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[Video] How to Unlock n Root GNex with Superboot

Credit for the written tutorial goes to sbenson1226
What do I need?
Superboot : DOWNLOAD
Drivers: You will need to install this driver.
The Process:
Download the above files and install the driver. For the driver, it installs Pdanet on both your computer and phone. Follow the directions carefully. Pdanet will be wiped from your phone once you run Superboot. After the driver is installed, feel from to uninstall Pdanet from your computer – the driver will remain.
Extract the contents of Superboot and rename the folder “root.” Place this folder into C:\ (you may be asked for admin privileges).
Power down the phone.
Connect the phone to your computer.
Boot the phone into the bootloader by simultaneously holding Volume Up + Volume Down + Power.
Open up the command prompt in Windows:
Click Start Menu, then in the search bar type: cmd (this will open the command prompt);
Type the following: cd C:/
Then type the following: cd root
The next step will unlock your bootload - this will wipe all data on your device.
Type the following, in the command prompt: fastboot-windows oem unlock
You will receive a warning about unlocking. Use the volume keys to select an option and use the power button to confirm.
Your bootloader will now say: Lock State – Unlocked (near the bottom) as well as “Fastboot Status – Okay”
Now, to root your device, simply double click: install-superboot-windows.bat that you originally placed in the root folder in step 2.
Your phone should reboot on its own.
Be patient while it reboots, and don’t worry – first boot may take up to 5 minutes.
After phone set up, confirm Superuser app in your app tray.
All credit for this tutorial goes to:
Evostance and
Paul O’Brien
Useful root apps:
Busybox
Rom Manager
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
Questions?
The above method unlocks your bootloader AND roots your device.
You do not need ADB.
This does not put a custom recovery on your phone.
This does not put a custom rom on your phone.
Yes, your phone is still stock.
Yes, you will still receive OTA’s from Google/Verizon.
This only puts Superuser on your phone, you need to install busybox yourself.

Question, when using superboot, is there a way to unroot the root if needed? If so do you have the steps to unroot?
Thanks,
Keith

CDMA problem
I have a brand new Verizon Galaxy nexus. I have the bootloader unlocked but everytime I tried to do the boot.img step it would just stay on the Google screen forever. I did an adb logcat and I could see it failing and looping over and over again.
Any idea what I should try? Could the update to 4.02 have caused this?
Thanks,
Master K

FlagAZ said:
Question, when using superboot, is there a way to unroot the root if needed? If so do you have the steps to unroot?
Thanks,
Keith
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This is something I would like to know too.

Its been a long while since I've done Android mods haha, If I root and stay on stock rom with CWM recovery, Will I still be able to do the 4.0.3 OTA? or will the recovery not be able to apply the update?

If you have clockworkmod installed with your stock rom. Once you restart the phone it will wipe clockworkmod and install back the stock recovery.
Sent from my Nexus One using xda premium

FlagAZ said:
Question, when using superboot, is there a way to unroot the root if needed? If so do you have the steps to unroot?
Thanks,
Keith
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Click to collapse
Yes you can unroot by flashing the system image... it requires adb check out my channel , I'll try to post the video here asap
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

Master K said:
I have a brand new Verizon Galaxy nexus. I have the bootloader unlocked but everytime I tried to do the boot.img step it would just stay on the Google screen forever. I did an adb logcat and I could see it failing and looping over and over again.
Any idea what I should try? Could the update to 4.02 have caused this?
Thanks,
Master K
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This process wipes the data.. did you pull USB during the process... either way go into boot loader and lock boot loader by typing OEM lock instead of OEM unlock and try again this time don't pull the USB cable
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

mikeacela said:
Its been a long while since I've done Android mods haha, If I root and stay on stock rom with CWM recovery, Will I still be able to do the 4.0.3 OTA? or will the recovery not be able to apply the update?
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You will still be able to accept ota
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

owenbeals said:
This process wipes the data.. did you pull USB during the process... either way go into boot loader and lock boot loader by typing OEM lock instead of OEM unlock and try again this time don't pull the USB cable
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I did not pull the USB. I did it twice so I know the lock unlock sequence fixes the phone.
I did the unlock without issue and then when I do install-superboot-windows.bat the phone reboots, I get the Google with the unlocked padlock and there it sits. Well past 5min. I did an adb logcat and I can see it is stuck in a bootloop so I pull the battery and lock and unlock again. I rebooted and the phone started up as if new. As I said i went through all this twice (never pulling the USB) and the same result.

I followed this guide letter by letter and it worked perfectly. BTW I have the LTE nexus

owenbeals said:
This process wipes the data.. did you pull USB during the process... either way go into boot loader and lock boot loader by typing OEM lock instead of OEM unlock and try again this time don't pull the USB cable
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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never mind

I downloaded both links,
installed the drivers,
made sure the newly files (superboot) where in a file named root on the C:\
rebooted phone in to fastboot, then plugged it into the computer
started command prompt
made sure I was in the C:\root directory
typed in fastboot-windows oem unlock
Alls I get is a massage saying "waiting for device" (yes the device is hooked up to the computer via USB)
the instructions mention pdanet... I never saw that install anywhere so maybe i am missing a step

I can not get the drivers i downloaded from the link to work. It took forever to run the exe and install them, like an hour, and then the install was unsuccesful.

