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Utmost help needed please.

Sorry for being noobish, just got a nexus, UK and it's on 4.0.1, been reading a lot, and very much overwhelmind, now, coming from my galaxy s2, which, I had been used to flashing and routing daily. I managed to use the toolkit, to root my phone, smashing app, will definitely donate, to the dev, as i managed to root, in pretty much 5mins. My problem is, whats the best route, to follow, in order for me to have the latest stock 4.0.4, because I have read a lot of stuff, so now muddled as to what path to take. Is it a matter, of just downloading the official rom, in the general section, and flashing it via custom recovery, sorry for the noobish questions, it's been a long day, trying to get to know the phone, am sure, if someone can help me from here, all be fine. I also tried to seek for an update, under about, but phone says am on latest firmware, which is 4.0.1,so appreciate your guidance please.

marvi0 said:
Sorry for being noobish, just got a nexus, UK and it's on 4.0.1, been reading a lot, and very much overwhelmind, now, coming from my galaxy s2, which, I had been used to flashing and routing daily. I managed to use the toolkit, to root my phone, smashing app, will definitely donate, to the dev, as i managed to root, in pretty much 5mins. My problem is, whats the best route, to follow, in order for me to have the latest stock 4.0.4, because I have read a lot of stuff, so now muddled as to what path to take. Is it a matter, of just downloading the official rom, in the general section, and flashing it via custom recovery, sorry for the noobish questions, it's been a long day, trying to get to know the phone, am sure, if someone can help me from here, all be fine. I also tried to seek for an update, under about, but phone says am on latest firmware, which is 4.0.1,so appreciate your guidance please.
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Follow the directions here. Note that this will wipe your data...

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Follow the directions here. Note that this will wipe your data...
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Phew cheers buddy, haven't tried this yet, as at work, will give it a short when I get home, anything easier than this please, as i just have a forbia for anything called adb please? Also, don't understand why my device is still on 4. 0. 1, been hitting the update button continously with no luck, but prepared to use other means, as suggested above, to get the device updated. Thanks again in advance.

marvi0 said:
Phew cheers buddy, haven't tried this yet, as at work, will give it a short when I get home, anything easier than this please, as i just have a forbia for anything called adb please? Also, don't understand why my device is still on 4. 0. 1, been hitting the update button continously with no luck, but prepared to use other means, as suggested above, to get the device updated. Thanks again in advance.
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You CAN flash factory images through the toolkit you know. You can download them at Google, put them in the correct subfolder of the GNEX toolkit folder and flash away. In order to do that you do have to have an unlocked bootloader and you will loose your root. Unlocking the bootloader will loose all your data (including under the SDCARD folder (so everything you stored will be gone)!. Rooting can be done again through the toolkit...
Or you can download a different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.

Hmm thanks this looks more like my sort of of a thing "different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.", were can i find this please?. Thanks.

Yakjuxe to Yakju

Hi all
Long time lurker, first time poster. I just picked up a Galaxy Nexus from Amazon which turns out to be the Docomo SC-04D. Coming from the Nexus One I'm a little more than irritated that there are so many bloody revisions of this phone (I'm starting to lose sight of why the Nexus line exists..), but I digress. For reference, I'm located in the US running on T-Mobile.
The phone is running stock 4.0.1, and came unlocked out of the box. I gained root access via the GNEX root toolkit.
Shortly after I booted the phone for the first time (before gaining root) I received a message indicating that there was an update - tried running it, but eventually ended up with an image of the android with a red sign popping out of his chest. I shrugged it off, rebooted the phone and went about my business.
I have since installed Clockworkmod + recovery, and attempted through various ways to flash the 4.0.4 update from Google's site with no success. Tried to flash to 4.0.2, no success their either (either it says installation aborted or some longer string). I've lost my sense of humor at this point (probably doesn't help I'm a few drinks into the evening..) and I'm hoping you all can possibly offer a solution. How do I get from Yakjuxe 4.0.1 to Yakju, ultimately 4.0.4?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Andrew

download 4.0.4 yakju images.
connect to your computer.
Fastboot flash the images.

