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Root back!!!???

I flashed the latest GSM small 4.0.4 update on stock rom using cwm, but forgot to use RootKeeper app, and of course I lost root . Any way to bring it back? Thanx.
PS: I did remove the recovery folder from the update before flashing, come recovery still installed.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
Im writing this post cause i havent 10. Im new in this forum but not in development Knowledge, and i consider its a stupid rule. Im sorry if i write any Irrelevant post.

I just don't want reset everything and starting from the beggining
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guinnes.s said:
I flashed the latest GSM small 4.0.4 update on stock rom using cwm, but forgot to use RootKeeper app, and of course I lost root . Any way to bring it back? Thanx.
PS: I did remove the recovery folder from the update before flashing, come recovery still installed.
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If you still have CWM installed, then just download this and flash it in CWM. Done.

Help Verizon Galaxy Nexus came with build IMM76Q(Wanting Root)

Ok guys i just got the Galaxy Nexus and im wanting to root it. But it came with the IMM76Q build. Everything im finding is for IMM76K. Is there a way to root it or am i stuck with a non rooted phone for now. It is the verizon one, any help would be nice

You have a galaxy nexus you are not stuck without root. However I am not sure about the tool box programs and your newer version. I believe you should still be able to use adb to unlock your boot loader and you should still be able to go into your recovery and flash a custom ROM with root or just flash the super user zip and that will give you root. Here is the super user zip if you need it. http://db.tt/GzpXFmUz
I used this zip to root my phone before. If you are not sure how to use adb or send commands manually you tube has some great videos to help.

In the toolkit you simply choose option 14 the one ending in "k". Its the same as the Q version with just a search bogus feature. Read the last page on that thread and the author tells you to use K. I just did it on two phones. Works perfect!

Which toolkit I could never get the gnex one to download. I know there's the other one 1.5 toolkit
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iceshark said:
In the toolkit you simply choose option 14 the one ending in "k". Its the same as the Q version with just a search bogus feature. Read the last page on that thread and the author tells you to use K. I just did it on two phones. Works perfect!
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Worked for me as well. Used the toolkit.
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whitetiger2429 said:
Which toolkit I could never get the gnex one to download. I know there's the other one 1.5 toolkit
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dont be lazy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
i for one will not help you if the toolkit for whatever reason fails.

currently using nexus toolkit 7.7 trying to relock my bootloader on imm76q and it isn't working. used the option for the 4.0.4 (imm76k)

ticholas said:
currently using nexus toolkit 7.7 trying to relock my bootloader on imm76q and it isn't working. used the option for the 4.0.4 (imm76k)
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Use the back to stock tool.
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thanks, that should have been self explanatory.

Zepius said:
dont be lazy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
i for one will not help you if the toolkit for whatever reason fails.
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Seriously, it's like, three commands.
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I had the same build on my last refurbished (aka like new) verizon phone that was sent out to me. I ran into problems using tool kit. It would hang in a bootloop after pushing SU installed with the tool kit. I basically downloaded the IMM76K factory image from Google Nexus page. Wiped the phone and did it the old fashion way via terminal or in windows cmd .
adb reboot bootloader
placed the latest SU in main folder of phone (aka root folder)
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery--and your version of clockwork
press the volume to recovery and press the power button
flashed zip..choose zip
reboot the phone
opened Rom Manager
flashed latest version of ClockworkMod for my phone.
But that's more than 3 steps.

paternal_techie said:
I had the same build on my last refurbished (aka like new) verizon phone that was sent out to me. I ran into problems using tool kit. It would hang in a bootloop after pushing SU installed with the tool kit. I basically downloaded the IMM76K factory image from Google Nexus page. Wiped the phone and did it the old fashion way via terminal or in windows cmd .
adb reboot bootloader
placed the latest SU in main folder of phone (aka root folder)
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery--and your version of clockwork
press the volume to recovery and press the power button
flashed zip..choose zip
reboot the phone
opened Rom Manager
flashed latest version of ClockworkMod for my phone.
But that's more than 3 steps.
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That's interesting. I had no problems. Maybe you had an older toolkit version? I rooted mine on Tuesday.
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I'm gonna throw my ? In here since I'm totally unfamiliar with Samsung and nexus devices.
I bought my mom a gnex (sprint variant) for mothers day. I rooted it using fastboot and adb and put TWRP on it. My ? is, do I need to restore factory recovery for her (somehow ?) to accept this OTA she says sprint is trying to push? Its only 26mb, dunno what it is.
It's hard to find info in the nexus forums, just the way it's setup, and I say that as a 3yr xda addict.
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whitetiger2429 said:
Ok guys i just got the Galaxy Nexus and im wanting to root it. But it came with the IMM76Q build. Everything im finding is for IMM76K. Is there a way to root it or am i stuck with a non rooted phone for now. It is the verizon one, any help would be nice
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So phones are shipping with imm76q huh? Oh boy

killerapl said:
That's interesting. I had no problems. Maybe you had an older toolkit version? I rooted mine on Tuesday.
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I had the latest version of toolkit but it just kept boot looping so I said "efff it" and did it manually. Now I have no problems whatsoever.

