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Hey guys,
I saw alot of guides out there to Root your SNS, all different, and none explain some basics stuff. I want to understand what I'm doing and not doing it like a robot. So I'll ask some newbie questions I got into:
1) What's the difference between ROOT / unlocking bootloader / oem unlock ?
2) Is it possible to save all your apps and data before Rooting your SNS by some way ? I know there's these apps Nandroid and Titanium backup, but both can used only after rooting no ?
3) I saw there's guide to Root i9020T only, and i9023 & i9020A separately, what is it ? how do I know what I have ?
4) What's the best recovery out there ? Clockwork mod ? If I use it and I want to update it, do I need to download the new version and transfer it again, or does it have auto update ?
5) What is Fastloader / Fastboot ? what does it do ?
6) What is Superuser ? what does it do ?
7) What is Flash rom, or Flash recovery ?
8) What is the best and most updated guide for Rooting SNS out there ? there just so many, I need something that most reliable
9) I wanted to make sure the all these processes are reversible, that if I'll find out the original stock rom was better for me, if I could undone all the rooting and recovery changing and go back to the stock rom with original updates from google (like new) ?
10) For people that have done it, does it worth rooting the SNS at all ? does the Roms out there for SNS are good enough to replace the stock one ? I've heard that most good roms are for Galaxys, and SNS has the basics, is it true ?
Thanks for your patience, sorry for being pain in the ass
ariel2011 said:
Hey guys,
I saw alot of guides out there to Root your SNS, all different, and none explain some basics stuff. I want to understand what I'm doing and not doing it like a robot. So I'll ask some newbie questions I got into:
1) What's the difference between ROOT / unlocking bootloader / oem unlock ?
2) Is it possible to save all your apps and data before Rooting your SNS by some way ? I know there's these apps Nandroid and Titanium backup, but both can used only after rooting no ?
3) I saw there's guide to Root i9020T only, and i9023 & i9020A separately, what is it ? how do I know what I have ?
4) What's the best recovery out there ? Clockwork mod ? If I use it and I want to update it, do I need to download the new version and transfer it again, or does it have auto update ?
5) What is Fastloader / Fastboot ? what does it do ?
6) What is Superuser ? what does it do ?
7) What is Flash rom, or Flash recovery ?
8) What is the best and most updated guide for Rooting SNS out there ? there just so many, I need something that most reliable
9) I wanted to make sure the all these processes are reversible, that if I'll find out the original stock rom was better for me, if I could undone all the rooting and recovery changing and go back to the stock rom with original updates from google (like new) ?
10) For people that have done it, does it worth rooting the SNS at all ? does the Roms out there for SNS are good enough to replace the stock one ? I've heard that most good roms are for Galaxys, and SNS has the basics, is it true ?
Thanks for your patience, sorry for being pain in the ass
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I will explain it to you in about one hour, because nobody want to tell you, but I'm on beach atm and writing from the is not very handy!
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I will explain it to you in about one hour, because nobody want to tell you, but I'm on beach atm and writing from the is not very handy!
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Yea I figured people won't have the strength to answer all that, I understand them
Ok thanks, take your time !
1. Root gives you ability to run applications that require root access.
Unlocking bootloader is the same thing as OEM unlock. Unlocking the bootloader allows you to flash custom recoveries which leads you to flashing custom ROMs & kernels. With the Nexus series, it is a legitimate device that permits you to unlock the bootloader without using a exploit.
2) No. This is not possible, upon unlocking the bootloader. It will wipe all of your data due to a security measure. And yes, nandroid can only be usable when you flash Clockwork Recovery. Titanium Backup requires root. And to obtain root, you need to flash su.zip (or whatever method you desire to). The best thing you could do when you first get the NS is to oem unlock. You don't have to gain root right away, but at least unlock the bootloader so you keep it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865 but if you go that road.. its all you, i rather unlock the bootloader. easier on the long run
3) What is your location? Carrier?
4) There is only one recovery. Clockwork. Not many changes need to be done to the recovery in the first place. Once a stable version is out, it will remain that way. Recoveries don't get updated that much. I'd recommend the 4.0.0.2 modified version in the development forum than to the standard one. It is formatted a lot better than the original. If you wish to get the official one, download ROM manager from the market and flash it there. It will give you Clockwork v3.0.2.4.
