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is there any method to root the nexus 7 without unlock the bootloader?
i read several posts about rooting n7, but every posts needs to unlock the bl first.
and "Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery" .
but i really don't know what the "cwm" is ! i want to use the stock nexus7 rom with rooted. is the cwm recovery will ruin something original?
could anyone solve my anxiety? thx!
You need to unlock the bootloader in order to root.
WugFresh's toolkit has a friendly interface making this extremely simple:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Follow the instructions within the toolkit to ensure drivers are correct, backup apps, unlock bootloader, root device.
After doing this your Nexus will still be identical to stock.
mythomasy said:
is there any method to root the nexus 7 without unlock the bootloader?
i read several posts about rooting n7, but every posts needs to unlock the bl first.
and "Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery" .
but i really don't know what the "cwm" is ! i want to use the stock nexus7 rom with rooted. is the cwm recovery will ruin something original?
could anyone solve my anxiety? thx!
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Yep you need to unlock your bootloader to root.
You don't actually need Clock Work Mod recovery in order to be rooted.
In fact, I believe that the Wug Fresh toolkit posted by retrobeans above allows you to root and not install CWM.
Having said that, all CWM does is replace the stock Recovery on your device. This allows you to make backups, flash new ROMs and mods etc. If you never go into it, you will not notice a difference - you will still be running your stock rooted ROM. So i wouldnt be afraid of installing it . Or you can always do it at a later date if you want.
Bootloader can always be relocked with "fastboot oem lock" anyway...
why are you concerned about unlocking, or do you just not understand fastboot?
mythomasy said:
is there any method to root the nexus 7 without unlock the bootloader?
i read several posts about rooting n7, but every posts needs to unlock the bl first.
and "Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery" .
but i really don't know what the "cwm" is ! i want to use the stock nexus7 rom with rooted. is the cwm recovery will ruin something original?
could anyone solve my anxiety? thx!
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you can use a great toolkit by wugfresh which applies root without cwm. You still need to be unlocked though
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Harry GT-S5830 said:
you can use a great toolkit by wugfresh which applies root without cwm. You still need to be unlocked though
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is there any harm of being "cwm"ed? if not , i will try the easier way of one click root.(btw, i tried the wugfresh's toolkit ,but failed to install the driver...)
CWM (clockwork mod) is just a custom recovery image, from here you can flash files to your phone, wipe data, take full system backups (or restore).
Its a handy way to do key things people require when changing or modifying roms.
If in the future you will want to do any of the above then you will require a custom recovery.
Its not (in my opinion) the best recovery for the nexus 7 though, I use the Team WIN (TWRP) recovery.
You failed to install drivers? Or maybe when you installed Wug's tool it didn't download correctly? If you go and manually install the drivers which come with the tool I don't understand how they would have failed. Not trying to sound condescending or anything so sorry if I do. But Wug's toolkit (I know it's not the only one out there) is extremely easy and efficient. I would try re-downloading and on the driver install part go to
Right Click on computer
Manage
Device Manager, Here you should see a device either not detected or says that it's incorrectly installed blah blah
Right click the device and uninstall
at the top click on "Scan for Hardware Changes" (or something along those lines)
and right click your device when it comes up and the drivers are located wherever you installed his toolkit
I hope this helped and if not then just ignore. :laugh:
mythomasy said:
is there any harm of being "cwm"ed? if not , i will try the easier way of one click root.(btw, i tried the wugfresh's toolkit ,but failed to install the driver...)
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Get the pdanet drivers, cwm is just a custom recovery, for wiping data and caches. Just has a few nice options like backing up full system data and boot.img . No real disadvantage and you can always flash back stock
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Im In Same Situation
is it possible to lock bootloader after and still have root?
Also do you still recive ota updates?
jxer4567 said:
is it possible to lock bootloader after and still have root?
Also do you still recive ota updates?
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You can lock bootloader after.
You can get OTA but you would lose root and also lose your custom recovery, and with a locked bootloader you would be unable to root again
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Thank you bummed a little do i still recive ota with unlocked bootloader so i can have it rooted im wanting to keep original recovery no custom recovery but unlocked bootloader will i get ota?
jxer4567 said:
Thank you bummed a little do i still recive ota with unlocked bootloader so i can have it rooted im wanting to keep original recovery no custom recovery but unlocked bootloader will i get ota?
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Yes, unlocked bootloader does not affect OTA
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So only if i install custom recovery i lose ota just im wary with nexus 7 alot more important than v845
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Sorry fellows, but you are wrong There IS a method to root the Nexus 7 without unlocking the bootloader.
