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I posted this thread a few days ago and surprisingly nobody was helpful at all.
I am rooted and with stock rom LG8
I am NOT familiar with all the jargon of you root gurus
1. Can you please tell me where there is an updated list of updates?
2. Can you please give me step by step instructions on how to update?
3. Is there a full working english version of Jellybean anywhere?
Thanks
A little reading of searching you would have your answers....
How to update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895170
How to accept an OTA while stock rooted
Stock jelly bean leak.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ly Bean 4.1.1 Leak (L710SPRBLIH) Odex/DeOdex.
Being a leak bugs could exist.
Sent from Pluto.
Speedin07si said:
A little reading of searching you would have your answers....
How to update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895170
How to accept an OTA while stock rooted
Stock jelly bean leak.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...ly Bean 4.1.1 Leak (L710SPRBLIH) Odex/DeOdex.
Being a leak bugs could exist.
Sent from Pluto.
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Im sorry, maybe im just flat fukkin stupid or something, but that didn't help me.
I rooted so I could have free wifi tether.
1. I dont know what a stock recovery is.
2. I dont even know what a rom is.
3. I dont know what a build is.
I just want to UPDATE MY DANG PHONE!
Well unless you can/want to learn about what your phone is and what it can do. I suggest you follow this step by step.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It'll unroot you, you will lose your free WiFi tether. But you will be able to take all the updates you want. Then pay $30/month or whatever it is and get Sprint tether.
You should only root if you know how what's what with the tech world around your phone. Or have the willingness to read and understand all the information within threads that you want to learn from.
Sent from Pluto.
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Also that video is how to unbrick your phone from being soft bricked. Which you will probably end up doing if you continue to try stuff without understanding it fully.
Sent from Pluto.
If you are rooted but stock LG8 and you want to update to LI3 and maintain root you can do this by following the steps here.
It is a pretty simple process but you need to know how to flash an update in the Clockworkmod recovery. If you are rooted then you likely already have a custom recovery (like clockworkmod or twrp). Just download the referenced files, copy to your internal sdcard, boot to recovery, make a nardroid backup (optional but recommended), flash the update, flash the TeamEpic file and then reboot.
It does not get much simpler than that. If you can't handle this then you should really save yourself some trouble and unroot and take the update normally.
Speedin07si said:
Well unless you can/want to learn about what your phone is and what it can do. I suggest you follow this step by step.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypmqJbZqOaU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
It'll unroot you, you will lose your free WiFi tether. But you will be able to take all the updates you want. Then pay $30/month or whatever it is and get Sprint tether.
You should only root if you know how what's what with the tech world around your phone. Or have the willingness to read and understand all the information within threads that you want to learn from.
Sent from Pluto.
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Also that video is how to unbrick your phone from being soft bricked. Which you will probably end up doing if you continue to try stuff without understanding it fully.
Sent from Pluto.
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I followed the video, and Im updated to LI3. What was getting me was that I couldnt find a video or instructions for the current update. Nor could I find a single source for latest updates.. I was getting confused with the different roms out there and such..
Im an expert at modding xboxes and nintendo Wiis, but I couldnt find a noob friendly source for explaining what anything is.
Anyways, thanks for the help
Is there a working root method for 10.5.0?
Is the Bin4ry's Root not working anymore?
KF2 10.5.0
No, Bin4ry's Root dont work. it realy messes up the sytem. looking for new method.
xromz24 said:
No, Bin4ry's Root dont work. it realy messes up the sytem. looking for new method.
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I rooted mine on 10.5.0 a couple weeks ago using Bin4ry's root. It seemed to work fine after that, but I didn't run it too long before attempting to put custom android on it. Ended up flashing the wrong boot loader and then replaced the motherboard. The New one was 10.5.0 as well and rooted using bin4ry then flashed correct boot loader. It's running android like a champ now. No more limited o.s. and haven't run into any issues as of yet.
Can you put up instructions please
Steve1698 said:
I rooted mine on 10.5.0 a couple weeks ago using Bin4ry's root. It seemed to work fine after that, but I didn't run it too long before attempting to put custom android on it. Ended up flashing the wrong boot loader and then replaced the motherboard. The New one was 10.5.0 as well and rooted using bin4ry then flashed correct boot loader. It's running android like a champ now. No more limited o.s. and haven't run into any issues as of yet.
