Hi,
I recently got a popup to update to 4.4 pushed by the local LG distributer.
I prefer to do a fresh KK installation and I'm looking for the right procedure/guide for it.
Is the procedure any different if the device is rooted (stock ROM not changed)?
Thanks,
Sharon.
hi if you have a custom recovery ie twrp,philz,cwm you cannot take ota updates, if you are on stock recovery you may be able to proceed but please ask in q&a to make sure before you do i was under the impression that if your rooted on stock recovery you can take ota but please make sure, not very helpful but all i know
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I understand there are probably other threads but it gets difficult to follow and ensure I have the latest and most relevant instructions
I have a N4 rooted with CWM recovery. I can't update to 4.3 as it just restarts into the recovery mode but doesn't actually flash anything, I restart the phone and it goes back to 4.2.2
What exactly do I need to do?
NOTE: I also have the USB OTG kernel installed. Otherwise stock rom. I want to keep all of my existing data/settings
Please don't link to a very large general thread which is hard to follow. If I can have a breakdown of the exact steps required i'd much appreciate it. Thank you
Just got my T-Mobile G2 a few days ago and have been looking around at the different ways of rooting it. I know the T-Mobile variant is harder to root and run a custom ROM on because IORoot doesn't work on the KitKat OTA, so I haven't updated it yet. Right now the phone is running the D80110C firmware.
What I'm asking for is a way of being able to get the phone to the point where I can flash any 4.4.2 ROM compatible with it (even if it needs patches). Looking at both dr87's guide and utesred's guide, I'm thinking I need to take the following steps:
1. Root the 4.2.2 D80110C firmware (currently on the phone) with IORoot.
2. Install latest version of TWRP. Need suggestions on how to do this.
3. Reboot into TWRP, wipe everything (minus internal storage), flash SmiLey497's 4.4.2 ROM and the SU file. I gotta do this all in one go or it will complicate things.
4. Reinstall TWRP using AutoRec.
5. Go on to flash something like CM11 or Mahdi-ROM.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: Alright, I got it! Just followed my guide and the recovery install method suggested by XxZombiePikachu and everything worked great.
Can anyone assure me that this will work? Or even share a quick run down of what they did? Thanks!
NicoC72 said:
Just got my T-Mobile G2 a few days ago and have been looking around at the different ways of rooting it. I know the T-Mobile variant is harder to root and run a custom ROM on because IORoot doesn't work on the KitKat OTA, so I haven't updated it yet. Right now the phone is running the D80110C firmware.
What I'm asking for is a way of being able to get the phone to the point where I can flash any 4.4.2 ROM compatible with it (even if it needs patches). Looking at both dr87's guide and utesred's guide, I'm thinking I need to take the following steps:
1. Root the 4.2.2 D80110C firmware (currently on the phone) with IORoot.
2. Install latest version of TWRP. Need suggestions on how to do this.
3. Reboot into TWRP, wipe everything (minus internal storage), flash SmiLey497's 4.4.2 ROM and the SU file. I gotta do this all in one go or it will complicate things.
4. Reinstall TWRP using AutoRec.
5. Go on to flash something like CM11 or Mahdi-ROM.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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that is all correct also install recovery guide
Ok, everything's rooted and running just fine! Installed CM11 and the KitKat modem with rotation fix.
For anyone who finds this thread in the future, here's the zip of stuff you need to flash TWRP the first time, just make sure to pick up IORoot25 as well, since that's what I used to for the adb. Second time around (once you have the rooted KitKat LG ROM installed), use AutoRec. Here's a link to the KitKat modem you might need if you flash a ROM and auto rotate doesn't work.
I'm not responsible if you screw up your device. This all worked for me, so I'm just sharing the steps for prosperity. Make sure you ready all the threads and guides I linked or mentioned, use OEM cables, use a USB 2.0 port that is actually connected to the motherboard in your PC (not a hub, pass-through, or front case port), as well as being focused at the task at hand. Disabling your anti-virus might help too, used to have to do this when rooting older phones, so it might still be necessary.
If this does work, have fun with your newly rooted LG G2 D801! :good:
Sorry if this has been answered elsewhere. I've searched and found lots of info, but nothing that seems to address my question directly.
I have a 32 GB Google Nexus 10 running Android 4.4.4. I have an ota version of 5.0.1 Lollipop waiting to be installed. My 10 is rooted and has ClockworkMod 6.0.4.3 recovery, but no custom ROM as yet. Can I directly run the install to 5.0.1 and preserve my rooted state and CWM, or should I go back to plain vanilla factory, install 5.0.1, and then reroot and install a new recovery app?
The change from Dalvik to ART also has me a bit worried and I wonder how widespread the effects will be.
For that matter, I seem to see a lot of people having problems with 5.0 and 5.1, but don't know what other mods or flash installs were being used or what their pre-update configs were, so I don't know if it is wise or not to simply upgrade my existing configuration, restore to factory first, or to ignore the upgrade and stay with KitKat.
Any advice?
Hi,
I really enjoyed Lollipop, except for the notification bar it's way better! I will recommend you installing the fresh stock image of the firmware (from Google Developer Nexus website: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images). But it's better for you to have a backup of your current state.
ART made things more fluid than before. For the apps I'm using I didn't find any compatibility issues.
All the best,
~Lord
Hi everyone,
I have a Note 4 Exynos version and recently i decided to make the root procedure. My steps was first update to 5.1.1 then, root by flashing the su zip file, flashing TWRP recovery and then i did a full backup to make sure i can keep my files intact just in case. I tried installing CM 12.1 but i had the " Execute updating binary failed etc..." and after a lot of tries i decided to restore my backup. The problem is that after restoring my phone keeps rebooting in randomly.. Can i unroot without flashing stock firmware, so i can keep my backup as it is?
Any thoughts appreciated.
5.1.1 can't be root just yet.
Flash stock rom & setup your phone to fix it.
You can flash another rom after that
So that is the reason for the random rebooting? To be honest i followed the procedure from a known website that was talking about rooting this particular phone with version 5.1.1 ...
Thanks for the response
I'm expecting my 910c to arrive soon and I'm currently reading for root procedures.
So, if my phone arrives with 5.1.1, I won't be able to root? and if I root can I later flash 5.1.1 without problems?
Also, please direct me to a threat that is safe to follow in order to root.
Of course you can root 5.1.1
Just read the development section and follow the instructions there
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Antreassy i have followed the procedure from a website i do not wish to quote since it might be against the forum rules. But the result was not the best since my phone keep rebooting. So the only thing that saved it is by flashing the stock 5.1.1 firmware using odin and everything came back to normal.
From my own research i believe that at the moment the most valuable custom firmware is CM 12.1 and that is the reason i tried to flash it at first but without any success.
Let me start by saying that I know there are multiple posts and comments around surrounding this topic, but I almost damaged my phone once since not all the instructions apply to everyone's situation. So I am hoping someone can help me with the details I am giving of my phone, which I want to give to my mom now and she doesn't need any fancy customizations.
I am using the Pie Pixel Experience ROM with the December security patch and also rooted with Magisk. What I need to do is be able to unroot the phone and install to it the latest available official build for the device and lock the bootloader. Also I remember when I did all the process of installing this ROM that it has two partitions (in case this affects in anything the process of going back to stock).
So if anyone could help me out with a step by step explanation (and resources) I would be truly thankful.
Flash stock pie by miflash, you find it on xda, be careful to take fastboot image pie!
Just get twrp flashable stock rom and flash it..... This will flash stock rom and as well as stock recovery on your phone... Plus you will aslo recive stock ota updates