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[Nexus 5 General] Suhail24:
I have a question:

So I used this guide back in November and haven't done anything else with my phone like update it or anything (too lazy). Now I want to update to the newest version of android that my N5 downloaded (4.4.2). Would I be able to update directly by pressing "install" on the update notification? If not, how do I update and ensure that my root and bootloader remain unlocked and rooted? I am pretty new so please explain in terms that I will be understand. Thanks in advance! I am learning as I go along so please bear with me.
[Nexus 5 General] pigstew:
Wow,im stuck at the first step... when i run the cmd i get an error saying ' the system cannot find the path specified' running win 8.1

Any help for a total noob who doesnt have much time to filter through the thread to look for the solution please.
[Nexus 5 General] mominn8266:
Same here, cant believe im stuck on step one lol ANY help would be greatly appreciated! :D
[Nexus 5 General] Chromium:
Download the OTA zip here. Install it via recovery using the rom flashing instructions found on the first page of this thread. After this your bootloader will still be unlocked however you will lose root. You will need to flash SuperSU to regain root.

That means you havent set it up as a path variable. Try doing the following instead: Extract the slim sdk zip then copy the contents of the folder into (Local Disk)C:/Windows/
[Nexus 5 General] KoRoZIV:
cd Desktop/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools

In my windows8.1, i have put the folder on the desktop; the above will be :

C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

So be aware of that.

You can browse to the platform-tools folder, right click in it with shift hold down and select from the menu that appears : "Open command window here" and you will have the right path.
[Nexus 5 General] tittn:
help my device is stuck at downloading... the recovery.img
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Stop it and try flashing again. Are you trying to flash the flash-all.bat?
[Nexus 5 General] David Aspinall:
successful, thanks very much
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
One question. Why to do all this process and not do it auto with toolkit?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Because you're learning some things in the process. If you ever get in trouble with your device you can use that knowledge to get out of trouble. Sometimes, for instance, you'll only flash the cache.img, or maybe the recovery.img depending on what kind of trouble you may have gotten into. You now have a start to understand what to do.
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
I know to do it but is very easy with kit..anyway I was have some rr and I decide to go back to stock and over again..I revert back to stock I root it twrp the usuals I download the rom I flash it with full wipes I open it and look what I have ..

The system updates is not from the rom is from stock but how this is possible.. On any other Nex.. I didn't have something like that..
[Nexus 5 General] nokiagye:
I make all the procces 2 times..the second I download the 4.4 factory and I left the phone download the 4.4.2 it download it but again after the install of rom again I have this..I make factory reset from the phone buy about 300mb of storage is taked.so something is incide of stock..
[Nexus 5 General] :
2 custom recoveries??? TWRP &CWM??

which one is good or best? and popular?

I found that on download sites of both recoveries that they are getting updated as well?

if I installed cwm 6.0.0 and new updates come. should you recommend to use new one?

How to backup my data?

Should I just connect the usb (MTP mode) to pc and copy all folder to desktop?

Suggest me any other possible things. I Need to backup my game data also. Is it possible?
[Nexus 5 General] Primokorn:
1. Test yourself without forgetting PhilZ Touch :)

2. When an update is available you just have to flash the new img or zip file. That's it. New updates are normally stable so no worries.

3. To backup your data use adb or a 3rd party app like Titanium Backup or Helium... It will backup all your apps and data. Do not forget to backup sms, call logs...
[Nexus 5 General] tittn:
Its ok i tried a different usb cable and restarted the fastboot command.. Ironically the usb cable of my old Samsung s3 was the problem
[Nexus 5 General] lofas33:
Hi guys, i did everything right, and after i get into recovery, it shows this:

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

and i cant do anything, its showing 0MB on sdcard and im getting bootloop,

can someone please give me advice, im new here and i dont know much about nexus yet... :crying:

THX and sorry for my bad english...
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Which recovery did you flash? Try flashing it again
[Nexus 5 General] lofas33:
I flashed this recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.5-hammerhead.img

twice and still same...
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Ok, could be a bad download of the recovery image. Try twrp

Edit, if that doesn't work I'm going to have you flash the factory image and start over again. See this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=47156064

Don't panic as I know you can get this fixed
[Nexus 5 General] lofas33:
Thx a lot, im back on stock and after work i will try to flash recovery again.

