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Does anyone know of a stock flashable ROM without Root and Busybox?
I'm aware of the thread guiding people on going back to factory but I don't want to do that. I want to be able to just flash a Rooted ROM if I want one and flash back to standard unrooted if I want using TWRP.
My reason behind this that I spend a lot of time on the train at the minute so decided to get Sky Go. Unfortunately it detects that the device is rooted and won't run.
There are a few threads around the net with scripts and suggestions but nothing seems to work for me.
I don't think there are any..... Hmmm.
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You can flash the stock ROM with fastboot but not from within recovery. Get it here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
I could make one I suppose, wouldn't take long at all...
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I could make one I suppose, wouldn't take long at all...
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If you could do that it would be great.
I was just looking at the tutorial to bake it myself but having issues with Cygwin. Much quicker and easier if you did it.
Owe you one.
I use Linux so it won't take long. You literally want a flashable stock ROM, no changes whatsoever?
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I use Linux so it won't take long. You literally want a flashable stock ROM, no changes whatsoever?
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Exactly. I use a standard stock rooted ROM usually.
Just realised I don't actually use root for anything at the minute but likely will do in the future.
Thanks again.
I'll try and do it this afternoon but if not this evening once back at home
Uploading at the mo, it's literally the stock ROM dumped into the kitchen and cooked out with no change whatsoever
EddyOS said:
Uploading at the mo, it's literally the stock ROM dumped into the kitchen and cooked out with no change whatsoever
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Excellent. Thanks buddy.
I think I'll play with it too and keep the zip stored just so I have it.
Thanks
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Here you go. I've not tested but it should be fine (let me know if it's not)
https://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJnSU5IQVNiV3dPd3NUQw
Working perfectly so far mate! Sky Go is working and no wipe was required.
Owe you one mate. Top work. Thank you.
Good to hear! You're welcome
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I could make one I suppose, wouldn't take long at all...
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Very cool that you've done this, but I should give a word of caution: there are some problems that wiping via fastboot will fix, but installing a flashable stock .zip won't fix. For example, when a 16GB phone thinks it's only 8GB. (I have reason to believe that there are other problems that can only be fixed in this way, but I can't prove it. :silly
That's not something the OP cared about, he just needed to 'unroot' to use a TV app that checks for root access
He should give this app a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517.
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trapdogg said:
He should give this app a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517.
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It doesn't work - none of the 'root hiding' apps work with Sky Go
trapdogg said:
He should give this app a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517.
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I tried that.
I tried a script that was published on the net to remove root and busybox.
I tried removing root and busybox manually.
I tried flashing stock kernal
I tried several other apps.
A flashable stock rom was my last resort as I was under the impression that I'd need to wipe and I didn't want to do that. I just tried it without wiping on the off chance that it worked and it did, so problem solved.
None of my Apps were using Root so I thought I'd get rid of it completely but wanted the option to flash CM10.1 once Bluetooth MAP profile is fixed and working without having to go through putting TWRP on again.
It's all in the OP and posts following that.
EddyOS saw what I was after and offered to help. He's a great dude.
Just for learning purposes, how come no one has made a flashable stock zip until now? Wouldn't it just be like any custom rom but instead its just stock?
hello!! im back!!! sooooooo happy to be back.. i traded my s4 few months ago for the htc one.. and now im back wanted to kno what twrp works best i kno before when i had the s4 the old versions work best... thanks
P.Mobile said:
hello!! im back!!! sooooooo happy to be back.. i traded my s4 few months ago for the htc one.. and now im back wanted to kno what twrp works best i kno before when i had the s4 the old versions work best... thanks
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The latest I used that worked well was the one Reverepats repacked "Reverpats-TWRP-Sprint-2.6.3.1.zip".
However the one I KNOW works without issues (for me) - installing, wiping, creating AND restoring backups, accessing USB storage etc. is "TWRP-Recovery-jfltespr-2.5.0.2.zip"
There are some AOSP ROMs that recommend using CWM and not TWRP - so keep that in mind. Always try and follow the OP's suggestions.
+1. 2.5.0.2 is a solid one. I used several of the newer ones, and they worked, but not without quirks. Went back to 2.5.0.2 and all is good.
Welcome back!
2.5.0.2 for me. I can't flash aosp RMs with it (not sure if it a twrp/cwm thing or not) but absolutely no issues at all. Backups, sdcard, touchscreen all work great. I'm leaving well-enough alone!
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definitely recommend twrp 2.5.0.2, was the only recovery I used til I switched to CWM.
thanks fellaz!! 2.5.0.2 it is!!
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The latest I used that worked well was the one Reverepats repacked "Reverpats-TWRP-Sprint-2.6.3.1.zip".
