Hi there.
So I am planning on rooting my Nexus 5 but I am thinking ahead (maybe too much but that's how I am). So in every tutorial I see that you have to flash a custom recovery and as I am thinking ahead, maybe some day I want to turn it back to the stock recovery (maybe due to guarranty or something, I don't know). I've looked it up everywhere and I found THIS tutorial but it seems like they never mention a stock Recovery. They do mention a stock bootloader but not a Recovery. Is this because they come together in some way? Why is it? I also read that there is a tamper flag that will tell if the phone has been modded or not. Is there a way to turn it back to normal? Can anybody explain this to me?
Thank you very much.
Have a read up on wugfresh's nexus root toolkit its awesome and will more than likely be the easiest way to go back to stock I've used it many times its awesome ?
Skip the tool kit. You'll find everything you need in this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53439068
It's very easy to flash the stock recovery.img using fastboot. In fact, you can flash any of the partitions with fastboot. Bootloader, recovery, system, etc.
And yes, there is a tamper flag that can be reset. Easiest way, if your rooted, is to get bootunlocker from the play store.
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Has anyone tried to root their i9023 with 4.0.4 using doomlord's easy rooting toolkit? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
I tried it when I had 2.3.6 and it worked perfectly but want to update to 4.0.4 now.
If doomlord's doesn't work, is there any similar one click rooting? Also, when I rooted, it didn't erase my data and apps. Will that be the same? Thanks
I guess not. Been searching and couldn't find a non-destructive one and one as a simple click without needing cwm.
There's none that I am aware of. However, it's not really that complicated to flash the right SU zip, and if you don't want to flash cwm you can simply fastboot boot cwm.img and it will leave stock recovery intact and ready after you flashed everything.
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Couple things if you're already rooted on gingerbread do a nandroid back up. Put that and anything else you want to keep on your computer. Unlock the bootloader and restore your backup and update.
Stop messing around and unlock the bootloader.
albundy2010 said:
Couple things if you're already rooted on gingerbread do a nandroid back up. Put that and anything else you want to keep on your computer. Unlock the bootloader and restore your backup and update.
Stop messing around and unlock the bootloader.
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How can he do a backup if the bootloader is locked = no cwm recovery? He's out of luck. Best thing he can do is backup the SD card and that's it. The rest is lost
Edit: failed to read sorry. Didn't notice the gingerbread part. Anyway if he's on stock and one clicked rooted he still doesn't have cwm so he can't make a nandroid, he can use titanium backup and save apps and data.
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If he is stock rooted he can flash cwm in the os. Either through rom manager or terminal
albundy2010 said:
If he is stock rooted he can flash cwm in the os. Either through rom manager or terminal
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I thought that locked bootloader prevented the flash of any kind of unsigned .img even if you have root.
Guess i was wrong ;D
That's what you get when your first step with an android phone is unlock the bootloader
Not a one size fits all. Some phones all you need is root to flash a custom recovery and roms/kernels.
Others it can be a mess. Like the HTC g2 or even now the one x on att. Got the entire s on/ s off encryption nonsense and so on.
DeuXGod said:
I thought that locked bootloader prevented the flash of any kind of unsigned .img even if you have root.
Guess i was wrong ;D
That's what you get when your first step with an android phone is unlock the bootloader
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He can flash a new recovery through the OS if he has root access only. Unlocked bootloader only provides fastboot support.
If you are fully stock (bootloader, recovery, no su), the only current way to root 4.0.4 is to have an unlocked bootloader.
albundy2010 said:
Not a one size fits all. Some phones all you need is root to flash a custom recovery and roms/kernels.
Others it can be a mess. Like the HTC g2 or even now the one x on att. Got the entire s on/ s off encryption nonsense and so on.
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Yeah that's what make my confusion. My old HTC Magic needed unlocked bootloader to flash a recovery.
Harbb said:
He can flash a new recovery through the OS if he has root access only. Unlocked bootloader only provides fastboot support.
If you are fully stock (bootloader, recovery, no su), the only current way to root 4.0.4 is to have an unlocked bootloader.
