Ta backup - Sony Xperia S, Acro S, Ion

My last post may have been a little long winded, so I'll keep this one short. Has anyone here successfully used the ta backup and restore function in flashtool? And is it similar to a nandroid? I've searched everywhere for info on this, but it's a fairly new feature.
Thanks

What about an adB restore. Does that work like a nandroid?

split2th said:
What about an adB restore. Does that work like a nandroid?
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Any specific reason, you don't want to use the Backup & Restore feature of CWM Recovery?

ganeshbiyer said:
Any specific reason, you don't want to use the Backup & Restore feature of CWM Recovery?
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My bootloader is not unlockable. Hopefully it will be soon.
Edit: Reading the cwm thread, doesn't say anything about needing an unlocked bootloader. However there are a ton of people saying it is not very stable. In the mean time I'd like to modify the remove bloatware script on here in case i need to restore from ftf.

split2th said:
My bootloader is not unlockable. Hopefully it will be soon.
Edit: Reading the cwm thread, doesn't say anything about needing an unlocked bootloader. However there are a ton of people saying it is not very stable. In the mean time I'd like to modify the remove bloatware script on here in case i need to restore from ftf.
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Right ... rooting and flashing cwm does not require unlocked boot loader.

split2th said:
My bootloader is not unlockable. Hopefully it will be soon.
Edit: Reading the cwm thread, doesn't say anything about needing an unlocked bootloader. However there are a ton of people saying it is not very stable. In the mean time I'd like to modify the remove bloatware script on here in case i need to restore from ftf.
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CWM v4 is stable. I use it often with no problems.

jeriku said:
CWM v4 is stable. I use it often with no problems.
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Will a pc companion or flash tool ftf remove it? Cause then I have no reason not to test it.

Flashing stock ftf does I'm sure repair in companion will
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split2th said:
Will a pc companion or flash tool ftf remove it? Cause then I have no reason not to test it.
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Yes, flashing with a full wipe will return it to factory, CWM, initd and root will be gone.

jeriku said:
Yes, flashing with a full wipe will return it to factory, CWM, initd and root will be gone.
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Cool. Does it matter what rooting method I used?

split2th said:
Cool. Does it matter what rooting method I used?
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No. You'll just have to start from scratch if you end up doing that.

jeriku said:
No. You'll just have to start from scratch if you end up doing that.
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Thanks. Will give it a go.

CWM flashed. No issues. Clear cache, dalvik, fix permisions, did nandroid. All seem to work.
Thanks again.

split2th said:
CWM flashed. No issues. Clear cache, dalvik, fix permisions, did nandroid. All seem to work.
Thanks again.
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Excellent.

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[Q] Wildfire S Stock Rom?

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Well , i can make you a flashable one from CWM , EU version ... if you want with root and busybox i can add them to the Queue too
Dolphin, i believe this is what you are looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485345
seaskyways said:
Well , i can make you a flashable one from CWM , EU version ... if you want with root and busybox i can add them to the Queue too
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Well I would not care if I didn't have root. that's kinda what I'm trying to do; unroot. But keeping root would be nice
What would the difference between a European stock rom and a Bell Canada stock rom? I look forward to the stock rom. Thanks
Mobile Telephone said:
Dolphin, i believe this is what you are looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485345
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I have already tried that..but I guess I'll try it one more time.
Dolphin2 said:
I have already tried that..but I guess I'll try it one more time.
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Are you having some sort of issue with the flashing?
Mobile Telephone said:
Are you having some sort of issue with the flashing?
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I don't think so. I flash it and I turn my device back on and it's the same. And I supposed to keep all the files laying out on the desktop? And I'm supposed to wipe all my data right?
Dolphin2 said:
I don't think so. I flash it and I turn my device back on and it's the same. And I supposed to keep all the files laying out on the desktop? And I'm supposed to wipe all my data right?
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In order to avoid potential Force crashes amongst other issues it's generally advised to wipe via clockworkmod.
Well for a proper link to it, we'll need to know more like is your Wildfire S GSM or CDMA?
xJavontax said:
Well for a proper link to it, we'll need to know more like is your Wildfire S GSM or CDMA?
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What is GSM & CDMA? It says HBOOT
Mobile Telephone said:
In order to avoid potential Force crashes amongst other issues it's generally advised to wipe via clockworkmod.
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I will try the recovery and let you know if it works
Mobile Telephone said:
In order to avoid potential Force crashes amongst other issues it's generally advised to wipe via clockworkmod.
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I managed to recover it but I not longer have root . And a lot of things are different from the Bell Stock rom. So I'm doing something else now. thanks though
Q
If you have lost root, there is a tutorial very easy to follow on how root your phone just look in the android development section
Flash "root.zip" located in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195275 This should hopefully resolve your issue of losing root.
Actually i see no differences between EU and others other than the languages ... and why not flashing any RUU ?
lman131 said:
If you have lost root, there is a tutorial very easy to follow on how root your phone just look in the android development section
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Thanks. I rooted my phone again. The rom isn't the same as the stock bell one, but I guess it's good enough. My Wildfire S is VERY slow though. I have tried many things to make it faster
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Actually i see no differences between EU and others other than the languages ... and why not flashing any RUU ?
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Flashing an RUU from my phone or computer?
E: Invalid command argument
I folllowed the same steps but its again and again booting into recovery!
its booting into recovery even if i install other rom from sd card!
tried it with and without sd card! still same result
hope you help me out with this!
regards.

