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I've been playing around with a Nexus S 4G that I have lying around and never used, and I've ran into a few problems, but you've all been helpful. I rooted all my old EVO 4G's without any problem, but the other day I rooted my NS4G using a one click/simple root and downloaded ClockWorkMod etc. But now for some reason It seems like I've almost lost my root? Is that possible? I still have the little unlocked symbol when booting up.
I've searched this forum and Google and haven't found anything, which could possibly be because I don't know what to look for. I've never had this happen :/
Currently running the stock 2.3.7
Nobody? I just need a little help.
Did you flash a superuser.zip after you installed clockworkmod?
SeeNah said:
Did you flash a superuser.zip after you installed clockworkmod?
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I thought I had... But no lol
Thank you. Sorry for pretty much making a useless thread :/
Its the Q&A forum ask away! Lol
Did flashing it work for you though?
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Its the Q&A forum ask away! Lol
Did flashing it work for you though?
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Yes, it did. Thank you!
Now I just need to re figure out how to backup my stock rom on rom manager. I need to do that if I'm going to flash a custom rom onto my NS4G correct? I've never actually gone that far with my phones lol.
Slap-Yourself :) said:
Yes, it did. Thank you!
Now I just need to re figure out how to backup my stock rom on rom manager. I need to do that if I'm going to flash a custom rom onto my NS4G correct? I've never actually gone that far with my phones lol.
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Okay lol hold on so just go make sure you
1. Unlocked the bootloader right?
2. Flashed a custom recovery (clockworkmod)?
3. Flashed superuser for root access?
4. Now you have a stock rooted ROM?
If you have/did all that then yeah you could backup your stock rooted ROM, you don't need to back it up but its helpful just incase you mess something you could always restore it to start all over
And you could backup any ROM you install incase you didn't know, just remember when you install different ROMS make sure to do a proper full wipe which includes data/factory reset/wiping DALVIK cache, and formatting system and boot in the "mount" option in CWM. And now I think your good lol
SeeNah said:
Okay lol hold on so just go make sure you
1. Unlocked the bootloader right?
2. Flashed a custom recovery (clockworkmod)?
3. Flashed superuser for root access?
4. Now you have a stock rooted ROM?
If you have/did all that then yeah you could backup your stock rooted ROM, you don't need to back it up but its helpful just incase you mess something you could always restore it to start all over
And you could backup any ROM you install incase you didn't know, just remember when you install different ROMS make sure to do a proper full wipe which includes data/factory reset/wiping DALVIK cache, and formatting system and boot in the "mount" option in CWM. And now I think your good lol
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Unlocked Bootloader? If I boot in fastboot it says Unlocked. Is this what you mean?
I have ClockWorkMod, but I haven't done anything with it.
I have superuser from the root
and I was working with a stock ROM the whole time....
I think I'm ok lol
So I'll back up my ROM, and flash a Nightly CM9? And back that up as well? Just perform a factory data reset before doing so, right?
Slap-Yourself :) said:
Unlocked Bootloader? If I boot in fastboot it says Unlocked. Is this what you mean?
I have ClockWorkMod, but I haven't done anything with it.
I have superuser from the root
and I was working with a stock ROM the whole time....
I think I'm ok lol
So I'll back up my ROM, and flash a Nightly CM9? And back that up as well? Just perform a factory data reset before doing so, right?
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Yeah if it says unlocked your good to go. The super user.zip you first flashed won't be needed once you flash different ROMS, it was only needed for stock because you didn't install a ROM you just unlocked the boot loader and super user just gave you root access that didn't come with stock.
Yeah backup your stock ROM JUST in case you encounter a boot loop so you can just restore and start over, you don't need to back up CM9 that's completely your choice if you want . Its convenient though if you like CM9 but still like to flash other ROMS that way you can just go back if you miss CM9 without doing the whole setup process.
