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[Q] Stock Nandroid Backup

I remember reading somewhere (dont remember exactly where) that you can make a nandroid backup before rooting or flashing a custom recovery.
This was done by booting into fastboot mode and running the custom recovery, not flashing, just running it. This would preserve the stock recovery as a custom recovery is not flashed, but would still allow you to make a backup of the stock rom without root and without a custom recovery.
Is this a possible method for making a nandroid backup of the stock rom? Which would allow you to return to stock after rooting and installing custom roms?

fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid

EddyOS said:
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
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One more question, even if you have a nandroid of the stock rom, wouldnt your device still show up as tampered and unlocked? Is there a way to remove that AFTER returning to the stock rom..?

EddyOS said:
fastboot boot recovery CWM.img (or whatever you have called the recovery image) will boot into CWM but not flash it and you can then make a nandroid
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Hi, you again
That didn't work for me with CWM, but it didn't work after I flashed it either. It just failed to back anything up.
I didn't try it with TRWP though, in theory you're correct.

[Q] Installing custom rom on unlocked Z failing

Unlocked rooted xperiaz..
installed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190936
(tried also with cwm)
After entering recovery cwm or twrp i can choose ROM: (tried paranoid android)
I'm on the latest stock firmware btw... 244..
After flashing i only get a red light, and nothing else works.. can get to flas mode and flash stock ROM, but everytime i try a custom rom it fails..
Where am i going wrong? I Know i **** up somewhere, but can't see where...

Try flashing the Kernel from Paranoid Android by itself. Inside the rom's zip there ahould be an image called boot.img. Flash via fasboot on Flashtool.
Now enter recovery and follow the normal procedure.

First of all that link to TWRP is for locked bootloaders. You need to have an unlocked bootloader to install a custom rom
To get recovery just flash the boot.img which is inside the rom .zip folder
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then enter recovery and flash the zip then gapps.

[Q] VZW Dev Ed 4.4.2?

Is there a guide anywhere on how to install 4.4.2 on the Dev Ed phones?
Assume I can just use TWRP for root after updating?
Thanks!

Mercutio5 said:
Is there a guide anywhere on how to install 4.4.2 on the Dev Ed phones?
Assume I can just use TWRP for root after updating?
Thanks!
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Are you rooted now? If you are rooted, as long as you haven't changed any of the system files you can install the .zip through the stock recovery and you're good to go (you don't lose root).
If you aren't rooted, just install the .zip through the stock recovery and then flash TWRP recovery and root.
Assuming you have an unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP and rooted (but no other changes, no VZWentitlement hacks, delete/removing/renaming any apps from /system/app or /system/priv-app, no Xposed Installer and modules installed, etc...).
Download the 4.4.2 update .zip to your phone.
Flash the stock recovery back to your phone.
Boot to recovery and install the .zip you downloaded.
Done.
You'll need to find the .zip and download it.
You'll need to know how to flash the stock recovery back and have it downloaded so you can flash it
You'll need to know how to use the stock recovery (button combos to boot to recovery and enter recovery)

tcrews said:
Are you rooted now? If you are rooted, as long as you haven't changed any of the system files you can install the .zip through the stock recovery and you're good to go (you don't lose root).
If you aren't rooted, just install the .zip through the stock recovery and then flash TWRP recovery and root.
Assuming you have an unlocked bootloader, flashed TWRP and rooted (but no other changes, no VZWentitlement hacks, delete/removing/renaming any apps from /system/app or /system/priv-app, no Xposed Installer and modules installed, etc...).
Download the 4.4.2 update .zip to your phone.
Flash the stock recovery back to your phone.
Boot to recovery and install the .zip you downloaded.
Done.
You'll need to find the .zip and download it.
You'll need to know how to flash the stock recovery back and have it downloaded so you can flash it
You'll need to know how to use the stock recovery (button combos to boot to recovery and enter recovery)
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Thank you!
Ah, I had forgotten about having to use the stock recovery to flash. When I last updated, I dirty flashed a TWRP-able image. Might wait for someone to make one for maximum laziness

Edit the updater-script and remove the device check for ghost in the OTA zip that's posted. Then you can flash it in CWM or TWRP as long as /system is stock.
Sent from my Moto X

Root without custom recovery / via adb / 4.4 latest stock recovery img?

Hello guys,
i'm on the latest firmware for our device with hboot 1.56 which prevents me from temporary booting into custom recovery.
I want to root the device but still be able to take OTA updates. How can i root via ADB or does someone have the stock recovery img file so i can flash it back ?
Thanks.

Manually flashing 6.0, will this approach still work?

To start: 5.1.1 (LMY48M), rooted, with TWRP for recovery
For every 5.x update so far, this has been my procedure using fastboot:
Flash boot.img
Flash radio.img
Flash system.img
After successfully updated, I'd use WugFresh's Nexus toolkit to root and flash TWRP.
I'm a fan of not needing to flash userdata.img, as I don't think that should be necessary given that the OTA wouldn't wipe installed apps and such.
I've read other threads about using fastboot to upgrade and am concerned about the boot warnings, which seem to require a custom kernel to circumvent. My question is: will the above approach still work? Do I need to flash any other files? If I need to flash a custom kernel, where do I get it, how do I flash it (is it just a custom boot.img?), and at which point in the flash sequence should I apply it?
Secondly, has anyone tried gaining root through the Nexus toolkit once upgraded to 6.0?
I'm looking for recommendations so I don't spend hours trying to unbrick my device. Thanks!

You'll also want to flash the 6.0 bootloader and why are you using the toolkit to flash twrp when you can flash it in fastboot along with the rest of the files?

Ah OK, I'll flash the bootloader image as well. Anything else to be concerned with? The toolkit has a feature to root + flash twrp as a feature, so I just use that.

Do the bootloader first, then reboot the bootloader before you flash anything else. There are instructions floating around here some where or you can google nexus 6 flash factory images. You don't have to flash user data as this will format all you data/ apps.

Just download the latest SuperSu zip (2.50) and put it on your SDcard. If you flash as you suggested and then boot directly into recovery, you will still have TWRP. If you don't flash the stock recovery.img to replace TWRP, it will replace on first boot anyway, unless you root imeediately, but you are probably booting to use the toolkit, which replaces recovery only to have to use the toolkit to flash recovery anwyay.
So do your flashes, boot straight into recovery, flash the supersu zip on your sdcard. Done.