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[Nexus 5 General] razrlover:
Language barrier's, comprehension gaps don't make understanding for some any easier. Not to mention what misunderstandings are in peoples mind around the globe of what a ota is or format system, wipe data, best yet, full wipe.

[MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] appreciate your effort to help others get proper understanding
[Nexus 5 General] ironia.:
yeah....

ok ok ok... I agree 100% that the best way is factory image.

but IN MY CASE I have a very fresh system (less than one month)

i'm not talking about getting the ota directly with a custom recovery but download the OTA from xda and then flash trought TWRP

If something it's not smarter, than I go straight to fastboot/ factory image

it's clear???
[Nexus 5 General] gamer.11:
[MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION] wow man you are really trying to help out the community here :good: :highfive: I lost count of your info/help/guide threads good job anyways.

OT: well this time around i think im going to re-lock and wait for the actual OTA, ive never seen one in my nexus 5! :silly: it has always been factory image flash-all.bat script(meh im lazy).
[Nexus 5 General] OptimusVDarwin:
Do you need stock recovery to take the OTA? Because I have twrp
[Nexus 5 General] Mairo:
Are someone already made a pre-root.zip what we can flash through TWRP? I'm too lazy right now to fastboot and to get some errors :D .
[Nexus 5 General] Niedle:
Just to be clear, I have rooted my phone months ago.

Now the best procedure to use Android L is like this?:

1. Backup current device with Titanium Backup

2. Install factory image, which will wipe my phone and will make me lose root and custom recovery

3. Re Root + custom recovery

4. Repari Titanium Backup

Is this somewhat correct? I don't want to brick my phone...
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
That would be one way, but it goes against everything this thread says. Have a read of post 1.
[Nexus 5 General] 350Rocket:
Too much hassle IMO to wipe and loose root just to have the official image right now. I've been running stable builds of aosp 5.0 for weeks now. I'll wait for a twrp flashable zip of the stock image or close to stock version and just flash it the usual way. Much more convenient in my opinion.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
I'm gonna do that then havea 2 week holiday from the Q&A section I think ;)
[Nexus 5 General] Radicalism:
I just flashed boot.img and system.img from the factory images and reflashed supersu and it worked perfectly - no wipe required.
[Nexus 5 General] floko78:
Don't I need to flash radio.IMG?

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 7 mit Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Need? No. You may Want to.
[Nexus 5 General] pistl_pete:
I currently am rooted but did so through the use of towelroot and therefore have not touched the bootloader and am still completely stock (except for root access) Will I be be ok simply using superSU to unroot, then applying the OTA update when I get it?
[Nexus 5 General] Bedon292:
I was thinking about going back to stock for the update, but that definitely sounds like too much of a hassle now. I will definitely be waiting for a flashable one now.
[Nexus 5 General] Cirkustanz:
I could be grossly misinterpreting what I have been reading, but it seems like there won't really be a flashable upgrade this time around. And by "flashable" I am assuming you are referring to the one .zip packages you simply load in custom recovery with a stock/rooted/custom recovery enabled phone. Every indication from posts from people that are running 5.0 now are pretty much from those who used the factory image. Not that there is anything wrong with that...I thought about using that method this time around, it doesn't scare me at all as I'm quite familiar with ADB...however, I just don't like how at the time that I write this...it specifically mentions to use Chainfire autoroot. (there are instructions also posted about 5.0 rooting that do not use chainfire autoroot, but from my prior experience I've learned to be patient and wait for an updated, revised instructions that has plenty of feedback...and my number one rule is do not combine methods)

But hey, that's just me. I'm the kind of person who only shows up on the forums anymore whenever there's a new update... :)

Edit to this...I saw this post...

http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/help/updating-to-l-stock-root-t2938049

and decided to give it a whirl. I do see that Bedon292 has mentioned in the dev preview thread a TWRP flashable upgrade is being worked on. Which makes me laugh, because since I alluded to my having patience before...I am probably jinxing myself into having a problem.

And yes...you will lose root if you do this. Obviously, because the system.img is rooted...but getting root and custom recovery back only takes a minute.
[Nexus 5 General] Bedon292:
The people over in Dev Preview Thread are working on a flashable one right now, but its not quit ready yet.

