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I really want to root im new to all this stuff with android, But I was curious can i root my phone and maybe make it look as if I done nothing to the phone a bit like the way people say if you jailbreak iphones then do a restore on them...
tonyt3rry said:
I really want to root im new to all this stuff with android, But I was curious can i root my phone and maybe make it look as if I done nothing to the phone a bit like the way people say if you jailbreak iphones then do a restore on them...
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You can do it very easily. Follow a rooting method that unlocks the bootloader (make sure you backup your SDcard onto your computer first)
Once you get to the step that has you do this:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img
Go into backup and restore and do a backup. This way you'll have a backup of the stock ROM you can easily return to that is not rooted. When you want to take it in to return it or whatever, restore that backup and then run this command the same way you ran the original unlock command
Code:
fastboot oem lock
It won't wipe anything and you'll be stock. Just take some of the obvious rooted stuff off of your phone like the clockwork mod folder etc. No one will ever know.
Gave you a thumbs up man apreciate that, I kept reading about this VOIDS YOUR WARENTY etc etc when its the same with the iphone except you can just restore it. im still a bit noob with all this but I will give it a few days as someone told me you cant root 2.3.3
tonyt3rry said:
Gave you a thumbs up man apreciate that, I kept reading about this VOIDS YOUR WARENTY etc etc when its the same with the iphone except you can just restore it. im still a bit noob with all this but I will give it a few days as someone told me you cant root 2.3.3
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Its no problem man and just so you know...Android is a million times more forgiving than iOS in terms of rooting/jailbreaking. If you brick your jailbroken iPhone a lot of the time you're just SOL but with most Android phones and the Nexus S in particular there are a hundred ways to get it back to working and some of them don't even force you to lose all of your data. Its just sooooooooooooo easy. =) Fear not!
Hi to everyone.
First of all, thanks to let me join the forum.
I am new on all the android thing, so sorry if this question is out of place.
I was wondering if anybody know if once a have root access I can get the unlock code for my phone. I know that I can buy it for 30 or 40 US dollars, but I want to try by myself, I know that I need to read a lot. So I only need to know if this is possible. Thanks in advance.
Regards.
I heard its not possible to get you phone unlocked by rootin it but you may find some apps which working in a rooted device to unlock it!!!
google it
honestonline said:
I heard its not possible to get you phone unlocked by rootin it but you may find some apps which working in a rooted device to unlock it!!!
google it
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Thanks a lot for your answer I will give it a try.
Regards
I could not find any application that were able to do the task, I will continue searching and waiting until somebody, release the solution.
I am a newbie and I do not have yet the ability to do this.
Regards.
Does anybody has achived to unlock the nuvifone, or has found an application that can do it?.
Well after several months trying to find I solutions for unlocked my nuvifone, I decide to pay for get the unlock code.
I only have a question, I read on the pages that offer the unlock codes that if the phone is rooted, the code will not work, Does any one know if this is true?
It sounds weird to me, but better ask to make a mistake.
Best Regards.
hi i'm having some difficulty too. i downloaded the superone click app and went through the stages ie unmount the sd card etc, and at the end of installation a message came up that said i have been successfull in rooting my phone ( garmin a50 ). so the superuser icon appeared in the app draw and all looked good. i then downloaded and installed root uninstaller as well as set cpu. i managed to delete system apps and use the set cpu to adjust my speeds. but that's all, every other app that requires root access does not work and they all state that my device is not rooted. and busy box wont install. i also downloaded root checker and tested it and it also said my phone was not rooted.
z4root works just fine on the A50 (aka: Garminfone)
Root uninstaller will NOT remove most apps.
You can remove them manually.
Facebook, twitter, visual voice mail etc. can reside in a few different spots and will come back if not removed from all of them.
