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Dear Users,
I am experiencing an issue which has been raised once before and no clear,
simple solution was found.
My current problem is that, after updating my G1 from 'cupcake' to 1.6, all
the calls I make and all the calls I receive are labelled as 'unknown',
despite the fact that these numbers are in my contacts. Here is the link to
the similar issue which was officially declined by Google:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2949
In the discussion thread amoung the users, there seem to be two possible
solutions (although this was not confirmed by Google, since the issue was
declined):
1. Complete factory reset.
2. STEPS:
1) Get to a shell prompt. If you're using ADB, it's "adb shell". If
you're using a
terminal/console app, just launch it.
2) Type "rm /data/misc/rild_ril.clip"
3) Reboot the phone.
My phone is currently not rooted and I have no intentions to root it in the
near future. Also, I do not favour the idea of a factory reset, since I
shall have to re-install all my applications, which will take time. The
second method to solve the problem seems the most probable in my case,
however the only problem is that, since I am not very good on the technical
stuff (i.e. 'shell prompt', 'console app', 'ADB'), I cannot figure out how
to perform what that method requests.
I would be very grateful to a person who would explain how to sort the
problem out in clear, step-by-step, user-friendly language.
The first method would be easiest for you but the second method makes the most sense. ADB is easy to set up & there are guides on here for it, also it doesn't require you to be rooted.
PS: This is in the wrong section so expect the mods to move it quickly.
You should start by trying option two.
1. Goto the market and search for Terminal. Downlaod and install the app.
2. Open your app drawer and open Terminal (The app you just installed)
3. Enter the line rm /data/misc/rild_ril.clip and hit enter.
If the command is accepted you'll get a blank prompt, type reboot and hit enter again to reboot the phone. If you get a mesage that says the command can't be completed, read only file system you'll probably need to setup ADB on your computer and enter the commands there. Search XDA for ADB for Dummies to find a thread on how to set up ADB, its really very straightforward.
Good Luck!
You could also go into Application manager and see if you can clear your Dialer or Dialer storage's cache or data (whatever they have there). I assumed that you've tried powering your phone off and on to see if that fixes it, right?
If you dont have root, you wont be able to remove stuff from the system.
It sounds like you have your contacts numbers saved without a 1 or 0 such as,
555-555-5555
1-555-555-5555
Try to edit the numbers and make them appear the same way they do when a contact calls you. I am sure this will solve the problem.
May NOT work for 2.3.3, if attempting on 2.3.3 use old part 1! - Will wipe all data though
Windows ONLY!
Hey guys, rooted my Nexus S today, and decided to write a thorough, detailed guide on how I did it, as none of the guides I had found had everything detailed. I came across a few problems, and all of this is in the guide. I successfully completed it on my Nexus S running 2.3.2, so any version below that will also work.
The original guide was made by AllGamer, and can be found here. I followed this guide, and added things when I found it was needed
The full guide with everything (including links, pictures) can be found on my site, Complete Android.
New info: Upon finding another thread over at XDA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865) it has been realized that you can root your Nexus S without unlocking the bootloader, and therefore not loosing your data on the SD card. Part 1 for the new method is still the same, but choose the new Part 2!
WARNING: Rooting your device will wipe all data off it, so you will loose EVERYTHING! Make sure you backup all important data first. Only applies to old Part 2 (fastboot oem unlock method), but it is still a good idea to backup important information!
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What you will need:
Nexus S (obviously)
Android 2.3 SDK
USB Cable
PDAnet (for drivers)
Clockwork Recovery Image
Superuser
Part 1
Download the Android 2.3 SDK (or direct from Google here, 32MB).
Once it has finished downloading, unzip it, and run the SDK manager.
Select whatever components you wish to install, but you MUST make sure you install Google USB Driver (Available packages > Third party Add-ons > Google Inc. Add-ons > Google Usb Driver package, revision 4) otherwise this guide will not work!
We must now install the Google USB Driver, or the phone will not be recognised as a device other than a mass storage device.
Connect your Nexus S to your computer, and put it in USB storage mode.
Put it in USB Debugging Mode (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging)
Windows should now recognise your Nexus S when you plug it in, and ask to install drivers. It probably won’t find anything, so we need to help it manually.
(Installing drivers manually varies between Windows versions, so please refer to http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html if you are having trouble). Launch Device Manager (you can find it in Control Panel), find Other Devices, and listed under that heading, you should find Nexus S. Right click, and select Update Driver Software. Click Browse my computer for driver software, find your SDK folder, then the google-usb_driver folder inside it, click OK, then Next. This should install the USB driver successfully. Reboot your computer.
Power off your Nexus S, connect it to your computer via USB cable, and boot it into the Bootloader Interface (you can do so by holding down the Power and Volume Up buttons at the same time).
It should say LOCK STATE – LOCKED, in white just above the green Android. You are now ready to move on!
Part 2 - Fastboot oem unlock method - WIPES ALL DATA!
We now need to install PDAnet on our PC so that Windows can see our Nexus S when we are using the Command Prompt. Install PDAnet from here, select Samsung when asked about the Manufacturer, allow the driver to be installed (because the driver is unverified, don’t worry about this!). Follow along with any other instructions. You should be set now.
