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[Q] Nexus 5 or Nexus 4

the casing is a Nexus 5 but it detects it as a Nexus 4 i wanted to root and put another firmware in it but my windows is not properly detecting this device can someone please point to a right direction to properly root this device thanks

You also seem to have a test build of key lime pie. This is definitely strange.
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Looks like a pre-launch device.
Did you buy this from Google or your carrier? What version are you running?
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Neurotica said:
Looks like a pre-launch device.
Did you buy this from Google or your carrier? What version are you running?
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MakoVince said:
You also seem to have a test build of key lime pie. This is definitely strange.
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@Neurotica i got it from one of the wireless stores around my area he was selling them for cheap so i took a bite on it but any methods of trying to root it or getting my pc to read it is not working any suggestions?
@MakoVince is there somthing i could do with it as far as rooting it and changing the ROM? im new to Android devices so im not sure what to do with this phone

I'd suggest that you try to update your device while it is still stock. Sideload the updates until you read KitKat.
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0. Unlock the bootloader
1. Install CWM or TWRP via fastboot
2. Back up the pre-release software and save it on your computer
3. Install 4.4.2 factory image via fastboot to 'fix' your device
4. Share the backup you made, because it's interesting

msrecinto666 said:
the casing is a Nexus 5 but it detects it as a Nexus 4 i wanted to root and put another firmware in it but my windows is not properly detecting this device can someone please point to a right direction to properly root this device thanks
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Do what rusty said, you dont even know how lucky you are . We missed an oppurtinity to get a an early prerelease system once. I hope we don't lose the chance again.
Follow these instruction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnlUdjUaD3Q when you come to the point to select build number select any build.
boot into recovery make a backup and uploadit somwhere
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[Help] Unroot Nexus 5

I have recently purchased a used Nexus 5 off Swappa and I am curious about unrooting the phone. The main reason I am curious about this is so I can receive the 4.4.3 update when it comes out. So I have 2 questions: 1) Do I need to unroot the phone in order for it to pick up the OTA update? 2) How do I go about unrooting the phone? I have read about many different ways and would like to know the best.
Thanks in advance!

Please go to Nexus 5 general forum. All your answers are in the sticky threads
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Keep the phone rooted and enjoy! And wait probably a couple days after the ota for a stock ROM or files to flash.
Ota's are for non nexus owners.
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I'm with kj. Roll with man. Only reason I'd unroot it is if the person that did it didn't do it right and your having connection issues etc. Enjoy ur new to u hammerhead
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If you want to unroot you will have to remove all of the necessary files, which can be a pain if you have other things such as busybox installed. And no, you will not be able to apply an OTA if you have modified the firmware (from my experience, having root will block installation via the stock recovery).
The easiest way to restore your phone completely and be ready to accept OTAs is to restore the phone using a factory image found here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images?csw=1
Unzip the file and open the .bat file to automatically flash the images, keep in mind that it will wipe your sdcard and factory reset your phone.

Will flashing the ROM when it comes out delete all my data? I'm a bit new to all this.
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aj_deuerling said:
Will flashing the ROM when it comes out delete all my data? I'm a bit new to all this.
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if i am wrong someone please correct me.
the OTA update does not delete any of your data.
as another user said you can download the current stock image from google server and flash it. it will delete your data.
you can download and open the stock image and fastboot flash system.img and boot.img. this way you are ready for OTA update but will keep your data.

aj_deuerling said:
Will flashing the ROM when it comes out delete all my data? I'm a bit new to all this.
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That's why you should read the sticky thread in general. They answer every question you've asked in this thread. Please don't expect us to spoon feed you. Members spent a lot of time making this information available so please do them a courtesy and read it.
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rootSU said:
That's why you should read the sticky thread in general. They answer every question you've asked in this thread. Please don't expect us to spoon feed you. Members spent a lot of time making this information available so please do them a courtesy and read it.
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What this says ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Can't Update nexus 5 past 4.4.3

I Need help updating my nexus 5 to 4.4.4. I touched the notification notifing me of the update and it switched to the twrp recovery screen and failed. I then switched back to stock recovery. Now it keeps saying my system is up to date. Any suggestions?

it failed because you are not running 100% stock rom/kernel.

gregpyro said:
I Need help updating my nexus 5 to 4.4.4. I touched the notification notifing me of the update and it switched to the twrp recovery screen and failed. I then switched back to stock recovery. Now it keeps saying my system is up to date. Any suggestions?
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fastboot.