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Yeah about that i was pretty sure you needed unlocked bootloader, but about CWM flash i was convinced that you needed also unlocked bootloader, but as stated above, it's just for some devices.
Thank to all that responded. All this talk just flew over my head ... guess that's what I get for using simple one clicks
Let me try to straighten some stuff out.
How would I use titanium backup?
Do I titanium backup while it's still on gingerbread or after I OTA the ics 4.0.4?
Edit: duh! I can't use Ti backup after OTA ics because phone not rooted yet.
After backing up with Ti, I thought any attempt to root will erase all. Does the Ti backup not get erased?
Ti backup only backs up my app and the data to those apps, not how I customize my homescreen's widgets and notification bar, right?
So, I would have to do all that stuff over?
If I don't want to unlock bootloader or install cwm, any way to root and leave stock recovery intact?
Lazer Bear posted "if you don't want to flash cwm you can simply fastboot boot cwm.img and it will leave stock recovery intact and ready after you flashed everything."
Is that possible and how do I do it? Does that erase everything too?
Thanks to all!
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Hello everyone. I'm somewhat of a noob still and I would appreciate any help you could give me.
I'm trying to install the new OTA update that came out today but I'm having issues. I have a rooted One S with TWRP recovery, and everytime I try to install the OTA update it brings me to the TWRP recovery screen. I'm pretty sure this is because I don't have stock recovery. I've even tried "unrooting" with Voodoo Over the Air root, but it keeps bringing me to the TWRP recovery screen.
I rooted my phone with the All-In-One root kit, and I really don't want to lose everything on my device (or have the pain in the butt of restoring everything). Is there another way? Or is there an easy way to reinstall the stock recovery with the AIO kit? I know the AIO kit has the option to install other recoveries, but I'm not sure where to get the stock one.
Please help! I really want to upgrade.
Thanks so much for your help!
fsustrength said:
Hello everyone. I'm somewhat of a noob still and I would appreciate any help you could give me.
I'm trying to install the new OTA update that came out today but I'm having issues. I have a rooted One S with TWRP recovery, and everytime I try to install the OTA update it brings me to the TWRP recovery screen. I'm pretty sure this is because I don't have stock recovery. I've even tried "unrooting" with Voodoo Over the Air root, but it keeps bringing me to the TWRP recovery screen.
I rooted my phone with the All-In-One root kit, and I really don't want to lose everything on my device (or have the pain in the butt of restoring everything). Is there another way? Or is there an easy way to reinstall the stock recovery with the AIO kit? I know the AIO kit has the option to install other recoveries, but I'm not sure where to get the stock one.
Please help! I really want to upgrade.
Thanks so much for your help!
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I personally had to flash stock recovery and you can get it from here: http://www.modaco.com/topic/353006-...ch-recovery-for-the-htc-one-s-stock-download/
Use second "Download" link, which is ville_recovery_signed.img
Thank you so much! Trying it now.
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Charkatak said:
I personally had to flash stock recovery and you can get it from here: http://www.modaco.com/topic/353006-...ch-recovery-for-the-htc-one-s-stock-download/
Use second "Download" link, which is ville_recovery_signed.img
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Check this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907564
Scroll half way down and you get a list of different steps you may have to do in order to get it done.
Most include installing "OTA RootKeeper" from GooglePlay
Steps vary from how your phone is setup. Stuff like do you have Root, Custom or stock Mod, or CWM or stock recovery. Check it out. I'm trying it now.
(adding more to it so I don't double post.)
I tried the method with Root Keeper, it doesn't seem to work for me. It also seems as though a few others are having the same issue. Someone recommended use an RUU to go completely stock, therein losing all your data unless you back all that stuff up.
I'm going to avoid an RUU at all costs, I hate having to reset up my phone. Plus I just got a XOOM I need to work more on and get setup so I don't want to put more time on the phone than I have to as to take away time from my XOOM.
Let me know if you run into any success! PM if you need to.
Hello. Any stock recovery for Ville C2 (One S s3)? I'm looking everywhere and I cannot find. I want to update to JB with OTA
Hi guys,
I just got my Nexus 5 (I had an HTC One S, which got stolen - the most beautiful phone EVER!).
