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unroot using only sd card?

Ok so My phone is not recognized by a computer, i have tried different drivers, cords, ROMs, no matter what I do my phone is not recognized. I took it to the sprint store and the tech there who also has a rooted hero couldn't get it to mount either, the phone just doesn't bring up any mount notification at the top. I have a nandroid backup with stock ROM but even when I do that it is still rooted, they will not give me a new one until it is unrooted. My only other option is to make an insurance claim since I cannot flash it back to stock.
My Question: Is there any way to flash to stock and get unrooted using only my SD card (I can plug it into my card reader and it works fine). Thank you for any help you can give.

bee976 said:
Ok so My phone is not recognized by a computer, i have tried different drivers, cords, ROMs, no matter what I do my phone is not recognized. I took it to the sprint store and the tech there who also has a rooted hero couldn't get it to mount either, the phone just doesn't bring up any mount notification at the top. I have a nandroid backup with stock ROM but even when I do that it is still rooted, they will not give me a new one until it is unrooted. My only other option is to make an insurance claim since I cannot flash it back to stock.
My Question: Is there any way to flash to stock and get unrooted using only my SD card (I can plug it into my card reader and it works fine). Thank you for any help you can give.
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Sorry to report, the only option of unrooting is RUU, and this requires HTC Synch and a definate recognition on your PCs part.
Suggestions, anyone?

What version of Windows are you running? I have had issues with Windows 7 in the past. As weird as it sounds once I loaded PDAnet from the market on to my phone and the PDAnet client onto my computer. My phone was recognized. Is your computer charging the phone when plugged in?

its possible.. but you'd need Flashrec, an unrooted original 1.5 rom, and the original recovery image..
ie: use the custom recovery to flash the unrooted rom, then flashrec to flash the original recovery image.. then remove flashrec..
just an idea!

This brings up another question....
What does Sprint actually check?
Do you really have to get back to 100% stock, or would putting the original recovery image on get you through?
Any current or former Sprint techs willing to chime in? Just how perfect do we have to get it?

chavo2005 said:
its possible.. but you'd need Flashrec, an unrooted original 1.5 rom, and the original recovery image..
ie: use the custom recovery to flash the unrooted rom, then flashrec to flash the original recovery image.. then remove flashrec..
just an idea!
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Actually, that just might work! Great idea chavo, very intuitive thinking!

I take back my last statement. I read somewhere flashrec doesnt work after youv flashed your imahe....google the unlockrs method on flashing a new recovery once already rooted; i think it involves some adb though :-(
Idk, thats as much as i know

I know it works.. but I have an unrooted rom in a nandroid backup from when rooting the Sprint Hero first started.. lol not many people have those laying around, as most used the Asroot2 method of rooting and not Flashrec to flash the recovery.

chavo2005 said:
I know it works.. but I have an unrooted rom in a nandroid backup from when rooting the Sprint Hero first started.. lol not many people have those laying around, as most used the Asroot2 method of rooting and not Flashrec to flash the recovery.
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Yes...good lock finding a 100% stock 1.5 rom.
Could someone link/upload if they have acess?

mountaindont said:
Yes...good lock finding a 100% stock 1.5 rom.
Could someone link/upload if they have acess?
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I have my first nandroid from when I followed this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583291
Would that be enough? Of was it already too modified when I did the nandroid backup?
(disclaimer: It might take me a bit to dig it out....)

subliminalurge said:
I have my first nandroid from when I followed this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583291
Would that be enough? Of was it already too modified when I did the nandroid backup?
(disclaimer: It might take me a bit to dig it out....)
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Your nandroid wont work on another phone, and if it did, it would synch your contacts to their phones, passwords, apps, the whole shindig. Bad idea
We'll have to beg a dev for a stock 1.5 rom

you can use a nandroid from another Sprint Hero.. done that too when i got my replacement phone! If anyones willing..
RUU, don't sign into google. Download and install Flashrec and flash the recovery through that and create a nandroid backup.. it will be clean

chavo2005 said:
you can use a nandroid from another Sprint Hero.. done that too when i got my replacement phone! If anyones willing..
RUU, don't sign into google. Download and install Flashrec and flash the recovery through that and create a nandroid backup.. it will be clean
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Once again, very intuitive thinking! I thought maybe nandroid was device specific.
Sorry, no way in hell im RUU'ing after all the bricks. Ill stick with dcv2, its stock enough for me

mountaindont said:
Once again, very intuitive thinking! I thought maybe nandroid was device specific.
Sorry, no way in hell im RUU'ing after all the bricks. Ill stick with dcv2, its stock enough for me
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Nandroid is device specific to a point.. If you go in to the nandroid folder on the SD card you will see a folder labled HT********** that is specific to your phone, however you can take a nandroid from another phone and place it in that folder and backup from that.
i'd do the RUU but i'm using the updated radio.

