This is a tutorial about updating from Koush's JRN84D repack/jb-takju.zip to Google's JRO03C OTA for yakju users.
Although this kind of method isn't recommended as wiping is important when upgrading, it might help n00bs or guys who hate using TB (like me) a lot.
Prepare adb, IMM76I factory image and the OTA file (Galaxy Nexus Toolkit can be also used instead of adb).
Backup your phone with Nandroid.
Open the factory image with 7-zip, open the tar file inside, navigate to yakju-imm76i and open image-yakju-imm76i.zip.
Extract the boot.img and system.img
Flash the boot.img and system.img with adb/Galaxy Nexus Toolkit.
Go to Recovery Mode and push the OTA file to /sdcard/.
Flash the OTA file.
Reboot you phone. If your see something like a bootloop, pull out the battery and boot again.
After boot into system, you'll see Setup Wizard. Set language, GPS and personal info.
Finished. Welcome to 4.1.1!
You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
martonikaj said:
You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
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Yup. This is what I did and haven't had any issues yet.
Me 2.
Although I forgot to flash the Superuser zip afterwards and I had to use the toolkit to root again.
The only "issue" I have is that Google ears and other apps freeze themselves after a reboot.
I have to use titanium backup to defrost them after a reboot.
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martonikaj said:
You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
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Sorry, guys, but how do I boot a temporary CWM?
Thanks
egrueda said:
Sorry, guys, but how do I boot a temporary CWM?
Thanks
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Fastboot boot cmw_recovery.img or simply use the toolkit that does that for you.
You need an unlocked bootloader though.
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martonikaj said:
You don't need to do all that... just boot a temporary CWM and flash the 4.1.1 update.zip .
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Is the 4.1.1 update.zip the OTA file that OP linked to? (f946a4120eb1.signed-yakju-JRO03C-from-IMM76I.f946a412.zip)
el_charlie said:
Fastboot boot cmw_recovery.img or simply use the toolkit that does that for you.
You need an unlocked bootloader though.
Cheers!
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This will allow you to boot to cwm recovery without writing over stock recovery? Could I use this to install su and gain root while never overwriting the stock recovery?
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dmarmstr said:
This will allow you to boot to cwm recovery without writing over stock recovery? Could I use this to install su and gain root while never overwriting the stock recovery?
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Exactly.
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Hi everybody,
Now that the 4.0.4 has been released for the Galaxy Nexus GSM, is there a full (not OTA) stock 4.0.4 rooted ROM with Google apps?
Is it needed to update kernel and radio? I want to keep CWM.
I've searched around the forum but I didn't see answers to all my questions...
Thanks you!
Sebacestmoi said:
Hi everybody,
Now that the 4.0.4 has been released for the Galaxy Nexus GSM, is there a full (not OTA) stock 4.0.4 rooted ROM with Google apps?
Is it needed to update kernel and radio? I want to keep CWM.
I've searched around the forum but I didn't see answers to all my questions...
Thanks you!
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to have the full 4.0.4 stock rom, you'll have to unlock bootloader and flash the factory image provided by google, either by fastboot or using the nexus toolkits. The kernel and radio will be flashed automatically if you use the toolkits as it's part of the image. You can then use the toolkit to reflash CWM
Yes but I prefer a .zip file so I can delete everything that I don't need before flashing the ROM.
Something like this ROM (the one I have now) :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1394246
Thanks you!
Download the factory image from google and root it yourself.
If I was able to do it I would not ask for a ROM.
Is there an easy way to convert the image from google in tgz format to a flashable .zip file?
rylake said:
Download the factory image from google and root it yourself.
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Thats what i done and its sweet i love stock rooted, iam rooted for the purpose of getting rid of system apps, makes the phone fly
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leelaa said:
Thats what i done and its sweet i love stock rooted, iam rooted for the purpose of getting rid of system apps, makes the phone fly
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i have many know about
Sebacestmoi said:
If I was able to do it I would not ask for a ROM.
Is there an easy way to convert the image from google in tgz format to a flashable .zip file?
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Yes. You can use dsixda's kitchen to make a flashable .zip file from the .img you can download from google.
why not just flash the 4.0.4 images and re-root?
Sorry to hijack, but I've got a question along the similar line.
If I use the galaxy nexus toolkit and unlock my boot loader, then use the option in it to restore to stock. After that I keep my boot loader unlocked. Will I still get ota updates?
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bongadadu said:
Sorry to hijack, but I've got a question along the similar line.
