Your bootloader must be unlocked to use this. If your bootloader is not already unlocked, unlocking it will wipe your data and this method is not recommended.
This is a modified factory image that will not erase your user data or custom recovery. This can be used even if you’re rooted and with modified system files, xposed framework, or custom recovery. Once installed you will lose root, just flash supersu in your custom recovery. Xposed should still be on your device so just go into the app and re-install it. For any modified system files, you will have to re-modify those.
This is intended for those on the stock rom, rooted, and with a custom recovery. It’ll work if you have a custom rom but will put the stock system on.
I am not responsible for anything you do to your device so flash at your own risk. Always backup before doing any significant changes to your device. I would recommend off your device in case something happens
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To use, download the modified factory image here http://d-h.st/mYI Use 7-zip or winrar to extract the files.
Supersu by chainfire can be found here, CWM / TWRP / MobileODIN installable ZIP: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
Boot into the bootloader. From a cmd window opened where the flash-all file is just type flash-all. You can use shift, right click on the occam-ktu85l-Modified folder to open a command window in the correct folder. ADB/FASTBOOT must be intalled on your PC.
You can also just double click on the flash-all.bat
This is tested on a windows machine; however it should work on a Mac too, flash the flash-all.sh.
work like a charm on Mac
Man, you guys are fast! :good:
Could someone please tell me if this can be flashed through Wug toolkit?
Unleashed by my Nexus 4
Awesome! Will try now and report back ( on 4.4.3, xposed, cwm, root)
EDIT
working flawlesly. also no problems with hellscore karnel
ty alot for this OP
Aw damn, I didn't see this and I used the stock factory image...oh well :/ 4.4.4 is good for me so far....except wifi tethering. Anyone else having that issue, as well? It started with 4.4.3 for me.
hp420 said:
Aw damn, I didn't see this and I used the stock factory image...oh well :/ 4.4.4 is good for me so far....except wifi tethering. Anyone else having that issue, as well? It started with 4.4.3 for me.
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Try factory reset, maybe it will fix your issue?
Could anybody share the extracted zip for those of us at work not near a computer??
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First of all, sorry my poor English.
I have Custom Rom (Slimkat 4.4.3) with root and twrp. Can I flash this file? Do I lost my datas (download, photos, etc) ?
¿Do I have to put the 4.4.4 baseband ?.
Thank you very much and sorry by my poor english.
You have to wait for slimkat, this is the stock image
Worked perfectly on a rooted Nexus 4 with 4.4.2. All data was kept
Works! Txn bro!
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sidnoit22 said:
Try factory reset, maybe it will fix your issue?
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Thanks, that was one suggestion I've found. Unfortunately nothing has worked for me. It apparently is a bigger issue than I knew. There's already a ticket for it here: https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62516 Hopefully they fix it soon, because with 4.4 and 4.4.2 I got a lot of random reboots, and with 4.4.3/.4 I can't enable the wifi hotspot.
RASTAVIPER said:
Could someone please tell me if this can be flashed through Wug toolkit?
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Any info on this?
Can I select Sideload from WUG and directly flash this rom??
RASTAVIPER said:
Any info on this?
Can I select Sideload from WUG and directly flash this rom??
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No
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jd1639 said:
No
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Care to share any more info?
What is the difference with flashing through fastboot?
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RASTAVIPER said:
Care to share any more info?
What is the difference with flashing through fastboot?
Unleashed by my Nexus 4
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This flashes all the images contained in the factory image except for userdata and recovery. It's just the factory image with some modifications made to it. You could flash all those same images in fastboot if you wanted to
I'm not familiar with wugs toolkit do I dint know what it does
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jd1639 said:
This flashes all the images contained in the factory image except for userdata and recovery. It's just the factory image with some modifications made to it. You could flash all those same images in fastboot if you wanted to
I'm not familiar with wugs toolkit do I dint know what it does
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In that case, the proper reply to my question is : "I don't know".
Anyway, I will try with Wug and report later with results.
Unleashed by my Nexus 4
So, after trying myself with Wug toolkit, I can confirm that after a few clicks at my pc and flashing only boot, bootloader and system img files, I managed to upgrade from 4.4.3 to 4.4.4 with no problems.
