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[HOW TO] Root only STOCK/No Custom Recovery

Taken FROM http://rootzwiki.com/topic/11732-galaxy-nexus-root-procedure-broken-adb-method-dont-use/
With the big change of YOU WILL BOOT LOOP WAIT FOR ADB TO RESPOND and push all the commands then pull the battery and disconnect your USB cable and reboot normal you should have perm root!
**As always RootzWiki nor myself are responsible if something goes wrong. Root your phone at your own risk with the understanding it will void your warranty and there is always a chance of something going wrong.**
*This method WILL WIPE YOUR DATA*
First download Galaxy Nexus FYA Root Package and extract it to c:\gnexroot (for the purposes of this guide)
Also if you wipe and format remember to re-enable Debug mode before restarting processes listed above.
Method
1. First, navigate to C:\gnexroot and install the Samsung drivers (Samsung_USB_Driver_for_Moblie_Phones_v1_4_6_0.exe)
1. If those drivers dont work download pdanet from here http://forum.xda-dev....php?p=19709279 and let pdanet install the drivers for you. Worked for some of us.
2. With the phone turned OFF, hold VOLUME UP + VOLUME DOWN and power the phone on. This will put you in bootloader mode.
3. Navigate again to C:\gnexroot, and hold SHIFT on your keyboard, and right click in the white space. Then, click 'Open command window here'
4. In the command prompt, type:
fastboot oem unlock
You will be prompted to confirm that you wish to unlock the bootloader. You do, of course.
5. Once the bootloader has been unlocked, it's time to boot up the device using the insecure boot.img (ro.secure=0 set in the ramdisk). This essentially means you have permanent root for the duration of this boot session. In order to boot up using that boot image, simply type:
fastboot boot boot.img
Don't expect to see anything wildly different during the boot process - it will boot as normal.
6. Once the phone has booted, in the command prompt window, type the following commands, pressing enter after each line:
adb root
adb remount
adb push su /system/bin
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/app/Superuser.apk
adb reboot
Again I did NOT write these steps nor did I take credit for this procedure. My goal was to have all this information easy to access here so people don't brick their new device
Edit:
If you get stuck at the google logo and cannot push adb commands, pull the battery and usb cable then reinsert and reboot. If this doesn't work Reboot into recovery and wipe everything and start over.
12/17/2011
If you do a factory restore remember to boot at least once after and re-enable debug mode.

anyone had the issue of not being able to unlock the bootloader?
i ran the command "fastboot oem unlock" and it just sticks at the response: <waiting for device>
but nothing shows on my phone.

aldouse said:
anyone had the issue of not being able to unlock the bootloader?
i ran the command "fastboot oem unlock" and it just sticks at the response: <waiting for device>
but nothing shows on my phone.
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I would guess your computer is not recognizing the device. Try installing the drivers and connecting the phone to the computer while it is in normal mode not the bootloader. It should install the drivers correctly that way and your computer will then recognize it when you boot into the bootloader and the commands should work.

yea... you are right... it was the samsung drivers not fully loading. re-installed the drivers then doing a windows update showed that there's a new set of samsung drivers on the windows update that needed to be installed. that did the trick.

The superboot method worked just fine for me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

SomeGuyDude said:
The superboot method worked just fine for me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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same though I had a bootloop but it did root itself.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

aldouse said:
anyone had the issue of not being able to unlock the bootloader?
i ran the command "fastboot oem unlock" and it just sticks at the response: <waiting for device>
but nothing shows on my phone.
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You must be in recovery mode. Turn the phone off, press volume up and down as well as power. Keep it there until you're in recovery and then unlock.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

innov8ion said:
You must be in recovery mode. Turn the phone off, press volume up and down as well as power. Keep it there until you're in recovery and then unlock.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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Its not recovery mode, but fastboot mode. If you are in recovery fastboot won't be recognized. Looks like he got it fixed by checking his drivers.

can you also use this method for a Verizon Galaxy Nexus???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
is there any difference?

