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So I've done some looking and can't figure out how to root my nexus. I downloaded the toolkit, but it only has build number IMM76K. My phone has IMM76Q. Can any one help???
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I can help you real well. DO NOT USE TOOLKITS. Root it normally. Its literally like three commands. Its super simple.
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Please help me! I've never rooted other then a one click method.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26328017&postcount=123
Simple as pie. What OS? Windows, Linux, Mac? The steps are the same but different tools are used. Anyways start by following this to unlock your boot loader. http://www.android.gs/how-to-unlock-galaxy-nexus-bootloader/
Once unlocked put it back into fastboot mode and do this.
Fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img then it will write the recovery. At this point you can flash a custom ROM and he worryless or flash a Super user binaries and then delete the stockrecovery scripts that run and delete your custom recovery. http://download.chainfire.eu/212/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip here is the superuser binaries if you would like to stay stock rooted.
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ÜBER™ said:
Simple as pie. What OS? Windows, Linux, Mac? The steps are the same but different tools are used. Anyways start by following this to unlock your boot loader. http://www.android.gs/how-to-unlock-galaxy-nexus-bootloader/
Once unlocked put it back into fastboot mode and do this.
Fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img then it will write the recovery. At this point you can flash a custom ROM and he worryless or flash a Super user binaries and then delete the stockrecovery scripts that run and delete your custom recovery. http://download.chainfire.eu/212/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip here is the superuser binaries if you would like to stay stock rooted.
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Nice uber you got your nexus 7!! I went a different route and got a note 10.1
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When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.
TheNolandNailer said:
When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.
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I don't quite remember, but if you search for it, there's tons of website with answers
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BeerChameleon said:
Nice uber you got your nexus 7!! I went a different route and got a note 10.1
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Lol thread highjack. If I had the money I would have too. But I wanted a small tablet and a Google device. This is the only one that fits the bill.
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TheNolandNailer said:
When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.
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There's a certain way to install it. But you can just find the fastboot.exe (in my link) and install PDAnet drivers ( google PDAnet) then you'll be good to go. You'll just have to manually boot into the boot loader which is power off and hold the power button and both volume buttons then you'll be in fastboot mode.
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When i try and instal the SDK, it says i must install the JDK. but when i do it will not recognize that i installed the JDK and will not let me finsih the install of the SDK... any ideas?
Java SE Development kit(JDK) no found
Error: failed to find java version for 'C:\Windows\system32\java.exe': [2] The system cannot find the file specified.
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You do not need the sdk. Install the driver and use the link I posted.
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Qbking77 on youtube. Everything you need to know
it says the boot loader is lock? i take it i must unlock that first..
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it says the boot loader is lock? i take it i must unlock that first..
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Duh. I just told you that
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The problem though is that I can't not get SDK to download so I can't unlock the boot loader. Any way that i know how at least.
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The problem though is that I can't not get SDK to download so I can't unlock the boot loader. Any way that i know how at least.
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You don't need sdk for fastboot commands... do we?
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Uber i get the feeling youre gonna have a new protégé shortly..and helping with a partially bricked device
*Shaolin Shadowboxing*
kyokeun1234 said:
You don't need sdk for fastboot commands... do we?
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No you don't. I said back a page wat to do...
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I can't get SDK to *install*.
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I can't get SDK to *install*.
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LOOK BACK A PAGE I ALREADY ADRESSED THAT!
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I can't get SDK to *install*.
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YOU DON'T NEED SDK. Just open up the cmd to the directory where you have fastboot.exe, and then boot your phone into bootloader, and then "fastboot oem unlock". Easy, right?
