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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattoaida:
Ok, I ordered a white nexus 4 from the google play store. I was just thinking that there is no sd card, so how does flashing roms work? Do we just flash from the internal sd card. Im just confused with this no external sd card and internal on the nexus 4.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
it works the same as having an sd card when flashing roms/kernels.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattoaida:
Well what do you guys wipe before flashing a ROM?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lewythefly:
There is a partition of storage which acts exactly like an SD Card (you just can't remove it), so things like your Downloads, Pictures and Photos wont be wiped when you do a full wipe as they are in the internal "sd card" storage

But always good practise to take a backup in case something goes wrong during a flash
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
just chose wipe data/factory reset in the recovery. and as stated above, nandroid backup!
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drawkcaB:
A bit of a noob question, what exactly is contained within a nandroid. Just system files and and user apps? What about apps that store to sd card?

I tried helium but it doesnt back up the sd card part and i doubt titanium does either. (eg real racing back ups only save the apk)
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grimlogic:
A nandroid backs up everything on the phone - boot and system files, ROM, kernel, user apps -

except

the SD card. So no, if apps are installed to your SD card they will not be backed up.

Just copy your SD partition onto your computer so you have a backup.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ultimzer:
Hello, I have several questions about rooting and backing up my Android tablet but I'm not really sure where to begin.

My (current) goal is to back up the firmware that's currently on the tablet so that I can later restore to it in the event that something goes wrong. The only problem is I seem to have a newer version than the latest-offered version that was posted on the manufacturer's website, but the latest-offered version doesn't work. To make matters worse, the manufacturer's website is no longer online so there's no chance that the firmware I have will ever be uploaded. In other words, I need to root my tablet so that I can make a backup of the stock firmware to revert to if necessary.

The tablet in question is a Panimage Media Tablet R79RT2W5 that I picked up for $20. Before you tell me not to bother or that it's a piece of crap, don't worry; I'm VERY aware. The entire reason I bought this to begin with was BECAUSE it was a piece of crap. I was hoping that at the very least I could screw around with it and use it as a testbench to learn Android programming on with hardware I don't care about possibly bricking. (In other words, I wanted a cheap tablet to play around with so I wouldn't risk bricking my phone.)

I'll try to give you all the possible information I have on it. If you need any more information, pictures, screenshots, uploaded files, etc. I'll try to get what I can for you.

Things to take note of:

- It has no USB port so I can't hook it directly to a computer (meaning regular ADB won't work), but it does take microSD cards.

- I can sideload applications, but they need to be able to work on 1.6, obviously.

- I have FTPServer installed so I can send files to/from my computer, but I can't access protected directories.

- I have run BOTH Universal Androot and z4root. Neither program rooted the tablet. z4root DID install SuperUser (which I'm assuming only worked because USB debugging was turned on), but SuperUser doesn't work.

- I'm willing to work with terminals or command prompts so long as I have someone able to walk me through the process.

Is rooting this thing a possibility?

Alternatively, the way that the firmware update process works is that you put a folder named "script.zip" on the root of the microSD card and then boot the tablet with the card inserted. The tablet will then proceed to automatically install the firmware on it.

Would it be possible to take advantage of this function to allow me to run a script that will back up the firmware to the microSD card before it boots that I would then later be able to restore onto the tablet as necessary?

I can upload a copy of the latest script.zip I have so that you can take a look at it if you'd like.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WildfireDEV:
What do you mean by their isn't a USB port what do you use to charge.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ultimzer:
It has a generic electrical plug; one of the round ones with a single prong in the middle.

It doesn't charge through USB like most other phones/tablets, because there's no USB port on it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WisdomSky:
you can possibly back up your phone's firmware even without a usb port...

using the stock recovery, you can flash a custom recovery like clockworkmod which gives you a back-up option... and you can also root it with that...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ultimzer:
That's a bit of a problem... the tablet doesn't appear to have a stock recovery available.

I've tried as many button combinations upon boot as I can think of (Power + Vol. Down among many other things) and none of them boot into any sort of recovery mode.

I've even gone as far as trying to force my way in using the SysRq trick that someone got to work for the Ouya:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=42516267&postcount=6

...but unfortunately that doesn't work either. No mater what Alt + SysRq combination I use (out of the ones that actually work, that is), the tablet automatically restarts. Every time.

However, as I said in my OP, I think that there may be a small bit of hope.

After a bit of messing around, I've found that the firmware update process looks for a file named "prepare.bin" and then loads it, which starts the automatic firmware update process.

While I'd rather try doing some sort of manual root on the tablet if possible, I'd be willing to try to make my own version of "prepare.bin" that will allow me to essentially hijack the firmware update process before it begins, which should essentially give me system-level control over the tablet.

