I am attempting to return a phone to stock. Currently it has froyo on it which my brother installed (he's not here so I can't really have him undo it). This version of froyo is screwed up and I can't activate the phone with it on. I'm afraid of words like wipe the phone. Holding down the volume button and the send button doesn't do anything. It just reboots with froyo on it and I am then in the same situation as before. So it must be a firmware issue. My question is what do I need to do to set the phone back to stock. I found a forum on here that described how to do it kind of but it wasn't nearly simple enough for me and assumed you knew what things were, namely Amon_RA 1.6.2 and an SDK. Despite describing itself as a noob forum So if someone could take me through this assuming you were telling someone who has never done anything like this before that would be great. I am so frustrated by all this. I don't need a million apps but having a phone that I can text, call people, and use the internet on would be great. At that point I'm satisfied to leave it alone.
with the phone off: press and hold VOL DOWN + END CALL (red).
Does the phone do anything when you do that?
Have you read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792026 from start to finish?
Yes I did read that one. However, I don't understand what I'm doing. What is amon_ra? What am I installing it to? My phone or my computer. Yeah I've done what you suggested with the hold down the volume thing. That didn't do anything. I understand about installing the zip file on a micro sd and putting it in the phone however I don't understand much else. I'm trying really hard to figure it out myself but not having much luck pretty much I'm looking for step by step instructions for someone who hasn't even modded a phone before.
I answered a similar question here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12171234#post12171234
My post in that thread will point you to a thread that has a walk-through of how to install a custom ROM after you have rooted. The custom ROM in the first thread (also the one referenced above) will have the effect of unrooting the phone and returning to stock when you flash it using the instructions in the thread at androidforums.com.
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Ok, so I've tried to do my own research and have come up with very little. It took me about a year to figure out what rooting actually meant and did. So I rooted my SGS vibrant and flashed a bionix rom (i think). It says "bionix shut down sequence initiated" or something like that when I turn it off (any ideas on what it is or how I can find out). I really have no idea what version it is. I also would like to put a new rom on my phone but am scared ill screw it up. I watched a youtube video that told me how to do it the first time I flashed anything. It works with a few random screw ups but KILLS my battery. I would really like for someone who knows more than me to explain what a nandroid backup is and how to do one. What the clockwork rom manager can help me do. What the one click lag fix did. Why my computer won't read the storage things on the phone when connected to the phone anymore. What is this odin thing. What is a kernel. will I still get the ota updates without the stock rom. Where did my stock rom go when I pushed backup before I flashed this rom in the rom manager app. Did I actually wipe all the original data from the phone. Why can't I restore boot animation with one click lag fix(it says somethings not found... Did I wipe/delete it?). What is an apk and sdk(or skd)? What is a voodoo lag fix. How many times can you flash beer something goes wrong. I'm really new to ALL of this and have had no help really when I've asked a lot of people who apparently know more than I. ANY help from ANYONE who knows ANYTHING would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
Almost all of those questions can be answered by reading the Tips and Tricks or Noob Guide threads. Those two threads have given me all the info I've ever needed for the Vibrant.
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Ok, so I've tried to do my own research and have come up with very little. It took me about a year to figure out what rooting actually meant and did. So I rooted my SGS vibrant and flashed a bionix rom (i think). It says "bionix shut down sequence initiated" or something like that when I turn it off (any ideas on what it is or how I can find out). I really have no idea what version it is. I also would like to put a new rom on my phone but am scared ill screw it up. I watched a youtube video that told me how to do it the first time I flashed anything. It works with a few random screw ups but KILLS my battery. I would really like for someone who knows more than me to explain what a nandroid backup is and how to do one. What the clockwork rom manager can help me do. What the one click lag fix did. Why my computer won't read the storage things on the phone when connected to the phone anymore. What is this odin thing. What is a kernel. will I still get the ota updates without the stock rom. Where did my stock rom go when I pushed backup before I flashed this rom in the rom manager app. Did I actually wipe all the original data from the phone. Why can't I restore boot animation with one click lag fix(it says somethings not found... Did I wipe/delete it?). What is an apk and sdk(or skd)? I'm really new to ALL of this and have had no help really when I've asked a lot of people who apparently know more than I. ANY help from ANYONE who knows ANYTHING would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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Theres a lot of questions in there so I'll just bite off a few at first. Before that, have you taken a look at the vibrant bible thread in the dev forum? It covers a lot of the basic ' how tos '.
