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[Q] Few stupid questions

Hello!
Not a long ago I've bought Motorola Xoom WiFi.
Right now I want to root it and install Clockwordmod Recovery. I've found some articles about it only few things I don't understand.
Do I need to unlock it first or I can do it later? If I need to unlock it first, how can I backup data? Because it says if I'll unlock it it will wipe all data. How can I back it up and do recovery then.
Please, can somebody give me some advice about it? Also, I want to root it too and I've found the article about it too. But I don't understand, what I need to do first, then, etc?
Please, can you give me advice, how to do it step-by-step?
Please?
Thank you!

This thread tells you how to Unlock and Root the US WiFi/3g Xoom.
Unlock first, then you can Root it. As far as I know, you have to do one before the other, you have to Unlock before you can Root and modify things. As far as backing data up, what do you need backed up? I don't think you'll be able to back things up. For things like Contacts/Email and such, I use my Gmail, and everything else I just set back up.
Back up any documents on the SD card and Internal Memory to your PC BEFORE doing anything, that way you can easily put things back as needed. It's never bad to have a copy to fall back to just in case something goes wrong.

antila said:
Hello!
Not a long ago I've bought Motorola Xoom WiFi.
Right now I want to root it and install Clockwordmod Recovery. I've found some articles about it only few things I don't understand.
Do I need to unlock it first or I can do it later? If I need to unlock it first, how can I backup data? Because it says if I'll unlock it it will wipe all data. How can I back it up and do recovery then.
Please, can somebody give me some advice about it? Also, I want to root it too and I've found the article about it too. But I don't understand, what I need to do first, then, etc?
Please, can you give me advice, how to do it step-by-step?
Please?
Thank you!
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This its why the first thing you should do when you buy a xoom is unlock it. You have to unlock to root, and doing so wipes it clean. You can't really backup, except what the above poster said. You can unlock and not root, but you can not root without unlock.
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[Q] Backing up phone BEFORE rooting?

I'm about to take my baby steps and root my Nexus 4 for the first time. I've read the sticky's and have a good idea of what I'd be doing, but I don't see much in the way of backing things up before root and as I understand, rooting wipes your data. Can anyone help me on this or at least better understand what I should do?
I'm also having difficulty understanding the whole bootloader and custom recovery too but not too much trouble. I'd just like to know how to install a custom recovery and how much risk I'm at of messing up my bootloader.

PGvossman said:
I'm about to take my baby steps and root my Nexus 4 for the first time. I've read the sticky's and have a good idea of what I'd be doing, but I don't see much in the way of backing things up before root and as I understand, rooting wipes your data. Can anyone help me on this or at least better understand what I should do?
I'm also having difficulty understanding the whole bootloader and custom recovery too but not too much trouble. I'd just like to know how to install a custom recovery and how much risk I'm at of messing up my bootloader.
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Rooting does not wipe data, the unlocking process does. There is no really good way to backup everything prior to unlokcing, you could use My Backup but you should really use the Pro version which is $4.99 (Many people swear by it for unrooted phones, I have no real experience with it). Wugfresh's toolkit has a backup and restore when doing unlock, but honestly, it messed up my phone and I had to factory default anyways.
As long as you are syncing stuff to Google (contacts, pictures, videos, etc), have Android Backup& Restore enabled (handles apps and common system settings), SMS Backup & Restore (text and pix messages), and you pull of the other files you want, there is no real need to backup at all. I swap ROMs all the time, and this is all I do to go from one ROM to another.
As far as the actual rooting process, ie. flashing SuperSU, there is no need to backup prior to that... all that is going to do is add a few files in some system directories and that's it.
The greatest thing about a Nexus device is it's ability to be modified... and within normal means it is virtually unbrickable, so give it a shot, and if you screw it up ask for help, thousands of people here have done it and can help, and if you still can't figure out a problem just restore the Google system images and whoalla... your phone is back to out of box condition.

