NOTE: Since I am a semi-amateur at unlocking/rooting, this is not independent development. Instead, I noticed these forums don't seem to have a single one-stop guide that lays out the process for safely rooting the latest (9.0.7) Oxygen OS 9.0.7. This process may seem obvious to experts, but for people who are rusty or new to this, I wanted a process that didn't require lots of extra cross-referencing and research. I hope this is ok.
Big thanks to Dameon87 who supplied the patched boot rom, and deserves all the credit for the actual hard work with the patched boot image.
STEP 1: PREPARATION
Check that your phone is on 9.0.7.
On PC: Download patched_boot-9.0.7.img and MagiskManager-v6.0.1.apk from Dameon87's thread ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/9-0-7-patched-magisk-boot-img-t3875498 ) . Download ADB Tools if you don't have them ( https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools#download ) and extract to a folder. Copy patched_boot-9.0.7.img to your PC’s ADB root directory (the directory with fastboot.exe and adb.exe).
On phone: Boot into OOS. Navigate to Setup->About Phone. Tap Build Number until you turn on Developer Options.
On phone: Navigate to System->Developer Options. Enable OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging.
STEP 2: UNLOCKING
Connect your phone to your PC. Click ok on the OEM Debugging prompt on your phone.
On PC: Open a command prompt [Windows: Start->type "cmd.exe"], and navigate to the ADB tools directory. Run this command in the command prompt:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
The phone should reboot to the bootloader.
On PC: When phone finishes rebooting to the bootloader, run this command in the command prompt:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
IMPORTANT: ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED WHEN YOU DO THIS, INCLUDING ANY PERSONAL DATA, TEXTS, PHOTOS, MUSIC, ETC. If the phone has been used, please move your files off your device first! The phone will take some time to factory reset.
On Phone: Repeat Preparation Steps 3-4 to turn back on OEM Debugging in OOS.
STEP 3: INSTALLING MAGISK
On PC: Copy MagiskManager-v6.0.1.apk to the phone.
On PC: In the command prompt window, run this command (note this .img file should be in the adb.exe and fastboot.exe directory):
Code:
fastboot boot patched_boot-9.0.7.img
Phone will reboot.
On Phone: Use a file manager app to install MagiskManager-v6.0.1.apk (I use Astro or ES, but admittedly there are probably better ones out there).
On Phone: Open the Magisk Manager App, agree to the setup popup, and click install. When prompted, choose Direct Install.
On Phone: Reboot.
On Phone: In the OS, open Magisk Manager again and add MagiskHide exceptions.
This enabled all apps that I typically need SafetyNet for, including Pokemon Go, Netflix and Google Pay, as well as of course all root apps like TItanium Backup.
Again, apologies if this seems basic, but I hope this is useful for some who don't know all of the inner workings of android unlocking and rooting by heart. If you have any improvements, feel free to suggest them.
You need to change adb oem unlock to fastboot oem unlock. Otherwise good job!
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You need to change adb oem unlock to fastboot oem unlock. Otherwise good job!
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Ah, thanks! Fixed.
Does OTA update lock bootloader?
BesoC said:
Does OTA update lock bootloader?
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No it doesn't, the root will be lost though.
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No it doesn't, the root will be lost though.
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I'm also a semi amateur at unlocking/rooting so I'm the target audience of the OP.
Ready to get my hands dirty and try it out. Last time I rooted it was on my old phone before Magisk was a thing.
I ended up not updating out of laziness.
Does magisk make OTA updates / keeping the phone up to date easier?
What's the best method for doing so if you want to keep your phone rooted?
spudsrus said:
I'm also a semi amateur at unlocking/rooting so I'm the target audience of the OP.
Ready to get my hands dirty and try it out. Last time I rooted it was on my old phone before Magisk was a thing.
I ended up not updating out of laziness.
Does magisk make OTA updates / keeping the phone up to date easier?
What's the best method for doing so if you want to keep your phone rooted?
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Well there's quite detailed procedure explained on the forum. You'll find easily...
In general, you have to restore images in magisk, then install OOS OTA update, then install magisk to inactive slot... It's one of the easiest steps for keeping root and be up to date .
I've been rooting for almost a decade and I am grateful for this. I don't know why some of these devs always assume you know when their talking about using a PC or running shell commands. Lol. Everyone started as a noob.
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NOTE: Since I am a semi-amateur at unlocking/rooting, this is not independent development. Instead, I noticed these forums don't seem to have a single one-stop guide that lays out the process for safely rooting the latest (9.0.7) Oxygen OS 9.0.7. This process may seem obvious to experts, but for people who are rusty or new to this, I wanted a process that didn't require lots of extra cross-referencing and research. I hope this is ok.
Big thanks to Dameon87 who supplied the patched boot rom, and deserves all the credit for the actual hard work with the patched boot image.
STEP 1: PREPARATION
Check that your phone is on 9.0.7.
On PC: Download patched_boot-9.0.7.img and MagiskManager-v6.0.1.apk from Dameon87's thread ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/9-0-7-patched-magisk-boot-img-t3875498 ) . Download ADB Tools if you don't have them ( https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools#download ) and extract to a folder. Copy patched_boot-9.0.7.img to your PC’s ADB root directory (the directory with fastboot.exe and adb.exe).
On phone: Boot into OOS. Navigate to Setup->About Phone. Tap Build Number until you turn on Developer Options.
On phone: Navigate to System->Developer Options. Enable OEM Unlocking and USB Debugging.
STEP 2: UNLOCKING
Connect your phone to your PC. Click ok on the OEM Debugging prompt on your phone.
On PC: Open a command prompt [Windows: Start->type "cmd.exe"], and navigate to the ADB tools directory. Run this command in the command prompt:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
The phone should reboot to the bootloader.
On PC: When phone finishes rebooting to the bootloader, run this command in the command prompt:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
IMPORTANT: ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED WHEN YOU DO THIS, INCLUDING ANY PERSONAL DATA, TEXTS, PHOTOS, MUSIC, ETC. If the phone has been used, please move your files off your device first! The phone will take some time to factory reset.
On Phone: Repeat Preparation Steps 3-4 to turn back on OEM Debugging in OOS.
STEP 3: INSTALLING MAGISK
On PC: Copy MagiskManager-v6.0.1.apk to the phone.
On PC: In the command prompt window, run this command (note this .img file should be in the adb.exe and fastboot.exe directory):
Code:
fastboot boot patched_boot-9.0.7.img
Phone will reboot.
On Phone: Use a file manager app to install MagiskManager-v6.0.1.apk (I use Astro or ES, but admittedly there are probably better ones out there).
On Phone: Open the Magisk Manager App, agree to the setup popup, and click install. When prompted, choose Direct Install.
On Phone: Reboot.