Epicrean said:
Alls I get is a massage saying "waiting for device" (yes the device is hooked up to the computer via USB)
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Had to boot the phone back in to the bootloader and rerun the install-superboot-windows.bat. Then my phone rebooted right away. Been sitting on the Google screen for a while...past 5 minutes...so hopefully it will go through.
EDIT: Waiting 15 minutes and phone was still stuck on the black screen with the while Google logo. Pulled battery and phone booted and was rooted. Odd....

is it just me or the download link is down as of 12/18/11?

Followed instructions (although I got the driver from elsewhere, so didn't need the PDAnet files).
Installed loads of apps and such. Turned phone off, then on again. After I rebooted though, my phone appears not to be rooted anymore. Superuser doesn't seem to do anything (although it's on the phone) and Root Explorer says it is denied root permissions from Superuser.
Downloaded Superuser fix from the market which says my phone isn't rooted.
If I just type the "install blah de blah" command again (IE, missing out the unlock oem as the bootloader should still be unlocked), then will it wipe my phone? Don't really fancy installing all the apps again.
Will this then be permanently rooted?

owenbeals said:
What do I need?
Superboot : DOWNLOAD
Drivers: You will need to install this driver.
The Process:
Download the above files and install the driver. For the driver, it installs Pdanet on both your computer and phone. Follow the directions carefully. Pdanet will be wiped from your phone once you run Superboot. After the driver is installed, feel from to uninstall Pdanet from your computer – the driver will remain.
Extract the contents of Superboot and rename the folder “root.” Place this folder into C:\ (you may be asked for admin privileges).
Power down the phone.
Connect the phone to your computer.
Boot the phone into the bootloader by simultaneously holding Volume Up + Volume Down + Power.
Open up the command prompt in Windows:
Click Start Menu, then in the search bar type: cmd (this will open the command prompt);
Type the following: cd C:/
Then type the following: cd root
The next step will unlock your bootload - this will wipe all data on your device.
Type the following, in the command prompt: fastboot-windows oem unlock
You will receive a warning about unlocking. Use the volume keys to select an option and use the power button to confirm.
Your bootloader will now say: Lock State – Unlocked (near the bottom) as well as “Fastboot Status – Okay”
Now, to root your device, simply double click: install-superboot-windows.bat that you originally placed in the root folder in step 2.
Your phone should reboot on its own.
Be patient while it reboots, and don’t worry – first boot may take up to 5 minutes.
After phone set up, confirm Superuser app in your app tray.
All credit for this tutorial goes to:
Evostance and
Paul O’Brien
Useful root apps:
Busybox
Rom Manager
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
Questions?
The above method unlocks your bootloader AND roots your device.
You do not need ADB.
This does not put a custom recovery on your phone.
This does not put a custom rom on your phone.
Yes, your phone is still stock.
Yes, you will still receive OTA’s from Google/Verizon.
This only puts Superuser on your phone, you need to install busybox yourself.
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Click to collapse
Hmmm, this tutorial looks strikingly similar to the one I created at DroidForums. A little credit would be nice - or please completely rewrite it. Thanks.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

The driver failed to install on my phone...when I reboot into my bootloader it looks a bit different from in the video. Mine just has an android and it says start above it. The oem unlock command fails to do anything as well.
Why is nothing ever simple?
Does your phone need to be connected when you install the samsung drivers on it? Or does it install these drivers after booting into the bootloader?
When I install the samsung drivers on my computer with the phone connected, it says the following:
Android phone: No drivers found
Samsung Mobile USB Composite Device: Ready to use
Samsung Mobile MTP Device: Failed
Samsung Android ADB Interface: Ready to use
When I hold the volume buttons and power it on now, it just goes straight to the google logo...not even getting the android logo with the start option anymore. I think I might have accidentally uninstalled the ADB drivers in my device manager because I saw 2 copies and thought I installed it twice...