You are able to root and unlock without wiping any data. Just check out my guide (the link is in the stickies, too)

mihahn said:
You are able to root and unlock without wiping any data. Just check out my guide (the link is in the stickies, too)
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I opened your links but they all seem to be about Xperia devices.
I don't quite understand. Isn't the unlocking process needed to root the phone, thereby loosing all the data?

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before rooting, you hav to unlock bootloader and it wipes your all pics videos etc so better backup in your pc and thn try root. foloow guide ,its easy, or search on youtube for videos...

parveen75 said:
before rooting, you hav to unlock bootloader and it wipes your all pics videos etc so better backup in your pc and thn try root. foloow guide ,its easy, or search on youtube for videos...
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OK I guess that makes sense. Does that include phone contacts, SMS and passwords?
And I suppose my final question is the danger of the bootloader. Is it possible for a newbie like myself to ruin something accidentally?

PGvossman said:
I opened your links but they all seem to be about Xperia devices.
I don't quite understand. Isn't the unlocking process needed to root the phone, thereby loosing all the data?
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Yeah I meant the one in the stickies here, I'll add the guide to my signature later
But I meant this guide. It'll root before unlocking the bootloader and you are able to unlock without wiping then. Check it out

PGvossman said:
OK I guess that makes sense. Does that include phone contacts, SMS and passwords?
And I suppose my final question is the danger of the bootloader. Is it possible for a newbie like myself to ruin something accidentally?
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I m also a newbie earlier . lol.. Only follow guide corectly for rooting.. U wl b good to go
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mihahn said:
Yeah I meant the one in the stickies here, I'll add the guide to my signature later
But I meant this guide. It'll root before unlocking the bootloader and you are able to unlock without wiping then. Check it out
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Thanks. Where does the whole custom recovery and such come into play on this though?

PGvossman said:
Thanks. Where does the whole custom recovery and such come into play on this though?
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It's not necessary to flash the recovery, but you may flash it if you want to and if you need it

Couple ways to do a backup without root.
Use adb,
eg. adb backup -all -apk -nosystem
Then pull files you want to backup
eg. adb pull /sdcard/
Or use helium app available from play store which is basically a gui for the adb backup command.

Thanks. I notice the -nosystem command, does that mean it won't back up system details?
I suppose my final question is Windows 8 support. I saw a thread a while back when you have to do something extra for the drivers and I can't seem to see it in the sticky threads.

[Q] Can I recover data?

Yesterday, I unlocked my bootloader but did not back up the files, is there any way possible that I could recover those? I found a guide to recover files but could not understand as it was for another device;
Here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
Help would be appreciated :crying::crying::crying:

It should work the fine for our device too... Go ahead with that procedure.

Restore lost data on the Verizon S5 with Lollipop BOG5

Is there any way to restore lost data on the Verizon S5 with Lollipop BOG5?
I lost my data to a spontaneous factory reset and I did not have a backup. Talking to Verizon and Samsung, I was left with the impression that there is no way to get my data back. After searching the internet it discovered that there are recovery programs that can indeed restore deleted data and I pursued a few. Unfortunately, they do not work unless the phone is rooted which will void the warrantee. I am ready to give up my warrantee and go for it, but then I found solutions for all operating systems except the one I have (Lollipop with BOG5).
A friend highly recommended this forum and I did some searching and it looks like the answer is the same here. Rooting the phone is something I would like to try but for now, all I want to do is restore the lost data on my phone. Can anyone suggest a solution? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
POST SCRIPT: Just reread my post and want to clarify, I did read all the posts indicating that there is no way to root my phone. The unique request here is whether I can recover my phone's data without rooting. On the one hand it is comforting to know that it would be hard for someone to steal my data but on the other hand I do not understand the point of blocking me from recovering my data as well as other functions. (Verizon = Apple?)

