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Hi guys,
I was wondering if I should root my nexus 5... What advantages would it have over the unrooted phone apart from custom roms? Any special features?
Thanks!
No special features. But custom roms. Why wouldn't you root? My motto, if you can do it, do it. And put a recovery on.
jd1639 said:
No special features. But custom roms. Why wouldn't you root? My motto, if you can do it, do it. And put a recovery on.
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The thing is i dont know if I'll be using custom roms... still trying to look at possible ones which would be better than just android
nad4321 said:
The thing is i dont know if I'll be using custom roms... still trying to look at possible ones which would be better than just android
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Yes, besides custom roms/kernels also for Adblocking, Titanium/Nandroid Backup, theming and tweaking etc etc.
gee2012 said:
Yes, besides custom roms/kernels also for Adblocking, Titanium/Nandroid Backup, theming and tweaking etc etc.
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One silly questions, if i then install a custom rom/ change rom, would all the data be erased?
nad4321 said:
The thing is i dont know if I'll be using custom roms... still trying to look at possible ones which would be better than just android
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If it were me, I'd root it, put on a custom recovery, and make a nandroid of it right out of the box. Then I could always go back to brand new easily. Right now there are no custom roms but that will change fast.
nad4321 said:
One silly questions, if i then install a custom rom/ change rom, would all the data be erased?
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If you full wipe yes, but you can restore apps and app data with Titanium Backup or Helium.
gee2012 said:
If you full wipe yes, but you can restore apps and app data with Titanium Backup or Helium.
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Thanks! What is the best way to root and to then manage the ROMs? Thank again!
nad4321 said:
Thanks! What is the best way to root and to then manage the ROMs? Thank again!
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Look in the development forum. Chainfire has a root method and cwm and twrp recoveries are there.
jd1639 said:
Look in the development forum. Chainfire has a root method and cwm and twrp recoveries are there.
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Which one would you recommend?
nad4321 said:
Which one would you recommend?
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CF Auto Root is easy as pie, download and extract the right file, enable USB debugging on the phone, go into fastbootmode, connnect to the PC and select root.window.bat in the extracted file.
gee2012 said:
CF Auto Root is easy as pie, download and extract the right file, go into fastbootmode and connnect to the PC and select root.window.bat in the extracted file.
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Would that be everything I need to do? and then im ready to instal custom roms without doing anything else?
nad4321 said:
Would that be everything I need to do? and then im ready to instal custom roms without doing anything else?
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After you rooted install a custom recovery to make a nandroid backup and to be able to flash roms and kernels. First backup your apps and settings with TB or Helium.
gee2012 said:
After you rooted install a custom recovery to make a nandroid backup and to be able to flash roms and kernels. First backup your apps and settings with TB or Helium.
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How could I do that(install the custom revoery to make a nandroid backup)
Also, i need to be a root user to use helium right?
Thanks a lot!
nad4321 said:
Which one would you recommend?
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Personally I prefer twrp
nad4321 said:
Would that be everything I need to do? and then im ready to instal custom roms without doing anything else?
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You need to use a custom recovery to make a nandroid backup before installing a new ROM but yes, after you root, install a custom recovery, make a backup and copy it to a safe place that won't get wiped during ROM install, you are ready to play around. It is always a good safe practice to already have any necessary drivers on your computer so you can use fastboot to rescue your device if you make a mistake and brick it.
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nad4321 said:
How could I do that(install the custom revoery to make a nandroid backup)
Also, i need to be a root user to use helium right?
Thanks a lot!
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Look here for custom recovery`s http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/development and no you don`t need root for Helium backup.
jd1639 said:
Personally I prefer twrp
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Thanks a lot, as far as I see, there is no working twrp so I guess I'll have to wait xD
lalec said:
You need to use a custom recovery to make a nandroid backup before installing a new ROM but yes, after you root, install a custom recovery, make a backup and copy it to a safe place that won't get wiped during ROM install, you are ready to play around. It is always a good safe practice to already have any necessary drivers on your computer so you can use fastboot to rescue your device if you make a mistake and brick it.
