Looking at info on the 'temp root', it says if you 'soft reboot' you won't lose root.
I can't find info on how to 'soft reboot'. When I google it I find it on soft reset, which I'm not sure is the same thing. In fact it appears to me it would be what I would consider a hard reboot. It would seem to me that a soft reboot would mean not powering off the phone, which just holding the power button, and hitting reboot would do.
Can someone confirm for me the correct method to soft reboot and result in NOT losing root?
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ewingr said:
Looking at info on the 'temp root', it says if you 'soft reboot' you won't lose root.
I can't find info on how to 'soft reboot'. When I google it I find it on soft reset, which I'm not sure is the same thing. In fact it appears to me it would be what I would consider a hard reboot. It would seem to me that a soft reboot would mean not powering off the phone, which just holding the power button, and hitting reboot would do.
Can someone confirm for me the correct method to soft reboot and result in NOT losing root?
Thanks
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If your temp rooting use simple reboot app it works.
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I've got a dilemma. My rooted Verizon GNex just stopped working today. Yesterday, it was working fine. I plugged it up at night before bed and about an hour ago, I grab it off the charge. Nothing happened when I hit the power button which was strange because I never turn it off and I didn't let the battery die. I pressed and held and "Google" and the little lock on the bottom came up so I set the phone down while it powered on. 5 minutes later, it's still in that state, then a few seconds later, the screen goes black and nothing happened. I took the battery out and put it back in twice and nothing happens. I can't remember downloading any apps other than Zagat and a guide for Ingress in the last few days. A PDF online or two. What do I do with a rooted phone that's still under warranty (just barely so time is a factor)? Can they really check if the phone won't even turn on?
My old roommate sent her unlocked/rooted Gnex back to VZW when her charging port stopped working. They never charged her for it or anything, but it did say something like "you would be responsible to pay $X if rooted blah blah.." Either they are bluffing or she slipped in.
Did you try clearing data, factory reset?
How can I do a factor reset if it won't turn on? All I know is pulling the battery or holding the power and volume buttons at once.
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WiredPirate said:
My old roommate sent her unlocked/rooted Gnex back to VZW when her charging port stopped working. They never charged her for it or anything, but it did say something like "you would be responsible to pay $X if rooted blah blah.." Either they are bluffing or she slipped in.
Did you try clearing data, factory reset?
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I don't think a factory reset wipes root.
If you hold volume (-) and power from a powered off state can you boot to fastboot mode and is it still recognized by your PC?
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I don't think a factory reset wipes root.
If you hold volume (-) and power can you boot to fastboot mode and is it still recognized by your PC?
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Unless it's different on the VZW than a GSM phone you need to hold volume up & volume down + power to get to the bootloader (fastboot mode)
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How can I do a factor reset if it won't turn on? All I know is pulling the battery or holding the power and volume buttons at once.
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With the phone off hold both volume buttons and the power button, then use the down volume key to navigate to recovery, and power to select the option. Once in recovery you will see wipe data/ factory reset option.
Also if you have a backup you can restore it from recovery.
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I don't think a factory reset wipes root.
If you hold volume (-) and power can you boot to fastboot mode and is it still recognized by your PC?
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No a factory reset wont wipe root, but if it solves his problem and the phone is functional again he wont need to exchange it through warranty, so no need to unroot.
Holy crud that worked! It's on and it shows the green start arrow pointing toward the power button which does nothing when I press it (I hear some Samsungs have issues with the power button not working). Under the Android bot it says, "Downloading... Do not turn off target!" but my PC (W7) couldn't download whatever driver it needed. And I just realized I do have the Wugs toolkit. Can I unroot if I'm unable to get critical buttons on my phone top act properly?
Try the factory reset first. If that works you get to keep the phone like WiredPirate said. Check out this guide to install drivers and flash stock Google images if you have to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25477039
Edit: sorry I have been up for a while. Power off the phone. Pull battery if you need to. Power + BOTH volume buttons at the same time. Use the volume keys to navigate to recovery mode and power to select it. If the phone will boot to recovery try a factory reset and reboot. If that works, awesome. If not follow the guide above to flash the phone to stock.
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Instead of plugging it up to your computer before/after it boots, can you press the volume down key twice for it to display "recovery" on that green arrow?.. Then hit the power button to boot into recovery. No USB, no toolkit or computer. Then do a factory reset and/or restore a backup and see if the phone boots normal.
