n4 help! can't get rom installed, want to revert to stock - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi,
total noob here (just putting that upfront). i have a n4 that had a rom called paranoid android on it, but want to revert the phone back to stock 4.4.
the problem is, i think i deleted the rom off my phone. i am trying to do the recovery, but i don't see downloads in my sd card directory.
what can i do to take a badly worked on phone and get it back to stock? if there's a link to a video, that would be great too. i have the teamwin recovery program on this phone.
from what i gather, i need to download the stock drivers, the actual os, and gapps. is that it? my local phone nerd said he can do it with samsung, but not lg. why that would matter, i have no idea. thanks again for any help, and again, i am a noob, so posting dumbed down directions as possible would be great.
thanks

dmoss74 said:
hi,
total noob here (just putting that upfront). i have a n4 that had a rom called paranoid android on it, but want to revert the phone back to stock 4.4.
the problem is, i think i deleted the rom off my phone. i am trying to do the recovery, but i don't see downloads in my sd card directory.
what can i do to take a badly worked on phone and get it back to stock? if there's a link to a video, that would be great too. i have the teamwin recovery program on this phone.
from what i gather, i need to download the stock drivers, the actual os, and gapps. is that it? my local phone nerd said he can do it with samsung, but not lg. why that would matter, i have no idea. thanks again for any help, and again, i am a noob, so posting dumbed down directions as possible would be great.
thanks
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Make sure you read and understand it first.
Sent with my Nexus® 10 minus 3

Berrydroidcafe said:
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Make sure you read and understand it first.
Sent with my Nexus® 10 minus 3
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will do, thanks.

got it! thank you so much. that is a killer toolkit.

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restore from ROM manager bricked my phone

