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I want to root 2.3.4

My wife accidently updated her phone to the newest OTA and I am wondering if I can still root my phone.
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drsteven2 said:
My wife accidently updated her phone to the newest OTA and I am wondering if I can still root my phone.
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It's a Nexus, you can always root.

So I can root with the current root method with no problems?

Not to hijack your thread, but I didn't want to make an entirely new one and it's kind of a related question.
So I've never rooted my NS before and I'm on 2.3.4. Is there any way I can root without having to wipe my phone, or will I just have to bite the bullet and do it.
I've been perfectly fine without root up until now, but the new colors really bug me and would like to fix them.

Usually when you root data usually gets lost what are you trying save?. The only thing that u are going to be able to save are your contacts.
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drsteven2 said:
So I can root with the current root method with no problems?
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Not sure what the "current root method" is, but it's the same process as usual: flash ClockworkMod Recovery, mount /system, apply the su zip, done.
(with the usual caveats about doing things properly so the recovery patcher doesn't trigger and remove CWM just after you flashed it)

ok well this is my scenerio..
i just bought my nexus s yesterday.... i got the OTA 2.3.4 and updated it..
i just want to know the EASIEST process to root my nexus s as i am not adb literate. Every phone that i had has been rooted previously so i never had to root a phone but i am getting all these threads to root the nexus s and damn it has to do with adb which i have no clue how to use.. but once im rooted i can change rom change themes etc.. its just the rooting process.. well any methods are welcome..
p.s sorry to jack your thread man

the first time I used adb was yesterday to unlock my nexus s and it really wasnt too bad so you should be good

Will this guide work with 2.3.4 without wipe everything? (i havent unlocked bootloader) h**p://download-apk.blogspot.com/2011/05/tutorial-rooting-unlock-bootloader-for.html ? If it's not, is there any way to root my nexus 2.3.4 with stock rom without wipe? I would appreciate any answers. Thank you.

Computar said:
Not to hijack your thread, but I didn't want to make an entirely new one and it's kind of a related question.
So I've never rooted my NS before and I'm on 2.3.4. Is there any way I can root without having to wipe my phone, or will I just have to bite the bullet and do it.
I've been perfectly fine without root up until now, but the new colors really bug me and would like to fix them.
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Rooting does not require wiping IF your bootloader is unlocked. An open lock is shown below the Google tag when booting if you're unlocked.
Unlocking bootloader will always wipe for security reasons.

Make sure to sync contacts before doing anything. Then start here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
After that, flash a custom roms by the developers. They already comes with root and updated kernels. Hope this helps
Its almost 12 at nite, off to bed i go.

[Q] Updating a rooted phone?

Hey.
My phone: Htc One X is rooted, and a software update just arrived, if i update, will i loose the root?
Or will it in worst chase get bricked?
I regulary update over the air.
Will this remove the root? and must i unlock bootloader and all that stuff i messed with over again if i need to root again?

I wouldn't do that if I were you, you could loss root and have to start all over, and maybe brick your phone, I would wait and see if a dev for this phone could make the update into a Rom, that would be the safe way to go
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Ok, but if i want to unroot, and i manage to unroot it, would it then be able to update? or will it then brick?
Cause i like to have my devices up to date.

andsa said:
Ok, but if i want to unroot, and i manage to unroot it, would it then be able to update? or will it then brick?
Cause i like to have my devices up to date.
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Then you should be fine
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Ok, what is the most simple way to unroot?
Is it just to delete SU folders and root folders? or must i do alot of CMD flashing?

Superone click, or flash a ruu wich is a completly stock Rom with stock recovery
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So wait...let me get this straight. You got a $600 phone and decided to root it. You had no clue what you can and can't do with root up to and including an update. And you rooted your phone without knowing how to get back to stock. I am guessing you don't know how to get back to stock because you used a one click root method. WTF would you root $600 phone for if you had no clue what you were doing, and obviously incapable of reading how to reverse what you have done? This is the problem with one click root methods. You get no understanding of the Android system at all. Can I ask, what was the reason you decided to root??

i did not use oneclickroot, but the tool that xda has as an all in one tool for one x.
I rooted to get the fraps smiliar app screencast but it does not have support for tegra 3...
So yes, if i get it back to its original state, i will not attend any more root anymore.
So please, help me get it back to stock painless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-hSF9oPgfY

Ok, so to get it back to the state when i got the phone and to be able to update painlessly, i have to flash it with a backup stock ROM?

Bump.

