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Easy pre-root backup with adb

Nandroid is just a script. Rooting is another topic. This is to allow you to backup your data before you root. It's simple, fast and easy.
Download http://www.multiupload.com/K4BZ22SIT5
Clear the data for Google apps, and system components such as Browser, to prevent force closes during restore.
If you skip this step, at the end of the guide clear dalvik, fix permissions, and clear the data for the items that keep closing.
adb push psneuter /data/local/psneuter
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/psneuter
adb shell dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p26 of=/sdcard/data.img
Your data is now backed up. Sdcard apps will still be on your sdcard, and cache and dalvik need to be cleared anyway. System apps will be replaced and the settings for them is already included in data. In short, you only really need data.
Root your device. After you have rooted, updated, and are on the stock rooted build (before a custom rom for best compatibility), restore your data.
adb shell dd if=/sdcard/data.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p26
Now do a titanium backup if you plan to install a ROM that wipes data, install whatever ROM you planned, and restore titanium (if needed).
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Thanks. I'm always amazed at the ideas you come up with. Getting ready to try out ubuntu on the bolt.
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Thanks, I have been hoping for something like this.

You are basically doing a temp root, right? Genius. Would it be possible to then push/install a backup program (mybackup pro, Titanium, etc) and run it? I guess you would also need to get superuser in first.

tsachi said:
You are basically doing a temp root, right? Genius. Would it be possible to then push/install a backup program (mybackup pro, Titanium, etc) and run it? I guess you would also need to get superuser in first.
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It is possible, but in actually attempting to install Titanium during the process, I spent 15 minutes doing the temp root and this backup, 4 hours playing with su binaries and superuser apps without getting any combination to play nice, 10 minutes rooting and 20 minutes restoring this backup. It is all about efficiency...

so if I'm reading this right, this will allow restoring of data for games? That's the only thing keeping my wife from rooting.

Yes. You can re install the apps, then restore data files manually after root.
My wife is the same, won't root of I can't restore things after
nrfitchett4 said:
so if I'm reading this right, this will allow restoring of data for games? That's the only thing keeping my wife from rooting.
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twistedumbrella said:
It is possible, but in actually attempting to install Titanium during the process, I spent 15 minutes doing the temp root and this backup, 4 hours playing with su binaries and superuser apps without getting any combination to play nice, 10 minutes rooting and 20 minutes restoring this backup. It is all about efficiency...
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tsachi said:
Yes. You can re install the apps, then restore data files manually after root.
My wife is the same, won't root of I can't restore things after
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ok, so do the backup, root, reinstall her games, etc (nothing system), then use adb to restore data.
Makes complete sense as long as I don't think about it too hard...

nrfitchett4 said:
so if I'm reading this right, this will allow restoring of data for games? That's the only thing keeping my wife from rooting.
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Same with my friend, until he lost signal while I was at 3 bars and he got sick of the battery life
nrfitchett4 said:
ok, so do the backup, root, reinstall her games, etc (nothing system), then use adb to restore data.
Makes complete sense as long as I don't think about it too hard...
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Don't reinstall anything. Just clear out data for generic system apps (because his browser and gapps force closed until we did) backup, root, restore. The games are in the backup.
And yes, the ScriptFusion AutoBot already has this capability built in. When it detects you don't have root, it will perform the backup, and when you return after rooting it will restore it. It is actually about two steps away from being able to root a phone. Should be capable later this week.
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Almost done building an app to walk you through the entire root with backup process.
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From a similar thread quoted by jcase:
I advise against using this backup method, taking a DD of /data while its r/w can lead to corruption.
A better idea would be to push su (aka a temp root) into your path and use something like titanium backup to backup you data.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174487

yareally said:
From a similar thread quoted by jcase:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174487
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Yeah, thanks. That is there for people who don't think to walk away during the process and not cause data to be changed until it finishes, which is the real risk. As stated, this was tested. You are more than welcome to add additional findings, but EVERYTHING can risk corruption. You are playing with the bootloader, which could cause a brick... Did you root anyway? There ya go...
As for the app, that actually does a temp root with su included, which is actually a whitelist temp root (psneuter already gave you a temp root) and offers the chance to perform a backup before proceeding, either with dd or titanium.
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twistedumbrella said:
Yeah, thanks. That is there for people who don't think to walk away during the process and not cause data to be changed until it finishes, which is the real risk. As stated, this was tested. You are more than welcome to add additional findings, but EVERYTHING can risk corruption. You are playing with the bootloader, which could cause a brick... Did you root anyway? There ya go...
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Yeah, I don't see the problem in doing what you were trying either, just wanted to bring it up . I would probably back it up outside of the booted OS area though just to be safe, like in recovery where can access adb still. Not sure if you can in hboot offhand though.

