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Anyone willing to help me get this zip package I found in the Epic forum to run on a Nexus S 4g?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027904
"epic4g.stock.recovery.ec05.zip
The Samsung stock recovery, for uninstalling ClockworkMod, useful for turning in the phone to Sprint.
Do not flash the stock recovery unless your phone boots into system, and you need to turn the phone in."
I recently broke my USB plug inside my phone and am only able to charge (even charging is going out). I think many people could take advantage of it when they are not in front of a computer to return to stock.
Thanks whomever is able to help
You had to go and make this post in two sub forums of the nexus s forums eh...
Don't install that, just flash a stock rom that's unrooted and it should over ride your custom recovery.
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dunkerya said:
Don't install that, just flash a stock rom that's unrooted and it should over ride your custom recovery.
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Does this apply to the Nexus S 4g?
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Does this apply to the Nexus S 4g?
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I wasn't able to find any non-rooted stock rom's for the Nexus S 4G. Could anyone point me towards the right direction?
Try peter alfonsos website? One should be under "crespo4g" in the downloads section.
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I wasn't able to find any non-rooted stock rom's for the Nexus S 4G. Could anyone point me towards the right direction?
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Drizzzle01 said:
I wasn't able to find any non-rooted stock rom's for the Nexus S 4G. Could anyone point me towards the right direction?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445655
Neither of those sites contain a non-rooted stock ns4g roms. They only contain rooted roms and OTA updates which require stock non-rooted roms to use.
The one Sean posted are the ones you are looking for
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The ones Sean posted only contain OTA incremental updates. I still need to have an unrooted stock from installed to use them. I've tried all variations using all the stock rooted roms from Pete and they do not update. Error parsing file each time.
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Did you try the software image on peters site ? That's exactly what you need if I'm hearing you right. Not the rooted stock ROMS but the image
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Am I supposed to flash the image from CWM because my USB port is damaged and can't run adb.
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Drizzzle01 said:
Am I supposed to flash the image from CWM because my USB port is damaged and can't run adb.
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I know what tour talking about. When I had my epic they had a non ROOTED stock rom that was flashable via cwm then the had a stock recovery that would remove cwm which was also flashable through cwm
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I'm not sure if that's what you need to do , I thought you just wanted the image and you knew how to do the rest. I don't want to tell you something that might just brick your phone
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ROM Manager should have your stock GB to download and flash. You would then be unrooted when you are done. It always works for me.
Here is the ns4g 2.3.5 full ota rom: http://android.clients.google.com/p...882446e0.signed-sojus-ota-138666.504d8824.zip. This will unroot you and return you to the stock rom and recovery.
This will not re-lock your bootloader, though. In order to lock the bootloader without a cable, you'll to build a modified kernel to use Ezekeel's hack. (To state the obvious, this would require root access and a custom recovery, so you'd want to do this before flashing the stock rom .)
Maximilian Mary said:
Here is the ns4g 2.3.5 full ota rom: http://android.clients.google.com/p...882446e0.signed-sojus-ota-138666.504d8824.zip. This will unroot you and return you to the stock rom and recovery.
This will not re-lock your bootloader, though. In order to lock the bootloader without a cable, you'll to build a modified kernel to use Ezekeel's hack. (To state the obvious, this would require root access and a custom recovery, so you'd want to do this before flashing the stock rom .)
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Thank you. I ended up flashing stock rooted from Pete, and with no questions asked, they handed me a refurbished one.
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Hi XDA.
After growing a pair of balls I've decided tonight is the night that I am going to unroot my phone, put it back to stock ROM and get it off of franco.Kernel. I am doing this because I want to start fresh and get it on Paranoid Android.
(I currently have a January nightly of CM 10.1, franco.Kernel r53 and unlocked bootloader whatnot)
I am looking for the stock kernel for the Nexus 4, but am worried about flashing the wrong one. I'm not saying like I'm going to flash a Samsung kernel or something stupid like that, I just mean that since I am on android 4.2.1 and if I flash a kernel that is made for android 4.2 can I screw up my Nexus 4?
Any tips?
Thanks a ton.
Edwin
As long as the kernel is for the Nexus 4 then you should be okay. You can get all the resources here.
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As long as the kernel is for the Nexus 4 then you should be okay. You can get all the resources here.
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Will I get a softbrick/where can I get radio and whatnot?
Thanks
Make a backup if you are worried. What kernel are you going to flash?
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Make a backup if you are worried. What kernel are you going to flash?
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Making a backup won't save you if you flash a kernel that's not for your phone
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Making a backup won't save you if you flash a kernel that's not for your phone
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Just flash the stock images from Google. Contains rom, kernel, bootloader, and radio.
