Hello, I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, but atleast I didn't find a complete answer to my question.
I unlocked my bootloader some time ago, and I flashed a new Image, a stock 4.2 maguro image, but the problem is that I forgot to root the new image, i've been using my phone for some time now, and I wanted to root the phone, but is there a way to root the phone without wiping all the data and settings?
Braien
is your bootloader still unlocked?
if so, just flash or boot into a custom recovery and then flash the supersu.zip package. this will not wipe your data.
Zepius said:
is your bootloader still unlocked?
if so, just flash or boot into a custom recovery and then flash the supersu.zip package. this will not wipe your data.
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Should be unlocked, but how can I be sure of that?
And how can I enter the custom recovery, I can't remember.
braien334 said:
Should be unlocked, but how can I be sure of that?
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2 ways,
when you reboot your phone, do you see a little unlocked lock?
other way: boot into fastboot mode and the lock status will say "UNLOCKED"
braien334 said:
Should be unlocked, but how can I be sure of that?
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During the boot, the padlock in the lower half is open if the device is unlocked .
Okay, it's unlocked, but how to enter the recovery mode?
If I press volume up+down and power, and I select recovery, it just says no command.
Is there some tutorial for rooting like this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
follow the section after unlocking your device.
I used Nexus toolkit, but I guess it works the same, but is automatic.
But thanks anyways:good:
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Is it possible to manually update to 4.04 without installing a custom recovery? I downloaded the file, named it update.zip, put it in the root and rebooted holding down volume +/- and power. I chose to go into recovery and it just presented me with the red triangle with an exclamation point. Is there no stock recovery on these?
The problem you'll run into is that in order to update, the update needs to be in the cache folder, which you cant access without root.
im in same boat... tried this but got nowhere
http://www.androidauthority.com/ver...id-4-0-4-update-unofficially-available-50690/
williamthegoat said:
The problem you'll run into is that in order to update, the update needs to be in the cache folder, which you cant access without root.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22182181&postcount=1
You can use the toolkit I guess to run a temporary copy of cwm. You might need to have the boot loader unlocked. Be careful if you are tempted to unlock your boot loader. It will wipe the phone of everything including your photos.
bunklung said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22182181&postcount=1
You can use the toolkit I guess to run a temporary copy of cwm. You might need to have the boot loader unlocked. Be careful if you are tempted to unlock your boot loader. It will wipe the phone of everything including your photos.
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Will applying the 4.0.4 update relock your bootloader? I know you will have to reroot.
It did not relock my bootloader.
I only had to reroot.
I just ran into a problem when rooting. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed clockworkmod for GSM and then pulled the battery to reboot but it didn't wipe the phone so I'm not sure what to do. I have a 4.0.4 IMM761
a5pe4 said:
I just ran into a problem when rooting. I unlocked the bootloader and flashed clockworkmod for GSM and then pulled the battery to reboot but it didn't wipe the phone so I'm not sure what to do. I have a 4.0.4 IMM761
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Why did you pull battery? Did you unlock and flash cwm manually?
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The tutorial I'm watching said to. I am unlocking manually. So I figured out that once the phone reboots the recovery seems to be erased. I am able to flash the recovery and then immediately go into it but if I power off the recovery won't work and I end up with a dead android with a red triangle above it. I want to flash superuser also but I think I will still have this recovery issue if I am not mistaken?
a5pe4 said:
The tutorial I'm watching said to. I am unlocking manually. So I figured out that once the phone reboots the recovery seems to be erased. I am able to flash the recovery and then immediately go into it but if I power off the recovery won't work and I end up with a dead android with a red triangle above it. I want to flash superuser also but I think I will still have this recovery issue if I am not mistaken?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25902280#post25902280´
checkout this post from efrant for an updated su.zip: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26356773#post26356773
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25902280#post25902280´
checkout this post from efrant for an updated su.zip: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26356773#post26356773
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I got impatient and ended up just flashing the recovery, superuser, and the AOKP ROM all in one go. Works for now! Hope my recovery is still there when I reboot tho...
Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
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Hi, after attempting to flash a custom ROM to my phone I'm experiencing a big problem, the phone will not boot past the HTC screen. This is obviously very frustrating as the phone is pretty much rendered useless.
I am able to get into the HBOOT menu by holding the Power button and Volume Down and from there am able to select Recovery and enter the ClockWork Mod recovery screens. As you can tell I'm a 100% noob and I really just want to revert my phone to a working state. My network is Vodafone UK. I can't find an RUU above version 3.13 which is apparently what I have (so it tries updating 3.13 to 3.13 and obviously fails).
