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I am using Froyo stock and rooted right now (my phone is not stable on any roms for some reason). So should i just put my phone back to stock and update then reroot? Or is there a better way? I cant seem to find the stock rom to flash.
You can remove the root and then go to GB and then re-root.
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Just remove the root? do you mean flash back to stock using odin? I dont know how else to do it.
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NissanNick said:
Just remove the root? do you mean flash back to stock using odin? I dont know how else to do it.
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That's what I did, I used Odin to flash back to stock EC05 and am waiting for the OTA, then I'll probably reroot when a reliable method has been worked out. It seems right now there's a lot of workarounds to get root and CWM to stay.
Here is how I did it:
Odin to stock EC05
Download update.zip to SD Card and install through samsung stock recovery
Odin mkasic's kernel followed by CWM 3.1.0.1 Purple
Flash SU.zip, GPS-Fix.zip, EC05AdFree.zip
Advanced Restore of /Data through CWM
Up and running with all my existing settings, has been solid for 24hrs with no fc's.
If he's stock EC05 and rooted then you can just use the one click root windows application and remove the root. Then apply the EI22 update.zip and then do the current root method for EI22. He doesn't have to lose everything if he's on stock froyo.
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steveo314 said:
If he's stock EC05 and rooted then you can just use the one click root windows application and remove the root. Then apply the EI22 update.zip and then do the current root method for EI22. He doesn't have to lose everything if he's on stock froyo.
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Never heard of this before...how can one click root remove root? I used it to put root on!
rando991 said:
That's what I did, I used Odin to flash back to stock EC05 and am waiting for the OTA, then I'll probably reroot when a reliable method has been worked out. It seems right now there's a lot of workarounds to get root and CWM to stay.
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It will ALWAYS be a workaround solution. So there is no need to wait for that specific aspect... since the wait would be infinite. The problem with recovery not sticking has to do with the new stock kernel. The "workarounds" require a modified kernel.
rando991 said:
Never heard of this before...how can one click root remove root? I used it to put root on!
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1st use this, there is an un-root option:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
then you can load the update.zip in stock recovery
then to get back on root do this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339478
I am on stock with bloat removed. Will this work as well or will I have to odin to EC05 and lose everything? I figured I would have to odin back first.
steveo314 said:
If he's stock EC05 and rooted then you can just use the one click root windows application and remove the root. Then apply the EI22 update.zip and then do the current root method for EI22. He doesn't have to lose everything if he's on stock froyo.
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bgreiwe said:
I am on stock with bloat removed. Will this work as well or will I have to odin to EC05 and lose everything? I figured I would have to odin back first.
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If all you've done is rooted and removed the bloat it'll work so you don't have to loose everything.
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jat255 said:
The easiest way to do it, I think, is to do the manual update from stock EC05 to stock EI22. I did this procedure and have had zero problems. I used heimdall personally because I run Linux.
Once you have your stock GB up and running, odin/heimdall your cwm or acs recovery.bin and hold down the three button combo while it auto-reboots.
You'll get into the custom recovery, and you can flash su.zip and anything else you'd like while you're there.
Reboot the phone, and you should see that you're rooted just fine. The problem now is that there is a script that gets run on every startup called "/system/etc/install-recovery.sh" that re-installs the stock recovery on every boot. Now that you're rooted, use whatever means you'd like (file expert, terminal emulator, etc.) to get into /system/etc/ and delete that file.
You'll have to do one final odin/heimdall of the custom recovery.bin, but after that, you should be rooted and have a permanent custom recovery on stock EI22!
Sure, it's a workaround, but it's not that hard, and it works! It's easy to let the devs do everything for us, but every now and again it's good to get into your device and figure out the way things work on your own.
Good luck!
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Thanks followed this guide made cwm 3.1.0.1 and root sticked. I am like many others likes to have everything as stock and as little changes so i didnt want to flash any custom kernel. This method will retain everything from stock just minus 1 script.
This is my revised method which only need to flash cwm 3.1.0.1 in odin 2 times and it will stick there forever.