Superboot method actually does the same thing as this method from what I read just one is automatic and one is manual.
Being I didn't see anyone else rooting from Verizon I took the time to figure out a manual method so i can verify each step and figure out issues if I ran in to any. With Superboot its either it works or it doesn't there is no playing with procedures.
This should work for other carriers to, I can only verify it for Verizon though.

I get past <adb reboot bootloader> just fine but then when I do a <fastboot oem unlock> it just says "waiting for device" forever. everything is installed but under my drivers it says;
"Android 1.0" drivers not installed.
plz someone help, ive searched all over the net but only found help for HTC phones and 2007 old posts.
edit: I am in "Fastboot mode"

Update the Samsung ADB driver under device manager while you are sitting in the bootloader. I'm bootlooping after pushing the boot.img

got it working, "Note: 1" under this guide fixed it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
thanks again XDA!!

GOod. Mine is still bootlooping back to the Google screen with a lock on it.
Booted into recovery, formatted. At least i can boot up now.

fatsix said:
GOod. Mine is still bootlooping back to the Google screen with a lock on it.
Booted into recovery, formatted. At least i can boot up now.
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Sounds like you didn't successfully unlock your bootloader. Have you resolved this?

Done and rooted. Pushing APK's now.
I would recommend doing a full wipe first. I think something got corrupted during the forced wipe when unlocking.
After wiping, I started over. Unlocked and flashed the boot.img. Got a full normal reboot. Flashed it a second time, and it stayed at the google screen and i could connect to it with ADB. Pushed all the commands and rebooted. Works great.
Thank you.

I assume you need to have adb installed before doing this? Or do the command prompts perform from windows?
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk

I had it previously installed. If you download the zip. its already in there, just run it right from the directory you unzip it from.

I would like to return my phone to stock. Locked, unrooted, and available for OTAs. Is there a way to do this yet?

craighwk said:
I would like to return my phone to stock. Locked, unrooted, and available for OTAs. Is there a way to do this yet?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394051
After you complete that Run:
fastboot oem unlock
From the main instructions and simply relock it.

Mac OS X Fastboot Mode <Waiting for Device>

Hi, I am trying to Re-Lock my Galaxy Nexus GSM version, I've downloaded the SDK files (adb-mac and fastboot-mac) and all the image files and I am trying to execute the following commands:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-toro-i515.ek02.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio-cdma radio-cdma-toro-i515.ek05.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-mysid-icl53f.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem lock
With the phone in normal mode I connect the USB cable to the computer, start Terminal windows and run the first command, "./adb-mac reboot bootloader" and the phone will boot into the "Fastboot Mode", then I try to execute "./fastboot-mac devices" to make sure the phone is connected and properly detected and I get nothing.
If I try to execute "./fastboot-mac flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img" I get the message <waiting for device> and it will stay there forever.
Do you know what might be the problem ?, is there other method to do this ?, go back to Stock ROM and Re-Lock the device ?, thanks

i use windows but i also get problems when i didnt had a break after the flash parts/ update parts

brosenz said:
Hi, I am trying to Re-Lock my Galaxy Nexus GSM version, I've downloaded the SDK files (adb-mac and fastboot-mac) and all the image files and I am trying to execute the following commands:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-toro-i515.ek02.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio-cdma radio-cdma-toro-i515.ek05.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w update image-mysid-icl53f.zip
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot oem lock
With the phone in normal mode I connect the USB cable to the computer, start Terminal windows and run the first command, "./adb-mac reboot bootloader" and the phone will boot into the "Fastboot Mode", then I try to execute "./fastboot-mac devices" to make sure the phone is connected and properly detected and I get nothing.
If I try to execute "./fastboot-mac flash bootloader bootloader-toro-primekk15.img" I get the message <waiting for device> and it will stay there forever.
Do you know what might be the problem ?, is there other method to do this ?, go back to Stock ROM and Re-Lock the device ?, thanks
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I know nothing about using Macs but have you installed the device drivers? As you are getting no serial number returned when using fastboot devices im guessing not.
Mark.
On a side note please do not post questions in the Development Forums as that is not the place for them.
Thanks.

