Since we have the stock recovery, is it possible to flash the Google Apps through the stock recovery or do we still need root access for the stock recovery to be able to flash custom ZIPs? Or is the stock recovery only flashes ZIPs signed by Nokia?
I want to have Google Play on my Nokia X but I don't want to waste my warranty just yet since I'll be out of home for a long time. Just in case, as an insurance, sort of.
Thank you in advance.
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Since we have the stock recovery, is it possible to flash the Google Apps through the stock recovery or do we still need root access for the stock recovery to be able to flash custom ZIPs? Or is the stock recovery only flashes ZIPs signed by Nokia?
I want to have Google Play on my Nokia X but I don't want to waste my warranty just yet since I'll be out of home for a long time. Just in case, as an insurance, sort of.
Thank you in advance.
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Yes you can. Use Nokia X Toolikt right here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712360
Choose Option 12. It'll boot you into CWM. Mount System via Mounts and Storage. Choose Install Zip. There you'll find g-apps zip. Flash them. Then choose reboot recovery. It'll ask you for fixing something. Just choose No.
Done
Or simply use Nokia X Manager.
Yes, I discovered that right I posted this. But thanks anyway.
Also, if you don't mind me asking, are you able to watch 720p videos smoothly? Because I can't. And I'm sure hardware isn't the issue as my older Xperia X10 was able to watch 720p even smoother than on this Nokia X.
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Yes, I discovered that right I posted this. But thanks anyway.
Also, if you don't mind me asking, are you able to watch 720p videos smoothly? Because I can't. And I'm sure hardware isn't the issue as my older Xperia X10 was able to watch 720p even smoother than on this Nokia X.
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Umm, maybe you are watching it in a different format?
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Umm, maybe you are watching it in a different format?
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Well, I'm not sure about that but they're downloaded from YouTube as an MP4. Anyway, are you able to watch ANY 720p videos smoothly?
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Well, I'm not sure about that but they're downloaded from YouTube as an MP4. Anyway, are you able to watch ANY 720p videos smoothly?
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Nah, haven't tried.
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As the topic says I wonder how I do root by phone too still be able to get OTA updates. I've just seen the video at the ROOT INFO tab, but I have been given to understund that OTAs won't be possible with custom recovery. So my questin, is there another way to do this?
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As the topic says I wonder how I do root by phone too still be able to get OTA updates. I've just seen the video at the ROOT INFO tab, but I have been given to understund that OTAs won't be possible with custom recovery. So my questin, is there another way to do this?
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To, my personal knowledge... yeah you can root your device and still RECEIVE OTA's to your device, however when you need to install them... you'll need to flash the stock recovery so that it installs, then you can just go ahead and flash the custom recovery back that's what i'd do anyway.
Ok, I wound this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167 just now. Will this do the thing without screwing up the stock recovery?
Historically it's always been the advice to NOT use OTA updates when rooted as they do more harm than good. If you're going custom I'd stick with that
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Ok, I wound this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167 just now. Will this do the thing without screwing up the stock recovery?
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This is new to me, i can't comment on it but from what i've read, yeah it seems to push the files to the device without the need of a custom recovery, personally i prefer the custom recovery way because you can carry on many different tasks which stock recovery can't
That link doesn't work, it's for the AT&T model (One XL)
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That link doesn't work, it's for the AT&T model (One XL)
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I thought this, but the title made me think differently.
Sent from my now amazing HTC One X thanks to TeamVenoms ViperX rom
What happened:
1. Used TWRP to flash an earlier System backup
2. Boots but two system apps force close and phone reboots
3. This goes on indefinitely
4. Can no longer go to either recovery
I'm thinking I should use FlashTool and flash a default System for 14.5.A.0.270 but I can't seem to find any firmware image for it. Does anybody have this/better idea to get me out of the boot loop?
Edit: found the file, will report back.
another complication: I can't go into flashmode
ctap001 said:
another complication: I can't go into flashmode
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Bl locked or unlocked?
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Bl locked or unlocked?
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locked. Am I SOTL?
ctap001 said:
locked. Am I SOTL?
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Probably not. Are you wanting to save data, etc?
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Probably not. Are you wanting to save data, etc?
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If possible, yes. My last complete backup was on September. I'm still waiting for the firmware download to finish, however if I that doesn't work (won't allow me to flash) I am completely OK with wiping everything.
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If possible, yes. My last complete backup was on September. I'm still waiting for the firmware download to finish, however if I that doesn't work (won't allow me to flash) I am completely OK with wiping everything.
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I wasn't sure from the first post. Does the phone stay on if you don't do anything or does it automatically reboot? I was thinking a good first try might be NUT dual recovery installer, but won't work if phone won't stay on. Check back after your flash attempt - note that you will likely wipe all of your data if flashing with FT.
