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Will I loose warranty if I unlock bootloader?

I used Galaxy Nexus toolkit 7.8 to flash my phone to Jellybean and went exactly as this tutorial said. Now is there any way to flash to back to normal? I don't want loose my GNex warranty. Please help

Yes
But you can relock the boot loader if you want your warranty back
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pived said:
I used Galaxy Nexus toolkit 7.8 to flash my phone to Jellybean and went exactly as this tutorial said. Now is there any way to flash to back to normal? I don't want loose my GNex warranty. Please help
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Of course you can flash back to stock and lock your device.

I recommend you learn fastboot and adb, it will make your life easier should things so south.
Use this to go back ti stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
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I actually don't think you'll lose warranty... My device (Vodafone locked, from Portugal) was sold with the bootloader unlocked.. And so did the Nexus of 2 friends of mine..
Worst case scenario, you can just lock it back again if you need to.
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Here's some good advice for you if you are planning on going back to stock or doing ANYTHING else for that matter. If at some point you "brick" your phone (it wont go past Google or wont go past boot) DO NOT call or take your phone to your phone carrier for help. This forum is AMAZING for the information you need to help you with any problem. They say it is almost impossible to brick a Nexus and for the most part, they're right. Just be sure you study study study before you go into your phone. I jumped right in learning as I went and it has cost me quite a bit of dough in new phones. TIP: Putting your phone in the microwave may have wiped the hard drive on older devices but on the Galaxy Nexus.......no. Nuke will just cook it, dont do it. Speaking from experience here.
So, I just flashed the ParanoidAndroid ROM last night with NO issues. It was easy, smooth and I felt like the man when I was done. It was all because this time around I did my reading.
Good Luck to you!
Welcome to the Galaxy Nexus family!

Mach3.2 said:
I recommend you learn fastboot and adb, it will make your life easier should things so south.
Use this to go back ti stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
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This this this this this!

Try this too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30232850
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S-off root

Could someone link me to an easy s-off root. It's not for me, I'm rooting a friends phone. I have a evo lte and an evo shift and I know how to root. I'm just lazy and don't want to spend 10000 hours with his phone hooked up to computer. And please don't troll me with the "use your search" never works for me. Just a link is all I ask. Thank you in advance!
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You can't S-OFF the One X
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thronnos said:
Could someone link me to an easy s-off root. It's not for me, I'm rooting a friends phone. I have a evo lte and an evo shift and I know how to root. I'm just lazy and don't want to spend 10000 hours with his phone hooked up to computer. And please don't troll me with the "use your search" never works for me. Just a link is all I ask. Thank you in advance!
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trollolol.....
please go back outside and play with your legos...

EddyOS said:
You can't S-OFF the One X
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Thank you for the quick response! I very much appreciate it.
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tmaniac said:
trollolol.....
please go back outside and play with your legos...
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And as for you, I'm unsure if that last bit is a sig or you being a jerk. But if so you can royally go F*** yourself. Cheers.
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thronnos said:
And as for you, I'm unsure if that last bit is a sig or you being a jerk. But if so you can royally go F*** yourself. Cheers.
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learn some manners m8...(and how to use the search function :fingers-crossed: )

thronnos said:
And as for you, I'm unsure if that last bit is a sig or you being a jerk. But if so you can royally go F*** yourself. Cheers.
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u probs got more chance of sprouting elvis outta ur backside than easy s-off lol!!!!:silly:

Get a life people! Its not the end of the world when someone asks a question. Just politely answer or move on. Or is this your world?

You people surprise me.
To answer the questions... as there may be some terminology mix up here.
S-Off: Not yet
Root: Yes after HTC-Dev unlock. No exploit to avoid using HTC-Dev.

I earned 3/4 of my thanks helping people with either Epic, Epic Touch, NS4G, or GNex and I am scared as hell to unlock and root my One X. I paid someone $25 to link to my laptop with TeamViewer and handle it for me on my EVO LTE. I may do the same again if someone is down. Everything is so different.
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It isn't that bad. It is pretty much impossible to brick this thing since we have S-On yet and people aren't running around flashing bootloaders on low battery and other stuff.
All it is literally is getting the oem token from fastboot, pasting it into the htc dev website, then flashing the bin file they give you. It does format /data (factory reset) on the device once you accept the agreement that shows on the device but you are then unlocked. All you have to do then is flash cwm and install supersu/superuser zip.
If you need additional help, feel free to PM me. I am drinking tonight so I may not reply immediately just an fyi .