The device is being detected while running in normal mode, meaning I do have the drivers, the problem is when I go into FASTBOOT MODE, I can no longer see the phone

Craiq said:
i use windows but i also get problems when i didnt had a break after the flash parts/ update parts
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But for the simple command ./fastboot-mac devices should work and it's not

in bootloader mode u need other drivers
but dont know how to install them on mac

First thing, make sure your fastboot file is executable
from the folder containing fastboot-mac:
chmod a+x fastboot-mac
You do not need further drivers on a mac. Just make sure you are using the correct fast boot and have all of the images in the same folder. Try using a different USB port. I renamed my fastboot file to fastboot and copied it into usr/local/bin folder so it can be accessed without the ./ ...Hope this helps...I actually just got done restoring mine because its gotta go back to the store because the internal storage is all sorts of jacked up...Since you clearly have a mac, have you had any issues using android file transfer?

dhemke17 said:
First thing, make sure your fastboot file is executable
from the folder containing fastboot-mac:
chmod a+x fastboot-mac
You do not need further drivers on a mac. Just make sure you are using the correct fast boot and have all of the images in the same folder. Try using a different USB port. I renamed my fastboot file to fastboot and copied it into usr/local/bin folder so it can be accessed without the ./ ...Hope this helps...I actually just got done restoring mine because its gotta go back to the store because the internal storage is all sorts of jacked up...Since you clearly have a mac, have you had any issues using android file transfer?
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I just checked and Fastboot is executable, as a matter of fact it's running, the problem is that the phone cannot be seen from the FASTBOOT mode, and I can see from the phone screen that IT IS in Fastboot Mode, it says in RED letters "FASTBOOT MODE"

brosenz said:
I just checked and Fastboot is executable, as a matter of fact it's running, the problem is that the phone cannot be seen from the FASTBOOT mode, and I can see from the phone screen that IT IS in Fastboot Mode, it says in RED letters "FASTBOOT MODE"
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Well reboot your phone. Once up, try and boot into boot loader the manual way by powering off the device, holding both vol + and -, and press power... then try your fastboot commands. Are you rooted or no?

dhemke17 said:
Well reboot your phone. Once up, try and boot into boot loader the manual way by powering off the device, holding both vol + and -, and press power... then try your fastboot commands. Are you rooted or no?
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I've done that, going into FASTBOOT MODE manually and the same result. Yes I am rooted.

I just want to go back to stock and re-lock the phone, is there other way to accomplish that ?
NOTE: I've tried Mac and PC (Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit 1.3), different USB cables, different USB ports, reinstalled all the drivers on the Windows computer, NOTHING, the phone it's not being detected in FASTBOOT MODE.
Is it possible to go back to stock and re-lock from the Recovery Mode ?, I have ClockWorkMode 5.5.0.2 installed and working fine.

You can flash a Stock Rom via cwm but you can only relock the phone via fastboot mode.
Has this problem only surfaced recently?
You say that you are rooted and have cwm flashed so how did you do that?
Do you have another usb cable that you can try?
Mark.

mskip said:
You can flash a Stock Rom via cwm but you can only relock the phone via fastboot mode.
Has this problem only surfaced recently?
You say that you are rooted and have cwm flashed so how did you do that?
Do you have another usb cable that you can try?
Mark.
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I used FASTBOOT to unlock and Root, no problem at all, use the phone for 10 days and them decided to go back to Stock and Re-Lock. If I connect the phone in normal operating mode to the computer it will be recognized and I can see the phone from the computer connected via USB, so the cabe, port on the phone and port on the computer are OK. I've tried different computer (Mac and PC), different OS (Mac OS X and Windows 7), different USB cable, different USB port.

