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Stock Recovery Flashable?

Hello,
Apologies if I didnt find it after searching but:
I was looking to get stock recovery back onto the S4. I know I can Odin back to stock but being that my phone is already set up it would be nice to just flash stock back and be happy
Thanks!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318844
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House M.D. said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2318844
Please search next time, the key is the use the perfect keywords
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That means, flash the Odin? I have a such rooted ROM and I still have twrp.
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I'd you're wanting to remain rooted, then you will need a custom recovery.
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tdevaughn said:
I'd you're wanting to remain rooted, then you will need a custom recovery.
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I used to be on stock recovery rooted and was able to update ota while keeping root with ota rootkeeper... And stock recovery
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Every rot method I've seen requires installing a custom recovery. Either twrp or cwm.
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tdevaughn said:
Every rot method I've seen requires installing a custom recovery. Either twrp or cwm.
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Moto root chopper
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So, you want a recovery that has no abilities? No backups. .. no restores. ... reinstall motochopper then.
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Dear God is everyone this difficult here?
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You have an answer. Good luck.. when you try to move backward there are more questions and things that can go wrong. .. trying to save you more grief in the future
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I don't care to flash Roms anymore. Just s personal choice
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robstunner said:
Hello,
Apologies if I didnt find it after searching but:
I was looking to get stock recovery back onto the S4. I know I can Odin back to stock but being that my phone is already set up it would be nice to just flash stock back and be happy
Thanks!
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It's possible to extract the stock recovery from the Odin image and flash it independently. Check it out in this post. Be warned that it's only for AT&T S4's and it's possible to brick your device pretty badly if you flash the recovery to the wrong place.

Aou said:
It's possible to extract the stock recovery from the Odin image and flash it independently. Check it out in this post. Be warned that it's only for AT&T S4's and it's possible to brick your device pretty badly if you flash the recovery to the wrong place.
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Thanks!!!!
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robstunner said:
That means, flash the Odin? I have a such rooted ROM and I still have twrp.
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yes, you will have to use the odin, and then root again. unless you're running a custom rom, then you will have to full wipe your device.

[Help) update broke root

Hey guys, just did 4.3 update through my settings and now my SU binary isn't installed... Can I reroot on my phone or does it require a PC this time? Thanks.
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Lukemolina said:
Hey guys, just did 4.3 update through my settings and now my SU binary isn't installed... Can I reroot on my phone or does it require a PC this time? Thanks.
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Do a backup and reroot

Have to reroot using PC though? Or is there a way to do it on my phone since it was previously rooted and I have TWRP. Etc.
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Lukemolina said:
Have to reroot using PC though? Or is there a way to do it on my phone since it was previously rooted and I have TWRP. Etc.
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Download the supersu zip and flash it using twrp. No PC needed.
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Chromium_ said:
Download the supersu zip and flash it using twrp. No PC needed.
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Chromium_ said:
Download the supersu zip and flash it using twrp. No PC needed.
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Thanks! You legend
EDIT: tried to shut down and start up twrp. Got a little android with a red error sign popping out of its chest.
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First after the update you need to install TWRP (with a pc) use the nexus toolkit and download SuperSU v1.51update to you phone and flash it with TWRP

emi_fer said:
First after the update you need to install TWRP (with a pc) use the nexus toolkit and download SuperSU v1.51update to you phone and flash it with TWRP
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OK, thank you for input. I will do this tonight after work
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Lukemolina said:
OK, thank you for input. I will do this tonight after work
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Yeah you see when you update via OTA it will flash the newer version of the recovery.
You can unlock its screen via volume up and power.
As suggested try using a Toolkit to do it but if that fails then go to the bootloader and flash it manually.
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Flashify okay now?

I'm getting my G2 on Monday. A month or two ago I read these forums religiously when I was trying to decide what to upgrade to it was highly recommend not to use flashify to install TWRP. Now Im reading a lot about people using flashify. Has something changed? Has the common consensus changed? Thanks for any input.
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I actually have not heard anything bad about using flashify to install TWRP. I did this and everything went smoothly
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oadam11 said:
I actually have not heard anything bad about using flashify to install TWRP. I did this and everything went smoothly
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Me also...worked perfectly fine.
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Used it for CWM. Everything else I do through CWM.