Unleashed by my Nexus 4
Worked flawlessly. Of course you can manually fastboot flash system, boot, and radio and not the data from the occam zip package so as not to lose your data
Related
For my new 2013 it is already available. But i need it for my for my fathers 2012 WiFi only version.
Unlocked, rooted and with custom recovery.
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I am looking for the same thing. Might take a day for someone to post it.
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Ever heard of the word "please", fellas?
Me too, please
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rapunzel11 said:
For my new 2013 it is already available. But i need it for my for my fathers 2012 WiFi only version.
Unlocked, rooted and with custom recovery.
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TheSopranos16 said:
I am looking for the same thing. Might take a day for someone to post it.
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adam_pl said:
Me too, please
Wysłane z mojego HTC One przy użyciu Tapatalka
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Here you go. http://www.androidcentral.com/how-manually-update-your-nexus-tablet-kitkat
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That's one way. But not the way i want to do. Btw it will be easier to flash the complete image via Toolkit.
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would like that as well. Probably it will appear today. Fingers crossed.
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Now i've flashed the factory image with Android Toolkit aka Nexus Toolkit. After that i reflashed the Custom Recovery.
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rapunzel11 said:
Now i've flashed the factory image with Android Toolkit aka Nexus Toolkit. After that i reflashed the Custom Recovery.
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Does it wipe whole data, including user data?
Right now I use stock 4.3 only with root and custom TWRP recovery. It would be the best for me to flash .ZIP file with rooted 4.4 trough recovery
At the beginning you have to choose if you want to format the user data. But ur right, the easiest way for those with custom recovery is a flashable ZIP.
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rapunzel11 said:
At the beginning you have to choose if you want to format the user data. But ur right, the easiest way for those with custom recovery is a flashable ZIP.
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For a Wi-Fi tablet, you really generally only have to push /system and maybe /boot through fastboot. It's two terminal commands, which is rather faster much of the time. That said, that presumes familiarity and comfort with the fastboot tool.
rapunzel11 said:
At the beginning you have to choose if you want to format the user data. But ur right, the easiest way for those with custom recovery is a flashable ZIP.
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Especially that I don't want to backup all my aps with TB. And I don't even know it there's root already for N7's kitkat so I could restore all apps with Titanium Backup
Going back to stock and flashing the OTA using TWRP was the easiest method for me, now I got 4.4 rooted with OC and perfectly running.
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All y'all are overcomplicating this. There is nothing magical about the google script and download. Its just 4 partition images (boot, system, data and recovery) and batch file that runs a simple script to flash them. We already have the data we want and the recovery we want. So pull the images out of the file (they are buried under three compressions...its ridiculous). Pull boot.img and system.img. Then boot to recovery and factory reset. Then boot to bootloader. Then in a terminal on your PC, fastboot flash boot boot.img then fastboot flash system system.img. The reboot to recovery and flash the latest supersu.zip. The reboot, setup and restore with Titanium. Done. No need to ditch your recovery or blow away the media section of data.
Caveat...this assumes you are already on bootloader 4.23. There is no new bootloader for KK.
Can someone post power.grouper.so from /system/lib/hw 4.3 version? can't flash 4.4 because custom kernel and that file is unexpected contents... flashing stock kernel didn't help
Waiting patiently, I know it'll be out eventually and I'm in no rush. My tablet's usb connection hasn't worked in a long time, it charges fine but lsusb never registers anything. It's a hardware problem, I replaced the screen last month and I noticed the plug was slightly damaged.
TL;DR Some of us can only upgrade from a flashable zip, no usb connection means no fastboot
Thanks
mrplowdan said:
Waiting patiently, I know it'll be out eventually and I'm in no rush. My tablet's usb connection hasn't worked in a long time, it charges fine but lsusb never registers anything. It's a hardware problem, I replaced the screen last month and I noticed the plug was slightly damaged.
TL;DR Some of us can only upgrade from a flashable zip, no usb connection means no fastboot
Thanks
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That sucks, sorry to hear that. My USB is getting rickety. I use a wireless charger on my S4 to try to keep down the wear and tear.
