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rooting help!

I just got my SNS yesterday and I am trying to root the device and searched the forum but I need some help (Noob...) I am on a step where I type fastboot oem unlock and does not work from there so I got PDAnet but still problem but now I have standard set configuration on the bottom of the fastboot mode...No idea from there help! thank you so much!

Read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
you probably don't have the proper drivers setup.

What kind of error is it giving? You know you don't have to do the oem unlock anymore to root right?

AtomicPC said:
What kind of error is it giving? You know you don't have to do the oem unlock anymore to root right?
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Really? could me tell me the other way?

Not to highjack a thread but I just got my nexus and I've been trying for hours to unlock my bootloader,but I just can't get my computer to recognize the device while I am in the bootloader, I've tried numerous times to install drivers,pdanet, the works
Can I get some help please?
EDIT: Nvm! I fixed the issue by installing htc drivers, go figure.
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takgeun68 said:
Really? could me tell me the other way?
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Look in the dev section sticky thread.
Atomic

Is there any AT&T root option for 1.85 that works ?

Hello,
So, can anybody answer my question ?
I've been following a lot of tutorials, with no luck in achieving root access.
Can you recommend any working method ?
Thanks.

kpyhere said:
Hello,
So, can anybody answer my question ?
I've been following a lot of tutorials, with no luck in achieving root access.
Can you recommend any working method ?
Thanks.
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Check the index in the development section for 1.85 root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Also, next time ask this question in Q&A, where it belongs, not here.

Please do that.
And sorry for the wrong section.

Please refrain from posting in the development section. This is strictly for developers/development purposes only. All question threads belong in the Q&A section.only.
Thank you.
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Im assuming your using bean up scripts. So when it say check for updates ACTUALLY go to settings and check for update without closing the Cmd. The instruction weren't clear to me until a friend showed it to me.

I just got my phone a few days ago and it took me a while, but easy to do
Rooted using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709296
Got bootloader unlocked using this guide http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...uires-root-and-some-simple-command-line-work/
Used this for recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
This will for sure I tried everything else and nothing worked.

manup456 said:
I just got my phone a few days ago and it took me a while, but easy to do
Rooted using this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709296
Got bootloader unlocked using this guide http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...uires-root-and-some-simple-command-line-work/
Used this for recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426
This will for sure I tried everything else and nothing worked.
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hello guy, i followed your instructions and in the bootloader part i get stuck in the hex editor part? do i have edit in the phone or in the computer? because in the phone i downloaded a hex editor app but it doesnt allow me to edit where says :
7. Look for offset 00000210 and you should see CWS_001 with your IMEI number attached to it.
8. Change CWS_001 to ROGER001 and save the file as mmcblk0p4MOD.
i see that but i cannot edit it, any help please??? thanks....

manup456 said:
Got bootloader unlocked using this guide http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...uires-root-and-some-simple-command-line-work/
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Stop getting information from bullsh*t websites that just steal content from XDA. Get it right from the source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671396
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renehd2 said:
hello guy, i followed your instructions and in the bootloader part i get stuck in the hex editor part? do i have edit in the phone or in the computer? because in the phone i downloaded a hex editor app but it doesnt allow me to edit where says :
7. Look for offset 00000210 and you should see CWS_001 with your IMEI number attached to it.
8. Change CWS_001 to ROGER001 and save the file as mmcblk0p4MOD.
i see that but i cannot edit it, any help please??? thanks....
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You edit the file on your PC. adb command "pull" means you pull the file from the phone to your PC.
Have you tried the one click Super CID? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672284

Hiding boot loader unlocked screen

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548530
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980139
Could someone please tell me how to hide this screen as I am not 100% sure how to do it. Thanks

Enter fastboot mode by pressing volume down button and power button. Then make sure you've installed adb/fastboot drivers and paste the logo.bin in the same map as your fastboot.exe. then open a command prompt by pressing shift and right Mouse. And type fastboot flash logo logo.bin.
Thats it .
Btw, this isnt the correct place to ask these questions.