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I've been trying to figure out how to root my Kindle Fire 2 Gen for a few weeks now....can there be anyway you could like put a video how to do it so people don't get bricked devices and for beginners it would save a lot of people's time and money don't you think i think it would be fair to everyone if they were able to have this info on what software to use and what boot loader who else agrees because rooting devices is a open source process which should be shared with all like i said it would be great to know how to do this process if you can do thank you
Trainboy001 said:
I've been trying to figure out how to root my Kindle Fire 2 Gen for a few weeks now....can there be anyway you could like put a video how to do it so people don't get bricked devices and for beginners it would save a lot of people's time and money don't you think i think it would be fair to everyone if they were able to have this info on what software to use and what boot loader who else agrees because rooting devices is a open source process which should be shared with all like i said it would be great to know how to do this process if you can do thank you
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I just went by the following guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963
Followed it exactly as its posted and it worked. The first time I tried I used a different guide and ended up hard bricking to a state that it wouldn't even turn on. Replaced the motherboard with a used one and then followed the guide in the above link and it worked for me. I rooted first using bin4ry then just followed that guide. Then installed a custom android Rom. Make certain of which kindle you have before flashing anything to it.. it's a crappy feeling sitting there looking at a dead kindle. I'm not saying that method will work for everyone on 10.5.0, but I was able to get it to work for mine. First time I've hard bricked a device and it was because I downloaded and flashed a file which was meant for a different model kindle.
Good luck! If it doesn't work then hopefully someone can come up with a more modern method.
question
Steve1698 said:
I just went by the following guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963
Followed it exactly as its posted and it worked. The first time I tried I used a different guide and ended up hard bricking to a state that it wouldn't even turn on. Replaced the motherboard with a used one and then followed the guide in the above link and it worked for me. I rooted first using bin4ry then just followed that guide. Then installed a custom android Rom. Make certain of which kindle you have before flashing anything to it.. it's a crappy feeling sitting there looking at a dead kindle. I'm not saying that method will work for everyone on 10.5.0, but I was able to get it to work for mine. First time I've hard bricked a device and it was because I downloaded and flashed a file which was meant for a different model kindle.
Good luck! If it doesn't work then hopefully someone can come up with a more modern method.
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but what version of bin4ary did you use
Trainboy001 said:
but what version of bin4ary did you use
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Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v30
Steve1698 said:
Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v30
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i tried it and not when im on my kindle my screen is flashing the logo screen and it's really slow what do i do??
Trainboy001 said:
i tried it and not when im on my kindle my screen is flashing the logo screen and it's really slow what do i do??
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I'm not sure. Mine didn't do that. It seems like the thing ran like **** after rooting, but after rooting I just went on with flashing 2nd bootloader and twrp then installing a custom Rom. So honestly I couldn't tell you much more about it... I just got it to work somehow. Sorry, good luck.
flopower1996 said:
Is the Bin4ry's Root not working anymore?
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I delved into the guts of Bin4ry's Root a little bit. It uses 3 (IIRC) binaries, "getroot", "su" and "busybox" and plays games with remounting blocks as RW and using getroot to put things where you wouldn't normally be able to. It utterly failed for me on the first go because of the new tightened file permissions everywhere in 10.5.0.
Doing
Code:
C:\adb> adb root
before running Bin4ry's script helped out a lot, and everything seemed to go correctly until the busybox install phase when it ran into a permission error once again.
I may look into this some more tonight; and I may try running both Bin4ry and Qemu root sequentially as per
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075959
That's how I rooted my KF2 once before.
Steve1698 said:
I just went by the following guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963
Followed it exactly as its posted and it worked. The first time I tried I used a different guide and ended up hard bricking to a state that it wouldn't even turn on. Replaced the motherboard with a used one and then followed the guide in the above link and it worked for me. I rooted first using bin4ry then just followed that guide. Then installed a custom android Rom. Make certain of which kindle you have before flashing anything to it.. it's a crappy feeling sitting there looking at a dead kindle. I'm not saying that method will work for everyone on 10.5.0, but I was able to get it to work for mine. First time I've hard bricked a device and it was because I downloaded and flashed a file which was meant for a different model kindle.
Good luck! If it doesn't work then hopefully someone can come up with a more modern method.
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I followed it too, and now have custom bootloader & TWRP. I would like to stress a few points:
1) Most of the adb commands didn't work on the first go. What worked for me was typing
Code:
C:\adb> adb root
C:\adb> adb shell
adb# <command>
adb# exit
C:\adb>
in place of
Code:
C:\adb> adb shell su -c "<command>"
2) DO NOT skip the backup instructions. They saved my butt; they may save yours. A fastboot cable is highly recommended.