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Hmm seems as though no one has been able to make a flashable zip for any nexus 7 bootloaders... I suppose I should try to get back onto the stock version of android that matches my current bootloader without loosing custom recovery, get rooted, temp disable root, get back to stock recovery, get the OTA, restore root, get twrp back
mrplowdan said:
Hmm seems as though no one has been able to make a flashable zip for any nexus 7 bootloaders... I suppose I should try to get back onto the stock version of android that matches my current bootloader without loosing custom recovery, get rooted, temp disable root, get back to stock recovery, get the OTA, restore root, get twrp back
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There's a fishable stock 4.4 rom here if that is any good to you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2529136
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Thanks dude :good:
hey there,
I'm using the 2012 Version of the Nexus 7 (32GB Wifi), running Android 4.4.2 (Build KOT49H).
Am I right in thinking that there is currently NO option to safely root the device?
sorry if this is an common question, but if you're not already into the whole topic, things are a bit confusing at times. From what I saw, root tutorials mainly deal with 4.1 or 4.2?
thanks for any info
brokaaa
Check out wugfresh there is a tool you can download which is fairly easy to use. There are videos on YouTube that show you how and have links for wugfresh.
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striker59 said:
Check out wugfresh there is a tool you can download which is fairly easy to use. There are videos on YouTube that show you how and have links for wugfresh.
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I used wugfresh and it was simple. Actually more simple then rooting some of the Android phone.
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thanks, I will check that out!
quick question: how is it with future updates then? Can I upgrade to the next android version (when that comes out) having rooted with this tool?
brokaaa said:
thanks, I will check that out!
quick question: how is it with future updates then? Can I upgrade to the next android version (when that comes out) having rooted with this tool?
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If you use wugfresh's tool I believe he updates it when a new update comes out
You can also use a program called nexus tool kit... Sooo simple so use
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Chines programer have good VROOT tool, work 100%
BD619 said:
If you use wugfresh's tool I believe he updates it when a new update comes out
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all right...
another thing: can I do a backup of my data (using wugfresh's toolkit), then root and then simply restore my data (again with wugfresh), so that old savegames etc. will be present in the rooted device?
thanks again
brokaaa said:
all right...
another thing: can I do a backup of my data (using wugfresh's toolkit), then root and then simply restore my data (again with wugfresh), so that old savegames etc. will be present in the rooted device?
thanks again
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Just finished rooting. Had a little trouble with the drivers in the beginning, but the driver instructions in the toolkit solved the problem. I did restore my previous system with all app data using the toolkit, as well. Works perfectly!
thanks again for recommending this great toolkit and special thanks to WugFresh!
Alen_R said:
Chines programer have good VROOT tool, work 100%
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Malware infection and adware. No. Don't.
Will the Nexus 8 have a SD expansion slot?
Doesn't
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery twrpwhatever.img
reboot recovery
flash supersux.xx.zip in recovery
mount system
delete system/recovery-from-boot.p (if needed)
work anymore?
brizey said:
Doesn't
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery twrpwhatever.img
reboot recovery
flash supersux.xx.zip in recovery
mount system
delete system/recovery-from-boot.p (if needed)
work anymore?
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+1 i was wondering the same thing. I prefer to run these commands myself rather than use a toolkit (no offense wug!)
-Betu said:
Will the Nexus 8 have a SD expansion slot?
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I haven't heard anything about the nexus 8 but if you mean future generation nexus devices then the answer is probably no. Google has stated why they won't include external memory slots on nexus devices for several reasons. Do a quick google search.
Edit: just saw rumors of nexus 8 device.... 64 bit processor WTF!!!!! I'll have to check this out.
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brizey said:
Doesn't
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery twrpwhatever.img
reboot recovery
flash supersux.xx.zip in recovery
mount system
delete system/recovery-from-boot.p (if needed)
work anymore?
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Yes it does
brizey said:
Doesn't
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery twrpwhatever.img
reboot recovery
flash supersux.xx.zip in recovery
mount system
delete system/recovery-from-boot.p (if needed)
work anymore?