To flash 4.0.0.2, you need to go into bootloader mode and use ADB (fastboot).
5) Fastboot allows you to flash custom image files such as bootloader, radio, recovery.
6) Superuser is 'administrative' access to your phone. It unlimits you and allows you to take full permissions all over your phone including changes outside of /sdcard/.
7) Let's use this as an example,
Android = Windows
ROM = Heavily modified version of Windows tweaked for faster speeds, new features, and so forth.
Flash Recovery allows you to flash custom ROMs & kernels.
Kernels... new features. Easy to do. Recommend Netarchy's 1.3.7 kernel.
8) Only one way to root the Nexus S. It's the easiest out of any other phone. One clicks are for lazy people.
9) Yes you can undo it. But you probably wont because custom ROMs are amazing.
10) Yes its worth rooting. You're asking about it, so you're obviously thinking about it. You can always unroot. But I doubt it
Anyway. Hit the thanks button, any more questions. Feel free to ask! I'll be here.
P.S. Just call it "NS" its not "SNS"
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Yea I figured people won't have the strength to answer all that, I understand them
Ok thanks, take your time !
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oh he was faster! but yeah thats it! and hit his thanks button
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Borky_16 said:
oh he was faster! but yeah thats it! and hit his thanks button
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It's not a race Just trying to answer his question hehe.
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It's not a race Just trying to answer his question hehe.
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yeah I know!
Since when does Salzburg have a beach?
First of all, thank you for your detailed explanation ! things are more clear now
and you too Borky_16, even tho you didn't make it eventually
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allows you to flash custom recoveries which leads you to flashing custom ROMs & kernels
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5) Fastboot allows you to flash custom image files such as bootloader, radio, recovery.
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As I asked in question 7, I don't really understand the meaning of the verb flash, what does it mean to flash recoveries/roms/images ?
and btw what is kernels ?
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3) What is your location? Carrier?
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Israel, Carrier: Cellcom, but I bought it on BestBuy from US. In my Baseband version is says: I9020XXKD1. Does it mean anything ?
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8) Only one way to root the Nexus S. It's the easiest out of any other phone.
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So you're saying the only real guide is the one in the General forum? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
again, thanks for your help
ariel2011 said:
So you're saying the only real guide is the one in the General forum? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
again, thanks for your help
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http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/17/how-to-root-the-samsung-nexus-s/
ariel2011 said:
First of all, thank you for your detailed explanation ! things are more clear now
and you too Borky_16, even tho you didn't make it eventually
As I asked in question 7, I don't really understand the meaning of the verb flash, what does it mean to flash recoveries/roms/images ?
and btw what is kernels ?
Israel, Carrier: Cellcom, but I bought it on BestBuy from US. In my Baseband version is says: I9020XXKD1. Does it mean anything ?
So you're saying the only real guide is the one in the General forum? :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
again, thanks for your help
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to flash means to install; or, to write the image to the partition.
an image is a copy of something. a partition is an area of your phone's storage. when you flash, you write the content of the image into the partition.
the main partitions are system, data, recovery, boot, and radio.
when you flash custom kernel, you are writing an image to the boot partition.
when you flash a custom rom, you are writing images to the boot and system partitions (roms usually include kernels to ensure compatibility).
when you flash a recovery, you are writing an image to the recovery partition.
when you factory reset, you are erasing the data partition.
also you can flash other partitions easily from a modified recovery. so the easiest way to set up your phone to be easily modified is to use a program called fastboot to flash a custom recovery image. then you boot your phone into that custom recovery and from there you can easily flash custom roms and kernels. and if all you want is to gain root access, then you just go into recovery and flash a superuser file.
hopefully that explains it!
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and btw what is kernels ?
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A kernel is the "core" of an operating system which, in case of Android, is Linux. It provides interface to all hardware on you NS -- CPU, memory, touch screen, speaker, etc. (see the picture in the link)
Your NS cannot operate correctly without a compatible kernel, so mind what you are going to flash to your boot partition.
suksit said:
A kernel is the "core" of an operating system which, in case of Android, is Linux. It provides interface to all hardware on you NS -- CPU, memory, touch screen, speaker, etc. (see the picture in the link)
Your NS cannot operate correctly without a compatible kernel, so mind what you are going to flash to your boot partition.
