Stock Jelly Bean Rom.

**.The Word Alive.** · 08-08-2012, 05:59 PM

Got tired of waiting for the update so i rooted. Jelly bean is pretty smooth I have a stock build with everything working. Google now is pretty cool too. I'm planning on unrooting when the official update comes.

Link to the rom I'm using. Recommend checking it out if your rooted.

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**jean15paul** · 08-09-2012, 01:44 PM

Yeah, I've been running that same ROM for a few weeks now. This is my first time rooting and running a custom ROM. It's really nice. I'm thinking I'm gonna stick with it until the official version of CM10 comes out then try that out.

If anyone is looking for more info, I'd recommend the official thread over at XDA moreso than the official thread at ACSyndicate. Both are maintained by the same devs, but the XDA thread is a lot more active and has a lot of good info. It's here:

**VDub2174** · 08-09-2012, 02:14 PM

I really liked the R U Jellin ROMs but ended up going with maddoggin's ROM. It adds some features.

**.The Word Alive.** · 08-09-2012, 02:45 PM

Yeah I would like to see the official CM10. I always ran cm on my previous phones.

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**Cubfan** · 08-09-2012, 04:04 PM

So is there a way to do this and the unroot with the new Jelly Bean ROM in place? I have software on my phone that detects root and will not run.

**.The Word Alive.** · 08-09-2012, 05:16 PM

I don't think that's possible. But not 100% sure.

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**VDub2174** · 08-09-2012, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Cubfan

So is there a way to do this and the unroot with the new Jelly Bean ROM in place? I have software on my phone that detects root and will not run.

All of the unroot methods return you to the stock ROM.

**jean15paul** · 08-10-2012, 11:59 AM

Yeah ... Although the OP said "stock" this isn't a stock ROM. It would have been more accurate to call it an AOSP ROM because it's built from AOSP source for JellyBean. So it's "stock JellyBean", but not stock for the Sprint GNex. Because of that I'm pretty sure there's no way to flash it and then unroot leaving it in place.

**.The Word Alive.** · 08-10-2012, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by jean15paul

Yeah ... Although the OP said "stock" this isn't a stock ROM. It would have been more accurate to call it an AOSP ROM because it's built from AOSP source for JellyBean. So it's "stock JellyBean", but not stock for the Sprint GNex. Because of that I'm pretty sure there's no way to flash it and then unroot leaving it in place.

Yeah that what I meant... just stock jelly bean. But yeah I guess I could have called it an AOSP rom. My bad.

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**rwong48** · 08-11-2012, 02:03 AM

Used that when it came out but switched to euroskank cm10 kangs once they started rolling.

You just JB'd your GNex now yet the ROM you chose was the first one available

**jbuggydroid** · 08-13-2012, 09:12 AM

Hey guys and gals!! I'm not a noob when it comes to rooting and flashing roms but I am a noob when it comes to flashing a Rom on the nexus. My question is when unlocking does it erase all data?? And when I flash a Rom sites it erase everything too??

Just need to know if my downloads, etc will be erased when unlocking and flashing.

Thanks

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**jj14x** · 08-13-2012, 10:06 AM

You will lose all data when you unlock the bootloader

Having said that, apparently, it was possible to root/unroot without unlocking the bootloader - I haven't tried this, so I don't know whether it will work on 4.0.4 (post states only till 4.0.2. Please read -

Flashing any ROM that is different than the one you currently have, usually requires a complete wipe (it is definitely recommended for stable operations), but you should be able to do a backup before that, and restore after it after flashing the new ROM.

**jean15paul** · 08-13-2012, 12:38 PM

To piggyback on jj14x...

Once you're rooted you can back everything up. You can make a nandroid to create a full system image, and use Titanium Backup to back up apps and app data (that's the big one) for restoring on a new rom or new device. (You probably knew this already since you're not new to rooting.)

To my knowledge you have to unlock before you can root (maybe there are work arounds that I'm not aware of), and unlocking will erase everything. That's why a lot of people recommend unlocking a Nexus as soon as you get it. That way you're already unlocked and don't have to worry about wiping everything later.

I'm pretty sure that once you're unlocked you can install the SuperUser binaries and obtain root on the stock ROM without wiping, and then back everything up. But when you flash a new ROM you have to wipe everything again (I think you can get away with not wiping the SDCard directory before a flash). If you're just flashing a minor update to the ROM you're already running you don't have to wipe everything (called a dirty flash). Always check with the dev to see if it's ok to dirty flash an update.

I hope I added something to the convo and helped you out.

**jbuggydroid** · 08-13-2012, 01:39 PM

Sweet guys thanks. Most of that i already knew but I'm sure somebody else will benefit from all that info. looks like I'll have to backup any music I have on my phone and things like that (gameloft game data) to my pc first just to be on the safe side. Definitely sounds like I'll need to. I unlocked my nexus 7 when I got it so I didn't have music or movies on it to see if they got deleted after unlocking.

Course the only reason I ever rooted and flashed roms was to get cm on my phone since I prefer stock android anyway. Haven't found a good enough reason to do that yet lol

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**jeff1974w** · 08-13-2012, 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by Cubfan

So is there a way to do this and the unroot with the new Jelly Bean ROM in place? I have software on my phone that detects root and will not run.

all you need to do is rename the superuser.apk to something like SU.apk

i did it to get my bright house tv app to work.

**Cubfan** · 08-17-2012, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Cubfan

So is there a way to do this and the unroot with the new Jelly Bean ROM in place? I have software on my phone that detects root and will not run.

Actually, I found out that there is a way.

The superuser on Purely AOSP rom has a full unroot option. That way, I unlocked, set up stock the way I like it (including the app that detects root and refuses to run, Good for Enterprise). Then I rooted, and did a full Titanium backup of all my apps with data. Then flashed the JB rom and did a restore of my apps. Final step was to go in superuser settings and select full unroot. My app works perfectly and I have an unrooted JB rom on my phone where I can go to root at any time by flashing the original rom again.

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**jean15paul** · 08-17-2012, 03:33 PM

Originally Posted by Cubfan

Actually, I found out that there is a way.

The superuser on Purely AOSP rom has a full unroot option. That way, I unlocked, set up stock the way I like it (including the app that detects root and refuses to run, Good for Enterprise). Then I rooted, and did a full Titanium backup of all my apps with data. Then flashed the JB rom and did a restore of my apps. Final step was to go in superuser settings and select full unroot. My app works perfectly and I have an unrooted JB rom on my phone where I can go to root at any time by flashing the original rom again.

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Cool. Thanks for the tip