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make sure your download isn't corrupted and you downloaded for the correct device. Should be fine.
What's the point of going through all the time to unroot and flash back to stock?
Why not just do a full wipe and flash paranoid android?
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chromium96 said:
What's the point of going through all the time to unroot and flash back to stock?
Why not just do a full wipe and flash paranoid android?
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I was wondering how nobody else asked that question earlier because that's exactly what I'm thinking.
He's going from 4.1 to 4.2 he needs to flash the new bootloader and radio too
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Flashing Wrong Kernel
spaceman860 said:
Making a backup won't save you if you flash a kernel that's not for your phone
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What are the risks of flashing wrong kernel on a phone? I got a samsung s3. Just wanted to ask the risks. Couldn't i recover using nandroid backup? I saw this post of yours stating not. Why?
majidkhan said:
What are the risks of flashing wrong kernel on a phone? I got a samsung s3. Just wanted to ask the risks. Couldn't i recover using nandroid backup? I saw this post of yours stating not. Why?
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I have heard of the digitizer blowing from flashing wrong kernels. I suggest only flashing kernels made for your specific device.
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You should add one more ball to that actually make it two more as you are at it. First you should install latest cwm recovery and root your phone. Then go to the recovery and make a backup. After that you can continue with flashing custom Roms and kernels.
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I flashed twrp on my Verizon LGG2. I was just wondering, since I have to have the standard recovery to get OTA updates(hopefully next one is Kit Kat), does anyone know where I can find it for my phone?
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You will get kitkat much faster from the developers than you will an ota
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Good to know, but doesn't answer my question.
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Not sure, but I was wondering about this also. I think I'm just going to go back to stock when we get 4.4.
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Anyone know the answer?
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load the factory image using the LG tool. this will put you back to original stock, of course it will wipe your phone.
just an FYI, taking an OTA could possibly remove the ability to root your phone in the future. SO make sure that is really what you want.
I also have a similar question involving CWM. At the moment I have TWRP as my recovery (used flashify to install it), however I would prefer to use CWM. If I flash CWM via flashify, will it replace TWRP?
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simon_lefisch said:
I also have a similar question involving CWM. At the moment I have TWRP as my recovery (used flashify to install it), however I would prefer to use CWM. If I flash CWM via flashify, will it replace TWRP?
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there is no reason why it shouldn't as far as I know, i've had twrp and have flashed cwm but am now back with twrp,just make sure it's the latest for your phone.
martindar said:
there is no reason why it shouldn't as far as I know, i've had twrp and have flashed cwm but am now back with twrp,just make sure it's the latest for your phone.
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Awesome, thanks. I'm new to the LG phones (been on moto for the last few years) and just wanted to make sure
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So is there any way to get standard recovery without having to reflash the entire stock rom?
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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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!
I finally decided to drop my beloved galaxy nexus. The N5 seemed like the next phone of my dreams but couldn't stand the thought of losing my unlimited plan so G2 seemed like the next logical choice. I have been reading as much as I can and still having a hard time wrapping my head around things. Here is where I am at:
Bought phone from swappa appeared to be in new condition as advertised with plastic still on the phone.
Not sure if the phone was updated ota by the seller but the software and baseband were 12b out the box not rooted.
I rooted successfully with latest I0root method.
Installed loki patched twrp 2.6.3.3 successfully via freegee method. Full nand backup of rooted stock. Backed up imie with freegee and imie and other partitions via flashable zip method.
So where do I go from here? Is it safe to flash any VS980 rom from this point?
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Bump for this? Anyone have an answer?
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Yes you should be good to go from that point forward.
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Flash away my friend!
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I have yet to install a custom rom or I could let you know. I have however upgraded to philz recovery and successfully installed dorimanx kernels. Got a little busy messing with exposed modules as well. I wanted to make sure I have all my essentials backed up before messing with roms and have the appropriate files and drivers working in case something goes wrong. I tried to install malladus yesterday and the install failed but I want to say the download was bad as it took forever. I had no issues with restore. I'll report back if I have any luck.
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If you want some KitKat love, try out Mahdi ROM with the latest furnace kernel. Very very stable on my vs980.
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You've bought the right device, aside from some unreleased phone of course. I too came from the gnex and I love this thing. Go install some AOSP ROM and it will be like you never left the gnex. (Although admittedly not as stable YET). With KK just being released by LG, all roms should get better. Anyways, enjoy a camera that works all the time not just when it is super bright and a battery that is equal to 3x of the galaxy nexus.
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Thanks for the input. I installed AICP latest ROM last night with no issues. Feels amazing with no scroll lag compared to stock. Only thing I miss is knock off but hey you can't have it all. Gonna give furnace a go later.
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I thought Mahdi came with knock on?
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