I use a mac, but if indeed it isn't the windows driver, and you have tried other roms, then it only leaves the kernel (and the usb cable and phone usb hwd ).
So use what ever methods you used for the rom flashing, and flash a kernel.
Some ideas : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625940&page=1
( start at page 1 )
Just a thought.

isn't the nandroid image made right AFTER you root?
so then, that wouldn't be what you want.
Extract the stock rom from the RUU

ok.. here's an unrooted 1.5 Nandroid back up.
http://www.4shared.com/file/250722598/a6eddc31/NoRootNandroid.html
Download the zip, extract.. and place the folder NoRootNand on the SD card in SDCARD/nandroid/HT**********/
Boot into recovery, select restore as you would if you were restoring a backup you made -->Nand Restore-->HT**********--> and choose to restore NoRootNand
I'm using the RA-heroc-v1.6.2 recovery, so I am unable to verify if this is will work with an older recovery image.
if you have any questions feel free to ask.

Wow thank you everyone for all of the advice, i had all but given up hope since I had been all over google looking for an answer for about 2 weeks. I will try the nandroid backup above and report back. thank you everyone again, you may have just saved me an insurance claim.

Wow, glad I found this thread. I'm downloading that nandroid image right now because I'm going to probably end up taking my Hero in to get the dust cleaned out later this week. I think another option would be to extract the RUU and get the ROM.zip out of it, and then just flash that.

chavo2005 said:
ok.. here's an unrooted 1.5 Nandroid back up.
http://www.4shared.com/file/250722598/a6eddc31/NoRootNandroid.html
Download the zip, extract.. and place the folder NoRootNand on the SD card in SDCARD/nandroid/HT**********/
Boot into recovery, select restore as you would if you were restoring a backup you made -->Nand Restore-->HT**********--> and choose to restore NoRootNand
I'm using the RA-heroc-v1.6.2 recovery, so I am unable to verify if this is will work with an older recovery image.
if you have any questions feel free to ask.
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Ok I tried this and I am still rooted afterwards. I think that if you go to the sprint store and they can hit volume down and power, and get to the recovery menu then they will not take it back, no matter if the rom u are running is stock or not. any other ideas?

Im having problem with installing a CWM flashable addon...

hi
I have a samsung note which i rooted when i bought it. when i go to recovery mode sig cwm and trying to install this auto brightness mod from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373008
I get the error
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
any ideas what could be causing this? Im pretty new to android... used to have an Iphone
ps: when I start CWM it says "This version of CWM manager should be used with CF-Root v5.0 or newer.
It appears you are running a different kernel. Various features has been disabled."
and also when entering recovery mode I get an error which says "Can't access to '/system/csc/XEF/system/"

my phone is a mess now ((
ive flashed kernel with cd-root 5.0 ..then seemed like cwm issue was fixed
then i added auto brightness update and now the phone is totally messed up :O
when phone started it didnt ask for pin... i keep hearing the samsung boot sound and the screen goes on and off with menu showing..
please someone help the noob (

i am able to go to recovery mode...any chance i can redo the last mess i did??

Ok, hope you have made a backup (nandroid or Titanium), because now that you are in this situation the best way to recover is to flash an other ROM (custom or stock) and wipe cache & Dakvik-cache, depending if you use a WIPE or NON-WIPE Rom, you might get back your "stuffs". Try first to flash a Stock NON WIPE ROM for your country for ex. and clear cache and dalvik and see how it goes, you might have to manually clear data from som apps that will FC (or even uninstall and reinstall them if clear data is not enough) but has long that you have access to CWM your note is not brick you can always "repair" it good luck.
When you wanted to try patch/mod apk:
- first verify it apply to your build (KKA or such)
- second do a nandroid, and if anythings goes wrong you can always restore to previous state
Good luck
PS: for the kernel missmatch it is not that big of a deal, some kernel have been built in order to have access to some features from CWM from the running OS itself while other does not, but has long that you can go manually in CWM you can do manually all things from there