Then you can have root without wipping your data, for instance, as happens when you unlock your BL. And with root you can unlock the BL without wipping your data too. All thanks to efrant with his awesome tutorials! It is in the Galaxy Nexus Forum, but me and some others have reported to be working on the Nexus 7 too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1894717 -- Root without unlocking
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731993 -- Unlock BL without wipping
Let me sum it up.
Can i root without unlocking bl? yes.
Can i unlock bl without full wipe , when i do it the first time? no.
So u install pdanet drivers(i know, i had driver problems on my old win xp company laptop), then unlock bl, root. Thats it. u dont need to install CWM(btw, I prefer TWRP).
OTA updates n recovery: As far as i know, u will receive OTA updates whether u have CWM or not, but when u click install for the update, if u have CWM/TWRP, it wont install. It will install properly only if u have stock recovery.
OTA updates n root: U will get n will be able to install updates whether or not u have root. But u will lose root if u install the update. Re rooting is esy if u already have an unlocked BL, but theres an app "voodoo ota rootkeeper", that makes a backup of your root status b4 update n then restores it after update. N its free!! Nice, huh?
Unlocking BL shindig: So u would have 2 reasons for not wanting to keep ur BL unlocked. First, if anything goes wrong(very very very unlikely, believe me I have done a lot of crap on this phone, its extremely hard to brick), u need to return it in BL locked state. Second: Security. If your phone gets stolen n ur BL is unlocked, some guy could easily flash CWM n flash a custom rom n access all your data. For both cases, I suggest a very useful technique.
1.Unlock BL.
2.Root
3.Relock BL.
4. Install app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker. This app will let u unlock BL from within a rooted phone without having to wipe your whole phone. If you are confused at this point, let me explain further, in case something happens to your phone n u need 2 return, u can just return it, if BL is locked, there wont b any issues. Also, if your phone is stolen, the theif wont b able to access it without completely wiping ur phone(unless he is a xda member n knows about that app!!! lol).
Got it?
Lennyuk said:
CWM (clockwork mod) is just a custom recovery image, from here you can flash files to your phone, wipe data, take full system backups (or restore).
Its a handy way to do key things people require when changing or modifying roms.
If in the future you will want to do any of the above then you will require a custom recovery.
Its not (in my opinion) the best recovery for the nexus 7 though, I use the Team WIN (TWRP) recovery.
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I think The peeps who also agree twrp is much better than CWM is grown to the point where is the preimanant force for custom backup now. This Dev is 100% correct in my opinion also
Hello,
So, I got my Nexus 10 today. Super nice tablet. I wanted to root it and unlock the bootloader - unlocking the bootloader went fine, and I managed to flash CWM recovery. However, I forgot the enable USB Debugging under developer tools before I started all this..
My question now, how do I get this thing to boot again? And what is the smartest move now to root it?
Thanks!
What method did you use?
I keep linking these same posts lately. lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37019359&postcount=10
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37020134&postcount=3
If you're stuck in a boot loop after unlocking the bootloader, you may have to perform a factory reset from recovery. I had to do this to get mine booting again after I unlocked it. After the reset, everything worked great.
Of course, this is also assuming you unlocked your bootloader using fastboot , and not a toolkit. Solution might be the same though either way. May be worth a shot.
I also borked the original ROM after unlocking it, before I even flashed a custom recovery using the nexus toolkit (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2015467)
However, it is quite easy to reflash the software (you will loose the data though) through the same toolkit. After that I was able to flash TWRP recovery and CM10.1
Thank you all for your help! Got it working using the linux toolkit and perform a factory reset
Hi, I just got a new Nexus 7 and I want to root it.
Every guide I look at it seems you have to lose everything on the device, is there a way around this?
Thanks!
zootylicious said:
Hi, I just got a new Nexus 7 and I want to root it.
Every guide I look at it seems you have to lose everything on the device, is there a way around this?
Thanks!
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Hi, zootylicious...
No, unfortunately not. Rooting requires unlocking the bootloader. For security reasons, unlocking the bootloader will perform a factory reset.... and which will wipe everything on the device.
There are currently no known 'root exploits' for KitKat... such as the old motochopper 'exploit' that worked so well under Jellybean 4.2.2... and rooted the Nexus 7 WITHOUT unlocking the bootloader.
Since Jellybean 4.3 and onward to KitKat 4.4.2, such 'exploits/vulnerabilities' have been 'closed' by Google.... so if you wish to root your Nexus 7, you're going to have to do it the old fashioned way...
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** Unlock the bootloader... will wipe the device.
** Fastboot flash a Custom Recovery (CWM or TWRP).
** Download to the Nexus 7, Chainfire's SuperSU root updater .zip
** Boot into the previously fastboot flashed Custom Recovery, and flash the SuperSU .zip.
** Reboot - you're rooted.
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Read the 'stickies' and the many excellent guides on this forum for more details.