And a full wipe is
Data/factory reset
Then wipe dalvik under "advanced"
Then wipe system and boot under the "mount" option in CWM
stellar said:
Yeah if it says unlocked your good to go. The super user.zip you first flashed won't be needed once you flash different ROMS, it was only needed for stock because you didn't install a ROM you just unlocked the boot loader and super user just gave you root access that didn't come with stock.
Yeah backup your stock ROM JUST in case you encounter a boot loop so you can just restore and start over, you don't need to back up CM9 that's completely your choice if you want . Its convenient though if you like CM9 but still like to flash other ROMS that way you can just go back if you miss CM9 without doing the whole setup process.
And a full wipe is
Data/factory reset
Then wipe dalvik under "advanced"
Then wipe system and boot under the "mount" option in CWM
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I'm not sure if I'm supposed to post links to videos or not. But I'm in love with some of the features this guy has on his NS4G
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKdyAm3CgHc
He said it was a nightly etc.
The hidden status bar and bottom menu hidden is amazing. I also like the inverted G-Mail and Facebook. Is this all separate from the Nightly ROM?
Hey All, I got the OTA (I have it in /cache in my phone so no need to download anything) in my Stock 33R with root, franco 23R and TWRP. When trying to install the OTA, I'm getting a "Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. Please try another package or run a factory reset" error. I've followed Franco's post on how to install this OTA (https://plus.google.com/106873500108976028532/posts/ByvTAonR6mH) and I have even flashed the backed-up kernel and still same issue. One more thing I did was remove supersu.apk from /system/apps/ just to make sure that was not the case. I've read about the modified OTA, however not sure why I would need any modified so I want to see if this can be done with the unmodified 38R
Anyone can help?
UPDATE: I was able to make it work, see comment #12
You need to go back to being completely stock. Perform a full wipe (system/data/cache/dalvik cache) and flash the recovery flashable version of 33R from here, Then you can flash the update.
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You need to go back to being completely stock. Perform a full wipe (system/data/cache/dalvik cache) and flash the recovery flashable version of 33R from here, Then you can flash the update.
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Thanks, but there has to be other way that would not require wiping data... that is not acceptable
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Thanks, but there has to be other way that would not require wiping data... that is not acceptable
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I'm not talking about user data, I'm talking about your system data partition.
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I'm not talking about user data, I'm talking about your system data partition.
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In your original post you mention "Perform a full wipe (system/data/cache/dalvik cache)", that will factory reset my phone (except /sdcard), that is what I want to avoid.
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In your original post you mention "Perform a full wipe (system/data/cache/dalvik cache)", that will factory reset my phone (except /sdcard), that is what I want to avoid.
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You don't really have a choice. Why is it an issue? Just use Titanium to backup your apps and restore them again once you've updated. The only thing you'll have to do again is your system settings.
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You don't really have a choice. Why is it an issue? Just use Titanium to backup your apps and restore them again once you've updated. The only thing you'll have to do again is your system settings.
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I've had plenty of issues throughout the years with Titanium, which makes me not to trust it fully, it will consume a lot of time to fully backup and fully restore, and, most important, I really hate that I need to wipe and re-flash stock if I'm in stock (with a few modifications which can be all undone)
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I've had plenty of issues throughout the years with Titanium, which makes me not to trust it fully, it will consume a lot of time to fully backup and fully restore, and, most important, I really hate that I need to wipe and re-flash stock if I'm in stock (with a few modifications which can be all undone)
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Follow vomer's guide here. It just bring your rom back to stock and leaves user data untouched. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55882576&postcount=229
rhaces said:
I've had plenty of issues throughout the years with Titanium, which makes me not to trust it fully, it will consume a lot of time to fully backup and fully restore, and, most important, I really hate that I need to wipe and re-flash stock if I'm in stock (with a few modifications which can be all undone)
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There's nothing wrong with Titanium if you know how to use it. Unless you're restoring system data (which you shouldn't be) it's perfectly solid. And the thing is, you're not stock, those modifications you've made mean that you're not stock, so it's completely normal that you'd have issues with updating. You can moan about it all you like but it doesn't change the fact that you need to wipe.