Comming from a bone stock EI22
1. flash cwm 3.1.0.1 with reboot checked off (nothing check), put file in pda.
http://drockstar.devphone.org/EpicTar/cwm3.1.0.1.tar.md5
2. when its done, unplug data cable and pull out battery.
without rebooting system.
3. vol down, camera, power, to get into cwm recovery
4. install su.zip and reboot the phone (now you have root)
http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-3.0-efgh-signed.zip
5. install es explorer from market
5a. under menu/setting check the box root explorer and mount file system
5b. browse into phone /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
delete "install-recovery.sh" script or move it to your sd card if you want to retain a copy.
(long press into that file and delete option will come out)
6. shut off your phone
7. odin cwm 3.1.0.1 again with reboot checked
8. restart, cwm and root will be stick forever.
credit to jat255
rando991 said:
That's what I did, I used Odin to flash back to stock EC05 and am waiting for the OTA, then I'll probably reroot when a reliable method has been worked out. It seems right now there's a lot of workarounds to get root and CWM to stay.
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Odin back to DG27. It should force the update.
lbe said:
Thanks followed this guide made cwm 3.1.0.1 and root sticked. I am like many others likes to have everything as stock and as little changes so i didnt want to flash any custom kernel. This method will retain everything from stock just minus 1 script.
This is my revised method which only need to flash cwm 3.1.0.1 in odin 2 times and it will stick there forever.
Comming from a bone stock EI22
1. flash cwm 3.1.0.1 with reboot checked off (nothing check), put file in pda.
http://drockstar.devphone.org/EpicTar/cwm3.1.0.1.tar.md5
2. when its done, unplug data cable and pull out battery.
3. vol down, camera, power, to get into cwm recovery
4. install su.zip and reboot the phone (now you have root)
http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-3.0-efgh-signed.zip
5. install es explorer from market
5a. under menu/setting check the box root explorer and mount file system
5b. browse into phone /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
delete "install-recovery.sh script"
(long press into that file and delete option will come out)
6. shut off your phone
7. odin cwm 3.1.0.1 again
8. restart, cwm and root will be stick forever.
credit to jat255
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I think it would be a good idea to copy that script and put it somewhere instead of deleting it just in case you want to go back to bone stock in the future (who knows an ICS update LOL). Once copied, then delete the file.
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adelmundo said:
I think it would be a good idea to copy that script and put it somewhere instead of deleting it just in case you want to go back to bone stock in the future (who knows an ICS update LOL). Once copied, then delete the file.
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you can odin the ec05 stock rom and update to ei22 and it will put that file back in. doesnt hurt to move that file to your sd card i guess.
Here is the stock EC05 ROM you are looking for. It formats your phone back to the RFS file system, but keeps your phone rooted and with CWM3.1.0.1
There is also a link on that page if you want to make your recovery go back to stock as well.
If you want to just ODIN and get onto EI22 stock, check this out. It's still RFS but it's deodexed, so a little faster. Comes with EC05 modem, which seems to still be more stable than the EI22, especially when it comes to Wifi.
EDIT: I take that back, that EI22 isn't so stock anymore, but it's closest you're going to get to a stock-ish EI22 that actually functions.
Odin back to stock EC05, update.zip, modified kernel patch and cwm the su.zip worked for me.
One question though.. stock OTA/update.zip is ODEXED, correct? Can I deodex what I have or do I need to re-flash a deodex stock rom and would I do it before or after uninstalling bloat?
jfg69 said:
Odin back to stock EC05, update.zip, modified kernel patch and cwm the su.zip worked for me.
One question though.. stock OTA/update.zip is ODEXED, correct? Can I deodex what I have or do I need to re-flash a deodex stock rom and would I do it before or after uninstalling bloat?
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OTA stock is Odexed, correct. Deodexing yourself takes some time... it's not just removing files, you'll have to edit quite a few things. If you're going to deodex your system using the ROM, you just ODIN it from wherever you are now. It will erase everything, like starting from scratch. But you can restore your data on top of it if you backed it up first.