...In theory, that is.

Do you think this would be a possibility?

I'd post pictures and screenshots and links and other information I've found, but I don't seem to have enough posts to do that yet...

edit- To be more direct, I'm willing to try to hijack the boot process to run my own code if possible, but I'd much rather do some sort of manual root or something if possible so I don't risk screwing up my tablet. As I said before, neither z4root nor Universal Androot work for my tablet, so I was wondering if there's some sort of manual exploit I can use to get in from within Android. If that's possible, I'd much rather take that approach as opposed to basically brute forcing my way into system-level access and risk bricking something.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrCabana:
I've seen quite a few methods to root this phone on this forum and several others, but I couldn't menage to find a working one to give a permanent root to this model WITHOUT need to flash it or turning it into an iPhone clone (with or without the rear camera working).

So I found this batch script that seems to do the job (rooting without flashing), named Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry. It didn't work out-of-the-box in my case and I had to adjust the script a little bit and removed all the other options not intened to be relevant to my specific device.

It basically calls a fake restore to do "something" to the phone that will reboot it to open a brief window in which I can run some commands and remount read-write and copy/moves files around.

So, I manage to copy busybox from /data/local/tmp to /system/xbin and su to /system/xbin and /system/bin. Superuser.apk is already installed normally, not in /system/app/Superuser.apk.

Well, if I DON"T reboot after placing these files and giving them proper chmod and chown, the phone boots up with root access. However, if I reboot the phone, all the files mentioned above in /system/xbin and /system/bin folders will become 0 bytes and root functions will be lost.

I want to know if there's a way to make these files reboot-proof. Or else, I am willing to try any other non-flashing method you can suggest.

Second, when this temporary root occurs, the phone gets stupidly slow. Is it normal in rooted devices, or is it something wrong with my phone or my methods?

Thank you in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] alexmurr152:
Sometimes when i choose an app in multitasking it freezes and then it reboot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Cusa:
You need to provide more info than that. What build are you running? Custom kernel? Overclocking? Latest nightly? You know the drill.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] alexmurr152:
Im runing the last nightly build. I dont overclock or make things like that. Just installed cm10.1 nightly. I used rom manager and clockwork recovery
[Sony Xperia ZL] Alex_rac:
Hi everyone !

Since no one have posted the link of the new 4.2 JB update ftf I ve decided to post a link that I ve found in a website (hope that no one will get mad at me :fingers-crossed: )

enjoy :good:

https://disk.yandex.com/public/?hash=idK338v%2BiBRjBY71qlpJ9LfuMiTmVcc2XFpykai591g%
[Sony Xperia ZL] demonicangell™:
do u have c6502 as well ?
[Sony Xperia ZL] Alex_rac:
no , sorry

anyway.... no one hit thanks XD
[Sony Xperia ZL] demonicangell™:
there u go :P
[Sony Xperia ZL] dogsly:
:)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2332343

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42772908
[Sony Xperia ZL] Alex_rac:
ops...... :eek:
[Sony Xperia ZL] jerkysans:
Does this have Google Now? I updated to 4.2.2, did a factory reset and lost Google Now. It was working fine on 4.1.2. But after the factory reset, there's no Google Now in sight.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] bos_xda_II:
:( :( :(

why your rom have boot images xda2s not xda2 ?

how to change boot images ?

:?: :?: :?:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] KatokKolor:
RE : Splash Screen

http://xdaforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=15459
[Nexus 4 Accessories] frrlod:
Hey guys. if I buy a "fake" battery from ebay/dealextreme (a cheap replacement) - can it hurt my phone? Especially those golden ones.

Thanks!
[Nexus 4 Accessories] Demonseye:
I'd suggest not, because batteries can be extremely dangerous. I think that batteries have built-in modules that allow charging to be stopped when it reaches maximum charge potential.

But, these cheap batteries often don't have it. so if you leave your phone too long on the charger, it might overheat and the battery may explode.

Also, I wouldn't bet on the fiability of these. It's better to spend 20 euros than to see your phone die because you bought a cheap thing :)
[LG Optimus Black] zenon21:
Hi everyone.

