Currently on a 4.2.2 custom kernel and rom. I was wondering if I actually had to go through the hassle of relocking and flashing the stock 4.3 image or can I just flash the radio and bootloader on their own and then flash one of the pre-rooted 4.3 roms?
Is there anything in the stock image besides the radio and bootloader that won't be found in one of the 4.3 roms that are being released?
You technically don't even need to update your boot loader or radio. I used the 4.3 leak just by flashing the rooted ROM. When the official 4.3 was released, I just flashed the new boot loader and radio in recovery and flashed the ROM. No problem.
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I guess there is no need for relocking your phone!
You can flash the leaked rooted ROM version.. Just look in development forum!
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I've seen quite a bit about updating boot loader and radio before v flashing 4.2.2, but what about the other way around? Do i have to flash 4.2.1 boot loader and radio or am i good? Thanks in advance
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I dont' understand your question
opticaldh said:
I dont' understand your question
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Before rooting i did the ota to 4.2.2. In all the threads it says if you haven't done the ota you need to flash 4.2.2 bootloader and radio before flashing 4.2.2 roms. So if i wanted to flash a 4.2.1 rom coming from a 4.2.2 rom, do i have to flash the 4.2.1 bootloader and radio or will it work with the 4.2.2 radio and bootloader? Hope this clarifies. And thank you
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Before rooting i did the ota to 4.2.2. In all the threads it says if you haven't done the ota you need to flash 4.2.2 bootloader and radio before flashing 4.2.2 roms. So if i wanted to flash a 4.2.1 rom coming from a 4.2.2 rom, do i have to flash the 4.2.1 bootloader and radio or will it work with the 4.2.2 radio and bootloader? Hope this clarifies. And thank you
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OK, that's clear. Sorry for my English
First, I used to update to 4.2.2 without updating my bootloader, I just updated my baseband because the Microphone and the Earpiece didn't wok without it (at least, that was my situation).
Second. I dont understand why you rollback to 4.2.1, but if you want to, just keep the 4.2.2 bootloader and baseband. That's OK. Hopefully.
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OK, that's clear. Sorry for my English
First, I used to update to 4.2.2 without updating my bootloader, I just updated my baseband because the Microphone and the Earpiece didn't wok without it (at least, that was my situation).
Second. I dont understand why you rollback to 4.2.1, but if you want to, just keep the 4.2.2 bootloader and baseband. That's OK. Hopefully.
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I just want to try out some ROMs that haven't been updated to 4.2.2 yet, like raspbean jelly or baked black bean, but i can't find info on if you have to flash the baseband and boot loader with it
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Hi, I'm on uxylon 4.2.2 and I wanna go to PSX 4.3. I have twrp installed, im assuming I have to flash a new baseband and modem before the ROM?
Can I flash them through trwp?
And where do I find the download links for them?
or can I just install the 4.3 ROM without updating anything?
Thanks
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You dont have to do it, but its recommended to update your bootloader and radio to the newer versions.
Downloads: bootloader and radio.
To install simply flash them through TWRP. Then do a full wipe and flash the 4.3 rom of your choice.
Hi. I'm running a nexus 4 at 4.3 jellybean. I want to update to 4.4 kitkat. My device is rooted and I'm afraid if I do an OTA I might brick my device. How do I update my rooted nexus 4. Thanks.
Are you using stock or custom ROM?
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Im assuming that you are on JWR66Y build number. If that is true download this and flash via recovery.
Flashing 4.4
I have a Nexus 4 on 4.3, JWR66Y running Purity build 8/26/13.
I'm wondering which file I should use to flash the new 4.4 to my phone. I thought I was suppose to use a factory image to flash fresh into a new google image, but each time I used SkipSoft Toolkit, it never was able to flash the system.img. It would say 'error: cannot load system.img' or something and the entire flashing process would end ubruptly.
Am I not flashing the right image? Should I go to stock then do the OTA update? What do you suggest as I'm not very skilled in teh nexus hacking :cyclops:
hello, right now i'm using miui rom (android 4.2.2). i want to install a 4.4.2 rom. where can i find firmware and how can i install?
You may need to flash the radio , recovery and bootloader flrst but what I did was flash the official update from Google
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
That's the link to the site update via adb there's loads of info on hear and youtube on how to do this.
Then flash a custom recovery and root again there's loads of info on how to do this.
Doing it this way makes everything on official 4.4.2 recovery, bootlader and radio so you shouldn't run into any problems later.
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I'm currently running a rooted kitkat based custom rom (purity). I'll eventually want to run a custom lollipop based rom once the dust settles a bit, but don't want to revert back to stock for the ota, and don't want to manually flash a stock 5.0 rom either.
Since I'll need the new bootloader eventually, is there a twrp flashable file for the new bootloader available which I can flash now in preparation for future 5.0 based roms?
Don't have a decent usable pc handy, so if I could do everything straight from the manta itself that would be great.
(crap, wrong forum, sorry)
I haven't seen one, but if you download the image you should be able to use flashify. I have not tested though, so be careful.
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Do you have to update the bootloader from kitkat
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I'm looking for a flashable zip too! I had problems using flashify and my Mac doesn't detect my N10 in fastboot mode
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