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Ok I've read this before but can't find the answer now, I've rebooted my phone which is still stock, not rooted yet, turned my phone off then on, and it came on with a unlock sign? I've done nothing special yet why would my phone all of a sudden do this my phone is new since launch it was a pre-order, I've turned it off and on before this never happen before.any ideas?
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You didnt try to odin any rom???
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No I didn't do nothing just switch my regular battery with the extended,I usually change them out when I play my games heavy.
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Ok I've read this before but can't find the answer now, I've rebooted my phone which is still stock, not rooted yet, turned my phone off then on, and it came on with a unlock sign? I've done nothing special yet why would my phone all of a sudden do this my phone is new since launch it was a pre-order, I've turned it off and on before this never happen before.any ideas?
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This has been covered so many times. Please search a little harder. We see one of these at least twice a week. It means nothing. Carry on.
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@mustbepbs first off I did look, if you have nothing nice to say...Don't...simple answer will just do.that's why this is the Q&A forum.good day....
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Yeah that's odd, you didn't do a custom recovery or anything did you?
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Hulk0069 said:
@mustbepbs first off I did look, if you have nothing nice to say...Don't...simple answer will just do.that's why this is the Q&A forum.good day....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808407 didn't look very hard.
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My device did this bone stock aswell...not sure why. Normally you will get a custom unlock screen after rooting with odinand flashing a recovery thru ez recovery on a locked bootloader. the fix, unlock your bootloader.
no I didn't do nothing that's why it's so weird I'm not even rooted,I have all the tools but haven't done it yet.
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Ok @ mustbepbs..I'm not rooted......that does not pertain to me that person rooted their phone...again doesn't cover my situation, be different if I had modded my phone but have not,I read that article before,I ask because I am curious.
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Hulk0069 said:
Ok @ mustbeps..I'm not rooted......that does not pertain to me that person rooted their phone...again doesn't cover my situation, be different if I had modded my phone but have not,I read that article before,I ask because I am curious.
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And im telling you me device and a few others did the same thing bone stock...its no big deal! Root , unlock, and enjoy!
I've noticed the ,sg3 forum is so quick to respond thanks.but not rooting atm, I'm ok with stock, I'm still learning a whole lot, coming from an x,x2 I do appreciate this phone, and I have rooted both my other phones, ran eclipse on both and loved it, this phone runs better then both of them.no reason to root,or custom Rom yet...I'm doing a ton of reading first.learning everyday.
P.s.let's keep it friendly we're not Apple..
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Hulk0069 said:
I've noticed the ,sg3 forum is so quick to respond thanks.but not rooting atm, I'm ok with stock, I'm still learning a whole lot, coming from an x,x2 I do appreciate this phone, and I have rooted both my other phones, ran eclipse on both and loved it, this phone runs better then both of them.no reason to root,or custom Rom yet...I'm doing a ton of reading first.learning everyday.
P.s.let's keep it friendly we're not Apple..
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It's fine now it's gone, thanks guys..for your input.much appreciated
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What are you trying to say? I bootloader unlocked? Please clarify.
what do you mean?
When restating phone while holding volume down, phone says unlocking phone can damage you phone hit volume up to continue
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crystalstylez said:
what do you mean?
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GSM unlock maybe? Or maybe he meant cant unlock phone
Wait what... So the bootloader is unlocked now?
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Please clarify! Lol
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I didn't continue past that point. But it reminded me of the nexus
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sanbluejac said:
When restating phone while holding volume down, phone says unlocking phone can damage you phone hit volume up to continue
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no freaking way. Can someone else confirm?
I think hes talking about the Odin prompt that tells you loading custom OS could cause problems... Bootloader doesnt appear to be unlocked.
It be nice if it is
I'm not doing the ota though till Dan says its OK just in case its not and just in case the new kernel won't let his unlock work
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download mode
i think it just puts it in download mode so you could flash thru odin or adb.
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It be nice if it is
I'm not doing the ota though till Dan says its OK just in case its not and just in case the new kernel won't let his unlock work
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They cant patch something when they don't know how it was broken. The whole point of him not releasing the bootloader unlock is that they can't stop us from unlocking if they don't know how we do it
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I don't know if it's the Odin prompt or a new prompt. Somebody please verify
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Ya mods should delete or lock before a noob thinks they're phone is now bootloader unlocked when all that happened was the phone was entered into download mode...
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I don't know if it's the Odin prompt or a new prompt. Somebody please verify
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Yeah that says Custom OS not unlock the phone and it was there before the update. If you are getting a prompt about unlocking, that's something different.