I need some help unrooting and returning to stock. I rooted the device using the method of returning back to 3.1 and flashing the unstable rom then installing iconia root then acer recovery to install CWM. After rooting I did not make a backup of my device so I have lost the original rom. This is an Acer Iconia A500 with 8gb internal storage bought from Best Buy on black friday. I've read through many forums in the development area but since I have not posted enough times I can not ask a question there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
todds67 said:
I need some help unrooting and returning to stock. I rooted the device using the method of returning back to 3.1 and flashing the unstable rom then installing iconia root then acer recovery to install CWM. After rooting I did not make a backup of my device so I have lost the original rom. This is an Acer Iconia A500 with 8gb internal storage bought from Best Buy on black friday. I've read through many forums in the development area but since I have not posted enough times I can not ask a question there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Basically, when you run a full package stock rom, it should put your tablet back into stock condition. This will remove the custom recovery, just like it did when you downgraded.
You can find a list of the stock roms based on region at this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Vache put some instructions there, and it's pretty simple.
Sorry, I'm new, and have the same question.
I am confused, for clarification ....
If you are unrooting and have Clock Work Mod Recovery what do you have to do?
I used Acer Recovery Installer from the market to install clock work mod. If I am unrooting and returning to sock, should I use the option to install "Stock USA 1.41.07_COM_GEN1 recovery" before flashing and then use the power/up button combination? Is it Ok to use Clock Work Mod to install one of the stock roms from the SD card or will Clock Work Mod cause a mess?
blancocar said:
Sorry, I'm new, and have the same question.
I am confused, for clarification ....
If you are unrooting and have Clock Work Mod Recovery what do you have to do?
I used Acer Recovery Installer from the market to install clock work mod. If I am unrooting and returning to sock, should I use the option to install "Stock USA 1.41.07_COM_GEN1 recovery" before flashing and then use the power/up button combination? Is it Ok to use Clock Work Mod to install one of the stock roms from the SD card or will Clock Work Mod cause a mess?
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Vache has simple instructions on that page. As you read, it says to extract the update.zip file, put it to sd, then hold vol- and pwr. It should flash the rom, That's for the update zip..
However, I would use one of the full set roms.
When the stock rom runs, it should overwrite the CWM recovery, and re-instate the factory bootloader.
Here are the instructions direct from Vache's page for full rom.
"Here are some full packages, updates and EUU firmware from Acer OTA server and from some magical sources.
Full package and updates should be flash via the recovery.
EUU version are working in APX mode with nvflash. (you can enter in APX mode by booting the tablet with Reset / Power pressed)"
Now, what other recovery do you have to flash a full rom?
NOTE: I have not and have no plans to revert to stock. So I've never done this. You may want to post a question also in that thread to see if you can get any extra info.
Moscow Desire said:
Vache has simple instructions on that page. As you read, it says to extract the update.zip file, put it to sd, then hold vol- and pwr. It should flash the rom, That's for the update zip..
However, I would use one of the full set roms.
When the stock rom runs, it should overwrite the CWM recovery, and re-instate the factory bootloader.
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You could also use the Downgrade tool with the original downgrade images. The original downgrade tool will put back factory recovery and factory stock. This would be everything you need to be totally stock. Once you get to stock, then you can just apply the OTA's if that's what you want. Or are you trying to get to stock and then root?
timmyDean said:
You could also use the Downgrade tool with the original downgrade images. The original downgrade tool will put back factory recovery and factory stock. This would be everything you need to be totally stock. Once you get to stock, then you can just apply the OTA's if that's what you want. Or are you trying to get to stock and then root?
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Yeah, I keep forgetting about your tool.
I think they just want to get back to a stock condition without cwm and root.
You may want to post a link to the tool.
