I am running stock. No ROM but I am rooted, and I use Franco kernel and xposed framework, what will happen to those mods? Im afraid of brick, should I uninstall all of those including root first before updating to L... When it comes out? Please I need answers, I had soft brick before and I don't want it again.
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I am running stock. No ROM but I am rooted, and I use Franco kernel and xposed framework, what will happen to those mods? Im afraid of brick, should I uninstall all of those including root first before updating to L... When it comes out? Please I need answers, I had soft brick before and I don't want it again.
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You should only have to wipe, yes you will loose the mods, but they will probably be updated. You will just have to wait a month or 2.
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You should only have to wipe, yes you will loose the mods, but they will probably be updated. You will just have to wait a month or 2.
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Wipe everything right? Like factory reset or twrp? Will I have to reinstall root/Franco?
Franco will need to create a new kernel, the old one won't work after a version update. Xposed will work if you manually flash the update; if you want ota you'll need to disable it first and revert to stock recovery.
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You'd have to try really hard to brick a Nexus device. What's so scary about a soft brick? Learn how to use fastboot and adb and there's absolutely nothing to be scared of.
Actually I was going from cwm to twrp and I didn't know the wipe buttons would get rid our my OS altogether..? my dumb mistake.
But I was saved by nexus 7 toolkit
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Yea don't worry about bricking. You will be able to restore thru nexus toolkit as long as your bootloader is unlocked. I wiped the os off my nexus 4 as well.
I just took the plunge and xposed isn't working nor is my showbox.
Android L is really cool and I can live without xposed, but showbox not working is a big hit. I just got it all setup too. Works good. No real problems.
I flashed back to stock and wiped, then upped to L
How do you flash back? Can I just flash a custom 4.4.4 ROM or do I need flash stock?
player911 said:
How do you flash back? Can I just flash a custom 4.4.4 ROM or do I need flash stock?
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Just like you would any other ROM in recovery or fastboot. If you want stock, flash stock. If you want a custom ROM, flash a custom ROM.
player911 said:
How do you flash back? Can I just flash a custom 4.4.4 ROM or do I need flash stock?
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Multiple choices. If you made a backup/nandroid before flashing L you should be able to restore your backup without any issues, For one thing the bootloader didn't change. You can fastboot flash the system and boot images after extracting them from the factory image then wipe cache and dalvik. Flash the whole factory image either with or without modifying the flash_all.bat (open the flash_all.bat in notepad and remove the -w which will prevent the storage from being wiped). Or... flash a custom or stock ROM. Piece of cake!
Good to know. I'm trying to hang on but we'll see
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Hi all,
I received notification to upgrade to Jelly bean but the process fail.
I am on 4.0.4 stock + root franko kernel (but flashed back to stock) + busybox.
I have a feeling it is busybox that prevents the OTA.
Is this right? How can i uninstall/restore system so that OTA works?
FYI: I have too many data settings on my phone, don't want to wipe everything. So my understanding is that custom roms are not for me.
Thx in advance...
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Up... please help me :fingers-crossed:
4.0.4 Stock Radio & Recovery?
3rdstring said:
4.0.4 Stock Radio & Recovery?
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Radio is stock.
Recovery is CMW, but tried after flashing back stock recovery, no luck. Also tried to upgrade manually with the downloaded upgrade file using CWM ; i get status 7 error...
Right, no more feedbacks, I guess I will have to wipe everything out. painful, but I guess I have no other choice.
So my understanding is that the thing to do is to flash full 4.0.4 stock image. Is there any chance I can do that without loosing everything that is on my phone?
what is it I have to wipe, clear and so on?
Last, if i go down that route, I might as well consider a custom ROM: important question, when a custom rom evolves (update, new version...) will I also have to wipe everything and start again with a 'factory reset' phone ?
Thanks
benjieb said:
So my understanding is that the thing to do is to flash full 4.0.4 stock image. Is there any chance I can do that without loosing everything that is on my phone?
what is it I have to wipe, clear and so on?
Last, if i go down that route, I might as well consider a custom ROM: important question, when a custom rom evolves (update, new version...) will I also have to wipe everything and start again with a 'factory reset' phone ?
Thanks
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To go back to the stock ROM, unfortunately you will lose everything.
EDIT: Using the conventional method but as efrant has stated below, you can do it without losing all your data.
When a new version of a custom ROM comes out, you can just 'dirty' flash it without a factory reset but sometimes you might get errors/bugs popping up though generally it's fine.
Flash the imm76i system image and boot images only. The apply the update in cwm. It should work without wiping data.
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Flash the imm76i system image and boot images only. The apply the update in cwm. It should work without wiping data.