You May need to open up metainf/com/google/Android/updaterscript in the zip with NotePad++ which is a free program and very helpful for editing these files. Then find a line near the beginning with the words assert get prop. delete all the lines with that. It May be one or it might be a couple. Then save and put it back in the zip and flash it
Sent from my GT-P7510 using XDA

Finally got it running, via the toolkit no less (copied the tar into the proper directory and hitting the option to flash a stock google rom). Trying to do it via fastboot didn't appear to work, though I'm sure I ****ed that up somehow. Thanks guys.

quadnad said:
Finally got it running, via the toolkit no less (copied the tar into the proper directory and hitting the option to flash a stock google rom). Trying to do it via fastboot didn't appear to work, though I'm sure I ****ed that up somehow. Thanks guys.
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Glad you figured it out. No need to fret.

quadnad said:
Finally got it running, via the toolkit no less (copied the tar into the proper directory and hitting the option to flash a stock google rom). Trying to do it via fastboot didn't appear to work, though I'm sure I ****ed that up somehow. Thanks guys.
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Hi, i have the same Docomo, i have the same hard time to upgrade it, would you mind to share, i am new here. thanks.

daleylay said:
Hi, i have the same Docomo, i have the same hard time to upgrade it, would you mind to share, i am new here. thanks.
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do you have adb setup?
is it setup correctly?
do you know the adb basics?
if yes to all those, try to fastboot unlock the bootloader first, reboot bootloader, then flash the rom, fastboot reboot bootloader, flash radio and any other images
if not, follow the instructions on setting up adb and fastboot via the dev sticky threads.

Can someone please help me with step-by-step instructions for this using the Toolkit. I have a rooted, unlocked Yakjuxe on 4.0.1 and want to get to 4.0.4 Yakju. Please help me with this. I am not some noob, but I have tried everything, including two guides here on XDA.

quadnad said:
Hi all
Long time lurker, first time poster. I just picked up a Galaxy Nexus from Amazon which turns out to be the Docomo SC-04D. Coming from the Nexus One I'm a little more than irritated that there are so many bloody revisions of this phone (I'm starting to lose sight of why the Nexus line exists..), but I digress. For reference, I'm located in the US running on T-Mobile.
The phone is running stock 4.0.1, and came unlocked out of the box. I gained root access via the GNEX root toolkit.
Shortly after I booted the phone for the first time (before gaining root) I received a message indicating that there was an update - tried running it, but eventually ended up with an image of the android with a red sign popping out of his chest. I shrugged it off, rebooted the phone and went about my business.
I have since installed Clockworkmod + recovery, and attempted through various ways to flash the 4.0.4 update from Google's site with no success. Tried to flash to 4.0.2, no success their either (either it says installation aborted or some longer string). I've lost my sense of humor at this point (probably doesn't help I'm a few drinks into the evening..) and I'm hoping you all can possibly offer a solution. How do I get from Yakjuxe 4.0.1 to Yakju, ultimately 4.0.4?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Andrew
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daleylay said:
Hi, i have the same Docomo, i have the same hard time to upgrade it, would you mind to share, i am new here. thanks.
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ikghassassin said:
Can someone please help me with step-by-step instructions for this using the Toolkit. I have a rooted, unlocked Yakjuxe on 4.0.1 and want to get to 4.0.4 Yakju. Please help me with this. I am not some noob, but I have tried everything, including two guides here on XDA.
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I would use this method to flash yakju IMM76D, and then this method to upgrade to IMM76I. Root using this.

efrant said:
I would use this method to flash yakju IMM76D, and then this method to upgrade to IMM76I. Root using this.
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thank you will give this a try. I already have a rooted device however, with protected SU.

ikghassassin said:
thank you will give this a try. I already have a rooted device however, with protected SU.
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I don't think it's guaranteed that your root will stick but it might so just be wary of that.

Return to Stock Yakjudv

Right, from the top, I'm a retard and shouldn't have messed with ROM's and custom recovery whilst blindly following a guide (I cant remember which guide, so mistake #1). I have a Telstra (Australian) Galaxy Nexus. I followed a guide to put CWM, Jelly Bean and root on, however I ran into a few problems and wanted to revert to my stock ROM, well I never performed a backup of my original ROM (mistake #2). I went looking and someone posted a Telstra stock ROM in CWM backup form here on xda, I successfully restored it and am *mostly* happy with the results, however no I cannot recieve OTA updates, which seems to be due to the prop file and others assert failing. Basically, I've learnt my lesson and want to be a good boy and go back to a non-root, completely out of the box state so if in the future, I need to return the phone for warranty, I can without fear of recourse for messing with the phone.
So again, I'm a tard, but can you help me?
EDIT: Mistake #3, I went back through my downloads and found the files I used from the guide I cant find to show you, but it DID involve Busybox which I have since read screws **** up.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
alll you need to know

atifsh said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
alll you need to know
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I've been over that thread twice now and cant find the Return to Stock instructions, am I blind? (happy to be proven wrong)

