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[ROM/GUIDE] 4.4.2 [LG Stock Rom] [Custom Recovery - Kernels - Root]

First off huge thanks to every dev in this thread. At the time my G2 was being repaired so I didn't get to help out
By following the steps below, you can run the new 4.4.2 kitkat rom from LG (and 4.4.2 stock modified roms to come) with our old partitions which are fully loki-able
DO THIS ENTIRE PROCESS AT YOUR OWN RISK - IF YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THESE DIRECTIONS, THEY ARE NOT FOR YOU. I TRIED TO MAKE THEM AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. THIS WILL WIPE YOUR WHOLE PHONE. THIS IS FOR D801 ONLY.
Also please no stupid questions, I will not answer. I will try to help with legitimate problems.
If you upgraded to 4.4.2 through the KDZ or flashed the 4.4.2 stock rom from smiley on this forum (since he included the new partitions) you must follow every step here. If you are still on 4.2.2 partitions (You have these if you currently are using an aosp / cm rom with a custom recovery) - Then you may go straight to step 5.
1. You must revert to stock 4.2.2 using this guide. You must restore to the C version. DO NOT USE G. You can find the link to 801C here.
2. Once you successfully flash this, your phone should boot loop on the T-Mobile screen. Boot into recovery (which is now LG's stock recovery) once you are in press power twice to data reset. Remove the USB cable from the phone when trying to boot to recovery, it makes it much easier for some reason. After data reset your phone should now boot into stock LG 4.2.2
3. Root your phone with this.
4. Install a custom recovery with this guide. The TWRP listed in this guide is old and you must this one instead. Method 1 works fine for this if anyone is wondering.
5. At this point you should have 4.2.2 partitions with root and custom recovery. Bet you wish you didn't update to 4.4.2 Stock at this point :good:
6. Boot into recovery. FULL WIPE EVERYTHING (Except for internal storage. This mean you wipe System Data Cache and Dalvik. Very Important.) Flash this Rom in recovery that I put together (And here is a Mirror). It contains the 4.4.2 KDZ system image with the 4.4.2 modem. Make sure you backup your EFS. The kernel inside this rom is stock LG 4.4.2 with a minor change to allow it to boot on the 4.2.2 bootloader. Thanks to the dev's in that thread who worked on it.
7. Flash SuperSU for root.
8. You are now on 4.4.2 Stock rom with recovery, root, loki and the ability to flash custom 4.4.2 stock kernels when they are released (soon)
At this point you will be able to flash any rom you want, including aosp stuff. Do not flash any other kernel on the included LG 4.4.2 stock rom. I will be making a custom kernel / 4.4 stock roms for this soon anyway - WHEN FLASHING 4.4.2 STOCK ROMS PLEASE MAKE SURE THEY DONT HAVE PARTITIONS BESIDES SYSTEM/MODEM/RPM/TZ INSIDE!!!! JUST OPEN THE ZIP AND CHECK INSIDE. ANYTHING EXTRA YOU WILL HAVE TO REDO THIS ENTIRE PROCESS !!!!!!!! I really hope devs stop putting up roms with the new partitions included.

Excellent. Thank you

Awesome great job Doc.
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Excellent! Thank you!
One question, will this work for the D800? J/K :laugh:

Just what I've been looking for. Thanks.

Niceeeeee !!!!!!
Finally, Thanks to everyone involved in making this possible. :good:

Can't get the download to finish, mirror?
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Smokeey said:
Can't get the download to finish, mirror?
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I'll put up a mirror for the stock rom zip, its going to take a little bit to upload. Guessing 25 mins from now expect the link.
Edit: Mirror up under Step 6

Thanks man.

I love you full homo lol
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Super happy about this. I've been crack-refreshing this forum waiting to see this happen. Now, any way to do this on a Mac since the LG tool doesn't work?

adampdx said:
Super happy about this. I've been crack-refreshing this forum waiting to see this happen. Now, any way to do this on a Mac since the LG tool doesn't work?
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no clue, you need to search around. Never had a mac Maybe you can get access to a laptop or something

dr87 said:
no clue, you need to search around. Never had a mac Maybe you can get access to a laptop or something
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I have searched into the depths of Google. To my knowledge, besides the LG tool there is no way to flash a .kdz file on a Mac. I have a Windows desktop and even a VM on the Mac, but my desktop keeps blowing power supplies and I haven't set up Windows on the VM. Oh, well! Looks like I know what I'm doing this weekend.