Help - Softbricked Phone

Phone will not fully boot after flashing a rom, and not being able to restore my nandroidbackup any help?
T3hBraveBoss said:
Phone will not fully boot after flashing a rom, and not being able to restore my nandroidbackup any help?
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Can you get into download mode?
T3hBraveBoss said:
Phone will not fully boot after flashing a rom, and not being able to restore my nandroidbackup any help?
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When I did this, I had to ODIN the stock .tar file back on to fix it. I could still get into download mode, but not CWM
Go here and get ODIN(if you don't already have it)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722686
Go here for your stock ROM(I hope you remember which you were on)
EDIT - you're on a Canadian model, not sure if the stock file is the same as the AT&T version but if it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737848
When I did it, all my apps and everything was still there, but I had to redo the root and reinstall CWM again.
nest75068 said:
When I did this, I had to ODIN the stock .tar file back on to fix it. I could still get into download mode, but not CWM
Go here and get ODIN(if you don't already have it)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722686
Go here for your stock ROM(I hope you remember which you were on)
EDIT - you're on BELL
When I did it, all my apps and everything was still there, but I had to redo the root and reinstall CWM again.
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I can go into clockworkmod recovery, and when I attemped to restore from my back up it fails
T3hBraveBoss said:
I can go into clockworkmod recovery, and when I attemped to restore from my back up it fails
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The only thing I can assume is you have a bad backup. I would recommend starting over then
nest75068 said:
The only thing I can assume is you have a bad backup. I would recommend starting over then
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I think its becuase when I flashed the rom the kernel changed
so what do I do at this moment
T3hBraveBoss said:
I think its becuase when I flashed the rom the kernel changed
so what do I do at this moment
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Go back to stock, find your stock .tar firmware and install through ODIN
nest75068 said:
Go back to stock, find your stock .tar firmware and install through ODIN
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like the same file i used to root my phone?
T3hBraveBoss said:
like the same file i used to root my phone?
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No, the firmware straight from Samsung, the original firmware that the phone shipped with.
nest75068 said:
No, the firmware straight from Samsung, the original firmware that the phone shipped with.
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can you link me towards it
T3hBraveBoss said:
can you link me towards it
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You should be able to find it on samsung-updates. Here is a link.
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747M
T3hBraveBoss said:
can you link me towards it
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Wht is your model #?
See what happens when you multi task at work while trying to read post on XDA hahaha, just realized you can't go to settings.
Look under the battery at your model #. I feel like a tool just now.
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Wht is your model #?
See what happens when you multi task at work while trying to read post on XDA hahaha, just realized you can't go to settings.
Look under the battery at your model #. I feel like a tool just now.
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I found it, I am downloading the stock rom for i747m
this would be the proper guide per say
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
T3hBraveBoss said:
I found it, I am downloading the stock rom for i747m
this would be the proper guide per say
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
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:good:
Yep those are the steps
nest75068 said:
:good:
Yep those are the steps
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yeah, i fixed everything restored with my nandroid backup. not flashing roms anymore... I dont think its worth the trouble
T3hBraveBoss said:
yeah, i fixed everything restored with my nandroid backup. not flashing roms anymore... I dont think its worth the trouble
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I just switched over from iOS and found the guides on here were easy to follow and didn't have any issues . Getting the right downloads is probably the key
And what do you mean by "Phone will not fully boot after flashing a rom" How far does it go when booting and what happens?
Just boot screen doesn't fully boot
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T3hBraveBoss said:
yeah, i fixed everything restored with my nandroid backup. not flashing roms anymore... I dont think its worth the trouble
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It is worth the trouble if...
A. You know what you are doing.
B. You read and research.
C. You know how to recover in the event something goes wrong.
Flashing isn't for everyone. Even if you follow directions things can still go wrong in rare situations. That's just the nature of flashing.
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[Q] complete unlock process