However the one I KNOW works without issues (for me) - installing, wiping, creating AND restoring backups, accessing USB storage etc. is "TWRP-Recovery-jfltespr-2.5.0.2.zip"
There are some AOSP ROMs that recommend using CWM and not TWRP - so keep that in mind. Always try and follow the OP's suggestions.
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Please enlighten us as to where you got the repacked TWRP.
Thanks
ObrienDave said:
Please enlighten us as to where you got the repacked TWRP.
Thanks
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Been using this since it came out, no curtain hangs, no problems, my twrp of choice
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23159073880933366
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Please enlighten us as to where you got the repacked TWRP.
Thanks
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Technically not 'repacked' I guess but Reverepats was cool enough to make the zip for some and shared it for all.
I tried every version and always went back to 2.5.0.2.
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bcombel said:
I tried every version and always went back to 2.5.0.2.
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I have been using the new version 2.6.3.1 and love it.
HI guys, I'd like to post this here. Here is the latest Odin flash update I pulled from Kies and my device the other day. This is as new as it gets for Samsung Galaxy Camera. You will need Odin3 and the following files
PIT: http://d-h.st/3B3
CSC: http://d-h.st/AVe
MODEM: http://d-h.st/Nbl
PDA: http://d-h.st/U7K
Not much more to say, Hope this gets someone out of a sticky situation.
I wonder if they'll ever remember they made this device and give us another update, not necessarily a version upgrade, but give it some extra functions in the camera app.
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Adam, many guys paid for the toolkit. We realize you're busy with many projects, but we have no one else to go to to get a sound recovery zip for our cameras. I'm just asking you in a professional manner for your assistance.
JAG50
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Adam, many guys paid for the toolkit. We realize you're busy with many projects, but we have no one else to go to to get a sound recovery zip for our cameras. I'm just asking you in a professional manner for your assistance.
JAG50
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I'm sorry, I don't understand. What do you want? You want me to whip up a CASUAL recovery installer? Or what kind of recovery.zip are you looking for? Generally you install .zips from a recovery, I wouldn't be making a ROM for the camera, but I can help to make it easier to install ROMs.
JAG50 said:
Adam, many guys paid for the toolkit. We realize you're busy with many projects, but we have no one else to go to to get a sound recovery zip for our cameras. I'm just asking you in a professional manner for your assistance.
JAG50
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This device has received the same support as the Galaxy Note 2. So, if you read about something for GNote2, you will likely see it on this device too.
Thanks for reply. No, I'm not interested in installing ROMs. Just a standard CWR that would allow me to install zipped scripts and stuff to tweak camera. I.E. crossbreeder, etc. I installed recovery on my note 8 and added some scripts to make it run smoother and conserve battery. I've seen some recoveries out there, but there are questionable, but you have established yourself as a serious developer. That's why I asked.
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does those files fit on gc-110 ?
podcast236 said:
does those files fit on gc-110 ?
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no. this is for GC100 only.
GC-120
Adam,
I have a GC120 that was rooted and working fine. However not realizing that the bootloader was still locked I flashed a custom rom with mobile odin and did not make a back up prior to doing that. Now it boots directly to Download mode and I can not get it to boot to recovery. I can not find the stock firmware anywhere to try to flash through odin. I was going to try the unbrickable mod but I dont know if I feel comfortable taking the thing apart. Ive tried flashing the OTA updates for the device and still nothing. Any suggestions on how I can get this to work again ?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you.
those files still available or no?
Adam... a year ago i downloaded your files and keep it in my harddrive, but last week when i want to use it again, the files corrupted... i can't understand why because i used the same files for 2 times before.
Last night i tried to download your files again... but keep on failing.. my connection really good because i can download 1080 (-+ 1gb) movie everytime. So your files still available to download no? So
So in these past few months, I've messed around with my phone a couple of times and a bunch of stuff happened, and I was unable to enter recovery mode. But now, for some odd reason, I just can! So I guess its time for me to flash a Custom ROM since I've had such poor battery life after rooting my phone (thanks to towelroot) and a bunch of other issues.
Do you think I should wait for an Android 5 Custom ROM or install an already existing ROM like CM11? I REALLY do love the Lollipop look, but I've been put under the impression that it's easy to switch from ROM to ROM, so is it just better to go to CM11 now and switch to a Lollipop ROM later on, when it's fully developed?
Thank you!
Hanzva said:
So in these past few months, I've messed around with my phone a couple of times and a bunch of stuff happened, and I was unable to enter recovery mode. But now, for some odd reason, I just can! So I guess its time for me to flash a Custom ROM since I've had such poor battery life after rooting my phone (thanks to towelroot) and a bunch of other issues.