OK. I am currently on Mahdi 2.5 with TWRP 2.6.3.5. I have a backup of stock 801c from just after I rooted. Can I revert to that backup and then just flash this?

Project X-Ray said:
OK. I am currently on Mahdi 2.5 with TWRP 2.6.3.5. I have a backup of stock 801c from just after I rooted. Can I revert to that backup and then just flash this?
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"If you are still on 4.2.2 partitions with a custom recovery / aosp you may go straight to step 5."
I just made it more clear in the OP what 4.2.2 partitions are

Is someone going to be a beast and make a video tutorial for this?? Need me a video tutorial to really grasp it for me to feel completely safe. Lol. Really want custom recovery. Anyways THANK YOU to those who whipped this up!
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Flashing supersu fails for me. Cant figure out how to get around it. Also seems i lost root. any ideas?

davidgq said:
Flashing supersu fails for me. Cant figure out how to get around it. Also seems i lost root. any ideas?
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Well with no SU you won't have root of course. What does the error say. I completed this whole process twice and never ran into this issue.

dr87 said:
Well with no SU you won't have root of course. What does the error say. I completed this whole process twice and never ran into this issue.
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During the flash it says it is unable to open the zip file

Everything running Smooth
Did the whole proccess with no problem, Been running on KK for a couple of hours with no issues except for Gmail bookmarks not syncing on LG's stock browser. Battery looks pretty decent, should get better after a few cycles.

Impossible to flash stock ROM

Hi there,
I have a Chinese OnePlus, achieved to finally install a western cyanogen ROM in early july and rooted. I now have Latest bacon release on (nightly 24.08.2014) from cyanogen website downloads.
Problem: I can't flash or sideload any of the stock roms available even the one with script update, I have TWRP 2.7.1.1. It fails every time. I only can flash certain roms like the ones available on cyanogen downlaods. Don't know why.
I had different error messages trying to flash like 'can't flash on incompatible data' and others...
I wiped everything lots of times before flashing.
2 questions:
1/ How can I flash stock roms on my phone?
2/ What improvements latest nightly bacon rom on cyanogen as I still experience ghost on touchscreen?
Thanks for your help

Firstly, when you refer to stock ROM, I am assuming that you mean CM11S XNPH series--this series differs from the CM11 nightlies that you mentioned. CM11S does not have nightlies and are only available in OTAs.
If you plan on staying on nightlies then you can only flash the zips here http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=bacon&type=nightly
If you plan on going to "stock ROM" (CM11S) then you need to flash https://cyngn.com/products/oneplusone/ using fastboot (or find a full OTA zip on the forums)

Hi Zephik and thanks for your answer. I do refer to latest nightly downloads on official cyanogen website.
I would be glad to stay with nightlies but I experiment some bugs with touchscreen and other things.
I tried to update with CM11S downloaded from the official link you provided but it fails every time.
I tried it via TWRP, sideload and normal load but without success.
You mentioned fastboot but I didn't try via fastboot and I don't know how to do it actually, I only went there to flash TWRP recovery.
Can you tell me what adb command I could use via fastboot to update CMS11?
If it didn't work via twrp, why would it work via fastboot?
Thanks
zephiK said:
Firstly, when you refer to stock ROM, I am assuming that you mean CM11S XNPH series--this series differs from the CM11 nightlies that you mentioned. CM11S does not have nightlies and are only available in OTAs.
If you plan on staying on nightlies then you can only flash the zips here
If you plan on going to "stock ROM" (CM11S) then you need to flash using fastboot (or find a full OTA zip on the forums)
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Roberto2001 said:
Hi Zephik and thanks for your answer. I do refer to latest nightly downloads on official cyanogen website.
I would be glad to stay with nightlies but I experiment some bugs with touchscreen and other things.
I tried to update with CM11S downloaded from the official link you provided but it fails every time.
I tried it via TWRP, sideload and normal load but without success.
You mentioned fastboot but I didn't try via fastboot and I don't know how to do it actually, I only went there to flash TWRP recovery.
Can you tell me what adb command I could use via fastboot to update CMS11?
If it didn't work via twrp, why would it work via fastboot?
Thanks
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Those bugs with touchscreens etc should be fixed, not all of them but the majority of them. They're in the official CM11S as well. Its just something you'll have to deal with until its fully fixed.
Also you are still confusing me, you say latest nightly and then you mention CM11S. There are no CM11S nightlies, the only nightlies there are is CM11. CM11 and CM11S are two different things, they're very similar but in terms of compatibility they are not the same.
The CM11S zip is not a TWRP flashable zip, thats why the .zip says -fastboot in it. You need to do fastboot to flash this (refer to bottom link), but then you mention that you want nightlies? So I'm getting confused on what you want exactly.
A guide to fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541 THIS IS FOR CM11S not nightlies.
Again, CM11S nightlies do not exist! Its either CM11S or CM11 nightlies. This is a big emphasis since you're confused on what you want.
If you want CM11 nightlies, just simply wipe in TWRP and flash http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=bacon&type=nightly alongside with gapps,custom kernel, etc.

