Hello guys,
I finally was able to unlock my bootloader and flash CM11, but after installing it my phone would not recognize my sim card, i tried to re install the rom [did the wipe /system and stuff], i tried to install cm12 same thing again. so i went back to stock 4.3 and everything was ok.
the only reason i wanted to insall cm was because its way cleaner than the stock, but i had problems. other than the sim problem, google services was crashing constantly. but my biggest complain was the sim problem. here are some questions:
1] is the sim problem my mistake? is there any easy fix?
2]after unlocking the bootloader [and flashing a boot.img / cwm] do i Have to install the SuperSU.zip though cwm? is it same if i did though playstore? whats the difference since i have unlocked Bootloader?
3]after these steps do i need to install busybox? if yes from where? playstore?
sorry guys so many questions about root, but am trying to understand how things work since am new to all this.
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I just unlocked the bootloader of the phone and lost all data including phone data of contacts and sd card data
Damn, never saw that coming, now what is the easiest way to install the CWM on Xperia Play.
I have root as well.
I want to do this before doing anything as I do not want to lose data again.
Please suggest. Basically I want this so that I can install ICS/other themes via flashable zip and also some tweaks.
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Maddy
I too would like to know this. Disappointed by lack of guides coming from the HTC Desire which was so hacker friendly and full of instructions. I've unlocked bootloader and rooted but there's hardly any roms plus don't even know how to install the ones that are available! Did my root install CWM?
Root does not install it, there are few ROMs which I have come across, but was struggling to find a proper install method w/o losing data.
I have been suggested this method which I am yet to try.
For now was moving apks to get the ICS look which I pretty much succeeded along with ADW Launcher.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130639
Will try the bootloader unlock and then you know but will take time.
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Maddy
There is this method of getting CWM without unlocking, Recovery for locked bootloaders. People have been reporting success from it
OK,
1st Hi all and thanks for not bashing my lack of knowledge. I have done many searches and am now more confused than before.
I am comming from a droid X, I did the z4 root on it to get wifi tether working, it was on 2.2.1 I believe. Well it went very good, but I never got a push for an update. Got the new GN on verizon and tried to restore it back to stock, didn't work, so instead of selling it I gave it to my mom. Also, did this on a friends and he did get the update push and lost the root and superuser access.
This story is just so you know I am a complete noob. Other than following someones set by set on using Z4 I have really not done anything and have some questions on my new phone.
1. why would I want to unlock the bootloader?
2. after reading about the wifi hotspot by svtp do I need to root?
3. If i root and/or unlock the bootloader will this stop the updates from google (main reason I bought the phone)?
4. I am not into overclocking or modding but I want to be able to have wifi if I ever need it. That is the only thing I want.
Basically I am looking to unlock the wifi and still get all the google updates, is this possible? As of right now I think buying the svtp app is my best bet, I just don't want an unexpected bill showing up.
ok, still not rooted or unlocked. cannot get svtp to work wifi
Follow this guide --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382163
re #1: you need to unlock the bootloader to do pretty much anything non standard with your phone.
Since unlocking the bootloader wipes all data on the phone it's a good idea to do it early. You can leave it otherwise stock while you think about it, you can even relock it if you need to return the phone for some reason.
Neither unlocking nor rooting the phone will stop you getting the OTAs, it's custom roms that will do that. However most OTAs will stop your root access because they reset the permissions on your su files.
hth
Clancy_s said:
Neither unlocking nor rooting the phone will stop you getting the OTAs, it's custom roms that will do that. However most OTAs will stop your root access because they reset the permissions on your su files.
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Just to add further to this... not only will custom ROMs stop you from getting OTA updates, having custom recovery (ClockworkMod) will prevent them from applying, even with the stock ROM. If using a stock ROM with custom recovery, you'll need to do the update manually. If you wait until you get the update notification, your phone should have downloaded the update to /cache. You can then use the custom recovery to apply the update. Alternatively, you can look on these forums for someone to post the URL to the OTA update zip file, download it, and flash it manually (this way you don't need to wait until your phone gets the update, you can download it and have it sooner).
In either case, you'll usually need to re-root, as stated. This is easier with a custom recovery, because you should just have to flash superuser immediately after flashing the update, before rebooting.
Until CM9 is stable, I'm running the stock ROM with ClockworkMod recovery. I can download the OTA updates manually and flash them with ClockworkMod then flash superuser and I'm good to go. Custom recovery makes it nice and easy to retain root, as well as the ability to do nandroid backups, etc.
Hi everyone!
I'm new in the Android development community and after 1 1/2 years of using my stock openline Sony Xperia S, I decided to root it and install custom ROM on it. I've succeeded on unlocking its bootloader and rooting it. And then I thought, "ok time to choose a custom ROM, install it, and do a happy dance!" However, I couldn't make the recovery work at first, tried everything but it just reboots and does nothing. I installed a dual recovery from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2634382
I finally was able to make TWRP recovery work, but when I tried to install the custom ROM, I forgot to wipe all data - soft bricking my phone.
Now I tried to find here solutions on how to recover my bricked phone and stumbled upon this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
I followed instructions carefully, and installed 6.2.B.0.200. Now when I checked my phone, SuperSU is gone... Hmm, ok I'll just download it again from Play Store I thought. It's not working when I tried to open it, says it's missing some binaries. Could it be possible that I unrooted my phone trying to recover it?