yareally said:
Yeah, I don't see the problem in doing what you were trying either, just wanted to bring it up . I would probably back it up outside of the booted OS area though just to be safe, like in recovery where can access adb still. Not sure if you can in hboot offhand though.
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You would need root to root in recovery, which is a slight problem.
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twistedumbrella said:
You would need root to root in recovery, which is a slight problem.
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That's why I mentioned hboot (the bootloader) as well, which you wouldnt need to, though I am not sure if adb detects the device in hboot. Not at a computer, so I can't try at the moment. Please don't half read what I write. I would like to try to help out if possible.

yareally said:
That's why I mentioned hboot (the bootloader) as well, which you wouldnt need to, though I am not sure if adb detects the device in hboot. Not at a computer, so I can't try at the moment. Please don't half read what I write. I would like to try to help out if possible.
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Wow, lol. Well I don't quite understand what you mean "which you wouldn't need to". I read the full comment, but tried to bypass the parts that showed complete lack of understanding as to why rooting is done the way it is, but since you called me out on it... The device detects usb in fastboot, but cannot flash a radio there due to s-on. It detects in recovery due to modifications to the image that require the capability to flash modified images. The temp root works like my script, in that it tricks the system into believing it is unlocked, while other things are done to allow it to be truly unlocked, at which time a replacement image is loaded. Help me help you by at least researching the process before trying to alter it. Thanks.
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twistedumbrella said:
Wow, lol. Well I don't quite understand what you mean "which you wouldn't need to". I read the full comment, but tried to bypass the parts that showed complete lack of understanding as to why rooting is done the way it is, but since you called me out on it... The device detects usb in fastboot, but cannot flash a radio there due to s-on. It detects in recovery due to modifications to the image that require the capability to flash modified images. The temp root works like my script, in that it tricks the system into believing it is unlocked, while other things are done to allow it to be truly unlocked, at which time a replacement image is loaded. Help me help you by at least researching the process before trying to alter it. Thanks.
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Eh, call me out, i dont care, it's just the internet and it's not the first or the last time I will be incorrect.
You are right though after trying in the bootloader myself. I only meant to do the datadump part, nothing else outside the os area.

yareally said:
Eh, call me out, i dont care, it's just the internet and it's not the first or the last time I will be incorrect.
You are right though after trying in the bootloader myself. I only meant to do the datadump part, nothing else outside the os area.
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I read the full comment, but tried to bypass the parts that showed complete lack of understanding as to why rooting is done the way it is, but since you called me out on it...
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Please don't half read what I write.
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twistedumbrella said:
Almost done building an app to walk you through the entire root with backup process.
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How is this coming along?

Completely stuck, definitely need help at this point

Ok, so I've looked through various threads today and cant seem to get a fix.
First, heres the symptoms- N4 (4.2.1) has massive battery loss/ something running in the background killing it (battery page says Android OS). I killed all the background apps and everything else it would let me kill and it still will not charge (tried different plugs, cables, outlets, etc). I've had it plugged in for the past 6 hours and I'm finally up to 9%.
The phone has been rooted, and I'm trying to flash it and return it to stock, but thats when I ran into problem 2. It won't recognize that it is plugged into a computer (running on a Mac, but tried XP machine, Win7 machine, and again different cords).
From here, I don't know where to go. I'm new to this Android ball game so I don't have a ton of background here, so hopefully I missed something simple.
PS by massive battery loss- I fully charged the phone last night, then went to class today with wifi/blue/gps off and always have 5 bars of AT&T here and after 1 Hr, I had 35% battery left with Android OS consuming almost all of it.

definitely pickup gsam battery monitor and better battery stats to monitor the battery usage. gsam might be able to tell you what app is causing the battery drain. bbs is more technical but might tell you more about what is going on. Make sure your maps app is not reporting your location.