honesly I havent rooted or unlocked my bootloader yet, i dont really have a sense of urgency. at least not till aosp roms drop.
my question is, now that the boot loader has been cracked. we should expect an untethered recovery right?
also, from what i undrstand. i have to root first, then boot loader unlock, then i can flash the tethered recovery, right?
When you root and unlock the bootloader using the methods in the dev threads it will put in CWM.
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So I root. Unlock boot loader. N cwm is installed like magic?!
Is it the tethered version
sheek360 said:
So I root. Unlock boot loader. N cwm is installed like magic?!
Is it the tethered version
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I honestly have no idea what tethered version is, I am assuming you can only get into it by plugging your phone in and running some type of cmd? If so, then its untethered cause I can use it anywhere.
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I honestly have no idea what tethered version is, I am assuming you can only get into it by plugging your phone in and running some type of cmd? If so, then its untethered cause I can use it anywhere.
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Can you wipe, back up, etc? Exactly how did recovery wind up on your device? I'm confused.
sheek360 said:
Can you wipe, back up, etc? Exactly how did recovery wind up on your device? I'm confused.
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The Freegee bootloader unlock process installs it for you. You can wipe, mount, flash.... it gave me an error when I tried to back up but i'm pretty sure that can be done too.
Rocket_Science said:
The Freegee bootloader unlock process installs it for you. You can wipe, mount, flash.... it gave me an error when I tried to back up but i'm pretty sure that can be done too.
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Gotcha. Thnx
Rocket_Science said:
The Freegee bootloader unlock process installs it for you. You can wipe, mount, flash.... it gave me an error when I tried to back up but i'm pretty sure that can be done too.
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What he said ^
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You have to backup up to internal sd card or something like that, it's a few lines down from the normal backup.
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[Q] [Help!] Stuck on sony logo and cannot boot into CWM