[Q] kinda lost

ok so first of all im sry if this has been posted elsewhere but ive been looking and cannot find anything. secondly im not sure if this is the right spot but im still gonna post it right here.
now onto the question, basically i had an inspire 4g rooted with ICS which i loved but recently moved to verizon, got a nexus n everything back on the phone except my game data which i backed up on inspire using "my backup". obviously it wont work without me rooting my nexus. im trying to not root this phone unless i truly have to since i dont see the point in it right now since it already has everything i want from the getgo. but basically wat options do i have for getting the data to work on the nexus? i unzipped the backups n everything n am kinda at a lost at wat i can do.

Not much you can do without SU permissions (root). You could try pulling the files you want to copy from Android/Data then pasting them in the same directory on your Nexus. There isn't much value in having a Nexus if you aren't going to root it though. That's just my opinion.

063_XOBX said:
Not much you can do without SU permissions (root). You could try pulling the files you want to copy from Android/Data then pasting them in the same directory on your Nexus. There isn't much value in having a Nexus if you aren't going to root it though. That's just my opinion.
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Yea I was kinda figuring that with the whole permissions but I was hoping there was a work around for it n I did what u suggested n it actually worked so I'm good now. Thx for the advise n about the rooting I had a friend do his n it didn't seem like he gained much besides basically what we were talking about n such. So if u could tell me all of the benefits then I may reconsider doing it ASAP lol

brucebruce said:
Yea I was kinda figuring that with the whole permissions but I was hoping there was a work around for it n I did what u suggested n it actually worked so I'm good now. Thx for the advise n about the rooting I had a friend do his n it didn't seem like he gained much besides basically what we were talking about n such. So if u could tell me all of the benefits then I may reconsider doing it ASAP lol
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I'm not going to sell you on the idea, I have nothing to gain from it whether you do or don't. You are a member of these forums, if you don't see anything that interests you then don't root.

brucebruce said:
Yea I was kinda figuring that with the whole permissions but I was hoping there was a work around for it n I did what u suggested n it actually worked so I'm good now. Thx for the advise n about the rooting I had a friend do his n it didn't seem like he gained much besides basically what we were talking about n such. So if u could tell me all of the benefits then I may reconsider doing it ASAP lol
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Just because you root it doesn't mean you have to flash a custom ROM, you can leave it bone stock and just restore your game data...
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I'm decfently not asking to b sold on the idea. I just have no idea as to wat I gain by doing it on the nexus. I knew that with my inspire I could put ICS on it with no problem n make it tweak it for better performance n get full customization out of it along with the recovery options. I

Well off the top of my head there's:
SetCPU
Modifying Color Multipliers
Root Permissions
Assorted Mods etc.
That's just without changing the ROM.

brucebruce said:
I'm decfently not asking to b sold on the idea. I just have no idea as to wat I gain by doing it on the nexus. I knew that with my inspire I could put ICS on it with no problem n make it tweak it for better performance n get full customization out of it along with the recovery options. I
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You can gain quite a bit without even flashing a custom ROM as mentioned above, but some of the Gnex ROMs have insane customisation options...
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You got a nexus, and your not going to root it
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levi-17 said:
You got a nexus, and your not going to root it
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Rooting and unlocking takes up a lot of your free time. Makes your phone act stupid when you least expect it.
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Soldier-2Point0 said:
Rooting and unlocking takes up a lot of your free time. Makes your phone act stupid when you least expect it.
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Rooting and unlocking = 15 minutes if you read everything. 30 if you are seriously slow.
Your phone is only as smart as the person using it, if something goes wrong its almost certainly something YOU did. Don't try to blame your experiences on the rooting and unlocking process.

Soldier-2Point0 said:
Rooting and unlocking takes up a lot of your free time. Makes your phone act stupid when you least expect it.
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I really hope this post is sarcastic...