Finally got it. Used the Acer recovery tool to flash Acer stock recovery image and then extracted the update zip from the full package and put it on my SD card (made sure it was the only zip on the card) then redooted into recovery by holding down the volume up key and the power button. Update flashed and all is back to stock. Reasons for doing this were that I could not find a ROM that seemed like it was a real improvement over stock. My favorite would have been Thor's ROM mostly due to the ice cream sandwich tweaks and the ability to clear the recent apps drawer. May go back to root but wanted to know how to get back if necessary. Thanks for all the help.
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todds, Which stock recovery image did you flash? and which update zip did you install after that?
i want to install the european (swedish) everything stock and would really appreciate some help.
todds67 said:
Finally got it. Used the Acer recovery tool to flash Acer stock recovery image and then extracted the update zip from the full package and put it on my SD card (made sure it was the only zip on the card) then redooted into recovery by holding down the volume up key and the power button. Update flashed and all is back to stock. Reasons for doing this were that I could not find a ROM that seemed like it was a real improvement over stock. My favorite would have been Thor's ROM mostly due to the ice cream sandwich tweaks and the ability to clear the recent apps drawer. May go back to root but wanted to know how to get back if necessary. Thanks for all the help.
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Glad it worked for you!
Vache should be a touch more clear on "which" recovery to use for the full package
Although it seems people used both CWM and Acer Recovery. (he just states "recovery")
Glad you cleared that up
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sydeu said:
todds, Which stock recovery image did you flash? and which update zip did you install after that?
i want to install the european (swedish) everything stock and would really appreciate some help.
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@sydeu, you probably want to run Acer_A501_4.037.01_EMEA_TMPL. Note this is for the 501 so not sure if you are looking for a 501 or 500 stock rom.
I run it on my 501, and it has svetski lauguage support.
I think you can use any of the EMEA roms. You can unpack or decrypt the roms before flashing, and check the ldb files (system\usr\xt9\databases\ldb\) You should see an ldb that usually starts or contains "Sv". I think these are related to the keyboard, but it will have system support for the language.
Not all roms and updates are listed there, those are just the ones people were able to find. So get the one that's closest to your needs.
I just started using the Nexus 7 (WiFi) and I am on 4.2.1 and I am rooted. I rooted with the Wug's Toolkit. Anyway I want to update to 4.2.2 and I don't want to use any custom rom's, I just want to have an original update that I can flash without having to unroot. I have flashed my nexus with Clockwork Mod Recovery. Any places were I can get this rom and how I can install it?
Help Please!!
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I just started using the Nexus 7 (WiFi) and I am on 4.2.1 and I am rooted. I rooted with the Wug's Toolkit. Anyway I want to update to 4.2.2 and I don't want to use any custom rom's, I just want to have an original update that I can flash without having to unroot. I have flashed my nexus with Clockwork Mod Recovery. Any places were I can get this rom and how I can install it?
Help Please!!
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Hello there!
What about a little search? is a search bar in every part of the forum!!!
Anyway there you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745781
Just don't get used to it :good:
Read the forum rules!
So I downloaded the zip but it won't install properly it says error code 7??
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hettige677 said:
So I downloaded the zip but it won't install properly it says error code 7??
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That's because you are using a custom recovery. You can either flash a stock recovery or edit some files in the zip so you can flash it in the custom recovery.
Leonhan said:
That's because you are using a custom recovery.
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Possibly, but probably not. In most of the reports that have been coming in - when the users actually report the full error message rather than saying something ambiguous like "I got a Status 7 error" - the problems revolve around altered/removed files in /system, or having a custom kernel (boot or LNX partition) installed. That suggests that the recovery version is not causing assert() failures.
The other thing to rememder is that the program that is interpreting the edify updater-script is the "updater-binary" program which is shipped inside the OTA - so it is virtually identical independent of the choice of recovery (other than perhaps kernel behavior differences).
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You can either flash a stock recovery or edit some files in the zip so you can flash it in the custom recovery.
