Hey guys I just bought my Atrix from craigslist a few weeks ago and it came rooted and had greyblur installed. I was wondering if I was to flash a different rom, would I have to wipe or can I just flash over. I wanted to flash gingerblur, also I have a bell Atrix.
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I've flashed over ROMS before but GreyBlur is just a themed ROM anyways. It's always recommended that you wipe data/factory reset before you flash anything but you could always make a nandroid backup and then flash over it to see if it messes anything up. Usually the only issue you come across is a hybrid ROM that has features from one or the other.
The first time I flashed a ROM it was GreyBlur and then I directly flashed to GingerBlur without wiping data (I've never wiped data for anything I've done). I've had no problems. I have an ATT atrix.
Ok thanks guys, I used to have a cativate and it was recommended to flash back to stock every time you wanted to flash a new rom, happy I don't have to do that now.
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You don't have to, but in my opinion it's best to. I always flash back to stock before flashing. Makes sure everything is clean, as most ROM's will have been done from a stock base. Sure it takes more time, but it will ensure the best results.
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Hey, I was wondering if I wanted to flash a new ROM, would I have to SBF, or could I just flash the new one with out doing anything, or could I flash P3Droid's GB update.zip?
Also another noob question, when doing System Recovery, do I have to press Install Recovery every time, or just once?
Thanks for you help!
just wipe data, cashe, and devlic and im fairly sure you can flash whatever you want. anything thats on gingerbread. eclipse 0.7 official is gunna be out real soon, the test version is the best so far in my opinion.
Thanks! Wanted to try it out, right now im trying the Window 7 ROM!
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I think the rule is if its based on the same version of android, you can just wipe the data, etc., as mentioned above. If you want to go a step further just to be safe, you can do a factory reset which could get rid of some stuff left over from other roms and start you over from scratch. Note that factory reset will remove all your settings and apps which you will have to restore afterwards. Titanium backup does a real good job of putting everything back to how it was though.
Thanks. I started to just flash over and make nandroids to be able to "dual boot" different ROMs haha
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Phone wont sync up email accounts? Stock rom rooted
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Phone says sync not working try again later :\
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Also i am getting random htc force closes. Does anyone have a stock rom with root permission? I just restored my first nandroid back up. It seems all the roms i try have issues, maybe its just me :/
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Have you tried xtrSENSE? It's almost exactly stock. If you Nandroid restore stock you can even flash over stock with just a Dalvik cache wipe and keep all of your apps, settings, etc.
Xtrsence was actually the first rom i ever flashed. It worked great! I tried to flash back to that one but had issues. I have also tried gsb 3.9 and a few others i cant remember.
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Edit* I dont have a nandroid of stock. Only stock rom with one click root.
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Well, you can always flash the stock ROM and re-root it.
This is a stock ROM that keeps the custom Recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984274 (if you read that first post, it had a link to engtools.zip, which you can then flash to get root on the stock ROM),
The Flashback_21 will bring you back to stock ROM and stock Recovery, which you can then re-root with the 1-click app (the one without the radio is fine): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792026
Since you are having data issues, I'd wipe data/factory reset before flashing either one.
Hi guys I'm new here and I have some questions. Now, I know we're supposed to be rooted /stock before flashing a rom. What if I just loaded up the deodexed 2.3.4 and flashed the pulldown toggles? Does this still count as stock and I got ahead and flash a rom like this?
Also I enabled tethering via this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182940. I'm not sure how deep that setting is. Will I lose that if I flash a rom like liberty or eclipse?
Thanks in advance!
Mod, hack, and/or tweak to your heart's content while stock. Just be sure to wipe data/cache/dalvik before flashing another ROM. You don't need to be on stock before flashing any ROM as long as you wipe 1st. Even if u don't wipe and something fudges up you can always flash your NAND (backup) and you're fine. Oh, if u don't wipe, pls don't comment your issue b/c the first question will be, "did u wipe at all?". Have fun!
That tethering mod is permanent so i hope you kept the original files inn case you ever needed to send the phone in for a replacement..
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great thanks!
Hi,
First of all I've done a lot of searching and no success on how to do it, if possible.
I have a SGSII rooted(CF-Root) with CheckROM RevoHD V4 and ICS Domination Theme.
I wanted to know, how can i restore back entirely to stock and be able to do normal kies updates since a co-worker is buying my phone full price but with the condition i take it back entirely to stock.
I already did a firmware restore following this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
But although it doesn't seem to be rooted anymore Baseband Version and Kernel Version say different things and Build Number says CheckROM RevoHD V4, and the Domination Theme is still applied.
If there is a way to do what i want to do I would appreciate any help.
Thank you in advance.
The flash didn't work properly.
What worked for me only a few weeks ago was....
Using CWM format internal SD.
Using Odin flash stock firmware.
Using jig reset flash counter.
Everything was back to how it bought it.
Should be all you need to do.
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Well im going to try that tonight but ill have to reflash cwm since i dont have it anymore for some reason
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you gotta wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik cache
then grab a stock rom and flash it with odin, use intratech post under original android dev forum, with that you will lose everything and have a stock rom/modem/kernel
cheers
You can just delete the contents of internal SD instead of formatting. I just formatted to make it easier.
Like said about do a factory reset/wipe before flashing with Odin if your downgrading.
Hope it all goes well for you.
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Ok I'm downloading one firmware from north america in that i think is not branded since my SGS2 it's suppose to be the international and I'm going to reinstall cf-root to have clockwork again and do it all over...
Only have to flash a cfroot kernel to temporarily have CWM. Not whole Rom if you just want to format etc.
Then flash a whole new stock Rom to reset to that version.
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major problem.
i flashed team perfection objection ics rom. felt that i wanted to go back to stock and thats when the problem showed up.
i havent flashed any other custom rom before the objection ics. i came from stock rooted telus.
tried flashing the tar file from this thread
[STOCK][ODIN][GB][Telus] For those who wish to revert to stock Telus
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27508953#post27508953
- sometimes odin freezes but when it doesnt and actually finishes flashing, phone wouldnt start up after the automatic reboot. (how long should i wait for the initial boot to start? i wait for about 2-3 minutes of nothing but black screen before resetting)
i tried flashing the backup files from this thread
[ROOT]For TELUS Note (i717D) - No Flash Counter
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585440&highlight=telus+rooted+system
- after flashing, boots but gets stuck at the "touch the android screen to begin"
anybody have an idea whats going on?
tried 2 different stock tar files through odin and i cant get any of them to work.
i flashed back to the objection rom through cwm to make sure that my phone isnt bricked or anything. seems to be working fine. havent tried any other custom roms though.
any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Hi you may have a partition that is corrapted or there may be something wrong with that telus Odin flash. Go to dev section. There is another Odin flash for telus. It is a stock telus rom rooted that is flashed through Odin. It does work, I hav e used: t before. I will send you a link when I get home from work.
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I use to have a telus note now I have a rogers note. I may still have a back up of a telus rom. Will check my computure when I get home
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I may have found your problem. When using Odin, and flashing a backup file, it does not format your phone partitions. So you first have to go into cwm and do a factory wipe, wipe dalvik and go into advance and wipe the other dalvik . Do a battery pull, and now put your phone into download for Odin. I have telus kernel, telus modem and telus stock recovery that can be flashed in cwm. Just not sure if I have the stock from still. Pm me if you have any questions
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Just a update wipe data, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache before you use Odin to flash a rom. I told you partly wrong in precise post
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thanks for the help guys
thanks for the help guys.
i dont know if its a partition problem though but it really got me worried.
for some reason i got it to flash properly and it booted up with no problems.
now im thinking thats its the odin software that was causing the problems. the first one that i used to root my phone a couple of weeks back had an "evo 4g" title at the top. it didnt gave me any problems back then so i ignored it. and thats the same one ive been busting to use last night to flash back to stock. anyhow, i tried using a different odin3 that has "android+slp" label on it and i noticed that it was freezing less and actually finishes the flashing but the bootup still has some problems. i get stuck at the bootup logo for a couple of tries. after sometime i just flashed it over and over again until i hit the jackpot.
is there anyway that i can check if my partitions are still broken? im thinking that i wont be doing any flashing until the update comes in july. the ics roms arent stable enough for me anyway.
oh what do i do if wanna get the official ics update? i have stock system, i think, but its rooted. do i just flash stock kernel and unroot it?
i found an article in lockermikedotcom that allows you to unroot using a batchfile. i was wondering if you guys can point me in the right direction. thanks
If you have a stock rom but it is rooted, flashing a stock kernel usually does not remove root. You would have to install stock recovery first and then you adb to remove the superuser and busbox files from your phone to get it totally stock like it was before you rooted it. This batch file DooMLord_v1_unrooting_zip will unroot your phone .It work on the Rogers Note anyways. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7ysrb3v7tfu9t1a