Will CM Installer root my device? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have boot loader unlocked and I have not rooted my phone so,will cm installer do all this for me?
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Isus <3 said:
I have boot loader unlocked and I have not rooted my phone so,will cm installer do all this for me?
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You must install a custom recovery first.

CM Installer does everything.
I couldn't have bothered with unlocking the bootloader, installing custom recovery and rooting so i went for CM Installer which did all of that in less than a minute

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Question about flashing roms

K so I flashed to 4.2 and lost my root but still unlocked and have a custom recovery installed and I don't have a laptop or computer so I can't root my tablet unless I use a friend's but I'm wondering if I can flash a rom without root and if I could would it give me root access?
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xfrancis14 said:
K so I flashed to 4.2 and lost my root but still unlocked and have a custom recovery installed and I don't have a laptop or computer so I can't root my tablet unless I use a friend's but I'm wondering if I can flash a rom without root and if I could would it give me root access?
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yes.
in fact, that's how you root a seven without a toolkit. fastboot oem unlock, fastboot flash a custom recovery, flash the su binaries OR a custom ROM(with root), reboot. the right way in a nutshell.
So say I flashed paranoid android when 3.0 comes out I would get root? And everything would be all good?
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xfrancis14 said:
So say I flashed paranoid android when 3.0 comes out I would get root? And everything would be all good?
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yes.

How to install latest bootloader?

Where can I download the latest bootloader and how do I install it?
You can not install a boot loader. It's not possible because the boot loader is already on the phone. You mean custom recovery. Here's the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779092
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scream4cheese said:
You can not install a boot loader. It's not possible because the boot loader is already on the phone. You mean custom recovery. Here's the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779092
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Actually you are wrong. You should check that out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928915
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Pirateghost said:
Actually you are wrong. You should check that out
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Not only he's wrong, I'm talking about a tablet. I think I've figured it out.
I can't figure it out, when I enter the command in the CMD, it tells me "waiting for device."
Finally got it to work.

Nexus 7 blocked in bootloader

Hi, I just upgraded my nexus 7 to android 4.3 and then I have unlocked the bootloader with a tool for Ubuntu users. Then, I install a recovery, and then I root it but it doesn't work. So I decided to downgrade to 4.2.2 with the tool with "flash Google factory image" but an error occurred and the nexus doesn't boot
I can just go in the bootloader, I have the bootloader unlocked, but no recovery, and no root.
Here is my question : how can I install for example cyanogen 10.1.2 but blocked in the bootloader ?
Don't forget that I have just Ubuntu.
Thanks.
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I don't know if I'm hearing you right... But you can't have a locked bootloader and a custom recovery and have CM.
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TheLastSidekick said:
I don't know if I'm hearing you right... But you can't have a locked bootloader and a custom recovery and have CM.
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My bootloader is unlocked!!
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Angristan said:
My bootloader is unlocked!!
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If your bootloader is corrupted you can't boot anything. You're going to have to find a way to get your bootloader flashed. I don't know much about this but on my S3 I used Odin.
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TheLastSidekick said:
If your bootloader is corrupted you can't boot anything. You're going to have to find a way to get your bootloader flashed. I don't know much about this but on my S3 I used Odin.
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I didn't understood anything of what you said but it doesn't matter, I have found a solution
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Root access with PA 4.3

Does it work for anyone? Upon first boot it works like normal but after I reboot it thinks I don't have root anymore.
Try rebooting again, some got this issue.
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I Rooted 4.3, have no problems with root after rebooting.
Are you sure you have the latest SU (v1.51) flashed?
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Still didn't fix anything.
Damian2013 said:
Still didn't fix anything.
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Did you reflash su after flashing the rom?
I put it in my flash Q with the rom and gapps.
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Tunderpimp said:
Did you reflash su after flashing the rom?
I put it in my flash Q with the rom and gapps.
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The newest PA apparently you don't need to flash another zip so I deleted it after it worked on first boot.

please help me

I have a nexus 4 with android 4.3 and root on it but when I go to recovery mode it shows me the dead android with a red sign so what should I do next to go to the normal recovery mode because I want to install a custom rom (paranoid android) ?
The picture you describe is the stock recovery.
You need to reflash cwm or twrp recovery in order to install a custom rom
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Alex240188 said:
The picture you describe is the stock recovery.
You need to reflash cwm or twrp recovery in order to install a custom rom
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thank you
I used twrp and now it works as I wanted to

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