With the latest SDK version, some tools have been relocated to another directory, so we need to make a copy and move them back. Navigate to the directory where you unzipped the Android SDK file in part 1. Inside it, go to the platform-tools folder, and copy both AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll. Go back to the main Android SDK directory and find the tools folder. Paste these two files in there, and we are all ready to use ‘fastboot oem unlock’ (the rooting command) now.
Open a command prompt window (Start > Run > cmd.exe).
Change to the tools directory within your Android SDK folder by using the following command (without the quotes and replacing *YOUR SDK* with the path to your Android SDK folder) ‘cd c:\*YOUR SDK*\tools’.
Make sure your Nexus S is still in the Bootloader Interface (refer to step 9, part 1 of it isn’t).
Now in the command prompt, type in (without the quotes) ‘fastboot oem unlock’.
Now turn your attention to the phone, and read through the new information displayed on the screen. Using the Volume keys select Yes, then press the Power button. This will WIPE EVERYTHING! I bear no responsibility for any lost data on your phone!
If everything is successful, on your phone, the LOCK STATE should now read UNLOCKED, and on your computer, the command prompt window should say something like this:
Download the Clockwork Recovery image (here if you don’t already have it) to your Android SDK tools folder (*Android SDK*\tools).
Rename the newly downloaded Clockwork Recovery image to ‘recovery.img’ (no quotes).
Now we need to flash it to our Nexus S, so enter this command into the Command Prompt (make sure it is in the Androis SDK tools folder!) ‘fastboot flash recovery recovery.img’ (without the quotes).
If all is successful, the Command Prompt window should look something like this now:
Download the superuser app to the Android SDK tools folder.
Power on your Nexus S, leaving it connected to USB.
Mount the USB storage, and drag and drop the superuser .zip file you just downloaded into the root of the internal SD card (so Computer > *Device Name*, not in any other folders!). It should look something like this:
Power off the Nexus S, and return to the Bootloader Interface (step 9, part 1).
Select Recovery using the Volume buttons, then the Power button.
The phone should reboot into Clockwork Recovery, but if not don’t panic, just repeat steps 9-12, including downloading a new copy of the file (mine only worked the second time around, don’t worry!)
Using the Volume buttons and Power button, select install zip from sdcard.
Select choose zip from sdcard.
Select the su-version#-signed.zip file you downloaded earlier and apply it.
Select yes (there are lots of nos).
Confirm it says something like this: install from sdcard complete
Select Go Back.
Select Reboot. (You will now also have an unlocked padlock when you boot up)
Done! You now have to set up your phone again like when you first got it, but it will be rooted now.
New Part 2 - Does NOT wipe everything - Keeps a locked bootloader
Make sure Part 1 is completed.
Make sure you have downloaded the Clockwork Recovery file and the Superuser file.
Move the Clockwork Recovery file to your tools folder within the Android SDK folder, and rename it to recovery.img (for simplicity).
Connect your Nexus S via USB to your computer and mount it as USB storage. Copy across the Superuser file to the top level of your sdcard. (So the first window you see, not in any other folders. The sdcard is just where all the files are stored, don't worry about it too much for now).
We now need to install PDAnet on our PC so that Windows can see our Nexus S when we are using the Command Prompt. Install PDAnet from here, select Samsung when asked about the Manufacturer, allow the driver to be installed (because the driver is unverified, don't worry about this!). Follow along with any other instructions. You should be set now.
With the latest SDK version, some tools have been relocated to another directory, so we need to make a copy and move them back. Navigate to the directory where you unzipped the Android SDK file in part 1. Inside it, go to the platform-tools folder, and copy both AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll. Go back to the main Android SDK directory and find the tools folder. Paste these two files in there, and we are all ready to use 'fastboot boot' (the boot image command) now.
Open a command prompt window (Start > Run > cmd.exe).
Change to the tools directory within your Android SDK folder by using the following command (without the quotes and replacing *YOUR SDK* with the path to your Android SDK folder) 'cd c:\*YOUR SDK*\tools'.
Make sure your Nexus S is still in the Bootloader Interface (refer to step 9, part 1 of it isn't).
We now need to use the 'fastboot boot' command to load Clockwork Recovery onto our Nexus S. In the command prompt, type in the following (but without the quotes, as always) 'fastboot boot recovery.img'
Once you are in Clockwork Recovery (it may take a couple of tries, don't panic, just redownload Clockwork Recovery, and complete steps 3 and 10, part 2) it should look something like this:
Using the Volume buttons and Power button, select install zip from sdcard.
Select choose zip from sdcard.
Select the su-version#-signed.zip file you downloaded earlier and apply it.
Select yes (there are lots of nos).
Confirm it says something like this: install from sdcard complete
Select Go Back.
Select Reboot.
Done! You should still have all your data present on your phone, and have root access!
Notes
As AllGamer said in his tutorial:
It’s normal to lose the recovery after the reboot, the steps to flash the CW recovery needs to be repeated every time you want to access the CW recovery.