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definitely pickup gsam battery monitor and better battery stats to monitor the battery usage. gsam might be able to tell you what app is causing the battery drain. bbs is more technical but might tell you more about what is going on. Make sure your maps app is not reporting your location.
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Thanks for the response. Downloaded it and the usage is 1%, so now I think its something more than that. Either hardware or some weird glitch??

It won't charge and isn't recognized by any computer?
I'd call it a hardware fault to be honest.
Try to get a stock rom on the device, re flash it and RMA it.

Nuu~ said:
It won't charge and isn't recognized by any computer?
I'd call it a hardware fault to be honest.
Try to get a stock rom on the device, re flash it and RMA it.
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Yeah, thats what I was thinking.... still stuck on how to get a rom on it without it recognizing being plugged in though?

GunninZombiesdown said:
Yeah, thats what I was thinking.... still stuck on how to get a rom on it without it recognizing being plugged in though?
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Just let it die and RMA it anyways. They arent gonna bother to Charge it, then "look to see if you Rom'd it".

I'm gonna help ya out here...
1. download this app from the playstore and relock bootloader : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
2. download the stock ROM & recovery from this thread straight to your phone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006088
3. boot into recovery, full wipe, flash the ROM then the recovery. all done, back to stock:beer:
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lowrider262 said:
I'm gonna help ya out here...
1. download this app from the playstore and relock bootloader : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.segv11.bootunlocker
2. download the stock ROM & recovery from this thread straight to your phone : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006088
3. boot into recovery, full wipe, flash the ROM then the recovery. all done, back to stock:beer:
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Thanks man, really appreciate it! Man I hope this works, because I came from a i 4s and was about to slit my throat and buy an iPhone 5.

GunninZombiesdown said:
Thanks man, really appreciate it! Man I hope this works, because I came from a i 4s and was about to slit my throat and buy an iPhone 5.
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just remember when you go to flash the downloaded files theyll be located in the /download folder (just in case you didn't know) and also by "full wipe" I mean factory reset + wipe cache
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Well now it seems I've hit another brick wall. After entering into, or trying to enter into Recovery mode, it comes up with an error message saying No Command. I swear, I'm not usually this bad with these things. Any ideas?

For future reference MTP doesn't work with Win XP, and you need a separate app for it to work on a Mac. Should be recognized on the Win 7 PC though.

GunninZombiesdown said:
Well now it seems I've hit another brick wall. After entering into, or trying to enter into Recovery mode, it comes up with an error message saying No Command. I swear, I'm not usually this bad with these things. Any ideas?
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That means you currently have the stock recovery installed. First unlock the bootloader again with the Bootlock app. Then download Rom Manger from the play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager . open it up and select flash clockworkmod recovery. When its done re-lock your boot loader again with bootlock. Then boot back into recovery manually (or even easier,open rom manager again and push reboot into recovery) and proceed to flash the stock rom & recovery files. (Don't forget to wipe first)
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Possible Fix For 4.1.2 Battery Drain

Hi guys
I came across this thread by "galchristian" in the Verizon SIII subsection, and thought I would share it here in the hope it might help someone. I myself haven't tried it yet as I'm at work, but I will be later on or tomorrow. According to the OP though, this seems to sort out battery drain issues for Jelly Bean.
Here is the original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1976666
"For all of you who have a JellyBean ROM already installed and have the battery drain skip to Step.8
1. Download your JellyBean ROM of choice
2. Place on SD card
3. MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP of your current ROM
4. Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache
5. Select ROM of choice from the SD card (Most ROM's these days come with an Aroma-Installer so remember what you picked to be installed and what not.)
6. Boot device
7. Set up the phone and let it restore all apps. Set everything you will use (facebook, e-mail, flipboard etc) -then ReBoot
8. I used TitaniumBackup and removed "Media Storage" and I also removed "Downloads 4.1.1"
9. ReBoot into Recovery & wipe cache and dalvik cache
10.Dirty-Flash your ROM of choice which you chose @ Step.5 and chose the same features if possible.
11.Install your prefered Kernel optional (I personally chose Ktoosez 3.0.49 just because it gave me good battery life)
12.Wipe cache and dalvik the last time and also fix permissions.
13.ReBoot the last time and enjoy!"
Please share your thoughts and feedback as I'm sure a lot of us are very peed off with losing 20% battery overnight.
Cheers

My first question will be, how can I convert a .tar ROM to a suitable format to be flashed via my SD rather than through Odin? Unless, of course, flashing a ROM via odin without wiping first is exactly the same as flashing a "dirty" ROM via recovery?

