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Hi XDA, I asked this over on the Oneplus subreddit and seemed to get non-conclusive answers, so I figured I would try here.
I am not a power user, I don't have any intention of rooting my phone--the OPO is great out of the box imo. But with all these threads about people being stuck in boot loop, I'm wondering if it's better/necessary to unlock my bootloader and flash a custom recovery early on, JUST IN CASE something goes wrong.
Should I take my chances and follow Chromium's guide to flash TWRP, and leave it at that? Or should I not worry?
I don't mind learning how to unlock and flash--but I don't want to head into any territory that might brick my phone in the process of trying to future-proof it.
I always unlock, custom recovery and root when I get a new phone. If you ever want to try a new ROM, do a nandroid backup, try a new kernel or use some apps that require root, when you get your phone, before you start putting the apps on it, is the best time. If you follow the standard fastboot processes, it should take maybe 15 minutes and bam your done. Im very happy with CM and did not even put xposed on the OPO, but I do use Better Battery and a VPN tool. I've never bricked a phone and have been doing this for years, the odds are low, not 0! but low.
What I did is at least unlock boot loader initially. That way the door is unlocked for you if you ever need to do anything with your phone.
Follow the guide to unlock, root and install twrp to begin with then leave it all stock if you're happy with it the way it is (like me)
I suggest this cuz unlocking boot loader wipes everything, so setup your phone the way you want after this cuz to me it's annoying as hell to do this after you set it all up lol
Then I only installed Franco kernel cuz everyone was saying it improves battery life by leaving his settings as stock and from personal experience I have to agree. I didn't need to mess with any settings and still it improved battery life
That is my experience and what I recommend to you
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Yes, unlock your bootloader just in case. Chromium's guide is good or I have one too (link in my signature).
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I am not very experienced with phones. I have tried a few roots unsuccessfully. I can use the command prompts and copy+paste into adb. 1)Can you tell me how to just simply root without having to flash the rom to be able to uninstall the factory bloatware apps. 2) IfIf I need to install TWRP? 3) How to disable OTA updates. 4)Where i can find a good rom for gaming to flash when I can. 5) Would it be easier and how to do a 4.3 Jelly bean onto my phone to make it easier to root...if that's possible.
I know this is asking a lot and I have seen answers for these questions for other phones and this low end phone isn't listed on hardly any list. My only other option is Buying a another samsung galaxy (not 3) maybe 5 or 6. Please be detailed in your answers. I tend to get to a single step that messes me up completely.
Thanks in advance
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I am not very experienced with phones. I have tried a few roots unsuccessfully. I can use the command prompts and copy+paste into adb. 1)Can you tell me how to just simply root without having to flash the rom to be able to uninstall the factory bloatware apps. 2) IfIf I need to install TWRP? 3) How to disable OTA updates. 4)Where i can find a good rom for gaming to flash when I can. 5) Would it be easier and how to do a 4.3 Jelly bean onto my phone to make it easier to root...if that's possible.
I know this is asking a lot and I have seen answers for these questions for other phones and this low end phone isn't listed on hardly any list. My only other option is Buying a another samsung galaxy (not 3) maybe 5 or 6. Please be detailed in your answers. I tend to get to a single step that messes me up completely.
Thanks in advance
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Hello, and welcome to XDA!
Sadly there is no resources on your device on site. No rooting methods, no TWRP (or any custom recovery), no custom ROM's.
1) Since there is no established method, you are left trying other methods until you find one that works, while documenting progress here in a new thread (so others can benefit - maybe even you - as it creates a circle of device experts):
> General discussion > Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking
You have probably have seen this already as well...leaving it here just in case.
2) Probably not. LG has a habit of having no fastboot to be able to unlock bootloader or flash recovery (rather, you would flash recovery, once available, once rooted), so the classical way of rooting need not apply.
3) Accessible by the LG Hidden Menu...how you get there depends on your device config. Sorry I cannot be of more help there.
4) Too subjective of a question. Don't bother asking for such, even if a ROM did exist.
5) May make a difference. Due to Heartbleed bug in 4.3, I wouldn't bother though.
Any other questions you have, can go in that thread you have created (once you have made an XDA account, so you can post in that forum).
Hope this helps, and good luck!
