Hey this is my first time posting on xda but I've looked at this site many times for help with my phone. This is my first android phone and I'd like to root it. I've seen guides on how to root this phone but when I first got my phone I unlocked the bootloader but I left it unrooted for whatever reason.
My question is since I have an unlocked bootloader will I lose any data when I root my phone? Ultimately my goal will be to upgrade to android 4.3 since verizon is so slow with the updates. Will either rooting it or flashing it to 4.3 make me lose data? Thanks in advance
You will only lose applications and application data. Anything in /sdcard will remain intact unless you manually delete that under twrp or cwm
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iLeopard said:
You will only lose applications and application data. Anything in /sdcard will remain intact unless you manually delete that under twrp or cwm
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thanks for the quick response. Is there any way to back all that up without being rooted?
I misinformed you. Rooting in itself will not touch your data or system data. Flashing an already rooted ROM will simply because you have to wipe the system partition
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iLeopard said:
I misinformed you. Rooting in itself will not touch your data or system data. Flashing an already rooted ROM will simply because you have to wipe the system partition
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thanks again for the quick reply. Great! I can root it and back it up then which is all I need. thank you very much!
Melikesports said:
thanks again for the quick reply. Great! I can root it and back it up then which is all I need. thank you very much!
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No problem. *cough*hit that "thanks button*cough*. Happy flashing !
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Hi guys! I have the GSM Galaxy Nexus with an unlocked bootloader and touch Clockwork Recovery, am I able to install any awesome modifications without actually rooting my device?
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So you have CWM? No problem .
Download the rom you want, make nandroid backup in cwm, then do a full wipe and flash the rom and reboot.
Voila
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thegtfusion said:
So you have CWM? No problem .
Download the rom you want, make nandroid backup in cwm, then do a full wipe and flash the rom and reboot.
Voila
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And that works without actually rooting the device?
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Ahmato27 said:
And that works without actually rooting the device?
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To install modifications to your current rom you will need root. However, you don't need root to install an entirely new rom.
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matt30 said:
To install modifications to your current rom you will need root. However, you don't need root to install an entirely new rom.
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So I can simply flash MIUI or Revolution HD without rooting my phone? All I need is an unlocked bootloader and CWM?
I never knew that! Thanks lol
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when the update came out i try to update but i couldnt bcause it went to recovery and then when the update was starting i got an android with an exclamation mark. so then i flashed the radios and after a while the update notification started to show up again? i dont know what to do can someone help me out
Have you changed anything about your stock software? Added/removed system apps, rooted, changed fonts, recovery, etc..?
yes... lol. its rooted, changed soft keys, recovery, kernel.. i kinda knew it was because of that but i dont know how to go back to stock.
carbaj12 said:
yes... lol. its rooted, changed soft keys, recovery, kernel.. i kinda knew it was because of that but i dont know how to go back to stock.
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Well there you go. You can't have anything changed in the system if you plan on accepting the OTA update.
If you want to accept the OTA, you need to flash back to the stock images (everything back to 100% stock except bootloader unlock is OK) and wait for the OTA notification again.
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Well there you go. You can't have anything changed in the system if you plan on accepting the OTA update.
If you want to accept the OTA, you need to flash back to the stock images (everything back to 100% stock except bootloader unlock is OK) and wait for the OTA notification again.
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Or check now on update section (settings /system) but I would recommended stay rooted that only bad thing about rooting is the a lot rooms don't have prl update and is annoying to flash a stock from just to do that
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What do I flash or use to go back to stock?
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carbaj12 said:
What do I flash or use to go back to stock?
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You can use Odin go to the developer section and stickies there is a good thread and video by qbking to take you back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxEh0M2E44&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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jgalan14 said:
You can use Odin go to the developer section and stickies there is a good thread and video by qbking to take you back to stock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esxEh0M2E44&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Meaning everything will be deleted right even all my data?
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carbaj12 said:
Meaning everything will be deleted right even all my data?
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Yes. Returning to stock you'll have to completely wipe the device. How else would you get rid of all the **** you changed?
I'm just asking cause before with my evo 4g I could've restored and my memory card wouldn't get erased and if I restore my nexus it does so its different.
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carbaj12 said:
I'm just asking cause before with my evo 4g I could've restored and my memory card wouldn't get erased and if I restore my nexus it does so its different.
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If you do a factory reset with CWM or something it doesn't wipe the virtual SDcard.
The reason why it wipes when you flash to stock is you only have 1 partition internal storage that must be wiped when you install the OS...
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yes. depending on what system changes you made, it might not install.
