hey guys,
so i found out that my touch screen is all messed up so I plan on calling motorola tomorrow and sending the phone in for repair. but before I do that i want to revert the phone back to stock as much as possible so that i don't void my warranty. how do i?
(1) re-lock the boot loader?
(2) remove root?
(3) flash stock rom?
and actually another question is that is it even necessary for me to put the phone back to stock? would they really care?
thanks in advance.
aaronv89 said:
hey guys,
so i found out that my touch screen is all messed up so I plan on calling motorola tomorrow and sending the phone in for repair. but before I do that i want to revert the phone back to stock as much as possible so that i don't void my warranty. how do i?
(1) re-lock the boot loader?
(2) remove root?
(3) flash stock rom?
and actually another question is that is it even necessary for me to put the phone back to stock? would they really care?
thanks in advance.
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some people have gotten away with sending in their modded phones, but if you want to restore to completely stock flash a 2.3.4 gingerbread .sbf file with rsdlite.
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Just a few questions about the phone before I make the jump. Say I unlock it and put on desire rom and want to go back to sell or want stock can i just flash the original image without computer or do I have to use fast boot? And if I put back like that with stock recovery will I get ota again.
Think I should be able just to flash original shipping rom with bootloader or not?
Is this correct?
Sorry for such a newbie question but this seems different from mytouch and I do not know why instructions for going back to stock are so long. And yes I know I cant re lock bootloader. don't care about that all. Just want to know if I can get ota again.
Basically just want to know if I can flash original from the phone and if i do will I get ota again.
There is no way to recieve OTA updates anymore since you have flashed a custom recovery
M9x3mos said:
Just a few questions about the phone before I make the jump. Say I unlock it and put on desire rom and want to go back to sell or want stock can i just flash the original image without computer or do I have to use fast boot? And if I put back like that with stock recovery will I get ota again.
Think I should be able just to flash original shipping rom with bootloader or not?
Is this correct?
Sorry for such a newbie question but this seems different from mytouch and I do not know why instructions for going back to stock are so long. And yes I know I cant re lock bootloader. don't care about that all. Just want to know if I can get ota again.
Basically just want to know if I can flash original from the phone and if i do will I get ota again.
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yes. put back recovery.img boot.img system.img radio.img by fastboot then you'll be fine.
i've got OTA right away after i flashed the original ERD firmware.
Hey XDA-folks!
I will most likely be sending my Nexus 4 device in for replenishment/repair service.
I know that I lost the warranty by flashing my device & rooting it.
Is there a way to completely restore the phone to the factory state?
Do I just need to flash back to stock, unroot and lock bootloader? That would be it?
Thanks for your help! :highfive:
chrisyouu said:
Hey XDA-folks!
I will most likely be sending my Nexus 4 device in for replenishment/repair service.
I know that I lost the warranty by flashing my device & rooting it.
Is there a way to completely restore the phone to the factory state?
Do I just need to flash back to stock, unroot and lock bootloader? That would be it?
Thanks for your help! :highfive:
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Tutorials for this is all over the forum and google but its simple just flash factory images and send it in. Or your method will work
So I dropped my phone, and the display just doesn't work anymore. No picture, nothing.
I'm sending it back in as an insurance claim, and will be receiving a new phone, and am worried about the whole root / custom rom on it.
How should I go about wiping it and flashing back to a stock variant? Any ideas?
You triped Knox and no way you can undo it.
KNOX????
themrzoo said:
So I dropped my phone, and the display just doesn't work anymore. No picture, nothing.
I'm sending it back in as an insurance claim, and will be receiving a new phone, and am worried about the whole root / custom rom on it.
How should I go about wiping it and flashing back to a stock variant? Any ideas?
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I know there's a way to root without tripping Knox.
But a custom ROM????
Easiest way is to get into download mode (using volume keys) and flash via Odin. (you just need to know the key combinations)
But in this case, I've no idea about Knox though!