Hi everyone,
I am giving this phone to my mom since I don't need it anymore (bought Samsung S6 few months ago)! Phone is currently on Android 4.4.4 kangkat 5.1 and is customised pretty nicely( no Ads, working fast , no FC ,pretty snappy).
Should I update to Marshmallow before I give it to her or should I just leave it the way it is? She is just the regular user and will not use anything more that dialer, sms, browser, weather, calendar, calculator, camera, etc.. So just basic apps and I will strip this phone to bare minimum but was just wondering should I get her Android 6 on this (at least battery live maybe inproved?)
Any thoughts or ideas will be appreciated.
If you have the knowledge to do it, then yes, it's probably worth installing MM as stock and leaving it like that - no custom recovery, no root. That way she can get the regular security updates with the minimum of fuss. The uninterested user doesn't need the hassle of a rooted device. And easier for you in not having to strip the phone - a new installation will do that for you anyway, and will allow her to sign in as herself and properly own the phone.
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If you have the knowledge to do it, then yes, it's probably worth installing MM as stock and leaving it like that - no custom recovery, no root. That way she can get the regular security updates with the minimum of fuss. The uninterested user doesn't need the hassle of a rooted device. And easier for you in not having to strip the phone - a new installation will do that for you anyway, and will allow her to sign in as herself and properly own the phone.
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I do have knowledge (well maybe I might remind myself a little using Google). I am running Xposed on this build and like I've said phone is super stable with this build but also pretty simple to use for basic /regular user. Future updates are just going to confuse her.. The only thing I would like for her is maybe improved battery live and that's why I would go to MM. I was also thinking to maybe get new battery on this one(don't know how hard is to change it?). Anyway thanks for responding ,
Flash latest 6.0.1 MM on it and lock bootloader... give it to her barebones and let her enjoy it...
just did that with my oldest brother who lost his phone to a muggin.... and its the easiest way for them to stay up to date on latest security patches, etc
"maybe get new battery on this one(don't know how hard is to change it?)"
It's actually pretty simple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSGNUrpwIno
Though there's another thread that I read just today that shows there's a certain risk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-doesnt-boot-fastboot-t3282033
chaco81 said:
Flash latest 6.0.1 MM on it and lock bootloader... give it to her barebones and let her enjoy it...
just did that with my oldest brother who lost his phone to a muggin.... and its the easiest way for them to stay up to date on latest security patches, etc
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I actually never gone back to stock so I don't know how hard is it and how time consuming is it? I am on TW recovery v2.7.0.0. should I just flash nandroid or do I have to flash factory image first and than lock bootloader?
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"maybe get new battery on this one(don't know how hard is to change it?)"
It's actually pretty simple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSGNUrpwIno
Though there's another thread that I read just today that shows there's a certain risk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-doesnt-boot-fastboot-t3282033
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You are right , I am not going to mess with battery replacement. The old one should be OK for some time ...
I would also not bother relocking the bootloader. How many threads in these forums contain wails from people who have cacked their devices and there is no way to recover because the bootloader is locked?
This thread actually refers to the Nexus 6, but since Nexus devices are so similar in many ways it's probably still relevant, and should put you off taking this unnecessary step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-safely-lock-bootloader-android-5-1-t3067302
Stock is extremely simple. Download the factory image (Google "factory image"), unzip and run flash-all - obviously after you've got all your drivers set up to communicate with the device. If you haven't yet, I'll bore you again with recommending Wugfresh's Nexus Root Toolkit, which has a really helpful button to walk you through the driver setup. If the flash-all script doesn't work (it doesn't for some people), you can unzip all the components, put them in your ADB/fastboot directory and flash each component separately.
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I would also not bother relocking the bootloader. How many threads in these forums contain wails from people who have cacked their devices and there is no way to recover because the bootloader is locked?
This thread actually refers to the Nexus 6, but since Nexus devices are so similar in many ways it's probably still relevant, and should put you off taking this unnecessary step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/guide-safely-lock-bootloader-android-5-1-t3067302
Stock is extremely simple. Download the factory image (Google "factory image"), unzip and run flash-all - obviously after you've got all your drivers set up to communicate with the device. If you haven't yet, I'll bore you again with recommending Wugfresh's Nexus Root Toolkit, which has a really helpful button to walk you through the driver setup. If the flash-all script doesn't work (it doesn't for some people), you can unzip all the components, put them in your ADB/fastboot directory and flash each component separately.