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thanks for that ; also found this POST... patch in progress!!!! Hoping that having installed / uninstalled busybox wil not have left damages behind.
thanks all here + monkeyboy451
Ok so I really screwed up using twrp. Went to wipe ( factory reset) but in the process i wiped system ect. without thinking. Wanted to flash miui and nothing was there. Duh me. So flashed the latest tar through odin and i dont see su! Does this mean i lost root but have custom recovery. What can i do to get su back and lfash custom roms?
Tia
Never mind mods please remove... forgot that i flash an unrooted version. Therfore solved!
pedrodog69 said:
Ok so I really screwed up using twrp. Went to wipe ( factory reset) but in the process i wiped system ect. without thinking. Wanted to flash miui and nothing was there. Duh me. So flashed the latest tar through odin and i dont see su! Does this mean i lost root but have custom recovery. What can i do to get su back and lfash custom roms?
Tia
Never mind mods please remove... forgot that i flash an unrooted version. Therfore solved!
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http://www.epiccm.org/2012/06/cwm-recovery-on-all-sgs3-lte-variants.html
Thanks naddict! Ill take this as a hint to use this cwm. I was using dazed anakonda now only to start over!
pedrodog69 said:
Thanks naddict! Ill take this as a hint to use this cwm. I was using dazed anakonda now only to start over!
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No, no specific endorsement... I use both twrp and cwm...
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pedrodog69 said:
Ok so I really screwed up using twrp. Went to wipe ( factory reset) but in the process i wiped system ect. without thinking. Wanted to flash miui and nothing was there. Duh me. So flashed the latest tar through odin and i dont see su! Does this mean i lost root but have custom recovery. What can i do to get su back and lfash custom roms?
Tia
Never mind mods please remove... forgot that i flash an unrooted version. Therfore solved!
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No TWRP didn't break root. You did
Few hours before this post I flashed a rooted version of android 4.3 from the thread by "Carlos_Manuel". However, following that the supersu was not working I flashed the supersu binaries over the ROM from TWRP. Since then, it is stuck in boot loop at the Google Logo. Tried flashing PA, Sourcery, CM but nothing seems to work. What should I do?
Flash the official Google image: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376687
check dreams rom thread and see my post there
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Fix it by flashing factory images! do a full wipe, you can get imprtant stuff from your Nexus by using adb pull commands!
Users was blaming me when they screwed their Nexus with the root files!
I can successfully even flash old root files and no bootloops but ofc. root wont work if using those old root files.
OP, did you factory reset between ROM flashes?
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OP, did you factory reset between ROM flashes?
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pulling files then flashing 4.2.2 stock image to start fresh
NyPlaya513 said:
Ok, I am paranoid and want to be sure about this. I am in the same boat as the OP. I have a 32gb toro on twrp 2.5. I am under the impression that flashing the stock images will flash my sdcard partition and I want to pull some files if that is the case. Is there anyway to pull the files or am I stuck and need to start fresh.
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You cant use the stock images they are for gsm not toro/cdma, have to use a custom zip only one is that light speed one in development right now I am waiting for muzzys but, full wipe, flash rom, gapps, supersu.
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You cant use the stock images they are for gsm not toro/cdma, have to use a custom zip only one is that light speed one in development right now I am waiting for muzzys but, full wipe, flash rom, gapps, supersu.
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nvm pulling files
If you tried wiping just cache/dalvik after the flash I dont know there may be another way to get it to boot or not but yeah the factory image will start it over fresh and get you out of it
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If you tried wiping just cache/dalvik after the flash I dont know there may be another way to get it to boot or not but yeah the factory image will start it over fresh and get you out of it
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nvm got the toolkit to pull files via adb for me on my parallels
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Few hours before this post I flashed a rooted version of android 4.3 from the thread by "Carlos_Manuel". However, following that the supersu was not working I flashed the supersu binaries over the ROM from TWRP. Since then, it is stuck in boot loop at the Google Logo. Tried flashing PA, Sourcery, CM but nothing seems to work. What should I do?
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"just wipe data" in recovery after flashing, solve bootloop issue
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"just wipe data" in recovery after flashing, solve bootloop issue
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thanks for your help.. but I ended up flashing factory image of 4.3 which fixed the problem. Also I wnted to ask if you know of any 4.3 kernels that have implemented high performance audio mod. So far I have tried Faux and Hybrid but both dont have it.
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thanks for your help.. but I ended up flashing factory image of 4.3 which fixed the problem. Also I wnted to ask if you know of any 4.3 kernels that have implemented high performance audio mod. So far I have tried Faux and Hybrid but both dont have it.
