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Kernels...

How do I flash them? Do I have to flash via command prompt or can I flash via recovery?
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most are available through a flashable zip, those you can flash via your recovery. very few arent meant for all to use and are kept in a .img format, so those you flash via command line(but can flash via the flashify app as well).

FLBoy1991 said:
How do I flash them? Do I have to flash via command prompt or can I flash via recovery?
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inside recovery, I recommend TWRP

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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2523217
I have rooted stock phone with xposed and cwm installed otherwise fully stock....... So do I just follow section c and then b???
Thanks just checking if I'm right or totally wrong
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assuming you made no other system mods, yes, thats the order you would do it in.

Zepius said:
assuming you made no other system mods, yes, thats the order you would do it in.
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Thanks. I still have questions.....do I lose root and when I install the ota.zip do I have to clear data etc. Cause I want to keep my data
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dec1153 said:
Thanks. I still have questions.....do I lose root and when I install the ota.zip do I have to clear data etc. Cause I want to keep my data
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you will lose root, but not your data.
just reflash the custom recovery in fastboot, then supersu from the custom recovery.

Zepius said:
you will lose root, but not your data.
just reflash the custom recovery in fastboot, then supersu from the custom recovery.
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Errr....... I have cwm so why do I need fastboot and is there anyway to get root back?
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Because the OTA may include a recovery and replace cwm
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Because the OTA may include a recovery and replace cwm
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pretty much this. sometimes the OTA will replace the recovery.