Can anybody help?I am S Off. Unlocked. Rooted. I am currently on Nu Sense Rom. Need to get back to stock for warranty purposes. I try flashing the Verizon zip and get mismatch issues. 7 RU CID FAIL. Thanks for your help.
artpena2323 said:
Can anybody help?I am S Off. Unlocked. Rooted. I am currently on Nu Sense Rom. Need to get back to stock for warranty purposes. I try flashing the Verizon zip and get mismatch issues. 7 RU CID FAIL. Thanks for your help.
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Did you make a backup of the stock system image before flashing a custom rom? I haven't tried going back to stock any other way, but I'm fairly certain that the only way to RUU back to stock is if you have a completely stock copy of your system image to restore in TWRP.
Out of curiosity, what issue are you having that require warranty service?
I'm also having trouble finding a guide to this; I've bricked phones in the past, or had issues with reverting to sell that ended up costing me 3 hours of troubleshooting.
Basically I've now found that Android Pay is something that I wish to use again; and with the N update for VZW coming out very soon I might as well go back to full stock with my bootloader locked again now that the main reason I went to s-off/unlocked was for N.
Anyone know where the guide is? If there isn't one, I will outline the steps that I think I need to take, but could use some help to make sure I don't jank it up.
1. Get the RUU from the stock ruu thread.
2. Flash said RUU
3. Factory Reset
4. ???
5. Profit?
As you can see, I'm missing the parts where I re-lock the bootloader, change the tamper flag, fix potential LTE problems (I've read that might be an issue), and whatever else might need to be done to full revert it to legit VZW.
If it matters; I have a (rooted) stock backup from 1.85.605.8 I can flash to make this easier, as I recall having to do that for prior HTC phones (I think).
Hi,
My Rooted Phone with Pure Nexus has a Problem (see Picture) .My Cat dropped it :/
I am returning it to Google, so i want to go back to stock, stock firmware, removing the yellow triangle and so on.
I barely see anything, and Touchscreen is not working, but i can go to the bootloader.
Recovery is not acessible without Touch.
Can you help me? I know how to flash stock firmware, but does this remove the triangle? I also disabled the encryption...
Hope you can help.
br
MeisterGigi said:
Hi,
My Rooted Phone with Pure Nexus has a Problem (see Picture) .My Cat dropped it :/
I am returning it to Google, so i want to go back to stock, stock firmware, removing the yellow triangle and so on.
I barely see anything, and Touchscreen is not working, but i can go to the bootloader.
Recovery is not acessible without Touch.
Can you help me? I know how to flash stock firmware, but does this remove the triangle? I also disabled the encryption...
Hope you can help.
br
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Hi... You don't have any datas to pull off of your phone first? Once you flash the factory image, your datas will be wiped...
In case you want to go back to stock and assuming your bootloader is unlocked, simply follow this guide:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928/
To remove the open padlock at phone startup, relock the bootloader ONLY WHEN YOU'RE DONE FLASHING STOCK.
Good luck...
MeisterGigi said:
Hi,
My Rooted Phone with Pure Nexus has a Problem (see Picture) .My Cat dropped it :/
I am returning it to Google, so i want to go back to stock, stock firmware, removing the yellow triangle and so on.
I barely see anything, and Touchscreen is not working, but i can go to the bootloader.
Recovery is not acessible without Touch.
Can you help me? I know how to flash stock firmware, but does this remove the triangle? I also disabled the encryption...
Hope you can help.
br
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You don't need to access recovery if you only want to flash stock image. Personally I would do it with flash-all.bat command rather than do all the parts individually. Since you already know how to flash the stock firmware you just need to lock the bootloader after and you are good to go. Supposedly unlocking the bootloader doesn't void the warranty on the 6P but it couldn't hurt if you are sending the phone back to Google.
Thanks !
I was assuming the data is lost anyway, the good thing is i pictures are sent anyway automatically to dropbox, many things are in the cloud.
Okay, the bootloader thing was unclear, cool, thanks, ill flash it
Thanks!
Br