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What he said.
You can't apply an OTA update if u have a custom kernel installed.
Just go back stock and apply updates until the latest version. If u use titanium properly you will not have any issue, just backup user apps without system settings.
Any other turnaround can cause havoc.
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Hey All, I got the OTA (I have it in /cache in my phone so no need to download anything) in my Stock 33R with root, franco 23R and TWRP. When trying to install the OTA, I'm getting a "Can't install this package on top of incompatible data. Please try another package or run a factory reset" error. I've followed Franco's post on how to install this OTA (https://plus.google.com/106873500108976028532/posts/ByvTAonR6mH) and I have even flashed the backed-up kernel and still same issue. One more thing I did was remove supersu.apk from /system/apps/ just to make sure that was not the case. I've read about the modified OTA, however not sure why I would need any modified so I want to see if this can be done with the unmodified 38R
Anyone can help?
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Please check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=55948892&postcount=16
@rhaces, just curious, could you PM me your /data/system/packages.xml file?
Well, It looks like you really don't need to wipe data (see, I told you it was ludicrous), I tried following both this and this, but did not helped (however both gave me ideas), here's what I did:
Fastboot flash boot system and recovery from 33R, boot into system, apply the OTA from the system (I'm now in an unrooted-unmodified stock 33R) and now that worked. Booted into newly installed 38R and everything worked ok, so went back to fastboot, flashed TWRP, went into TWRP and installed supersu and franco 24r and now things seem to be ok.
Thanks for all the help
Just don't complain when you start getting problems. Which you most likely will.
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I have been having a persistent issue trying to encrypt my phone's internal storage. (Samsung Galaxy S4 mini LTE (GT-I9195). I thought it might be related to me rooting the device, since I read that you can't encrypt a rooted phone.
So a few minutes ago I plucked up the courage to follow the tutorial to flash my original downloaded firmware to the phone, in an attempt to erase all trace of root. Well the phone came up and wanted my password, so I rebooted and installed TWRP via odin again, then did a factory reset and then used the wipe data option and proceeded to make a backup, assuming this would be as useful and as good as odin-flashing my original firmware back for future use and more convenient and less dangerous than using odin.
Well, after booting it up, going through the setup wizard and then adding a lockscreen password, I am still unable to encrypt the phone. It shows the green android robot, screen fades out, then very soon after that the phone reboots and it all comes back up as normal unencrypted. Bare in mind that this is still the stock firmware that was odin-flashed and then a factory reset.
After all this, what would I need to do to get the phone encryption working?
Also, is my assumption correct, that the new TWRP backup I made, after flashing the original firmware via odin, is that new fresh backup as good as flashing the original again via odin? At least in terms of the OS status? I know the recovery isn't changed by such a backup and odin wipes absolutely everything, but I think you know what I am asking.
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I have been having a persistent issue trying to encrypt my phone's internal storage. (Samsung Galaxy S4 mini LTE (GT-I9195). I thought it might be related to me rooting the device, since I read that you can't encrypt a rooted phone.
So a few minutes ago I plucked up the courage to follow the tutorial to flash my original downloaded firmware to the phone, in an attempt to erase all trace of root. Well the phone came up and wanted my password, so I rebooted and installed TWRP via odin again, then did a factory reset and then used the wipe data option and proceeded to make a backup, assuming this would be as useful and as good as odin-flashing my original firmware back for future use and more convenient and less dangerous than using odin.
Well, after booting it up, going through the setup wizard and then adding a lockscreen password, I am still unable to encrypt the phone. It shows the green android robot, screen fades out, then very soon after that the phone reboots and it all comes back up as normal unencrypted. Bare in mind that this is still the stock firmware that was odin-flashed and then a factory reset.
