I have rooted my Nexus 4 using mskip's toolkit ... But I want to unroot it now ... How do I do it ?
That same tool has the option to unroot.
Question, when you unlocked the boot loader, was everything removed?
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Beerad875 said:
Question, when you unlocked the boot loader, was everything removed?
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Well when you unlock it, it factory resets.
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Well when you unlock it, it factory resets.
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Unless you flash a recovery right after unlocking. (Without rebooting)
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chromium96 said:
Unless you flash a recovery right after unlocking. (Without rebooting)
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So if I flash a recovery, everything's good?
Beerad875 said:
So if I flash a recovery, everything's good?
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Yep.
If u unlock >flash recovery>reboot...nothing gets wiped
If u unlock>reboot>go back into fastboot mode>flash recovery...it will factory reset
chromium96 said:
Yep.
If u unlock >flash recovery>reboot...nothing gets wiped
If u unlock>reboot>go back into fastboot mode>flash recovery...it will factory reset
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Was up until 4 doing this because I kept running into issues lol. So glad it's working now. Flashed francos and we gucci
use this toolkit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
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Simple Qn. Will the root stay after doing a factory restart on 4.1.1 or you have to root again?
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jyod said:
Simple Qn. Will the root stay after doing a factory restart on 4.1.1 or you have to root again?
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All a factory reset does is wipe Data/Cache, Root is located in the System so no you will not have to reroot.
miketoasty said:
All a factory reset does is wipe Data/Cache, Root is located in the System so no you will not have to reroot.
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Thanks a lot. Meaning to say I have to reinstall busy box and super such thru app store right?
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jyod said:
Thanks a lot. Meaning to say I have to reinstall busy box and super such thru app store right?
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If you are on stock, yes. If you use costum roms its unlikely because devs usually integrate into the rom.
Zilol said:
If you are on stock, yes. If you use costum roms its unlikely because devs usually integrate into the rom.
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Noted!! Thanks a lot guys for helping out
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Okay so like many of you cwm isn't sticking and when I go into recovery I just have the Google logo, I want to flash ROMs so installed ROM manger and found that if you boot into recovery through that app you can get into cwm.
Would like some advice on which is the best and safest method you have used! Thanks
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will444 said:
Okay so like many of you cwm isn't sticking and when I go into recovery I just have the Google logo, I want to flash ROMs so installed ROM manger and found that if you boot into recovery through that app you can get into cwm.
Would like some advice on which is the best and safest method you have used! Thanks
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Its a boot loader bug, its global.
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Harry GT-S5830 said:
Its a boot loader bug, its global.
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Yeah I know, i,m asking the best way to install a rom
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will444 said:
Yeah I know, i,m asking the best way to install a rom
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Through recovery?
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Harry GT-S5830 said:
Through recovery?
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My cwm didn't stick and when I manually go into recovery it hangs on the boot screen. ROM manager seems to work
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use twrp recovery, its better(more functional) and isnt buggy.
simms22 said:
use twrp recovery, its better(more functional) and isnt buggy.
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Does it stick?
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Does it stick?
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i assume so, since i use it over and over and over again. anyways, theres a file you have to remove or rename in the /system/ fs that causes the recovery to not stick. most custom roms already have it removed, stock rom you have to remove it. the file is recovery-from-boot.p, rename it or remove it and your recovery will stick(at least twrp, cwm should also).
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i assume so, since i use it over and over and over again. anyways, theres a file you have to remove or rename in the /system/ fs that causes the recovery to not stick. most custom roms already have it removed, stock rom you have to remove it. the file is recovery-from-boot.p, rename it or remove it and your recovery will stick(at least twrp, cwm should also).
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Just found this I'm a thread, flashing now! Thanks mate
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I just purchased a nexus 4 Yesterday from t mobile and I updated to 4.3 right away. I was wondering is this device worth ROOTING and flashing a custom ROM ..
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Yes, of course. That's part of the fun when having a Nexus device
Mercado_Negro said:
Yes, of course. That's part of the fun when having a Nexus device
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I always liked rooting, any ROM suggestions?
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kdog1202 said:
I always liked rooting, any ROM suggestions?
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In 4.2.2 I used AOKP. I think they're working on 4.3 now (hopefully it will be out soon).
Cyanogemod is pretty awesome and simple too.
Does unlocking the bootloader make u loose all data?
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kdog1202 said:
Does unlocking the bootloader make u loose all data?
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Yes.
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kdog1202 said:
Does unlocking the bootloader make u loose all data?