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I wasn't sure from the first post. Does the phone stay on if you don't do anything or does it automatically reboot? I was thinking a good first try might be NUT dual recovery installer, but won't work if phone won't stay on. Check back after your flash attempt - note that you will likely wipe all of your data if flashing with FT.
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It won't stay on. It will crash then reboot.
Can't proceed with flashtool because I am having trouble installing the drivers (on w10)
ctap001 said:
It won't stay on. It will crash then reboot.
Can't proceed with flashtool because I am having trouble installing the drivers (on w10)
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If you can't boot, you might be able to save data through adb. If you give up on saving data, either Emma or PC Companion can repair phone if you can't get FT to work. Since they're both official Sony programs, they may be easier to get working with Win10.
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If you can't boot, you might be able to save data through adb. If you give up on saving data, either Emma or PC Companion can repair phone if you can't get FT to work. Since they're both official Sony programs, they may be easier to get working with Win10.
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I have flashed System from an unrooted FTF. Still can't access recovery though
ctap001 said:
I have flashed System from an unrooted FTF. Still can't access recovery though
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Which fw did you flash? If it's 5.1, (368 at least, not sure about 216), I've read that Kingroot method is working now. Look here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/root-14-6-0-368-via-kingroot-t3242735 . If 5.0, there is a root tool that will work. Once rooted, flash NUT's installer for recovery.
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Which fw did you flash? If it's 5.1, (368 at least, not sure about 216), I've read that Kingroot method is working now. Look here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact/general/root-14-6-0-368-via-kingroot-t3242735 . If 5.0, there is a root tool that will work. Once rooted, flash NUT's installer for recovery.
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>5.1
I tried flashing the early pre-rooted 5.1s and they gave me problems with NFC so I reverted to 5.0.1
Looking for the 5.0 root tool right now.
edit: kingroot doesn't work
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>5.1
I tried flashing the early pre-rooted 5.1s and they gave me problems with NFC so I reverted to 5.0.1
Looking for the 5.0 root tool right now.
edit: kingroot doesn't work
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Haven't tried it myself, but it seems like they've got it working. I noticed in the thread that there seems to be different instructions for 368 and 216....
levone1 said:
Haven't tried it myself, but it seems like they've got it working. I noticed in the thread that there seems to be different instructions for 368 and 216....
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I got everything back to 270 now. Currently at the optimizing apps part. This all began because I upgraded SD cards and while everything was carried over through a plain copy-paste, my Walkman playlists and favorites didn't make it. I somehow equated the System portion as a possible fix.
Anyway are you on 5.1? Does NFC unlock works? Thanks for pointing me at the right direction.
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I got everything back to 270 now. Currently at the optimizing apps part. This all began because I upgraded SD cards and while everything was carried over through a plain copy-paste, my Walkman playlists and favorites didn't make it. I somehow equated the System portion as a possible fix.
Anyway are you on 5.1? Does NFC unlock works? Thanks for pointing me at the right direction.
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Haven't had any problems with 5.1. I flashed stock .216 few a week ago, and have since rooted, modded, etc., and everything good. Your problems were probably related to PRF. I've read the same from others
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Haven't had any problems with 5.1. I flashed stock .216 few a week ago, and have since rooted, modded, etc., and everything good. Your problems were probably related to PRF. I've read the same from others
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> .216
The latest I tried was .380
King root
I had a similar problem last night. Installed stock firmware off flashtool then loaded it up and King Root worked perfectly. Having trouble getting a recovery on the phone now.
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I had a similar problem last night. Installed stock firmware off flashtool then loaded it up and King Root worked perfectly. Having trouble getting a recovery on the phone now.
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Use 'installer' option from Z1c downloads on NUT's download page. It's never failed for me. Just watch phone screen and grant 'OK' for adb access and for root. Besides that, if you have unlocked bl, use fastboot or Rashr.
Thanks
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Use 'installer' option from Z1c downloads on NUT's download page. It's never failed for me. Just watch phone screen and grant 'OK' for adb access and for root. Besides that, if you have unlocked bl, use fastboot or Rashr.
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Yeah i had tried that. The BAT right? I ended up flashing multi twrp and then using that to get NUT's, he's made a sweet recovery.
Nvidia makes pre-rooted stock ROMs available via their website. You'll have to register for access, but it makes life lots easier this way. I don't know if this factory pre-rooted ROM supports OTAs, and if it does accept an OTA if it will cause loss of Root, but if you have access to the Developer site, you can always flash another pre-rooted ROM version as they become available.
https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-developer-os-images
For those who prefer a more stock system, but want some measure of control, I wanted to pass along that I was able to install Xposed, Xprivacy, TiBu and ES File Explorer to this ROM. I had to download and reapply SuperSU and allow it to relaunch/install via TWRP, but all's well.
