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hey guys!
my N4 is annoying the crap out of me, multiple stuff "not responding" constantly, only fixable by a restart.
im running slimbean, which i probably won't anymore, but im not sure if that is the issue.
i want to format my machine 100%, just leave the bootloader unlocked, and install a totally new install of a different rom,
i heavent decided yet but i know that if i just flash a new rom (and also do the 2 wipe cach things) the issues continue because i already
did that before.
so what exactly do i have to do in order to clean the machine, and than have a reallly fresh new install?
ty!
Well... I'm coming from Optimus 2X so I have no idea what I'm talking about, but when I want to do a complete format I go to recovery and in "mounts and storage" I choose format /sdcard.
I guess that also exists in nexus 4?
Oh wait... just realized that there is no external sdcard in nexus 4
So... I guess if you do that you would have to use "adb" to push recovery and a flashable ROM... does that make sense to you?
Or you could try to just format /system!
I would recommend following this guide on how to install the factory image. It will restore everything, including the bootloader, but you can just unlock it again afterwards. Or just not flash the bootloader image.
Johmama said:
I would recommend following this guide on how to install the factory image. It will restore everything, including the bootloader, but you can just unlock it again afterwards. Or just not flash the bootloader image.
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hey buddy thanks for the link...
ill try it out tommorow, hopfully itt'll solve all my issues.
anyone would like to recommend a good stable mod? (besides CM maybe?) im sick of all these non responding crashes
Hi guys,
I tried to update my Nexus 4 to 4.4 when Google pushed the update out for it yesterday, I forgot I had unlocked the phone (I don't have any custom ROMs on it, just SuperSU.)
Every time I try and power it on, the loading screen is endless, although I can hold power and volume down to enter recovery mode, nothing seems to be working.
I am a bit of a novice so any help or suggestions would be really appreciated!
Thanks.
The first few pages of the forum is littered with posts like this, i was in the same situation.
What i did was download the 4.3 rom from google, and flash /boot and /system onto the phone. I suspect the 4.4 rom would also work.
This got the phone booting without harming (most of) my data, but much of the UI was mangled and didnt work properly. I tried to backup my images over USB but it didnt work, you might have a better result. I also wanted to backup my SMS but they had all vanished.
I rebooted the phone to recovery (TWRP) and used adb to backup the sdcard (adb pull /sdcard sdcard) then did a full flash using the 4.4 rom downloaded from google and that got it working again. Then i reflashed the latest version of TWRP recovery and SuperSU.
Hope that helps.
That's really helpful, thanks! Is there ANY chance of a step-by-step? I'm a complete 'noob' probably a mistake to root in the first place :crying:
If you're busy don't worry, just don't want to **** things up more than I have haha.
Thanks, appreciate it.
GeorgeAmodio said:
That's really helpful, thanks! Is there ANY chance of a step-by-step? I'm a complete 'noob' probably a mistake to root in the first place :crying:
If you're busy don't worry, just don't want to **** things up more than I have haha.
Thanks, appreciate it.
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Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
gee2012 said:
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
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Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
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Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
Edit: Solved.
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Cheers guys, a lot more helpful than the bloke from Google. Will try it in the morning!
This will surely help
If somebody is facing boot loop after kitkat update on nexus 4 and no data backup can try to go to safe mode and backup their data. To goto safe mode on boot screen just keep pressing up and down volume button for some time phone will get into safe mode and can be backed up.
Hi,
It also happened to me, dont know if it is related to having ROOT or not, but i had to manually flash factory image (4.4) and it worked. I flashed everything except userimage.img but on first boot it took like 15 minutes to reboot and then all my personal data (photo, music...) was gone....
So just be cautious before upgrading!
Hi,
It also happened to me, dont know if it is related to having ROOT or not, but i had to manually flash factory image (4.4) and it worked. I flashed everything except userimage.img but on first boot it took like 15 minutes to reboot and then all my personal data (photo, music...) was gone....