On Phone: In the OS, open Magisk Manager again and add MagiskHide exceptions.
This enabled all apps that I typically need SafetyNet for, including Pokemon Go, Netflix and Google Pay, as well as of course all root apps like TItanium Backup.
Again, apologies if this seems basic, but I hope this is useful for some who don't know all of the inner workings of android unlocking and rooting by heart. If you have any improvements, feel free to suggest them.
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Can you elaborate a bit more on how you got Pokemon Go working.
OS. 9.0.2 Magisk v18. Successfully rooted.
I'm selecting Pokemon Go under Magisk hide. But it still detects it. PoKe will sometimes run for about 30 secs then it gives me the error incompatible os.
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Ok I'm new to this as well..I'm trying to understand the patched boot img part...so do u need the patched boot img for whichever oos ur currently running so to install magisk cleanly is that it...also I can't find the tutorial on how to install the ota's after ur rooted to where everything doesn't get erased etc..I need sumone to point me in the right area to look..I found a lil bit on it once but now I can't seem to find it..thx to everyone in this great community for all the time and effort all put into this. It's so easy to overlook all the hard work that gets done behind the scenes..so I just thank u personally for what u do for us...
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May NOT work for 2.3.3, if attempting on 2.3.3 use old part 1! - Will wipe all data though
Windows ONLY!
Hey guys, rooted my Nexus S today, and decided to write a thorough, detailed guide on how I did it, as none of the guides I had found had everything detailed. I came across a few problems, and all of this is in the guide. I successfully completed it on my Nexus S running 2.3.2, so any version below that will also work.
The original guide was made by AllGamer, and can be found here. I followed this guide, and added things when I found it was needed
The full guide with everything (including links, pictures) can be found on my site, Complete Android.
New info: Upon finding another thread over at XDA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931865) it has been realized that you can root your Nexus S without unlocking the bootloader, and therefore not loosing your data on the SD card. Part 1 for the new method is still the same, but choose the new Part 2!
WARNING: Rooting your device will wipe all data off it, so you will loose EVERYTHING! Make sure you backup all important data first. Only applies to old Part 2 (fastboot oem unlock method), but it is still a good idea to backup important information!
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What you will need:
Nexus S (obviously)
Android 2.3 SDK
USB Cable
PDAnet (for drivers)
Clockwork Recovery Image
Superuser
Part 1
Download the Android 2.3 SDK (or direct from Google here, 32MB).
Once it has finished downloading, unzip it, and run the SDK manager.
Select whatever components you wish to install, but you MUST make sure you install Google USB Driver (Available packages > Third party Add-ons > Google Inc. Add-ons > Google Usb Driver package, revision 4) otherwise this guide will not work!
We must now install the Google USB Driver, or the phone will not be recognised as a device other than a mass storage device.
Connect your Nexus S to your computer, and put it in USB storage mode.
Put it in USB Debugging Mode (Settings > Applications > Development > USB Debugging)
Windows should now recognise your Nexus S when you plug it in, and ask to install drivers. It probably won’t find anything, so we need to help it manually.
(Installing drivers manually varies between Windows versions, so please refer to http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html if you are having trouble). Launch Device Manager (you can find it in Control Panel), find Other Devices, and listed under that heading, you should find Nexus S. Right click, and select Update Driver Software. Click Browse my computer for driver software, find your SDK folder, then the google-usb_driver folder inside it, click OK, then Next. This should install the USB driver successfully. Reboot your computer.
Power off your Nexus S, connect it to your computer via USB cable, and boot it into the Bootloader Interface (you can do so by holding down the Power and Volume Up buttons at the same time).
It should say LOCK STATE – LOCKED, in white just above the green Android. You are now ready to move on!
Part 2 - Fastboot oem unlock method - WIPES ALL DATA!
We now need to install PDAnet on our PC so that Windows can see our Nexus S when we are using the Command Prompt. Install PDAnet from here, select Samsung when asked about the Manufacturer, allow the driver to be installed (because the driver is unverified, don’t worry about this!). Follow along with any other instructions. You should be set now.
With the latest SDK version, some tools have been relocated to another directory, so we need to make a copy and move them back. Navigate to the directory where you unzipped the Android SDK file in part 1. Inside it, go to the platform-tools folder, and copy both AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll. Go back to the main Android SDK directory and find the tools folder. Paste these two files in there, and we are all ready to use ‘fastboot oem unlock’ (the rooting command) now.
Open a command prompt window (Start > Run > cmd.exe).
Change to the tools directory within your Android SDK folder by using the following command (without the quotes and replacing *YOUR SDK* with the path to your Android SDK folder) ‘cd c:\*YOUR SDK*\tools’.
Make sure your Nexus S is still in the Bootloader Interface (refer to step 9, part 1 of it isn’t).
Now in the command prompt, type in (without the quotes) ‘fastboot oem unlock’.
Now turn your attention to the phone, and read through the new information displayed on the screen. Using the Volume keys select Yes, then press the Power button. This will WIPE EVERYTHING! I bear no responsibility for any lost data on your phone!
If everything is successful, on your phone, the LOCK STATE should now read UNLOCKED, and on your computer, the command prompt window should say something like this:
Download the Clockwork Recovery image (here if you don’t already have it) to your Android SDK tools folder (*Android SDK*\tools).
Rename the newly downloaded Clockwork Recovery image to ‘recovery.img’ (no quotes).
Now we need to flash it to our Nexus S, so enter this command into the Command Prompt (make sure it is in the Androis SDK tools folder!) ‘fastboot flash recovery recovery.img’ (without the quotes).
If all is successful, the Command Prompt window should look something like this now:
Download the superuser app to the Android SDK tools folder.
Power on your Nexus S, leaving it connected to USB.
Mount the USB storage, and drag and drop the superuser .zip file you just downloaded into the root of the internal SD card (so Computer > *Device Name*, not in any other folders!). It should look something like this:
Power off the Nexus S, and return to the Bootloader Interface (step 9, part 1).
Select Recovery using the Volume buttons, then the Power button.
The phone should reboot into Clockwork Recovery, but if not don’t panic, just repeat steps 9-12, including downloading a new copy of the file (mine only worked the second time around, don’t worry!)
Using the Volume buttons and Power button, select install zip from sdcard.
Select choose zip from sdcard.
Select the su-version#-signed.zip file you downloaded earlier and apply it.
Select yes (there are lots of nos).
Confirm it says something like this: install from sdcard complete
Select Go Back.
Select Reboot. (You will now also have an unlocked padlock when you boot up)
Done! You now have to set up your phone again like when you first got it, but it will be rooted now.
New Part 2 - Does NOT wipe everything - Keeps a locked bootloader
Make sure Part 1 is completed.
Make sure you have downloaded the Clockwork Recovery file and the Superuser file.
