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Reverting everything back to stock

Hello, first of all sorry if a thread like this already exists. I have finals at medical school and have no time to search for it and read post by post.
I have to put my Nexus 7 to repair because my screen is damaged. It has a yellow tint on many spots over the screen, and it is getting worse over the time. My device is rooted, bootloader unlocked, with custom rom and kernel. Please provide me a step by step guide, how to revert everything back to stock rom, stock kernel and lock bootloader and uproot. Or whatever more there is for putting it to a state where they won't find that I tinkered with the device.
The screen issue is hardware related, and I haven't touched anything hardware - wise, so please note that my actions couldn't damage the device the way it is damaged.
Thank you for your help.

[GUIDE] Flashing a Factory Image with fastboot / return to stock

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S4 user wanting some advice

Hello All,
New to owning an android device and so far I like it, well that is Is like android, but not the slow and sometimes laggy touchwizz
I think I want to root and flash a 4.2.2 Rom onto my phone.
I have a few questions for you guys though.
Is rooting and installing a flashed ROM easy?
Once I have gone to a flashed ROM I assume I can only update be flashing a new ROM?
Is there ever a way to put my Galaxy S4 to a state in which you'd never know it had been modyfied?
I notice there are ROMS to go back to touchwizz, do they have the automatic updates as originally intended by Samsung?
Thanks in advance

Ryandonovan22 said:
Hello All,
New to owning an android device and so far I like it, well that is Is like android, but not the slow and sometimes laggy touchwizz
I think I want to root and flash a 4.2.2 Rom onto my phone.
I have a few questions for you guys though.
Is rooting and installing a flashed ROM easy?
Once I have gone to a flashed ROM I assume I can only update be flashing a new ROM?
Is there ever a way to put my Galaxy S4 to a state in which you'd never know it had been modyfied?
I notice there are ROMS to go back to touchwizz, do they have the automatic updates as originally intended by Samsung?
Thanks in advance
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Here isn't the right place for questions. There is an exclusive section only for that. Over XDA is possible to find a lot of tutorials teaching how to root and install a custom ROM. Root is easy, it was released CF-Auto-Root, you just need install drivers, odin and flash on your phone. In order to install a rom you need to do a similar process to use custom recovery that will be able to install ROM's.
If you have i9505 you can use Triangle Away app that will erase any trace. But if you have i9500 (octa), that isn't possible (yet, as people say). But you always can return to stock rom, kernel, etc.
If i'm not saying a mistake, some rom's allow you to receive updates.

Yes it's fairly easy. There are tons of guides here and on YouTube. Takes like 2 minutes.
That's correct.
You can revert back to stock and get official updates yes. There's a tool/app called triangle away that you need to run, then boot recovery and do a wipe. After that go in to download mode and flash stock rom from Odin. Maybe this wasn't the most detailed response hehe. I always recommend to beginners to look up a guide on YouTube that shows this step by step. Then it's difficult to fail
If you run in to problems just come back here and ask. Also don't forget to do a backup of your stock rom from your recovery just in case.
Skickat från min GT-I9505 med Tapatalk 4 Beta

It is easy and difficult at the same time
First of all, it does not hurt to be computer-savy. Your phone is a little computer, nothing else.
If you know what a Bootloader is and a Kernel and a ROM and if you know what an administrator is and if you can install Windows on a PC, you shouldn't have much troubles. Even better is when you already have some Linux knowledge.
OTOH if you are the type of person who has difficulties using a computer at all, or if you think Windows 7 is too complicated to handle, you will face more difficulties (OTOH you will learn a lot!).
So the rule of thump is:
As long as you follow instructions, but do not know what the hell you are doing, follow all instructions very closely. As you progress, you will know what you do, and then it gets much easier.
Have fun!

Done it!
Was easier than I imagined.
I've installed custom ROM's reverted back to a backup and the likes, just taking it through the motions so I know how to do everything.
My next question is.... How to I remove CWM Recovery if I want the phone to go completely back to stock?

Ryandonovan22 said:
My next question is....
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Moved to Q&A section.

