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Any help to root the leaked ICS ROM

I was trying to connect my D4 with the leaked ICS ROM though adb
but after typing adb shell, it keep telling my device was offline
if i can connect the device, is it possible to push the busybox, su, etc to /system/xbin and enabling the root privilege?

Can't help you with actually rooting the build (sorry), but I have seen other threads that seem to indicate that if you reinstall your drivers the problem should resolve itself...

Where is the leaked rom?
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all the info on the leaked d4 ics is @ DROID forums. in the d4 development section.
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Thank you
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no luck anyone? i really want root back.....I love everything about this update i just want my root back please!!!!!

I can point you in the right direction. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467598 I think if we knew the correct hex values to change in the .bat we might be able to get root.

It seems the problem i face now is i cannot push the files to the phone as permission denied.....or device offline....i actually could even push su to /data/local
which render other commands useless.....

Per p3droid twitter:
@P3Droid R U A Moto fan, then this is exciting news, @djrbliss just created a new universal root for the new 4.0.4 leaks.
Im not sure if it was posted yet.
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phrir1 said:
Per p3droid twitter:
@P3Droid R U A Moto fan, then this is exciting news, @djrbliss just created a new universal root for the new 4.0.4 leaks.
Im not sure if it was posted yet.
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The last posts I saw from him said it's not posted yet. He posted it's been tested on the D4 as well. So it shouldn't be much longer.

oh good, i can't wait for the root, but im also going to wait for safestrap 2.0 by hashcode

I get
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted
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Nvm. I got it
Its sweet as hell. Worth it
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twizzles said:
Nvm. I got it
Its sweet as hell. Worth it
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How did you get root please help me!

Voodoo after fastboot. Then had root after flashing the leaked ics
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pimpsalot69: He was referring to getting it installed, not getting root. Unfortunately, if you lost root during the upgrade process (like I did) there isn't currently a way to restore it. You'll have to wait for a new method to be released.

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detox702 said:
pimpsalot69: He was referring to getting it installed, not getting root. Unfortunately, if you lost root during the upgrade process (like I did) there isn't currently a way to restore it. You'll have to wait for a new method to be released.
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I have the same problem - am happy to pay someone to help me root (I am roaming international and now cannot apply the GSM patch).

wreuvers said:
I have the same problem - am happy to pay someone to help me root (I am roaming international and now cannot apply the GSM patch).
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I thought the GSM patch is automatically enabled on the ICS ROM? All you have to do is put in your foreign SIM card and you should be ready to go.

detox702 said:
pimpsalot69: He was referring to getting it installed, not getting root. Unfortunately, if you lost root during the upgrade process (like I did) there isn't currently a way to restore it. You'll have to wait for a new method to be released.
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yea i saw that afterward I guess I just got excited, thanx

Can't access foreign data, but voice works.
GermanGuy said:
I thought the GSM patch is automatically enabled on the ICS ROM? All you have to do is put in your foreign SIM card and you should be ready to go.
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It doesn't seem to work - I put in the foreign SIM and can make and receive calls without an issue. But no 3G data available (and I have set all the data roaming, etc. on in settings). If I had root access, then I could try to flash that rom to see if it worked. I'm in South Africa on the Vodacom network (3G).

How To Videos on the Sprint Galaxy S4! (08/10/13)