Move the Clockwork Recovery file to your tools folder within the Android SDK folder, and rename it to recovery.img (for simplicity).
Connect your Nexus S via USB to your computer and mount it as USB storage. Copy across the Superuser file to the top level of your sdcard. (So the first window you see, not in any other folders. The sdcard is just where all the files are stored, don't worry about it too much for now).
We now need to install PDAnet on our PC so that Windows can see our Nexus S when we are using the Command Prompt. Install PDAnet from here, select Samsung when asked about the Manufacturer, allow the driver to be installed (because the driver is unverified, don't worry about this!). Follow along with any other instructions. You should be set now.
With the latest SDK version, some tools have been relocated to another directory, so we need to make a copy and move them back. Navigate to the directory where you unzipped the Android SDK file in part 1. Inside it, go to the platform-tools folder, and copy both AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll. Go back to the main Android SDK directory and find the tools folder. Paste these two files in there, and we are all ready to use 'fastboot boot' (the boot image command) now.
Open a command prompt window (Start > Run > cmd.exe).
Change to the tools directory within your Android SDK folder by using the following command (without the quotes and replacing *YOUR SDK* with the path to your Android SDK folder) 'cd c:\*YOUR SDK*\tools'.
Make sure your Nexus S is still in the Bootloader Interface (refer to step 9, part 1 of it isn't).
We now need to use the 'fastboot boot' command to load Clockwork Recovery onto our Nexus S. In the command prompt, type in the following (but without the quotes, as always) 'fastboot boot recovery.img'
Once you are in Clockwork Recovery (it may take a couple of tries, don't panic, just redownload Clockwork Recovery, and complete steps 3 and 10, part 2) it should look something like this:
Using the Volume buttons and Power button, select install zip from sdcard.
Select choose zip from sdcard.
Select the su-version#-signed.zip file you downloaded earlier and apply it.
Select yes (there are lots of nos).
Confirm it says something like this: install from sdcard complete
Select Go Back.
Select Reboot.
Done! You should still have all your data present on your phone, and have root access!
Notes
As AllGamer said in his tutorial:
It’s normal to lose the recovery after the reboot, the steps to flash the CW recovery needs to be repeated every time you want to access the CW recovery.
This is due the build in protection in 2.3
As some one pointed it out on another topic, the good thing about this is that you’ll never lose the stock recovery of 2.3, thus minimizing the chance of a bricked phone.
If you want to the CW recovery to remain permanently, you’ll need to rename /etc/install-recovery.sh to something thing else
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Keep this in mind! It's not because you did something wrong
Also, some root apps require BusyBox to be installed, as I found out with Titanium Backup, so once you set up your Nexus S again, head on into the Market, and download BusyBox. It installed fine on my Nexus S this way, and now TB works fine.
I hope this is the best, most thorough guide you will find on rooting the Nexus S. Enjoy! Feedback is appreciated, and I will help out if you need any extra help.
Your guide has been wonderful however I'm stuck on part 2, step 4. I tried writing in the path to my directory and they keep giving me whatever I wrote in the command prompt "is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file"
"Change to the tools directory within your Android SDK folder by using the following command (without the quotes and replacing *YOUR SDK* with the path to your Android SDK folder) ‘cd c:\*YOUR SDK*\tools’."
This is how my command prompt looks like when I first open it. "C:\Users\Du>"
and this is what I typed in the command prompt: "Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows"
^^^I did exactly what you said above and nothing is happening. I don't know whether I'm writing in the directory wrong or what. Please help me out thanks
Your guide is nice, however as shown in distortedloop's stickied Root & Recovery thread, fastboot oem unlock is not required for rooting & flashing. We no longer have to lose all our sdcard data when first rooting and/or flashing a ROM.
Other than that, this seems to be a nice amendment of Allgamer's sticked root & recovery thread. I'm sure it will be useful to many.
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This is how my command prompt looks like when I first open it. "C:\Users\Du>"
and this is what I typed in the command prompt: "Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows"
^^^I did exactly what you said above and nothing is happening. I don't know whether I'm writing in the directory wrong or what. Please help me out thanks
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Ok so if you want to change directories in the command prompt, you need to use the command
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cd
So in your case I would type in
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cd c:\Users\Du\Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
That way is fool proof, however you could take a shortcut, because you are already in the Users/Du folder (because of how it looks when you first open it), you could just type in
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cd Downloads\android-sdk_r09-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
Hope that helps
ravidavi said:
Your guide is nice, however as shown in distortedloop's stickied Root & Recovery thread, fastboot oem unlock is not required for rooting & flashing. We no longer have to lose all our sdcard data when first rooting and/or flashing a ROM.
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I think this way is a cleaner approach personally, but hey choice is good That's what Android is all about
EDIT: New approach added, now there is choice and easyness for all
Other than that, this seems to be a nice amendment of Allgamer's sticked root & recovery thread. I'm sure it will be useful to many.
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Thanks
Jonathon Grigg said:
I think this way is a cleaner approach personally, but hey choice is good That's what Android is all about
Thanks
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I'm not sure that wiping all your data pointlessly is "cleaner."
It's not even clear what exactly the oem unlock of the bootloader really does for us, since you can get into clockwork recovery without that step. Once you're in clockwork you pretty much own the phone. I'll be interested to see if someone can use clockwork to flash a new boot image once rooted without the unlock; if so I can't see any reason to unlock the bootloader. That said, mine is unlocked, and I like it that way, but many won't root for fear of losing data on the phone.
Even if you end up having to do the oem unlock in the long run for some activities you want to do, it seems that rooting, then installing Titanium and backing up your apps and app data fully is a better way to go than just losing all your data (any app that doesn't store its data on the sdcard) that can't be backed up without root would be a lot less painful than WIPING everything on the phone, including the sdcard.
It's not worth arguing about, but I think any method that is including the oem unlock step should at least mention that that step can be skipped. How many people will go through the pain of a wipe that they didn't need to because they didn't see that there was an option without it. I guess that's there own fault for not doing enough searching on their own...
Anyways, nice and thorough effort. I'm sure many will benefit from your additions to AllGamer's tutorial.
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I'm not sure that wiping all your data pointlessly is "cleaner."
It's not even clear what exactly the oem unlock of the bootloader really does for us, since you can get into clockwork recovery without that step.
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I have been wondering that myself. My guess is that for the average user you don't need to, but maybe it's for real power users who build their own ROM which has been fully modded or something, I'm not sure.
but many won't root for fear of losing data on the phone.
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I definitely agree with that, and your guide is probably the best way for those people!
Even if you end up having to do the oem unlock in the long run for some activities you want to do, it seems that rooting, then installing Titanium and backing up your apps and app data fully is a better way to go than just losing all your data (any app that doesn't store its data on the sdcard) that can't be backed up without root would be a lot less painful than WIPING everything on the phone, including the sdcard.