I tried unlocking phones in the past, the old Nokia models (N70, N73, etc) but man, modding Android phone is just too complex! With all the overwhelming information that I've been reading in the past 12 hours (and imagine the stress that I've felt when I bricked my phone), I just want to ask how I can get back on track to what I'm doing. Should I root it again? I've rooted my phone earlier from following these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2417672
If you'd ask what custom ROM I was trying to install earlier, it's here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140734
Thank you in advance,
SA
Download the root checker app from play store. It will show you if you're rooted or not.
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Soul Annihilator said:
Hi everyone!
I'm new in the Android development community and after 1 1/2 years of using my stock openline Sony Xperia S, I decided to root it and install custom ROM on it. I've succeeded on unlocking its bootloader and rooting it. And then I thought, "ok time to choose a custom ROM, install it, and do a happy dance!" However, I couldn't make the recovery work at first, tried everything but it just reboots and does nothing. I installed a dual recovery from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2634382
I finally was able to make TWRP recovery work, but when I tried to install the custom ROM, I forgot to wipe all data - soft bricking my phone.
Now I tried to find here solutions on how to recover my bricked phone and stumbled upon this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170
I followed instructions carefully, and installed 6.2.B.0.200. Now when I checked my phone, SuperSU is gone... Hmm, ok I'll just download it again from Play Store I thought. It's not working when I tried to open it, says it's missing some binaries. Could it be possible that I unrooted my phone trying to recover it?
I tried unlocking phones in the past, the old Nokia models (N70, N73, etc) but man, modding Android phone is just too complex! With all the overwhelming information that I've been reading in the past 12 hours (and imagine the stress that I've felt when I bricked my phone), I just want to ask how I can get back on track to what I'm doing. Should I root it again? I've rooted my phone earlier from following these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2417672
If you'd ask what custom ROM I was trying to install earlier, it's here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2140734
Thank you in advance,
SA
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Your bootloader has been unlocked, that means you can flash custom kernel. I recommended you to flash doomlord's kernel as it already included cwm and twrp recovery. Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2305591 and this kernel is also based on latest .96 firmware and you should not worry about compatibility issue
Thank you for the replies here so far. So yeah I had to re-root my phone. And I ditched TWRP too and used CWM to install a custom ROM. However, the custom ROM that I installed (Unlimited Xperia) is not as smooth as I had hoped. One of my games (Brave Frontier) is constantly crashing or hanging and the lack of WCDMA only option is a huge deal breaker for me (the creator probably doesn't have stable 3G in his area, I can't think of a reason why he would completely omit that option).
So my next question is, what custom ROM can you recommend that is mostly optimized for gaming and is pretty close to SE stock ROM?
Thanks in advance,
SA
Soul Annihilator said:
Thank you for the replies here so far. So yeah I had to re-root my phone. And I ditched TWRP too and used CWM to install a custom ROM. However, the custom ROM that I installed (Unlimited Xperia) is not as smooth as I had hoped. One of my games (Brave Frontier) is constantly crashing or hanging and the lack of WCDMA only option is a huge deal breaker for me (the creator probably doesn't have stable 3G in his area, I can't think of a reason why he would completely omit that option).
So my next question is, what custom ROM can you recommend that is mostly optimized for gaming and is pretty close to SE stock ROM?
Thanks in advance,
SA
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4.4 is a no-go. Stock is best or fxp's cm 10.
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entermetallica said:
4.4 is a no-go. Stock is best or fxp's cm 10.
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Thanks! I'll try FXP's CM10 then.
Hi,
I'm not brand new in rooting, but seems like I messed up.
So I would like to root my LG G3 (D855) and install custom rom, so here are few questions about it.
1) I would like to make full backup of my current rom (all apps, settings, everything included) in a case if I will have to return to stock rom. How do I do it?
2) I know how to root my phone and install custom rom, which one would you recommend me? I would like to install android Noughat 7.1
3) after installing that rom how do I root it once again? Last time when I rooted and installed custom rom, seems like my phone wasn't rooted anymore after installing it
4) on that custom rom, I would like to play Pokemon Go, which requiers unrooted phone (even if my phone wasn't rooted, or at least i think it wasn't. I was still unable to play pokemon go, was it due custom rom?). So any method to play Pokemon GO on that custom rom.
Thank you all in advance
UP. No help?
Just don't install LineageOS 14.1 (Nougat) or one based on it as if your device is rooted, you will have problems trying to get root back! I have tried EVERY method on here and recommended and NOTHING! GRRR!
AFAIK, Pokemon Go will work on a rooted phone. I managed to use it on my rooted S7 last year. I don't know where you heard this, or perhaps, they have changed it recently so you can't..
Hello. I recently bought a G3121 with android 8.0 and I want to root it, but the boot.img from the post i founded here doesn't work. I was wondering if anyone in the same situation with me has found something. Thanks.
I have exactly the same problem, using firmware 48.1.A.2.50, tried many ways to obtain recovery and root, but without succes - sometimes phone wasn't working, sometimes only TWRP was working, but without system so phone was useless, Magisk doesn't want to install on my phone (Bootloader unlocked). What am I doing wrong?