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They cant patch something when they don't know how it was broken. The whole point of him not releasing the bootloader unlock is that they can't stop us from unlocking if they don't know how we do it
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That is true but there is that rare and I mean rare case that the changes they did could of fixed it without them knowing.....I'm just not taking any chances
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Nah nothing here. Just for download mode.
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Yea it just says installing a Custom OS can damage the phone, not unlocking. Completely terrible thread lol
Epic fail.
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I still have months to go before I can upgrade, but, unless Samsung come out with something mind blowing before then I'll be looking at other possibilities. particularly a Google flagship!
My question is this - I use Odin to root a Samsung. It's very straight forward to do. In comparison how difficult\different is it to root a nexus?
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riso123 said:
I still have months to go before I can upgrade, but, unless Samsung come out with something mind blowing before then I'll be looking at other possibilities. particularly a Google flagship!
My question is this - I use Odin to root a Samsung. It's very straight forward to do. In comparison how difficult\different is it to root a nexus?
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Nexus device are as easy to root, just like samsung devices. Although, now that they have Nox(security) I don't know how easy it will be in the future..
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Thanks mate. Yeah I read is using selinux secure mode now. Will be interesting.
Try thanking you but the XDA app is playing up and I'm on a bus so can't get to a PC.
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It's extremely easy. I don't normally recommend using a tool kit and prefer the old fashion way. It's already so simple as it is. Install drivers, fastboot oem unlock.
Done. Samsung Odin is equivalent to fastboot but better and less buggy than Odin.
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evolishesh said:
Nexus device are as easy to root, just like samsung devices. Although, now that they have Nox(security) I don't know how easy it will be in the future..
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I feel like this won't be much issue. People buy a Nexus because it's open and you can play with stuff. I feel like too many people would be pissed at google if this actually had any real affect on things.
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Yeah it's as easy as 3 or 4 commands in fastboot.
OEM unlock
flash recovery
flash ROM / kernel
Done.
Can anyone tell me the steps to root my nexus please
tintin1892 said:
Can anyone tell me the steps to root my nexus please
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Search.
There is a root thread.
New to the Nexus 5.. Picked up a bnib one off Craigslist. Its on 4.4. Wont let me update. See picture. That's the message I get. Any ideas?
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tbgreen89 said:
New to the Nexus 5.. Picked up a bnib one off Craigslist. Its on 4.4. Wont let me update. See picture. That's the message I get. Any ideas?
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If you didn't mod the system files then the original owner did. To resolve, flash stock factory 4.4.2 images. If you did a factory reset when you got the phone, and don't want to start over, flash the img files one at a time with fastboot (excluding userdata.img).
If you don't know how to do that, check out the stickies (I think in general). There is a very detailed thread there.
The phone was brand new when I got it. I believe it said update ready for download when I did the factory reset.. Now it just says that..
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tbgreen89 said:
The phone was brand new when I got it. I believe it said update ready for download when I did the factory reset.. Now it just says that..
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If I bought a device off of Craig list the first thing I'd do is this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
tbgreen89 said:
The phone was brand new when I got it. I believe it said update ready for download when I did the factory reset.. Now it just says that..
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did you turn on/have wi-fi to download the update??
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did you turn on/have wi-fi to download the update??
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Turned on wifi and it downloaded and and installing now... that was weird though. Now after updating... do you all recommend a factory reset?
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tbgreen89 said:
Turned on wifi and it downloaded and and installing now... that was weird though. Now after updating... do you all recommend a factory reset?
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you can take the ota update through wi-fi only...
no need to reset. but i prefer to do it to prevent any system app from crashing and to have a fresh firmware.
All you had to do was connect to wifi. That update required you to do that. "Via wifi only".
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All you had to do was connect to wifi. That update required you to do that. "Via wifi only".
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I have crappy internet at home.. And when I tried it earlier it did nothing. But I thank you guys for the help. Much appreciated.
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tbgreen89 said:
I have crappy internet at home.. And when I tried it earlier it did nothing. But I thank you guys for the help. Much appreciated.
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Oh. Thats odd, but I guess you got it working, so thats good.
Your screen shot shows that your not connected to Wi-Fi. It says you have to be connected to Wi-Fi to update.
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Aerowinder said:
If you didn't mod the system files then the original owner did. To resolve, flash stock factory 4.4.2 images. If you did a factory reset when you got the phone, and don't want to start over, flash the img files one at a time with fastboot (excluding userdata.img).
If you don't know how to do that, check out the stickies (I think in general). There is a very detailed thread there.
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Did you not see on top right corner it says "via WiFi only"?
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Y'all are a bunch of smartasses.. Thanks for pointing that out..
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Anyone else see this? It's touted for the nexus 5 in addition to other devices. Anyone know why? Will it root with a locked bootloader ?