Try the PDA net application on your comp, it will properly install the Samsung drivers so you can adb
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

[Video] How to Unlock n Root GNex with Superboot

Credit for the written tutorial goes to sbenson1226
What do I need?
Superboot : DOWNLOAD
Drivers: You will need to install this driver.
The Process:
Download the above files and install the driver. For the driver, it installs Pdanet on both your computer and phone. Follow the directions carefully. Pdanet will be wiped from your phone once you run Superboot. After the driver is installed, feel from to uninstall Pdanet from your computer – the driver will remain.
Extract the contents of Superboot and rename the folder “root.” Place this folder into C:\ (you may be asked for admin privileges).
Power down the phone.
Connect the phone to your computer.
Boot the phone into the bootloader by simultaneously holding Volume Up + Volume Down + Power.
Open up the command prompt in Windows:
Click Start Menu, then in the search bar type: cmd (this will open the command prompt);
Type the following: cd C:/
Then type the following: cd root
The next step will unlock your bootload - this will wipe all data on your device.
Type the following, in the command prompt: fastboot-windows oem unlock
You will receive a warning about unlocking. Use the volume keys to select an option and use the power button to confirm.
Your bootloader will now say: Lock State – Unlocked (near the bottom) as well as “Fastboot Status – Okay”
Now, to root your device, simply double click: install-superboot-windows.bat that you originally placed in the root folder in step 2.
Your phone should reboot on its own.
Be patient while it reboots, and don’t worry – first boot may take up to 5 minutes.
After phone set up, confirm Superuser app in your app tray.
All credit for this tutorial goes to:
Evostance and
Paul O’Brien
Useful root apps:
Busybox
Rom Manager
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
Questions?
The above method unlocks your bootloader AND roots your device.
You do not need ADB.
This does not put a custom recovery on your phone.
This does not put a custom rom on your phone.
Yes, your phone is still stock.
Yes, you will still receive OTA’s from Google/Verizon.
This only puts Superuser on your phone, you need to install busybox yourself.

Question, when using superboot, is there a way to unroot the root if needed? If so do you have the steps to unroot?
Thanks,
Keith

CDMA problem
I have a brand new Verizon Galaxy nexus. I have the bootloader unlocked but everytime I tried to do the boot.img step it would just stay on the Google screen forever. I did an adb logcat and I could see it failing and looping over and over again.
Any idea what I should try? Could the update to 4.02 have caused this?
Thanks,
Master K

FlagAZ said:
Question, when using superboot, is there a way to unroot the root if needed? If so do you have the steps to unroot?
Thanks,
Keith
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is something I would like to know too.

Its been a long while since I've done Android mods haha, If I root and stay on stock rom with CWM recovery, Will I still be able to do the 4.0.3 OTA? or will the recovery not be able to apply the update?

If you have clockworkmod installed with your stock rom. Once you restart the phone it will wipe clockworkmod and install back the stock recovery.
Sent from my Nexus One using xda premium

FlagAZ said:
Question, when using superboot, is there a way to unroot the root if needed? If so do you have the steps to unroot?
Thanks,
Keith
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Click to collapse
Yes you can unroot by flashing the system image... it requires adb check out my channel , I'll try to post the video here asap
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

Master K said:
I have a brand new Verizon Galaxy nexus. I have the bootloader unlocked but everytime I tried to do the boot.img step it would just stay on the Google screen forever. I did an adb logcat and I could see it failing and looping over and over again.
Any idea what I should try? Could the update to 4.02 have caused this?
Thanks,
Master K
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This process wipes the data.. did you pull USB during the process... either way go into boot loader and lock boot loader by typing OEM lock instead of OEM unlock and try again this time don't pull the USB cable
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

mikeacela said:
Its been a long while since I've done Android mods haha, If I root and stay on stock rom with CWM recovery, Will I still be able to do the 4.0.3 OTA? or will the recovery not be able to apply the update?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You will still be able to accept ota
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

owenbeals said:
This process wipes the data.. did you pull USB during the process... either way go into boot loader and lock boot loader by typing OEM lock instead of OEM unlock and try again this time don't pull the USB cable
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Click to collapse
I did not pull the USB. I did it twice so I know the lock unlock sequence fixes the phone.
I did the unlock without issue and then when I do install-superboot-windows.bat the phone reboots, I get the Google with the unlocked padlock and there it sits. Well past 5min. I did an adb logcat and I can see it is stuck in a bootloop so I pull the battery and lock and unlock again. I rebooted and the phone started up as if new. As I said i went through all this twice (never pulling the USB) and the same result.

I followed this guide letter by letter and it worked perfectly. BTW I have the LTE nexus

owenbeals said:
This process wipes the data.. did you pull USB during the process... either way go into boot loader and lock boot loader by typing OEM lock instead of OEM unlock and try again this time don't pull the USB cable
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
never mind

I downloaded both links,
installed the drivers,
made sure the newly files (superboot) where in a file named root on the C:\
rebooted phone in to fastboot, then plugged it into the computer
started command prompt
made sure I was in the C:\root directory
typed in fastboot-windows oem unlock
Alls I get is a massage saying "waiting for device" (yes the device is hooked up to the computer via USB)
the instructions mention pdanet... I never saw that install anywhere so maybe i am missing a step

I can not get the drivers i downloaded from the link to work. It took forever to run the exe and install them, like an hour, and then the install was unsuccesful.

Epicrean said:
Alls I get is a massage saying "waiting for device" (yes the device is hooked up to the computer via USB)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Had to boot the phone back in to the bootloader and rerun the install-superboot-windows.bat. Then my phone rebooted right away. Been sitting on the Google screen for a while...past 5 minutes...so hopefully it will go through.
EDIT: Waiting 15 minutes and phone was still stuck on the black screen with the while Google logo. Pulled battery and phone booted and was rooted. Odd....

is it just me or the download link is down as of 12/18/11?