zephiK said:
Those bugs with touchscreens etc should be fixed, not all of them but the majority of them. They're in the official CM11S as well. Its just something you'll have to deal with until its fully fixed.
Also you are still confusing me, you say latest nightly and then you mention CM11S. There are no CM11S nightlies, the only nightlies there are is CM11. CM11 and CM11S are two different things, they're very similar but in terms of compatibility they are not the same.
The CM11S zip is not a TWRP flashable zip, thats why the .zip says -fastboot in it. You need to do fastboot to flash this (refer to bottom link), but then you mention that you want nightlies? So I'm getting confused on what you want exactly.
A guide to fastboot
Again, CM11S nightlies do not exist! Its either CM11S or CM11 nightlies. This is a big emphasis since you're confused on what you want.
If you want CM11 nightlies, just simply wipe in TWRP and flash alongside with gapps,custom kernel, etc.
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Sorry for confusing you.
To be clear, I understood differences between CM11S and CM11.
I have CM11 nightly of 24 of august from caynogen website.
I can't install CM11S from Oneplus website (what I call stock ROM).
I'll try the method you provided.
One last question for the custom roms part, what is a custom kernel? I usually only flash the rom and the gapps.
Thanks

Roberto2001 said:
Sorry for confusing you.
To be clear, I understood differences between CM11S and CM11.
I have CM11 nightly of 24 of august from caynogen website.
I can't install CM11S from Oneplus website (what I call stock ROM).
I'll try the method you provided.
One last question for the custom roms part, what is a custom kernel? I usually only flash the rom and the gapps.
Thanks
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A custom kernel is a kernel other than the kernel supplied by the ROM.
Yeah when you said, "CM11S nightlies" that was a huge no no because they don't exist. Just simply follow the return to stock guide and then you'll get to where you want to be.

Roberto2001 said:
Sorry for confusing you.
To be clear, I understood differences between CM11S and CM11.
I have CM11 nightly of 24 of august from caynogen website.
I can't install CM11S from Oneplus website (what I call stock ROM).
I'll try the method you provided.
One last question for the custom roms part, what is a custom kernel? I usually only flash the rom and the gapps.
Thanks
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custom kernel is an enhanced version of the rom kernel with usually the latest advancement and some with an array of additional Governors, I/O shcedulers and a host of tweaks. You can read up on it here.
You have to make sure you read up properly and flash the right kernel for the right OS you are running at the moment. There are Cm11 and CM11S specific kernels. Its all good reading if you do a little Google search of skim through the forum and read the OP's

[Q&A] [GUIDE][ML1/NC1/NE1] TW 4.4 and 4.3 Sticky Roll-Up Thread (7-10-14)

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Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [GUIDE][ML1/NC1/NE1] TW 4.4 and 4.3 Sticky Roll-Up Thread (7-10-14). If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.
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So rooting is a new thing to me, this thread does a very nice job pointing me in the right directions. I’ve read a lot, probably still not half enough, but I have a few questions that are probably dumb for VZW S3 running 4.4.2:
TW = Touchwiz, this is just something that is inherently on the S3 phone right?
I’m not sure I understand why SlimKat and CM aren’t listed for compatible ROMS. Some places I read say absolutely do not install CM (Like CM website itself) on 4.4 and I see old threads that have been going on for awhile with them for d2vzw.
For a first time rooter who is looking to tether, any suggestions on which ROM to use first?
Should I be updating to 4.4.4 first?
I have a different phone right now and am switching to the S3. Should I activate the S3 before or after I have rooted or rooted + installed a ROM?
My plan of action is Towelroot / SuperSU, Nandroid / IMEI backups (keep in mind this phone has nothing on it currently that I need to save), install safestrap, Install ROM of choosing. What am I missing?
Open to any other advice.

