cleared the cache and did a reset and i am still on stock just rooted and shows available only 26.76 think im going to back to fully stock and then redo it i dont know if i did something wrong.
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cleared the cache and did a reset and i am still on stock just rooted and shows available only 26.76 think im going to back to fully stock and then redo it i dont know if i did something wrong.
That's completely normal, and is the same amount it takes up on stock
Root only gives you administrator access. It doesn't change anything else. Your storage is unaffected.
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Oh ok i was spazing out thinking i i had more before, but damn 5 gigs just for the OS is alot. thanks for your response's.
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5gb is relatively small compared to the stock roms on skinned devices. For example, I believe the stock rom on the gs4 clicks in at just over 9gb.
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Cool. Thanks for adding the link. 
Chainfire made an easy way to root and keep very close to stock, but if someone is trying to use CF-Auto-Root without having more info, there are a few bits that could be a little challenging if they're not as tech savvy, or are new to rooting. So, I'm hoping this guide can help make it an even easier process for them.
Chainfire made an easy way to root and keep very close to stock, but if someone is trying to use CF-Auto-Root without having more info, there are a few bits that could be a little challenging if they're not as tech savvy, or are new to rooting. So, I'm hoping this guide can help make it an even easier process for them.
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A slight nit for the manual method described at the top of this thread: There is no point in copying the SU flash image to the phone before unlocking it, since the unlock will wipe the SD card (at least that was what happened on my Nexus 7, and I assume it would be the same).
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So why is it that flashing CF Auto Root in CWM Recovery 6.0.4.5 always results in "installation aborted" but extracting the files and running the .bat file works? I've never had a CF Auto Root fail before. 
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[disclaimer] i am walking on very very thin ice. of course the gurus of this forum will correct me if i am wrong.So why is it that flashing CF Auto Root in CWM Recovery 6.0.4.5 always results in "installation aborted" but extracting the files and running the .bat file works? I've never had a CF Auto Root fail before.
that being said, lets see if i understood your question correctly.
you download the cf-autoroot_blahblah.zip, boot into your CWM recovery, flash the zip, "installation aborted" happens. but if you run the batch file from your computer it works fine.
1. if you already have CWM, your bootloader is unlocked and custom recovery installed. all you need to do to gain root is download update-supersu-v1.93.zip (latest) and flash it from CWM.
2. if you run the batch file from computer, cf-autoroot
- unlocks the bootloader.
- temporarily boots into an insecure recovery without installing it.
- flashes the supersu.zip to gain root.
- reboots into android so now you have unlocked bootloader, stock recovery, root with supersu installed which by the way will allow you to take an OTA update without problem.
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This (akmsr's #1 above) did not work, even though I had already successfully unlocked the bootloader and flashed CWM recovery:
It gave me "installation aborted" every time.
This, on the other hand (akmsr's #2 above), did work:
This, on the other hand (akmsr's #2 above), did work:
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Now I'm confused. Rexpert83's instructions seem to tell me to flash the file. What did I miss?
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confusion arises because here we are talking about two different zip files both written by chainfire
- one is flashable "update-superSUv.1.93.zip" containing supersu binary for root, should be flashed in a bootloader unlocked, custom recovery installed phone. file should be placed in the device after CWM installation.
- the other is not-flashable one-click-toolkit "cf-autoroot-hammerhead.zip containing not only supersu binaries, also adb dll and fastboot.exe somekind of insecure recovery. and a flashall kind of script for automation of the process. files stay in your computer and "root-windows.batch run from there.
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So, a funny thing happened last week (which kept me away from here more than usual). Just as I was going out of town for the week for business, my computer hard drive on a computer that was not that old (but also not under warranty, of course) died. Completely. Dead.
So, I've replaced the hard drive and have decided to see if I can do things in the future via the fastboot method rather than by WUGs tookit.
Or at least start out that way. 
Right now my phone is already rooted and has DU still on it so there isn't that much to do yet (I even did a DU update using my back-up Linux computer). I have already downloded the mini-SDK files from here and unzipped them.
I have two questions to start with.
1. Is there any sense of which USB drivers are best for a Nexus 5 where there are no drivers on the computer. The LG drives, the universal naked drivers or the Google Nexus 5 drivers? (My source is this page.)
2. The root guide shows how to unlock the bootloader and root using fastboot, but I don't see instructions for how to unroot and relock , restoring the factory image for 4.4.2 (which I have downloaded). It's not something I'm looking to do anytime soon, but I would like to know I can. I like the way people give instructions here, but if you know of a good guide you want to point me to, that would be great.
When I go to do various things in the future, I'll come back with more questions, I'm sure.
So, I've replaced the hard drive and have decided to see if I can do things in the future via the fastboot method rather than by WUGs tookit.
Or at least start out that way. Right now my phone is already rooted and has DU still on it so there isn't that much to do yet (I even did a DU update using my back-up Linux computer). I have already downloded the mini-SDK files from here and unzipped them.