Just make sure USB debugging is on...try getting on a PC and running the ODIN file from someone was kind enough to post us...to get into odin mode, just hold up while the phone is off and hit power. You need the drivers installed and the latest version of ODIN on your desktop as well.

dhemke17 said:
Just make sure USB debugging is on...try getting on a PC and running the ODIN file from someone was kind enough to post us...to get into odin mode, just hold up while the phone is off and hit power. You need the drivers installed and the latest version of ODIN on your desktop as well.
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I have Odin3 V1.85 installed in the PC, what I have to do with it ?, thanks

brosenz said:
I have Odin3 V1.85 installed in the PC, what I have to do with it ?, thanks
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Plug your phone in and then turn it off...download the odin file from xda...not sure who posted it...it will be a 7z file...inside there are two separate .tar files. Extract these from the .7z file but do not fully unzip them. Place the one without LTE in the name in PDA and the one with LTE in phone, turn your phone on while holding vol -... there is a box that turns yellow in odin once your phone is connected. then check your screen against the one posted where you get the odin full restore file from and verify it matches, then flash it...

dhemke17 said:
Plug your phone in and then turn it off...download the odin file from xda...not sure who posted it...it will be a 7z file...inside there are two separate .tar files. Extract these from the .7z file but do not fully unzip them. Place the one without LTE in the name in PDA and the one with LTE in phone, turn your phone on while holding vol +... there is a box that turns yellow in odin once your phone is connected. then check your screen against the one posted where you get the odin full restore file from and verify it matches, then flash it...
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I do not know why but Vol + does not work in my phone

brosenz said:
I do not know why but Vol + does not work in my phone
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My bad lol...down...volume down

I made a video on how to root and unroot the nexus s 4g using a Mac and also works with galaxy nexus. Just follow the video but make sure the files u are flashing are for your phone and not a ns4g. Here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWEM8zBnTM&feature=youtube_gdata_player if u have questions u can pm me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Esteway.619 said:
I made a video on how to root and unroot the nexus s 4g using a Mac and also works with galaxy nexus. Just follow the video but make sure the files u are flashing are for your phone and not a ns4g. Here's the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIWEM8zBnTM&feature=youtube_gdata_player if u have questions u can pm me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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I just used your video to unroot my galaxy nexus 4.0.4 thanks a lot!

ROOT Elephone S7 4gb on Windows 10x64 at last!

For those that, like me, could not get driver recognition on the latest Win 10 x64 no matter what you tried. And ,yes, using every tutorial I could find on this and two "other Forums". Odin failed to see my device (still can't) Cydia impactor allows rebooting into fastboot and D/L but doesn't connect in either alt. mode. Yes, drivers all removed and replaced in varying states (usbdeview, etc.).
But ADB/Fastboot works!
Make sure you have your adb/fastboot drivers installed universally (Check this Fabulous Forum)
Download device-specific TWRP - I used this one for the 4gb version - https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7u3k1mgpppxlyx/recovery.img?dl=0
L.Shift-R. click in the folder you downloaded to (Open Command Window Here) - "adb devices" (to make sure device registers) then - "adb reboot bootloader" gets you into fastboot. - "fastoot boot {your-recovery-name}.img"
I got a fully functional TOUCH CAPABLE TWRP. Which I proceeded to load this - https://www.dropbox.com/s/j1owqv7mjkdpo75/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip?dl=0 - and, VOILA! ROOT!!

I had similar issues with my laptop and drivers. Used a friend laptop in the end to "see" the phone and install twrp.
Sent from my S7 using Tapatalk

When I try to boot the recovery.img with fastboot it says that my OEM is locked. I check OEM unlock in developer options, then I do: adb reboot bootloader, then fastboot oem unlock. A warning appears saying to press VOLUME UP button to continue, voiding the warranty or VOLUME DOWN to go back. I try to press VOLUME UP and nothing happens... how did you do it?

vaskovass said:
When I try to boot the recovery.img with fastboot it says that my OEM is locked. I check OEM unlock in developer options, then I do: adb reboot bootloader, then fastboot oem unlock. A warning appears saying to press VOLUME UP button to continue, voiding the warranty or VOLUME DOWN to go back. I try to press VOLUME UP and nothing happens... how did you do it?
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Hi there, I have the same issue. No success