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I just updated Wugfresh Nexus Root Toolkit since I had old version on my laptop. Should I use RESTORE/UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE option and than FLASH STOCK + UNROOT?
P.S. DONE.. Running MM now on it.
Thank you all
roundel.... easy to do
make sure u have latest ADB installed on your PC.... so open SDKManager and run it so it updates...
download the latest Factory Image
extract the image, place it on the platform tools folder of your SDK and double click the flash.all.bat file... let the magic happen
google returning back to stock, there are tons of tutorials out there showing how to do this.
chaco81 said:
roundel.... easy to do
make sure u have latest ADB installed on your PC.... so open SDKManager and run it so it updates...
download the latest Factory Image
extract the image, place it on the platform tools folder of your SDK and double click the flash.all.bat file... let the magic happen
google returning back to stock, there are tons of tutorials out there showing how to do this.
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I did it and phone is running MM now. I am amazed with battery life now, it is crazy good comparing to KK!
So I am now back to stock unrooted but I left bootloader unlocked. Will she (my mom) get any updates if this Nexus get OTA updates?
A stock unrooted rom with stock recovery is all that is needed for ota updates. The bootloader can remain unlocked for ota updates.
Update it now and give her. I was doing the same stuff with my mom and she denied which then later made me try this phone out. Overall it's good but battery sucks.
Ok my friends, my name is ska, im 70 yrs old and if i dont type in caps, i cant see what i am typing. I would like to correctly root my phone and unroot it later if need be, before i die and so i have come here for assistance. Although i have worked in multiple engineering fields, i no longer have the mental capability to comprehend or follow any rooting instructions unless they were written for a 6 yr old. Getting old is no fun so dont do it.
Can anyone slow it down a few gears and help me with this bucket list item?
Here is what i have:
Htc one m8(metal)
originally verizon now has straight talk sim
model number: Htc6525lvw
imei: 990 004 998 964 591
android version 5.0.1
htc sense version 6.0
software number 4.17.605.9
htc sdk api level 6.55
it took me 21 minutes to type out this information. Which i will never get back. I just want to have a outta sight phone to show off at bingo and use it as an ice breaker on dance nights.
I love this thread and really hope you can figure it out!
You'll need a few things to accomplish this. First you'll need to get s-off (which I explain below), then you get root access, and finally you install a custom recovery. Once that's done, you're good to go, and can install whatever custom ROM or flashy modifications you want without worry that you'll permanently ruin your phone. Here's a list of things you'll need to do it: KingRoot app, Sunshine app ($25! No way around this...), working Android Device Bridge (ADB) connection to a PC.
Note, rooting your phone (up to the custom recovery) will not erase any of your user data, however further changes (such as flashing a new ROM) likely will, so you'll want to back up everything.
s-on/off: This refers to the security setting of the phone. By default, the phone comes s-on, which protects access to reserved memory and prevents you from rooting your phone. You'll need to change this to s-off first. Once done though, it'll be s-off for good. There are ways to "return to stock" and set it back to s-on, or at least appear as such to a level 1 tech.
First thing you're going to want to do is get ADB working on your computer and ensure you can communicate with and control your phone from the ADB command line. This is arguably the hardest step for a lay person. Detailed instructions on how to get that working can be found here.
Once you can see your phone in ADB and have ensured that's working, you'll want to download the KingRoot app and Sunshine app to your phone using the sites I've linked. KingRoot will be used to get temporary root access to your phone. Once you get tempRoot, if you reboot your phone, you'll have to do it again. Temporary root access is required for Sunshine to do it's thing and set your phone to s-off. Once you have s-off you're essentially done, and the last bit of work is to install the custom recovery and then any custom ROMs or modifications you'll want.
So you have ADB working and downloaded the two apps above. Lets get started.
First, launch KingRoot on your phone, and let it do it's magic trying to get you temporary root access. It'll likely fail a few times, but just keep doing it again until it works.
Once KingRoot says you have root, run Sunshine. It'll evaluate your phone and check if it has root access. If all is well, it'll prompt you to go pay $25 for the app, and will reboot your phone.
Once the phone has rebooted, launch KingRoot again and check to see if you still have tempRoot. You'll likely need to re-run KingRoot a few times until it gets root again.
Now that you have tempRoot again, and have paid the $25, go ahead and run Sunshine again. This time, it'll know you're ready to go, so let it run and it'll set your phone to s-off and reboot when it's done.