I did this by flashing Zulu's full Android ROM first, installing some utilities, then flashing the Nvidia OEM system partition on top of it. Some apps appear on the SATV screen (ES, Xprivacy) others do not (TiBu, Xposed installer) but I'm sure there's a way to get the icons to appear.
In any event, for those who prefer the stock Nvidia look & feel, along with their installed apps, this is at least one way to get it done.
Hi there,
my shield is on stock now with several apps on it.
How can I flash without losing my data? Is it enough to NOT flash the userdata?
THX
Chaos
Hi there,
gonna answer myself.
As my bootloader was not unlocked the system got wiped anyways while unlocking it.
After that I installed the system as suggested by nvidia and restored my backup.
Concerning the root: From what I could see it is rooted for adb only. So apps don't gain root.
I ended up installing root via twrp, no imho no real advantage using the developer image.
THX
Chaos
BillTheCat said:
Nvidia makes pre-rooted stock ROMs available via their website. You'll have to register for access, but it makes life lots easier this way. I don't know if this factory pre-rooted ROM supports OTAs, and if it does accept an OTA if it will cause loss of Root, but if you have access to the Developer site, you can always flash another pre-rooted ROM version as they become available.
https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-open-source
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I have a question, where do you find pre-root load in below link?
I only find Open source and recovery image.
you mean to modify Open source and build pre-root load?
https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-open-source
https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-developer-os-images
BillTheCat said:
https://developer.nvidia.com/shield-developer-os-images
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thanks
hardwarechaos said:
Hi there,
gonna answer myself.
As my bootloader was not unlocked the system got wiped anyways while unlocking it.
After that I installed the system as suggested by nvidia and restored my backup.
Concerning the root: From what I could see it is rooted for adb only. So apps don't gain root.
I ended up installing root via twrp, no imho no real advantage using the developer image.
THX
Chaos
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Have you installed SuperSu and tested it with various apps?
Im debating installing this image instead of starting all over to root the "real" way.
hardwarechaos said:
As my bootloader was not unlocked the system got wiped anyways while unlocking it.
Concerning the root: From what I could see it is rooted for adb only. So apps don't gain root.
I ended up installing root via twrp, no imho no real advantage using the developer image
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Ditto here. Now that you've posted, it confirms what I experienced. At first, I thought I had made a mistake.
Tyler27 said:
Have you installed SuperSu and tested it with various apps?
Im debating installing this image instead of starting all over to root the "real" way.
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Here's what I did.
Unlock bootloader (fastboot oem unlock - easy enough!)
Flash the Nvidia 2.1 ROM to ensure stock condition (I used the 'rooted' Dev edition, but I doubt it matters)
Reboot bootloader
Flash TWRP
Reboot bootloader (to reinitialize partitions)
Flash SuperSU, Xposed
Reboot into system, sideload ES File Explorer, Xprivacy, TiBu
Hi
Tyler27 said:
Have you installed SuperSu and tested it with various apps?
Im debating installing this image instead of starting all over to root the "real" way.
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After I saw that the developer image was root for adb only, I flashed twrp recovery and installed SuperSU via twrp.
So right now I don't see any benefit over the "standard image with root".
IMHO if you have adb root there should be a way to install it via adb too, but I could not find one and didn't want to mess around with installing the SuperSU files manually.
THX
Chaos
hardwarechaos said:
After I saw that the developer image was root for adb only, I flashed twrp recovery and installed SuperSU via twrp.
So right now I don't see any benefit over the "standard image with root".
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Agreed - turns out the Dev images are no real benefit. I found that installing TWRP, rebooting the bootloader, entering recovery and then flashing SuperSU works like a champ.
Anyone else having trouble flashing system and userdata? Keeps saying FAILED (Remote: data too large)
BillTheCat said:
For those who prefer a more stock system, but want some measure of control, I wanted to pass along that I was able to install Xposed, Xprivacy, TiBu and ES File Explorer to this ROM. I had to download and reapply SuperSU and allow it to relaunch/install via TWRP, but all's well.
I did this by flashing Zulu's full Android ROM first, installing some utilities, then flashing the Nvidia OEM system partition on top of it. Some apps appear on the SATV screen (ES, Xprivacy) others do not (TiBu, Xposed installer) but I'm sure there's a way to get the icons to appear.
In any event, for those who prefer the stock Nvidia look & feel, along with their installed apps, this is at least one way to get it done.
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I'm on Zulu full with Amazon video working. Any idea if I go to stock rooted will that knock out the Amazon video?
jweaks said:
I'm on Zulu full with Amazon video working. Any idea if I go to stock rooted will that knock out the Amazon video?