I found a way, instead of volume up, use the home button this worked for me.. however after I unlocked the OEM and flashed TWRP the phone didn't want to boot anymore. It was stuck on Elephone logo with warning: "Orange State: The phone has been unlocked and can't be trusted. Your device will boot in 5s", however it didn't boot and stayed like that for almost an hour. Had to flash back the stock firmware to boot. Tried 1 more time the procedure to root but again the same. Maybe I do something wrong?

stock fw flash back
Hi, please can you help me with how you flashed back the stock firmware?
I get an error message with twrp : invalid zip file format.
Thank you in advance!

dnsgtr said:
Hi, please can you help me with how you flashed back the stock firmware?
I get an error message with twrp : invalid zip file format.
Thank you in advance!
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I read somewhere the is a zip inside the update.zip & is that one that is flash able with twrp.
Have a look

During the main time I managed to flash the 0218 stock rom.
I still got the orange message but the phone finally boot. Then I just called the twrp recovery img via atb. I did nothing only touch the reboot in the twrp screen and since then "Orange status...." again.
May be the twrp recovery img is not the right one...

Bad command "fastoot boot {your-recovery-name}.img"
after OEM alow (informacion phone/compilacion number touch fast 9 times/access/alow oem)
fastboot oem unlock
"fastboot boot {your-recovery-name}.img" for me is fastboot boot recovery.img and all OK
bat still not working (phone not thrust unlocked bootloader cleaning data in 5..4..3..2..1.. and rebot)

XL Bricked

Hi people,
I unlocked, rooted, and flashed Liquid on my XL tonight. Everything seemed to be going fine when I rebooted again and got a bootloop. TWRP is not loading, what I am getting is the Android on it's back menu and here's where I'm lost. I'm getting the error in the screenshots when I try to sideload the factory image from ADB. My cords are good, drivers are updated, and I have ADB and Fastboot set to Large Address Aware. I don't want to admit that I have a paperweight now. Any ideas? Thanks in Advance

elektrosoundwave said:
Hi people,
I unlocked, rooted, and flashed Liquid on my XL tonight. Everything seemed to be going fine when I rebooted again and got a bootloop. TWRP is not loading, what I am getting is the Android on it's back menu and here's where I'm lost. I'm getting the error in the screenshots when I try to sideload the factory image from ADB. My cords are good, drivers are updated, and I have ADB and Fastboot set to Large Address Aware. I don't want to admit that I have a paperweight now. Any ideas? Thanks in Advance
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Can you reboot to download mode (fastboot)? Hold the power button and vol down buttons together.
If you can get into the bootloader, use fastboot to flash the factory image instead of using adb. Or try issuing 'adb reboot-bootloader' command to reboot to bootloader

koivth said:
Can you reboot to download mode (fastboot)? Hold the power button and vol down buttons together.
If you can get into the bootloader, use fastboot to flash the factory image instead of using adb. Or try issuing 'adb reboot-bootloader' command to reboot to bootloader
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Both volume buttons? I've only done the power and down volume. I will try both of these when I get home tonight, or when I wake up. I stayed up until 6am working on this and did not get much sleep. I'm also going to uninstall and reinstall the Pixel driver. I don't remember off the top of my head if I installed it before or after I upgraded my laptop to Windows 10.

elektrosoundwave said:
Both volume buttons? I've only done the power and down volume. I will try both of these when I get home tonight, or when I wake up. I stayed up until 6am working on this and did not get much sleep. I'm also going to uninstall and reinstall the Pixel driver. I don't remember off the top of my head if I installed it before or after I upgraded my laptop to Windows 10.
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Sorry for being unclear. To get into the bootloader (where you can use the fastboot command to re-flash the factory image), you hold the Power Button and Volume Down buttons together (not volume up button). This is what your screen should look like if you successfully get to the bootloader: https://www.xda-developers.com/files/2016/10/CvqcEDHUsAA_EY4.jpg
If you see that screen, you're sitting good. Download the latest factory image (https://developers.google.com/android/images#marlin) and run the flash-all.bat (for windows) script to reflash your phone. You will have to have fastboot drivers installed on your computer for that to work.
If your device is recognized by adb (if you type 'adb devices' and it shows your device as the output) but you are having trouble getting to the bootloader, you can type in 'adb reboot-bootloader' to reboot your device into fastboot mode where you can flash the factory image. Hopefully that helps push you in the right direction. Your phone isn't bricked/lost forever if adb or fastboot recognizes your device and you can save it!

