Hey I'm looking to flash a custom Rom because I'm not a fan of Asus skin... From my research I don't need to root the phone, is that correct?
I only need to unlock bootloader and flash twrp.
ofc you can ..if you have a custom recovery
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My device is rooted and freegee is installed but there's no option for me to unlock my boot loader. It gives me the option to restore or backup few & to install cwm or twrp. If I install the twrp is my boot loader unlocked? & if so can I install a rom. Furthermore can someone explain the lokifying thing?
Thanks
The OGP doesn't have an unlocked bootloader. With Loki, we get around that so we can flash custom kernels which is needed for AOSP ROMs.
Sent from my 4.4 Sphinx LG-E980
OK thanks a lot!! So basically if I have a recovery with Loki support I can flash roms?
Yes. but I would strongly suggest you only flash Roms made for the E980. Many people run into trouble flashing Roms that are meant for the F240's and so on.
Hello everyone! I'm not really new to this Android rooting and unlocking bootloader stuff (I did this to my previous Xperia phones) but I'm "new" with it now because I'm now an LG user. I currently own the D855 Global variant.
So here are my questions:
1.) Is it necessary to unlock the bootloader to flash custom ROMs? Or is root enough? (I rooted my phone yesterday and installed TWRP with AutoRec for D855 users) I'm kinda interested with the Cloudy G3 ROM.
2.) Is it necessary to unlock the bootloader to flash custom kernels?
3.) What does bump mean? I haven't heard this term before.
1) No, you do not need to unlock your bootloader on lg g3 to flash Cloudy ROM or other custom ROMs.
You are not even able to unlock the bootloader on this phone currently. If you already
flashed TWRP go get your Cloudy ROM and flash it with TWRP.
2) Again no. Like I said you are not able to unlock bootloader on this phone currently.
But you will be able to flash custom kernels because they are BUMPed.
3) And finally BUMP is a way of signing boot image so it could be booted on LG bootlader without the bootloader itself being unlocked. All XDA ROMS for LG G3 I found here are already prebumped so you are able to download them and flash immediately.
NatusVincere said:
1) No, you do not need to unlock your bootloader on lg g3 to flash Cloudy ROM or other custom ROMs.
You are not even able to unlock the bootloader on this phone currently. If you already
flashed TWRP go get your Cloudy ROM and flash it with TWRP.
2) Again no. Like I said you are not able to unlock bootloader on this phone currently.
But you will be able to flash custom kernels because they are BUMPed.
3) And finally BUMP is a way of signing boot image so it could be booted on LG bootlader without the bootloader itself being unlocked. All XDA ROMS for LG G3 I found here are already prebumped so you are able to download them and flash immediately.
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Thank you so much! Another question tho, if I flash any stock based custom kernel, how do I get back to stock if in any case I would want to?
Before flashing anything you should always do backup with TWRP or other custom recovery you already have. If you did your backup there, just restore it that way.
In case you did not, you are able to use LG flash tool and flash stock kdz files.
Also you could backup your boot.img(kernel that is...) using app like Flashify and restore it with it if necessary.
And again I recommend doing a nandroid backup with TWRP before flashing anything at all.
first time trying to root phone. still have some questions.
i have the sgh-i317.
i want to go from kit kat to marsmallow.
are these the right steps?
1. root phone - does phone have to be unlocked first or does CF autoroot take care of that?
- cf autoroot looks like it provides a stock recovery. from what i read i think i need something like the ClockworkMod recovery to flash a custom rom. is that right?
2. flash rom
does it matter which ROM?
i see 2 that are popular - cyanide and resurrection remix
thanks
No need to root the phone before installing a custom recovery.
I recommend TWRP over cwm as cwm is very outdated.
seems the more reading i do the more confused i get. just trying not to brick my phone.
1. i've read that the bootloader needs to be unlocked in order to install custom roms. is that true? i cant seem to figure out if mine is locked or not
2. next i need to install a custom recovery like TWRP?
3. then the custom rom? like resurrection rom
do i need to be rooted for any of these steps to work?
Hi everyone, i want to know if is posible flash a custom rom (with the bootloader unlocked) without a custom recovery like TWRP.
Because I would like to have the possibility to return to the stock rom and block te bootloader if i want in the future.
thanks for your asnwers.
R4uelius said:
Hi everyone, i want to know if is posible flash a custom rom (with the bootloader unlocked) without a custom recovery like TWRP.
Because I would like to have the possibility to return to the stock rom and block te bootloader if i want in the future.
thanks for your asnwers.
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This is just an absurd question. There's literally no way apart from that. Flashing a custom will always need a custom recovery. If you wanna gonna go back to the old MIUI then u can do it without any hassle and relock the bootloader along with it anyways, easily. Research and learn about things first before asking these.
Can anyone make a custom ROM for Blackview A95 in order for me to root my device. I already have the bootloader unlocked now I just need the custom ROM.