Hi,
I'd like to root my phone in order to fix the awful mic volume in various apps but it seems unlocking it through normal means will end up with a factory reset, is there a way past this?
You can make an adb backup because there is no way of unlocking without losing data (i was dreaming about it too, without success). There is no real way and as i already stated is better using adb backup.
I backed up everything on mi-cloud. Wanted just to root the phone and keep using miui. Not sure if that's what caused it, but I was getting bunch of force-closures after restoring backup from cloud. So I said what-a-hell and installed lineage. It's not lightning fast as miui was, but I just like it better.
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I am in the process downgrading my Tmobile G2.
I got the # , ok
I got the version changed, ok
I got the temp root (maybe).
But once I got the temp root and trying to backup.
The apps says I don't have root access.
It means after I pushed busybox ,etc ,ect. I click the backup apps, the backup apps say good to go. But even I reload the apps the 2nd time. It will show I don't have root access.
But I still have the # sign.
I checked the forum as someone else had the same problem, but I did not find the answer.
Does anyone have some suggestion?
Thanks
be sure to disable the fastboot option. turn your phone off, pull the battery and leave it like this for a minute... then start again
hoffmas said:
be sure to disable the fastboot option. turn your phone off, pull the battery and leave it like this for a minute... then start again
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I got the same trouble with my Desire Z. You can see my question near the the week ago. And advice was the same, but it didn't help. I think temporary root was honest but may be backup application managed to destroy some reserved memory for root, i don't know. I couldn't to backup system either MyBackup Pro or Titanium.
So I can't rooting my phone.
I will very glad if anybody help me and you.
sure you can root your phone. if the backup doesn´t work just skip it.
"If you have nothing to back up or don't care to back anything up, proceed to the next section." (...from the guide)
I agree
hoffmas said:
sure you can root your phone. if the backup doesn´t work just skip it.
"If you have nothing to back up or don't care to back anything up, proceed to the next section." (...from the guide)
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After rooting when I tried to backup the stock rom even I got some errors.
"Can't mount..some something"
Googled for it a lot and most of them indirectly said the phone might be bricked. Since I had nothing else to do I continued with the next step i.e. installing custom rom (cynogemod in my case) and everything turned out fine.
I am not recommending that you skip the backup process, if you can find anything then surely take a backup else skip it and continue.
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if the backup doesn´t work just skip it.
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I afraid that skipping backup procedure before rooting is not a better advice.
I've bought my device over a year ago and now it has a lot of useful app and files. I usually use MyBackupPro to store non-system data without rooting.
However, it seems to me that's not enough, or am I wrong?
I think that after the rooting and replacement of the firmware I get a new, empty device without my usual things.
Is it enough or not after rooting to restore only the non-system data to continue to use the device as before plus root ?
Thanks.
yes =) just backup your apps and restore afterwards... you wont loose any sdcard content while rooting (except for goldcard). sure you can´t backup system apps, but this doesn´t make sense anyway because they wont work with your new rom
backup while rooting could be important for warranty issues... but actually isn´t really cause you can use a wwe ruu.
My phone is getting a bit sluggish and clogged up so I was thinking of resetting it but I don't want to lose my root. What's the best way to do that? I don't mind everything being deleted etc. Just want it to be like it was when I bought it, just with root! If it's too much of a fuss obviously I'll reset and reroot, just wondering if there's a way to avoid it as it's a convoluted process.
Thanks in advance
This weekend I swapped my Z1C for a friends ZL. My phone was rooted (I think I had used the recent 'easyroot' method). Before giving him the phone, I did a wipe (including wiping the internal SD card) via Settings->Backup & Reset. After doing the initial setup, he still had root. When we swapped back, I wiped again (via settings again) and root stayed.
One thing I notice is that the SuperSU app is gone.. which is not a big deal.
Not to say that the answer is a definite "yes"... but I thought since my experience was so recent, I would share. Good luck! Rooting is pretty easy now anyway, if it doesn't work.
Howdy, I have a TMobile HTC M8 One currently running stock kit kat with TWRP, Root, and S-Off. I have seen quite a few 5.0 posts regarding upgrading, but they all seemed slightly different (S-On, wipe, etc).
I am trying to upgrade my phone to 5.0 without doing a wipe. I have a lot of important data on my phone (and I have a nandroid backup), but I would like to avoid the "reinstall everything for days" cycle following an update. Also, I'm not much of an expert on doing this stuff. I generally become a temporary expert every 6 months or so when I need to do something important, and then I immediately forget everything.
So, what is the easiest way for a noob (with root, TWRP, and S-OFF) to upgrade to 5.0 without needing a wipe?
Thanks in advance!