Bzy said:
So rooting is a new thing to me, this thread does a very nice job pointing me in the right directions. I’ve read a lot, probably still not half enough, but I have a few questions that are probably dumb for VZW S3 running 4.4.2:
TW = Touchwiz, this is just something that is inherently on the S3 phone right?
I’m not sure I understand why SlimKat and CM aren’t listed for compatible ROMS. Some places I read say absolutely do not install CM (Like CM website itself) on 4.4 and I see old threads that have been going on for awhile with them for d2vzw.
For a first time rooter who is looking to tether, any suggestions on which ROM to use first?
Should I be updating to 4.4.4 first?
I have a different phone right now and am switching to the S3. Should I activate the S3 before or after I have rooted or rooted + installed a ROM?
My plan of action is Towelroot / SuperSU, Nandroid / IMEI backups (keep in mind this phone has nothing on it currently that I need to save), install safestrap, Install ROM of choosing. What am I missing?
Open to any other advice.
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TW = touchwiz
Since you're on 4.4 you can't install anything other than 4.4 touchwiz roms. cm and slimkat are both AOSP roms and won't run with safestrap.
Reason being is the whole purpose of safestrap is so you can run roms off the stock kernel. Having a locked bootloader prevents you from changing the kernel, which means you have to run a rom that matches your current kernel. Since you have the 4.4 stock kernel, you are limited to running 4.4 stock touchwiz roms only. Only 3 exist. If you run anything else, it won't work with the kernel and won't boot. AOSP roms package their own kernel which is needed to boot the rom, and it isn't built to boot off of the touchwiz kernel.
I wouldn't update first, because it might prevent towelroot or safestrap from working.
Your plan is almost perfect, but you need to install safestrap first before you can imei backup or nandroid, definitely nandroid before you flash anything so you have a safety net.
I say get your S3 set up first how you like it, then you won't have to worry about having a non working phone while you're setting things up.
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BadUsername said:
Your plan is almost perfect, but you need to install safestrap first before you can imei backup or nandroid, definitely nandroid before you flash anything so you have a safety net.
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Thank you very much.

BadUsername said:
Your plan is almost perfect, but you need to install safestrap first before you can imei backup or nandroid, definitely nandroid before you flash anything so you have a safety net.
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Does Nandroid actually work with 4.4.2 locked bootloader? The app says my backup type choices are CWM or TWRP which I don't think I can do right? Is there another program that I should use?

Bzy said:
Does Nandroid actually work with 4.4.2 locked bootloader? The app says my backup type choices are CWM or TWRP which I don't think I can do right? Is there another program that I should use?
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What app? Safestrap?
Safestrap does nandroid, you can pick twrp or cwm format. Pick twrp because it's native to safestrap.
You can't use anything else to install a recovery.
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BadUsername said:
What app? Safestrap?
Safestrap does nandroid, you can pick twrp or cwm format. Pick twrp because it's native to safestrap.
You can't use anything else to install a recovery.
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Ah ok, I didn't realize safestrap gave access to those things, I just thought locked bootloader forever meant no TWRP or CWM. This Post is why I thought that.

Bzy said:
Ah ok, I didn't realize safestrap gave access to those things, I just thought locked bootloader forever meant no TWRP or CWM. This Post is why I thought that.
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You're right though, no twrp or cwm.
Safestrap = modified twrp for locked bootloaders.
Still makes twrp backups. Can still do everything twrp can, for the most part.
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BadUsername said:
You're right though, no twrp or cwm.
Safestrap = modified twrp for locked bootloaders.
Still makes twrp backups. Can still do everything twrp can, for the most part.
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Got it, thanks!

Successfully used Safetrap, ROM slot, & SUPERLITEROM. Now what?
Thanks for the detailed explanation of how to deal with my gimpy 4.4 versioned S3!
I followed the instructions and have successfully gotten SUPERLITEROM to boot using Safestrap on my 4.4 device. This method is killing my battery though.
Can I now go ahead and load SUPERLITEROM on the original stock slot? Or is that a no-no?

corkyt said:
Thanks for the detailed explanation of how to deal with my gimpy 4.4 versioned S3!
I followed the instructions and have successfully gotten SUPERLITEROM to boot using Safestrap on my 4.4 device. This method is killing my battery though.
Can I now go ahead and load SUPERLITEROM on the original stock slot? Or is that a no-no?
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Yes you can, I would write directly over the stock slot.