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i dont think there's any kernel for now, give it some time and you'll get one
So my Nexus 7 still has not received the OTA update, and like a bunch of other, I decided to try to put it on myself. I tried both ways too - sideloading the zip and flashing the full factory image from google. Now I'm no newbie in this.. but for some odd reason, my Nexus 7 just wont boot past the Google logo in start up... any ideas? Ive been at it for the past couple days and still can't find anything on it
If you are not afraid to loose your data. Enter the recovery and do a factory reset.
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So my Nexus 7 still has not received the OTA update, and like a bunch of other, I decided to try to put it on myself. I tried both ways too - sideloading the zip and flashing the full factory image from google. Now I'm no newbie in this.. but for some odd reason, my Nexus 7 just wont boot past the Google logo in start up... any ideas? Ive been at it for the past couple days and still can't find anything on it
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There are always a small percentage of installations that won't work with a dirty flash (keeping your user data).
This could be because of the specific apps they have installed, flash memory corruption, etc.
That is why you should always backup before doing a system update.
The solution normally is to just wipe data/factory reset from recovery.
vbaros said:
If you are not afraid to loose your data. Enter the recovery and do a factory reset.
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sfhub said:
There are always a small percentage of installations that won't work with a dirty flash (keeping your user data).
This could be because of the specific apps they have installed, flash memory corruption, etc.
That is why you should always backup before doing a system update.
The solution normally is to just wipe data/factory reset from recovery.
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So wipe the data before flashing the factory image? Because I have tried booting into recovery AFTER doing the update to wipe data and it kept bootlooping still.
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BraddahBoi808 said:
So wipe the data before flashing the factory image? Because I have tried booting into recovery AFTER doing the update to wipe data and it kept bootlooping still.
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Sorry, I didn't read your original post closely enough, if you are bootlooping at google, then it is a problem with /system and wiping won't help. If you were looping at the bouncing balls or X, then that is user data related so wiping usually fixes it.
If you are stuck at Google, something went wrong with your flash or your flash memory got corrupted.
I would try reflashing the factory image, making sure to do the -w wipe option (by default that is what flash-all.bat does)
Make sure to pay attention to any errors that might show up.
I had the same issue. You need to clear your data and cache after flashing the factory image. See my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47472320&postcount=35
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I had the same issue. You need to clear your data and cache after flashing the factory image. See my post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47472320&postcount=35
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It worked all fine until i wiped data and cache at the end of your process... After rebooting it still bootloops and is now hanging at the Google sign... At this point I have no idea what I'm doing wrong...
Bump.. Can someone help me?
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BraddahBoi808 said:
Bump.. Can someone help me?
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What method did you use to flash the factory images?
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RMarkwald said:
What method did you use to flash the factory images?
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Command prompt through android sdk. Didn't boot, stayed at Google screen. Then tried wugs toolkit and same thing, hung at Google boot screen...
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Command prompt through android sdk. Didn't boot, stayed at Google screen. Then tried wugs toolkit and same thing, hung at Google boot screen...
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So you did all of the steps listed here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2469508
Yes..
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Now sure if this means anything, but when i send the ota update zip through aideload, at the end it gives me
script succeeded: result was [/system]
Does that mean it worked or the system had something wrong??
Not sure on that one.
- Sent from my Galaxy S3
K this stupid thing must hate kit Kat or something cause no matter what ROM I try to flash that's kit kat it still don't boot. I'm tired of this already. Idk what else to do. I thought nexus devices were suppose to be the easiest ones to get updates... /end rant
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BraddahBoi808 said:
So my Nexus 7 still has not received the OTA update, and like a bunch of other, I decided to try to put it on myself. I tried both ways too - sideloading the zip and flashing the full factory image from google. Now I'm no newbie in this.. but for some odd reason, my Nexus 7 just wont boot past the Google logo in start up... any ideas? Ive been at it for the past couple days and still can't find anything on it
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I would try this, if you can use TWRP to back up your data partition, then use Wugfresh's Rom toolkit to flash to stock KRT160, and then root, and install your recovery again.. Then.. restore just the data partiton.. That should bring your nexus to working order..
This will only work if you can move the TWRP folder off your device, use the TWRP folder via OTG to a Sdcard or thumb drive and then copy it back when your back at stock.. Sounds complicated, but its very simple.. That may work for you
Or if your brave enough, just flash Bootloader.img first, then System.img from Stock image.. That should be the simpler method..
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I would try this, if you can use TWRP to back up your data partition, then use Wugfresh's Rom toolkit to flash to stock KRT160, and then root, and install your recovery again.. Then.. restore just the data partiton.. That should bring your nexus to working order..
This will only work if you can move the TWRP folder off your device, use the TWRP folder via OTG to a Sdcard or thumb drive and then copy it back when your back at stock.. Sounds complicated, but its very simple.. That may work for you
Or if your brave enough, just flash Bootloader.img first, then System.img from Stock image.. That should be the simpler method..
