Can someone please let me know how to do this. i have search everywhere and no one says anything. they only provide a link but it does not provide step by step nor links to do this. my Gnex is unlocked but not rooted. I would like to go back to stock so that i can update to JB. Thank you in advance.
colomob said:
Can someone please let me know how to do this. i have search everywhere and no one says anything. they only provide a link but it does not provide step by step nor links to do this. my Gnex is unlocked but not rooted. I would like to go back to stock so that i can update to JB. Thank you in advance.
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Well if you're only unlocked, and not rooted, have custom recovery/ROM or anything, you are completely stock. Just unlocked bootloader... OTA has nothing to do with unlocking bootloader. Also root doesn't stop OTAs. Just FYI... Only flashing custom ROM, custom kernel or custom recovery or a change to a system partition stops the OTA.
kyokeun1234 said:
Well if you're only unlocked, and not rooted, have custom recovery/ROM or anything, you are completely stock. Just unlocked bootloader... OTA has nothing to do with unlocking bootloader. Also root doesn't stop OTAs. Just FYI... Only flashing custom ROM, custom kernel or custom recovery or a change to a system partition stops the OTA.
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and thats where my problem comes. i cant find a stock rom. im on a custom rom.
colomob said:
and thats where my problem comes. i cant find a stock rom. im on a custom rom.
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Ohhh ok... But you're not rooted? Strange...
Anyways, here is the link. Whenever efrant tells you to either "fastboot" or "adb", just put ./ in front of it. That's the command for Mac and Linus
kyokeun1234 said:
Ohhh ok... But you're not rooted? Strange...
Anyways, here is the link. Whenever efrant tells you to either "fastboot" or "adb", just put ./ in front of it. That's the command for Mac and Linus
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i found that way but im an idiot i guess. i read it and re read it and i dont understand it.. :/
any way someone can simplify that and post it here?
colomob said:
i found that way but im an idiot i guess. i read it and re read it and i dont understand it.. :/
any way someone can simplify that and post it here?
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what are the parts you dont understand?
that will guide you through flashing an official google factory image. you on gsm? yakju or takju, your choice. cdma? only vzw gnex is supported.
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bk201doesntexist said:
what are the parts you dont understand?
that will guide you through flashing an official google factory image. you on gsm? yakju or takju, your choice. cdma? only vzw gnex is supported.
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Im on sprint..
anyways i believe i have everything that the guide asks to have, including the ADB and fastboot for mac. i downloaded the update that he asks to get. i have boot.img, bootloader.img,radio-cdma.img, radio-lte.img, recovery.img and system.img....
or anyone have the stock Rom i can flash and ether flash the update or get it OTA???
colomob said:
anyways i believe i have everything that the guide asks to have, including the ADB and fastboot for mac. i downloaded the update that he asks to get. i have boot.img, bootloader.img,radio-cdma.img, radio-lte.img, recovery.img and system.img....
or anyone have the stock Rom i can flash and ether flash the update or get it OTA???
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Yes you can use that guide for toroplus (i.e., Sprint) devices as well if you have the images. But since you don't have the userdata image (and therefore you skip that step), you may need to boot CWM and wipe /data and /cache, but only if you experience a bootloop.
So in recovery I have to flash each image? That's the part I don't get.
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colomob said:
So in recovery I have to flash each image? That's the part I don't get.
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You cannot flash image files on any recoveries. You need to do those in fastboot mode using command prompt.
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So in recovery I have to flash each image? That's the part I don't get.
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That's not at all what I said.
Follow the guide. But for the userdata image (which you don't have), boot into recovery and wipe data.
I finally did it!! If anyone needs help let me know. PM me.
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What are the next steps in rooting? Follow the usual using Revolutionary? Install CWM manually?
Would appreciate your help folks!
Thanks
Agreed! With the bootlaoder now unlocked, what are the steps to rooting this beast? Do we still need to downgrade? Please pardon my noobness.