whitetiger2429 said:
Ok guys i just got the Galaxy Nexus and im wanting to root it. But it came with the IMM76Q build. Everything im finding is for IMM76K. Is there a way to root it or am i stuck with a non rooted phone for now. It is the verizon one, any help would be nice
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the wugfresh toolkit works if you want to root it. I was able to root mine successfully with the toolkit, but the replacement phone is garbage. Keeps dropping signal.

i have a slightly different issue, but it's related - so, i didn't want to start another thread...
i got a replacement device from Asurion, and it came with IMM76Q. i unlocked and rooted, but the device, itself, had some issues. so, i am returning it and getting another replacement device. i've asked them to send me a new one, so we'll see...
anyway, before returning it, i wanted to lock, unroot, and go back to stock. but, i haven't seen anything that would let me return it back to stock IMM76Q - only stock IMM76K. i'm wondering if there is a way to get it back to stock IMM76Q, in case Asurion wants to give me a rash of crap for returning to them a device that is locked, unrooted, but only on IMM76K...??

huskerkate said:
i have a slightly different issue, but it's related - so, i didn't want to start another thread...
i got a replacement device from Asurion, and it came with IMM76Q. i unlocked and rooted, but the device, itself, had some issues. so, i am returning it and getting another replacement device. i've asked them to send me a new one, so we'll see...
anyway, before returning it, i wanted to lock, unroot, and go back to stock. but, i haven't seen anything that would let me return it back to stock IMM76Q - only stock IMM76K. i'm wondering if there is a way to get it back to stock IMM76Q, in case Asurion wants to give me a rash of crap for returning to them a device that is locked, unrooted, but only on IMM76K...??
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Flash the IMM76K, then update to IMM76Q using the info in the "Official OTA Update URLs" sticky in the General section.

how can i go back to stock from cyanogenmod 9 using gnex toolkit??

hi, i have a galaxy nexus with cyanogenmod 9 whick is android 4.0.4 (i did not flash it, it came with that rom) and i want to let the gnex in stock to get the jellybean update...
the thing is , i have seen a lot of guides but really it is too much, i was installing the drivers and then i saw the 100000 steps extra that i needed to do, and i just dont wanna do that lol... then i found the gnex toolkit (seems a lot easier) and there is an option to go back to stock, but i dont know if that works to go back from a rom like cyanogen or it just work for phones with stock roms that are rooted and with unlocked bootleader.

go ask in the toolkit thread since you are lazy.

You can use Wugfresh's toolkit to revert your GN to stock, and it will even give you the option to select which build you want, it would download it for you, follow the on screen instructions. You need unlock bootloader to flash stock, you can always lock it though.
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Savan Rajak said:
You can use Wugfresh's toolkit to revert your GN to stock, and it will even give you the option to select which build you want, it would download it for you, follow the on screen instructions. You need unlock bootloader to flash stock, you can always lock it though.
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thanks for your answer, i'll download it.. i guess i have unlocked bootloader since this gnex is running cyanogen...
edit: thanks to that toolkit i was able to easily upgrade to jellybean without knowking much about this stuff.. thank you!! this thread can be closed now!!

[Request] Sprint 4.3 Stock ROM + Root

Hello everyone!
Im not sure if this post belongs in this thread, but I thought it would be best suited in the Sprint Galaxy Nexus thread.
Can someone please make a stock 4.3 rooted rom for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus? Or, if someone has already received the update, could you post a nand backup?
I want to update, but I dont want to lose root. However, If there isn't any other solution, I will definitely take the plunge
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vincentallen2 said:
Hello everyone!
Im not sure if this post belongs in this thread, but I thought it would be best suited in the Sprint Galaxy Nexus thread.
Can someone please make a stock 4.3 rooted rom for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus? Or, if someone has already received the update, could you post a nand backup?
I want to update, but I dont want to lose root. However, If there isn't any other solution, I will definitely take the plunge
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what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.