Syn3rgi3 said:
Right, from the top, I'm a retard and shouldn't have messed with ROM's and custom recovery whilst blindly following a guide (I cant remember which guide, so mistake #1). I have a Telstra (Australian) Galaxy Nexus. I followed a guide to put CWM, Jelly Bean and root on, however I ran into a few problems and wanted to revert to my stock ROM, well I never performed a backup of my original ROM (mistake #2). I went looking and someone posted a Telstra stock ROM in CWM backup form here on xda, I successfully restored it and am *mostly* happy with the results, however no I cannot recieve OTA updates, which seems to be due to the prop file and others assert failing. Basically, I've learnt my lesson and want to be a good boy and go back to a non-root, completely out of the box state so if in the future, I need to return the phone for warranty, I can without fear of recourse for messing with the phone.
So again, I'm a tard, but can you help me?
EDIT: Mistake #3, I went back through my downloads and found the files I used from the guide I cant find to show you, but it DID involve Busybox which I have since read screws **** up.
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As I understand it, you should just be able to re-apply a stock GSM ROM to your Galaxy Nexus to get back to the original state of things. That's the whole point of a Nexus - it's stock with no customisations etc. It sounds like you'll have start from the very beginning and reinstall apps etc. but I guess you've already bitten that bullet, and presumably you're happy with your current ROM configuration?
It's not clear what recovery you have installed at the moment. You've made mention of CWM ... Clockwork Mod recovery possibly installed in that case? Again, as I understand it, Clockwork Mod recovery means you can't <s>receive</s> apply OTA updates. If you're on a stock ROM you should still receive notification about them though? If you are truly on stock, but have the Clockwork Mod recovery installed you can reinstall the stock boot recovery image. You should be able to find the stock images via a google search easily enough.
Once you've determined which recovery you currently have installed you'll have a better idea of how to get back to stock everything.
Above all, don't panic
PS I could add that busybox doesn't screw stuff up ... it just allows you to screw things up

Hi there,
the most simple way to go back to stock is using the GNex-Toolkit (to be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310) downloading the stock image here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images. Almost no chance to mess up your phone with this tool.

real_becksaufex said:
Hi there,
the most simple way to go back to stock is using the GNex-Toolkit (to be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310) downloading the stock image here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images. Almost no chance to mess up your phone with this tool.
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Given a bit more research, I want to be able to get rid of Clockworkmod so I can receive OTA updates again.

Syn3rgi3 said:
Given a bit more research, I want to be able to get rid of Clockworkmod so I can receive OTA updates again.
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yeah and if tried the tool, you would have seen, that there is an option to flash stock recovery to your phone. you can also disable the bootloader again.
choose your model/build perform action 7 --> option 3 and your back on stock recovery

real_becksaufex said:
yeah and if tried the tool, you would have seen, that there is an option to flash stock recovery to your phone. you can also disable the bootloader again.
choose your model/build perform action 7 --> option 3 and your back on stock recovery
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I executed that successfully however CWM still exists =/

Syn3rgi3 said:
I've been over that thread twice now and cant find the Return to Stock instructions, am I blind? (happy to be proven wrong)
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Seriously? The instructions in the first post...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

real_becksaufex said:
yeah and if tried the tool, you would have seen, that there is an option to flash stock recovery to your phone. you can also disable the bootloader again.
choose your model/build perform action 7 --> option 3 and your back on stock recovery
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Disable bootloader?
Pressed from my Maguro

efrant said:
Seriously? The instructions in the first post...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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This still doesn't solve the problem I have in regard to not having the original Telstra (yakjudv) ROM.

Syn3rgi3 said:
This still doesn't solve the problem I have in regard to not having the original Telstra (yakjudv) ROM.
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I few things:
1) If you can find a backup of a yakjudv ROM from some Australian user, I'd be happy to help you restore it; but
2) You do realize that yakjudv is still on 4.0.4 (ICS) and not Jelly Bean, right? And you do realize that it only recently (past few weeks) got updated to 4.0.4 while yakju has been on 4.0.4 since March?
3) You do realize that yakju is stock, and the factory images provided by Google are the "stock" ones that get updated first. yakjudv is a Samsung build, not a stock Google build.