It wasn't working working without being plugged up to the computer and now the phone is on the lock screen. What I'm going to do is unroot, backup, and decide whether or not to take it to Verizon. I want to but if I can't actually show them anything, I wonder what they'll do. Looks like everything seemss normal for now. Thanks for the help!
Oh okay, well good deal.. Glad everything is back to a more stable state now. :good:
Hey!
I have got the same Problem (though GSM version)! I cant boot up my system. When I turn the device on the Google screen appears along with the unlocked lock.
I have already tried to full whipe it and restore it but it did not work. Bevore that the restore did not work either!
Can someone help me?
Andraxx said:
Hey!
I have got the same Problem (though GSM version)! I cant boot up my system. When I turn the device on the Google screen appears along with the unlocked lock.
I have already tried to full whipe it and restore it but it did not work. Bevore that the restore did not work either!
Can someone help me?
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Try the factory reset first. If that works you get to keep the phone like WiredPirate said. Check out this guide to install drivers and flash stock Google images if you have to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25477039
Edit: sorry I have been up for a while. Power off the phone. Pull battery if you need to. Power + BOTH volume buttons at the same time. Use the volume keys to navigate to recovery mode and power to select it. If the phone will boot to recovery try a factory reset and reboot. If that works, awesome. If not follow the guide above to flash the phone to stock.
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Problem is that my PC does not recognize my device even though I have installed the drivers and in device menager it says: Samsung Android ADB Interface
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Problem is that my PC does not recognize my device even though I have installed the drivers and in device menager it says: Samsung Android ADB Interface
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Delete the drivers you see for the phone inside of device manager. Now go back to that topic, scroll all the way up to the very beginning and follow the steps. It tells you exactly how to correctly install the drivers to get your phone recognized.
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I have a Wildfire S someone was just looking to get rid of. I'd like to try and set this up for my son to use, but it has a lock screen code and I've no way of directly contacting the previous owner.
I'd like to know the easiest way to just wipe the phone and factory reset it so I can try it out and see if it's going to work for me. I may try rooting/ROMing later, but right now I just want to wipe all their data etc. and just get it back to a factory reset state. If the easiest way to get this thing wiped is to root it and install a ROM I'd be find with that as well. (I don't have any experience tinkering with HTC phones).
Thanks for any help. I tried searching and wasn't able to find anything and there's no stickies I could find on the subject (If I missed an obvious guide I apologize).
Merman1983 said:
I have a Wildfire S someone was just looking to get rid of. I'd like to try and set this up for my son to use, but it has a lock screen code and I've no way of directly contacting the previous owner.
I'd like to know the easiest way to just wipe the phone and factory reset it so I can try it out and see if it's going to work for me. I may try rooting/ROMing later, but right now I just want to wipe all their data etc. and just get it back to a factory reset state. If the easiest way to get this thing wiped is to root it and install a ROM I'd be find with that as well. (I don't have any experience tinkering with HTC phones).
Thanks for any help. I tried searching and wasn't able to find anything and there's no stickies I could find on the subject (If I missed an obvious guide I apologize).
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you can directly factory reset it.
remove battery and again install it.then hold volume down and power button.
then you can see bootloader menu,and with help of volume keys select factory reset option and press power button.it might help to reset your phone directly.
crossfire77 said:
you can directly factory reset it.
remove battery and again install it.then hold volume down and power button.
then you can see bootloader menu,and with help of volume keys select factory reset option and press power button.it might help to reset your phone directly.
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Awesome - thanks - I was trying holding down Vol Up and Vol Down + PWR which is the way it's always been with Samsung phones.
My girlfriends phone was dropped, you cannot see the screen at all. Does not respond to touch. I managed to get her pictures music etc off of it but I want to restore it to factory defaults in order to remove all of her personal information. This is a stock phone with NO root.
I would think this will have to do with ADB, I have fooled around with ADB in the past but I dont have a clue as to how install/set it up again. Please leave a detailed instruction if possible.
I GREATLY appreciate any and all help in advance.
No need for adb just boot into recovery and factory reset.
To boot into recovery just hold down volume up + home + power button. Once in recovery just use the volume keys to navigate the options and use the power button to select factory reset.