If I use the galaxy nexus toolkit and unlock my boot loader, then use the option in it to restore to stock. After that I keep my boot loader unlocked. Will I still get ota updates?
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Unlocked bootloader doesn't effect OTA's AFAIK. Custom recovery like CAN however does.
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Diger36 said:
Unlocked bootloader doesn't effect OTA's AFAIK. Custom recovery like CAN however does.
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CAN=CWM off course...
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When I try to update when it reboots and tries to install it but then it gives me an android with an exclamation mark. What should I do? I'm on stock rooted with a custom recovery, I think its something to do with the recovery right?
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You can't accept and auto-install an OTA with a custom recovery image. You have to either have stock recovery and let it install, or use CWM to flash it manually.
What's the easiest thing to do? How would I be able to do it?
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carbaj12 said:
What's the easiest thing to do? How would I be able to do it?
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Your choice. Either flash back to the stock recovery and accept the OTA, or get a download of the OTA and flash it thru CWM.
martonikaj said:
Your choice. Either flash back to the stock recovery and accept the OTA, or get a download of the OTA and flash it thru CWM.
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Are they posted here in the forums? It would be nice if you could provide either one for me but if the files are in the forums I'll look for them
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I'd say its easier to flash manually thru Cwm.
Ok so I flashed the radios is there anything else I need to flash now?
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After using a toolkit to root my device, i decided to try and do it manually so i can learn more of the rooting process. I used the toolkit to flash the stock images etc, then i reset the phone to factory settings, but the 'Superuser' 'app' was still there. Is this normal, and does this mean my factory reset was unsuccessful?
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After using a toolkit to root my device, i decided to try and do it manually so i can learn more of the rooting process. I used the toolkit to flash the stock images etc, then i reset the phone to factory settings, but the 'Superuser' 'app' was still there. Is this normal, and does this mean my factory reset was unsuccessful?
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If you flashed the stock images, that app will disappear. If you just reset your device, that app will remain because it resides in /system -- when you rest, you just erase /data
I did flash stock recovery (i think), fyi im using the GalaxyNexusToolkit. Superuser still shows up...any suggestions?
Did you restore your Google apps? I'm sure that's dumb but could it have just redownloaded?
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Flashing a stock recovery won't erase SU. Su is in /system so unless you over write or format /system it won't go away. So make sure you downloaded the proper factory image and put in the proper folder for the toolkit to actually flash. As the previous poster said a factory reset doesn't erase/system only /data.
You have to unroot before you flash anything if you want superuser to go away.
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joshnichols189 said:
You have to unroot before you flash anything if you want superuser to go away.
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no you dont. you just need to flash the stock system img and SU will not be there.
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You have to unroot before you flash anything if you want superuser to go away.
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That's not entirely true. Flashing a stock system image will make Superuser go away. Wiping the system partition will make Superuser go away...
EDIT: Ninja'd by Zepius...
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That's not entirely true. Flashing a stock system image will make Superuser go away. Wiping the system partition will make Superuser go away...
EDIT: Ninja'd by Zepius...
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i r faster
Zepius said:
no you dont. you just need to flash the stock system img and SU will not be there.
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He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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That's what he said, but it would seem that he only flashed the stock recovery image, not all the images. Flashing the stock system image will certainly get rid of the superuser app.
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He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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Obviously he didn't really do that or it failed, since if he really did flash stock images properly, SU will be gone.
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joshnichols189 said:
He said in the OP he flashed stock images..
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no, he said he used the toolkit to flash the images. it clearly did not flash the system image and over-write everything in the /system folder.
another reason toolkits are just bad if you dont know what you're doing.
Any bros tried recover your phone using the recovery in Bootloader?
I'm wondering whether it will be recovered to ICS or JB... ? Any idea?
uhhh... what? Recovery isn't like a recovery partition on a PC, it doesn't restore your phone to anything. All it does is sit there as a tool to use if you run into trouble with the device.
If you need to "recover" your device, you can download the stock images of your choice and flash them via Fastboot.
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uhhh... what? Recovery isn't like a recovery partition on a PC, it doesn't restore your phone to anything. All it does is sit there as a tool to use if you run into trouble with the device.
If you need to "recover" your device, you can download the stock images of your choice and flash them via Fastboot.
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Thank you :good:
That means recovery in bootloader serves as a series of commands there instead of a stock image of the OS?
tinyau09 said:
Thank you :good:
That means recovery in bootloader serves as a series of commands there instead of a stock image of the OS?
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Recovery in the bootloader allows you to flash updates, use adb, and wipe data.