I was just wondering, if I root and flash a custom recovery, how would I get OTA's? Would I need to re-root, and flash the stock recovery again? Would that work?
Now before everyone jumps on me, I DID read this thread about going back to stock, but it says, quote,
either when you want to RMA your phone, or you want to fix your mistakes.
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. Does this mean I CAN'T get OTA's even if I flash back to stock?
Please let me know! Because I want to get Xposed, but I need to make a back up first, and to do that, I need a custom recovery (that's not the only reason, just one).
Thanks!
Go to general and search "ota help-desk". It tells you all about it.
Edit... oh you are in general. You confused me by asking a question. Questions don't go in general.
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You can always go back to stock by downloading the stock images directly from Google. You don't need to back up anything.
OTAs won't work if you have custom recovery. All you have to do is flash the stock recovery and you're good to go.
You can extract the stock recovery from the Google image I mentioned above.
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All is here: [INFO] Nexus 5 OTA Help-Desk.
Holy crap, that was quick! Thanks guys! Got it, so I can flash a custom recovery, do what I need to do, and then flash back to stock when there's an OTA. Perfect!
And sorry about the not asking questions in the General section, didn't know! My bad!
Thanks again!
When there's an update, you can download the patches from the OTA help desk thread, or you can just flash the latest version of the factory image if you don't mind reinstalling your apps (probably better this way).
I was using an iphones for 3 years and learnt all about jailbreaking and unlocking and then I made a switch to android in 2013. I got myself a nexus 4 and stock android was good enough for me and I used my nexus 4 till it gave up very recently. With the nexus 4 I never really cared about rooting the phone for whatever reasons and now with the Oneplus I am very interested to start customizing it. The only problem is my knowledge on rooting phones, flashing, custom roms and kernels are 0. I don't even know what people mean by those things. Yes, a complete noob but I can learn pretty quickly and follow instructions well. So where do I start now?
Any help is appreciated.
First thing to do is unlock your bootloader, then install TWRP recovery, then make a backup of your stock ROM. From there you can root your stock ROM or you can flash a custom ROM, or you can just leave it as is. But the most important thing is to unlock your bootloader now, before you really start using the device because it wipes all user data during the unlock process. I have a guide thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471
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I was like you a couple of months back. I'll tell you this, before you start anything make sure you do a back up. That's the most important thing. From there on you can do whatever your heart desires. As my friend above has stated unlock the boot loader, install a custom recovery and you're ready to go.unlocking the boot loader will allow you to install a custom recovery. You need the custom recovery to flash zip files such as ROMs and kernels etc. I hope this helped !
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Thank you guys! That helped.
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First thing to do is unlock your bootloader, then install TWRP recovery, then make a backup of your stock ROM. From there you can root your stock ROM or you can flash a custom ROM, or you can just leave it as is. But the most important thing is to unlock your bootloader now, before you really start using the device because it wipes all user data during the unlock process. I have a guide thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2839471
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So I did as it said on the video by xda developers. I did everything and the phone seems to be working fine except for the fact that it isn't rooted properly. I download ROM Toolbox and it gave me a warning message saying no root access found. Then I downloaded Root Checker from playstore and verified my root and it says my phone hasn't been rooted properly.
I manually rooted my phone by using TWRP custom recovery + SuperSU.
Edit: Did a clean up within SuperSU & installed it again using google play and now it works properly. The only thing that was different this time I was prompted to install the binries which I wasn't asked to when I used TWRP to install SuperSu.
[Q] So I got the OnePlus One. What next?
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Enjoy it It's a great phone, take it easy read, read and read again BEFORE doing anything. Make sure you have the right files for the right phone. Always do a backup before doing any changes.
Hi xda community.
Maybe I'm blind, but I can't find stock recovery images for the LG Google Nexus 5. I run all my devices rooted, with unlocked bootloader, TWRP and Cyanogenmod 13. However, due to security concerns I would like to flash a stock recovery again and lock the bootloader.
However, I can not really find first-hand stock recovery images. Searching yields only unsigned third party downloads like this one. No way I'm going to flash this.