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Thanks for the tip, I just need to figure out how to do that for sure being I cant see the screen
xstingstreetx said:
Thanks for the tip, I just need to figure out how to do that for sure being I cant see the screen
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Try watching a youtube tutorial or something that shows the recovery screen and then just figure out where the reset option is.
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I'm trying to up date my parents Nexus 7 to 4.4.2 but it refuses to install.
The device advises that the update is available. It downloads without any issues. The device reboots and starts the install process. It reaches around 20% and displays "ERROR" with the android logo lying flat with an exclamation mark.
The device is brand new and has not been rooted etc. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be appreciated.
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I'm trying it up date my parents Nexus 7 to 4.4.2 but it refuses to install.
The device advises that the update is available. It downloads without any issues. The device reboots and starts the install process. It reaches around 20% and displays "ERROR" with the android logo lying flat with an exclamation mark.
The device is brand new and has not been rooted etc. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help would be appreciated.
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When you see the android with exclamation mark hold down the power button and while you are holding the power button down press and release the volume up button. You are now in stock recovery. Use the volume button to highlight "wipe cache partition", press power button to select. Once that is done select reboot. Maybe wiping the cache well have helped. Try the update again. If that doesn't work, you have two choices that I can think of. Try a factory reset or adb sideload the update, for adb sideload you need a computer with adb setup on it. If it was rooted with a custom recovery there would be other options. Good luck!
To get to stock recovery... with the tablet off, hold down the power button and while you continue to hold it down press the volume down button until it boots into the bootloader screen. Use the volume button to select "Recovery mode" then press power button. Now you will see the android with exclamation mark again. Hold down the power button and while you are holding the power button down press and release the volume up button. You are now in stock recovery.
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When you see the android with exclamation mark hold down the power button and while you are holding the power button down press and release the volume up button. You are now in stock recovery. Use the volume button to highlight "wipe cache partition", press power button to select. Once that is done select reboot. Maybe wiping the cache well have helped. Try the update again. If that doesn't work, you have two choices that I can think of. Try a factory reset or adb sideload the update, for adb sideload you need a computer with adb setup on it. If it was rooted with a custom recovery there would be other options. Good luck!
To get to stock recovery... with the tablet off, hold down the power button and while you continue to hold it down press the volume down button until it boots into the bootloader screen. Use the volume button to select "Recovery mode" then press power button. Now you will see the android with exclamation mark again. Hold down the power button and while you are holding the power button down press and release the volume up button. You are now in stock recovery.
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Hi, thanks for replying.
I have tried this to no avail. I do however have further information regarding this error. When I press the power button and up I can see that it says "/system/lib/libchromeview.so" has unexpected contents. Does this mean that the software is not suitable for this particular device.
This all seems very strange as it's a brand new device and I'm getting the software from google directly?
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Hi, thanks for replying.
I have tried this to no avail. I do however have further information regarding this error. When I press the power button and up I can see that it says "/system/lib/libchromeview.so" has unexpected contents. Does this mean that the software is not suitable for this particular device.
This all seems very strange as it's a brand new device and I'm getting the software from google directly?
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The OTA will check the "System" to see if anything has changed, if it thinks anything has changed then it will fail. The update should absolutely work for your device. If a factory reset doesn't give you the ability to do the update, and I have my doubts, return/exchange it. Don't wait too long! Otherwise you need to use adb and at the very least, flash the system image to fix the problem. I personally can't think of any other options that you have. I don't know for sure but maybe there was an app that changed "/system/lib/libchromeview.so." Maybe the Chrome Browser or Chrome Beta. Try and uninstall the Chrome updates and/or Chrome Beta if it is installed. Settings/Apps/All.
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The OTA will check the "System" to see if anything has changed, if it thinks anything has changed then it will fail. The update should absolutely work for your device. If a factory reset doesn't give you the ability to do the update, and I have my doubts, return/exchange it. Don't wait too long! Otherwise you need to use adb and at the very least, flash the system image to fix the problem. I personally can't think of any other options that you have. I don't know for sure but maybe there was an app that changed "/system/lib/libchromeview.so."
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Yes, I was thinking exchange would be the best option. Thanks for your help with this.
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Yes, I was thinking exchange would be the best option. Thanks for your help with this.
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No problem!
There's no need to exchange for what's a relatively simple software fix. If you search the forums, you'll find easy-to-follow instructions for unlocking the bootloader, then flashing the stock recovery and latest ROM.