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Exactly, this is one of the better uses for both methods. I already had to wipe my phone twice due to Samsung CS so I'm used to it Although it does give you a chance to clear out the apps you don't need. Doing that I noticed better battery life on my phone.
It's not worth arguing about, but I think any method that is including the oem unlock step should at least mention that that step can be skipped. How many people will go through the pain of a wipe that they didn't need to because they didn't see that there was an option without it.
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I wasn't going to argue I'm happy to adjust my tut to include something about this, after all it was aimed at more beginners.
EDIT: Added a new part to my tutorial based on your guide, just includes some more detail. Thanks again.
Thanks distortedloop
This is awesome cause i relocked my bootloader i really just needed root. Thanks!
Edit oops lost track of tabs open.
I think we can use this method to unlock oem without wiping data.
boot cw -> full backup -> unlock and flash cw (wipes data) -> restore backup (got ur data back and oem unlocked)
the only problem i can think of is that restoring backup would re-lock oem again but i am not sure of that.
i can't try this right now but if someone could, please give feedback.
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I wasn't going to argue I'm happy to adjust my tut to include something about this, after all it was aimed at more beginners.
EDIT: Added a new part to my tutorial based on your guide, just includes some more detail. Thanks again.
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Nicely done. Thanks.
sam4free said:
I think we can use this method to unlock oem without wiping data.
boot cw -> full backup -> unlock and flash cw (wipes data) -> restore backup (got ur data back and oem unlocked)
the only problem i can think of is that restoring backup would re-lock oem again but i am not sure of that.
i can't try this right now but if someone could, please give feedback.
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That's what I suggesting a couple of posts above (root without unlock to at least make a backup of user data).
Restoring a titanium backup would not re-lock the phone. A nandroid restore might, depends on what all it imaged and restores, but it's so easy to re-root, that doesn't seem like a big deal.
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Download the Android 2.3 SDK (or direct from Google here, 32MB).
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Looks like you forgot to add the link in your copy pasta.
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Looks like you forgot to add the link in your copy pasta.
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I've been working on it I just wanted to get it up here as soon as I could That's why I mentioned that the full guide is available on my website. I'm going back to school today, so I don't really have too much time for changing links now. Besides, most people on XDA should know how to look at the 'What's needed' part
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Jonathon,
Thank you for posting this detailed guide to rooting without losing your data! I do have a question. As you've probably heard, there are a few updates coming soon and if they are like they were on the N1, they always broke root. So getting root back was tricky unless I "unrooted" before applying the update. Using your method, is it easy to "unroot"? Thanks!
No problems
As for your problem, I never actually had a N1 so I don't exactly know why that would happen. So far from the 2 updates available to NS owners it seems like the OTA update does break root but it appears to be the same to get it back again. Can someone confirm this? I haven't been through an update with my root yet.
As for unrooting, if you haven't unlocked the bootloader (so you have followed the new part 2) I think it is just a case of finding a stock image (I think there's a GRH78 one around here somewhere) and booting into Clockwork Recovery and flashing it. That should remove root and then also give you a notice to install the GRH78C OTA update so you get the latest version.
I think that is what you meant? If you did unlock the bootloader (using the original part 2) then I think you just have to follow the same steps as I mentioned just then but afterwards go back into the bootloader interface and run 'fastboot oem lock' and it should be right.
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Question on Part 2- step 1.
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# We now need to install PDAnet on our PC so that Windows can see our Nexus S when we are using the Command Prompt. Install PDAnet from here, select Samsung when asked about the Manufacturer, allow the driver to be installed (because the driver is unverified, don’t worry about this!). Follow along with any other instructions. You should be set now.
Why above step is required if one already installed USB Driver for Nexus S and "ADB devices" command can find the device ?
On Allgamer thread didnt ask to repeat installing USB driver ?
What purpose for the pdanet driver ?
I dont want to put redundant drivers into my system which may interfere each other during flashing process.
hmanxx said:
Why above step is required if one already installed USB Driver for Nexus S and "ADB devices" command can find the device ?
On Allgamer thread didnt ask to repeat installing USB driver ?
What purpose for the pdanet driver ?
I dont want to put redundant drivers into my system which may interfere each other during flashing process.
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When I tried to use the fastboot command with my Nexus S connected, it would hang and not do anything, despite leaving it for about 5 minutes. I searched online, and found the PDAnet solution, so I don't know what the difference is exactly. All I found the Google SDK USB drivers to do is enable you to see your device in Device Manager, however you could try it without the PDAnet drivers, and let me know what happens!
Thanks
Thanks for the prompt reply.. I tried out the google driver..it doesnt work under fastboot. I eventually get the fastboot enabled driver..that could explain why the pdanet driver required.
After i installed the fastboot enabled driver, i could test the connectivity under fastboot with "fastboot devices"
thanks going to try out rooting..i just want simple root access..without wiping data is a ++ ..
I managed to run fastboot boot recovery.img...going into clockwork menu..apply the superuser.zip.(for froyo version)..till completion..no word of failure..
However after rebooting, su and SuperUser.apk are not installed.( I used adb to check the system/app and system/bin folder.
Edit- manage to root properly after system mounting .
Just a note..to properly complete the rooting, one need to apply mounting then mount system before applying the Superuser.zip install from sdcard.
Prior to step 11, you may want to add the following steps for folks having problem to get the superuser.zip to install properly.
Originally Posted by droidmage
So all you guys who are having trouble getting root inside the rom, When your in recovery before you flash the superuser.zip file select -- mounts and storage -- then --mount /system -- then flash the .zip file and reboot
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Thanks for the extra bit of info, I will attempt to add that in when I get a bit more time on my hands. when I did it it seemed to work fine so thanks for discovering that!
Enjoy your rooted phone
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
And yes, i dont know if there is any simple way to unlock bootloader and root for Nexus 4 on Window 8.1, but now i will show you guys
Step-by-step:
1/ Download Android SDK
2/ Install it to your computer
3/ Open Android SDK and download google usb-driver
Open device manager, find your N4, update driver, link it to your folder where you downloaded usb-driver and update
4/ Active debugging mode on your phone
5/ Download Kingo Android Root at: www.kingoapp.com
6/ Install it to your computer
7/ Open Kingo
8/ Connect your phone to computer
9/ Click Root
10/ Waiting about 3 mins
11/ And yes, done. Your phone is now unlocked bootloader/root
12/ Go find some custom rom for you and install it.
Simple huh??? Dont worry, i tried 10 mins ago and now my phone good to go.
PS: Important things: Your data will be wiped all, so make sure you back up all your data first.(Because i dont know that, my i lost all my data on my phone, ****tttttt.