Now flash custom recovery using "fastboot flash recovery NAME.img" (recovery image must be in same directory as fastboot"
Now "fastboot reboot bootloader"
Use your volume rocker to navigate to recovery mode
On your computer "adb push SuperSU.zip /sdcard/" (or super user of you like)
On your phone, install zip from sdcard, flash SuperSU. Reboot
Now you got root
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Hello friends,
I'm trying to install cyanogenmod and no matter what I do I consistently get the device not found error when I try to use "adb push cm-10.2.0-RC1-endeavoru.zip \sdcard\"
I know that in the cyanogenmod install guide it says it's probable that it's a driver issue. I've looked around for a good 2 hours trying to find what it might be, so I've tried reinstalling htc sync, I've tried uninstalling htc sync and using koush's universal adb driver, but nothing seems to work.
When using "adb devices" it doesn't give me the error, it just gives me "List of devices attached" which is empty. (I'm not sure if this is what it is supposed to do though)
Attached img of what I've been doing.
USB debugging is on. It's been automatically turned on whenever I connect it to my PC since I updated to 4.2.2 anyway.
I have no idea where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated.
Aireon said:
Hello friends,
I'm trying to install cyanogenmod and no matter what I do I consistently get the device not found error when I try to use "adb push cm-10.2.0-RC1-endeavoru.zip \sdcard\"
I know that in the cyanogenmod install guide it says it's probable that it's a driver issue. I've looked around for a good 2 hours trying to find what it might be, so I've tried reinstalling htc sync, I've tried uninstalling htc sync and using koush's universal adb driver, but nothing seems to work.
When using "adb devices" it doesn't give me the error, it just gives me "List of devices attached" which is empty. (I'm not sure if this is what it is supposed to do though)
Attached img of what I've been doing.
USB debugging is on. It's been automatically turned on whenever I connect it to my PC since I updated to 4.2.2 anyway.
I have no idea where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated.
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mount the sdcard inside the recovery and copy the rom
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mount the sdcard inside the recovery and copy the rom
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Sorry, I'm completely new to this. Do you mean normal recovery from bootloader or a custom recovery that I should of done but completely skipped due to my ignorance? (I also haven't unlocked bootloader so I'm assuming that's a misstep as well?)
Because all I get when I do the normal recovery is a picture of a phone with a red triangle and "!" combo.
Thanks
Yeah to install a custom rom it's mandatory to unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery. And what i can tell from your post it that you really are a novice on things. Some tips ?
1: never start without a full battery
2: learn fastboot + commands
3: always make a stock rom nandroid backup before starting flashing !
Read up in this forum. Under the stickys there are some nifty guides. If you have questions after that just ask here.
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Yeah to install a custom rom it's mandatory to unlock the bootloader and install a custom recovery. And what i can tell from your post it that you really are a novice on things. Some tips ?
1: never start without a full battery
2: learn fastboot + commands
3: always make a stock rom nandroid backup before starting flashing !
Read up in this forum. Under the stickys there are some nifty guides. If you have questions after that just ask here.
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Thanks for the tips!
After a while of toiling to try and unlock the boot loader manually and getting stuck at the load error for Unlock_code.bin, I found Hasoon2000's tool, so he is my god for now.
My query that I have is, Do I need a custom recovery like ClockWorkMod to create a nandroid back up? Because all I get when I try to go into recovery from the bootloader is this (img attached, not mine because I don't have another camera in the house but luckily I managed to find one on google img.)
I can't find anything saying that I do need a custom recovery, but then again it's not working when I try without one, so I'm not too sure where to go from here.
Thanks again
Please read carefully what i write, i know exactly what to do !
You need a custom recovery !
Sorry to be back again so soon but I'm stuck again, haha.
When I try to flash cwm I get "error: cannot load 'recovery.img'". When I try to use Hasoon2000's tool kit to do it for me it doesn't work either as it just says device not found and in the second command window it says that it can't load it's .img file either.
The recovery.img is in the same location as fastboot. My phone is in Fastboot in bootloader.
I'm typing "r:\Android\adt\sdk\platform-tools\fastboot flash recovery recovery.img". Trying to auto complete recovery.img using tab does nothing (if that might indicate some sort of problem).
The only thing I can think of is that the MTP drivers never install properly but I read on this forum that it shouldn't affect fastboot.
