Rooted N7 wifi updated to 4.4.2 lost root and recovery. - Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

The subject should say it all except this is the 2012 version of nexus7. I already have a flashable zip of cwm touch in /sdcard/ but its not being picked up possibly because recovery has gone bad.
I am trying to reinstall recovery ideally cwm without using a PC. Can anyone help?

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[Q] not able to root the 4.4

can any one help me with that please?
I flashed the kitkat to my nexus 4,,, installed the last version of twrp recovery
moved the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.69.zip to sd and flashed it using the recovery
the phone reboot but there is no root access :crying:
any help?
have you opened the supersu app? did it ask you to update your binaries?

lost root after 4.4.2 upgrade, cant re-root

hello guys,
I had 4.4.1 rom+kernel stock, rooted and custom recovery, after the OTA to 4.4.2 lost my root and recovery.
tried re-root with wug's but it gets stuck on "pushing root file to you device".
got superSU application but cant remove it because its system application.
Is there a way to root it?
thanks.
Same here except i had cwm touch latest. It seems i have lost my recovery too. If i try and boot into the recovery menu i get the open hood android with a red triangle.
No custom kernel only custom recovery.
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I lost my custom recovery too. But I just reflashed it (adb reboot bootloader, then flashed a downloaded custom recovery via fastboot), and then reflashed SuperSU as well.
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I'm having the same problem. Root undone, and recovery went back to stock. Custom recovery doesn't stick after reboot.
santoshgs said:
I'm having the same problem. Root undone, and recovery went back to stock. Custom recovery doesn't stick after reboot.
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I was in the same situation after my OTA of 4.4.2
I had nexus root toolkit, tried to put in twrp with it failed.
Then updated to the latest nrt and then I could flash the latest twrp, havent tried cwm.
and eventually got the root back using nrt
7thAkash said:
I was in the same situation after my OTA of 4.4.2
I had nexus root toolkit, tried to put in twrp with it failed.
Then updated to the latest nrt and then I could flash the latest twrp, havent tried cwm.
and eventually got the root back using nrt
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Ah, glad that it worked! ^_^
santoshgs said:
I'm having the same problem. Root undone, and recovery went back to stock. Custom recovery doesn't stick after reboot.
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Found the solution to my problem. Used CF Auto Root instead of manually flashing SuperSU again. Cheers guys!
http://download.chainfire.eu/363/CF...merhead-hammerhead-nexus5.zip?retrieve_file=1
Same thing happened to me. just use fastboot to flash CWM, then before you reboot go into the recovery. then next time you reboot it will still be there. For some reason if I flash the recovery then reboot without entering recovery it will loose the recovery.
Once you have the recovery back, just flash the SuperSU binary through CWM.
Also, IMHO, dont use toolkits... you dont really know whats going on when you use those. Learn to use ADB & fastboot. They are really simple to use and you will be better able to help yourself when you have problems in the future.

[Q] 4.4.2 root enquiry

Sorry for the dumb question, don't know much about rooting devices. I had root access in 4.4, but without thinking, when prompted to install 4.4.2,
I installed the update. To root it again do I have to do anything different than normal?
Do you have custom recovery? Copy supersu zip to /sdcard boot into recovery and run the zip. http://download.chainfire.eu/372/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip?retrieve_file=1
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[Q] How do you update a rooted Nexus 7 (2012)?

Hi there!
I have a Nexus 7 (2012) with Xposed, Busybox, MultiROM and root installed with a custom recovery and a modded build.prop. When I try to install the update.zip with TWRP, it fails. So I uninstalled busybox and Xposed, and it still fails. So, I restored build.prop and it still fails! The MultiROM is just a modded recovery, kernel and boot.IMG which shouldn't affect the process as far as I'm aware.
I want to update it from 4.4 to 4.4.2, I just can't get it to work.
Any help will be appreciated!
Thanks,
JJE990
when in twrp (make sure it is most current) be sure to check mounts are not checked. uncheck all of them if you want to. you can also try rebooting to bootloader from twrp and them directly into recovery from there.

Upgrading TWRP and Root Problem

So basicly I just want to upgrade my TWRP version (from 2.6.3.2 to 2.6.3.3+) in order to flash new kitkat roms.
But I have 2 issues:
1) I have rooted my device and installed TWRP 2.6.3.2 on my LG stock rom, then I wanted to change rom, so I wiped all but internal storage and flashed Beanstalk 4.4.2 + GAPPS. Now it looks like there's a problem with my root access (root checker says that there is a problem and superSU won't install binary updates). Recovery works fine. Do I need to root my phone again or what? Can I just do these steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887 all over again?
Edit: Ok, After flashing http://download.chainfire.eu/376/SuperSU/, I just needed to deativate supersu and reactivate it. Now it works just fine!
2) I wanted to upgrade my TWRP using FreeGee, but it looks like the app couldn't load without root access (Issue 1). So can I upgrade it with just doing these steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 all over again?
Sorry for the long questions.
Thanks
Download the zip file for twrp. Boot into recovery and install the zip
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