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[Q] Root Nexus One 2.3.4 (stock)

Anyone know how to root Nexus One 2.3.4? I've done a few search but I can't find a full guide for that.
Thank you. Peace.

Since Gingerbreak doesn't work with 2.3.4(IIRC), what you can do is:
1.
- Downgrade to 2.3.3.
- Use gingerbreak to get root, flash custom recovery.
(If you downgraded to froyo, you can root it with z4root or SuperOneClick)
- Get ChainsDD's Superuser in flash-able .zip file. Copy it to SD card.
- Get 2.3.4 OTA update patch, copy it to SD card. If you don't want to lose custom recovery, open zip file with any archive utility, delete /recovery from zip. It will prevent stock recovery from restoring.
(If you downgraded to froyo and rooted, you need to get all OTA patches for upgrading to 2.3.3 and 2.3.4)
- Boot to recovery, flash (modified) OTA update patch. Don't reboot the device yet.
- Flash Superuser.
If you can use any application that requires root permission, you're done.
2. Unlock bootloader, push custom recovery and Superuser.
3. This requires Android Kitchen.
- Downgrade to 2.3.3 and root, flash custom recovery, same as 1.
- Get 2.3.4 system dump here.
- Use Android Kitchen to make rooted stock 2.3.4 package. When it's done, copy it to SD card.
- Backup all your data before proceed.
- Reboot to recovery, flash the package you made.
- Reboot and check. If nothing's wrong, you will have rooted stock with custom recovery.

Or when you're on 2.3.4, go to fastboot, flash a custom recovery, flash the superuser.zip

illuminarias said:
Or when you're on 2.3.4, go to fastboot, flash a custom recovery, flash the superuser.zip
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You need to unlock bootloader to do that.

LFact said:
You need to unlock bootloader to do that.
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unlock bootloader will wipe all data on device.

Hi guys, thank you for the tips.
So the best way is tho unlock the bootloader? I have no issue to do that since my warranty is finished. Doesn't matter whether it wipes out my data. I have few questions:
1. After I unlocked my bootloader, can I update any upcoming firmware OTA in the future? Or I have to flash it via sdcards.
2. I've heard about rebooting will unroot the phone. Is it true?
3. How do I unlock my bootloader?
4. Is changing rom will reset the phone to factory setting? Will my phone get unrooted?
Sorry I'm quite a noob here. Peace! Appreciate any helps.

1. With unlocked bootloader you do what you want.
2. No.
3. Read the wiki or a another guide. Mainly get the needed software onto a computer and run fastboot oem unlock when the phone is in the bootloader.
4. Flashing/updating to any rom that does not have root included you will loose root. With unlocked bootloader that is no issue. Flash custom recovery then flash su = root.

Great! Thanks!! I will search for a guide and unlock my bootloader soon!

I just picked up a nexus one unlocked with 2.3.4 stock. I want to downgrade to 2.2.2 or 2.2.1, root it with super one click, then after I get root go to rom manager and get my recovery and then flash a cyanogenmod rom. Saying all that what is the easiest way to downgrade to 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 ???
Thanks

vinnyjr said:
I just picked up a nexus one unlocked with 2.3.4 stock. I want to downgrade to 2.2.2 or 2.2.1, root it with super one click, then after I get root go to rom manager and get my recovery and then flash a cyanogenmod rom. Saying all that what is the easiest way to downgrade to 2.2.1 or 2.2.2 ???
Thanks
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Use passimg.zip. However, if it has really unlocked bootloader, all you have to do is use fastboot to flash custom recovery and any custom rom you want without doing so.

I have locked bootloader and have stock 2.3.4 on my nexus one... How to downgrade it to 2.3.3?

william31518 said:
I have locked bootloader and have stock 2.3.4 on my nexus one... How to downgrade it to 2.3.3?
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Use passimg.zip, though it depends on your main version saved in bootloader. If you can get FRG33 or FRG83 passimg.zip(though I wonder if you can find it...), use that, then (manually) update them until you reach 2.3.3.

Hey peeps I've unlocked my bootloader and rooted it. So far so good. Thanks for all the helps.

cjoshua said:
Hey peeps I've unlocked my bootloader and rooted it. So far so good. Thanks for all the helps.
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I feel daft; I have unlocked the bootloader but cannot root, how ridiculous is that.. Am on 2.3.4 build GRJ22.
I'm trying to install "Root" (point V) on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795 but cannot enter the recovery, getting "triangled" for ever & ever.
Please help guys..
(P.S. It is 06:30 here and I've just worked the whole night, that doesn't make anything any easier..)