Followed instructions (although I got the driver from elsewhere, so didn't need the PDAnet files).
Installed loads of apps and such. Turned phone off, then on again. After I rebooted though, my phone appears not to be rooted anymore. Superuser doesn't seem to do anything (although it's on the phone) and Root Explorer says it is denied root permissions from Superuser.
Downloaded Superuser fix from the market which says my phone isn't rooted.
If I just type the "install blah de blah" command again (IE, missing out the unlock oem as the bootloader should still be unlocked), then will it wipe my phone? Don't really fancy installing all the apps again.
Will this then be permanently rooted?

owenbeals said:
What do I need?
Superboot : DOWNLOAD
Drivers: You will need to install this driver.
The Process:
Download the above files and install the driver. For the driver, it installs Pdanet on both your computer and phone. Follow the directions carefully. Pdanet will be wiped from your phone once you run Superboot. After the driver is installed, feel from to uninstall Pdanet from your computer – the driver will remain.
Extract the contents of Superboot and rename the folder “root.” Place this folder into C:\ (you may be asked for admin privileges).
Power down the phone.
Connect the phone to your computer.
Boot the phone into the bootloader by simultaneously holding Volume Up + Volume Down + Power.
Open up the command prompt in Windows:
Click Start Menu, then in the search bar type: cmd (this will open the command prompt);
Type the following: cd C:/
Then type the following: cd root
The next step will unlock your bootload - this will wipe all data on your device.
Type the following, in the command prompt: fastboot-windows oem unlock
You will receive a warning about unlocking. Use the volume keys to select an option and use the power button to confirm.
Your bootloader will now say: Lock State – Unlocked (near the bottom) as well as “Fastboot Status – Okay”
Now, to root your device, simply double click: install-superboot-windows.bat that you originally placed in the root folder in step 2.
Your phone should reboot on its own.
Be patient while it reboots, and don’t worry – first boot may take up to 5 minutes.
After phone set up, confirm Superuser app in your app tray.
All credit for this tutorial goes to:
Evostance and
Paul O’Brien
Useful root apps:
Busybox
Rom Manager
Titanium Backup
Root Explorer
Questions?
The above method unlocks your bootloader AND roots your device.
You do not need ADB.
This does not put a custom recovery on your phone.
This does not put a custom rom on your phone.
Yes, your phone is still stock.
Yes, you will still receive OTA’s from Google/Verizon.
This only puts Superuser on your phone, you need to install busybox yourself.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmmm, this tutorial looks strikingly similar to the one I created at DroidForums. A little credit would be nice - or please completely rewrite it. Thanks.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

The driver failed to install on my phone...when I reboot into my bootloader it looks a bit different from in the video. Mine just has an android and it says start above it. The oem unlock command fails to do anything as well.
Why is nothing ever simple?
Does your phone need to be connected when you install the samsung drivers on it? Or does it install these drivers after booting into the bootloader?
When I install the samsung drivers on my computer with the phone connected, it says the following:
Android phone: No drivers found
Samsung Mobile USB Composite Device: Ready to use
Samsung Mobile MTP Device: Failed
Samsung Android ADB Interface: Ready to use
When I hold the volume buttons and power it on now, it just goes straight to the google logo...not even getting the android logo with the start option anymore. I think I might have accidentally uninstalled the ADB drivers in my device manager because I saw 2 copies and thought I installed it twice...

Try the PDA net application on your comp, it will properly install the Samsung drivers so you can adb
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Stuck in an infinite loop

Model: GT-I9250T
Original Android version 4.04.
Root method: Gained root without having to unlock or overwrite the vanilla boot-loader and used OTA RootKeeper to backup su.
Long story short: My phone recently updated to 4.2.1 OTA. I restored root using OTA RootKeeper without issue. However when I went to restore The LBE Privacy app service, it caused my Nexus to enter a loop the moment it finishes booting and the lock screen appears.
Behavior:
After booting to the lock screen, the screen flashes and goes black then gets back to desktop and starts all over again in a loop. Once it does that about 3 or 4 times, it'll eventually get to a totally black screen except for the Android robot guy lying down with his belly open and an exclamation mark coming out. It'll then sit like that for about a minute and then the phone will reboot from scratch and the whole process repeats.
Apparently i'm not the only one either: url = badappreviews.com/apps/23315
From the linked site it looks like someone fixed it by using clockworkmod. However I don't see how that's possible as there is no way to enable usb debugging or copy any files to the sdcard as you can't boot the phone properly in the first place. I also noticed that I can no longer get into fastboot using the volume up and power button. However I can get into Odin mode.
Any ideas???

