Hello guys .. i have samsung galaxy nexus . Stock handset. Never been rooted
I want to root my nexus for first time so i have some confusions in my mind which i want to clarify so that rooting goes smooth
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Question : rooting erased all the prvious data and apps. I have heard there are some apps which bakup the game and software as well as the other mobile content. Please suggest Some good backup app
Question: i have 4.1.1 currently on device. Does it mean after root only 4.1.1 roms will work on my handset
Welcome to the Nexus club
Here are the answers to your question;
Data Wipe:
Rooting erases all the previous data and apps? NO. The process of rooting only provides you with root access. (But dont be so happy yet )
As I see, you have a stock Nexus. So before Rooting, you have to do a process called Unlocking. And Unlocking wipes EVERYTHING.
Once rooted and unlocked, when you flash switch ROM's you have to do a clean flash. This removes Apps. But preserves app data and sdcard contents.
Backup:
For backup of data, I'd recommend go for individual apps. The below are my personal favorites for backups:
For app backup, use ES File explorer (It only backs up free app, and no data backup)
For SMS and log backup, use SMS Backup & Restore and Call Logs Backup & Restore by Ritesh Sahu
Contacts and calendar and mails will anyways be synced with google account.
Do all the backups and copy these contents to your PC and then proceed with the Unlocking and Rooting.
Once Rooted, you can use Titanium Backup or ROM Toolbox for data and app backup.
Android Version
i have 4.1.1 currently on device. Does it mean after root only 4.1.1 roms will work on my handset. NO
When I bought my GNex, i was on 4.1.1 too. Currently I am on 4,2.2 ROM's
Hope this helps.
All the best.
Regards,
Neeraj
OP its spelled curious. English is crazy like that
Bloods thicker than water
namtombout said:
OP its spelled curious. English is crazy like that
Bloods thicker than water
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/queries
Was a play on words like don't start acting like queeries in here
Bloods thicker than water
Thanks for the reply.
I have recently updated to 4.1.1 OTA and notices the battery of my mobile phone is draining quite quickly.
I am thinking to root the device and update it to 4.2.2 (i think its latest available).
Is it possible ? Where to find software to update ?
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arslan_sweeto1 said:
Thanks for the reply.
I have recently updated to 4.1.1 OTA and notices the battery of my mobile phone is draining quite quickly.
I am thinking to root the device and update it to 4.2.2 (i think its latest available).
Is it possible ? Where to find software to update ?
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it is very much possible. u r on maguro/toro/toroplus?
How to chek that if im on moguro or anything else.
arslan_sweeto1 said:
How to chek that if im on moguro or anything else.
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What county are you in?
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It is maguro device
arslan_sweeto1 said:
It is maguro device
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here's the link of the stock 4.2.2 ROM for maguro
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#takjujdq39
Once i have downloaded the rom
I have to unlock bootloader, root the device and then flash 4.2.2 on the device. Is it right ?
And when i will flash custom roms on device it will replace the stock 4.2.2 ?
far streona
arslan_sweeto1 said:
Once i have downloaded the rom
I have to unlock bootloader, root the device and then flash 4.2.2 on the device. Is it right ?
And when i will flash custom roms on device it will replace the stock 4.2.2 ?
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yes & yes...
(& u don't have to root your device to flash this ROM)
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I dnt have to root my device to update it to 4.2.2 ?
How to do that? Can u refer me some tutorial for that.
The only way i knew was to root the device and then update it.
arslan_sweeto1 said:
I dnt have to root my device to update it to 4.2.2 ?
How to do that? Can u refer me some tutorial for that.
The only way i knew was to root the device and then update it.
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follow this one...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20494965&postcount=1
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if i flash with any custom rom, will it overwrite the 4.1.1 and is there possibility that it will solve my battery drqain problem ?
arslan_sweeto1 said:
if i flash with any custom rom, will it overwrite the 4.1.1 and is there possibility that it will solve my battery drqain problem ?