Zepius said:
pretty much this. sometimes the OTA will replace the recovery.
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Yep, anyway we look at this, fastboot is involved so embrace it and learn it because it's a must-know
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Yep, anyway we look at this, fastboot is involved so embrace it and learn it because it's a must-know
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OK so I install using the CWM then when it installs I lose that beacase of the ota. So Install cwm back then root using fastboot?
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dec1153 said:
OK so I install using the CWM then when it installs I lose that beacase of the ota. So Install cwm back then root using fastboot?
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Yep, sort of. You install cwm via fastboot but then you root via cwm by flashing a zip that has the root files in it.
The best bet is to get fastboot set up now before doing anything. I know it may seem daunting but once it'a set up, it's done and once you've used it, you'll realise you were worrying about nothing
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rootSU said:
Yep, sort of. You install cwm via fastboot but then you root via cwm by flashing a zip that has the root files in it.
The best bet is to get fastboot set up now before doing anything. I know it may seem daunting but once it'a set up, it's done and once you've used it, you'll realise you were worrying about nothing
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OK thanks. Just one tiny question that I need explaining. How do I install CWM through fastboot. Do I download the zip of cwm and boot into fastboot once I'm on 4.4.3 using the button sequence power - then install?
Do I need to install cwm if I don't want root? And in cwm do I just flash on top without clearing data and cache
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dec1153 said:
OK thanks. Just one tiny question that I need explaining. How do I install CWM through fastboot. Do I download the zip of cwm and boot into fastboot once I'm on 4.4.3 using the button sequence power - then install?
Do I need to install cwm if I don't want root? And in cwm do I just flash on top without clearing data and cache
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So a couple of things to clarify.
Ultimately, cwm is an .img file (a bit like a cd image). If you have a flashable zip of a recovery, it will contain a recovery.img.
Other flashable zips that contain .img files are kernels (boot.img) and radio (radio.img) but most other flashable zips such as ROMs and mods do not use image files.
Fastboot is a command line tool that is used to flash image files outside of flashable zips. So if you have a flashable zip of cement you want to use, you must extract the recovery.img
Fastboot works in 2 halves. Half of it is built into the bootloader of your nexus so to use fastboot you must boot into the bootloader and connect via USB.
The other half is the command line tool which is a fastboot.exe that you put on you computer and access via cmd (command prompt).
To use fastboot once it's configured, it's quite easy, you just type "fastboot flash" followed by the partition you want to flash too and the name of the file you want to flash. Usually you will only flash system.img, boot.img, radio.img or recovery.img and each flash to the same named partition.
Example
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
One thing to remember though, is you either put these images in the same folder as fastboot.exe OR you type the full location when flashing for example
fastboot flash recovery c:\users\dec115e\desktop\recovery.img
Have a look in the 2 threads mentioned in my signature as they both should cover setting up fastboot.
Let us know if you have more questions
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rootSU said:
So a couple of things to clarify.
Ultimately, cwm is an .img file (a bit like a cd image). If you have a flashable zip of a recovery, it will contain a recovery.img.
Other flashable zips that contain .img files are kernels (boot.img) and radio (radio.img) but most other flashable zips such as ROMs and mods do not use image files.
Fastboot is a command line tool that is used to flash image files outside of flashable zips. So if you have a flashable zip of cement you want to use, you must extract the recovery.img
Fastboot works in 2 halves. Half of it is built into the bootloader of your nexus so to use fastboot you must boot into the bootloader and connect via USB.
The other half is the command line tool which is a fastboot.exe that you put on you computer and access via cmd (command prompt).
To use fastboot once it's configured, it's quite easy, you just type "fastboot flash" followed by the partition you want to flash too and the name of the file you want to flash. Usually you will only flash system.img, boot.img, radio.img or recovery.img and each flash to the same named partition.
Example
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
One thing to remember though, is you either put these images in the same folder as fastboot.exe OR you type the full location when flashing for example
fastboot flash recovery c:\users\dec115e\desktop\recovery.img
Have a look in the 2 threads mentioned in my signature as they both should cover setting up fastboot.
Let us know if you have more questions
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So I extract the cwm.zip and find the recovery IMG. Boot into fastboot (thorough my phone or computer?!?!!?!?????) And install then its finished......
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rootSU said:
So a couple of things to clarify.
Ultimately, cwm is an .img file (a bit like a cd image). If you have a flashable zip of a recovery, it will contain a recovery.img.
Other flashable zips that contain .img files are kernels (boot.img) and radio (radio.img) but most other flashable zips such as ROMs and mods do not use image files.
Fastboot is a command line tool that is used to flash image files outside of flashable zips. So if you have a flashable zip of cement you want to use, you must extract the recovery.img
Fastboot works in 2 halves. Half of it is built into the bootloader of your nexus so to use fastboot you must boot into the bootloader and connect via USB.
The other half is the command line tool which is a fastboot.exe that you put on you computer and access via cmd (command prompt).
To use fastboot once it's configured, it's quite easy, you just type "fastboot flash" followed by the partition you want to flash too and the name of the file you want to flash. Usually you will only flash system.img, boot.img, radio.img or recovery.img and each flash to the same named partition.
Example
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
One thing to remember though, is you either put these images in the same folder as fastboot.exe OR you type the full location when flashing for example
fastboot flash recovery c:\users\dec115e\desktop\recovery.img
Have a look in the 2 threads mentioned in my signature as they both should cover setting up fastboot.
Let us know if you have more questions
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Sorry ignore previous comment. If I don't want to root after I get 4.4.3 do I still have to do this?
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dec1153 said:
Sorry ignore previous comment. If I don't want to root after I get 4.4.3 do I still have to do this?
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Nope.
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rootSU said:
Nope.
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I watched a YouTube video explaining everything about fastboot so I understand now fully
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Excellent.
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But once I install 4.4.3 will i still have my data? I might hold off rooting for the time being. I have the freedom app allowing me to have in app purchases so in 4,4,3 will these purchases still be there?
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dec1153 said:
But once I install 4.4.3 will i still have my data? I might hold off rooting for the time being. I have the freedom app allowing me to have in app purchases so in 4,4,3 will these purchases still be there?
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It depends how you do it but if you're using an OTA file or flashing the system.img and boot.img you won't lose data.
Only flashing a userdata.img which overwrites the data partition will loose your data
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rootSU said:
It depends how you do it but if you're using an OTA file or flashing the system.img and boot.img you won't lose data.
Only flashing a userdata.img which overwrites the data partition will loose your data
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I'm using the cwm to flash the ota.zip cause I decided I am no longer going to root. Can I not flash on cwm???????
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[Q] Failed zip install

I have tried to install this with not only cwm but twrp recovery and both times I got a failure. With cwd I did a reset and still no luck and considering that I think I should hold up trying that with twrp until I get some input....any tips
heres a link to a pic of the twrp failure message: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2j2Z6nWMWxUZlpObzB3Q3dUdkU/edit?usp=sharing