I did a search and couldn't find much help.
I recently dropped my phone and the screen got a slight crack, so the insurance company sent me a new one.
I figured I'd use ROM manager to backup my old phone, and restore it on my new phone.
New phone restores, reboots, and gets stuck at the black Vibrant screen.
I can get back into recovery mode fine, but nothing seems to work.
I let it sit at the Vibrant screen for about an hour before I try again.
Its attempt 3 when I decided to come on this site for some help.
Specs:
Stock
Rooted
Launcher pro
Nothing too much to be confusing and brick, so wtf?
Oh and I understand I could use odin to reflash my phone, please please please don't suggest odin, because I don't own a PC, I own a mac. Please don't tell me to go out and buy a PC or to download a program that costs $50 to use PC programs on a mac. I could have told myself that kind of information.
HELP, my brand new phone is destroyed wahhhh
From the sound of it you still have your old phone. If so, rather than restore using nandroid, try downloading a copy of titanium backup to backup/restore your apps. I have found that sms restore does a good job restoring texts. For me those two apps get the job done restoring my info. Also, if you haven't, sync your contacts to google and they will auto sync upon load. Of course this all assumes you still have your old phone in working order. ..
Also, there are stock roms flashable via clockwork that basically do the same as odin. Check the ' bible' sticky for links.
Hope this helps
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a400meter said:
From the sound of it you still have your old phone. If so, rather than restore using nandroid, try downloading a copy of titanium backup to backup/restore your apps. I have found that sms restore does a good job restoring texts. For me those two apps get the job done restoring my info. Also, if you haven't, sync your contacts to google and they will auto sync upon load. Of course this all assumes you still have your old phone in working order. ..
Also, there are stock roms flashable via clockwork that basically do the same as odin. Check the ' bible' sticky for links.
Hope this helps
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
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I still have my old phone in working order, but that doesn't help the fact that my new phone is stuck on bootup, and can only enter recovery mode...
yelowbottlecaps said:
I still have my old phone in working order, but that doesn't help the fact that my new phone is stuck on bootup, and can only enter recovery mode...
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The only way I can think of that a nandroid restore would soft brick you, is because you have restored a version of android with a different kernel.
If the original phone had the original firmware (JFD), and the replacement had the most recent (JI6), this is what would be expected to happen.
Since you seem unable and unwilling to use Odin, your going to have to tell us more details (i.e. which versions of the firmware as related above were actually in play) before we can begin to help. If you don't know, well....
You can also simply take it back to a local T-Mobile store and do another swap, or you can find a friend with a Windows PC and Odin (or Samsung's Mini KIES with JI6). These are your only real options...
both phones had JI6
Thank you for the quick responses.
I'm not unwilling to use odin, but unless anyone knows of a free software to use PC programs on a mac, I'm SOL.
so, you got the new phone, rooted, got rom manager and then got clockwork recovery right?
You did a nandroid backup right (on the new phone), before flashing anything right?
Why not just download Fusion and flash that to get the phone up and running?
yelowbottlecaps said:
both phones had JI6
Thank you for the quick responses.
I'm not unwilling to use odin, but unless anyone knows of a free software to use PC programs on a mac, I'm SOL.
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Well hmm....so much for guessing on my part. Crossing different build kernels is one sure fire way to brick...
Well, there is a solution for Mac and Linux for reloading firmware on a Samsung phone from Download Mode, an open project called Heimdall. It does everything Odin does, but without a GUI, so it depends on how comfortable you are with commandline/shell.
I'll pass you the relevant links so you can see for yourself what's going on.
[PROGRAM] Heimdall - Cross-Platform Open-Source Flashing Software (1.0.0 Available)
Heimdall's Website, with downloads...
XDA Dev Thread with JI6 Odin .tar file....
Best of luck!
s15274n said:
so, you got the new phone, rooted, got rom manager and then got clockwork recovery right?
You did a nandroid backup right (on the new phone), before flashing anything right?
Why not just download Fusion and flash that to get the phone up and running?
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True that...Why didn't I think of that obvious ploy. If he can get into Recovery, and bounce over to clockwork...Well now's a good a time as any to try Bionix or Bionix Fusion...or a few other of the CW Recovery installable builds...Definitely easier than Heimdall or working out Odin on a mac....and definitely preferable to staring at a Vibrant logo...
{{facepalm}}
masterotaku said:
Well hmm....so much for guessing on my part. Crossing different build kernels is one sure fire way to brick...
Well, there is a solution for Mac and Linux for reloading firmware on a Samsung phone from Download Mode, an open project called Heimdall. It does everything Odin does, but without a GUI, so it depends on how comfortable you are with commandline/shell.
I'll pass you the relevant links so you can see for yourself what's going on.
Best of luck!
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If there was a step by step walkthrough, I have no problem trying this out.
But I downloaded it and have no idea what I'm doing. Therefore, still SOL
^ are you? You didn't answer my questions.
I'm gonna guess and say you also dl'd the oclf from the market to root too... so now you can't get back into CwR... right?
If you can get adb to recognize your phone then your not SOL. Im not sure what the exact command lines would be but you could delete the update.zip and replace it with another ROM. GL
I just tried using Odin on my roommates PC. An error happened and now the phone is showing a picture of a phone, a couple dots, an exclamation mark, a couple dots, and a computer.
Nothing I can do is taking it out of this screen. Unplugged from computer, took out battery, took out sd card, put it back in... nothing
Am I bricked for good now?
This is a terrible day.
edit: i managed to be able to get the phone into download mode.
No you are not completely bricked! Honestly that is almost impossible on this phone. The only way you'll lose this phone is if YOU give up.
Just keep trying and take a few deep breathes. Take a break actually. Just redo the process from step one.
Edit: you're half way there. Just flash Eugene's froyo that doesn't brixk, reboot, flash JFD or JI6, reboot... then you'll be right back to out of the box status.
All~G1 said:
I'm gonna guess and say you also dl'd the oclf from the market to root too... so now you can't get back into CwR... right?
If you can get adb to recognize your phone then your not SOL. Im not sure what the exact command lines would be but you could delete the update.zip and replace it with another ROM. GL
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If someone can back this up with some instructions that would be amazing.
All~G1 said:
No you are not completely bricked! Honestly that is almost impossible on this phone. The only way you'll lose this phone is if YOU give up.
Just keep trying and take a few deep breathes. Take a break actually. Just redo the process from step one.
Edit: you're half way there. Just flash Eugene's froyo that doesn't brixk, reboot, flash JFD or JI6, reboot... then you'll be right back to out of the box status.
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Thank you for the motivation!
yelowbottlecaps said:
Thank you for the motivation!
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No worries, we've all been there. It took me 6 hours lol. Best part is after you go through this once it will only take you 5-10 mins the next time. The hard part is just getting everything setup in the mist of anger, frustration, fear & panic.
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No worries, we've all been there. It took me 6 hours lol. Best part is after you go through this once it will only take you 5-10 mins the next time. The hard part is just getting everything setup in the mist of anger, frustration, fear & panic.
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and in the midst of a roommate that needs his pc back.
I still need a fix that would work for macs... if not, I'd have to wait for my roommate to let me bum his pc again
Do my posts not show up or something? wtf.
s15274n said:
Do my posts not show up or something? wtf.
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/me pats s15274n on the back....don't get mad...get even! =P
Honestly, sounds like yelow's focusing on getting all the help s/he needs from All~G1. I wouldn't worry about it.
~SB

