'ello mates!
I was reading the whole process of unlocking the bootloader, installing custom recovery, then rooting but unfortunately I didn't want to wipe the internal data storage in the process. Is there a way to get it rooted without wiping the phone?
Thanks in advance!
exProphecy said:
'ello mates!
I was reading the whole process of unlocking the bootloader, installing custom recovery, then rooting but unfortunately I didn't want to wipe the internal data storage in the process. Is there a way to get it rooted without wiping the phone?
Thanks in advance!
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Rooting itself does not erase the data. Unlocking the bootloader does. No other bootloader methods are available, so it looks like you can't. Sorry man!
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Hi, sorry for bothering you but can anyone writte instructions how to install this rom ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2795340 Do i need unlocked bootloader ? I just tried that and get bricked phone. Fortunatelly i made a backup
bobo933 said:
Hi, sorry for bothering you but can anyone writte instructions how to install this rom ? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2795340 Do i need unlocked bootloader ? I just tried that and get bricked phone. Fortunatelly i made a backup
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Yes, You require an unlocked bootloader. Format system and data partition, flash the ROM, wipe cache and dalvik, done!
Hi,
Running stock LG G4 with official marshmallow. I have a problem with my cmaera videos coming out juddery. I want to wipe my phone but i want to wipe the cache partition. My G4 has the built on lg recovery which doesnt give me that option. Any way i can wipe the cache partition without voiding my warranty or rooting my phone?
Any help really appreciated
Matt
No, need to unlock bootloader and install twrp for that.
juannicolas said:
No, need to unlock bootloader and install twrp for that.
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Thanks for the reply. So once ive installed twrp and wiped the cache partition, could i delete twrp off and then lg wouldnt know it was ever tampered with?
princepilot said:
Thanks for the reply. So once ive installed twrp and wiped the cache partition, could i delete twrp off and then lg wouldnt know it was ever tampered with?
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Once the device is unlocked (if yours is able) you will lose warranty and cannot restore bootloader to default.
I have not yet received the phone, but when I do I will boot loader unlock/root. (If I don't intend to stay with Oxygen OS at all, should I even root or just flash the new ROM?) Also, is dirty flashing ok with this? Can I just flash it without wiping?
ZVNexus said:
I have not yet received the phone, but when I do I will boot loader unlock/root. (If I don't intend to stay with Oxygen OS at all, should I even root or just flash the new ROM?) Also, is dirty flashing ok with this? Can I just flash it without wiping?
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When you unlock the bootloader it will wipe the device so dirty flashing is not in the equation.
If you are flashing CM then you dont need to root first but you will need to root after. (last I knew) Most roms these days dont come with root by default.
zelendel said:
When you unlock the bootloader it will wipe the device so dirty flashing is not in the equation.
If you are flashing CM then you dont need to root first but you will need to root after. (last I knew) Most roms these days dont come with root by default.
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Yeah it will wipe it, but the system files are still there right? I was watching a video of someone installing a new ROM, and they deleted
Dalvik/ ART Cache
System
Data
Cache
Or am I wrong? Do I not need to wipe all those partitions before flashing? Really sorry for being a bother, fairly new to this.
ZVNexus said:
Yeah it will wipe it, but the system files are still there right? I was watching a video of someone installing a new ROM, and they deleted
Dalvik/ ART Cache
System
Data
Cache
Or am I wrong? Do I not need to wipe all those partitions before flashing? Really sorry for being a bother, fairly new to this.
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That is what is called a clean flash. (always the best bet when flashing a rom rom and even suggested by all devs. You will be told that you can "dirty" flash (wiping only system and both caches) so your app data and settings stay after the flash but to be honest that is just being lazy as you will have to clean flash before you can post a bug report anyway, so why not do it from the start)
Yes when you unlock the bootloader the system will be fine. What the unlock does is pretty much a factory reset. So make sure to back up any pic, music or what ever.
Hello guys,
I'm about to unlock bootloader , so I wanted to know Does it really wipe all the data on my phone and what about the files ?
and if it wipes the data away , is there anyway I can root without losing my data and files ?
Zezo9009 said:
Does it really wipe all the data on my phone?
if it wipes the data away , is there anyway I can root without losing my data and files?
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Yes, it does.
No way. Backup data before unlocking. Locked boot = no root.
Hi,
I didn't find a definitive answer looking into XDA, is it possible to relock without wiping your data?
I only want to lock it if I don't have to reinstall everything, after setting it back to stock (I'm already on Stock with Magisk) with a clean boot image.
Cubox. said:
Hi,
I didn't find a definitive answer looking into XDA, is it possible to relock without wiping your data?
I only want to lock it if I don't have to reinstall everything, after setting it back to stock (I'm already on Stock with Magisk) with a clean boot image.
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Cubox. said:
Hi,
I didn't find a definitive answer looking into XDA, is it possible to relock without wiping your data?
I only want to lock it if I don't have to reinstall everything, after setting it back to stock (I'm already on Stock with Magisk) with a clean boot image.
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something else what do you want with magisk without a patched boot.img ??
and as has already been said, the relock of the bootloader is connected to a wipe, as is the case with unlocking
I would strongly recommend against locking your bootloader if you are not on a clean flash. If anything in /system doesn't pass vbmeta verification, the system will not boot.
User data shouldn't matter, but the safest way is always to perform a complete factory flash including a wipe.