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How do I relock boot loader for insurance

I am getting a replacement nexus and I am on 4.1 ROM (Verizon gnex) and need to go back to unrooted and all. How do I do it. Plz someone shoot me the link I have 2 more days too send it in thank u
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frankiedizzle87 said:
I am getting a replacement nexus and I am on 4.1 ROM (Verizon gnex) and need to go back to unrooted and all. How do I do it. Plz someone shoot me the link I have 2 more days too send it in thank u
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Code:
fastboot oem lock

AshtonTS said:
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fastboot oem lock
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i have a new computer i have to start from scratch as far as adb and all. And i am so lost right now. when i finished re downloading ADB and did cmd and check ADB devices my nexus didnt show up

frankiedizzle87 said:
i have a new computer i have to start from scratch as far as adb and all. And i am so lost right now. when i finished re downloading ADB and did cmd and check ADB devices my nexus didnt show up
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You gotta install adb driver for Nexus. For my computer, when I enabled usb debugging, it downloaded the driver for me (odd enough) but if your computer doesn't do that, you can Google around to get the exe file for you to install. Just make sure the Nexus has usb debugging on, or it doesn't let you install the driver (from my experience)
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frankiedizzle87 said:
i have a new computer i have to start from scratch as far as adb and all. And i am so lost right now. when i finished re downloading ADB and did cmd and check ADB devices my nexus didnt show up
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Go to the development section and get the toolkit. Install all the required drivers. Lock her back up
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uoY_redruM said:
Go to the development section and get the toolkit. Install all the required drivers. Lock her back up
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ok i just went back to cm9 in a panic thinking no jelly bean drivers or something i dunno why i thought that. I will go into dev section and look for some drivers. The site that it gave says KIES is having issues so i cant even download kies. Can i still get drivers with out it? and when i did uSB debugging i still could not load drivers it said failed.

frankiedizzle87 said:
ok i just went back to cm9 in a panic thinking no jelly bean drivers or something i dunno why i thought that. I will go into dev section and look for some drivers. The site that it gave says KIES is having issues so i cant even download kies. Can i still get drivers with out it? and when i did uSB debugging i still could not load drivers it said failed.
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It doesn't matter what you're currently on. You will completely nuke your phone when you fastboot the images onto your device anyway.

ok my computer currently recognizes my phone now and i know how to re lock my bootloader what rom should i put it on so they dont know i was rooted before relocking the bootloader. I thought locking it would set it back to default but i was wrong i just had cm9 with a locked bootloader lol i think they would know from that but seriously. What rom should i put to just make my phone 100000% stock

frankiedizzle87 said:
ok my computer currently recognizes my phone now and i know how to re lock my bootloader what rom should i put it on so they dont know i was rooted before relocking the bootloader. I thought locking it would set it back to default but i was wrong i just had cm9 with a locked bootloader lol i think they would know from that but seriously. What rom should i put to just make my phone 100000% stock
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The stock ROM, there's a full factory restore through Odin. Its in one of the stickies.

You can do everything using gnex toolkit v7.0.
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Download the factory image from Google and flash to stock
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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frankiedizzle87 said:
ok my computer currently recognizes my phone now and i know how to re lock my bootloader what rom should i put it on so they dont know i was rooted before relocking the bootloader. I thought locking it would set it back to default but i was wrong i just had cm9 with a locked bootloader lol i think they would know from that but seriously. What rom should i put to just make my phone 100000% stock
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So you got everything stock except the ROM? So you got stock recovery and everything? If you do, first of all, download the stock rom from google site (there should be few versions, that, you gotta find it out) then you need to download clockwork mod recovery (assuming that you got fastboot and adb) now just boot into cwm on your phone and flash the stock rom. By doing this, you're not over writing the recovery but you can still use the cwm
Also you gotta unlock first lol
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[Q] Help to fix my phone

I used a video to unroot my phone and now it will not come out of boot mode, I turn it on it acts like it is booting up but never does just stays in the same position. and when I try to go into fastboot mode I get an error, it shows an android laying down and a red triangle over him how do I fix this? PLEASE HELP

follow this exactly as its written: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895

I will try this, but I am not sure that the computer is reading the phone, I can get odin to work but it is not helping I tried putting stock files using odin but same thing. when i tried cmd and fastboot devices it brings up nothing

when I plug my phone in my computer does not recognize it, now what do I do?