Install CWM or TWRP, wipe it clean, mount sdcard from there or adb sideload a ROM.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

iLeopard said:
Install CWM or TWRP, wipe it clean, mount sdcard from there or adb sideload a ROM.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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But how do I do that if I can't get usb debugging or get it connected to a computer or fastboot as mentioned?
Edit: nvm, looks like i am able to get into fastboot after all.Now here's hoping I can install it without having usb debugging enabled.

.DCCXVIII said:
But how do I do that if I can't get usb debugging or get it connected to a computer or fastboot as mentioned?
Edit: nvm, looks like i am able to get into fastboot after all.Now here's hoping I can install it without having usb debugging enabled.
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Just flash the android stock image through adb and go from there. You don't need debugging access when you're in fast boot
Have I helped? Don't forget to make love to that "Thanks" button!

Download stock images and flash em via fastboot, but you will lose everything. Its the freshest start you can get.
Sent from my Nexus Prime

Seriously, do you need to 'enable debugging' to be able to use adb in recovery?? It's a completely different and independent partition.
And fastboot doesn't need any enabling at all.
So, boot to recovery
mounts and storage
mount sd card
open up a DOS box (or terminal if you're on a mac or linux)
<path to adb>/adb shell
...
profit
The ... is where you go and uninstall the app/service, like the example you found mentioned above.
Usually this would be removing a .apk from either /system/app or /data/app

Thanks for all the help, however i am unable to get the adb drivers installed. I tried both Samsung's and Google's and they both fail (Windows doesn't even recongise a driver even after pointing it to: \sdk\extras\google\usb_driver. Anyone got any other sources for a working driver? Win7 64bit.
Edit: Managed to connect it using the pdanet drivers. Then proceeded to try to load CWM using: "fastboot flash recovery *file name*.img", but just got an error: "FAILED (remote: invalid argument)". I noticed that on my fastboot menu, it says lock state: Locked. Is this why it's failing? The boot loader is still locked? Because I tried "fastboot oem unlock" and that didn't work: "FAILED (unknown status code)".
Edit: Looks like my phone just needed a reboot. Because once I did, I was able to use the fastboot oem unlock command with success! However, before I proceed with unlocking the bootloader, can someone please confirm for me that I need to do so in order to install CWM? Many thanks.

Yes, but unless you have a play store gnex, this will probably wipe your phone anyway.
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m.is.for.michael said:
Yes, but unless you have a play store gnex, this will probably wipe your phone anyway.
Sent from my brain using telepathy
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OK, i've managed to successfully unlock the bootloader, flash CWM and used the "fix permissions" function. I lost all my data/apps etc but I now have a working phone! Many thanks to all that helped!

Problems rooting, adb etc.

Hello, I've tried rooting my Nexus 7 (2013) with LTE for like 5 hours now...
I've done every single thing in every single thread, and I still can't do ****.
I've tried the WugFresh root toolkit, but that did not work at all for me, I uninstalled and remove what they told me to do... But nothing worked, when I followed the WugFresh toolkit I lost usb mass storage... N7 did not appear at all on my computer, which it did, before I tried to screw with it...
I've tried doing it the manual way too, downloading all the drivers, uninstalling the other onces first.. But nothing... I could not even get the device listed in adb! I tried the full driver installation thing + automatic check if everything worked out, but the tablet would NOT run the script to reboot it into fastboot, and when I tried to restart the tablet into fastboot, and then continue to run the toolkit, it would start TWRP, the popup on my computer told me to flash something "!flashready", but I could not find it in the sdcard...
I unlocked the n7 manually, holding the volume button and power button down.
I know that was very bad written, but I'm a bit in a hurry. Anything I could do?

Potetsjokolade said:
Hello, I've tried rooting my Nexus 7 (2013) with LTE for like 5 hours now...
I've done every single thing in every single thread, and I still can't do ****.
I've tried the WugFresh root toolkit, but that did not work at all for me, I uninstalled and remove what they told me to do... But nothing worked, when I followed the WugFresh toolkit I lost usb mass storage... N7 did not appear at all on my computer, which it did, before I tried to screw with it...
I've tried doing it the manual way too, downloading all the drivers, uninstalling the other onces first.. But nothing... I could not even get the device listed in adb! I tried the full driver installation thing + automatic check if everything worked out, but the tablet would NOT run the script to reboot it into fastboot, and when I tried to restart the tablet into fastboot, and then continue to run the toolkit, it would start TWRP, the popup on my computer told me to flash something "!flashready", but I could not find it in the sdcard...
I unlocked the n7 manually, holding the volume button and power button down.
I know that was very bad written, but I'm a bit in a hurry. Anything I could do?
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So the current condition of your device is that ADB is nonfunctional but you are able to temporarily boot into TWRP with fastboot - is this correct?