One more question, can i flash on this recovery Paranoid android?? And if yes i have to flash boot.img from Paranoid package or just flash the Paranoid rar??

Thx a lot for your advice...

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[Nexus 5 General] :
Can you guide me for unrooting my nexus 5?
[Nexus 5 General] :
Hi,

4 sticky's below: [TUTORIAL] How to flash a factory image | Return to stock | Unroot...
[Nexus 5 General] Chromium:
Yes you can flash PA from this recovery. You don't need to flash the boot.img separately as it's included in the ROM zip (not rar).
[Nexus 5 General] lofas33:
THX a lot, i tried it again and now its working....awesome..THX again. :good:
[Nexus 5 General] ps000000:
This guide is impressive.

I can do everything in the 1st time by follow it.

Great job !!!!

:silly:
[Nexus 5 General] samsaBEAR:
Delete
[Nexus 5 General] :
unlocked the bootloader

flashed cwm recovery

rooted it

all went successfully

but there is one problem cwm,

whenever i choose 'reboot or boot the system" it says

"Root access possibly lost. Fix?"

- no

- yes - Fix root (/system/xbin/su)

i have selected both option several times, but i am still getting that msg in cwm.

root works fine for all apps

Please help. I was trying to flash dalvik and bionik libraries and found this.
[Nexus 5 General] cargobr151:
[MENTION=4570996]amit.tiger12[/MENTION]

If you have rooted with SuperSU, ignore this message.

That's normal at the cwm recovery.

CWM Recovery checked folders for su binaries/files.

SuperSU from Chainfire uses other places for install root and symlinked needed files in the right folders.

With TWRP recovery i have no message. You can also install Koush's recovery, there will then no message displayed.
[Nexus 5 General] :
If I want to install twrp now and remove cwm hot to do it?? Will this wipe my data?
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
No, it won't wipe anything. Recovery is on a different partition all together.

You can either flash the twrp.zip via recovery or flash the twrp.img via flashify or flash twrp.img via fastboot!
[Nexus 5 General] :
You mean I can flash twrp from cwm recovery??? Install zip file??
[Nexus 5 General] Primokorn:
Yep but it's better to take the img file.
[Nexus 5 General] cargobr151:
Flash via fastboot. It's the fast and easiest way.

Download TWRP Recovery, copy the .img into your fastboot folder, connect n5 with the pc, start into bootloader and flash it with:

fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.7.0.0-hammerhead.img

That's it...
[Nexus 5 General] vin4yak:
Yeap.. Just copy the twrp zip file on your device and flash it via recovery. You can do whatever you want though.. The end result is the same.

Once I'm rooted, I use flashify to flash a recovery.
[Nexus 5 General] cargobr151:
No.
[Nexus 5 General] Cris7ianO:
hi i have already unlocked my bootloader and gained root acces via chainfires CF-Root. now i would like to go on and flash a custom rom. am i right that i now only have to flash the custom recovery via fastboot and then am able to flash a custom rom?
[Nexus 5 General] Chromium:
Yes, you are correct.
[Nexus 5 General] aavvaallooss:
Don't forget to do a factory reset from new recovery before flashing the new ROM
[Nexus 5 General] norysrinivas:
Hello All,

I recently got my nexus 5, planned to root my phone and install the xposed framework. I have a windows 8.1 and having issues with nexus not getting detected in fastboot mode. I tried all the different type of drivers updated in this forum ( lg, naked driver setup file, google usb, tried to manually install them via device manager ) nothing really works on 8.1 i still dont find my nexus whn i type fastboot devices. I even disabled signature validation on 8.1.

Can some one help me with the drivera

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus 5 General] Cris7ianO:
hey one question to the rom flashing process:

Step 4B: Flashing a Custom ROM

Once you have selected a ROM for your Nexus 5:

1. Download the ROM. Be sure to download the appropriate gapps as well.

2. From your PC, place the ROM/gapps on your internal storage. Remember where they are.

3. Boot into custom recovery.

4. Perform the wipe listed above if you have not already.

5. From the main recovery screen:

>>CWM - Choose the "install .zip from SD Card" and confirm.

