Is it possible to manually update to 4.04 without installing a custom recovery? I downloaded the file, named it update.zip, put it in the root and rebooted holding down volume +/- and power. I chose to go into recovery and it just presented me with the red triangle with an exclamation point. Is there no stock recovery on these?
The problem you'll run into is that in order to update, the update needs to be in the cache folder, which you cant access without root.
im in same boat... tried this but got nowhere
http://www.androidauthority.com/ver...id-4-0-4-update-unofficially-available-50690/
williamthegoat said:
The problem you'll run into is that in order to update, the update needs to be in the cache folder, which you cant access without root.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22182181&postcount=1
You can use the toolkit I guess to run a temporary copy of cwm. You might need to have the boot loader unlocked. Be careful if you are tempted to unlock your boot loader. It will wipe the phone of everything including your photos.
bunklung said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22182181&postcount=1
You can use the toolkit I guess to run a temporary copy of cwm. You might need to have the boot loader unlocked. Be careful if you are tempted to unlock your boot loader. It will wipe the phone of everything including your photos.
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Will applying the 4.0.4 update relock your bootloader? I know you will have to reroot.
It did not relock my bootloader.
I only had to reroot.
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So there is a couple of us stuck while trying to root the Verizon Nexus.
We have successfully unlocked the bootloader with the boot.img
When the phone boots up I turned back on USB Debugging after the factory wipe.
When I enter adb root I get the following message:
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
Any ideas?
You need an insecure boot image.. check a couple of threads down for superboot r3..
It will boot your device with an insecure boot image and push the components necessary for root to your system partition and your phone will boot normally.
Yeah that didnt work.. It froze on Google and I had to do battery pull
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Myself and a friend of mine just did that successfully.
There is one catch, I did the OTA while I was out and about before putting CWM on.. he put CWM on it and then tried doing the OTA update and it fails to install giving him a red !. It's not the end of the world, as it is still new, we dont know where to get the stock recovery img file to replace cwm with.
acroanidd said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Myself and a friend of mine just did that successfully.
There is one catch, I did the OTA while I was out and about before putting CWM on.. he put CWM on it and then tried doing the OTA update and it fails to install giving him a red !. It's not the end of the world, as it is still new, we dont know where to get the stock recovery img file to replace cwm with.
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i have the same problem... need stock recovery file. buddy did the same thing and update first.
Hello,
I'm already unlocked and rooted, have clockwork recovery installed and I'm currently on AOKP. I want to wipe everything (including virtual sd card) off my phone in order to start fresh with a new ROM and, from what i've read here, re-locking and unlocking again the bootloader is the easiest way to do that.
Here's the question: when I unlock the bootloader, is the ROM I'm currently on wiped? Most importantly, is recovery erased too? If not, once unlocked, am I able to boot in recovery, push the new ROM file to the phone and flash it?
Maybe this is a silly question, but I just want to make sure I don't mess with my phone
Thanks in advance!
I haven't relocked so I am not sure if it will do all that you have said, if all else fails unlock and reflash CWM through Fastboot.
IMO I would simply get a file manager (IE Root Explorer), navigate to /sdcard and delete everything in there. I beleieve there is a "Multiselect" option to "Select All" files in Root Explorer so that you could delete all the files in your SD in One-Click.
Hope this helps...
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Here's the question: when I unlock the bootloader, is the ROM I'm currently on wiped? Most importantly, is recovery erased too? If not, once unlocked, am I able to boot in recovery, push the new ROM file to the phone and flash it?
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Your ROM and recovery will remain so no problem there. I do this myself sometimes to get as clean as possible.
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All unlocking the bootloader does is wipe data. You'd have flash the factory images via fastboot.
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then i'll go ahead
thanks to all!
I'm having an issue with my friend's GN,
He suffers from random reboots which automatically restore the phone information to a specific date in the past.
I tried the toolkit, manual root and unlock but no luck.
the bootloader itself relocks itself right after i try the "fastboot reboot-bootloader" command.
I cant flash CWM permanently.
Can this be the recovery partition kicking in? I tried renaming it and I didn't get an error.
I managed to root the device, but then I cant install any programs from the Market, I was trying to get Root Explorer to work to ensure that the recovery is renamed or removed.
Whenever I flash the bootloader to primela03 it goes back primekk15.
Is this a GSM GNex (i9250)?
i9250
To me it sound like you actually never unlocked the bootloader in the first place..
Edit: To be more constructive... I have no idea what "the toolkit" does or how it works.
To unlock your bootloader you boot into it and run "fastboot oem unlock". That's the whole process. I personally don't see the value of a toolkit obscuring that process.
Unlocking your bootloader will cause your phone to factory reset and wipe everything on it. Have you done this? Have your phone asked you to confirm this? Did you click the volume-rockers to "yes" and then confirm with the power-button? And then, did the phone get wiped?
If you cannot answer "yes" to every question asked above, you have not unlocked the bootloader. End of story.
When you boot the phone up there should also be an unlocked lock icon under the Google logo at the bottom of the screen.
This is a wacky situation,
I tried using GNex toolkit 6 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310) and it never worked.