063_XOBX said:
Rooting and unlocking = 15 minutes if you read everything. 30 if you are seriously slow.
Your phone is only as smart as the person using it, if something goes wrong its almost certainly something YOU did. Don't try to blame your experiences on the rooting and unlocking process.
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OMG, you really took what I typed LITERALLY. What I meant by "takes up a lot of your time" is all the flashing, troubleshooting, etc. Geez
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Soldier-2Point0 said:
OMG, you really took what I typed LITERALLY. What I meant by "takes up a lot of your time" is all the flashing, troubleshooting, etc. Geez
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flashing takes seconds, no need to be flash addict..
troubleshooting? sounds like you flash crappy roms. I have no woes/troubles here.

I haven't seen the reason to root yet but I do plan on it in the future when I get bored n want more. I just didn't see the benefits since I like how ICS n jelly bean n feel but thx for all the info guys. It helped a lot

Just wanted to drop this:
"With great power, comes great responsability."
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15 min if you read everything...
063_XOBX said:
Rooting and unlocking = 15 minutes if you read everything. 30 if you are seriously slow.
Your phone is only as smart as the person using it, if something goes wrong its almost certainly something YOU did. Don't try to blame your experiences on the rooting and unlocking process.
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While I respect your answer as being correct: I had a rough time and I tried so hard to read everything, starting with efrant's educational post and all the guides, basics, tips and tricks, etc. By the end of the day I had 12 different tabs open trying to figure out what I had done wrong. It seemed so simple, and yet somehow I ended up having to factory reset, go back to stock and start over, and THEN it took 20 minutes. It was a good learning experience, but frustrating. Turned out it would have taken 20 minutes to begin with, except in all that reading I somehow missed that after you root, the Gnex reboots and you have to wait a while, go through set-up and turn USB debugging back on. I suppose my mistake was not reading through all the guide post replies after the official "guide" post--lesson learned. I took my licks, I suppose. Total n00b, coming into this with basically no knowledge.
Though I really can echo your assertion that it's something "you" did--the unlocking and rooting process is pretty simple. It was my mistake, for sure.

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GSIII will not turn on

I just rooted and installed the JellyBomb rom for the GS3 for a friend. They didn't like the rom, so I remembered that there was a GS3 version of Android Revolution HD. I flashed the phone and hit reboot in TWRP and now nothing. I realized just now that the roms are different for the carriers but I possibly installed a rom for a different carrier. Nonetheless, the phone still isn't doing anything. It won't power on. I get no screen. Nothing. Is it completely bricked? How can I at least get back to Download mode for Odin?

MrAutomatic said:
I just rooted and installed the JellyBomb rom for the GS3 for a friend. They didn't like the rom, so I remembered that there was a GS3 version of Android Revolution HD. I flashed the phone and hit reboot in TWRP and now nothing. I realized just now that the roms are different for the carriers but I possibly installed a rom for a different carrier. Nonetheless, the phone still isn't doing anything. It won't power on. I get no screen. Nothing. Is it completely bricked? How can I at least get back to Download mode for Odin?
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Good friend. You bricked his phone. Way to not read.

The Root said:
Good friend. You bricked his phone. Way to not read.
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That's all you have to say? Can I unbrick the phone?

MrAutomatic said:
That's all you have to say? Can I unbrick the phone?
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Nope, probably should have done some more research before breaking someone else's phone for them. Hope you got a good job cuz I'd make you buy a brand new one
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Nope, probably should have done some more research before breaking someone else's phone for them. Hope you got a good job cuz I'd make you buy a brand new one
I like to break stuff!
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Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.

It's bricked if it was an international version Rom. There's usually nothing you can do. Hopefully your friend can take it back to store say it was doing update and it never came back on. I hope he's a good friend. You can't get back into download mode at all because the partitions are different and your download and recovery are no longer in existence.
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edfunkycold said:
It's bricked if it was an international version Rom. There's usually nothing you can do. Hopefully your friend can take it back to store say it was doing update and it never came back on. I hope he's a good friend. You can't get back into download mode at all because the partitions are different and your download and recovery are no longer in existence.
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Thank you for giving me a real explanation and not just running your mouth. She works for the carrier so she won't have an issue getting the phone replaced. I just hate inconveniencing them. It's just ridiculous that everything went smooth up until that point. What I don't understand is why the phone won't even power back on, at all, but oh well. She says they can have another to her within a day.