You wouldn't need to downgrade, I do know that. But as far as the rest, Idk. I did mine with revolutionary a while back before the 2.3.4 update, so I've been kicking ever since.
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I would see if you can install superuser from the market.
EDIT: I would also see if you can install CWM and ROM manager. If all those install ok you should be able to load a custom ROM.
HogFan77 said:
Agreed! With the bootlaoder now unlocked, what are the steps to rooting this beast? Do we still need to downgrade? Please pardon my noobness.
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You do not have to downgrade if you unlocked. You should be able to install a new recovery image like Clockwork.
valorian13 said:
I would see if you can install superuser from the market.
EDIT: I would also see if you can install CWM and ROM manager. If all those install ok you should be able to load a custom ROM.
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An unlocked bootloader does not equal root.
iNcorruptible said:
What are the next steps in rooting? Follow the usual using Revolutionary? Install CWM manually?
Would appreciate your help folks!
Thanks
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I am in the same dilema....
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mza929 said:
I am in the same dilema....
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This may point us in the right direction;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821
If I run this, and unlock my incREDible2, what are my next steps to flashing/running some CM7.1 love? TIA
Installed CWM 5.0, superuser and after wiping data/cache and flashing a rom... Stuck at HTC White screen!
Flashed several roms, can't get passed it.
It's frustrating... No idea what to do next. I'm going to try flashing an earlier version of CWM and retry flashing a ROM.
Will update with progress.
iNcorruptible said:
Installed CWM 5.0, superuser and after wiping data/cache and flashing a rom... Stuck at HTC White screen!
Flashed several roms, can't get passed it.
It's frustrating... No idea what to do next. I'm going to try flashing an earlier version of CWM and retry flashing a ROM.
Will update with progress.
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How long are you waiting bro..?
First. You should have not used the htcdev garbage. You should have used revolutionary.
That is all.
Sorry I can't help you. I use a ns4g. And that's all I know about the htcdev unlocker
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Over 30 minutes. Also tried flashing older version of CWM. Did not work. Will try restoring to stock with PG32IMG
Tried flashing back RUU, PB32IMG. Failed. Still stuck at HTC White screen. So much for unlocking the bootloader! No idea what to do next... help!
iNcorruptible said:
Tried flashing back RUU, PB32IMG. Failed. Still stuck at HTC White screen. So much for unlocking the bootloader! No idea what to do next... help!
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When you flash a custom ROM from CWM on an unlocked HBOOT, you then need to manually extract the boot.img from the custom ROM zip file and manually flash it in Fastboot mode using the command
Fastboot flash boot [path to the boot.img file]
This has been documented multiple times in this forum.
tpbklake said:
When you flash a custom ROM from CWM on an unlocked HBOOT, you then need to manually extract the boot.img from the custom ROM zip file and manually flash it in Fastboot mode using the command
Fastboot flash boot [path to the boot.img file]
This has been documented multiple times in this forum.
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thank you, i ran into the same problem....this worked
Appreciated. Tried it, didn't work Any other suggestions?
iNcorruptible said:
Appreciated. Tried it, didn't work Any other suggestions?
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Yes in your case you will need to relock the bootloader in order to flash the RUU/PG32IMG.zip file. You cannot flash a RUU on an unlocked bootloader.
I'm guessing you guys have something other than .98 hboot? I'll find out soon when my wifes replacement comes in but I was not intending to use the HTC unlocker if I didn't have to. I was planning to try the tool attn1 has posted in the dev section unless the hboot changed with the ota.
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CondemnedSoul said:
I'm guessing you guys have something other than .98 hboot? I'll find out soon when my wifes replacement comes in but I was not intending to use the HTC unlocker if I didn't have to. I was planning to try the tool attn1 has posted in the dev section unless the hboot changed with the ota.
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Still at Hboot 0.98!
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Still at Hboot 0.98!