Any help on getting my phone to work again would be very very appreciated, thanks.
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Download a ROM onto your computer, connect to your phone in recovery, mount the sdcard, move the ROM from your computer onto your phone's sdcard, and flash from recovery. No need for RUU.
Dont forget to wipe.
wipe data/factory reset and format all partitions (except sd card) from recovery.
Go to bananagranolas link in her signature, you'll find everything you need there.
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
VBQ24 said:
Thanks a lot for your help! I was attempting to flash the JellyTime ROM which I understand must have failed to result in my phone not booting properly. Should I flash a stock ROM or will any ROM suffice?
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As long as you are S-OFF and have a custom recovery (CMW or 4EXT) you are able to flash any custom rom you like. Just make sure that you make a full wipe before the flashing (wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, format system or in 4ext recovery just choose format all partitions except sdcard).
That should leave you up and running again.
Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
EDIT: Upon trying to flash the JellyTime AKOP Rom I get a message saying install from SD card complete but it's still stuck at the HTC screen...
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Okay great!
I used the HTCDev tools to unlock my boot loader which I understand is different to S-OFF? Could that be while the ROM flashing failed originally?
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If you have an unlocked bootloder, then you have to flash the rom (previous full wipe of course) then reboot bootloader (from advanced options in CWM) and then in fastboot (you should see fastboot usb in red in the phone when plugged to the pc) you have to flash the boot.img inside the rom zip folder.
Extract that file only (not the whole rom) and from a cmd session or terminal as root (located where the boot.img file is) type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Once that is done (you will get OKAY. finished near the bottom) you can reboot normally by typing in cmd fastboot reboot or choosing reboot from hboot.
My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
VBQ24 said:
My bootloader now says RELOCKED, how can I unlock it again? (I'm really sorry about this)
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Use the token HTC sent you when u unlocked it. and typing in cmd the fastboot unlock command.
Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
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Okay done that, thanks a lot!
I'm now looking in the advanced options of CWM, I can see the option "Reboot Recovery" but no "Reboot Bootloader"?
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then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
glevitan said:
then just turn the phone off (power off option) and then boot with power + volume down
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Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
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Okay, I wiped all partitions, installed JellyTime AOKP, restarted, went into fastboot, extracted/flash boot file and the rebooted phone.
The phone will now progress from the HTC screen but is now stuck on a black screen, Windows tried to install drivers but failed....
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Was the boot.img file flashed successfully?
Yes it said so...
EDIT: Not sure if this is an issue with the ROM of if I'm doing something wrong? I went to the "mounts and storage" section of CWM and clicked all the format options accept sdcard. I then installed ROM, went into fastboot and flashed boot.img, it said OKAY twice then finished. Still stuck at black, backlit screen after HTC screen. ROM is JellyTime by randomblame.
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Yes it said so...
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that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
glevitan said:
that is weird. Try flashing a different rom then and see what happens. flash the boot image first and then the the rom in recovery.
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I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
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I've just tried flashing the boot image first and then installing JellyTime AOKP, same black screen. Maybe I should try a Gingerbread ROM? That's the Operating system I had before, is there a known working ROM?
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Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
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Sorry, have You checked the md5sum of the file? Maybe You have a bad download...if that it Is ok, then try flashing a totally different rom and see what happens.
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No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
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No I haven't checked the md5sum of the file, how should I go about doing that?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fab.md5
EDIT: well, don't I feel stupid. I knew full well from reading that your phone wasn't working, but posted a link to an app. Just not paying attention. Sorry about that.
VBQ24,
You can go back to stock by flashing a stock RUU from your PC.
(Edit: You should relock your bootloader first. you can do so from Hboot. There's an option that says relock bootloader or something like that)
The version of the RUU should be equal or greater to the version that came with your phone. Try this v3.13
However, if you want to flash a custom ROM:
You need to downgrade your device first, get s-off and root, then flash a custom ROM
You need to use the Advanced Ace Hack Kit (AAHK), get it from here.
Make sure to read the manual (called 'effin manual) word by word. There are instructions on how to downgrade.
Follow the instructions, and if you have any questions, ask here.
Today i did something very silly and used the Asus Flash tool to flash what i thought was the correct raw image for my ZE551ML (to try and re-lock the bootloader), it turned out that I in fact flashed the ZE550ML raw file by mistake !!! Upside is that the only difference i saw was the change in screen resolution and no harm seems to have been done to my phone.