Are you on the latest bootloader?
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it says that you cant install it over incompatible data.. did you try wiping data(factory reset) or wiping system first?

rootSU said:
Are you on the latest bootloader?
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and by that you mean...sorry a little new to this

matt9878 said:
and by that you mean...sorry a little new to this
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Latest cm won't install with older bootloader. I assume you know what a bootloader is? If not, click the link in my signature as you've a bit of reading to do.
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it says that you cant install it over incompatible data.. did you try wiping data(factory reset) or wiping system first?
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with clock work yeah but not with twrp.... it didn't work with clock work....

matt9878 said:
with clock work yeah but not with twrp.... it didn't work with clock work....
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do what @rootSU says..

rootSU said:
Latest cm won't install with older bootloader. I assume you know what a bootloader is? If not, click the link in my signature as you've a bit of reading to do.
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I know what the bootloader is just not how to upgrade it. How do you upgrade it anyway.......

matt9878 said:
I know what the bootloader is just not how to upgrade it. How do you upgrade it anyway.......
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Fastboot
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rootSU said:
Fastboot
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thanks

rootSU said:
Fastboot
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will flashing the new bootloader wipe my data?

matt9878 said:
will flashing the new bootloader wipe my data?
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No. Only unlocking the bootloader does. Or flashing userdata image.
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rootSU said:
Fastboot
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and now I keep getting this.......https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2j2Z6nWMWxURDNaRVEtbmZYODg/edit?usp=sharing

I don't know my way around a Mac. Did you read my adb and fastboot thread? The bootloader must be in the same directory that the terminal is running from.
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rootSU said:
I don't know my way around a Mac. Did you read my adb and fastboot thread? The bootloader must be in the same directory that the terminal is running from.
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Same directory means same folder right

matt9878 said:
Same directory means same folder right
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Yep. Folder = directory
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rootSU said:
Yep. Folder = directory
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fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
that look good

matt9878 said:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
that look good
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I dont know because:
1) I don't know what the actual file name you have is
2) I don't know what directory the file is in...
But assuming the file is named "bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img" and it is in your home directory, then yes

rootSU said:
I dont know because:
1) I don't know what the actual file name you have is
2) I don't know what directory the file is in...
But assuming the file is named "bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img" and it is in your home directory, then yes
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well the file name is right and i put it in the same folder that terminal is in so i guess thats right

matt9878 said:
i put it in the same folder that terminal is in
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...which is "susanpeters" right?

5.1 stock flashable ROM (.zip)

Hi, might be a bit early with 5.1 just coming out but I was wandering if there is a ROM near to complete stock. I am not sure what ROM I am using. Please tell me ( see attached screenshot). I would like to keep my data in the process so please advise me
Thanks
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5.0.1 Stock

If you want to upgrade to 5.1, why not just flash the factory image? That's what it's there for.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

not enough size
i successfully download the 5.1 file, then i try to update with adb it done everything but the problem is at the end it shows not enough space to write user data, how to resolve this!!!

naresz7698 said:
i successfully download the 5.1 file, then i try to update with adb it done everything but the problem is at the end it shows not enough space to write user data, how to resolve this!!!
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Adb? You have to use fastboot to flash stock firmwate from google. Can you describe what are you doing with details?

naresz7698 said:
i successfully download the 5.1 file, then i try to update with adb it done everything but the problem is at the end it shows not enough space to write user data, how to resolve this!!!
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Same for me? and I'm using adb reboot bootloader, fastboot oem unlock, flash-all script.

Same here, cannot allocate xxx Bytes

chikess said:
Same here, cannot allocate xxx Bytes
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pomaxelsson said:
Same for me? and I'm using adb reboot bootloader, fastboot oem unlock, flash-all script.
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If you get that cannoct allocate xxx bytes, then you have to flash all the images manually. Extract the zip file which is in the same folder as flash-all.bat
Copy all the extracted images next to flash-all.bat
In cmd navigate to that folder where you have tha flash-all.bat and type the commands:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloa (press tab to autofill the filename)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio ra (press tab to autofill the filename)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img

bitdomo said:
If you get that cannoct allocate xxx bytes, then you have to flash all the images manually. Extract the zip file which is in the same folder as flash-all.bat
Copy all the extracted images next to flash-all.bat
In cmd navigate to that folder where you have tha flash-all.bat and type the commands:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloa (press tab to autofill the filename)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio ra (press tab to autofill the filename)
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
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Aaaah, this is what I get? Wtf?

pomaxelsson said:
Aaaah, this is what I get? Wtf?
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It says that your PC have run out of free memory. Try that what I wrote previously.

bitdomo said:
It says that your PC have run out of free memory. Try that what I wrote previously.
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How is that even possible???

pomaxelsson said:
How is that even possible???
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I wish I knew.