This is a simple guide for NOOB to unlocked bootloader and root your nexus 4, just like me.
Shameless advertising for an app that simply automates two terminal commands.
There's nothing wrong with the tried and true method...
The SDK takes too long to install on windows just to unlock and root. This takes seconds, and installs everything 99% of users will need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
after adb/fastboot are set up, it's only two steps:
open terminal and flash a custom recovery via fastboot
open recovery and flash the superuser zip
done!
Does that really need to be automated with some completely unknown app? Honestly, if you're too lazy to learn two simple terminal commands to root a Nexus (it really doesn't get any easier on any other phone) then you have no business using a rooted phone, either.
So I have done my homework and read tutorial guide and the nexus all in one beginners guide.
It took me a few hours to be able to get my pc to recognize my computer in fastboot mode using sdk and adp. (Hopefully my terminology is on track but doubtfully so).
So now in the command prompt, i can get the pc to recognize the phone in fastboot mode. Now all I really want to do is (this may sound silly) is to be able to use Air Mirror in airdroid... for now. I do like the stock android feel to this phone as I am new to nexus from the touchwiz **** from samsung.
So can i proceed to the commands of:
fastboot oem unlock
then
fastboot reboot
and then be done with it? Proceed to set up my google account and download my previous apps and contacts yada yada?
TIA
Hamm1701 said:
So I have done my homework and read tutorial guide and the nexus all in one beginners guide.
It took me a few hours to be able to get my pc to recognize my computer in fastboot mode using sdk and adp. (Hopefully my terminology is on track but doubtfully so).
So now in the command prompt, i can get the pc to recognize the phone in fastboot mode. Now all I really want to do is (this may sound silly) is to be able to use Air Mirror in airdroid... for now. I do like the stock android feel to this phone as I am new to nexus from the touchwiz **** from samsung.
So can i proceed to the commands of:
fastboot oem unlock
then
fastboot reboot
and then be done with it? Proceed to set up my google account and download my previous apps and contacts yada yada?
TIA
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yup, make sure you have all data backed up to a pc, OEM Unlock will wipe your internal storage.
you also need to unlock developer settings, by tapping the build multiple times. Once unlocked you need to go into developer settings and click the check box to allow OEM Unlock
Afterwords if you want to run root, don't fastboot reboot you can use chainfires auto root and root-windows.bat and let it do its thing, then it will reboot and you can setup google account and move your files back over
If you want to flash TWRP, download that .img file and either use flashify to flash it from the google market or use fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
so it sounds like if i want root access, to do things such as air mirror from airdroid I need to flash cf's auto root?
Also in the all in one guide in imlicitly states to not skip the fastboot reboot step. Is this just a if you can do it, then do it step?
And yea, everything is backed up into google drive/cloud/plus and so on. So I am hoping once I am done I can setup my google account and everything should sync back as normal?
BTW thanks for the speedy reply.
Hamm1701 said:
so it sounds like if i want root access, to do things such as air mirror from airdroid I need to flash cf's auto root?
Also in the all in one guide in imlicitly states to not skip the fastboot reboot step. Is this just a if you can do it, then do it step?
And yea, everything is backed up into google drive/cloud/plus and so on. So I am hoping once I am done I can setup my google account and everything should sync back as normal?
BTW thanks for the speedy reply.
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If you want to go the CF Auto root, you can just run root-windows.bat and it will actually perform the OEM Unlock step and complete that process for you, then it will root the phone and youll be back at the setup screen to enter your google account info, I think this will be the easiest route. It will take care of OEM Unlock, Adding Superuser and the binaries so you can run air mirror and any other root required app.
Yup if everything is backed up then once your login to the google account it will resync your apps and you can login to anything that needs credentials.
should I run fastboot reboot after it does its thing?
Hamm1701 said:
should I run fastboot reboot after it does its thing?
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no, once you execute the root-windows.bat it will do all the fastboot commands, youll just have to hit a key on the CMD prompt after executing, it gives you a warning that OEM Unlock will wipe data, but you are already aware of that.
Basically, download cf-autoroot for shamu
unzip the zip into the same folder you have ADB installed (platform-tools)
get into adb and boot into bootloader mode or if your phone is in android already, adb reboot-bootloader
then root-windows.bat in the cmd window
and it will walk you through it from that point.
Circaflex said:
no, once you execute the root-windows.bat it will do all the fastboot commands, youll just have to hit a key on the CMD prompt after executing, it gives you a warning that OEM Unlock will wipe data, but you are already aware of that.
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Cool, thanks for dealin with me. So now for the recovery. I downloaded the specified and latest vs of twrp recovery and I am told to rename it to and typed exactly the following after highlighting the file name: recovery.img
how can i verify that I have indeed named it recovery.img and not recovery.img.img
Hamm1701 said:
Cool, thanks for dealin with me. So now for the recovery. I downloaded the specified and latest vs of twrp recovery and I am told to rename it to and typed exactly the following after highlighting the file name: recovery.img
how can i verify that I have indeed named it recovery.img and not recovery.img.img
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Do you have file extensions turned on for windows?
Depending on your version of windows it is different, but if they are turned on you would see the extensions for all files, if they are not turned on your files will not be showing extensions. If there is no extension rename the file to recovery and that's all if there are extensions youll see two .img's
Place that in your platform-tools folder as well, once autoroot is all installed and does its thing, set your phone up completely and get all the good stuff going
then power down and boot into boot loader or again use adb reboot-bootloader
then fastboot format cache (this wont harm any data or settings)
very important to then boot into recovery and let it load, then use recovery to reboot phone and youll be back in the android system
OR
download Flashify from the play store and select the .img you downloaded and it will flash the file, it works great
Hamm1701 said:
Cool, thanks for dealin with me. So now for the recovery. I downloaded the specified and latest vs of twrp recovery and I am told to rename it to and typed exactly the following after highlighting the file name: recovery.img
how can i verify that I have indeed named it recovery.img and not recovery.img.img
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Just manually flash it....
fastboot flash recovery whatever-your-file-is-called.img
No need to rename it.
If you're going to remain rooted, it's a good idea to understand adb and fastboot correctly. Please take the time to read my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6/general/noob-read-adb-fastboot-how-help-t3006500
@Hamm1701 how did it go
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@Hamm1701 how did it go
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Yikes, didnt realize my post didnt go through last night. Well it went very well. I'll admit that when the little android guy was staying on "erasing" for a few to 5 ish min i started to panic a little. I was expecting something like erasing then installing then some other imaginative windows installation words.
But I am now trying to figure out why a certain app is not working 100% as it was before the root and unlock procedure. Ill be researching on learning how to provide feedback developers can use to make any neccasry changes. Do you know of any such threads/posts I can read up on in this regard?