After all this, what would I need to do to get the phone encryption working?
Also, is my assumption correct, that the new TWRP backup I made, after flashing the original firmware via odin, is that new fresh backup as good as flashing the original again via odin? At least in terms of the OS status? I know the recovery isn't changed by such a backup and odin wipes absolutely everything, but I think you know what I am asking.
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ODIN doesn't wipe everything. Perform a factory reset via stock recovery immediately after flashing the firmware via ODIN to set your phone back to stock. And who told you that enryption doesn't work with rooted phones?!
LS.xD said:
ODIN doesn't wipe everything. Perform a factory reset via stock recovery immediately after flashing the firmware via ODIN to set your phone back to stock. And who told you that enryption doesn't work with rooted phones?!
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I did a factory reset and deleted data and performed a new backup that I have saved to the computer.
But when I started to realise I could not encrypt I went googling and found a blog post by someone who claimed that he had to jump through all kinds of hoops to get it to encrypt after he rooted his S4 mini. But my problem is even non-rooted on default firmware with TWRP recovery installed I cannot encrypt So I am hoping someone here will have the answer.
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I did a factory reset and deleted data and performed a new backup that I have saved to the computer.
But when I started to realise I could not encrypt I went googling and found a blog post by someone who claimed that he had to jump through all kinds of hoops to get it to encrypt after he rooted his S4 mini. But my problem is even non-rooted on default firmware with TWRP recovery installed I cannot encrypt So I am hoping someone here will have the answer.
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The point is that that KNOX detects the TWRP recovery. Enryption is possible with any rooted custom rom and probably with any roms but Samsung's S4 generation and newer due to the stupid KNOX security.
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The point is that that KNOX detects the TWRP recovery. Enryption is possible with any rooted custom rom and probably with any roms but Samsung's S4 generation and newer due to the stupid KNOX security.
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Well I did get encryption working one time on a custom rom but I have no idea how I did it. What should I do to improve my chances of getting encryption working? I thought when I rooted the original rom it removed knoxx?
My XT1540/rooted/stock 6.0 ROM/ stock recovery now has an update available. I assume I can not accept this system update, even if I un-root my device. I do have a pre-rooted TWRP back up. I can reload that image, but my concern is the best way to get all my apps and data reloaded. I do have TB backups, but I thought that may not be a good option after system update. I am looking for advise how to proceed getting the latest system update and preserving all my current apps and data.
No offense, but did you Google it or search here? There are several tutorials in this device section and other similar Moto devices of the same generation that tell you different ways to do it...
Easy way... boot (not flash) TWPR, backup in TWRP, restore pre-root backup, accept OTA and allow it flash and fully boot, boot TWRP, flash your root of choice that you were using prior (Magisk or SuperSU), reboot and verify operation, then restore data partition backup you did prior to OTA, clear caches, and reboot.
This works 80% of the time... if your data partition is important then make an alternative backup.
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No offense, but did you Google it or search here? There are several tutorials in this device section and other similar Moto devices of the same generation that tell you different ways to do it...
Easy way... boot (not flash) TWPR, backup in TWRP, restore pre-root backup, accept OTA and allow it flash and fully boot, boot TWRP, flash your root of choice that you were using prior (Magisk or SuperSU), reboot and verify operation, then restore data partition backup you did prior to OTA, clear caches, and reboot.
This works 80% of the time... if your data partition is important then make an alternative backup.
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Thanks. I have read conflicting information on the use of Titanium Backup, and that was my main reason for my post. My understanding of your reply is that TB would not be a recommended choice to restore apps&data (using either update.zip or batch mode) and that I have an 80% chance of restoring user apps and data by flashing the /data partition from my pre-OTA TWRP backup. And yes, I will make a pre-rooted backup prior to rooting or restoring apps.
I never heard of Magisk and will read more. In the mean time I will stick with SuperSU unless there is strong advise to go with Magisk.
