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I have a question about trying to Root the WIFI Xoom without flashing a Custom Recovery. With all the problems of going to 4.0.4 resulting from Custom Rocovery. Can root be acheived with standard recovery from XOOM?. Either flashed to device ADB? I pretty much want to stay stock rooted with no Custom Roms although bootloader is unlocked.....
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Easy answer no...
Long answer possibly with rsd but as nothing is set up for this a custom recovery is your only real choice.. They are easy to flash n if u want stock just remove it n you can get ota updates
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So I guess I could have just flashed the stock recovery from Honeycomb and tried the update. I will root again and in the future use that method. Thanks.
gmanunited said:
So I guess I could have just flashed the stock recovery from Honeycomb and tried the update. I will root again and in the future use that method. Thanks.
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Yes u could have... Just fastboot flash a custom recovery.. Then flash the desired root zip package... I honestly have it done in less than 5 minutes
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Is it possible to just root my phone?
if so how do i do it?
All the posts I have seen go into unlocking and then rooting
gjjh25 said:
Is it possible to just root my phone?
if so how do i do it?
All the posts I have seen go into unlocking and then rooting
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you will need to unlock to flash custom zip, but u can relock after
gjjh25 said:
Is it possible to just root my phone?
if so how do i do it?
All the posts I have seen go into unlocking and then rooting
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Question - why? What do you want to root your phone for if not to use the wonderful tools of root. Why do you think fully rooting your phone will harm something. Locked or unlocked bootloader is not going to affect your phone. Rooted stock rom with recovery will not make it act funny.... Sorry not putting you out there but just asking why? Feel free to ignore me if you must...
Edit: Sorry to answer your question like the post above said you can root and then lock it right back up if that is your preference
playya said:
Question - why? What do you want to root your phone for if not to use the wonderful tools of root. Why do you think fully rooting your phone will harm something. Locked or unlocked bootloader is not going to affect your phone. Rooted stock rom with recovery will not make it act funny.... Sorry not putting you out there but just asking why? Feel free to ignore me if you must...
Edit: Sorry to answer your question like the post above said you can root and then lock it right back up if that is your preference
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I have come from an HTC Desire, which I rooted and had a custom rom (Cyganonmod) on and was very happy with it.
I am still not sure of what I would gain by doing the same with my Nexus 4 ?
any advice is much appreciated.
Is this new Cyganonmod installer the best way to go?
gjjh25 said:
I have come from an HTC Desire, which I rooted and had a custom rom (Cyganonmod) on and was very happy with it.
I am still not sure of what I would gain by doing the same with my Nexus 4 ?
any advice is much appreciated.
Is this new Cyganonmod installer the best way to go?
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This phone is built for rooting and modding. You wont know what benefit you have until you either read up and see if the mods are ones you want or actually flash a rom. Sure try the CM installer but if you dont toolkits or just basic knowledge of android can get this phone roooted in minutes.
the CM rom on your HTC will give you the same benefits on your Nexus 4
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This phone is built for rooting and modding. You wont know what benefit you have until you either read up and see if the mods are ones you want or actually flash a rom. Sure try the CM installer but if you dont toolkits or just basic knowledge of android can get this phone roooted in minutes.
the CM rom on your HTC will give you the same benefits on your Nexus 4
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Thanks, what do you recommend for the easiest way to unlock and root then?
gjjh25 said:
Thanks, what do you recommend for the easiest way to unlock and root then?
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I used a toolkit but honestly you can unlock manually by just booting into bootloader mode. Go into development and try Wugs Toolkit.... Rooting the phone is easy and all methods are relatively the same.
I do not see anything wrong with giving CM a try as well
gjjh25 said:
Is it possible to just root my phone?
if so how do i do it?
All the posts I have seen go into unlocking and then rooting
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I recommend you to stick to your original plan, its your phone, do what you like, you don't need to flash custom roms if you don't want to. I am using stock kernel and stock KitKat right now and the performance is excellent.
Follow these instructions to unlock bootloader, install latest kitkat factory image, install custom TWRP recovery, and root. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
The links to fastboot package and driver required is in my signature.
