some simple questions as neewbie in android
1. what it means pre-rooted and rooted roms?
2. if a rom is rooted means that i dont have to root my phone? just running the ruu and i have the new custom rom in my desire?
3. If i want to install the official rom back will be any trace in my desire that i have done root?
cspirop said:
some simple questions as neewbie in android
1. what it means pre-rooted and rooted roms?
2. if a rom is rooted means that i dont have to root my phone? just running the ruu and i have the new custom rom in my desire?
3. If i want to install the official rom back will be any trace in my desire that i have done root?
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Basically it means that gain access to advanced features which usually do not have to access mainly to prevent you to break something.
1. They're basically the same thing but as its name states, with pre-rooted roms you do not have to do the rooting procedure.
2. Check 1. Custom roms are modified versions of the original rom. Rooting is the first step towards enabling you to install customized roms. This thread will help you with the installation of a custom ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
3. No, but be careful to install the appropriate RUU. Check this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667
cspirop said:
some simple questions as neewbie in android
1. what it means pre-rooted and rooted roms?
2. if a rom is rooted means that i dont have to root my phone? just running the ruu and i have the new custom rom in my desire?
3. If i want to install the official rom back will be any trace in my desire that i have done root?
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1. Same thing!
2. Correct - already rooted for you. However RUU is a term relating to a stock rom, rather than a custom rom. So you just flash the custom rom, not an ruin.
3. For this you flash the ruu! You are then completely back to carrier specific, non rooted stock rom.
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Ive rooted my phone, and now would like tto put back on the same rom that came with the phone, but keep root. Is that possible? if so which rom is it?
Thx
you can only ever install a rooted rom, if you do not then you will lose your root.
so if you install your unrooted stock rom then yes you will lose your root.
the stock rooted rom is the generic htc rom, it would be the rom that came with the phone only with root access.
yeh i know thats y im using modaco, but i wondering if there was a clean rom based off the main one?
modaco custom rom, i think its at r3.1
a cleaned up and improved version of the generic htc rom, currently using it now and is flawless
you can find it in the development section
have a problem where my widgets dont add themselves to the widget screen using that rom for some reason
thats definitely not a common issue with the rom
make sure you wipe cache/data before installing the rom
Unroot (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6710092&postcount=4, near the end or the video tutorial at the end of the first post)
Then just follow the normal steps for root access, without flashing a new ROM once you're done.
Hey john does that still give me root access for apps such as titanium etc?
I have temp-rooted my Droid Inc. and i wanted to know can i still install custom roms on it with rom manager?
DroidMod94 said:
I have temp-rooted my Droid Inc. and i wanted to know can i still install custom roms on it with rom manager?
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Not with temp root. You must have a perma rooted incredible to load custom roms. You also must have a custom recovery. Just use unrevoke's program to root your phone and it will do everything for you.
Can i take the root off if i use unrevoke's program?
No the unrevoke program only does the following.
1. Gives you root
2. Loads the custom recovery
3. Optional - Turns the security off on the phone. *AKA S-OFF*
All the security is a signature check to make sure that only Verizon/HTC signed roms or updates can be flashed.
The only way to remove root so far on the Incredible is to flash the RUU which restores your phone back to what it was when you took it out of the box.
Also no I do not think it would be wise to remove root from the phone while running a custom rom. Not having root access while on a custom rom would be a nightmare if you need to do anything with Rom manger.
All custom roms are packaged as rooted roms. If you really want an unrooted custom rom then you will need to either get someone to cook one up for you or make it yourself.
S-OFF
The version of UnrEVOked available for the Incredible also does S-OFF.
Users of this root method have no choice; S-OFF is done automatically ~ per the notes on their site.
I have just rooted my HTC EVO 4g and it is Android version 2.2. Can I now just flash the newest stock rooted (2.35 or whatever) or do I need to increase versions in steps?
Thanks!
Karen
If you rooted with that method in the other thread, then you should already have a custom recovery, so you should be able to flash whatever ROM you want directly, after adding it to your SDcard.
shortydoggg said:
If you rooted with that method in the other thread, then you should already have a custom recovery, so you should be able to flash whatever ROM you want directly, after adding it to your SDcard.
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Excellent! Thank you!
No problem.
Hi,
I bought a locked Samsung S3 (At&t). It is rooted with cyanogenMod 10.2 Android 4.3.1. All i was trying to do is unlock it so i can use it with other carrier. So i bought the unlock codes for 30 bucks but later i found out that the unlock codes only work with Stock rom. I am not an expert at this Root, Custom Rom...stuff, but not idiot either i can follow step by step directions if anyone knows how to make this work. I would like to use the custom rom though, so do i have to recover in stock rom, unlock the phone using the code and than install the custom rom again?
