Hi,
A couple of months ago I unlocked the bootloader, flashed TWRP and installed a custom rom on my Moto X 2014 (XT1092). Now I want to revert back to stock, and install XPosed framework.
I've been reading all kinds of websites and threads on XDA on how to revert to stock, mostly the ones below.
HTML:
http://techbeasts.com/how-to-restore-moto-x-2014-to-stock-firmware/
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-2014/general/guide-return-to-stock-official-status-t3274121
However, all the procedures involve reverting the recovery to stock recovery. I want to keep TWRP so I can easily flash Xposed. Is this possible at all? And how do you need to do this? Can I just skip the following command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"?
Or do I need to follow the complete guide to return the phone to stock firmware/recovery and then flash TWRP + XPosed.
Thanks in advance for the tips and comments.
-marnix
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I'm thinking about unlocking the bootloader of my Moto X and I have a few questions. I hope you guys can help me.
1. At the moment I'm using PwnMyMoto, which means I dont have the stock recovery. Will this be a problem to unlock the bootloader using 'Motorola website' method? i.e. is this method stock recovery dependent? Do I have to go back stock using RSDlite first?
2. After unlocking the bootloader I will probably install a custom recovery (maybe TWRP). As far as I know, when using a custom recovery we should not install OTA, right? It will bootloop. Can anyone confirm this?
3. When using TWRP, is it possible to flash a ROM using RSDlite and keep the custom recovery? i.e. only flash system. This way I could backup my actual ROM before I flash the new one, and if anything goes wrong I can restore it.
Thank you all!
xitake said:
I'm thinking about unlocking the bootloader of my Moto X and I have a few questions. I hope you guys can help me.
1. At the moment I'm using PwnMyMoto, which means I dont have the stock recovery. Will this be a problem to unlock the bootloader using 'Motorola website' method? i.e. is this method stock recovery dependent? Do I have to go back stock using RSDlite first?
2. After unlocking the bootloader I will probably install a custom recovery (maybe TWRP). As far as I know, when using a custom recovery we should not install OTA, right? It will bootloop. Can anyone confirm this?
3. When using TWRP, is it possible to flash a ROM using RSDlite and keep the custom recovery? i.e. only flash system. This way I could backup my actual ROM before I flash the new one, and if anything goes wrong I can restore it.
Thank you all!
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1. Fastboot the stock recovery. You will likely have problems unlocking as it performs a factory reset.
2. Don't take OTAs with a custom recovery. You will bootloop. Wait for a flashable zip or fastboot back to stock to get the OTA.
3. You flash ROMs in recovery. You shouldn't need to use fastboot (or rsdlite) unless you want to return to stock or you run into serious phone issues.
Sent from my Moto X.
I ended up unlocking my boot loader , flashing TWRP, and rooting, and installing Titan Prime V1.0.5 on my XT1064 MOTO G 2014. I wanna unroot have stock recovery and be on Android Lollipop with the ability to get OTA. A little guidance on the process would be helpful!
Use the full-unroot function of superSU and restore to stock 4.4.4 / flash stock recovery.
You can try this tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/development/windows-tool-moto-g-2014-xt1064-restore-t2957167
or do it with fastboot;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g-2014/general/restore-to-stock-t2873657
no need to relock bootloader.
So I have a T-mo rooted Nexus 6 running stock rom and kernel presently. I would like to decrypt the phone as I've heard/read I will see an improvement in both performance and battery life. So first question is what would be the best/easiest method to do this and second will I lose root and have to re-root after decrypting. Thanks in advance for any help.
Basically you will have to flash a different boot image that disable the encryption flag.
This will require you to completely wipe your device and start over. Yes, you would have to re-root but if you know how to flash a stock no-encrypt image then rooting is easy and simply requires you to flash the current SuperSU zip from recovery once you are all set up.
Basically follow the long version of this guide. Technically you don't need to flash completely stock and couold just follow the guide in the next section but if you have to factory reset anyway I would want to start fresh:http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-flash-factory-images-nexus-6shamu-t2954008
But use this no-encrypt boot image instead that matches the stock google rom you flash:http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/development/disable-forced-encryption-gain-root-t2946715
Once that is done you can flash recovery (or simply boot into TWRP temporarily if you want to keep the stock recovery) and flash Supersu.zip from here and then you're rooted again. I think you could also flash TWRP in the first step above when you are going back to stock but I usually do it at the end for some reason:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Thank you so much
I've rooted a few phones in the past and what i tend to avoid is overwriting the stock recovery because i still want to be able to update ota the phone in the case that i want to and so far i haven't seen any tutorial on how to do that for the lg g4 .
Thanks in advance.
-Keith
Yes, you can install root without a custom recovery. You can backup the existing recovery and install a custom recovery by using fastboot. So even if you install a custom recovery, you can return to stock. A custom recovery just makes fixing a broken phone easy.
Guys , I have to sell my phone, so, I decided to do all the necessary to have it stock..
So, the question is, how can I do this? I need the phone like when I bought it
You can do most of this via SRK Tool. If you can't relock bootloader then you can flash your stock update.app via stock recovery and that will relock your bootloader and get rid of root.
Please don't follow this for when you have Nougat beta installed though.
I currently have TWRP recovery.. How can I put stock recovery?
Is better to put 1st the rom and for 2nd the recovery or contrary?
Anyway thanks for answering me!
1. Backup (as always)
2. Flash stock recovery with flashify for example
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862669572
3. Flash stock Rom b182 with dload-method
http://download-c.huawei.com/download/downloadCenter?downloadId=91783&version=358257&siteCode=de
Now your Bootloader is relocked and everything is stock again (I hope so)