Link to download factory image: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Link for latest TWRP: TWRP recovery
Link for latest SuperSU package: SuperSU package
After you do all that, in bootloader menu, you can flash back the stock recovery (recovery.img), which is location in the "image-occam-******.zip" of the factory image. (fastboot flash recovery recovery.img)
Then lock your bootloader by "fastboot oem lock". You can also use BootUnlocker to lock and unlock your bootloader on the fly while in the phone, without losing your data, since everytime you do fastboot oem unlock, it will wipe the entire device.
By using stock rom, stock recovery, stock kernel and temporarily unroot (SuperSU) or hide root (SuperSU paid version), it allows you to receive future OTA updates from Google. If you want to modify your phones more while staying with stock, read up on Xposed Framework and its module Gravity Box, which is not yet compatible with Android 4.4 but will be eventually.
Just remember if you don't have custom recovery, once something goes wrong and your phone can't boot, its very hard to save the data inside. Once you have custom recovery like TWRP, you can make a backup of your stock image (which also backup your stock kernel) and try out other custom roms and easily go back to stock, then you can flash stock recovery again to receive OTA updates.
Thanks for advice everyone.
I rooted and unlocked with Wugfresh over the weekend. A lot easier than I thought it would be
my phone is bootloader unlock, does it mean I can flash the third part recovery like TWRP, and use it?
MY guess yes..
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allen_ho said:
my phone is bootloader unlock, does it mean I can flash the third part recovery like TWRP, and use it?
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TWRP will not work on the OTA, yet. However, there is a working CWM in the HD forum. I flashed it to my M and have zero issues with it.
RikRong said:
TWRP will not work on the OTA, yet. However, there is a working CWM in the HD forum. I flashed it to my M and have zero issues with it.
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I flashed the CWM recovery too...it does boot to recovery
but it seems to be some problem with CM11 package, the assert check shows my device ID is empty so the recovery just abort the installation.
I want to flash CM11-m6 snapshot....any ideas?
falleny said:
I flashed the CWM recovery too...it does boot to recovery
but it seems to be some problem with CM11 package, the assert check shows my device ID is empty so the recovery just abort the installation.
I want to flash CM11-m6 snapshot....any ideas?
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CM11 won't work if you've updated. Apparently, the boot loader is updated and the ROMs haven't been updated for it.
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RikRong said:
CM11 won't work if you've updated. Apparently, the boot loader is updated and the ROMs haven't been updated for it.
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Bad news...Looks like i will be stucked in full bloated stock rom for sometime...thank u
falleny said:
Bad news...Looks like i will be stucked in full bloated stock rom for sometime...thank u
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You have an unlocked BL, just flash SU to get root, and delete/freeze apps. That's pretty much what I did and used Xposed on top of that.
I haven't tried it yet, buy couldn't you just rsd back to an earlier build then flash your custom ROM?
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I fastboot flash the lastest CWM recovery, but it didn't work for the CM 4.4.2 ROM, and twrp, it didn't work again. why? does the VFW rom change something?
allen_ho said:
I fastboot flash the lastest CWM recovery, but it didn't work for the CM 4.4.2 ROM, and twrp, it didn't work again. why? does the VFW rom change something?
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None of the ROMs have been updated to work with the new recovery. Just give it time.
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None of the ROMs have been updated to work with the new recovery. Just give it time.
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what's that mean?
do you mean the third part recovery didn't work cause the VFW rom?
allen_ho said:
what's that mean?
do you mean the third part recovery didn't work cause the VFW rom?
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It means that none of the ROMs out right now will work with the new CWM. Also, quit trying flash TWRP. TWRP is not compatible with the new KK, yet.
Got it, many thanks
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My xt907 Has the OTA 4.4 update and an unlocked BL. I don't have a custom recovery installed anymore. Is it possible to flash SU or superuser and get root with fastboot. If so. Please help! Thanks. I'm ok with flashing CWN if need be. I just want root to install a Xposed and remove bloatware.
Ahoalton said:
My xt907 Has the OTA 4.4 update and an unlocked BL. I don't have a custom recovery installed anymore. Is it possible to flash SU or superuser and get root with fastboot. If so. Please help! Thanks. I'm ok with flashing CWN if need be. I just want root to install a Xposed and remove bloatware.
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I'm pretty sure you can use fastboot/ADB to sideload zips, though I'm not super familiar with the commands so I wouldn't know how to explain it to you.
I am familiar enough with the commands, but I am unable to find the zips to flash. any help would be great.
