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Strange Root Issue

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

N7 has no OS, help!!!!

I was trying to flash a rom and I guess I accidentally wiped EVERYTHING and now when I try to boot it says no OS is installed ): any helpp will be appreciated. I still have access to fastboot and recovery, adb also recognises it when connected

Use the toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195 and flash a factory image. :good:

eljefe1018 said:
I was trying to flash a rom and I guess I accidentally wiped EVERYTHING and now when I try to boot it says no OS is installed ): any helpp will be appreciated. I still have access to fastboot and recovery, adb also recognises it when connected
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Is this the stock recovery?

If you have access to fastboot, then flash a factory os. That simple.
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rebel1699 said:
If you have access to fastboot, then flash a factory os. That simple.
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Yeah. This.
What's so hard about doing this?

rebel1699 said:
If you have access to fastboot, then flash a factory os. That simple.
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I've tried to using two different toolkits and niether will accomplish the task. Is there an alternative way? i.e manually doing it using ADB?
And thanks for helping

eljefe1018 said:
I've tried to using two different toolkits and niether will accomplish the task. Is there an alternative way? i.e manually doing it using ADB?
And thanks for helping
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As I said, use fastboot. Google "restore Nexus 7 with fastboot"
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rebel1699 said:
As I said, use fastboot. Google "restore Nexus 7 with fastboot"
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I decided to make another attempt with the toolkit, as I was reading the command line I saw that the Factory Image wasn't properly donwloading so I downloaded it manually and put it in the necessary folder and my baby just robooted back thanks for everything

eljefe1018 said:
I decided to make another attempt with the toolkit, as I was reading the command line I saw that the Factory Image wasn't properly donwloading so I downloaded it manually and put it in the necessary folder and my baby just robooted back thanks for everything
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Glad you are back up and going!
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Superwipe script wiped everything. HELP

Ok. I used a super wipe script. Now my device has nothing but the boot loader and twrp is still installed. I was on the new ota 4.2.2. I also have 4.18 boot loader. I have no os and all of my backups are gone so I can't restore anything. How can I install this from a computer and push it to my device? I really need help. I'm not brand new. But I've never been in this situation. Thanks to anyone who can help make my device operable again.
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If TWRP is installed and you can boot in TWRP, try to mount the usb and copy the backup to the device. I'm not sure, but you could use adb push in the recovery, too
Otherwise just boot into bootloader, flash the stock rom, boot, root, copy the backup on the sdcard, flash TWRP, restore it
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mihahn said:
If TWRP is installed and you can boot in TWRP, try to mount the usb and copy the backup to the device. I'm not sure, but you could use adb push in the recovery, too
Otherwise just boot into bootloader, flash the stock rom, boot, root, copy the backup on the sdcard, flash TWRP, restore it
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The problem is I don't have the backup saved to a computer. It was only on the device. Now it's gone. And I don't understand what you mean by booting into bootloader and flashing the stock Rom. I'm so lost. Please continue to try to help me through this. Thank you
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Follow this guide. It will get you back to stock.

treIII said:
The problem is I don't have the backup saved to a computer. It was only on the device. Now it's gone. And I don't understand what you mean by booting into bootloader and flashing the stock Rom. I'm so lost. Please continue to try to help me through this. Thank you
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I thought you had a backup on your PC, if not you will loose all your data
Do it like the guy above said, or just download the stock image (for your device) from here, extract everything and just run the flash-all.bat (if you are on windows). This will flash the stock rom so you should be able to boot your device again