"fastboot oem unlock" unlocks the device, but the as soon as I try "fastboot reboot-bootloader" it goes back to it's locked state.
I tried flashing another bootloader right after I unlocked it, but it reverted to the old one after rebooting.
BlindWolf8 said:
When you boot the phone up there should also be an unlocked lock icon under the Google logo at the bottom of the screen.
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Did that, but as soon as I reboot the lock icon goes away.
aGoGo said:
Did that, but as soon as I reboot the lock icon goes away.
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Strange
There is a file that will put the stock recovery back when you reboot. I'm not sure what else that file does but maybe that's your problem?
Going from memory, I think the process is unlock via fast boot, flash clockwork recovery, boot into recovery, flash super user, I also removed that recovery file at this stage via adb even though other directions have you do it later with root explorer. And that was it. If you do it the way others wrote it up (using root explorer) you'll have to reflash the recovery again.
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DeezNotes said:
There is a file that will put the stock recovery back when you reboot. I'm not sure what else that file does but maybe that's your problem?
Going from memory, I think the process is unlock via fast boot, flash clockwork recovery, boot into recovery, flash super user, I also removed that recovery file at this stage via adb even though other directions have you do it later with root explorer. And that was it. If you do it the way others wrote it up (using root explorer) you'll have to reflash the recovery again.
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Here's what I just did:
1- Unlocked the recovery
2- Booted insecure image
3- pushed superuser
4- installed root explorer, ROM Manager via adb
5- in root explorer I deleted recovery-from-boot.p from /system and it came back then tried "adb shell rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p" and it's gone.
6- Tried downloading CWM from ROM manager and the phone reboots whenever it starts download and goes back to stock
rebooted and the damn thing still living in the past!!! even the recovery file is back!
aGoGo said:
Here's what I just did:
1- Unlocked the recovery
2- Booted insecure image
3- pushed superuser
4- installed root explorer via adb
5- deleted recovery-from-boot.p from /system
rebooted and the damn thing still living in the past!!! even the recovery file is back!
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You have to go back in and re-apply the recovery. That file "recovery-from-boot.p" is like a "reset" file that puts the stock recovery back during the boot process. I suspect it may be re-locking your bootloader too, but this is just a guess.
After you do step 5, repeat steps 1 and 2.
aGoGo said:
Here's what I just did:
1- Unlocked the recovery
2- Booted insecure image
3- pushed superuser
4- installed root explorer via adb
5- deleted recovery-from-boot.p from /system
rebooted and the damn thing still living in the past!!! even the recovery file is back!
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When you "Unlock the recovery," do you mean you flash a custom recovery or do you mean you unlock the *bootloader*? It's not the same thing.
aGoGo said:
Here's what I just did:
1- Unlocked the recovery
2- Booted insecure image
3- pushed superuser
4- installed root explorer, ROM Manager via adb
5- in root explorer I deleted recovery-from-boot.p from /system and it came back then tried "adb shell rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p" and it's gone.
6- Tried downloading CWM from ROM manager and the phone reboots whenever it starts download and goes back to stock
rebooted and the damn thing still living in the past!!! even the recovery file is back!
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O_O
the only thing I can think of is a hardware problem is causing the device to do a hard reset every time you boot.
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When you "Unlock the recovery," do you mean you flash a custom recovery or do you mean you unlock the *bootloader*? It's not the same thing.
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I unlock and then flash or sometimes reboot another boot image.
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You have to go back in and re-apply the recovery. That file "recovery-from-boot.p" is like a "reset" file that puts the stock recovery back during the boot process. I suspect it may be re-locking your bootloader too, but this is just a guess.
After you do step 5, repeat steps 1 and 2.
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Did that, the moment I reboot, everything goes back to normal :s
I'm also unable to wipe from the normal system settings, the phone reboots when we try that.
can it be related to this issue? http://www.galaxynexusforum.com/forum/rescue-squad/4093-data-not-wiping-cant-return-stock-3.html
If you have problems doing data wipe/factory reset, it's quite possible that storage is corrupted/failing. It may be whats causing all the random reboots and reverting to old info. Best to bring to a samsung center and make that warranty claim.
I'm not sure what you're doing wrong... but its something.
You shouldn't have to flash another boot loader. I'm not sure what you would gain from that with the phone being a nexus?
Flashing another recovery is necessary for flashing different roms, kernels, mods, root, etc.
If you are indeed flashing a different boot loader, may i ask why?
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Don't just delete the file recovery-from-boot.p, as there's one more file that can do bad things. It's called "install-recovery.sh" and is to be found within /system/etc
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Don't just delete the file recovery-from-boot.p, as there's one more file that can do bad things. It's called "install-recovery.sh" and is to be found within /system/etc
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Actually, don't delete either file.
Don't touch recovery-from-boot.p at all, and rename the sh.
If you want to be able to install otas in the future, renaming the patch file will break the MD5 check. The file is harmless if the sh file is out of commission.
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I'm not sure what you're doing wrong... but its something.
You shouldn't have to flash another boot loader. I'm not sure what you would gain from that with the phone being a nexus?
Flashing another recovery is necessary for flashing different roms, kernels, mods, root, etc.