So just be cautious before upgrading!
gee2012 said:
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
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Yeah that is pretty much what I did to fix mine except that I did not flash the userdata (step 10 in chapter D) so that I would't loose my data.
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Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
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What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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I don't know what any of that means or how to do it...
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I don't know what any of that means or how to do it...
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This is sideload guide. And the is the rom I used to sideload before: Purity. After I had successfully booted into the system. I flashed 4.4 factory images using this awesome noob friendly guide for a clean kitkat update.
arffrhn said:
I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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iamj00 said:
What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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Installing the driver. Refer to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992345
Boot to bootloader and connect to your PC, usually Windows will find the driver automatically
Hi,
I want to install the ROM here on my Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505). I rooted and installed CM on it about 4 months ago, but since have forgotten anything about the process except for towelroot lol. My phone is currently running jflte snapshot M10 ROM for CM. Unfortunately, I have grown quite sick of it as I find I have to restart my phone once, maybe twice a day for everything to run smoothly. I run into problems where the WiFi likes to get stuck saying 'Turning on..'. Ive also been having problems with Google Maps and GPS lately and havent been able to rely on it, possibly its an issue its having with CM. I want to have the fresh Lollipop feel on my phone without any problems if possible. The only trouble is I dont know how to get there. Can anyone help me? Ive completely forgotten the process needed and when I try to look for it on here I am overwhelmed with things I need to do, which version I need to use etc etc. If anyone would be able to help me achieve this it would be greatly appreciated. In the end I just want a nice Lollipop android phone that doesn't have problems on my current S4 (Id rather not have to get a new phone at least until December ) I'm pretty sure I dont have a custom kernel or anything like that as it mentioned in some pages that I will need to get one I think? I also have philz CWM installed.
You have Philz installed, so you don't need to root again. Download the ROM and follow the instructions on the page.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
You have Philz installed, so you don't need to root again. Download the ROM and follow the instructions on the page.
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It also mentioned to make sure I have the latest modem for my variant, how do I check/update that?
In regards to the kernel (which has a link on the same page), what do I do with that?
I don't have the latest modem for my I9505 and that ROM works perfectly fine. Where you've been on a custom ROM for a while finding out which modem you're supposed to use may be difficult. That's also why I recommend not worrying about it, unless you need to.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
I don't have the latest modem for my I9505 and that ROM works perfectly fine. Where you've been on a custom ROM for a while finding out which modem you're supposed to use may be difficult. That's also why I recommend not worrying about it, unless you need to.
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Ok thanks. In regards to the kernel that is linked on the page, I guess I would be at an advantage if I downloaded and installed that too. How do I install it?
If' we're talking the same GPE ROM, and I think we are, the kernel is included in the ROM download. You'll be prompted to select a kernel when you run the install through the recovery.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
If' we're talking the same GPE ROM, and I think we are, the kernel is included in the ROM download. You'll be prompted to select a kernel when you run the install through the recovery.
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Ok thanks a lot!
So process:
Backup data/photos etc
Nandroid backup
Full wipe using philz?
Flash ROM
Done?
You've got it.
When you are prompted to select the kernel, use the Googy Max kernel. The stock kernel sometimes causes random reboots. Also, on first boot the S4 will sit for a fair amount of time before prompting you to set a language. THIS IS NORMAL. It's because Android 5.0.x uses Art instead of Dalvik, and has to compile the apps the first time around.
In other words, after rebooting, just be patient.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
You've got it.
When you are prompted to select the kernel, use the Googy Max kernel. The stock kernel sometimes causes random reboots. Also, on first boot the S4 will sit for a fair amount of time before prompting you to set a language. THIS IS NORMAL. It's because Android 5.0.x uses Art instead of Dalvik, and has to compile the apps the first time around.
In other words, after rebooting, just be patient.
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Ok, thanks a lot for the help! Greatly appreciated. Hope I dont run into any problems
I installed that ROM on Sunday, so what I did is still fresh in my mind. If you have problems, just use this thread and quote me. I'll do my best to help.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
I installed that ROM on Sunday, so what I did is still fresh in my mind. If you have problems, just use this thread and quote me. I'll do my best to help.