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Good to hear kinda thought it was. I'll be using the method attn1 has posted then. I don't trust the unlock method through HTC for one main reason which is this... Unlocking bootloader and rooting voids warranty as we all know. So what happens when HTC knows your bootloader was unlocked because you used their tool and they have the serial number?
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I had the yakjuxw and flashed it to yakju. I received the past OTA updates just fine, but when I received the message saying there's a new update for my phone, I went ahead and downloaded the 130Mb -140Mb size update and when it asked to restart my phone, it installed maybe a third of the way and the the little android went on his back and "collapsed" and I had to take out the battery to restart my phone. I tried it again and the same thing happened.
What could be wrong? :crying:
Thanks for the help guys.
When you flashed to yakju, did you also flash the proper radio and bootloader?
martonikaj said:
When you flashed to yakju, did you also flash the proper radio and bootloader?
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I don't know, I tried to post the link of the steps I fount on the internet but I couldn't because of the noob limitations.
I need 7 more posts -_-
freduke said:
I don't know, I tried to post the link of the steps I fount on the internet but I couldn't because of the noob limitations.
I need 7 more posts -_-
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In order for the OTA to work properly you have to have stock recovery, radio, bootloader, and system files. You can't have modified anything except an unlocked bootloader.
martonikaj said:
In order for the OTA to work properly you have to have stock recovery, radio, bootloader, and system files. You can't have modified anything except an unlocked bootloader.
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so what you're saying is I have to re flash yakju?
I restore my phone to factory settings first?
I had yakjuxw also, it comes with a different radio. flashing to yakju (or takju) is not enough. you have to flash the radio also. look for efrant's post in how to do it and get it, it's in these forums, that's what I followed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
sorry, just re-read the question, what you describe happened to me when I deleted the recovery folder from the update file. The unmodified file updated fine. But then you have to root and install clockwork recovery again, which is fairly easy too.
Another issue I had prior to that was when I tried to flash the update and I didn't realize that the file didn't finish copying to the phone. check file size it should be around 147mb I think. I hope one of these tips help!
freduke said:
I had the yakjuxw and flashed it to yakju. I received the past OTA updates just fine, but when I received the message saying there's a new update for my phone, I went ahead and downloaded the 130Mb -140Mb size update and when it asked to restart my phone, it installed maybe a third of the way and the the little android went on his back and "collapsed" and I had to take out the battery to restart my phone. I tried it again and the same thing happened.
What could be wrong? :crying:
Thanks for the help guys.
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That is because you do not have the XXLA2 radio installed. The last update did NOT update the radio, so it didn't check to see if you had the XXLA2 radio installed and, hence, did not fail.
I had exactly the same problem, however as everyone is saying; Just flash the xxla2 radio again and the problem is solved!
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Sime3134 said:
I had exactly the same problem, however as everyone is saying; Just flash the xxla2 radio again and the problem is solved!
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my phone isn't rooted by the way, if that makes a difference.
sounds easy, any steps that I could follow?
freduke said:
my phone isn't rooted by the way, if that makes a difference.
sounds easy, any steps that I could follow?
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It doesn't. If you've got an unlocked bootloader, just flash the radio via Fastboot.
martonikaj said:
It doesn't. If you've got an unlocked bootloader, just flash the radio via Fastboot.
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Im in fastboot via CMD in the cd C:\yakju-imm76d-factory-c6e807a1\yakju-imm76d folder... care to tell me what to type to flash the radio?
freduke said:
Im in fastboot via CMD in the cd C:\yakju-imm76d-factory-c6e807a1\yakju-imm76d folder... care to tell me what to type to flash the radio?
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I'm not in front of a PC now, so I don't remember the name of the radio, but the command is:
fastboot flash radio <name-of-radio>.img
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freduke said:
Im in fastboot via CMD in the cd C:\yakju-imm76d-factory-c6e807a1\yakju-imm76d folder... care to tell me what to type to flash the radio?