If you are indeed flashing a different boot loader, may i ask why?
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I'm trying another loader because nothing else works, the phone is stock and running 4.0.2. auto update causes it to crash and reboot.
Hey there
I'm currently working through the below process... on my Verizon CDMA LTE Galaxy Nexus runing 4.0.2 Stock.
http://strifejester.wordpress.com/2012/05/01/imm76k-direct-for-verizon-galaxy-nexus/
Also watched this Video (but he doesn't get the error)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ1HuteSnDE
And when i get to the part about running mempodroid as sh I get an error that says the following:
Segmentation fault See the below screen shot.
Does anyone have any advice on how i can get past this? I have restart phone and desktop many times and happens every time. I have the PDAnet drivers installed and everything else adb seems to be working.
Would love some help,thanks in advance. Really want to get this working tonight if possible.
Conty
You are not developing anything
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FNM
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Why would you temp root? Why not just temp boot to recovery, flash the superuser zip, and then restart. You'll be rooted, and if you don't want CWM installed, since it is only temp flashed, it'll disappear as soon as you restart.
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Why would you temp root? Why not just temp boot to recovery, flash the superuser zip, and then restart. You'll be rooted, and if you don't want CWM installed, since it is only temp flashed, it'll disappear as soon as you restart.
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I'm just following the process for the 4.0.4 install. How else can i do what i need? I'm quite new to my Nexus, i had a bionic before.
Thanks
Need the temp root to run mempodroid i think, can i do this another way? i honestly don't know
If you are on stock 4.0.2 (ICL53F), download the 4.0.4 OTA update zip that is posted here somewhere and put it on the root of the internal sdcard. Restart your phone into recovery (should be stock recovery) and apply the update. It will verify the system and flash the update if everything checks out.
From there, if you want to be rooted too, download the superuser package from http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and put it on the internal sdcard (location doesn't matter). Use fastboot to temp boot to recovery, you'll need a custom recovery file for this (CWM, CWM Touch, TWRP, etc.). Run fastboot boot <recovery image file> and it will boot into recovery. Select the option to install a zip file, flash the superuser zip you downloaded, then restart and you should be on stock rooted.
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If you are on stock 4.0.2 (ICL53F), download the 4.0.4 OTA update zip that is posted here somewhere and put it on the root of the internal sdcard. Restart your phone into recovery (should be stock recovery) and apply the update. It will verify the system and flash the update if everything checks out.
From there, if you want to be rooted too, download the superuser package from http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and put it on the internal sdcard (location doesn't matter). Use fastboot to temp boot to recovery, you'll need a custom recovery file for this (CWM, CWM Touch, TWRP, etc.). Run fastboot boot <recovery image file> and it will boot into recovery. Select the option to install a zip file, flash the superuser zip you downloaded, then restart and you should be on stock rooted.
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Which CWM version do i want and will this include the radios if i do it this way, sorry kinda newb at this phone. very different to my bionic.
Thanks so much for your help tho
Eidt
I got into stock recovery and saw the android with the explanation point but when i click Volume up + power i get no menu...
I'm off to bed will check back in the morning and see if you have any ideas, thanks again for the help
Finally got the stock recovery to work, however it only allows flashing from ./cache and i cant get my update.zip to cache without root right?
So decided to just unlock bootloader and then it let me root and push to ./cache and then i flashed the update.zip
All seems to be working now.
Thanks for all the help
I love the fact its so easy to unlock and lock the bootloader. very happy with that lol
is there a way to re root the phone once its on 4.0.4 IMM76K ? as the Galaxy Nexus toolkit stops at IMM30B...
Thanks
Nevermind
Adrynalyne saved the day once again
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/02/06/how-to-root-android-4-0-4-on-the-galaxy-nexus/
Thanks Adrynalyne
Hello, I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but atleast I didn't find a complete answer to my question.
I unlocked my bootloader some time ago, and I flashed a new Image, a stock 4.2 maguro image, but the problem is that I forgot to root the new image, i've been using my phone for some time now, and I wanted to root the phone, but is there a way to root the phone without wiping all the data and settings?
Braien
is your bootloader still unlocked?
if so, just flash or boot into a custom recovery and then flash the supersu.zip package. this will not wipe your data.
Zepius said:
is your bootloader still unlocked?
if so, just flash or boot into a custom recovery and then flash the supersu.zip package. this will not wipe your data.
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Should be unlocked, but how can I be sure of that?
And how can I enter the custom recovery, I can't remember.
braien334 said:
Should be unlocked, but how can I be sure of that?
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2 ways,
when you reboot your phone, do you see a little unlocked lock?
other way: boot into fastboot mode and the lock status will say "UNLOCKED"
braien334 said:
Should be unlocked, but how can I be sure of that?
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During the boot, the padlock in the lower half is open if the device is unlocked .
Okay, it's unlocked, but how to enter the recovery mode?
If I press volume up+down and power, and I select recovery, it just says no command.
Is there some tutorial for rooting like this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
follow the section after unlocking your device.
I used Nexus toolkit, but I guess it works the same, but is automatic.
But thanks anyways:good: