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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
Thanks for helping me but I used Towelroot and it works flawlessly!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Elluel:
Cool. :good:

Even though you now have root access, I recommend using Bootunlocker or whatever app to unlock the bootloader from within Android (which doesn't wipe), then flashing a custom recovery with fastboot while in the bootloader anyways.

Why?

If something goes wrong and your phone doesn't boot, you'll have no choice but to unlock the bootloader WITH a wipe using fastboot, then flash a custom recovery or reflash factory images, unless you've done the above, in which case you can dirty-flash (no wipe) a stock ROM zip downloadable here. :angel:
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecool666:
back up

make sure you make a back up back up most important,regard's joe
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrObvious:
To be clear, the *whole* phone including your sdcard partition will be wiped so make sure you back up before unlocking your bootloader. I would use an app like ES File Explorer and copy all your files to Dropbox or Google Drive if you dont have a computer but you'll need a computer anyway.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
If we want to be clear, we should also be accurate. The *whole* phone is not wiped. The /data partition is wiped, which includes /data/app (where user apps are stored) /data/data (where user settings and app data is stored) and /data/media (where /sdcard data is stored)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
Thanks for the tip but then I'll be unable to receive OTA updates unless I restore everything, including everything being wiped, right?

By using Titanium Backup?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
All guides and info threads are in my signature. One such INFO thread is OTA help-desk, which explains that you can receive OTA with custom recovery, however there are extra steps.

However, please let me explain 1 thing. OTA is the ultimate noob move. Only root-noobs receive OTA updates. They are the most inconvenient method of updating your OS if you are rooted. Long before you even receive the OTA update, there will be a pre-rooted flashable.zip that can be flashed via recovery.

noobs will often say "but..but..but I wont have to wipe if I accept an OTA"... Little do they know... Even after an official OTA, things screw up. Whenever an OS is upgraded, a wipe is highly recommended as OTA's are imperfect and data between apps and settings conflicts between versions.

OTA is a fools errand if you're rooted. Now you're rooted, leave OTA to the unrooted and learn to manage your rooted device properly. All the info you could ever need is available in my signature as previously mentioned.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joecool666:
or helium back up
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darth:
Owning a Nexus makes fastboot your best friend, especially if you have issues.

Read up on adb/fastboot and forget OTA's. Nothing like a clean fresh install of a new version. And there's many options to save /backup your data and important files.

Without learning fastboot and adb.... Simple fix issues can become major headaches.

Don't be intimidated. Read, learn, then do. ?

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[MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] has everything you need in his sticky roll up thread.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
Well, you convinced me to take my N5 to a step further.

So I already Towelrooted my phone which gave me root access and an untouched bootloader and recovery. My next step would be to backup every app and all data to be sure in case something goes wrong, this would be done by using Titanium Backup. Then I should be unlocking the bootloader by simply using BootUnlocker for Nexus Devices so I wouldn't get my data wiped (I know I would be able to restore it with my backup but I rather do it a bit faster and less complex). When I did that, I have to head over to this thread and flash TWRP by following the instructions at "2. Installing a Custom Recovery".

So after all these steps my phone would have no limitations and it would be as unlocked as for example your Nexus 5, right?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Yep.

Once you have a recovery, you can take a full "nandroid" backup which you can store on your computer too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
But what's the difference between using, for example, Titanium Backup and Nandroid Manager? It's kind of confusing.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You do a nandroid backup from recovery. It backs up everything at once , except your internal SD. Then you can transfer it to a pc if you wish. It's a total system image as of the day you ran it. Always good to do before flashing anything. Good to always have one good nandroid backup around in case you have problems.

Titanium backup only backs up user apps and data. Good for restoring apps after flashing a new rom.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
The bootloader is unlocked, I have a custom recovery and I'm rooted, great success!

So the backup option from recovery is for everything Android related (so basically everything I don't see when I connect my device to the computer) and Titanium Backup for apps I've manually downloaded from Google Play including my music and pictures and so on, correct?

But when I go into the backup screen in recovery I get a screen with on top of it 'Select Partitions to Back Up:', and in the list I have 'Data (1383MB)'. What kind of data is this? So all the settings I've made for my phone, like for example what kind of folders I made on my homepage, what kind of wallpaper I have, my text messages, my calls and so on?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
A nandroid is a complete image of your phone.... Everything.... Apps and data too.... Except your "internal SD." Being pics, music, downloads , etc etc.

Titanium backup can do system and user apps and data. Tho personally, I think messing with system apps and data is not a good idea. So I use it for user apps and data.

I use SMS backup from play store for texts. Tho I rarely worry about those. I just start fresh with a new rom.

And there's surely other backup apps on Play Store for pics and music and other SD card stuff.... But personally I just copy those to my pc occasionally to keep them safe. A backup of all those would be huge.