I can't remember exactly what the issue was. Something happening after the fact. It was removed from options in the twrp guide. Maybe that was with an older version of twrp
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oadam11 said:
I actually have not heard anything bad about using flashify to install TWRP. I did this and everything went smoothly
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I actually used flashify to install TWRP on my At&t D800. I downloaded the .img and flashed recovery through flashify. Although you NEED root AND busybox installed. This method worked fine for me.
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tkuligowski said:
I'm getting my G2 on Monday. A month or two ago I read these forums religiously when I was trying to decide what to upgrade to it was highly recommend not to use flashify to install TWRP. Now Im reading a lot about people using flashify. Has something changed? Has the common consensus changed? Thanks for any input.
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Use adb, is really easy to use

force70 said:
Me also...worked perfectly fine.
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Where did you downloaded TWRP img & what is the version of your G2 ? Would like to try it if it is fine. Thanks.

If you don't want any problems or are timid and scared of recovery hard flash, do as citytrader suggests. It is very easy. Some people, like me, can be lazy and purposely risky with certain things and go the easy, tinkering, and sometimes damaging route. ;]

Steamer86 said:
If you don't want any problems or are timid and scared of recovery hard flash, do as citytrader suggests. It is very easy. Some people, like me, can be lazy and purposely risky with certain things and go the easy, tinkering, and sometimes damaging route. ;]
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How is using flashify dangerous?
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One simple wrong line of code, something not playing well, no recovery. How isn't it besides pushing actual legit perfect line yourself.

htcm7 said:
Where did you downloaded TWRP img & what is the version of your G2 ? Would like to try it if it is fine. Thanks.
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Right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45713554
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force70 said:
Right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45713554
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Thanks for the info, unfortunately my version, d802b, doesn't supported.

Done it twice. Both before and after OTA. No problems either time. (Second time was after a brick rescue due to my incompetence.)
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Yea no problems here. Rooted from my PC, then downloaded Flashify and installed custom recovery.
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Same here. Used flashy to install twrp then flashed cleanrom on my phone. Works perfect.
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[Q] Rogers g2

I'm new to the g2 and don't know how to tell what roms are compatible with the Rogers g2. I was told that the boot.img for various d803s are different and I'm wondering how to tell if a rom is safe to flash or not. Thanks
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nucl3archick3n said:
I'm new to the g2 and don't know how to tell what roms are compatible with the Rogers g2. I was told that the boot.img for various d803s are different and I'm wondering how to tell if a rom is safe to flash or not. Thanks
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Only install the ROM if it says it supports your model. The model number isn't just a superficial change. If you do flash it with something unsupported back everything up. EVERYTHING. Then prepare for some bricking down the road if you forget what you have done to it. I just did a full week of unbricking because my d803 got flashed by the previous owner with an ATT recovery which was somehow permitted because an unsupported ROM was flashed onto it.
Also, if you have a copy of the stock ROM on your phone… Can I have a copy?

LayCraft said:
Only install the ROM if it says it supports your model. The model number isn't just a superficial change. If you do flash it with something unsupported back everything up. EVERYTHING. Then prepare for some bricking down the road if you forget what you have done to it. I just did a full week of unbricking because my d803 got flashed by the previous owner with an ATT recovery which was somehow permitted because an unsupported ROM was flashed onto it.
Also, if you have a copy of the stock ROM on your phone… Can I have a copy?
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So if it says it supports the d803 then am I good to go? And how would I go about copying the stock rom. I'm fully stock no changes.
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nucl3archick3n said:
So if it says it supports the d803 then am I good to go? And how would I go about copying the stock rom. I'm fully stock no changes.
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You need to…
Root using this guide.
Install TWRP. Just use FreeGee http://bit.ly/FreeGee
Make backups. Follow this guide.
Move the backups onto your computer for safe keeping. (android file transfer software)
Then after all is said and done, you throw some roms into a rom folder that you make using android file transfer software. Reboot into the TWRP recovery and install the roms.