This has been done MANY times before.
I recently purchased the Galaxy S4 and I make 1080p video tutorials on how to unlock, root, install custom recovery, roms, and etc.
Here are some videos that I know will help a lot of people out. I put a LOT of time and effort into making the best videos possible. If you have any suggestions for videos to make, please let me know! I'll be doing videos on roms and other development stuff found in the threads.
ALL of my Galaxy S4 Videos can be found HERE,
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL16F7F948A9277141
The EASIEST WAY to Root the Galaxy S4! (STILL WORKS WITH MF9!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONzxfyTnWIY
How To Root the Galaxy S4 (OLD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoHSesWTP5U
How To Install and Update Custom Recovery
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiYSH64NpU8
How To Install CyanogenMod 10.1 on the Galaxy S4!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwEAi_Y7UrY
How To Manually Update the Sprint Galaxy S4 to MF9!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMNV2H-2GvA
Sprint Galaxy S4: Official MF9 OTA Update First Look and Review
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-h4avjwX3o
How To Update the Sprint Galaxy S4 Firmware to MF9!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90oDtNOsygM
(That's for if you're running CM10.1 and want the latest baseband and firmware bits.
How To Install ForceROM on the Galaxy S4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPi-pr5jtmI
How To Unroot and Flash the Galaxy S4 to Stock Android 4.2.2 MDC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD5CHlrPQJQ
How To Update your Galaxy S4 to MDL with Root
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw77X_rCtqY
As far as I'm aware, this is the only thread in the Galaxy S4 forums with "How To" videos all in one place.
There will be MANY more Galaxy S4 videos to come. I'm going to do my full review of ForceROM once I've had time to play with it and can do an honest review. I will be doing a video on how to flash it stock this week or next week. Plus many more rom videos, tips/tricks, and etc.

Mine... Because all of the kids are doing it these days.
Many more videos will be added soon!

Dude you rock
I love the 90s. Good times.

This should be a sticky as well as the other video.
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you can install ota's with custom recovery btw
its messing with anything on system that causes installs to fail

I'm assuming these methods are for MDC and not MDL correct?
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shabbypenguin said:
you can install ota's with custom recovery btw
its messing with anything on system that causes installs to fail
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I've always had it fail with custom recovery. And I don't usually uninstall system apps. I'll note that in the video though! Thanks.

wwjoshdew said:
I've always had it fail with custom recovery. And I don't usually uninstall system apps. I'll note that in the video though! Thanks.
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in the old days ota's used to wipe everything and reinstall the rom, thus removing root. since gingerbread all they use is patch files, thankfully too. could you imagine a 1.5GB "ota"? it checks the hash of all the files its going to be updating, if it needs to update modem and you have a diff modem then it will fail, if you removed an apk it needs it will fail etc.
its why cwm/oudhs will detect if teh su binary has been altered with permissions and /system/etc/install-recovery.sh as they tend to be teh results of otas

Thanks boy.!
Awsome i was waiting for this.! thanks dev.! great :highfive:

shabbypenguin said:
in the old days ota's used to wipe everything and reinstall the rom, thus removing root. since gingerbread all they use is patch files,...
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Am I understanding this correctly? So if we've rooted and installed a custom recovery but everything else is stock we can accept an OTA without breaking root?
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Just_s said:
Am I understanding this correctly? So if we've rooted and installed a custom recovery but everything else is stock we can accept an OTA without breaking root?
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normally id say yes, as teh custom recovery will detect root has been altered and restore it. with this new setuid stuff it is no longer the case :/

shabbypenguin said:
normally id say yes, as teh custom recovery will detect root has been altered and restore it. with this new setuid stuff it is no longer the case :/
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This freaking update is nagging me and won't go away. I was talking with @Unknownforce, and now I don't want to install it...

I flashed the Slim Rom and the annoying update went bye bye.

This is really great thread Josh. What do you recommend for a rom. I need wifi teather
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shabbypenguin said:
you can install ota's with custom recovery btw
its messing with anything on system that causes installs to fail
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Everytime I tried to flash the ota it failed at the flashing point. I'm thinking it was due to the kernal being changed in my root process. I used OUDHS recovery method. ... Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong which I might be.
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Really, you have done a great job. I have seen all of your videos, but I did not find anything, which is needed to change. Superb !!.. It helps many people who have a galaxy S4. Thanks a lot for sharing such a helpful thing.