koivth said:
Sorry for being unclear. To get into the bootloader (where you can use the fastboot command to re-flash the factory image), you hold the Power Button and Volume Down buttons together (not volume up button). This is what your screen should look like if you successfully get to the bootloader: https://www.xda-developers.com/files/2016/10/CvqcEDHUsAA_EY4.jpg
If you see that screen, you're sitting good. Download the latest factory image (https://developers.google.com/android/images#marlin) and run the flash-all.bat (for windows) script to reflash your phone. You will have to have fastboot drivers installed on your computer for that to work.
If your device is recognized by adb (if you type 'adb devices' and it shows your device as the output) but you are having trouble getting to the bootloader, you can type in 'adb reboot-bootloader' to reboot your device into fastboot mode where you can flash the factory image. Hopefully that helps push you in the right direction. Your phone isn't bricked/lost forever if adb or fastboot recognizes your device and you can save it!
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That's where that first screenshot came from. I will try the reboot bootloader tonight. They sort of recognize my phone, but I can't get them to flash anything. This isn't my first rodeo with borked phones, but I don't think I've had this much trouble since I placed the wrong boot animation on my Droid 4 many years ago.

:victory: :highfive: It's flashing right now. You don't know how much I appreciate it.

Hi, thought I would jump in on this thread. I have the same issue, and I can get to the fastboot screen and device is recognised by adb with "fastboot devices". When I try to flash-all I get the message that the device must be unlocked. Any idea why mine in different? I just have stock recovery, maybe that is it. The device also will not boot into recovery, it just bootloops

obsidianlycanthrope said:
Hi, thought I would jump in on this thread. I have the same issue, and I can get to the fastboot screen and device is recognised by adb with "fastboot devices". When I try to flash-all I get the message that the device must be unlocked. Any idea why mine in different? I just have stock recovery, maybe that is it. The device also will not boot into recovery, it just bootloops
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Is your bootloader unlocked?

obsidianlycanthrope said:
Hi, thought I would jump in on this thread. I have the same issue, and I can get to the fastboot screen and device is recognised by adb with "fastboot devices". When I try to flash-all I get the message that the device must be unlocked. Any idea why mine in different? I just have stock recovery, maybe that is it. The device also will not boot into recovery, it just bootloops
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Before you can flash the factory image, you have to unlock the bootloader by issuing this command first: 'fastboot flashing unlock'

Recovering data on a DEAD Redmi Note 8 PRO

Hello,
I hope this is the right section for this post.
I've been using a Note 8 Pro with zero issues until one week ago when I accidentally dropped the phone in the water.
After a few seconds submerged the display turned off and I felt an intense heat coming from the zone of the battery.
Having no chance to recover the phone (tried with Isopropyl Alcohol too) I decided to open it and manually dry/clean each component, having seen the situation inside gave me the phone is dead but I still want to recover some pictures/data from it.
Before opening the open Minitool was not detecting any device on my Windows Laptop, after cleaning each component Minitool is instead detecting the phone via USB, but I still can't extract any data because the "Usb debugging" option is not tuned on (and no the device is not rooted).
Is there any option to extract data from the phone? There's a way to turn on USB Debugging via ADB on a non-rooted phone?
Thanks,
Andrea.

how about trying your luck with a service ? most of the time they do have access to special programs, which have a better functionality than adb.