Not sure what the guide says, but:
Download and place this zip on your SD.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6408470/su-releases/su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip
When connected in fastboot, type:
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img
fastboot boot name-of-recovery.img
Then flash the su zip - DONE!
Note:
name-of-recovery.img should be replaced with the actual name of the recovery image you have.
The recovery image needs to be located in the same folder on your PC as fastboot.
If your using mac or linux, fastboot may need to be substituted for fastboot-mac or fastboot-linux, etc.

danger-rat said:
Not sure what the guide says, but:
Download and place this zip on your SD.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6408470/su-releases/su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip
When connected in fastboot, type:
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img
fastboot boot name-of-recovery.img
Then flash the su zip - DONE!
Note:
name-of-recovery.img should be replaced with the actual name of the recovery image you have.
The recovery image needs to be located in the same folder on your PC as fastboot.
If your using mac or linux, fastboot may need to be substituted for fastboot-mac or fastboot-linux, etc.
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Thanks for the reply!
I think the problem is in that the "recovery-RA-passion-v2.2.1" isn't supporting build GRJ22 yet. Doing the above correctly (I think) but cannot boot into recovery.

You think wrong. Do it EXACTLY as danger said.

albundy2010 said:
You think wrong. Do it EXACTLY as danger said.
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Woa, easy mate.. Found the problem, I think. There's no SD card in the phone. Would that explain it?
(Need to wait a while now until I can use the girlfriend's..)

SD isn't required to install recovery, but you will need it for the su zip.
What sort of message are you getting when you flash recovery?

danger-rat said:
SD isn't required to install recovery, but you will need it for the su zip.
What sort of message are you getting when you flash recovery?
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I get OKAY on both "sending" & on "writing" the recovery in fastboot. I just cannot boot into recovery. It gets stuck on the triangle and I have to pull the battery

[Q]ICS from a custom rom?

Now before I screw up my phone, I would like to know if it is possible to switch to ICS from a custom ROM. I just want to try it out, I'm currently on Bananacakes Holiraider. I have the US version of HTC Vivid if that helps. And if it is possible, how to do it.

Short answer yes you can. Many have done it successfully, including myself. You have to relock your bootloader to be able to install the RUU. Don't do it if you're on any other carrier but ATT.

Ah ok thanks, so just to be sure, and I'm aware I may sound like a pain the assholes, I have AT&T Vivid so I'm good, all I need to do is just relock my bootloader. Then download the RUU from a thread I saw earlier. Is it still possible to root on ICS?

Yes, I'm rooted with ICS. Since the rooted rom's have been removed from here you may have to get on Wildchilds site to get a rooted ICS rom. He has step by step instructions on how to flash it without issues. Essentially after the RUU install, you'll need to unlock the bootloader, flash recovery, flash boot.img, and flash the rom. You may be able to find PG's rom elsewhere on the internet but I don't know if everything he's done is offline. Hope this helps.

strose09 said:
Yes, I'm rooted with ICS. Since the rooted rom's have been removed from here you may have to get on Wildchilds site to get a rooted ICS rom. He has step by step instructions on how to flash it without issues. Essentially after the RUU install, you'll need to unlock the bootloader, flash recovery, flash boot.img, and flash the rom.
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You can skip downloading the RUU if you want. If you're going with WC's ROM, he has a PH39IMG.zip packaged in it that contains the new HBoot. So basically you'll relock the bootloader, flash PH39IMG.zip in bootloader TWICE, unlock bootloader, fastboot flash boot.img and wcxrecovery.img, boot to recovery, flash ROM and you'll end up with WC's rooted ICS (more detailed instructions in his .zip)

Exactly what he said!

Thanks so much. Just a couple of questions (phobia of bricked phone). Flash the PH.zip file in fastboot? As in just boot to bootloader and it should automatically update? Then reboot to fastboot again? And for the boot image, use flash GUI? Same for recovery? Then flash Rom?
Sent from my HTC Raider X710e using XDA

bangorang said:
Thanks so much. Just a couple of questions (phobia of bricked phone). Flash the PH.zip file in fastboot? As in just boot to bootloader and it should automatically update? Then reboot to fastboot again? And for the boot image, use flash GUI? Same for recovery? Then flash Rom?
Sent from my HTC Raider X710e using XDA
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Not quite. Ph flashes automatically in bootloader..TWICE. then you have to get it off of your sd, boot to hboot again, but this time choose fastboot. Plug in USB. Unlock. Fastboot flash boot boot.IMG. fastboot flash recovery wcxrecovery.IMG. back to bootloader. Choose recovery. Flash Rom from recovery
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Do you guys have a link to WildChild's ROM site?
I've got my Vivid Bootloader unlocked and with CWM 5.5.0.4 but can't get past the white HTC screen with Holicakes or anything else.