At this point, you've broken the man's lock over your phone! Go you!
The last step is to install a custom recovery, I suggest TWRP, which will allow you to backup and restore your phone, and also install things like a custom ROM. Details of how to install TWRP can be found here. You'll be using the ADB to push the code to your phone which is why we set it up and tested it first.
Once TWRP is installed, I recommend making a backup of your phone so you don't lose any information. You can do this in TWRP.
As a final step, and a way to show off your technological prowess, you can install a custom ROM. a whole forum of options and detailed explanations on how to install them can be found here. Some retain the same look and feel you're used to, while others use different user interfaces to offer a modified experience. Review the options and feel free to ask questions!
Good luck!
Hope you get this done, I will help in anyway I can.
You shouldn't need kingroot anymore, just download the sunshine app (http://theroot.ninja) to your device, install it and follow the steps.
I was 68 when I did mine. Just read here and follow the instructions.
Alllllrightttttty then !!!! When can you come over and do it>????
drumz0rz said:
I love this thread and really hope you can figure it out!
You'll need a few things to accomplish this. First you'll need to get s-off (which I explain below), then you get root access, and finally you install a custom recovery. Once that's done, you're good to go, and can install whatever custom ROM or flashy modifications you want without worry that you'll permanently ruin your phone. Here's a list of things you'll need to do it: KingRoot app, Sunshine app ($25! No way around this...), working Android Device Bridge (ADB) connection to a PC.
Note, rooting your phone (up to the custom recovery) will not erase any of your user data, however further changes (such as flashing a new ROM) likely will, so you'll want to back up everything.
s-on/off: This refers to the security setting of the phone. By default, the phone comes s-on, which protects access to reserved memory and prevents you from rooting your phone. You'll need to change this to s-off first. Once done though, it'll be s-off for good. There are ways to "return to stock" and set it back to s-on, or at least appear as such to a level 1 tech.
First thing you're going to want to do is get ADB working on your computer and ensure you can communicate with and control your phone from the ADB command line. This is arguably the hardest step for a lay person. Detailed instructions on how to get that working can be found here.
Once you can see your phone in ADB and have ensured that's working, you'll want to download the KingRoot app and Sunshine app to your phone using the sites I've linked. KingRoot will be used to get temporary root access to your phone. Once you get tempRoot, if you reboot your phone, you'll have to do it again. Temporary root access is required for Sunshine to do it's thing and set your phone to s-off. Once you have s-off you're essentially done, and the last bit of work is to install the custom recovery and then any custom ROMs or modifications you'll want.
So you have ADB working and downloaded the two apps above. Lets get started.
First, launch KingRoot on your phone, and let it do it's magic trying to get you temporary root access. It'll likely fail a few times, but just keep doing it again until it works.
Once KingRoot says you have root, run Sunshine. It'll evaluate your phone and check if it has root access. If all is well, it'll prompt you to go pay $25 for the app, and will reboot your phone.
Once the phone has rebooted, launch KingRoot again and check to see if you still have tempRoot. You'll likely need to re-run KingRoot a few times until it gets root again.
Now that you have tempRoot again, and have paid the $25, go ahead and run Sunshine again. This time, it'll know you're ready to go, so let it run and it'll set your phone to s-off and reboot when it's done.
At this point, you've broken the man's lock over your phone! Go you!
The last step is to install a custom recovery, I suggest TWRP, which will allow you to backup and restore your phone, and also install things like a custom ROM. Details of how to install TWRP can be found here. You'll be using the ADB to push the code to your phone which is why we set it up and tested it first.
Once TWRP is installed, I recommend making a backup of your phone so you don't lose any information. You can do this in TWRP.
As a final step, and a way to show off your technological prowess, you can install a custom ROM. a whole forum of options and detailed explanations on how to install them can be found here. Some retain the same look and feel you're used to, while others use different user interfaces to offer a modified experience. Review the options and feel free to ask questions!
Good luck!