Hope this helps.
Rgrds,
Ged.
If its new then I presume you have just installed lots of apps that you don't want to reeinstall. Google will "backup"apps and will automatically download and reinstall them when you set up the tablet again after bootloader unlock and root. The Bootloader can usually be relocked for warranty issues. You can use wugfresh nexus toolkit its pretty safe and easy to use.
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Thanks for the replies.
I thought I'd just post an update on what I was doing.
I managed to root without losing anything by using adb to back up everything before I unlocked.
I am trying to update my tablet to lollipop. But every time I do the OTA update it makes it halfway through and says Error. I would like to update to lollipop and then root it again. What should I do. I was rooted at one time. I even did a factory reset and can't get it to update.
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gatoremt said:
I am trying to update my tablet to lollipop. But every time I do the OTA update it makes it halfway through and says Error. I would like to update to lollipop and then root it again. What should I do. I was rooted at one time. I even did a factory reset and can't get it to update.
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Is your bootloader unlocked? Have you tried flashing the official factory image through fastboot? The most friendly utility in this situation is Nexus Root Toolkit. You can get root easily with it as well as unlock bootloader, flash kernel, rom, basically everything. I'd really suggest downloading that.
It was and it updated to 4.4.4 and I lost root. So I can use the root tool kit to update to lollipop?
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I'm not sure, but I think you can. Search the web for that one. Your bootloader NEEDS to be unlocked in order to update to lollipop. If I were you, I'd flash the image using flash-all script provided in the factory image package. It is fully automated and I haven't experienced a problem with it.
I got it fixed thanks
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No problem, glad to hear that!
Fobos531 said:
Is your bootloader unlocked? Have you tried flashing the official factory image through fastboot? The most friendly utility in this situation is Nexus Root Toolkit. You can get root easily with it as well as unlock bootloader, flash kernel, rom, basically everything. I'd really suggest downloading that.
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Found this post through Google after having the same problem trying to apply the 5.1 OTA to a formerly rooted Nexus 7 Grouper. Using the Skipsoft Toolkit to unroot didn't work right, kept producing a aituation where it wouldn't boot Android and attempting to flask the stock image would fail too.
Used Nexus Root Toolkit "Flash Stock + Unroot" option to return to stock, and then applied the 5.1 factory image using the no wipe option and regain root and everything worked PERFECTLY. All my user data is even still intact.
Thanks very much for this!
That is what I did too.
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Two-Click Unlock for Zenfone 2 official Android 6.0
original post in Taiwan Asus Zentalk by @shakalaca
**do it at your risk**
1.Your PC must be adb environment ready.
2.You should know how to get into stock bootloader.( press Power and Volume up together)
files needed:
1. Download unlock.bat and restore.bat from here.
2. Recomended TWRP for verification.(repacked)
steps:
1.Copy unlock.bat and restore.bat on to your PC.
2.Plug your device in PC, click unlock.bat. The program will enter bootloader mode, reboot and then unlock.
3.After it run through unlock, the device will indicate it will reboot in 5 second. **important** PRESS VOLUME UP at the moment to enter bootloader.
4. If you miss step 3, the device will stuck in Asus logo. Don't worry. Just press POWER and VOLUME UP to enter bootloader.
5.When the device is in bootloader, click restore.bat Wait for the reboot and you are done unlock.
6.To verify unlock status, flash the recommended TWRP.
Good luck and all credits to @shakalaca
Is it the same as the unofficial method for bootloader unlock? also is there a way to relock bootloader like flashing it again over MM Beta?
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Flynhx said:
Is it the same as the unofficial method for bootloader unlock? also is there a way to relock bootloader like flashing it again over MM Beta?
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Different by the looks , the date gives it away and not a temp twrp-- although i am going to find out in about 10 mins --lets hope this works :highfive:
Not working for me
says flashing droidboot .184
anyone got this to work ?
no recovery after trying this - got stock recovery back from here ok
mega:///#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw!ok8SQKII
timbernot said:
Different by the looks , the date gives it away and not a temp twrp-- although i am going to find out in about 10 mins --lets hope this works :highfive:
Not working for me
says flashing droidboot .184
anyone got this to work ?
no recovery after trying this - got stock recovery back from here ok
mega:///#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw!ok8SQKII
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According to @shakalaca, the restore process get back to 6.0 ifwi. After the unlock, the droidboot stay at .184 alright.
What is the status of your device before unlock, rooted or unrooted? Can you flash the twrp provided by him ?
samcjtsai said:
According to @shakalaca, the restore process get back to 6.0 ifwi. After the unlock, the droidboot stay at .184 alright.