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yes, it will overwrite.
the battery life is more related to Kernel than ROM; so to get good battery life it would be better to flash a good kernel...
I have seen different tutorials for updating galaxy nexus to 4.2.2. It says something like this
"In order to do the update your device needs to be running build JOP40D"
But when i saw my settings in the mobile, my built number appears to be
JRO03C.I9250JPLH2
Now whats the point here .. ?
how to update the device in this situation
fastboot flash system nameofsystemimage.img
fastboot flash boot nameofbootimage.img
quite simple actually
the question here is that the build number of my device donot agree as given according to pre requistes of the process as per tutorials ..
Related
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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?
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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?
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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
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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
seaskyways said:
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.
This is official stock image build backed up cwm recovery fastboot flash. just unrar then drag folder to your backup folder inside your clockworkmod folder on your phone then open rom manager then click restore,then your back to stock,or just go into recovery and select restore ,if you use or dl it plz click the thx button ,it is not rooted nothing added or taken away , pure STOCK,,,,4.0.4 IMM76D ,,XXLA2,,,,, http://www.mediafire.com/file/ca2ixixe5wqr5dm/2012-03-30.16.49.54.rar
Do you have to be on 4.0.2 to do that? or you can be on any custom rom and then just restore with that??
iPathik said:
Do you have to be on 4.0.2 to do that? or you can be on any custom rom and then just restore with that??
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doesnt matter, its a backup......which are images of your recovery and boot. System, cache and data images also.
So yeah doesnt matter.
Hmm, this could be just what I need, can I just download this directly onto my phone? And what app do I need to unrar please.?
marvi0 said:
Hmm, this could be just what I need, can I just download this directly onto my phone? And what app do I need to unrar please.?
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yes u can androzip from market will unrar it
sloppy1 said:
yes u can androzip from market will unrar it
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Cheers buddy trying it now will feedback. So basically after this i just have to use toolkit again to root right? So will this wipe?
marvi0 said:
Cheers buddy trying it now will feedback. So basically after this i just have to use toolkit again to root right? So will this wipe?
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id still do a full wipe to be safe and you will need to root it if you want to
I'm going to give this a try also. What kernal is in this?
Just to confirm, this has been the easiest way to flash for me, many thanks buddy.
marvi0 said:
Just to confirm, this has been the easiest way to flash for me, many thanks buddy.
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im glad it helped you
jcsww said:
I'm going to give this a try also. What kernal is in this?
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3.0.8-g034fec9
What radio should i use to 4.0.4 roms?
daff__ said:
What radio should i use to 4.0.4 roms?
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Arh good question, am coming from galaxy s2, so not sure, did you check in the dev thread? Am sure that's were the info is am going to check as well.
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What radio should i use to 4.0.4 roms?
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The stock radio is not that bad, i see no diffirence between the new radio and that of kk6
this is not for Nexus or S2?
and this is will wipe all thing? and go to orginal one?
and this is for GSM or LTE?
Is it possible to flash this over Stock rooted 4.0.2 without user data wipe?
great
firstly thanks and all that - very happy
and please dont flame me but im amazed there are folk who dont know what RAR is , i cant imagine how you can get to the point where you feel the desire to root a phone but somehow havent heard the term unrar !!
again im not having a dig its just an observation, may be im just too old and rar is a format some folk have never come across
heres to WINRAR and other extracting tools LOL
Like the other user stated, this has also been the easiest upgrade for me. Went straight from 4.0.1 to 4.0.4. Used the Nexus Toolkit to restore root, Clockwork, etc. I have tried flashing to 4.0.4 on two other occasions with other ROMs and had the odd issue. Thanks!
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Is it possible to flash this over Stock rooted 4.0.2 without user data wipe?
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back up your 4.0.2 first and try you can always reflash
Thanks You.
Optimal option for to flash Stock ROM, and for rollback with the Custom ROM.
I bought myself a Nexus 4.
Now i'm trying to move everything from my current Desire HD.
Data like pics , music and so i'll just do manually trough pc , contacts i exported to SD and then imported them in Google , apps go trough play store and for text i'll use an sms backup app.