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Sorry for being pedantic... So once I have helium, i can change rom as many times as i want that as long as i backup everytime before i do it, i can put it back in just a couple of minutes even if i changed rom right?
nad4321 said:
Sorry for being pedantic... So once I have helium, i can change rom as many times as i want that as long as i backup everytime before i do it, i can put it back in just a couple of minutes even if i changed rom right?
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You`re not pedantic, just a bit lazy! All your questions can be answered in the right upper search bar and Google bro.
Hello,
I am flashing a custom rom and using TWRP for the first time. When restoring, there are 3 checkboxes (system, data, and boot)
What do the boot and system options mean?
Kernel aka boot.img
Keep it checked. Otherwise, you may have an incompatible kernel for your ROM and will get bootloops.
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DigitalUnderground said:
Kernel aka boot.img
Keep it checked. Otherwise, you may have an incompatible kernel for your ROM and will get bootloops.
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Thanks. So when i install a new rom, i only need to check boot and data?
Because at first, i checked all 3 and i ended up where i started (without the new rom installed).
netghozt said:
Thanks. So when i install a new rom, i only need to check boot and data?
Because at first, i checked all 3 and i ended up where i started (without the new rom installed).
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The restore and backup options have nothing to do with flashing a new rom. When flashing a new rom wipe, system, data cache, and dalvik. Then flash the rom
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Thanks
netghozt said:
Thanks
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Also make sure to backup your EFS folder in TWRP and store it on your PC. Better safe then sorry
Not sure what the EFS folder is, but thanks. So i ran into another problem. I lost my root access (not sure how). So i would have to reroot now and i bet that EFS folder is gone. I still have my Nandroid backup from before.
Thanks
netghozt said:
Not sure what the EFS folder is, but thanks. So i ran into another problem. I lost my root access (not sure how). So i would have to reroot now and i bet that EFS folder is gone. I still have my Nandroid backup from before.
Thanks
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You can root with TWRP itself or flash superSU.zip 1.94 (http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip) in recovery. Your EFS folder isn`t gone.
netghozt said:
Thanks. So when i install a new rom, i only need to check boot and data?
Because at first, i checked all 3 and i ended up where i started (without the new rom installed).
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Whenever I do a backup or a restore, I check data, system, and boot.
When installing a new ROM, Wipe System, Data, Cache, and Dalvik. Then flash.
Search the forum for nexus 5 efs backup. Its always a good idea.
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gee2012 said:
You can root with TWRP itself or flash superSU.zip 1.94 in recovery. Your EFS folder isn`t gone.
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can i do this without root?
netghozt said:
can i do this without root?
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Sure, all phones are initialy unrooted
gee2012 said:
You can root with TWRP itself or flash superSU.zip 1.94 (http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip) in recovery. Your EFS folder isn`t gone.
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So i downloaded the superSU.zip 1.94 file and attempted to flash in TWRP in recovery. The menu options are not the same since i've lost root access. It takes me to the advanced menu with ADB Sideload, Terminal Command, etc. So how do i flash superSU from here? Help please!
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So i downloaded the superSU.zip 1.94 file and attempted to flash in TWRP in recovery. The menu options are not the same since i've lost root access. It takes me to the advanced menu with ADB Sideload, Terminal Command, etc. So how do i flash superSU from here? Help please!
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Choose install zip , from sdcard and select the file and hit install.
gee2012 said:
Choose install zip , from sdcard and select the file and hit install.
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Boom. It worked! Thanks. So glad i didn't have to re-flash. Thank You!
netghozt said:
Boom. It worked! Thanks. So glad i didn't have to re-flash. Thank You!
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Great it worked out :good:
Managed to get the latest TWRP on my ATT A9. But when I boot into TWRP, it asks for a password. Every password I've put in, it denies. And if I cancel, it puts me into TWRP but it shows that I have 0 data on my phone. Can anyone help me understand what's going on? Thanks!