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Oh, in nandroid backup, I backup system, data and boot. Not cache. That's just me. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
So basically, I only have to copy all the storage files (music, pics etc.) from my phone to my PC and make a nandroid backup and copy that also to my computer and perhaps upload them on Google Drive. So I don't actually need Titanium Backup to be 100% safe?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Yes. But, if you are going to flash different roms, titanium backup is invaluable to restore your apps and data after flashing a new rom. ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
I'll probably stick to the one I have at the moment so I guess it isn't necessary yet. Thanks for all the information, you've helped me a lot!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You need both really. Titanium is for apps and app data. If you ever have a rogue app, you may have to factory reset. You can do so then restore specific or individual apps. Restoring a nandroid restores your entire phone back to the point in time when you took it.

Both are individually essential.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
I see. So I would probably always need a nandroid (in case my phone messes up) and a Titanium backup (in case individual apps mess up) hanging around just in case.

I have a kind of off-topic question. I have some rather private pictures and I want to put them on my phone, just for today. How can I permanently delete them afterwards? I already found a few apps that perhaps could do the job: SD Maid, Secure delete, iShredder 3 and Secure Wipe. But I guess that I better not rely on some apps, would the 'wipe' option in custom recovery do the job? I already made a nandroid and I copied my music and stuff from my internal storage on my computer so I wouldn't lose it.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
The only true way to get rid of the data is to over write it. Usually that would involving deleting everything off the phone and filling it up again...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
So my nandroid wouldn't be effective?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
In what way?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
In removing traces of the pictures.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
If you delete data then put more data on the storage, it will over write the deleted data
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
So I made a nandroid backup before I put the pictures on my phone. If I restore the nandroid backup then it would just overwrite everything I have now, is that correct?

And how do I actually perform a restore? I tried to search it in your Sticky Roll-Up but I can't find it. How do I do it in custom recovery or are apps better options, for example: TWRP Manager, Nandroid Manager or Online Nandroid Backup? I guess I could try to do it with custom recovery or with some app but I don't want to screw anything up, that's why I'm asking you this.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
No, completely wrong.

Nandroid does not backup or restore your sdcard. Nandroid is saved TO your sdcard. Think about it. If a nandroid could backup your entire phone AND sdcard to your sdcard, it wouldn't be possible because a nandroid wouldn't fit on your sdcard if it included your sdard.

Photos are nothing to do with nandroid.

Take a photo. Its stored to sdcard. Delete a photo doesn't get rid of photo. Just file system entry of photo (read my n5 data thread for note info in my signature) data still exists. Only she you write more, new data to sdcard does old data get ovetwritten.

Same way you took a backup. Via recovery
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
Because I've already deleted the photos from my 5N, I don't know the name of the files (not only pics but also vids). I've also deleted it from my previous phone (the original source) and completely destroyed it including the sdcard. So I have no idea what to overwrite.... Would an app like Secure Wipe or Secure Erase with iShredder 3 do the job? They look quite promising.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
Putting data on your sdcard will overwrite "deleted" data. I can't really put it any simpler.

As I previously mentioned, I go into detail in my nexus 5 data thread which you can get to via the "guides and info threads" link in my signature
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
Unfortunately, I don't have that much time on my hands, so I'll have to do that another time because it's not a small thread you have there.

I thought that by 'overwriting' you mean something like copying a file with the same name and pasting it in the same directory so it would overwrite. But apparently it can be any name or file? I hope the apps I mentioned before could do the job or will I have to find out myself? Thanks in advance. :)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danarama:
You don't need apps. Just write any file with any name to any location on your sdcard. Its really that simple. You're making a mountain out of a mole hill. You've probably already overwritten it if you've been using your phone since deleting it. Now stop taking photos of your man parts and we'll all be fine ;)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spaceblow:
Haha I get it now, thanks for the help. :p
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BobberK:
Hi all,

My rooted phone just broke, and i want it repaired. I don't know my original stockrom, and i don't know if it matters. I live in Denmark and i use 'Telia'.

Does it matter that it is the original, or can i just use one i find on the internet, as long as it is to i9505?

I have at ensurance on it, so it should be free, but if i use a not valid rom will it be?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MAX 404:
Hi mate,

You belong to the Nordic Countries (NEE)

here is the latest for you , no carrier specific

http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/25946/I9505XXUFNB9_I9505NEEFNB2_NEE.zip/
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuronfj:
UK version

Hi,

Sorry, I am a newbie but I would like to upgrade my rooted GT-I9505 to the latest stock kitkat version.

