Hello it's been several days i can't find a solution to my problem. I flash official RTFR 4.1.2 via RDS Lite and then i upgrade to Kitkat 4.4.2 via OTA update.
When my phone reboot i have The Unlocked Bootloader Warning logo on the screen, but i lost the root.
This is the version i have: 180.46.127.XT925.CEE-Retail.en.EU.
I did install a recovery (Philz Touch, CWM,) but when i reboot to recovery it was not working and i had the google Droid with a red triangle.
I'd like to know if it is possible to root my phone in order to flash the CM12 ROM? Or with this official update i'm stuck with 4.4.2 and won't be able to root?
Thanks for your help.
When you install a custom recovery after taking the OTA, the recovery will usually ask you to disable stock recovery restore. If you don't, then the stock recovery will be reinstated upon next boot. Once you've got a custom recovery installed and disabled the stock recovery, you should be able to root it from there. Most modern recoveries will handle both the disabling of stock recovery restoration and install root (su) for you.
I know the one I use does.
CWGSM3VO said:
When you install a custom recovery after taking the OTA, the recovery will usually ask you to disable stock recovery restore. If you don't, then the stock recovery will be reinstated upon next boot. Once you've got a custom recovery installed and disabled the stock recovery, you should be able to root it from there. Most modern recoveries will handle both the disabling of stock recovery restoration and install root (su) for you.
I know the one I use does.
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When i installed the recovery it didn't ask me to disable stock recovery restore. Where do i get that request, on my phone or on my PC? Which custom recovery that allow me to disable the stock recovery do you recommand?
After you install recovery, immediately power off your phone, boot straight back into recovery (not the OS, otherwise stock recovery will over ride the aftermarket recovery), once in recovery the update script will complete and the installation will be complete. Once in the recovery, you can choose the option that CW mentioned.
RikRong said:
After you install recovery, immediately power off your phone, boot straight back into recovery (not the OS, otherwise stock recovery will over ride the aftermarket recovery), once in recovery the update script will complete and the installation will be complete. Once in the recovery, you can choose the option that CW mentioned.
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Thanks for you help!!!!! It did work!!! My phone is rooted now and i installed cyanogen 11. Getting ready to try CM12.
Thanks a lot
sjcbboy said:
Thanks for you help!!!!! It did work!!! My phone is rooted now and i installed cyanogen 11. Getting ready to try CM12.
Thanks a lot
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Yay!
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Hi guys still a neewbi here I have a Motorola Photon Q 4g lte it has boot loader unlock and rooted Im trying to do a update to software 77.8.14 xt897 it keeps failing ........I dont have any custom roms install .......I also seem that I cant boot back to recovery mod ....help.thanks
Did you have a custom recovery installed...? Or were you stock completely?
You said you had the bootloader unlocked and it rooted, so I'm going to assume you were on CWM or TWRP... so did you put stock recovery back on before updating? You can't take system updates if you're on custom recovery.. you have to put the stock recovery back on, then update, then re-do recovery & root.
no stock
arrrghhh said:
Did you have a custom recovery installed...? Or were you stock completely?
You said you had the bootloader unlocked and it rooted, so I'm going to assume you were on CWM or TWRP... so did you put stock recovery back on before updating? You can't take system updates if you're on custom recovery.. you have to put the stock recovery back on, then update, then re-do recovery & root.
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ok thanks for the reply...............no i'm on cwm so I need stock recovery is there a site or link...........thanks
gtuck1002 said:
ok thanks for the reply...............no i'm on cwm so I need stock recovery is there a site or link...........thanks
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Well, here's a good guide from the last update. Probably still applies for this update.
This thread might help as well.
I recently updated my HTC One SV (K2_CL) to 4.2.2. I did what I would usually do; restore a stock rom (without root) and re-flash the stock recovery. Then I update from there. Now I want to install root. However, after I flash TWRP recovery to flash root from there, when I try going into recovery mode it just stays at the HTC splash screen with the red text at the bottom.
What I would like to know is if the new update somehow added a security feature, because after I re-flash the stock recovery, I am successfully able to boot into recovery (which there is no point in doing so).
Make sure, you use a recovery for boost from here.
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Make sure, you use a recovery for boost from here.
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Thank You soooo much!:laugh: I never would have thought that I needed a new version of TWRP. I have successfully booted into TWRP and will begin restoring my data.
I just recently got the newest update. I downloaded all 99mb of it, plugged in my charger and it rebooted to update my phone. But when it turned on again my phone hasn't been updated, it's still 4.4.2. Checking for updates doesn't work at all.
Anyone have a clue where the download is stored so I can just try to manually flash it?
Stock ROM & Kernel 4.4.2
Rooted
CWM Touch recovery
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JustinBieber said:
I just recently got the newest update. I downloaded all 99mb of it, plugged in my charger and it rebooted to update my phone. But when it turned on again my phone hasn't been updated, it's still 4.4.2. Checking for updates doesn't work at all.
Anyone have a clue where the download is stored so I can just try to manually flash it?
Stock ROM & Kernel 4.4.2
Rooted
CWM Touch recovery
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I read somewhere that the script will abort if your device is rooted. Not sure if this applies to you.
robbham78 said:
I read somewhere that the script will abort if your device is rooted. Not sure if this applies to you.