If you are on windows you must select camera as usb option
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I mean windows 8
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If you are on windows you must select camera as usb option
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I mean windows 8
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Ah, I probably should of said it earlier, sorry. I'm using windows 7.
And did you install java jdk and driver
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And did you install java jdk and driver
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If javaj jdk is just normal java then yes. In programs and features it's called Java 7 Update 45?
Do you mean the phone drivers on my PC?
Edit: Noticed jdk was the dev kit. Downloaded and installed. Will try again.
Edit2: Still not working, same errors.
Jre is normal java jdk is the development kit
and yes that drivers
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Jre is normal java jdk is the development kit
and yes that drivers
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I just updated the phone drivers (without HTC sync) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376761 to 4.2.0.001 from the 4.0 version I had that HTC sync had installed previously for some reason.
Shows up in fastboot devices now. Still doesn't show up in adb devices. Still getting the can't load recovery.img error.
Would it be worth it to try doing it on another computer?
Yes and plz post results
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Yes and plz post results
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Ok so I still couldn't do it manually on the other computer. Got the same errors as with the first. I tried flashing with Hasoon2000's tool again and noticed that it was trying to flash CWM.img while the recovery for it was actually called recovery.img. Renamed it to CWM.img and it flashed perfectly.
I assume it would of done the same on the original PC I tried it on.
No idea why it wouldn't work when I tried it manually, but yolo. Hasoon2000 is love. Hasoon2000 is life.
Holy hell Hasoon2000 has saved me again.
I flashed the kernal by accident and it got stuck in boot. So i just sideloaded the rom in H2K's tool and everything turned up Milhouse.
Yay congrats
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And if it says can not load recovery that means it's named differently or that it's not placed in the same dir of the fastboot files. A common error is that people hide filename extensions in windows. Then rename the recovery to recovery.img.img and then it won't be found by fastboot
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And if it says can not load recovery that means it's named differently or that it's not placed in the same dir of the fastboot files. A common error is that people hide filename extensions in windows. Then rename the recovery to recovery.img.img and then it won't be found by fastboot
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Hmmm, I'm not sure what it would of been as a tried flashing recovery.img.img as well. But everything worked out well in the end .
Thank you both the help.
Glad to hear that it worked
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Okay, so now I can confirm that Firewater worked great - using the temproot method. Where do I go from here? The instructions I've found for installing TWRP were extremely confusing. I had no problems following the directions for Firewater, but this is a different story. Now that I'm unlocked and S-Off, where do I go from here?
Congrats! Well you need to flash a recovery. Get a recovery.img http://flyhalf205.com/getdownload.php?file=recoveries/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.4-m7vzw.img and place it on your pc in the same folder as the fastboot.exe file. Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the directory where the 2 files are. Boot the phone to bootloader (hboot). Then in the cmd terminal type
Code:
fastboot erase cache
then
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fastboot flash recovery nameofrecoveryimg.img
Thank you very much! I do have some questions. Do I need to be rooted? In the bootloader screen it says I am S-Off and Unlocked, but I don't think I am rooted. I have to use the temproot included with Firewater. I downloaded a twrp .img. Am I supposed to flash that? Once that is flashed, am I free to download a custom rom?
Thanks for the info
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If you are s-off and unlocked all you need to do is flash that recovery i posted, and then flash a rom of your choosing. Most every rom comes pre-rooted. I assume right now you are stock. If you want to stay stock just flash that recovery, then flash superuser thru recovery and you will be rooted.
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Where did you get the firewater download from, got a link?
Never mind i found it http://firewater-soff.com/instructions/
Cool so you were 4.3 with s on and locked boot loader and firewater now has you s off and unlocked. So you just need a custom recovery and then whatever Rom you want.
I was going to ruu back to stock locked and s on to try firewater for fun but I don't want to run into snags so I'll just stay how I am for now.
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is it normal to hang at "waiting for device"?
wwindexx said:
is it normal to hang at "waiting for device"?
