Okay so I'm on a 4.4.2 Rom and I try to install the recovery through the safestrap app and when I reboot to recovery it just goes to the little stock recovery ...This is a kit kat issue? I don't know how to change roms
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This has been explained a million times. SS does not work on KK. You will have to use Odin to flash the MJ5 AP and BL to use SS, Then back to Odin to flash back to Odin to flash back MGL AP and BL to boot again.
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VeryCoolAlan said:
Okay so I'm on a 4.4.2 Rom and I try to install the recovery through the safestrap app and when I reboot to recovery it just goes to the little stock recovery ...This is a kit kat issue? I don't know how to change roms
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All I read is "flash back to flash back to flash back and flash back" I think I need to just odin back to stock Rom
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All I read is "flash back to flash back to flash back and flash back" I think I need to just odin back to stock Rom
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Yeah - it's mentioned that safestrap doesn't work in kit kat. Once you flash the MJ5 files back in Odin, you can access safestrap again.
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All I read is "flash back to flash back to flash back and flash back" I think I need to just odin back to stock Rom
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No I don't get a boot loop.
I am already on a 4.4.2 rom. Hyperdrive.
But the weird thing is there is no custom recovery. I don't know how the person that I bought this phone from flashed it.
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It is not weird that there is no custom recovery. The used SS and flashed the ROM to the stock slot. SS is still technically there it will just never show unless you Odin the AP and BL from MJ5.
Then once you are done flashing whatever with SS, you Odin the AP and BL from MGL so it will boot the ROM.
We have locked bootloaders a true custom recovery is impossible until there is a workaround or an unlock method is found. SS is all we have.
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graydiggy said:
It is not weird that there is no custom recovery. The used SS and flashed the ROM to the stock slot. SS is still technically there it will just never show unless you Odin the AP and BL from MJ5.
Then once you are done flashing whatever with SS, you Odin the AP and BL from MGL so it will boot the ROM.
We have locked bootloaders a true custom recovery is impossible until there is a workaround or an unlock method is found. SS is all we have.
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OK i have a N900AUCUCMLG KK so you are saying if I FLASH THE AP & BL FROM MJ5 I COULD USE SS? and possible root as well... So much reading and still not convince sorry..........
e_peres said:
OK i have a N900AUCUCMLG KK so you are saying if I FLASH THE AP & BL FROM MJ5 I COULD USE SS? and possible root as well... So much reading and still not convince sorry..........
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You won't be able to install it. You don't have root and can't have root on the MLG leak. You will need to revert to MJ5, thread is in general, then follow the OP of a ROM that you want.
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You won't be able to install it. You don't have root and can't have root on the MLG leak. You will need to revert to MJ5, thread is in general, then follow the OP of a ROM that you want.
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Thanks I thought so................................. I'll give it sometime to see if in the future it will be possible or perhaps say what the hell lets do it...........thanks again
there is a new beta for safestrap as of yesterday. look for the thread in the dev section
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I unlocked my inc s bootloader using htcdev method. I then installed 4ext recovery and then the a custom rom. I now want to revert back to stock rom and re-unlock the bootloader. Am thinking of doing this. Please correct me if I am wrong.
1. Restore stock rom from nandroid backup.
2. Use htcdev relock method to get back to unlocked state.
My question is will the custom recovery create any problems. If so how do I get back stock recovery?
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No one?
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I unlocked my inc s bootloader using htcdev method. I then installed 4ext recovery and then the a custom rom. I now want to revert back to stock rom and re-unlock the bootloader. Am thinking of doing this. Please correct me if I am wrong.
1. Restore stock rom from nandroid backup.
2. Use htcdev relock method to get back to unlocked state.
My question is will the custom recovery create any problems. If so how do I get back stock recovery?
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No the custom recovery will not cause any issues.
And once I restore stock rom and re unlock I can get the latest ics ota update?
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I unlocked my inc s bootloader using htcdev method. I then installed 4ext recovery and then the a custom rom. I now want to revert back to stock rom and re-unlock the bootloader. Am thinking of doing this. Please correct me if I am wrong.