The problem is app data and settings.
There are some backup apps that can do it but they either require root or abdroid 4.0 and up.
My DHD is stock and unrooted , so my question , is there another option , way around it , very easy root method or whatever lets me backup the app data and settings ?
You need root and titanium backup.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda premium
Is there an easy way to root ? (doesn't need to be permanent i guess)
If you tell us which version of android you have we can advise you better...
Before rooting, Maybe you could try using "js backup" it's supposed to be able to backup without root, but, I've never not been rooted while using it, so can't be sure how good it is.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda app-developers app
Deuces73 said:
My DHD is stock and unrooted
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ranger4740 said:
If you tell us which version of android you have we can advise you better...
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So it's 2.3.5
Deuces73 said:
So it's 2.3.5
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Just FYI, "stock and unrooted" is not necessarily 2.3.5.
bananagranola said:
Just FYI, "stock and unrooted" is not necessarily 2.3.5.
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Yeah , my bad
(just assumed it was , as in stock has latest update)
Came across Carbon App Sync and Backup while googling solutions.
It is the predecessor of Helium and it should work for GB to (helium requires 4.0 or up).
Found the apk for it but can't open it on my phone , it says " prblom with pasing the package " , what does that mean ?
Deuces73 said:
Yeah , my bad
(just assumed it was , as in stock has latest update)
Came across Carbon App Sync and Backup while googling solutions.
It is the predecessor of Helium and it should work for GB to (helium requires 4.0 or up).
Found the apk for it but can't open it on my phone , it says " prblom with pasing the package " , what does that mean ?
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As far as I know, Carbon/Helium has always been 4.0 and up?
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As far as I know, Carbon/Helium has always been 4.0 and up?
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Googled some more and it appears that way indeed , bummer ...
Seems like rooting is the only way , so can someone point me out the easiest way to do that ?
Deuces73 said:
Googled some more and it appears that way indeed , bummer ...
Seems like rooting is the only way , so can someone point me out the easiest way to do that ?
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Ace Think Tank in my signature.
Deuces73 said:
Googled some more and it appears that way indeed , bummer ...
Seems like rooting is the only way , so can someone point me out the easiest way to do that ?
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My backup pro does backup without root. I have never used it so, I can really know how it works but I know that works without root access.
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My backup pro does backup without root. I have never used it so, I can really know how it works but I know that works without root access.
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Yeah , but this is what i found in the play store :
Gebruikers met root toegang kunnen zowel APK+Data als Market links back-uppen
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Users with root access can backup APK+Data and market links
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So i would think that it won't backup app data+settings without root ?
(if it was a free app i obviously would have tried it already)
Edit : it even says literraly :
NOTE: Data/setting of applications can only be supported if you have a rooted phone, or if the application integrates with us.
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Have you tried JS BACKUP to see if that works on nonrooted phone?
Edit: just realised you can "unroot" phone in superSU temporarily, tried it myself it backs up, but FC trying to restore, so it must need root too :thumbdown:
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bananagranola said:
Ace Think Tank in my signature.
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Was looking into that but read this :
UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER WILL FACTORY RESET THE DEVICE AND YOU WILL LOSE DATA
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So i'm f ' ed either way ?
Root = loose data
Unrooted = no way to backup ...
I thought that only happens when you run a RUU. Can someone confirm?
I can confirm, bootlader will factory reset the device.
Sent from my REVOlutionary DHD!
thanks don't hurt ya know?
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So no way to get my app data to my new phone ?
No one that has a soluton for me ?
glevitan said:
My backup pro does backup without root. I have never used it so, I can really know how it works but I know that works without root access.
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I use my backup pro. Its way simpler than titanium backup, and there is a free version but I paid for the pro. My backup will nack everything up for you but if your not rooted then it isnt able to access the app data so cant back it up. I dont think you will be able to find a solution without rooting. When I rooted I used the AAHK which is no longer available on xda as the dev fell fell out of love with them but can be found through google.