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How long has it been? Windows or Linux? Turned off firewall and antivirus, and removed sync manager if on Windows?
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wronge galismt
Linux - Xubuntu to be specific. It seems to only recognize the device half of the time when connected to USB. It hangs indefinitely - 5 min was the longest I would wait. When I select Recovery from the hboot menu, I get a silhouette of my phone with a "NO" symbol through it. This is not normal.
Are you using the quick android sdk or did you download the whole sdk and install platform tools then set path in your home directory profile?
Edit: try these directions at the bottom to set your path.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20770-gu...-adb-and-fastboot-in-linux-ubuntu-and-mint12/
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I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?
J_Abdalla52 said:
I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?
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yes I got that too. I didn't get around to trying it right after running temproot though.
J_Abdalla52 said:
I got a error that said i don't have su binaries? anyone else?
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Are you rooted? Or did you install twrp and it says that? You have to be root in Linux to run the command.
Ex: cd Downloads/firewater
Sudo su
Type your password
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selayan said:
Are you rooted? Or did you install twrp and it says that? You have to be root in Linux to run the command.
Ex: cd Downloads/firewater
Sudo su
Type your password
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No i just ran the temp root method then i tried to run the normal method and thats what i got.
selayan said:
Are you using the quick android sdk or did you download the whole sdk and install platform tools then set path in your home directory profile?
Edit: try these directions at the bottom to set your path.
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20770-gu...-adb-and-fastboot-in-linux-ubuntu-and-mint12/
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I installed adb and fastboot via apt. I guess assuming that was the optimal way to get it was a mistake. I am assuming now that you need to run temproot beforehand?
Yeah you need the temp root method because your stock and locked, unrooted. Make sure you are admin when you run it.
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selayan said:
Yeah you need the temp root method because your stock and locked, unrooted. Make sure you are admin when you run it.
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I used minimal adb do you think that could have tampered with the process?
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I used minimal adb do you think that could have tampered with the process?
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It should not as long as you place the firewater files in the same location of the temp adb directory and run commands as admin.
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selayan said:
It should not as long as you place the firewater files in the same location of the temp adb directory and run commands as admin.
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do you mean adding the "sudo" prefix?
wwindexx said:
do you mean adding the "sudo" prefix?
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Yeah to keep from typing Sudo before each command I usually do Sudo su before running any commands.
It will ask for your password then throw you in admin mode. Otherwise you will need to add Sudo before each command.
I use Linux mint 16 but it's built on ubuntu so it should not be different.
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Hey everybody, got my HTC one 2 weeks ago and just received the 4.4.2 kit kat update from verizon. I want to root now and i realize it was really stupid to update to it and should of stayed on jellybean. Anyways I'm a complete Noob at rooting and have never done it before but i honestly hate htc sense, it looks really ugly in my opinion. I realize the risks about rooting and voiding your warranty and bricking your phone but i never had warranty on my phone so I'm only worried about the bricking part, can someone please inform me on how to root a HTC One 4.4.2 on verizon? or link me to a site when there is a one click rooting method available( if there is none currently). sorry for knowing nothing but i could really use someones help!! thanks!
Think your screwed til a method comes out for 4.4. You might have to wait awhile but who knows.
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sorry about that I thought firewater was only for 4.3 but it works for kitkat also
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Think your screwed til a method comes out for 4.4. You might have to wait awhile but who knows.
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sorry about that I thought firewater was only for 4.3 but it works for kitkat also
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your talking about temp root right?
nty123 said:
your talking about temp root right?
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You'll use the temp root method. It doesn't just give you temporary root though...it's just to the exploit can work. You'll be s-off and ready to roll.
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You'll use the temp root method. It doesn't just give you temporary root though...it's just to the exploit can work. You'll be s-off and ready to roll.
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thanks! this should work and I'm going to try it, but... how do i go about this temporary root using the two applications that i download from the firewater soff site?(I'm new to rooting androids)
The instructions are on the firewater site.