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WOW THE LAST TIME I HAVE HAD MY MIND BLOWN LIKE THIS WAS BY A YOUNG LADY IN KOREA. I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT IN SAM HILL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS BUT I THINK THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE I'M GONNA BREAK A HIP IF I TRY TWRPING.!!! AS SOON AS MY NIECE GETS HERE TO TAKE ME TO WALMART TO GET SOME PAPER FOR MY PRINTING UNIT. I WILL PRINT ALL THIS OUT AND START READING. I'M ONLY GOOD FOR ABOUT 5 PAGES OF EASY READING BEFORE I NOD OUT ONLY TO BE WOKEN UP BY THE IMPACT OF MY HEAD ON THE KEYBOARD. HAD TO WALK AROUND WITH GHBNM IMPRINTED ON MY HEAD FOR A WEEK LAST TIME. I'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST ON MY PROGRESS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFO AND YOUR QUICK RESPONSE ALTHOUGH I'M NOT TO SURE OF MY ABILITY TO COMPREHEND ANY OF IT.
THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE MY TOASTER. PUT BREAD IN CLICK ONE BUTTON WAIT AND DING ALL DONE AND NOW HAVE YUMMY TOAST. to be continued........
To make this super simple here are the steps:
1) http://theroot.ninja/download.html (Do the first link and after you finish that do the second.)
2) At this point you could potentially go to the app store, download TWRP which is a recovery program that is almost like a computer bios would be on a computer. Once you have that you could install it after selecting your phone and the TWRP version you want, I would select 2.8.0.0 as I had issues when I tried to flash higher the first time.
3) if that doesn't work you will need to install TWRP via Fastboot the directions for which are here:
https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html
You can just put your phone in Fastboot mode and in a terminal on your computer that your phone is attached to type:
"fastboot devices" to make sure your phone is being seen.
"fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" to flash TWRP.
"fastboot reboot" to reboot the phone.
4) Here's the hardest step if you can't install TWRP from the app, installing ADB and Fastboot but just go to Youtube and look up some videos on that. There are some more details involved but you can ask when you get this done as this is all you'll need to install the custom ROMs.
Throttled to a halt in two ways is taking its tole on my project
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Well gents, my carrier has throttled my speed so slow that it feels like I'm on dial-up in Bedrock. Looking at all those Utube videos and printing out instructions ate up 5 Gb in 3 days. So to make downloading the programs I need "time out" before they can be fully downloaded. But I'm still at. So bear with me. Did I mention that I got throttled? Not only by my carrier, but my doctor had to one up my carrier by informing me that I had a heart attack while shopping for print paper with my niece. I think I had a few more when she was driving me to the ER. So I'm a bit slower this week, but I still at it. Thanks for everyones help thus far. I better get to this before it gets to me.
Hello XDA Community,
I have an old tablet, the Huawei T1-701ua. In recent times I haven't used it as much, but it's because it's running slow.
I want to root it and repurpose it for something else, like a portable media device. Because this tablet is my only one with a moderately big screen. But I've been running into some issues.
The bootloader is locked with a code, that I just cannot unlock. It's argubly the dumbest system Huawei has invented for locking a bootloader. But even if I really was able to unlock it. What do I do with it? Paying a small fee for the code is okay.
And even if I went through all these roadblocks and successfully rooted my tablet, I can't see any officially supported custom roms/images for it, and I don't want to risk bricking it. I've wanted for a long time to install another OS on it, but I wasn't knowledgeable enough.
*I don't want to use Kingroot, Kingoroot, or other one tap root apps, since to me they seem unsafe, and it also makes this rooting process way less interesting*
So with this post, I am kindly asking anyone who sees this to answer a couple of questions, that will help me greatly.
1. Is it worth it to root, in order to remove all bloatware and make this tablet run better, or is there another way?
2. What do I do in order to unlock bootloader with the code?
3. Can I install a custom rom/image/OS through recovery, that isn't supported, and not get my tablet bricked? (eg. LineageOS, even if it's an older version)
I still haven't figured out how and with what exactly I will root my tablet eventually, but due to the lack of information about rooting this kind of tablet, and almost no custom rom developers including this tablet in their support list, I haven't decided.
I will greatly appreciate if anyone who does have information about this topic, link me to another forum post or etc. if this sort of stuff can be easily answered there.
Thanks in advance.
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Simple. No. It is not possible to install another OS. Most, if not all Huaweis, has 3 states only: EMUI, off and bricked.
Thanks for the reply! I guess Huaweis are just the worst devices for rooting/installing another OS. Bad luck I got right there.
I am not gonna root it, maybe just a factory reset and debloating wherever I can.