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We only need to unlock the bootloader to flash recovery. If an exploit has been found in kitkat, it is possible to root without unlocking the bootloader.
This could mean a full, end-to-end rooting process without the need to use a pc
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rootSU said:
We only need to unlock the bootloader to flash recovery. If an exploit has been found in kitkat, it is possible to root without unlocking the bootloader.
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Can you flash a recovery from Android, say through Flashify, if you have root, but the bootloader is locked?
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Can you flash a recovery from Android, say through Flashify, if you have root, but the bootloader is locked?
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Yeah.. My bootloader is locked and can flash recovery via flashify.
Although that's assuming bootunlocker truly locks the same as fastboot does because that's how I locked my bl.
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rootSU said:
We only need to unlock the bootloader to flash recovery. If an exploit has been found in kitkat, it is possible to root without unlocking the bootloader.
This could mean a full, end-to-end rooting process without the need to use a pc
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This thing is so damn easy to root I'm surprised he'd even mention the n5.
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Can you flash a recovery from Android, say through Flashify, if you have root, but the bootloader is locked?
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yes. if you have root you can. worst case, there are apps to lock/unlock your bootloader if you do have root. can unlock, flash recovery via flashify, then relock.
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just tried it on my unrooted verizon s4.. it doesnt seem to work?
I just did this on my N5 4.4.3 and it worked! My N5 was 100% stock before this.
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justmart said:
I just did this on my N5 4.4.3 and it worked! My N5 was 100% stock before this.
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Was your bootloader locked or unlocked?
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justmart said:
I just did this on my N5 4.4.3 and it worked! My N5 was 100% stock before this.
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Good news. Or maybe it's not!
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rootSU said:
Good news. Or maybe it's not!
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Why not?
Bootloader is locked.
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justmart said:
Why not?
Bootloader is locked.
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Good news now!
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justmart said:
Why not?
Bootloader is lock.
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Because I think an app that can root without a pc (and fastboot) will promote a lack of the need to learn the basics, giving us members here a hard time supporting people who don't know the basics
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rootSU said:
Because I think an app that can root without a pc (and fastboot) will promote a lack of the need to learn the basics, giving us members here a hard time supporting people who don't know the basics
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Understood, but this tool is handy for me that decided to root my phone after had everything setup and I was lazy to backup everything > unlocked, root etc and restore.
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Understood, but this tool is handy for me that decided to root my phone after had everything setup and I was lazy to backup everything > unlocked, root etc and restore.
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Oh yeah absolutely it's very handy. Just will it cause the forum problems later on is the question
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rootSU said:
Because I think an app that can root without a pc (and fastboot) will promote a lack of the need to learn the basics, giving us members here a hard time supporting people who don't know the basics
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almost makes root toolkits seem more appealing. almost, not quite
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almost makes root toolkits seem more appealing. almost, not quite
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Haha. I wouldn't go that far
I just fear we'll get a new class of people. The "commute and root" crowd who accidentally wipe their ROM on the train to work ?
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rootSU said:
Haha. I wouldn't go that far
I just fear we'll get a new class of people. The "commute and root" crowd who accidentally wipe their ROM on the train to work ?
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They're already here, sadly
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They're already here, sadly
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Yeah but someone who wipes /system on a train has at least possibly previously used fastboot or has a backup stored off their phone.
I see a lot of twrp users wiping /system and /sdcard.. If these people do the whole process on the way to work,, there's 0 chance of any backup anywhere.
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rootSU said:
Yeah but someone who wipes /system on a train has at least possibly previously used fastboot or has a backup stored off their phone.
I see a lot of twrp users wiping /system and /sdcard.. If these people do the whole process on the way to work,, there's 0 chance of any backup anywhere.
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Totally agree. Then it's up to us to teach them fastboot and flash a factory image. Yea, it kind of sucks, I'll a agree. But what can we do?
@rootSU you don't know how much I agree with you, a s.... storm is happening in the s4 forum because of towelroot.
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Totally agree. Then it's up to us to teach them fastboot and flash a factory image. Yea, it kind of sucks, I'll a agree. But what can we do?
@rootSU you don't know how much I agree with you, a s.... storm is happening in the s4 forum because of towelroot.
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Here's my stance.
I will not mention it as an option. If anyone asks if they can root without a pc I will not answer.. If anyone else mentions this app to them or someone asks about it specifically, I will advise on a best practice. I will also give warnings
Thats all I can do.
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We could make a guide but I haven't time to do that right now. But if we could create our own guide with our warnings about not flashing anything until Nandroid and always being extra sure not to wipe stuff whilst away etc,, maybe there is a chance?
I don't know. It's a Concern
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