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Stock rom image

Anyone got a stock rom image I can have a copy of?
For some reason my backup is messed up and when I flash the backup wifi does not want to turn on.
Thank you

You can get the stock firmware from Asus website.
When restoring your backup, you might need to flash the kernel again as it does not get restore.

[Q] Backup stock kernel

How can I backup my stock kernel and drivers before I flash a new one?

Download the factory images and pull out the boot.img. When you want to go back to the stock kernel just flash it in fastboot.
There's lots of ways... if you're not aware of them then do your homework before you mess up your phone.

[Q] Restore CWM backup on CM11

Hello guys.
I want to downgrade my defy+ from CM11 to stock android.
Before update the recovery and install CM11 i made a backup with CWM and now i want to restore this backup.
How can i do this? Can i install CWM using the kitkat on my phone?
Sorry for the dumb question, but I'm afraid of doing something wrong.

lucashs said:
Hello guys.
I want to downgrade my defy+ from CM11 to stock android.
Before update the recovery and install CM11 i made a backup with CWM and now i want to restore this backup.
How can i do this? Can i install CWM using the kitkat on my phone?
Sorry for the dumb question, but I'm afraid of doing something wrong.
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I have discovered that I need it too because my phone is loked and, to enter my carrier unlock code, i need to restore my backup made with CWM.
Looking for the same.

Yesterday i have installed 2ndInit to get back CWM recovery and restore my original stock ROM image.
Android can not complete the full boot, showing the intro of my carrier during a hour while loading Android.
Reinstalled TWRP and recovered my CM11 backup.
I will try again and, if not suceded, i will flash my carrier SBF to unlock my phone.
I will inform any news about CWM restore stock ROM.

TicoDePano said:
Yesterday i have installed 2ndInit to get back CWM recovery and restore my original stock ROM image.
Android can not complete the full boot, showing the intro of my carrier during a hour while loading Android.
Reinstalled TWRP and recovered my CM11 backup.
I will try again and, if not suceded, i will flash my carrier SBF to unlock my phone.
I will inform any news about CWM restore stock ROM.
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I think this happens because the roms use different file systems
Try the Aroma Wiper to change the file system:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2202674
I'll try this, but now i'm without time, then i report if it work.

I got my phone working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/motorola-defy/help/tim-brasil-signal-cm11-t2824983#post54683596
About revert to stock ROM, only doing a factory reset to format my data partition fix the boot (I did not try AROMA or safewipe.zip).
I do not tried to restore data from my stock dump after got my phone working because it was not my objective, but i think that it is possible and simple after get it working.
Thanks.

Backup restore failed

I have the s5 900f. I'm not new to custom ROMs and thought I'd give one a go for the s5.
Done system backup with twrp and flashed bliss. The ROMs is but I preferred the stock. Anyway I done a full wipe and then selected the restore. All seems to go well and the restore completes. But when restart the phone it starts to boot then fails. No error message or anything. OK I know I can flash another stock rom but I had the back just how I wanted it with all my settings and customisation.

I read a lot about the partitions being changed with a custom rom which can cause a restore to fail. I will flash a stock ROM then once I get it working I will try a restore again. Do I need to flash the pit file?

OK so previously have had htcs. On those I had to flash the bootloader via fastboot and then flash the ROM from recovery. Is it right that with the s5 the bootloader is bundled and flashed with the custom ROM? So when I reflashed the backup the phone still had the bootloader from the customer ROM? Can someone confirm if that is correct or not? I know how to fix my phone but I also like to learn and under stand what happenened.

Just flash the G900F PIT file along with a stock ROM in ODIN

PIT files should be avoided there are many risks while flashing them, albeit the procedure is as easy as it gets.
I would recommend getting Titanium Backup (i have the pro version so i don't know whether what i'm about to suggest is available in the free version or not) and then using titanium to "Extract from Nandroid backup" in the Main Menu and scrolling down to Special Backup/Restore

Hi Guys, I downloaded the stock rom from sammymobile and flashed it via odin. It also reset my recovery to stock as well but was is easy enough to fix
I then made sure the reactivation lock was turned off and reflashed my recovery back and I then reflashed my original backup recovery and success!
Tp recap if anyone else has this problem....
Download and flash the original stock rom,
Boot the phone and turn off the reactivation lock (you dont need to bother with account setup)
Flash the recovery (must be the same one you used for your backup)
Flash your saved backup
Done
Hopefully this gelps someone who finds themselves in my pickle.
To be honest after coming from HTCs I never appreciated the differences when it comes to rooting, customs roms etc. I now do!

OTA questions

Hi, Ive recently rooted my phone and was just wondering what I need to do to get OTA for marshmallow in the future and I have a few questions about stock rom.
1. Do I lose root when flashing stock rom?
2. Do my apps and data get deleted when I flash stock rom?
3. Do I lose TWRP and revert to stock recovery when I flash stock rom?
Noob here, so thanks in advance

Marshmallow OTA, you are very optimistic mate, might take 3 months if not more.
Anyway, to answer your queries, yes, flashing stock ROM via Odin removes everything, I mean it removes root, it removes any custom recovery and restores stock recovery. But no it won't wipe your internal memory, but here again there are some firmwares where the devices does get wiped out, but I don't know exactly which one are those! But most firmwares don't touch your internal memory. But if you are coming from a custom ROM then it is highly recommended (mandatory actually) to completely wipe the phone using a custom recovery and then only flash stock ROM.
About thanks, hit the metre, saying thanks doesn't mean anything here in XDA