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Thanks. I have read conflicting information on the use of Titanium Backup, and that was my main reason for my post. My understanding of your reply is that TB would not be a recommended choice to restore apps&data (using either update.zip or batch mode) and that I have an 80% chance of restoring user apps and data by flashing the /data partition from my pre-OTA TWRP backup. And yes, I will make a pre-rooted backup prior to rooting or restoring apps.
I never heard of Magisk and will read more. In the mean time I will stick with SuperSU unless there is strong advise to go with Magisk.
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I dislike TiBU... It is best to reinstall from scratch each time if possible, if not, this is a simple security update to TWRP should suffice.
Magisk is good, and it appears to be the root method most ROMs are going to because with Magisk Hide and a few tweaks that are built in, the device can still pass SafetyNet API checks, and there is no special process for systemless installing (it is the only way it can be done with Magisk). But if you are on SuperSU now and want to restore the data partition, do NOT switch that way... Get clean ROM and flash Magisk then install Magisk Manager. It has it's own community here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk
I am not saying Magisk is superior, but it is quite versatile and most ROMs seem to be switching to it so devices can pass SafetyNet checks.
I was also thinking this would be simple. Pleasant surprise after almost a year and a half to get a security update. So I uninstalled SuperSU (Tried Full Unroot option & it failed, so then just uninstalled the app.....Looks like I may still be rooted), re-installed the stock recovery, and with absolutely no other modifications to this phone, performed the update. So it failed. I thought I was able to do this on my Nexus 4, but that was a while back, and I always did it with a file, not OTA; maybe that was just OS update, who knows. I was just looking for some security peace of mind while waiting for Nougat to become a bit more stable. If I am going to have to go through hoops to do this, then I guess I will just wait; not going to go through this twice. Besides, will it be another year for the next security update; heck, they are already 1 or 2 months behind already.
The answer is what others said, plus you can try flashing OTA updates with flashfire, and don't choose to wipe data.
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The answer is what others said, plus you can try flashing OTA updates with flashfire, and don't choose to wipe data.
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Oh well. On a side note, always grateful for making Nandroid backups before I start playing around with anything though. Things were acting up after haphazardly trying various SuperSU options, so I had to do a restore.
These constant OTA update messages every few minutes that I have to keep canceling are brutal! I might have to install an app to kill them.
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The answer is what others said, plus you can try flashing OTA updates with flashfire, and don't choose to wipe data.
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Are you saying OTA updates can be flashed successfully without unrooting.
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Are you saying OTA updates can be flashed successfully without unrooting.
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that's the idea, I have never tried it on moto g 2015 though. As far as I know every root solution had its own Uninstaller. which root interface do you use? magisk or supersu?
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that's the idea, I have never tried it on moto g 2015 though. As far as I know every root solution had its own Uninstaller. which root interface do you use? magisk or supersu?
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I have SuperSU. It would be great to flash an OTA over my current system, but I have heard many reports including @pjc123 above where it did not work.
All my searches resulted in suggestions in going back to stock, accept OTA, then use TB or some other similar program to restore saved apps & data. Tomorrow I will try @acejavelin 's above suggested method of flashing the /data partition. If that does not work, I will try TB. I will report my progress.
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I have SuperSU. It would be great to flash an OTA over my current system, but I have heard many reports including @pjc123 above where it did not work.
All my searches resulted in suggestions in going back to stock, accept OTA, then use TB or some other similar program to restore saved apps & data. Tomorrow I will try @acejavelin 's above suggested method of flashing the /data partition. If that does not work, I will try TB. I will report my progress.
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you can flash unsu zip or magisk Uninstaller and try to install ota via flashfire, won't hurt trying, might save you some time.
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No offense, but did you Google it or search here? There are several tutorials in this device section and other similar Moto devices of the same generation that tell you different ways to do it...