A friend is using P970 running on a stock 2.2.2 Froyo. Yesterday she lost all contacts with phone numbers that were in the phonebook. Unfortunately all the contacts were stored as phone contacts, and they were not synchronizing with Gmail Contacts. Is there any way to get into internal memory and restore the phone numbers?

zenon21
[LG Optimus Black] Ultiweap:
Hi,

First of all check if she hasn't put to display sim contacts in the contact menu as if there is no contacts in the sim memory and that sim contacts is selected therefore there will be no contacts to display even the phone contacts is still present.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
How to install Adobe Flash player in Galaxy Y? And anyone know how to play Habbo Hotel in Galaxy Y? Please help:(
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] luqman98:
It's impossible to play Habbo Hotel in Galaxy Y and my own phone, Galaxy Pocket due to the hardware limitations. However, you can google for "How to install Adobe Flash Player in Galaxy Y" (You must be rooted).
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] SSSidGGG:
To remind u...adobe flash player will be installed but dont expect it to work like it works on ur pc ..its just a port of the higher armv7 devices to our armv6 processor so it will lag ..... make sure you use UCBrowser for a little improvment in the player's performance
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] abyisforyou:
just search in google for armv6 flash player. u will definetly get an armv6 vertion of adobe flash player
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
Ok i will try :)

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] LiquidAcidGasLAG:
Watch youtube using armv7 also lag. Lagikan use armv6. Btw were from same country :3
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] abyisforyou:
you can play youtube videos by an app 'tubemate' we can watch videos in any resolution (ie.. for net connections)
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
yeke lagg? saya try kt UCNrowser tak lag pun xp

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] luqman98:
Please, English only. I'm from Kelantan BTW.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] abhishekr700:
u cant play habbo hotel on galaxy y

go here --http://galaxyyoungdev.blogspot.in/2013/03/appinstalling-flash-player-11-on-galaxy.html

if u are unrooted download the flash player and uc browser

install flash player.it will only work in uc browser

if u are rooted download the three files and watch the video tutorial

then flash will work on stock browser too
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
I dont know why i cant change permission setting in Lib file -,,-".

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
And can you tell why i get this message in USBrowse? I test my Flash Player on USBrowser

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] luqman98:
Did you set the UA correctly?

Sent from my little beast using PIRATED Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] abhishekr700:
did u allow superuser
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
What is UA?

My superuser i already set Allow

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] luqman98:
I mean did you set browsing agent to iPhone, Default or Chrome?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
I already change to Iphone/Chrome. But nothing happen, i get same messager :/ And sometime crash

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[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] luqman98:
Had you tried with Default?
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and Duos 6102 Q&A, Help & Troubl] EirmaSyaQieLa:
Still same >.<

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[General Questions and Answers] xxyqiufeng:
Hi,

on qualcomm platform, i know in bootloader, ddr will be innitialized and the clock will be set to a lower speed. but when android system is fully up, the ddr clock was set to the highest speed.

i want to change the highest clock speed of ddr, but i found only change the bootloader is un-usable. i think may be i should change some other code. can someone help me? Thanks!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8on3s:
However I'm still hesitant. Has anyone noticed a boost in battery or performance after removing the VZW crap ware? This phone seems to have the best stock ui experience next to the nexus phones, and I'm really not looking to ruin that. Any pointers on what is best practice?

I understand unlocking to bootloader, and have been there before with the droid eris and inc 2, but with a poly fuse I'm just not ready to break in yet.

I guess I just need some good convincing. :o
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ShadowRAZR:
I noticed that after I removed the moto service that it had less wake lock time. But I'm running Carbon now so I can't quite remember the amount of benefits.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jco23:
not really sure how much battery life you are looking for, as the device gets 1 day+ stock, and still gets that rooted/debloated. performance does increase though when debloating.

one last benefit is that rooted folks are now on JB 4.2.2 (fully working too!) - not sure when that will be pushed by the carriers.

otherwise, the customization is the key.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] calbrs:
I rooted my M long before I decided to put pacman rom on. I didn't really notice any difference in battery life. Biggest reason for me was so that I could use titanium backup to backup my apps. If you do decide to remove the bloat, make sure you do a nandroid backup for when the official upgrade comes out.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8on3s:
Nice, yeah just a little snappier... less bloat. That's all I'm looking for, stock this thing is great. The tool available in the forums, would that enable me to restore my firmware to stock w/o needing to be unlocked?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jco23:
there are some TWRP flashable ROMs that take you back to stock.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BTrack:
Rooting alone will not allow you to get to 4.2.2. That's a benefit of unlocking the bootloader.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8on3s:
yeah not worried about the 4.2.2 just making sure the tool will root/allow me to revert to stock if need be, and not trip the fuse, that's only on the boot loader correct?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pbanj:
just use safe strap so u dont have to unlock your bootloader and dont touch the stock slot, then u can just uninstall safe strap and un root when u want to return to stock.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanlalee:
yeah but you won't get any up to date ROMs using safe strap as its been all but abandoned now that the bootloader has been unlocked. I rooted and stayed stock for the longest (until the bootloader unlock exploit) and was perfectly happy. All I wanted was to use root apps anyway but now that the bootloader is unlocked I have a proper nand back up of the stock rom and can flash and try at will. the space requirements for safe strap killed the appeal of that for me, especially with the inability to move apps to sd.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pbanj:
oh i know this, but if you read the thread you would see he does not want to unlock his bootloader.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8on3s:
Lol no problem, I'm sure as the year passes I will consider unlocking. This phone is such a solid upgrade from what I have had in the past, I'm not too concerned about it. The root was simple, and freezing the useless apps was good enough for my current needs. Thanks for the information though.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrmcbeigh:
I used fast boot to patch the boot logo to get rid of the nag screen. There's a post in the Dev section that runs through the steps.