Thanks for the hint, but I am not happy with the idea of someone playing with my data

1. Try reboot phone to recovery
2. Connect it to your computer (download Platform-tools)
3. In the folder with Platform-tools open cmd
4. In cmd - adb shell
5. cd storage/emulated/0
6. ls
7. Now, using the commands, drag files from your phone to your PC

Thanks for your hint.
No luck so far, I think because the phone is not in recovery mode.
I can hear the phone starting up several times (hear the jingle) so I think it's in a reboot loop and I don't know how to boot it into recovery mode wo a working display (tried with power/volume up combination with no luck).
From the windows taskbar I can see that the phone is recognized for a few seconds before it restarts.
EDIT: trying to switch the phone on with the combination "power/volume down" brings to a kind of stable state and I can now see the phone in the windows taskbar recognized as a generic "android device". Still no luck when trying to access the phone as there's no device in windows and no device obtained through "adb devices" command.
EDIT1: I think that the phone is in "FASTBOOT" mode. If I type "fastboot devices" I can see it detected but still can't access it.

Any idea? Should I give up?

If it's popping up and down you need something to keep track.
You can try my UsbLog.exe (in the sig), it just sits there and shows what devices appear (if they have a driver) and disappear.
Try these to see if anything is working:
Code:
C:\>fastboot devices
C:\>fastboot getvar all
C:\>fastboot oem device-info

Yes it's popping up and down when it's booted in recovery mode whilst is stably connected when in fastboot mode but in this case I can't access the internal memory of the device.
I didn't get the purpose of logging the devices connecting to the USB as I can see the device connected for a while and correctly recognized as Redmi Note 8 pro but as it keeps popping out windows have no time to show it's folder.
As for the code you wrote: i will try asap but already tried with "fastboot devices" and I get the phone correctly listed but still can't access its memory as told.

Renate said:
If it's popping up and down you need something to keep track.
You can try my UsbLog.exe (in the sig), it just sits there and shows what devices appear (if they have a driver) and disappear.
Try these to see if anything is working:
Code:
C:\>fastboot devices
C:\>fastboot getvar all
C:\>fastboot oem device-info
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After rebooting the phone in fastboot mode I can see it recognized as a generic android device from windows (still can't access the storage folder of the device).
fastboot devices----> I get the device listed with a series of numbers/letters
fastboot getvar all---> I get a list of information on token/token version/partition type and size/baseband/bootloader etc.
fastboot oem device-info----> FAILED (remote: unknown command)
So I think it's clear that the device is in Fastboot mode and instead is in a boot loop when started in revocery mode.
Is there a way to extract data from fastboot mode?
Thanks,
Andrea.

If you put a custom recovery on it in the first place you can try reflashing recovery from fastboot.
Fastboot doesn't allow you to read anything.
oem device-info is obviously an oem command that might not be on any device.
You've got a Mediatek processor. That has some low level equivalent to Qualcomm EDL, but I have no experience with that.
If you can get there you can download the user data partition, but it's probably encrypted. Also no experience with that.
The easiest is if you can get the system to mount/decrypt the partition.
You've tried the normal system too?
Is this A/B? Have you tried changing slots?
How much time does it stay up in recovery? Do you have ADB? Maybe try:
Code:
# stop recovery
Does that prevent it from looping?

So I should try to flash a custom recovery like TWRP for example?
What you mean with "normal system too"?
Changing slots you mean changing usb port?
It stays in recovery less than one second so I can't give any command via ADB.
EDIT: cant' flash any custom recovery because the bootloader is locked.
If I Try to unlock the bootloader via MiUnlock I get a warning saying that all data will be erased.
Any idea on how to unlock the bootloader wo wiping all the data?

Sephiroth79 said:
So I should try to flash a custom recovery like TWRP for example?
What you mean with "normal system too"?
Changing slots you mean changing usb port?
It stays in recovery less than one second so I can't give any command via ADB.
EDIT: cant' flash any custom recovery because the bootloader is locked.
If I Try to unlock the bootloader via MiUnlock I get a warning saying that all data will be erased.
Any idea on how to unlock the bootloader wo wiping all the data?
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There is a mediatek bootloader unlocked you just have to boot in Brom mode and it'll unlock it please follow this
PS: press all buttons

MysticNoOb said:
There is a mediatek bootloader unlocked you just have to boot in Brom mode and it'll unlock it please follow this
PS: press all buttons
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My bootloader is unlocked!
Thank you very much.
Now I am going to try to flash a custom recovery mode via fastboot in order to access the internal memory of the phone.
EDIT: I've just flashed twrp-3.6.2_9-0-begonia.img but still can't boot into recovery mode.
Any hint on how to extract data from the system now?

