I'm on CM 5.0.2. How can I remove CM and use the stock 2.1-update1 but keep root? Is it a matter of just flashing a stock 2.1-update1 rom?
restore your nandroid backup of the original rom, and update it
CaliLove310 said:
I'm on CM 5.0.2. How can I remove CM and use the stock 2.1-update1 but keep root? Is it a matter of just flashing a stock 2.1-update1 rom?
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There's an entire thread for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850&highlight=stock
Even if you lost root... it takes all of 5 min to get it back.
mikebeatrice said:
There's an entire thread for this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850&highlight=stock
Even if you lost root... it takes all of 5 min to get it back.
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I tried this before making this thread. Unless i'm completely missing it, but the zip file through modaco's site does not contain the userdata.img or system.img
and I have not been able to extract the other zip file with any extracting software i have
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Hi guys this is the first time i have rooted and flashed a device. I managed rooting my N7 and flashing PA Rom and Motley kernel. Now I want to flash back to stock rom and update to 4.1.2 via OTA or directly flash the official 4.1.2 pure stock. However I still want to maintain root and CWM. Is this possible? Can someone please help me out with details as kind of a noob. I even want to understand how Titanium Backup works. If i backup my apps and then do a factory reset while flashing a new rom how does the backup remain if everything is lost in factory reset. Thanks a lot for helping.
jshashwat93 said:
Hi guys this is the first time i have rooted and flashed a device. I managed rooting my N7 and flashing PA Rom and Motley kernel. Now I want to flash back to stock rom and update to 4.1.2 via OTA or directly flash the official 4.1.2 pure stock. However I still want to maintain root and CWM. Is this possible? Can someone please help me out with details as kind of a noob. I even want to understand how Titanium Backup works. If i backup my apps and then do a factory reset while flashing a new rom how does the backup remain if everything is lost in factory reset. Thanks a lot for helping.
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Do it manually like I did, its just as quick as the OTA, you keep all your files and I didn't loose root, was done in 5 mins.
Heres the thread to the manual tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929424
Hope this helps mate
Wilks3y said:
Do it manually like I did, its just as quick as the OTA, you keep all your files and I didn't loose root, was done in 5 mins.
Heres the thread to the manual tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1929424
Hope this helps mate
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Can I flash this over a custom ROM or does it have to be stock rom?
jshashwat93 said:
Can I flash this over a custom ROM or does it have to be stock rom?
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Good question, That I couldn't tell you mate because I don't use custom ROM's. I shouldn't see why not, give it a go and let us know the results?
Wilks3y said:
Good question, That I couldn't tell you mate because I don't use custom ROM's. I shouldn't see why not, give it a go and let us know the results?
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The update can only be applied to a completely stock rom, if you have made any changes to the rom(build.prop edits,etc) the zip will fail to flash
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bombadier said:
The update can only be applied to a completely stock rom, if you have made any changes to the rom(build.prop edits,etc) the zip will fail to flash
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium
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Thanks a lot. So how do i revert to stock?
jshashwat93 said:
Thanks a lot. So how do i revert to stock?
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You need a stock RUU, but I'm not sure where to find those. Once you have the stock RUU, adb push the update and your all strawberries and cream
The update will fail if build.prop is modifed and most custom roms modify that. So it would be safer to flash stock image and sideload the update.
Or else wait for the custom ROM developer to incorporate those changes.
As the title says, can someone kindly point me to the thread for rooting this phone (att) and keeping stock.
Thanks
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nabril15 said:
As the title says, can someone kindly point me to the thread for rooting this phone (att) and keeping stock.
Thanks
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In this very subforum.. Did you even look?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440163
i did a quick search and didnt dig too much. My apologies and thank you.
in the root thread, I didnt read any mention of adding recovery. Does it do that? Or is that a separate install?
nabril15 said:
in the root thread, I didnt read any mention of adding recovery. Does it do that? Or is that a separate install?
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TWRP's page has information. Admittedly, I did dig around for a day before I got my G2 to put stuff together to root it, so, there's no one-stop-shop for it all.
Just follow the instructions. After you root, you use the command on the page. Get the latest .img file, do not attempt to get the latest file, which is a zip, and unzip it or something. And of course, get the recovery for your phone.
And type carefully.
http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/197
my phone keeps telling me that there is an update from att for the phone of 55mb or so. I've tried to download it several times, but it times out apparently after 10% or so.
Do I do that update BEFORE I root? Or can I do it after? I am currently on JB 4.2.2 build JDQ39B
EDIT - I found my answer in another thread. OTA after root = problems. I will retry the update and then root. Is there a way way push the update from the pc somehow?
nabril15 said:
my phone keeps telling me that there is an update from att for the phone of 55mb or so. I've tried to download it several times, but it times out apparently after 10% or so.
