[Q] Nexus 4 root/Unroot ; Custom/Stock ROM - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everybody! Fist i wanna sorry u all for my english because is not my native language and im not that good at it.
So back to the point that get me here , recently i purchase a nexus 4 and spend a lot because in my country there is no play store devices, but in my old phone i flashed with custom rom's and all that , but this one is new and i will ask now a few questions.
1- wich are the advantages of root the device ?
2- if i root and then flash a custom rom like the brand new ubuntu , but don t like it , can i go back to the stock and official android 4.3 ? if yes how ?
3- how do i flash a custom rom ? ( link to a post will be enough)
4- how i unroot and why ? ( link to a post will be enough )
I wanna say that i know that most if not all the awnser's to this questions are in this forum , but if is not a problem i wanna se the awnser here please.
Thanks to all that awnser or will awnser and hope that my questions are somebody else questions.
Have a great day !:thumbup:
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HugoSilva said:
Hi everybody! Fist i wanna sorry u all for my english because is not my native language and im not that good at it.
So back to the point that get me here , recently i purchase a nexus 4 and spend a lot because in my country there is no play store devices, but in my old phone i flashed with custom rom's and all that , but this one is new and i will ask now a few questions.
1- wich are the advantages of root the device ?
2- if i root and then flash a custom rom like the brand new ubuntu , but don t like it , can i go back to the stock and official android 4.3 ? if yes how ?
3- how do i flash a custom rom ? ( link to a post will be enough)
4- how i unroot and why ? ( link to a post will be enough )
I wanna say that i know that most if not all the awnser's to this questions are in this forum , but if is not a problem i wanna se the awnser here please.
Thanks to all that awnser or will awnser and hope that my questions are somebody else questions.
Have a great day !:thumbup:
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The advantages of root are the same as on your old device.
You can, there are a lot of tutorials around that show exactly how.
Through a custom recovery
Just disable root. Use search
Your a big boy (I suppose) use search and do some research.
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SMillerNL said:
The advantages of root are the same as on your old device.
You can, there are a lot of tutorials around that show exactly how.
Through a custom recovery
Just disable root. Use search
Your a big boy (I suppose) use search and do some research.
Sent from my N4, wanna know what I am doing? Check http://team-fun.eu
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Yes men, before i post this i search a find awsner´s , but in this forum are so many post´s of the same but with different awsner that i put my question here!
I wanna root my nexus 4 and try other ROM´s , but i don´t know if i after install a custom ROM and then flash the Stock again and for example, the Android 4.4 KitKat get´s release if i go check my update will be there for i update, you know what i mean ? can you awnser that for me please ?
But i will have some research, and thank you for your awsner and sorry for anything.

Just root it and play around with all the custom roms. The curiosity will eventually make you do it and if you end up not liking it u can always go back to stock.

Is there any way to change font style without rooting nexus 4? I'm really frustrated with this font style.! Please advise!
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br0ok1ynb0i said:
Just root it and play around with all the custom roms. The curiosity will eventually make you do it and if you end up not liking it u can always go back to stock.
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Yes i know , but every time i change rom i dont have to full wipe ?
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Kushalized said:
Is there any way to change font style without rooting nexus 4? I'm really frustrated with this font style.! Please advise!
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No, to install fonts you need to have access to the /system partition which you do not have unless you are rooted.
Rooting a nexus is very easy though.

HugoSilva said:
Yes i know , but every time i change rom i dont have to full wipe ?
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Yes, you do. But with apps like titanium and carbon, you've got everything backed up. Everything else is synced with google. I don't find it too hard to do full wipes after the second time you do it.

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Need help!