LOL, Telstra
Syn3rgi3 said:
Right, from the top, I'm a retard and shouldn't have messed with ROM's and custom recovery whilst blindly following a guide (I cant remember which guide, so mistake #1). I have a Telstra (Australian) Galaxy Nexus. I followed a guide to put CWM, Jelly Bean and root on, however I ran into a few problems and wanted to revert to my stock ROM, well I never performed a backup of my original ROM (mistake #2). I went looking and someone posted a Telstra stock ROM in CWM backup form here on xda, I successfully restored it and am *mostly* happy with the results, however no I cannot recieve OTA updates, which seems to be due to the prop file and others assert failing. Basically, I've learnt my lesson and want to be a good boy and go back to a non-root, completely out of the box state so if in the future, I need to return the phone for warranty, I can without fear of recourse for messing with the phone.
So again, I'm a tard, but can you help me?
EDIT: Mistake #3, I went back through my downloads and found the files I used from the guide I cant find to show you, but it DID involve Busybox which I have since read screws **** up.
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DO NOT GET YAKJUDV!!! Try and just get Yakju, Then you will get your updates from Google NOT Telstra. You don't need the Telstra stock rom, you can use Google's Yakju. I have a Telstra one and I get updates from google because I put Yakju. You will need to flash the ROM though your pc. I have been through what you have with the exact phone (Telstra one), If you need any help you can PM me

I agree with the post from Atifsh.
The guide offered by Efrant gives you, step by step, everything you need to reach your goal.
Contrary to your case I did not need to change the factory ROM but I applied the rest of the guide (for instance post 855 in Efrant thread shows what I did).
Since I want to learn I refuse, so far, to rely on a toolkit.
I deeply share Efrant philosophy of learning. And I agree on the purpose of the XDA forum. It is not a walking clinic, it is a hospital implementing new medecines:laugh:.
Finally, taking into account my age I am closer to the hospital than to the clinic.
Thanks to Efrant and few others I am doing "stuff" I did not know I could do.
And, yes I am over the time I used to want and get everything at once.

efrant said:
I few things:
1) If you can find a backup of a yakjudv ROM from some Australian user, I'd be happy to help you restore it; but
2) You do realize that yakjudv is still on 4.0.4 (ICS) and not Jelly Bean, right? And you do realize that it only recently (past few weeks) got updated to 4.0.4 while yakju has been on 4.0.4 since March?
3) You do realize that yakju is stock, and the factory images provided by Google are the "stock" ones that get updated first. yakjudv is a Samsung build, not a stock Google build.
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I understand all the benefits of yakju, however I want to revert to yakjudv if for any reason in the future I require warranty (the phone is under contract).
I do in fact have a 4.0.1 Nandroid backup from another user on Telstra, I went ahead and restored it through CWM and everything was fine, except I still cannot receive OTA updates, doing some reading finds I need to get rid of CWM and revert to stock recovery, so how do I do this?

Syn3rgi3 said:
I understand all the benefits of yakju, however I want to revert to yakjudv if for any reason in the future I require warranty (the phone is under contract).
I do in fact have a 4.0.1 Nandroid backup from another user on Telstra, I went ahead and restored it through CWM and everything was fine, except I still cannot receive OTA updates, doing some reading finds I need to get rid of CWM and revert to stock recovery, so how do I do this?
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As you say, the problem is you need the stock recovery for the build that you are on. What build is the backup you restored? If it is ITL41F, then you are in luck. Go to this thread and download any one of the two yakjudv updates to /sdcard. Use CWM to flash it, and you will be all set -- it will wipe CWM and replace it with the correct stock recovery for that build.
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And please change the title of this thread to "Return to stock yakjudv" as it is very confusing. Most people refer to stock as yakju or takju for GSM devices.