LayCraft said:
You need to…
Root using this guide.
Install TWRP. Just use FreeGee http://bit.ly/FreeGee
Make backups. Follow this guide.
Move the backups onto your computer for safe keeping. (android file transfer software)
Then after all is said and done, you throw some roms into a rom folder that you make using android file transfer software. Reboot into the TWRP recovery and install the roms.
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Sounds good. Any roms you know compatible with the Rogers variant?
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nucl3archick3n said:
Sounds good. Any roms you know compatible with the Rogers variant?
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There's actually quite a bit now. There's Carbon, Mahdi, Paranoid Android, Beanstalk, Dirty Unicorns (running it right now and it's pretty damn good) and Hellfire KitKat. Although I had problems flashing Hellfire, so you might want to wait till the next release. :/
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gusly said:
There's actually quite a bit now. There's Carbon, Mahdi, Paranoid Android, Beanstalk, Dirty Unicorns (running it right now and it's pretty damn good) and Hellfire KitKat. Although I had problems flashing Hellfire, so you might want to wait till the next release. :/
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Thanks so I would obviously flash the d803 file for the Rogers variant right?
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nucl3archick3n said:
Thanks so I would obviously flash the d803 file for the Rogers variant right?
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Indeed. Be sure to wipe everything. Happy flashing!
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Do not wipe internal storage ! Everything else is ok.

Rammv said:
Do not wipe internal storage ! Everything else is ok.
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So cache, davlik cache, data, system?
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Yes. If you wipe internal storage its a pain in the a#$ to restore phone. So be careful not to wipe.

... Probably should've specified everything EXCEPT internal storage... Whoops...
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Thats cool. Just here to help the new people when I can.
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gusly said:
... Probably should've specified everything EXCEPT internal storage... Whoops...
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You have the Rogers g2?
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nucl3archick3n said:
You have the Rogers g2?
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Yes I do, actually.
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gusly said:
Yes I do, actually.
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And it's safe to use freegee?
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nucl3archick3n said:
And it's safe to use freegee?
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I never used freegee due to it being a paid app. I think I used the flashify app.
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gusly said:
I never used freegee due to it being a paid app. I think I used the flashify app.
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When you used flashify to flash twrp were you able then flash roms, etc?
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nucl3archick3n said:
When you used flashify to flash twrp were you able then flash roms, etc?
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Indeed. Everything works fine.
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nucl3archick3n said:
I'm new to the g2 and don't know how to tell what roms are compatible with the Rogers g2. I was told that the boot.img for various d803s are different and I'm wondering how to tell if a rom is safe to flash or not. Thanks
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Hey man, I'm new like you. Yesterday I finally figured out what was the problem. You need to have TWRP 2.6.3.4 installed (you can install 2.6.3.2 and use it to flash the 2.6.3.4 zip file. I don't know why, but 2.6.3.2 won't flash 4.4 ROMS.
I'm using Paranoid Android's most recent ROM for the D803 and it's great. I use the Nova Launcher and it provides that little extra bit of customization. I removed all of the rogers bloat crap and the thing runs like a dream. No issues so far, at all.
If you need any help with anything, or with finding the .zip for TWRP 2.6.3.4 just shoot me a message and I'll see if I can help.
Good luck!

How to get root on d80020c

OK so my first g2 got stolen, I filed a claim and the g2 shipped to my already has the KitKat update. I know that there isn't a root method for it yet so my question is can I downgrade using the method in the development then root with the method already known? Or do I have to just wait till a method is found for KitKat?
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BeGrateful said:
OK so my first g2 got stolen, I filed a claim and the g2 shipped to my already has the KitKat update. I know that there isn't a root method for it yet so my question is can I downgrade using the method in the development then root with the method already known? Or do I have to just wait till a method is found for KitKat?
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Root is available via ioroot25

LenAsh said:
Root is available via ioroot25
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Is it? I've been looking everywhere! What thread is that in?
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BeGrateful said:
Is it? I've been looking everywhere! What thread is that in?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=51715398&postcount=1646

BeGrateful said:
Is it? I've been looking everywhere! What thread is that in?
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Is there a recovery available for KitKat?
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BeGrateful said:
Is there a recovery available for KitKat?
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no there is not but you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672931

XxZombiePikachu said:
no there is not but you can try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672931
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I've looked at that. It requires you to be on the last firmware and I'm on KitKat.
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BeGrateful said:
I've looked at that. It requires you to be on the last firmware and I'm on KitKat.
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it has step by step to go back to stock 4.2, root, get recovery and flash like I said currently that is the only way for any device to keep recovery on kk(most devices with official kk and sources have got a specific rom to do so)