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Having trouble rooting my Nexus S

Hey,
When I first rooted my phone, it was easy and took 30 mins max, but now I've updated to jellybean and trying to root again, I just can't seem to install adb and the drivers (reinstalled OS).
I've tried various tutorials, but it's just not working.
If anyone could help via teamviewer, it'd be very much appreciated.

jh1997sa said:
Hey,
When I first rooted my phone, it was easy and took 30 mins max, but now I've updated to jellybean and trying to root again, I just can't seem to install adb and the drivers (reinstalled OS).
I've tried various tutorials, but it's just not working.
If anyone could help via teamviewer, it'd be very much appreciated.
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Why not just install a custom ROM. Isn't that what you're going to end up doing anyways?
Sent from my Nexus S using Codename Android Jelly Bean

jh1997sa said:
Hey,
When I first rooted my phone, it was easy and took 30 mins max, but now I've updated to jellybean and trying to root again, I just can't seem to install adb and the drivers (reinstalled OS).
I've tried various tutorials, but it's just not working.
If anyone could help via teamviewer, it'd be very much appreciated.
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Try this works like a charm http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544940
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

simonb255 said:
Try this works like a charm http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544940
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Hi, thanks for telling me about this but once I've selected Nexus S blah... my phone reboots into fastboot mode and then on the tool window it just says,
< waiting for device >
I don't know why I'm having so much trouble, I've rooted many phones so far.

jh1997sa said:
Hi, thanks for telling me about this but once I've selected Nexus S blah... my phone reboots into fastboot mode and then on the tool window it just says,
< waiting for device >
I don't know why I'm having so much trouble, I've rooted many phones so far.
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You need to install the Nexus S adb drivers. Just flash a ROM that's rooted already. There is a ota rooted ROM if you're trying to stay stock.
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Recovery
Do you have a custom recovery installed such as CWM?

No I don't have a custom recovery because it was removed when I flashed ota jellybean
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jh1997sa said:
No I don't have a custom recovery because it was removed when I flashed ota jellybean
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just flash the new CWM 6.0.1 and install a custom rom..

Cascabreu said:
just flash the new CWM 6.0.1 and install a custom rom..
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Yea, I've been telling him this. Quit trying to root your phone. Just install a ROM that's rooted already. Quicker and easier.
Sent from my Nexus S using Codename Android Jelly Bean

He can't flash it if he doesn't have root or fast boot! Try installing pdanet on tour computer, it magically made it work for me. Also try a couple different USB cables, for example my girlfriends USB cable that came with her WP7 doesn't let me do a adb or fastboot
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AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
He can't flash it if he doesn't have root or fast boot! Try installing pdanet on tour computer, it magically made it work for me. Also try a couple different USB cables, for example my girlfriends USB cable that came with her WP7 doesn't let me do a adb or fastboot
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Uhh he has fast boot. Vol up and power boots into fastboot. He doesn't need to be rooted to get there. Now from fastboot, install clockwork... then flash ROM. Simple.
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Sounds like he is having problems with the Android SDK http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Use the sticky to help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623481 or this
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785672
Or I could be wrong but I think he can't cmd fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.

When I try to flash recovery via fast boot it just says waiting for device.
I have pdanet installed too.
I'm going to try it on my laptop tomorrow, maybe it will work on that.
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jh1997sa said:
When I try to flash recovery via fast boot it just says waiting for device.
I have pdanet installed too.
I'm going to try it on my laptop tomorrow, maybe it will work on that.
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No need for padnet. Just the right drivers and of course know how to install them. Go to nexushacks.com and watch the tutorial

dEris said:
Uhh he has fast boot. Vol up and power boots into fastboot. He doesn't need to be rooted to get there. Now from fastboot, install clockwork... then flash ROM. Simple.
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Uhh he has fastboot on his phone but the fastboot commands are not working for him, aka he doesn't have fastboot.
Drivers and getting it is a total pain in the ass, keep trying new things and eventually it will work out. Did you try a different USB cable?

AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
Uhh he has fastboot on his phone but the fastboot commands are not working for him, aka he doesn't have fastboot.
Drivers and getting it is a total pain in the ass, keep trying new things and eventually it will work out. Did you try a different USB cable?
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https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B7O2O1p4iWXTU1R2R0hra3VaQmc/edit
Here are the drivers

AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
Uhh he has fastboot on his phone but the fastboot commands are not working for him, aka he doesn't have fastboot.
Drivers and getting it is a total pain in the ass, keep trying new things and eventually it will work out. Did you try a different USB cable?
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Uhh he does have fast boot. He just needs the adb drivers and the SDK. That is all. Then he can boot into fastboot then flash recovery then ROM. Viola!
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If your device is a i9023, you may have to follow this guide.
i9023 has particularities on installation.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007782

Question about Cyanogenmod 11

Hello guys,
I've been looking around for CM11 for my HTC One X+.
Now I've found the original CM11 on their website for HOX+, but there is one little question I got about this.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=enrc2b
That's the link where I've found it by the way.
There is no boot.img download, how safe is it to just install the ROM? In my opinion it isn't.
So let me know what you guys think.
Sent from my HOX+

NiZii. said:
Hello guys,
I've been looking around for CM11 for my HTC One X+.
Now I've found the original CM11 on their website for HOX+, but there is one little question I got about this.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=enrc2b
That's the link where I've found it by the way.
There is no boot.img download, how safe is it to just install the ROM? In my opinion it isn't.
So let me know what you guys think.
Sent from my HOX+
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Its on the official website, and It should work. Make a backup though.
The boot.img download isn't there because the boot.img is probably inside the .zip.
So open the zip and you'll have your boot.img.
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krishneelg3 said:
Its on the official website, and It should work. Make a backup though.
The boot.img download isn't there because the boot.img is probably inside the .zip.
So open the zip and you'll have your boot.img.
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Yeah, already found it.
Thanks though.
One small question, if I'm going to put the .zip file on my SD card I can just leave the boot.img in the .zip right?
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NiZii. said:
Yeah, already found it.
Thanks though.
One small question, if I'm going to put the .zip file on my SD card I can just leave the boot.img in the .zip right?
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Well is your device s-off or s-on?
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krishneelg3 said:
Well is your device s-off or s-on?
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S-On, after hours of searching how to put S-Off I gave that up. Since I can't find it for my HTC One X+.
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NiZii. said:
S-On, after hours of searching how to put S-Off I gave that up. Since I can't find it for my HTC One X+.
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Oh okay, you will need to flash the boot.img alone then as flashing the ROM zip won't just work. So boot into bootloader, and flash the new boot.img you had extracted from the .zip
Once yo uhave flashed the .img boot into recovery mode and perform a gull wipe, including cache. Once done simply flash the zip and reboot.
First reboot takes a bit so be patient. I also recommend you getting a band backup in case.
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krishneelg3 said:
Oh okay, you will need to flash the boot.img alone then as flashing the ROM zip won't just work. So boot into bootloader, and flash the new boot.img you had extracted from the .zip
Once yo uhave flashed the .img boot into recovery mode and perform a gull wipe, including cache. Once done simply flash the zip and reboot.
First reboot takes a bit so be patient. I also recommend you getting a band backup in case.
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Ye I know it takes a lot of time since I've been flashing a ROM once before, but I can just leave the file in the .zip when flashing it in recovery?
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NiZii. said:
Ye I know it takes a lot of time since I've been flashing a ROM once before, but I can just leave the file in the .zip when flashing it in recovery?
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Yeah I suppose you can. Nothing will happen.
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krishneelg3 said:
Yeah I suppose you can. Nothing will happen.
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Okay thanks.
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NiZii. said:
Okay thanks.
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No worries.
All the best.
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If you're coming from a Sense ROM you can't just flash the zip without flashing the boot.img. It wouldn't even boot. And sometimes it boots but without mobile signal or WiFi signal.
So just place the zip on your sdcard, take the boot.img out of the zip on your computer.. Then boot into bootloader and connect it to the computer using USB then type
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Then "fastboot erase cache"
(you must have fastboot installed and configured on your computer)
Then boot into recovery and flash the zip file and gapps. Oh don't forget a wipe is mandatory if you're coming from sense ROM. But if you're coming from an AOSP ROM it's recommended but you can go without wiping. I flashed cyanogen over paranoid android without wiping data and had no issues at all. But I wiped the system partition.
And you cannot S-OFF an HTC One X+.. If it's S-ON then it stays that way. Only a few amount of people have S-OFF on their HOX+.
Oh and I don't think TWRP recovery is compatible with CM11 on HOX+.. So I recommend you flash philz recovery. Flash it by using the fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
(recovery.img should be replaced with the name of the recovery you downloaded)
It doesn't take a lot of time. I change ROMs almost every week.
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backb0ne5p1d0r said:
If you're coming from a Sense ROM you can't just flash the zip without flashing the boot.img. It wouldn't even boot. And sometimes it boots but without mobile signal or WiFi signal.
So just place the zip on your sdcard, take the boot.img out of the zip on your computer.. Then boot into bootloader and connect it to the computer using USB then type
"fastboot flash boot boot.img"
Then "fastboot erase cache"
(you must have fastboot installed and configured on your computer)
Then boot into recovery and flash the zip file and gapps. Oh don't forget a wipe is mandatory if you're coming from sense ROM. But if you're coming from an AOSP ROM it's recommended but you can go without wiping. I flashed cyanogen over paranoid android without wiping data and had no issues at all. But I wiped the system partition.
And you cannot S-OFF an HTC One X+.. If it's S-ON then it stays that way. Only a few amount of people have S-OFF on their HOX+.
Oh and I don't think TWRP recovery is compatible with CM11 on HOX+.. So I recommend you flash philz recovery. Flash it by using the fastboot command "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
(recovery.img should be replaced with the name of the recovery you downloaded)
It doesn't take a lot of time. I change ROMs almost every week.
Please press the thanks button if I helped!
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Hey i have htc one m7_ul and when ever i tried to flash cyanogenmod i ended up with so error like some binary problem do you know the fix for it???