mihahn said:
I thought you had a backup on your PC, if not you will loose all your data
Do it like the guy above said, or just download the stock image (for your device) from here, extract everything and just run the flash-all.bat (if you are on windows). This will flash the stock rom so you should be able to boot your device again
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It seems like for me downloading the stock image and running the flash all bat would be the best solution for my level of experience. I just don't know what you mean by running the flash all bat. Do I need sdk or something to do that? I need the most simple solution possible with my level of experience. But thanks a million.
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treIII said:
It seems like for me downloading the stock image and running the flash all bat would be the best solution for my level of experience. I just don't know what you mean by running the flash all bat. Do I need sdk or something to do that? I need the most simple solution possible with my level of experience. But thanks a million.
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No need to install anything! Just download the package for your device and extract it. Now open the archive and there is a file called flash-all.bat.
Now you hold power and volume down on your nexus 7 to get into fasboot mode (the bootloader). If you are there, plug the nexus via usb in your pc.
Now just double click the flash-all.bat and it will flash the stock rom
If this won't work, because windows can't detect the device, download the Nexus 7 Toolkit, install it and open it. There's an option to install the drivers
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mihahn said:
No need to install anything! Just download the package for your device and extract it. Now open the archive and there is a file called flash-all.bat.
Now you hold power and volume down on your nexus 7 to get into fasboot mode (the bootloader). If you are there, plug the nexus via usb in your pc.
Now just double click the flash-all.bat and it will flash the stock rom
If this won't work, because windows can't detect the device, download the Nexus 7 Toolkit, install it and open it. There's an option to install the drivers
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Thanks. I'll be doing this later. I'll let you know what happens. Will it put more on the 4.2.1 or 4.2.2? I really screwed up and didn't understand the op.
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mihahn said:
No need to install anything! Just download the package for your device and extract it. Now open the archive and there is a file called flash-all.bat.
Now you hold power and volume down on your nexus 7 to get into fasboot mode (the bootloader). If you are there, plug the nexus via usb in your pc.
Now just double click the flash-all.bat and it will flash the stock rom
If this won't work, because windows can't detect the device, download the Nexus 7 Toolkit, install it and open it. There's an option to install the drivers
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Ok. Can you post a link for the package for my device? Its a WiFi nexus 7. I can't find the toolkit. I'm so lost. I'm laughing at myself. You have to admit. It's funny when someone does something this stupid.
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treIII said:
Ok. Can you post a link for the package for my device? Its a WiFi nexus 7. I can't find the toolkit. I'm so lost. I'm laughing at myself. You have to admit. It's funny when someone does something this stupid.
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See the link I posted earlier, there you can find the 4.2.2 image for the nexus 7 wifi only (grouper/nakasi)
I'm on phone right now so I can't post the link, just search for nexus 7 toolkit on Google, or see the general/development section. It should be pinned there
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mihahn said:
No need to install anything! Just download the package for your device and extract it. Now open the archive and there is a file called flash-all.bat.
Now you hold power and volume down on your nexus 7 to get into fasboot mode (the bootloader). If you are there, plug the nexus via usb in your pc.
Now just double click the flash-all.bat and it will flash the stock rom
If this won't work, because windows can't detect the device, download the Nexus 7 Toolkit, install it and open it. There's an option to install the drivers
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Where should I put this package? And will flash all.bat do everything for me?

Leonhan said:
Where should I put this package? And will flash all.bat do everything for me?
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Just download it and extract it. Then you go in the extracted folder and you can see some files and the flash-all.bat. This will do everything for you. No need to place the package anywhere, just do it like I said and it should work. Try it
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I'd like to say thank you for everyone he contributed for helping me do this. I followed the directions using the Nexus 7 toolkit and everything went well. I installed jelly bean 4.2 .1 and now I will use voodoo OT a route keeper in order to accept the update to 4.2 .2
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treIII said:
I'd like to say thank you for everyone he contributed for helping me do this. I followed the directions using the Nexus 7 toolkit and everything went well. I installed jelly bean 4.2 .1 and now I will use voodoo OT a route keeper in order to accept the update to 4.2 .2
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Great to hear it works again. Btw there's a button for that
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mihahn said:
Great to hear it works again. Btw there's a button for that
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I'm aware.
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Phone reboots into TWRP

well I have been having problems on how to do unlock my phone using a Mac, but I was finally able to unlock it and flash TWRP recovery by using mattlgroff's utility 1.20 now the I have installed TWRP recovery, every time I connect my phone to the Mac it asks me superuser permission for AdB shell I grant permission and it says "Adb shell has been granted permission" and it reboots into TWRP recovery. I even denied superuser permission but it still does the same thing. I have USB debugging on.
is this normal? because I need to transfer some files to my phone so I can Flash a Rom through TWRP. I would really appreciate your help. thanks.
here's a picture attached showing what it says as soon as I connect the phone to computer.
after that it just reboots into TWRP.

Are you on stock rom?
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denisjr said:
Are you on stock rom?
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Yeah I'm on stock Rom 4.1.2

Try using air DROID & maybe using a different rom will do it
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denisjr said:
Try using air DROID & maybe using a different rom will do it
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I fixed it! I had to reset my Mac's SMC, apparently it kept flashing TWRP every time I connected my phone to the computer.
thanks for being helpful anyways !

[q] nexus 4 backup

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.
Cheers
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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.