[SOLVED] Vibrant Root Concerns

Hey there. I rooted my Vibrant successfully, but realized I left some important things out. I used this guide to root my Vibrant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
The problems:
1) I can't nandroid (not that I need to, I only have 4 apps)
2) I would like to install either Miui v4 or CyanogenMod 9 but cannot as my recovery screen does not show me the options to do so (I only get the 4 options you normally would get unrooted, such as "Reinstall Packages"), so I'm stuck with the lame default homescreen.
3) I'm currently on 2.1-update1; should I upgrade to 2.2? If so, must I unroot to upgrade, and then reroot? And if this were the case, how do you unroot, and can I reroot using the same method in the link above?
Also, I was looking at this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sa...te_Guide#Installing_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery
and noticed the line "This guide assumes the Samsung Vibrant already has Android 2.2 build UVKB5 already installed on it."
Does this mean 2.2 is required to install the CWM Recovery?
Thank you.
I'm not sure how you don't have CWM recovery if you followed the guide as it is written. Maybe its because the 2.1 is updated? I would do the following and see if that's all it takes. You definitely don't want to update to stock 2.2 via Kies or anything of that nature.
Worst case scenario, we can have you Odin back to stock JFD. You'll be smooth sailing from there.
Search the forums and find the update.zip for CWM for our Vibrant.
Put that on the lowest level of your INTERNAL storage. Not your microsd card. For example f:\update.zip
Now go to your boring 4 option stock recovery and select reinstall packages. It will reboot to the same boring screen. Select reinstall packages again, and it will reboot into Clockwork Mod Recovery.
Let me know if that does anything for you. Also what version of stock recovery do you have?
Toast6977 said:
Search the forums and find the update.zip for CWM for our Vibrant.
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Can pull that directly from my signature, if OP wants. (Only works on Eclair [JFD] build btw)
Also OP, You will have to have a ROM that you are going to want to flash saved on your Internal SD card. Jsut download it, put in a folder and follow the ROM OP's instructions. Since you are fresh and new, I would NOT suggest flashing anything of ICS or JB until you get the hang of things first.
Read, read and then read somemore. When it comes time to flash ICS or beyond, there is a guide in my signature. Good luck and make sure to hit Toast's "Thanks" button. He is a good asset to have around here.
Wow! I was hesitant to even check today, let it alone this early! Did not think that I would have two very useful replies waiting for me. Thanks guys, much appreciated!
I'll try the Odin thing out first before I even try to flash (you need root first before flashing, I'm assuming). Just out of curiosity, what is JFD and Odin? I'm still gonna try it out using the guides found here, but just curious.
EDIT: Damn, it worked like a charm! Now I have CWM. The mistake I made was that I only installed the Superuser/ROOT and not both. Gonna play with it for a bit now
I'm glad that your issue was solved
If you have any other questions/issues feel free to hit us up. We tend to lurk around these parts from time to time.
--you could now modify the title of this post to add [Solved] to the title or contact Oka1 and let him know it's case closed.--
Toast6977 said:
I'm glad that your issue was solved
If you have any other questions/issues feel free to hit us up. We tend to lurk around these parts from time to time.
--you could now modify the title of this post to add [Solved] to the title or contact Oka1 and let him know it's case closed.--
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Thank you for teaching me the etiquette around here as well