MrAutomatic said:
Thank you for giving me a real explanation and not just running your mouth. She works for the carrier so she won't have an issue getting the phone replaced. I just hate inconveniencing them. It's just ridiculous that everything went smooth up until that point. What I don't understand is why the phone won't even power back on, at all, but oh well. She says they can have another to her within a day.
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here ill explain on the International S3 their Kernel partition is stored where on the US variant our bootloader is stored. So when you flash a international rom it wipes your bootloader because thats where the kernel goes on the international

This same thread will come up in about five hours. I will insult that person too. Learn what you're doing. I'm tired of these threads and they won't ban people who do this. I don't think you should be doing custom stuff to phones if you know this little. Is that more clear?

evo4gnoob said:
here ill explain on the International S3 their Kernel partition is stored where on the US variant our bootloader is stored. So when you flash a international rom it wipes your bootloader because thats where the kernel goes on the international
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This will prevent it from even powering on or getting into Download mode? Sheesh.

MrAutomatic said:
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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I get that those replies probably werent the most soothing, but all of this could have been avoided and replying like that does not help you resolve you problem.
Now I dont know who you are or how much you looked into it, but next time make sure you stick to the development sections of the phone you're trying to flash
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MrAutomatic said:
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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No problemo! Happy to help
I like to break stuff!

MrAutomatic said:
Thanks for your words of encouragement. It's nice to know there are still jack-asses around when you are in a tight spot to criticize your mistake.
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Hey, I'm not trying to be a jackass. Maybe I am, but you have to imagine the frustration of people like myself who read for months before even trying to root a phone. You have to understand what you're doing with your device and especially a friend's. Every phone that goes back and was exchanged because a of a "bad OTA" helped create the excuse for an off-contract $500 Samsung Epic to become a $600-$700 Samasung Galaxy S3. I have never bricked a device. I tested Triangle Away for the first time on this phone for Chainfire and tested countless leaked kernels for Agat on the Epic Touch. My devices are fine because i knew what I was doing. This is why you should read.

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This will prevent it from even powering on or getting into Download mode? Sheesh.
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Yes since the partitions are different so let's say its supposed to format cache then on the US variant it will format something else. So the System doesn't get installed and the wrong things get formatted. You'd think you could just go back to boot loader but its wiped since the partition was different
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evo4gnoob said:
Yes since the partitions are different so let's say its supposed to format cache then on the US variant it will format something else. So the System doesn't get installed and the wrong things get formatted. You'd think you could just go back to boot loader but its wiped since the partition was different
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For a little comparison, go install linux beside windoze on a separate partition using wubi, then delete the linux install and see if your computer will boot up. Oh no it won't boot because windows can no longer find the MBR (Master Boot Record, which is a PC bootloader) Just like borking the bootloader on a mobile device means that the device no more worky.
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
For a little comparison, go install linux beside windoze on a separate partition using wubi, then delete the linux install and see if your computer will boot up. Oh no it won't boot because windows can no longer find the MBR (Master Boot Record, which is a PC bootloader) Just like borking the bootloader on a mobile device means that the device no more worky.
I like to break stuff!
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Ah. Hahaha. Good memories
I did this exact thing on my first linux install. Yay for recovery disks lol
Second time around I made sure I chainloaded into windows first and wrote the vista MBR. :good:
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CNexus said:
Ah. Hahaha. Good memories
I did this exact thing on my first linux install. Yay for recovery disks lol
Second time around I made sure I chainloaded into windows first and wrote the vista MBR. :good:
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I keep a rescatux disk taped to the bottom of my laptops for just such emergencies. I can't tell you how many times I've decided to upgrade or change my linux distro and hosed the MBR. Even done it a few times when the install was "successful" and linux would boot fine but windoze was MIA :banghead: only problem with a mobile device is once the bootloaders blown there's no rescue disk equivalent for the home user. Sometimes jtag can fix it but not if it doesnt come on at all
I like to break stuff!

Lol..... You did almost the same mistake I managed to do (Was my first time EVER rooting and flashing a rom). Just call sprint an play dumb. You might have to pay a fee but that's all you can really do at this point. After that mistake, I always stay in the Sprint GS3 forum along with researching all my roms, add ons, along with themes that I flash beforehand and reading the reviews on them.

