Double tap to wake - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I just found out that you can enable that feature on Nexus 6 but I want to do it without root.
So I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/compiled-power-shamu-to-enable-double-t2971463
but couldn't figure out how to get it work. I know how to unlock the bootloader but how can I change system files without root?
can someone please explain it to me (yes I'm pretty noob)
thanks

By installing a custom recovery, TWRP in this case. Then either using ADB from it or the built in file manager within TWRP.

cupfulloflol said:
By installing a custom recovery, TWRP in this case. Then either using ADB from it or the built in file manager within TWRP.
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OK, another question
can I delete the custom recovery after I do it or I need to do factory reset?

Tlazipex said:
OK, another question
can I delete the custom recovery after I do it or I need to do factory reset?
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Probably could, but I wouldn't recommend it. Reason being, if you mod system files and something goes wrong, without custom recovery and a backup, you may end up bricked.

1. The google double tap is extremely unreliable and annoying
2. You'll never get an OTA again.

Evolution_Tech said:
Probably could, but I wouldn't recommend it. Reason being, if you mod system files and something goes wrong, without custom recovery and a backup, you may end up bricked.
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danarama said:
1. The google double tap is extremely unreliable and annoying
2. You'll never get an OTA again.
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Ok thanks for the help

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Request: phone and contacts apk and odex files from stock jelly bean 4.1.1

Please help me I need the apks and odex files y have stock jb at&t 4.1.1 and thanks
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bump. I now need this too, could anyone help?
vectorized said:
bump. I now need this too, could anyone help?
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Here is Phone/phoneconfig and contacts/contactsprovider apk and odex from 4.1.1, let me know if you need any other ones
Silentwidow said:
Here is Phone/phoneconfig and contacts/contactsprovider apk and odex from 4.1.1, let me know if you need any other ones
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When I try to instal the Contact.apk file I get the message "This is a system app. All your previous user data will be saved." I click ok to replace the app, the click Install. Install fails however, I get the message "App not installed."
I'm trying to repair my Contacts app as it no longer functions. Any help would be appreciated.
iceman2g said:
When I try to instal the Contact.apk file I get the message "This is a system app. All your previous user data will be saved." I click ok to replace the app, the click Install. Install fails however, I get the message "App not installed."
I'm trying to repair my Contacts app as it no longer functions. Any help would be appreciated.
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Copy/push it directly to /system and set permissions as 0644 /rw-r-r. Make sure the old one gets overwritten or deleted. Reboot into recovery and wipe dalvik cache and cache. That should install that Contact.apk...can't comment if it'll fix your problems.
Raikes nyUKin
skeevydude said:
Copy/push it directly to /system and set permissions as 0644 /rw-r-r. Make sure the old one gets overwritten or deleted. Reboot into recovery and wipe dalvik cache and cache. That should install that Contact.apk...can't comment if it'll fix your problems.
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What are the steps for booting into recovery for this phone?
Thanks for the help thus far.
iceman2g said:
What are the steps for booting into recovery for this phone?
Thanks for the help thus far.
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Hold UP while booting....Are you on Stock with Locked Bootloader?
skeevydude said:
Hold UP while booting....Are you on Stock with Locked Bootloader?
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My phone has the stock ROM but was rooted.
iceman2g said:
My phone has the stock ROM but was rooted.
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So you use SafeStrap? Locked bootloader?
Either way, just copy/paste it with a root file manager and set the permissions right.
SS has a wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache options. Even if you plan on staying stock, unlocking your bootloader and using CWM makes fixing problems much easier. I imagine in the coming months the amount of users with SS experience will be next to none. Out of all of us who answer questions and help out regularly, I have the least amount of SS experience....but only because I was late to the AHD scene, I'm just glad I made it in time to watch all the development progress from completely locked down to tons of development.
skeevydude said:
So you use SafeStrap? Locked bootloader?
Either way, just copy/paste it with a root file manager and set the permissions right.
SS has a wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache options. Even if you plan on staying stock, unlocking your bootloader and using CWM makes fixing problems much easier. I imagine in the coming months the amount of users with SS experience will be next to none. Out of all of us who answer questions and help out regularly, I have the least amount of SS experience....but only because I was late to the AHD scene, I'm just glad I made it in time to watch all the development progress from completely locked down to tons of development.
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I don't know what SafeStrap is so I probably didn't use it. I'm not sure about the status of the bootloader.
How would I unlock the bootloader if it's locked?
Seems I've completely mucked things up.
The contact feature now seems to work, but I've lost the stock messaging app, additionally the phone doesn't work correctly. When I attempt to make a call the dialer opens the Skype app. My phone no longer connects to my carrier's network.
iceman2g said:
I don't know what SafeStrap is so I probably didn't use it. I'm not sure about the status of the bootloader.
How would I unlock the bootloader if it's locked?
Seems I've completely mucked things up.
The contact feature now seems to work, but I've lost the stock messaging app, additionally the phone doesn't work correctly. When I attempt to make a call the dialer opens the Skype app. My phone no longer connects to my carrier's network.
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Just have adb setup and you'll be good to go.
Root
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/15208-root-motochopper-yet-another-android-root-exploit-412/
Unlock Bootloader
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...k-your-bootloader-atrix-hdrazr-hdrazr-m-only/
skeevydude said:
Just have adb setup and you'll be good to go.
Root
Unlock Bootloader
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Once all this is done, what steps might I take to fix the issue in my previous post?
I've started a new thread related to the issues I'm having. Sorry for hijacking this thread.
skeevydude, thanks for all the help up to this point and hopefully you can impart some more of your wisdom in the thread I started.
Hi i have Samsung nexus s rooted and stock jelly bean 4.1.1 ... I accidentally deleted contacts. apk and .odex ... Please tell me solution.. I am waiting for help.
Thank you
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[Q] Xperia T lt30p root