[Q] Nexus 4, 4.3 Update, and Royally lost my phone

Hey all, my name is AJ and I'm currently in a dilema,
Currently I have a Nexus 4 with TWRP v2.5 on it.
And in the current state that it's in, It has no ROM to install from. And because of the 4.3 update, I can't even seem to get past the google or the x logos. And to make matters worse, I never got to even plug in the phone to my computer so at the moment my computer doesn't even recognize the phone. I'm on the brink on losing it and I have no idea what to do. Could anyone help me out? I'm pleading for your assistance.
Hold volume down while booting to enter bootloader. First I would boot into recovery and do a factory reset to see if that will make it boot. If not, you should be able to use fastboot to flash the factory images using efrant's guide in General. Fastboot will work in bootloader. Just skip the recovery. You might try erasing each partition before flashing.
estallings15 said:
Hold volume down while booting to enter bootloader. First I would not into recovery and do a factory reset to see if that will make it boot. If not, you should be able to use fastboot to flash the factory images using efrant's guide in General. Fastboot will work in bootloader. Just skip the recovery. You might try erasing each partition before flashing.
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Thank you!
I'll definitely try this out!
I'll let you know what happens!
Theronia said:
Thank you!
I'll definitely try this out!
I'll let you know what happens!
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Good luck. Learning to fix your phone with fastboot is the best way. You'll be able to fix almost anything from here on out.
estallings15 said:
Good luck. Learning to fix your phone with fastboot is the best way. You'll be able to fix almost anything from here on out.
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Could you link me to efrant's guide?
I can't seem to find it at the moment.
Theronia said:
Could you link me to efrant's guide?
I can't seem to find it at the moment.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Make sure to use the 4.3 images. If that won't work, you can always go back to 4.2.2.
estallings15 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Make sure to use the 4.3 images. If that won't work, you can always go back to 4.2.2.
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So currently, I'm in the process of getting the drivers, but the thing is, my computer can't even recognize that there's a phone connected. And when I check my computer, I'm really not to sure which options to choose from. In efrant's guide, I tried locating devices but to no avail I don't see it in my menus. If at all possible would you be willing to work with me through skype? I'm a complete and utter noob.
Theronia said:
So currently, I'm in the process of getting the drivers, but the thing is, my computer can't even recognize that there's a phone connected. And when I check my computer, I'm really not to sure which options to choose from. In efrant's guide, I tried locating devices but to no avail I don't see it in my menus. If at all possible would you be willing to work with me through skype? I'm a complete and utter noob.
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Check your PM.
There is a bug whereby if you have a 16 GB phone your phone will only register as being 8 GB after flashing 4.3. If you have a 16 GB phone and you only see 8 GB, reset it to factory within Android and it should show up as 16 GB. I learned about this the hard way.
Acuity said:
There is a bug whereby if you have a 16 GB phone your phone will only register as being 8 GB after flashing 4.3. If you have a 16 GB phone and you only see 8 GB, reset it to factory within Android and it should show up as 16 GB. I learned about this the hard way.
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The thing is I can't even restore back to android on TWRP v2.5.
I have no ROM to reset to or even load.
So getting to factory settings is really what I would like to do.
Theronia said:
The thing is I can't even restore back to android on TWRP v2.5.
I have no ROM to reset to or even load.
So getting to factory settings is really what I would like to do.
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This contains the image you will need to restore your phone...
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
You will restore your phone through fastboot (you don't need to go into recovery for this).
I read in your above post that you're having trouble getting your computer to recognize your phone. Get into fastboot mode and plug your USB cable into your computer -- you should see under Android Device "Google Nexus 4 BootLoader Interface". If you don't see this, most likely you have a driver issue. I was having this same issue, but attributed it to a bad/old driver since I hadn't updated my drivers since I rooted my phone almost 8 months ago via mskip's Nexus 4 Toolkit. To fix this I completely uninstalled the Android driver, restarted, and installed the latest Nexus 4 driver from Android SDK Manager.
From there you should be able to follow efrant's guide. Like estallings15's posted, this is an awesome way to learn how your phone works. I think the way most of us go into the inner workings of our phone was by totally blowing it up and needing to reload it back to stock. You might hate it now, but in the end you will look back and be happy you had the experience.
Acuity said:
This contains the image you will need to restore your phone...
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
You will restore your phone through fastboot (you don't need to go into recovery for this).
I read in your above post that you're having trouble getting your computer to recognize your phone. Get into fastboot mode and plug your USB cable into your computer -- you should see under Android Device "Google Nexus 4 BootLoader Interface". If you don't see this, most likely you have a driver issue. I was having this same issue, but attributed it to a bad/old driver since I hadn't updated my drivers since I rooted my phone almost 8 months ago via mskip's Nexus 4 Toolkit. To fix this I completely uninstalled the Android driver, restarted, and installed the latest Nexus 4 driver from Android SDK Manager.
From there you should be able to follow efrant's guide. Like estallings15's posted, this is an awesome way to learn how your phone works. I think the way most of us go into the inner workings of our phone was by totally blowing it up and needing to reload it back to stock. You might hate it now, but in the end you will look back and be happy you had the experience.
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Thanks a lot for the help guys!!
I finally got it working after a good while. And after rebooting and deleting my old drivers, I finally got the PC to recognize it. Efrant's guide was excellent, but I just had a few issues getting command prompt to work, I'm a COMPLETE NOOB with it. HAHAHAHA:laugh:
Anyways, I'm finally back on 4.2.2 with CWM. Definitely well worth my time I do say so my self.
Isn't the available internal storage for 16GB is 12.92GB ?
Acuity said:
There is a bug whereby if you have a 16 GB phone your phone will only register as being 8 GB after flashing 4.3. If you have a 16 GB phone and you only see 8 GB, reset it to factory within Android and it should show up as 16 GB. I learned about this the hard way.
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Isn't the available user internal storage for 16GB is 12.92GB ? That's the way it had been since I got my 306k, had flashed/factory reset it numerous times.
indiandragon said:
Isn't the available user internal storage for 16GB is 12.92GB ? That's the way it had been since I got my 306k, had flashed/factory reset it numerous times.
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Yes, that's what it's supposed to read. For whatever reason I was only seeing a little over 5 GB when I flashed the stock 4.3 image, and thus, had to reset to factory to fix it. The fun part was that I already had everything set up the way I like it before I had to factory reset. :silly:
Acuity said:
Yes, that's what it's supposed to read. For whatever reason I was only seeing a little over 5 GB when I flashed the stock 4.3 image, and thus, had to reset to factory to fix it. The fun part was that I already had everything set up the way I like it before I had to factory reset. :silly:
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Lol ! that's the fun alright