>>TWRP - Choose Install and locate the desired ROM on your internal storage.

6. Repeat step 5 and select the gapps package.

7. Reboot system. It will take several minutes to load so be patient and don't worry. Once the phone is booted, let it sit for 5 minutes, reboot and enjoy!

so first i place the rom on my phone then perform the wipes. wont they delete all the data on the phone? so that the rom file will also be deleted? i want a total clean install when i flash a new rom. in the past on my galaxy note devices i put the rom file on my external sd card and totaly formatted the internal one.
[Nexus 5 General] Chromium:
If you follow the wiping instructions that I wrote, contents of your storage (sdcard) wont be wiped.
[Nexus 5 General] Cris7ianO:
But wont their be something left on the internal of the previous Rom? Some data that may conflict?? THX in advance :)
[Nexus 5 General] Chromium:
Nope. Everything will be wiped, except your the contents of your /data/media directory which is basically your emulated sdcard (rom zips, pictures, music, video, etc.)
[Nexus 5 General] Cris7ianO:
Thx mate :) by the way all your guidance worked as expected thx for your work. I hardly appreciate it :)
[Nexus 5 General] jhill110:
I used the method outlined at this link. It worked perfectly for me on my new w 8.1 machine. There's a link to download drivers that work.

If you go this route be sure you have uninstalled any and all previous drivers.

Hope this helps you out.

http://www.technobuzz.net/install-nexus-5-driver-adb-fastboot-unlock-bootloader/
[Nexus 5 General] GalaxyGil:
Thanks man! It really helped me!
[Nexus 5 General] MoDefyer:
Sorry if this question was already asked and answered.

I followed the "The Nexus 5 All-In-One Beginner's Guide" http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/how-to-nexus-5-one-beginners-guide-t2510966 and installed CF-Auto-Root. I though it would be enough for my needs but now I want to install also a custom recovery and make a backup. So I understand by installing the CF-Auto-Root I already unlocked the bootloader and have a root. Should I do only the section 2 of this guide?
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Yes, just flash a custom recovery with fastboot
[Nexus 5 General] norysrinivas:
Thank you, havent got a chance to check try suggested , will keep you posted
[Nexus 5 General] yaron86:
can someone confirm superSU works with 4.4.3?

can someone confirm superSU works with 4.4.3?

thanks
[Nexus 5 General] Chromium:
According to the latest posts in the CF-Auto-Root thread, it should work on 4.4.3 as well.
[Nexus 5 General] alkasser011:
works fine with me :good:
[Nexus 5 General] litan1106:
Thanks

Thanks:good:
[Nexus 5 General] lack_android:
Re-rooting after OTA update to 4.4.3

My OTA upgrade to 4.4.3 went great, but as I expected it ended up removing TWRP and un-rooting me. Here's how I got it back:

First restore TWRP by reflashing it in the usual way: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

I noticed that SuperSU was still there, even the 'su' executable, but it wasn't working. Turns out that really all that the OTA update did to break root was to replace /system/etc/install-recovery.sh (which SuperSU uses to run its 'daemonsu' process) with something else. Here's how I got it back:

Boot into TWRP

Go to "Mount" and mount the System partition

Go to "Advanced" and then "File Manager"

Navigate to /system/etc/ and select the "install-recovery.sh" script, then click "Rename"

Choose a name like 'install-recovery.sh.original' and swipe to rename

Navigate to /supersu/ and select the 'install-recovery.sh' there, then click "Copy"

Navigate to /system/etc/ and select. Swipe to confirm the file copy.

Reboot

Once my phone came back up after this, I was rooted again.
[Nexus 5 General] magnusnet:
Oh noes

Darn, I tried the OTA update on my N5, it downloaded it and the phone rebooted after waiting 9 secs.

After this, the phone reboted directly into TWRP. I didn't find anything to install so just left it and rebooted again.

Now phone is still on android 4.4.2 and I can't even get the download for 4.4.3 when I manually check for updates >_<.

Any clues? FYI I got a N5 that I just unlocked, rooted and installed busybox.

Thanks in advance! :cowboy:
[Nexus 5 General] miguepereira77:
U need stock recovery to install OTA, otherwise it will fail to install

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] magnusnet:
Hi!