Easy way... boot (not flash) TWPR, backup in TWRP, restore pre-root backup, accept OTA and allow it flash and fully boot, boot TWRP, flash your root of choice that you were using prior (Magisk or SuperSU), reboot and verify operation, then restore data partition backup you did prior to OTA, clear caches, and reboot.
This works 80% of the time... if your data partition is important then make an alternative backup.
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Another dumb question, I am in the process of installing OTA. When I loaded the pre-root rom, I did not see any option to clear clear caches. I did see a wipe data and cache option which I understand to be a factory reset. I know I have seen it before but can't find it, so where do I clear cache after restoring data partition?
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Another dumb question, I am in the process of installing OTA. When I loaded the pre-root rom, I did not see any option to clear clear caches. I did see a wipe data and cache option which I understand to be a factory reset. I know I have seen it before but can't find it, so where do I clear cache after restoring data partition?
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Another simple Google question...
Open TWRP, go to Wipes - Advanced, and select Cache and Dalvik cache (a misnomer today, it should be called ART cache) and swipe to wipe, then reboot.
Thanks to @acejavelin recommendations, I have successfully applied the latest system update to my XT1540. My steps were as follows:
Booted to TWRP (3.0.2-r5.img)
restored original pre-rooted ROM
rebooted, accepted system updates
backed up new pre-rooted ROM
installed SuperSU 2.62-3, rebooted
updated SuperSU to 2.79 via Playstore
restored /data partition from last saved rooted ROM
wiped Dalvik/ART Cache
Reboot system
took a while, a couple of minutes on “Hand stitched by Peter Crawly”, several minutes optimizing apps. The phone booted succesfully then I got an error message the update failed (which I hit OK) But looking at about phone, latest security patch is listed. Phone looks configured (apps, data, configuration) exactly as it was prior to the update.
Rebooted phone, all still seems fine.
Hello, how do I restore original pre-rooted ROM? When I made the backup I got a folder with 6 files:
boot.emmc.win
boot.emmc.win.md5
recovery.log
system.ext4.win
system.ext4.win.md5
system.info
None of them seems to be the .img file
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Hello, how do I restore original pre-rooted ROM? When I made the backup I got a folder with 6 files:
boot.emmc.win
boot.emmc.win.md5
recovery.log
system.ext4.win
system.ext4.win.md5
system.info
None of them seems to be the .img file
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Your are not going to see an img file. Once booted into TWRP, select Restore, navigate and select your original ROM. Those files you have listed are within the restoration directory that you select with TWRP. Just select the directory with TWRP.
Bad news, I could restore pre-TRWP image using that folder and aplied the update.
But now I am in a loop, it tries to install (again) the update and then boots to TWRP
Is there any way out of this loop?
Thanks!
no idea? Am I the sad owner of a bricked phone?
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no idea? Am I the sad owner of a bricked phone?
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You could try a factory reset if you're not worried about losing your data. A factory reset solves most of the problems, though I'm a little doubtful because a factory reset won't uninstall the new update (given that it installed in the first place).
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Bad news, I could restore pre-TRWP image using that folder and aplied the update.
But now I am in a loop, it tries to install (again) the update and then boots to TWRP
Is there any way out of this loop?
Thanks!
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If it boots to TWRP, sounds like you didn't have a clean pre-root ROM as you did not have stock recovery. Did you try deleting Dalvik and ART cache?
Hello,
I have a rooted Samsung J2 2016. I thought of getting Viper4Android and when I tried to install the drivers it just said drivers installed reboot your phone. I rebooted it 2 times but still it said driver 0.0.0.0 and would ask for permission for updating drivers again. Fed up of this I went to Link2SD app and uninstalled the app. As I had flashed the zip file for Viper, it erased the sound drivers(I think) and I couldnt get any audio through the ear phones so I decided to do a factory reset of the phone by flashing the latest firmware update(This usually removes all apps, TWRP and root from my phone). After I did the factory reset I noticed that all the apps that I had before were still thereconfused I ignored it and plugged in my headphones only to find a complete loss in bass. I tried to tweak the inbuilt equalizer but nothing came out of it. After restarting, bass would enable for a few seconds and then it would disable again. I dont know what to do now. How can I get back my deleted drivers(if they got deleted)?