I have now found a ZE551ML raw file and flashed that to my device and it seems to have worked and re-locked the bootloader.
The boot screen is now black again, but is there any other way to test or find out if it is indeed re-locked?
Try to flash TWRP
Kona67 said:
Try to flash TWRP
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Installed temporarily, should i get an error or should it refuse to flash?
shake1963 said:
Installed temporarily, should i get an error or should it refuse to flash?
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any custom recovery can not be flashed if bootloader is lock.
recovery was installed means bootloader is unlocked.
rajlko said:
any custom recovery can not be flashed if bootloader is lock.
recovery was installed means bootloader is unlocked.
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But he said it was temporary... I assume he means it went back to stock after the second reboot?
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But he said it was temporary... I assume he means it went back to stock after the second reboot?
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Yes, back to stock after second boot...
rajlko said:
any custom recovery can not be flashed if bootloader is lock.
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You can run a tethered TWRP without unlocking.
shake1963 said:
Yes, back to stock after second boot...
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That was likely the "tethered" recovery then. Try the untethered, but of course skip the part where you unlock the bootloader. In short:
reboot into bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
reboot into recovery (press volume down twice until "Reboot recovery" shows up, then press power button)
If that boots into TWRP I suppose the bootloader is still unlocked. It may not be the easiest, but it should give you an answer.
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You can run a tethered TWRP without unlocking.
That was likely the "tethered" recovery then. Try the untethered, but of course skip the part where you unlock the bootloader. In short:
reboot into bootloader
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
reboot into recovery (press volume down twice until "Reboot recovery" shows up, then press power button)
If that boots into TWRP I suppose the bootloader is still unlocked. It may not be the easiest, but it should give you an answer.
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Seems bootloader is still unlocked.... TWRP untethered stuck so back to the drawing board lol..
I would love to know what the process for unlocking does when the terminal commands are processed. I have a spare ZF2 with a broken screen that I can experiment with so no great loss if I trash it...
Any recommendations for reading... or do I need to maybe learn a bit of code?
I saw a method on here somewhere where a couple of files are flashed from the ifwi.zip file found in stock rom (I think that is a method used in another zenfone variant .... The 5 or 4.) which re locks the bootloader.
Doesn't work on the ZF2 though....
Hello there, I have a huge problem with my "ex" rooted Robin, you see, I'm completely new to this rooting thing and that was my biggest mistake since I factory reseted my Robin and now when i check my root status it says that I dont have root, now this is where it gets worse, my power button is smashed, which means that I can't use it, when i want to boot my phone I just press both Volume Up and Down buttons and I can boot my phone with no problems, now i want to root it again but I dont know how without a power button
Any help on that?
Taisec said:
Hello there, I have a huge problem with my "ex" rooted Robin, you see, I'm completely new to this rooting thing and that was my biggest mistake since I factory reseted my Robin and now when i check my root status it says that I dont have root, now this is where it gets worse, my power button is smashed, which means that I can't use it, when i want to boot my phone I just press both Volume Up and Down buttons and I can boot my phone with no problems, now i want to root it again but I dont know how without a power button
Any help on that?
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By factory reset you mean using the stock images from the Razer forums? In that case you'd need to unlock your bootloader again and install a custom recovery again as well. After which you should be able to boot into recovery using adb
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Flash the SuperSU zip or magisk zip from there and you have root once more.
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By factory reset you mean using the stock images from the Razer forums? In that case you'd need to unlock your bootloader again and install a custom recovery again as well. After which you should be able to boot into recovery using adb
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adb reboot recovery
Flash the SuperSU zip or magisk zip from there and you have root once more.
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Eh, no, not from the Razer Forums, I mean the factory reset you see in the settings of the phone
Taisec said:
Eh, no, not from the Razer Forums, I mean the factory reset you see in the settings of the phone
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So that means you still have TWRP installed and an unlocked bootloader. Getting root should then be a simple matter of rebooting to recovery and flashing the SuperSU zip. Use
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adb reboot recovery
to reboot to recovery since you have no power button.
It doesn't go on recovery mode, it goes to the fast boot mode,
And then just restarts the phone btw, I have the SuperSU zip on my device, I can see it on my files.
EDIT: Nvm, one lucky day, my phone booted into TWRP (Idk how that happened) and I could Install the SuperSU Zip like you told me, Thanks!!!! It's rooted again.