Zepius said:
follow this exactly as its written: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
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did everthing step by step, I am able to see the device in my device manager, but when I get to the part where I put it in bootloader and and type fastboot devices it does not recognize it. any suggestions?

pamelak38 said:
did everthing step by step, I am able to see the device in my device manager, but when I get to the part where I put it in bootloader and and type fastboot devices it does not recognize it. any suggestions?
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You need to install the fastboot driver.
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Petrovski80 said:
You need to install the fastboot driver.
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I cannot turn my phone on to put it on usb debugging, could this be my problem? and how do I install fastboot driver I thought I had it with sdk tools

pamelak38 said:
I cannot turn my phone on to put it on usb debugging, could this be my problem? and how do I install fastboot driver I thought I had it with sdk tools
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When you are booted into bootloader but a "fastboot devices" does not list your device, it's almost always caused by having installed either no driver at all or the wrong one. Use the naked driver, follow the link in my signature to find it.
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Petrovski80 said:
When you are booted into bootloader but a "fastboot devices" does not list your device, it's almost always caused by having installed either no driver at all or the wrong one. Use the naked driver, follow the link in my signature to find it.
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Ok I got it up and running! My only concern is I did every step but the radio step failed every time, is this a problem?????
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS!!

pamelak38 said:
Ok I got it up and running! My only concern is I did every step but the radio step failed every time, is this a problem?????
THANK YOU SO MUCH, I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS!!
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Lte radio? Anyway if your connection is ok I'd say it's not an issue.
Good you figured it out.
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still cant get into recovery mode
can anyone help, I got the phone back to where I can get into it, but if I try to go into recovery mode I still get the dead android with the red triangle and can anyone tell me where to find a lte radio

pamelak38 said:
can anyone help, I got the phone back to where I can get into it, but if I try to go into recovery mode I still get the dead android with the red triangle and can anyone tell me where to find a lte radio
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What you see is the stock recovery. Android will flash it back automatically even after you've flashed a custom recovery. To prevent this, you must either rename/delete /etc/install-recovery.sh OR rename/delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p.
LTE radios are in the factory images. Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895

Petrovski80 said:
What you see is the stock recovery. Android will flash it back automatically even after you've flashed a custom recovery. To prevent this, you must either rename/delete /etc/install-recovery.sh OR rename/delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p.
LTE radios are in the factory images. Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
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Ok, I have never had to rename/delete,ect before, can you help walk me thru that, I know I am asking a lot but I would sure appreciate it

pamelak38 said:
Ok, I have never had to rename/delete,ect before, can you help walk me thru that, I know I am asking a lot but I would sure appreciate it
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Do you have root? In that case it's a matter of launching your file manager.
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Petrovski80 said:
Do you have root? In that case it's a matter of launching your file manager.
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Yes I have root, now what do I need to do?

pamelak38 said:
Yes I have root, now what do I need to do?
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Navigate to the folder /etc with a file manager. Remount with RW rights (root explorer has a convenient button for this) and rename the file install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak.
Then reflash a custom recovery. This time it will stick.
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Petrovski80 said:
Navigate to the folder /etc with a file manager. Remount with RW rights (root explorer has a convenient button for this) and rename the file install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak.
Then reflash a custom recovery. This time it will stick.
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I got it back to stock and locked, THANK YOU so much you are awesome!!!!

What's simply the best program to root your Nexus?