Not to defend anyone but everyone was a newbie at one point but I do agree with if your not sure ask questions and read before flashing
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The root is blunt but speaks the truth. If you read. You would have seen that there are threads of people who have bricked their phone. So if you would have searched you would have seen what to do. Sheesh there's even a sticky to remind you not to flash international ROMs on the US variants.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2156714
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Sell GN - 4.3 unrooted or 4.4 with root?

What do you think?
And what would be a fair price for each? (Heavily used but in flawless condition since it's been protected in a case and screen protector since Day 1.)

Paul22000 said:
What do you think?
And what would be a fair price for each? (Heavily used but in flawless condition since it's been protected in a case and screen protector since Day 1.)
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I should put 4.4 with root on it, and when somebody shows interest for your gnex, ask them what they want and tell him/her what consequences are. I have really no idea on price, but I'm sure it will give you at least 15 euros more money than if you sell it with 4.3.

4.3, unless you want to wait for a really stable 4.4 release. You might get an idiot buyer who files a claim that the phone is "broken" from an unstable 4.4.
If you're planning to sell via CL though, just give the buyer the option of messaging you which version he prefers

harveydent said:
4.3, unless you want to wait for a really stable 4.4 release. You might get an idiot buyer who files a claim that the phone is "broken" from an unstable 4.4.
If you're planning to sell via CL though, just give the buyer the option of messaging you which version he prefers
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That's true. I guess the issue then is, would it be possible to unroot and downgrade 4.4, or will that take *another* few weeks/months for someone to figure out how to do?

to keep things official, i am going to sell mine with stock 4.3, unrooted.

Paul22000 said:
That's true. I guess the issue then is, would it be possible to unroot and downgrade 4.4, or will that take *another* few weeks/months for someone to figure out how to do?
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To unroot/downgrade, simply flash the factory 4.3 from the stickied thread

harveydent said:
To unroot/downgrade, simply flash the factory 4.3 from the stickied thread
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Interesting, thank you. I figured unrooting would be a more complex process and separate from the downgrade.

Paul22000 said:
Interesting, thank you. I figured unrooting would be a more complex process and separate from the downgrade.
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It's actually very straight forward, from fastboot just type in the following line to unroot your device after placing the stock firmware on it and bootloader:
fastboot oem lock

lethallunatic said:
It's actually very straight forward, from fastboot just type in the following line to unroot your device after placing the stock firmware on it and bootloader:
fastboot oem lock
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Ah yes, that's what I thought. It couldn't have been as simple as flashing the stock ROM.
I just don't want to prevent someone else from receiving an OTA if Google ever releases a bug fix or something, and then cursing me for having sold a phone that can't update.

lethallunatic said:
It's actually very straight forward, from fastboot just type in the following line to unroot your device after placing the stock firmware on it and bootloader:
fastboot oem lock
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Bootloader lock state have nothing to do with root.
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All you do is flash factory images and relock bootloader to get it back to 100% stock

Paul22000 said:
What do you think?
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There will be no 4.4 für GNex, so the question is stupid.

billyx1 said:
There will be no 4.4 für GNex, so the question is stupid.
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there already is 4.4 for gnex, only buggy, but still your argument is invalid...
for op's question, if I were to sell my gnex now, I'd rather put it in totally stock condition without any whistles, to avoid complains from the buyer...

When I bought mine used I wanted it completely stock so I could learn how to unlock and root the right way as my previous phone had locked boot loader. Due to him shipping as soon as he got off work it was still modded. I had to learn how to reverse it but did manage to get it back to stock. I think most would like it stock for one you can make sure everything works knowing that a bug in aftermarket ROM is not an issue
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At this point leave it on 4.3.
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I will flash the stock factory image using the flash-all.sh...relock bootloader and i will sell it to.get a nexus5 as soon as possible

Leave it at 4.3, if a user wants to root they can. This is not an HTC where a user might want buy a rooted phone to save them the hassle. When selling on eBay I often time give the buyer the option.
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Also 4.4 way too buggy to sell. If I was a non tech guy I would be pissed to get a phone that with an alpha os
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