Syn3rgi3 said:
I understand all the benefits of yakju, however I want to revert to yakjudv if for any reason in the future I require warranty (the phone is under contract).
I do in fact have a 4.0.1 Nandroid backup from another user on Telstra, I went ahead and restored it through CWM and everything was fine, except I still cannot receive OTA updates, doing some reading finds I need to get rid of CWM and revert to stock recovery, so how do I do this?
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Can you please post the back up on here please via drop box or something, I need the same thing so I can return for a warranty issue however everywhere I look I just find silly people trying to inform me that I should use Google builds and no Samsung/Telstra build. I know all this however my phone is now on life support and everything seems to be going wrong so I just want to return to out of the box and return it.
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I love it when people ignore the question in the OP and just decide to tell others to flash different firmware. This isnt helpful in any way when trying to return your device to Telstra in Australia as that's not what come with it so they will just give you your faulty POS back and laugh in your face because you are no longer covered by the warranty.

picton said:
Can you please post the back up on here please via drop box or something, I need the same thing so I can return for a warranty issue however everywhere I look I just find silly people trying to inform me that I should use Google builds and no Samsung/Telstra build. I know all this however my phone is now on life support and everything seems to be going wrong so I just want to return to out of the box and return it.
I love it when people ignore the question in the OP and just decide to tell others to flash different firmware. This isnt helpful in any way when trying to return your device to Telstra in Australia as that's not what come with it so they will just give you your faulty POS back and laugh in your face because you are no longer covered by the warranty.
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Have you tried returning a device with yakju and have Telstra give you back your "faulty POS" back? Have you heard of others who have experienced that? On the contrary, I have heard of many people returning their non-yakju-bought device with yakju, and have had full warranty.
And if you would have searched before lipping off, you would have found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29898676&postcount=175

efrant said:
Have you tried returning a device with yakju and have Telstra give you back your "faulty POS" back? Have you heard of others who have experienced that? On the contrary, I have heard of many people returning their non-yakju-bought device with yakju, and have had full warranty.
And if you would have searched before lipping off, you would have found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29898676&postcount=175
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I have tried that link bro and it wont flash in CWM. I just get a red triangle with a robot on it. A mate of mine tried to take his back due to a similar problem im having and he was told he had played with the device and wouldn't fix it under warranty and wanted to charge him something stupid to fix it. I'm not giving ya lip but I have been looking for the last 6 hours and in every thread about this subject everyone is saying the same thing.

picton said:
I have tried that link bro and it wont flash in CWM. I just get a red triangle with a robot on it. A mate of mine tried to take his back due to a similar problem im having and he was told he had played with the device and wouldn't fix it under warranty and wanted to charge him something stupid to fix it. I'm not giving ya lip but I have been looking for the last 6 hours and in every thread about this subject everyone is saying the same thing.
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Ok, are you flashing it in CWM? The "red triangle with a robot" IS the stock recovery, it is not an error. What is the exact procedure you are using to flash it?

[Q] HELP!! Have I bricked my new device!? SO WORRIED!!

Hey guys,
I'm kinda new to the HTC/Android world, found this community a damn good place to find support.. But now I've hit a road block.
Basically, I've been eager to root from day 1 of getting my first htc handset, I came across from jailbreak and loved the fact of customizability with Android.
So I had the Google play edition(I think, all geared towards Google) running Kit Kat 4.4.4. Love it, big Google user so this all tied together lovely.
Here is the Situation.
I found a video on youtube, cannot provide URL as I'm in work at the moment, but it was root guide from scratch. Fresh windows OS, seemingly a phone fresh out the box.. you get the idea.
I used the Hasoon2000 tool to root the device. Installed ADB etc on my pc, signed up as a a dev, got the Key for device, sent in and received my .bin file. I got up to actually rooting my device, well pleased and happy. Using TWRP via Hasoon2000.
But here is where **** hits the fan.
The device needed to update, It took me back to 4.4.2 but Im unsure on how to get back to most up to date OS and keep the root.
But when I reboot to install this, it goes into TWRP. no other way around this.
Queried this on another forum, decided to continue to be patient... but no replies, in the mean time I restored my apps and have a fiddle, see what the root function can do for myself.
I installed "Freedom 1.0.6" and a program called "Market Share"- Hate iAP, some games are ridiculously priced for the smallest of things, I just wanted to sandbox plague inc. ;(
Now the device is stuck in a boot loop, phone starts up, see the home screen for a bout 40 seconds/ one minute.. Some times I unlock the device and it goes back to flash screen then.. others I boot an app and its slides away once more.
This happened close to 15x before I left for work this morning and I imagine its just going to repeat this and run the battery - I tried to stop this loop by going into TWRP and possibly choosing to boot system this way may of stopped it.. but when I was on the boot screen with those options.. It said Tampered at top of screen and S-On- which has scared me quite a bit..
What the hell has happened!?
I'm desperate to know and don't want to have this damn thing bricked! Please help.. try explain like I'm 5, as said I'm new to a lot of this! >.<