Username invalid said:
So the current condition of your device is that ADB is nonfunctional but you are able to temporarily boot into TWRP with fastboot - is this correct?
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Yes, that is correct, temporarily, with the toolkit I mentioned. But I do not find the files that the toolkit tells me to flash

Potetsjokolade said:
I've tried doing it the manual way too, downloading all the drivers, uninstalling the other onces first.. But nothing... I could not even get the device listed in adb! I tried the full driver installation thing + automatic check if everything worked out, but the tablet would NOT run the script to reboot it into fastboot, and when I tried to restart the tablet into fastboot, and then continue to run the toolkit, it would start TWRP, the popup on my computer told me to flash something "!flashready", but I could not find it in the sdcard...
I unlocked the n7 manually, holding the volume button and power button down.
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I'm not sure what this means. If you're using a toolkit, you're not doing it manually. Have you tried ADB and fastboot alone, without a toolkit? Is TWRP on your phone now? If so, you're done; just flash from recovery 1) a ROM for a custom ROM or 2) SuperSU.zip for just root.
If you don't have TWRP, does your Google boot screen has a locked icon at the bottom? If so: for ADB to work you need to have debugging turned on in your phone's developer settings. You don't need ADB though; just reboot into the bootloader by holding power and volume-down. Then type "fastboot devices" and see if anything shows up.
If it's an unlocked icon, just flash a recovery.img from fastboot.

bananagranola said:
I'm not sure what this means. If you're using a toolkit, you're not doing it manually. Have you tried ADB and fastboot alone, without a toolkit? Is TWRP on your phone now? If so, you're done; just flash from recovery 1) a ROM for a custom ROM or 2) SuperSU.zip for just root.
If you don't have TWRP, does your Google boot screen has a locked icon at the bottom? If so: for ADB to work you need to have debugging turned on in your phone's developer settings. You don't need ADB though; just reboot into the bootloader by holding power and volume-down. Then type "fastboot devices" and see if anything shows up.
If it's an unlocked icon, just flash a recovery.img from fastboot.
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Tried both manually with adb, and with WugFresh toolkit. I got WugFresh to run TWRP temporarily.

Potetsjokolade said:
Yes, that is correct, temporarily, with the toolkit I mentioned. But I do not find the files that the toolkit tells me to flash
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The toolkit is using the command
Code:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img
to temporarily boot it over the stock recovery. Since you unlocked your bootloader manually, you can replace the stock recovery manually too using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img

Username invalid said:
The toolkit is using the command
Code:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img
to temporarily boot it over the stock recovery. Since you unlocked your bootloader manually, you can replace the stock recovery manually too using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img
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How can I do that when my N7 does not show up on
adb devices
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Getting "waiting for device"

Potetsjokolade said:
How can I do that when my N7 does not show up on
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Fastboot is separate from ADB. Your fastboot is working if the toolkit is able to boot TWRP.
Code:
fastboot devices
is what you use while your device is in the bootloader.

Username invalid said:
Fastboot is separate from ADB. Your fastboot is working if the toolkit is able to boot TWRP.
Code:
fastboot devices
is what you use while your device is in the bootloader.
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Great! I'll try that, just upoading openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-flo.img to dropbox, just in case I'm able to flash it from download/

Potetsjokolade said:
Great! I'll try that, just upoading openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-flo.img to dropbox, just in case I'm able to flash it from download/
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openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-flo.img is for the WiFi model. TWRP for the LTE model is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img.

Username invalid said:
The toolkit is using the command
Code:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img
to temporarily boot it over the stock recovery. Since you unlocked your bootloader manually, you can replace the stock recovery manually too using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img
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Where in windows should I paste openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img, so I can then flash it? It showed up in fastboot devices
EDIT: Nevermind that stupid question

Potetsjokolade said:
Where in windows should I paste openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img, so I can then flash it? It showed up in fastboot devices
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C:\Program Files\WugFresh Development
Then in toolkit > Advanced Utilities > Launch CMD Prompt > "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img"

Username invalid said:
C:\Program Files\WugFresh Development
Then in toolkit > Advanced Utilities > Launch CMD Prompt > "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-deb.img"
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Flashed custom recovery + superSU
Thanks guys... Could you help me solve the problem where Nexus 7 wont show up on "my computer"? :laugh:

Potetsjokolade said:
Flashed custom recovery + superSU
Thanks guys... Could you help me solve the problem where Nexus 7 wont show up on "my computer"? :laugh:
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What do you see if your computer Device Manager with USB Debugging on?

Username invalid said:
What do you see if your computer Device Manager with USB Debugging on?
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It's connected as MTP, USB Debugging is on, and it does not show up on My Computer as Nexus 7
However, if I connect it as as PTP, it will show up.