There has to be a better way besides me doing a fastboot or restore to factory. There is an app or script I remember having to cleardata/clear cache . I have too much important data that I can't seem to back up.

gregpyro said:
There has to be a better way besides me doing a fastboot or restore to factory. There is an app or script I remember having to cleardata/clear cache . I have too much important data that I can't seem to back up.
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Fastboot flash a recovery then use that recovery to flash a rooted stock ROM.zip
Pretty easy really.
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What system aop controls updates?

rootSU said:
Fastboot flash a recovery then use that recovery to flash a rooted stock ROM.zip
Pretty easy really.
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I wanted to reset the app that controlled updates. I had a similar problem with me rooted galaxy s4 and HTC One and it was as simple as an app reset.

gregpyro said:
I wanted to reset the app that controlled updates. I had a similar problem with me rooted galaxy s4 and HTC One and it was as simple as an app reset.
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Oh right. So to be clear you don't want to be updated / rooted / recovery ?
Because our assumption was that you did want those things and that's the advice we've been giving
App reset? No idea, they changed how it works.
If you use search, there are other threads discussing that. Probably get this one locked
Edit. Oh so you mean the reset that forces OTA updates to be checked again? That was always considered a bad idea and it still won't help your issue of your ROM is modified.
If you want root, what I said is the best way bar none. If you want stock unrooted, fastboot flash system.img to clean up your ROM.
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rootSU said:
Oh right. So to be clear you don't want to be updated / rooted / recovery ?
Because our assumption was that you did want those things and that's the advice we've been giving
App reset? No idea, they changed how it works.
If you use search, there are other threads discussing that. Probably get this one locked
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Yeah. I'll do all that later. But as for now. I want to update from my device and my device only with out a PC

gregpyro said:
Yeah. I'll do all that later. But as for now. I want to update from my device and my device only with out a PC
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You can't if your system is modified see above edit
You're not clear about your current status. Are you still rooted?
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rootSU said:
You can't if your system is modified see above edit
You're not clear about your current status. Are you still rooted?
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Maybe I'm not being clear enough. There is a way to actually reset this screen . I just don't know how for this device

yes I worked it out and already told you it is universally acknowledged as a bad idea. Please answer previous questions.!!!
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rootSU said:
yes I worked it out and already told you it is universally acknowledged as a bad idea. Please answer previous questions.!!!
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I just figured out which app I had to clear data. Thanks.

Well thanks for helping me to help you. It's been a dream it really has.
Everyone else don't do what the OP has done. It has been linked to some pretty bad software issues... This was just a case of "OP knows best" unfortunately.
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[Q] Black screen after trying to unroot.

Hello XDA,
2 days ago I installed CyanogenMod via their new installer everything went great. After a 2 days of testing I decided that the Nexus 5 is a great phone and doesn't need any custom rom (atleast not for me). So I followed this guide to unrooting the device and setting it back to the stock rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
I selected recovery and after that I'm supposed to see a dead android. But I'm not seeing anything my screen is black. I can some light so it is still turned on.
I'm kinda freaking out over here so I really could use some help on restoring this ( if its possible ).
Greetings,
Liquidfood.
I'm dutch so my English might not be perfect.