This is due the build in protection in 2.3
As some one pointed it out on another topic, the good thing about this is that you’ll never lose the stock recovery of 2.3, thus minimizing the chance of a bricked phone.
If you want to the CW recovery to remain permanently, you’ll need to rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to something thing else
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Keep this in mind! It's not because you did something wrong
Also, some root apps require BusyBox to be installed, as I found out with Titanium Backup, so once you set up your Nexus S again, head on into the Market, and download BusyBox. It installed fine on my Nexus S this way, and now TB works fine.
I hope this is the best, most thorough guide you will find on rooting the Nexus S. Enjoy! Feedback is appreciated, and I will help out if you need any extra help.
Your guide has been wonderful however I'm stuck on part 2, step 4. I tried writing in the path to my directory and they keep giving me whatever I wrote in the command prompt "is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
"Change to the tools directory within your Android SDK folder by using the following command (without the quotes and replacing *YOUR SDK* with the path to your Android SDK folder) ‘cd c:\*YOUR SDK*\tools’."
This is how my command prompt looks like when I first open it. "C:\Users\Du>"
and this is what I typed in the command prompt: "Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows"
^^^I did exactly what you said above and nothing is happening. I don't know whether I'm writing in the directory wrong or what. Please help me out thanks
Your guide is nice, however as shown in distortedloop's stickied Root & Recovery thread, fastboot oem unlock is not required for rooting & flashing. We no longer have to lose all our sdcard data when first rooting and/or flashing a ROM.
Other than that, this seems to be a nice amendment of Allgamer's sticked root & recovery thread. I'm sure it will be useful to many.
STARSCR33M said:
This is how my command prompt looks like when I first open it. "C:\Users\Du>"
and this is what I typed in the command prompt: "Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows"
^^^I did exactly what you said above and nothing is happening. I don't know whether I'm writing in the directory wrong or what. Please help me out thanks
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Ok so if you want to change directories in the command prompt, you need to use the command
Code:
cd
So in your case I would type in
Code:
cd c:\Users\Du\Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
That way is fool proof, however you could take a shortcut, because you are already in the Users/Du folder (because of how it looks when you first open it), you could just type in
Code:
cd Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
Hope that helps
ravidavi said:
Your guide is nice, however as shown in distortedloop's stickied Root & Recovery thread, fastboot oem unlock is not required for rooting & flashing. We no longer have to lose all our sdcard data when first rooting and/or flashing a ROM.
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I think this way is a cleaner approach personally, but hey choice is good That's what Android is all about
EDIT: New approach added, now there is choice and easyness for all
Other than that, this seems to be a nice amendment of Allgamer's sticked root & recovery thread. I'm sure it will be useful to many.
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Thanks
Jonathon Grigg said:
I think this way is a cleaner approach personally, but hey choice is good That's what Android is all about
Thanks
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I'm not sure that wiping all your data pointlessly is "cleaner."
It's not even clear what exactly the oem unlock of the bootloader really does for us, since you can get into clockwork recovery without that step. Once you're in clockwork you pretty much own the phone. I'll be interested to see if someone can use clockwork to flash a new boot image once rooted without the unlock; if so I can't see any reason to unlock the bootloader. That said, mine is unlocked, and I like it that way, but many won't root for fear of losing data on the phone.
Even if you end up having to do the oem unlock in the long run for some activities you want to do, it seems that rooting, then installing Titanium and backing up your apps and app data fully is a better way to go than just losing all your data (any app that doesn't store its data on the sdcard) that can't be backed up without root would be a lot less painful than WIPING everything on the phone, including the sdcard.
It's not worth arguing about, but I think any method that is including the oem unlock step should at least mention that that step can be skipped. How many people will go through the pain of a wipe that they didn't need to because they didn't see that there was an option without it. I guess that's there own fault for not doing enough searching on their own...
Anyways, nice and thorough effort. I'm sure many will benefit from your additions to AllGamer's tutorial.
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I'm not sure that wiping all your data pointlessly is "cleaner."
It's not even clear what exactly the oem unlock of the bootloader really does for us, since you can get into clockwork recovery without that step.
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I have been wondering that myself. My guess is that for the average user you don't need to, but maybe it's for real power users who build their own ROM which has been fully modded or something, I'm not sure.
but many won't root for fear of losing data on the phone.
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I definitely agree with that, and your guide is probably the best way for those people!
Even if you end up having to do the oem unlock in the long run for some activities you want to do, it seems that rooting, then installing Titanium and backing up your apps and app data fully is a better way to go than just losing all your data (any app that doesn't store its data on the sdcard) that can't be backed up without root would be a lot less painful than WIPING everything on the phone, including the sdcard.
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Exactly, this is one of the better uses for both methods. I already had to wipe my phone twice due to Samsung CS so I'm used to it Although it does give you a chance to clear out the apps you don't need. Doing that I noticed better battery life on my phone.
It's not worth arguing about, but I think any method that is including the oem unlock step should at least mention that that step can be skipped. How many people will go through the pain of a wipe that they didn't need to because they didn't see that there was an option without it.
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I wasn't going to argue I'm happy to adjust my tut to include something about this, after all it was aimed at more beginners.
EDIT: Added a new part to my tutorial based on your guide, just includes some more detail. Thanks again.