Banana4Life said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2548530
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980139
Could someone please tell me how to hide this screen as I am not 100% sure how to do it. Thanks
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Actually those files are flashable zips and should be flashed by a recovery (not stock recovery though)

yvodelaere said:
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Btw, this isnt the correct place to ask these questions.
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Sure it is. This is the Q&A section after all. It's not like he posted this in the development section.
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yvodelaere said:
Btw, this isnt the correct place to ask these questions.
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Agreed to the above post! This is just the place to ask it!

Sorry everyone!
I was using my mobile and thought that this thread was under: Android development.
my fault

ADB / Fastboot / Driver problem

Hey guys,
I am pretty new to the rooting stuff on the Nexus.
I read the sticky threat from rootSU (http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...urce-guides-info-threads-linked-read-t2784527) and followed his description. So I installed ADB and fastboot through the "15 sec. installer" (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979).
So fast so good, everything went fine. But as I tried to "check" if ADB and fastboot are recognizing my device with the command "adb devices" and "fastboot devices" in cmd, I got some strange output (look at the picture).
How can it be that ADB "sees" my device and fastboot not? What I did wrong there?
(I didn't installed the drivers with the 15 sec tool; when I plugged in my device to the computer, it downloaded the drivers itself)
Any help would be very appreciated!

Follow the next step on my thread and install the naked drivers

Okay thank you!
I'll try it tonight and report back.
I also thought of a problem with the drivers, but I thought that I messed up with installing ADB and fastboot somehow, because ADB could recognize my device.
One question again: When I uninstall the Nexus 5 drivers and I reconnect my phone to the pc, it download the driver itself.. How can I stop that to install the naked drivers?

Blackbox421 said:
Okay thank you!
I'll try it tonight and report back.
I also thought of a problem with the drivers, but I thought that I messed up with installing ADB and fastboot somehow, because ADB could recognize my device.
One question again: When I uninstall the Nexus 5 drivers and I reconnect my phone to the pc, it download the driver itself.. How can I stop that to install the naked drivers?
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Remember - adb ONLY works when Android is booted up or you're in recovery, fastboot ONLY works when you're in the bootloader

EddyOS said:
Remember - adb ONLY works when Android is booted up or you're in recovery, fastboot ONLY works when you're in the bootloader
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Damn, thats it! I am so dumb! I don't know how I could forget that.. I read it some hours ago.
After I went into bootloader mode, fastboot recognized my device!
Thanks a lot guys, now I can go to the next step to root my device! =)
Btw.. another question, which is offtopic - does it makes a difference to root KitKat or Lollipop? I guess the guides around here are all made for KitKat and I don't want to mess up. :/ Thx!

Blackbox421 said:
Damn, thats it! I am so dumb! I don't know how I could forget that.. I read it some hours ago.
After I went into bootloader mode, fastboot recognized my device!
Thanks a lot guys, now I can go to the next step to root my device! =)
Btw.. another question, which is offtopic - does it makes a difference to root KitKat or Lollipop? I guess the guides around here are all made for KitKat and I don't want to mess up. :/ Thx!
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@rootSU has posted some new guides on rooting Lollipop, so best read his threads in the General section

To root Lollipop you have to use Chainfire Auto Root. There is extra security in Lollipop that keeps the old root method from KitKat from working.

Oh I see..thats annoying. But thank you for your answers! I guess I'll read those threads. =)
Btw.. Can you guys tell me if I understood everything..:
To go back to the official 4.4.4., I don't have to root my device, right? I "only" have to unlock my bootloader and flash the official factory image through fastboot. And afterwards I could root my device using the guides around here on xda.

Blackbox421 said:
Oh I see..thats annoying. But thank you for your answers! I guess I'll read those threads. =)
Btw.. Can you guys tell me if I understood everything..:
To go back to the official 4.4.4., I don't have to root my device, right? I "only" have to unlock my bootloader and flash the official factory image through fastboot. And afterwards I could root my device using the guides around here on xda.
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That's correct!

EddyOS said:
That's correct!
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Oh, actually thats all I wanted! =)
On my old Samsung Galaxy Ace you had to root your device first, before you even could install another stock rom, thats why I thought it would be the same for the Nexus 5.
Thanks alot, I'll save my data on my PC now and start with the "downgrading"!