After I've done the steps through CMD should the device reboot itself or what should happen? Mine just stands in fastboot mode?
Nevermind, I've got it sorted. Thanx for the tips/steps anyway!

_MetalHead_ said:
If you want to upgrade to 5.1, why not just flash the factory image? That's what it's there for.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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Some people would like to upgrade to 5.1 without losing their custom recovery like twrp. I found the main 5.1 zip and the radio zip, but can't find the bootloader zip.

wolfen69 said:
Some people would like to upgrade to 5.1 without losing their custom recovery like twrp. I found the main 5.1 zip and the radio zip, but can't find the bootloader zip.
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You don't have to lose recovery, just don't use the flash-all and don't flash the stock recovery. And even so, how hard is it to flash TWRP back on if you do lose it? It takes literally 10 seconds to do.

wolfen69 said:
Some people would like to upgrade to 5.1 without losing their custom recovery like twrp. I found the main 5.1 zip and the radio zip, but can't find the bootloader zip.
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Yea I would rather flash via recovery because I actually know how to do it from there!!!! No idea about fastboot etc. Any luck on a flashable zip?
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dec1153 said:
Yea I would rather flash via recovery because I actually know how to do it from there!!!! No idea about fastboot etc. Any luck on a flashable zip?
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Good time to learn
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dec1153 said:
Yea I would rather flash via recovery because I actually know how to do it from there!!!! No idea about fastboot etc. Any luck on a flashable zip?
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I guess I'll just use the nexus root and tool kit to install 5.1 and reinstall twrp. I'm surprised a proper flashable zip file isn't available yet.

wolfen69 said:
I guess I'll just use the nexus root and tool kit to install 5.1 and reinstall twrp. I'm surprised a proper flashable zip file isn't available yet.
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Me too! But I'll hang on for a week...hopefully by then there will be a zip
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dec1153 said:
Yea I would rather flash via recovery because I actually know how to do it from there!!!! No idea about fastboot etc. Any luck on a flashable zip?
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Yeah, you really should learn how to use fastboot. It's nowhere near as difficult as some people seem to think it is, and if you are ever in a bind, fastboot is likely what you'll need to use to get out of it. It's Android 101 really- I think everyone who roots and mods their phone should learn fastboot before they do anything at all.

Possible change font without root?

If is possible, how? i remember flipfont for my old nokia

I don't think so, pretty sure u need to add the font to system in order for it to be seen and without root u can't gain access to system files
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soupysoup said:
I don't think so, pretty sure u need to add the font to system in order for it to be seen and without root u can't gain access to system files
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Using a custom recovery to flash zip font packages would bypass android altogether.
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beekay201 said:
Using a custom recovery to flash zip font packages would bypass android altogether.
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This is true, I guess u could also manually add the font using twrp and the included file manager, u would have to set permissions as well but it would work, didn't think about that, but again, that's assuming he's rooted or at the very least has an unlocked bootloader so he can flash the recovery
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soupysoup said:
This is true, I guess u could also manually add the font using twrp and the included file manager, u would have to set permissions as well but it would work, didn't think about that, but again, that's assuming he's rooted or at the very least has an unlocked bootloader so he can flash the recovery
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Yep. Well, he should just need to boot twrp, don't think there's a need to flash it.
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beekay201 said:
Yep. Well, he should just need to boot twrp, don't think there's a need to flash it.
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Well if he currently doesn't have twrp installed he's going to have to flash twrp first, and the only way to do that if he isn't rooted already is by using fastboot or a Toolkit of some kind, its a very simple process just:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
And done
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soupysoup said:
Well if he currently doesn't have twrp installed he's going to have to flash twrp first, and the only way to do that if he isn't rooted already is by using fastboot or a Toolkit of some kind, its a very simple process just:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
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Try 'fastboot boot "recovery.img"'...
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beekay201 said:
Try 'fastboot boot "recovery.img"'...
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All fastboot boot will do is boot the stock recovery unless he's previously flashed twrp/cwm, if he's never installed a custom recovery, the "fastboot boot recovery" is useless
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Thanks for help!

