New to rooting.

[chrispher86]

I'm thinking about rooting my nexus 4. I wanna change the onscreen buttons and maybe even flash a custom ROM. I've had it since launch so it has quite a bit of stuff on it. I know that unlocking the bootloader wipes the phone clean. I know carbon backup does not require root access but I've heard that titanium is better and does require root. My question is can I use carbon to back up my files before I root the phone and then use titanium after. Any help is appreciated. I have many other questions too but I'll ask later.

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[Rizy7]

Backup with carbon, root, restore with carbon, back up with titanium and then you are good to go.

 

[chrispher86]

Either I'm stupid or something isn't installed right. So I installed carbon on my laptop. I have the app on my phone. I have the drivers installed on my computer but when I
try to start the app on my phone and sync it to my computer, nothing happens on the computer side of things.

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[bristolmrd]

try wugfresh 1.6.3 . work your way thru driver guide and if you look it will back up your phone . read a lot before you do anything , take your time and all should be well .
mike

 

[chrispher86]

So I went ahead and rooted my phone using wugfresh 1.6.3. I haven't flashed any ROMs yet but if you'll notice that I did add pie controls. Next i wanna get rid of the onscreen buttons. But it was a lot easier than I expected and after some further exploration, I do plan on flashing a custom ROM at some point. Any suggestions on the best roms that anyone is currently using would be appreciated. Man I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. Definitely would've been easier when I first opened the box. I'll know next time.

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