I just ended up going with Pure White though. Its close enough for the time being.

I have just had bad luck getting adb to even see my device, so I try to stick with flashable one to not worry about it.
[Nexus 5 General] TheLastSidekick:
I did too even when the drivers were installed. The best advice I can give you is try multiple USB cables. Some will work, others will not. A BlackBerry data cable did the trick for me, as well as a Nexus 7 (2012) cable.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Adb has nothing to do with flashing stock ROMs. You would use Fastboot.
[Nexus 5 General] TheLastSidekick:
Thanks for the clarification, I was tired and forgot to say this myself. But ordinarily if you cannot use adb, your device won't be detected so you cannot use fastboot. So first, it is very important that he find the right cable and drivers.

[MENTION=4283039]Bedon292[/MENTION]

To clarify, fastboot menu is the menu you get by holding power + volume down (whilst your phone is down)...if your phone hasn't booted into Android you're more than likely unable to use adb unless its a special feature in a recovery.

adb is for pushing things into your phone and moving them

Fastboot is for writing factory images and even recoveries and bootloaders. Flash-all.bat on Windows auto writes the factory image to your device and performs the actual wipes.

And a friendly tip man, learn adb and fastboot. They truly come in handy. Don't be afraid of it, solve the connection problem and get cracking!
[Nexus 5 General] Bedon292:
Thank you for the clarification about adb v fastboot, I did not actually fully understand the difference. I am mostly a lurker and just try to keep my phone rooted with the latest features.

I have never bothered to try multiple cables, I just used the first one I came across. I figured if it shows up in windows at all there should be no problem, yet I have had problems in adb. Although, I do think I might have been trying to connect with adb in the fastboot menu, so that would probably be my issue. I will try to play with it all tonight and see what I can do.
[Nexus 5 General] evertking:
thanks!

This thread is what I been needing to read. Ok... Here is my way of thinking and it goes back to when I had my s3. That after rooting and going on a ROM flashing spree with my S3.. I was told that after time its wise to return to stock(Odin) and it had to do with memory blocks or something? * I'm new to this* but after reading this I understand that using fastboot has no advantages to using TWRP? .... Both will "clean" and install and the end result will be the same? Just that the prerooted 5.0 flashable zip is a rooted way to do it? And save yourself time and useless steps, right? I just want a clean install. Hell, I just may stick to Slim and wait for their update!

Thanks for taking the time to write this up and being patient with the confused:silly:
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Pretty much covers it.
[Nexus 5 General] Mouchoir:
Hello,

Thanks for you usefull thread.

However, I'm kinda noob, and I don't really know what to do : to root my Nexus 5 (4.4.4), I used Towelroot by Geohot.

How do I upgrade to Lollipop ? I must say, I don't have any updates avaliable in my settings (which would be OTA one if I understood everyting)

Thanks a lot

EDIT: Sorry for being noobish :/
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Do you want root again?
[Nexus 5 General] Mouchoir:
Yes, I have a few apps using root. Is it harder or easier if I wanna root again ?

Because otherwise, I won't use root :)
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Its easier to flash stock and stay unrooted really.
[Nexus 5 General] Mouchoir:
Alright. I don't really know how to do that :S

Towelroot used an exploit, didn't it ? Does it changes anything ?
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
Towelroot won't work.

You need to read sticky threads. There's a link to guides and info in my signature
[Nexus 5 General] deusfaux:
Your OP doesn't seem to explain why using an OTA is not ideal in a case like mine

stock, rooted.

