Root Stock Lollipop ROM?

[troy_cummings]

Does anyone have the stock (rooted or not) Lollipop ROM/backup? I've seen a couple but they've been for dual sim/overseas version, but I just want the normal Virgin Mobile version. My phone isn't installing the OTA update, so I think flashing a Lollipop backup would give me the Lollipop OS. Thanks!

 

[redjama]

Does anyone have the stock (rooted or not) Lollipop ROM/backup? I've seen a couple but they've been for dual sim/overseas version, but I just want the normal Virgin Mobile version. My phone isn't installing the OTA update, so I think flashing a Lollipop backup would give me the Lollipop OS. Thanks!

Haven't been able to find any decent backups but this link will take you to the RUU file to flash and get the stock Lollipop ROM on Virgin Mobile

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2952058

 

[troy_cummings]

Haven't been able to find any decent backups but this link will take you to the RUU file to flash and get the stock Lollipop ROM on Virgin Mobile

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2952058

Could I potentially just flash this as a ROM without flashing stock recovery?

 

[riggerman0421]

Try flashing this in recovery.
http://www.vmroms.com/index.php?topic=920.0

This what I had to use to get completely back to stock to get the update to install properly. Use the rom.zip and flash in recovery then relock your bootloader. You'll be good to go to download and install the update. Just remember to make a nandroid backup and backup everything on your internal memory if you want unlock your boot loader when you've updated to 5.0.2.

 

[redjama]

Could I potentially just flash this as a ROM without flashing stock recovery?

So your using a custom recovery? If so that's why your OTA isn't going through. You have to be on stock recovery for the OTA to apply

 

[troy_cummings]

Try flashing this in recovery.
http://www.vmroms.com/index.php?topic=920.0

This what I had to use to get completely back to stock to get the update to install properly. Use the rom.zip and flash in recovery then relock your bootloader. You'll be good to go to download and install the update. Just remember to make a nandroid backup and backup everything on your internal memory if you want unlock your boot loader when you've updated to 5.0.2.

Okay, I'll try this after school haha thank you!

 

[redjama]

Okay, I'll try this after school haha thank you!

In order to flash that you have to have a stock recovery. The link I gave you is a lot more user friendly. Regardless of how its done a stock recovery is required unless you can find a CWM or TWRP backup you can use on those recoveries.

 

[troy_cummings]

In order to flash that you have to have a stock recovery. The link I gave you is a lot more user friendly. Regardless of how its done a stock recovery is required unless you can find a CWM or TWRP backup you can use on those recoveries.

I had tried installing the update a couple says ago, by flashing stock recovery and relocking the bootloader, but it still didn't work.

 

[redjama]

Did you try the zip version where you do it from the phone or the .exe version?

 

[riggerman0421]

The link I gave him is a flashable zip that can be installed through TWRP. It will install the stock system, recovery, kernel, and wipe the data partition leaving the EXACTLY as it was when first purchased. Then if he boots into the bootloader and performs a bootloader relock, he will be able to download and install the 5.0.2 OTA. These are the same steps I used to get mine to update. I had previously rooted, modified the system to remove write protection, allow writing to the sd card and was using Xposed Framework mods. After flashing the zip I linked and relocking, the update installed without any problems.

 

[redjama]

The link I gave him is a flashable zip that can be installed through TWRP. It will install the stock system, recovery, kernel, and wipe the data partition leaving the EXACTLY as it was when first purchased. Then if he boots into the bootloader and performs a bootloader relock, he will be able to download and install the 5.0.2 OTA. These are the same steps I used to get mine to update. I had previously rooted, modified the system to remove write protection, allow writing to the sd card and was using Xposed Framework mods. After flashing the zip I linked and relocking, the update installed without any problems.

Does it work with CWM also?

 

[troy_cummings]

Thank you everyone so much!!! I finally got it to work, thanks to you guys! I used @riggerman0421 's method, and it actually worked I'm on Lollipop right now, actually, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to root it? Like, do I have to follow a different method because it's 5.0 now? And is the Read/Write issue fixed? I forgot how much bloatware was on this phone...

EDIT: Also, can I flash TWRP with this? Are there any limitations, so to speak? I need to make a backup ASAP

 

[redjama]

Thank you everyone so much!!! I finally got it to work, thanks to you guys! I used @riggerman0421 's method, and it actually worked I'm on Lollipop right now, actually, and I was wondering if anyone knew how to root it? Like, do I have to follow a different method because it's 5.0 now? And is the Read/Write issue fixed? I forgot how much bloatware was on this phone...

As far as I know you still have to apply the patch for the read/write to SD.

 

[troy_cummings]

As far as I know you still have to apply the patch for the read/write to SD.

I still don't know how to do that haha... Even before I couldn't uninstall system apps, because I couldn't "mount as read/write" through Root Explorer. It just said that some kernels don't allow it, but maybe I wasn't doing it right.

 

[redjama]

Here's a link for the read/write fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707378

To root you'll have to install custom recovery and flash Super SU via recovery and that should give you root

 

[troy_cummings]

Here's a link for the read/write fix
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2707378

To root you'll have to install custom recovery and flash Super SU via recovery and that should give you root

So it'll work just like it did when I was on KitKat? The rooting process, that is

 

[redjama]

So it'll work just like it did when I was on KitKat? The rooting process, that is

From what I've read yes. I'll be doing all of this myself this weekend when my phone gets here....so I've been doing a lot of reading and asking questions.