ironromulas said:
Everytime I tried to flash the ota it failed at the flashing point. I'm thinking it was due to the kernal being changed in my root process. I used OUDHS recovery method. ... Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong which I might be.
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If you didn't remove the stock bloat then you'd need to throw the stock recovery back on.
Have already seen the ota fail with twrp and oudhs.
(That's if you really want the ota to work)
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kkrunner7777 said:
This is really great thread Josh. What do you recommend for a rom. I need wifi teather
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ForceROM has the working hotspot mod. I used it just yesterday. Plus it's debloated and pretty awesome!

ironromulas said:
Everytime I tried to flash the ota it failed at the flashing point. I'm thinking it was due to the kernal being changed in my root process. I used OUDHS recovery method. ... Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong which I might be.
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as i explained earlier, the only way a ota will pass while you use custom recovery to flash it, is normally if you have custom recovery and root and thats all. alter system in any way and you risk the ota not going. replacing the kernel is guaranteed way to make them fail, almost every ota ever has included a new kernel update.

Tahde said:
I'm assuming these methods are for MDC and not MDL correct?
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Forgive my ignorance but what is mdc and mdl?
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Android 4.3 on 2012 nexus 7

Hello,
I have a 2012 nexus seven, do android 4.3 will work on it using normal android system upgrade from settings? Because it says that there isn't any update available.
And can I root the device normally afterwards?
And my data will be saved?
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Machlev said:
Hello,
I have a 2012 nexus seven, do android 4.3 will work on it using normal android system upgrade from settings? Because it says that there isn't any update available.
And can I root the device normally afterwards?
And my data will be saved?
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Over the air updates often take time to roll out. Give it time and the update will come.
Of course, you can root and flash a custom ROM based on 4.3, but unless you already have an unlocked bootloader, you will lose your data.
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mikeyd85 said:
Over the air updates often take time to roll out. Give it time and the update will come.
Of course, you can root and flash a custom ROM based on 4.3, but unless you already have an unlocked bootloader, you will lose your data.
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I have rooted my n7 without unlocking my bootloader. I'm using stock ROM. So my data will be saved?
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Machlev said:
I have rooted my n7 without unlocking my bootloader. I'm using stock ROM. So my data will be saved?
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You'll lose root, but so long as you made no changes to the preinstalled /system portion of the ROM, the OTA should run without killing any of your data.

Rirere said:
You'll lose root, but so long as you made no changes to the preinstalled /system portion of the ROM, the OTA should run without killing any of your data.
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OK, so tomorrow morning/afternoon I'll see the update?
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It can take a lot longer than that, several days or a few weeks sometimes.
I just installed the factory image on my Nexus 7, but this will delete all your data...

Rirere said:
You'll lose root, but so long as you made no changes to the preinstalled /system portion of the ROM, the OTA should run without killing any of your data.
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If he has Superuser he can download OTA Root Keeper off Google Play to keep root when he installs the OTA or if he uses SuperSU instead, the pro (paid) version has an option to protect root.
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Got the 4.3 upgrade OTA this morning but had to use the old trick.... "Google Services Framework > Force stop > clear data" to make it show up.

johnny15 said:
Got the 4.3 upgrade OTA this morning but had to use the old trick.... "Google Services Framework > Force stop > clear data" to make it show up.
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Been doing that all day no luck here.
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This is why it pays to have an unlocked bootloader.
You would be running 4.3, rooted, and no loss of data if you did.

VAVA Mk2 said:
If he has Superuser he can download OTA Root Keeper off Google Play to keep root when he installs the OTA
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Not at this stage, it seems.
"It means preserving root with OTA Root Keeper won't be possible anymore as new rooting techniques rely on more than just a setuid su binary in /system."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517

roshea66 said:
Not at this stage, it seems.
"It means preserving root with OTA Root Keeper won't be possible anymore as new rooting techniques rely on more than just a setuid su binary in /system."
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517
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Yeah you are right. They updated their app to show it at the moment does not have 4.3 support. Rooting a Nexus device is easy enough, though, that I would not worry about it.