first off, if the screen comes on, its not bricked.
esenfur said:
But here is where **** hits the fan.
The device needed to update, It took me back to 4.4.2 but Im unsure on how to get back to most up to date OS and keep the root.
But when I reboot to install this, it goes into TWRP. no other way around this.
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Do you mean you accepted an official OTA? I think that is what you are saying. You should not be accepting OTAs on a phone that has been bootloader unlocked, custom recovery, etc. unless you know exactly what you are doing and what the result will be (which is clearly not the case).
Stock recovery is needed to install an OTA. That is why it keeps going to TWRP, then it doesn't find stock recovery and reboots, hence the loop you are stuck in. Try to find the OTA file and delete it.

redpoint73 said:
first off, if the screen comes on, its not bricked.
Do you mean you accepted an official OTA? I think that is what you are saying. You should not be accepting OTAs on a phone that has been bootloader unlocked, custom recovery, etc. unless you know exactly what you are doing and what the result will be (which is clearly not the case).
Stock recovery is needed to install an OTA. That is why it keeps going to TWRP, then it doesn't find stock recovery and reboots, hence the loop you are stuck in. Try to find the OTA file and delete it.
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Thank you for fast response.
Official OTA - being that the phone its self said "Update the OS" - I just accepted this, hit download and began install as a reboot- didnt spot implications. As said, noob, followed a tut. If it highlighted DO NOT UPDATE or.. IF U WANT UPDATE NOW FOLLOW THIS- Great, but nothing of the sort?
Is the OTA file basically the .exe for the OS- so find it and delete it.. although I dont have enough time to navigate and establish where the file actually is located!
Or do you have any links to tutorials I could possibly follow?
Side note- when this loop started I deleted

esenfur said:
Or do you have any links to tutorials I could possibly follow?
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This is really your main issue. By following a YouTube video and using a Toolkit, you've failed to actually learn anything or gain any real understanding or knowledge. Do yourself a favor and ditch the tutorials and videos (and toolkit for that matter) and do it the old fashioned way . . . by reading. Videos and step-by-step guides do you no good when things go south (as you've now discovered). And with the prior proper knowledge (usually not gained by following tutorials) this whole mess probably would have never happened in the first place.
A cardinal rule of Android phone modding: DO NOT accept/download/install OTAs (official OS updates) on a modded device unless you know what you are doing, and what the result will be. If in any doubt, simply DO NOT do it.
esenfur said:
Is the OTA file basically the .exe for the OS- so find it and delete it.. although I dont have enough time to navigate and establish where the file actually is located!
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.exe file is Windows specific. You are looking for a zip file, and it typically starts with "OTA". Don't remember where its saved to, so you will have to search for it. If you can't keep the phone running long enough to do so, mount the memory on your computer and search that way.
Deleting the OTA file worked for me on a past device, although one M8 user in the same position said deleting the file didn't get him out of the loop. Flashing your ROM again, or wiping the internal memory (backup any important personal data first) might be options for you.

redpoint73 said:
you've failed to actually learn anything or gain any real understanding or knowledge.
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Ive seen quite a fair few ratings for Hasoon2000 and decided to go with it..
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Videos and step-by-step guides do you no good when things go south (as you've now discovered).
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agreed.. theres FAR much more I need to learn.. its scary haha.
redpoint73 said:
DO NOT accept/download/install OTAs (official OS updates)
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taken on board. I know with my jailbreaks in past it has been a pain, assumed Android would be alot more stable to over write- due to functionality of OS and unlocked features.
I was being generic when I said .exe- basically the installer..
I returned from work to see phone stopped looping.. i could stop the install and deleted the file ASAP.. but now what.. Phone is still bugging me to update, lost the root(got a checker).. so whats the correct procedure!?

I am confused to what you are trying to accomplish at this point, is it to install a OTA, or a recovery? What exactly is going down here?
Me personally to take an OTA is to relock bootloader, install stock recovery, and make sure CID matches. I am S-Off so bootloader means very little, but you can unlock and relock at will when you are S-Off. You will not lose S-Off accepting an OTA.