P.S. I had taken a complete backup but it got erased from the SD card after I formatted it as portable storage( I had it enabled for adoptable storage through root essentials. This might be the reason why the phone didnt factory reset) :crying:
Sorry for the long post. Im a beginner at this. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Edit- I tried different earphones and different music players but no success
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Hello,
I have a rooted Samsung J2 2016. I thought of getting Viper4Android and when I tried to install the drivers it just said drivers installed reboot your phone. I rebooted it 2 times but still it said driver 0.0.0.0 and would ask for permission for updating drivers again. Fed up of this I went to Link2SD app and uninstalled the app. As I had flashed the zip file for Viper, it erased the sound drivers(I think) and I couldnt get any audio through the ear phones so I decided to do a factory reset of the phone by flashing the latest firmware update(This usually removes all apps, TWRP and root from my phone). After I did the factory reset I noticed that all the apps that I had before were still thereconfused I ignored it and plugged in my headphones only to find a complete loss in bass. I tried to tweak the inbuilt equalizer but nothing came out of it. After restarting, bass would enable for a few seconds and then it would disable again. I dont know what to do now. How can I get back my deleted drivers(if they got deleted)?
P.S. I had taken a complete backup but it got erased from the SD card after I formatted it as portable storage( I had it enabled for adoptable storage through root essentials. This might be the reason why the phone didnt factory reset) :crying:
Sorry for the long post. Im a beginner at this. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you
Edit- I tried different earphones and different music players but no success
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You probably needed to make sure you had SELinux set to permissive mode, then V4A would probably install the driver and reboot correctly without having to do it again.
You have 2 options:
1) reflash your stock firmware or your custom ROM, whichever one you're using. This will replace what was removed when you flashed V4A zip.
Or
2) enable permissive mode and try V4A again.
Or if you'd like, you can flash your stock or custom ROM just to get things back to a clean start and then try installing V4A again in permissive mode and see if it works right this time.
By the way, when flashing with Odin, it doesn't erase user data unless what you're flashing includes an upgraded/downgraded bootloader. When flashing exactly what you had, it leaves your data intact.
This time, when you flash stock firmware via Odin, boot the device to recovery and factory reset from within recovery, this will wipe user data, then connect to Odin and flash firmware. This should return everything to like it came out of the box.
By the way, in android, the term "factory reset" does not mean flashing stock firmware, that's called "factory restore".
In android, the term factory reset is something completely different, in android, it means wiping user data and leaving only the stock software.
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Droidriven said:
You probably needed to make sure you had SELinux set to permissive mode, then V4A would probably install the driver and reboot correctly without having to do it again.
You have 2 options:
1) reflash your stock firmware or your custom ROM, whichever one you're using. This will replace what was removed when you flashed V4A zip.
Or
2) enable permissive mode and try V4A again.
Or if you'd like, you can flash your stock or custom ROM just to get things back to a clean start and then try installing V4A again in permissive mode and see if it works right this time.
By the way, when flashing with Odin, it doesn't erase user data unless what you're flashing includes an upgraded/downgraded bootloader. When flashing exactly what you had, it leaves your data intact.
This time, when you flash stock firmware via Odin, boot the device to recovery and factory reset from within recovery, this will wipe user data, then connect to Odin and flash firmware. This should return everything to like it came out of the box.
By the way, in android, the term "factory reset" does not mean flashing stock firmware, that's called "factory restore".
In android, the term factory reset is something completely different, in android, it means wiping user data and leaving only the stock software.