1. Restore stock rom from nandroid backup.
2. Use htcdev relock method to get back to unlocked state.
My question is will the custom recovery create any problems. If so how do I get back stock recovery?
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Why do you need to re-lock? If you want to receive OTA update, you need to have stock recovery.
samgurung said:
And once I restore stock rom and re unlock I can get the latest ics ota update?
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OK so going back to your original question, yes the custom recovery will cause you a problem with trying to receive the OTA update. It will let you download it, but will then tell you that you have a custom setup and won't let you install it.
i guess its more or less same case as mine
you can refer to my post before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1670176
btw, I finally run the RUU... :silly:
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And once I restore stock rom and re unlock I can get the latest ics ota update?
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you can get ics rom here..they r best optimized n battery friendly.btw i prefer custom than stock
I run a custom ics rom but they are not yet stable. Especially the camera. Fc issues when running at 8mpx
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Well I need to go swap my phone :banghead: just realized my phones speakers are making crackling and popping noises.. problem is I've unlocked my bootloader and I'm currently on vipers rom.. so how would I go about getting back to stock?
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Your best bet is to restore a nandroid of stock or flash the odex stock ROM. You won't be able to fully return to stock. Next, grab the stock recovery IMG and fast boot flash that. Relock your boot loader with the AIO toolkit. At that point you are mostly back to stock but not completely. You cannot completely return to stock until an RUU is released. Even then your boot loader will say relocked and not locked.
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Your best bet is to restore a nandroid of stock or flash the odex stock ROM. You won't be able to fully return to stock. Next, grab the stock recovery IMG and fast boot flash that. Relock your boot loader with the AIO toolkit. At that point you are mostly back to stock but not completely. You cannot completely return to stock until an RUU is released. Even then your boot loader will say relocked and not locked.
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One small edit, RUUs reflash the bootloader so it would say "LOCKED".
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One small edit, RUUs reflash the bootloader so it would say "LOCKED".
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Oh, thank you. My apologies. I haven't run HTC since OGEvo.
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If you unlock your bootloader then relock it, it will say Relocked.......even after a ruu.
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We need true root, not HTC's dev-unlock if I'm not mistaken to go back to compete stock. One of the reasons I'm waiting to root.
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Your best bet is to restore a nandroid of stock or flash the odex stock ROM. You won't be able to fully return to stock. Next, grab the stock recovery IMG and fast boot flash that. Relock your boot loader with the AIO toolkit. At that point you are mostly back to stock but not completely. You cannot completely return to stock until an RUU is released. Even then your boot loader will say relocked and not locked.
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Would i also flash the stock boot img?
I would, myself, I would flash every stock image I could find. Just in case they go perusing through the phone. Technically they aren't supposed to take it, but normally they don't look that deep if everything seems normal. I would also hunt down the apks that are deleted during the boot loader unlock just in case
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I would, myself, I would flash every stock image I could find. Just in case they go perusing through the phone. Technically they aren't supposed to take it, but normally they don't look that deep if everything seems normal. I would also hunt down the apks that are deleted during the boot loader unlock just in case
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would you know how to get rid of that red warning message at the htc bootscreen?
That's caused by unlocking the boot loader I do believe. Won't go away until it is changed back to LOCKED
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That's caused by unlocking the boot loader I do believe. Won't go away until it is changed back to LOCKED
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okay so i flashed the stock odex rom from viper but whenever i try to relock my bootloader it won't boot into the rom just straight back to the bootloader
Once you re lock you have to run the ruu. You have a custom boot.img and recovery that isn't signed thus it won't boot unsecured partitions with a locked bootloader
I'm an idiot, i flashed the 24a radio from the radios/modems thread in the g2 dev forum and i don't have 12b on my sdcard. now i'm getting constant reboots and i can't do anything. i can get into recovery if i'm lucky but once i'm there i have nothing to flash. idk what to do =(
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I'm an idiot, i flashed the 24a radio from the radios/modems thread in the g2 dev forum and i don't have 12b on my sdcard. now i'm getting constant reboots and i can't do anything. i can get into recovery if i'm lucky but once i'm there i have nothing to flash. idk what to do =(
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You might be able to push the 12b radio to your phone from your computer via adb and your recovery
Worse case get into download mode and use the lg flash tool with a tot file.