Titanium backup
Wipe and install new ROM
Restore apps
Google will restore your settings
Manually set any you miss
If you just update from 4.4.4 to 5.0 without a wipe, you will almost certainly have issues.
I did that last time I worked on my phone. When I reinstalled titanium backup, it magically didn't actually have any of my data and I was sunk. Also, I don't sync my settings (or any data that I can control) with Google. Hence my apprehension at doing it again.
Thanks for the response, but I would like to avoid a wipe. If it causes issues afterwards, then so be it and I will deal with it then. for now though, I would like to at least try.
So AT&T completely ruined my phone. They force me to update, and now my phone is basically unusable.
I know problems are running rampant after this update. All of my apps crash and freeze within minutes of opening them (so far I've had to reopen this app 3 times).
Phone itself and Internet (or anything using data, whether it's 4G or Wifi) are super slow now as well.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this thing more than a paperweight?
I had the same issue. The only thing that ended working for me was wiping the phone clean and start fresh.
After that it was working fine.
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That's unfortunate. Especially because when I wipe my phone I do it without backup because I want to eliminate any possibility of it screwing up again.
I guess that's the route I have to take though.
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So AT&T completely ruined my phone. They force me to update, and now my phone is basically unusable.
I know problems are running rampant after this update. All of my apps crash and freeze within minutes of opening them (so far I've had to reopen this app 3 times).
Phone itself and Internet (or anything using data, whether it's 4G or Wifi) are super slow now as well.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this thing more than a paperweight?
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the problems are caused by all of your personal apps being installed in a KK environment with dalvik runtime as default, Lollipop uses ART as the default runtime and this tends to cause compatibility issues
Mine seem to speed right back up after a factory reset but i went back to kk for temp root
Is there a permanent downgrade I can do instead of a factory reset?
I also didn't know there was a root out (been a loooooong time since I've worried about it). But if there is, that's what I want to do since I miss my root from my S4
Nitroglycerin said:
Is there a permanent downgrade I can do instead of a factory reset?
I also didn't know there was a root out (been a loooooong time since I've worried about it). But if there is, that's what I want to do since I miss my root from my S4
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temp root only and it is still in beta, there are a few guides for downgrading in the general forum plus the needed files to do so
Just to clarify, temp root means two things. First, it will unroot if you reboot the phone. Second, devs are still attempting to finalize a non-temp root.
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Nitroglycerin said:
Is there a permanent downgrade I can do instead of a factory reset?
I also didn't know there was a root out (been a loooooong time since I've worried about it). But if there is, that's what I want to do since I miss my root from my S4
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Also if you decided to downgrade (which you can make perm.) it still wipes your phone. If you choose to stay on LP, factory reset as mentioned should remedy your problems.
Either way you will have to do it, unless you just want a screwed phone lol
Ugh. I hate AT&T so much for forced updates. All my stuff, gone. And why? Because they don't want me to be able to root? It's not their problem. I paid for this phone to be mine. So unless they want to give me my 700$ back, they shouldn't be able to force me into a new firmware.
Regardless, that's not the point. Since there's no way to save my stuff, I guess I'll have to wipe it.
Thanks for all the help guys/gals.
I have a VS985 LG G3. I was running marshmallow yesterday, but after trying to root and unlock mobile tethering and hotspot (because I am on unlimited data) I managed to brick my phone while typing in adb commands because my phone decided to randomly shut off. So after plugging it into the USB and figuring out a way to put it into download mode, I flashed it to VS98510B. After that, I rooted with Stump Root and installed SuperSU, following some guides. It works fine once again but I'm not where I want to be.
After multiple times trying to open adb shell and get it to just recognize my device, I'm done. I know there are people out there who know this stuff by heart, so please, at this point, just tell me what to do step by step so I can do it and move on with my life. I have spent hours upon hours on this and it never seems to just work. Please.
All I want is to be able to install the latest TWRP or whatever is recommended., and then install either the SkyDragon Rom or the stock marshmallow VS98546A rom, but with the verizon apps disabled since in one guide it warns that those report for modified device, which I am not sure what that means but it doesn't sound good.
I'm on VS98510B. Rooted and SuperSU installed.
I want to be able to use mobile hotspot and tethering.
There's just information overload to the extreme, I'm overwhelmed.
Thanks again if any help is possible.
If you're already rooted with TWRP installed, the hard part should really be over. You shouldn't need to be plugging into a computer and running adb commands at this point. You also said you need step by step instructions, and to really spell it all out would be a lot, but considering how far you already got I don't think you really need every little detail, so I'll give you the general idea then if you have questions I can try to fill those gaps.