Firstly, you can possibly see what version of bionix you are running by looking under settings - about phone - build number. now might be a good time for you to odin back to stock and start fresh. Odin is a program that runs on your pc and can safely install a rom on top of any lag fix you may have enabled. You can read about using odin to go back to stock in the vibrant bible thread I mentioned earlier. Once you go back to stock you can receive ota updates from tmo if that's what you want or you can reroot and flash another custom rom. If you choose to flash another rom I would recommend reading every post on that rom's thread so you can learn from other's experiences. I would also recommend you keep reading the bible thread, theres a ton of good info there.
Good luck.
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willcwells said:
Almost all of those questions can be answered by reading the Tips and Tricks or Noob Guide threads. Those two threads have given me all the info I've ever needed for the Vibrant.
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Dude, THAT is why I do those stickies, thank you! So glad it helped man!
That was really helpful, thank you and I will be looking into this more little by little. But I also have 2 very specific questions:
1. Is it possible to turn an htc windows phone into an android phone?
2. will I lose everything if I push the flash clockwork recovery in the rom manager app? I haven't done it yet but everything I've read has told me to do it the first time. I have the bionix rom running and don't remember flashing the clockwork recovery thing EVER. have I messed up or can I just do it whenever? And is it true thats how you make a nandroid backup because thats what I've read.
I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out, and being patient with me. You guys are the reason I love android. Thank you from your very lost, slowly learning, new friend.
Human.debris420 said:
1. Is it possible to turn an htc windows phone into an androids phone?
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Depends on the phone, many do have android roms available. Just look up whatever windows phone you have in the forum section and if there has been some android development there will most likely be a section in the thread devoted just to android development.
You need to odin back and start from new
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Hey, im new here, and completely new to the whole "custom rom flashing" thing.
I would like to get into rooting my phone and then installing a custom rom like resurrection for example, but I have a couple of questions.
1. Do I need an SD card in my phone, to be able to root my phone/install custom roms? or can I just use the phones internal 16gb memory?
2. Would someone be kind enough to point me to a guide to rooting/installing custom roms for complete newbies like myself? I have searched the forums, but theres so many threads about different stuff, like clockworkmod/odin/cyanogenmod etc, my head is completely boggled. I just don't know where to begin with any of it.
Cheers.
1) No.
2) Everything you need to know is in the Stickies.
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2) Everything you need to know is in the Stickies.
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1. No you cant root without an SD card? or No you don't need an SD card? elaborate please.
2. Nothing in that thread helps someone like me who is totally new. I don't know what any of it means. Surely there is a simple guide that explains exactly how to root your phone, without linking you to 7 other threads in the process? That's all I've found up until now.
This requires sdcard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
This doesn't
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
Thanks, thats what I was looking for.
One more thing, just so I dont make a mistake, could you tell me which kernel to download? my kernel version is 3.0.15-I9100BVLPB-CL310231
cheers.
Read the bit in bold read which says 'Help ! Which file do I use ?'. This short section answers your question exactly.
ok well i tried CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LPB-v5.2-CWM5-PROPER.zip and my phone no longer boots....
tried CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXX_LPB-v5.2-CWM5.zip and I get the same thing, so im stuck now. great.
I can get into CWM recovery, but I have no idea how to copy the rom I want to use onto the phone when its in recovery mode. This is something that is just not explained anywhere
help?
Right. In order of importance:-
1) No bumping threads within 37 minutes. Not cool. This is not your personal tech support forum.
2) You're having problems. Why ? Who knows. We're not there looking over your shoulder so we have no idea exactly what you did. I suspect you're having problems because you are in too much of a hurry/took shortcuts & didn't do what was suggested immediately after your OP.
