From what I understand, rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin provides temporary root right? So is it possible to use this temporary access to remove some stock apps via terminal because I don't really want to root my device.
NO! Do some reading. The desire have a nand lock, which make it impossible wo write to the system partition while it is bootet. You will need a custom recovery.
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there is a way to get temporary root permissions with stock rom and S-ON to run Titanium Backup ????????????
On WFS i dont think so. Temp root was achieved only on HTC Sensation by alpharev
So there is no way to get up because I wanted to put it in titanium S-OFF and maybe some cooked rom
No there is no way. XTC clip is the only way.
So I have no way to save all the apps I installed?
Mybackup pro can do it.
does not require root permissions?
Without root access MyBackup Pro would backup only the .apk files (your installed apps).
With root it would backup your apps + their data (settings, etc.)
ok but saves only the apk app I have installed or related data of the application?
It just saves the apk. It cant save the app data so if you restore your apps it will all be fresh.
I'm trying to root GN but it seems that we MUST unlock bootloader to root.
I know how to do it but just worrying about what will be wipe with unlock, I've just spent whole afternoon setting up this phone and don't want to do it again?
Will I loss:
-Launcher setting? ADW setting?
-Downloaded application? and their setting?
-Do I have to redo all the widget?
I just want to use juicedefender and RE but don't want go through all the trouble again
I think unlocking the boot loader wipes the device. Make a titanium backup first an extract the back up from the sdcard then restore once complete.
dannyfly said:
I'm trying to root GN but it seems that we MUST unlock bootloader to root.
I know how to do it but just worrying about what will be wipe with unlock, I've just spent whole afternoon setting up this phone and don't want to do it again?
Will I loss:
-Launcher setting? ADW setting?
-Downloaded application? and their setting?
-Do I have to redo all the widget?
I just want to use juicedefender and RE but don't want go through all the trouble again
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As far as I've seen, Google has programmed the device to wipe the /data partition when the unlock command is executed.
This will wipe all application settings including downloaded applications, widgets and the Launcher as they are all stored on the /data partition.
If you dislike this, Google is the place to file the complaint as this is their standard procedure on all their Google "Nexus" devices.
The only upside will be, once you've unlocked, you'll be able to gain root access and be able to have complete control over the device including full backups of all settings to prevent ever having to re-set them again. Unless of course you start flashing lots of custom ROMs which are imcompatible with each other, but that is perhaps another story.
Hope that helps!
mklass said:
I think unlocking the boot loader wipes the device. Make a titanium backup first an extract the back up from the sdcard then restore once complete.
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I've never used Titantium backup, but many people seem to say a lot of positive things about it. I've also read Titantium backup requires root access.
The Android security structure ONLY allows the root user full unlimited access to the /data partition. Otherwise, each application is assigned a linux UID/GID and only allowed access to their respective directory. According to the Android security structure, no application should be able to access another aplication's directory w/o sharing the same signing key or having root access.
I could be wrong, but I'm definitely certain regarding Android's security structure for "sandboxing" the applications.
Hope that helps clarify!
Is their a method of unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone (Verizon LTE Version) without losing my data and settings? I want to install cwm and flash a few tweaks but at his point do not want to have to set the phone back up again. Not having root and cwm prevents the back up I need. Is their a way to back up the data partition without root and restore it later after the unlock and root?
You only lose data when you unlock the bootloader and from what I have read you need to unlock the bootloader to get root. You can backup the contents of your /sd card/ so you can backup your app data but I don't think you'll be able to keep system data. If you have a Google account synced it keeps most of this backed up anyway though.
That is the way I understand it as well, was hoping that their would be a better way to do it. I have transferred over 10 gigs of pictures and music t the phone and with mpt it took loooooong time to transfer all that stuff. I know google will restore the apps and some settings like wifi, but then one has to open all the apps you need a log in for and set them up as well.
havent really used MTP much so i dont know whats faster that or transferring over FTP.. maybe that could help you a bit
No. Bootloader unlock = wipe. No questions, no two ways around it.
adb pull /mnt/sdcard *
Back up the whole sdcard partition.
Hello,
I have a friend that accidentally deleted her photos on her LG G4. I don't have a physical access to the phones (she lives far away), but I know this is a H815 on stock Marshmallow, locked bootloader.
While I have some experience in this kind of things, each phone has its particularities... I could:
use DiskDigger, but this requires root access, or
dump the userdata partition (with commands such as dd, cat...), but again, it requires root access.
I'm thinking about rooting the phone while minimizing writing to the userdata, in order to have a minimum loss of deleted pictures.
So I read a few topics on XDA about the LG G4. I saw it's possible to make a full backup in download mode. It it was possible to dump each byte of the partition so I could look for removed pictures, it would be awesome and my probleme would be solved! Or is it only a backup tool (that reads only existing files)? Can someone tell me about this tool?
Another way would be unlocking the bootloader in order to gain root access (for instance via a custom recovery), but it will involve a data wipe I'm afraid I could not recover anything from, if it's a low-level wipe.
I would appreciate any hint
Thanks!
a-m13 said:
Hello,
I have a friend that accidentally deleted her photos on her LG G4. I don't have a physical access to the phones (she lives far away), but I know this is a H815 on stock Marshmallow, locked bootloader.
While I have some experience in this kind of things, each phone has its particularities... I could:
use DiskDigger, but this requires root access, or
dump the userdata partition (with commands such as dd, cat...), but again, it requires root access.
I'm thinking about rooting the phone while minimizing writing to the userdata, in order to have a minimum loss of deleted pictures.
So I read a few topics on XDA about the LG G4. I saw it's possible to make a full backup in download mode. It it was possible to dump each byte of the partition so I could look for removed pictures, it would be awesome and my probleme would be solved! Or is it only a backup tool (that reads only existing files)? Can someone tell me about this tool?
Another way would be unlocking the bootloader in order to gain root access (for instance via a custom recovery), but it will involve a data wipe I'm afraid I could not recover anything from, if it's a low-level wipe.
I would appreciate any hint
Thanks!
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No root required just check my signature for the DLM backup method
Ensure that you are using the full back-up which also takes care of user data partition
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Hello, I want to temporarily root my device to install as system app Google phone dialer and I was wondering if there is any simple way to temporarily be root perform the operation and remove root without wiping or modfing anything else (recovery or system files).
May be using adb?
Thanks