Just flash stock rom via odin founded in sammobile. there is stock roms, just put the unique file in PDA and start. It contains recovery, kernel, region customization and modem. Do wipe data and cache before flash. If it stop in boot logo, enter stock recovery and do wipe cache, and a factory reset.
Enviado de meu GT-I9500 usando Tapatalk

I just want to add a small note here,as I just started rooting and flashing.PLEASE backup everything ,literally everything.Without backing up the state where your phone is not rooted and not flashed, there is no way you can go back to that state.
Also use nandroid backup and a backing up app which backs up your ESF files.

noob, note 8.0 lte, getting back to stock from cwm

Just running this by, to see if i have everything correct.
if i have cwm installed, regardless of model,
to install a stock firmware from samsung, thus basicaly resetting my device back to stock,
i can go into cwm and install this,
http://samsung-updates.com/details/12916/Galaxy_Note_8.0_LTE_Canada/SGH-I467M/RWC/I467MVLAMG2.html
since thats my model,
and it will restore the device to factory settings, correct?
will this wipe out cwm or will cwm stay?
also, can i do this from odin?
if so,
as long as one can get there device into download mode, they can restore the device correct?
and if thats the case, what are the ways that one may wipe out that portion of the device?
is that part of the bootloader?
or is it part of the kernal,
sorry for such noob questions...
i am really new to rom flashing, but really want to get good at it.
thanks everyone in advance,
ths forum is amazing, and all you people are amazing.

Samsung devices are pretty easy to restore and hard to brick, as long as you have some firmware you can flash through Odin. Download mode should remain intact even if you mess up the bootloader/system.
I haven't looked at the link you provided, but assuming the downloads there are in Odin format, flashing back to stock should be easy as pie.
If however, you don't have Odin flashable firmware, and you ahve soemthign that needs to be flashed via fastboot/recovery, then I'm hoping your recovery is still intact and you can boot to it via Volume Up + Home + Power. If you can get into it, you should be able to load firmware onto a MicroSD card and flash from there.
GhostCyber said:
Just running this by, to see if i have everything correct.
if i have cwm installed, regardless of model,
to install a stock firmware from samsung, thus basicaly resetting my device back to stock,
i can go into cwm and install this,
http://samsung-updates.com/details/12916/Galaxy_Note_8.0_LTE_Canada/SGH-I467M/RWC/I467MVLAMG2.html
since thats my model,
and it will restore the device to factory settings, correct?
will this wipe out cwm or will cwm stay?
also, can i do this from odin?
if so,
as long as one can get there device into download mode, they can restore the device correct?
and if thats the case, what are the ways that one may wipe out that portion of the device?
is that part of the bootloader?
or is it part of the kernal,
sorry for such noob questions...
i am really new to rom flashing, but really want to get good at it.
thanks everyone in advance,
ths forum is amazing, and all you people are amazing.
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sorted!
Got it sorted, thanks very much..:good::laugh:

Truly return to stock, no TWRP, stock sys, un root, step-by-step, will consider tipng

I've read the threads that returned when i typed my title and they all have caveats and/or problems I've encountered before., e.g., bootloop, etc. or I've rooted phones before and with TWRP or CWM recovery, you can flash a stock ROM, but the phone will still be "modified" and then you have those problems.
Q: Is it possible to return the device back to stock form in entirety (I don't care if "tampered message appears) I just want a stock recovery, stock system to be able to take OTA (or lack thereof.).
The roots I've down in the past suggest that once TWRP or CWM is installed, they're there forever. Is this incorrect?
I bought this X Play with a horrible ROM that I hate.
If I just flash a stock ROM, then I'll still have to deal with possible OTAs that may cause problems, but if I'm not rooted, then I can take thew safely. I think
I may have answered my own question.
Thanks in advance for any help

Yes. You absolutely can return to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-play/general/guide-how-to-flash-factory-image-return-t3261486
Keep in mind that the when you get to the fastboot command procedures, they are wrong. Surprisingly it still hasn't been updated with the correct procedures.
Go to the 4th page of that thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...-to-flash-factory-image-return-t3261486/page4
Look for the post by @dev>null that says correct fastboot procedure.

FanDroid09 said:
Yes. You absolutely can return to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-play/general/guide-how-to-flash-factory-image-return-t3261486
Keep in mind that the when you get to the fastboot command procedures, they are wrong. Surprisingly it still hasn't been updated with the correct procedures.
Go to the 4th page of that thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...-to-flash-factory-image-return-t3261486/page4
Look for the post by @dev>null that says correct fastboot procedure.
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Thanks again for pointing me to that thread. It worked great.
And a warning for anyone (like I was) downgrading stock, this is vital or you'll hard brick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-play/general/reminder-how-to-downgrade-6-0-to-5-1-1-t3267253

Need Stock N910C TWRP Restore Image

Hi all,
As the subject says I need this as I have a phone here with dead USB and it's currently running DN7 but need to restore to stock to do a warranty return.
If anyone knows of one available or could upload one would much appreciate it, thanks.

You would also need to revert to the stock bootloader. Search around on how to factory flash your phone using ODIN. There are a lot of guides here in the forums.