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How to Keep google from knowing what you have done to your nexus thread

*Okay so this is one of my first posts on this forum so please cut me some slack if I've made a mistake*
My Nexus seven tablet came in the mail today and I've been doing a lot of research on rooting it and installing a kernel. I've searched around the site using the search tool and looked around as much as I can but I just can't seem to find anything talking about how to completely reset the entire tablet as if it just came out of the box; the reason I'm asking this is because I plan on rooting it and installing my own kernel. The problem is I don't want to actually void the warranty in the situation that something were to happen to it that is covered by the warranty, I could reset the tablet completely and send it back to them without them knowing it was ever flashed or rooted!!
The question: there are programs out there that can be used on the computer and the device itself that will allow the user to completely reset the device using a backup taken from the device before any modifications are done to it; what are some programs that sound like those specifications, where can I get it and how can I use it?
ANY help will be rewarded with thanks

Nexus devices are blessed with factory images from Google.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250
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skadude66 said:
Nexus devices are blessed with factory images from Google.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781250
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This is all that you need, download the factory image you need for your tablet and flash it with nexus root tool 1.52, it's an all in one application that allows you to unlock, root, install cwm and even flash images back to stock. When you flash a google factory image it will wipe the entier tablet and install the stock kernel.
Other than that you're good to go.

SoHaunted said:
the only thing it won't do it re-lock your tablet so you'll have to do that wit another method.
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The Nexus Root Toolkit 1.52 actually will also re-lock your boot loader. Bottom right button on the GUI.

danknee said:
The Nexus Root Toolkit 1.52 actually will also re-lock your boot loader. Bottom right button on the GUI.
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dang, didn't even notice it . Updated my previous post, thanks!

It's a Nexus device. You don't have to worry about anything. If needed, download the factory image directly from Google, flash it, and fastboot oem lock to relock the bootloader. Good as new.

It doesn't matter what you have done on your nexus. Warranty covers manufacturer defects (screen lift, other defects people had, etc) and not damages from misuse (dropping it in water, bricking it by flashing a bad file, etc)

It's a Nexus device, made for unlocking and rooting. Google doesn't care one bit. If it has a hardware defect, they will replace it. They built these devices to be as open as possible for you to do anything you want with it.
They even go above and beyond for you to let you hack it and still have a great experience. Originally you couldn't view rented movies on a rooted system because of the movie licensing they had, they went and worked on changing that so rooted users can rent them too now.

Since Google talked about hacking their devices at Google I/O ... I don't think they care anymore ... the only reason they disable some apps due to root is to protect its content .. DRM protected content and like your Wallet
But just as a note ... flashing any factory image will restore your device completely ... so back up all photos, videos, etc ... stuff that isn't stored on the cloud
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Clarkster said:
It's a Nexus device, made for unlocking and rooting. Google doesn't care one bit. If it has a hardware defect, they will replace it. They built these devices to be as open as possible for you to do anything you want with it.
They even go above and beyond for you to let you hack it and still have a great experience. Originally you couldn't view rented movies on a rooted system because of the movie licensing they had, they went and worked on changing that so rooted users can rent them too now.
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Quick question, will OTA work for any new updates from Google after rooting and being unlocked?
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rushter said:
Quick question, will OTA work for any new updates from Google after rooting and being unlocked?
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If you want updates after you root you have to flash them yourself. It's not that big of a deal, just like flashing anything else. Please don't try to OTA update a rooted device.

Samsung devices are the only ones that I know of that keep track of mods to your device.
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Thank you very much
I am so grateful to have people helping out a noob like me, thanks have been given to everyone here!
I will look into the Nexus Root Toolkit

colonel187 said:
Samsung devices are the only ones that I know of that keep track of mods to your device.
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Some have a watermark to detect when rooted.
nooomoto said:
If you want updates after you root you have to flash them yourself. It's not that big of a deal, just like flashing anything else. Please don't try to OTA update a rooted device.
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You can OTA if you have stock system files and stock recovery
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nooomoto said:
Please don't try to OTA update a rooted device.
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I think you can use Voodoo OTA RootKeeper to update via OTA and still keep root.

colonel187 said:
Samsung devices are the only ones that I know of that keep track of mods to your device.
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I think the official htc and sony bootloader unlock tools leave proof you unlocked too.
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Shano56 said:
Some have a watermark to detect when rooted.
You can OTA if you have stock system files and stock recovery
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You can accept and flash an OTA using a custom recovery, you'll just need to start the update manually.
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[App] Need for Speed Most Wanted

Hi guys.... i have buy nfs most wanted from play store, but i'm not able tu use because the game cannot find internet connection! are there anyone that having try to play this?