Plz help
Hi!
zeshanlahoria said:
[...] do i have to recover in stock rom, unlock the phone using the code and than install the custom rom again?
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Yes, that is what you will need to do. As you can only enter an unlock code on a stock ROM (or one of the numerous custom ROM based on the stock one), you won't be able to make it work on CyanogenMod or any AOSP derivatives. You will have to revert back to stock, then (if you want to try a cutom ROM) install another custom ROM of your choice, be it CM or anything else.
Though if you currently have CM installed in your device, you most certainly already have a custom recovery (TWRP, CWM, PhilZ Touch...), which make it even easier for you to flash ROMs at your will -- the step of installing a custom recovery is already done. So browse the AT&T SIII Android Development forum, choose a stock-based ROM, install it -- pay close attention to the installation instructions in the ROM's thread --, unlock your phone; then repeat those steps to install another ROM if you want to.
Alexandre-P said:
Hi!
Yes, that is what you will need to do. As you can only enter an unlock code on a stock ROM (or one of the numerous custom ROM based on the stock one), you won't be able to make it work on CyanogenMod or any AOSP derivatives. You will have to revert back to stock, then (if you want to try a cutom ROM) install another custom ROM of your choice, be it CM or anything else.
Though if you currently have CM installed in your device, you most certainly already have a custom recovery (TWRP, CWM, PhilZ Touch...), which make it even easier for you to flash ROMs at your will -- the step of installing a custom recovery is already done. So browse the AT&T SIII Android Development forum, choose a stock-based ROM, install it -- pay close attention to the installation instructions in the ROM's thread --, unlock your phone; then repeat those steps to install another ROM if you want to.
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Could you please direct me to how to unroot? I am able to go into the recovery mode but not really sure how to go on from there. I appreciate the help.
zeshanlahoria said:
Could you please direct me to how to unroot? I am able to go into the recovery mode but not really sure how to go on from there. I appreciate the help.
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Before you flash a stock ROM, you would need to check what bootloader your phone is currently on as flashing the wrong one could cause your phone to brick or become unusable. Custom ROMs like the CM you currently have do not have their own bootloaders but rely on manufacturer's bootloader to run. The bootloader, quite simply, is a small application that loads the operating system and all other applications & systems required for the phone to run once it is powered on. Therefore, with a faulty bootloader, your phone can not gather all the resources required to power on successfully. If your phone is running on the 4.3 bootloader which would be the case if it was on 4.3 before the update to a custom ROM, then you would have to return to stock Android 4.3 which is the latest OS available for the AT&T GS3. However, if it has an older bootloader, then you can flash Android 4.1.1 via Odin.
There are different sets of instructions for either system so I would suggest you check your phone's settings and advise the OS parameters you can see there so we can steer you in the correct direction.
zeshanlahoria said:
Could you please direct me to how to unroot? I am able to go into the recovery mode but not really sure how to go on from there. I appreciate the help.
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Did the phone originally have 4.3? or did it have an older version before you installed CM 10.2. This would determine how you would go about it.
Also is there a custom recovery like clockworkmod installed?
I've managed to install TWRP on my phone.
I'm currently on nougat with s-on.
I want to root so I can flash custom rom but can't find instructions on how to do that. Could someone provide simple instructions on how to do that please. Also do I need s-off to flash custom Rom, if so how do I do that?
Thanks for reading
riz157 said:
I've managed to install TWRP on my phone.
I'm currently on nougat with s-on.
I want to root so I can flash custom rom but can't find instructions on how to do that. Could someone provide simple instructions on how to do that please. Also do I need s-off to flash custom Rom, if so how do I do that?
Thanks for reading
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There is a N00b Help thread that is stickied for exactly questions like these.
You don't need root to install a custom rom. Most custom roms already come rooted. Instructions for flashing them are in each custom rom thread. Basically you do a backup of your stock rom in twrp (select system image and boot), and then flash your custom rom zip file in twrp.
Tarima said:
There is a N00b Help thread that is stickied for exactly questions like these.
You don't need root to install a custom rom. Most custom roms already come rooted. Instructions for flashing them are in each custom rom thread. Basically you do a backup of your stock rom in twrp (select system image and boot), and then flash your custom rom zip file in twrp.
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thanks for that, just successfully flashed LeeDroid rom.