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MДЯCЦSДИT said:
Recovery in the bootloader allows you to flash updates, use adb, and wipe data.
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Thank you! It changes my concept of recovery!
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Hi, I ask that because the "+"volume buttom of my phone was broken, so that my phone can only boot into the Odin mode/download mode.
Also, my phone can't boot normally becase I flash something wrong so it got a bootloop, so how can I get in the cwm if I just have the Odin mode/download mode? Thx!!
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arhung said:
Hi, I ask that because the "+"volume buttom of my phone was broken, so that my phone can only boot into the Odin mode/download mode.
Also, my phone can't boot normally becase I flash something wrong so it got a bootloop, so how can I get in the cwm if I just have the Odin mode/download mode? Thx!!
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You can use the galaxy nexus toolkit to boot it into cwm recovery.
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jhernand1102 said:
You can use the galaxy nexus toolkit to boot it into cwm recovery.
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No he cannot.
@OP: There is no way to get to recovery (that I know of) without either a) being able to boot into Android, or b) having access to the bootloader.
EDIT: You can try an Odin flash to flash all the stock images, and then go from there.
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You can try an Odin flash to flash all the stock images, and then go from there.
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Will I lose all my data(even music, photos and my backup) if I flash a stock images?
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arhung said:
Will I lose all my data(even music, photos and my backup) if I flash a stock images?
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You can try removing the userdata image from the odin .tar. Assuming your bootloader is unlocked, flashing the other images should leave you with your data intact. Note that you will need to wipe data from within CWM if you flash a version of Android (without the userdata image) via Odin that is different than what you are currently running, otherwise it will not boot. But at least you will have whatever is on /sdcard.
No guarantees that it will not wipe /sdcard (as I have never tried it), but based on what I know, it shouldn't.
Yes, Odin will wipe everything. I have the sane issue currently with my volume down key, but luckily no software issues.
I'm wondering if this busted volume key thing is a common occurrence, or if you and I just got lemons. Gonna have mine looked at tomorrow.
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Zeinzu said:
Yes, Odin will wipe everything. I have the sane issue currently with my volume down key, but luckily no software issues.
I'm wondering if this busted volume key thing is a common occurrence, or if you and I just got lemons. Gonna have mine looked at tomorrow.
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It should NOT wipe everything IFF: 1) your bootloader is already unlocked, AND 2) you remove the userdata image from the .tar.
So now I download the stock images from google and flash with Odin MODE?
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arhung said:
So now I download the stock images from google and flash with Odin MODE?
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No, the images need to be packed into a .tar so that odin can flash them. What version of Android are you running?
Chainfire has IMM76D images here, and there are some JRO03C images as well somewhere. In order for you to be able to boot without wiping, you need to flash the same version of Android that you are currently on, or add CWM to the package (renamed to recovery.img) so that you can wipe data. Otherwise, you will not be able to boot. Follow the instructions carefully -- make sure you do not have re-partition checked.
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No, the images need to be packed into a .tar so that odin can flash them. What version of Android are you running?
Chainfire has IMM76D images here, and there are some JRO03C images as well somewhere. In order for you to be able to boot without wiping, you need to flash the same version of Android that you are currently on, or add CWM to the package (renamed to recovery.img) so that you can wipe data. Otherwise, you will not be able to boot. Follow the instructions carefully -- make sure you do not have re-partition checked.
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My phone is running android 4.1.1,so which one I should download?
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arhung said:
My phone is running android 4.1.1,so which one I should download?
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You need to make a .tar using the boot and system images from JRO03C. I don't think there is one already pre-made.
1) Download the JRO03C factory image corresponding to the build that you are running (yakju or takju), and extract the system.img and boot.img files.
2) Download CWM 5.5.0.2 and rename it to recovery.img.
You should now have 3 images: system.img, boot.img, and recovery.img. Next is to package them for use with odin. This needs to be done either 1) on a linux box, or 2) on a Windows PC running cywin, or 3) on your phone (I believe).
Code:
tar -H ustar -c system.img boot.img recovery.img > ODIN_JRO03C.tar
md5sum -t ODIN_JRO03C.tar >> ODIN_JRO03C.tar
mv ODIN_JRO03C.tar ODIN_JRO03C.tar.md5
Now you should have one file ODIN_JRO03C.tar.md5 which you can load up and flash with Odin. Follow the instructions in Chainfire's thread that I linked to earlier.
Usual disclaimer: I'm not responsible if you mess up your device using the info here...