Do you have the link to download it for the UK?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuronfj:
Thank you very much!! :)

I will chose the option that can be rooted later (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/download/31852/I9505XXUFNB9_I9505BTUFNE1_BTU.zip/)

Also, I am suddenly very confused. When I bought my phone, it was the Galaxy S4 (on the receipt and everywhere else). Now, in that website they call it GALAXY S4 LTE. Does the LTE make any difference? I double checked, and the model number I gave you is correct: GT-I9505
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonydd:
I've never seen this android icon on any of my phones. Any idea? I'm sure It's one of the services but Not sure which one.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeffDC:
That's my l living room phone. How'd you get into my house?
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonydd:
I've been here the whole time......under the stairs
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonydd:
Happy Halloween ??
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] :
[Q&A] [WORKING]Always Show Device Status &quot;OFFICIAL&quot; Instead Of &quot;CUSTO

Q&A for [WORKING]Always Show Device Status "OFFICIAL" Instead Of "CUSTOM"

Some developers prefer that questions remain separate from their main development thread to help keep things organized. Placing your question within this thread will increase its chances of being answered by a member of the community or by the developer.

Before posting, please use the forum search and read through the discussion thread for [WORKING]Always Show Device Status "OFFICIAL" Instead Of "CUSTOM". If you can't find an answer, post it here, being sure to give as much information as possible (firmware version, steps to reproduce, logcat if available) so that you can get help.

Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] vishnu_gt:
Status changing to official to OTA updates

Hi,

I m in a trouble,

I was trying to do OTA update.

After using triangle away, status changed to official. Tried to update the firmware. There I had cwm loop. Now I flashed the stock recovery using cwm.

Now device started and said " update failed".

Checked for OTA updates. showing " device modified".

Now checked the status. It is CUSTOM. Triangle away is not helping to change to official.

Should I flash cwm again?

Can anyone help? ??
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] freitaz:
Download stock rom and flash it with Odin, that will solve your problem
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] vishnu_gt:
Do we have something else instead of flashing Stock rom?

Bcoz, flashing Stock rom may cause unrooting and I may have to start from the beginning .
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] freitaz:
You can use Android Kitchen to make a flashable rooted zip. Or you can reflash stock rom and root it again.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] vishnu_gt:
Thanx for your reply.

Let me try something with kies....
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] vishnu_gt:
change status to official

Hi...

Device status might be taking from some registry or a file.

can anyone find the system file associated with the device info and status?

If yes, can we edit it to change the status? Hope some OS experts can get it.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] devesh9:
The best way to root quattro is framaroot.apk. you can search XDA for it.

Framaroot is useful only in cases where you want to remove bloatware from Samsung or to use apps with root access. It will keep your status "official".

But if you want to have CWM on quattro then Triangle away is the best option.

The changes of status occurs when we either change the build.prop or make changes to host file or any other system file which is scanned for changes at the time of boot.

I have been using root access with official status for quite some time. Also it gives you the access to OTA also.

This is my experience with framaroot.

Hope this finds you helpful.
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] vishnu_gt:
Thanks dude. It worked to root again.
[Moto X Q&A] toroloco73:
is there a way to editing something like built.prop to change the manage of the radio/modem of Moto X XT1052?

i want to change some parameters about strenght of mobile signal to decrease the time to switch from 3G to 2G oer vice versa...
[XDA Assist] Morgoroth92:
Hi i have a problem, i am trying to put the stock rom in my moto x, couse now i have on my decive the liquidsmooth 4.4.4 but im tired of it couse of bugs. I cant use my bluetooth on my car and i cant use the microphone on whatsapp but whatever.... I already followed many guides but everytime i found the same error.

So as first i downloaed the stock rom from the motorola web site. I download the FR version 4.4.2 cause my moto x is the xt1052 variant.

Than i istalled all the drivers and the motorola device manager. After that i 2 different metod but both gave me the same error.

The first one was manually flashing the stock rom with the prompt command adb bla bla bla but there is always the error ( Downgrade security version.....)

the second time i tryd using RSD Lite and same happen.

I already modified the file removing (<step operation="getvar" var="max-download-size" />)

What can i do? Sorry for my bad englis:crying:h
[XDA Assist] :
Hi,

It sounds to me like you're trying to downgrade your Android version. That's a very bad idea on a Moto X, and usually ends in bricking the device. Whatever the last stock Android version you were on, is the one you need to return to.

This guide has a "returning to stock" section. You can also ask for help here,

> Moto X > Moto X General > [REF]The Complete Moto X Guides/Information Thread

Good luck!
[XDA Assist] :
Here is another guide with videos also,

Thanks to [MENTION=3639717]Perseus71[/MENTION] for the link!

[GUIDE][VIDEO] Moto X - Return to 100% stock (using RSD Lite OR manual flash)
[XDA Assist] Morgoroth92:
Thanks for the help , but no im not tryng to downgrade. I just want to restore the default rom of android because i dont want anymore the rom LiquidSmooth.