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The instructions are on the firewater site.
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thanks for your reply but i have tried many times and i cant get any of the commands to work as stated in the instructions
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thanks for your reply but i have tried many times and i cant get any of the commands to work as stated in the instructions
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Do you have the working drivers? Is adb and fastboot working (if you aren't sure about these there are a few YouTube videos)? And are you in the right folder in your command prompt?
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What errors do you get ehen trying the commands?
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What errors do you get ehen trying the commands?
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haha ok sorry never mind i must of entered one wrong but they are working now, what should i do once i gain s-off?
Also what makes the temp root method different from the other methods? do you lose root once you reboot or what? (sorry I'm new to all this) and i know that s-off does not mean your rooted but have all the restrictions gone, how can i achieve root from this or do i just execute "temp root" in terminal?
UPDATE: when i attempt to execute the first command"adb reboot" it just prompts me with "error:device offline" what does this mean??
Temp root just allows the s-off exploit to work. Once s-off you flash a recovery and then superuser to get full root.
Did you try rebooting the phone and the pc?
Temp root won't work because your boot loader can not be unlocked with the temp root method. It was patched in 4.4.2
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Temp root just allows the s-off exploit to work. Once s-off you flash a recovery and then superuser to get full root.
Did you try rebooting the phone and the pc?
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yeah rebooted both and still the same error(no devices found)
Make sure you go in settings and turn on usb debugging. Also go to power settings and uncheck fast boot.
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Make sure you go in settings and turn on usb debugging. Also go to power settings and uncheck fast boot.
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turns out i forgot to uncheck fast boot, did everything again and after "adb reboot" now it says "device offline"
On your pc go to C:\users\your_user_name\ and look for and rename a folder named .android (to something like .android.bak.) Then reboot your pc and phone and try again.
ugh this is so annoying, i finally got "adb reboot" to work and it successfully rebooted but when i tried executing the second command i got this message "./adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
cannot stat 'firewater': No such file or directory"
Is the firewater file in the same folder as adb.exe, and is the cmd prompt at the same directory? Its saying it cant find the firewater file on your pc.
I am getting mixed messages with how to root. I figured I have to flash TWRP before rooting, but how do I do that with having MDA89E version? The tutorial for flashing new OTA says I have to have TWRP first??? Can someone put me in the right direction??? Thanks a lot.
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dave2775 said:
I am getting mixed messages with how to root. I figured I have to flash TWRP before rooting, but how do I do that with having MDA89E version? The tutorial for flashing new OTA says I have to have TWRP first??? Can someone put me in the right direction??? Thanks a lot.
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Get this one: MDB08I - 6.0.0: https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/bullhead-mdb08i-factory-64536fcf.tgz , unpack it fully down to the folder that has the image files in it and that can be anywhere (let's say \temp for now).
Notice that there is a batch file that can do a full flash of the OS that you'll have unpacked from the .tgz file. You'll use that once in Fastboot to flash it. Don't worry about having TWRP or a special bootloader before you do any of this. Just get into fastboot (like "adb reboot bootloader" or hold down up&down&power buttons for awhile until in fastboot). Once in flashboot:
Flash MDB08I, boot things up, set things up, make sure it seems "normal" and check the "about phone" settings, and then you should be set to do what you want with the modified image & TWRP, etc.
I don't know what I'm doing wrong but when I try to flash I get an error "fastboot is not recognized...blah."
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I confirmed fastboot and adb are working correctly so not sure what I'm doing wrong. Just opening the batch file opens command window correct? I don't have to do anything else?
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You need to put the extracted files from the download "flash-all.sh, flash-all.bat, flash-base.sh bootloader-bullhead-bhz10i.img, image-bullhead-mdb08i.zip, radio-bullhead-m8994f-2.6.28.0.065.img" in the same folder as platfrom-tools. From there you run the flash-all.bat in the command prompt. just did it today.