Thanks distortedloop
This is awesome cause i relocked my bootloader i really just needed root. Thanks!
Edit oops lost track of tabs open.
I think we can use this method to unlock oem without wiping data.
boot cw -> full backup -> unlock and flash cw (wipes data) -> restore backup (got ur data back and oem unlocked)
the only problem i can think of is that restoring backup would re-lock oem again but i am not sure of that.
i can't try this right now but if someone could, please give feedback.
Jonathon Grigg said:
I wasn't going to argue I'm happy to adjust my tut to include something about this, after all it was aimed at more beginners.
EDIT: Added a new part to my tutorial based on your guide, just includes some more detail. Thanks again.
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Nicely done. Thanks.
sam4free said:
I think we can use this method to unlock oem without wiping data.
boot cw -> full backup -> unlock and flash cw (wipes data) -> restore backup (got ur data back and oem unlocked)
the only problem i can think of is that restoring backup would re-lock oem again but i am not sure of that.
i can't try this right now but if someone could, please give feedback.
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That's what I suggesting a couple of posts above (root without unlock to at least make a backup of user data).
Restoring a titanium backup would not re-lock the phone. A nandroid restore might, depends on what all it imaged and restores, but it's so easy to re-root, that doesn't seem like a big deal.
Jonathon Grigg said:
Download the Android 2.3 SDK (or direct from Google here, 32MB).
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Looks like you forgot to add the link in your copy pasta.
AtomicPC said:
Looks like you forgot to add the link in your copy pasta.
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I've been working on it I just wanted to get it up here as soon as I could That's why I mentioned that the full guide is available on my website. I'm going back to school today, so I don't really have too much time for changing links now. Besides, most people on XDA should know how to look at the 'What's needed' part
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Jonathon,
Thank you for posting this detailed guide to rooting without losing your data! I do have a question. As you've probably heard, there are a few updates coming soon and if they are like they were on the N1, they always broke root. So getting root back was tricky unless I "unrooted" before applying the update. Using your method, is it easy to "unroot"? Thanks!
No problems
As for your problem, I never actually had a N1 so I don't exactly know why that would happen. So far from the 2 updates available to NS owners it seems like the OTA update does break root but it appears to be the same to get it back again. Can someone confirm this? I haven't been through an update with my root yet.
As for unrooting, if you haven't unlocked the bootloader (so you have followed the new part 2) I think it is just a case of finding a stock image (I think there's a GRH78 one around here somewhere) and booting into Clockwork Recovery and flashing it. That should remove root and then also give you a notice to install the GRH78C OTA update so you get the latest version.
I think that is what you meant? If you did unlock the bootloader (using the original part 2) then I think you just have to follow the same steps as I mentioned just then but afterwards go back into the bootloader interface and run 'fastboot oem lock' and it should be right.
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Question on Part 2- step 1.
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# We now need to install PDAnet on our PC so that Windows can see our Nexus S when we are using the Command Prompt. Install PDAnet from here, select Samsung when asked about the Manufacturer, allow the driver to be installed (because the driver is unverified, don’t worry about this!). Follow along with any other instructions. You should be set now.
Why above step is required if one already installed USB Driver for Nexus S and "ADB devices" command can find the device ?
On Allgamer thread didnt ask to repeat installing USB driver ?
What purpose for the pdanet driver ?
I dont want to put redundant drivers into my system which may interfere each other during flashing process.
hmanxx said:
Why above step is required if one already installed USB Driver for Nexus S and "ADB devices" command can find the device ?
On Allgamer thread didnt ask to repeat installing USB driver ?
What purpose for the pdanet driver ?
I dont want to put redundant drivers into my system which may interfere each other during flashing process.
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When I tried to use the fastboot command with my Nexus S connected, it would hang and not do anything, despite leaving it for about 5 minutes. I searched online, and found the PDAnet solution, so I don't know what the difference is exactly. All I found the Google SDK USB drivers to do is enable you to see your device in Device Manager, however you could try it without the PDAnet drivers, and let me know what happens!
Thanks
Thanks for the prompt reply.. I tried out the google driver..it doesnt work under fastboot. I eventually get the fastboot enabled driver..that could explain why the pdanet driver required.
After i installed the fastboot enabled driver, i could test the connectivity under fastboot with "fastboot devices"
thanks going to try out rooting..i just want simple root access..without wiping data is a ++ ..
I managed to run fastboot boot recovery.img...going into clockwork menu..apply the superuser.zip.(for froyo version)..till completion..no word of failure..
However after rebooting, su and SuperUser.apk are not installed.( I used adb to check the system/app and system/bin folder.
Edit- manage to root properly after system mounting .
Just a note..to properly complete the rooting, one need to apply mounting then mount system before applying the Superuser.zip install from sdcard.
Prior to step 11, you may want to add the following steps for folks having problem to get the superuser.zip to install properly.
Originally Posted by droidmage
So all you guys who are having trouble getting root inside the rom, When your in recovery before you flash the superuser.zip file select -- mounts and storage -- then --mount /system -- then flash the .zip file and reboot
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Thanks for the extra bit of info, I will attempt to add that in when I get a bit more time on my hands. when I did it it seemed to work fine so thanks for discovering that!