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Pretty much what he said. I recommend a custom kernel such as Netarchy's kernel. Adds Voodoo Sound which is pretty much amazing. Custom kernels add a lot of custom features, highlights of the additional features can be found in a kernel thread such as OC, Voodoo Sound,Voodoo Color, Tunko, etc....
Thanks guys, u really helped me out, I'll work on rooting my NS right now
I also recommend Matr1x
But listen to zephik, he's a good person and is always willing to help
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rentaric said:
Since when does Salzburg have a beach?
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I'm in Italy! and I call my hotel home because I will be there the whole summer !
so, my NS is rooted, with clockwork mod 4.0.0.2
tell me, each time I want to change rom I need to wipe everything before ? including sdcard ?
ariel2011 said:
so, my NS is rooted, with clockwork mod 4.0.0.2
tell me, each time I want to change rom I need to wipe everything before ? including sdcard ?
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No, you don't have to wipe sdcard. Don't ever do that.
Only thing you need to wipe is factory settings, and cache, and dalvik when flashing one rom to another.
Upgrading from one rom to the same rom but a newer version, just flash but I usually wipe dalvik and cache. You don't have to.
Kernel is the same. The I wip those two, and you don't have to.
Wiping hose two doesn't make you lose any files or data. Just a longer first boot because android is rebuilding the cache
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No, you don't have to wipe sdcard. Don't ever do that.
Only thing you need to wipe is factory settings, and cache, and dalvik when flashing one rom to another.
Upgrading from one rom to the same rom but a newer version, just flash but I usually wipe dalvik and cache. You don't have to.
Kernel is the same. The I wip those two, and you don't have to.
Wiping hose two doesn't make you lose any files or data. Just a longer first boot because android is rebuilding the cache
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wiping dalvik and cache is only to do if you change the kernel at a rom! when you upgrade a rom, then the updater-script will do that, only to be correct
Borky_16 said:
wiping dalvik and cache is only to do if you change the kernel at a rom! when you upgrade a rom, then the updater-script will do that, only to be correct
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Hm, didn't know the script would wipe it for you. Good to know! I'll continue wiping it just because it's a habit.
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Hi everyone, I wanna ask something.
Few weeks ago, I just flashed a new radio 20.4801.30.0822U_3822.10.08.04_M on my device, but after a few weeks later I think my old radio is still better than this one.
the question is, can I just flash my old radio in the same way just like when I flashed the new Radio?
Is it possible to perform a "downgrade" in Radio?
many thanks guys
The radio images are not version dependent. You can change them freely. I recommend you to use Android Flasher for this purpose - just a couple of mouse clicks and you are done
amidabuddha said:
The radio images are not version dependent. You can change them freely. I recommend you to use Android Flasher for this purpose - just a couple of mouse clicks and you are done
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Wow thanks man, I really appreciate your answer (of course I also clicked thanks )
But, what is Android Flasher?
Akishima said:
But, what is Android Flasher?
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A nice tool for flashing Radio, hboot, recovery and splashscreen.
Link
amidabuddha said:
The radio images are not version dependent. You can change them freely. I recommend you to use Android Flasher for this purpose - just a couple of mouse clicks and you are done
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amidabuddha said:
A nice tool for flashing Radio, hboot, recovery and splashscreen.
Link
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wow,, I'll try it
anyway, do you have any suggestion or precaution before I flash my old radio? like wipe dalvik cache first or something like that?
Akishima said:
wow,, I'll try it
anyway, do you have any suggestion or precaution before I flash my old radio? like wipe dalvik cache first or something like that?
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Cache wipe. Actually is good to do this before flashing anything on your device, because the cache partition is used as a temporary storage sometimes
Your device must be S-OFF to flash images directly. Otherwise you can flash your old radio the same way you flashed the new one.
dmatik said:
Otherwise you can flash your old radio the same way you flashed the new one.
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And what is this method??? I do not know other ways to flash radio images but directly via fastboot (which is the Android Flasher dressed in GUI)
amidabuddha said:
Cache wipe. Actually is good to do this before flashing anything on your device, because the cache partition is used as a temporary storage sometimes
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Okay thanks a bunch man
dmatik said:
Your device must be S-OFF to flash images directly. Otherwise you can flash your old radio the same way you flashed the new one.
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I don't understand what you mean, coz of course I already S-OFFed my device..
Hey guys.