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I use my backup pro. Its way simpler than titanium backup, and there is a free version but I paid for the pro. My backup will nack everything up for you but if your not rooted then it isnt able to access the app data so cant back it up. I dont think you will be able to find a solution without rooting. When I rooted I used the AAHK which is no longer available on xda as the dev fell fell out of love with them but can be found through google.
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But like stated before , rooting will factory reset my phone wich means my app data is last anyway ...
Hi, does anyone still have a good gingerbread firmware? 4.x.x firmwares are too laggy and battery runs out too fast so..
XXLD8 or XXLL2 would be the best
Try to use a stock 4.1.2 rom with Chrono kernel he make the rom more smoothly
biggstreet said:
Try to use a stock 4.1.2 rom with Chrono kernel he make the rom more smoothly
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I'm tired of 4.x.x roms :/
dmnyks said:
I'm tired of 4.x.x roms :/
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Ok ! take this tutorial for downgrading your Ace II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWS_sLGDoQ
after flashing your phone with Russian rom with 3 files, you can flash your phone with a any one package rom of your choice.
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Ok ! take this tutorial for downgrading your Ace II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWS_sLGDoQ
after flashing your phone with Russian rom with 3 files, you can flash your phone with a any one package rom of your choice.
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Flashing 3part without changing settings will automatically repartition. Just flashing 1 part would be enough. If apps dont FC
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Flashing 3part without changing settings will automatically repartition. Just flashing 1 part would be enough. If apps dont FC
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I already have Russian FW but there are too much crappy apps which i won't use.
it's safy for you if you want downgrade your phone to use firmware with 3 files !
i have the same issue before & i bricked my phone when i flash it with a simple firmware with one file !
it's recommended !
for the app did you wish delete use titanuim backup
biggstreet said:
it's safy for you if you want downgrade your phone to use firmware with 3 files !
i have the same issue before & i bricked my phone when i flash it with a simple firmware with one file !
it's recommended !
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titanium backup requires root and i dont want to root
dmnyks said:
titanium backup requires root and i dont want to root
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Ive heard of people deleting bloat without root but via console(adb..?)...(i never bothered check if its true though..)
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Ive heard of people deleting bloat without root but via console(adb..?)...(i never bothered check if its true though..)
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I'm aware of the console thingy. I've bricked 2 phones out of 2 times so... I'm really bad at those kind of things.
I want to root my mobile but I didn't found any verified process to do so :crying:. How can I root it?
Device Information:
Baseband Version: J200HDDU0AQF1
Android Version: 5.1.1
Please help me to root my mobile. Also where can I found stock firmware of this mobile?
HatMan22 said:
I want to root my mobile but I didn't found any verified process to do so :crying:. How can I root it?
Device Information:
Baseband Version: J200HDDU0AQF1
Android Version: 5.1.1
Please help me to root my mobile. Also where can I found stock firmware of this mobile?
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Look in the development section. Root has been available for a good while.
ashyx said:
Look in the development section. Root has been available for a good while.
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Thanks, I have rooted mine using your TWRP recovery. Should I replace TWRP with stock recovery?
HatMan22 said:
Thanks, I have rooted mine using your TWRP recovery. Should I replace TWRP with stock recovery?
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I'd suggest keeping twrp. Make a full device backup with it to sdcard. It's your safety net should anything ever go wrong. You'll be glad you did one day.
ashyx said:
I'd suggest keeping twrp. Make a full device backup with it to sdcard. It's your safety net should anything ever go wrong. You'll be glad you did one day.
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Thanks.. U should include in the tutorial that OEM unlock must not me disabled, otherwise mobile should be flashed again with stock rom. Am I correct? It is common mistake many does, including me..
HatMan22 said:
Thanks.. U should include in the tutorial that OEM unlock must not me disabled, otherwise mobile should be flashed again with stock rom. Am I correct? It is common mistake many does, including me..
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Unfortunately I can't cover all bases just in case someone decides to do something silly.
User beware really.