willgill said:
Do you guys have a link to WildChild's ROM site?
I've got my Vivid Bootloader unlocked and with CWM 5.5.0.4 but can't get past the white HTC screen with Holicakes or anything else.
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Find one of his posts...its in his Sig. Are you flashing the boot.IMG before trying to flash the rom?
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Ok I got you on everything except the fastboot flashing boot.IMGs. I'm so sorry for the inconvenience but I just don't want to rage over a bricked phone. I was able to install custom roms and stuff, but I don't recall flashing from fastboot... Thank you again so much.
Sent from my HTC Raider X710e using XDA

Since we don't have S-Off, there a certain partitions that recovery can't write to (like the boot partition and recovery partition). Since this is the case, we have to flash custom recoveries and boot.img (which include the kernel) with fastboot. There is a GUI floating around that should flash boot.img as well, but it's not difficult to do with fastboot (I've never used the GUI so I can't speak first hand about it's effectiveness). In the ROM's .zip, you'll find boot.img. You need to extract this to the same location you have fastboot installed (in the sdk, it's in /platform-tools/). Once you have the boot.img in this directory, you need to navigate here in a command prompt. The easiest way to do this is to Shift+Click in this directory, and choose "Open command window here" Now you need to boot your phone to bootloader (power down, hold PWR+Vol- until hboot starts). Select Fastboot. Now plug your phone in and it will change to Fastboot USB. Enter the following command in the command prompt window:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
(Note: you can also flash a custom recovery here by issuing the following command, with the recovery.img in the fastboot directory
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img)
Press Enter. You will see it send, then write, then finish. Now on your phone select bootloader, then recovery. Now wipe data, cache, and Dalvik cache, then flash ROM

htc increble s . stock recovery.?

After you install custom recovery. recovery to be able to return to the stock again? How if possible.? waiting for help.
tanks..

kkalkan said:
After you install custom recovery. recovery to be able to return to the stock again? How if possible.? waiting for help.
tanks..
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Grab a RUU and extract the recovery.img file from the ROM.zip. Then flash the recovery image in FASTBOOT USB mode using
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Thank you for the reply. Another method yet? ready to file the form. examples. sensation, such as stock recovery is installed?.

Ouh.
For my little brain.
I use MIUI S-OFF (Clockworkmod installed with CWM Recovery).
I extract the recovery.img from a RUU go in fastboot and use the android SDK to flash it?
What is with the S-OFF and what happens then? Is it S-ON then?

justPwnY said:
Ouh.
For my little brain.
I use MIUI S-OFF (Clockworkmod installed with CWM Recovery).
I extract the recovery.img from a RUU go in fastboot and use the android SDK to flash it?
What is with the S-OFF and what happens then? Is it S-ON then?
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S-OFF is controlled by the HBOOT/bootloader. Installing another recovery image will not affect the bootloader, so you will still have S-OFF. However the stock HTC recovery does not allow you to flash custom ROMs.
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kkalkan said:
After you install custom recovery. recovery to be able to return to the stock again? How if possible.? waiting for help.
tanks..
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kkalkan said:
Thank you for the reply. Another method yet? ready to file the form. examples. sensation, such as stock recovery is installed?.
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OK, in looking at your posts again, are you asking how to backup your phone using a custom recovery so that you can restore it later?
If so, you would use the Backup option on the recovery menu and it create a backup file of the phone's current image to the SD card.
If you wish to restore this backup file, you would choose the Restore option on the recovery menu and then choose the backup file on the SD card.

If i install the Stock, the ROM doesn't allow to flash custom roms.
How do you mean that? Isn't it possible to install CWM +Recovery and flash a custom rom?

justPwnY said:
If i install the Stock, the ROM doesn't allow to flash custom roms.
How do you mean that? Isn't it possible to install CWM +Recovery and flash a custom rom?
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Yes it is possible to flash a custom ROM with CWM recovery. But if you reinstall the stock recovery (which is what I thought the original poster was asking), it will overwrite CWM recovery and you won't be able to flash a custom ROM.

Realy? And how can i get it back?

justPwnY said:
Realy? And how can i get it back?
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If you are still S-OFF or have an unlocked bootloader, then you would simply reinstall CWM.