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Not if you don't reboot after you unlock. Flash a custom recovery right after you unlock wipe caches then reboot = no data loss
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spaceman860 said:
Not if you don't reboot after you unlock. Flash a custom recovery right after you unlock wipe caches then reboot = no data loss
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Ok so I'm downloading the tool kit and am gonna root my phone. I installed on my PC toolkit 3.0 is this correct to root 4.3 android?
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Ok so I'm downloading the tool kit and am gonna root my phone. I installed on my PC toolkit 3.0 is this correct to root 4.3 android?
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I don't recommend toolkits they aren't needed for nexus devices. Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266654
You will learn in the process
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I don't recommend toolkits they aren't needed for nexus devices. Follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2266654
You will learn in the process
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Alright thank you for ur advice. I will do soon so I don't have much data to loose lol
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I am attempting to unlock my bootloader using manual way. And I type a command in my terminal (Ubuntu) with adb installed correctly but comes up with "????????? Not proper permissions or something
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Check Nexus 4 toolkit and Paranoid Android
kdog1202 said:
I just purchased a nexus 4 Yesterday from t mobile and I updated to 4.3 right away. I was wondering is this device worth ROOTING and flashing a custom ROM ..
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If you are looking for some performance enhancements then you just need a root and CWM(recovery) installed for flashing kernels, check Nexus 4 toolkit. Custom ROMS are more for aesthetic enhancements, and the most worked ROM on the area of aesthetic changes is Paranoid Android ROM, they have regular builds for Nexus 4. So check them out, Enjoy your N4 ! .
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I am attempting to unlock my bootloader using manual way. And I type a command in my terminal (Ubuntu) with adb installed correctly but comes up with "????????? Not proper permissions or something
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You have to use fastboot not adb
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Oh.. OK
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Hey guys,
I have TWRP set up and rooted but I hate that little open lock icon when I boot up the phone.
If I relock the bootloader will I still be able to flash mods/roms etc since I have TWRP installed?
Thanks in advance!
Without stock when you relock it will just keep booting back into the bootloader instead of android
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Alex240188 said:
Without stock when you relock it will just keep booting back into the bootloader instead of android
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I am on stock, just another recovery and rooted.
So it won't boot into bootloader the whole time or will it?
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Who cares? You see it for like 2 seconds.
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Who cares? You see it for like 2 seconds.
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Well I guess I care. Not only because it's irritating but also to get warranty back.
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With a custom recovery. Relocking the bootloader should cause the device to fail to boot.
It doesn't matter if you still have a stock rom.
It will fail the locked checks and put you straight into the bootloader
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just revert to stock with original recovery if worried about it since you cant lock it on custom firmware
Okay thank I know enough, will just let the unlocked lock icon show.
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So I rooted and lost half my internal storage ... If I flash a ROM and then flash the stock recovery wipe cache and factory reset should I be able to get my memory back ?
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So you have a 32gb device but you only have 16 now? You didn't reboot after you unlocked the bootloader did you? A factory reset in the stock recovery should fix that
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why flash a new rom? did you already tried to just factory reset?
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So you have a 32gb device but you only have 16 now? You didn't reboot after you unlocked the bootloader did you? A factory reset in the stock recovery should fix that
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No i had a 16 and only ended up with less than 8 ... And no i didn't reboot after unlock ... I did try the whole stock recovery deal and it didn't work
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JReeher said:
No i had a 16 and only ended up with less than 8 ... And no i didn't reboot after unlock ... I did try the whole stock recovery deal and it didn't work
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Try flashing the userdata.img in fastboot.
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[quote name="JReeher" post=51880767]No i had a 16 and only ended up with less than 8 ... And no i didn't reboot after unlock ... I did try the whole stock recovery deal and it didn't work
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Try flashing the userdata.img in fastboot.
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So just fastboot flash userdata userdata.IMG? Tells me it cannot load the image
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Try flashing the userdata.img in fastboot.
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So just fastboot flash userdata userdata.IMG? Tells me it cannot load the image
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Did you use .IMG or.img? It should be the lower case
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So just fastboot flash userdata userdata.IMG? Tells me it cannot load the image
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Did you use .IMG or.img? It should be the lower case
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I used .img see fastboot says its not recognizing my device but i did a driver test and it succeeded ... I don't understand
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Did you use .IMG or.img? It should be the lower case
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I used .img see fastboot says its not recognizing my device but i did a driver test and it succeeded ... I don't understand
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Do you have the userdata image file? You need to unzip the factory image and in the is another zip that needs to be unzipped
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I used .img see fastboot says its not recognizing my device but i did a driver test and it succeeded ... I don't understand
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Do you have the userdata image file? You need to unzip the factory image and in the is another zip that needs to be unzipped
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In just gonna return to stock and reroot see if that helps
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I have no idea what's going I'm stock factory reset and its still telling me I only have like 5 gigs of internal memory
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