C_F said:
Is there any way to restore lost data on the Verizon S5 with Lollipop BOG5?
I lost my data to a spontaneous factory reset and I did not have a backup. Talking to Verizon and Samsung, I was left with the impression that there is no way to get my data back. After searching the internet it discovered that there are recovery programs that can indeed restore deleted data and I pursued a few. Unfortunately, they do not work unless the phone is rooted which will void the warrantee. I am ready to give up my warrantee and go for it, but then I found solutions for all operating systems except the one I have (Lollipop with BOG5).
A friend highly recommended this forum and I did some searching and it looks like the answer is the same here. Rooting the phone is something I would like to try but for now, all I want to do is restore the lost data on my phone. Can anyone suggest a solution? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
POST SCRIPT: Just reread my post and want to clarify, I did read all the posts indicating that there is no way to root my phone. The unique request here is whether I can recover my phone's data without rooting. On the one hand it is comforting to know that it would be hard for someone to steal my data but on the other hand I do not understand the point of blocking me from recovering my data as well as other functions. (Verizon = Apple?)
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im not sure if this app would work on a non rooted phone or what but i heard of an app called disk digger i think it might only recover pictures but hey theres one peice of a puzzle if i can find the link for it ill share it here http://diskdigger.org/ it does work without root apperently so give it a go and i hope that helps ill see if i can find anything else

Thank you very much. I did try Disk Digger with limited success. I was only able to recover a few photos. The full scan option requires root and I suspect it will find a lot more if rooted. That being said, I will see if I can download on PC to recover the SD card which also got wiped (and had most of the photos).

C_F said:
Thank you very much. I did try Disk Digger with limited success. I was only able to recover a few photos. The full scan option requires root and I suspect it will find a lot more if rooted. That being said, I will see if I can download on PC to recover the SD card which also got wiped (and had most of the photos).
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alright wish i could help more but good luck

There was an article last week on a new update from Chainfire with the ability to root Lollipop. I have not been able to find any threads on this forum about the Verizon S5. Were we left out or is it perhaps still coming? It seems that this one would make a lot of people happy.

C_F said:
There was an article last week on a new update from Chainfire with the ability to root Lollipop. I have not been able to find any threads on this forum about the Verizon S5. Were we left out or is it perhaps still coming? It seems that this one would make a lot of people happy.
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im not sure we were probably left out to be honest because our BLs are locked

Looking to Root my Samsung Galaxy S8 SM-G950F safely

I am looking to root my Samsung Galaxy S8 so I can access deleted camera and video files accidentally deleted. Was looking to restore via EaseUS Mobile Recovery software and it calls for the phone to be rooted first.
Any helps on best method is much appreciated.
Thanks.

If you want to root without unlocking the bootloader then you can try using KingoRoot's (not to be confused with KingRoot) one-click root app.
It's the simplest way and doesn't onvolve any major risks (other than those of rooting of course). If it can't root your device then it won't try, so there is no risk of bricking your device by rooting via its app. You can also remove root easily using it.

I tried KingoRoot initially first the app version and it states if that doesn't work to try the PC version, however I cannot find a download for the PC version anywhere. It seems even on KingoRoot's website the download for Windows has been removed and the download page says for information purposes only.
If you know of another place I can get the download for KingoRoot?

I wouldn't recommend the pc app. It's probably better if you do it yourself via magisk and twrp.

Any chance you could link me to a guide for that specific for my model of phone?

4ramsayc said:
Any chance you could link me to a guide for that specific for my model of phone?
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you have the exynos variant or the snapdragon one?

Its the exynos variant

Wait you can't root without unlock bootloader, which in the process, will wipe your phone clean, so it kind of defeats the purpose.
Kingoroot and those stiff doesn't work since Android 6 (those are tech one thousand years ago)

4ramsayc said:
I am looking to root my Samsung Galaxy S8 so I can access deleted camera and video files accidentally deleted. Was looking to restore via EaseUS Mobile Recovery software and it calls for the phone to be rooted first.
Any helps on best method is much appreciated.
Thanks.
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There are apps which can get deleted photos back without root. Also if deleted with google photos then you can get them back from the bin. If you're data is being backed up to any cloud storage service then you can most likely get it back from the bin.

Thanks for all your info