These directions for grabbing the backups as files worked better for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41956668&postcount=3
3) Before I found "adb root" I skipped Step 3 since I couldn't make it work and figured it might not be essential. Ended up with a bootloop. That was when I needed the fastboot cable and my backup files from when I rooted before the "upgrade" to 10.5.0.
4) I was never able to get to fastboot without a fastboot cable before I discovered "adb root". I suspect
Code:
C:\adb> adb root
C:\adb> adb reboot bootloader
will work, but I haven't tried it.
Stupid question...
Hi folks,
Can I ask a really stupid, noob question? I've not had any experience with rooting android devices in the past, but my son has a KF2, v10.5, and he'd like me to root it so he can access the play store. I've read a lot of posts on here about the signed roms and so forth, and because I'm new to the topic a lot of it is going over my head. So some questions:
1) I think, from reading here, that these warnings only apply to replacing the default rom on the KF2, to get a more android like shell. Rooting in itself is a prerequisite for doing this, and doesn't have the associated risk - is that right?
2) I should be able to root the device using the steps in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 ? That would then allow me to install the play store? The fact I'm using 10.5 doesn't impact on this?
2b) How much risk is there in this? I think most of the risk is in applying custom roms, and the advice to get a fastboot cable applies to that rather than simply rooting the device?
3) The latest version is v36, but v30 was mentioned below. Am I better going for the latest version or going with v30
Again, sorry for the dumb questions!!
Kev
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Also, if the bin4ry stuff is okay to use on 10.5, which option should I use when I run it? Been looking through the batch file, and I'm suspecting NEWSTANDARD?
kev1609 said:
Hi folks,
Can I ask a really stupid, noob question? I've not had any experience with rooting android devices in the past, but my son has a KF2, v10.5, and he'd like me to root it so he can access the play store. I've read a lot of posts on here about the signed roms and so forth, and because I'm new to the topic a lot of it is going over my head. So some questions:
1) I think, from reading here, that these warnings only apply to replacing the default rom on the KF2, to get a more android like shell. Rooting in itself is a prerequisite for doing this, and doesn't have the associated risk - is that right?
2) I should be able to root the device using the steps in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 ? That would then allow me to install the play store? The fact I'm using 10.5 doesn't impact on this?
2b) How much risk is there in this? I think most of the risk is in applying custom roms, and the advice to get a fastboot cable applies to that rather than simply rooting the device?
3) The latest version is v36, but v30 was mentioned below. Am I better going for the latest version or going with v30
Again, sorry for the dumb questions!!
Kev
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Also, if the bin4ry stuff is okay to use on 10.5, which option should I use when I run it? Been looking through the batch file, and I'm suspecting NEWSTANDARD?
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Okay, in case anyone else is interested, it worked fine. I used the new standard method in bin4ry. Worth noting that I was able to run adb commands before starting. If you can't then you need to sort that out first
I've installed the google play stuff now, just trying to log into a google account...
I rooted mime with kingo root with a pc.
Im looking to put gapps on it while leaving it stock. The method I used before was moving google framework and a couple of other things yo /system/app. This no longer works.
I dont have secon bootloder or anything on it anymore. Is there a way anyone knows to just put google play no it, nust being rooted stock?
Wow, 2014!! lol
My stupid Kindle updated before I rooted it and now it keeps failing to root. I've tried binary root and king root with the pc and the app. I'm really irritated about it and even more irritating is how old this device is and the chances of someone fixing the issue being minimal at best. I was gonna use it as a car radio with CM.
Ive searched and now im 100% certain i have a Fire HD 8.9 inch 2nd gen tablet, It has update 8.5.1 on it, Im trying to figure out if i need to somehow downgrade or if i can just install 2nd bootloader on this software version. Sorry if this is already answered i looked and didnt see it, but i did a good bit of research before asking this question, but i just wanna be 100% sure of what i need to do.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
deershoot3r
deershoot3r said:
Ive searched and now im 100% certain i have a Fire HD 8.9 inch 2nd gen tablet, It has update 8.5.1 on it, Im trying to figure out if i need to somehow downgrade or if i can just install 2nd bootloader on this software version. Sorry if this is already answered i looked and didnt see it, but i did a good bit of research before asking this question, but i just wanna be 100% sure of what i need to do.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
deershoot3r
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Hey man!
I just did the whole thing less than a week ago my first time too. The method worked on mine & I was 8.5.1 as well so yea it should work!