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Yes it will kill amazon video.
BillTheCat said:
Ditto here. Now that you've posted, it confirms what I experienced. At first, I thought I had made a mistake.
Here's what I did.
Unlock bootloader (fastboot oem unlock - easy enough!)
Flash the Nvidia 2.1 ROM to ensure stock condition (I used the 'rooted' Dev edition, but I doubt it matters)
Reboot bootloader
Flash TWRP
Reboot bootloader (to reinitialize partitions)
Flash SuperSU, Xposed
Reboot into system, sideload ES File Explorer, Xprivacy, TiBu
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how did you flash TWRP to Nvidia through adb?? or through recovery on the Nvidia.....been reading to much can't comprehend...thanks dill
dillfever said:
how did you flash TWRP to Nvidia through adb?? or through recovery on the Nvidia.....been reading to much can't comprehend...thanks dill
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can close this got er all done.......dill
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Concerning the root: From what I could see it is rooted for adb only. So apps don't gain root.
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Hello,
Same result for me.
I've just received my Shield, I've followed the instructions given on the developers web page. I have an up-to-date 3.0.0 version, but applications don't have the root authorisations (tested with ES File Explorer).
I think I'll use the TWRP method...
i download 3.0 rooted version it came a zip with all files on it on nvidia shield.com tutorial said just ento bootloader and type comand flash-all.bat and gualahhh! but try like 1000 times and always said null error message and force close adb
can some one tell what im doing wrong please and thanks people!
bye the way gamestop its selling shield tv for 100bucks so for those who want another its the right time to get one
Not trying to start drama here at all, but what steps would I need to go through in order to get off of Zulu's full Android 5.1 and on to this? I see he's gone through and deleted all of the posts detailing the process of how to install his ROMs so now I don't even know the steps that I took back in August to install that ROM in the first place. My Shield is having a very strange problem where it stutters hard every 60 seconds or so and I want to go back to stock or something vaguely stock just in case I have to RMA this thing.
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Not trying to start drama here at all, but what steps would I need to go through in order to get off of Zulu's full Android 5.1 and on to this? I see he's gone through and deleted all of the posts detailing the process of how to install his ROMs so now I don't even know the steps that I took back in August to install that ROM in the first place. My Shield is having a very strange problem where it stutters hard every 60 seconds or so and I want to go back to stock or something vaguely stock just in case I have to RMA this thing.
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to remove zulu rom this is easy.
just go to nvidia site and get the complete factory images for your shield.
it will come with a guide on how to flash your shield with them.
it will delete everything in your shield and it will be stock like brand new.
then you can root it if you want or install a different rom.
Why can't I find any custos rom for the Zenwatch?
Is there not even 1 custom rom available?
If not , why not?
The watch is on the market for some time now, one would expect that there would be at least some roms available.
Tell me , is there any benefits of running a custom ROM on a watch ?
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Tell me , is there any benefits of running a custom ROM on a watch ?
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Yes! Battery life , performance,...
One problem is that we don't even have a stock one. I (foolishly) didn't make a copy of the system partition before I rooted mine, and I haven't been able to get anyone else to do it so far. There is a version of TWRP, a version of SuperSU, and a kernel available for this watch. But once you mess with it, we have no stock version to go back to for OTA updates.
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One problem is that we don't even have a stock one. I (foolishly) didn't make a copy of the system partition before I rooted mine, and I haven't been able to get anyone else to do it so far. There is a version of TWRP, a version of SuperSU, and a kernel available for this watch. But once you mess with it, we have no stock version to go back to for OTA updates.
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I see,
so it would be a bad idea to install a custom kernel?
I would not be able to go back to stock and receive updates?
Sn0w0nS said:
I see,
so it would be a bad idea to install a custom kernel?
I would not be able to go back to stock and receive updates?
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Not currently, unless you make a copy of everything before you change it. Which if you do, please post the originals here!
Looked and read, still not sure if a 2012 8.9 with 8.5.1 software can be rooted, I see older versions can. If not, can the play store be put on this configuration?
If yes to either point the way......
Thanks to all
Yes it definitly can be rooted. Did it back in August, don't know how i did it cause most Methods only work in oder Firmware versions. I think there is a guide from october which should be helpful if you want to use it custom Roms.
Yes it can be rooted. But the Play store APKs will not work on this device. I have tried everything. If you want the play store, you'll have to root, flash TWRP and a custom ROM.
DragonFire1024 said:
Yes it can be rooted. But the Play store APKs will not work on this device. I have tried everything. If you want the play store, you'll have to root, flash TWRP and a custom ROM.
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Looks like a lot of reading ahead then
vase310350 said:
Looks like a lot of reading ahead then
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see here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ki.../guide-root-custom-recovery-roms-jem-t3696244