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Even though what you are saying here does only require being able to operate a plain-text editor and a zip tool, it's way above the heads of most folks who think that OTAs should work on non-stock ROMs. And I'm not sure how these folks would be better off with partially-patched ROMs. In any event, if this course is taken indeed a custom recovery would need to be used for this, as modifying the zip contents will break the OTA package signing, so the stock recovery couldn't be used.
The OP should just
- make a full nandroid backup of what they have now
- download the factory 4.2.2 images from Google
- extract the system.img file and boot.img images
( hint for windoze users: 7-zip understands .tgz files)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
- reflash a basic SuperSU or Superuser root kit
Sort of crude, but it's a decent hack for the lazy or poorly informed. It won't "erase my data", but presumably it will break whatever it was that altered the stock system and/or boot partitions - the very things that are causing the OTA to fail on them with their rooted & modified ROMs.
If they don't like the result, they can simply restore their nandroid backup.
I flashed TWRP to make backups and am finding I want to revert to stock recovery for whenever the next OTA is pushed. I'm on stock 4.2.2. Is there a repository to flash the stock recovery specific to the version of android I'm on or other way to backup/re-flash stock android prior to installing custom recovery?
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I flashed TWRP to make backups and am finding I want to revert to stock recovery for whenever the next OTA is pushed. I'm on stock 4.2.2. Is there a repository to flash the stock recovery specific to the version of android I'm on or other way to backup/re-flash stock android prior to installing custom recovery?
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The stock Android recovery cannot make entire system (NANDROID) backups like TWRP or CWMR can. If your looking to re-install stock Android 4.2.2 for the Nexus 10 you can download and flash the Nexus 10 factory image from here (I would recommend taking a look at this great guide if your are unfamiliar with how to flash factory images). If you just want to reflash the Nexus 10 stock recovery you can download it from here, boot into fastboot mode and then flash it with the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery path/to/recovery-stock-manta.img
After it completes you can reboot into recovery mode and you should now have the stock Nexus 10 recovery image installed. For flashing the stock recovery you should try and match it to the Android version so if your on Android 4.2.2 try and flash the recovery.img that was pulled from the Android 4.2.2 factory image. However usually you can get away with flashing 4.2 or 4.2.1 version of the stock recovery.img as it is unlikely that anything major changed with the stock recovery image in those small incremental Android updates.
Is there a repo or other way to make a backup of stock recovery before flashing custom (TWRP/CWMR). If I'm on the go and want to interchange between custom recovery and previous stock recovery without the aid of a computer nearby, how would I do that? Is there an app that can save/snapshot my current stock recovery before flashing custom recovery (and then can later let me re-flash that saved recovery)?
Flashing stock recovery wont make me lose any data will it? because 4.3 was released for s4 google edition so im sure nexus 10 is close and i want to be ready.
abdel12345 said:
Flashing stock recovery wont make me lose any data will it? because 4.3 was released for s4 google edition so im sure nexus 10 is close and i want to be ready.
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Correct flashing stock recovery won't make you loose any data. But as always when your flashing anything and if you have even the slightest hesitation backup any data you wouldn't want to loose.
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Alright thanks man. I already used my 8 for today but ill thank you tomorrow and ill back up my apps with titanium backup
OK what is the command to use to flash because the one from the previous page didn't work it said something about not finding it or something are there any drivers that need to be installed or something I'm missing? I connected it to my CPU and turned it on while holding power and volume and it went menu where you see tablet info? Any help please
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Is there a repo or other way to make a backup of stock recovery before flashing custom (TWRP/CWMR). If I'm on the go and want to interchange between custom recovery and previous stock recovery without the aid of a computer nearby, how would I do that? Is there an app that can save/snapshot my current stock recovery before flashing custom recovery (and then can later let me re-flash that saved recovery)?
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Don't know if you still need this info, but you can use flash_image to flash recoveries without having to connect to a PC. So if you save the recovery image files, you can switch easily. Have a look here:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted/
I haven't done this on my N10, but I've used the method several times on my HTC Vivid phone.