I have two questions to start with.
1. Is there any sense of which USB drivers are best for a Nexus 5 where there are no drivers on the computer. The LG drives, the universal naked drivers or the Google Nexus 5 drivers? (My source is this page.)
2. The root guide shows how to unlock the bootloader and root using fastboot, but I don't see instructions for how to unroot and relock , restoring the factory image for 4.4.2 (which I have downloaded). It's not something I'm looking to do anytime soon, but I would like to know I can. I like the way people give instructions here, but if you know of a good guide you want to point me to, that would be great.
When I go to do various things in the future, I'll come back with more questions, I'm sure.
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the answers are in bold.So, a funny thing happened last week (which kept me away from here more than usual). Just as I was going out of town for the week for business, my computer hard drive on a computer that was not that old (but also not under warranty, of course) died. Completely. Dead.
So, I've replaced the hard drive and have decided to see if I can do things in the future via the fastboot method rather than by WUGs tookit.
Right now my phone is already rooted and has DU still on it so there isn't that much to do yet (I even did a DU update using my back-up Linux computer). I have already downloded the mini-SDK files from here and unzipped them.
I have two questions to start with.
1. Is there any sense of which USB drivers are best for a Nexus 5 where there are no drivers on the computer. The LG drives, the universal naked drivers or the Google Nexus 5 drivers? (My source is this page.)
for me i installed the google drivers first in a vista machine and adb worked fine but fastboot didn't. so i downloaded the naked drivers unzipped it in a folder on desktop (any folder of your choice), went to control panel, device manager, update driver for the hardware with exclamation mark, pointed it to the unzipped folder, done.
2. The root guide shows how to unlock the bootloader and root using fastboot, but I don't see instructions for how to unroot and relock , restoring the factory image for 4.4.2 (which I have downloaded). It's not something I'm looking to do anytime soon, but I would like to know I can. I like the way people give instructions here, but if you know of a good guide you want to point me to, that would be great.
i am glad you asked it here. at xda they would give you the link with some fine choice of words. but for their defense they do it atleast 80 times a day
[TUTORIAL] How to flash a factory image | Re… | Google Nexus 5 | xda-developers
When I go to do various things in the future, I'll come back with more questions, I'm sure.
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So, a funny thing happened last week (which kept me away from here more than usual). Just as I was going out of town for the week for business, my computer hard drive on a computer that was not that old (but also not under warranty, of course) died. Completely. Dead.
So, I've replaced the hard drive and have decided to see if I can do things in the future via the fastboot method rather than by WUGs tookit.
Right now my phone is already rooted and has DU still on it so there isn't that much to do yet (I even did a DU update using my back-up Linux computer). I have already downloded the mini-SDK files from here and unzipped them.
I have two questions to start with.
1. Is there any sense of which USB drivers are best for a Nexus 5 where there are no drivers on the computer. The LG drives, the universal naked drivers or the Google Nexus 5 drivers? (My source is this page.)
2. The root guide shows how to unlock the bootloader and root using fastboot, but I don't see instructions for how to unroot and relock , restoring the factory image for 4.4.2 (which I have downloaded). It's not something I'm looking to do anytime soon, but I would like to know I can. I like the way people give instructions here, but if you know of a good guide you want to point me to, that would be great.
When I go to do various things in the future, I'll come back with more questions, I'm sure.
For me, I already had the LG drivers installed on my XP PC (my third LG phone) and the whole android SDK. Yet I still needed to install the Universal Naked drivers for it to recognize the N5 properly.
In fact, I actually ended up installing wugfresh's tool kit to remove all the drivers that were listed for the N5 and then reinstall the Universal Naked drivers and then everything worked like is should of. I do like his tool kit for the driver program. It's actually a really nice feature to have and it lists all the drivers that are installed on the PC, not just for the N5. I was able to use it to manage my other 2 LG phones as well. I was having a problem where the PC would recognize my other 2 LG phones as the same phone and it was conflicting. I was able to sort it out using wugfresh's tool kit and now the PC recognizes each phone independently.
The tutorial that akmsr posted for you is probably the best one too and the second method in the tut allows you to use fastboot for all the commands.
This is very true... They can get a little snippy over there about stuff like this and go on about reading the "Stickys" I'm more patient and I like to help people anyway, so little things like this don't bother me... People's poor attitudes are what bothers me and that's one of the many reasons that I really like Android Forums. All around it's a great and friendly community here.
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This is very true... They can get a little snippy over there about stuff like this and go on about reading the "Stickys" I'm more patient and I like to help people anyway, so little things like this don't bother me... People's poor attitudes are what bothers me and that's one of the many reasons that I really like Android Forums. All around it's a great and friendly community here.
I couldn't agree more. This is a fantastic community for learning.!
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For flashing a nexus factory image, I also wrote up a nice how to as well: http://androidforums.com/android-system-mods-scripts-hacks/706533-guide-how-flash-nexus-factory-image-manually.html
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