soupysoup said:
All fastboot boot will do is boot the stock recovery unless he's previously flashed twrp/cwm, if he's never installed a custom recovery, the "fastboot boot recovery" is useless
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Is that a new thing on 6.0?

wangdaning said:
Is that a new thing on 6.0?
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Nope, been able to do that sf long as I can remember, and I've had every Nexus device since the galaxy Nexus
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soupysoup said:
Nope, been able to do that sf long as I can remember, and I've had every Nexus device since the galaxy Nexus
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I meant not being able to "fastboot boot (custom recovery)"
I do it all the time on many devices, so was curious why you mentioned it would boot stock recovery. Always boots twrp when I use it, but I have never tried it on M so was wondering if something changed.

wangdaning said:
I meant not being able to "fastboot boot (custom recovery)"
I do it all the time on many devices, so was curious why you mentioned it would boot stock recovery. Always boots twrp when I use it, but I have never tried it on M so was wondering if something changed.
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Oh no I was only saying that if he had never installed twrp on the device the fastboot boot recovery command would only boot the stock recovery. If twrp was installed prior tho it would boot twrp like u said
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wangdaning said:
Is that a new thing on 6.0?
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What he said only makes sense if that's the case.
Still, I find it hard to believe that if I 'fastboot boot twrp.img', TWRP won't run.
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Oh no I was only saying that if he had never installed twrp on the device the fastboot boot recovery command would only boot the stock recovery. If twrp was installed prior tho it would boot twrp like u said
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Mate, let's clear this up:
EVEN if you don't have TWRP installed, and you do 'fastboot boot <twrp-2.x.x.x.img', the device WILL boot into TWRP, WITHOUT flashing.
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beekay201 said:
What he said only makes sense if that's the case.
Still, I find it hard to believe that if I 'fastboot boot twrp.img', TWRP won't run.
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Mate, let's clear this up:
EVEN if you don't have TWRP installed, and you do 'fastboot boot <twrp-2.x.x.x.img', the device WILL boot into TWRP, WITHOUT flashing.
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Twrp still needs to be on the device in order to boot it, u don't necessarily need to flash it, but if twrp is not on the device, how can it boot twrp? I've never booted it without flashing it, so I may be wrong, but I don't see how u could boot an image that's not there lol
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soupysoup said:
Twrp still needs to be on the device in order to boot it, u don't necessarily need to flash it, but if twrp is not on the device, how can it boot twrp? I've never booted it without flashing it, so I may be wrong, but I don't see how u could boot an image that's not there lol
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Because its cached to memory.
Try it. We've been able to do this since like.. Forever?
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beekay201 said:
Because its cached to memory.
Try it. We've been able to do this since like.. Forever?
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What I'm saying is if twrp has never been on the device to begin with, fastboot can not boot an image that was never there, it can't be cached to memory if it was never in memory, the only way I could see to do this would be to do
fastboot flash recovery "twrp.img"
fastboot boot recovery "twrp.img"
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soupysoup said:
What I'm saying is if twrp has never been on the device to begin with, fastboot can not boot an image that was never there, it can't be cached to memory if it was never in memory, the only way I could see to do this would be to do
fastboot flash recovery "twrp.img"
fastboot boot recovery "twrp.img"
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Man you are stubborn.
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beekay201 said:
Man you are stubborn.
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Not stubborn l lol, just adamant ha-ha, u gotta know what I mean tho, I mean how can u boot an image that isn't there, now if u mean dl the image to the device and then boot it without flashing it that's doable, but the image still had to be on the device in order to boot it, flashed or not
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soupysoup said:
Not stubborn l lol, just adamant ha-ha, u gotta know what I mean tho, I mean how can u boot an image that isn't there, now if u mean dl the image to the device and then boot it without flashing it that's doable, but the image still had to be on the device in order to boot it, flashed or not
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It is booted via fastboot from you computer. I have done this a bunch of times on devices that have never and still don't have twrp. Download a recovery you have never used onto your pc and try.