The official Google developer factory images only contain a bootloader image and a radio (?) image and the hammerhead stock ROM zip archive. But what I'm looking for is the recovery image!
Any idea where to get them first hand and singed or at least check-summed? Thanks!
Ok for some reasons, the factory image contains all images in the zip, including a recovery zip.
However, flashing that renders recovery unusable - little android with a red sign. I don't really worry (yet), but what would be the cause for that?
Is there any issue to run Cyanogenmod with a stock recovery? Should I prefer the CM recovery instead? Is the CM recovery as secure as the stock recovery?
The Android logo with a red exclamation is the stock recovery (recovery.img in the factory images) with its basic features.
You should be able to run CM13 with a stock recovery but locking the bootloader seems enough IMO. Actually I keep it unlocked because it could be my last chance to recover my device without loosing all my data.
Hi, not sure if you still need this but if you check page 1 of this XDA thread under "Nexus 5 Specials", you can find all of the stock bootloaders, radios, recovery, stock/ custom ROMs and stuff like that.
I've flashed a lot from this guys thread and I know the stuff there is legit and reliable. You're right though, only flash what you trust from a Official source.
You should be able to find what you need on that thread, good luck whatever route you choose.
Link to thread: (Page 1: Nexus 5 Specials.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...gle-nexus-5-roms-kernels-mods-t2475401/page50
Primokorn said:
The Android logo with a red exclamation is the stock recovery (recovery.img in the factory images) with its basic features.
You should be able to run CM13 with a stock recovery but locking the bootloader seems enough IMO. Actually I keep it unlocked because it could be my last chance to recover my device without loosing all my data.
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Ah, okay. It shows only the logo, no menu or something. Does that sound correct?
The issue with keeping it unlocked is basicly that anyone can recover my device. I use backup synchronization from within android and when the devices fails, I can simply whipe it and start fresh because I have all data synched to my computer (using syncthing).
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Hi, not sure if you still need this but if you check page 1 of this XDA thread under "Nexus 5 Specials", you can find all of the stock bootloaders, radios, recovery, stock/ custom ROMs and stuff like that.
I've flashed a lot from this guys thread and I know the stuff there is legit and reliable. You're right though, only flash what you trust from a Official source.
You should be able to find what you need on that thread, good luck whatever route you choose.
Link to thread: (Page 1: Nexus 5 Specials.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...gle-nexus-5-roms-kernels-mods-t2475401/page50
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Thanks, will look into that one.
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Ah, okay. It shows only the logo, no menu or something. Does that sound correct?
The issue with keeping it unlocked is basicly that anyone can recover my device. I use backup synchronization from within android and when the devices fails, I can simply whipe it and start fresh because I have all data synched to my computer (using syncthing).
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Stock recovery offers basic features: reboot, wipe cache, factory reset...
This is the bootloader.
You have a rooted phone so anyone can install BootUnlocker app to unlock the bootloader without wiping anything.
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Stock recovery offers basic features: reboot, wipe cache, factory reset.
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Yeah, I don't have that, it looks like this issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoJ_vRTRX7g However, the CM recovery works. Edit, after watching the video, I understand it's a non-issue
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You have a rooted phone so anyone can install BootUnlocker app to unlock the bootloader without wiping anything.
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Mind elaborating how _anyone_ can install an app on my phone? No custom recovery, no debugging enabled, bootloader locked, phone encrypted, pin set up. How to access my phone to install a bootunlocker?
5chdn said:
Mind elaborating how _anyone_ can install an app on my phone? No custom recovery, no debugging enabled, bootloader locked, phone encrypted, pin set up. How to access my phone to install a bootunlocker?
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"Anyone" is excessive for an encypted phone of course
Using a long password was enough to hack Android phones having Lollipop; hacking a 4 digits password can get cracked in minutes with a computer; thanks to the software FROST, security researchers extracted photos, web history and contact lists from locked & encrypted Android phones,...
Anyways, Android is not a secure OS and I never trust those security tools. I don't store precious information on my device and I'm safe from day one lol