I am on the latest build of cyanogen and it was working fantastic! Then suddenly my phone started doing random reboots and they are becoming quiet frequent. Any ideas on how to fix this?
If undervolting, stop. Otherwise, change kernel and or ROM.
Aerowinder said:
If undervolting, stop. Otherwise, change kernel and or ROM.
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Quiet a hard process to do on a nexus 5 considering no SD card slot. Also this never happened till I updated to a nightly so I downgraded and it is still hapening. Also I was actually looking to overvolt rather then undervolt but the battery capabilities are to poor so I gave up. Never touched clock speeds
darkjake said:
Quiet a hard process to do on a nexus 5 considering no SD card slot.
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How would a card slot make things easier?
Wakamatsu said:
How would a card slot make things easier?
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Well I have 10 gigs worth of applications and half are which not part of the play store(third party)
darkjake said:
Well I have 10 gigs worth of applications and half are which not part of the play store(third party)
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Still not seeing the point.
Wakamatsu said:
Still not seeing the point.
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Cmon new ROM = total wipe I.e factory reset
darkjake said:
Cmon new ROM = total wipe I.e factory reset
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Not true. Format system. Leave media alone.
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Not true. Format system. Leave media alone.
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Mmh? How would I go by that? I did not think it was possible on an n5
darkjake said:
Mmh? How would I go by that? I did not think it was possible on an n5
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Head over to your custom recovery.. Format system, wipe cache/dalvic and flash the new rom.zip followed by gapps.zip. Done!
If the new rom you're trying uses the same base as the current rom you're on, a dirty flash will also do the job!
It should be one of the advanced recovery options if you're using CM.
vin4yak said:
Head over to your custom recovery.. Format system, wipe cache/dalvic and flash the new rom.zip followed by gapps.zip. Done!
If the new rom you're trying uses the same base as the current rom you're on, a dirty flash will also do the job!
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What about for cwm recovery? I am a little lazy at the moment to in install another recovery and from the looks of it wiping specific parts of the SD are not possible correct? Would just dirty reflashing cyanogen fix the problem?
darkjake said:
What about for cwm recovery? I am a little lazy at the moment to in install another recovery and from the looks of it wiping specific parts of the SD are not possible correct? Would just dirty reflashing cyanogen fix the problem?
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What about it?? Formatting system and wiping cache/dalvic are included in all recoveries.. (TWRP, PhilzTouch and CWM)..
Yes, you can wipe your internal sdcard with a recovery but only if you tell it to do :silly: Doing the above 3 things I mentioned won't touch the internal sd for sure.
How would we know?? Try dirty flashing cyanogen and see if it helps.. If it doesn't, you know what to do.
OK so I reflashed cyanogenmod after wiping dalvik and system and I am still randomly rebooting but a little less often. Any ideas?
Interesting
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I also get random reboots on cyan from 8/25 and from 7/25. The reboots only start once I enter the performance settings, even though I leave my CPU settings all stock. Its a glitch that is triggered by performance for me.
RogerPodacter said:
I also get random reboots on cyan from 8/25 and from 7/25. The reboots only start once I enter the performance settings, even though I leave my CPU settings all stock. Its a glitch that is triggered by performance for me.
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Update dude No issue with this menu on yesterday's nightly (ElementalX kernel).
Ok so i'm running lollipop 5.0 with twrp 2.8.3.0 rooted with cf auto root and i want to update to 5.0.1. First what i did i tryed to install ota but it did not start to install when the device resets. So i downloaded factory images for 5.0 and flashed factory recovery via fastboot, now when i download ota and device starts to install it on 1/4 % of progress bar it says error. So what else i need to do to install ota? Or there is not any other way exepct to flash factory image for 5.0.1.
Best option is to download factory image 5.0.1 and flash it with no wipe.
zagorteney said:
Best option is to download factory image 5.0.1 and flash it with no wipe.
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Ok, so i do it with no wipe by editing the bat file right? i need to delete w?
Yeah, why download 5.0 instead of 5.0.1 factory image?
Easiest thing to do would have been flashing the 5.0.1 twrp flashable version of the rom from XDA...
rootSU said:
Yeah, why download 5.0 instead of 5.0.1 factory image?
Easiest thing to do would have been flashing the 5.0.1 twrp flashable version of the rom from XDA...