Can you get into the bootloader? Our is your screen black too? I would try to flash the factory image again
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jd1639 said:
Can you get into the bootloader? Our is your screen black too? I would try to flash the factory image again
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My phone isn't responding to anything holding the power button unplugging usb nothing.

liquidfood said:
My phone isn't responding to anything holding the power button unplugging usb nothing.
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That's not a good sign. Look for the LG flash tool, I believe it's in the general forum and try that. I think it's your only hope at this point.
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jd1639 said:
That's not a good sign. Look for the LG flash tool, I believe it's in the general forum and try that. I think it's your only hope at this point.
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Ok going to try it right now. Sweating heavily at this point...

it doesn't seem to work because I can't get into fastboot.

liquidfood said:
it doesn't seem to work because I can't get into fastboot.
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Rma is your last resort
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jd1639 said:
Rma is your last resort
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How you should I go about this. I still have warranty in the store that I bought it form ( probably not because bootloader is unlocked. ). But I wanna try it anyways should I tell them the truth or not? And can I send it directly to google/lg?

Ok so a miracle happend. I got it to work again, I let the battery drain and hooked it up to my computer and got in the bootloader. So I flashed the rom again and now it worked!

[ROM] Fully working AOSP 6.0 for grouper

finished this one 4am this morning, and fell asleep before I could post, so here you go:
Writeup, details, etc all here:
http://dmitry.gr/index.php?r=06. Thoughts&proj=04. Android M on Grouper
What works: selinux, camera, NFC, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth
No dirty patches in /platform, no dirty hacks
Lots of cool hacks though. Read up
This is for WiFi devices only (for now)
use latest public bootloader
and i suggest a data wipe - i do not support any conflicts with existing data - selinux policies changed in ways that might affect /data, so having things in /data can affect things like GPS adversely

Awesome! Do we need to update radio/bootloader first?
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tcat007 said:
Awesome! Do we need to update radio/bootloader first?
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use latest
and i suggest a data wipe - i do not support any conflicts with existing data - sepolicy changed so thing sin /data/can affect thing sliek GPS adversely

Did factory reset. Got error updating binary script in TWRP.
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tcat007 said:
Did factory reset. Got error updating binary script in TWRP.
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try using fastboot
i did not test TWRP package (fell asleep)
will look into it later today
TWRP package fixed, uploaded

Is the 'Doze' functionality of Marshmallow working?

It is for me

what Gapps did you end up using? I've flashed multiple packages and it all leads to Setup Wizard problems

Yeah, rom flash works, but stuck with no playstore. Also tried flashing supersu and got a bootloop. Also tried to install an apk from Explorer and wouldn't install. I know this is real really so I'm sure things will get added. But what's here feels much faster and smooth! 6 on a 7, wow!
Edit: I downloaded these "mini" and they seem to be installing OK. http://androiding.how/android-6-0-marshmallow-gapps/
Got me to set up screen!
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After fighting a bit, the ROM started and I'm restoring my apps from playstore, when I chose the restore point in the wizard, this failed, then select "New device" to continue, anyway restoration began. After finishing the wizard i modified play services permissions to stop FCs.
These were my steps:
1 Wipe Data/System/Cache/Dalvik
2 Flash ROM
3 Flash BETA-SuperSU-v2.52
4 Flash benzo-gapps-M-20151011-signed-chroma-r3
5 Wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik
6 Reboot

Seriously, this is quick and brilliant work. Congrats to all of you who put in the hours and stress. This.....is why I only use Nexus devices. Your efforts are truly appreciated. Best of luck as you continue to further this project.

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Congrats to all of you who put in the hours and stress..
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Glad to help
I am not one of them people who make ROMs all the time. I just wanted to do all the actually hard work of the port and offer specific directions to them, so they can support M on this crop of nexus devices

I'm not getting su 2.52 to boot. Everything w/o root is great!
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See Nexus 4/10 forums where people already figured it out

My Nexus 7 has been revived... 5.1.1 was unbearably slow. I'm very impressed. Great work!

M on N7
Happy to see that people still supports and share their work for the N7 - big thanks :good:
Now it's exciting to see if the N7 will be able to handle Android M for more than a day or two before slowing down :fingers-crossed:

I'll try this out
How does this differ from [WIP][ROM][6.0] Nexus 7 Marshmallow - Android 6.0?

Hello Guys! From where to download the file for grouper.Thank You!
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When do you think it is possible to have a version for the Nexus 7 3G (tilapia)?
Thanks a lot for your contribution.

hmmm