Hii to all!!
I have bought an android for the first time and I saw everybody is improving the phone with some apps. So, since I had no android before and do not have knowlegde with phones like android what are you suggesting to do with it to improve the galaxy 3. I have upgradet the firmware to v 2.2 but I am reading on this forum there are some app like titanium wich everybody is talking about. I havent event made a partition on my memory card. So my question would be what can I do for the first time all I know is to partiotion the memory card and that I should get myself the titanium app. What are you suggeting to do with my phone couse I just dont have a clue...on desktop I know what to do but altough I dont know nothing with phones.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions and help!
Read all about rooting. Like what it does. .. Then flash a rooted rom. Always follow the instructions. Try every app you want to. Most are free
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divzzen said:
Read all about rooting. Like what it does. .. Then flash a rooted rom. Always follow the instructions. Try every app you want to. Most are free
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hi
all the info is here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858583
read all and ask ur questions in the relevant thread & u will get help

[Q] Installing Kernel

Hello Guys,
I'm a new member here and i wanna know more about rooting and installing ROM on my X8, it is already rooted but i wanna know what on it and how to use my phone to the fullest
So guys can anyone please help me how to install the KERNEL on my phone, i am really confused about that because of the REQ, needed by some of the ROM's.
Please Help
(Assuming you know how to flash)If you want to install a kernel then get kernel manager lite. After that flash it. Once your phone reboots use whatever cpu app you use (I use cpu master) and you can overclock your phone to however much your kernelgoes up to. For installing a rom you must do the same thing but either donwload a rom from rom manager or download a rom on your pc and transfer it to your phone.
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It is a simple job.
Here's a kernel with a tut on how to do it! Hope I helped
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1576002
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i will try it thanks by the way
feedback later
fnunez said:
i will try it thanks by the way
feedback later
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No problem, and OK let me know as I am interested
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Any luck mate?
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maybe you can watch my video dude!
but sorry cz I made it with indonesian language...and dont worry because I made the step easy :laugh::laugh:
Hit
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thanks
for me dude!
wrong sectionnn!!
1.read first all sticky threads from all sections (are the top ones with the pin...)
2.if you have a question, type it on xda site search field and if don't find your answer there, then open a thread
3.the question threads are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1218
4.and when you want to visit the x8 xda forums, start from here(also, some legends say is highly recommended to save it in bookmarks of your browser): http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=846
Thank you for your time
Neeeext..!

Some questions to you ;) (Samsung Galaxy Y)

Hi I'm lipka and I'm new at this forum. As you know I have the Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 2 Gb. I have a few questions for you and I hope I can get an answer but when i do not get it and will be sad . I apologize in advance to maybe stupid questions that I will ask you once, but I will mention that I've never had a phone with Android operating system, and Y is the first device I also ask for your understanding. Even in advance sorry for my bad English but I'm from Europe (Poland) and I used google translator. Okay so let's start :
1) What is this whole "rooting phone", and upload it and what is "ROM"?
2) How to change software to the "newest"? (I have XXLE1 ( i have very much lags :/) and i want to change software)
3) How to upload the whole "ROM's" to my phone?
4) What is the best kernel to choose? I ask because there are literally a lot and I do not know which one to choose
5) Which "ROM" the most speed up my phone, improve his performance and will look the best of all ? Give me your's proposites
6) Is it true that the glass front of our very mobile draws after prolonged use?
And the last one: 7) Is the two gigabyte memory card good enough to me that I need to buy better?
From the top, thanks and Hello to all, because this is my first post on this forum
Welcome to xda
Rooting is gaining acess to your phones OS and being able to change it
Update your phones firmware like this settings>about phone>Software Update or maybe use odin
As for the roms i heard hyperion is the best but you might want to install supercharger
Installing a rom is easy peasy you go in the recovery when you turn off the phonr. Ita power+volume up+home key buttons ... Hold them until the logo dissapears. And voula your in the recovery.
P.s you might want to check the sticky general section basic sgy topics
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Thanks man , really thanks 2 you I'm istalling now this ROM . You got for me "plus" : D . And there is the one thing , Can u tell me something about those kernel's ? Which is the best ? What about the memory Card ? Is it good or i must change it to better ?
lipka. said:
Thanks man , really thanks 2 you I'm istalling now this ROM . You got for me "plus" : D . And there is the one thing , Can u tell me something about those kernel's ? Which is the best ? What about the memory Card ? Is it good or i must change it to better ?
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the best is to test all than u have an expierence and can choose whats the best for u
lipka. said:
Thanks man , really thanks 2 you I'm istalling now this ROM . You got for me "plus" : D . And there is the one thing , Can u tell me something about those kernel's ? Which is the best ? What about the memory Card ? Is it good or i must change it to better ?
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As CALIBAN666 said, test all of them. They are all used for some particular purpose or other, so you never know which one you might end up liking. Go through their features first.
And about the first post, those were stupid questions. But it dosen't matter to us as new users always come here and we welcome them. What bothers us that threads like this one are created again and again. That's why we advise new users to read the stickies of the forum and search before posting.
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Okey , thanks for the answers . I got all , what i want .
Welcome New.
I think you have got your answer.
I didn't use any other rom with out Creed V3.5.
And I'm happy with it. You can try it too.
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Few questions about customization