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Yes. If you have the stock recovery
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I'm rooted with stock recovery and received OTA. Before I proceeded with the install, I removed the one additional app I had placed in system\apps (I heard any mods in there may prevent successful installation of OTA). The install of 4.2.1 went fine. Although it seems I've lost root. I can no longer mount the system dir to put that one app back. Easy enough to re-root.
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Easy enough to re-root.
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Just make sure you back up your internal storage if you need to unlock the bootloader again. I learned the hard way that this wipes all of your data.
1st off i want to say sorry if someone already posted this question, but i couldnt find a answer. my sis galaxy nexus on 4.1.1 and i wanted to know if theirs a way to update to 4.1.2 or maybe even the latest 4.2.2 but with out losing any data. the phone is stock unlock and rooted. i know i can just put a rom but she doesnt want to lose anything so can i update it?
Thanks in advance
Ram1500 said:
1st off i want to say sorry if someone already posted this question, but i couldnt find a answer. my sis galaxy nexus on 4.1.1 and i wanted to know if theirs a way to update to 4.1.2 or maybe even the latest 4.2.2 but with out losing any data. the phone is stock unlock and rooted. i know i can just put a rom but she doesnt want to lose anything so can i update it?
Thanks in advance
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Download titanium back up. Back up all app data. Make sure your on the latest clockwork mod or twrp. Wipe data factory reset flash mmuzzy 4.2.2 rom let apps restore from play store then restore app data from titanium back up and profit.
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You can, but will she even notice if its updated? I'd fastboot flash all except userdata.img, in your case http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
so i can get the system img and boot img from 4.2.2 and flash it on her Gnex and itll work?
Ram1500 said:
so i can get the system img and boot img from 4.2.2 and flash it on her Gnex and itll work?
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I think Titanium is your best bet... After I flash a rom I restore apps and data (not system apps) before I even sign into my Google accounts, it's never failed, I've have backups that I've used since Titanium came out, it's never failed me and I've never had any issues with it...
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Esteway.619 said:
Download titanium back up. Back up all app data. Make sure your on the latest clockwork mod or twrp. Wipe data factory reset flash mmuzzy 4.2.2 rom let apps restore from play store then restore app data from titanium back up and profit.
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THIS!
Trust me ANY other custom ROM is usually ALOT better than pure stock, she will appreciate it mor as an update!
Any custom rom will have advantages over plain stock.
I also have a similar question. Is there any way to stay on stock unrooted 4.1.1 and get the 4.2 lock screen?
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tatuuud said:
Any custom rom will have advantages over plain stock.
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and disadvantages.
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I also have a similar question. Is there any way to stay on stock unrooted 4.1.1 and get the 4.2 lock screen?
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I think that would take some serious tomfoolery, a lot of that stuff is in the framework I believe, I could be wrong though...
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Ram1500 said:
and i wanted to know if theirs a way to update to 4.1.2 or maybe even the latest 4.2.2 but with out losing any data. the phone is stock unlock and rooted. i know i can just put a rom but she doesnt want to lose anything so can i update it?
Thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419170
simple
Yeah I figured - I'll probably just use Cyanogen's nightly. Thanks for the reply.
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supervision said:
Yeah I figured - I'll probably just use Cyanogen's nightly. Thanks for the reply.
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The CM nightlies are runnimg very well for me...
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Yeah I figured - I'll probably just use Cyanogen's 4.2 nightly.
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Just installed this Carbon ROM on my Verizon Galaxy Nexus device and the load screen has been trying to start up for about 10 mins. any idea what could be going on and how I can fix this. Or is this normal for a new ROM to take so long to open?
Did you wipe data?
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Zepius said:
Did you wipe data?
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Unfortunately not before hand... now my phone isn't working correctly. its like in limbo, i can't get my google contacts or apps or anything.
whats a good way out of this?
Clean install. May need to flash binaries if trying to use 4.2.2 kernel.
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Clean install. May need to flash binaries if trying to use 4.2.2 kernel.
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Honestly I am very confused. Can I restore from the GalaxyNexusToolKit?
sayheyrey said:
Unfortunately not before hand... now my phone isn't working correctly. its like in limbo, i can't get my google contacts or apps or anything.
whats a good way out of this?
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Wipe data and reflash rom in recovery
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Zepius said:
Wipe data and reflash rom in recovery
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Thanks man! I actually found a very primitive way of doing it and my phone is working and looks absolutely gorgeous (but don't tell my girl I said that). I basically forced the gapps.zip file into my downloads from my computer into my phone and it fixed the issue. No harm no foul. Thanks y'all:good: !