I couldn't find any threads that are helpful to me.. so i had to post a new one.
I have a Xperia arc with lock bootloader. I flashed the lt18i 4.1.B.0.587 one day and installed Xperia Ultimate HD. I decided to go back to stock rom because UHD didn't have the features I expected.. so i flashed the lt18i ftf again via flashtool.i rooted it and installed CWM. Everything works fine.
Then i tried to restore a backup that was made before i flashed lt18i firmware.( my phone was on lt15i 0.587 stock rom at that time)
I tried to restore it on LT18i firmware to have more free space and it actually succeeded. But when i reboot it to homescreen it's just keep saying "keypad force close". i thought it was because the backup was based on lt15i firmware and it's not compatible with 18i firmware...
so i flashed lt15i .587 firmware but i exclude system because i still wanted to have 420MB space and i thought i should do it in this way ( i didn't know if it works or not) unfortunately, i was wrong and the phone stuck on sony logo.
the story hasn't ended. I flashed the LT15i .587 firmware again and this time the phone booted successfully. I rooted and install CWM as i did before.. i rebooted my phone and when sony logo appeared i kept on pressing volume down key but it couldn't get into CWM and was stuck on sony logo.I had to pull out the battery . After that i booted my phone again without trying to get into CWM and it succeeded. So basically everything works fine except stuck on sony logo when i try to boot in CWM.
I need CWM for installing good mods and backup and all kinds of stuff but i couldn't work it out and couldn't find a thread about it. I don't wanna unlock bootloader as well. Please help !!
p.s sorry for bad English and the story seems too long and a bit confusing... i just wanna make it more detailed...
Dude, at the aame time youre flashing kernel. Thats the issue. Just flash lt18 ftf and stick with it. It should work fine. Dont revert back to a lt15 backup, because of kernel incompability.
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TheHaso said:
Dude, at the aame time youre flashing kernel. Thats the issue. Just flash lt18 ftf and stick with it. It should work fine. Dont revert back to a lt15 backup, because of kernel incompability.
actually i did that. I flashed the LT18i ftf again and rooted it and installed CWM as usual. But it didn't work..
Still thx for replying.
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danielozh said:
TheHaso said:
Dude, at the aame time youre flashing kernel. Thats the issue. Just flash lt18 ftf and stick with it. It should work fine. Dont revert back to a lt15 backup, because of kernel incompability.
actually i did that. I flashed the LT18i ftf again and rooted it and installed CWM as usual. But it didn't work..
Still thx for replying.
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Buddy no offense, may I know what prob you are currently facing? I could help you out, but am findin the post confusing
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danielozh said:
TheHaso said:
Dude, at the aame time youre flashing kernel. Thats the issue. Just flash lt18 ftf and stick with it. It should work fine. Dont revert back to a lt15 backup, because of kernel incompability.
actually i did that. I flashed the LT18i ftf again and rooted it and installed CWM as usual. But it didn't work..
Still thx for replying.
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Restore phone using Sony Update Service and install XParts.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
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gire.prasad said:
danielozh said:
Buddy no offense, may I know what prob you are currently facing? I could help you out, but am findin the post confusing
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i can't boot into CWM. when i try to get into CWM, it just stuck on sony logo forever. If i dont try to boot into CWM, then everything works fine.
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danielozh said:
Restore phone using Sony Update Service and install XParts.
僕のLT18iから送られてきた
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I don't really think I know how to use SUS and i tried it but it just says no software update. And x-part doesn't work on my phone..i don't why.
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popthosegaskets said:
I don't really think I know how to use SUS and i tried it but it just says no software update. And x-part doesn't work on my phone..i don't why.
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Usually they will ask you if you still want to restore your phone after that,
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popthosegaskets said:
danielozh said:
Usually they will ask you if you still want to restore your phone after that,
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still doesn't work...
can someone please help..?
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danielozh said:
popthosegaskets said:
still doesn't work...
can someone please help..?
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Your only option is Flashtool if SUS does not work...
Flash the ftf file again, wipe everything and tick the "no final verification" checkbox.
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popthosegaskets said:
danielozh said:
Your only option is Flashtool if SUS does not work...
Flash the ftf file again, wipe everything and tick the "no final verification" checkbox.
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Yes i did use flashtool and wipe everything and tick the checkbox. I rooted my phone and install CWM as i did before. It used to work but now it doesn't.
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danielozh said:
popthosegaskets said:
Yes i did use flashtool and wipe everything and tick the checkbox. I rooted my phone and install CWM as i did before. It used to work but now it doesn't.
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I have the same problem. Have you come up with a solution?
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magnifisa said:
danielozh said:
I have the same problem. Have you come up with a solution?
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No.... BTW,how did you get this problem?
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Please..I need help... cheers
danielozh said:
Please..I need help... cheers
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This is really a strange problem indeed! I had the same issue on LB! But mine dint go to CWM and booted directly into device! I tried all sorts of solutions but in vain! At last, I just flashed entirely from the beginning.
1. FTF (Format everything)
2. Root
3. Recovery
And everything is still fine after that!
Whatever you encounter when flashing custom Rom or mods
Go to flashtool and flash back the stock firmware and root and install again .
It always effective
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rt235130 said:
Whatever you encounter when flashing custom Rom or mods
Go to flashtool and flash back the stock firmware and root and install again .
It always effective
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That's exactly what i've done.
I flash the LT18i 4.1.B.0.587 ftf( entire rom) and rooted my phone with E-root, install CWM with cmd... and it works fine if i don't try to boot into CWM. But if i press the volume down button repeatedly when sony logo appears, blue light turns on...the screen gets brighter, and then blue light disappears, and just stuck on it.
rt235130 said:
Whatever you encounter when flashing custom Rom or mods
Go to flashtool and flash back the stock firmware and root and install again .
It always effective
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Well i did. but doesn't work.
danielozh said:
That's exactly what i've done.
I flash the LT18i 4.1.B.0.587 ftf( entire rom) and rooted my phone with E-root, install CWM with cmd... and it works fine if i don't try to boot into CWM. But if i press the volume down button repeatedly when sony logo appears, blue light turns on...the screen gets brighter, and then blue light disappears, and just stuck on it.
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Why don't you root or install cwm via any other available methods?
gire.prasad said:
Why don't you root or install cwm via any other available methods?
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i did. x-part didn't work. recoveryx didn't.
About root, i tried to use the method which downgrade the kernel first and then upgrade it later. It worked. But still no CWM.

Will I be able to apply/receive software updates when root enabled?

