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Hi everyone,
Recently I tried to follow a post from xda dev on putting a new kernel on my HTC Desire C.
Although I followed all the steps I am now unable to get past the boot screen wit the htc logo.
I have tried a number of solutions to make it work but nothing so far, backup recovery failed, changing to another kernel failed.
I think that at this point it might be bricked, and all that I can see is the logo and a disclaimer message.
Does anyone has any idea if I could fix it, and what do I need to do?
Kind regards,
Florin
Edit: thanks to aashay960 for telling me how to fix this.
The solution was to reinstall kernel and rom (since I made a mess of it initially)
Current config : CyanogenMod 10 + N.O.P.E Kernel 875Mhz
sir_florin90 said:
Hi everyone,
Recently I tried to follow a post from xda dev on putting a new kernel on my HTC Desire C.
Although I followed all the steps I am now unable to get past the boot screen wit the htc logo.
I have tried a number of solutions to make it work but nothing so far, backup recovery failed, changing to another kernel failed.
I think that at this point it might be bricked, and all that I can see is the logo and a disclaimer message.
Does anyone has any idea if I could fix it, and what do I need to do?
Kind regards,
Florin
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Its not bricked. Tell me which kernel you are trying, with which rom? And try flashing a lower frequency kernel.
aashay960 said:
Its not bricked. Tell me which kernel you are trying, with which rom? And try flashing a lower frequency kernel.
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I tried the Prometheus Kernel for sense linked in your signature with the stock. I got to the HTC logo screen and it got stuck there. It might be that the method I used was wrong.
Would it be possible to use the ones you do? Cyanogem mode and the N.O.P.E Kernel?
Can I install them only with recovery? And is there and "xda approved" method of installing kernels and custom roms?
Thanks,
Florin
Flash a lower frequency Prometheus Sense Kernel from fastboot.
You cannot use nope for sense roms. Nope is for Jellybean roms only.
As of now we have two ways to flash a kernel on this device. One is fastboot, which I personally use. Second is the auto Boot.img flasher that you will find if you search..
For now, tell me what frequency you tried. And try a lower one.
aashay960 said:
Flash a lower frequency Prometheus Sense Kernel from fastboot.
You cannot use nope for sense roms. Nope is for Jellybean roms only.
As of now we have two ways to flash a kernel on this device. One is fastboot, which I personally use. Second is the auto Boot.img flasher that you will find if you search..
For now, tell me what frequency you tried. And try a lower one.
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Hi, I forgot to mention in the previous one that I initially used the 816 one, and then switched to the lower one 767.
Is it worth it to try a "clean install" as in a new configuration with a new kernel and rom?
No a wipe is not necessary.
Just make sure you do
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Try an even lower one.
Now that your bootloader is unlocked. Why not try a custom rom?
aashay960 said:
No a wipe is not necessary.
Just make sure you do
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Try an even lower one.
Now that your bootloader is unlocked. Why not try a custom rom?
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What rom do you have in mind? I was thinking about cyanogen
sir_florin90 said:
What rom do you have in mind? I was thinking about cyanogen
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Yeah that seems to be the most popular rom around. Been using it for a long time..
You can look at other options too. You can't really go wrong with any...
Just make sure to flash nope kernel with a jb rom.
aashay960 said:
Yeah that seems to be the most popular rom around. Been using it for a long time..
You can look at other options too. You can't really go wrong with any...
Just make sure to flash nope kernel with a jb rom.
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I have noticed: CyanogenMod 10 + N.O.P.E Kernel 875Mhz.
Is this for you desire C?
Yes that is..
aashay960 said:
Yes that is..
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Thanks man, the phone is back alive. I was feeling so bad when I realised it might be bricked. Thanks again :d
Pls delete.
wilberfish said:
Pls delete.
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Why would you ask a thread to be deleted without the consent of the OP
Sorry. My bad, I was referring to my post.
I seem to be having connection problems with the xda app resulting in posts when I thank people and only getting notification of successful posts when I am reading another thread!
Sorry for the confusion I caused.
wilberfish said:
Sorry. My bad, I was referring to my post.
I seem to be having connection problems with the xda app resulting in posts when I thank people and only getting notification of successful posts when I am reading another thread!
Sorry for the confusion I caused.