Thanks to OP. But this guide is something like how to drive your Ferrari on 6th gear without mentioning how to start it! What is 'dirty flash'? How will you flash the ROM, Mobile Odin or PC Odin or what? Also not everyone knows what Aroma installer is.
Besides, I don't think even after doing this battery life could improve. Imo, if 4.1.2 had good backup then it'll be just present there normally, like 4.1.1.
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jujuburi said:
Thanks to OP. But this guide is something like how to drive your Ferrari on 6th gear without mentioning how to start it! What is 'dirty flash'? How will you flash the ROM, Mobile Odin or PC Odin or what? Also not everyone knows what Aroma installer is.
Besides, I don't think even after doing this battery life could improve. Imo, if 4.1.2 had good backup then it'll be just present there normally, like 4.1.1.
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Dirty flash is flashing the rom over your current one without wiping first.
From what I deduced I assumed the OP is saying to flash via your SD card and not via odin. Also that aroma is not necessary, but if you use it then to keep all settings the same.
If any newbies have any question we'll try and help them, but I don't think it terribly overcomplicated for most people on this site.
I am not sure whether this works as I haven't yet tried it, but the OP certainly seems to think it does.

fade2black101 said:
Dirty flash is flashing the rom over your current one without wiping first.
From what I deduced I assumed the OP is saying to flash via your SD card and not via odin. Also that aroma is not necessary, but if you use it then to keep all settings the same.
If any newbies have any question we'll try and help them, but I don't think it terribly overcomplicated for most people on this site.
I am not sure whether this works as I haven't yet tried it, but the OP certainly seems to think it does.
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The op says "POSSIBLE" fix
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I'm use to wipe /system before a new flash. Have i right to do that?
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KyleDevlin12 said:
The op says "POSSIBLE" fix
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I said possible fix, the original op said it worked for him 4 times.

igol24 said:
I'm use to wipe /system before a new flash. Have i right to do that?
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Well for an upgrade there is basically no meaning doing a wipe, but if you want to make sure and wanna do a wipe anyway, then you should do it after flashing the ROM, not before.

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I said possible fix, the original op said it worked for him 4 times.
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So what consequences will removing media storage and downloads have?

Guys first thing first about battery draining is your mobile network not configure properly.. just realize it after I install configuration message from provider.. I drain 1% all over night.. and get 2day standby battery with medium usage.. 10 hours screen.. and leaving the phone with charging all night is weaken your battery.. first time I forget to unplug and everything change.. battery drain 5% after sleep 6hours..and only last for 1 day with medium usage.. 6hours on screen now I dont know how to make it back like it was.. using note for 3weeks anyone knows how to increase batt life without changing rom or kernel ?? Im still runing stock 4.1.1
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[Q] Brightness at 100% when phone restarts?

Whenever I restart my phone the brightness automatically goes to 100% rather than sticking to whatever percentage I left it before restarting it. My screen timeout also goes back to 5 minutes (original) rather than whatever I have changed it to. Is this a bug in my phone or is this the standard feature for the G2? Sorry couldn't find anything in the search results. I am using the D802 variant.

100% Stock?

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100% Stock?
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Stock ROM, phone is rooted and no custom recovery installed. I am using Xposed Modules but even after disabling all of them the brightness went to 100% after rebooting. I just noticed, the brightness stays the same as before until I unlock the phone, then it automatically goes up to 100%.

All I would say is, Stock doesn't do this.
Since you don't have custom recovery, you cannot try a Cache wipe. You could try a factory reset though.

LenAsh said:
All I would say is, Stock doesn't do this.
Since you don't have custom recovery, you cannot try a Cache wipe. You could try a factory reset though.
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Thank you. Also, I may as well get this question here since I've been meaning to ask it.
I have only used Nexus/Samsung devices before where the bootloader could be unlocked/locked easily, therefore I could quickly unroot and go back to stock recovery for OTA updates and such. I have read here that if I install a custom recovery I cannot use OTA updates. My question is how can I go back to unrooting and stock recovery? I have seen the stock firmware thread which I think would unroot the device but will it also make the recovery go back to stock?

You just flash one of the stock kdz files. See stickie in General
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LenAsh said:
You just flash one of the stock kdz files. See stickie in General
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OK that's a relief then, thanks for your help and I'll try a factory reset or using a stock kdz file.