i wanted to root my xperia T but unfortunately DooMLoRD's guide doesn't work for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2327472, i tried it out but it didn't do anything after getting daemon started.
i got the phone with JB 4.3 already so i thought that might be the reason, the build is 9.2.A.0.295 so i want to ask how to root it
TowelRoot has been confirmed to work for the T on 4.3 firmware, see topic in the General section
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Mad Marty said:
TowelRoot has been confirmed to work for the T on 4.3 firmware, see topic in the General section
Sent from my LT30p using XDA Free mobile app
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thank you, i'll do that immediately
unexpected problem
the root really worked and i was excited for about half a day but now i noticed that i can't connect to google play, nor my account sync works, what should i do?
you could flash a recovery and then flash gapps?
matt4321 said:
you could flash a recovery and then flash gapps?
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i don't know, with i guide i should be able to but i've never done that, i only rooted the device i didn't flash any rom
i read somewhere on the forums that i can solve it by deleting etc/hosts but it tells me i don't have enough permissions to do so
dakuhonoo said:
i don't know, with i guide i should be able to but i've never done that, i only rooted the device i didn't flash any rom
i read somewhere on the forums that i can solve it by deleting etc/hosts but it tells me i don't have enough permissions to do so
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have a look at this for a recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657190
being on stock is fine,
then GApps have a look here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=14705
matt4321 said:
have a look at this for a recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2657190
being on stock is fine,
then GApps have a look here: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=14705
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i'm going to have to do that, i managed to delete the hosts file with root browser but it should have made a new one and it didn't, it also didn't solve the problem .. i'm trying this recovery now
ok i flashed it, probably, now what?
dakuhonoo said:
i'm going to have to do that, i managed to delete the hosts file with root browser but it should have made a new one and it didn't, it also didn't solve the problem .. i'm trying this recovery now
ok i flashed it, probably, now what?
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You need to reboot into the recovery and flash the GApps (Google Apps) which should have all the sync and play store files to work
matt4321 said:
You need to reboot into the recovery and flash the GApps (Google Apps) which should have all the sync and play store files to work
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i booted into recovery with quickboot and installed google core apps from sd card and wanted to reboot but it's telling me that "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot" choices : No | Yes - Disable recovery flash | No
what should i do?
dakuhonoo said:
i booted into recovery with quickboot and installed google core apps from sd card and wanted to reboot but it's telling me that "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot" choices : No | Yes - Disable recovery flash | No
what should i do?
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'disable recovery flash'
Though it shouldn't change anything since this is a LB recovery and done in a completely different way
matt4321 said:
'disable recovery flash'
Though it shouldn't change anything since this is a LB recovery and done in a completely different way
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funny, i'm so stressed out i messed up and chose No instead of Yes, thank you for you support so far
and it booted up and i'm still getting "Server error" on play store
do you think flashing the stock android over the mess i made would help? or factory reset?
dakuhonoo said:
