Towel Root and help request

[mumfoau]

HaHa, you got punished.

Yeah... I know I should've just stayed with stock rooted with xposed! Then to make it worse, the nandroid I saved kept failing when attempting to restore! I ended up going back to stock unrooted 4.2.2 like out of the box then did a couple OTAs to get back to 4.4.2. Factory reset then towelroot again! Now I'm standing on stock rooted. Lol

I finally got in bed around 6am yesterday morning!

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[rong21]

Yeah... I know I should've just stayed with stock rooted with xposed! Then to make it worse, the nandroid I saved kept failing when attempting to restore! I ended up going back to stock unrooted 4.2.2 like out of the box then did a couple OTAs to get back to 4.4.2. Factory reset then towelroot again! Now I'm standing on stock rooted. Lol

I finally got in bed around 6am yesterday morning!

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Flashed the Optimus G3 ROM and xposed and it is a great ROM.

Staying away from the CM and other AOSP ROM's. Too much trouble. Get tired of always having to either find workarounds to issues or tweaking things

 

[ol chap]

So download towelroot and press the button to root and that's it? I don't want to install ROMs or anything like that, just want to un-install all the preloaded applications to free up some storage.

Will I still need a custom recovery just for rooting?

LG G2 (D800[20u]) on 4.4.2 stock

Sorry for the noobiness but I understand very little of mobile tech and am In need of help.

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[rong21]

So download towelroot and press the button to root and that's it? I don't want to install ROMs or anything like that, just want to un-install all the preloaded applications to free up some storage.

Will I still need a custom recovery just for rooting?

LG G2 (D800[20u]) on 4.4.2 stock

Sorry for the noobiness but I understand very little of mobile tech and am In need of help.

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That's all there is to it. As far as I know you don't need a custom recovery unless you want to flash things.

 

[mumfoau]

That's all there is to it. As far as I know you don't need a custom recovery unless you want to flash things.

You surely don't! I don't have one and I'm chugging along just fine! I guess you could use a custom recovery just to make a nandroid in the event something funky happens while modding

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[ol chap]

Alright, thanks for sharing all the information and links! I don't expect to be doing any flashing or installing ROMs at the time just clearing some space on my phone.

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[wdoucet]

Once I have root using towelroot.apk, can I delete the .apk file? I'm receiving security messages about towelroot being an exploit and I'd like to stop these messages.

 

[mumfoau]

Just got done flashing the Options G3 ROM myself and it's incredible! This will definitely hold me until my upgrade in October! I don't even think I'm gonna switch the launcher from stock!

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[JJ Jones]

Just got done flashing the Options G3 ROM myself and it's incredible! This will definitely hold me until my upgrade in October! I don't even think I'm gonna switch the launcher from stock!

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So you did give in and do it!
What process did you use? Thinking of doing it too, but want to make sure of the procedure before attempting it.

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[mumfoau]

So you did give in and do it!
What process did you use? Thinking of doing it too, but want to make sure of the procedure before attempting it.

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I downloaded the files to my phone in the download folder.

Rebooted into recovery

Create a nandroid (back out go to recovery and verify it's there)

Wipe then wipe Dalvik cache

Flash the radio then flash the ROM

Wipe again as above the reboot the phone. I personally like to do a clean install like fresh outta the box

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[anon(631531)]

Once I have root using towelroot.apk, can I delete the .apk file? I'm receiving security messages about towelroot being an exploit and I'd like to stop these messages.

Yes you can. I deleted it myself, with no problems.

 

[ZEXXES]

Towelroot won't work for the Dell Venue 8 tablet

 

[ut3jaw]

TWRP and CWM are two of the more popular recoveries. You will need one or the other to do most of what you said you would like to do. A backup (also called a Nandroid) is a good idea.

Can you post the link to the method you used? Sometimes in rooting procedures, flashing a custom recovery is part of the rooting process.

Ok here'sone for you. I rooted the wife's s3 with towelroot, worked beautifully. She started getting updates for kit kat (which i would have never believed the s3 was going to get kit kat) so I tried to freeze configupdate via quarntine app. Still got notification for kit kat ota but would not actually update. So I figure ild FDR phone, update her to kit kat and see if towelroot will work again. Now, after and fdr the s3 is still rooted. Wtf? Half the time i cannot get a phone to keep root now I cant unroot root it via fdr. Any advice?

 

[Golfdriver97]

Ok here'sone for you. I rooted the wife's s3 with towelroot, worked beautifully. She started getting updates for kit kat (which i would have never believed the s3 was going to get kit kat) so I tried to freeze configupdate via quarntine app. Still got notification for kit kat ota but would not actually update. So I figure ild FDR phone, update her to kit kat and see if towelroot will work again. Now, after and fdr the s3 is still rooted. Wtf? Half the time i cannot get a phone to keep root now I cant unroot root it via fdr. Any advice?

So you uninstalled Towelroot? Another way would be to reflash the stock ROM. That will wipe any root access.

 

[Blix79]

Sorry for asking in this thread. But so many wise people here.
Last night I tried for the very first time to root a phone. Which was this lg g2 d802 international carrier.
Root method was ioRoot I believe it was called.
After that installed titanium back up pro and ran a full back up and copied the full back up to my hdd as well for safety reasons.
Am I now safe enough with back up or do I need to use that autorec aswell? I am not going to use different roms. Really happy about stock.
But I want xposed and try all its features. But I have never tried this before and I want to be fully safe so I don't brick my phone and can't redo it all if I screw it all up.

With regards lean olsen

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[mumfoau]

Sorry for asking in this thread. But so many wise people here.
Last night I tried for the very first time to root a phone. Which was this lg g2 d802 international carrier.
Root method was ioRoot I believe it was called.
After that installed titanium back up pro and ran a full back up and copied the full back up to my hdd as well for safety reasons.
Am I now safe enough with back up or do I need to use that autorec aswell? I am not going to use different roms. Really happy about stock.
But I want xposed and try all its features. But I have never tried this before and I want to be fully safe so I don't brick my phone and can't redo it all if I screw it all up.

With regards lean olsen

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I'm not sure if ioroot installs a custom recovery but if you don't have plan to flash any ROMs then you're likely good to go. I will say that I'm not 100% sure of Titanium's backup fidelity but I'd still install a custom recovery and create a nandroid back up of your stock image for added safety.

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[Golfdriver97]

I agree on installing a custom recovery. That will make a backup of your current setup of the OS, which you will need in case something goes wrong with Xposed.

 

[rong21]

autorec will install TWRP. It's what I used after towelroot

 

[gulfdawg2014]

So I have been out of circulation for sometime now. I have a LG Optimus F6 I watched a YouTube video concerning Towelroot it had my phone in it and dude got root access. I am new to rooting myself a friend rooted my last phone. My question is is Towelroot legitimate. Im worried about my phone ending up bricked. I really want to dispose of all the Metro bs on my phone.