Sometimes disabling the exposed modules alone isn't enough, have to use return option disabling exposed entirely. Flash file is in sd parent directory. Flash the zip. OTA isn't currently worth the troubles. Block em atm. Xposed (everything really) plays much nicer with SuperSU btw.

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jayzfan1 said:
Whenever I restart my phone the brightness automatically goes to 100% rather than sticking to whatever percentage I left it before restarting it. My screen timeout also goes back to 5 minutes (original) rather than whatever I have changed it to. Is this a bug in my phone or is this the standard feature for the G2? Sorry couldn't find anything in the search results. I am using the D802 variant.
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That's not what's supposed to be. Does it happen every reboot?
My G2 brightness jumped to max or fell to min brightness only for a couple of times within the first a few days after activation. I used AndroSensor and Lux auto brightness to find out its light sensor and inertia sensors were shut down when that happened (yes screen auto rotation went off, too). Maybe that's due to indoor/outdoor steep temperature changes. A power off and on solves that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2570189

Mine does it as well. It is not full brightness but the auto brightness that takes a long time to kick in.
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I searched on Google about this exact behavior and found this post.
I just got an LG G2 before yesterday from someone else who bought it in January (I checked warranty info) and it was fully stock and not rooted. I factory reset it 3 times and each time I reboot it still goes to 100% brightness even though I had it around 50%. At least it doesn't go to 100% while using it normally! phew lol. Then I'd be worried. But it's only after a reboot. That's a weird behavior. I had lots of phones and none did that.

I had the same problem only when the simcard wasn't inserted.

me too had same problem before, now it is disappeared, maybe virus problem

Xenovias said:
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That was the reason on my situation. Thanks!

Not sure what is going on with my 6p

So recently it shut off around 50% which I have read others are experiencing but thats not the issue im here about. Since then the flashlight by holding power button has stopped working and the hotspot feature shuts itself off randomly. I also cannot delete any files from the ready to flash folder for some reason ive tried everything I know.

jcroy2828 said:
So recently it shut off around 50% which I have read others are experiencing but thats not the issue im here about. Since then the flashlight by holding power button has stopped working and the hotspot feature shuts itself off randomly. I also cannot delete any files from the ready to flash folder for some reason ive tried everything I know.
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Use ex file explorer turn on root explorer and esare the ready to flash also revert to stock I believe you are using pure nexus

boxguy1 said:
Use ex file explorer turn on root explorer and esare the ready to flash also revert to stock I believe you are using pure nexus
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switching file browsers did not work. Flashing stock through and then went back to the latest version of purenexus which was my goal to begin with Cheers. Now viper4 android is broken not detecting busybox fix one thing and another thing breaks.

jcroy2828 said:
switching file browsers did not work. Flashing stock through and then went back to the latest version of purenexus which was my goal to begin with Cheers. Now viper4 android is broken not detecting busybox fix one thing and another thing breaks.
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Here is how to fix viper4arise
Using a file Explorer navigate to /vendor/etc and rename "audio_effects.conf" to "audio_effects.conf.bak", reboot and you should be good.

boxguy1 said:
Use ex file explorer turn on root explorer and esare the ready to flash also revert to stock I believe you are using pure nexus
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jcroy2828 said:
So recently it shut off around 50% which I have read others are experiencing but thats not the issue im here about. Since then the flashlight by holding power button has stopped working and the hotspot feature shuts itself off randomly. I also cannot delete any files from the ready to flash folder for some reason ive tried everything I know.
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You could also just use the file manager in TWRP to delete the "ready to flash" folder. Sounds like it's time for a factory reset. :laugh:

v12xke said:
You could also just use the file manager in TWRP to delete the "ready to flash" folder. Sounds like it's time for a factory reset. [emoji23]
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Long overdue for a reset for me but I was hoping to grab some files off the phone before doing so and I couldn't due to a weird bug. I said **** it and reset anyway
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boxguy1 said:
Here is how to fix viper4arise
Using a file Explorer navigate to /vendor/etc and rename "audio_effects.conf" to "audio_effects.conf.bak", reboot and you should be good.
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That did it. Last time I installed purenxus I didn't have to do this which confused me. Should probably run through the usual checklist.
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jcroy2828 said:
That did it. Last time I installed purenxus I didn't have to do this which confused me. Should probably run through the usual checklist.
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Yeah try that