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I confirmed fastboot and adb are working correctly so not sure what I'm doing wrong. Just opening the batch file opens command window correct? I don't have to do anything else?
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If you are getting confused you can always use the Unified Android Toolkit to download/flash the MDB08I image automatically. It will guide you through decrypting and rooting it too.
If you want to learn and do it all manually then good luck
Mark.
dave2775 said:
I confirmed fastboot and adb are working correctly so not sure what I'm doing wrong. Just opening the batch file opens command window correct? I don't have to do anything else?
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You say that you "confirmed fastboot and adb are working correctly", but that doesn't sound right since your prior post said that "fastboot not recognized". Everyone else that's posted is on the right track and you need to be certain that fastboot (and adb for that matter) are in the correct path or they won't run or be recognized. It's not automatic. You need to either modify %PATH% var in windows, but that's semi-complex, or take the easy road, and move a copy of fastboot & adb to the same folder your image files (.img) are in. Also be certain to move the 'flash-all.bat' file(s) to the same place.
Change your directory to be where all those files are. Be certain the device is in fastboot mode and then make sure it's all working by doing this (or these) commands:
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c:\{place-where-it's-all-at}: fastboot devices
That command should list some number which is the device number which verifies that fastboot is recognized and that the device is recognized.
you can do the same thing with adb (adb devices, look at the number).
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Stay in that folder and do the flash-all.bat (OK, I don't recall the exact name of their everything flash file, but I think it's that). It takes some time, but I've used these instructions to help a couple people through this.
Of course, mskip's way is also fine. Whatever works is good. -- Good luck. You're no where near being bricked and in good shape to get this done.
I thought I wasn't able to do that without flashing the image first. Anyway ibwas able to figure it out. I did try to flash TWRP and root with your tootkit but got a nessage " recovery not recognized" or something to that effect. Any idea?
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dave2775 said:
I thought I wasn't able to do that without flashing the image first. Anyway ibwas able to figure it out. I did try to flash TWRP and root with your tootkit but got a nessage " recovery not recognized" or something to that effect. Any idea?
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The way I've talked about flashing the image, you don't need TWRP, or anything before you do it, other than what I said. If someone has now put up a zip version of the image, then yeah, you'd need custom recovery, but you don't need to use a zip image. It's less confusing just to use the native stuff and fastboot.
Is fastboot working or not. Are you sure you are getting the phone into fastboot? Can you get output from a "fastboot devices" command? Also, please give us the exact error messages. Write them down when you see them. It'll help whichever of us is trying to help.
I helped someone with this type of problem over here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63439400&postcount=17 , so maybe reading that will help.
I was able to flash the image over with fastboot so I'm now on the OTA. My question now is with flashing twrp. When it prompts within twrp to allow modifications or keep as read only? That's where I'm stuck now. Thanks for your help.
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I was able to flash the image over with fastboot so I'm now on the OTA. My question now is with flashing twrp. When it prompts within twrp to allow modifications or keep as read only? That's where I'm stuck now. Thanks for your help.
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Good. There's no point in installing TWRP at all unless you allow modifications. Allow them and tell that screen to go away forever. Good luck.
Yeh I figured that but never came across if before with other phones. Would you know if its an excessively long boot time after first flashing it?
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Yeh I figured that but never came across if before with other phones. Would you know if its an excessively long boot time after first flashing it?
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Once you get to this point (installing TWRP), it's best to find & follow the best guide (by that I mean that people had the least problems with) verbatim. Then ask questions in that thread:
I took a quick look and this one looks fine: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guide-how-to-install-custom-recovery-t3231143
Another way to to use mskips ways, but ask questions afterward in his thread.
I don't have a 5x (or anything like it) and I only really want to comment on things I've done a number of times before. My only comment about boot "quickly" vs. "booting normally", is that the first time you've done something "traumatic" like unencrypting, or wiping something, then of course it takes longer to do a regular boot. Booting into recovery should always be nearly instant.