tomh1979 said:
what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.
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Ive downloaded that yesterday, but just like QBKing said, itd probably be better to wait for a stock rooted option. I think it would be just less of a hassle than to go through all the motions of unrooting and updating.
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tomh1979 said:
what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.
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when I updated from 4.1 to 4.2.1, I had CWM, and I got the ota, with it prompting me to keep root and disable recovery flash. I actually have the zip on my phone, I'm just scared of what will happen if I try to flash it. I don't have access to a PC, so there's no way to recover if I f*ck up.

mattchew86 said:
when I updated from 4.1 to 4.2.1, I had CWM, and I got the ota, with it prompting me to keep root and disable recovery flash. I actually have the zip on my phone, I'm just scared of what will happen if I try to flash it. I don't have access to a PC, so there's no way to recover if I f*ck up.
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Nandroid backup just in case.
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tomh1979 said:
what's funny is that there is a 155mb zip out there, but no one has seen a actual update rollout even start yet like sprint said it was doing yesterday, and shockingly no one has used that 155mb zip to even do this yet, lol.
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If you're doubting the update don't, the OTA process involves sending the update 1 by 1 randomly so that everyone doesn't download the file at once and overload the download servers, causing bad downloads, and bricking devices and in the end you'll get unhappy customers.
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Savoca said:
Nandroid backup just in case.
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If he loses root or custom recovery how's he gonna restore ? I'm thinking of trying it as well . I've made a nandroid , just wondering if I'd be able to get it restored complete with root and custom recovery ? Thanks

Jimlarck said:
If you're doubting the update don't, the OTA process involves sending the update 1 by 1 randomly so that everyone doesn't download the file at once and overload the download servers, causing bad downloads, and bricking devices and in the end you'll get unhappy customers.
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I never said I was doubting, just surprised I haven't seen anyone saying they got it yet since it was supposed to start rolling out yesterday,
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I actually flashed the 155 mb zip and rooted using nexus toolkit and all is well.
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Been running stock rooted all day today. I just used Odin to go back to 4.2.1 and used that zip Phandroid (I think it was them) renamed it update.zip put it in root of storage. Booted the phone and it said there was an update. Choose to reboot and it installed it. Then fastboot flashed twrp and flashed an su zip. Granted It wiped my phone but I just used helium to restore data on some of my apps and everything has been fine
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MonstaDriva said:
If he loses root or custom recovery how's he gonna restore ? I'm thinking of trying it as well . I've made a nandroid , just wondering if I'd be able to get it restored complete with root and custom recovery ? Thanks
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Tl;dr custom recovery stayed, root obtained by flashing supersu.
Last night I used fastboot to flash system user data radios and boot images from the 4.2.1 factory image. Flashed the 4.3 zip in twrp. Made a nandroid of stock, then flashed supersu zip. All is good
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I tried flashing the zip in TWRP and it failed. Not sure why maybe a bad download.

Savoca said:
Nandroid backup just in case.
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I went ahead and flashed it, in CWM, and everything is working great. Had to reflash Superuser, in this case, Koush's Superuser, and everything is fine.

mattchew86 said:
I went ahead and flashed it, in CWM, and everything is working great. Had to reflash Superuser, in this case, Koush's Superuser, and everything is fine.
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I renamed the file update.zip and tried this, and no go, what am I doing wrong, could it be due to being on a 4.2.2 ROM?
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I tried a fresh download using CWM this time and it still failed. What am I missing?
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tomh1979 said:
I renamed the file update.zip and tried this, and no go, what am I doing wrong, could it be due to being on a 4.2.2 ROM?
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I went and restored a backup of Stock 4.2.1, and just flashed over that. No wiping or anything. Do you have a Stock backup?

mattchew86 said:
I went and restored a backup of Stock 4.2.1, and just flashed over that. No wiping or anything. Do you have a Stock backup?
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Nope, any chance on flashing a stock rooted ROM perhaps.
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tomh1979 said:
Nope, any chance on flashing a stock rooted ROM perhaps.
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You could try it. My Stock ROM was rooted, and I all I had to do was reflash my Superuser zip after I let it boot up once, just to make sure the update took properly.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
Download the file from the linked thread there for our device and then pick which instruction set applies to you from the second post in that thread. Since I'm leaving Sprint and giving my Gnex to my two year old, I unrooted, returned to stock, and locked the device. After following the directions for adb sideload, everything came up great.