So why wouldn't I want to use the OTA to update everything, and prevent a wipe? Because I have to re-root after which takes all of a couple minutes? That's how I've done it all along the Nexus line so far. I don't see any great waste of time or explanation why it's a poor route to take.
[Nexus 5 General] bb709394:
Follow these instructions: post #1, http://xdaforums.com/google-nexus-5/general/how-to-download-flash-android-5-0-t2937941. It is a nice summary of the steps involved (it is very easy to follow). Happily rooted L user! There is no need to wait for an OTA =)
[Nexus 5 General] Prancuzas:
So as far as I understand pre-rooted img that can be flashed via custom recovery will be out in a few days? I'm stock rooted but want to avoid cables, adb comands and oneclickeoot toolkits :)
[Nexus 5 General] Mouchoir:
Thanks a lot !
[Nexus 5 General] BigKenW:
Loved this thread. Hopefully it helps some folks out. Thanks!
[Nexus 5 General] r3volution327:
I have always just flashed ROM.zips, and by now there are quite a few stable builds out there. Please correct me if I'm wrong but I'm under the impression that a ROM.zip does not touch the radio or the bootloader. So I pulled those out of the image package and flashed them via fastboot. So with that being done, and a 5.0 ROM.zip, did I get it all or is there something I'm still missing?
[Nexus 5 General] matthias@matthiasmarx.com:
Faild OTA Updated

Hi,

I didn't know that a rooted nexus 5 doesn't could be updated via OTA. But I try and the installation crashes.

No 500MB will be on the phone.

Now I will step ahead without OTA but my question is: Do i have to delete the faild installation or will the filles be gone after updateing to lolipop

Thank you in advance.

Matthias
[Nexus 5 General] TheLastSidekick:
If you use MultiROM, you can flash a 5.0 ROM orrr you can use fastboot which I highly recommend to flash the factory image which will format YOUR ENTIRE PHONE, make a back up.
[Nexus 5 General] VectorCroc:
I totally agree : you waste WAY more time by installing & setting again all your APPS & DATAS, than re-root in few seconds after an automatic or forced OTA with ADB sideload. It takes only few seconds to restore stock recovery and do a sideload.

OTA aren't for "noobs" but for people who doesn't want to lose/delete all data after each Android update.

Root is useful for tons of apps also and a lot of users need it too.

Being a noob is actually to do a factory reset everytime and wasting hours to get your Android device operational. I never saw a "professional" tech guy formating all computers in his company at each Windows/Linux/Whatever update : it doesn't make any sense for a computer and it doesn't make any sense with modern phones too. Only unexperimented kids format their computers when something goes wrong. :)
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
Except you don't need to do any of that if you do just one step: dirty flash a pre-rooted ROM zip.
[Nexus 5 General] Prancuzas:
Everyone's talking about pre-rooted stockROM zip but still no sign of it? :)
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
There are various options.

Some zips have permissive kernel already. Just flash superSU, like sykopompos rom

Otherwise, flash ROM, permissive kernel then superSU
[Nexus 5 General] VectorCroc:
I don't think that a pre-rooted ROM zip found on a website will contain my personal data, apps & apps settings. And I don't want to waste time to make a custom pre-rooted ROM when I can apply an Android update & re-root again right away.
[Nexus 5 General] Elluel:
Note "dirty flash".

Aka not wiping data partition.
[Nexus 5 General] 350Rocket:
It looks to me like most of the Roms here based on the release are still pretty close to stock anyway, so why not just pick one and use it?

I went with xtrasmooth 2.0 cause it was the first one released from the new base. So far it's been flawless for me.
[Nexus 5 General] ddrum2000:
Agreed is there one posted yet?
[Nexus 5 General] anshumangoyal:
Can some one share the Rooted Hammerhead (Nexus 5) Zip Image? I am rooted and also on custom ROM (Mahdi) and don't want to un-root my device and root it back.

Best will be, I should flash the rooted zip from my TWRP Custom Recovery. Please share me the link for the same.
[Nexus 5 General] rabaker07:
Yes, can someone please point out a rooted zip? All I'm finding are questionable ROMs with reported FCs etc. Is there a pure stock based on the OTA with root?