Maybe i need the rom stock 4.4.4? because the liquid smooth that i have now is 4.4.4 and the rom stock from motorola is 4.4.2
[XDA Assist] :
I see you've posted in the right place. ?

Thank you. Thread closed.
[Samsung Galaxy Mega] chuhungls:
help me plz.. thanks

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can i use CF-Root e310s for e310k ???

http://download.chainfire.eu/490/CF...o-Root-meliuslteskt-meliuslteskt-shve310s.zip
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 General] exxi:
Hey guys, what is the most up-to-date and most of all stable Firmware that you Could recommend with a download link ?

Thanks
[Wear OS Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyvram1:
There should be an option in the setup where you pick 'alerts only on watch' or 'alerts on phone and watch' to ALSO say 'alerts only on watch (except when on charger)' or something along those lines.

its ridiculous that twice i've had the watch on a charger downstairs and failed to hear my alarm go off the next morning since the phone is next to my bed.

c'mon google. this is a no brainer that if the watch is on the charging station its not on my wrist and i wont get the vibrations for notifications.

i like the 'alert on watch' way too much (never have to worry about silencing my phone in meetings) to change it to being on both devices.

eta and if you're not going to do that, then at least provide a 'android wear widget' to toggle the connection to the watch on/off without having to open the app each time.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] z31s1g:
If someone is still looking at this thread, please set a new bookmark for the

Materialised theme thread in the general Themes and Apps section.

It's the only one I'm updating and monitoring.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] z31s1g:
Splash Screens and Recovery Repacks

Resources for creating custom Splash Screens

I've prepared a Splash Set for users to create their own splash screen from. The Splash Set contains:

an SVG file that can be edited using Inkscape

Roboto True Type Fonts (install them before you start to edit the SVG)

a folder with 1080x1920 sample curtains

Download: Splash Set

Preview: Gallery with sample splash screens created from the SVG

Collections of Splash Screens

If you want to share your splash screens, please prepare a post other users can download them from.

This post will then be linked from here.

Only splash collections will be linked (sets that cover multiple resolutions or accent colors for a certain resolution).

Collections of Recovery Repacks

If you want to share your recovery repacks, please prepare a post other users can download them from.

This post will then be linked from here.

Only repack collections will be linked (sets that cover all accent colors for a dark or light base version).
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Lawstorant:
Great! But are you planning to do a Multirom_Play theme?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] z31s1g:
Play MR will come, but I'm not in a hurry.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] z31s1g:
Update

All 2810 themes (281X folder) updated!

fixed cpu temperature overlapping with version number (on settings pages)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] CamoGeko:
Excellent work mate

Sent from my N⁴ running Android L
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Midomad:
Good work thanks for you're efforts
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] zamzameir:
again excellent work! :)

I think the dev should be gettting recognized themer
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] CamoGeko:
Def recognised themer for sure!

Sent from my N⁴ running Android L
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] daivee:
Such eye candy. I'm loving this. Thank you for sharing.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Midomad:
Is there a way to theme the TWRP splach screen also i think it's look ugly...
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] z31s1g:
Yes there is. Third post has all the information you need.
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Midomad:
Sorry i didn't see it.

Thank you
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] PunchUp:
Nexus 4

Nexus 5

Nexus 7 (2013)

Basic - Arrow Lite

Generic Post

In case, someone with a different device stumbles upon this thread or has multiple devices, here you may find all the colours/resolutions provided in my curtains' series.

I will also add links to reapcks made by other users just to keep it accessible and organised in one place :victory:

If you wish to repack, please follow the instructions there :)

Miscellaneous Curtains

This post has colours requested by users which are not included in my series and some other cool stuff (coming soon)

Downloads

Enjoy! :D

Multi-ROM versions available as well

Remember! .img file is inside the zip. The zip itself is not flashable (In case of a problem, let me know)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] nemanja066:
What's difference between 768_(material).zip and 768_(material)_multirom.zip in downloads? Tnx :)

material=dark or light or play :)
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Lazy Rich:
If you don't know what multirom is you're just right with the file without it in the name ;)

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 4 mit Tapatalk
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] nemanja066:
Thanks, otherwise, ecxellent theme. [emoji106]

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] Ansh1107:
How is this theme different from other themes? Sry for Noob question... But I wana know! Can someone explain it to me?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] PunchUp:
What do you mean by “other theme”?
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] LoveSick55:
I am using this theme in a long time and I really love it!

Thanks for this awesome work!
[Nexus 4 Themes and Apps] underskyzx:
Hey guys just want to share the latest version of TWRP compiled with teal splash:

https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B1SrBxlTMEvPQ0hncDZVV3R6Ylk/edit