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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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It will wipe by default when using flashtool
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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
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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?
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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:
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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
I can no longer write any custom roms to my N6. Started with PURE 3.5 but now effects any rom i try to flash. I have brought my N6 back to factory state multiple times even relocking it. Only thing I can do is Fastboot flash N6 image from google manually piece by piece. I do have working 5.01 and phone works. Roms either hang or have errors. or just write the boot.img file. TWRP works other wise i can backup and restore, I am using 2.8.3.1. I have searched all over for a fix....
There used to be some weird mounting stuff that would make roms not boot. Thought that was worked out in pure shamu 3.1 ish.
Where do the roms hang? Did you ever fix permissions using twrp? Any kind of log you can pull?
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There used to be some weird mounting stuff that would make roms not boot. Thought that was worked out in pure shamu 3.1 ish.
Where do the roms hang? Did you ever fix permissions using twrp? Any kind of log you can pull?
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I had no problem updating Pure for over a month from like 2.0 to 3.4.
they all hang when writing to system as far as i can tell. happens regardless of Pure....from a fresh clean image of 5.0 or 5.01 i can not flash any roms. driving me nutzo....i can no longer flash pure 3.4 either but i can restore the phone from a nandroid backup i had on my pc and run Pure 3.4 just fine.
Did you wipe everything except internal storage first? I had this issue earlier until I realized that I forgot to do that when coming from the stock ROM.
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Did you wipe everything except internal storage first? I had this issue earlier until I realized that I forgot to do that when coming from the stock ROM.
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yes and both cache.....
also made sure system not mounted.
very frustrating.
Bignoze73 said:
yes and both cache.....
also made sure system not mounted.
very frustrating.
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That is very odd, did you try reflashing TWRP or using a different version.
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That is very odd, did you try reflashing TWRP or using a different version.
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mutiple times......tried all versions of TWRP too.
I can write a custom kernal like elementalx no problem.....just not roms.
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mutiple times......tried all versions of TWRP too.
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It doesn't make sense considering you also flashed back to stock. Have you also tried to flash a ROM from your PC rather than from your phone? There has to be some reasonable explanation for why it's not working.
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It doesn't make sense considering you also flashed back to stock. Have you also tried to flash a ROM from your PC rather than from your phone? There has to be some reasonable explanation for why it's not working.
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how do you do that? the custom roms dont have system.img file like N6 image. The Pure 3.92 is in .dat format, another rom is folders. I also get checksum errors when extracting.
I also noticed in the last 24 hours there are 2 other threads with people have almost the same issues flashing roms. I think it has something to do with TWRP but no matter becuase no version works for me.
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how do you do that? the custom roms dont have system.img file like N6 image. The Pure 3.92 is in .dat format, another rom is folders. I also get checksum errors when extracting.
I also noticed in the last 24 hours there are 2 other threads with people have almost the same issues flashing roms. I think it has something to do with TWRP but no matter becuase no version works for me.
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If you restore your stock recovery on your phone you could try this.
Make sure TWRP is not installed on your phone and that the stock recovery is installed and working:
Have TWRP in your platform tools folder named however you want
Then use "fastboot boot recovery 'whatever you named TWRP' "
This will boot TWRP without installed it. Then try to flash the ROM using TWRP. You can also use the"adb push" to sideload the ROM onto your phone so you can find it via TWRP.
nope did not work.....roms just hang or flash new boot.img only.
i even tried erasing recovery partion and reflashing stock than twrp 2.8.3.1......that did not work either....something is stopping TWRP from writing to system.
thanks for your help
Bignoze73 said:
nope did not work.....roms just hang or flash new boot.img only.
i even tried erasing recovery partion and reflashing stock than twrp 2.8.3.1......that did not work either....something is stopping TWRP from writing to system.
thanks for your help
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You're welcome, have you tried to contact some of the devs here to see if maybe they could help? I think the worst case scenario would be to RMA the phone.
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You're welcome, have you tried to contact some of the devs here to see if maybe they could help? I think the worst case scenario would be to RMA the phone.
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RMA the phone??? ?What are you gonna tell them?? ? That you can't flash any custom Roms through TWRP?? ?
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RMA the phone??? ?What are you gonna tell them?? ? That you can't flash any custom Roms through TWRP?? ?
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No obviously not look, but if you have other issues (in assuming you might if you can't flash a ROM) then that's the worst case scenario option.
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No obviously not look, but if you have other issues (in assuming you might if you can't flash a ROM) then that's the worst case scenario option.
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This is a tough one cause if his factory image works without issues they're gonna have no reason to send him a replacement
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This is a tough one cause if his factory image works without issues they're gonna have no reason to send him a replacement
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That's true, but there must be something wrong if he can't flash anything else so I'm sure he could find some issues.
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That's true, but there must be something wrong if he can't flash anything else so I'm sure he could find some issues.
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Is there a tool or command to do a full memcheck of both ram and storage
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Is there a tool or command to do a full memcheck of both ram and storage
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I'm not sure I've never had the need to do one from adb or fastboot
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I'm not sure I've never had the need to do one from adb or fastboot
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yeah its pretty nuts....how can I return a phone that works fine other than the fact it wont flash a custom rom?
Must be another way to write a rom but TWRP......
thanks!
Bignoze73 said:
yeah its pretty nuts....how can I return a phone that works fine other than the fact it wont flash a custom rom?