Thanks for your quick answer! :)

I've done some research on "Flashing to stock recovery", seems like I cannot find a file to flash to return to the stock recovery, would you happen have a link for this? I suppose that flashing to stock recovery doesn't delete all my data?

So if I understand the drill:

Flash to stock recovery.

Get OTA install.

Flash to custom recovery,

Flash super su to reroot phone?

Thanks again!
[Nexus 5 General] miguepereira77:
Well I'm not an expert but I'm almost sure u need stock recovery for OTA to be installed, TWRP or CWMR can't install it, so no, u don't need to go completely stock but the recovery, I think apps like flashify can help u flashing stock recovery images

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[Nexus 5 General] barclac:
What i did mate, i was in the same way as you, i did a factory reset and that for some reason unrooted me and send my custom recovery back to stock, then i let my phone automatically update from settings update.
[Nexus 5 General] magnusnet:
Hehe had modified post since I had done more research on the subject ^^. I'll try Flashify, gracias! sadly can't find stock recovery images for N5 :(.

Yeah, but that's prolly the last thing I'm gonna try ^^, factory reset deletes all the data, i'm trying to avoid having to reinstall allll my apps and reconfigure my different screens etc. Plus each time I "save my apps" only half are saved and the data from things like games is not saved.

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Any links to a stock recovery so I can do OTA update without loosing my data?

Thanks in advance! :)
[Nexus 5 General] barclac:
No it didn't delete all my data everything was still there and the ones that weren't play store just started downloading everything.
[Nexus 5 General] miguepereira77:
I think I've found something better to u mate, check this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2523217

U will find a flashable OTA package there. Profit

Enviado desde mi Nexus 5 mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] little_bigwinner:
I don't know if this is a dumb question, but I'm completely lost right now.

Before Android 4.4.2 was released, I rooted my Nexus 5 on 4.4.1, but when I updated the phone to 4.4.2 using the OTA services I lost the root status.

I want to root the phone again but I don't really know what to do. I think I still have the phone with Unlocked Bootloader since it appears the opened lock on bootscreen, so I think I can skip that step and just install the Custom Recovery and then flash the SU Binaries isn't it??

I really appreciate if someone could help me :)
[Nexus 5 General] magnusnet:
Yeah, I facepalmed myself yesterday after a while, obviously was easier to just flash the 4.4.3 instead of going to stock recovery and getting OTA ^^.

Just gotta reroot again ;).

Thanks :D

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Hola!

I gotta do this too but I believe you're right. To know if your phone is unkocked, turn it off then push the two volume keys and the power key @ the same time to boot into fastboot. At the botom of the screen it should say: "Lock State - unlocked".

If you had Custom Recovery, it might still be there so I think that only flashing the SU Binaries is required :).
[Nexus 5 General] pearlbrian:
So, I made a bit of a mistake and didn't reboot my phone between unlocking and installing TWRP. The phone now seems to sit on the boot screen without every booting. Have to power it down with a long press to get out of it.

In addition, volume up/down and power button doesn't turn the phone on at all now, so i can't get back into recovery.

If it matters, my computer does seem to recognize the phone, though the internal storage doesn't show up or anything.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
[Nexus 5 General] Chromium:
Get into fastboot using volume down + power. Then try reflashing the recovery of your choice, and once thats done do a factory reset via the recovery.
[Nexus 5 General] KrazyFD:
I unlocked my bootloader a few months back. I'm trying to install a custom recovery and then root my phone but I'm having some trouble. In the cmd screen I type in fastboot flash recovery recovery.img but I get "error: cannot open 'recovery.img'. I re downloaded the file 5 times. I made sure the file is renamed recovery.img, I have no idea what else to do.
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Try recovery.img.img
[Nexus 5 General] rojell:
hi guys just doing the root thing and got to the custom recovery

i did the command in cmd fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

and it says sending recovery (13586 kb) the phone says downloading

does this part take a fair amount of time its been downloading for 10 to 15 mins already

thanx
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
no, recovery should take about 15 seconds or less.