Enjoy your rooted phone
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So, I followed the guide we all did here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818502
And before someone asks: I have deleted the Backup app (IS11LG_SystemBackupTest.signed.apk) we had to install during rooting after the phone was rooted.
The phone then happily ran, rooted. SUpersu was installed/updated, the phones root check said it's all perfect, I was a happy camper. But today I had to reboot it. I can't say if it was the first reboot after rooting, sadly. The phone boots up, arrives at the lockscreen (some colorful defaultthing, before I get to see my GO Locker screen after login), and then stops being responsive, it basically at first feels like it's not reacting at all. Some things are responsive, strngely ... I get accurate sounds when touching the screen for instance. If I then wait, I eventually get to the SIM Unlock ... which is also totally unresponsive, it will maybe show two digits, then freezes up. Strangely, I could type the remaining digits and hit OK and the SIM would unlock ... but the screen no longer showed what I typed. I then arrive at GO locker, can unlock it (sluggish and slow again) and finally am properly logged in, but still totally sluggish and slow. Needles to say it's a pseudobrick that way, unusable.
What's going on and what could I check?
Please try the following:
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REALLY SLOW AFTER ROOT?
Remove the "SystemBackupTest" app, if you haven't already.
On your phone, go to "Settings -> Developer options" and make sure "USB debugging" is TICKED
Connect your phone via USB to your computer.
Open a command prompt (may need admin privelages, right click, run as administrator)
Type without quotes "cd C:\o4xr" and press enter.
Type without quotes "adb shell rm /data/local.prop" and press enter.
Type without quotes "adb reboot" and press enter.
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Please try the following:
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Thanks, that fixed it! It's not easy to do, as the scrolling lists do not work, either, and you can't seem to get to the developer options, it won't scroll. Strangely enough "internally" it seems to do things ... if you re-enter the options, they're down to the end of the list, it looks like it doesn't update the screen properly (much like when I had to enter the SIM code).
Anyway, it's fast again, whew ... I was scared. What is the local.prop thing, if I may ask?
voon said:
Thanks, that fixed it! It's not easy to do, as the scrolling lists do not work, either, and you can't seem to get to the developer options, it won't scroll. Strangely enough "internally" it seems to do things ... if you re-enter the options, they're down to the end of the list, it looks like it doesn't update the screen properly (much like when I had to enter the SIM code).
Anyway, it's fast again, whew ... I was scared. What is the local.prop thing, if I may ask?
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I'm not entirely sure, I just know it gives us temp root for the rest of the root script to run.
Hm, so its' not a systemwide ini file or so, that existed before ... it was created during the above rooting process and was an undesired leftover from it? I'm always a bit worried if I delete something with such an unspecific name in the OS
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Hm, so its' not a systemwide ini file or so, that existed before ... it was created during the above rooting process and was an undesired leftover from it? I'm always a bit worried if I delete something with such an unspecific name in the OS
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Its actually created by the SystemBackupTest app.
The script then removes it just before issuing a reboot.
The only way it can come back, is if you accidently open that app again before uninstalling it.
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Its actually created by the SystemBackupTest app.
The script then removes it just before issuing a reboot.
The only way it can come back, is if you accidently open that app again before uninstalling it.
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I see, I might have done that ... good to know. Anyway, great that it works again, thanks again
laggy phone
My lg 4x hd is very slow after root...
I just tried to make this few steps above, but I got this message.
Any idea what to do?
Pls help me!
THX
66aaa
66aaaa said:
My lg 4x hd is very slow after root...
I just tried to make this few steps above, but I got this message.
Any idea what to do?
Pls help me!
THX
66aaa
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It looks like you have either plugged in more than one android device, or you have an android emulator (from the SDK I guess) running. Unplug all USB devices (except keyboard and mouse) and then try again. Good luck!
If you have an emulator running try "adb -d shell rm /data/local.prop"
Edit: To see all adb-devices type "adb devices". This will return a list of all adb-devices connected (emulators + usb devices)
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If you have an emulator running try "adb -d shell rm /data/local.prop"
Edit: To see all adb-devices type "adb devices". This will return a list of all adb-devices connected (emulators + usb devices)
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I still don't understand and hope you do it...
THX for your help!
As you can see the same device is listed two times. Restarting the adb server may help. Just type "adb kill-server" and than launch the second command from your screenshot. Maybe this works.
Dexxon said:
As you can see the same device is listed two times. Restarting the adb server may help. Just type "adb kill-server" and than launch the second command from your screenshot. Maybe this works.
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This is the result...what to do know?
THX
The devices is detected and the command is executed, but the file does not exist. Make sure that there is a file "prop.local" at /data. If not, you may have a different problem.
Maybe you have an emulator running or Bluestacks installed... Uninstall Bluestacks...
I don't think that this is the case as the device shows up with a serial number in the "adb devices" list.
To be sure it is the correct phone you could compare the serial number shown in the list with the serial number of your phone (you might find this information in settings -> about phone).
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The devices is detected and the command is executed, but the file does not exist. Make sure that there is a file "prop.local" at /data. If not, you may have a different problem.