/Carrier/persist-app
/data/app
/system/app
and
/system/carrier/persist-app
You may find some of these files across different locations. facebook is in at least 2 or 3 of them.
those are the locations to manually go in and remove the bloatware from. Careful: it is immediate. only remove the bloatware, leave everything else or you can brick the phone and have to recover using the D-pad left to Wipe UserData trick to restore it.
d-link300 said:
Well after several months trying to find I solutions for unlocked my nuvifone, I decide to pay for get the unlock code.
I only have a question, I read on the pages that offer the unlock codes that if the phone is rooted, the code will not work, Does any one know if this is true?
It sounds weird to me, but better ask to make a mistake.
Best Regards.
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now ur set is unlocked plz explain and realy code will not work if handset will be rooted ?
if i delete the garmin navigation in the phone, would it cause any problem?
Why on earth would you do that?
The navigation is the only good (read: amazing) thing about the phone...
Did some searching and I think I may already know the answer. I was hoping to root before unlocking so that I can use TB so save me some time re-downloading apps. If not, I'll copy what I can to the laptop before I begin.
hi,
i am at the same situation.
did you ma.age to use root only?
i want to use the tb too.
if not ,how did you copied the aps you had?
thanks!!
as far as i know - the answer is no
u have to unlock before rooting
A VERY REMOTE AND RISKY idea may be to try the root method now going around for the other xoom devices. I don't support or condone it and you will likely brick. But if your the adventurous type with extra funds to replace a brick, go for it.
Ok
-So I had root until manual update to 4.1
-Used OTA Root Keeper + Busybox which worked about as well as Catholic Birth Control
-Checked Kernel / still 3.1.10 #1android @uranus
So I have partial root.
-THE PROBLEM-
I'm on my frigging honeymoon....(!!!!), with zero access to another pc I trust. I dont want to plug our tablet into a strange computer...
Is there ANY way to regain full root from onboard the tablet only, without unlocking and voiding the warranty?
Quite a task I know, but if anyone can...
Thanks for any help in advance
TheAntiHero
TheAntiHero said:
Ok
-So I had root until manual update to 4.1
-Used OTA Root Keeper + Busybox which worked about as well as Catholic Birth Control
-Checked Kernel / still 3.1.10 #1android @uranus
So I have partial root.
-THE PROBLEM-
I'm on my frigging honeymoon....(!!!!), with zero access to another pc I trust. I dont want to plug our tablet into a strange computer...
Is there ANY way to regain full root from onboard the tablet only, without unlocking and voiding the warranty?
Quite a task I know, but if anyone can...
Thanks for any help in advance
TheAntiHero
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Nope, without a PC you are doom for now. But once you're home, you can downgrade to .30, use PC to reroot, install superSU,voodoo OTA root keeper to keep root, OTA upgradeto JB, then restore root using OTA root keeper.
If you're on your honeymoon, you should focus your rooting skills elsewhere...
Just sayin'!
hehe
danger-rat said:
If you're on your honeymoon, you should focus your rooting skills elsewhere...
Just sayin'!
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Yes and Yes : D
Which is why I'm touch and go here, and not elsewhere
If you're only touch and go, you're not gonna have a happy honeymoon. haven't you heard that women want a man with a slow hand, easy touch, etc.?
Does anyone have any idea if we'll ever get the ability to do a DRM key backup, root and DRM key restore on on XZP?
I absolutely love this phone but not having root is killing me...
Unlocking the bootloader and getting root has been achievable since day one.
You can forget about the DRM keys backup though.
I was going to ask you how you missed the thread called "Root Achieved" but then I saw you were on mobile so eh.
Thanks for the reply. I know root has been achievable for ages but I'm not gong to root without a way to backup the DRM keys or patch around them. I'm not losing camera functionality on a $800 phone.
So still waiting for Tobias or someone else to make a method like on the Z5.
Have fun waiting I guess.
Also, the backup tool doesn't even work on Nougat so there's another problem.
Two problems that is unlikely to be solved in the near future.
leijonasisu said:
Does anyone have any idea if we'll ever get the ability to do a DRM key backup, root and DRM key restore on on XZP?