I remember seeing a program that u would install on your PC called like 1 click root and had a very nice GUI with tons of options to simply 1 click root your Nexus. Is this program still out there or what program is the best? I do want Superuser rights as well.
I do not want to flash a new ROM. I like the stock experience. I just need a little more access.
I am having problems with the new jelly bean update and Fox Fi no longer works. I got Easy Tether to work but I want a hot spot that works not USB.
I am hoping I can fix this with rooting or a third party APP.
I really hope I do not have to flash, but if I do have to I will only want to flash another stock ROM but one that is fully unlocked.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058

WoW! That's a lot of work to just root a phone.
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needspractice said:
WoW! That's a lot of work to just root a phone.
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No its not lol. If you seriously think that there's "a lot of work" to root a Nexus, you're not reading properly.
That's the proper method. Do not use a toolkit.

This method. If you follow the steps, you have it rooted within 7minutes
http://galaxynexusroot.com/galaxy-n...iversal-guidegsmverizonsprintwindowslinuxmac/
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needspractice said:
WoW! That's a lot of work to just root a phone.
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fastboot oem unlock, fastboot a custom recovery, flash a custom rom or the su binaries in your new custom recovery, reboot and profit.. theres no work involved.

The method that does not involve a toolkit.

I Am Marino said:
The method that does not involve a toolkit.
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Bingo.
Which leaves fastboot as simply the best program to root your Nexus(any Nexus).

Fastboot is really easy, just copy and paste a few commands.
Hell, finding the correct drivers and installing the SDK is harder than fastboot commands.

on top of that, this procedure under windows is way much harder than on linux, imo.

bk201doesntexist said:
on top of that, this procedure under windows is way much harder than on linux, imo.
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Not just your opinion, that's just a fact lol. You don't have to deal with drivers on Linux or OSX, which makes it 1000x easier.

The drivers are a killer.........
So much that i downloaded the toolkit to install the drivers for my nexus 7 and just dump it aside after that, don't want to deal with drivers anymore..
Now i don't recommend this..

[Q] Sorry for being a noob, rooting question

Just got the GNex, coming from droid charge and was wondering if Odin can be used to root this phone? I only ask because I'm used to it from the Charge. If it can, is it simple like flashing superuser? Sorry if this is the dumbest question ever. I was searching the forums for the answer, but didnt find one.

cnoevl21 said:
Just got the GNex, coming from droid charge and was wondering if Odin can be used to root this phone? I only ask because I'm used to it from the Charge. If it can, is it simple like flashing superuser? Sorry if this is the dumbest question ever. I was searching the forums for the answer, but didnt find one.
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Not sure if you can use Odin to root this phone but, I know it's super easy to root using fastboot. Just make sure you have the drivers installed
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No, we don't use ODIN for anything except a last-resort restore attempt on a "bricked" device.
Rooting is done via the command line: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058

You are given the easier way, fastboot and adb. Take advantage of it. Odin should not be used unless you bricked your phone somehow and can't even get to the recovery. Welcome to galaxy nexus. You'll get used to fastboot commands real fast, real quick
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel

Tried using fast boot to unlock bootloader bit it won't seem to work. I checked off usb debugging, went into c promt on my pc after dl fast boot and installing proper drivers but wen I type fastboot-windows oem unlock it says it's not a proper prompt. That's why I asked abt Odin. Guess I'll look deeper and figure something, I'll check out the link that was left in the reply, maybe I can get rooted that way. Thanks for the replies everyone.
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cnoevl21 said:
Tried using fast boot to unlock bootloader bit it won't seem to work. I checked off usb debugging, went into c promt on my pc after dl fast boot and installing proper drivers but wen I type fastboot-windows oem unlock it says it's not a proper prompt. That's why I asked abt Odin. Guess I'll look deeper and figure something, I'll check out the link that was left in the reply, maybe I can get rooted that way. Thanks for the replies everyone.
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You're holding it wrong.
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cnoevl21 said:
Tried using fast boot to unlock bootloader bit it won't seem to work. I checked off usb debugging, went into c promt on my pc after dl fast boot and installing proper drivers but wen I type fastboot-windows oem unlock it says it's not a proper prompt. That's why I asked abt Odin. Guess I'll look deeper and figure something, I'll check out the link that was left in the reply, maybe I can get rooted that way. Thanks for the replies everyone.
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I think a bit more reading is called for.
1) USB Debugging has no impact on being able to use fastboot commands;
2) To use fastboot commands, your device needs to be booted into the bootloader;
3) There are two drivers for your device (contained in the same package): a fastboot driver and an ADB driver. If you installed the ADB driver, it does not necessarily mean you installed the fastboot driver;
4) You need to be booted into the bootloader to install the fastboot driver;
5) You need to execute fastboot commands from the same folder you to which you downloaded fastboot.exe. For example, if you downloaded fastboot.exe to C:\junk, and you are trying to type in "fastboot flash yadayadayada" at the C:> prompt, it will not work. If you are at the C:> prompt, you need to type "cd junk" to get you in the right directory, and then your command prompt will change to C:\junk>

