I've looked around quite a bit. Can someone point me to the right thread ?
Hi, AFAIK you have to unlock your device to root it. In this case you have no chance to keep your data. Unlocking will wipe all data. How about a backup of your data first? I think there are some apps doing this without root.
You will have to unlock bootloader I. Order to flash super su to gain root access... So backup your stuff... And then try it out
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My mother Nexus 10 has an update for 4.2.2 (currently rooted on 4.2.1) and I'm wondering if besides making backups is there any way to keep all the data during the rooting of 4.2.2?
Are you sure you will lose root? If you have SuperSU it has the option to enable it to try to keep root during an upgrade. OTA Rootkeeper will do the same thing for Superuser.
But if you do lose root, you should just be able to re-root without losing data. Someone else can probably answer this better than I can, but the only time you have to lose data is when you unlock the bootloader. Updating won't change that. I forgot to check the option in SuperSU to keep root before I updated last night, so I lost root but I just rerooted without losing my data.
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Are you sure you will lose root? If you have SuperSU it has the option to enable it to try to keep root during an upgrade. OTA Rootkeeper will do the same thing for Superuser.
But if you do lose root, you should just be able to re-root without losing data. Someone else can probably answer this better than I can, but the only time you have to lose data is when you unlock the bootloader. Updating won't change that. I forgot to check the option in SuperSU to keep root before I updated last night, so I lost root but I just rerooted without losing my data.
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Had to grab pro SuperSU real quick but that did it! Thanks.
Riku98523 said:
Had to grab pro SuperSU real quick but that did it! Thanks.
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Sure - that works fine. Another possibility is to download Voodoo RootKeeper, use it preserve Root (saves a copy of su), and then fire up RootKeeper again after installing 4.2.2 and use it to restore Root. Works perfectly as well.
So the title pretty much says it all. I don't need root very much. Just for fixing the bluetooth with my Nyko Playad. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2138911
Anyway I installed the OTA 4.2.2 update and then I discovered my root wasn't working anymore. I have relocked my bootloader since rooting the first time and I know that if I root again I will lose all my apps will be deleted.
Last time I rooted I use the Nexus 7 toolkit to backup my apps. But certain apps like Need for Speed most wanted didn't backup. So when I restored my backed up apps some of them never appeared again and I lost all my progress.
If I re-root how can I be sure that all my apps will be backed up completely with all their data backed up as well?
Buy the paid-version of SuperUser, and you wouldn't have this problem...
Just sayin.....
Look up carbon in the play store. It will allow you to backup user apps+ data to your PC (if you get the paid version i believe it can sync up to google drive or dropbox to name a few) if you are not rooted. That way you can keep your games positions and apps data, unlock and root, then restore via carbon.
You didn't need to re-lock the boot loader to gain root back. (But now you DO.)
For OTAs that replace the recovery partition, you really only need two steps to gain back root:
- flash a custom recovery (need unlocked boot loader for this) into the recovery partition
- restore the setuid/setgid permission bits on the "su" binary, e.g. with the custom recovery running:
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
Alternately (instead of the step above) you could just re-flash a SuperSU/Superuser root kit, or use a "rootkeeper" app.
Any way you slice it it's not much work.
BTW - there will certainly be more OTAs - it's a Nexus device after all.
Thank you everybody.
I will definitely be purchasing the paid version of SuperUser so that I can keep my root after OTA updates.
I'm currently using carbon to back everything up. Then I will unlock, root, and relock. I keep my bootloader locked for security.
Ota rootkeeper will work too, but yes, you will always lose root after an update. How easy you regain it is up to your configuration.
HI, I never rooted my device because Lg is so complicated. But I may need to and wondering is it worth it. I lost some SMS messages and all of the recovery software says i need root access. When I do Root, will I lose all of the files that are currently on the device or will rooting allow me to still recover them? Thanks for any help
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HI, I never rooted my device because Lg is so complicated. But I may need to and wondering is it worth it. I lost some SMS messages and all of the recovery software says i need root access. When I do Root, will I lose all of the files that are currently on the device or will rooting allow me to still recover them? Thanks for any help
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I believe you have to downgrade first and then root
Rooting will wipe all your data and factory reset your phone.
Downgrade to 10j. Use lgup and then root twrp.
You are unable to root and keep data.
Hi,
I'm trying to root my daughter's Blade A452 with the latest dis_eu_a452v1.0.5 firmware, if at all possible without data loss. I tried KingRoot, KingoRoot, TowelRoot, all without success. Bootloader is locked, so flashing TWRP and SuperSU is not an option I'd like to pursue, if there are other ways.
Strangely, my other daughter's A452 rooted without any problems, but I didn't check the firmware version at the time -- might have been another one.
I'd appreciate any help!
Greetings,
Christoph
Are you trying unlock bootloader?
Not necessarily, except if there's no other way to get root. I know how to unlock the bootloader, but this would erase all user data (which I'm trying to avoid). I really don't need an open bootloader (no plans to flash a custom rom), just root access.
I have unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP, root and Xposed Framework. What do I need to deactivate to to do stock system updates, possibly without losing data?
Also, any way I can install Magisk without losing all data by locking the bootloader (except backup)?
The only way is go back to stock. UNroot, relock bootloader and get rid of TWRP. There is no other way round it.