That way, most customer reps can't tell the difference if you have a warranty issue.

Of course, iirc, you can run an RSD flash to return to a locked bootloader, too, should you need to take care of a warranty issue, too.

If I'm wrong on that, feel free to correct me, everyone
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8on3s:
I understood the unlocking was done by "breaking" a Polly fuse that cannot be re-written, perhaps one could trick the boot loader.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vrmcbeigh:
Oh ****. They're QFuses, so unlocking is permanent. You're right.

Anyway, RSD will rewrite the recovery partition back to stock, so only people who know of the fast boot screen can find out. If they even remember to check it.

That means that people who get my devices once they've been refurbished (my phones like to overheat, no matter what model) have the bootloader unlocked already. Sweet.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shree_tejas:
Well I got this device from a great friend of mine [MENTION=4901123]DowntownJeffBrown[/MENTION]. Its a T-Mobile Vibrant (US). Now I'm using it in India.

It came to me with a CM10.1 ( thanks to my friend there ). My previous phone was a tiny Galaxy Y. It had just GB and no ICS. We just got CM7 a month back. After using that... the transaction is a bit difficult. (I just got the phone yesterday though :P ).

My questions are just basic noob ones but reading through guides here..most of them are solved. I still have some thus the thread. Well let me start.

As I have CM10.1 now... If I have to change the ROM...do I HAVE to flash froyo? And after the Odin... can i directly flash the ROM.zip or do I have to install a kernel or flash a CM7 or a CM9 or a CM10 before proceeding?

Can I get a temporary CWM or is it available only with kernels?

ROM zips come with an included kernel? If then... Can I flash them directly from froyo?

I read in one guide that I'll have to flash the SAME Rom.zip twice (after a reboot ). Is it necessary? And can someone explain why that is important?

Can I flash the modems? I saw that the modems listed are for US ONLY. Well the phone was from the US but right now its half way around the world...will it work?

What is the necessity of a bootloader?

I appreciate every help I get :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haarsh:
Hi,

Q: As I have CM10.1 now... If I have to change the ROM...do I HAVE to flash froyo? And after the Odin... can i directly flash the ROM.zip or do I have to install a kernel or flash a CM7 or a CM9 or a CM10 before proceeding?

A: NO. you can flash ROM without flashing froyo (go back to stock before flashing a new ROM). You can directly flash through CWM the ROM.zip

Q:Can I get a temporary CWM or is it available only with kernels?

A:There are two options here. Choose which is best for you, before you start.

ROOT ONLY METHOD:

A – This is an update.zip (633KB) that roots your phone only. You can then install Rom Manager from the Market to flash CWR (Clockwork Recovery) and install custom ROMs.

INSTALL CLOCKWORK RECOVERY AND FLASH A ROM THAT WILL GIVE ROOT ACCESS (MY PREFERRED METHOD):

B – use the other update.zip (1.7MB) and this will flash CWR for you – allowing you to immediately flash a custom ROM.. I do this because it's faster.

source: ★★★ NOOB GUIDE :: Root :: Odin :: Files :: Guides ★★★

Q:ROM zips come with an included kernel? If then... Can I flash them directly from froyo?

A: withing a ROM the kernel is also included. But It can be changed later by flashing a different appropriate kernel. YES, you can directly flash from froyo without any issue.

Q:I read in one guide that I'll have to flash the SAME Rom.zip twice (after a reboot ). Is it necessary? And can someone explain why that is important?

A: Yes it is needed sometimes when you get a boot loop after flashing a new ROM b/c to update the recovery.

Q:Can I flash the modems? I saw that the modems listed are for US ONLY. Well the phone was from the US but right now its half way around the world...will it work?

A:YES. you can flash modems. Only thing matters is choose a modem based on your OS (ICS/JB/CM7 etc)

Q:What is the necessity of a bootloader?

A:Bootloaders were introduced for solve recovery and rainbow issues on Gingerbread ROMs.

I prefer Bootloaders b/c it gives better key combination

more info: [BOOTLOADERS]CUSTOM Gingerbread Bootloaders for Vibrant

Hope this answers your questions :)