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If those aren't working for you....its your drivers in windows. It isn't seeing your nexus properly.
Always start with the command fastboot devices. And see if it lists your nexus. If not, nothing else will work either.
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kj2112 said:
If those aren't working for you....its your drivers in windows. It isn't seeing your nexus properly.
Always start with the command fastboot devices. And see if it lists your nexus. If not, nothing else will work either.
Sent from my N5, N7, Moto X, G Tab 3 or S2.....
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I wasn't saying it was not working for me. I was wondering why the op thought there was something different with 4.4.2.
I pre-ordered during the io it was announced at and rooted using fastboot commands the first time I turned it on.
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xposed
root the tablet but dont put any custom roms. Used xposed modules to get the rom features onto the tablet. Most roms can be named stable but they are no match to the stability of stock google rom
Hey guys I have a Moto bought Nexus 6, running on T-Mobile network Sim card and all. Currently the 6 is on 5.0.1 and has been asking me to bump up to 5.1. My phone is stock and rooted. As we all know I can't use the OTA as a result.
I'm here bugging you all because I know there are different builds for the Nexus 6, and they seem carrier specific. So I went and hunted down an M build which supposedly is for Tmo, as we have some specific tweaking.
I downloaded the LMY47M build and I am currently on the LRX22C 5.0.1 build. What I would like to know is it okay for me to go into TWRP and flash the download? Like the way a person would flash a nightly of CM? Is it the same process? If not what do I gotta do?
(On a bus ride so would be nice to have it update while I'm still riding)
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If the "download" is an OTA, it cannot be flashed from a custom recovery. ...and it will still fail because you're rooted.
Nope I downloaded online and it's sitting in a download folder now
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dynamo147 said:
Nope I downloaded online and it's sitting in a download folder now
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Let me rephrase, if the file you have downloaded is the same file you would get as an ota, then what i said before.
Very likely it's the same but I can't say for sure.,. So where does that leave me in terms of options?
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dynamo147 said:
Very likely it's the same but I can't say for sure.,. So where does that leave me in terms of options?
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I don't know much about this "M" build and what version it is supposed to flash from. What I do know is there is no full factory image available.
Of everything else is stock on your phone (Including radio) I think the best action would be:
- download the factory image for the version you are on now.
- extract it and fastboot flash the stock recovery and system.img
- do NOT lock your bootloader
Then you should be able to accept the ota or side load it from stock recovery.
Mmm will try this when I get home thanks! Will be back to update Folks!
Also, will flashing the stock image and recovery wipe any of my data?
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dynamo147 said:
Mmm will try this when I get home thanks! Will be back to update Folks!
Also, will flashing the stock image and recovery wipe any of my data?
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Not if you extract it an flash only the system.img
Its flashing the userdata image that wipes data
Yes. I would like to know how to do this also. Is there a difference in flashing the D or E version of 5.1 and then flashing a custom ROM that is built from T-Mobile's update?
Or is there carrier specifics in the different Factory Images?
downloading the img right now, when i get back I will make a little step by step for anyone else curious
dynamo147 said:
downloading the img right now, when i get back I will make a little step by step for anyone else curious
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Its only 3 steps and I already Gave them earlier in the thread
BossJ said:
Yes. I would like to know how to do this also. Is there a difference in flashing the D or E version of 5.1 and then flashing a custom ROM that is built from T-Mobile's update?
Or is there carrier specifics in the different Factory Images?
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In my mind in its the radio. you want the radio that comes with the T Mobile version. (if you are on t-mobile obviously) what you flash on top of it for system doesn't matter as long as it supports the radio and is version 5 .1. And as long as what you're flashing doesn't include the radio you are good to go.
So for me as long as I keep the E radio for Verizon I can flash D through M it kind of doesn't matter.
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rootSU said:
Its only 3 steps and I already Gave them earlier in the thread
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Thanks for your replies here. I'm in the same boat as the OP, and have one follow-up question to this thread, if you or anyone could answer --
After doing the steps you mentioned previously -- specifically sideloading/accepting the OTA update, will the bootloader remain unlocked? I'd like to re-root afterwards and keep the user data, though I was under the impression it would actually re-lock the bootloader.