I want to dirty flash and I'm currently on latest dev preview (LPX13D). I'd like to keep root, unlock, custom recovery, and all my data.
[Nexus 5 General] anshumangoyal:
Please, let me know when you find any such thing. I am looking for the same as well. Till then I will keep myself on Mahdi ROM.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
There are no pre-rooted zips. You have to flash the ROM, then flash permissive kernel then flash superSU

ROM.zip is available in general > sticky roll-up thread > resources (section 6)

Then get the kernel listed in this thread and superSU

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2796003
[Nexus 5 General] rabaker07:
Do we even need to upgrade? Is there any difference between LPX13D and LRX21O?
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
I think for tidyness sake, yes.
[Nexus 5 General] Evo_Shift:
In the past I simply booted into TWRP recovery temporarily and flashed SuperSU. Then in SuperSU pro I use the OTA root keep option and have always been successful in keeping root through OTA while everything else is stock. I am thinking Lollipop maybe changed how easy this process is going to be but the OTA root keep option is still present in SuperSU so I guess I will see on the next update. I didn't want to wait for the OTA for lollipop though so I went ahead and flashed it manually. I wanted to wipe my device before that bg of an updte as well.
[Nexus 5 General] formeriphoneuser:
I'm debating if it's currently a good idea to update my N5 to Googles new Android version, as I'm currently:

- rooted

- custom recovery

- custom kernel (faux123)

- xposed framework (which does not work with LP)

Any ideas from N5 users that have the same setup?
[Nexus 5 General] rapastor:
Xposed framework for Lollipop is under development, therefore is not working yet, and the only method for root, as far as I know is CF autoroot by chainfire. I had my Nexus 5 like yours and after the update only xposed is not working.

Enviado desde mi Nexus 7 mediante Tapatalk
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
You don't have to use cf auto root. You can also flash a full permissive boot.img or other kernels such as elementalx that does the same modification that cf auto root does.

...then flash superSU
[Nexus 5 General] rabaker07:
Depends on what you may lose with Xposed, but I think Xposed could be a thing of the past at this point. I don't think the architecture is compatible with ART (correct me if I'm wrong). Myself, I'm very happy with Android 5.0. And like 4.4.4, I don't feel the need to install custom ROMs or major tweaks. Google has adopted a lot of the best enhancements from the community and stock is now all I need.
[Nexus 5 General] danarama:
I'm going to lock this thread and replace it with something else.
[Nexus 5 General] ayim:
Does anybody have the link for the official stock rooted lollipop rom?
[Nexus 5 General] beanito:
I unlock the bootloader, flashed 5.1 and rooted for the 5.0.1 version (didn;t read the file version). Now, I'm stucked at "Android is startng... Optimizing app xx of xxx" any idea how to troubleshoot?
[Nexus 5 General] Basche:
Wait til it finished optimizing, or is it stuck on one number?
[Nexus 5 General] beanito:
It was finished, and the bootanimation is up again (colorful dots circling). then goes back again to that optimizing.
[Nexus 5 General] Basche:
Are you able to go into recovery and perform a clean flash again?
[Nexus 5 General] rapastor:
I concur with your point that rather than preparing a highly modified phone for the OTA, is easier and faster to flash the new factory images. I'm also aware that the best way to prevent troubles is to wipe the data partition. In my case I've successfully updated both my Nexus 5 and my Nexus 7,at least four times flashing the stock kernel and the system partition but I've never wiped the data partition. I always wipe the cache and dalvik cache partitions and both devices have always worked fine. Of course I am aware that is possible that someday any app could cause me trouble but my question is. In my case, is advisable to wipe cache and dalvik to prevent bootloops? I'm asking because I did it the first time and since then I'm doing it but I don't know if it's coincidence or correlation. Thank you for your time.
[Nexus 5 General] Zander_Sig:
HELP! Need OTA pre-rooted update zip files

So where can I get the OTA Updates (Pre-rooted) at? I need to update from Android 4.4.2 to 4.4.3 then to 4.4.4 and then to Lollipop.

Can someone hook me up with links to the OTA Update Root ZIP files please and instructions using TWRP?

The reason I am doing this is because of the stupid "android.process.acore has quit error!
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hinuk:
Hey my s5 s health app stopped counting my steps, last recorts of it logs are from 30.11.2014.

I did try to get ps4 remote play to work and that involved removing superSU, could that be the reason why it stopped or what.

I tried to restore factory settings from settings, but only thing that it did was removing all my apps BUT it didn't even wipe my root?

I'm on latest stock rom with root and my knox **** is still on 0x0 state, that's why I haven't just install twrp or cwm recovery and restore my nandroid backup already.