cnoevl21 said:
Tried using fast boot to unlock bootloader bit it won't seem to work.
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Are you getting an error? If so, what is it?
What happens when you type "fastboot devices" at the command prompt (without the quotes)?

Might be another dumb question, but do you have the Android SDK installed on your computer?
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Pierceye said:
Might be another dumb question, but do you have the Android SDK installed on your computer?
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You don't need the SDK to use fastboot as long as you gave the one file, i.e., fastboot.exe

bk201doesntexist said:
You're holding it wrong.
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Go to where fastboot and adb are. If have win7 press shift and right click mouse at same time. Choose open command window here.
Type and press enter after each
adb devices
(Should get a serial)
adb reboot reboot-bootloader
(Should reboot)
Fastboot reboot reboot-fastboot
(Not sure if needed but I do anyway)
fastboot oem unlock
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efrant said:
I think a bit more reading is called for.
1) USB Debugging has no impact on being able to use fastboot commands;
2) To use fastboot commands, your device needs to be booted into the bootloader;
3) There are two drivers for your device (contained in the same package): a fastboot driver and an ADB driver. If you installed the ADB driver, it does not necessarily mean you installed the fastboot driver;
4) You need to be booted into the bootloader to install the fastboot driver;
5) You need to execute fastboot commands from the same folder you to which you downloaded fastboot.exe. For example, if you downloaded fastboot.exe to C:\junk, and you are trying to type in "fastboot flash yadayadayada" at the C:> prompt, it will not work. If you are at the C:> prompt, you need to type "cd junk" to get you in the right directory, and then your command prompt will change to C:\junk>
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Or go to where you saved your fastboot.exe, right click in the blank space of the folder without selecting anything, then Open command window here:good:

i just got my nexus today and unlocked and rooted it within 20 odd mins.. using galaxy nexus toolkit.. it was a breeze throughout the process...

vivek2701 said:
i just got my nexus today and unlocked and rooted it within 20 odd mins.. using galaxy nexus toolkit.. it was a breeze throughout the process...
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And did you learn a lot about the process and how to flash by using the toolkit?

vivek2701 said:
i just got my nexus today and unlocked and rooted it within 20 odd mins.. using galaxy nexus toolkit.. it was a breeze throughout the process...
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efrant said:
And did you learn a lot about the process and how to flash by using the toolkit?
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I sense a hint of sarcasm in that... or is it just me :silly:.

Step away from the toolkit and noROM gets hurts...
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efrant said:
And did you learn a lot about the process and how to flash by using the toolkit?
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I was in a hurry n found this the best noob guide with step by step instructions .. is using toolkit not the best method?
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vivek2701 said:
I was in a hurry n found this the best noob guide with step by step instructions .. is using toolkit not the best method?
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See signature...
*Step Away From The Toolkit And NoROM Gets Hurt*

Learn fastboot and never use a toolkit.

[Q] I am now S-Off w/ Bootloader Unlocked using Firewater!

Okay, so now I can confirm that Firewater worked great - using the temproot method. Where do I go from here? The instructions I've found for installing TWRP were extremely confusing. I had no problems following the directions for Firewater, but this is a different story. Now that I'm unlocked and S-Off, where do I go from here?