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Well I had to use the lgflash tool to revert to 11a. Back on 12b with after that huge 11a download. But is there is there Amy way to update the radio to 24a without getting bootloops?
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Cgress22 said:
Well I had to use the lgflash tool to revert to 11a. Back on 12b with after that huge 11a download. But is there is there Amy way to update the radio to 24a without getting bootloops?
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Are you trying to install a 24A rom also? Follow the upgrade guide for that and you'll get the radios too.
Adb sideload 12b in recovery
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Cgress22 said:
Well I had to use the lgflash tool to revert to 11a. Back on 12b with after that huge 11a download. But is there is there Amy way to update the radio to 24a without getting bootloops?
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Are you trying to stay on 12B while retaining the 24A radio or are you trying to update the ROM? If the latter, the procedure to my understanding is to update the bootstack while in recovery but make sure you reboot back into recovery or you'll be in the boot loop. From there you'll be able to flash the 24A ROM of your choosing.
Like it says I'm on Sprint rooted xposed custom how I like. Have cwm recovery.
I think it's worth it to go back to stock to take 4.4 ota since we have recovery for kit at now?
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What are people doing to root the newest official 5.1 pure OTA? I saw a couple of threads about root floating around, but cf autoroot seems to have failed for a few people. What are you guys using to root?
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Completing this question by adding one more bit that is there any root method which supports easy unrooting like Kitkat days where we don't have to go through hassles and risks of flashing whole stock ROM again?
I rooted 5.1 by booting twrp and flashing latest supersu. I haven't tried yet to full unroot but it should work.
Nicolae-Daniel said:
I rooted 5.1 by booting twrp and flashing latest supersu. I haven't tried yet to full unroot but it should work.
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How did you boot twrp??,,, . Using windroid?
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rohithksaj said:
How did you boot twrp??,,, . Using windroid?
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Via fastboot. I just unrooted my device,although bootloader says "Software status : Modified" so i don't think it's safe to OTA update.
Be careful with this method though. Cause as of now there is no full image of 5.1. Therefore no stock recovery if you want to flash everything back like stock , unless you go back to 5.0 and then flash ota, hence the potential risk.
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Be careful with this method though. Cause as of now there is no full image of 5.1. Therefore no stock recovery if you want to flash everything back like stock , unless you go back to 5.0 and then flash ota, hence the potential risk.
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Yep. Kinda stuck as I didn't backup before rooting
Doesn't the factory reset convert the phone back into the stock? Like what used to happen in previous Android versions?
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Doesn't the factory reset convert the phone back into the stock? Like what used to happen in previous Android versions?
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No, that's never been a thing. It only wipes /data and doesn't touch /system at all.
For that to work, they'd have to take up valuable phone space with system images.
As for root, getting it is virtually unchanged since 4.4.4. Use Cf-Auto-Root or let twrp do it.
Anybody tried re locking the boot loader.???
I tried every method but failed....
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rohithksaj said:
Anybody tried re locking the boot loader.???
I tried every method but failed....
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Can't be done.
rohithksaj said:
Anybody tried re locking the boot loader.???
I tried every method but failed....
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It's pointless to do. There is no valid reason to relock it.
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the topic gone wrong, what is the best way to root latest ota? does cf-auto-root work?
since there is full image of latest 5.1 ota for pure edition, there are low risks of rooting.
any suggestion?
pro.gangster said:
the topic gone wrong, what is the best way to root latest ota? does cf-auto-root work?
since there is full image of latest 5.1 ota for pure edition, there are low risks of rooting.
any suggestion?
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Just flash TWRP and root that way... If you don't want to overwrite the default recovery, boot TWRP. No real risks, it hasn't changed from 5.0.
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