I'm on Cyanogen 12.1 Oct 23rd nightly release using it to type right now.
If ya have any probs or questions hit me up! I'll be checking in regularly to see if anyone's seen my posts about some bugs I've encountered.
Be sure your device is rooted first, familiarize yourself with the android-sdk stuff on your PC & the tough part for me was ADB (Android Debugging Bridge).
Once you can get the correct drivers to communicate with the kindle (with ADB enabled) it will go fairly quickly.
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Here's the ADB drivers from Amazon..
https://developer.amazon.com/appsan...etting-up-your-kindle-fire-tablet-for-testing
I used iRoot to get root on my kindle but people around here are leery of it cause its a Chinese root kit & nobody's sure what all it does. Its a one click App pretty easy to use. Ya gotta go to your settings and allow installation of 3rd party apps & make sure you're connected to the internet when you run them because they say they use a cloud based platform to search for specific root methods on your device.
http://vrootdownload.com/iRoot/#.Vi6eenwo62c
There's probably a better variant of that app I dunno if this one will work but I bet it will.
http://www.kingroot.net/
There's some Root checker apps you can get for free at the amazon store to see if it worked & ya got root access.
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I just wouldn't mess with or install anything else the app suggests once inside. Just click the root button, if it works great, get out don't install anything from inside the app & don't mess with anything else inside the app unless you're the brave & daring type..
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The Kingroot developers have posted here before, you can see what they had to say here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
If I were you I'd try Kingroot first its newer & and from the same people. I used Kingroot on my Samsung S4 late model Verizon & it worked when pretty much everyone else was stumped.
You can remove Kingroot stuff with a one click app called #Supersume & then you can install the more traditional root manager app #SuperSU by Chainfire.
Don't just uninstall Kingroot apps or you'll lose root access & hafta run Kingroot or iRoot again to regain Root access.
The Kingroot & iRoot apps are very easy to use. You shouldn't need a PC at all, I didn't.
Hit me up if any probs..
I've had great success using the instructions in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/kin...k-rom-to-hashcodes-lp-5-1-x-kfhd-8-9-t3149826
So, in order to utilise the memory on the OP3, you need to root in order to update values to allow this.
But this invalidates the ability to use Android Pay by rooting the device.
Is there a workaround for this? (another website talked about disabling SuperSu, but does this work???)
You should be able to boot TWRP, adb pull the file you need to modify, make the changes and then adb push and set permissions. The only thing you need in order to do this is an unlocked bootloader.
Yeah doing it via adb worked for me. Here's what I did.
Opened terminal on Mac.
Entered: adb pull build.prop /system/build.prop
Opened the file via a text editor, made the desired changes.
Back to terminal. Entered: adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
Entered: adb reboot
And that's it.
What are the appropriate changes?
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Nevermind..http://m.gsmarena.com/tweak_helps_oneplus_3_better_manage_its_6gb_of_ram-blog-18891.php
Change the value from 20 to 42 in build prop
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/system/build.prop in your root folder
ro.sys.fw.bg_apps_limit=20
Change value from 20 to the 42
cannot change it without root right?
angelsanges said:
cannot change it without root right?
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Once again... No, you do not need to be rooted to make this change. You just need to have the bootloader unlocked from what I understand. The fix takes about 2 minutes using adb pull/push. I laid out the steps in a previous post.
You want to find this line: ro.sys.fw.bg_apps_limit=20
It's near-ish to the bottom of the file. One of the next-to-last "paragraphs".
Change the "20" to a higher number. Most people are suggesting 42.
unlocking bootloader wipes all the data on phone
Just back everything up and restore once you've unlocked the bootloader. You'll want to copy the backup to your computer before actually unlocking the bootloader, then copy it back over to the phone once you've booted back into TWRP because you'll probably lose the backup on your phone during the wipe. Might add an extra three minutes to the process. Sounds a lot more complicated than it really is. If you've done any rooting or bootloader unlocking before, it's no more difficult than any of that.
After the mod i can relock bootloader? This invalidates warranty?
Inviato dal mio ONEPLUS A3003 utilizzando Tapatalk
I suppose you could lock the bootloader back up, but it's not necessary. One of the great things about OnePlus is that they're developer friendly. Unlocking the bootloader and flashing custom ROMs doesn't invalidate your phone's warranty. The only time it might would be if the issue you're having is the direct result of your tampering with the phone, but Android is typically pretty forgiving so even if something does go wrong there's usually a reasonably easy way to undo what you've done.
