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[q] verizon g2 with no recovery and boots to verizon screen help

Hey guys, this is my first post. I recently bought a rooted verizon G2(VS980)and i tried to flash a rom on it. Im a noob, so of course the worst happened. My phone will boot past the LG screen, but then stays at the "verizon" screen. If i try to put it in recovery(i have cwm) it just reboots. I really need a fast fix, im having to use the good ole slll until my jewl is working again. Thanks in advance

Davidmay6 said:
Hey guys, this is my first post. I recently bought a rooted verizon G2(VS980)and i tried to flash a rom on it. Im a noob, so of course the worst happened. My phone will boot past the LG screen, but then stays at the "verizon" screen. If i try to put it in recovery(i have cwm) it just reboots. I really need a fast fix, im having to use the good ole slll until my jewl is working again. Thanks in advance
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You need to make sure your boot stack and radios are appropriate for the rom you want to flash. The G2 ROM scene is a bit fractured, since CM11 and a good chunk of derivative ROMs are still based on the 12B (4.2) OTA, but some devs are now working with the 24A (4.4) OTA.
If you can get into the bootloader/fastboot, you may be able to flash the appropriate boot stack and recovery from there, if you know what you're doing. The "cleaner" route would be to use TOT or KDZ to get back to stock, and start from scratch.
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arkolbus said:
You need to make sure your boot stack and radios are appropriate for the rom you want to flash. The G2 ROM scene is a bit fractured, since CM11 and a good chunk of derivative ROMs are still based on the 12B (4.2) OTA, but some devs are now working with the 24A (4.4) OTA.
If you can get into the bootloader/fastboot, you may be able to flash the appropriate boot stack and recovery from there, if you know what you're doing. The "cleaner" route would be to use TOT or KDZ to get back to stock, and start from scratch.
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i can get my phone into download mode, but nothing more. Also, i had 12B and the rom(wich i downloaded from xda) said it was specifically for 12B.

Davidmay6 said:
i can get my phone into download mode, but nothing more. Also, i had 12B and the rom(wich i downloaded from xda) said it was specifically for 12B.
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Did you make a backup of the rom, prior to installing the new Rom?
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evolishesh said:
Did you make a backup of the rom, prior to installing the new Rom?
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Yes.

Davidmay6 said:
Yes.
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If you can't get into recovery, and only download mode, I'd probably go ahead and return to complete stock. The nice thing about this phone is it is easily rooted and rommed again if you want to do that. Plus you'll learn a lot in the process. My two cents. :thumbup:
Edit: When you return to stock, take the Ota to 4.4.2, then root.
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KTU84P (4.4.4) Updater

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)
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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.
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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

TWRP 2.7.1.0

Not my project but thought this might help people find it: TWRP 2.7.1.0 for KK Bootloaders by dhacker29
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
Edit: To avoid confusion I changed the link to the one RikRong posted that will give you the M only version. File name: TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img.
Edit2: Looks like the links are down so here is a link to a post that @rahimali provided in this thread. Its for TWRP 2.8 and 2.7.1.0.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56420813&postcount=28

already had it, but thanks

allen_ho said:
already had it, but thanks
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This works on the M?

RedBullet said:
This works on the M?
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That one does not, but you can get the correct one here: http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
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RikRong said:
That one does not, but you can get the correct one here: http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/
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Which one exactly?

RedBullet said:
Which one exactly?
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One that says M instead of HD
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anyone else have a problem with this not recognizing the touch commands and just basically acting like its frozen? Nothing works I left it for awhile and came back to it and tried to open the slide lock and it doesn't do anything. The battery is fully charged so what I guess I have to do is wait for the thing to die so I can get out of recovery.
UPDATE: Still not working for me but I was able to shut it down by pressing the Power + Volumes Up and Down Keys

argedion said:
anyone else have a problem with this not recognizing the touch commands and just basically acting like its frozen? Nothing works I left it for awhile and came back to it and tried to open the slide lock and it doesn't do anything. The battery is fully charged so what I guess I have to do is wait for the thing to die so I can get out of recovery.
UPDATE: Still not working for me but I was able to shut it down by pressing the Power + Volumes Up and Down Keys
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I don't ... But which version are you on... The correct one that RikRong linked?
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ezknives said:
I don't ... But which version are you on... The correct one that RikRong linked?
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Yes I downloaded the correct one from RikRong and it was the one that says:
TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img
I redownloaded it and tried again but still no avail. Touch just refuses to work with this for me. So I'll just have to stick to 2630

argedion said:
Yes I downloaded the correct one from RikRong and it was the one that says:
TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img
I redownloaded it and tried again but still no avail. Touch just refuses to work with this for me. So I'll just have to stick to 2630
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That's strange, I haven't had that issue either. Maybe a bad DL? Try downloading and flashing again.

maybe a different means of flashing it too...
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ezknives said:
maybe a different means of flashing it too...
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how else should i flash it?
fastboot flash recovery "Image"
this is all I know?