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bruce7373 said:
Don't know if you still need this info, but you can use flash_image to flash recoveries without having to connect to a PC. So if you save the recovery image files, you can switch easily. Have a look here:
http://theunlockr.com/2009/10/15/how-to-flash-a-new-recovery-image-if-you-are-already-rooted/
I haven't done this on my N10, but I've used the method several times on my HTC Vivid phone.
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That actually helped me out with my problem thanks because I couldn't get it to flash from cpu
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abdel12345 said:
That actually helped me out with my problem thanks because I couldn't get it to flash from cpu
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Cool. :thumbup:
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@bruce7373 it didnt work it just tells me flash_image not found when i put in the command and i checked and its there on the sd card
abdel12345 said:
@bruce7373 it didnt work it just tells me flash_image not found when i put in the command and i checked and its there on the sd card
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The IMG file is not found or flash_image itself isn't there? If you don't have flash_image, you can download it (I think there's a link on that page I referenced, or just Google it). If the former, you need to first navigate to the folder flash_image is in (/system/bin with the ROM I have on my N10), then run the command, making sure the IMG file is in the root of /sdcard.
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The IMG file is not found or flash_image itself isn't there? If you don't have flash_image, you can download it (I think there's a link on that page I referenced, or just Google it). If the former, you need to first navigate to the folder flash_image is in (/system/bin with the ROM I have on my N10), then run the command, making sure the IMG file is in the root of /sdcard.
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OK I'll try yhat
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This is a pretty specific question and i'm not sure this is the correct place to ask this but i recently installed the stock rom (Via Zip) on this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527806 . I flashed just the rom NOT including the bootloader (Because i don't know what it does) and the .97 radio because there seems to be some issues with it. Now, everything is working perfectly as it did before. What i'm wondering is after today's random new 4.4 factory image and ota update from Google (I think its krt16s); i know they are probably going to compile a flashable zip, and if they do what exactly do i need to do?
I'm extremely weary when i do these kind of things, the last time i flashed any sort of rom was on my OG RAZR. Would i have to install that new bootloader? (Also what exactly does it do) And would i have to wipe?
I can make the radio judgement on my own but i'm just not entirely sure.
If anyone could answer my questions that would be wonderful, i'm also sorry for posting this here, i'm not allowed to post in that thread because i'm "new" to the site.
Thanks!
you dont have to sorry as you are in the right section for asking questions.
You can either wait for a day or two for someone to post a flashable zip file. If someone do post it; all you have to do is copy it to your phone. Reboot to recovery mode; make sure you have cwm recovery installed. From there choose "install zip" > install zip from sdcard, choose the flashable zip. Once it finishes installing, clear cache partition and reboot. You will not lose anything in the phone.
If you want to install the new krt16s stock update. First, copy all of your files (pictures/music/data etc...) to your computer. This will wipeout everything. Download the image file. Open it with winrar or 7zip. Extract all the files to a folder. Connect your phone to the computer and reboot it to bootloader. Run the "flash-all.bat" file from the extracted files. Wait for it to finish. It will update everything (kernel, bootloader and the new 4.4)
You should know what something is before flashing them wildly, that's the easiest way for people to brick their phone by flashing something incompatible with their devices. Bootloader is the main program that boot first when you turn on to phone to make selftest and boot normally into the operating system kernel, with Nexus you can use it boot into recovery and flash images to partitions as well. It's very recommended to update it along with new Android version or you may run into issues. You should already know this since you had to access the bootloader screen to boot into the CWM recovery.
Stick with using CWM for now and flash the flashable zips. Just make a full backup of your device you can always restore it later. Just know that unless you flash radio separately (aka baseband), roms generally and should not come prepackaged with the baseband, so it is not affected when you flash a different rom, you have to upgrade it manually.
When you flash a new Android version, usually its recommended to do a factory reset in your recovery to avoid issues.
Installing factory image takes a few more steps and required using fastboot, but if you want to check the link in my sig. Also I recommend switching to TWRP recovery, but that's just me.
badboy47 said:
you dont have to sorry as you are in the right section for asking questions.