Thanks for any info!
vormund said:
Thanks for your replies here. I'm in the same boat as the OP, and have one follow-up question to this thread, if you or anyone could answer --
After doing the steps you mentioned previously -- specifically sideloading/accepting the OTA update, will the bootloader remain unlocked? I'd like to re-root afterwards and keep the user data, though I was under the impression it would actually re-lock the bootloader.
Thanks for any info!
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Yes, your bootloader will remain unlocked.
dynamo147 said:
Hey guys I have a Moto bought Nexus 6, running on T-Mobile network Sim card and all. Currently the 6 is on 5.0.1 and has been asking me to bump up to 5.1. My phone is stock and rooted. As we all know I can't use the OTA as a result.
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Did you ever get this going? I know I procrastinated a bit due to the "unknowns", but finally made it happen (bug off, TMo "5.1 Available" notification!). I ran into a lot of oddities between my phone and computer (running Windows 7) like the phone being an unrecognized device when working with adb sideloads... I ultimately opened the Device Manager and forced the composite ADB driver through for each instance. For me, the rough flow was, starting out with stock but unlocked and rooted,
* flashed stock LRX22C system and recovery images
* used adb to sideload the T-Mobile LMY47M official update
* flashed TWRP
* used adb to sideload SuperSU
* and of course, cleared the dalvik/cache and rebooted
All data in-tact, and my LEDs are still functional (the LEDs are actually the key reason I have it rooted right now... it's insanely stupid that Google blocks these built-in LEDs from being used by those that want them!).
Anyways, if you run into any of those issues, happy to help!
Evolution_Freak said:
Yes, your bootloader will remain unlocked.
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Thank you...exactly what I needed to know!
Ah yeah I did actually, and I like you, had problems getting the phone recognized with the ADB, also windows 7, which prevented me from slide loading like I wanted to, but nevertheless got all the updates pushed through thnx though!
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Title says short part.
Used wugs NRT to downgrade and revert back to LMZ28E and used NRT to root and install twrp,
Tried flashing cm12.1 and it gets to the boot animation and won't boot past that. :-/ the down grade flashed old boorloader and radio and everything....
Don't know what the problem would be.
Advice? Thoughts? Suggestions?
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Try a factory image?
sookieball said:
Title says short part.
Used wugs NRT to downgrade and revert back to LMZ28E and used NRT to root and install twrp,
Tried flashing cm12.1 and it gets to the boot animation and won't boot past that. :-/ the down grade flashed old boorloader and radio and everything....
Don't know what the problem would be.
Advice? Thoughts? Suggestions?
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advice, thought, or a suggestion.. dont use toolkits until you know what you are actually doing. do things the right way, until you learn how to do it properly. then use all the toolkits you want. the problem is that toolkits dont teach you a single thing, and doing things right on any nexus is very easy.
my suggestion would be to wipe data/system then reflaah cm again.
sookieball said:
Title says short part.
Used wugs NRT to downgrade and revert back to LMZ28E and used NRT to root and install twrp,
Tried flashing cm12.1 and it gets to the boot animation and won't boot past that. :-/ the down grade flashed old boorloader and radio and everything....
Don't know what the problem would be.
Advice? Thoughts? Suggestions?
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Junk ROM anyway.. Lol
simms22 said:
advice, thought, or a suggestion.. dont use toolkits until you know what you are actually doing. do things the right way, until you learn how to do it properly. then use all the toolkits you want. the problem is that toolkits dont teach you a single thing, and doing things right on any nexus is very easy.
my suggestion would be to wipe data/system then reflaah cm again.
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I actually am not a noob,
And I do know how to flash factory images manually using fastboot commands.
I downloaded all necessary files to flash manually.
I did that,
Wouldn't boot past boot animations.
Tried again with tmobile official (from google) files,
Same thing. So last resort was wugs.
Clean flashed cm12.1.
And wouldn't boot.