Hamm1701 said:
Yikes, didnt realize my post didnt go through last night. Well it went very well. I'll admit that when the little android guy was staying on "erasing" for a few to 5 ish min i started to panic a little. I was expecting something like erasing then installing then some other imaginative windows installation words.
But I am now trying to figure out why a certain app is not working 100% as it was before the root and unlock procedure. Ill be researching on learning how to provide feedback developers can use to make any neccasry changes. Do you know of any such threads/posts I can read up on in this regard?
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which app is misbehaving? Basically if you have a problem the easiest solution is to pull a catlog that will detail what your phone was doing and show the error. You can do this through ADB or a free program from playstore is called Catlog.
Circaflex said:
which app is misbehaving? Basically if you have a problem the easiest solution is to pull a catlog that will detail what your phone was doing and show the error. You can do this through ADB or a free program from playstore is called Catlog.
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It was the manual camera app. So I think i figure out how to view and store catlogs. Going to post my question about it over in dev Q&A.
Hi everyone. My aim here is to present a more clear Tutorial... not sure if i'll succeed, but i want to try. :good: Good Luck. Your results may be different.
A word of Caution: These steps will soft brick the phone and erase all data from your phone. Proceed with caution.
A huge thanks to:
emowing
quyvinh
jemmini
John Hale
kingroot
I refered to these posts when I was rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/how-to/root-tutorial-t3313120
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/recovery-t3311601
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0g-ojj_rL70czVOZERhY3AxeHc#
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/root-confirmed-blu-vivo-xl-unlock-t3314010
Download the BLU Vivo XL Backup from https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4lgfv27jtgirkh/Blu_VivoXL_backup-2016-03-05.zip . This is required to unbrick the phone.
WARNING: THE METHOD I FOLLOWED WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON THE PHONE. I really didn't care for the data on the phone so I didn't create a backup. You could google for steps to make a backup before continuing.
I did these on a Windows 7 machine. I didn't take any screenshots. This was totally random effort.
1. Ensure ADB Universal Drivers, adb.exe and fastboot.exe are installed. Use google search. I used this one http://rootjunkysdl.com/?device=Amazon Fire 5th gen. Even though it is for Amazon 5th gen Fire tablet, it worked for BLU Vivo XL
2. Enable 'Developer Options'
3. Enable 'USB Debugging'
4. Connect the phone to the computer.
If you are doing this for the first time then...
The phone will show up as a new 'cd' drive
Open that and you should see the software to install official drivers for the phone
Install the drivers using that software.
If you have previously connected the phone then it will show up like a 'USB flash storage' device with 2 partitions - Phone and SD Card5. Run 'adb.exe' in command prompt ( i assume you know how to do this)
6. Run adb devices and make sure that adb is able to communicate with the phone.
At some point, there will be a pop up on the phone with a key to enable the computer to securely connect to the phone. I don't know what this is called , but it is needed. Make sure you choose to remember this key permanently on the phone.
7. Root the phone with 'Kingroot' (Yes, this is odd, but this is required to get the TWRP recovery to load)
The reason i say this is needed is because without the root when I tried to install the TWRP recovery i got the error saying that there is no root access and therefore TWRP recovery file cannot be copied to the phone
[a] go to kingroot (dot) net and get the latest kingroot apk
try to root with kingroot. the first time i did this it didn't work. kingroot app said there is 'root' method available but it couldn't root.
[c] i uninstalled kingroot
[d] then i installed purify from play store
[e] rebooted the phone
[f] installed kingroot again and tried root again and this time it worked. (go figure...)
[g] so YMMV.
if you rooted successfully with Kingroot, then you can continue, otherwise.... try again till you can root with kingroot
8. reboot the phone
9. Go to developer options and enable the option - 'Enable OEM Unlock'
CAUTION: The next steps will soft brick your phone.
10. Run adb.exe. check connectivity using command 'adb devices'
11. Run command 'adb reboot bootloader' (this will put the phone in fastboot mode)
12. Make sure the TWRP recovery is in the same folder as the adb.exe file. (get the twrp recovery from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/recovery-t3311601)
13. Run command 'fastboot oem unlock'. At this point, there will be a prompt on the phone to confirm the action. Read it carefully, it clearly says that this process will wipe all data.
14. Press 'volume up' on the phone to confirm. It should take a few seconds. Then the phone will become unresponsive. Pressing volume up/down buttons or power button doesn't do anything.
15. Run command 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'
16. Run command 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
17. Run command 'fastboot reboot'. When the phone is rebooting press volume up. If everything went well, This will put the phone in TWRP recovery mode.
18. When the phone enters TWRP recovery mode, it'll ask for 'write permissions'. I swiped to enable the write permissions.
19. At this point, the phone has no OS.
20. On the PC, extract the files downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4lgfv27jtgirkh/Blu_VivoXL_backup-2016-03-05.zip
21. With the phone connect to the PC and adb running. Run command adb devices. The phone must be listed as 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx recovery'
22. You will have to push the back up files to twrp backup using adb
23. The general command is 'adb push <local> <remote>'. This is what i did for each of the files. Be patient, this will take time.
adb push "C:\boot.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/boot.emmc.win
adb push "C:\logo.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/logo.emmc.win
adb push "C:\logo.emmc.win.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/logo.emmc.win.md5
adb push "C:\nvram.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/nvram.emmc.win
adb push "C:\nvram.emmc.win.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/nvram.emmc.win.md5
adb push "C:\secro.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/secro.emmc.win
adb push "C:\secro.emmc.win.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/secro.emmc.win.md5
adb push "C:\system.ext4.win000" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/system.ext4.win000
adb push "C:\system.ext4.win000.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/system.ext4.win000.md5
adb push "C:\system.ext4.win001" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/system.ext4.win001
24. Once all the files are copied to the phone. Go to TWRP Restore option and then do a restore from the backup you just uploaded 2016-03-05.
25. After the restore is successfull and complete, TWRP will automatically ask to install 'SuperSu'.
26. Choose 'yes' and install SuperSu
27. TWRP will recover the phone and root the phone with SuperSu
If all of the above worked then install Xposed as per instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/root-confirmed-blu-vivo-xl-unlock-t3314010
GOOD LUCK !!! :good::good::good:
Please help me on rooting my Blu vivo XL I upgraded it to Android 6.0 and now it does not root. Please help.
hamilLewiston said:
Hi everyone. My aim here is to present a more clear Tutorial... not sure if i'll succeed, but i want to try. :good: Good Luck. Your results may be different.
A word of Caution: These steps will soft brick the phone and erase all data from your phone. Proceed with caution.