OTA link for Nakasi is posted over the OTA repository
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phonic said:
This is why it pays to have an unlocked bootloader.
You would be running 4.3, rooted, and no loss of data if you did.
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Fastboot oem unlock is the first I do when I get home with a new nexus device lol. Of course this thing has seen less than an few hours of stock ROMs in the past year lol.
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Just updated my nexus 7 via. OTA.
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Finally got the update this evening! Had a notification to say it'd downloaded and was ready to install, but I was in the middle of fixing a Play Store issue which meant removing and reinstating my Google account...
Of course, this meant that the notification disappeared and I'm still stuck on 4.2.2 with the manual update via 'About tablet' not working.
If it's downloaded, can I assume that it's still somewhere on my device? If not, will I possibly have to wait days or weeks to receive the update again?!
I'm not rooted by the way.

Pepski said:
Finally got the update this evening! Had a notification to say it'd downloaded and was ready to install, but I was in the middle of fixing a Play Store issue which meant removing and reinstating my Google account...
Of course, this meant that the notification disappeared and I'm still stuck on 4.2.2 with the manual update via 'About tablet' not working.
If it's downloaded, can I assume that it's still somewhere on my device? If not, will I possibly have to wait days or weeks to receive the update again?!
I'm not rooted by the way.
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Check your cache folder, should be there.

johnny15 said:
Got the 4.3 upgrade OTA this morning but had to use the old trick.... "Google Services Framework > Force stop > clear data" to make it show up.
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4 Days have passed and still no upgrade
What do I do? And I have rooted using motochopper without unlocking boot loader, so my data will be saved?
Should I use this?: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-to-android-4-3-jwr66v-and-root-it-right-now/
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Hey guys I have an unlocked bootloader and rooted device on 4.2.2. Just received ota update notification. If I proceed with the update will it keep root? When I updated via ota the past few times it kept root but with 4.3 I am unsure as I don't want to brick my device
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rkanwar said:
Hey guys I have an unlocked bootloader and rooted device on 4.2.2. Just received ota update notification. If I proceed with the update will it keep root? When I updated via ota the past few times it kept root but with 4.3 I am unsure as I don't want to brick my device
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No, not unless you install one of the 4.3 zips floating around XDA via custom TWRP recovery.
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[Q] Does OTA RootKeeper work on Android 4.3?

Hi guys,
1. I have a rooted, stock 4.2.2 Nexus 7 and I use Chainfire's SuperSU app.
2. As you may know, Chainfire just updated SuperSU to v1.44 in order for it to work on Android 4.3.
My question is this:
My device hasn't taken the Android 4.3 OTA update yet; when it does come, is it possible to use supercurio's Voodoo OTA RootKeeper app to preserve root, since it will be keeping Chainfire's latest SuperSU?

In Play store, voodoo ota rootkeeper says it is not updated for 4.3 and will not keep root.

Ah, the only place I haven't checked
Thanks though!

I can confirm it doesn't work.
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What about chainfire's super su pro with OTA survival? He did recently update it to 1.44 to address some 4.3 bugs.
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MightyT01 said:
What about chainfire's super su pro with OTA survival? He did recently update it to 1.44 to address some 4.3 bugs.
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I've just written them an email asking for this. Let's wait an answer...

looking for a keep root solution like this too..
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MightyT01 said:
What about chainfire's super su pro with OTA survival? He did recently update it to 1.44 to address some 4.3 bugs.
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I had that prior to my OTA. My OTA failed, but SuperSU still alerted me that it saved my root after I forced a reboot.