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Sorry i did not know that there is a flashable version :/ can you give me the link to it? i will flash back twrp now and flash it like you said.
Its in the resources section of general > sticky roll-up, by vomer
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Its in the resources section of general > sticky roll-up, by vomer
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I did all as u said and it went without a problem. So thanks a lot
Alexandar92zr said:
I did all as u said and it went without a problem. So thanks a lot
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Can u give me more information ?
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Can u give me more information ?
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What more do you need? If you read my post, all the information is there
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What more do you need? If you read my post, all the information is there
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someone else asked for more information, but it all went well im on 5.0.1 now rooted with twrp so thanks again
Alexandar92zr said:
someone else asked for more information, but it all went well im on 5.0.1 now rooted with twrp so thanks again
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I was talking to the guy who asked for more information.
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I was talking to the guy who asked for more information.
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That's great to hear. By the time, Is there any handy guide just to sideload the 5.0.1 update without actually wiping the data.
A lot of people will be looking the same just like me!
CODENEX said:
That's great to hear. By the time, Is there any handy guide just to sideload the 5.0.1 update without actually wiping the data.
A lot of people will be looking the same just like me!
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You can only sideload OTA and OTA doesn't wipe data.
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You can only sideload OTA and OTA doesn't wipe data.
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So it's the same way like we flash the factory image/custom ROM. Since the manual wiping doesn't even require, no need for apps backup?! #n008
CODENEX said:
So it's the same way like we flash the factory image/custom ROM. Since the manual wiping doesn't even require, no need for apps backup?! #n008
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If you are 100% stock, you can:
- sideload OTA. No wipe
If you have a custom recovery you can
- flash a ROM.zip, without wipe
No matter what state you are:
- flash a factory image, with some modification to not wipe. This can be done by moving the -w from the flash script or individually flashing via fastboot, the system, boot, radio images. Though if you want ota in the future, you'll need to flash bootloader and recovery the same way.
Everything you need is in general > sticky roll-up
rootSU said:
If you are 100% stock, you can:
- sideload OTA. No wipe
If you have a custom recovery you can
- flash a ROM.zip, without wipe
No matter what state you are:
- flash a factory image, with some modification to not wipe. This can be done by moving the -w from the flash script or individually flashing via fastboot, the system, boot, radio images. Though if you want ota in the future, you'll need to flash bootloader and recovery the same way.
Everything you need is in general > sticky roll-up
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I think the Section - B of the guide complies what you said.
Why is there three links, with warning (Original, may not flash for most people and full radio)?
rootSU said:
If you are 100% stock, you can:
- sideload OTA. No wipe
If you have a custom recovery you can
- flash a ROM.zip, without wipe
No matter what state you are:
- flash a factory image, with some modification to not wipe. This can be done by moving the -w from the flash script or individually flashing via fastboot, the system, boot, radio images. Though if you want ota in the future, you'll need to flash bootloader and recovery the same way.
Everything you need is in general > sticky roll-up
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This is best explanation as you can get. But for newbies like me, there is also tool, named Wugfresh Root Toolkit. It does exactly what rootSU said above, but for ordinary users in more friendly way.
Regards, Zagor
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This is best explanation as you can get. But for newbies like me, there is also tool, named Wugfresh Root Toolkit. It does exactly what rootSU said above, but for ordinary users in more friendly way.
Regards, Zagor
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True but the problem there is that toolkits take away the learning curve for noobs. This means if something goes wrong using the toolkit of even later on, when we try to help, the noob doesnt understand the basic things we're saying.
Sure, it saves noobs time, but it wastes our time later when the noob needs our help (which is unfair and a bit selfish) So we strongly urge noobs to NOT use toolkits.
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True but the problem there is that toolkits take away the learning curve for noobs. This means if something goes wrong using the toolkit of even later on, when we try to help, the noob doesnt understand the basic things we're saying.
Sure, it saves noobs time, but it wastes our time later when the noob needs our help (which is unfair and a bit selfish) So we strongly urge noobs to NOT use toolkits.
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It makes sense. But there is another truth, too. There aren't so many professionals like you with understanding android enviroment.
For example. I'm steel worker. I know how to weld. But also I know just few basic things about how welding machines works. I do not need exactly know how it works I just need to know how to adjust some of parameters to get better results. Because I have a good welding machine, it is almost impossible to go anything wrong. So for me good Toolkit is like good welding machine.