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Incorrect. Root has nothing to do with it. You will lose root after updating, but it's as simple as flashing SuperSU in your custom recovery to get it back. The reason it's failing is because you have a custom recovery, and are trying to apply the OTA from within Android. If you do that, you have to have stock recovery. If you are stock, just with root, you can flash the OTA.zip using your CWM recovery. The OTA.zip can be found in the /cache directory. I believe it reverts your custom recovery back to stock recovery, but getting it back is as easy as fastboot flashing it.
charesa39 said:
Incorrect. Root has nothing to do with it. You will lose root after updating, but it's as simple as flashing SuperSU in your custom recovery to get it back. The reason it's failing is because you have a custom recovery, and are trying to apply the OTA from within Android. If you do that, you have to have stock recovery. If you are stock, just with root, you can flash the OTA.zip using your CWM recovery. The OTA.zip can be found in the /cache directory. I believe it reverts your custom recovery back to stock recovery, but getting it back is as easy as fastboot flashing it.
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Thanks guys, I didn't know everything had to be stock! plus I found out that xposed will also break the ota
There's an OTA help desk sticky thread in general that tells you everything you need to know
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Hello friends consultation
What is the best way to install the recovery on LG G2 D80020y ...?
If it's any thing and I have root access
Thanks and regards
Stump root, use brute force if the auto doesn't work. Then use autorec which will install the latest TWRP recovery for you.
See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2869410
thanks, just did this, needed brute force, it all worked for me.
Dr. Orange said:
Stump root, use brute force if the auto doesn't work. Then use autorec which will install the latest TWRP recovery for you.
See this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2869410
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Thanks men:good: work for me everything perfectly, I have put my G2 CM12
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I followed this method and rooted my LG G2 D800 on the Y update, installed this Autorec, it had option to reboot into recovery or to exit.
Do we need to use this tool every time to enter recovery to flash a ROM as I chose reboot and did not see any advanced options present and nothing under developer, have not checked SU yet, if it is there, will come back and clarify the next step, as simply installing Autorec does not give me the option to reboot into recovery using the phone's main power button.
I was able to enter recovery, this Autorec installed 2.7.0.0 according to the splash screen, and the AT&T D800 is not on their list.
The TWRP manager says it is not installed, so tried CWM manager and installed CWM, it said some 5.x version installed when latest is the 6.0.4.4, downloaded an img, but been a while since pushed those onto a device and lost the knowledge..
It was within the CWM app that had option to reboot into recovery after it thought it installed properly, the TWRP was very basic and I lucked out not bricking my device using it in my opinion. I didn't see much info on flashing to CM12 and used same method as before, I see others flashing 2 times and adding kernels, some say to add SU, some say to not, a guide would rock.
sobitthen said:
Do we need to use this tool every time to enter recovery to flash a ROM as I chose reboot and did not see any advanced options present and nothing under developer, have not checked SU yet, if it is there, will come back and clarify the next step, as simply installing Autorec does not give me the option to reboot into recovery using the phone's main power button....
....so tried CWM manager and installed CWM, it said some 5.x version installed when latest is the 6.0.4.4, downloaded an img, but been a while since pushed those onto a device and lost the knowledge..
It was within the CWM app that had option to reboot into recovery after it thought it installed properly, the TWRP was very basic and I lucked out not bricking my device using it in my opinion. I didn't see much info on flashing to CM12 and used same method as before, I see others flashing 2 times and adding kernels, some say to add SU, some say to not, a guide would rock.
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The D800....y stock image does not have the option to reboot into recovery, since there wasn't a custom recovery to boot into until you installed twrp. Even still, no option unless you install a custom ROM or useYou should use TWRP anyway, better support for it on the D80x series and it has more features.
Is it possible to root and keep the stock recovery? If so dose any one have a guide?
Can you obtain root without unlocking the boot loader? if not can I lock it after I obtain root?
If i do a full ADB backup can I restore it after I root the phone?
Yes it's possible to root and keep the stock recovery. But you'll have to be unlocked. Put supersu on your device. Then boot, not flash, twrp recovery
fastboot boot twrp.img
When booted into twrp flash supersu
When you reboot your device you'll be rooted with the stock recovery.
Pro tip, I really don't recommend you root with the stock recovery. You can make nandroid backups with a custom recovery and if you screw something up playing with a rooted device you can easily restore it
Likewise, you can lock the device when rooted, but unlocking it will wipe the device if you screw something up.
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Now that Android will not apply OTA updates if you're rooted there is really no reason to keep the stock recovery. In the past I would use OTA rootkeeper along with a stock recovery to keep root and still have OTA updates work properly but Google ruined that.
You can relock the bootloader any time you want. Unlocking it will wipe your device though.
Not sure about the ADB question. Typically anything you did to your phone would be lost and your phone would return to the state it was in at the time of a backup though. I have never done a backup in ADB to test what it does to the system partition though.
I forgot about the backup function with custom recovery. The last time I rooted an android phone was a Galaxy s2. What is the latest and greatest custom recovery now a days?
with the custom recovery how would I go about updating the OS if say 5.1.1 were to come out without having to do a clean wipe?
jd1639 said:
Yes it's possible to root and keep the stock recovery. But you'll have to be unlocked. Put supersu on your device. Then boot, not flash, twrp recovery
fastboot boot twrp.img
When booted into twrp flash supersu
When you reboot your device you'll be rooted with the stock recovery.
Pro tip, I really don't recommend you root with the stock recovery. You can make nandroid backups with a custom recovery and if you screw something up playing with a rooted device you can easily restore it
Likewise, you can lock the device when rooted, but unlocking it will wipe the device if you screw something up.
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TheDroidKid said:
I forgot about the backup function with custom recovery. The last time I rooted an android phone was a Galaxy s2. What is the latest and greatest custom recovery now a days?
with the custom recovery how would I go about updating the OS if say 5.1.1 were to come out without having to do a clean wipe?
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I recommend twrp recovery. Google nexus 5 teamwin.
To up date from a 5.1 to a 5.1.1 I just flash the system, boot, and radio images using fastboot. If it's a bigger version change you'll likely have to flash the whole factory image and deal with the wipe.