Unlocking bootloader vs rooting

What is the difference between unlocking the bootloader on my device and rooting my device? I understand that in order to root, you must unlock the bootloader first, but what exactly does each process do? Why does Asus provide the means to free your bootloader but not a full rooting of the device? Once I unlock, why can't I just download clockwork mod from the Play Store and start flashing roms?
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You do not need to unlock to root,you need to unlock to install roms. Rooting would give you access to change some settings run apps that require root access adblock etc... unlocking allows you pretty much full control of your device at the cost of loss of your warranty.

Different?
I think in this is small mistake... for root you need unlock bootloader, becase when U want root this device U can do this with ZIP file, somewhere on XDA is thread about this, and if U want use CWM Recovery to root with using ZIP file U need unlock bootloader for install CWM recovery...unlock bootloader - for this is app from Asustek, U can use this after download and install on ur tablet but waranty is down...
root - if u got this u can use this dev. like super user....in ur terminal and for ur apps from Google Play too
different is probably in this: root is superuser access X unlock bootloader give u new opportunities for install ur ROMs and CWM
I´m sorry if I´m wrong....and sorry for my terrible english... I though about problem ... no about language

Taskkill said:
I think in this is small mistake... for root you need unlock bootloader, becase when U want root this device U can do this with ZIP file, somewhere on XDA is thread about this, and if U want use CWM Recovery to root with using ZIP file U need unlock bootloader for install CWM recovery...unlock bootloader - for this is app from Asustek, U can use this after download and install on ur tablet but waranty is down...
root - if u got this u can use this dev. like super user....in ur terminal and for ur apps from Google Play too
different is probably in this: root is superuser access X unlock bootloader give u new opportunities for install ur ROMs and CWM
I´m sorry if I´m wrong....and sorry for my terrible english... I though about problem ... no about language
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i remember i read somewhere that there's a one click tool to root, use your windows pc and run it, no need to unzip any zip files,

No need to unlock for just rooting.
Use this tool for rooting. I have successfully done in windows.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26918790
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Taskkill said:
I think in this is small mistake... for root you need unlock bootloader,
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This is not true, you do not need to unlock the bootloader to get root, see the following topics:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526487
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704209
Personally I used the tool in the 1st and 2nd post, the 2nd post is based on the 3rd post. I still have my bootloader locked because I don't want to lose my warranty, since I got my Transformer TF300 only recently and it was repaired already by Asus because of random reboots. There diagnosis was "system unstable" and replaced the mainboard. Since the repair I'm real happy now, the random reboots are gone.

Totally right. You can root without unlocking. So you can use apps like Titanium backup and so on.
If you like to flash custom Roms you need a Custom Recovery like CWM or TWRP. To get this you need to unlock your bootloader but doing this means no warranty any more.
If you brick your Pad with an unlocked bootloader and send it back to Asus you will have to pay for this (Was about 240,00€ for a User on a German Forum).

oh late
I´m sorry guys... I found how-to-root without UnLock Bootloader information little bit late... probably 5-6 hours ago.... I finded one of 1-click... app but I didn´t find this... damn it... O.K. thanks for u´r reaction
but one thing I must say to nooktablet
nooktablet said:
i remember i read somewhere that there's a one click tool to root, use your windows pc and run it, no need to unzip any zip files,
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I use my windows PC .. and my Linux PC ... but I´m from ones who like make everything step by step and who like full controll myself action...(sry for terrible language ) so I just like to say...I make it in my hands and without some app like 1click .. but thanks for u´r recommendation

So since one doesn't seem to require the other, what do you recommend I do first? Unlock the bootloader first or root first?
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mijoru said:
So since one doesn't seem to require the other, what do you recommend I do first? Unlock the bootloader first or root first?
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it comes down to what you want to do w/ the pad and how old it is. once you unlock the bootloader, you void your warranty w/ ASUS. they say it right there as you unlock. if the tab is brand new, wait a while. i rooted out of the box to gain access to some apps but did not unlock yet, my tab is only 2 months old. JB is just around the corner. waiting for that
when unlocked can install a custom recovery like Clockwork or Team Win, which in turn allows you to make backups and flash other ROMs. rooting just gives you super user privileges on your phone/tab so you can do things like browse the root of the tab, debloat apps, modify the build.prop using Root Explorer, install Titanium Backup to backup apps, run Browser2Ram, all the while keeping your warranty. a combination of being both rooted and unlocked is the ultimate goal for a habitual rom flasher

slinker1 said:
You do not need to unlock to root,you need to unlock to install roms. Rooting would give you access to change some settings run apps that require root access adblock etc... unlocking allows you pretty much full control of your device at the cost of loss of your warranty.
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hhmm,, if i root my phone, my user data and content of phone will be erased or not? is bootloader different?