Thanks,
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I was one of the people who thought it would be cool to update to the OTA immediately without waiting and reading... I got the CWM recovery going and rooted stock 4.2.2 , but I really cant wait for TWRP to get updated so I can get back to my Rom, or really any supported Rom would be better then stock. I have only myself to blame.
Eclipse00 said:
I was one of the people who thought it would be cool to update to the OTA immediately without waiting and reading... I got the CWM recovery going and rooted stock 4.2.2 , but I really cant wait for TWRP to get updated so I can get back to my Rom, or really any supported Rom would be better then stock. I have only myself to blame.
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Looks like the new TWRP is here, but still needs one tweak. Please follow this thread for updates.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53189684
TWRP for KitKat Bootloader
http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img
After rooting, Will I get OTA updates or not?
Yes, if on STOCK
Yuvi_aks said:
After rooting, Will I get OTA updates or not?
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I think you will get untill you are on stock ROM. However root and custom recovery will be lost after update.
Vipan Ranout said:
I think you will get untill you are on stock ROM. However root and custom recovery will be lost after update.
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Dude, does it mean that it will be unrooted automatically after updating & I will have to root it again ?
Yes
Yuvi_aks said:
Dude, does it mean that it will be unrooted automatically after updating & I will have to root it again ?
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Ya, your root will be lost after updating (most probably). You have to unlock bootloader, flash custom recovery and flash SuperSU again to gain root after update.
you will only get OTA, if you have Stock Recovery.
does not matter if your phone rooted. but you need to be on stock recovery so if you are deciding to root your yureka, root without installing custom recovery.
there is a official method for rooting without replacing your recovery on Yu forum.
Guys, I am noticing an unusual problem after rooting with CM ..After some days, even if battery is fully charged, Yureka shuts down automatically..This has happened once in every 4-5 days..Any clue ?
TIA
Sumit
I read a few arcticles, but still I´m not sure
I want Unlock my Bootloader and get to my zenfone 2 TWRP (is that mean Flash it? ) and then Root? (SUPERsu)
But I´m not sure what donwload for my version, and which ADB, etc, can anybody tell me more?
MY ZENFONE2 is
Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 16gb // 4 gb
Z00AD
last official update is .....Z00A-2.20.40.183
core version 3.10,20-x86-64 moor
Unlock bootloader officially or unofficially. White ASUS Splashcreen will appear if unlocked successfully. Then go to bootloader then flash your twrp and now you can install customs ROM.
You can still root your device without unlocking bootloader or flashing twrp. Just download a pre-rooted firmware then flash using commands.
24imelqui said:
Unlock bootloader officially or unofficially. White ASUS Splashcreen will appear if unlocked successfully. Then go to bootloader then flash your twrp and now you can install customs ROM.
You can still root your device without unlocking bootloader or flashing twrp. Just download a pre-rooted firmware then flash using commands.
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Can this be done within the stock recovery of the phone, or are you talking about something else?
Chocketbear said:
Can this be done within the stock recovery of the phone, or are you talking about something else?
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Have the same Question
Chocketbear said:
Can this be done within the stock recovery of the phone, or are you talking about something else?
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You dont need to be in the recovery to this, you just need to be in bootloader mode, connect your device to you computer then fastboot flash the parts of the pre-rooted firmware using fastboot commands.
24imelqui said:
You dont need to be in the recovery to this, you just need to be in bootloader mode, connect your device to you computer then fastboot flash the parts of the pre-rooted firmware using fastboot commands.
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are you reffering to one click root method?
Iqballoon said:
are you reffering to one click root method?
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No
24imelqui said:
You dont need to be in the recovery to this, you just need to be in bootloader mode, connect your device to you computer then fastboot flash the parts of the pre-rooted firmware using fastboot commands.
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Thanks, but I went with the one-click root and just unlocked the bootloader. I installed the Xperia rom and it's working really good. I've just waited to root this bish because I had to send it back to asus two times for repair " what a pain in the ****ing ass too "
Chocketbear said:
Thanks, but I went with the one-click root and just unlocked the bootloader. I installed the Xperia rom and it's working really good. I've just waited to root this bish because I had to send it back to asus two times for repair " what a pain in the ****ing ass too "
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Whats wrong with the phone why it need to be repaired? Im just giving the OP the options on how to root his phone.
So I Can install dirty unicorn version like that? and flashing command like what?