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Nexus 7 OTA Error

Well, I used a factory reset tool to reset my rom back to stock. However, when I try to do a system update, it goes all the way to the end and says Error. Note that I can get into my tablet before I launch the update, but afterwards it just boots into recovery and I have to hard reset and reset my device using the aforementioned factory reset tool. Basically all I want to know is if it has anything to do with me recovering from the tool, or are OTA's iffy? I bought the device yesterday and I love it. I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader, etc. So yes it is modified. However It is not in anyway bricked. I just want to know if it's possible to do an official OTA from System Update, or do I have to use the one provided on the Index of the Nexus 7 Flo forum? Thanks for any help. Like I said, It's not bricked, I'm not complaining. Just a few questions

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Well, I used a factory reset tool to reset my rom back to stock. However, when I try to do a system update, it goes all the way to the end and says Error. Note that I can get into my tablet before I launch the update, but afterwards it just boots into recovery and I have to hard reset and reset my device using the aforementioned factory reset tool. Basically all I want to know is if it has anything to do with me recovering from the tool, or are OTA's iffy? I bought the device yesterday and I love it. I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader, etc. So yes it is modified. However It is not in anyway bricked. I just want to know if it's possible to do an official OTA from System Update, or do I have to use the one provided on the Index of the Nexus 7 Flo forum? Thanks for any help. Like I said, It's not bricked, I'm not complaining. Just a few questions
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Well, without much detail about the error, it's hard to help. Are you just stock rooted with stock recovery? If so, you should be able to take an OTA no problem, although you'd lose root. But you can always flash supersu to get it back. Did you install a custom recovery to root? Or did you use a toolkit? Lots of questions. If you have a custom recovery, you'd have to fastboot flash the stock recovery from the factory image. If you still have the stock recovery and are just stock rooted, you've probably modified the system in some way. In that case, you can just fastboot flash the stock system image.

charesa39 said:
Well, without much detail about the error, it's hard to help. Are you just stock rooted with stock recovery? If so, you should be able to take an OTA no problem, although you'd lose root. But you can always flash supersu to get it back. Did you install a custom recovery to root? Or did you use a toolkit? Lots of questions. If you have a custom recovery, you'd have to fastboot flash the stock recovery from the factory image. If you still have the stock recovery and are just stock rooted, you've probably modified the system in some way. In that case, you can just fastboot flash the stock system image.
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Stock Rooted with Stock Recovery. It downloads the OTA no issue, but when in download mode, it gets to the very end and says Error!. I used CFAutoRoot for rooting. I used fastboot to unlock the bootloader and install custom recovery.

SwiftLeeO said:
Stock Rooted with Stock Recovery. It downloads the OTA no issue, but when in download mode, it gets to the very end and says Error!. I used CFAutoRoot for rooting. I used fastboot to unlock the bootloader and install custom recovery.
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Wait. So do you currently have stock recovery or a custom recovery?
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charesa39 said:
Wait. So do you currently have stock recovery or a custom recovery?
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Exactly what I was wondering!

charesa39 said:
Wait. So do you currently have stock recovery or a custom recovery?
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Stock.

SwiftLeeO said:
Stock.
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Since you have stock recovery, there's probably an app that modified your system that's not allowing it to install the update because it detects a change in one of your system files. Fastboot flash the system image from the stock factory image. Then, it should update.
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charesa39 said:
Since you have stock recovery, there's probably an app that modified your system that's not allowing it to install the update because it detects a change in one of your system files. Fastboot flash the system image from the stock factory image. Then, it should update.
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You wouldn't happen to have one of those lying around would you? The img file I mean.

SwiftLeeO said:
You wouldn't happen to have one of those lying around would you? The img file I mean.
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I'm assuming you're on 4.3 since you're trying to update? Either way, you can find the factory images here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images.
Just download the the one for the version you're currently running on your N7. MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT ONE. Then, just extract the files from the tar.gz file. There's another zip file in that tar.gz file. Extract that one, and there's a system.img file. Fastboot flash it in the bootloader.
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charesa39 said:
I'm assuming you're on 4.3 since you're trying to update? Either way, you can find the factory images here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images.
Just download the the one for the version you're currently running on your N7. MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT ONE. Then, just extract the files from the tar.gz file. There's another zip file in that tar.gz file. Extract that one, and there's a system.img file. Fastboot flash it in the bootloader.
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Thanks for the help

SwiftLeeO said:
Thanks for the help
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Anytime. :thumbup:
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