I absolutely love this phone but not having root is killing me...
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When I got my X Performance last year, I waited about three months to unlock it, due to the lack of temporary root exploit to run the backup of TA partition, but the tool for that was developed, and finally I was able to do things the right way!
Xperia devices, imo, are "camera phones", also, I do not like to lose their main functionality/differential (root can wait).
It sounds like now sony has just changed the way drm keys are stored and wiped after the device is unlocked, so it will be a bit difficult to achieve this, but not impossible!
Anyway, it's up to you mate. For now, enjoy your powerful device with stock camera!!
serajr said:
When I got my X Performance last year, I waited about three months to unlock it, due to the lack of temporary root exploit to run the backup of TA partition, but the tool for that was developed, and finally I was able to do things the right way!
Xperia devices, imo, are "camera phones", also, I do not like to lose their main functionality/differential (root can wait).
It sounds like now sony has just changed the way drm keys are stored and wiped after the device is unlocked, so it will be a bit difficult to achieve this, but not impossible!
Anyway, it's up to you mate. For now, enjoy your powerful device with stock camera!!
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Missed your updated xposed modules on my x. They were crucial for Z and Z3 haha. You're right, this beast is not that bad without root. Some non root tweaks here and there make the experience bearable.
But when root becomes a win win solution for XZp and xposed available for n / o, I'm expecting to see some of that quality work of yours on the repo. I'll be within the firsts to bootloop... I mean test haha ?
Glad you're on XZp dev side.
I'm definitely not rooting just to lose the camera. It's one of the main reasons why I bought this phone. Hopefully someone works out how to root the phone and keep the DRM keys intact. I'll come back every month and see how things go.
Now with recovery we can flash all the amazing sound mods, magisk + modules.
Root <3.
I'm also holding out on getting new Sony devices to replace my Z5P, I refuse to use a phone without Adaway (and friends).
In my opinion keeping the DRM keys so we can enjoy the camera on this great phone is really important. We have DRM backups for the Z, Z1, Z3, Z+ etc. I hope we can get them for the XZP. There has to be a way someone can work out to backup the TA partition before rooting. I'll cross my fingers, because I know that there's never been a case where a device hasn't ended up being totally bypassed. I just hope it won't take too long.
It would be so easy to backup the DRM on this device.
Too bad I'm not really a developer.
Now you have to wait until I learn programming.
lebigmac said:
It would be so easy to backup the DRM on this device.
Too bad I'm not really a developer.
Now you have to wait until I learn programming.
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If it was "too easy" now we would have the backup. As you can see it isn't.
FartyParty said:
Now with recovery we can flash all the amazing sound mods, magisk + modules.
Root <3.
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Is it possible to do these without loosing the dm and having to root?
I dont understand why would people wait for DRM backup... I mean even if you do backup your DRM keys, once you restore them your bootloader automatically relocks so you lose root...
if you want aosp roms with google camera, nothing would change because once you root you lose they keys, and only way you can restore them is when you reflash the stock FW version you backed up the DRM keys from.
so yeah, devs already got a drm fix so if your problem is the camera functionality its not gonna work on root even with back up, so you might wanna go back to stock with working camera thats ok, you can flash a stock rom and flash a fix and it works just as good.
unless its warranty thats your problem, then yah you gotta wait for backup, but besides that its really pointless to wait, i mean with drm fix you get full camera functionality on a stock rom plus you got root, plus you get to modify the device as you like so its really not a big deal here, as for AOSP roms with or without backup, camera functionality is not gonna be at its best (unless kernel supports its full potential) again, you can not restore DRM keys to AOSP, you can only restore them once you reflash the FTF you had when you backed up the keys...
madshark2009 said:
unless its warranty thats your problem, then yah you gotta wait for backup, but besides that its really pointless to wait
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For me, it would be warranty, and resale-value.
You'll have hard times reselling a device that needs special care with every software update released.