Just reflash the latest SuperSU zip, no big deal.

khaytsus said:
Just reflash the latest SuperSU zip, no big deal.
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It's not updated yet but +1 on this. Install recovery using goo manager. Manually reboot recovery and Just flash superuserzip
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I've tried updating from OTA but I get the dead android error message in the flashing process. I had the device rooted and DPI set to 160 but I changed it back to 213 prior to trying to update via OTA. I also removed root via the Full Unroot of the chainfire SuperSU. Any ideas why I'm getting this ? The error i'm getting looks like http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-zGeRL92...6FM/s320/Android+Factory+Reset+Tutorial+2.jpg

allblackt said:
I've tried updating from OTA but I get the dead android error message in the flashing process. I had the device rooted and DPI set to 160 but I changed it back to 213 prior to trying to update via OTA. I also removed root via the Full Unroot of the chainfire SuperSU. Any ideas why I'm getting this ? The error i'm getting looks like http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G-zGeRL92...6FM/s320/Android+Factory+Reset+Tutorial+2.jpg
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Fixed it myself. Downloaded the update from the dedicate thread [REF] Nexus 7 Stock OTA URLs and tried to sideload it with ADB and noticed I had an error message regarding the checksum of debuggerd. So I found a debuggerd with matching checksum ( from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2379430&page=2 ), put it in place and everything was able to update. The update process ended in a bootloop but that's another story which got a happy ending: updated via fastboot with the stock image from the Google repository. More details on how to update here: http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-to-android-4-3-jwr66v-and-root-it-right-now/ - Scenario 2)

I don't get why Google doesn't release Nexus devices with full root support from stock...

minisergium said:
I don't get why Google doesn't release Nexus devices with full root support from stock...
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Well, for one thing it would mean blocking ads would be easy and that's the major source of revenue for Google, so I can understand why they wouldn't want to do that.
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Kid_droid said:
It's not updated yet but +1 on this. Install recovery using goo manager. Manually reboot recovery and Just flash superuserzip
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Is that a way to root my 4.3 N7?
I'm OTA stock, bootloafer unlocked and unrooted. Any tips?
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well I lost root and my custom recovery after flashing 4.3 ota and chainfire supersu via CWM ....getting new n7 so don't really care I guess could just flash recovery with nexus toolkit and then supersu...
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nolook said:
well I lost root and my custom recovery after flashing 4.3 ota and chainfire supersu via CWM ....getting new n7 so don't really care I guess could just flash recovery with nexus toolkit and then supersu...
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Are you sure this works?
I mean: Flashing a custom recovery like TWRP with a toolkit and then flashing the right SuperSu with it.

Should work fine.. Has for many others.... However, TWRP is probably better for doing it.

ren2008 said:
Are you sure this works?
I mean: Flashing a custom recovery like TWRP with a toolkit and then flashing the right SuperSu with it.
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no but have read it works
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nolook said:
no but have read it works
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I can confirm that it works. Did it earlier this morning.
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Partial 5.0 update

I'll start this off by saying I've been away from android for about a year now, just got my nexus back up and running and updated to 5.0 manually with adb. For some reason it didn't update completely or something though, I still seem to have the jb launcher. I updated straight from a jb version of paranoid android that was like 4.1, didn't think that would be a problem since I did the manual update. What do I need to do? I feel like this is probably just an obvious thing that I'm missing because of the time passed since I've done any of this
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You have to install Google Launcher from Play store.
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Really that's it? Long ass post for nothing lol thanks
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wareju said:
Really that's it? Long ass post for nothing lol thanks
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I downloaded the factory image and set it up from the beggining. It has jb launcher default. You have to download from google play yourself. There is no issue about it.

Thanks OP, I was in same boat
On a side question, I did mine OTA, any benefit to have done it via factory image instead?

Just install Google now launcher. Factory images are for those who can't wait for ota. If you have the ota then it's no different from factory images.
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mario24601 said:
Thanks OP, I was in same boat
On a side question, I did mine OTA, any benefit to have done it via factory image instead?
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I personally think flashing the factory image is a little more stable (just my opinion, though). Plus it is way less of a hassle if you're using any rom mods, custom recovery, etc. since the OTA won't flash if you do any of these. Also, with an OTA you have to either wait for the notification or get the right zip to flash over the version you're currently running....for example, if you have 4.3 and you want to update to 5.0 via OTA zip you can't use the 4.4->5.0 one...you have to find the 4.3->5.0 one. Factory images 'just work'....way less headaches

Thanks. Doing flash via code method listed on thread here.