Will I be able to apply/receive software updates when root enabled? I am worried that I won't be able to apply google updates once root enable, is this an issue? Is there a workaround?
Thanks!
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geocine said:
Will I be able to apply/receive software updates when root enabled? I am worried that I won't be able to apply google updates once root enable, is this an issue? Is there a workaround?
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If you install the simple fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44597339#post44597339
You can install future OTAs successfully and keep root.
geocine said:
Will I be able to apply/receive software updates when root enabled? I am worried that I won't be able to apply google updates once root enable, is this an issue? Is there a workaround?
Thanks!
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Just rooting doesn't prevent updates. You just lose root and have to reapply after update.
Custom recovery means you probably need to download the update file and apply it via the recovery instead of the automatic updater.
Changing or removing system files will almost definitely prevent updates being applied.
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gbroon said:
Just rooting doesn't prevent updates. You just lose root and have to reapply after update.
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Actually I was surprised also, but SuperSU does prevent the OTA from completing successfully.
Read the referenced link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44597339#post44597339
I JUST did this. I had TWRP and rooted. I has 15J. Booted my nandroid. Downloaded the 15Q update, restarted to install. TWRP caught the stock image and flashed it.
Then I booted into 15Q. I lost root and TWRP. Flashed over TWRP through fastboot and rooted.
No issues.
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player911 said:
I JUST did this. I had TWRP and rooted. I has 15J. Booted my nandroid. Downloaded the 15Q update, restarted to install. TWRP caught the stock image and flashed it.
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Are you rooted using SuperSU, what version, and can I examine the zip file.
Thanks guys, actually I haven't rooted this device yet. Because I am still reading on stuff here on xda how to do it the right way and the links you posted
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sfhub said:
If you install the simple fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44597339#post44597339
You can install future OTAs successfully and keep root.
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hi sfhub, do I need to do
fastboot oem unlock
before doing
fastboot boot twrp.img ?
I've been rooted since day one and gotten ota updates fine.
I use twrp and just make sure to flash supersu each time and call it good. Not a single problem on my end.
Even still if you bork it just flash factory image. It's pretty simple to get out of a pinch. But rooting and ota should work fine as long as you keep stock image. Just reflash supersu each time and you're good to go.
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geocine said:
hi sfhub, do I need to do
fastboot oem unlock
before doing
fastboot boot twrp.img ?
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If you aren't already unlocked then, yes.
Most people will already be unlocked though if they are rooted.
fastboot oem unlock process will force a factory reset for security purposes so backup anything important.
sfhub said:
If you aren't already unlocked then, yes.
Most people will already be unlocked though if they are rooted.
fastboot oem unlock process will force a factory reset for security purposes so backup anything important.
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I haven't rooted my device yet , I am on all stock. Does 'fastboot boot' just loads the twrp image and not flash it?
How will I be able to backup stuff, are there any other options aside from titanium backup that requires root .
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geocine said:
I haven't rooted my device yet , I am on all stock. Does 'fastboot boot' just loads the twrp image and not flash it?
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Yes.
geocine said:
How will I be able to backup stuff, are there any other options aside from titanium backup that requires root .
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There are some backup apps that don't need root, but probably need to restore.
You can also try adb backup, but it may not backup 100% of your stuff.
I'm not the best person to ask on the backup as I always unlock before I do most of the software installs just so I can avoid losing customizations later on.
sfhub said:
Yes.
There are some backup apps that don't need root, but probably need to restore.
You can also try adb backup, but it may not backup 100% of your stuff.
I'm not the best person to ask on the backup as I always unlock before I do most of the software installs just so I can avoid losing customizations later on.
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Thanks, I am currently backing up using adb., a non 100% backup is better than no backup at all. I hate redoing things.
sfhub said:
Yes.
There are some backup apps that don't need root, but probably need to restore.
You can also try adb backup, but it may not backup 100% of your stuff.
I'm not the best person to ask on the backup as I always unlock before I do most of the software installs just so I can avoid losing customizations later on.
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While we are it, I just want to ask if it is also possible to bring back the bootloader to a locked state. thanks.
geocine said:
While we are it, I just want to ask if it is also possible to bring back the bootloader to a locked state. thanks.
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Yes, very simple, just type
fastboot oem lock
I would advise against doing so unless you plan to return the unit though, as if you ever need to do stuff to your system (even factory restore) then you'd need to unlock again, which would factory reset again.
sfhub said:
If you install the simple fix here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44597339#post44597339
You can install future OTAs successfully and keep root.
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Here is a post from sfhub
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geocine said:
Here is a post from sfhub
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BTW the author of SuperSU recently implemented the change I made so starting in v1.55 the separate fix is no longer necessary.
sfhub said:
BTW the author of SuperSU recently implemented the change I made so starting in v1.55 the separate fix is no longer necessary.
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The 1.55 update doesn't appear to want to install properly for me from Google Play. Is this an issue of having the OTA fix installed?
Nevermind...i guess i needed to reboot...but, this does beg the question, is there anything related to the OTA fix that needs to be "uninstalled" in general?
The Holocron said:
Nevermind...i guess i needed to reboot...but, this does beg the question, is there anything related to the OTA fix that needs to be "uninstalled" in general?
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No, there is nothing to uninstall. It is very clean.
sfhub said:
BTW the author of SuperSU recently implemented the change I made so starting in v1.55 the separate fix is no longer necessary.
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Is there anything I should do if I already have your fix installed?
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