BadUsername said:
Yes you can, I would write directly over the stock slot.
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Thanks. Using safestrap I can do that, right?
Also, I know I can probably back up the stock slot to another rom slot, but I really don't have any more space. Is there another way you can think of for me to back this up before I do this?

corkyt said:
Thanks. Using safestrap I can do that, right?
Also, I know I can probably back up the stock slot to another rom slot, but I really don't have any more space. Is there another way you can think of for me to back this up before I do this?
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Yes do it using Safestrap.
Just back up your rom by making a nandroid to your external sd card. You can always go completely back to stock with Odin if you had to. If I still had my s3 that's what I would do.

[q] Upgrading from Custom 4.4.4 Rom to Custom 5.0 Rom

Hello folks, how are you? I'm sorry if this is a duplicate post, but I've been searching for a clear answer to this and haven't found one.
I'm currently on a Nexus 5 running a custom 4.4.4 rom based on Purity. While I've no problems with this rom, I'm kinda itching to try 5.0. However, I'm not entirely clear on the upgrade path. I've read that to go to 5, I'd have to revert to stock, upgrade to 5.0 stock, THEN install a custom rom after that, but that sounds like quite a few steps.
Now if that's what I have to do, that's fine, but I'm curious if I can simply flash a new 5.0 rom after doing a wipe like I would with any other rom, or do I have do do anything different like flashing radios or revert to stock or anything along those lines.
Therefore, if some could just simply lay out what I best course of action is, that would be wonderful. Thank you for your time.

Hopefully I've covered all your options
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2947144
It doesn't cover wipes but do take the usual titanium backup and be prepared to.wipe.

Ahhh, so it looks like:
Method 5 (You are rooted 4.4.x with custom recovery)
1. Flash from recovery, an existing packages ROM.zip
2. Flash from recovery, a flashable custom boot.img (@Chainfire for basic root, @sykopompos for full permissive mode)
3. Flash from recovery, SuperSU (Please note BETA 2.27+ May mean you do not need a modified boot.img)
You can get the boot.img's and SuperSU from here: [ROM] N5 Lollipop + Stock IMG Mirrors & More! (by @vomer)
You can get a ROM.zip from here: [ROM] [STOCK] Android 5.0 LRX21O - Stock/Flashable (11/12/14) )by @bigxie
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Is probably the best way for me to go! Awesome, thank you!!!

Just to ease your mind a bit, I was just like you.
I too have came from Purity 4.4.4 , I upgraded to cataclysm because I too was itching for the new Lollipop update.
The way I approached this flash is like I've always had, I moved the zip into the storage and using the latest TWRP recovery I just flashed the rom and everything worked buttery smooth.
Hope things go well for you.

MrFishiz said:
Just to ease your mind a bit, I was just like you.
I too have came from Purity 4.4.4 , I upgraded to cataclysm because I too was itching for the new Lollipop update.
The way I approached this flash is like I've always had, I moved the zip into the storage and using the latest TWRP recovery I just flashed the rom and everything worked buttery smooth.
Hope things go well for you.
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Ohhh, do you mean this Cataclysm?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/rom-cataclysm-nexus-5-t2518660

Yea that's the one, it's a very nice ROM, very customizable and very stable.

MrFishiz said:
Yea that's the one, it's a very nice ROM, very customizable and very stable.
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Sweet, and you didn't have to fudge with radios or anything of the sort?

Brian Rubin said:
Sweet, and you didn't have to fudge with radios or anything of the sort?
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Well, the author explains that he included gapps and root into the build itself, but he also said that the rom does not update the radio. I didn't get any signal problems if that's what you mean but when you think about it I don't think that any rom includes a radio in it aha that's always a separate update.
If you do want to update your radio to the latest version, visit this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/rom-n5-l-developer-preview-t2796003

MrFishiz said:
Yea that's the one, it's a very nice ROM, very customizable and very stable.
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Right on all counts. I did what'cha said, wiped (a few times, to be sure), flashed, and waited during the long reboot. Now it's working swimmingly, and I LOVE IT. Very fast, very stable, now I just gotta get used to some of Lollipop's idiosyncrasies. Thanks folks!