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Here's a manual guide for flashing from Efrant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Read the guide and follow Section D., Number 7) to flash the radio.
efrant said:
I'm not in front of a PC now, so I don't remember the name of the radio, but the command is:
fastboot flash radio <name-of-radio>.img
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alright awesome, do I have to do anything else or can I start my phone now?
freduke said:
alright awesome, do I have to do anything else or can I start my phone now?
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Start!
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efrant said:
Start!
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AWESOME!!! thanks for helping guys :good::good:
freduke said:
AWESOME!!! thanks for helping guys :good::good:
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no prob.
I could send you a link to the description when I get home in some hours. And no it doesn't matter if your phone is rooted.
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Oh, problem already solved. Didn't notice Well, hope it works now!
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Hi guys I'm trying to get my nexus updated to JB. I am on 4.0.4 rooted using the toolkit. I have flashed stock recovery back to the phone using toolkit. I'm getting the attached error. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
step 1) STOP USING A TOOLKIT!
step 2) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
corkie1 said:
Hi guys I'm trying to get my nexus updated to JB. I am on 4.0.4 rooted using the toolkit. I have flashed stock recovery back to the phone using toolkit. I'm getting the attached error. Any ideas anyone?
Thanks
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Well first of all, I definitely don't recommend you using toolkit. Using it has higher chance of bricking your phone.
It seems like you might have to boot into the clockworkmod recovery and from there, flash the zip. It's faster than the way and also doesn't give you those kind of headache
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Hi guys when I say toolkit its the specific gnex toolkit. I thought this was a well received method for rooting - no?
Are you sure you flashed the right stock recovery for your phone?
Ya definitely flashed right stock recovery. It's very easy using the toolkit.
corkie1 said:
Ya definitely flashed right stock recovery. It's very easy using the toolkit.
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so is fastboot
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img
I've used the toolkits and fastboot on 3 different gnex's and not had problems either way. If you fastboot incorrectly as well it's possible to brick your phone right?
wisniphi said:
I've used the toolkits and fastboot on 3 different gnex's and not had problems either way. If you fastboot incorrectly as well it's possible to brick your phone right?
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well yeah if you fastboot the wrong recovery, but if you typo the command, it errors and wont flash it.
The OTA failed not because of your recovery but because of /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl not being stock or missing.
You can either find that file and push it back and then run the OTA hoping that's the only file you modified.
Or flash the stock JB image following the link Zepius posted in the 2nd post.
I used this thread to help me update to JB when the OTA wasn't showing up for me (I was impatient).
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If you fastboot incorrectly as well it's possible to brick your phone right?
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Nope. Odin yes. Fastboot no.
OP: And as El Daddy said you (or one of your root apps) prob changed something related to your keyboard, so you need to replace that file with the stock one.
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I can't agree more! This is literally the third straight post I've read with an issue that started with 'I'm rooted using X toolkit...'
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El Daddy said:
The OTA failed not because of your recovery but because of /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl not being stock or missing.
You can either find that file and push it back and then run the OTA hoping that's the only file you modified.
Or flash the stock JB image following the link Zepius posted in the 2nd post.
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Hiya - thanks - I browsed to the location and found a generic.kl.bac file - renamed this rebooted and the OTA went through no problems
I started doing the Google framework force stop and clear cache today while on wifi and was prompted after 5 or 6 tries. It downloaded, verified download, rebooted and TRIED to install. About 15% through, it said untrusted zip and cwm screen popped up top and asked 'install untrusted zip?' Of course I hit yes.. why isn't it trusted? Its straight from the carrier. Anyway it immediately said installation aborted. I repeated this process again and got the same results. Please someone help. Now that JB is finally here my phone won't take it???
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Your phone is rooted? If yes you can't install OTA updates
I'm rooted yes. So what do I do? Unroot?
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htc_woe_is_me said:
I started doing the Google framework force stop and clear cache today while on wifi and was prompted after 5 or 6 tries. It downloaded, verified download, rebooted and TRIED to install. About 15% through, it said untrusted zip and cwm screen popped up top and asked 'install untrusted zip?' Of course I hit yes.. why isn't it trusted? Its straight from the carrier. Anyway it immediately said installation aborted. I repeated this process again and got the same results. Please someone help. Now that JB is finally here my phone won't take it???