Must be another way to write a rom but TWRP......
thanks!
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I assume you are also out of the return window. Well if you are unlucky or lucky (depending on how you view it) you could have an issue eventually. They will RMA for burn in, camera issues etc... The camera issue was common in the earlier production models that I had. There should be another method, I would look into it if you have time.
I had TWRP installed. Recently installed Euphoria-OS-1.1-20150414 but like other 5.1.1 roms it was having issues with the Double Tap to Wake. Euphoria-OS-1.1-20150528 came out and was supposed to fix the Double Tap to Wake issue. It does but it introduced a new bug. I can no longer get a GPS lock on my phone. Tried [5.1.1][39A]cm-12-20150518-temasek, but again no luck. I reflashed back to a VS980-39A-LP-OTA-Debloated but the GPS is still not working.
Finally got sick of not having GPS and just went straight stock with LG's Flash tool and the VS98012B_00.kdz and then did OTA upgrades back to 39A. Not rooted anymore, straight stock. Still no freaking GPS?! "GPS Test" app says "No Fix" and shows that there are "28 In View" but none "In Use"... GPS was working before the initial flash. I am only trying this in "Device only Mode" as I want to make sure that the GPS itself is working.
I would love to get a copy of your working /system/etc/gps.conf
and any ideas that you have to get this going again...
Apparently you joined the group of the VZW G2 with GPS issues. If you returned to pure stock and still nothing, can't think of anything else. Did you did anything physically to the phone?
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Apparently you joined the group of the VZW G2 with GPS issues. If you returned to pure stock and still nothing, can't think of anything else. Did you did anything physically to the phone?
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Not anything differently than I had done before. I just found it very strange that it quit working when I went to Euphoria and now I cannot get it back. Flashing with KDZ file erases the entire device correct? Nothing should be able to make it through?
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Not anything differently than I had done before. I just found it very strange that it quit working when I went to Euphoria and now I cannot get it back. Flashing with KDZ file erases the entire device correct? Nothing should be able to make it through?
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It's not Euphoria that caused the problem. I tried Euphoria before, and my GPS works fine right now (no need for .kdz).
It depends on which option you choose when going the .kdz route. If you choose "Normal Flash" mode, then it will not wipe data, but if you choose "CSE Flash" mode, then it will wipe everything.
Currently I'm running my own build of PAC MAN Rom, and everything is working fine, maybe you should try that Rom out.
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It's not Euphoria that caused the problem. I tried Euphoria before, and my GPS works fine right now (no need for .kdz).
The newest Euphoria update seems to have no lock for GPS on several users devices. I fully do not think it broke it permanently.
I did a normal Flash. I will try the "CSE Flash" mode and see if that helps. Thanks!
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bouchigo said:
It's not Euphoria that caused the problem. I tried Euphoria before, and my GPS works fine right now (no need for .kdz).
The newest Euphoria update seems to have no lock for GPS on several users devices. I fully do not think it broke it permanently.
I did a normal Flash. I will try the "CSE Flash" mode and see if that helps. Thanks!
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Just be aware that CSE Flash mode will wipe everything.
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Just be aware that CSE Flash mode will wipe everything.
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Is there anything in particular that I should be aware of? I have all of my photos/contacts/media backed up to my PC.
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Is there anything in particular that I should be aware of? I have all of my photos/contacts/media backed up to my PC.
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If you have all your data backed up in safe place then you should be fine.
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If you have all your data backed up in safe place then you should be fine.
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Tried the "CSE Flash" back to 39A and am still not getting a lock. I am at a loss...
I attached GPS Test app and GPS Status screenshots. Any other advice? I really don't want to take the thing apart...
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Tried the "CSE Flash" back to 39A and am still not getting a lock. I am at a loss...
I attached GPS Test app and GPS Status screenshots. Any other advice? I really don't want to take the thing apart...
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It could be that your gps sensor doesn't work anymore. I just went back to stock 39A from Pac man rom, and I get 3D Fix and satellite connection:
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I dont think that it just died. I know that the fuse for locked/unlocked bootloader is one way, but cant be this case. That rom touched something and hopefully can be reverted. How? No clue
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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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.
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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...
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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?
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Can't you just go into supersu settings and unroot? That way you can stay on chroma
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Depends on how deeply his situation is looking for root files. The unroot feature of SuperSU doesn't remove everything.
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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My friend I didn't know this was possible with the nexus 6. That would really interest me.... I already have twrp installed. Is there an easy guide you can point out for me?
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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?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3074529
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Depends on how deeply his situation is looking for root files. The unroot feature of SuperSU doesn't remove everything.
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Tried this keeps telling me that I need to unroot. So i'm about to start the multi rom procedure
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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How about the encryption? Chroma is unencrypted. If the second rom is encrypted what happens there?
I'm also trying to find a stock rom that is not pre-rooted to install from recovery. Can you show me the latest I can get?
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Have you considered multi ROM? You could have your rooted normal set up and a non rooted as well.
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My friend I installed multirom and used an older Chroma rom that wasn't pre-rooted. it worked like a charm.... Now I can just go to this rom and use all my apps that require the phone to be unrooted.... Again thanks for the idea....
Can I just ask what version of chroma wasn't pre rooted? I want to do the same if possible. Thanks
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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