TL;DR unlocking your bootloader and flashing ROMs will not invalidate your warranty.
From a security standpoint, you probably should relock your bootloader if you're not going to use root. It will prevent any exploits from overwriting your bootloader and makes your phone safer in case an OTA isn't released after a major flaw is found. That said, I understand this instruction might be labeled "tin foil hat" by some people here on the forum but the reality is that these exploits do exist, though they are incredibly rare and unlikely to target you. But that doesn't invalidate the security that locking your bootloader grants you.
A new update of OxygenOS will fix that very soon
Check on Google : oneplus3 3.1.4
Steadyson said:
A new update of OxygenOS will fix that very soon
Check on Google : oneplus3 3.1.4
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You've gotta love these smaller companies with smaller user bases. Easier to get heard and smaller companies are more concerned about pleasing the customers they have. I love OnePlus. The phones they make might not be the absolute best phones in the world, but they're definitely up there and they're made with users' wants and needs in mind specifically.
Hi,
I am trying to unroot my HTC One M8 so that I can recover deleted numbers, SMS Texts etc. I'd never don't this before but successfully recovered data using GT Recovery on an old Samsung S3.
Tried to repeat the process on my HTC One M8 on a UK network provider. Downloaded and installed squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit v2.5.0.0. It auto updated (very handy) and off I went striking the "get unlock token code". The phone (which is connected) powers down for restart and I get an on screen message on PC saying it is "restarting into download mode".
From there that's it. It just hangs and nothing further happens.
I've read the point & purpose of this particular forum/thread. Are you able to offer any direction please on where I might find some help with this please?
Thanks.
android amatuer said:
Hi,
I am trying to unroot my HTC One M8 so that I can recover deleted numbers, SMS Texts etc. I'd never don't this before but successfully recovered data using GT Recovery on an old Samsung S3.
Tried to repeat the process on my HTC One M8 on a UK network provider. Downloaded and installed squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit v2.5.0.0. It auto updated (very handy) and off I went striking the "get unlock token code". The phone (which is connected) powers down for restart and I get an on screen message on PC saying it is "restarting into download mode".
From there that's it. It just hangs and nothing further happens.
I've read the point & purpose of this particular forum/thread. Are you able to offer any direction please on where I might find some help with this please?
Thanks.
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You don't need an unlock token to unroot, and you don't need a toolkit. I usually suggest to never use toolkits.
Also, you aren't going to be able to retrieve deleted numbers and SMS texts by unrooting either, as far as I know.
If you need to unroot, go to the SuperSU app in your app drawer, select settings, then select full unroot. Super easy. No toolkit needed.
xunholyx said:
Also, you aren't going to be able to retrieve deleted numbers and SMS texts by unrooting either, as far as I know.
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I agree here (and with anything else xunholyx just posted), I don't see what unrooting has to do with recovering the mentioned data. Root enables more things, and doesn't typically limit much (exception is certain apps like banking and Pokémon Go, which don't allow root).
EDIT: I looked up GT Recovery, and it says "root required" for some features. So I'm confused what the OP is doing exactly.
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The phone (which is connected) powers down for restart and I get an on screen message on PC saying it is "restarting into download mode".
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This is slightly disconcerting to me, as this and other HTC phones do not have a "download mode".
Sure i've tried that but will give it another go
I do have SuperSu and have tried unrooting with that. But i'm sure before it lets me unroot it wants superuser or administrator rights before I can access settings. And from what I see, I appear unable to give it those rights so I'm not making much progress on that front.
But following your suggestion I will revisit that.
Thanks
xunholyx said:
You don't need an unlock token to unroot, and you don't need a toolkit. I usually suggest to never use toolkits.
Also, you aren't going to be able to retrieve deleted numbers and SMS texts by unrooting either, as far as I know.
If you need to unroot, go to the SuperSU app in your app drawer, select settings, then select full unroot. Super easy. No toolkit needed.
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Just trying to figure it all out
From my experience with the Samsung S3, when successfully unrooted I was able to recover deleted phone numbers and deleted sms texts using GT Recovery. This did require the device to be unrooted first. It was a few weeks back now but I'm sure is was Kingo Super Root that used to unroot that device.
On the HTC I have tried numerous root tools inc Kingroot, Kingo Super Root all to no avail and cannot seem to find a root tool that will simply unroot the device. Upon searching for further info and root tools i came across XDA Developers and the so called "sqaubbies Toolkit" which seems to suggest that it can unroot the HTC via a pc connection, so that is why I downloaded it and are trying it. But that doesn't seem to be working correctly either.