Do you think I should wait for an Android 5 Custom ROM or install an already existing ROM like CM11? I REALLY do love the Lollipop look, but I've been put under the impression that it's easy to switch from ROM to ROM, so is it just better to go to CM11 now and switch to a Lollipop ROM later on, when it's fully developed?
Thank you!
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You can install CM11 now and when Lollipop is released, I'm sure that CM brings an update with the Android 5.0 build
And Lollipop will be released for the S4 in the next year, I guess, so lot of time since then.
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DarkerTimes said:
You can install CM11 now and when Lollipop is released, I'm sure that CM brings an update with the Android 5.0 build
And Lollipop will be released for the S4 in the next year, I guess, so lot of time since then.
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okay great, thank you! also, I've been reading through the CM11 threads and I've noticed that there's a lot of comlplaints about battery life- how common is this?
and out of curiousity, is there a sense ROM for the s4 19505? i absolutely LOVE the sense 6 look, the settings page, the stock apps, everything looks very professional.
oh and, what other ROMs would you recommend for me? i know this is a very open ended question, but there's just so many options, i'd like to get some suggestions from people who are experienced. of course my priorities are battery life and speed.
thank you!
Hanzva said:
okay great, thank you! also, I've been reading through the CM11 threads and I've noticed that there's a lot of comlplaints about battery life- how common is this?
and out of curiousity, is there a sense ROM for the s4 19505? i absolutely LOVE the sense 6 look, the settings page, the stock apps, everything looks very professional.
oh and, what other ROMs would you recommend for me? i know this is a very open ended question, but there's just so many options, i'd like to get some suggestions from people who are experienced. of course my priorities are battery life and speed.
thank you!
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Sorry, I can't help you there
Visit the relating rom threads and try out.
Sense roms still exists. For example
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2402208
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DarkerTimes said:
Sorry, I can't help you there
Visit the relating rom threads and try out.
Sense roms still exists. For example
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2402208
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ahaha, thank you! also, one last question:
is the cyanogenmod easy install reliable? like the one on the website, is that applicable for the 19505?
do i just click on the get started button and just go on from there? or do i have to download a specific build for the 19505?
additionally, do i have to do a nandroid backup before doing this, and then restore again after its done?
also, has there been any problems with that? thank you!
Hanzva said:
ahaha, thank you! also, one last question:
is the cyanogenmod easy install reliable? like the one on the website, is that applicable for the 19505?
do i just click on the get started button and just go on from there? or do i have to download a specific build for the 19505?
additionally, do i have to do a nandroid backup before doing this, and then restore again after its done?
also, has there been any problems with that? thank you!
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Okay, first of all, you have to do backups everytime when you flash custom firmware. I recommend you to make a Nandroid backup and Titanium backup.
But when you install a custom rom for example, it doesn't make sense to restore the nandroid backup afterwards. Because than you restore the previous rom again. Nandroid is a complete system backup. This is just for the case when something goes totally wrong.
You have to read the installation introductions and follow them, than you are safe
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DarkerTimes said:
Okay, first of all, you have to do backups everytime when you flash custom firmware. I recommend you to make a Nandroid backup and Titanium backup.
But when you install a custom rom for example, it doesn't make sense to restore the nandroid backup afterwards. Because than you restore the previous rom again. Nandroid is a complete system backup. This is just for the case when something goes totally wrong.
You have to read the installation introductions and follow them, than you are safe
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ohh, okay i thought you always restore it after flashing to get all of your setting again. thank you!
also is the easy install cyanogenmod usable for i9505?
thanks!
Hanzva said:
ohh, okay i thought you always restore it after flashing to get all of your setting again. thank you!
also is the easy install cyanogenmod usable for i9505?
thanks!
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What du you mean with easy install?
No, for restoring apps and settings you can use Titanium backup but be careful it is difficult to restore Touchwiz system apps on AOSP rom like Cyanogenmod. This might cause trouble and won't work.
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DarkerTimes said:
What du you mean with easy install?
No, for restoring apps and settings you can use Titanium backup but be careful it is difficult to restore Touchwiz system apps on AOSP rom like Cyanogenmod. This might cause trouble and won't work.
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like when you go to cyanogenmod.com, theres a "get started" and it instals pretty easily; no flashing needed. does this work for i9505? also, the only apps i'd like to backup are whatsapp, bbm, some of my games and my contacts. is it possible to backup my contacts?
thank you!
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like when you go to cyanogenmod.com, theres a "get started" and it instals pretty easily; no flashing needed. does this work for i9505? also, the only apps i'd like to backup are whatsapp, bbm, some of my games and my contacts. is it possible to backup my contacts?
thank you!