Blackbox421 said:
Oh, actually thats all I wanted! =)
On my old Samsung Galaxy Ace you had to root your device first, before you even could install another stock rom, thats why I thought it would be the same for the Nexus 5.
Thanks alot, I'll save my data on my PC now and start with the "downgrading"!
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It's all very easy with a Nexus device

EddyOS said:
It's all very easy with a Nexus device
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Yeah I think I got it now. I unlocked my bootloader and flashed the official 4.4.4. factory image from the google developers website. Afterwards I booted into the stock recovery and wiped data/factory reset and reboot. Everything is fine now!
Thank you for your help! Learned a lot of basic understandings.

Jnewell05 said:
To root Lollipop you have to use Chainfire Auto Root. There is extra security in Lollipop that keeps the old root method from KitKat from working.
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There are multiple methods. Cf auto root is just one of them.
I documented all methods in general. There's a link to my thread from "sticky roll-up in general

rootSU said:
There are multiple methods. Cf auto root is just one of them.
I documented all methods in general. There's a link to my thread from "sticky roll-up in general
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Huh, I thought the methods from your thread would be only for KitKat

Blackbox421 said:
Huh, I thought the methods from your thread would be only for KitKat
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I usualy root my Nexus by booting into a custom recovery (TWRP), flash the latest superSU.zip and any mod i want and reboot/done That way i keep my stock recovery.

Am I almost bricked?

I followed this guild...
http://www.androidinfotech.com/2016/10/root-htc-one-a9-marshmallow-install-twrp.html
...exactly and I currently can't get into my recovery and there isn't an option in the 'download mode' menu for recovery. I made it to the part where I type "fastboot flash recovery name.img" into the ADB and it appeared to flash fine. It said that it wrote a certain amount of data and gave no error messages.
When I boot my phone while holding the volume up button, it simpily reboots after displaying the HTC logo.
One thing I did notice while following the guild, is that my phone always had S-ON. It never said S-OFF. I did unlock it and I did turn on 'OEM unlocking' after unlocking the phone(because it got wiped while unlocking).
What are my options? Am I on the verge of bricking the phone? I know that no recovery can't be good. Any issue with my OS and I don't know what to do. This is a Boost Mobile phone. It is running Anroid 6.0.1 Did I miss a step? I tried flashing the recovery several times but it still won't boot. I also powered down the phone after flashing it and tried to go straight into the recovery but it simpily reboots. I can still use the phone though as the OS works.

That guide seems weird. You boot into recovery via Download mode -> Enter bootloader -> enter recovery. It seems to have no mention of download mode?

st40611 said:
That guide seems weird.
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+1, it made me laugh right at the beginning:
HTC One A9 6.0 Marshmallow is one of the High-Level Mobiles of HTC.Here we Provide the Root Method For HTC 10 Marshmallow.
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:laugh: so is it for the One A9 or for the HTC 10? Looks like a copy/paste mistake... All these unnecessary caps letters and missing spaces, my eyes are bleeding Bad readability aside there are a few mistakes (bad links, slightly wrong procedures) in that guide. It can for sure help you get the job done but not the best.
SBTlauien said:
One thing I did notice while following the guild, is that my phone always had S-ON. It never said S-OFF. I did unlock it and I did turn on 'OEM unlocking' after unlocking the phone(because it got wiped while unlocking).
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S-ON/S-OFF is unrelated to bootloader unlock, these are 2 different things. You can find a few threads explaining the difference over XDA.

This is for the HTC One A9.

SBTlauien said:
This is for the HTC One A9.
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Forget that guide my friend.
Follow instructions from HTCDev.com/bootloader to unlock your bootloader an this guide to flash TWRP. At FAQ #4 of that guide (see post #2) you'll find all you need to root the phone.

alray said:
Forget that guide my friend.
Follow instructions from HTCDev.com/bootloader to unlock your bootloader an this guide to flash TWRP. At FAQ #4 of that guide (see post #2) you'll find all you need to root the phone.
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Where is this "FAQ #4" you speak of?

SBTlauien said:
Where is this "FAQ #4" you speak of?
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As I said in my previous post (the one you've quoted) the FAQ is at post #2 of the guide (see link then read post #2).