Potetsjokolade said:
It's connected as MTP, USB Debugging is on, and it does not show up on My Computer as Nexus 7
However, if I connect it as as PTP, it will show up.
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I've never had that problem so I can't speak from experience.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428061&highlight=mtp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44219641#post44219641

I think I may have ruined my phone

Hey there
I want to start off by saying I have very little experience with rooting, but am very familiar with jailbreaking apple devices so I figured i could manage.
I have a htc one m8 on rogers network locked. I rooted it and had super user and all that jazz, then flashed AOKP. Then I thought i actually liked the stock HTC sense better, so I tried to "get things back to normal"...lol.
Now im at the point where if i turn my phone on it goes straight to the fastboot screen(?) with all the "fast boot, recovery, factory reset, etc". Since I'm super new to all of this is there anybody that can write some instructions on how to get my phone back to stock? I would really appreciate it after panicking over this for 3 days.
Edit: In the fastboot screen at the top it says ***Tampered*** ***Relocked*** ***security warning**
also when i try to press recovery it shows the htc screen for 1 second then back to the same menu
i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710735 but i cannot even get into recovery

haydenrbm said:
Hey there
I want to start off by saying I have very little experience with rooting, but am very familiar with jailbreaking apple devices so I figured i could manage.
I have a htc one m8 on rogers network locked. I rooted it and had super user and all that jazz, then flashed AOKP. Then I thought i actually liked the stock HTC sense better, so I tried to "get things back to normal"...lol.
Now im at the point where if i turn my phone on it goes straight to the fastboot screen(?) with all the "fast boot, recovery, factory reset, etc". Since I'm super new to all of this is there anybody that can write some instructions on how to get my phone back to stock? I would really appreciate it after panicking over this for 3 days.
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While being an expert with rooting and flashing custom recoveries on Samsung devices, I am also new to the world of HTC. Out of curiosity, what happens when you hit factory reset?

Unlock the boot loader again then install twrp recovery then head over to the stock backup thread and flash one of the nandroids for your cid.

MattMJB0188 said:
While being an expert with rooting and flashing custom recoveries on Samsung devices, I am also new to the world of HTC. Out of curiosity, what happens when you hit factory reset?
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When i hit factory reset it the screen changes to the HTC in green for 1 second then back to where i started
ashyx said:
Unlock the boot loader again then install twrp recovery then head over to the stock backup thread and flash one of the nandroids for your cid.
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I would...but when im trying to use ADB devices it isn't found

haydenrbm said:
When i hit factory reset it the screen changes to the HTC in green for 1 second then back to where i started
I would...but when im trying to use ADB devices it isn't found
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Do fastboot devices ... adb commands itself won't work in bootloader, it has to be fastboot commands.

now you have a locked bootloader which means you cant do anything.. so your first step is to unlock it again then flash a custom recovery (TWRP) after that flash the stock rom+ boot.img ( to be safe) make sure it boots. RELOCK the bootloader then flash your firmware.zip.. hope it helps

mushages said:
now you have a locked bootloader which means you cant do anything.. so your first step is to unlock it again then flash a custom recovery (TWRP) after that flash the stock rom+ boot.img ( to be safe) make sure it boots. RELOCK the bootloader then flash your firmware.zip.. hope it helps
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How can I unlock the bootloader again without the device showing in adb?

haydenrbm said:
How can I unlock the bootloader again without the device showing in adb?
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i think you have your unlock token. start from here
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/unlock-instructions/page-4/

haydenrbm said:
How can I unlock the bootloader again without the device showing in adb?
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If it's in bootloader it should show in command prompt when you type fastboot devices after connecting it to PC. If it doesn't then there is a driver problem perhaps. Check to make sure you have HTC drivers installed, or reinstall them. Might as well make sure adb is up to date as well, can do that through the Android SDK Manager. Another possibility might be that the usb cable isn't working correctly, try another cable. Fact of the matter though is, if it's in bootloader and you connect it to the PC adb/fastboot SHOULD pick it up.
So check and fix those things. Also make sure you use the correct commands, in bootloader mode, it'll be fastboot commands, not "adb devices" but "fastboot devices" ... "fastboot reboot" etc etc. Also make sure you're running the commands from within the adb/fastboot folder path(just for in case yeah...)

mushages said:
i think you have your unlock token. start from here
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Okay it is unlocked, but now it just stays on the AOKP boot screen
Thank you for the help btw, it must be very painful.

haydenrbm said:
Okay it is unlocked, but now it just stays on the AOKP boot screen
Thank you for the help btw, it must be very painful.
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Press Volume UP + Power button, once the screen goes dead, press Volume DOWN + Power button to get back into bootloader. Then flash a custom recovery (Like TWRP) and start flashing the Stock nandroid backups, can be found from here Collection of Stock backups

BerndM14 said:
Press Volume UP + Power button, once the screen goes dead, press Volume DOWN + Power button to get back into bootloader. Then flash a custom recovery (Like TWRP) and start flashing the Stock nandroid backups, can be found from here Collection of Stock backups
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Okay i have got into the bootloader now, thanks.
I cannot put the rom into the internal storage because my computer wont detect the phone

haydenrbm said:
Okay i have got into the bootloader now, thanks.
the adb devices will show it if i have it in recovery mode but not bootloader, why is that ?
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You didn't read any of my posts about that, did you? lol
I already stated adb commands like "adb devices" "adb reboot" etc will NOT work in bootloader, it'll work in the system and yes, it'll work in recovery for sideloading etc, but NOT in bootloader. For bootloader you HAVE to use fastboot commands, "fastboot devices" "fastboot reboot" "fastboot oem lock" "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin" etc etc