Aisfkhan said:
Hey i have htc one m7_ul and when ever i tried to flash cyanogenmod i ended up with so error like some binary problem do you know the fix for it???
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Whats the error exactly ? and where did you get the error ?

backb0ne5p1d0r said:
Whats the error exactly ? and where did you get the error ?
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Its in twrp 2.6.3.3 and about some extracting binary failed error but now solved i flashed the boot.img file from cm11.zip file then flashed from philz recovery and everything goes fine

[Q] Update OTA crashed my root

Yesterday I managed to press install on the newest update, 4.4.4 on my Nexus 5. It was rooted and still is, but by installing this OTA it somehow made it crash. Now that I try to get into recovery mode I just get the android which is dead with an ! on it. It was rooted with Xposed and TWRP.
What do I do? Im on a Mac

OTA removed root replaces recovery. I'm amazed it managed to replace recovery whilst Xposed was installed. Anyway, seems like it did.
You must fastboot flash a custom recovery
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rootSU said:
OTA removed root replaces recovery. I'm amazed it managed to replace recovery whilst Xposed was installed. Anyway, seems like it did.
You must fastboot flash a custom recovery
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I feel embarrassed to ask, but how do I do that on my Mac? When I rooted it I did it on my PC at home, now Im traveling with my Mac for work..
Thanks!

killhaug said:
I feel embarrassed to ask, but how do I do that on my Mac? When I rooted it I did it on my PC at home, now Im traveling with my Mac for work..
Thanks!
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The same really. Install fastboot and use the "fastboot flash recovery /pathto/your/recovery.img" command
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rootSU said:
The same really. Install fastboot and use the "fastboot flash recovery /pathto/your/recovery.img" command
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I did this and now Im stuck in a TWRP loop, wont get into the system. I dont know what to do now, any inputs?
EDIT: Solved it. Thanks!

Nexus 5 Hammerhead 6.0 Kernel

I installed a factory image for my nexus and kernel was not changed and when I installed TWRP recovery and go back to system it won't turn on until I factory reset again ? Any solutions ?

Please clarify, what is it that you want to achieve, exactly.
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I wanted to confirm did I flashed correctlly ? And have to flash kearneal manuually ?