4.x.x upgrade to 5.x.x Help

hey guys, i just gave my father the nexus 5 and hes using it for straight talk and its working quite well. ive already unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom 4.4.4 rom (as thats what i was using before i got the nexus 6). is there anything special i need to do to install a rom like Chroma 5.1.1 at this point? Thanks for any help

If the bootloader is unlocked then you should be fine. I had some radio problems and I flashed about 10 ROMs, including Chroma, without any problems (but never did fix the radio). The simplest thing would be to install a Nexus factory image - LMY48I is the latest version and is pretty much one-click (if you have drivers, ADB & Fastboot installed ok).
Just for my curiosity, if it's working fine, why install a new ROM? I know my own answer - because it's there...

To go from 4.4 ROM to 5.x rom you should flash the updated bootloader and radio first. Then wipe system data and cache andd flash the new ROM.
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dahawthorne said:
If the bootloader is unlocked then you should be fine. I had some radio problems and I flashed about 10 ROMs, including Chroma, without any problems (but never did fix the radio). The simplest thing would be to install a Nexus factory image - LMY48I is the latest version and is pretty much one-click (if you have drivers, ADB & Fastboot installed ok).
Just for my curiosity, if it's working fine, why install a new ROM? I know my own answer - because it's there...
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Well I have him on a stock 4.4.4 rom and the battery life is a little lacking and he keeps getting the annoying nag message for the OTA to 5.x.x (i know theres a way to get rid of that but i guess id rather just update). Also I dont see any roms being actively worked on for 4.x.x. Unless there is one that you recommend?
ldubs said:
To go from 4.4 ROM to 5.x rom you should flash the updated bootloader and radio first. Then wipe system data and cache and flash the new ROM.
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Is there a thread that maintains the radios and bootloaders? I dont see one myself and am not sure which to get (and are there different ones depending on which carrier you use?)

There is a thread with all the latest radios. I have a flashable zip but its old...you can also just extract the latest factory images and just flash the bootloader and radio.
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I'm missing the point here...
Was the original question not "Can I easily flash 5.1.1?" And the answer is "Yes". So why has the focus switched to Kitkat and flashing separate components, surely not the simplest way of getting a working integrated device...? Installation of the factory Nexus ROM, or the Chroma ROM, will wipe everything anyway unless you specify "no wipe", which isn't recommended for a major change.
Am I misunderstanding?

dahawthorne said:
I'm missing the point here...
Was the original question not "Can I easily flash 5.1.1?" And the answer is "Yes". So why has the focus switched to Kitkat and flashing separate components, surely not the simplest way of getting a working integrated device...? Installation of the factory Nexus ROM, or the Chroma ROM, will wipe everything anyway unless you specify "no wipe", which isn't recommended for a major change.
Am I misunderstanding?
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Just a bit I think. I think its because I kind of ended up adding another question to the thread sort of. Right now the phone is using all parts associated with 4.4.4 (I.E. Radio & Bootloader) and a stock 4.4.4 rom. I originally wanted to know if i could just flash a custom 5.x.x rom without needing to flashing a new bootloader or radio as i wasnt sure if there were ones. Then I also asked if there was a rom that is still under development for 4.4.4 that was worth a shot. Sorry If i made it more confusing with this post lol.

But why stick with Kitkat and jump through hoops with all the concomitant risks when you can one-click upgrade to the newest version? I'm still not getting why you're asking about Kitkat when you originally asked if it was easy/safe to upgrade to Lollipop 5.1.1.
Hint - yes, it is.

HaiKaiDo said:
hey guys, i just gave my father the nexus 5 and hes using it for straight talk and its working quite well. ive already unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom 4.4.4 rom (as thats what i was using before i got the nexus 6). is there anything special i need to do to install a rom like Chroma 5.1.1 at this point? Thanks for any help
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Your best bet would be to flash the factory image. This will update the radio and bootloader. Then reinstall the recovery and flash away.

DonDizzurp said:
Your best bet would be to flash the factory image. This will update the radio and bootloader. Then reinstall the recovery and flash away.
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Yeah I think ill do this. Seems faster than just flashing the bootloader and radio separate. now to backup all his junk on the phone lol.