Do I do that update BEFORE I root? Or can I do it after? I am currently on JB 4.2.2 build JDQ39B
EDIT - I found my answer in another thread. OTA after root = problems. I will retry the update and then root. Is there a way way push the update from the pc somehow?
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Not that I have heard of....have you seen any stock Roms for your carrier with the ota also? The ota has problems with custom recoveries....
remember to make a nandroid backup of your stock rom.. just in case
u'll never know when u need it later :good:
zekurosu said:
remember to make a nandroid backup of your stock rom.. just in case
u'll never know when u need it later :good:
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agreed. How do I do that if I dont have recovery installed?
unfortunately need a custom recovery for that ... i'd recommend TWRP
So I finally found some time for my unlocked and rooted nexus 4. Right now it is on 4.3 stock and I want to update to 4.4.2. Now the question which I couldn't find an answer on Google: Do I loose root after manual update? I've seen some videos on that, but some say that you need stock recovery (I have TWRP), but nothing about root.
Also, I'd install Franco kernel after that.
Help and possible tutorial would be appreciated, I'm still kinda new to android.
You can have a stock experience by installing the Experience ROM in the development thread.
Make sure you are running the latest TWRP before trying to flash a 4.4 ROM.
audit13 said:
You can have a stock experience by installing the Experience ROM in the development thread.
Make sure you are running the latest TWRP before trying to flash a 4.4 ROM.
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I want to use stock rom wirh fraco kernel. Again, do I loose root from 4.3 to 4.4?
brinmb said:
I want to use stock rom wirh fraco kernel. Again, do I loose root from 4.3 to 4.4?
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Yes, always when you flash another stock Rom, you will lose root.
But it's a matter of seconds to reroot after flashing latest supersu.zip through TWRP.
Unleashed by my Nexus 4
RASTAVIPER said:
Yes, always when you flash another stock Rom, you will lose root.
But it's a matter of seconds to reroot after flashing latest supersu.zip through TWRP.
Unleashed by my Nexus 4
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Alright, thanks. I guess I'll do thst.
Im on cyanogen right now and i want to get back to stock, is it possible? If so, how?
avi57 said:
Im on cyanogen right now and i want to get back to stock, is it possible? If so, how?
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Odin.
It will let you flash back to the stock ROM. If you are on the 4.4 bootloader though you can only go back so far. You can't go back to 4.2. I'm not sure about 4.3.
You can also restore the Nandroid backup of your stock rom that you should have made before you flashed CyanogenMod
Skipjacks said:
Odin.
It will let you flash back to the stock ROM. If you are on the 4.4 bootloader though you can only go back so far. You can't go back to 4.2. I'm not sure about 4.3.
You can also restore the Nandroid backup of your stock rom that you should have made before you flashed CyanogenMod
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How do i flash with odin? With which files? And cant i flash it from recovery?
I dont have nano backup
avi57 said:
How do i flash with odin? With which files? And cant i flash it from recovery?
I dont have nano backup
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You need to use the search feature here on xda. This is probably the single most covered topic in Samsung forums. There are dozens of very detailed guides on odin and how to use it.
There is even one stickied to the help posts at the top of this forum.
As per title, trying to find a way to update without flashing back to stock and losing all my stuff.
Thanks In advance
ChrisDude70 said:
As per title, trying to find a way to update without flashing back to stock and losing all my stuff.
Thanks In advance
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I guess you are rooted and you mean updating a stock rom? By OTA or flashing with Odin?
1. OTA: enable root survival in the superSU Pro app and you should keep root after the update.
2. Odin firmware flash: Flash the updated rom with Mobile Odin Pro, enable everroot and the other 2 options and you also should keep root.
gee2012 said:
I guess you mean updating a stock rom? By OTA or flashing with Odin?
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I'm running rooted, stock. 4.4.2
As I understand it, .3 is the current version.
I'd like to update to .3 without losing all my guff.
Make sense?
ChrisDude70 said:
I'm running rooted, stock. 4.4.2
As I understand it, .3 is the current version.
I'd like to update to .3 without losing all my guff.
Make sense?
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Not realy, do you mean update to 4.4.3? There is no stock 4.4.3 rom atm afaik.
gee2012 said:
Not realy, do you mean update to 4.4.3? There is no stock 4.4.3 rom atm.
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Exactly!
No stock 4.4.3?
No worries then.
Sorry for the confusion!
what i normally do is flash a rom using desktop odin. the flash chainfires root. doesnt delete anything