Ok thanks i will give it a try!
Thanks for your answers

Incredible S will NOT accept other rom

I am trying to get rid of the CM7.1 on my Incredible S. I have fastboot on my Ubuntu machine and all the android libraries necessary. I tried a lot of commands from fastboot a couple of days ago but nothing happened. Miui got stuck on boot screen, CM7.2 also did the same. I want to wipe my phone. Delete everything. I am sick of the CM7.1 it is old.
My bootloader says this:
***UNLOCKED***
VIVO .. S-ON
HBOOT-2.00.0000
RADIO-3822.10.08.28_M
I want a step by step way to wipe my phone and install the STOCK ROM (but keeping my root), and using Ubuntu. I have been through dozens of tutorials, my phone wont wipe.
OFFICIAL ROMS:
http://www.filefactory.com/f/e45d6fe3dcf51228/
question: which one do I download (which one is the latest) and why do they have 100mb + difference? thanks a lot!
I need your help before I smash the phone on the wall

Since you're s-on still and unlocked, have you flashed the boot.img from the roms are flashed? Its required after a new rom/kernel flash in order to get the rom booting.

Why do I have to flash the boot.img? I download the *.zip file and flash the whole zip file using ROM manager. That should be enough

alrosh7 said:
Why do I have to flash the boot.img? I download the *.zip file and flash the whole zip file using ROM manager. That should be enough
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With s on you still have to fast boot flash boot.img to get the phone booting
Search how to do it, you probably did it when you flashed CM7
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alrosh7 said:
Why do I have to flash the boot.img? I download the *.zip file and flash the whole zip file using ROM manager. That should be enough
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With the unlocked bootloader, the boot partition only gets mounted as ReadOnly when in Recovery mode, thus when you flash a ROM in recovery mode, the boot.img file does not get written to your phone.
You manually have to flash the boot.img while in FASTBOOT USB mode using the command:
fastboot flash boot [boot.img file]
Also, you stated that you want to install a stock ROM but keep your root. Here are some things to keep in mind:
1. In order to flash an official HTC stock RUU, you must relock your bootloader. If you attempt to flash a RUU on an unlocked bootloader, you will get a 155 error.
2. Depending on which stock RUU you choose to flash, that particular bootloader may or may not be unlockable.
In the Development section there are several IncS stock, rooted ROMs that were built from official RUUs. I would recommend you give those a try. You may also want to look at mike1986's ARHD ROM which is based on the IncS ICS ROM.

Flash boot.img from Device

Like the title says, I want to flash a kernel (boot.img) on the device using a terminal. I know it's possible, but I can't find the guide for it anymore.

Hmm,
I have done it via flashtool and recovery but never heard of it being done via terminal on any xperia phone.
If you have unlocked the bootloader and have recovery installed then a lot of boot.img come with a recovery .zip that can be flashed in recovery. Can you let me know which boot.img you want to flash and if your bootloader is unlocked.

gregbradley said:
Hmm,
I have done it via flashtool and recovery but never heard of it being done via terminal on any xperia phone.
If you have unlocked the bootloader and have recovery installed then a lot of boot.img come with a recovery .zip that can be flashed in recovery. Can you let me know which boot.img you want to flash and if your bootloader is unlocked.
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I want to flash the kernel for CM10.2 builds. Yes I have unlocked my bootloader (I couldn't live with a locked one )

paxy97 said:
I want to flash the kernel for CM10.2 builds. Yes I have unlocked my bootloader (I couldn't live with a locked one )
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Ok then, just flash the .zip for those roms in recovery
It will install the kernel automatically

gregbradley said:
Ok then, just flash the .zip for those roms in recovery
It will install the kernel automatically
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Oh I didn't know that. I remember on my old Xperia Mini that this wasn't possible. Thanks dude

gregbradley said:
Ok then, just flash the .zip for those roms in recovery
It will install the kernel automatically
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I got installed a custom Kernel, device rooted, bootloader unlocked and CWM installed.
If I try to install the Kernel "boot.img" from Flashtool or CMD, he said: "Sending 'boot.img (9,7MB)'..." and it remains blocked there, if I flash directly the ROM from CWM it says: "Installation aborted (Status 7)". Anyone can help me, please?

Which kernel are you using now?
Which exact kernel are you trying to flash now? (please provide the download link or link to the page where it is)
Why are you trying to install the kernel separately, just flash the Cm10.2 .zip in recovery and it will install the kernel in the flashing process.