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At the moment I dont really care about my data cause I dont have much on it. All i have are a couple songs and a movie, which is easily transferable because they are from my laptop. I just want this thing updated to kit kat. So, one more time, the methods I've tried using are:
Wug's toolkit to restore to KRT16O
ADB sideload to update manually using the OTA zip obtained from here
factory images obatined from google and flashed using the .bat in their zip
the link Mr. @RMarkwald posted
and through flashing stock KRT16O update from Scrosler's rom
So far, ALL methods will not allow my device to boot past the Google logo...
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At the moment I dont really care about my data cause I dont have much on it. All i have are a couple songs and a movie, which is easily transferable because they are from my laptop. I just want this thing updated to kit kat. So, one more time, the methods I've tried using are:
Wug's toolkit to restore to KRT16O
ADB sideload to update manually using the OTA zip obtained from here
factory images obatined from google and flashed using the .bat in their zip
the link Mr. @RMarkwald posted
and through flashing stock KRT16O update from Scrosler's rom
So far, ALL methods will not allow my device to boot past the Google logo...
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Then i would suggest possibly restoring your Nexus to 4.3 and see if you can atleast get it working again..
Im thinking your device maybe corrupted, but dont quote me on that.. Can you atleast boot into recovery?
I made a recovery of a Stock 4.4 from TWRP incase I needed it..
If you cant boot into recovery on the device, you can try booting into TWRP via Wugfresh's tookit.. and try and restore your Nexus that way
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqczh3q59lydga9/2013-11-13--06-14-08 KRT16O.TWRP.zip Good luck..
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Then i would suggest possibly restoring your Nexus to 4.3 and see if you can atleast get it working again..
Im thinking your device maybe corrupted, but dont quote me on that.. Can you atleast boot into recovery?
I made a recovery of a Stock 4.4 from TWRP incase I needed it..
If you cant boot into recovery on the device, you can try booting into TWRP via Wugfresh's tookit.. and try and restore your Nexus that way
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqczh3q59lydga9/2013-11-13--06-14-08 KRT16O.TWRP.zip Good luck..
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I can restore back to JSS15R 4.3 fine and the device works fine, no issues. It's just for some reason it doesnt like anything 4.4, which I find very odd. It still hasn't gotten to OTA update either. After updating to 4.4 and it hanging on the Google screen, it can boot into stock recovery fine. I have wiped data and cache in there too to see if that works but nothing. Thanks for all your quick help by the way. So the method your saying now.. Do I flash that from my stuck 4.4 or from rooted 4.3?
I would try that from 4.3....Dont use the stock recovery.. Flash it from TWRP..
Hey guys I just got the Nexus 7 2013(Wifi) today for Christmas and I just rooted it with Nexus Root Toolkit, and I wanted to know how I can update to Android 5.0 without wiping it. I have Android 4.4.4 with the latest TWRP.
You didn't install a custom ROM? I have the same tablet, I also rooted mine. I updated to Jellybean and everything seems to be working, except I lost root and it's really annoying that I haven't found how to root it again without it being wiped erasing all my apps and data.
You can update it via OTA, but you will lose root.
Nexus7II_Lollipop
critofur said:
You didn't install a custom ROM? I have the same tablet, I also rooted mine. I updated to Jellybean and everything seems to be working, except I lost root and it's really annoying that I haven't found how to root it again without it being wiped erasing all my apps and data.
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If u are only on jellybean, u might be able to just use the towelroot apk and not erase any data...
bigboolean said:
Hey guys I just got the Nexus 7 2013(Wifi) today for Christmas and I just rooted it with Nexus Root Toolkit, and I wanted to know how I can update to Android 5.0 without wiping it. I have Android 4.4.4 with the latest TWRP.
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You can either:
(1) Wait for the OTA: hence no wipe of data
(2) Use the factory image and remove the wipe command (-w) (search for a how to, answered many times here)
(3) Use the OTA zip (not familiar with process, if it wipes or not, as I always use factory images but I guess there is a how-to in here as well somewhere!)
(4) ...
One thing you should take into account though is that for a major android version jump (e.g. 4.4.4 => 5) you should always consider to wipe.
In addition, questions go into Q&A section
You can install multirom. So you can keep the stock rom and install lollipop as well. Just have a look at the multirom thread on how to install it. It's quite easy.
There is zero reason not to do a clean install in your situation.
Flash the factory image, reflash twrp, flash su zip, done.
bigboolean said:
Hey guys I just got the Nexus 7 2013(Wifi) today for Christmas and I just rooted it with Nexus Root Toolkit, and I wanted to know how I can update to Android 5.0 without wiping it. I have Android 4.4.4 with the latest TWRP.
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You just got it so why not take the wipe and just install the image from google?