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If you have CWM flashed, you have to manually flash the update -- it won't install over-the-air. If you want to install it over-the-air, flash back the stock recovery then accept the update.
polimeno said:
Your phone is rooted? If yes you can't install OTA updates
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Not true. Root makes no difference.
efrant said:
If you have CWM flashed, you have to manually flash the update -- it won't install over-the-air. If you want to install it over-the-air, flash back the stock recovery then accept the update.
Not true. Root makes no difference.
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So either way I will lose all my settings, home screens and what not?
I used Galaxy Nexus Toolkit to do all of my rooting, installing CWM and all-- is there a way to accomplish what I need to on there?
efrant said:
If you have CWM flashed, you have to manually flash the update -- it won't install over-the-air. If you want to install it over-the-air, flash back the stock recovery then accept the update.
Not true. Root makes no difference.
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It's exact. But root can only be done if you have bootloader unlocked, and with unlocked bootloader can not install OTA updates
htc_woe_is_me said:
So either way I will lose all my settings, home screens and what not?
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No, updating using an OTA update file will NOT make you lose anything.
htc_woe_is_me said:
I used Galaxy Nexus Toolkit to do all of my rooting, installing CWM and all-- is there a way to accomplish what I need to on there?
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I can't help you out with the toolkit, but have a look at my signature for some useful links on doing things without a toolkit.
efrant said:
No, updating using an OTA update file will NOT make you lose anything.
I can't help you out with the toolkit, but have a look at my signature for some useful links on doing things without a toolkit.
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OK, so the best thing would be to flash the stock recovery? Sorry for all the questions, and I really appreciate all your help. I swear I used to know how to do this crap on my Dinc, but it's been years since I did all that.
htc_woe_is_me said:
OK, so the best thing would be to flash the stock recovery? Sorry for all the questions, and I really appreciate all your help. I swear I used to know how to do this crap on my Dinc, but it's been years since I did all that.
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Go to the Google page with all the images and download the mysid IMM76K image, extract the recovery.img from within, and flash it using fastboot: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
efrant said:
Go to the Google page with all the images and download the mysid IMM76K image, extract the recovery.img from within, and flash it using fastboot: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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OK, I'm trying this now... I downloaded the images from Google.. extracted its contents... found the recovery image file. Do I need to put that file into a zip file?
htc_woe_is_me said:
OK, I'm trying this now... I downloaded the images from Google.. extracted its contents... found the recovery image file. Do I need to put that file into a zip file?
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Gnex Toolkit wasn't working because of some missing file... re-installed it and flashed the stock recovery via Gnex Toolkit (I think). Is there a way to check which recovery is running? Anyway, if it is indeed stock, I just got prompted again for the OTA JB update.. it's installing now.... fingers crossed!!!
..OK so now it rebooted... started installing, got about halfway through.. paused, then it went to the stock recovery screen and stayed with a red triangle around an exclamation point! What is happening here?!
I have now re-locked the bootloader and received the prompt for OTA again....
Still won't work for me. I've tried even flashing the stock image and it won't install at all. Actually nothing is installing.
I've never done anything to the phone besides unlocking the BL and rooting and switching to CWM. It seems to have something to do with the SD mount.. nut then again I have no idea.
Where's all the Android gurus at?
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htc_woe_is_me said:
Still won't work for me. I've tried even flashing the stock image and it won't install at all. Actually nothing is installing.
I've never done anything to the phone besides unlocking the BL and rooting and switching to CWM. It seems to have something to do with the SD mount.. nut then again I have no idea.
Where's all the Android gurus at?
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Follow the instructions in the "update" link in my signature.