jayGGjay said:
Ok, hope you have made a backup (nandroid or Titanium), because now that you are in this situation the best way to recover is to flash an other ROM (custom or stock) and wipe cache & Dakvik-cache, depending if you use a WIPE or NON-WIPE Rom, you might get back your "stuffs". Try first to flash a Stock NON WIPE ROM for your country for ex. and clear cache and dalvik and see how it goes, you might have to manually clear data from som apps that will FC (or even uninstall and reinstall them if clear data is not enough) but has long that you have access to CWM your note is not brick you can always "repair" it good luck.
When you wanted to try patch/mod apk:
- first verify it apply to your build (KKA or such)
- second do a nandroid, and if anythings goes wrong you can always restore to previous state
Good luck
PS: for the kernel missmatch it is not that big of a deal, some kernel have been built in order to have access to some features from CWM from the running OS itself while other does not, but has long that you can go manually in CWM you can do manually all things from there
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thanks for the reply..
another noob q... when I rooted it the first time I just put the stock rom onm y sc card and flashed, but now since it wont go to the phone menu, my pc cants see my phone...
so the question is, how do i put the rom file on the phone to flash it?
I dont have a microsd reader either

btw
i did take a titanium back ..its on the phones sd card

Ok, do you have another phone or sdcard reader somewhere, in order to transfer the ROM in it then you can put it back in your NOTE and flash it. If not you are in a not so good situation, you can always go to CWM plug the usb cable, go to advance settings mount the sdcard and with adb you can push the ROM in your sdcard.
For adb, you have to install KIES to have to right driver, then download adb from android sdk then from a command prompt go to your adb folder (put the ROM in it) and then from the command "adb push MYROM /sdcard/" and you you should see it transfer to your sdcard.
For the titanium, it will be use only if you use a WIPE rom and once booted OK install Titanium and restore everythings. GL

jayGGjay said:
Ok, do you have another phone or sdcard reader somewhere, in order to transfer the ROM in it then you can put it back in your NOTE and flash it. If not you are in a not so good situation, you can always go to CWM plug the usb cable, go to advance settings mount the sdcard and with adb you can push the ROM in your sdcard.
For adb, you have to install KIES to have to right driver, then download adb from android sdk then from a command prompt go to your adb folder (put the ROM in it) and then from the command "adb push MYROM /sdcard/" and you you should see it transfer to your sdcard.
For the titanium, it will be use only if you use a WIPE rom and once booted OK install Titanium and restore everythings. GL
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I used odin to flash the stock rom, rooted & now restoring now with titanium everything seems fine & dandy ..
Im not gonna touch anything until the ICS is out ..hehe
Merry xmas to you!

This little issue should not scare you that much, the things you should remember from that is to always make a nandroid backup before falshing anythings or changing things.
Do not stop "messing" around your phone because a that experience, go for it but REMEMBER ALWAYS HAVE A VALID BACKUP.
Merry Xmas to you and all the other too

jayGGjay said:
This little issue should not scare you that much, the things you should remember from that is to always make a nandroid backup before falshing anythings or changing things.
Do not stop "messing" around your phone because a that experience, go for it but REMEMBER ALWAYS HAVE A VALID BACKUP.
Merry Xmas to you and all the other too
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well ..titanium backup screwed me pretty good... apparently sms/contacts was not backed up by default

For contact use google sync and your google accounts
For sms use SMS backup and restore or some other backup (some apk can backup your SMS in your gmail account also)
Sorry to hear for your "lost"
That is why you should always have a nandroid to be able to extract what (backup the working one, restore the old one backup your contaact and email, then restore your new ROM and restore your missing stuffs) is missing and restore to your new ROM
GL

jayGGjay said:
For contact use google sync and your google accounts
For sms use SMS backup and restore or some other backup (some apk can backup your SMS in your gmail account also)
Sorry to hear for your "lost"
That is why you should always have a nandroid to be able to extract what (backup the working one, restore the old one backup your contaact and email, then restore your new ROM and restore your missing stuffs) is missing and restore to your new ROM
GL
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It was my own fault. I took for granted that titanium backed up everything by default I acrtually had sms backup/restore on the phone.. hehe
well... these stuff happen when Im on new platforms. Im gonna go trough this forum to figure more about flashing costume roms.