It was a long shot but there is flashify and rashr...
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argedion said:
anyone else have a problem with this not recognizing the touch commands and just basically acting like its frozen? Nothing works I left it for awhile and came back to it and tried to open the slide lock and it doesn't do anything. The battery is fully charged so what I guess I have to do is wait for the thing to die so I can get out of recovery.
UPDATE: Still not working for me but I was able to shut it down by pressing the Power + Volumes Up and Down Keys
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:: ditto ::
no luck with twrp so switched back to cwm. i also flashed the same way using fastboot

well I'll give the flashy a try and see but I think its more an issue with my phone. but I got time to play so we'll give it a shot.
Ok tried doing it with flashy and still the same result just no touch at all so I just give up with this and will stick with the one that works for me

argedion said:
well I'll give the flashy a try and see but I think its more an issue with my phone. but I got time to play so we'll give it a shot.
Ok tried doing it with flashy and still the same result just no touch at all so I just give up with this and will stick with the one that works for me
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Are you on the KK bootloader? I believe its a requirement. I used rashr to flash it myself.

danbest82 said:
Are you on the KK bootloader? I believe its a requirement. I used rashr to flash it myself.
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Looking at my bootloader I do not think I am on the KK bootloader it gives me a date of 2013-09-25 I am assuming that is the original bootloader that it came with. Guess I'll do a search for the KK bootloader and see if I can get that flashed over.

argedion said:
Looking at my bootloader I do not think I am on the KK bootloader it gives me a date of 2013-09-25 I am assuming that is the original bootloader that it came with. Guess I'll do a search for the KK bootloader and see if I can get that flashed over.
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To get the KK bootloader, I flashed the latest OTA through rsd lite. It should keep the boot loader unlocked but will remove root. If you plan on using a stock ROM, Q9Nap's GPE is very smooth and stable. Their thread gives links and instructions on how to flash OTA.

So the Frog has officially Croaked his Phone.
Yes you heard right I have managed to kill my phone. Only good thing is that I couldn't use it for much more than a mini wifi tablet so I didn't really loose anything.
I could not get Twrp 2710 to work was because I had the old boot loader So I decided to update the boot loader which I did but now the phone will not go out of the boot logo screen. I have successfully reinstalled my ROM and still will not go past the boot logo screen. I have tried fastbooting back to the old bootloader but no luck there either. I have spent about 2.5 hours this morning trying different things to get it to work and nothing I have found or came across will work. I have however successfully installed twrp 2710 and now have it working. Considering that is the only area of the phone That I can actually get into i guess thats something.

Some of the older Roms won't boot on the kk kernel they will not boot past the boot logo... When you upgraded did you flash the entire kk firmware via rsd? And it wouldn't boot past the boot logo...
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NEXUS 6 OTA Question

Hello XDA, I recently rooted / unlocked my N6. I used WugFresh NRT to do so. However, I did not like the process of rooting so I (using NRT) flashed stock + unrooted and then factory reset followed by an OEM lock. Reading about lollipops new way of OTA, can I perform OTAs? Or is it too late?
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Hi,
As long as you are now stock, no system partition changes and Stock recovery, you should get and be able to install an OTA.
But, I don't own the device, so I'll have your thread moved to your device section in case there's something I don't know about the N6 in particular.
Good luck!

Thanks! I'm a newb to this whole technology stuff. My first nexus device as well. I soft bricked it too while attempting to remove a ROM.
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TheSkillfulTroll said:
Thanks! I'm a newb to this whole technology stuff. My first nexus device as well. I soft bricked it too while attempting to remove a ROM.
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Not sure if this is of any value to you but considering the device apps are similar it may be used.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/stock-checker-zip-prepare-ota-t2927865

Oh to be honest I'm done with rooting for now. Ill wait till 5.0.2 comes out if I OTA good then great but if it fails (hopefully ill still be able to access phone if it does) I'll then flash and root. Hopefully its not the latter
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TheSkillfulTroll said:
Oh to be honest I'm done with rooting for now. Ill wait till 5.0.2 comes out if I OTA good then great but if it fails (hopefully ill still be able to access phone if it does) I'll then flash and root. Hopefully its not the latter
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If your completely stock and unrooted their is nothing to worry about. You will indeed get updates.

Even with lollipops new way of checking?
They check blocks
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if you are rooted and on TWRP. Just download the 5.0.1 image. Extract it till you see the system.img and boot.img. Also download twrp and run
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
I then reboot and then run
fastboot flash recovery whateverthefilefortwrpis.img
after that restart to system and twrp will ask if you want to install supersu. I let it install and now i'm on 5.0.1. Everything is intact and no wipe is required.

I don't think you quite understand what I am asking... I had 5.0.1 , I rooted and unlocked using NRT. I installed a ROM, didn't like it and attempted to remove. At the attempt to remove it, I screwed up and the setup wizard wouldn't start, so I FORCE FLASHED USING NRT Stock and unrooted. This allowed me to start the phone and use it, I factory reset then relocked the OEM. I do not want to root nor unlock, I am asking if that, after these events, and lollipops new way of OTA, will I be able to update via OTAs?
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What is the new way lollipop handles OTA's?
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Back then, it used to check file by file which was easily avoidable. Now, it checks a whole block of a partition, if it sees something as small a byte changed, it aborts. You can read more NY just googling Nexus 6 OTA root.
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TheSkillfulTroll said:
Back then, it used to check file by file which was easily avoidable. Now, it checks a whole block of a partition, if it sees something as small a byte changed, it aborts. You can read more NY just googling Nexus 6 OTA root.
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It's not hard to understand, actually quite simple. If you have flashed the stock image then there is nothing to worry about and there is no need for assumptions. Yes, you will receive OTAs. No need for the "what if" and "how about," if you aren't willing to accept an answer, don't ask a question.

If you're 100% stock then you will get ota.

Oh okay, thanks for the help! Once 5.0.2 rolls out, if it does not work, I'll just have to do it within NRT
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Updating to 5.1 from 5.0.1

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!
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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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