Stuck in TWRP on LG G2- need a Good Samaritan

First off. I'm pretty much a layman at this. Anyone that can solve my issues, I'll gladly pay via PayPal or whatever...
Two months ago, I bought a used LG G2 . It was rooted and running Lollipop.
Sadly, I was a PokemonGo junkie, so when the M'F'ng Niantic a**holes put a block on rooted phones, I attempted the Magisk workaround and ended up bricking my device.
Fortunately I found a solution via You Tube and was able to restore to the factory KitKat / AT&T.
THE CURRENT problem is that yesterday I re-rooted the device, installed TWRP, but did something wrong to where it will not fully reboot and I'm stuck in TWRP. I've watched and read about 20 "fix it" instructionals, which rely on using a PC. I'm using a laptop running XP and every time I have downloaded, installed, and tried to update the damn LG USB driver, it won't f*ing update. I'm going mad and ready to jump off a bridge.
Supposedly, this is the place to go. for answers, so ...CAN ANYONE HELP?!! Again, I'm a layman. I need VERY simple, step by step solutions, that account for ANYTHING that might go wrong, since so far, it always does.
Thank you, if you read this.
Ok Can you access to twrp ?
(Sorry for my english i'm french)
If you are in the TWRP, just download some other kk rom, transfer it to your phone and install, one question, what TWRP is it ? 2.8.7.0. ?
Kornelije23 said:
If you are in the TWRP, just download some other kk rom, transfer it to your phone and install, one question, what TWRP is it ? 2.8.7.0. ?
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Agreed. Also, if there's no communication between PC and device, you may need an OTG to flash from.
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R2MIR2MI said:
Ok Can you access to twrp ?
(Sorry for my english i'm french)
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, I can access TWRP. I just don't know what to do with it.
Dork6243 said:
Agreed. Also, if there's no communication between PC and device, you may need an OTG to flash from.
Sent from my Nexus 6 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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It's TWRP 2.7.0. I kind of know in theory what needs to be done, but I don't know how to do it. I thought I backed everything up using Titanium and TWRP, but maybe the KK ROM is gone? I dunno... I was actually hoping to install Lollipop
What model do you have?
If it is d802, then there is an easy-to-flash rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development-d802/rom-pure-stock-lg-google-apps-t3477635/page1
To transfer it to the phone, you can use OTG as Dork said: put the rom on a usb-stick and connect it to the phone with an OTG cable. Most versions of twrp support OTG.
Another way is to get linux for your PC. You're really better off with linux than XP, but you can also just boot with a live-cd. In linux, USB generally just works, though sometimes you have to be root because ordinary users may not have permission.
Thanks for the replies, but being very new at all this, I don't know how to do any of the things suggested. I ended up finding a you tube video which walked me through downloading lg flash tool and some .dll file, and on my work computer with windows 7, I was able to install the usb drivers & change the port number which allowed LG flash to work. The crappy XP didn't have that option on the device manager menu and wouldn't install the drivers.
Anyway, I got it restored to ATT stock KitKat. I wanted Lollipop and Magisk, so I tried installing TWRP with AutoRec, then got stuck in TWRP and bricked again. So I did the whole lg flash to KitKat process again. Now Im sick of messing with it and bricking my phone. I cant find any super simple step by step tutorial that makes sense to a layman like me, or that doesn't leave out steps, or provide expired links, or account for anything that could go wrong. I had hoped this was the place to come, but no luck so far. I know its time consuming for someone to make up a truly easy to follow guide for an older device, using layman terms that my grandma could follow, and I work 2 jobs and dont have hours to try to thoroughly learn OS programming, so I guess Ill just leave well enough alone and live with KitKat and without the ability to mask my root.
davizzyus said:
Thanks for the replies, but being very new at all this, I don't know how to do any of the things suggested.
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Do what everybody here has done: read. And when you say "I can access TWRP. I just don't know what to do with it." you havn't even read the basics.
Just read the provided solutions properly. The Knowledge will grow. Here's a list of methods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63327417&postcount=4
Jan Philipp said:
Do what everybody here has done: read. And when you say "I can access TWRP. I just don't know what to do with it." you havn't even read the basics.
Just read the provided solutions properly. The Knowledge will grow. Here's a list of methods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63327417&postcount=4
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I have tried reading a lot of different threads. As I said before, I don't understand the "tech talk" for lack of a better word. When I'm reading "bootload" this, and " sideboot" that, and kernels, and loki, and CM, and mods, and .kdz and ATD,....I don't know what all that means, & there's no OS dictionary to translate. I can't seem to find any threads that explain it for newcomers trying to learn.
Im an accountant. I can prepare corporate tax returns with my eyes closed, but cell phone programming is Greek to me.