It could be a bad download of the recovery image. Redownload it and try again
[Nexus 5 General] rojell:
cool thanx

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ok sorry guys im now trying to root by flashing the supersu but when i do it it says device not found i am in the custom recovery (twrp)

when i put the code in i use caps on update the s and the su in surpersu and the version i have i put in v1.99r4.zip

could it be a bad download and just re download it

again thanx for any help
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Boot into twrp and go to install. You should be able to see the file and just click on it
[Nexus 5 General] rojell:
ok i looked in my device manager and my phone is not there now and under other devices there is an ! on aosp on hammerhead so now it is not seeing my drivers i guess

sorry for all the questions just really new to the rooting thing
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Have you put super su on your phone? I usually put it in /sdcard/download. If so, but into twrp and go to install and navigate to where you put super su
[Nexus 5 General] rojell:
ok ill give that a try

thanx jd 1639 for all the help

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ok that worked thanx for puttung up with all the questions jd 1639
[Nexus 5 General] rhittmann:
It worked perfectly for me.

Thank you very much for the step-by-step guide.
[Nexus 5 General] predator.sro:
it doesnt work for me...im stucked on "downloading..." and after disconnecting its writting "too many links"...please help...thank you!
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
What recovery image are you trying to flash? Or are you just trying to download the image to your pc
[Nexus 5 General] predator.sro:
i´ve tried many images, redownloaded them...but nothing helps...and i cannot get into stock recovery...

i got it...tried another usb port and its working...sorry for troubles
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
When you boot into the bootloader and then use the vol keys to go to recovery what happens? Can you get into recovery? If you successfully flashed twrp or cwm you should boot into one of those. The stock recovery won't be there any more.
[Nexus 5 General] hiroshawn:
I goofd up bad. I went into recovery mode without installing twrp properly and saw the red triangle. I then held down both volume and power no my phone won't turn back on.

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FALSE ALARM hahaha its back. I can't seem to get into TWRP though any tips?

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Is there any other way to install Custom recovery? The steps in the OP are not working for me.
[Nexus 5 General] fxdil:
It's quite simple. Just fastboot flash recovery img.

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[Nexus 5 General] VOLTAGEROCK:
Guys, I don't know much in lieu of anything when it comes to rooting. I did read everything on doing the slimmed version and I downloaded everything I need. I just need to update the drivers as that's where I got stuck in the command prompt.

I bought my Nexus 5 three weeks ago and knew there was an update coming out so I purposely waited until I got 4.4.3 before I rooted.

My question is, does it matter that I'm using rooting instructions from November 2013?

Is rooting with these old instructions going to revert my phone to 4.4.2?

I hope someone answers this with the thousands of posts in this thread.

Thanks everyone and to the OP for all the work you put into this.

Sent from my wondrous Nexus numeral 5.
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
The old instructions work fine with 4.4.3 and they will not revert you back to 4.4.2
[Nexus 5 General] VOLTAGEROCK:
Thanks for the quick response.

Now it's just time to update the drivers on windows 8 and get this thing started!

Also do you know if I can copy my titanium backup folder from my Nexus 4 to the 5 after I root and be able to restore? I was told that that doesn't work from a friend of mine.

Sent from my wondrous Nexus numeral 5.
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
I would not use the n4 tibu backups on the n5. In theory I suppose if you only restored apps and data it could work. But I'd be prepared for a lot of issues to the point you might have to flash the factory image and start all over again.
[Nexus 5 General] VOLTAGEROCK:
I have no problem starting from scratch.

I do know that restoring my nova backup file from the N4 will at least put all of the icons back in place and remember my folders and everything no problem. So I guess I'll start there and start restoring everything else myself.

Thanks again.

Sent from my wondrous Nexus numeral 5.
[Nexus 5 General] aliquzwini:
Hello guys !!

I did this guide on my n5 4.4.3

Installed twrp

Flashed su

But I tried check root ascess using "root checker" I promote for the app

But it won't work

أرسلت من Nexus 5 بإستخدام تاباتلك
[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Download super su from the play store to your phone and have it update the binaries
[Nexus 5 General] aliquzwini:
thank you man .

now i 'm trying

Edit :- super user force close when trying update

أرسلت من Nexus 5 بإستخدام تاباتلك

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[Nexus 5 General] jd1639:
Do you have a custom recovery and did you download the super su zip to your phone. And then did you flash that in the custom recovery?