Try to re-flash the ROM, with stok ROM, using TWRP and clean install. It should work.

hack14u said:
I am confused to what you are trying to accomplish at this point, is it to install a OTA, or a recovery? What exactly is going down here?
Me personally to take an OTA is to relock bootloader, install stock recovery, and make sure CID matches. I am S-Off so bootloader means very little, but you can unlock and relock at will when you are S-Off. You will not lose S-Off accepting an OTA.
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I am trying to update the phone, root and then some..
What file am I looking for and how do I flash a ROM on a M8

esenfur said:
I am trying to update the phone, root and then some..
What file am I looking for and how do I flash a ROM on a M8
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First of all once the bootloader is unlocked you don't have to relock it to get OTA.
As I undersand you have done the following:
1) Unlock using HTCDev-Method
2) flashed a custom revocery (TWRP in your case)
3) flashed a supersu too!?
To install the OTA means loosing root acces. Thus you have to re-root it after the OTA is done. The other problem ist that STOCK OTAs don't work with a custom recovery. Meaning you would have to flash a stock recovery first, install the OTA second (as long as you didn't change anything an just root), and re-root third.
Let's have a look which stock recovery you would need:
1) reboot to bootloader
2) connect the phone to you PC and open cmd in you adb/fastboot folder
3) enter "fastboot getvar all"
4) paste this information here (but DELETE the IMEI and SERIAL NUMBER before posting!!)
As soon as we know which stock recovery you need we will go on.

esenfur said:
Ive seen quite a fair few ratings for Hasoon2000 and decided to go with it..
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I'm not saying there is anything "wrong" with the toolkit, per se. For the most part, it does what its intended to do.
But it also shortcuts the learning process, and facilitates folks rooting the phone without gaining the proper knowledge. This is a dangerous thing.
This is just my opinion. But I strongly believe it. If you can't accomplish these things without a toolkit, you shouldn't be rooting your phone in the first place.
Others use the toolkits, and love them. They are more than entitled to have their own opinion. But when things go south, the toolkits aren't going to help; and those folks don't have the proper knowledge and they come running here. So you tell me what is the "best" way to root the phone?
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I was being generic when I said .exe- basically the installer..
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I already figured this was probably the case. But I found it better to provide the exact information on what file to delete; rather than leaving it open to the possibility of you and/or others being misinformed.
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Phone is still bugging me to update, lost the root(got a checker).. so whats the correct procedure!?
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Sounds like you still have TWRP installed, so just flash SU or SuperSU to gain root.
After that, you can use Titanium Backup or similar app to find the update process and freeze it, to stop the update notifications.
Don't remember the exact process (this is where searching and reading comes in for you) but its something like "drm..." or "updater".

I have this situation before,what i do is find the right stock recovery and flash..after ota done flash back custom recovery..?

esenfur said:
I am trying to update the phone, root and then some..
What file am I looking for and how do I flash a ROM on a M8
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At this point after seeing this, I would suggest you take some time and start reading. All of your answers are here in the forums. Knowledge is power and within the pages of this site you will find everything you need.
To take the OTA find a stock recovery, to flash ROM's find the one you like and flash via your favorite recovery.

Just got a Pixel 3XL

I just received a Pixel 3XL as a free hand me down and need some assistance. I know it's a couple of years old but still seems to be a solid phone. I basically need to wipe this thing completely clean. The problem is that it's rooted with an unlocked bootloader with TWRP. While that might not be a huge issue it's also on a older Android version 9. I've been reading but I'm not exactly sure where to start in regards to what to do first. I know my share of rooting and flashing ROMs but my knowledge is back with the Nexus and older HTC phones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

rootbox15 said:
I just received a Pixel 3XL as a free hand me down and need some assistance. I know it's a couple of years old but still seems to be a solid phone. I basically need to wipe this thing completely clean. The problem is that it's rooted with an unlocked bootloader with TWRP. While that might not be a huge issue it's also on a older Android version 9. I've been reading but I'm not exactly sure where to start in regards to what to do first. I know my share of rooting and flashing ROMs but my knowledge is back with the Nexus and older HTC phones. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi,
Pretty much everything you need to know is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-root-pixel-3-xl-android-11-r.4160447/
You can go ahead and just flash whatever factory image you want from here, (mostly) just like a Nexus device:
Factory Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices | Google Play services | Google for Developers
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Just use the flash-all script, don't flash one partition at a time...
It will remove root and wipe your phone clean. Root on Pixels doesn't work how it used to back in the Nexux days, as TWRP is not fully supported on 10 or 11 yet.
Just be sure the previous owner Google account has been properly removed before you proceed, otherwise you won't be able to log in with yours: FRP (Factory Reset Protection).
Post in the thread i linked you or here if you need further assistance.
Cheers...
Sébastien.