I no longer trust Google's OTA update process anyway. Flashing the full stock ROM ensures you'll start with a perfectly clean slate.
I can use "adb reboot recovery" to enter TWRP 2.7 recovery mode, but I want to use key combination, please tell me how to that.
Hold Power + Vol Down > Wait until LG Logo pops up and release from both buttons > quickly hold Power + Vol Up + Vol Down again
It will pop up with some message about reset to factory settings, but it's all a bluff.
Hit Power x3 times to confirm and you'll get to TWRP recovery
Thanks, it works.
actually I enter this factory reset mode before, but i just don't know it a "fake".
so will this erase all data or not?
Jasiekor said:
so will this erase all data or not?
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That will depend on whether you've installed TWRP or not.
If you've still got the original recovery it will wipe it like it says it will, if you've got a custom recovery it will take you to it.
The standard recovery isn't a recovery like you're expecting it to be, if just has a way of resetting things to default without allowing you to do anything extra. OEM don't like giving people options but want a way to reset to defaults that the customer can use before needing to return a faulty unit which might not be faulty. If that makes sense.
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Hold Power + Vol Down > Wait until LG Logo pops up and release from both buttons > quickly hold Power + Vol Up + Vol Down again
It will pop up with some message about reset to factory settings, but it's all a bluff.
Hit Power x3 times to confirm and you'll get to TWRP recovery
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Thought I'd lost recovery after flashing the lp rom. Sorry for the bump! Many thanks and lol at the 'bluff' factory reset!
Fullmetal Jun said:
Thought I'd lost recovery after flashing the lp rom. Sorry for the bump! Many thanks and lol at the 'bluff' factory reset!
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No problems, happy to help
Fullmetal Jun said:
Thought I'd lost recovery after flashing the lp rom. Sorry for the bump! Many thanks and lol at the 'bluff' factory reset!
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From what I can tell, it's not a "bluff". It seems that the stock recovery partition would just automatically do a factory reset, so it warns you before booting the recovery partition. Seeing as you're non-stock, it just boots into TWRP/CWM. It's a valid warning that's simply set up in a weird way.
i hard rest my lg stylo but when i did it erased all my key comob how did i get them back
crystalgirl20977 said:
i hard rest my lg stylo but when i did it erased all my key comob how did i get them back
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You don't.
We'll you might be able to but you're going about it the wrong way.
First you need to find the right forum for your device, then you read, followed by more reading.
At some point you've hopefully discovered that you should have done all this reading before you reset your device.
Also before pressing the post button on your next post, read it first to make sure it makes sense.
Thank you very much, I tried other combinations found on some web pages that failed. This one worked!
Issue remains.
Pman said:
Hold Power + Vol Down > Wait until LG Logo pops up and release from both buttons > quickly hold Power + Vol Up + Vol Down again
It will pop up with some message about reset to factory settings, but it's all a bluff.
Hit Power x3 times to confirm and you'll get to TWRP recovery
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I got myself in a pretty bad situation. I have the stock rom. I am trying to get that back using recovery but it's not working. Only factory reset screen. This tablet stopped working in 2015. It cannot write ANY data ANYWHERE. Can't take pics, Can't take screenshots, Can't download apps. Nothing. I really want my tablet back... :/
CharaGloom said:
I got myself in a pretty bad situation. I have the stock rom. I am trying to get that back using recovery but it's not working. Only factory reset screen. This tablet stopped working in 2015. It cannot write ANY data ANYWHERE. Can't take pics, Can't take screenshots, Can't download apps. Nothing. I really want my tablet back... :/
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I'm probably not the best person to help, however if you put a new post up with more details on what you have access too, the community will be able to help out.
CharaGloom said:
I got myself in a pretty bad situation. I have the stock rom. I am trying to get that back using recovery but it's not working. Only factory reset screen. This tablet stopped working in 2015. It cannot write ANY data ANYWHERE. Can't take pics, Can't take screenshots, Can't download apps. Nothing. I really want my tablet back... :/
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Install LG software on your computer first. Then with the tablet completely off, hold VolUp and plug the tablet into the computer. That will enter LG download mode. Use the LG software on your PC to install the latest firmware available for your device. From there you can use the guides on this forum to go custom if you so desire.