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Guys i am having this EXACT problem, except on a S4 (I337M to be exact)
Here is my thread with the details
http://forums.androidcentral.com/as...t-update-ota-failure-using-triangle-away.html
But basically, im just wondering how i can get stock recovery back and get this ota to work!!!
Thanks!
Hey I recently got a glxy nexus, have some questions about rooting and flashing and some problems,
1.the first thing I don't understand is why my phone doesn't update to latest android? Still on 4.2.1, its a nexus ,so I think it should get update since first boot, anybody else have this problem?
2.so the device is not updating, I plan to root and flash it, so I'm doing this, 1. Unlock bootloader via fastboot ,,2. Flash twrp via fastboot , and start flashing roms! (These steps are my mind generated) so tell me , did I miss anything? Do I need to do something else, ? Really appreciate your answers,
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or you can use toolkit, if you are not sure of what u are doing.
razi914 said:
Hey I recently got a glxy nexus, have some questions about rooting and flashing and some problems,
1.the first thing I don't understand is why my phone doesn't update to latest android? Still on 4.2.1, its a nexus ,so I think it should get update since first boot, anybody else have this problem?
2.so the device is not updating, I plan to root and flash it, so I'm doing this, 1. Unlock bootloader via fastboot ,,2. Flash twrp via fastboot , and start flashing roms! (These steps are my mind generated) so tell me , did I miss anything? Do I need to do something else, ? Really appreciate your answers,
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1- it will not update (or take a lot longer to) unless you're running yakju/takju.
2- perfect, you did your homework.
a manta wrote this.
beekay201 said:
1- it will not update (or take a lot longer to) unless you're running yakju/takju.
2- perfect, you did your homework.
a manta wrote this.
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hey just curious , is flashing a kernel the same way as rom? i mean do we have to flash boot.img via fastboot? and what is download mode? i heard it is used to flash stock roms on samsung devices , does it do the same on a galaxy nexus ?
razi914 said:
hey just curious , is flashing a kernel the same way as rom? i mean do we have to flash boot.img via fastboot? and what is download mode? i heard it is used to flash stock roms on samsung devices , does it do the same on a galaxy nexus ?
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kernels are normally packaged into recovery flashable zips. some include all they need inside a boot.img, some don't. if all they need is boot.img, then yes, 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' would be the correct command.
download mode is indeed the interface by which normally Samsung devices interact with a computer. It's far more easier to get an updated factory image in "fastboot format" than in Odin package files, in part because, if you're running yakju or takju, Google takes care of the software, and that's why fastboot should always have higher priority than Odin.
But yes, download mode is one more option.
Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
Ok, one more thing , that one thing which is scaring me , what is this omap44 thing going on? I read somewhere that galaxy nexus bricked after installing cm,, or while charging,, is this thing has anything to do with unlocking bootloader or flashing roms?
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razi914 said:
Ok, one more thing , that one thing which is scaring me , what is this omap44 thing going on? I read somewhere that galaxy nexus bricked after installing cm,, or while charging,, is this thing has anything to do with unlocking bootloader or flashing roms?
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who knows.. maybe, maybe not.
beekay201 said:
who knows.. maybe, maybe not.
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ok , just tell me,, what are the basics to avoid bricking gnex?! i had a htc desire s before , which was not very easy to brick,bcoz i knew the basics,,but im a newbie here,
razi914 said:
ok , just tell me,, what are the basics to avoid bricking gnex?! i had a htc desire s before , which was not very easy to brick,bcoz i knew the basics,,but im a newbie here,
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don't operate the device while on low battery, put it to charge, don't let it shutdown by itself;
flash stuff for your own variant (variants: maguro, toro, toroplus) i.e. try to stick with your own variant's dev subforum, although kernels should be compatible across all variants;
give priority to fastboot, it seems you're no stranger to the tool, you have way more "freedom" with the Nexus's fastboot than with HTC's (which also uses it, I believe?);
keep platform-tools (bundled with android-sdk or in a separate package) up-to-date; current version is R17
read the thread i linked you to, you'll also want to read up on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895