3) However...Given the situation you find yourself in, I recommend you do one of two things:-
A) If you are absolutely sure you have CWM Recovery & not Android recovery (I say this because if your phone isn't booting normally, that normally means the flash didn't work & normally CWM wouldn't be successfully installed either), follow whatever instructions the rom you're wanting to flash has.
Every single rom on here has flashing instructions, normally on the first post on the first page of the thread on here devoted to the rom. If you can't be bothered reading those, I can't help you.
or
B) Go to Samfirmware.com. Search for the firmware that was on your phone before you tried to root it. Download this firmware. Flash the firmware you download following the instructions here. If you also end up with a .dll file, bin it. You don't need it. This will give you a clean install of stock. From there, I strongly suggest you read the CFRoot thread very carefully before you attempt to root your phone again. I also strongly recommend you read the Stickies linked to above, so you have some sort of understanding around what's what with this phone.
If you don't, being a betting man, I'll wager there's a fair chance you'll find yourself in the situation you currently find yourself in again (best case scenario), or worst case you'll end up with a 135gm paperweight as many people have on here over the past few days.
It's all up to you now. Your phone's destiny is in your hands.
Thanks for the reply, much appreciated.
Sorry for bumping, I panicked a little when my phone wouldnt boot. I just expected it to work because I have done things like this in the past and never had problems. Im a pretty tech savvy person really, im just new to android.
I wish it was as simple as reading one thread, but there are dozens of different threads on how to root this phone, and different methods, its extremely confusing.
Im downloading the stock kernel now (300+mb for some reason, and its going to take over an hour to download)
Once I get my phone back to normal, I'll read through some more threads and try and get a better understanding on how to root my phone.
I had it rooted properly as the recovery mode stated CWM in the corner, I think the issue I had was not being able to copy the rom I wanted to use, onto the phone, because I dont have an SD card.
Anyway, thanks for the help, and fingers crossed I can at least get my phone to boot again.
Man, I've never come across anything so complicated in all my life lol.
Edit: Sorted! Flashed back to original kernel and its working as it was before I started. Thanks very much for your help mate, and at least now I know how to restore my phone if I mess it up again in the future.
just thought I would update this thread and say I finally accomplished what I wanted.
Incase anyone is wondering, this is what I did:
Restored my phone back to factory settings/firmware/kernel
Booted the phone up, and copied my rom of choice to the internal memory via USB connection, and enabled debug mode.
restarted in download mode and flashed cf-root kernel (ended up with bootloop)
went ahead and installed the rom via clockwork recovery (creating a backup first)
The phone now boots into the rom im using (Resurrection Remix)
So if anyone is a little worried by getting the bootloop (but can still get into clockwork recovery) try flashing your required rom. Your phone may boot fine with new rom anyway. Mine did.
First and foremost. I BIG Thank You to all the Dev's that give us these awesome tools and ROMS!
I probably should have put this in the Gen section, mods move if needed.
I have sent several hours the last 2 days with a goal in mind. That is to update my Amaze 4g to Jelly Bean, and restore my phone as it is now running JB
I feel that the best option will be AIO, and the 4EXT touch panel...be glad to pay and contirbute to this program and dev.
I believe I have a handle on most things now. But to make sure, I reread the tutorials follow videos etc...then this tutorial seems to direct me to another thread, click on that to ensure I'm not going to screw things up...it will be a dead link. So, back to reading other stuff again.
I finally understand recovery after I saw it mentioned many times. SO, according to the AIO, I'll need to flash a recovery. I couldn't find in my search, do I use the 4EXT contol panel, or the 4EXT free file. Is that what AIO needs. Not sure, did more searching. Still not sure.Then after these steps are complete, do I need to update the kernel? Again, not sure.
Then I come to the point of backing up everything. My goal is to have the new ROM running and then restore everything as it is now runnig ICS.
Is that possible? I'm not sure, as my search didn't find too much useful. I see Backup Pro recommended, will this accomplish my "cloning" if you will of my phone after ROM update....not sure.
Then, in regards to S-OFF. I will use the AIO for that as well. But again, not sure when to use it. Do I do that after the rooting, or before. From what I read, S-OFF will wipe your data. But, I understand it will leave the external SD card alone?