You can either wait for a day or two for someone to post a flashable zip file. If someone do post it; all you have to do is copy it to your phone. Reboot to recovery mode; make sure you have cwm recovery installed. From there choose "install zip" > install zip from sdcard, choose the flashable zip. Once it finishes installing, clear cache partition and reboot. You will not lose anything in the phone.
If you want to install the new krt16s stock update. First, copy all of your files (pictures/music/data etc...) to your computer. This will wipeout everything. Download the image file. Open it with winrar or 7zip. Extract all the files to a folder. Connect your phone to the computer and reboot it to bootloader. Run the "flash-all.bat" file from the extracted files. Wait for it to finish. It will update everything (kernel, bootloader and the new 4.4)
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I see, me personally, I'm not very fond of using adb; I haven't used it at all prior to yesterday. I may try this out, but should someone post the new kernel, boot loader, 4.4 and radios would that be the same as flashing the factory image?
This probably seems like a really stupid question but I wouldn't be smart to try to download the ota directly from the phone (via check for updates) would it?
joshvader8 said:
I see, me personally, I'm not very fond of using adb; I haven't used it at all prior to yesterday. I may try this out, but should someone post the new kernel, boot loader, 4.4 and radios would that be the same as flashing the factory image?
This probably seems like a really stupid question but I wouldn't be smart to try to download the ota directly from the phone (via check for updates) would it?
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You need to learn to use adb and fastboot if you want to be able to do advance things with the phones, or just avoid flashing too much, because once you run into trouble (especially due to using toolkits), you will not know how to recover your device.
If you want your device to be stock and able to receive OTA updates, in addition you also need your stock rom to be an "odexed" version, some roms are "deodexed" which will not receive OTA. You also need to have stock recovery, which CWM isn't.
eksasol said:
You need to learn to use adb and fastboot if you want to be able to do advance things with the phones, or just avoid flashing too much, because once you run into trouble (especially due to using toolkits), you will not know how to recover your device.
If you want your device to be stock and able to receive OTA updates, in addition you also need your stock rom to be an "odexed" version, some roms are "deodexed" which will not receive OTA. You also need to have stock recovery, which CWM isn't.
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Thank you! One more question, let's say I revert back to my nandroid back up. I backed my ROM up on Android 4.3 rooted and unlocked with CWM. If I flashed the 4.4 factory i image what exactly would happen? Would I boot into 4.4 absolutely stock? Or would I end up with 4.4 unlocked etc...?
Thank you for the help I really appreciate it. ☺
joshvader8 said:
Thank you! One more question, let's say I revert back to my nandroid back up. I backed my ROM up on Android 4.3 rooted and unlocked with CWM. If I flashed the 4.4 factory i image what exactly would happen? Would I boot into 4.4 absolutely stock? Or would I end up with 4.4 unlocked etc...?
Thank you for the help I really appreciate it. ☺
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When you flash factory image (using fastboot method), it will wipe your entire device and all user data, and you will boot into stock. Except if you do it manually you can prevent datas from wiping, follow these steps and pay attention to the red texts.
Sometimes apps data from older version can cause issues with newer version though, so a clean install is always best.
But if you have custom recovery, you can flashable stock roms, such as this one by fireb33, it's essentially the same as stock. Get the "odexed" version which is required to get OTA updates. Some peolpe say they can get OTA with custom recovery, but I have never tried that. The safest bet is to use fastboot to restore to stock recovery. You could also use custom recovery to flash OTA update packages to update versions that way.
As for backing up, people tends to call the backup "nandroids". After you do backup, if you're doing something that required the device to be wiped, you need to copy the backup to your pc. The CWM nandroids are usually located in 'clockworkmod' folder, but if you don't see it, search in "/data/media". I do not use CWM so I don't know what it allows you to back up, but generally "boot" (which is the kernel), system, and data partitions. It will not restore everything to stock such as your radio (baseband) or recovery.
I highly recommend switching to TWRP recovery, it will make flashing a lot easier.