Problem flashing 4.3 rom with CWM,

I'm trying to install Manta-JWR66V-Rooted_Odex_Busybox.zip. I've made a back up of my old data and then wiped data and did a factory reset. I tried installing the new rom from the sd card with CWM after that but get the message below. If anybody knows what the issue is please help me I've tried multiple times and haven't gotten anywhere. I'm running 4.2 on my tablet because I haven't been able to flash anything in the past.
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log please open rom manager to report issue.

Try twrp.
a manta wrote this.

I think I really screwed up. I got TWRP on my tablet now, but the zip still wasn't loading. I decided to delete my other partitions which had my backup on it. So now I don't have an OS. Eh. I shouldn't be doing this as tired as I am right now. Hopefully there is a way to load an OS back onto it via USB.

Shadow_Boxer said:
I think I really screwed up. I got TWRP on my tablet now, but the zip still wasn't loading. I decided to delete my other partitions which had my backup on it. So now I don't have an OS. Eh. I shouldn't be doing this as tired as I am right now. Hopefully there is a way to load an OS back onto it via USB.
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Yes, you can use adb sideload inside twrp. For more info Google is your friend.
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Shadow_Boxer said:
I think I really screwed up. I got TWRP on my tablet now, but the zip still wasn't loading. I decided to delete my other partitions which had my backup on it. So now I don't have an OS. Eh. I shouldn't be doing this as tired as I am right now. Hopefully there is a way to load an OS back onto it via USB.
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fastboot will save you in the end. Or adb sideload as well.

Rirere said:
fastboot will save you in the end. Or adb sideload as well.
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Fastboot did save me. Thanks.

[Q] Help walk-through post root/unlocked bootloader process

My apologies if this has been covered. I've successfully rooted and unlocked the bootloader. I've tried my best to do a lot of reading including going through item by item in the xda wiki glossary but I'm still a little confused/want clarification before I actually do anything with my phone.
My goals are:
1) To create a full .img backup of my current system so I can always go back to it if needed/worst case scenario
2) Create a list of all my installed apps. Backup a few select apps that contain data within them that does not get backed up in the cloud or appear in a copyable source anywhere when i browse the phone directories (an app called Pattrn specifically that stores favorited background images..)
3) wipe/clear the my current incarnation of kitkat and re-install it 'fresh' (possibly without the bloat?), then reload desired apps.
4) create a backup .img of this new instance.
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I'm generally pretty quick to learn technical content but I've honestly tried to fully grok the steps for the last two weeks and haven't gotten there/understand enough to be confident to do what I think I need to do.
can take this to PM if anyone has some patience to work with me. Gladly donate to any app you make or paypal a few bucks if you can help walk me through this..
My understanding is that I need to get TWRP or CWM installed in order to get a custom recovery (as opposed to a stock recovery process)---which will allow me to do step 3. But even getting TWRP going I'm confused..
Thanks

water- said:
My apologies if this has been covered. I've successfully rooted and unlocked the bootloader. I've tried my best to do a lot of reading including going through item by item in the xda wiki glossary but I'm still a little confused/want clarification before I actually do anything with my phone.
My understanding is that I need to get TWRP or CWM installed in order to get a custom recovery (as opposed to a stock recovery process)---which will allow me to do step 3. But even getting TWRP going I'm confused..
Thanks
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can't help with everything..but with custom recovery..the easiest way is download flashify from play store and flash recovery image with itfrom here http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/ you have a Razr M on kitkat use this one http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/msm8960/TWRP2710-RAZR_M-KITKAT.img
copy it to sdcard or internal storage...open flashify and select recovery image then choose the downloaded file..flash it and restart