funny, i'm so stressed out i messed up and chose No instead of Yes, thank you for you support so far
and it booted up and i'm still getting "Server error" on play store
do you think flashing the stock android over the mess i made would help? or factory reset?
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hmm, I think I'd start from scratch, not sure where you went wrong or if my idea would have worked.
Flash stock android (an FTF) and re-root this will definitely fix things up
EDIT: try clearing play store data in settings>apps>google play
matt4321 said:
hmm, I think I'd start from scratch, not sure where you went wrong or if my idea would have worked.
Flash stock android (an FTF) and re-root this will definitely fix things up
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ok and could you be so kind to help me find a guide to do that as well? i don't feel too confident right now, i feel i would just mess up again
is this the right guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648320 ?
perhaps it didn't work because i actually deleted the hosts file in etc
dakuhonoo said:
ok and could you be so kind to help me find a guide to do that as well? i don't feel too confident right now, i feel i would just mess up again
is this the right guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2648320 ?
perhaps it didn't work because i actually deleted the hosts file in etc
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ahh I must have missed that, deleting them was probably a bad idea
Yeah, that guide will be perfect
No worries, hope you get it sorted
matt4321 said:
ahh I must have missed that, deleting them was probably a bad idea
Yeah, that guide will be perfect
No worries, hope you get it sorted
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that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
dakuhonoo said:
that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
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It will wipe by default when using flashtool
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matt4321 said:
It will wipe by default when using flashtool
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ok, i'm going a little crazy in here, i managed to flash the stock firmware but i still can't get into play store .. so should i now do the recovery thing?
one little thing, this damned xperia doesn't have any file manager so now i can't install the things from my sd card ... what on earth am i supposed to do? i'm almost crying, how incompetent i am
dakuhonoo said:
that guide doesn't mention wiping data and i vaguely recall people do that when flashing roms, should i do something like that?
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Many times developers don't specifically state that you must wipe data, but the fact that not doing so generally gives rise to so many errors, that I'm surprised people still "dirty flash" and complain about errors.
On the other hand, if clearing data for the play store/google framework/etc. didn't work as @matt4321 suggested, and you are still can't access the play store after flashing an FTF (and having wiped /data, obviously), then it's most likely a problem with the GAPPS that come with your FTF/ROM that you flashed (unlikely), or a problem with your internet connection.
If you have any .apk file you wish to install, and you have ADB installed on your computer, just enable USB debugging in developer settings, connect USB cable, connect to your phone through ADB (adb -d shell) and type:
Code:
cd /storage/sdcard0 (or sdcard1, or wherever your .apk file is located)
pm install name-of-your-apk.apk
Something which can also be done with a terminal emulator, which I doubt you have since you don't have access to the Play Store.
Unbelievable
i did all those things, lost all the data, everything i did with that phone so far and now i solved it by simply setting time manually and forgetting and reconnecting to my wifi, i want to sincerely thank you all for you help, namely matt4321, for keeping my hopes up, i'll try towelroot again
i mean, would you believe it? something as simple as reconnecting my own wifi