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Oh its ok, I didnt get what you said. Some tips if you want someone to disregard your post just put a "Deleted." or "[Deleted]" tag.
OK. Thanks.
Ok. So im trying to install the bloatware removal script by @CoOoL_BoY. I will post the link to the original topic and hopefully sombody can help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2464694
So this is my problem. I have the AT&T Note 3 which as far as i know has a locked bootloader or somthing like that. I cant find anywhere to install CWM or TWRP i cant find any downloads for that recovery tool for my phone, from what i see they dont exist so can sombody please help me get this script installed to my phone. Is there some other app that will flash the script to my phone or do whatever needs to be done so i can get it to work. My phone is rooted and i have tried to get CWM and TWRP and it doesnt work. Is there an alternative or somthing i can use. Any help would be great thanks in advance. I have the MJ5 build and on 4.3
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Yes we have a locked bootloader. We have to use safestrap instead of the usual recovery like cwm or twrp.
Read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
And I suggest you read this too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2629380
440bro said:
Yes we have a locked bootloader. We have to use safestrap instead of the usual recovery like cwm or twrp.
Read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
And I suggest you read this too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2629380
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Thank you so much i saw this post before but i stayed away from it because im new to android and this rooting/hacking...im not gonna lie ive always been an iphone person with a jailbreak but i dont hate on either phone because they are both great just personal preference. but thanks for the help now i have that working soll my last thing to figure out that scares me the most lol is installing new roms because thats how my first android messed up then i switched to iphone and have used them forever. do you know of a post that shows you how to set up the rom i can only find a post of compatible roms but i went to the safestrap screen and there is 4 rom slots and my stock rom slot and im not sure what any of that means.
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440bro said:
Yes we have a locked bootloader. We have to use safestrap instead of the usual recovery like cwm or twrp.
Read this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572978
And I suggest you read this too...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2629380
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Hi there, I have a question also,
Do I need to flash a custom rom using safestrap and then flash the script, or can I just use safestrap to flash the script on my ATT stock rom?
Thank you in advance.
Hi, I followed the guide to install CWM and it seemed to go fine, but when I power on the phone and tap the vol-down key nothing happens, I do get the vibrations as I'm doing it though. Is CWM really necessary to install a custom rom? Cos I might just skip it.
You can't flash a custom rom without cwm recovery.
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karthikys1 said:
You can't flash a custom rom without cwm recovery.
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O lol, I guess I need to solve this then. I thought I just used FlashTool to flash the rom and viola, rom is on.
Does anyone have any ideas what I might be able to try to figure out why CWM isn't working? Any way to see if CWM is actually on my phone? (Maybe it's just not there, rather then not working).
Edit: Rom Manager seems to think I have CWM installed, also I did a Nandroid Backup which seemed to be configured to use CWM so I don't know if it's there or not, or working or not
Which guide did you follow? And how did you make a Nandroid Backup?
I followed this guide.
I downloaded Nandroid Backup Root, it created the backup without rebooting the phone, so it never needed to boot into CWM.
Astralogic said:
I followed this guide.
I downloaded Nandroid Backup Root, it created the backup without rebooting the phone, so it never needed to boot into CWM.
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That's what I thought. The fact that it can create a backup doesn't mean it has a recovery installed, it doesn't use a recovery to create it. If the LED is lighting up at boot, and it is vibrating, and it doesn't get back in, I don't know what the problem would be. I'd try reinstalling CWM, and FYI, you should use V8; V9 has issues.
At the very least, if it really is installed, you should have a "recovery.tar" and "chargemon" file in /system/bin/.
Antiga Prime said:
That's what I thought. The fact that it can create a backup doesn't mean it has a recovery installed, it doesn't use a recovery to create it. If the LED is lighting up at boot, and it is vibrating, and it doesn't get back in, I don't know what the problem would be. I'd try reinstalling CWM, and FYI, you should use V8; V9 has issues.
At the very least, if it really is installed, you should have a "recovery.tar" and "chargemon" file in /system/bin/.
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I don't have those files so CWM is not installed. I can't find v8 of CWM for Xperia T but I found this file "CWM4XperiaT_v8i_JB.zip", is that it?
Astralogic said:
I don't have those files so CWM is not installed. I can't find v8 of CWM for Xperia T but I found this file "CWM4XperiaT_v8i_JB.zip", is that it?