A huge thanks to:
emowing
quyvinh
jemmini
John Hale
kingroot
I refered to these posts when I was rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/how-to/root-tutorial-t3313120
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/recovery-t3311601
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0g-ojj_rL70czVOZERhY3AxeHc#
http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/root-confirmed-blu-vivo-xl-unlock-t3314010
Download the BLU Vivo XL Backup from https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4lgfv27jtgirkh/Blu_VivoXL_backup-2016-03-05.zip . This is required to unbrick the phone.
WARNING: THE METHOD I FOLLOWED WILL ERASE ALL DATA ON THE PHONE. I really didn't care for the data on the phone so I didn't create a backup. You could google for steps to make a backup before continuing.
I did these on a Windows 7 machine. I didn't take any screenshots. This was totally random effort.
1. Ensure ADB Universal Drivers, adb.exe and fastboot.exe are installed. Use google search. I used this one http://rootjunkysdl.com/?device=Amazon Fire 5th gen. Even though it is for Amazon 5th gen Fire tablet, it worked for BLU Vivo XL
2. Enable 'Developer Options'
3. Enable 'USB Debugging'
4. Connect the phone to the computer.
If you are doing this for the first time then...
The phone will show up as a new 'cd' drive
Open that and you should see the software to install official drivers for the phone
Install the drivers using that software.
If you have previously connected the phone then it will show up like a 'USB flash storage' device with 2 partitions - Phone and SD Card5. Run 'adb.exe' in command prompt ( i assume you know how to do this)
6. Run adb devices and make sure that adb is able to communicate with the phone.
At some point, there will be a pop up on the phone with a key to enable the computer to securely connect to the phone. I don't know what this is called , but it is needed. Make sure you choose to remember this key permanently on the phone.
7. Root the phone with 'Kingroot' (Yes, this is odd, but this is required to get the TWRP recovery to load)
The reason i say this is needed is because without the root when I tried to install the TWRP recovery i got the error saying that there is no root access and therefore TWRP recovery file cannot be copied to the phone
[a] go to kingroot (dot) net and get the latest kingroot apk
try to root with kingroot. the first time i did this it didn't work. kingroot app said there is 'root' method available but it couldn't root.
[c] i uninstalled kingroot
[d] then i installed purify from play store
[e] rebooted the phone
[f] installed kingroot again and tried root again and this time it worked. (go figure...)
[g] so YMMV.
if you rooted successfully with Kingroot, then you can continue, otherwise.... try again till you can root with kingroot
8. reboot the phone
9. Go to developer options and enable the option - 'Enable OEM Unlock'
CAUTION: The next steps will soft brick your phone.
10. Run adb.exe. check connectivity using command 'adb devices'
11. Run command 'adb reboot bootloader' (this will put the phone in fastboot mode)
12. Make sure the TWRP recovery is in the same folder as the adb.exe file. (get the twrp recovery from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/recovery-t3311601)
13. Run command 'fastboot oem unlock'. At this point, there will be a prompt on the phone to confirm the action. Read it carefully, it clearly says that this process will wipe all data.
14. Press 'volume up' on the phone to confirm. It should take a few seconds. Then the phone will become unresponsive. Pressing volume up/down buttons or power button doesn't do anything.
15. Run command 'fastboot reboot-bootloader'
16. Run command 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
17. Run command 'fastboot reboot'. When the phone is rebooting press volume up. If everything went well, This will put the phone in TWRP recovery mode.
18. When the phone enters TWRP recovery mode, it'll ask for 'write permissions'. I swiped to enable the write permissions.
19. At this point, the phone has no OS.
20. On the PC, extract the files downloaded from https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4lgfv27jtgirkh/Blu_VivoXL_backup-2016-03-05.zip
21. With the phone connect to the PC and adb running. Run command adb devices. The phone must be listed as 'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx recovery'
22. You will have to push the back up files to twrp backup using adb
23. The general command is 'adb push <local> <remote>'. This is what i did for each of the files. Be patient, this will take time.
adb push "C:\boot.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/boot.emmc.win
adb push "C:\logo.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/logo.emmc.win
adb push "C:\logo.emmc.win.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/logo.emmc.win.md5
adb push "C:\nvram.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/nvram.emmc.win
adb push "C:\nvram.emmc.win.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/nvram.emmc.win.md5
adb push "C:\secro.emmc.win" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/secro.emmc.win
adb push "C:\secro.emmc.win.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/secro.emmc.win.md5
adb push "C:\system.ext4.win000" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/system.ext4.win000
adb push "C:\system.ext4.win000.md5" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/system.ext4.win000.md5
adb push "C:\system.ext4.win001" /data/media/TWRP/BACKUPS/BLU_VIVO_XL/2016-03-05/system.ext4.win001
24. Once all the files are copied to the phone. Go to TWRP Restore option and then do a restore from the backup you just uploaded 2016-03-05.
25. After the restore is successfull and complete, TWRP will automatically ask to install 'SuperSu'.
26. Choose 'yes' and install SuperSu
27. TWRP will recover the phone and root the phone with SuperSu
If all of the above worked then install Xposed as per instructions in http://forum.xda-developers.com/vivo-xl/development/root-confirmed-blu-vivo-xl-unlock-t3314010
GOOD LUCK !!! :good::good::good:
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is this post is about rooting on marshmallow or on lollipop? thank you
Yes
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Yes, is it for marshmallow? Or yes, is it for lollipop? Or does it work for both? Please clarify.
Please help ME my phone vivo v 5 plus root How To
Gungho-sd said:
Yes, is it for marshmallow? Or yes, is it for lollipop? Or does it work for both? Please clarify.
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From what I've read this would only work for Lollipop, as apparently kingroot no longer works on Marshmallow.
I'm trying to create an application to make flashing files on our pixel devices easier.
Features:
Install ADB
Unlock bootloader
Reboot to bootloader
Download and install factory images
Download and install TWRP
Download Magisk
Easy to use GUI
Enjoy! :good:
Credit to Dees_Troy and bigbiff for TWRP image.
Feel free to modify and hack away at the source.
WARNING: I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong using this tool, it works fine on my windows 10 machine, and tested on windows 7. However, make sure you know what these tools are doing beforehand.
New update!
Beta Release
What's New?:
All new base being built.
Better .exe support (requires installing the app)
Console interface for now.
Removed some features that were broken in the old app, will add them back one-by-one, but this time, not until they work 100%.
Usage:
Just follow the prompts on screen.
Allows picking the files for booting TWRP or pushing files via ADB.
Install:
Easy method (requires install): https://github.com/boostedd2/crosshatchdb/blob/boostedd2-patch-1/crosshAtchDB-2.3-win32.msi
Install the app with the provided .msi, choose where you want to install it. Open the folder where you installed it and run the crosshatchdbbeta.exe.
Build/Run from source:
Requires:
source .py file: https://github.com/boostedd2/crosshatchdb/blob/boostedd2-patch-1/crosshatchbeta.py
cxfreeze config: https://github.com/boostedd2/crosshatchdb/blob/boostedd2-patch-1/setup.py
To run from source, just install Python on your PC, then from cmd window run : "pip install requests".