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All installed, was quite easy! Looks bloody beautiful, love it already. Thanks a heap!
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
I installed that ROM on Sunday, so what I did is still fresh in my mind. If you have problems, just use this thread and quote me. I'll do my best to help.
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I made and error when backing up and didnt back up my photos onto a computer Is there any way that my nandroid recovery or titanium backup have saved my photos and how could I recover them?
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I made and error when backing up and didnt back up my photos onto a computer Is there any way that my nandroid recovery or titanium backup have saved my photos and how could I recover them?
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No, they are gone forever.
How is that even possible that you wiped them? Wiping in the custom recovery never touches your internal storage by default. So you have done it yourself. You probably did a factory reset from within android itself. Never do that again. Use the custom recovery for wiping only and you never will have this problem again.
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No, they are gone forever.
How is that even possible that you wiped them? Wiping in the custom recovery never touches your internal storage by default. So you have done it yourself. You probably did a factory reset from within android itself. NEVER DO THAT AGAIN. Use the custom recovery for wiping only and you never will have this problem again.
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Are you sure about that? It happened the first time I flashed a ROM. Wiped cache, wiped Dalvik through CWM. Never did a factory reset. No need for caps.
jc258 said:
Are you sure about that? It happened the first time I flashed a ROM. Wiped cache, wiped Dalvik through CWM. Never did a factory reset. No need for caps.
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No it's not possible for it to happen without you doing so. Unless you encrypted your phone or something.
ps removed the caps
The rom he installed has an aroma installer which offers the option to do a simple wipe (Dalvik, cache and data), no wipe (Dirty flash) and a factory reset (which also wipes the internal storage).
By default it is set on factory reset option.
It also says in red letters that this option is recommended.
So maybe he left it on factory reset (since it was also recommended) , instead of changing it to simple wipe, and that wiped the whole phone, including the internal storage.
Will a software that recovers deleted files not work? Since the phone wasn't encrypted.
It would if Windows saw the internal storage as a drive. Due to MTP it doesn't. He'll have to do a search, but there was another S4 owner who lost his photos and was trying to get them back. I don't know if a solution was ever found.
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The rom he installed has an aroma installer which offers the option to do a simple wipe (Dalvik, cache and data), no wipe (Dirty flash) and a factory reset (which also wipes the internal storage).
By default it is set on factory reset option.
It also says in red letters that this option is recommended.
So maybe he left it on factory reset (since it was also recommended) , instead of changing it to simple wipe, and that wiped the whole phone, including the internal storage.
Will a software that recovers deleted files not work? Since the phone wasn't encrypted.
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If that's the case then shame on the developer. A factory reset in a custom recovery should leave the internal storage intact.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
It would if Windows saw the internal storage as a drive. Due to MTP it doesn't. He'll have to do a search, but there was another S4 owner who lost his photos and was trying to get them back. I don't know if a solution was ever found.
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No it's impossible. Once it's gone the files are permanently gone. Not even a professional company can restore them. That's because of TRIM that Android has from version 4.3.
Lennyz1988 said:
If that's the case then shame on the developer. A factory reset in a custom recovery should leave the internal storage intact.
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It's not in the recovery. It's in the aroma installer. Those are 2 different things.
Besides, there is a description, under each setting, of what each one does.
@Lennyz1988: Perhaps you should bring this up with the developers of the ROM and see what they say. I suspect they have a very good reason for wiping the internal storage, and my gut instinct tells me it has to do with the Android folder on there.
On the flip side, thanks for the homework you gave me. I have to look into what TRIM is all about, as my last device was powered by Gingerbread.
Basically what I did was follow this guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
I used step number 9 to install the MHC19I update while I was on Pure Nexus ROM and Elemental X Kernel. Then, I went ahead and dirty flashed the newer version of the ROM and kernel, but I made a nandroid back-up beforehand on TWRP 3.0.0.1. So when it finished and reboot, none of the apps worked. Everything I tried to open gave me a message saying "unforunately X has stopped" with a report and ok button options. Couldn't really use the phone at all. So I tried restoring the back up that I made and now it's either 1)taking a really long time or 2) not booting up at all because all it says is Google with the white unlocked lock at the bottom and hasn't changed.