Basically you'll need to find and download the new ROM you want. The easiest thing to do is download it directly from your phone so you don't have to mess around with transferring it from your computer to your phone. Many custom ROMs will also require Gapps, but if you're flashing a stock ROM (or a custom ROM based on stock) you don't need to do this because it's included in the ROM.
After you've downloaded the ROM (should just be a zip file), you need to reboot to recovery (TWRP). If you don't know how to do this, there's an app called Quick Reboot that can do it for you (01400) personally haven't used it but I assume it works).
Once you're in recovery, you normally want to make a backup first in case anything goes wrong. This is done by selecting the backup button. After you have a backup, you want to "wipe" data before installing. Select the wipe button, then I click advanced and select everything except internal data and external data. This will wipe all apps, settings, etc. from your phone so make sure you're ok with that before you do it,
After wiping, you're ready to install. Back at the first main screen of TWRP, select Install, then browse to where you downloaded the ROM and select it, then select the Install button and swipe to confirm. Assuming all goes well, when it's finished it'll give you the option to reboot. Do this and it should start booting up to your new ROM.
Also, you mentioned SkyDragon, but I just wanted to point out that this isn't the latest version of Android, I believe that's still Lollipop (not Marshmallow). You also mentioned not wanting your rooted status to be reported to Verizon, but if you're currently on stock, rooted, and don't have any apps disabled, then you already are running this risk.
Let me know if you have any questions. I think this will be easier than me trying to walk you through every detail and confirmation screen.
I don't have TWRP installed. What is the best course of action to take to install it?
As far as disabling verizon apps, is it as simple as just going into the application manager and disabling them or is there a tool I need to download?
Thanks for all the help so far!
I see, it's been a couple years since I installed TWRP and I was thinking it was part of the rooting process. I believe this is the post I followed to install TWRP: http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...mp-unlock-lg-g3-twrp-d852-d852g-f400-t2900614
Like I said, this was a few years ago and it's kind of a one-time thing. I don't know if there's something better available now or what, and I don't remember the details. I don't remember running into any problems, so if you happened to have any I'm not sure how good I could help.
As for disabling things, the things that need to be disabled are system apps and can't just be disabled from the stock application manager (Verizon doesn't want to make it easy for you to disable their software ). There are different ways this can be done, but I personally use Titanium Backup to disable (or "freeze" as they call it) apps. It will let you freeze anything, which also means it gives you the ability to break things, so don't just go in freezing random things. I don't remember if freezing requires the paid version of the app or not, but you can get it from the play store and find out.
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As far as Titanium Backup goes, is it along the same lines as TWRP? Like do they do the same things? Do you recommend I do one over the other?
Also as far as verizon apps reporting root, what do they do and what does that matter?
Also, I'm currently dealing with the LG DemiGod Crash Handler problem that seems to have started up on my phone the other day. I'd never rooted or messed with my phone in any way and that started happening, I thought perhaps flashing a new ROM might fix it, but I guess not. If you have any sort of tips on how to fix that, other than replace the battery (which I have not yet done, but supposedly that can solve the problem) I'd be grateful.
Titanium Backup and TWRP are two different things. Titanium Backup is a "normal" app that you can get from the Play store, while TWRP is a custom recovery and isn't ran from within your ROM. TWRP lets you do full image backups of your phone (like your entire phone in a single backup) and can also be used to install ("flash") ROMs. Titanium Backup lets you backup, freeze, and uninstall specific apps.
I use them both because they both serve a specific purpose. You have to use TWRP to install ROMs, then as far as backups, I use TWRP to make a backup of everything in case I flash a ROM that I end up not liking (I can use the backup to easily go back to my previous ROM and still have apps and everything all setup just like they were). If I do like the new ROM I flashed, I'll use Titanium Backup to restore a lot of my apps/data to the new ROM (ex. text messages, my alarm clock app, etc.)
As far as Verizon knowing about your root status, honestly I'm not sure what all that would mean. I'm sure they wouldn't like it, rooting voids your warranty so you probably couldn't get things replaced under warranty, if you have insurance through Verizon they would maybe use your root status as a reason to deny a claim, etc. I don't think you'd have to worry about them calling you up or cancelling your service or anything like that, but getting them to assist you with problems might be more frustrating than usual
Regarding the demigod crash thing, I know what you're talking about but I don't really know much about it. A while ago I would get those every once in a while and it was frustrating. I think at the time I kind off wanted to try a new ROM anyways and I think I did but I still got it occasionally. Now that you mentioned it though I haven't had one in quite a while. I'm not sure if those ROMs both happened to cause it, if it was a Lollipop thing (doesn't seem like I've had it since Marshmallow), or if it's all just a coincidence or I've just been lucky. I haven't gotten a new battery though, so that's definitely not it (for me anyways).
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