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I don't have in the system/data "prop.local" file...sure....
What is emulator and Bluestacks?
I really don't understand this problem I have...
Could you help me pls?
THX
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I don't have in the system/data "prop.local" file...sure....
What is emulator and Bluestacks?
I really don't understand this problem I have...
Could you help me pls?
THX
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An emulator is a program which emulates Android so you can execute Android-Apps on your PC. BlueStacks is an emulator. It may show up as an adb devices, but this is not the case here.
Back to your problem: Are you sure the rooting process worked?
Did you reboot your phone after rooting?
I didn't root my phone under ICS so I don't have any experience with this
no one raised this question to confirm or did this info was provided anywhere
What version of ROM? ICS V10x? JB V20x? User could had used the wrong guide.
Best way out is to do a reflash and retry rooting if all fails.
Dexxon said:
An emulator is a program which emulates Android so you can execute Android-Apps on your PC. BlueStacks is an emulator. It may show up as an adb devices, but this is not the case here.
Back to your problem: Are you sure the rooting process worked?
Did you reboot your phone after rooting?
I didn't root my phone under ICS so I don't have any experience with this
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I dont't have this Bluestacks emulatur, sure...
I have Superuser working properly on JB V20 stock ROM. The only thing it is very slow sometimes, Thats why I tried to make the process above...
I made the root few month ago...and rebooted many times since than...
Any idea what to do now?
THX
Hey all. I was reading about the stock Google edition RUU 4.4 that's posted here. However, the directions say to manually install via fastboot. I tried with TWRP instead because I am having trouble with the command prompt but when I try to install the RUU via twrp it immediately says failed. Is there a way to do it via twrp? Thank you all
Just follow the instructions. If there was an easier way it would have been posted.
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Take a hint and don't do it.
I know it can be frustrated, but that's one of those things where you REALLY need fastboot setup and working before installing the Rom. If something weird happens where you're in a bootloop or something, you need access to working fastboot. If you can't get it working I'll help you get it figured out.
But tell us exactly what's not working and we can probably help.
One tip is if you're using Windows 7, open the command prompt by holding shift while right clicking in the blank white folder space where your fastboot.exe file is located on the computer.
Shift + Right Click will pop up a menu where you choose "Open Command Window Here"
That puts you right to the step of typing the command, because cd (change directory to path of fastboot file) isn't needed since you started in the correct folder.
When you run the command, like "fastboot devices" as a test, take a screenshot of the cmd window after you run it so we can see exactly what it's doing and advise from there.
If you're own Windows 8 you'll need to disable driver signing, which I find the steps for by googling "Windows 8 how to disable driver signing"
Also if there's USB 2.0 ports on your computer use them instead of 3.0. And the main USB port usually works best, such as on the back of a motherboard instead of the front case in a desktop tower.
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Hi. Tried to install lineage yesterday (didn't go well at all). After that car crash I did a factory reset to get back to scratch. However, I cannot reinstsll Netflix now. Google play protect seems to be fine so I'm not sure what is wrong now.
Edit: Google pointed me in the wrong direction. I seen to have lost the certification when I tried to install lineage. What do I need to do to fix this?
Is the problem due to me unlocking the bootloader or would cleaning the cache/data on Google play fix this?
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Is the problem due to me unlocking the bootloader or would cleaning the cache/data on Google play fix this?
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Play Protect has nothing to do with it. Your Bootloader in unlocked so you are failing Safetynet. Are you on OOS now or LOS? It's not clear in your post because you said you installed LOS and then did a Factory Reset. That would leave you still on LOS. But you also said back to scratch. So are you on OOS or LOS?
Relocking your Bootloader is possible on both OOS or LOS. That fixes the Safetynet issue either way. Or you can use Magisk on either to fix the Safetynet issue too.
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Play Protect has nothing to do with it. Your Bootloader in unlocked so you are failing Safetynet. Are you on OOS now or LOS? It's not clear in your post because you said you installed LOS and then did a Factory Reset. That would leave you still on LOS. But you also said back to scratch. So are you on OOS or LOS?
Relocking your Bootloader is possible on both OOS or LOS. That fixes the Safetynet issue either way. Or you can use Magisk on either to fix the Safetynet issue too.
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I couldn't install twrp as it didn't recognise the image file so couldn't proceed with lineage. (Have to say the install guide expect the user to really know a heck of a lot of stuff that should be in the guides). Ended up doing a factory reset back to OOS 9.0.5 (I think that is the latest stock version).
So locking the bootloader would fix this issue? It only seems like Netflix is being cranky.
Not rooted so I don't I can use magisk.
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I couldn't install twrp as it didn't recognise the image file so couldn't proceed with lineage. (Have to say the install guide expect the user to really know a heck of a lot of stuff that should be in the guides). Ended up doing a factory reset back to OOS 9.0.5 (I think that is the latest stock version).
So locking the bootloader would fix this issue? It only seems like Netflix is being cranky.
Not rooted so I don't I can use magisk.
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Magisk is the root method, and also used to fix Safetynet issues. You would need TWRP installed though.