I'm pretty sure I messed up pretty bad, so I'd appreciate some guidance on what to do. Thank you
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Basically what I did was follow this guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
I used step number 9 to install the MHC19I update while I was on Pure Nexus ROM and Elemental X Kernel. Then, I went ahead and dirty flashed the newer version of the ROM and kernel, but I made a nandroid back-up beforehand on TWRP 3.0.0.1. So when it finished and reboot, none of the apps worked. Everything I tried to open gave me a message saying "unforunately X has stopped" with a report and ok button options. Couldn't really use the phone at all. So I tried restoring the back up that I made and now it's either 1)taking a really long time or 2) not booting up at all because all it says is Google with the white unlocked lock at the bottom and hasn't changed.
I'm pretty sure I messed up pretty bad, so I'd appreciate some guidance on what to do. Thank you
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If you followed step 9 you should be on the latest vendor, bootloader and radio. Go to the pure nexus thread and download the the newest Gapps release. I would verify the rom download and make sure it wasn't corrupted. Maybe redownload it to make sure. Boot in to TWRP and go to advance wipe. Select everything except internal data. Once it is wiped go to install and flash PureNexus rom, Gapps and then your custom kernal if you wish. You should be good to go after that.
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Go to the pure nexus thread and download the the newest Gapps release... Once it is wiped go to install and flash PureNexus rom, Gapps and then your custom kernal if you wish. You should be good to go after that.
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Thanks, I will try this right now. Just a question though, once I download Gapps, how do I flash it on the phone since I don't have it downloaded on my phone?
suckafoola said:
Basically what I did was follow this guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
I used step number 9 to install the MHC19I update while I was on Pure Nexus ROM and Elemental X Kernel. Then, I went ahead and dirty flashed the newer version of the ROM and kernel, but I made a nandroid back-up beforehand on TWRP 3.0.0.1. So when it finished and reboot, none of the apps worked. Everything I tried to open gave me a message saying "unforunately X has stopped" with a report and ok button options. Couldn't really use the phone at all. So I tried restoring the back up that I made and now it's either 1)taking a really long time or 2) not booting up at all because all it says is Google with the white unlocked lock at the bottom and hasn't changed.
I'm pretty sure I messed up pretty bad, so I'd appreciate some guidance on what to do. Thank you
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The problem is most likely that you dirty flashed the ROM. Also, what partitions did you backup/restore?
Worse comes to worst, you can just flash the factory image to boot back up
suckafoola said:
Thanks, I will try this right now. Just a question though, once I download Gapps, how do I flash it on the phone since I don't have it downloaded on my phone?
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You can add gapps to your phone using adb or just connect your phone to your computer when you are in TWRP, your computer should recognize your phone's internal storage and you can just move it there.
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Thanks, I will try this right now. Just a question though, once I download Gapps, how do I flash it on the phone since I don't have it downloaded on my phone?
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You can download it in your PC then just plug your phone in and transfer the file over. Your phone will most likely be defaulted to USB charge mode though. Once you plug it in to your USB port an option on your phone should pop up to be able to change it to mtp file transfer. Then just copy the file to your internal storage, reboot in to TWRp and flash it in the steps above.
I use Superbeam a lot to transfer files from my computer to my phone if I don't want to find the plug to hook up the phone to the computer. I have also used pushbullet to send the link to my phone, and then download the file directly to the phone.
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So quick question, what steps would I have to take to essentially "start fresh" but while still keeping root and twrp. I want to go back to stock or a stock-like ROM but I want to declutter the phone and backups I've made.
Any easy and efficient way to do this?
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Hey
So quick question, what steps would I have to take to essentially "start fresh" but while still keeping root and twrp. I want to go back to stock or a stock-like ROM but I want to declutter the phone and backups I've made.