Congrats! Well you need to flash a recovery. Get a recovery.img http://flyhalf205.com/getdownload.php?file=recoveries/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-m7vzw.img and place it on your pc in the same folder as the fastboot.exe file. Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the directory where the 2 files are. Boot the phone to bootloader (hboot). Then in the cmd terminal type
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fastboot erase cache
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fastboot flash recovery nameofrecoveryimg.img

Thank you very much! I do have some questions. Do I need to be rooted? In the bootloader screen it says I am S-Off and Unlocked, but I don't think I am rooted. I have to use the temproot included with Firewater. I downloaded a twrp .img. Am I supposed to flash that? Once that is flashed, am I free to download a custom rom?

Thanks for the info
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If you are s-off and unlocked all you need to do is flash that recovery i posted, and then flash a rom of your choosing. Most every rom comes pre-rooted. I assume right now you are stock. If you want to stay stock just flash that recovery, then flash superuser thru recovery and you will be rooted.
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Where did you get the firewater download from, got a link?
Never mind i found it http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/

Cool so you were 4.3 with s on and locked boot loader and firewater now has you s off and unlocked. So you just need a custom recovery and then whatever Rom you want.
I was going to ruu back to stock locked and s on to try firewater for fun but I don't want to run into snags so I'll just stay how I am for now.
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is it normal to hang at "waiting for device"?

wwindexx said:
is it normal to hang at "waiting for device"?
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How long has it been? Windows or Linux? Turned off firewall and antivirus, and removed sync manager if on Windows?
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wronge galismt
Linux - Xubuntu to be specific. It seems to only recognize the device half of the time when connected to USB. It hangs indefinitely - 5 min was the longest I would wait. When I select Recovery from the hboot menu, I get a silhouette of my phone with a "NO" symbol through it. This is not normal.

Are you using the quick android sdk or did you download the whole sdk and install platform tools then set path in your home directory profile?
Edit: try these directions at the bottom to set your path.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20770-gu...-adb-and-fastboot-in-linux-ubuntu-and-mint12/
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I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?

J_Abdalla52 said:
I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?
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yes I got that too. I didn't get around to trying it right after running temproot though.

J_Abdalla52 said:
I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?
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Are you rooted? Or did you install twrp and it says that? You have to be root in Linux to run the command.
Ex: cd Downloads/firewater
Sudo su
Type your password
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selayan said:
Are you rooted? Or did you install twrp and it says that? You have to be root in Linux to run the command.
Ex: cd Downloads/firewater
Sudo su
Type your password
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No i just ran the temp root method then i tried to run the normal method and thats what i got.

selayan said:
Are you using the quick android sdk or did you download the whole sdk and install platform tools then set path in your home directory profile?
Edit: try these directions at the bottom to set your path.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20770-gu...-adb-and-fastboot-in-linux-ubuntu-and-mint12/
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I installed adb and fastboot via apt. I guess assuming that was the optimal way to get it was a mistake. I am assuming now that you need to run temproot beforehand?

Yeah you need the temp root method because your stock and locked, unrooted. Make sure you are admin when you run it.
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selayan said:
Yeah you need the temp root method because your stock and locked, unrooted. Make sure you are admin when you run it.
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I used minimal adb do you think that could have tampered with the process?

J_Abdalla52 said:
I used minimal adb do you think that could have tampered with the process?
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It should not as long as you place the firewater files in the same location of the temp adb directory and run commands as admin.
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selayan said:
It should not as long as you place the firewater files in the same location of the temp adb directory and run commands as admin.
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do you mean adding the "sudo" prefix?

wwindexx said:
do you mean adding the "sudo" prefix?
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Yeah to keep from typing Sudo before each command I usually do Sudo su before running any commands.
It will ask for your password then throw you in admin mode. Otherwise you will need to add Sudo before each command.
I use Linux mint 16 but it's built on ubuntu so it should not be different.
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