When I try to install SDK from Google and start with it I just give up after only 10 min. Toolkits works for me since X10. Of course there were many mistakes I've made (and probably will do), but I never bother people for such a situations like "I flash HTC Xspeed kernel on Samsung device - my gosh, please help". There are also unpredictable situations. I hate that with Titanium Backup and its /storage folder most. But the beauty of android system is that you can't do anything wrong. If you have somekind of backups you can allways start fresh. And that is the best school for everybody.
Regards, Zagor
You don't need the SDK. Its worth reading the stickies. The problem is when someone uses a toolkit and doesn't know how to use fastboot and we have to explain everything to them whilst panicking. Its easier to learn fastboot first.
Of course you must feel free to use toolkits yourself but many of us will say what I have said today if you recommend it.
Fastboot is not knowing how it works. Fastboot is the same knowledge you have as your welding machine. Developing would be more than you know than your welding machine.
I'm wanting to format but it keeps giving me flash image/dev/block/platform/soc.0/by-name/metadata /dev/zero process ended with ERROR :255
Beanzy420 said:
I'm wanting to format but it keeps giving me flash image/dev/block/platform/soc.0/by-name/metadata /dev/zero process ended with ERROR :255
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Perhaps you could give us a little more detail of what you are trying to format and how? The path your are showing doesn't make sense...
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Perhaps you could give us a little more detail of what you are trying to format and how? The path your are showing doesn't make sense...
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TWRP format doesn't work I'm just trying to start fresh I downgraded to a superSU rooted factory rom uninstalling superSU and so on to get a couple games that don't allow root to work.
Beanzy420 said:
TWRP format doesn't work I'm just trying to start fresh I downgraded to a superSU rooted factory rom uninstalling superSU and so on to get a couple games that don't allow root to work.
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Still not sure what you are trying to do, TWRP format of what? Just wipe system, data, and caches. Unrooting a pre-rooted ROM is just asking for trouble. If you need to go back to stock, flash the images via fastboot. There is no need to "format" anything other than a normal factory reset.
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Still not sure what you are trying to do, TWRP format of what? Just wipe system, data, and caches. Unrooting a pre-rooted ROM is just asking for trouble. If you need to go back to stock, flash the images via fastboot. There is no need to "format" anything other than a normal factory reset.
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Like format everything delete everything. and I use the other way but it just bugs me 1 thing doesn't work on it. I also tried to do the flashing fastboot it just never works. those codes give me errors and when I restart I'm either at same rom I was before or I am at bootloop. but half the codes seriously don't work on my phone. Yeah I tend to go a little extreme and certain things been acting up so I thought a format would do
Beanzy420 said:
Like format everything delete everything. and I use the other way but it just bugs me 1 thing doesn't work on it. I also tried to do the flashing fastboot it just never works. those codes give me errors and when I restart I'm either at same rom I was before or I am at bootloop. but half the codes seriously don't work on my phone. Yeah I tend to go a little extreme and certain things been acting up so I thought a format would do
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TBH, you are treading I dangerous territory... Erasing/formatting everything can be dangerous and potentially leaving you with a bricked device. Maybe if you specifically state what you are doing and is failing we can help because the factory fastboot flash method works.
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acejavelin said:
TBH, you are treading I dangerous territory... Erasing/formatting everything can be dangerous and potentially leaving you with a bricked device. Maybe if you specifically state what you are doing and is failing we can help because the factory fastboot flash method works.
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yeah screw what I'm doing I'm straight. I'm just gonna try the fastboot method but I just fear getting the errors cuz the sparechunks dont go thru and a couple ofother codes I cant remember them but everything else goes thru
Beanzy420 said:
yeah screw what I'm doing I'm straight. I'm just gonna try the fastboot method but I just fear getting the errors cuz the sparechunks dont go thru and a couple ofother codes I cant remember them but everything else goes thru
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Just follow the instructions in the thread in the General forum and make sure you flash the correct number of sparse chunks that are in your ROM. Best bet is to flash recovery, start it and do a factory reset, then restart bootloader and flash from beginning to end, if you get an error at any step, repeat it once, then continue... radios are known to fail on occasion the first time. If you are downgrading from what is installed, gpt.bin will likely fail, just try a second time then continue even if there is still an error.