Then I get to the actual Jelly Bean ROM. It seems as though the CM10 seems to be the one to use. So, as i read about it's features; I see that the speakerphone volume doesn't work. Little confused, as to if speakerphone is the actual handset or the speakerphone when selected.
If it's the handset, I don't use BT so I would be DOA. Does this pertain to all the JB ROMS? It looked like there were only 2 actual JB Roms.
My other concern not addressed yet. A mention of the service being dropped on TMOUS with CM10.
So, I have tried to find out my info, but even when I do; it seems to take me to another path of more information. Hence further confusion.
This is not really a question per se, just wanted to show how I followed several paths; and still confused .
I know one of my biggest issues, is not using the search but inputting the correct data to get the answer I'm seeking. Which is why, I was all over the place.
I'm sure some reading this post will be Fire,Ready Aim. That's OK...Life's to short. After 2 days of this, I have to ask myself...is it worth it to me to accomplish this? Answer, Yes. So, I'll keep trying, till I have a comfort level of doing everything right the first time.
I guess, even though you have produced some great "Hand holding" tools, tutorials etc; there are still some "dummies"..me, that can still get confused.
I guess it would be like me putting you into the B737 I fly, even though you have a manual that tells you everything, you'll still have questions.
Thanks for allowing me to vent.
b737
PS mods, if you feel this is a waste of space, please delete....and I'll move on.
b737 said:
First and foremost. I BIG Thank You to all the Dev's that give us these awesome tools and ROMS!
I probably should have put this in the Gen section, mods move if needed.
I have sent several hours the last 2 days with a goal in mind. That is to update my Amaze 4g to Jelly Bean, and restore my phone as it is now running JB
I feel that the best option will be AIO, and the 4EXT touch panel...be glad to pay and contirbute to this program and dev.
I believe I have a handle on most things now. But to make sure, I reread the tutorials follow videos etc...then this tutorial seems to direct me to another thread, click on that to ensure I'm not going to screw things up...it will be a dead link. So, back to reading other stuff again.
I finally understand recovery after I saw it mentioned many times. SO, according to the AIO, I'll need to flash a recovery. I couldn't find in my search, do I use the 4EXT contol panel, or the 4EXT free file. Is that what AIO needs. Not sure, did more searching. Still not sure.Then after these steps are complete, do I need to update the kernel? Again, not sure.
Then I come to the point of backing up everything. My goal is to have the new ROM running and then restore everything as it is now runnig ICS.
Is that possible? I'm not sure, as my search didn't find too much useful. I see Backup Pro recommended, will this accomplish my "cloning" if you will of my phone after ROM update....not sure.
Then, in regards to S-OFF. I will use the AIO for that as well. But again, not sure when to use it. Do I do that after the rooting, or before. From what I read, S-OFF will wipe your data. But, I understand it will leave the external SD card alone?
Then I get to the actual Jelly Bean ROM. It seems as though the CM10 seems to be the one to use. So, as i read about it's features; I see that the speakerphone volume doesn't work. Little confused, as to if speakerphone is the actual handset or the speakerphone when selected.
If it's the handset, I don't use BT so I would be DOA. Does this pertain to all the JB ROMS? It looked like there were only 2 actual JB Roms.
My other concern not addressed yet. A mention of the service being dropped on TMOUS with CM10.
So, I have tried to find out my info, but even when I do; it seems to take me to another path of more information. Hence further confusion.
This is not really a question per se, just wanted to show how I followed several paths; and still confused .
I know one of my biggest issues, is not using the search but inputting the correct data to get the answer I'm seeking. Which is why, I was all over the place.
I'm sure some reading this post will be Fire,Ready Aim. That's OK...Life's to short. After 2 days of this, I have to ask myself...is it worth it to me to accomplish this? Answer, Yes. So, I'll keep trying, till I have a comfort level of doing everything right the first time.
I guess, even though you have produced some great "Hand holding" tools, tutorials etc; there are still some "dummies"..me, that can still get confused.
I guess it would be like me putting you into the B737 I fly, even though you have a manual that tells you everything, you'll still have questions.
Thanks for allowing me to vent.
b737
PS mods, if you feel this is a waste of space, please delete....and I'll move on.