[Q] Swap Back- and Multitasking button

Hello friends,
is there a way to put the "Back-Button" on the right and the "Multi-Tasking" Button on the left side?
I am used to this because of my older Samsung Galaxy S3.
Thank you very much for your replies!
Damagehero said:
Hello friends,
is there a way to put the "Back-Button" on the right and the "Multi-Tasking" Button on the left side?
I am used to this because of my older Samsung Galaxy S3.
Thank you very much for your replies!
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Is this what you are asking for ?
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If yes, then you can find this in custom roms or probably there will be an exposed module for it.
Yes, I think that's it. My phone is rooted but i do not want any custom rom to be honest. If I could flash this specific thing that would be great
Damagehero said:
Yes, I think that's it. My phone is rooted but i do not want any custom rom to be honest. If I could flash this specific thing that would be great
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You'll need to install Xposed and then get the GravityBox module.
Thank you. I'll try it
I tried doing it but I'm too scared bricking my phone.
Rooting was simple but this...
Damagehero said:
I tried doing it but I'm too scared bricking my phone.
Rooting was simple but this...
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I don't think you can completely brick your phone just by trying to install Xposed. The most damage you could do to your device would be a soft brick or bootloop, which is easily fixed by doing a NANDroid backup prior to installation and restoring it if something goes wrong.
What he said. I think there was a greater risk in rooting than there is in Xposed.
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Allright.
Can someone maybe send me a nice tutorial and the download links? I found a few one's but I don't know what's legit and the right version and stuff.
Damagehero said:
Allright.
Can someone maybe send me a nice tutorial and the download links? I found a few one's but I don't know what's legit and the right version and stuff.
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I can't post links yet :/
But to get to the tutorial I used the thread: [OFFICIAL] Xposed for Lollipop
Keep in mind this is for lollipop, just put the above into the search bar and it should be the first result.
The install process is very easy, all you need is the .zip file and the .apk file.
1. Download both files onto your device,
2. Boot into your custom recovery (e.g. TWRP)
3. (OPTIONAL, but recommended) Carry out a backup of your device
4. Install the .zip file
5. Wipe dalvik/cache
5. Boot device
6. Install .apk file
7. Reboot device
You've installed Xposed!
Now just open the app Xposed Installer, go to downloads and search for 'GravityBox', download and install that, reboot your device, and you're all set. In GravityBox there's an option under 'Navigation bar tweaks' called 'Swap Back and Recents keys'.

Is there an easy way to unroot?

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.
Evolution_Tech said:
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
Evolution_Tech said:
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?
Evolution_Tech said:
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

Fresh for update

Anyone know of a posted download for stock, unrooted 23.21.44, flashable in TWRP?
Einsteindks said:
Anyone know of a posted download for stock, unrooted 23.21.44, flashable in TWRP?
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I haven't seen one, but if you know how to use fastboot, you can flash the images that are in this zip: http://www.rootjunkysdl.com/getdown...o/Firmware/VRZ_XT1254_SU4TL-44_44_CFC.xml.zip
TheSt33v said:
I haven't seen one, but if you know how to use fastboot, you can flash the images that are in this zip: http://www.rootjunkysdl.com/getdown...o/Firmware/VRZ_XT1254_SU4TL-44_44_CFC.xml.zip
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Ah! Yes, well, that'll work. I'm not entirely free-thinking in Android enough to slide in from that angle! Backup current, flash, cycle on/off, backup clean stock in TWRP, restore current. If current won't work, hell, flash clean again and root from TWRP!
Whoa! LOTS of system images! Feasible to edit out all non-system flash actions in the xml, rezip, use cfc in RSD, then?
Einsteindks said:
Ah! Yes, well, that'll work. I'm not entirely free-thinking in Android enough to slide in from that angle! Backup current, flash, cycle on/off, backup clean stock in TWRP, restore current. If current won't work, hell, flash clean again and root from TWRP!
Whoa! LOTS of system images! Feasible to edit out all non-system flash actions in the xml, rezip, use cfc in RSD, then?
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I suppose you could do that, but I find it much easier to simply flash the 10 sparsechunks manually using fastboot.
TheSt33v said:
I suppose you could do that, but I find it much easier to simply flash the 10 sparsechunks manually using fastboot.
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Is there one-line flash command language that will do them all sequentially?
Einsteindks said:
Is there one-line flash command language that will do them all sequentially?
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Not that I know of. If you're really after a one-click solution, editing the batch file like you suggested earlier is probably your best bet. Although if it were me, by the time I sufficiently edited and re-zipped everything, I probably would have been able to flash it manually twice.

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