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It clearly says "Xperia T" in the name of that file... yes, that's it. Now I'm wondering what you installed, if you didn't install that one, or V9.
Antiga Prime said:
It clearly says "Xperia T" in the name of that file... yes, that's it. Now I'm wondering what you installed, if you didn't install that one, or V9.
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V8 works perfectly, it's installed fine.
I am going to follow this guide to install cyanogenmod, do I need to obtain a bootloader unlock code? Or should I just skip right to installing the ROM?
Edit: Oops forgot the link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mint
Astralogic said:
V8 works perfectly, it's installed fine.
I am going to follow this guide to install cyanogenmod, do I need to obtain a bootloader unlock code? Or should I just skip right to installing the ROM?
Edit: Oops forgot the link: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_mint
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First of all, yes, you need an unlocked bootloader. You can't flash custom kernels on a locked bootloader. Secondly, I've never tried that tutorial (I have a TX), but I'm assuming it should work fine, but, personally I'd either go with FXP, or one of the OMNI builds here in XDA, since, as far as I know, developers here have more fixes than what I've seen on FXP and/or CM.
Also, there are a easier ways to flash your ROM, since you already have a custom ROM. I don't think it's necessary to have to fastboot the kernel first.
Edit: The Carbon ROM I'm on also has a T version. The reason I'm on this ROM (and previously OMNI) was because FXP/CM roms have/had a battery drain that was never fixed, something that was fixed here on XDA.
Antiga Prime said:
First of all, yes, you need an unlocked bootloader. You can't flash custom kernels on a locked bootloader. Secondly, I've never tried that tutorial (I have a TX), but I'm assuming it should work fine, but, personally I'd either go with FXP, or one of the OMNI builds here in XDA, since, as far as I know, developers here have more fixes than what I've seen on FXP and/or CM.
Also, there are a easier ways to flash your ROM, since you already have a custom ROM. I don't think it's necessary to have to fastboot the kernel first.
Edit: The Carbon ROM I'm on also has a T version. The reason I'm on this ROM (and previously OMNI) was because FXP/CM roms have/had a battery drain that was never fixed, something that was fixed here on XDA.
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There's a problem My bootloader is not unlockable... does this mean I've been wasting my time?
Edit: There is this guide, it makes no mention of unlocking the bootloader so it might work?
Astralogic said:
There's a problem My bootloader is not unlockable... does this mean I've been wasting my time?
Edit: There is this guide, it makes no mention of unlocking the bootloader so it might work?
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No, that tutorial won't work. Never follow a guide for flashing ROMs that wasn't meant for your phone. Your phone didn't even exist yet when that guide was written.
If you can't unlock your bootloader then there is no way you'll ever be able to flash a custom ROM, because, like I mentioned earlier, custom ROMs have custom kernels, and custom kernels need an unlocked bootloader.
I wouldn't consider it a waste, it's always useful to have a recovery installed; with it you can at the very least backup and restore, flash deodexed/zipaligned stock ROMs, such as this one, flash files, and even have access to ADB if your phone doesn't boot up, which can save you from having to wipe everything, etc., so not a complete waste of time.
Antiga Prime said:
No, that tutorial won't work. Never follow a guide for flashing ROMs that wasn't meant for your phone. Your phone didn't even exist yet when that guide was written.
If you can't unlock your bootloader then there is no way you'll ever be able to flash a custom ROM, because, like I mentioned earlier, custom ROMs have custom kernels, and custom kernels need an unlocked bootloader.
I wouldn't consider it a waste, it's always useful to have a recovery installed; with it you can at the very least backup and restore, flash deodexed/zipaligned stock ROMs, such as this one, flash files, and even have access to ADB if your phone doesn't boot up, which can save you from having to wipe everything, etc., so not a complete waste of time.
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Ok, well, I learned a bit in the process, and I still have an Xperia SP bootloader to unlock, then flash cyanogenmod, so I'm in a better position to handle that now, thanks for all the help guys.
-=- I'm sorry if someone already asked this, the search box kept disappearing on me when browsing on my device. -=-
I've been looking around for Custom Roms for the SGH-I537, and I always seem to find them. But when I go and attempt to install them through SafeStrap Recovery, it says its for everything but the JACTIVELTEATT, is there a custom ROM somewhere specifically made for this device?
JoshCiares said:
-=- I'm sorry if someone already asked this, the search box kept disappearing on me when browsing on my device. -=-
I've been looking around for Custom Roms for the SGH-I537, and I always seem to find them. But when I go and attempt to install them through SafeStrap Recovery, it says its for everything but the JACTIVELTEATT, is there a custom ROM somewhere specifically made for this device?
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There are not any ROMs created specifically for the i537. However you can install TouchWiz-based ROMs built for the regular S4 and just flash the Masterpatch afterwards.
Devo7v said:
There are not any ROMs created specifically for the i537. However you can install TouchWiz-based ROMs built for the regular S4 and just flash the Masterpatch afterwards.
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I've tried doing that, after flashing the masterpatch and so on, I boot the phone with that Rom-Slot active, and it looks JUST like my stock rom with the same data and everything. Just I can not use the Wi-Fi or data.
JoshCiares said:
I've tried doing that, after flashing the masterpatch and so on, I boot the phone with that Rom-Slot active, and it looks JUST like my stock rom with the same data and everything. Just I can not use the Wi-Fi or data.
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You're doing something wrong because ROM slots cannot share data, so you are just booting your stock ROM. Are you sure you're using the correct version of SafeStrap for your firmware?
Devo7v said:
You're doing something wrong because ROM slots cannot share data, so you are just booting your stock ROM. Are you sure you're using the correct version of SafeStrap for your firmware?
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Yes, I've been able to install some different zip files, and even successfully use backups I've made from it. I haven't found anything else that hasn't work on it.
Do you think you could send me links to everything needed to be downloaded? Just so I can make sure I did it right? I remembering installing the masterpatch m3 and camera fix
JoshCiares said:
Yes, I've been able to install some different zip files, and even successfully use backups I've made from it. I haven't found anything else that hasn't work on it.
Do you think you could send me links to everything needed to be downloaded? Just so I can make sure I did it right? I remembering installing the masterpatch m3 and camera fix
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What firmware are you on? And what version of SafeStrap are you using?
Android KitKat, 4.4.2
SafeStrap, 3.73
JoshCiares said:
Android KitKat, 4.4.2
SafeStrap, 3.73
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This one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56119330
Devo7v said:
This one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56119330
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Yes, and that's the exact page I got it from.
JoshCiares said:
Yes, and that's the exact page I got it from.
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So you reboot to SafeStrap, create a Rom slot with enough space for your ROM, flash your ROM, flash the Masterpatch, and reboot and it boots up your stock ROM?
Devo7v said:
So you reboot to SafeStrap, create a Rom slot with enough space for your ROM, flash your ROM, flash the Masterpatch, and reboot and it boots up your stock ROM?
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Stock ROM, with all my data, but my Network AT&T is not accessible. Both, data and to call. I tried entering the VPN for it manually and it didn't work. Everything also loads extremely slowly. My ram gets cut in half. And a whole bunch of other minor stuff.
I've tested this with multiple Roms.
JoshCiares said:
Stock ROM, with all my data, but my Network AT&T is not accessible. Both, data and to call. I tried entering the VPN for it manually and it didn't work. Everything also loads extremely slowly. My ram gets cut in half. And a whole bunch of other minor stuff.
I've tested this with multiple Roms.
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Reflash your stock ROM and start over. You did something wrong somewhere and it crippled your stock ROM.
Devo7v said:
Reflash your stock ROM and start over. You did something wrong somewhere and it crippled your stock ROM.
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Okay. Thanks for your help. I won't be able to reflash my ROM, my laptop is broken, but hopefully things turn out good.
I'm using chroma ROM and my satellite provider requires it's app to run on an unrooted phone. I'd there an easy way to unroot my Nexus without having to wipe?
slekkas said:
I'm using chroma ROM and my satellite provider requires it's app to run on an unrooted phone. I'd there an easy way to unroot my Nexus without having to wipe?
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Flash the system image from a factory image. If your kernel is modified, flash the boot IMG as well.
Use wugs toolkit.
Evolution_Tech said:
Flash the system image from a factory image. If your kernel is modified, flash the boot IMG as well.
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So just to get this straight and I don't screw up my phone. I find the stock rom same version as my chroma which is LMY48B. I extract it and using fastboot I install system.img and boot.img? My phone is unencrypted right now... Will it get encrypted?
And when I need root again I must just install it along with Franco Kernel I'm using?
I appreciate the help...
Nickchapstick said:
Use wugs toolkit.
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I installed it on my laptop but even though my phone is rooted I don't see an option to unroot... Maybe because I didn't use regular rom and used chroma instead?
slekkas said:
So just to get this straight and I don't screw up my phone. I find the stock rom same version as my chroma which is LMY48B. I extract it and using fastboot I install system.img and boot.img? My phone is unencrypted right now... Will it get encrypted?
And when I need root again I must just install it along with Franco Kernel I'm using?
I appreciate the help...
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First, why are you trying to unroot?
You would download a factory image form the Google developer page. Extract twice, and grab the system image from there. Yes, match the version your phone is currently on.
Evolution_Tech said:
First, why are you trying to unroot?
You would download a factory image form the Google developer page. Extract twice, and grab the system image from there. Yes, match the version your phone is currently on.
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I'm trying to unroot because my satellite provider uses an app like sky go that requires your phone to be unrooted... I need to watch a game sometimes when I'm at work.
slekkas said:
I'm trying to unroot because my satellite provider uses an app like sky go that requires your phone to be unrooted... I need to watch a game sometimes when I'm at work.
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
Can't you just go into supersu settings and unroot? That way you can stay on chroma
Kreateablaze said:
Can't you just go into supersu settings and unroot? That way you can stay on chroma
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Depends on how deeply his situation is looking for root files. The unroot feature of SuperSU doesn't remove everything.
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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My friend I didn't know this was possible with the nexus 6. That would really interest me.... I already have twrp installed. Is there an easy guide you can point out for me?
slekkas said:
My friend I didn't know this was possible with the nexus 6. That would really interest me.... I already have twrp installed. Is there an easy guide you can point out for me?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3074529
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Depends on how deeply his situation is looking for root files. The unroot feature of SuperSU doesn't remove everything.
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Tried this keeps telling me that I need to unroot. So i'm about to start the multi rom procedure
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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How about the encryption? Chroma is unencrypted. If the second rom is encrypted what happens there?
I'm also trying to find a stock rom that is not pre-rooted to install from recovery. Can you show me the latest I can get?
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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My friend I installed multirom and used an older Chroma rom that wasn't pre-rooted. it worked like a charm.... Now I can just go to this rom and use all my apps that require the phone to be unrooted.... Again thanks for the idea....
Can I just ask what version of chroma wasn't pre rooted? I want to do the same if possible. Thanks
Drefsab said:
Can I just ask what version of chroma wasn't pre rooted? I want to do the same if possible. Thanks
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well, 2 months ago it was being called older.. anyways, the far majority of roms do not have root. you need to flash the supersu file shen flashing the roms, for root. but, to flash a rom, yoh need an unlocked bootloader and twrp recovery. most apps that check for root will still think that you have root though.
simms22 said:
well, 2 months ago it was being called older.. anyways, the far majority of roms do not have root. you need to flash the supersu file shen flashing the roms, for root. but, to flash a rom, yoh need an unlocked bootloader and twrp recovery. most apps that check for root will still think that you have root though.
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i must have fell asleep during this development lol
far as i have ever seen, its rare for a rom to not be rooted, however, more frequently devs have had it off by default, and its a treasure hunt to find where to turn it on.
i do always flash the su zip, to avoid this tedious hunting though.
bweN diorD said:
i must have fell asleep during this development lol
far as i have ever seen, its rare for a rom to not be rooted, however, more frequently devs have had it off by default, and its a treasure hunt to find where to turn it on.
i do always flash the su zip, to avoid this tedious hunting though.
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cm based, probably have root. aosp roms, the far majority do mot have root. you need to grab it if you want it
simms22 said:
cm based, probably have root. aosp roms, the far majority do mot have root. you need to grab it if you want it
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yup I found that most are pre-rooted, though found cleancore that works great. I've just installed multirom and that booted into it then tested a couple of apps that are blocked on root (Banking app and Sky Go), and happy days they work great.
Its annoying and rather wasteful having have a second rom just to run a couple of apps but at least now I can use the apps on my device if I want to. Thanks
Typical apps block hacking (root) so the work around instead of unrooting is to go deeper with the hacks/mods