5.1 said:
Hi,
Pretty much everything you need to know is here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-root-pixel-3-xl-android-11-r.4160447/
You can go ahead and just flash whatever factory image you want from here, (mostly) just like a Nexus device:
Factory Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices | Google Play services | Google for Developers
developers.google.com
Just use the flash-all script, don't flash one partition at a time...
It will remove root and wipe your phone clean. Root on Pixels doesn't work how it used to back in the Nexux days, as TWRP is not fully supported on 10 or 11 yet.
Just be sure the previous owner Google account has been properly removed before you proceed, otherwise you won't be able to log in with yours: FRP (Factory Reset Protection).
Post in the thread i linked you or here if you need further assistance.
Cheers...
Sébastien.
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Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. His account is completely gone and mine is the current one. I basically want to update it but I do want to keep root for a few things. I was mainly concerned since it's on an old version of 9 and I know there were some bootloader changes which is what really had me concerned.

rootbox15 said:
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. His account is completely gone and mine is the current one. I basically want to update it but I do want to keep root for a few things. I was mainly concerned since it's on an old version of 9 and I know there were some bootloader changes which is what really had me concerned.
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Hi,
You said you have read, but don't know where to start... If you state your goal, it would be easier to help you!
Keep root with stock firmware? What Android version?
Cheers,
Sébastien.

5.1 said:
Hi,
You said you have read, but don't know where to start... If you state your goal, it would be easier to help you!
Keep root with stock firmware? What Android version?
Cheers,
Sébastien.
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Good point. I'd like to get updated to the most stable android version and keep root with the ability to flash custom kernels. I've been using this for a bit on 9 and it's definitely showing it's need to be updated. The option to flash ROMs would be nice but definitely not necessary. I'm not opposed to doing a complete wipe but if I could keep my data that would obviously be optimal even though I highly doubt that will be possible. Thanks again for the reply.

rootbox15 said:
Good point. I'd like to get updated to the most stable android version and keep root with the ability to flash custom kernels. I've been using this for a bit on 9 and it's definitely showing it's need to be updated. The option to flash ROMs would be nice but definitely not necessary. I'm not opposed to doing a complete wipe but if I could keep my data that would obviously be optimal even though I highly doubt that will be possible. Thanks again for the reply.
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You should be able to update and save data.
Flash the factory image as mentioned above, however before you run the flash-all bat file edit it with notepad. Near the end of the file remove the -w and save it. Then run the flash all. That will update you and save data.
Then you reroot following one of the rooting guides. Copy boot.img from the factory image to your phone,. Install Magisk Manager and patch the boot.img. Copy that back to your computer and flash it.

TonikJDK said:
You should be able to update and save data.
Flash the factory image as mentioned above, however before you run the flash-all bat file edit it with notepad. Near the end of the file remove the -w and save it. Then run the flash all. That will update you and save data.
Then you reroot following one of the rooting guides. Copy boot.img from the factory image to your phone,. Install Magisk Manager and patch the boot.img. Copy that back to your computer and flash it.
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Thanks for the reply. I read about doing that but just wasn't sure if that would all work properly since the bootloader was unlocked and TWRP was installed. I'm guessing the factory image flash will get rid of TWRP. It also doesn't matter going to say 11 straight from 9? Sorry for all the dumb questions but this is way different than it used to be when I started back with the original Galaxy S, HTC DesireHD, and Nexus 4.

rootbox15 said:
Thanks for the reply. I read about doing that but just wasn't sure if that would all work properly since the bootloader was unlocked and TWRP was installed. I'm guessing the factory image flash will get rid of TWRP. It also doesn't matter going to say 11 straight from 9? Sorry for all the dumb questions but this is way different than it used to be when I started back with the original Galaxy S, HTC DesireHD, and Nexus 4.
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Correct, this flash will remove twrp. You are done with twrp it is not working on pixels 10 and up.
9 to 11 should be fine, there is always a risk upgrading a full version. That risk is not any greater because you are jumping two versions.