I appreciate your advice, but don't assume because I didn't succeed on a simple thing as a flash, that one is not familiar with this. The only thing I can think of that would have prevented boot was maybe I had a bad DL of cm.
But unlikely.
Planned on downloading a diff ROM and gapps.
If it doesn't I'll be flashing factory images of LMY47M manually and reroot and recovery and start from there.
Oh and thank you for the wipe/advice.
I did :-/ go fig
Reflashed before I restored backup but no go.
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sookieball said:
I actually am not a noob,
And I do know how to flash factory images manually using fastboot commands.
I downloaded all necessary files to flash manually.
I did that,
Wouldn't boot past boot animations.
Tried again with tmobile official (from google) files,
Same thing. So last resort was wugs.
Clean flashed cm12.1.
And wouldn't boot.
I appreciate your advice, but don't assume because I didn't succeed on a simple thing as a flash, that one is not familiar with this. The only thing I can think of that would have prevented boot was maybe I had a bad DL of cm.
But unlikely.
Planned on downloading a diff ROM and gapps.
If it doesn't I'll be flashing factory images of LMY47M manually and reroot and recovery and start from there.
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Did you downgrade the bootloader back to 5.1.1?
Evolution_Tech said:
Did you downgrade the bootloader back to 5.1.1?
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Yes, manually first and when it wouldnt* boot past animation, last resort was NRT
So I'm assuming NRT flashed boot loader associated to LMZ28E
Edit: maybe if I downgrade down to 5.0.1? Then reroot and recovery?
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sookieball said:
Yes, manually first and when it would boot past animation, last resort was NRT
So I'm assuming NRT flashed boot loader associated to LMZ28E
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Do we know for a fact the that we can downgrade the bootloader from m? We learned we couldn't downgrade from 5.1 bootloader.
rootSU said:
Do we know for a fact the that we can downgrade the bootloader from m? We learned we couldn't downgrade from 5.1 bootloader.
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I reread the thread like 3x.
And it was mentioned that another user used NRT to downgrade successfully.
I thought the same thing, but didn't try it till I read that thread till 4am. This morning decided to take the plunge.
I was thinking also, if I just reflash bootloader and radio and put M back on, then just try manually flashing 5.1?
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sookieball said:
I actually am not a noob,
And I do know how to flash factory images manually using fastboot commands.
I downloaded all necessary files to flash manually.
I did that,
Wouldn't boot past boot animations.
Tried again with tmobile official (from google) files,
Same thing. So last resort was wugs.
Clean flashed cm12.1.
And wouldn't boot.
I appreciate your advice, but don't assume because I didn't succeed on a simple thing as a flash, that one is not familiar with this. The only thing I can think of that would have prevented boot was maybe I had a bad DL of cm.
But unlikely.
Planned on downloading a diff ROM and gapps.
If it doesn't I'll be flashing factory images of LMY47M manually and reroot and recovery and start from there.
Oh and thank you for the wipe/advice.
I did :-/ go fig
Reflashed before I restored backup but no go.
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i did flash the new bootloader, but i went back and forth from M to terminus(rom) about 5 times yesterday. flaah the new bootloader again, and keep it. you trying to downgrade it might be the issue. btw, i flashed m, and the bootloader, via twrp recovery, its much easier and faster that way. after, i made a backup in recovery. so now all i do to go back and forth is restore the backups.
oh, and i meant you no disrespect. while it doesnt include everyone, most people using toolkits around here are noobs. and they are the ones that usually get stuck. so, i apologize
simms22 said:
i did flaah the new bootloader, but i went back and forth from M to terminus(rom) about 5 times yesterday. flaah the new bootloader again, and keep it. you trying to downgrade it might be the issue. btw, i flashed m, and the bootloader, via twrp recovery, its much easier and faster that way. after, i made a backup in recovery. so now all i do to go back and forth is restore the backups.
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I think that's where I messed up from the beginning when I flashed M.
I didn't notice the modified boorloader that doesn't force encryption and it was all downhill from there.
That being said,
Should I flash modified boorloader to not force encrypt, and blah blah blah?
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sookieball said:
I think that's where I messed up from the beginning when I flashed M.