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well this is a really big description and briefly you mean you want to root your phone and then s-off while having a good nanroid back then try the CM 10 JB rom right??
the process would go in this order
Unlock Bootloader >> 4EXT Recovery >> SuperUser >> S-OFF >> SuperCID >> ICS Firmware >> any ROM/OTA
you'll find all the stuff and instructions on how to do it in this post Guide for GB to ICS
cheers :good:
Usually I'm the one answering these types of questions, but my knowledge of these operations has been quite outdated since ICS came around.
I have to help a neighbor return his phone to stock--the modem, the recovery, the ROM....the whole kit and kaboodle (wow that's a stupid saying...haha) before replacing it.
I'd start by backing up all SD data, all apps, and then transferring the contacts over to the sim, so he can use a backup phone between the time the old one is on its way out, and the new one/replacement is on its way in.
Next would be on to the flash counter...it just needs to say 0 really. I understand that there'll always be a way to tell it's been modified, but if it says zero, it will cool some minds. The flash counter reset that's been around...it still works, right? There's no reason why a change from GB to ICS, and on to JB would cause it to suddenly brick a phone, right?
After that comes the tricky part. My knowledge of ODIN and ADB are acceptable, to doing the actual flashing shouldn't be the issue. The issue is that we don't have a nandroid, and even if we did, we'd still need to replace the CWM recovery with the stock one. In addition to the above, my knowledge of RTS's is from the old days--heralding all the way back to the Gingerbread times..../sigh...those were the days. So here comes the part(s) I need help with. I spent hours and hours flipping through search after search, thread after thread, comment after comment. And threads that hit the key words are all dead, have dead links, or haven't had any activity in them since before ICS was officially released. This means that there is no anecdotal evidence of someone doing what I'm trying to with a setup that's similar.
So...I need an overview--just a generalized one-- so I choose the right process, instructions, downloads, etc.
Can you gentlemen/gentle ladies give me a hand, and tell me what I need/need to do, and what threads I should follow? Hopefully my Karma here in the Q&A is strong!
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I use the flash counter reset zip found here first; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24145452&postcount=1
Then I use Kies to return everything else to 100% stock. (Title of the thred says return to GB, because that was the latest supported rom at the time, Kies will return you to the latest supported rom which is now UCLF6) Just did this same procedure last week, it's by far the easiest method! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27869730&postcount=1
Hey guys, a series of unfortunate and idiotic events has lead me to somehow unroot my phone and get it up to 4.4 with a stock rom.
For a what feels like an eternity I've been running freeza's "[ROM|NK4|KitKat|4.4.4] Galaxy Note fre3 Hybrid De[Odex] v2.26b -BeastMode Kernel-" the previous version was recommended to me years ago by wwjoshdew and I never strayed from it. I've lurked here for a while and I understand that repeat questions to solved solutions are frowned upon and punishable, but I feel my issue is a bit unique.
So my question: What do I do to get back to my beloved ROM? I'm ok with wiping everything but my external SD, as long as I can get concise steps without any assumptions that I know any lingo or terminology I will be happy. i currently have ODIN as well as TWRP 3.0.2.0. the current status of my phone is "android upgrading: Starting apps", it's been that way for maybe an hour now, I tested it and I can boot into TWRP recovery, as well as download mode. HERE'S THE REAL KICKER THOUGH: my power button does not work, so stock recovery mode isnt an option for me, the phone does not register any activity from the power button whatsoever and i lack the know how, money, tools, and patience to remedy this. I simply power my phone off or on with a series of combinations done with a usb cable, the home button, and my volume down key.
SO how screwed am I? I CAN go to stock rom, but i really miss all of my goodies that I'm used to and my xposed installer...( Tried just running stock rom with twrp and rooted. installed xposed didnt work so gave up and came here)
Thanks for reading this far and hopefully being able to help me. I understand otherwise.
Edit: currently flashing back to this rom N900PVPUDNH7_N900PSPTDNH7_N900PVPUDNH7_HOME.tar.md5 via ODIN because I got tired of waiting for the upgrade screen and I need my phone.
Welp, so much for that. I tried various things and now I appear to be hard bricked.