Then just double click on the crosshatchdbbeta.py file.
To build the .exe:
You need both files from above.
Install Python
python -m pip install cx_Freeze --upgrade
With setup.py and crosshatchdbbeta.py in the same directory, run "python setup.py build"
This is a very minimal release, I will continue to fix any bugs and add features once they are working better.
Thank you so much for this! I was actually going to unlock my bootloader and root today after work. Now it will only take 2 minutes instead of 20!
I appreciate it and will report back later after testing!
**Didn't want to waste thread space so I'm editing this to reply** - Thank you so much for the response below! Very helpful! I'm up and running and really appreciate the tool and the help!
NippleSauce said:
Thank you so much for this! I was actually going to unlock my bootloader and root today after work. Now it will only take 2 minutes instead of 20!
I appreciate it and will report back later after testing!
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No problem, quick usage guide to make sure it goes smooth.
Enable OEM unlock in developer options, also enable ADB debugging.
Plug in your phone, run crosshatchdb.
Select option 9, this will auto download and extract adb to your c: drive.
Select option 1 to check for ADB devices, check the box on the dialog that pops up on your phone.
All set. You can download magisk directly to your phone or push it from your PC.
Reboot bootloader option 2, from here you can unlock the bootloader(formats your phone btw).
Setup your phone, enable ADB debugging again and your free to reboot bootloader and download/boot TWRP to flash magisk.(use TWRP img not zip)
Hopefully these instructions are not too confusing, it is pretty easy once you do it once, and the tool really does make the next time you do it faster.
Tested on a windows 7 virtual machine and my own personal windows 10 machine.
NippleSauce said:
Thank you so much for this! I was actually going to unlock my bootloader and root today after work. Now it will only take 2 minutes instead of 20!
I appreciate it and will report back later after testing!
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The time to unlock a Google purchased Pixel isn't the issue. The factory reset just sucks if you run stock for any time before doing it.
Two things I think you should add.
1) adb sideload for when adb works in twrp.
2) adb logcat for our great developers, so there isn't an excuse for getting them a logcat in event that they need one.
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superchilpil said:
Two things I think you should add.
1) adb sideload for when adb works in twrp.
2) adb logcat for our great developers, so there isn't an excuse for getting them a logcat in event that they need one.
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Good idea, should be easy to pipe logcat output to a text file.
ADB sideload can be added as well, next update will probably be when TWRP ADB is fixed, or sooner depending how long that takes.
Already thinking of ways to make the current version of this script more automated, but I like to err on the side of explicit is better than implicit.
Thanks for the ideas.
Can this install TWRP ?
Zorachus said:
Can this install TWRP ?
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No. Everything you need to know is in the OP and everything else you need to know is in the twrp thread.
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superchilpil said:
No. Everything you need to know is in the OP and everything else you need to know is in the twrp thread.
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This.
It is a good option of you want an easy way to just boot TWRP in 1 button, if you don't want to install a custom recovery like TWRP.
New update coming soon, decided that command line didn't work very well for this purpose...
Also working on making all of the actions smoother.
New update released, let me know if you have any issues or feature requests, still waiting for TWRP to be fully functional before adding ADB sideload options.
CMD window still wants to hang out for now, you can minimize it though if needed.
can you add a (check for update)
Maty360414 said:
can you add a (check for update)
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Yes, that is on the list for next update.
When TWRP is more reliable I will probably add options for copying TWRP backups to your PC as well.
Still need to get rid of the cmd window and cut down on having to open browser windows or file selection dialogs, just to get it feeling less clunky.
I'd like to send out a big thank you to boostedduece I've used platform tools and google flash all for years with no hitch whatsoever but I tried to glies an update to my kernel and ran into the red corrupt device thing and used my platform tools to flash all and halfway through it stopped and said error. I then tried this tool and it worked perfect!! Thank you so much!
quinejh said:
I'd like to send out a big thank you to boostedduece I've used platform tools and google flash all for years with no hitch whatsoever but I tried to glies an update to my kernel and ran into the red corrupt device thing and used my platform tools to flash all and halfway through it stopped and said error. I then tried this tool and it worked perfect!! Thank you so much!
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Glad to hear it helped out, working on some new updates to make the UI even better.
Trying to make all of the download links update automatically too, just working on some web scraping again ?
It's a nice little tool if something gets messed up, also for new users to get up and running.
New update released, Download factory image has been overhauled, it will now download the image automatically, check the SHA-256 hash, then unzip it to the correct folder, just run the factory image flash option after and you're set. Be patient, the image.zip can take a while to download, takes several minutes for me, but I'm only at 50mbps down...and who knows if google throttled my connection after all the web scraper testing lol.
Pull TitaniumBackup folder via ADB to your PC, pull TWRP backup might not work it failed for me, but will not cause any damage to your PC or phone, ADB is copying the files read only from your device, and ADB just seemed to crash on me.
CMD window is still here for now until I pipe the output to the built in box on the GUI and bind keyboard keys to interact with it. For now it will help with any debugging.
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New update released, Download factory image has been overhauled, it will now download the image automatically, check the SHA-256 hash, then unzip it to the correct folder, just run the factory image flash option after and you're set. Be patient, the image.zip can take a while to download, takes several minutes for me, but I'm only at 50mbps down...and who knows if google throttled my connection after all the web scraper testing lol.
Pull TitaniumBackup folder via ADB to your PC, pull TWRP backup might not work it failed for me, but will not cause any damage to your PC or phone, ADB is copying the files read only from your device, and ADB just seemed to crash on me.
CMD window is still here for now until I pipe the output to the built in box on the GUI and bind keyboard keys to interact with it. For now it will help with any debugging.
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Can't believe I still haven't gotten the Ota Nov update
Will this work on p3?
frewys said:
Can't believe I still haven't gotten the Ota Nov update
Will this work on p3?
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It will work for pixel 3, but you will need to download the factory image for your blueline device and extract it into c:\crosshatch_stuff\platform-tools. This program is basically a gui wrapper for ADB commands.
Just stick with the ADB tools section and find the downloads you need separately.
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It will work for pixel 3, but you will need to download the factory image for your blueline device and extract it into c:\crosshatch_stuff\platform-tools. This program is basically a gui wrapper for ADB commands.
Just stick with the ADB tools section and find the downloads you need separately.
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Right
So it doesn't automate the process the same as for xl?
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So it doesn't automate the process the same as for xl?
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It will still install ADB and allow you to run reboot bootloader, boot TWRP, factory reset, ADB logcat, unlock bootloader.
But the only extra part that is manual would be extracting the factory image into the c:\crosshatch_stuff\platform-tools folder.