I bought it when it came out but for some reason it closes when i get to main menu. It downloaded the data fine
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Downloaded fine here, but quits to home screen after loading up. Hope there's a fix soon
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Jellybean?
daranx said:
Downloaded fine here, but quits to home screen after loading up. Hope there's a fix soon
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Is this on the stock rom?

djfuego said:
Is this on the stock rom?
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Yes; stock, unrooted, unflashed, 100% untouched. Gonna get a refund

Looks like a good game, ill keep it and wait for updates.
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daranx said:
Downloaded fine here, but quits to home screen after loading up. Hope there's a fix soon
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Had that problem to at first. After a several plays it got better and now works almost without force closing.
Asphalt 7 does not force close btw, and is the better of the 2 imho
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crazymister said:
Had that problem to at first. After a several plays it got better and now works almost without force closing.
Asphalt 7 does not force close btw, and is the better of the 2 imho
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Should work all the time without force closing. Ridiculous.
I have LT30at and get force close everytime at welcome screen.
Download took me out of the refund window. EA with another license to extort.
I sent them an email to try and get my money back.

I have this same, when I launch a game app always crash to main screen...

It works on mine. Increasing dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit should be enough. But root is needed.

The game works on mine. Increasing dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit should be enough. But root is needed.

peetr_ said:
It works on mine. Increasing dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit should be enough. But root is needed.
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How can i increase dalvik? Can you tell us with a guide? Thanks
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Gush I can't root, I have blocked bootloader, Orange ... :-\

Whatever12 said:
Gush I can't root, I have blocked bootloader, Orange ... :-\
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Locked bootloader has nothing to do with root access.
Use bin4ry's method version 15.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
Make sure you download and install sony backup and restore apk if your device did not come with it preinstalled.

augie7107 said:
Locked bootloader has nothing to do with root access.
Use bin4ry's method version 15.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
Make sure you download and install sony backup and restore apk if your device did not come with it preinstalled.
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If you are on the latest firmware the only way to root is by unlocking the bootloader, Bin4ry's method does not work in the latest firmware
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That's all for me, I have '195

Whatever12 said:
That's all for me, I have '195
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You can still root by flashing the older formware 7.0.A.1.303 and using bin4ry's method. Just stay on that firmware and you will be rooted. Follow the guide from the all in one thread

i've just rooted my phone, but for increase dalvik what i have to do?
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LegibleEel said:
I bought it when it came out but for some reason it closes when i get to main menu. It downloaded the data fine
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Same problem it keeps closing
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neghelliregna said:
i've just rooted my phone, but for increase dalvik what i have to do?
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Download Root explorer, find file named build.prop in /system, open it for editing, find the line dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit and increase it to 96m for example. It should be enough.

Smoothrom 4.3 no developer options no titanium backup

Hi everyone,
Can anyone advise me.
On the latest 4.3 build I can no longer find developer options.
And titanium backup will not work as it says my nexus is not rooted .
Sorry to be a pain but I'm stuck , searched everywhere first.
Sikon
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Well have you tried tapping the build number in About Tablet multiple times for the Dev options?
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adil17 said:
Well have you tried tapping the build number in About Tablet multiple times for the Dev options?
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Yeah that's a little trick they put into jellybean you have to click itb7 times i think
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Thankyou very much. Got me developer options back.
Appreciate your help mate.
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As for titanium backup, you should clear all data and cache, uninstall and reinstall. If it still doesn't recognize it, maybe there was a fault in your rooting process

simonthedon2k said:
Thankyou very much. Got me developer options back.
Appreciate your help mate.
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You should hit the thanks button on him.

Thanks again. I tried clearing cache etc
Is there anyway of rooting my nexus without loosing everything
Sky go still says its rooted lol
Thankyou
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Is superSU installed?

How do I revert back to stock MI3 NO ROOT?