Locking the Bootloader right now will fix the issue you are having. It will also factory reset your phone again, so be prepared for that.
That said, installing TWRP is easy if you follow the guides carefully and avoid the obvious pifalls, or simply trying to use the wrong TWRP is a common issue.
In case you still want to try LOS:
This TWRP:
Download twrp-3.3.1-0-oneplus3.img
Follow this guide from funkwizard:
Flashing TWRP Recovery
Adjust the following settings on the phone:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
USB Debugging:
On your phone go to Settings > About phone > Tap on Build number 7 times. This will enable Developer options. Now go back to Settings > Developer options > Enable USB debugging
Enable OEM Unlocking:
On your phone go to Settings > Developer options. Then enable the 'OEM Unlocking' option and make sure that from now on, OEM unlocking option is enabled before you reboot. Sometimes, it might get disabled itself.
Enable Advanced Reboot:
On your phone go to Settings > Developer options. Then enable the 'Advanced Reboot' option.
Place TWRP image in the Platform Tools folder in C:\adb
Then boot into fastboot/bootloader mode on your phone by holding volume up + power or selecting the reboot to bootloader via advanced reboot options.
Open a new command prompt in the platform tools folder and run the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery (file name).img
Once the flash has completed, Don't use the "Fastboot Reboot" Command Instead unplug your phone then Manually boot it into recovery by keeping Power + Volume Down button pressed, or you can also use the command:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
/Guide.
Just to be clear, when you fastboot flash the TWRP image i linked you to, the command will be:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.3.1-0-oneplus3.img
Make sure your phone is actually in fastboot mode when you do this. Just follow the guide. (On Windows 10 a command prompt window can be opened in the platform tools folder by typing 'cmd' in the Address Bar in that folder, using Windows Explorer).
Once you have flashed TWRP, you do need to boot straight into that Recovery. If you boot into the OS, the stock Recovery will overwrite TWRP again. (follow the guide).
Once you are in TWRP, swipe to 'allow modifications'. (If you decide to go down the custom ROM path you will need to Format /Data and Wipe Partitions, then connect to your PC and transfer any zips you need to install to Internal Storage).
You will have to decide for yourself whether you want to be rooted with Magisk. While it can be used to fix Safetynet issues, it's not needed for that. If you want root access, flash Magisk. If you don't want root, don't. Simple.
Let's say for arguments sake you don't want to be rooted and have sucessfully installed TWRP. Next step would be to install LOS. Assuming you want a stable ROM, it would be LOS 16 you install. So you would flash the latest build of that along with Gapps and the second Zip in this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78433987&postcount=3 which is:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Yy...2YSyxEXNXWolH5 (sec-patch-2019-08-01.zip)
That zip takes care of one Safetynet problem. (CTS Profile).
Once you have LOS setup you can relock your Bootloader. That then takes care of the remaining Safetynet issue.
Clear Cache/Data on the Play Store App and reboot. Use the 'Root and Safetynet Checker' App to test Safetynet status. Once it shows 'Passed', Netflix and Banking Apps (Including Google Pay) that rely on Safetynet will all work.
Or stay on OOS and relock your Bootloader. Only you know what you want, although it seems that after our previous discussions you are ready to dip your toes into the custom ROM scene. Don't let some early setbacks deter you. You're almost there.
At the moment I'm just trying to get back to where I started. Funk wizards guide is slightly different from the one on the lineage wiki page. I got as far as installing twrp but got only an error message (something on the lines can't load image). Not sure if that's due to adb being wrongly installed or the image being in the wrong folder. Don't think the wiki page mentioned advanced boot mentioned above. Slightly surprised that my banking apps work fine but not Netflix. You would have thought they would be more 'cranky'.
Been trying again today to do this and am failing massively. Everything seemed fine till I tried to do a backup with helium. Helium is not recognising my OnePlus 3t. Tried to install the drivers that comes with the phone but stopped it after the instal had gone on for about 30 minutes.
Tried the ADB route but the command line doesn't recognise the command. Not sure how to check if it is installed prooerly. Can't remember how I did on my old laptop but on my new hp it doesn't seem to have worked. Remember it being very straightforward so don't understand why it has failed this time
ADB was installed using the lineage page's instructions.
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Been trying again today to do this and am failing massively. Everything seemed fine till I tried to do a backup with helium. Helium is not recognising my OnePlus 3t. Tried to install the drivers that comes with the phone but stopped it after the instal had gone on for about 30 minutes.
Tried the ADB route but the command line doesn't recognise the command. Not sure how to check if it is installed prooerly. Can't remember how I did on my old laptop but on my new hp it doesn't seem to have worked. Remember it being very straightforward so don't understand why it has failed this time
ADB was installed using the lineage page's instructions.
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Here's a way to test that ADB can connect to your phone:
- open a PowerShell (a more modern version of CMD) session by right-clicking on the folder where you extracted the ADB files (the folder that contains adb.exe).
- type (without the quotes) ".\adb version". That will tell you the version of ADB your running and that you can execute the command.
- connect your phone to your PC then type ".\adb devices" on your PC. You should get a prompt on your phone asking if you want to trust your PC - say yes. Then you'll get the ID of your phone listed on your PC if everything works ok.