Any easy and efficient way to do this?
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Look at step 9 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
You'll just have to do a factory reset in twrp.
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Look at step 9 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
You'll just have to do a factory reset in twrp.
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Hey, thanks for the response. I'm still a little lost on what to do exactly, sorry.
So I would have to do every single thing in Step 9 or just a part of it?
Did you root the device yourself? Have you personally flashed any roms? If not, I suggest reading through the entire thread I posted. If you did that stuff yourself what doesn't make sense?
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Did you root the device yourself? Have you personally flashed any roms? If not, I suggest reading through the entire thread I posted. If you did that stuff yourself what doesn't make sense?
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Yeah, I rooted everything myself and I've flashed like two ROMs so far (and I used the root method from the link you sent), but I just want to go back to stock or a stock-like ROM, while still preserving root and twrp. I read step 9 from the link you sent, my question is if I have to do every single thing in step 9, or do I have to do only a specific part from it, or do something in addition to step 9?
Apologies for any confusion
Forget what I said about factory reset in TWRP. Just do everything in step 9. Note that it says you might have to flash TWRP and SuperSU again. Not a big deal though.
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Forget what I said about factory reset in TWRP. Just do everything in step 9. Note that it says you might have to flash TWRP and SuperSU again. Not a big deal though.
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Okay, sounds good. Just to be sure. Does it matter if I'm on Pure Nexus ROM? Will I still be able to do Step 9 without any problems?
thats right
Did I mention that I wanted it to free up space on my internal storage? I'm gonna make a full back up of my phone and transfer it to my PC, so I would want it to clear all the data as well. It will do that too right? I hope I'm making sense.
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Did I mention that I wanted it to free up space on my internal storage? I'm gonna make a full back up of my phone and transfer it to my PC, so I would want it to clear all the data as well. It will do that too right? I hope I'm making sense.
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If you want to wipe your internal storage as well you'd need to follow section 10 instead in section 9, make sure you backup everything first because the whole phone will be wiped. If you skip flashing the recovery image you should be able to keep TWRP on your phone.
By the way, there's no way to preserve root when doing something like this, or when changing ROMs. Your root resides in the system partition which is overwritten when flashing the factory images or a ROM zip. It's simple to get back though, you just flash the SuperSU zip again.
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If you want to wipe your internal storage as well you'd need to follow section 10 instead in section 9, make sure you backup everything first because the whole phone will be wiped. If you skip flashing the recovery image you should be able to keep TWRP on your phone.
By the way, there's no way to preserve root when doing something like this, or when changing ROMs. Your root resides in the system partition which is overwritten when flashing the factory images or a ROM zip. It's simple to get back though, you just flash the SuperSU zip again.
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Okay get it. And by using step 10 will it still keep my phones booger loader unlocked? Apart from not flashing the recovery, is there anything else I would have to skip or add when doing step 10?
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Okay get it. And by using step 10 will it still keep my phones booger loader unlocked? Apart from not flashing the recovery, is there anything else I would have to skip or add when doing step 10?
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Your bootloader will remain unlocked unless you deliberately issue the "fastboot flashing lock" command. There's nothing else you'd need to add/remove.
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Your bootloader will remain unlocked unless you deliberately issue the "fastboot flashing lock" command. There's nothing else you'd need to add/remove.
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Okay I tried doing Step 10 and skipped the part where I had to flash the recovery. Everything went good, no errors or anything. Here's the thing though, even after choosing factory reset and performing the rest of the steps, my data, like pictures, videos, downloads, etc, are still there. I thought it would completely delete everything? Did I do something wrong?
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Okay I tried doing Step 10 and skipped the part where I had to flash the recovery. Everything went good, no errors or anything. Here's the thing though, even after choosing factory reset and performing the rest of the steps, my data, like pictures, videos, downloads, etc, are still there. I thought it would completely delete everything? Did I do something wrong?
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Did you issue the "fastboot format userdata" command?