What is the status of your device before unlock, rooted or unrooted? Can you flash the twrp provided by him ?
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my device doesnt get to this part > 3.After it run through unlock, the device will indicate it will reboot in 5 second. **important** PRESS VOLUME UP
but stays on > press any key to finish...... which then closes the window
I flash twrp,says ok but reboots back to bootloader after restarting recovery.
flashed back stock recovery and factory reset for another attempt...lets see
Works good to me. Miss that step where I supposed to pressed vol up button and phone stuck on white splash screen. Force off and then go to bootloader, then execute restore.bat and done. After that root and exposed and then I mess up some another stuff so need to flash 6.0.1 MOFD_SDUPDATE manually from stock recovery. Everything pass smoothly but root and exposed framework disappeared obviously. Root and exposed again no problems
cannot flash custom roms???
Hi everyone,
I successfully unlocked my bootloader from MM beta, I successfully flashed the recommended twrp recovery, I successfully flashed rom and gapps but when I reboot the phone goes back to twrp recovery. Anyone else facing the same issue? Or is it impossible to flash custom roms?
Yousvel said:
Hi everyone,
I successfully unlocked my bootloader from MM beta, I successfully flashed the recommended twrp recovery, I successfully flashed rom and gapps but when I reboot the phone goes back to twrp recovery. Anyone else facing the same issue? Or is it impossible to flash custom roms?
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ATM this unlock can backup/restore stock rom in recommended twrp, but can't flash CM. Seems its boot.img need to be repacked.
Yousvel said:
Hi everyone,
I successfully unlocked my bootloader from MM beta, I successfully flashed the recommended twrp recovery, I successfully flashed rom and gapps but when I reboot the phone goes back to twrp recovery. Anyone else facing the same issue? Or is it impossible to flash custom roms?
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Same problem here
samcjtsai said:
ATM this unlock can backup/restore stock rom in recommended twrp, but can't flash CM. Seems its boot.img need to be repacked.
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how can i flash a stock 5.0 rom from the recommended twrp? I tried to do that but it doesn't work. Do I have to flash a stock 6.0.1 beta rom?
It worked perfectly!Thanx a mill!
Can't flash TWRP although the splash screen became white after unlock.bat -> unlocked
After restore.bat the splash screen went black as usual. Then I flash the recommended TWRP. But when I choose recovery mode in fastboot, it reboot to fastboot. When I adb reboot recovery in Android OS, it reboot to stock recovery. Can anyone help me to solve this problem?
I'm running .69 MM beta, I replaced the .54 fastboot image in the package with .69 one. Does this effect the unlock state?
timbernot said:
Different by the looks , the date gives it away and not a temp twrp-- although i am going to find out in about 10 mins --lets hope this works :highfive:
Not working for me
says flashing droidboot .184
anyone got this to work ?
no recovery after trying this - got stock recovery back from here ok
mega:///#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw!ok8SQKII
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Edit Unlock.bat, find "sleep 3" in the line 24 and change it to "sleep 25" to increase the waiting time to detect back the fastboot after your phone reboots...
This fixed me the issue.... try it...
can i flash supersu to become root after unlock with this method?
ponnuvelpandian said:
Edit Unlock.bat, find "sleep 3" in the line 24 and change it to "sleep 25" to increase the waiting time to detect back the fastboot after your phone reboots...
This fixed me the issue.... try it...
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Thanks :good: , i`ll keep that in mind when the time comes back on 5 atm
kamyk70 said:
Works good to me. Miss that step where I supposed to pressed vol up button and phone stuck on white splash screen. Force off and then go to bootloader, then execute restore.bat and done. After that root and exposed and then I mess up some another stuff so need to flash 6.0.1 MOFD_SDUPDATE manually from stock recovery. Everything pass smoothly but root and exposed framework disappeared obviously. Root and exposed again no problems
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How you root your MM beta?, please tell me, i wanna root mine too
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Bring twrp zip android 6 please.
Can anyone backup with TWRP and upload?
Factory reset, backup with TWRP, and upload[emoji6]
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KarloHD said:
Bring twrp zip android 6 please.
Can anyone backup with TWRP and upload?
Factory reset, backup with TWRP, and upload[emoji6]
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Are you going to post this in EVERY tread?
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Now, if we can unlock stock 6.0, can anyone confirm me if we can directly flash custom roms without downgrading to 5.0
after running restore it worked, however when running unlock.bat, I get permission denied and the device goes tinto bootloader bootloop, and I had the device rooted and bootunlocked already in lollipop, I wonder why that happens?