You really want to boot the normal system because that's the best way to get decrypted data.
I realized that you don't have ADB enabled there.
You should look at B. Kerler's https://github.com/bkerler/mtkclient/
If you can pull the boot image off your device then I might be able to fix it so that you have ADB.
You'd have to flash it back in fastboot or mtkclient.
You can also pull a copy of userdata off the device with mtkclient.
As far as booting into recovery, there's a way.
Here's how, if you don't have A/B (that is you flashed TWRP into recovery and not recovery_a or recovery_b)
then you can fastboot flash a special file into the misc partition and it wil boot into recovery next reboot.
To return things to normal you have to flash the empty file to the misc partition.
Code:
C:\>fastboot flash misc misc-rec.img
C:\>fastboot reboot
Only do this if you don't have partitions that end in _a or _b

I really don't know if I have partitions A and B as you mentioned and I think there's no way to check actually.
I confirm I don't have "USB Debugging" active on the phone.
So if I understand correctly I should do the following:
- Flash misc-reg.img via Fastboot
- Boot into recovery just rebooting the system after flashing the above file;
- use MTKclient to dump userdata or boot image to enable ADB on (I will need help with mtkclient I suppose).
Is it correct?
EDIT: flashed TWRP first and misc-rec then rebooted via Fastboot/Reboot but nothing happens.

Sephiroth79 said:
My bootloader is unlocked!
Thank you very much.
Now I am going to try to flash a custom recovery mode via fastboot in order to access the internal memory of the phone.
EDIT: I've just flashed twrp-3.6.2_9-0-begonia.img but still can't boot into recovery mode.
Any hint on how to extract data from the system now?
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TWRP cant boot because you used wrong one. Search again in that unlock bootloader channel and use suitable one.

Kirasu2080 said:
TWRP cant boot because you used wrong one. Search again in that unlock bootloader channel and use suitable one.
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Hmmm, I am almost sure that the TWRP I've flashed was listed under Redmi Note 8 pro page. Can you please indicate more precisely where should I sera
EDIT: I think I've downloaded and flashed the correct TWRP file.
@Renate can you please detail your method so I can try to extract data from the phone?

Sephiroth79 said:
Hmmm, I am almost sure that the TWRP I've flashed was listed under Redmi Note 8 pro page. Can you please indicate more precisely where should I sera
EDIT: I think I've downloaded and flashed the correct TWRP file.
@Renate can you please detail your method so I can try to extract data from the phone?
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1/Yeah it's official. You "flashed correct TWRP." Downgrade to Miui Android 9 (_9 in it's name) to boot into that TWRP and lose your data.
2/In unlock bootloader video above, search other video in his channel playlist and find TWRP video suitable for your Miui version.

Kirasu2080 said:
1/Yeah it's official. You "flashed correct TWRP." Downgrade to Miui Android 9 (_9 in it's name) to boot into that TWRP and lose your data.
2/In unlock bootloader video above, search other video in his channel playlist and find TWRP video suitable for your Miui version.
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Can't find the right video, can you kindly send me a link (I am on the latest Miui version and I am in Europe)?
In all the videos I've seen on his page he is using the device to install TWRP etc.
I think I just need the correct TWRP version for my MIUI release and then I'll flash TWRP and misc-reg.img. Is it right?

Sephiroth79 said:
Can't find the right video, can you kindly send me a link (I am on the latest Miui version and I am in Europe)?
In all the videos I've seen on his page he is using the device to install TWRP etc.
I think I just need the correct TWRP version for my MIUI release and then I'll flash TWRP and misc-reg.img. Is it right?
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Use brp 3.5.2 v3.1 or V3.6 to decrypt Miui 12.5