So apologies if I've made this difficult to understand but it really is this simple. I want to recover deleted numbers and texts on the HTC. Having successfully recovered deleted numbers and texts from the Samsung S3 using GT Recovery from an unrooted device I now want to repeat that process on the HTC. But right now I seem unable to root that device for an as yet unknown reason.
Any help anyone can give is appreciated.
Cheers
redpoint73 said:
I agree here (and with anything else xunholyx just posted), I don't see what unrooting has to do with recovering the mentioned data. Root enables more things, and doesn't typically limit much (exception is certain apps like banking and Pokmon Go, which don't allow root).
EDIT: I looked up GT Recovery, and it says "root required" for some features. So I'm confused what the OP is doing exactly.
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This is slightly disconcerting to me, as this and other HTC phones do not have a "download mode".
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I haven't seen such "unroot" methods work for this device. They never seem to completely remove all signs of root.
The only true method to unroot, is to restore a stock ROM, never rooted, such as a stock TWRP backup.
Instructions here, but don't restore data, otherwise your existing data will be wiped. Also, no need to restore stock recovery in your case.
For that matter, make a TWRP backup of your existing data, before you try any of this. To make sure you don't wipe it accidentally (and lose all your data), in the process.
Or, if you want to leave the phone rooted, but hide root, there is an Exposed module for that, which you might want to try.
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This is slightly disconcerting to me, as this and other HTC phones do not have a "download mode".
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Actually, the M9 and HTC10 both have download mode, but none earlier than the M9 afaik.
xunholyx said:
Actually, the M9 and HTC10 both have download mode, but none earlier than the M9 afaik.
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Good to know, thanks. I'm not qualified to speak of those more recent phones, as I'm obviously still stuck on my M8!
Moral of the story, the toolkit is trying to put the M8 into download mode, which it doesn't have such a mode.
redpoint73 said:
Good to know, thanks. I'm not qualified to speak of those more recent phones, as I'm obviously still stuck on my M8!
Moral of the story, the toolkit is trying to put the M8 into download mode, which it doesn't have such a mode.
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Yeah, and I don't understand why they bothered to change things like that. They also changed hboot to aboot, another head scratcher, lol.
You can change CID in download mode without booting to RUU mode now, and with the 10 you can change MID there too with a simple fastboot oem writemid *mid here*. That's a big convenience.
I'm going way OT here. Sorry.
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I just googled squabbi (it's not called squabbies) toolkit, and it is built for the M9. You can't use that on the M8.
Who makes this stuff up?
xunholyx said:
Yeah, and I don't understand why they bothered to change things like that. They also changed hboot to aboot, another head scratcher, lol.
You can change CID in download mode without booting to RUU mode now, and with the 10 you can change MID there too with a simple fastboot oem writemid *mid here*. That's a big convenience.
I'm going way OT here. Sorry.
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I just googled squabbi (it's not called squabbies) toolkit, and it is built for the M9. You can't use that on the M8.
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Thanks for that. The developer is Squabbi, you are correct. However within the program itself he/she refers to it as "Squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit". Cant understand why someone would develop something for the HTC One M8, promote it as that but then it apparently not work on the HTC One M8. Its got M8 written all over it, and I found it here in this very forum.
Check it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694925
android amatuer said:
Thanks for that. The developer is Squabbi, you are correct. However within the program itself he/she refers to it as "Squabbies HTC One M8 Toolkit". Cant understand why someone would develop something for the HTC One M8, promote it as that but then it apparently not work on the HTC One M8. Its got M8 written all over it, and I found it here in this very forum.
Check it out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694925
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When I googled it, I should have scrolled further down, or perhaps re-googled squabbi instead of sqaubbies. I just got M9 results.
Did you get unrooted? It's really fairly simple manually instead of using one click. If you haven't, reply here. And if you have :good:
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When I googled it, I should have scrolled further down, or perhaps re-googled squabbi instead of sqaubbies. I just got M9 results.
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The confusion is understandable. I did see the M8 version toolkit when I Googled. But I did have to Google, as I don't recall this toolkit at all. Of the ones folks use, Hasoon seems to be the most common. Although, there was a good amount of traffic on the Squabbi thread (48 pages) at one time.
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Did you get unrooted? It's really fairly simple manually instead of using one click.
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Fully agree here. From what I've seen on the forums, the toolkits can cause more problems than they fix.