Ubaid2020 said:
I wanted to confirm did I flashed correctlly ? And have to flash kearneal manuually ?
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I need more info, how did u flash it, did u use a Toolkit, fastboot whatnot? Did u flash the whole factory image or just the system img? How did u flash twrp?
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Are u seeing the "your device is corrupt" message?
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I flashed the factory image through ADB and Fastboot and phone into the bootloop then I factory reset the nexus and I checked the version there was 6.0 then I installed TWRP through toolkit and when boot into recovery and reboot the system it again went into bootloop and again I factory reset the device

Ubaid2020 said:
I flashed the factory image through ADB and Fastboot and phone into the bootloop then I factory reset the nexus and I checked the version there was 6.0 then I installed TWRP through toolkit and when boot into recovery and reboot the system it again went into bootloop and again I factory reset the device
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If you used wugs fresh tool kit. Then the application with automatically root the phone when you chose to install a custom recovery (twrp). Stock kernel does not support root, hence the reason for the bootloop
If this is the case, you will need to flash a kernel, through TWRP, that has root options like elementalx or hells core.
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Any Recommended toolkit ?

This would not have happened if you didn't use a toolkit.
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beekay201 said:
This would not have happened if you didn't use a toolkit.
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so how to install TWRP without toolkit ?

Ubaid2020 said:
so how to install TWRP without toolkit ?
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I think you may need to read some tutorials and general information first before moving forward. There are some guides in the general forum of this section. Also in the Q&A area.
Read up first before you brick your phone.
Sent from my A0001

Mojar7070 said:
I think you may need to read some tutorials and general information first before moving forward. There are some guides in the general forum of this section. Also in the Q&A area.
Read up first before you brick your phone.
Sent from my A0001
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I even used One Plus One and it is so easy to install TWRP and nothing happend
but when i installed TWRP on my Nexus It goes into bootloop and the frustrating part is it takes 20 30 to boot up even after factory reset. may be i used the wrong toolkit but i only find one for the nexus 5 Toolkit 2.0.5

Like it has been suggested please read up on some of the guides to understand how to use adb and skip the toolkit.
See these basics ones - http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-nexus-5-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t2507905 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
I like to keep the commands from this thread handy since it doesn't have much clutter - http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/guide-update-rooted-device-to-5-1-lmy47d-t3050789 - but there are many guides reiterating this exact same commands.
Hope this helps you get out of your boot loop.

Possible change font without root?

If is possible, how? i remember flipfont for my old nokia

I don't think so, pretty sure u need to add the font to system in order for it to be seen and without root u can't gain access to system files
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soupysoup said:
I don't think so, pretty sure u need to add the font to system in order for it to be seen and without root u can't gain access to system files
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Using a custom recovery to flash zip font packages would bypass android altogether.
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beekay201 said:
Using a custom recovery to flash zip font packages would bypass android altogether.
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This is true, I guess u could also manually add the font using twrp and the included file manager, u would have to set permissions as well but it would work, didn't think about that, but again, that's assuming he's rooted or at the very least has an unlocked bootloader so he can flash the recovery
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soupysoup said:
This is true, I guess u could also manually add the font using twrp and the included file manager, u would have to set permissions as well but it would work, didn't think about that, but again, that's assuming he's rooted or at the very least has an unlocked bootloader so he can flash the recovery
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Yep. Well, he should just need to boot twrp, don't think there's a need to flash it.
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beekay201 said:
Yep. Well, he should just need to boot twrp, don't think there's a need to flash it.
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Well if he currently doesn't have twrp installed he's going to have to flash twrp first, and the only way to do that if he isn't rooted already is by using fastboot or a Toolkit of some kind, its a very simple process just:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
And done
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soupysoup said:
Well if he currently doesn't have twrp installed he's going to have to flash twrp first, and the only way to do that if he isn't rooted already is by using fastboot or a Toolkit of some kind, its a very simple process just:
fastboot flash recovery "recovery.img"
And done
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Try 'fastboot boot "recovery.img"'...
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beekay201 said:
Try 'fastboot boot "recovery.img"'...
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All fastboot boot will do is boot the stock recovery unless he's previously flashed twrp/cwm, if he's never installed a custom recovery, the "fastboot boot recovery" is useless
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Thanks for help!

soupysoup said:
All fastboot boot will do is boot the stock recovery unless he's previously flashed twrp/cwm, if he's never installed a custom recovery, the "fastboot boot recovery" is useless
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Is that a new thing on 6.0?

wangdaning said:
Is that a new thing on 6.0?
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Nope, been able to do that sf long as I can remember, and I've had every Nexus device since the galaxy Nexus
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soupysoup said:
Nope, been able to do that sf long as I can remember, and I've had every Nexus device since the galaxy Nexus
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I meant not being able to "fastboot boot (custom recovery)"
I do it all the time on many devices, so was curious why you mentioned it would boot stock recovery. Always boots twrp when I use it, but I have never tried it on M so was wondering if something changed.

wangdaning said:
I meant not being able to "fastboot boot (custom recovery)"
I do it all the time on many devices, so was curious why you mentioned it would boot stock recovery. Always boots twrp when I use it, but I have never tried it on M so was wondering if something changed.
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Oh no I was only saying that if he had never installed twrp on the device the fastboot boot recovery command would only boot the stock recovery. If twrp was installed prior tho it would boot twrp like u said
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wangdaning said:
Is that a new thing on 6.0?
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What he said only makes sense if that's the case.
Still, I find it hard to believe that if I 'fastboot boot twrp.img', TWRP won't run.
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Oh no I was only saying that if he had never installed twrp on the device the fastboot boot recovery command would only boot the stock recovery. If twrp was installed prior tho it would boot twrp like u said
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Mate, let's clear this up:
EVEN if you don't have TWRP installed, and you do 'fastboot boot <twrp-2.x.x.x.img', the device WILL boot into TWRP, WITHOUT flashing.
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beekay201 said:
What he said only makes sense if that's the case.
Still, I find it hard to believe that if I 'fastboot boot twrp.img', TWRP won't run.
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Mate, let's clear this up:
EVEN if you don't have TWRP installed, and you do 'fastboot boot <twrp-2.x.x.x.img', the device WILL boot into TWRP, WITHOUT flashing.
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Twrp still needs to be on the device in order to boot it, u don't necessarily need to flash it, but if twrp is not on the device, how can it boot twrp? I've never booted it without flashing it, so I may be wrong, but I don't see how u could boot an image that's not there lol
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soupysoup said:
Twrp still needs to be on the device in order to boot it, u don't necessarily need to flash it, but if twrp is not on the device, how can it boot twrp? I've never booted it without flashing it, so I may be wrong, but I don't see how u could boot an image that's not there lol
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Because its cached to memory.
Try it. We've been able to do this since like.. Forever?
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beekay201 said:
Because its cached to memory.
Try it. We've been able to do this since like.. Forever?
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What I'm saying is if twrp has never been on the device to begin with, fastboot can not boot an image that was never there, it can't be cached to memory if it was never in memory, the only way I could see to do this would be to do
fastboot flash recovery "twrp.img"
fastboot boot recovery "twrp.img"
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soupysoup said:
What I'm saying is if twrp has never been on the device to begin with, fastboot can not boot an image that was never there, it can't be cached to memory if it was never in memory, the only way I could see to do this would be to do
fastboot flash recovery "twrp.img"
fastboot boot recovery "twrp.img"
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Man you are stubborn.
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beekay201 said:
Man you are stubborn.
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Not stubborn l lol, just adamant ha-ha, u gotta know what I mean tho, I mean how can u boot an image that isn't there, now if u mean dl the image to the device and then boot it without flashing it that's doable, but the image still had to be on the device in order to boot it, flashed or not
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soupysoup said:
Not stubborn l lol, just adamant ha-ha, u gotta know what I mean tho, I mean how can u boot an image that isn't there, now if u mean dl the image to the device and then boot it without flashing it that's doable, but the image still had to be on the device in order to boot it, flashed or not
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It is booted via fastboot from you computer. I have done this a bunch of times on devices that have never and still don't have twrp. Download a recovery you have never used onto your pc and try.