Hi
Before installing the supersu.zip, make check and Wipe only Data (In Advanced Wipe).
romanch said:
Hi
Before installing the supersu.zip, make check and Wipe only Data (In Advanced Wipe).
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Hi,
Just wipe only data, right? Thanks
Dream232 said:
Hi,
Just wipe only data, right? Thanks
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Yes
romanch said:
Yes
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Could i flash supersu.zip from SDCard? How about to disable password from TWRP. Thanks you very much
Yes, that's all before installing the supersu.zip, delete only Data on the part of advanced wipe
Hi All,
I need TWRP full backup for B560 European for TL-10 if you are having upload on mega ?
here you go: https://mega.nz/#!6IVSiSYA!ur0KGYtJC_CW9FxecPw-Tf6Tp0bw50ZAnD_AslE_s2M
mutahharbashir said:
here you go: https://mega.nz/#!6IVSiSYA!ur0KGYtJC_CW9FxecPw-Tf6Tp0bw50ZAnD_AslE_s2M
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flashing this will wipe all my data? or i can dirty flash? and just to double confirm. this for MT7-LT10?
sorry miss read
i was hoping B570 for TL10
ahhl said:
flashing this will wipe all my data? or i can dirty flash? and just to double confirm. this for MT7-LT10?
sorry miss read
i was hoping B570 for TL10
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here is B571 backup for TL10
https://mega.nz/#!5ZoTTL7C!ysPX6UVlG6vmNVhcqaW37-FydpPCJ9hjVJU0XJa_5f4
when i used it, i did wipe and my data also formated,
it is always good habbit to backup data before trying new things
mutahharbashir said:
here is B571 backup for TL10
https://mega.nz/#!5ZoTTL7C!ysPX6UVlG6vmNVhcqaW37-FydpPCJ9hjVJU0XJa_5f4
when i used it, i did wipe and my data also formated,
it is always good habbit to backup data before trying new things
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cannot download
over quota
ahhl said:
cannot download
over quota
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then few hours , then try again. your download limit exceeded
thx
Thnx Bro.
mutahharbashir said:
here is B571 backup for TL10
https://mega.nz/#!5ZoTTL7C!ysPX6UVlG6vmNVhcqaW37-FydpPCJ9hjVJU0XJa_5f4
when i used it, i did wipe and my data also formated,
it is always good habbit to backup data before trying new things
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Sorry organic to hijack your thread
Dear mutahharbashir
Can upload stock b571. I noticed your twrp backup missing some important huawei apk. Even after I factory restore
ahhl said:
Sorry organic to hijack your thread
Dear mutahharbashir
Can upload stock b571. I noticed your twrp backup missing some important huawei apk. Even after I factory restore
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Unfortunately its not my backup, and yes those appa are missing
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Hi guys ,
Can someone know how to do a Nandroid backup without root ? I just want to back up my system to be able to restore it of something goes wrong with my phone
naruto 13 said:
Hi guys ,
Can someone know how to do a Nandroid backup without root ? I just want to back up my system to be able to restore it of something goes wrong with my phone
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Can't be done. Backing up system requires root.
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naruto 13 said:
Hi guys ,
Can someone know how to do a Nandroid backup without root ? I just want to back up my system to be able to restore it of something goes wrong with my phone
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You can't backup without root. You must be rooted. Once you got root. You need to flash custom recovery like (CWM, TWRP or Philz) supported to your model. Then you can go to recovery and get full backup of your Android.
naruto 13 said:
Hi guys ,
Can someone know how to do a Nandroid backup without root ? I just want to back up my system to be able to restore it of something goes wrong with my phone
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You can also use adb to backup once you have root.
Ashwinrg said:
You can't backup without root. You must be rooted. Once you got root. You need to flash custom recovery like (CWM, TWRP or Philz) supported to your model. Then you can go to recovery and get full backup of your Android.
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