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Thank you for replying. The problem is that I am running the stock touchwiz samsung ROM so SELinuxModeChanger doesn't work for me. I would like to go with the second option but I can't find any other method to make it permissive. Can you please help me with this? I dont want to do a factory reset cause talking the phone back to how it is will be a real pain and time consuming. Will just flashing the Viper file again do the job in any way?
Droidriven said:
You probably needed to make sure you had SELinux set to permissive mode, then V4A would probably install the driver and reboot correctly without having to do it again.
You have 2 options:
1) reflash your stock firmware or your custom ROM, whichever one you're using. This will replace what was removed when you flashed V4A zip.
Or
2) enable permissive mode and try V4A again.
Or if you'd like, you can flash your stock or custom ROM just to get things back to a clean start and then try installing V4A again in permissive mode and see if it works right this time.
By the way, when flashing with Odin, it doesn't erase user data unless what you're flashing includes an upgraded/downgraded bootloader. When flashing exactly what you had, it leaves your data intact.
This time, when you flash stock firmware via Odin, boot the device to recovery and factory reset from within recovery, this will wipe user data, then connect to Odin and flash firmware. This should return everything to like it came out of the box.
By the way, in android, the term "factory reset" does not mean flashing stock firmware, that's called "factory restore".
In android, the term factory reset is something completely different, in android, it means wiping user data and leaving only the stock software.
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Also sir I found an old complete titanium backup on my laptop. So can it have the original drivers? If yes can I restore them using titanium and how?
I am sorry for asking so many questions but listening to music is what I do most of the times and I am feeling guilty for screwing up something that I like the most and that I can not restore it :crying:
darshan1504 said:
Also sir I found an old complete titanium backup on my laptop. So can it have the original drivers? If yes can I restore them using titanium and how?
I am sorry for asking so many questions but listening to music is what I do most of the times and I am feeling guilty for screwing up something that I like the most and that I can not restore it :crying:
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What you need wouldn't be in a Titanium Backup file unless you backed up system apps and their data.
If you had a TWRP backup from before you installed V4A then you could use that. Otherwise than that, you'll have to flash stock firmware or at least manually reinstall the stock sound app and it's resources.
Best option to be sure you fix it without having to dig through anything is to flash stock firmware and start over and do it correctly the next time.
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Droidriven said:
What you need wouldn't be in a Titanium Backup file unless you backed up system apps and their data.
If you had a TWRP backup from before you installed V4A then you could use that. Otherwise than that, you'll have to flash stock firmware or at least manually reinstall the stock sound app and it's resources.
Best option to be sure you fix it without having to dig through anything is to flash stock firmware and start over and do it correctly the next time.
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The titanium backup is a complete system backup. I had chosen the backup all apps and system data option in Titanium and when I went through the backup files, I found the Sound Alive files in it. Those files were different from the ones which I currently have. So this is what I have in the end. If this is useful then fine. Otherwise there's no other option left I guess
darshan1504 said:
The titanium backup is a complete system backup. I had chosen the backup all apps and system data option in Titanium and when I went through the backup files, I found the Sound Alive files in it. Those files were different from the ones which I currently have. So this is what I have in the end. If this is useful then fine. Otherwise there's no other option left I guess
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No, it's not a complete system backup because Titanium Backup can't do a complete system backup, the only part of system it can backup is system apps and their app data, it doesn't backup anything else from system. TWRP can make a complete system backup but Titanium Backup can't.
If you backed up the system apps themselves then yes, you can restore them but I wouldn't restore any of the app data that goes with those system apps.
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Droidriven said:
No, it's not a complete system backup because Titanium Backup can't do a complete system backup, the only part of system it can backup is system apps and their app data, it doesn't backup anything else from system. TWRP can make a complete system backup but Titanium Backup can't.
If you backed up the system apps themselves then yes, you can restore them but I wouldn't restore any of the app data that goes with those system apps.
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I did a factory reset through TWRP and flashed it again. That did the trick. Thank you for all the help