How I can get that counter to work again? Weirdest thing is that s health seems to work, I can get my pulse and all other things too BUT not my steps.

All things that I managed to fish out of google was cases when that app was stopped completely, not like mine where everything seems to work but it doesn't count my steps at all.

Lockscreen and s health app both shows just 0 steps.

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[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cfaber:
Did you ever figure this out ??
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hinuk:
Sadly no, i had to reflash that stock rom again and do a full wipe of phone memory.

At least when i re rooted i could use titanium backup so it wasn't that painful experience, and I didn't need to format my internal or external sd-cards.

so after all that hassle only data loss that I had where those steps that it didn't counted, as for what caused this? Your guess is as good as mine.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cfaber:
Hey,

Thanks for responding. I actually resolved this. I ended up clearing all the data for both s health and s apps, updating both, and signing up with samsung for an account and poof, it started working.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hinuk:
Ok your solution seems to be better, my solution is like using nukes for mosquitos as it is bit aggressive for one app.

I have to remember your solution if this ever happens again.
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] niimaldo:
hey guys.

can someone help me with this? :

If I want to adjust the in call volume during a call, it happens nothing.The other 2 volumes (system and ringer) can be adjusted without any problem.But if I press the up/down with volume keys during a call,the volume's window pops up and goes to max or min,but nothing happens in sound's much.

u have no idea which file/files are related to adjust in call volume?

(n I don't mean snd_soc_msm_2x from system/ect).

any idea? or can u introduce me a guy who knows which file/files is that?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexeyTHEGREAT:
Hello everyone,

I have a problem with rooting the phone. I've tried with Framaroot, Kingoroot, Kingroot, iroot, Vroot, rootmaster, srsroot and etc. and it didn't help. The whole thing is because i bought myself "Beats by Dre - UrBeats“ from an authorized shop so they're original, but they sound like a cheap replica with this phone, so i would want anyone to help me with rooting and installing some kind of drivers or anything like that!?

Sorry for my English,

THANKS in advance!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikisid:
i have same problem with my Alcatel OT Pop D5 5038x

i wanna root, cwm and Cyanogenmod ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikisid:
Does anyone have solution for this phone?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikisid:
Some1 watch this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pop31:
You have to

http://xdaforums.com/android/help/root-alcatel-onetouch-pop-d5-5038x-t2947493
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Deke Martin:
I'm having trouble trouble connecting my O2 Exec to the 3 network. The phone works fine, but I don't have the settings for the GPRS side of things. Cann anyone help?

I need the APN, username and password.

Thanks in advance.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] samsul:
Try:

APN: three.co.uk

Username: 1

Password: 1
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Deke Martin:
Excellent, thanks! OK, so now I am able to surf the internet properly, but I still can't access my emails the way I could before on o2.

I am using 1&1 as my email server and have no trouble with o2, WLAN, etc, but cannot connect to the server when using the 3 dial-up.

Any ideas?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] samsul:
Try:

POP3: pop.1and1.co.uk

SMTP: auth.smtp.1and1.co.uk
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] Deke Martin:
Thanks for the reply. Yeah, these are the details I have, but it won't connect to the mail servers via 3. As I said, I have no problem when using WLAN or when I use my old o2 SIM, but 3 just won't play ball.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] daliancer:
Mmm I'm looking for the UK elusive three network settings but not getting anywhere, anyone help?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] PsiDOC:
Have a lookee here: Here

Psi
[XDA Assist] Eeglis:
I'm using international model and tried to upgrade my deivce since most of the apps don't suport the old android version the device was using. So I tried flashing it with ODIN and after restart it lost the connection to ODIN, and now it happens every time I'm trying to re-flash it. Any ideas/help/solutions?

Thank you in advance. (Also I'm sorry if this doesn't belong here)
[XDA Assist] Darth:
Hi,

A few things. Try another cable. Another USB port on computer. Another computer even if possible. Another Odin version maybe. It could be a bad download of the firmware file. And lastly, make sure you end any process of Kies running in your computer task manager.

If none of that helps, you need to ask for help here,

> Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0 > Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0 Q&A

Good luck!
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