Firs of all, excuse me for my english..
Hi, my Nexus 4 is coming (Hallelujah)...
So I have around 2 weeks to find more informations about customizing the Nexus 4.. the only thing which is interesting me (for the moment..) is to customize the Navigation Bar (waste of place ^^).
I found this which look awesome, called "PIE" : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020336
But I heard about modifying a lot of other things, such as bootloader, kernel etc... but I don't know a lot about these things... it's worth it for me to learn ? if yes, why ? I realy want a stable thing
By the way, what happen if I brick my Nexus 4 ? Google would say me to put my **** in my ass ?
Is there somewhere in the forum a good guide which say "what to do" with the Nexus 4 ?
Thanks !
RaphaelH1427 said:
By the way, what happen if I brick my Nexus 4 ? Google would say me to put my **** in my ass ?
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Bahahaha! Best thing I've read all day.
It is very worth it to learn. The only ways to get a true hard brick that I know of are a) hardware failure, b) corrupted/improperly flashed bootloader c) corrupted/improperly flashed modem.
Avoid b and c and you'll be OK.
Pie comes with the newer builds of ParanoidAndroid. A less developed version of it is built into LMT Launcher. Both are great.
estallings15 said:
Avoid b and c and you'll be OK.
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Thanks you very much for your reply, but what do you mean by "b and c" ? ^^
Edit: ahh ok sorry
I would delete this message, but it looks like I can't, so why the EDIT/DELETE button ?! xD
RaphaelH1427 said:
Thanks you very much for your reply, but what do you mean by "b and c" ? ^^
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If your reading comprehension in English is that bad, maybe you should hold off on rooting your phone, unless you find guides in your native language. I'm being serious. Make SURE you understand the steps in the guides you follow. Don't just jump in blindly.
I listed three things that could cause a hard brick and labeled them "a," "b" and "c."
Edit: Haha. OK, good. :thumbup:
Hi,
He mean that you try to flash a non Nexus 4 or flash a file corruped during the download (check the md5 to avoid that) kernel (b) and radio (c).
To use PIE (included in PA or RootBox) check that to keep the status bar : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2129209
We are here to help you, just ask !
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[Q] how to deodex sgs4 i9505 4.3

Hi
What is the best tool to deodex sgs4 i9505 4.3 stock rom ?
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PUSH......
i would like to know this too.
khelwani said:
Hi
What is the best tool to deodex sgs4 i9505 4.3 stock rom ?
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chieco said:
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i would like to know this too.
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Hello Lets Make your life easier and Here you can find a Deodexed stock roms from here ,Then flash it And if you want to do it by your self then feel free to use the search button and im sure you will find a few method.. Have a nice day.
i know that there is a thread full with deodexed stock roms there is a reason why i asked for a good method on how to do it myself. If u could show me a thread where it is explained it would actually make my life easier.
chieco said:
i know that there is a thread full with deodexed stock roms there is a reason why i asked for a good method on how to do it myself. If u could show me a thread where it is explained it would actually make my life easier.
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Im not sure if this the right one for you since i never do this , hehe sorry. But yea Feel free to use google.com because i found a lot and i dont even know which one you need..Or you can ask any dev's Via PM ...so Goodluck .
thank you very much for ur help! i found that thread via google too and started going thru it.

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