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Hello everyone,
As you can see I am new to the site as well as rooting in general. This is my first HTC phone and it came stock with the gingerbread update. I've seen so many ROM's that I would love to use but can't since I'm not rooted. Is there any way to use them without a rooted phone.
P.s - I can't wait till I can root this phone to obtain free wi-fi tethering. I can't pay for that my bill is already $92 a month.
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I've seen so many ROM's that I would love to use but can't since I'm not rooted. Is there any way to use them without a rooted phone.
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No. You need root to flash roms.

You have to be rooted in order to flash any roms my friend...

Nitpick: You need to be rooted to flash any custom ROM.
More nitpick: He needs root to flash a custom recovery/spl, but technically do not need root after that. But most ROM comes pre-rooted for a good reason.
-- Starfox

I appreciate the reply guys, thanks.
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[Q] Which ROM have an option to HTC update..?

Hi everyone, can any one answer my question ...!
Which ROM it have an option to HTC update..?
and
what I will get & what I will loose after update ..?
Thanks..

Question 1: the only Rom I can think of is the stock Rom.
Question 2: well you loose root and the ability to root until a new exploit is found. But I think you can still root if you are S-OFF.
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Muikkuman said:
Question 1: the only Rom I can think of is the stock Rom.
Question 2: well you loose root and the ability to root until a new exploit is found. But I think you can still root if you are S-OFF.
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Thanks for reply.
but for for the answer of the 1st question I remember some custom have option for checking the official update from HTC. but witch ROM

I have no idea as I haven't been on a Rom where you can
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I would suggest not to go for those ROMs
Hi,
I don't know where there are any ROMs that let you do that. I would advise that even if you get such a ROM, not to go for the OTA updates, as there are a lot of problems associated with it, including losing root on your device.

No custom rom will be able to update from HTC. While it will check and attempt to download and install it ends up soft bricking your device. If you want HTC updates then stay stock.

Stock ROMs and Warranty Question

I am wondering if I flash a stock ROM to my Gnex, will it void the warranty?
Thanks!

You'll have to unlock the boot loader in order to flash so I'm assuming yes.
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I guess the answers here and here were not good enough?

efrant said:
I guess the answers here and here were not good enough?
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You clearly didn't give him the answer he wanted to hear (twice) :cyclops:

Good old fashioned crossposting. Brings back the usenet days.

I didn't find them there...
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Let me make this clear (Hopefully),
In order to flash ANY ROMs, you have to either boot into or flash the custom recovery (Such as TWRP or Clockworkmod). In order to do that, you need to unlock your bootloader. If you unlock your bootloader, you will void your warranty. SO the answer is yes.
HOWEVER, If you EVER need to send it to Samsung, you just need to flash the stock ROM, radio, etc (If you ever need to go back to stock, Efrant has an amazing thread about it), and then just re-lock your bootloader. Then, you'll get your warranty back. Beauty of Nexus devices if you ask me.

OK I am glad that someone will explain it very well for people like me.
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For me . I just flashed yakju image and locked the bootloader and I have a Yakjudv variant which of course I changed
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DiamondPixels said:
OK I am glad that someone will explain it very well for people like me.
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I'm glad you understand
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

Do I need to update bootloader on a stock phone?

I'm gonna root and install a custom ROM on my friend's phone and I'm just wondering if I need to update the bootloader before installing any ROMs?
So should I root, then flash the bootloader update via Odin before installing a ROM?
Or can anyone give me a good process for doing that, it would really help
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x10user2011 said:
I'm gonna root and install a custom ROM on my friend's phone and I'm just wondering if I need to update the bootloader before installing any ROMs?
So should I root, then flash the bootloader update via Odin before installing a ROM?
Or can anyone give me a good process for doing that, it would really help
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What version bootloader do you have now and version do you think you need?
I simply did a search on "bootloader" and found this relevant thread for you. Take a look a post #2.
Hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346733&highlight=bootloader

Rick-SG3 said:
What version bootloader do you have now and version do you think you need?
I simply did a search on "bootloader" and found this relevant thread for you. Take a look a post #2.
Hope it helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2346733&highlight=bootloader
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I meant like my friend's phones are purely stock.. And I'm on a custom ROM. About a month ago we all got bootloader updates in order to use new ROMs so I'm wondering if that's what I need to do for my friends too, before flashing them a rom
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x10user2011 said:
I meant like my friend's phones are purely stock.. And I'm on a custom ROM. About a month ago we all got bootloader updates in order to use new ROMs so I'm wondering if that's what I need to do for my friends too, before flashing them a rom
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I'm sure that it depends on what version bootloader is currently installed, and what version your ROM of choice requires. The fact that their phone is now "Stock" doesn't tell you anything. I am running a nightly version (7/7/13) of Rootbox (Doesn't get any newer than that) on a one year old S3, and have never updated my "Stock" bootloader because it was not necessary for what I need - and there isn't one newer.
Every time you flash, you are taking the chance of something screwing up. The only thing worse than bricking your phone would be bricking someone else's. IMO, you need to do some more research to answer your own question. The devil is in the details.
Good Luck.

x10user2011 said:
I'm gonna root and install a custom ROM on my friend's phone and I'm just wondering if I need to update the bootloader before installing any ROMs?
So should I root, then flash the bootloader update via Odin before installing a ROM?
Or can anyone give me a good process for doing that, it would really help
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If he is on the most current stock update provided by the carrier then the bootloader should already be updated.
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[Q] about rooting

So i am enjoying my galaxy nexus for over a year now. Had a prety bad experiance with previous phone (sony ericsson xperia x8). Last phone was crap, so i rooted it and and changed rom. I thought i will never want to root my galaxy nexus, but probably the sole reason for me to do it is so i could connect my ps3 controler through bluetooth. I did some research about it with some success but i'm still a bit confused, so i want to ask a few questions about rooting before doing it.
On xperia x8 the rooting came before unlocking bootloader, on galaxy nexus as i see it is the other way around ? Back in the days when i had x8 there was a lot of warnings everywhere that i can brick my phone, but as i read about galaxy nexus rooting i dont find much warnings, is it any safer ? There is a toolkit i found called Nexus Root Toolkit by WugFresh that would do about every thing that i need to root it, but is it safe to use ? There is another guy who asked about how to root galaxy nexus and another guy said that he shouldnt trust the toolkit and that flashing custom recovery is safer. Also, does rooting somehow depend on my phones date of assembly or any nuber behind the batery just like it did on xperia x8 if i remember corectly?
Sorry for bad english.
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that toolkit is good to go... no problems when using it.
custom recovery included in that toolkit. twrp preferred..
galaxy nexus i9250 > 4.4.2 slimkat

Please use fastboot. It is really easy and failure proof.
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I also had Xperia X8 before Galaxy Nexus and I know what are you worried about. First of all, every Galaxy Nexus can be unlocked and rooted easily (it doesn't depends on manefacturing date as on X8). All you need to do is Unlock bootloader via fastboot and install custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) and flash SuperSU zip through recovery. As it's Nexus device, it's really easy. There are many tutorials around, so it shouldn't be a problem
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One more question. Will i loose everything from my phone memory after unlocking bootloader and rooting?
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xdomisx said:
One more question. Will i loose everything from my phone memory after unlocking bootloader and rooting?
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After unlocking yes. Rooting not. Flashing factory image yes.
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