I didn't notice the modified boorloader that doesn't force encryption and it was all downhill from there.
That being said,
Should I flash modified boorloader to not force encrypt, and blah blah blah?
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moddified bootloader? huh? there is a modified kernel thats not supposed to force encryption. i did flash it, even though i am encrypted(by choice).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61027468
I'm assuming that's what this is.
Lol I never tried or even downloaded it so not 100% but yeah
Lol **** my bad. Lol its boot.IMG not boorloader hahaha! #nooberror for reals lol
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=61027468
I'm assuming that's what this is.
Lol I never tried or even downloaded it so not 100% but yeah
Lol **** my bad. Lol its boot.IMG not boorloader hahaha! #nooberror for reals lol
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thats probably the same one i flashed. btw, in the op he has a twrp flashable version of the bootloader, the kernel, the radio, and the rom.. http://4ndr01d.com/repos/shamu/jdx/
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thats probably the same one i flashed. btw, in the op he has a twrp flashable version of the bootloader, the kernel, the radio, and the rom.. http://4ndr01d.com/repos/shamu/jdx/
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God I wish it was a faster download link -_- lol
BTW, when I first downloaded and flashed boorloader via twrp (radio also) rebooted twrp to flash ROM, and sdcard was wiped
It shouldn't do that right?
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God I wish it was a faster download link -_- lol
BTW, when I first downloaded and flashed boorloader via twrp (radio also) rebooted twrp to flash ROM, and sdcard was wiped
It shouldn't do that right?
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no, it shouldnt unless you accidentally did it yourself. ive seen people do that too often. if you go into the wipe menu, be sure to go into advanced options, where you can pick what you want wiped.or itll wipe everything.
K so everything's downloaded....
Going to flash in a sec all via twrp.
Report back .
Wish me luck lol
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K so everything's downloaded....
Going to flash in a sec all via twrp.
Report back .
Wish me luck lol
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fingers crossed
What cracks me up the most is people that posses limited knowledge about fastboot flashing partition images are just seemingly willy nilly flashing images not really fully understanding what they are doing/flashing. We all have to learn somehow but I wouldn't do it at the expense of flashing a boot loader. If anything went wrong during a boatloader flash you would definitely have an unrecoverable hard brick.
Moral of the story.... People, read the how to's and SLOW down... Think about what you are doing. After reading the above replies its clear to me that people are getting a bit confused with a boot.img and a bootloader.img. its OK guys. Just be careful
As we get closer to 6.0 update. I'm new to the rooting scene. I recently rooted my nexus 6 and was wondering where I could find the download for all the Google OS updates, I've heard you cannot download Ota anymore unless you reflash the system.img
Also. Once I download an updated img, how do I apply it?
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I havent dont an OTA in a very long time so Im not 100% sure on this, but I think you're best option would be to just flash the official OS via odin when Google releases. Or restore the nexus to stock settings, and OTA that way. Either way I think you will have to flash an img.
I am going to unroot my Nexus 6 before I get the OTA. I am also going to do a factory reset before I install it so I can start out clean. I
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I havent dont an OTA in a very long time so Im not 100% sure on this, but I think you're best option would be to just flash the official OS via odin when Google releases. Or restore the nexus to stock settings, and OTA that way. Either way I think you will have to flash an img.
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odin is used by samsung for samsung phones. the n6 isnt a samsung phone. anyways, you can and have to use fastboot on any nexus device, to flash a factory image.
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I am going to unroot my Nexus 6 before I get the OTA. I am also going to do a factory reset before I install it so I can start out clean. I
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Then why not just skip all that and just download the full factory image? Flashing that will wipe everything anyways... Use the included script and it definitely will.
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scryan said:
Then why not just skip all that and just download the full factory image? Flashing that will wipe everything anyways... Use the included script and it definitely will.
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Where can we find these Official Google img files?
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cc999 said:
Where can we find these Official Google img files?
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http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html#yakju
What he ^ said.... but do make sure you scroll back up to the top to download the correct image (probably obvious)
Unzip it and if you want completely clean install just use their flash-all script.