to push rom to the device in recovery?
Use adb. 'adb push path/to/rom.zip /sdcard/'
Failing that you can use fastboot to flash a stock rom.
nexusredwilly91 said:
guys help!!
my nexus 4 got no os to boot up, i accidentally wipe all data, now i can only boot cwrp recovery, anyone can guide me how to push rom to the device in recovery?
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If you can enter recovery, just sideload it then. Just google it. There should be a youtube videos too. I'm on mobile so can't get you the link.
Edit: Here it is. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2537410
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[Q] accidental full wipe!! urgent help needed

Hi, I was installing PA beta with twrp when I accidentally wiped absolutely everything, including internal storage so my backups are lost. I have no way of getting it back, can I install something with Odin or something to get this back?? Please help as this is the only phone I own!!
Well if you can enter TWRP, you can sideload a ROM.
Either way since you just deleted everything you can also reflash stock using the stickied guide =) don't worry, as long as you either can enter TWRP or download mode.
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