I haven't unlocked my bootloader but I have rooted it when I bought it. ..don't even remember how. ..It was in the beginning. ..lol and have restored root at every update using voodoo root keeper. ..my tab is rooted, has supersu and titanium back up and all root apps work, but is still boot locked...my 4yr old son is using the tab for last 2 years. .
Now I want to update it to lollipop, so iam back here. ...lot to read for me now
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khent_balz01 said:
hhmm,, if i root my phone, my user data and content of phone will be erased or not?
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No.

Superuser without root

Hello Dev's,
I removed the costom rom which was installed on my Nexus S, but let it rooted.
If I install Superuser via Play Store, the application doesn't do anything. I also can't get access.
Do I need a costom rom to use Superuser?
Sorry for my bad English.
Thanks in advance!
Rubenflush

rubenflush said:
Hello Dev's,
I removed the costom rom which was installed on my Nexus S, but let it rooted.
If I install Superuser via Play Store, the application doesn't do anything. I also can't get access.
Do I need a costom rom to use Superuser?
Sorry for my bad English.
Thanks in advance!
Rubenflush
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You don't need a custom ROM, but you need root access to use super user.

PrinceFX said:
You don't need a custom ROM, but you need root access to use super user.
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Ok. Maybe it doens't work because I downloaded if from the Play Store instead of flash it?

You need "su" in "/system/bin" on your phone.

That does not work neither.
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rubenflush said:
That does not work neither.
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Just to clarify, your phone is rooted right?

How did you remove the custom ROM?
If you re-flashed your phone, you have to root it again.
Have you tried to root it again?

I flashed over the original Google rom. Of I root my phone again (via the fastboot method), does it erase all my internal data?
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rubenflush said:
I flashed over the original Google rom. Of I root my phone again (via the fastboot method), does it erase all my internal data?
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Rooting should never erase any data, unless you are flashing a pre-rooted ROM on your Nexus. I'm a Samsung Admire user, not Nexus.... but that seems to be a universal thing, there, buddy.
I'm still new, so this is not an active link, but this should answer your questions alot better than I ever could, and you may even be able to find support in your native language, whatever that might be.
androidforums.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/474570-how-all-things-root-samsung-galaxy-nexus.html

DaemeonZane said:
Rooting should never erase any data, unless you are flashing a pre-rooted ROM on your Nexus. I'm a Samsung Admire user, not Nexus.... but that seems to be a universal thing, there, buddy.
I'm still new, so this is not an active link, but this should answer your questions alot better than I ever could, and you may even be able to find support in your native language, whatever that might be.
androidforums.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/474570-how-all-things-root-samsung-galaxy-nexus.html
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Actually, on a number of phones you must unlock the bootloader to root the phone, and in some cases, (for security reasons) the phone is wiped when you unlock the bootloader. (I know this warning is given when unlocking an HTC phone's bootloader, although for me nothing was wiped; I don't know what the case is with the Nexus devices)

[Q] Gaining root without wiping data?

Excuse me if this is a dumb question, but I have zero experience with HTC devices. I was trying to root my girlfriends sensation, but to my understanding, you have to unlock bootloader first, thus wiping everything on the phone. Now of course being an owner of a Motorola, I've never unlocked a bootloader lol. So my question is, is there any way to root this phone without unlocking the bootloader, and if not is there a utility like titanium backup to back up the data to be restored later?
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Neontc said:
Excuse me if this is a dumb question, but I have zero experience with HTC devices. I was trying to root my girlfriends sensation, but to my understanding, you have to unlock bootloader first, thus wiping everything on the phone. Now of course being an owner of a Motorola, I've never unlocked a bootloader lol. So my question is, is there any way to root this phone without unlocking the bootloader, and if not is there a utility like titanium backup to back up the data to be restored later?
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use this guide to S-OFF and root the device
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661631
it doesn't require htcdev unlock method
but backup everything from your sdcard
because it will erase everything

I saw that method, but the wire trick thing seems way too tricky. Is there an app to back everything up so I can just unlock the bootloader, similar to titanium backup, but for unrooted phones?
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Neontc said:
I saw that method, but the wire trick thing seems way too tricky. Is there an app to back everything up so I can just unlock the bootloader, similar to titanium backup, but for unrooted phones?
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There is a tool for unrooted devices
Type and search for ultimate backup tool or something like that
I have never used it but it says that you can backup without root
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