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I just finished flashing the 4.3 Factory images without losing user data.
I was previously running 4.2.2 Stock unrooted, with an unlocked bootloader.
You can do this simply by taking the .sh or .bat file they provide and removing the
flag from the
command
This is my modified flash-all.sh for a mac:
Prerequisites:
1. Download the file for flashing from here.
2. Make sure your bootloader is unlocked. If it is not, you will have to unlock it which WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE. Wait for the OTA or make a backup somewhere if you like your data. If you want to unlock the bootloader use:
Detailed steps:
1. Extract the downloaded tgz. You should have the following files: bootloader-mako-makoz20i.img, flash-all.bat, flash-all.sh, flash-base.sh, image-occam-jwr66v.zip and radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.84.img.
2. Depending on your platform open either the flash-all.bat (Windows) or the flash-all.sh (UNIX/Linux/Mac) file in a text editor, and remove the -w flag from the last line.
3. Open a terminal, connect your device, enable USB Debugging and then:
WARNING: This will probably not work if you're running custom recoveries and/or custom ROMs. Having a rooted stock ROM should not be a problem, though you will almost definitely lose root
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DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AFTER FILE
I am not responsible for bricked devices, firings due to the alarm not going of, thermonuclear war caused by a missed phone call or anything that goes wrong because of this. Try at your own risk (it'll work if you do it right)
I just finished flashing the 4.3 Factory images without losing user data.
I was previously running 4.2.2 Stock unrooted, with an unlocked bootloader.
You can do this simply by taking the .sh or .bat file they provide and removing the
Code:
-w
Code:
fastboot update
This is my modified flash-all.sh for a mac:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Copyright 2012 The Android Open Source Project
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-mako-makoz20i.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot flash radio radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.84.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
sleep 5
fastboot update image-occam-jwr66v.zip
Prerequisites:
1. Download the file for flashing from here.
2. Make sure your bootloader is unlocked. If it is not, you will have to unlock it which WILL WIPE YOUR DEVICE. Wait for the OTA or make a backup somewhere if you like your data. If you want to unlock the bootloader use:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Detailed steps:
1. Extract the downloaded tgz. You should have the following files: bootloader-mako-makoz20i.img, flash-all.bat, flash-all.sh, flash-base.sh, image-occam-jwr66v.zip and radio-mako-m9615a-cefwmazm-2.0.1700.84.img.
2. Depending on your platform open either the flash-all.bat (Windows) or the flash-all.sh (UNIX/Linux/Mac) file in a text editor, and remove the -w flag from the last line.
3. Open a terminal, connect your device, enable USB Debugging and then:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
sh flash-all.sh
WARNING: This will probably not work if you're running custom recoveries and/or custom ROMs. Having a rooted stock ROM should not be a problem, though you will almost definitely lose root
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