Anyone have the files?
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If you have mj4 I don't believe a downgrade is possible
Though you can downgrade from mi5 no problem.
The stock mi3 file is still up at the Samsung update website. I don't remember the link at the moment.
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mjcollum said:
If you have mj4 I don't believe a downgrade is possible
Though you can downgrade from mi5 no problem.
The stock mi3 file is still up at the Samsung update website. I don't remember the link at the moment.
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Oh OK thanks bro... I tried to revert once before and it always fails in Odin... Just making sure it wasn't me doing something wrong and that it just wasn't possible
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If you're on mj4, you cannot go back to any previous version.

oscarthegrouch said:
If you're on mj4, you cannot go back to any previous version.
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Yup I knew that was previously the case, and was pretty sure there was no workaround.
I hate when they do cap like that to the bootloader.
I'm going to take that as confirmation, as I knew back when mj4 first came out and I was maintain a Knox safe root thread. There were a few issues of people tripping Knox Even on a complete stock uprooted phone attempting to downgrade to run the Vega files.
Just hadn't looked into it since then wasn't sure someone hadn't worked around it.
Though why you would want to go back to mi3 is another question.
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im in the same boat sorta. guy wants to buy my phone but i wanna give it to him as clean as possible. im on mj4. is there anyway to go back to a stock stock version of that?

Mr.Muscles said:
im in the same boat sorta. guy wants to buy my phone but i wanna give it to him as clean as possible. im on mj4. is there anyway to go back to a stock stock version of that?
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Yup, there are a few stock mj4 options (with or without root)
Check the development section.
I personally usually use Odin to flash the full official Samsung mj4 tar.
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FLBoy1991 said:
Anyone have the files?
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check my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/xiaomi-mi-3/general/guide-how-to-root-mi3-t2845843#post54901463

FLBoy1991 said:
Anyone have the files?
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Just to go Security>Permission control > disable root permission
If you are using any third party root permission managers like SuperSu
Just uninstalling them would work.

SuperSU offers to turn off knox?

Have any of you gotten to this screen? I went to update binaries and it said it would attempt to turn off knox. I canceled the process, but still it's interesting.
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Yes I did it. It's safe to do and it does not increase the counter
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skatin707 said:
Have any of you gotten to this screen? I went to update binaries and it said it would attempt to turn off knox. I canceled the process, but still it's interesting.
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It asked the same for me, I just said yes, although for some reason binaries seem to fail at updating. But when using an app that requires root, Super SU still asks to allow root to tha app. I also used Titanium Backup Pro to freeze three apps relating to Knox. You can also do that as well, just to be safe.

skatin707 said:
Have any of you gotten to this screen? I went to update binaries and it said it would attempt to turn off knox. I canceled the process, but still it's interesting.
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I clicked okay. No matter what SuperSU doesn't update, but still works.

cerobles1 said:
It asked the same for me, I just said yes, although for some reason binaries seem to fail at updating. But when using an app that requires root, Super SU still asks to allow root to tha app. I also used Titanium Backup Pro to freeze three apps relating to Knox. You can also do that as well, just to be safe.
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That was my plan, but I figured I'd poke my nose around to see what others had done. New device, might as well be cautious.
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There's another thread here with a link to a SuperSU app that will not fail to update.
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sk8trix said:
There's another thread here with a link to a SuperSU app that will not fail to update.
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Just FYI it was not actually a link to the SuperSU app the user just stated that he went to the website and downloaded the latest SuperSU files and manually installed SuperSU and then the updated apk. As you said after installing the new SuperSU.apk version it updates properly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2783928

sk8trix said:
There's another thread here with a link to a SuperSU app that will not fail to update.
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What was the point of this post?
No link provided, no new info provided, so what's the point?
THIS thread isn't about failure to update, so I believe you are in the wrong thread.

skatin707 said:
What was the point of this post?
No link provided, no new info provided, so what's the point?
THIS thread isn't about failure to update, so I believe you are in the wrong thread.
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Here is the link... And by the way you open the zip with the normal file manager and extract the files and then when you're in the folder find he apk and just install it. It not rocket science.
http://download.chainfire.eu/447/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip
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sk8trix said:
Here is the link... And by the way you open the zip with the normal file manager and extract the files and then when you're in the folder find he apk and just install it. It not rocket science.
http://download.chainfire.eu/447/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4.zip
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Right, like I said this thread isn't about that.

skatin707 said:
Right, like I said this thread isn't about that.
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But someone said that SuperSU failed to update, he was just pointing them in the right direction to fix that issue.