If that all works but just typing "adb devices" doesn't, then that means you haven't set up the of environment settings properly on your PC.
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BillGoss said:
Here's a way to test that ADB can connect to your phone:
- open a PowerShell (a more modern version of CMD) session by right-clicking on the folder where you extracted the ADB files (the folder that contains adb.exe).
- type (without the quotes) ".\adb version". That will tell you the version of ADB your running and that you can execute the command.
- connect your phone to your PC then type ".\adb devices" on your PC. You should get a prompt on your phone asking if you want to trust your PC - say yes. Then you'll get the ID of your phone listed on your PC if everything works ok.
If that all works but just typing "adb devices" doesn't, then that means you haven't set up the of environment settings properly on your PC.
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Sorry but I do not follow. Type where? If I right click on the folder there is nothing opening up where I can write the command in. Only the normal file options show up.
If I search for it using the windows 10 search function I can start it but it doesn't recognise ./adb as a command. So where have I gone wrong?
@Eggstones
Sorry, I meant to say shift-right-click on the folder and then select "Open PowerShell window here" from the menu.
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Thanks. That worked. I have version 1.0.41.
So now the question is why isn't it recognising my phone. I can see it when I go into the file explorer and open all subfolders.
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Thanks. That worked. I have version 1.0.41.
So now the question is why isn't it recognising my phone. I can see it when I go into the file explorer and open all subfolders.
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What worked?
1. typing "./adb version"
2. typing "adb version"
3. typing "./adb devices"
And please quote my post otherwise I can't tell that you've replied.
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BillGoss said:
What worked?
1. typing "./adb version"
2. typing "adb version"
3. typing "./adb devices"
And please quote my post otherwise I can't tell that you've replied.
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Sorry. Yes all of the above. Have now managed to back up the phone (ok didn't get a promt to confirm backup but it seems to have worked). Not sure why I need to write "./adb" to make the commands work but is seems to have done the trick.
Let's see if I can get lineage on the phone now.
And thanks again for your help and patience
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Sorry. Yes all of the above. Have now managed to back up the phone (ok didn't get a promt to confirm backup but it seems to have worked). Not sure why I need to write "./adb" to make the commands work but is seems to have done the trick.
Let's see if I can get lineage on the phone now.
And thanks again for your help and patience
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Glad you got it working. But you said that all three commands worked, the second of which had just "adb version", then said you had to use ./adb. If the second one worked then just plain adb should work all the time.
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Glad you got it working. But you said that all three commands worked, the second of which had just "adb version", then said you had to use ./adb. If the second one worked then just plain adb should work all the time.
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For some reason ADB is only recognised as a command if I use ./ In front of it . No idea why but at least it is working. Will try to do the ROM tomorrow.
There might be crying
Eggstones said:
For some reason ADB is only recognised as a command if I use ./ In front of it . No idea why but at least it is working. Will try to do the ROM tomorrow.
There might be crying
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That means you haven't set up the Windows environment properly.
The setup instructions in https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html say:
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On Windows 10:
Open the Start menu, and type “advanced system settings”
Select “View advanced system settings”
Click on the Advanced tab
Open the “Environment Variables” window
Select the Path variable under “System Variables” and click the “Edit” button
Click the “Edit Text” button
Append ;%USERPROFILE%\adb-fastboot\platform-tools to the end of the existing Path definition (the semi-colon separates each path entry)
Can you share:
1. What your Windows Path looks like (screenshot?) and
2. The full path of the folder where you installed ADB
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That means you haven't set up the Windows environment properly.
The setup instructions in https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html say:
Can you share:
1. What your Windows Path looks like (screenshot?) and
2. The full path of the folder where you installed ADB
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Will post that later. When I set it up I followed that guide, but wouldn't be surprised if the pathway thing is wrong as it is a bit opaque in my view.
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That means you haven't set up the Windows environment properly.
The setup instructions in https://wiki.lineageos.org/adb_fastboot_guide.html say:
Can you share:
1. What your Windows Path looks like (screenshot?) and
2. The full path of the folder where you installed ADB
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I think I know what's gone wrong.
Pathway: C:\platform-tools
I'm guessing that is the line that should be in the environmental variables...
Eggstones said:
I think I know what's gone wrong.
Pathway: C:\platform-tools
I'm guessing that is the line that should be in the environmental variables...
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I'd be very surprised if C:\platform-tools is the correct path unless that's actually where you put the unzipped folder.
And kjien\adb... is definitely not right (doesn't include a drive name).
If you use Windows Explorer and select the folder that contains the ADB files and then click on the "Copy path" icon in the menu ribbon (next to the Copy and Paste buttons), then the clipboard will have the correct path.
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I'd be very surprised if C:\platform-tools is the correct path unless that's actually where you put the unzipped folder.
And kjien\adb... is definitely not right (doesn't include a drive name).
If you use Windows Explorer and select the folder that contains the ADB files and then click on the "Copy path" icon in the menu ribbon (next to the Copy and Paste buttons), then the clipboard will have the correct path.
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That is what I did to get the path. So should C:\platform-tools replace kjien\adb to make it work?