BerndM14 said:
You didn't read any of my posts about that, did you? lol
I already stated adb commands like "adb devices" "adb reboot" etc will NOT work in bootloader, it'll work in the system and yes, it'll work in recovery for sideloading etc, but NOT in bootloader. For bootloader you HAVE to use fastboot commands, "fastboot devices" "fastboot reboot" "fastboot oem lock" "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin" etc etc
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Sorry I skipped past your first response, that makes sense now.
So I need to put the rom on my internal storage then go into recovery and install the zip using TWRP..but when I plug my phone into the computer the internal storage wont show up.
I do have sync manager installed also, and it wont show up in that either

haydenrbm said:
Okay i have got into the bootloader now, thanks.
I cannot put the rom into the internal storage because my computer wont detect the phone
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With that adb devices command again in bootloader? Did you flash TWRP yet? If so, Got to Advanced >>> ADB Sideload >>> Swipe to start sideload.
Place the ROM.zip file in your adb folder then:
Connect phone to PC, while still in recovery mode type adb devices to make sure your device gets picked up, should show you the serial number for device AS WELL as "sideload" next to it, if so then you are hooked up right. Next type adb sideload name_of_zip.zip wait until fully finished.
If sideload fails for one or other reason you can also try to push it. Reboot to recovery again, type adb devices to make sure device gets picked up, type adb push name_of_zip.zip /data/media/0/ or adb push name_of_zip.zip /sdcard/ flash as per usual then.
Yet somehow I don't think you even need to go to these steps

BerndM14 said:
With that adb devices command again in bootloader? Did you flash TWRP yet? If so, Got to Advanced >>> ADB Sideload >>> Swipe to start sideload.
Place the ROM.zip file in your adb folder then:
Connect phone to PC, while still in recovery mode type adb devices to make sure your device gets picked up, should show you the serial number for device AS WELL as "sideload" next to it, if so then you are hooked up right. Next type adb sideload name_of_zip.zip wait until fully finished, once done reboot back into recovery and flash rom.
If sideload fails for one or other reason you can also try to push it. Reboot to recovery again, type adb devices to make sure device gets picked up, type adb push name_of_zip.zip /data/media/0/ or adb push name_of_zip.zip /sdcard/ flash as per usual then.
Yet somehow I don't think you even need to go to these steps
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haha..thank you for baby steps
The sideload completed and i rebooted then went back into recovery and install but there isn't a zip file anywhere
Edit: wow..some how i reset it and it turned on and got into the phone... and now it connects to the computer so i should be able to follow the other tutorial now...man you are a life saver thank you so much

haydenrbm said:
haha..thank you for baby steps
The sideload completed and i rebooted then went back into recovery and install but there isn't a zip file anywhere
Edit: wow..some how i reset it and it turned on and got into the phone... and now it connects to the computer so i should be able to follow the other tutorial now...man you are a life saver thank you so much
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I made a small mistake with the sideload though, it actually installs automatically as such you don't have to go back into recovery to flash, as it did it already, sorry. Edited post to fix.
Well as long as you can get into phone now to copy the nandroid backup to the phone all should be in order, can flash back stock from the nandroid then.
Glad it worked out then.:good:

BerndM14 said:
I made a small mistake with the sideload though, it actually installs automatically as such you don't have to go back into recovery to flash, as it did it already, sorry. Edited post to fix.
Well as long as you can get into phone now to copy the nandroid backup to the phone all should be in order, can flash back stock from the nandroid then.
Glad it worked out then.:good:
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Hello BerndM14, thank you for this baby steps. Mine m8 is a gpe version, it's 4.4.2 google rom, rooted, cwm recovery, s-on. I was trying to flash the full google 4.4.3 zip rom under recovery, however, after that, my m8 automaticlly enter recovery everytime reboot. And I can manually enter the bootloader, my pc can find the m8 both in recovery and bootloader. I searched this post, and do it accordingly, I download the gpe stock backup KOT49H.H16 - 1.16.1700.16 - CWM Philz touch and use adb sideload gpe3.zip to the cell phone sucessfully, then the recovery automaticlly starts installing rom, then, I got below message:
-- Erasing & formatting /system as ext4 (Unmounted system)
system partition formatted!
-- Mounting system partition for writing
Writing rom system to system partition
Rom system written successfully!
@symlinking and permissions
--Creating toolbox symlinks
--creating additional symlinks
Symlinks Set!
--installing busybox
Set_perm: some changes failed
E:Error in /tmp/update.zip
(status 7)
installation aborted.
Install from sideload complete.
then, I reboot it manually. problem still there, still enter the recovery automaticlly.
do you have any comments on this? please.
thanks,