From Root to Pure Nexus (7.1.2)

Requesting guidance before I brick my phone.
I currently have bootloader unlocked, twrp installed, and my nexus 6p rooted. I'm running 7.1.2. I've also changed a line in the (build.prop) provisions in order to tether free (since I am on at&t)
Basically, I'm wanting to install pure nexus. I have the custom rom file and the vendor image file.
Before I install from, I'm wondering if I need to unroot first? Also curious if how "shamu" will affect things since I'm on Angler.
Thanks!
Okay you need to stop everything you're doing and read this topic until you know what is what.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928/page577
First of all, you obviously wouldn't flash a Shamu package on Angler. That's a great way to brick your phone, permanently.
Read every single step in that guide above, even if you don't think it's pertinent to what you're trying to do. Read it a second, third, fourth, fifth time until you know the steps by heart. Until you know what's next.
Also, download the correct Angler zip file and DO NOT FLASH A SHAMU ZIP ON YOUR PHONE.
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RoyJ said:
Okay you need to stop everything you're doing and read this topic until you know what is what.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928/page577
First of all, you obviously wouldn't flash a Shamu package on Angler. That's a great way to brick your phone, permanently.
Read every single step in that guide above, even if you don't think it's pertinent to what you're trying to do. Read it a second, third, fourth, fifth time until you know the steps by heart. Until you know what's next.
Also, download the correct Angler zip file and DO NOT FLASH A SHAMU ZIP ON YOUR PHONE.
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Any help on flashing back to stock using TWRP? I unlocked the bootloader and rooted my device (never made a backup till after but still proved to be of no help as it wont work when trying to restore) lesson learned for sure. but i cant boot the device up however i still have access to twrp recovery how can i go back to stock so i can start from scratch?? :crying:
Filly2 said:
Any help on flashing back to stock using TWRP? I unlocked the bootloader and rooted my device (never made a backup till after but still proved to be of no help as it wont work when trying to restore) lesson learned for sure. but i cant boot the device up however i still have access to twrp recovery how can i go back to stock so i can start from scratch?? :crying:
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You can follow the original advice I posted above. Read that thread I linked. It's ALL covered there. No sense in me writing everything up here when all you need to do is click the link I posted and follow the return to stock sections. There's even one for maintaining your data. Read the thread. It covers literally everything.
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RoyJ said:
You can follow the original advice I posted above. Read that thread I linked. It's ALL covered there. No sense in me writing everything up here when all you need to do is click the link I posted and follow the return to stock sections. There's even one for maintaining your data. Read the thread. It covers literally everything.
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Sorry I don't mean to bug man but I'm so lost. I'm trying to find what you are referring me to but I'm not finding the info I need I haven't been on here too often so this is like a pain in my rear so far. Plus I'm a very hands on kinda learner so I need some like handicapped help lol If you don't mind I don't want to pester anyone...
I was able to load pure Nexus. I didn't realize there was a pure nexus rom with Angler on it.
My main question was if I had to reverse the root. But I'm good to good now.
Rom loaded, vendor image loaded, and Google Apps loaded.

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