water- said:
My apologies if this has been covered. I've successfully rooted and unlocked the bootloader. I've tried my best to do a lot of reading including going through item by item in the xda wiki glossary but I'm still a little confused/want clarification before I actually do anything with my phone.
My goals are:
1) To create a full .img backup of my current system so I can always go back to it if needed/worst case scenario
2) Create a list of all my installed apps. Backup a few select apps that contain data within them that does not get backed up in the cloud or appear in a copyable source anywhere when i browse the phone directories (an app called Pattrn specifically that stores favorited background images..)
3) wipe/clear the my current incarnation of kitkat and re-install it 'fresh' (possibly without the bloat?), then reload desired apps.
4) create a backup .img of this new instance.
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I'm generally pretty quick to learn technical content but I've honestly tried to fully grok the steps for the last two weeks and haven't gotten there/understand enough to be confident to do what I think I need to do.
can take this to PM if anyone has some patience to work with me. Gladly donate to any app you make or paypal a few bucks if you can help walk me through this..
My understanding is that I need to get TWRP or CWM installed in order to get a custom recovery (as opposed to a stock recovery process)---which will allow me to do step 3. But even getting TWRP going I'm confused..
Thanks
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Well, with TWRP, there is an option to back up your current system, data, and boot image.
So, let's say you make a backup your stock kitkat rom, you can wipe that, install a compatible rom. And if that fails or you do not like it, you can boot back into TWRP and restore the backup you made with the restore option.
I'm not too sure what you are asking about your apps, but with titanium backup, you can backup any app + their current data. For example, lets say you backup your favorite browser and it has everything just the way you want it, you can back it up with titanium backup, flash your rom, and restore it with titanium backup.
Not sure if that was what you were asking with #2, but if you have another question, ask away. I'm on a road trip so I have plenty of time.
Sent from my DROID RAZR M using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

crazy4android said:
can't help with everything..but with custom recovery..the easiest way is download flashify from play store and flash recovery image with itfrom here [link] you have a Razr M on kitkat use this one.. [link]
copy it to sdcard or internal storage...open flashify and select recovery image then choose the downloaded file..flash it and restart
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thank you for your fast response, I appreciate it. I can do this--can you just clarify for me to define specifically what 'custom recovery' means?
I might be over-thinking it but I'm still trying to actually understand what custom recovery means-I assume it is in contrast to the current recovery which is still whatever shipped with the phone from verizon/motorola? So the above .img is a kitkat-base recovery (possibly without verizon bloat?)
Thanks

poppers162 said:
Well, with TWRP, there is an option to back up your current system, data, and boot image.
So, let's say you make a backup your stock kitkat rom, you can wipe that, install a compatible rom. And if that fails or you do not like it, you can boot back into TWRP and restore the backup you made with the restore option.
I'm not too sure what you are asking about your apps, but with titanium backup, you can backup any app + their current data. For example, lets say you backup your favorite browser and it has everything just the way you want it, you can back it up with titanium backup, flash your rom, and restore it with titanium backup.
Not sure if that was what you were asking with #2, but if you have another question, ask away. I'm on a road trip so I have plenty of time.
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Thank you too for your response!
So yes, I would like to use TWRP for that--make a backup of my current stock rom in all aspects, then start with a fresh instance. Does doing the step the above poster linked basically get TWRP installed as a custom recovery---which then gives me the options to create those backups in the bootloader menu? again sorry for my confusion, I've read the guides and how-to but I'm getting tripped up on some of the lingo/definitions.
On #2 Yes, that is basically what I wanted--I've got titanium backup installed and have backed up a few of these programs to my SD card already. Only have a handful of programs that have any customization that I care to retain.

water- said:
thank you for your fast response, I appreciate it. I can do this--can you just clarify for me to define specifically what 'custom recovery' means?
I might be over-thinking it but I'm still trying to actually understand what custom recovery means-I assume it is in contrast to the current recovery which is still whatever shipped with the phone from verizon/motorola? So the above .img is a kitkat-base recovery (possibly without verizon bloat?)
Thanks
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you can do diff things like poppers162 mentioned you can backup ur entire rom with it...its very easy to flash nd very user friendly to navigate..no the above is a recovery img...you can boot ur phone into it once you flash it..then from there you can backup ur stock rom..and install/flash custom roms with bloat removed..
or another option is just freeze the apps you don't want with titanium backup..its almost as effective as uninstalling

Okay.. I've got TWRP going and creating a backup of my current system onto an external SD card. .. progress.
I've already backed up everything I desired in titanium.
Next up doing a 'clean' start in kitkat--or a slightly improved version. I realize at this point maybe things become more subjective to people's preferences.. I'm not looking to go to CM. I found some stock or a very-nearly-stock version of kitkat I can now 'start' fresh with--the google play edition? or do I need to download "Android 4.4.2 Blur_Version.183.46.10.XT907.Verizon.en.US"? I guess I need some more help at this point. Verizon is my carrier..
Thanks--do appreciate the help! :good:

water- said:
Okay.. I've got TWRP going and creating a backup of my current system onto an external SD card. .. progress.
I've already backed up everything I desired in titanium.
Next up doing a 'clean' start in kitkat--or a slightly improved version. I realize at this point maybe things become more subjective to people's preferences.. I'm not looking to go to CM. I found some stock or a very-nearly-stock version of kitkat I can now 'start' fresh with--the google play edition? or do I need to download "Android 4.4.2 Blur_Version.183.46.10.XT907.Verizon.en.US"? I guess I need some more help at this point. Verizon is my carrier..
Thanks--do appreciate the help! :good:
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Android 4.4.2 Blur_Version.183.46.10.XT907.Verizon.en.US is complete stock with all the verison bloatware...as for the google play edition..i don't know if theres a flashable rom..the one in the Droid RAZR M Android Development is for fastboot i think..not sure and i myself havent looked into how to fastboot a fxz

water- said:
Okay.. I've got TWRP going and creating a backup of my current system onto an external SD card. .. progress.
I've already backed up everything I desired in titanium.
Next up doing a 'clean' start in kitkat--or a slightly improved version. I realize at this point maybe things become more subjective to people's preferences.. I'm not looking to go to CM. I found some stock or a very-nearly-stock version of kitkat I can now 'start' fresh with--the google play edition? or do I need to download "Android 4.4.2 Blur_Version.183.46.10.XT907.Verizon.en.US"? I guess I need some more help at this point. Verizon is my carrier..
Thanks--do appreciate the help! :good:
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There's only a handful of roms compatible with the kitkat 3.4 kernel. I, personally, love cm11 test build. It's been going great. I would give it a try. If you don't like it, you have your backup!
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Kitstalk ran pretty smoothly minus the speaker phone issues I like it but I've always been a fan of beanstalk... that was a few days ago when I flashed it so it may be fixed now I haven't checked on it...
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success..95% or so
wanted to follow up here.. some of the terms finally clicked in my mind to understand the functions of recovery/fastboot/bootloader/flashing..etc. I wonder if there is a flow-chart type diagram available out there--that type of thing would have really helped to understand--being able to visualize where these different aspects interact and where files etc line up with them.
Short version: successfully running GPE rom smoothly and enjoyably on a 'clean' system.
needless to say I used TWRP to backup my system. And Titanium for specific apps. Used rsdlite to flash the GPE rom from the forum here. Then I factor reset the rom, then I think I formatted internal storage space?? --at that juncture I was a little less clear what the specific sequence should have been to 'start fresh'. Should I have factory reset my device before flashing the rom? Or maybe it really doesn't matter.
Thanks for everyone's help. One thing that didn't migrate over through gcloud backups--embedded images in text msging program. relatively small loss though
cheers

Can't restore previous backup from Safestrap on new phone!

I received a replacement S5 today because my previous phone had a screen defect. I was running a custom rom through safestrap. When I did the initial install of safestrap I did a stock rom backup. I then loaded my custom rom on the phone and had it fully configured the way I like it. Before I sent my phone off for replacement I did a backup of my custom rom and saved it on my external sd memory card.
Flash forward to the new phone. I root it, install safestrap, boot into recovery and go to restore and my custom rom backup is not listed there as an option to restore to. Is there something additional I need to do to allow this new phone to restore that previous backup? Are the backups some how tagged to only work on a specific serial number or something?
Any assistance is greatly appreciated. I'm new to safestrap so hopefully its something simple I'm missing within the settings. If I go to the internal file manager within safestrap I can browse to my backup so I know its there and visible on the memory card, it just will not show up as an option to restore from when I access that menu within safestrap.
Thanks

Update - I was able to fix it. For anyone else that may run into this issue all I did was create a new nandroid backup of my new phone and it created a new folder that safestrap was referencing for this specific phone. I then copied the folder of my previous backup from my broken phone to the new folder for my new phone and safestrap was able to see the backup. I selected it and installed it and all is golden and back to normal on my new handset.

Wow.....That is super lame of SafeStrap! I just stumbled upon this thread while searching for a solution to this issue. I was stumped. Thanks a BUNCH! Really freaking stupid that this happens though. Should be better documented.

Stupifier said:
Wow.....That is super lame of SafeStrap! I just stumbled upon this thread while searching for a solution to this issue. I was stumped. Thanks a BUNCH! Really freaking stupid that this happens though. Should be better documented.
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Hashcode was just trying to save some poor fools phone. Someone would try and restore the backup from the wrong firmware onto their phone and blame him.