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This will lead you to the cyanogenmod installer and this works for your device.
Yeah you can select single apps you want to backup with Titanium. You can save contacts by copying them to external sd card if you have one. Go to contacts-settings-import/export contacs. That's all. Or you download backup software from playstore but I never testet them.
Greets
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DarkerTimes said:
This will lead you to the cyanogenmod installer and this works for your device.
Yeah you can select single apps you want to backup with Titanium. You can save contacts by copying them to external sd card if you have one. Go to contacts-settings-import/export contacs. That's all. Or you download backup software from playstore but I never testet them.
Greets
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oh thank you! would you recommend the easy install version or flashing it? or is there no real difference?
thank you so much!
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oh thank you! would you recommend the easy install version or flashing it? or is there no real difference?
thank you so much!
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Never tested it
Sorry
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DarkerTimes said:
Never tested it
Sorry
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ah, thank you though!
just one last question:
do you have any tips during and after flashing a custom rom? some people said let it settle for a day or so, without re-installing lots of new apps. this would apparently minimize battery drain, but i'm not very convinced. does this work?
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ah, thank you though!
just one last question:
do you have any tips during and after flashing a custom rom? some people said let it settle for a day or so, without re-installing lots of new apps. this would apparently minimize battery drain, but i'm not very convinced. does this work?
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Never heard about it
I never did that and my battery life is normal. I guess this is kind of voodoo or stuff like that...
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Hanzva said:
ah, thank you though!
just one last question:
do you have any tips during and after flashing a custom rom? some people said let it settle for a day or so, without re-installing lots of new apps. this would apparently minimize battery drain, but i'm not very convinced. does this work?
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Those people are crazy and should be put on your ignore list immediately.
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Those people are crazy and should be put on your ignore list immediately.
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i just found it through researching ahaha, but thank you!
i'll be flashing it once my phone is fully charged
so just to get this straight::
1) make a back up with CWM and Titanium
2) use the cm installer
3) reinstall all Titanium backups and apps from google play store
is that the usual order? thanks!
Hanzva said:
i just found it through researching ahaha, but thank you!
i'll be flashing it once my phone is fully charged
so just to get this straight::
1) make a back up with CWM and Titanium
2) use the cm installer
3) reinstall all Titanium backups and apps from google play store
is that the usual order? thanks!
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Don't forget fullwipe before and after flashing it
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DarkerTimes said:
Don't forget fullwipe before and after flashing it
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doesn't the installer do this for me? also, after flashing it too? how come?
thanks!
Hanzva said:
doesn't the installer do this for me? also, after flashing it too? how come?
thanks!
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You're right, this could be. I never tried the installer ^^
I do a fullwipe also after flashing the rom. You don't have to but I do it to avoid issues.
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DarkerTimes said:
You're right, this could be. I never tried the installer ^^
I do a fullwipe also after flashing the rom. You don't have to but I do it to avoid issues.
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ahaha okay great thanks! i'm backing up my phone now, a bit nervous since the last time i did this it didn't turn out as expected ahaha
I'm running lolipop 5.0.1, and my phone is just full of bloat. I have countless AT&T apps, and, for some reason, uber, along with tons of other apps that I will never use and are just taking up space on my phone. I've looked online for so long trying to figure this out, and I just can't. I've tried framaroot, Kingoroot, and kingroot, and none of those have worked so far. any help would be greatly appreciated!
Kingroot DESKTOP version but you need to work through the Chinese. Several posts on here about using it in cling from me.
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These apps do NOT take up space on your phone. They occupy the system partition of your phone. If you still want to debloat, the best method is to odin back to 4.4, root then flash the 5.0 update. You can find the directions in other threads here.
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MarkS20 said:
Kingroot DESKTOP version but you need to work through the Chinese. Several posts on here about using it in cling from me.
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Do you know what to do in the desktop version? I'm afraid I'll click something wrong and mess my phone up
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These apps do NOT take up space on your phone. They occupy the system partition of your phone. If you still want to debloat, the best method is to odin back to 4.4, root then flash the 5.0 update. You can find the directions in other threads here.
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I also have an S4 SGH-I337 5.0.1 without root, and would like to do the same. However, I have a MAC. I've heard of Jodin for MAC, do you know if it's virtually the same as Odin and the downgrading can be done with it, too? ~Thanks
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Do you know what to do in the desktop version? I'm afraid I'll click something wrong and mess my phone up
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I had to feel my way through the program looking for things like OK and where the mouse pointer changed. Sorry no screen shots but the flow is similar to a lot of other programs. The rooting does take about a minute.
As you can see from the tag line, I've upgraded to a LG G4.
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